[Senate Report 109-367]
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109th Congress                   SENATE                          Report
 2d Session                                                     109-367
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                        REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                             105TH CONGRESS

                       FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

                                     


                                     


                December 8, 2006.--Ordered to be printed


                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                     (106th Congress, 1st Session)

                   JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia, Chairman
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina       CARL LEVIN, Michigan
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
BOB SMITH, New Hampshire             JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania          CHARLES S. ROBB, Virginia
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine              JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas                  MAX CLELAND, Georgia
WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado               MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana
TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas             JACK REED, Rhode Island
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
                      Les Brownlee, Staff Director
            David S. Lyles, Staff Director for the Minority

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                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                     (105th Congress, 1st Session)

                STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman
JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia             CARL LEVIN, Michigan
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
DAN COATS, Indiana                   JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
BOB SMITH, New Hampshire             JOHN GLENN, Ohio
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Idaho               ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            CHARLES S. ROBB, Virginia
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania          JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine              MAX CLELAND, Georgia
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas
                      Les Brownlee, Staff Director
            David S. Lyles, Staff Director for the Minority

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                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                     (105th Congress, 2nd Session)

                STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman
JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia             CARL LEVIN, Michigan
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
DAN COATS, Indiana                   JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
BOB SMITH, New Hampshire             JOHN GLENN, Ohio
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Idaho               ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            CHARLES S. ROBB, Virginia
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania          JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine              MAX CLELAND, Georgia
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas
                      Les Brownlee, Staff Director
            David S. Lyles, Staff Director for the Minority


                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                       U.S. Senate,
                               Committee on Armed Services,
                                                    Washington, DC.
Hon. Richard B. Cheney,
President of the Senate,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. President: Senate Rule XXVI.8(b) requires the 
submission of a report of the activities of the Committee for 
each Congress.
    I am submitting the report of the activities of the Senate 
Committee on Armed Services during the 105th Congress. This 
report outlines the most noteworthy legislative achievements 
and other achievements and activities of our Committee.
            Sincerely
                                             John Warner, Chairman.
    Enclosure.


                            C O N T E N T S

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                                                                   Page
Letter of transmittal............................................   III
Jurisdiction.....................................................     1
Membership of the committee......................................     3
Subcommittee appointments........................................     4
Relationship of annual authorization to Department of Defense 
  appropriations.................................................     5
Activities of the Armed Services Committee during the l05th 
  Congress (1997 and 1998).......................................     9
Action on nominations referred to the Committee..................    12
Nominations for promotions in the Armed Forces...................    15
Investigations, hearings, and other matters not directly 
  pertaining to legislation before the committee.................    16
Committee staff..................................................    21
Rules of procedure...............................................    23
Publications.....................................................    27
    Hearings.....................................................    27
    Nominations..................................................    28
    Reports......................................................    29
    Committee Prints.............................................    29
Information regarding appointment of Board of Visitors to the 
  U.S. Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies..................    30


                              JURISDICTION

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    The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 601 
of the Seventy-ninth Congress, approved Aug. 2, 1946, amended 
by Public Law 91-510 approved Oct. 26, 1970) in Part I created 
the standing committees of the Senate and provided that the 
Committee on Armed Services should consist of 13 Senators: 
amended by S. Res. 18 of the 82d Congress (1953) to consist of 
15 Senators; amended by S. Res. 24 of the 86th Congress (1959) 
to consist of 17 Senators; amended by S. Res. 11 of the 90th 
Congress (1967) to consist of 18 Senators; amended by P.L. 91-
510 (1970) to consist of 15 Senators; amended by S. Res. 15, of 
the 92d Congress to consist of 16 Senators; amended by S. Res. 
10 of the 93d Congress (1973) to consist of 15 Senators; 
amended by S. Res. 17 of the 94th Congress (1975) to consist of 
16 Senators; further amended by S. Res. 4, and subsequently by 
S. Res. 82, 95th Congress (1977) to consist of 18 Senators; 
further amended by S. Res. 14, 100th Congress (1987) to consist 
of 20 Senators; further amended by S. Res. 130, 103d Congress 
(1993) to consist of 22 Senators; further amended by S. Res. 
14, 104th Congress (1995) to consist of 21 Senators; and 
further amended by S. Res. 9, 105th Congress (1997) to consist 
of 18 Senators; and that to said committee shall be referred 
all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and 
other matters relating to the following subjects (Rule XXV(c) 
(1) and (2) of the Standing Rules of the Senate):

          (1) 1. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to 
        or primarily associated with the development of weapons 
        systems or military operations.
          2. Common defense.
          3. Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, 
        the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the 
        Air Force, generally.
          4. Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, 
        including administration, sanitation, and government of 
        the Canal Zone.
          5. Military research and development.
          6. National security aspects of nuclear energy.
          7. Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska.
          8. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and 
        privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including 
        overseas education of civilian and military dependents.
          9. Selective Service system.
          10. Strategic and critical materials necessary for 
        the common defense.
          (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
        comprehensive basis, matters relating to the common 
        defense policy of the United States, and report thereon 
        from time to time.

                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                             105th Congress

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                STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman

                           January 14, 1959*

JOHN W. WARNER Virginia              CARL LEVIN, Michigan
  January 23, 1979*                    January 23, 1979*
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
  January 6, 1987*                     January 3, 1983*
DAN COATS, Indiana                   JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
  February 2, 1989*                    January 3, 1983*
BOB SMITH, New Hampshire             JOHN GLENN, Ohio
  February 5, 1991*                    February 21, 1985*
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Idaho               ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
  January 7, 1993*                     February 2, 1989*
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            CHARLES S. ROBB, Virginia
  January 4, 1995*                     January 7, 1993*
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania          JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
  January 4, 1995*                     January 7, 1993*
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine              MAX CLELAND, Georgia
  January 9, 1997*                     January 9, 1997*
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas
  January 9, 1997*
                               __________

*Date of appointment to Senate Committee on Armed Services
Note: Senator Sam Nunn, of Georgia, was a member of the Senate Armed 
Services Committee from January 4, 1973 until his resignation from the 
United States Senate January 3, 1997. Senator Nunn served as Chairman 
of the Committee from the 100th through the 103rd Congress.
    The Senate Committees on Military Affairs; on the Militia; 
and Naval Affairs were established on December 10, 1816. The 
Committee on the Militia was merged with the Committee on 
Military Affairs in 1858 to form the Military Affairs and 
Militia Committee. However, in 1872 the Committee dropped 
``Militia'' from its name. The Military Affairs and Naval 
Affairs Committees existed until 1947 when they were combined 
by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 into a new 
standing committee, the current Armed Services Committee.

                       ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

          SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

               Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology

Senator Santorum,                    Senator Liberman,
  Chairman                             Ranking Member
Senator Smith                        Senator Kennedy
Senator Snowe                        Senator Bingaman
Senator Roberts

                     Subcommittee on AirLand Forces

Senator Coats,                       Senator Glenn,
  Chairman                             Ranking Member
Senator Warner                       Senator Bingaman
Senator Kempthorne                   Senator Byrd
Senator Inhofe                       Senator Lieberman
Senator Santorum                     Senator Cleland
Senator Roberts

                       Subcommittee on Personnel

Senator Kempthorne,                  Senator Cleland,
  Chairman                             Ranking Member
Senator McCain                       Senator Kennedy
Senator Coats                        Senator Robb
Senator Snowe

                       Subcommittee on Readiness

Senator Inhofe,                      Senator Robb,
  Chairman                             Ranking Member
Senator McCain                       Senator Glenn
Senator Coats                        Senator Cleland
Senator Roberts

                        Subcommittee on Seapower

Senator Warner,                      Senator Kennedy,
  Chairman                             Ranking Member
Senator McCain                       Senator Byrd
Senator Smith                        Senator Robb
Senator Santorum                     Senator Lieberman
Senator Snowe

                    Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Senator Smith,                       Senator Bingaman,
  Chairman                             Ranking Member
Senator Warner                       Senator Glenn
Senator Kempthorne                   Senator Byrd
Senator Inhofe
                               __________

Note: Senator Thurmond and Senator Levin, as Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Armed Services Committee, serve as ex officio 
(non-voting) members of all Subcommittees.

     RELATIONSHIP OF ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                             APPROPRIATIONS

          History of Section 114, Title 10, United States Code

    The jurisdiction of the committee so far as specific annual 
authorizations are concerned was increased significantly in 
1959 by the enactment of section 412(b) of Public Law 86-149 
which required annual congressional authorization of 
appropriations for the procurement of aircraft, missiles and 
naval vessels. That law was amended and expanded as follows:
    In 1962 (Public Law 88-436) to require similar 
authorization of appropriations for research, development, 
test, or evaluation associated with aircraft, missiles and 
naval vessels;
    In 1963 (Public Law 88-174) to require similar 
authorization of appropriations for all research, development, 
test, or evaluation carried on by the Department of Defense;
    In 1965 (Public Law 89-37) to require authorization of 
appropriations for the procurement of tracked combat vehicles;
    In 1967 (Public Law 90-168) to require annual authorization 
of the personnel strengths of each of the Selected Reserves of 
the Reserve components as a prior condition for the 
appropriation of funds for the pay and allowances for the 
Reserve components;
    In 1969 (Public Law 91-121) to require authorization of 
appropriations for the procurement of other weapons to or for 
the use of any armed force of the United States. (Essentially, 
heavy, medium, and light artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, 
rifles, machine-guns, mortars, small arms weapons, and any 
crew-fired piece using fixed ammunition);
    In 1970 (Public Law 91-441) to require authorization of 
appropriations to or for the use of the Navy for the 
procurement of torpedoes and related support equipment; and to 
require authorization of the average annual active duty 
personnel strength for each component of the Armed Forces as a 
condition precedent to the appropriation of funds for this 
purpose;
    In 1971 (Public Law 92-436) to require annual authorization 
for the average military training student loads for each 
component of the Armed Forces, and modified the provision 
relating to authorization for active duty personnel strength;
    In 1973 (Public Law 93-155) to require authorization for 
end strength civilian employment for each component of the 
Defense Department in each fiscal year;
    In 1975 (Public Law 94-106) to require the annual 
authorization of military construction of ammunition 
facilities;
    In 1980 (Public Law 96-342) to require the annual 
authorization of appropriations of funds for the operation and 
maintenance of any armed force of the activities and agencies 
of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments) for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
1981; and
    In 1982 (Public Law 97-86) to require the annual 
authorization of appropriations of funds for procurement of 
ammunition or other procurement for any armed force or for 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than military 
departments).
    Also, in 1973 these enactments were codified by section 
803(a) of Public Law 93-155 into Title 10, United States Code, 
as section 138. Section 138 was amended on several occasions 
and has been redesignated as section 114 of Title 10, United 
States Code. The law today reads as follows:

Sec. 114. ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

    (a) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year to or 
for the use of any armed force or obligated or expended for--
          (1) procurement of aircraft, missiles, or naval 
        vessels;
          (2) any research, development, test, or evaluation, 
        or procurement or production related thereto;
          (3) procurement of tracked combat vehicles;
          (4) procurement of other weapons;
          (5) procurement of naval torpedoes and related 
        support equipment;
          (6) military construction;
          (7) the operation and maintenance of any armed force 
        or of the activities and agencies of the Department of 
        Defense (other than the military departments);
          (8) procurement of ammunition; or
          (9) other procurement by any armed force or by the 
        activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
        (other than the military departments);
unless funds therefor have been specifically authorized by law.
    (b) In subsection (a) (6), the term ``military 
construction'' includes any construction, development, 
conversion, or extension of any kind which is carried out with 
respect to any military facility or installation (including any 
Government-owned or Government-leased industrial facility used 
for the production of defense articles and any facility to 
which section 2353 of this title applies), any activity to 
which section 2807 of this title applies, any activity to which 
chapter 1803 of this title applies, and advances to the 
Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense 
access roads under section 210 of title 23. Such term does not 
include any activity to which section 2821 or 2854 of this 
title applies.
    (c)(1) The size of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund 
established pursuant to chapter 5 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2795 et seq.) may not exceed $1,070,000,000.
    (2) Notwithstanding section 37(a) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2777(a)), amounts received by the United 
States pursuant to subparagraph (A) of section 21(a) (1) of 
that Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(a) (1))--
          (A) shall be credited to the Special Defense 
        Acquisition Fund established pursuant to chapter 5 of 
        that Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(b) (1)), but subject to the 
        limitation in paragraph (1) and other applicable law, 
        and
          (B) to the extent not so credited, shall be deposited 
        in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts as provided 
        in section 3302(b) of title 31.
    (d) Funds may be appropriated for the armed forces for use 
as an emergency fund for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, or related procurement or production only if the 
appropriation of the funds is authorized by law after June 30, 
1966.
    (e) In each budget submitted by the President to Congress 
under section 1105 of title 31, amounts requested for 
procurement of equipment for the reserve components of the 
armed forces (including the National Guard) shall be set forth 
separately from other amounts requested for procurement for the 
armed forces.
    (f) In each budget submitted by the President to Congress 
under section 1105 of title 31, amounts requested for 
procurement of ammunition for the Navy and Marine Corps, and 
for procurement of ammunition for the Air Force, shall be set 
forth separately from other amounts requested for procurement.

Sec. 115. PERSONNEL STRENGTHS: REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION

    (a) Congress shall authorize personnel strength levels for 
each fiscal year for each of the following:
          (1) The end strength for each of the armed forces 
        (other than the Coast Guard) for (A) active-duty 
        personnel who are to be paid from funds appropriated 
        for active-duty personnel, and (B) active-duty 
        personnel and full-time National Guard duty personnel 
        who are to be paid from funds appropriated for reserve 
        personnel.
          (2) The end strength for the Selected Reserve of each 
        reserve component of the armed forces.
    (b) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year to or 
for--
          (1) the use of active-duty personnel or full-time 
        National Guard duty personnel of any of the armed 
        forces (other than the Coast Guard) unless the end 
        strength for such personnel of that armed force for 
        that fiscal year has been authorized by law; or
          (2) the use of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
        component of the armed forces unless the end strength 
        for the Selected Reserve of that component for that 
        fiscal year has been authorized by law.
    (c) Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that 
such action is in the national interest, the Secretary may--
          (1) increase the end strength authorized pursuant to 
        subsection (a) (1) (A) for a fiscal year for any of the 
        armed forces by a number equal to not more than 1 
        percent of that end strength; and
          (2) increase the end strength authorized pursuant to 
        subsection (a) (1) (B) for a fiscal year for any of the 
        armed forces by a number equal to not more than 2 
        percent of that end strength.
    (d) In counting active-duty personnel for the purpose of 
the end-strengths authorized pursuant to subsection (a) (1), 
persons in the following categories shall be excluded:
          (1) Members of the Ready Reserve ordered to active 
        duty under section 12302 of this title.
          (2) Members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
        Reserve ordered to active duty under section 12304 of 
        this title.
          (3) Members of the National Guard called into Federal 
        service under section 12406 of this title.
          (4) Members of the militia called into Federal 
        service under chapter 15 of this title.
          (5) Members of reserve components on active duty for 
        training.
          (6) Members of reserve components on active duty for 
        180 days or less to perform special work.
          (7) Members on full-time National Guard duty for 180 
        days or less.
          (8) Members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
        Reserve on active duty for more than 180 days to 
        support programs described in section 1203(b) of the 
        Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII of 
        Public Law 103-160; 22 U.S.C. 5952(b)).
    (e) The authorized strength of the Navy under subsection 
(a) (1) is increased by the authorized strength of the Coast 
Guard during any period when the Coast Guard is operating as a 
service in the Navy.
    [(f) Repealed. P.L. 104-106 1061 (c) (3), Feb. 10, 1996, 
110 Stat. 442.]
    (g) Congress shall authorize for each fiscal year the end 
strength for military technicians (dual status) for each 
reserve component of the Army and Air Force. Funds available to 
the Department of Defense for any fiscal year may not be used 
for the pay of a military technician (dual status) during that 
fiscal year unless the technician fills a position that is 
within the number of such positions authorized by law for that 
fiscal year for the reserve component of that technician. This 
subsection applies without regard to section 129 of this title.

ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES DURING THE 105TH CONGRESS 
                            (1997 AND 1998)

    The following summarizes the activities of the Committee on 
Armed Services during the 105th Congress.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
    The Committee initiated the fiscal year 1998 budget 
deliberations on February 6, 1997, with a hearing to receive 
testimony from intelligence experts on the global threats 
facing the United States. This hearing set the stage for the 
annual Posture Hearing on February 12 during which the newly 
confirmed Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen, and the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John M. 
Shalikashvili, USA presented the administration's $265.3 
billion defense budget request.
    Prior to the markup of the fiscal year 1998 defense 
authorization bill, the Committee and the six subcommittees 
received testimony from 152 witnesses during 32 hearings. The 
hearings focused on the details of the budget request and on a 
set of national security priorities established by Chairman 
Thurmond to guide the Committee through the authorization 
process for fiscal year 1998. In addition to key civilian and 
military leaders, the Committee and the subcommittees called 
witnesses from a broad range of experiences and perspectives to 
obtain a sense of the status of our armed forces and the 
concerns and needs of our men and women serving in uniform who 
preserve the Nation's security.
    The Committee worked to achieve an appropriate balance 
between near-term and long-term readiness through investments 
in modernization, infrastructure and research; maintenance; 
operations and training; and sufficient personnel end-strengths 
at all grade levels, along with policies supporting the 
recruitment and retention of high quality personnel. 
Modernization efforts were focused on fielding the types and 
quantities of weapons systems and equipment needed to fight and 
win decisively with minimal risk to our troops to ensure an 
adequate, safe and reliable nuclear weapons capability.
    The Committee's authorization recommendation for fiscal 
year 1998 was $268.2 billion, $5.2 billion over the amount 
requested by the Administration. The increase provided an 
additional $4.2 billion for procurement and $1.0 billion for 
research and development. The Committee took actions to improve 
operations and achieve greater efficiencies and savings. The 
Committee sought to eliminate defense spending that did not 
contribute directly to the national security of the United 
States. Additionally, savings were achieved by accelerating 
programs where appropriate and by limiting new program starts.
    The Committee sought to improve the quality of life of our 
military personnel and their families. Quality of life 
initiatives included provisions to provide equitable pay and 
benefits to military personnel, including a 2.8 percent pay 
raise to protect against inflation, and to restore appropriate 
levels of funding for the construction and maintenance of troop 
billets and military family housing.
    The Committee increased investment in the broad spectrum of 
research and development activities to ensure United States 
military forces remain superior in technology to any potential 
adversary. The Committee also directed a more detailed 
programming and budgeting process for the reserve components. 
The Department of Defense continues to rely heavily on the 
forces that make up our reserve component, but has failed to 
provide the necessary resources to ensure their effectiveness.
    Finally, the Committee included provisions in the 
authorization bill to accelerate the development and deployment 
of theater missile defense systems and to provide adequate 
funding for a national missile defense system to preserve the 
option to deploy such a system in fiscal year 2003.
    The Committee began its markup of the authorization bill on 
June 11, 1997, and reported S. 936 to the Senate on June 18, 
1997. The Senate began consideration of S. 936 on June 19, and 
approved the bill on July 11, by a vote of 94 to 4. During the 
Senate's 44 hours of debate on the bill, 120 amendments were 
offered and 14 roll call votes were recorded.
    The House of Representatives approved the bill proposed by 
the Committee on National Security (H.R. 1119) on June 25. On 
July 24, Conferees from the Senate and the House began the 
process of reconciling the many differences between the two 
bills. The conferees completed their work and filed the 
conference report in the House on October 23. The House passed 
the report on October 28, and the Senate passed the report on 
November 6 by a vote of 90 to 10. The President signed the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 into 
law on November 18, 1997 (Public Law 105-85) .
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
    In the Second Session of the 105th Congress, the Committee 
continued its efforts to ensure, within the constraints of the 
new balanced budget agreement, an adequate balance between the 
current and long-term readiness of the armed forces.
    The Committee began its review of the President's defense 
budget request for fiscal year 1999 at a hearing on February 3, 
1998, when Secretary of Defense Cohen, the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Henry H. Shelton, USA, and 
William J. Lynn III, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) 
testified on the budget request of $270.9 billion in budget 
authority. While developing the National Defense Authorization 
Bill, the Committee and subcommittees heard from 156 witnesses 
who testified at 30 hearings.
    The Committee commenced its markup on May 6 and reported to 
the Senate S. 2057, the National Defense Authorization Bill for 
Fiscal Year 1999 on May 11. The bill as reported would 
authorize $270.6 billion in budget authority for the National 
Defense function of the Federal Budget. To meet the guidelines 
of the fiscal year 1999 Budget Resolution, the funding level 
was approximately $300 million less than the Administration's 
request.
    As reported by the Committee to the Senate, S. 2057 
protected the quality of life of our military personnel and 
their families. Quality of life initiatives included provisions 
to provide a 3.1 percent pay increase and to restore 
appropriate levels of funding for the construction and 
maintenance of troop billets and military family housing.
    The Committee noted clear evidence that the combat 
readiness of the Armed Forces was at greater risk due to two 
key factors: older and harder-to-maintain equipment resulting 
from inadequate modernization and the overuse of a smaller 
force structure. In that regard, the Committee supported a more 
robust, progressive modernization effort to provide the 
requisite capabilities for future military operations and to 
lower future operational and maintenance costs.
    The Senate began consideration of S. 2057 on May 13, 1998, 
an approved the bill on June 25 by a vote of 88 to 4. At the 
conclusion of the debate, the Senate approved by voice vote an 
amendment offered by Senator Warner to name the bill the 
``Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999.'' During the Senate's 45 hours of debate on the bill 
150 amendments were offered and 14 roll call votes were 
recorded.
    The House of Representatives approved the bill (H.R. 3616) 
proposed by the Committee on National Security on May 21. On 
July 14, the Conferees from the Senate and House began the 
process of reconciling the multitude of differences between the 
two bills. On September 22, 1998, the conferees completed their 
work, and the conference report was filed in the House. The 
House and Senate passed the conference report on September 24 
and October 1 respectively, and President Clinton signed the 
bill into law on October 17, 1998 (Public Law 105-261).

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                                               105th Congress
                                  --------------------------------------
                                   Ist Session   2d Session     Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Defense Authorization:
    Days in markup...............            3            2            5
    Days on floor................            8            8           16
    Amendments...................          120          150          270
    Roll call votes..............           14           14           28
    Hours of debate..............           44           45           89
                                  --------------------------------------
Hearings/Meetings:
    Full Committee...............           51           65          116
    Strategic Forces Subcommittee            7            8           15
    Readiness Subcommittee.......            5            6           11
    Personnel Subcommittee.......            5            4            9
    Acquisition and Technology               5            5           10
     Subcommittee................
    Seapower Subcommittee........            4            4            8
    AirLand Subcommittee.........            5            4            9
        Total....................           82           96          178
                                  --------------------------------------
Statutory Nominations............           11           18           29
                                  --------------------------------------
Military nominations:
    Army.........................        6,246        5,481       11,727
    Navy.........................        6,157        5,051       11,208
    Marine Corps.................        1,679        1,847        3,526
    Air Force....................        8,141        6,091       14,232
        Total....................       22,223       18,470       40,693
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                                1997 ACTION ON NOMINATIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
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                                         Date(s) of Committee        Date of Senate
   Date(s) of Committee Hearing(s)              Action                Confirmation           Nominee/Position
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Jan. 22, 1997........................  Jan. 22, 1997..........  Jan. 22, 1997..........  Cohen, William S., of
                                                                                          Maine, to be Secretary
                                                                                          of Defense, vice
                                                                                          William J. Perry.
Feb. 5, 1997.........................  N/A (See Note).........  Mar. 12, 1997..........  Pena, Federico F., of
                                                                                          Colorado, to be
                                                                                          Secretary of Energy,
                                                                                          vice Hazel Rollins
                                                                                          O'Leary, retired.
                                                                                          (Note: On Jan. 28,
                                                                                          1997 the Pena
                                                                                          nomination was
                                                                                          referred solely to the
                                                                                          Committee on Energy
                                                                                          and Natural Resources.
                                                                                          By mutual written
                                                                                          agreement between the
                                                                                          Chairmen of the Energy
                                                                                          and Natural Resources
                                                                                          and Armed Services
                                                                                          Committees, the Armed
                                                                                          Services Committee
                                                                                          conducted a nomination
                                                                                          hearing to receive the
                                                                                          views of the nominee
                                                                                          on Department of
                                                                                          Energy defense-related
                                                                                          programs within the
                                                                                          jurisdiction of the
                                                                                          Armed Services
                                                                                          Committee.)
Mar. 6, 1997.........................  Mar. 11, 1997..........  Mar. 18, 1997..........  Hall, Keith R., of
                                                                                          Maryland, to be
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          the Air Force for
                                                                                          Space, vice Jeffrey K.
                                                                                          Harris, resigned.
July 9, 1997.........................  July 8 and 9, 1997.....  July 9, 1997...........  Clark, General Wesley
                                                                                          K., USA, to be
                                                                                          general, to be
                                                                                          Commander in Chief,
                                                                                          United States European
                                                                                          Command and Supreme
                                                                                          Allied Commander,
                                                                                          Europe. (Note: The
                                                                                          Committee met in
                                                                                          executive session on
                                                                                          July 8, 1997 in
                                                                                          relation to this
                                                                                          nomination. The
                                                                                          nominee did not appear
                                                                                          at the executive
                                                                                          session. The Committee
                                                                                          also met in closed
                                                                                          session on July 9,
                                                                                          1997, prior to the
                                                                                          open hearing. The
                                                                                          nominee appeared in
                                                                                          both the closed and
                                                                                          open sessions. The
                                                                                          executive and closed
                                                                                          sessions were not
                                                                                          printed.)
July 9, 1997.........................  July 9, 1997...........  July 9, 1997...........  Zinni, Lieutenant
                                                                                          General Anthony C.,
                                                                                          USMC, to be general
                                                                                          and Commander in
                                                                                          Chief, United States
                                                                                          Central Command.
July 17, 1997........................  July 17, 1997..........  July 31, 1997..........  de Leon, Rudy, of
                                                                                          California, to be
                                                                                          Under Secretary of
                                                                                          Defense for Personnel
                                                                                          and Readiness, vice
                                                                                          Edwin Dorn, resigned.
July 24, 1997........................  July 24, 1997..........  July 24, 1997..........  Hamre, John J., of
                                                                                          South Dakota, to be
                                                                                          Deputy Secretary of
                                                                                          Defense, vice John P.
                                                                                          White, resigned.
Sept. 9, 1997........................  Sept. 10, 1997.........  Sept. 16, 1997.........  Shelton, General Henry
                                                                                          H., USA, to be general
                                                                                          and to be Chairman of
                                                                                          the Joint Chiefs of
                                                                                          Staff.
Sept. 16, 1997.......................  Sept. 17, 1997.........  Sept. 24, 1997.........  Ryan, General Michael
                                                                                          E., USAF, to be
                                                                                          general and to be
                                                                                          Chief of Staff, United
                                                                                          States Air Force.
Sept. 16, 1997.......................  Sept. 17, 1997.........  Sept. 23, 1997.........  Gehman, Admiral Harold
                                                                                          W., Jr., USN, to be
                                                                                          admiral and to be
                                                                                          Commander in Chief,
                                                                                          United States Atlantic
                                                                                          Command.
Sept. 16, 1997.......................  Sept. 17, 1997.........  Sept. 23, 1997.........  Wilhelm, Lieutenant
                                                                                          General Charles E.,
                                                                                          USMC, to be general
                                                                                          and to be Commander in
                                                                                          Chief, United States
                                                                                          Southern Command.
Oct. 1, 1997.........................  Oct. 29, 1997..........  Nov. 5, 1997...........  Gansler, Jacques S., of
                                                                                          Virginia, to be Under
                                                                                          Secretary of Defense
                                                                                          for Acquisition and
                                                                                          Technology, vice Paul
                                                                                          G. Kaminski, resigned.
Oct. 23, 1997........................  Oct. 29, 1997..........  Oct. 30, 1997..........  Schoomaker, Lieutenant
                                                                                          General Peter J., USA,
                                                                                          to be general and to
                                                                                          be Commander in Chief,
                                                                                          United States Special
                                                                                          Operations Command.
Oct. 23, 1997........................  Oct. 29, 1997..........  Oct. 30, 1997..........  Gordon, Lieutenant
                                                                                          General John A., USAF,
                                                                                          to be general and to
                                                                                          be Deputy Director,
                                                                                          Central Intelligence
                                                                                          Agency.
N/A..................................  Oct. 29, 1997..........  Oct. 30, 1997..........  Mansfield, John E., of
                                                                                          Virginia, to be a
                                                                                          Member of the Defense
                                                                                          Nuclear Facilities
                                                                                          Safety Board for a
                                                                                          term expiring October
                                                                                          18, 2001, vice John W.
                                                                                          Crawford, Jr.,
                                                                                          resigned. (Note: The
                                                                                          nominee did not
                                                                                          appear.)
Oct. 30, 1997........................  Nov. 7, 1997...........  Nov. 8, 1997...........  Walker, Robert M., of
                                                                                          Tennessee, to be Under
                                                                                          Secretary of the Army,
                                                                                          vice Joe Robert
                                                                                          Reeder.
Oct. 30, 1997........................  Nov. 7, 1997...........  Nov. 8, 1997...........  Hultin, Jerry
                                                                                          MacArthur, of
                                                                                          Virginia, to be Under
                                                                                          Secretary of the Navy,
                                                                                          vice Richard Danzig,
                                                                                          resigned.
Oct. 30, 1997........................  Nov. 7, 1997...........  Nov. 8, 1997...........  Peters, F. Whitten, of
                                                                                          the District of
                                                                                          Columbia, to be Under
                                                                                          Secretary of the Air
                                                                                          Force, vice Rudy de
                                                                                          Leon.
Nov. 8, 1997.........................  Nov. 12 and 13, 1997...  Nov. 13, 1997..........  Lynn, William J., III,
                                                                                          of the District of
                                                                                          Columbia, to be Under
                                                                                          Secretary of Defense
                                                                                          (Comptroller), vice
                                                                                          John Hamre.
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                                1998 ACTION ON NOMINATIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Date(s) of Committee        Date of Senate
   Date(s) of Committee Hearing(s)              Action                Confirmation           Nominee/Position
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feb. 4, 1998.........................  Feb. 5, 1998...........  Feb. 5, 1998...........  Ralston, General Joseph
                                                                                          W., USAF, for
                                                                                          reappointment to the
                                                                                          grade of general and
                                                                                          reappointment as Vice
                                                                                          Chairman of the Joint
                                                                                          Chiefs of Staff.
Mar. 17, 1998........................  Apr. 1, 1998...........  May 21, 1998...........  Oliver, David R., of
                                                                                          Idaho, to be Deputy
                                                                                          Under Secretary of
                                                                                          Defense for
                                                                                          Acquisition and
                                                                                          Technology, vice R.
                                                                                          Noel Longuemare, Jr.
Mar. 17, 1998........................  Apr. 1, 1998...........  May 14, 1998...........  Bailey, Sue, of
                                                                                          Maryland, to be
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          Defense for Health
                                                                                          Affairs, vice Stephen
                                                                                          C. Joseph, resigned.
Mar. 17, 1998........................  Apr. 1, 1998...........  May 14, 1998...........  Hoeper, Paul J., of
                                                                                          California, to be
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          the Army for Research,
                                                                                          Development and
                                                                                          Acquisition, vice
                                                                                          Gilbert F. Decker,
                                                                                          resigned.
June 2, 1998.........................  June 4, 1998...........  June 9, 1998...........  Mark, Hans, of Texas,
                                                                                          to be Director of
                                                                                          Defense Research and
                                                                                          Engineering, vice
                                                                                          Anita K. Jones,
                                                                                          resigned.
June 2, 1998.........................  June 4, 1998...........  June 9, 1998...........  Apgar, Mahlon, IV, of
                                                                                          Maryland, to be
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          the Army for
                                                                                          Installations,
                                                                                          Logistics and
                                                                                          Environment, vice
                                                                                          Robert M. Walker.
June 2, 1998.........................  June 4, 1998...........  June 9, 1998...........  Westphal, Joseph W., of
                                                                                          Virginia, to be
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          the Army for Civil
                                                                                          Works, vice H. Martin
                                                                                          Lancaster.
June 16, 22; July 16, 21, 1998.......  July 22, 1998..........  N/A....................  Jones, Daryl L., of
                                                                                          Florida, to be
                                                                                          Secretary of the Air
                                                                                          Force, vice Sheila
                                                                                          Widnall, resigned
                                                                                          (Note: The nominee
                                                                                          appeared at the June
                                                                                          16 and July 16 open
                                                                                          sessions. Outside
                                                                                          witnesses also
                                                                                          testified at the July
                                                                                          16 open session. The
                                                                                          Committee met in
                                                                                          executive session to
                                                                                          discuss this
                                                                                          nomination on June 22
                                                                                          (not recorded) and
                                                                                          July 21 (not printed).
                                                                                          On July 22, 1998 the
                                                                                          Committee met in open
                                                                                          session to vote on the
                                                                                          nomination. A motion
                                                                                          to report the
                                                                                          nomination without a
                                                                                          recommendation failed
                                                                                          by a roll call vote of
                                                                                          9-9. A second motion
                                                                                          to report the
                                                                                          nomination unfavorably
                                                                                          was made and
                                                                                          withdrawn. On July 30,
                                                                                          1998 the nomination
                                                                                          was withdrawn by the
                                                                                          President.)
June 16, 1998........................  June 22, 23, 1998......  June 24, 1998..........  Caldera, Louis E., of
                                                                                          California, to be
                                                                                          Secretary of the Army,
                                                                                          vice Togo Dennis West,
                                                                                          Jr.
June 23, 1998........................  June 25, 1998..........  June 25, 1998..........  Mies, Vice Admiral
                                                                                          Richard W., USN, to be
                                                                                          admiral and to be
                                                                                          Commander in Chief,
                                                                                          U.S. Strategic
                                                                                          Command.
June 23, 1998........................  June 25, 1998..........  June 25, 1998..........  Myers, General Richard
                                                                                          B., USAF, for
                                                                                          reappointment to the
                                                                                          grade of general, to
                                                                                          be Commander in Chief,
                                                                                          U.S. Space Command and
                                                                                          to be Commander in
                                                                                          Chief, North American
                                                                                          Aerospace Defense
                                                                                          Command.
June 23, 1998........................  June 25, 1998..........  June 25, 1998..........  Robertson, Lieutenant
                                                                                          General Charles T.,
                                                                                          Jr., USAF, to be
                                                                                          general, to be
                                                                                          Commander in Chief,
                                                                                          U.S. Transportation
                                                                                          Command and Commander,
                                                                                          Air Mobility Command.
July 23, 1998........................  July 28, 1998..........  July 30, 1998..........  Henry, Patrick T., of
                                                                                          Virginia, to be
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          the Army for Manpower
                                                                                          and Reserve Affairs,
                                                                                          vice Sara E. Lister,
                                                                                          resigned.
July 23, 1998........................  July 28, 1998..........  July 30, 1998..........  Becraft, Carolyn H., of
                                                                                          Virginia, to be
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          the Navy for Manpower
                                                                                          and Reserve Affairs,
                                                                                          vice Bernard Daniel
                                                                                          Rostker.
July 23, 1998........................  July 28, 1998..........  July 30, 1998..........  DeMesme, Ruby Butler,
                                                                                          of Virginia, to be
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          the Air Force for
                                                                                          Manpower, Reserve
                                                                                          Affairs, Installations
                                                                                          and Environment, vice
                                                                                          Rodney A. Coleman,
                                                                                          resigned.
Sept. 15, 1998.......................  Sept. 24, 1998.........  Sept. 25, 1998.........  Bodner, James M., of
                                                                                          Virginia, to be Deputy
                                                                                          Under Secretary of
                                                                                          Defense for Policy,
                                                                                          vice Jan Lodal.
Sept. 15, 1998.......................  Sept. 24, 1998.........  Sept. 25, 1998.........  Blair, Vice Admiral
                                                                                          Dennis C., USN, to be
                                                                                          admiral and to be
                                                                                          Commander in Chief,
                                                                                          United States Pacific
                                                                                          Command.
Sept. 22, 1998.......................  Sept. 24, 1998.........  Sept. 25, 1998.........  Danzig, Richard J., of
                                                                                          the District of
                                                                                          Columbia, to be
                                                                                          Secretary of the Navy,
                                                                                          vice John H. Dalton,
                                                                                          resigned.
Sept. 22, 1998.......................  Sept. 24, 1998.........  Oct. 21, 1998..........  Rostker, Bernard D., of
                                                                                          Virginia, to be Under
                                                                                          Secretary of the Army,
                                                                                          vice Robert M. Walker.
Sept. 22, 1998.......................  Sept. 24, 1998.........  Sept. 25, 1998.........  Preston, Stephen W., of
                                                                                          the District of
                                                                                          Columbia, to be
                                                                                          General Counsel of the
                                                                                          Department of the
                                                                                          Navy, vice Stephen S.
                                                                                          Honigman.
Sept. 22, 1998.......................  Sept. 24, 1998.........  Sept. 25, 1998.........  Buchanan, Herbert L.
                                                                                          III, of Virginia, to
                                                                                          be Assistant Secretary
                                                                                          of the Navy for
                                                                                          Research, Development
                                                                                          and Acquisition, vice
                                                                                          John Wade Douglass.
Sept. 22, 1998.......................  Sept. 24, 1998.........  Sept. 25, 1998.........  Johnson, Jeh C., of New
                                                                                          York, to be General
                                                                                          Counsel of the
                                                                                          Department of the Air
                                                                                          Force, vice Sheila
                                                                                          Cheston.
Oct. 8, 1998.........................  N/A (See Note).........  .......................  Gottemoeller, Rose E.,
                                                                                          of Virginia, to be an
                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of
                                                                                          Energy (Non-
                                                                                          Proliferation and
                                                                                          National Security),
                                                                                          vice Archer L. Durham,
                                                                                          resigned. (Note: On
                                                                                          September 22, 1998 the
                                                                                          Gottemoeller
                                                                                          nomination was
                                                                                          referred solely to the
                                                                                          Committee on Energy
                                                                                          and Natural Resources.
                                                                                          The nominee would
                                                                                          serve as the principal
                                                                                          advisor to the
                                                                                          Secretary of Energy on
                                                                                          nonproliferation and
                                                                                          arms control matters,
                                                                                          nonproliferation
                                                                                          research and
                                                                                          development programs,
                                                                                          emergency management
                                                                                          and preparedness
                                                                                          matters and safeguards
                                                                                          and security. Since
                                                                                          all of these programs
                                                                                          are part of the
                                                                                          national security
                                                                                          activities of the
                                                                                          Department of Energy
                                                                                          budget and are within
                                                                                          the jurisdiction of
                                                                                          the Armed Services
                                                                                          Committee, the
                                                                                          Committee on Armed
                                                                                          Services conducted a
                                                                                          hearing on October 8,
                                                                                          1998 to review the
                                                                                          recommendation to
                                                                                          elevate the position
                                                                                          of the Director,
                                                                                          Office of Non-
                                                                                          Proliferation and
                                                                                          National Security of
                                                                                          the Department of
                                                                                          Energy to Assistant
                                                                                          Secretary of Energy
                                                                                          (Non-Proliferation and
                                                                                          National Security.)
                                                                                          Nomination was
                                                                                          returned to the
                                                                                          President October 21,
                                                                                          1998
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             NOMINATIONS FOR PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMED FORCES

    The Committee considered nominations for promotions in the 
armed services. Nominations submitted to the Senate by the 
President for confirmation resulted in the following:

                             First Session

               January 3, 1997 through November 13, 1997

Air Force nominations, totaling 8,141, disposed of as follows:
    Confirmed..................................................... 8,120
    Unconfirmed...................................................    21
Army nominations, totaling 6,246, disposed of as follows:
    Confirmed..................................................... 6,244
    Unconfirmed...................................................     2
Navy nominations, totaling 6,157, disposed of as follows:
    Confirmed..................................................... 6,153
    Unconfirmed...................................................     4
Marine Corps nominations, totaling 1,679, disposed of as follows:
    Confirmed..................................................... 1,679
    Unconfirmed...................................................     0

                             Second Session


               January 27, 1998 through October 21, 1998

Air Force nominations, totaling 6,091, (including 21 nominations 
  carried over from the first session), disposed of as follows:
    Confirmed..................................................... 6,087
    Returned to the White House...................................     4
Army nominations, totaling 5,481 (including 2 nominations carried 
  over from the first session), disposed of as follows:
    Confirmed..................................................... 5,478
    Returned to the White House...................................     3
Navy nominations, totaling 5,051 (including 4 nominations carried 
  over from the first session), disposed of as follows:
    Confirmed..................................................... 5,045
    Returned to the White House...................................     6
Marine Corps nominations, totaling 1,847, disposed of as follows:
    Confirmed..................................................... 1,847

INVESTIGATIONS, HEARINGS, AND OTHER MATTERS NOT DIRECTLY PERTAINING TO 
                    LEGISLATION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

                (Date of Hearing and Person or Subject)

                                ------                                

February 4, 1997
Committee met to receive testimony concerning the Army sexual 
    harassment incidents at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 
    and sexual harassment policies within the Department of 
    Defense. (Witnesses: Panel I: Togo D. West, Jr.; General 
    Dennis J. Reimer, USA; Lieutenant General Jared L. Bates, 
    USA; and Brigadier General Daniel A. Doherty, USA. Panel 
    II: Edwin Dorn, Togo D. West, Jr.; John H. Dalton; and 
    Sheila E. Widnall). Open. Printed.
February 6, 1997
Committee met to receive testimony on the worldwide threat 
    facing the United States. (Witnesses: George J. Tenet and 
    Lieutenant General Patrick M. Hughes, USA). Open and 
    closed. Open portion printed.
February 11, 1997
Committee met to receive a briefing on the situation in Bosnia 
    and the status of U.S. military forces participating in the 
    Stabilization Force (SFOR). (Witnesses: John White; General 
    John M. Shalikashvili, USA; and Mr. John Kornblum). Closed; 
    not printed.
February 27, 1997
Committee met to receive testimony concerning Department of 
    Defense actions pertaining to the Persian Gulf Illness. 
    (Witnesses: Panel I: John P. White; General H. Norman 
    Schwarzkopf, USA (Ret.); Lieutenant General Carlton W. 
    Fulford, USMC; and Brigadier General Daniel R. Zanini, USA. 
    Panel II: Stephen C. Joseph; Elaine L. Larson; and Admiral 
    Donald Custis, USN (Ret)). Open. Printed.
March 19, 1997
Committee met to receive a briefing on investigations at 
    Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, including recent media 
    accounts of inappropriate activities by Army criminal 
    investigators. (Witnesses: Togo D. West, Jr. and General 
    Dennis J. Reimer, USA). Executive; not recorded.
April 23, 1997
Committee met to receive testimony on the Administration's 
    proposal on NATO enlargement. (Witnesses: Madeleine K. 
    Albright and William S. Cohen). Open. Printed.
May 8, 1997
Committee met to consider certain pending military nominations. 
    Executive; not printed.
May 20, 1997
Committee met to receive testimony on the Quadrennial Defense 
    Review and the impact of its recommendations on National 
    Security for the 21st Century. (Witnesses: William S. Cohen 
    and General John M. Shalikashvili, USA). Open. Printed.
May 21, 1997
Committee met to receive testimony on the Quadrennial Defense 
    Review and its impact on the Future Years Defense Program. 
    (Witnesses: General Dennis J. Reimer, USA; Admiral Jay L. 
    Johnson, USN; General Charles C. Krulak, USMC; and General 
    Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF). Open. Printed.
June 3, 1997
Committee met informally with the British Defence Minister to 
    discuss U.S.-U.K. cooperative military matters, NATO 
    enlargement and Bosnia. Executive; not recorded.
October 23, 1997
Committee met to consider certain pending military nominations. 
    Executive; not printed.
November 5, 1997
Committee met to receive a briefing on United Nations Special 
    Commission (UNSCOM) inspections of Iraqi weapons of mass 
    destruction. (Witnesses: Walter B. Slocombe; Major General 
    James C. King, USA; and Lieutenant General Peter Pace, 
    USMC). Closed; not recorded.
January 28, 1998
Committee met to receive testimony on the report and 
    recommendations of the National Defense Panel. (Witnesses: 
    Panel I: Philip A. Odeen; Richard L. Armitage; Robert M. 
    Kimmitt; Andrew F. Krepinevich; General Robert W. RisCassi, 
    USA (Ret.). Panel II: Admiral William A. Owens, USN (Ret.). 
    Open. Printed.
January 29, 1998
Committee met to continue to receive testimony on the report 
    and recommendations of the National Defense Panel. 
    (Witness: James R. Schlesinger). Open. Printed.
January 29, 1998
Committee met to receive testimony on the national security 
    implications of enlarging NATO and the continued deployment 
    of U.S. forces in Bosnia. (Witness: Henry A. Kissinger). 
    Open. Printed.
January 29, 1998
Committee met to receive a briefing on the situation in Iraq 
    from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
    International Security Affairs, the Defense Intelligence 
    Agency, and the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
    Closed; not printed.
February 24, 1998
Committee met informally with Members of the British House of 
    Commons Defence Committee to discuss national security and 
    foreign policy matters of mutual interest, to include 
    issues related to NATO enlargement, the situation in Iraq, 
    and the follow-on force to the Stabilization Force (SFOR) 
    in Bosnia. Executive; not recorded.
February 26, 1998
Committee met to receive a briefing on the situation in Iraq. 
    (Witnesses: William S. Cohen and General Henry M. Shelton, 
    USA). Closed; not printed.
March 12, 1998
Committee met to receive a briefing on the situation in Kosovo, 
    a province of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 
    (Witnesses: Ambassador Robert S. Gelbard; Franklin D. 
    Kramer; and Major General James C. King, USA). Closed; not 
    printed.
March 19, 1998
Committee met to receive testimony on issues related to NATO 
    enlargement. (Witnesses: William J. Perry; William Kristol; 
    William Hyland; and Susan Eisenhower). Open. Printed.
March 19, 1998
Committee met to receive a briefing on the results of the B-2 
    Bomber Study prepared by the Panel to Review Long Range Air 
    Power. (Witness: General Larry D. Welch, USAF (Ret.)). 
    Closed; not recorded.

March 24, 1998

Committee met informally with Mr. Alexi Arbatov, a Member of 
    the Russian Duma, to discuss national security and foreign 
    policy matters of mutual interest, to include Russian 
    ratification of START II, Iraq compliance with the United 
    Nations, and NATO enlargement. Executive; not recorded.

March 25, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony on the situation in the 
    Persian Gulf. (Witnesses: Paul Wolfowitz; David A. Kay; and 
    Anthony H. Cordesman). Open. Printed.

March 31, 1998

Committee met informally with the Secretary of Defense to 
    discuss current defense issues. Executive; not recorded.

June 4, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony on the future threats to the 
    Department of Defense information systems, including the 
    year 2000 problems and the sale of the frequency spectrum. 
    (Witnesses: Senator Robert F. Bennett; John J. Hamre; and 
    Lieutenant General Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF). Open. 
    Printed.

June 4, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony on the U.S. forces 
    participating in NATO Operations in Bosnia and progress in 
    achieving benchmarks in the civil implementation of the 
    Dayton Agreement. (Witnesses: Robert S. Gelbard and General 
    Wesley K. Clark, USA). Open. Printed.

July 9, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony on U.S. export control and 
    nonproliferation policy and the role and responsibility of 
    the Department of Defense. (Witnesses: Stephen D. Bryen, 
    Gary Milhollin, and Mitchel B. Wallerstein). Open. Printed.

August 21, 1998

Committee met jointly with the Senate Appropriations Committee, 
    Subcommittee on Defense; Senate Foreign Relations 
    Committee; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; House 
    National Security Committee; House Appropriations 
    Committee, Subcommittee on National Security; House 
    International Relations Committee; and House Permanent 
    Select Committee on Intelligence to receive a briefing on 
    U.S. cruise missile strikes on terrorist sites in 
    Afghanistan and Sudan. (Witnesses: William S. Cohen, 
    Madeleine K. Albright, George J. Tenet, General Henry H. 
    Shelton, USA). Closed; not recorded.

September 3, 1998

Committee met jointly with the Senate Foreign Relations 
    Committee to receive testimony on U.S. policy regarding 
    United Nations inspections of Iraqi chemical sites. 
    (Witness: William S. Ritter, Jr.). Open. Printed.

September 15, 1998

Committee met informally with Members of the Israeli Knesset 
    Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to discuss issues 
    concerning missile defense. Executive; not recorded.

September 23, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony on North Korea's ballistic 
    missile and weapons of mass destruction programs. 
    (Witnesses: George J. Tenet and Lieutenant General Patrick 
    M. Hughes, USA). Closed; not printed.

September 24, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony on the report of the 
    Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the 
    United States. (Witnesses: Donald H. Rumsfeld; Richard L. 
    Garwin; William R. Graham and General Larry D. Welch, USAF 
    (Ret.)). Open and closed. Open portion printed.

September 25, 1998

Committee met to receive a briefing on the worldwide threat and 
    status of U.S. military forces and potential operational 
    requirements. (Witnesses: Lieutenant General Edward G. 
    Anderson III, USA; Major General John J. Maher III, USA; 
    and Rear Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, USN). Closed; not 
    printed.

September 29, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony regarding the U.S. military 
    forces and their ability to successfully execute the 
    National Military Strategy. (Witnesses: General Henry H. 
    Shelton, USA; General Dennis J. Reimer, USA; General 
    Charles C. Krulak, USMC; Admiral Jay L. Johnson, USN; and 
    General Michael E. Ryan, USAF). Open. Printed.

October 1, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony regarding plans for 
    Department of Energy National Security Programs. (Witness: 
    Bill Richardson). Open. Printed.

October 2, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony on ballistic missile defense 
    programs, policies and related issues. (Witnesses: John J. 
    Hamre; General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF and Lieutenant 
    General Lester L. Lyles, USAF). Open. Printed.

October 6, 1998

Committee met to receive testimony on the worldwide threats 
    facing the United States and potential U.S. operational and 
    contingency requirements. (Witnesses: William S. Cohen and 
    General Henry H. Shelton, USA). Open. Printed.

October 8, 1998

Committee met to receive a briefing on the situation in Kosovo. 
    (Witnesses: Thomas R. Pickering; Walter B. Slocombe; 
    General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF; and Rear Admiral Thomas R. 
    Wilson, USN). Closed; not printed.

November 20, 1998

Committee met to receive a briefing on the situation in Iraq. 
    (Witnesses: Walter B. Slocombe and General Joseph W. 
    Ralston, USAF). Closed; not recorded.

                     ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE STAFF

Romie L. Brownlee, Staff Director
David S. Lyles, Staff Director for the Minority
Charles S. Abell, Professional Staff Member
John R. Barnes, Professional Staff Member
Philip M. Bridwell, Receptionist
Stuart H. Cain, Staff Assistant
Lucia M. Chavez, Professional Staff Member
Christine E. Cowart, Special Assistant
Daniel J. Cox, Jr., Professional Staff Member
Madelyn R. Creedon, Minority Counsel
Richard D. DeBobes, Minority Counsel
John DeCrosta, Communications Director
Marie Fabrizio Dickinson, Deputy Chief Clerk
Keaveny A. Donovan, Staff Assistant
Shawn H. Edwards, Staff Assistant
Jonathan L. Etherton, Professional Staff Member
Pamela L. Farrell, Professional Staff Member
Richard W. Fieldhouse, Professional Staff Member
Maria A. Finley, Staff Assistant
Mickie Jan Gordon, Staff Assistant
Creighton Greene, Professional Staff Member
Gary M. Hall, Professional Staff Member
Larry J. Hoag, Printing and Documents Clerk
Andrew W. Johnson, Professional Staff Member
Melinda M. Koutsoumpas, Chief Clerk
Lawrence J. Lanzillotta, Professional Staff Member
George W. Lauffer, Deputy Staff Director
Gerald J. Leeling, Minority Counsel
Henry C. Leventis, Staff Assistant
Peter K. Levine, Minority Counsel
Paul M. Longsworth, Professional Staff Member
Stephen L. Madey, Jr., Professional Staff Member
Michael J. McCord, Professional Staff Member
J. Reaves McLeod, Staff Assistant
John H. Miller, Professional Staff Member
Ann M. Mittermeyer, Assistant Counsel
Cindy Pearson, Security Manager
Sharen E. Reaves, Staff Assistant
Cord A. Sterling, Professional Staff Member
Scott W. Stucky, General Counsel
Eric H. Thoemmes, Professional Staff Member
Roslyne D. Turner, Systems Administrator
D. Banks Willis, Staff Assistant

    Appointments: Sarah J. Ritch appointed January 13, 1997. 
Daniel J. Cox, Jr. appointed March 3, 1997. Andrew W. Johnson 
appointed March 3, 1997. Madelyn R. Creedon appointed March 10, 
1997. Amy M. Vanderwerff appointed May 13, 1997. Gary M. Hall 
appointed June 19, 1997. John DeCrosta appointed July 11, 1997. 
Stuart H. Cain appointed July 14, 1997. Lind B. Morris 
appointed September 2, 1997. Maria A. Finley appointed 
September 15, 1997. Keaveny A. Donovan appointed November 17, 
1997. Henry C. Leventis appointed March 16, 1998. D. Banks 
Willis appointed June 16, 1998. Philip M. Bridwell appointed 
July 13, 1998. Gerald J. Leeling appointed December 1, 1998.
    Resignations: Arnold L. Punaro, Staff Director for the 
Minority, resigned January 2, 1997. Frank Norton, Jr., 
Professional Staff Member, resigned January 2, 1997. James R. 
Thompson III, Research Assistant, resigned January 2, 1997. 
William E. Hoehn, Jr., Professional Staff Member, resigned 
January 6, 1997. Julie K. Rief, Professional Staff Member, 
resigned January 24, 1997. Christopher J. MacNaughton, 
Receptionist, resigned May 13, 1997. Christine K. Cimko, 
Communications Director, resigned July 10, 1997. Steven C. 
Saulnier, Professional Staff Member, resigned July 15, 1997. 
Patricia L. Banks, Staff Assistant, resigned July 20, 1997. 
Jennifer L. Wallace, Staff Assistant, resigned September 15, 
1997. Amy M. Vanderwerff, Staff Assistant, resigned January 31, 
1998. Lind B. Morris, Staff Assistant, resigned February 2, 
1998. Cristina W. Fiori, Staff Assistant, resigned June 21, 
1998. Sarah J. Ritch, Staff Assistant, resigned June 21, 1998. 
Moultrie D. Roberts, Staff Assistant, resigned July 17, 1998. 
Patrick T. Henry, Professional Staff Member, resigned August 5, 
1998. Bert K. Mizusawa, Professional Staff Member, resigned 
November 20, 1998.
    Title Changes: David S. Lyles from Deputy Staff Director 
for the Minority to Staff Director for the Minority, effective 
January 3, 1997. Amy M. Vanderwerff from Receptionist to Staff 
Assistant, effective July 18, 1997. Stuart H. Cain from 
Receptionist to Staff Assistant, effective November 17, 1997. 
Maria A. Finley from Receptionist to Staff Assistant, effective 
November 17, 1997. Pamela L. Farrell from Research Assistant to 
Professional Staff Member effective, February 5, 1998. Keaveny 
A. Donovan from Receptionist to Staff Assistant, effective 
March 16, 1998. Henry C. Leventis from Receptionist to Staff 
Assistant, effective July 13, 1998.

              ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE RULES OF PROCEDURE

                       (Adopted January 30, 1997)

    1. Regular Meeting Day. The Committee shall meet at least 
once a month when Congress in session. The regular meeting days 
of the Committee shall be Tuesday and Thursday, unless the 
Chairman directs otherwise.
    2. Additional Meetings. The chairman may call such 
additional meetings as he deems necessary.
    3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the committee may 
be called by a majority of the members of the committee in 
accordance with paragraph 3 of Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate.
    4. Open Meetings. Each meeting of the committee, or any 
subcommittee thereof, including meetings to conduct hearings, 
shall be open to the public, except that a meeting or series of 
meetings by the committee or a subcommittee thereof on the same 
subject for a period of no more than fourteen (14) calendar 
days may be closed to the public on a motion made and seconded 
to go into closed session to discuss only whether the matters 
enumerated below in clauses (a) through (f) would require the 
meeting to be closed, followed immediately by a record vote in 
open session by a majority of the members of the committee or 
subcommittee when it is determined that the matters to be 
discussed or the testimony to be taken at such meeting or 
meetings--
          (a) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret 
        in the interests of national defense or the 
        confidential conduct of the foreign relations of the 
        United States;
          (b) will relate solely to matters of committee staff 
        personnel or internal staff management or procedure;
          (c) will tend to charge an individual with a crime or 
        misconduct, to disgrace or injure the professional 
        standing of an individual, or otherwise to expose an 
        individual to public contempt or obloquy or will 
        represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of the privacy 
        of an individual;
          (d) will disclose the identity of any informer or law 
        enforcement agent or will disclose any information 
        relating to the investigation or prosecution of a 
        criminal offense that is required to be kept secret in 
        the interests of effective law enforcement;
          (e) will disclose information relating to the trade 
        secrets or financial or commercial information 
        pertaining specifically to a given person if--
                  (1) an Act of Congress requires the 
                information to be kept confidential by 
                Government officers and employees; or
                  (2) the information has been obtained by the 
                Government on a confidential basis, other than 
                through an application by such person for a 
                specific Government financial or other benefit, 
                and is required to be kept secret in order to 
                prevent undue injury to the competitive 
                position of such person; or
          (f) may divulge matters required to be kept 
        confidential under other provisions of law or 
        Government regulations.
    5. Presiding Officer. The chairman shall preside at all 
meetings and hearings of the committee except that in his 
absence the ranking majority member present at the meeting or 
hearing shall preside unless by majority vote the committee 
provides otherwise.
    6. Quorum. (a) A majority of the members of the committee 
are required to be actually present to report a matter or 
measure from the committee. (See Standing Rules of the Senate 
26.7(a)(1).
    (b) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (c), and 
other than for the conduct of hearings, six members of the 
committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such 
business as may be considered by the committee.
    (c) Three members of the committee, one of whom shall be a 
member of the minority party, shall constitute a quorum for 
purpose of taking sworn testimony, unless otherwise ordered a 
majority of the full committee.
    (d) Proxy votes may not be considered for the purpose of 
establishing a quorum.
    7. Proxy Voting. Proxy voting shall be allowed on all 
measures and matters before the committee. The vote by proxy of 
any member of the committee may be counted for the purpose of 
reporting any measure or matter to the Senate if the absent 
member casting such vote has been informed of the matter on 
which he is being recorded and has affirmatively requested that 
he be so recorded. Proxy must be given in writing.
    8. Announcement of Votes. The results of all roll call 
votes taken in any meeting of the committee on any measure, or 
amendment thereto, shall be announced in the committee report, 
unless previously announced by the committee. The announcement 
shall include a tabulation of the votes cast in favor and votes 
cast in opposition to each such measure and amendment by each 
member of the committee who was present at such meeting. The 
chairman may hold open a roll call vote on any measure or 
matter which is before the committee until no later than 
midnight of the day on which the committee votes on such 
measure or matter.
    9. Subpoenas. Subpoenas for attendance of witnesses and for 
the production of memoranda, documents, records, and the like 
may be issued by the chairman or any other member designated by 
him, but only when authorized by a majority of the members of 
the committee. The subpoena shall briefly state the matter to 
which the witness is expected to testify or the documents to be 
produced.
    10. Hearings. (a) Public notice shall be given of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any hearing to be held by the 
committee, or any subcommittee thereof, at least 1 week in 
advance of such hearing, unless the committee or subcommittee 
determines that good cause exists for beginning such hearings 
at an earlier time.
    (b) Hearings may be initiated only by the specified 
authorization of the committee or subcommittee.
    (c) Hearings shall be held only in the District of Columbia 
unless specifically authorized to be held elsewhere by a 
majority vote of the committee or subcommittee conducting such 
hearings.
    (d) Witnesses appearing before the committee shall file 
with the clerk of the committee a written statement of their 
proposed testimony prior to the hearing at which they are to 
appear unless the chairman and the ranking minority member 
determine that there is good cause not to file such a 
statement. Witnesses testifying on behalf of the Administration 
shall furnish an additional 50 copies of their statement to the 
Committee. All statements must be received by the Committee at 
least 48 hours (not including weekends or holidays) before the 
hearing.
    (e) Confidential testimony taken or confidential material 
presented in a closed hearing of the committee or subcommittee 
or any report of the proceedings of such hearing shall not be 
made public in whole or in part or by way of summary unless 
authorized by a majority vote of the committee or subcommittee.
    (f) Any witness summoned to give testimony or evidence at a 
public or closed hearing of the committee or subcommittee may 
be accompanied by counsel of his own choosing who shall be 
permitted at all times during such hearing to advise such 
witness of his legal rights.
    (g) Witnesses providing unsworn testimony to the committee 
may be given a transcript of such testimony for the purpose of 
making minor grammatical corrections. Such witnesses will not, 
however, be permitted to alter the substance of their 
testimony. Any question involving such corrections shall be 
decided by the chairman.
    11. Nominations. Unless otherwise ordered by the committee, 
nominations referred to the committee shall be held for at 
least seven (7) days before being voted on by the committee. 
Each member of the committee shall be furnished a copy of all 
nominations referred to the committee.
    12. Real Property Transactions. Each member of the 
committee shall be furnished with a copy of the proposals of 
the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, submitted 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2662 and with a copy of the proposals of 
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
submitted pursuant to 50 U.S.C. App. 2285, regarding the 
proposed acquisition or disposition of property of an estimated 
price or rental of more than $50,000. Any member of the 
committee objecting to or requesting information on a proposed 
acquisition or disposal shall communicate his objection or 
request to the chairman of the committee within thirty (30) 
days from the date of submission.
    13. Legislative Calendar. (a) The clerk of the committee 
shall keep a printed calendar for the information of each 
committee member showing the bills introduced and referred to 
the committee and the status of such bills. Such calendar shall 
be revised from time to time to show pertinent changes in such 
bills, the current status thereof, and new bills introduced and 
referred to the committee. A copy of each new revision shall be 
furnished to each member of the committee.
    (b) Unless otherwise ordered, measures referred to the--
committee shall be referred by the clerk of the committee to 
the appropriate department or agency of the Government for 
reports thereon.
    14. Except as otherwise specified herein, the Standing 
Rules of the Senate shall govern the actions of the committee. 
Each subcommittee of the committee is part of the committee, 
and is therefore subject to the committee's rules so far as 
applicable.
    15. Powers and Duties of Subcommittees. Each subcommittee 
is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive evidence, and 
report to the full committee on all matters referred to it. 
Subcommittee chairmen shall set dates for hearings and meetings 
of their respective subcommittees after consultation with the 
chairman and other subcommittee chairmen with a view toward 
avoiding simultaneous scheduling of full committee and 
subcommittee meetings or hearings whenever possible.

                              PUBLICATIONS

                  105th Congress--First Session, 1997

                                Hearings

    1. Army sexual harassment incidents at Aberdeen Proving 
Ground, Maryland. (S. Hrg. 105-76) February 4, 1997; pages 1-
92.
    2. Worldwide threats facing the United States. (S. Hrg. 
105-160) February 6, 1997; pages 1-46.
    3. Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations 
for Fiscal Year 1998 and the Future Years Defense Program. (S. 
Hrg. 105-37) Hearings on S. 936:
    Part 1: Military Posture; Unified Commands; Service 
Secretaries; Service Chiefs; Department of Energy; February 12, 
25, 26; March 4, 11, 13, 18, 20, 1997; pages 1-986.
    Part 2: Seapower (Hearings before the Subcommittee on 
Seapower.) March 10; April 8, 22, 1997; pages 1-322.
    Part 3: Readiness (Hearings before the Subcommittee on 
Readiness.) March 19; April 15, 17; May 1, 1997; pages 1-511.
    Part 4: Airland Forces (Hearings before the Subcommittee on 
Airland Forces.) March 5, 12; April 9, 16, 1997; pages 1-308.
    Part 5: Acquisition and Technology (Hearings before the 
Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology.) March 11, 19; 
April 10, 15, 1997; pages 1-394.
    Part 6: Personnel (Hearings before the Subcommittee on 
Personnel.) March 5, 12; April 8, 1997; pages 1-534.
    Part 7: Strategic Forces (Hearings before the Subcommittee 
on Strategic Forces.) February 27; March 5, 12, 19; April 16, 
1997; pages 1-318.
    4. The Department of Defense Actions Pertaining to the 
Persian Gulf Illness. (S. Hrg. 105-216) February 27, 1997; 
pages 1-112.
    5. The Administration's proposal on NATO enlargement. (S. 
Hrg. 105-156) April 23, 1997; pages 1-95.
    6. Quadrennial Defense Review. (S. Hrg. 105-197) May 20, 
21, 1997; pages 1-200.
    7. Gender-Integrated Training and Related Matters. (Hearing 
before the Subcommittee on Personnel.) (S. Hrg. 105-166) June 
5, 1997; pages 1-121.

                  105th Congress--Second Session, 1998

    8. National Defense Panel. (S. Hrg. 105-726) January 28, 
29, 1998; pages 1-87.
    9. Post Cold War Challenges to U.S. Military. (S. Hrg. 105-
728) January 29; March 19, 25; June 4, 1998; pages 1-223.
    10. Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations 
for Fiscal Year 1999 and the Future Years Defense Program. (S. 
Hrg. 105-605) Hearings on S. 2057:
    Part 1: Military Posture; Service Secretaries; Service 
Chiefs; Unified Commands; Department of Energy; February 3, 5, 
10, 12; March 3, 5, 26, 1998; pages 1-653.
    Part 2: Seapower (Hearings before the Subcommittee on 
Seapower.) March 3, 10, 17, 1998; pages 1-167.
    Part 3: Readiness (Hearings before the Subcommittee on 
Readiness.) February 24, 25; March 4, 11, 1998; pages 1-558.
    Part 4: Airland Forces (Hearings before the Subcommittee on 
Airland Forces.) March 4, 11, 25, 1998; pages 1-228.
    Part 5: Acquisition and Technology (Hearings before the 
Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology.) March 4, 12, 18, 
24; pages 1-351.
    Part 6: Personnel (Hearings before the Subcommittee on 
Personnel.) March 4, 11, 18, 1998; pages 1-564.
    Part 7: Strategic Forces (Hearings before the Subcommittee 
on Strategic Forces.) March 11, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 1998; pages 
1-541.
    11. U.S. Export Control and Nonproliferation Policy and the 
Role and Responsibility of the Department of Defense. (S. Hrg. 
105-778) July 9, 1998; pages 1-63.
    12. Future Threats to the Department of Defense Information 
Systems Including the Year 2000 Problems and the Sale of the 
Frequency Spectrum. (S. Hrg. 105-803) June 4, 1998; pages 1-60.
    13. The U.S. Policy Regarding United Nation Inspections of 
Iraqi Chemical Sites. (Joint Hearings before the Foreign 
Relations Committee and Armed Services Committee). (S. Hrg. 
105-839) September 3, 1998; pages 1-48.
    14. Ballistic Missile Defense Programs. (S. Hrg. 105-870) 
September 24; October 2, 1998; pages 1-109.
    15. Department of Energy Low Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Practices. (Hearings before the Strategic Forces 
Subcommittee.) (S. Hrg. 105-899) September 3, 1998; pages 1-
163.
    16. U.S. Armed Forces Preparedness. (S. Hrg. 105-889) 
September 24 (Hearings before the Subcommittee on Readiness.); 
September 29; October 6, 1998 (Hearings before the Committee on 
Armed Services.); pages 1-346.
    17. Review of Department of Energy Programs. (S. Hrg. 105-
930) October 1, 8, 1998; pages 1-90.

                        HEARINGS ON NOMINATIONS


                             First Session

    19. Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 
First Session, 105th Congress. (S. Hrg. 105-371) January 22; 
February 5; March 6; July 9, 17, 24; September 9, 16; October 
1, 23, 30; November 8, 1997; pages 1-769.
William S. Cohen (January 22); Federico F. Pena (February 5); 
    Keith R. Hall (March 6); Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA (July 
    9); Lt. Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (July 9); Rudy F. de 
    Leon (July 17); John J. Hamre (July 24); Gen. Henry H. 
    Shelton, USA (September 9); Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF 
    (September 16); Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., USN (September 
    16); Lt. Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC (September 16); Dr. 
    Jacques S. Gansler (October 1); Lt. Gen. Peter J. 
    Schoomaker, USA (October 23); Lt. Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF 
    (October 23); Robert M. Walker (October 30); Jerry 
    MacArthur Hultin (October 30); F. Whitten Peters (October 
    30); William J. Lynn III (November 8).

                             Second Session

    20. Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 
Second Session, 105th Congress. (S. Hrg. 105-868) February 4, 
5; March 17; June 2, 16, 23; July 16, 22, 23; September 15, 22, 
1998; pages 1-1033.
Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF (February 4); David R. Oliver 
    (March 17); Dr. Sue Bailey (March 17); Paul J. Hoeper 
    (March 17); Dr. Hans Mark (June 2); Dr. Joseph W. Westphal 
    (June 2); Mahlon Apgar IV (June 2); Louis E. Caldera (June 
    16); Daryl L. Jones (June 16; July 16, 22); Gen. Richard B. 
    Myers, USAF (June 23); Vice Adm. Richard W. Mies, USN (June 
    23); Lt. Gen. Charles T. Robertson, Jr., USAF (June 23); 
    Patrick T. Henry (July 23); Carolyn H. Becraft (July 23); 
    Ruby Butler DeMesme (July 23); James M. Bodner (September 
    15); Dennis C. Blair (September 15); Richard J. Danzig 
    (September 22); Bernard D. Rostker (September 22); Stephen 
    W. Preston (September 22); Herbert L. Buchanan III 
    (September 22), Jeh C. Johnson (September 22).

                                Reports


105-15                                National Missile Defense. April
                                       30, 1997; 21 pages.
105-29                                National Defense Authorization Act
                                       for Fiscal Year 1998; June 17,
                                       1997; 470 pages.
105-175                               American Missile Protection Act of
                                       1998; April 24, 1998; 18 pages.
105-189                               National Defense Authorization Act
                                       for Fiscal Year 1999; May 11,
                                       1998; 458 pages.
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                            Committee Prints


105-6                                 Report on the Activities of the
                                       Committee on Armed Services,
                                       104th Congress; February 26,
                                       1997; 36 pages.
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 INFORMATION RE APPOINTMENT OF BOARDS OF VISITORS TO THE UNITED STATES 
                MILITARY, NAVAL AND AIR FORCE ACADEMIES

    Public Law 816 of the 80th Congress, now codified in Title 
10, U.S.C., provides a uniform procedure for the appointment of 
members of the Boards of Visitors of the Military and Naval 
Academies, and provides that there shall be appointed on or 
before the last day of every year Boards of Visitors to each of 
the Academies to be constituted as follows:
    Senate:
        Chairman of the Armed Services Committee or his 
        designee.
        *1 Senator.
        *2 members of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
          *(To be appointed by the Vice President)
    House:
        Chairman of the Armed Services Committee or his 
        designee.
        **2 Congressmen.
        **2 members of the House Appropriations Committee.
          **(To be appointed by the Speaker of the House)
    Presidential:
        6 persons, to serve for a 3-year term, 2 new members 
        appointed each year. Each Board to visit respective 
        Academy once annually.
    Boards of Visitors to the:
        Military Academy: (Title 10, U.S.C., sec 4355(a).)
                  1997.--Coats (Armed Services), Cochran 
                (Appropriations), Lautenberg (Appropriations), 
                Levin (at large)
                  1998.--Coats (Armed Services), Hutchison 
                (Appropriations), (vacant) (Appropriations), 
                Reed (at large)
        Naval Academy: (Title 10, U.S.C., sec. 6968(a).)
                  1997.--McCain (Armed Services), (vacant) 
                (Appropriations), Mikulski (Appropriations), 
                Sarbanes (at large)
                  1998.--McCain (Armed Services), Cochran 
                (Appropriations), Mikulski (Appropriations), 
                Sarbanes (at large)
        Air Force Academy: (Title 10, U.S.C., sec. 9355(a).)
                  1997.--Kempthorne (Armed Services), Burns 
                (Appropriations), Hollings (Appropriations), 
                (vacant) (at large)
                  1998.--Kempthorne (Armed Services), Burns 
                (Appropriations), Hollings (Appropriations), 
                Cleland (at large)

                                  
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