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105th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 105-736
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STROM THURMOND NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999
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CONFERENCE REPORT
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H.R. 3616
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September 22, 1998.--Ordered to be printed
STROM THURMOND NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999
105th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 105-736
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STROM THURMOND NATIONAL DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1999
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CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 3616
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September 22, 1998.--Ordered to be printed
C O N T E N T S
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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE....... 367
Summary Statement of Conference Action....................... 367
Summary Table of Authorizations.............................. 367
Congressional Defense Committees............................. 374
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS................. 374
Title I--Procurement............................................. 374
Procurement Overview................................. 374
Overview............................................. 377
Airborne reconnaissance low.......................... 380
C-XX (medium range) aircraft......................... 380
UH-60 Blackhawk...................................... 380
AH-64 modifications.................................. 380
CH-47 cargo helicopter modifications................. 380
C-12 modifications................................... 381
OH-58D Kiowa Warrior................................. 381
Aircraft Survivability Equipment..................... 381
Army airborne command and control system............. 381
Overview............................................. 381
Enhanced fiber optic guided missile.................. 384
Javelin system....................................... 384
Multiple launch rocket system rockets................ 384
Multiple launch rocket system launcher............... 384
Overview............................................. 385
Bradley base sustainment............................. 388
M240 machine gun..................................... 388
MK-19 grenade launcher............................... 388
Overview............................................. 388
M830A1 120mm Tank Ammunition......................... 392
Overview............................................. 392
High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles.......... 401
Family of medium tactical vehicles................... 401
Medium truck extended service program................ 401
High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle extended
service program....................................
Project management support........................... 401
System fielding support.............................. 402
Army data distribution system........................ 402
Single channel ground and airborne radio system...... 402
Area common user system modernization program........ 402
Ground based common sensor........................... 402
Joint surveillance and target attack radar system
common ground system............................... 403
Joint tactical terminal.............................. 403
Shortstop electronic protection system............... 403
Night vision......................................... 403
Automated data processing equipment.................. 403
Land warrior......................................... 404
Small pusher tug..................................... 404
Training devices, nonsystem.......................... 404
Simulation network/close combat tactical trainer..... 404
R2000 engine flush system............................ 404
Overview............................................. 405
AV-8B................................................ 409
F/A-18E/F............................................ 409
V-22................................................. 409
JPATS................................................ 409
EA-6 series modifications............................ 409
F-14 Series.......................................... 409
ES-3 Series Modifications............................ 410
F-18 series modifications............................ 410
P-3C antisurface warfare improvement program......... 410
Lightweight environmentally sealed parachute assembly 410
E-6 modifications.................................... 410
Common ground equipment.............................. 411
Aircraft industrial facilities....................... 411
Overview............................................. 411
Tactical Tomahawk.................................... 415
Advanced medium range air-to-air missile............. 415
Standard missile..................................... 415
Penguin missile program.............................. 415
Aerial Targets....................................... 415
Improved tactical air launched decoy................. 416
Weapons industrial facilities........................ 416
Mk-48 torpedo advanced capability torpedo
modifications...................................... 416
Close-in weapon system surface mode upgrade.......... 416
Surface ship gun mount rotatable pool................ 416
Overview............................................. 416
Shoulder launched multi-purpose assault weapon....... 420
LHD-8 advance procurement............................ 423
Strategic sealift.................................... 423
Landing craft air cushion service life extension
program............................................ 423
Navy shipbuilding outfitting......................... 423
Navy shipbuilding post delivery...................... 423
Overview............................................. 424
Other generators..................................... 434
AN/WSN-7 inertial navigation system and WQN-2 doppler
sonar velocity log................................. 434
Pollution control equipment.......................... 434
Hull, mechanical, and electrical under $2.0 million.. 435
AN/BPS-15H surface search radar...................... 435
Submarine acoustic rapid commercial off-the-shelf
insertion.......................................... 435
Cooperative engagement capability.................... 435
Integration and test facility command and control
initiative......................................... 437
Ship communications items............................ 437
AN/USC-42 mini-demand assigned multiple access ultra-
high frequency satellite communications terminals.. 437
Joint engineering data management and information
control system..................................... 437
Weapons range support equipment...................... 437
Aircraft launch and recovery equipment............... 438
Engagement systems support........................... 438
Smart ship equipment................................. 438
Strategic missile systems equipment.................. 438
NULKA assembly qualification......................... 438
Beamhit laser marksmanship training system (LMTS).... 439
Overview............................................. 439
Modification kits-tracked vehicles................... 443
155MM lightweight towed howitzer..................... 443
Pedestal mounted stinger............................. 443
Items less than $2.0 million (intelligence).......... 443
Night vision equipment............................... 444
Communications and electronics infrastructure........ 444
Medium tactical vehicle replacement.................. 444
Light tactical vehicle replacement................... 444
Power equipment assorted............................. 445
Shop equipment contact maintenance................... 445
Material handling equipment.......................... 445
Overview............................................. 445
F-22 procurement..................................... 450
F-16................................................. 450
C-130J............................................... 450
C-130H............................................... 450
Joint Primary Aircraft Training System............... 450
E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar
System (JSTARS).................................... 451
B-1B................................................. 451
B-52................................................. 451
F-15 modifications................................... 451
F-16 modifications................................... 452
C-12 modifications................................... 452
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Program procurement.. 452
E-8 modifications.................................... 454
Passenger safety modifications....................... 454
Pacer Coin........................................... 455
Common support equipment............................. 455
A-10 post production support......................... 455
B-2A................................................. 455
Miscellaneous production charges..................... 456
Overview............................................. 456
Overview............................................. 459
Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile............. 462
Minuteman III guidance replacement program........... 462
AGM-65H Maverick..................................... 462
Defense Support Program.............................. 462
Overview............................................. 462
60K Loader........................................... 468
Combat training ranges............................... 468
Automated telecommunications program................. 468
Air Force satellite control network.................. 468
Communication electronics modifications.............. 468
Overview............................................. 468
Automated document conversion system................. 474
SOF intelligence systems............................. 474
Contamination avoidance.............................. 474
Overview............................................. 474
National Guard and Reserve Equipment................. 477
Overview............................................. 478
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 480
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 480
Authorization of appropriations (secs. 101-109)...... 480
Chemical demilitarization program (sec. 107)......... 480
Subtitle B--Army Programs................................ 481
Multiyear procurement authority for Longbow Hellfire
missile program (sec. 111)......................... 481
Condition for award of second-source procurement
contract for the family of medium tactical vehicles
(sec. 112)......................................... 481
Armored system modernization (sec. 113).............. 482
Reactive armor tiles (sec. 114)...................... 482
Extension of authority to carry out Armament
Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative
(sec. 115)......................................... 483
Subtitle C--Navy Programs................................ 483
CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier program (sec. 121)... 483
Increase in amount authorized to be excluded from
cost limitation for Seawolf submarine program (sec.
122)............................................... 483
Multiyear procurement authority for the Department of
the Navy (sec. 123)................................ 483
Annual General Accounting Office review of F/A-18E/F
program (sec. 124)................................. 483
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs........................... 484
F-22 aircraft program (sec. 131)..................... 484
C-130J aircraft program (sec. 132)................... 484
Subtitle E--Other Matters................................ 484
Chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program
(sec. 141)......................................... 484
Alternative technologies for destruction of assembled
chemical weapons (sec. 142)........................ 485
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 486
M1A2 system enhancement program step one............. 486
Annual reporting of costs associated with travel of
members of the chemical demilitarization
citizenship advisory commission.................... 486
Joint surveillance target attack radar system........ 486
Limitation on replacement of engines on military
aircraft derived from Boeing 707 aircraft.......... 487
Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation............ 487
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Overview. 487
Overview............................................. 489
Additional decreases in technology base funding...... 499
Materials Technology................................. 499
Missile technology................................... 499
Combat vehicle and automotive technology............. 499
Human factors engineering technology................. 500
Environmental quality technology..................... 500
Command, control, and communications technology...... 501
Military engineering technology...................... 501
Medical advanced technology.......................... 501
Aviation advanced technology......................... 501
Weapons and munitions advanced technology............ 501
Combat vehicle and automotive advanced technology.... 502
Missile and rocket advanced technology............... 502
Joint service small arms program..................... 502
Tactical High Energy Laser........................... 502
Armament enhancement initiative...................... 503
Comanche............................................. 503
Electronic warfare development....................... 503
Follow-on to TOW..................................... 503
Combat feeding, clothing, and equipment.............. 503
Aviation-engineering development..................... 504
Weapons and munitions-engineering development........ 504
Landmine warfare/barrier-engineering development..... 504
Radar development.................................... 504
Firefinder........................................... 504
Artillery systems-engineering and manufacturing
development........................................ 505
Decrease to Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation support programs........................ 505
Army technical test instrumentation and targets...... 505
Survivability/lethality analysis..................... 505
Department of Defense high energy laser test
facilities......................................... 506
Multiple launch rocket system product improvement
program............................................ 506
Advanced field artillery tactical data system........ 506
Combat vehicle improvement programs.................. 506
Aircraft engine component improvement program........ 506
Force XXI warfighting rapid acquisition program...... 507
Missile/air defense product improvement program...... 507
Defense information technology test bed.............. 507
Information systems security program................. 507
Manufacturing technology............................. 507
Overview............................................. 508
Marine mammal research............................... 519
Pulse detonation engine technology................... 519
Stainless steel double hull research................. 519
Communications, command, control, and intelligence... 519
Materials, electronic and computer technology........ 519
Autonomous underwater vehicle and sonar development.. 520
Micro electronic systems technology.................. 520
Air systems and weapons advanced technology.......... 520
Precision strike and air defense technology.......... 520
Advanced electric systems studies.................... 520
Power electronic building blocks and power node
control centers.................................... 521
Composite helicopter hangar.......................... 521
Marine Corps advanced technology demonstration....... 521
Freeze dried blood................................... 522
Advanced lightweight influence sweep system.......... 522
Aviation survivability............................... 522
ASW systems development.............................. 523
Studies and experiments for combat systems
engineering........................................ 523
Remote minehunting system............................ 523
Future aircraft carrier transition technology........ 523
Shipboard systems component development.............. 524
SSGN study........................................... 525
Intercooled recuperated gas turbine engine........... 525
Environmentally safe energetic materials............. 525
Marine Corps assault vehicles........................ 526
Marine Corps ground combat/support system............ 526
Aviation depot maintenance........................... 526
Naval surface fire support system integration........ 527
Vertical gun for advanced ships...................... 527
Joint strike fighter................................. 527
Nonlethal weapons and technologies of mass protection
program............................................ 527
Commercial off-the-shelf insertion just prior to
critical design review for helicopter improvement.. 528
Parametric airborne dipping sonar.................... 528
Common support aircraft.............................. 528
Electronic warfare development....................... 528
Laboratories and field activities monitoring efforts. 529
DDG-51 composite director room....................... 529
Multi-purpose processor.............................. 529
Air control.......................................... 529
Submarine sonar domes................................ 530
NSSN advanced technology insertion................... 530
Non-propulsion electronics system.................... 530
System level shock testing........................... 530
DD-21 land attack destroyer.......................... 531
Smart propulsor product model........................ 531
NULKA antiship missile decoy system electro-magnetic
compatibility...................................... 531
Infrared search and track system..................... 532
Voice instructional devices.......................... 532
Distributed surveillance system...................... 532
Battle force tactical training....................... 533
High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile Improvement........ 533
Marine corps ground combat/supporting arms systems... 533
Airborne reconnaissance systems...................... 533
Overview............................................. 534
Friction welding..................................... 544
Integrated high performance turbine engine program... 544
Variable displacement vane pump...................... 544
High frequency active auroral research program....... 544
Protein-based memory................................. 544
Advanced low observable coatings..................... 545
Night vision technology.............................. 545
Electronic combat technology......................... 545
Ballistic Missile Technology......................... 545
Micro-satellite technology development program....... 545
Solar orbital transfer vehicle....................... 546
Low cost launch technology development............... 546
Space maneuver vehicle............................... 546
Space control technology development................. 547
Variable stability in-flight simulator test aircraft. 548
Electronic warfare development....................... 548
Evolved expendable launch vehicle program............ 548
Big Crow program office.............................. 548
Flight test safety................................... 548
F-16 Squadrons....................................... 549
Advanced medium range air-to-air missile............. 549
Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile................ 549
Theater Battle Management C4I........................ 549
Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System.... 550
Seek Eagle........................................... 550
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Program research and
development........................................ 550
Overview............................................. 552
University research initiative....................... 562
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding and
programmatic guidance.............................. 562
Medical free electron laser.......................... 566
Computing systems and communications technology...... 566
Chemical-biological defense program.................. 566
Tactical technology.................................. 568
Integrated command and control technology............ 568
Materials and electronic technologies................ 569
Weapons of mass destruction technologies............. 569
Explosives demilitarization technology............... 570
Counterterror technical support program.............. 570
Counterproliferation support program................. 571
Automatic target recognition......................... 571
Generic logistics research and development technology
demonstrations..................................... 572
Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program............................................ 572
Advanced electronics technologies.................... 572
Maritime technology.................................. 572
Advanced concept technology demonstrations........... 573
High performance computing modernization program..... 573
Command, control and communications systems.......... 573
Sensor and guidance technology....................... 573
Land warfare technology.............................. 573
Physical security.................................... 574
Continuous acquisition and life-cycle support
activities initiative.............................. 574
North Atlantic Treaty Organization research and
development........................................ 574
Humanitarian demining................................ 575
Joint robotics program-engineering development....... 575
Defense technology analysis.......................... 575
Defense technical information services............... 575
Special operations intelligence systems development.. 575
Live fire testing.................................... 575
Items of Special Interest.................................... 576
Advanced lightweight grenade launcher................ 576
Advanced tactical computer science and sensor
technology......................................... 576
Commercial technologies for maintenance activities... 576
Cyber Security Program............................... 577
Defense information superiority, assurance, and
interoperability................................... 577
Joint simulation system.............................. 577
Man overboard indicator technology................... 578
Materials research................................... 578
Military human immunodeficiency virus research....... 579
Navy antisubmarine warfare program................... 579
Navy land attack missile program..................... 580
Oceanographic research information................... 581
Optical correlation technology for automatic target
recognition........................................ 582
Patriot anti-cruise missile defense.................. 582
Project M............................................ 582
Software security.................................... 583
Legislative Provisions Adopted...............................
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 583
Authorization of appropriations (secs 201-202)....... 583
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations............................................ 583
Management responsibility for Navy mine
countermeasures programs (sec. 211) 167............ 583
Future aircraft carrier transition technologies (sec.
212)............................................... 583
Manufacturing technology program (sec. 213).......... 583
Sense of Congress on the defense science and
technology program (sec. 214)...................... 584
Next generation internet (sec. 215).................. 585
Crusader self-propelled artillery system program
(sec. 216)......................................... 585
Airborne Laser Program (sec. 217).................... 585
Enhanced Global Positioning System program (sec. 218) 586
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense.................... 588
Sense of Congress on national missile defense
coverage (sec. 231)................................ 588
Limitation on funding for the Medium Extended Air
Defense System (sec. 232).......................... 588
Limitation on funding for cooperative ballistic
missile defense programs (sec. 233)................ 588
Sense of Congress with respect to ballistic missile
defense cooperation with Russia (sec. 234)......... 588
Ballistic missile defense program elements (sec. 235) 589
Restructuring of Theater High Altitude Area Defense
System Acquisition Strategy (sec. 236)............. 589
Subtitle D--Other Matters................................ 590
Extension of authority to carry out certain prototype
projects (sec. 241)................................ 590
North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance ground
surveillance concept definition (sec. 242)......... 590
NATO common funded civil budget (sec. 243)........... 590
Executive agent for cooperative research program of
the Department of Defense and the Department of
Veterans Affairs (sec. 244)........................ 591
Review of pharmacological interventions for reversing
brain injury (sec. 245)............................ 591
Pilot program for revitalizing the laboratories and
test and evaluation centers of the Department of
Defense (sec. 246)................................. 591
Chemical warfare defense (sec. 247).................. 591
Landmine alternatives (sec. 248)..................... 592
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 593
Limitation on funding for counterproliferation
support............................................ 593
Unmanned aerial vehicle programs..................... 595
Persian gulf illnesses............................... 595
Low cost launch development program.................. 595
Title III--Operation and Maintenance............................. 595
Overview............................................. 595
Arms control implementation.......................... 625
Navy Environmental Leadership Program................ 625
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)............... 626
Joint Military Intelligence Program.................. 627
Domestic emergency response program.................. 628
Items of Special Interest.................................... 629
Fire support software engineering center............. 629
Lead-based paint soil contamination at Department of
Defense facilities................................. 630
State certification of underground storage tanks..... 630
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 631
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 631
Authorization of appropriations (secs. 301-302)...... 631
Armed Forces Retirement Home (sec. 303).............. 631
Transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund (sec. 304)........................ 631
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations............................................ 631
Refurbishment of M1-A1 Tanks (sec. 311).............. 631
Operation of prepositioned fleet, National Training
Center, Fort Irwin, California (sec. 312).......... 631
Berthing space at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia
(sec. 313)......................................... 632
NATO common-funded military budget (sec. 314)........ 632
Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions..................... 632
Settlement of claims of foreign governments for
environmental cleanup of overseas sites formerly
used by the Department of Defense (sec. 321)....... 632
Authority to pay negotiated settlement for
environmental cleanup of formerly used defense
sites in Canada (sec. 322)......................... 632
Removal of underground storage tanks (sec. 323)...... 633
Report regarding polychlorinated biphenyls under
Department of Defense control overseas (sec. 324).. 633
Modification of deadline for submittal to Congress of
annual reports on environmental activities (sec.
325)............................................... 633
Submarine solid waste control (sec. 326)............. 634
Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation program
(sec. 327)......................................... 634
Sense of Congress regarding oil spill prevention
training for personnel on board Navy vessels (sec.
328)............................................... 635
Subtitle D--Information Technology Issues................ 635
Additional information technology responsibilities of
chief information officers (sec. 331).............. 635
Defense-wide electronic mall system for supply
purchases (sec. 332)............................... 636
Year 2000 Compliance of Department of Defense
Information Technology and National Security
Systems............................................ 636
Subtitle E--Defense Infrastructure Support Improvement... 638
Clarification of definition of depot-level
maintenance and repair (sec. 341).................. 638
Reporting and analysis requirements before change of
commercial and industrial type functions to private
sector performance (sec. 342)...................... 638
Notification of determinations of military items as
being commercial items for purposes of the
exception to requirements regarding core logistics
capabilities (sec. 343)............................ 639
Oversight of development and implementation of
automated identification technology (sec. 344)..... 639
Contractor-operated civil engineering supply stores
program (sec. 345)................................. 640
Conditions on expansion of functions performed under
prime vendor contracts for depot-level maintenance
and repair (sec. 346).............................. 640
Best commercial inventory practices for management of
secondary supply items (sec. 347).................. 640
Personnel reductions in Army Materiel Command (sec.
348)............................................... 641
Inventory management of in-transit items (sec. 349).. 641
Review of Defense Automated Printing Service
functions (sec. 350)............................... 641
Development of plan for establishment of core
logistic capabilities for maintenance and repair of
C-17 aircraft (sec. 351)........................... 641
Subtitle F--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund
Instrumentalities...................................... 642
Continuation of management and funding of Defense
Commissary Agency through the Office of the
Secretary of Defense (sec. 361).................... 642
Expansion of current eligibility of reserves for
commissary benefits (sec. 362)..................... 642
Costs payable to the Department of Defense and other
federal agencies for services provided to the
Defense Commissary Agency (sec. 363)............... 642
Collection of dishonored checks presented at
commissary stores (sec. 364)....................... 642
Restrictions on patron access to, and purchases in,
overseas commissaries and exchange stores (sec.
365)............................................... 642
Repeal of requirement for Air Force to sell tobacco
products to enlisted personnel (sec. 366).......... 643
Prohibition on consolidation or other organizational
changes of Department of Defense retail system
(sec. 367)......................................... 643
Defense Commissary Agency telecommunications (sec.
368)............................................... 643
Survey of commissary store patrons regarding
satisfaction with commissary store merchandise
(sec. 369)......................................... 643
Subtitle G--Other Matters................................ 644
Eligibility requirements for attendance at Department
of Defense domestic dependent elementary and
secondary schools (sec. 371)....................... 644
Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and
Department of Defense civilian employees (sec. 372) 644
Department of Defense readiness reporting system
(sec. 373)......................................... 644
Specific emphasis of program to investigate fraud,
waste, and abuse within Department of Defense (sec.
374)............................................... 645
Condition for providing financial assistance for
support of additional duties assigned to the Army
National Guard (sec. 375).......................... 645
Demonstration program to improve quality of personal
property shipments of members (sec. 376)........... 645
Pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees
charged for use of domestic military airfields by
civil aircraft (sec. 377).......................... 646
Strategic plan for expansion of distance learning
initiatives (sec. 378)............................. 646
Public availability of operating agreements between
military installations and financial institutions
(sec. 379)......................................... 646
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 646
Funding for information technology and national
security programs.................................. 646
Requirement to maintain government owned and operated
core logistics capability.......................... 647
Extension of demonstration project for uniform
funding of morale, welfare, and recreation
activities......................................... 647
Authorized use of appropriated funds for relocation
of Navy Exchange Service Command................... 647
Fees for providing historical information to the
public............................................. 647
Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations...................... 647
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 647
Subtitle A--Active Forces................................ 647
End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)........... 647
Revision in permanent end strength levels (sec. 402). 648
Date for submission of annual manpower requirements
report (sec. 403).................................. 648
Additional exemption from percentage limitation on
number of lieutenant generals and vice admirals
(sec. 404)......................................... 648
Extension of authority for Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff to designate up to 12 general and
flag officer positions to be excluded from general
and flag officer grade limitations (sec. 405)...... 649
Exception for Chief, National Guard Bureau, from
limitation on number of officers above major
general (sec. 406)................................. 649
Limitation on daily average of personnel on active
duty in grades E-8 and E-9 (sec. 407).............. 649
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces............................... 649
End strengths for selected reserve (sec. 411)........ 649
End strengths for reserves on active duty in support
of the reserves (sec. 412)......................... 650
End strengths for military technicians (dual status)
(sec. 413)......................................... 651
Increase in number of members in certain grades
authorized to serve on active duty in support of
the reserves (sec. 414)............................ 652
Consolidation of strength authorizations for active
status Naval Reserve flag officers of the Navy
Medical Department staff corps (sec. 415).......... 652
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 653
Authorization of appropriations for military
personnel (sec. 421)............................... 653
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 654
Exclusion of additional reserve component general and
flag officers from limitation on number of general
and flag officers who may serve on active duty..... 654
Title V--Military Personnel Policy............................... 655
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 655
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy..................... 655
Codification of eligibility of retired officers and
former officers for consideration by special
selection boards (sec. 501)........................ 655
Involuntary separation pay denied for officer
discharged for failure of selection for promotion
requested by the officer (sec. 502)................ 655
Streamlined selective retention process for regular
officers (sec. 503)................................ 655
Permanent applicability of limitations on years of
active naval service of Navy limited duty officers
in grades of commander and captain (sec. 504)...... 655
Tenure of Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps (sec.
505)............................................... 656
Grade of Air Force Assistant Surgeon General for
Dental Services (sec. 506)......................... 656
Review regarding allocation of Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps scholarships among
participating colleges and universities (sec. 507). 656
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters.................... 656
Use of reserves for emergencies involving weapons of
mass destruction (sec. 511)........................ 656
Service required for retirement of National Guard
officer in higher grade (sec. 512)................. 656
Reduced time-in-grade requirement for reserve general
and flag officers involuntarily transferred from
active status (sec. 513)........................... 657
Active status service requirement for promotion
consideration for Army and Air Force Reserve
component brigadier generals (sec. 514)............ 657
Composition of selective early retirement boards for
rear admirals of the Naval Reserve and major
generals of the Marine Corps Reserve (sec. 515).... 657
Authority for temporary waiver for certain Army
Reserve officers of baccalaureate degree
requirement for promotion of reserve officers (sec.
516)............................................... 658
Furnishing of burial flags for deceased members and
former members of the Selected Reserve (sec. 517).. 658
Subtitle C--Military Education and Training.............. 658
Separate housing for male and female recruits during
recruit basic training (sec. 521).................. 658
After-hours privacy for recruits during basic
training (sec. 522)................................ 659
Sense of the House of Representatives relating to
small unit assignments by gender during recruit
basic training (sec. 523).......................... 659
Extension of reporting dates for Commission on
Military Training and Gender-Related Issues (sec.
524)............................................... 660
Improved oversight of innovative readiness training
(sec. 525)......................................... 660
Subtitle D--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations....... 660
Study of new decorations for injury or death in line
of duty (sec. 531)................................. 660
Waiver of time limitations for award of certain
decorations to certain persons (sec. 532).......... 661
Commendation and commemoration of the Navy and Marine
Corps personnel who served in the United States
Navy Asiatic Fleet from 1910-1942 (sec. 533)....... 661
Appreciation for service during World War I and World
War II by members of the Navy assigned on board
merchant ships as the Naval Armed Guard Service
(sec. 534)......................................... 661
Sense of Congress regarding the heroism, sacrifice,
and service of the military forces of South Vietnam
and other nations, and indigenous groups in
connection with the United States Armed Forces
during the Vietnam conflict (sec. 535)............. 662
Sense of Congress the regarding the heroism,
sacrifice, and service of former South Vietnamese
commandos in connection with the United States
Armed Forces during the Vietnam conflict (sec. 536) 662
Prohibition on members of armed forces entering
correctional facilities to present decorations to
persons who have committed serious violent felonies
(sec. 537)......................................... 662
Subtitle E--Administration of Agencies Responsible for
Review and Correction of Military Records.............. 662
Personnel freeze (sec. 541).......................... 662
Professional staff (sec. 542)........................ 663
Ex parte communications (sec. 543)................... 663
Timeliness standards (sec. 544)...................... 663
Scope of correction of military records (sec. 545)... 663
Subtitle F--Reports...................................... 663
Report on personnel retention (sec. 551)............. 663
Report on process for selection of members for
service on courts-martial (sec. 552)............... 663
Report on prisoners transferred from United States
Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to
Federal Bureau of Prisons (sec. 553)............... 664
Review and report regarding the distribution of
National Guard full-time support among the states
(sec. 554)......................................... 664
Subtitle G--Other Matters................................ 664
Two-year extension of certain force drawdown
transition authorities relating to personnel
management and benefits (sec. 561)................. 664
Leave without pay for suspended academy cadets and
midshipmen (sec. 562).............................. 665
Continued eligibility under Voluntary Separation
Incentive program for members who involuntarily
lose membership in a reserve component (sec. 563).. 665
Reinstatement of definition of financial institution
in authorities for reimbursement of defense
personnel for Government errors in direct deposit
of pay (sec. 564).................................. 665
Increase in maximum amount for College Fund program
(sec. 565)......................................... 665
Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii (sec. 566). 666
Military funeral honors for veterans (sec. 567)...... 666
Status in the Naval Reserve of cadets at the Merchant
Marine Academy (sec. 568).......................... 667
Repeal of restriction on civilian employment of
enlisted members (sec. 569)........................ 667
Transitional compensation for abused dependent
children not residing with the spouse or former
spouse of a member convicted of dependent abuse
(sec. 570)......................................... 668
Pilot program for treating GED and home school
diploma recipients as high school graduates for
determinations of eligibility for enlistment in the
armed forces (sec. 571)............................ 668
Sense of Congress concerning New Parent Support
Program and military families (sec. 572)........... 668
Advancement of Benjamin O. Davis, Junior, to grade of
General on the retired list of the Air Force (sec.
573)............................................... 669
Sense of the House of Representatives concerning
adherence by civilians in military chain of command
to the standard of exemplary conduct required of
commanding officers and others in authority in the
Armed Forces (sec. 574)............................ 669
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 669
Posthumous commissions and warrants.................. 669
Study of revising the term of service of members of
the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed
Forces............................................. 670
Repeal of limitations on authority to set rates and
waive requirement for reimbursement of expenses
incurred for instruction at service academies of
persons from foreign countries..................... 670
Moratorium on changes of gender-related policies and
practices pending completion of the work of the
Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related
Issues............................................. 670
Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits.............. 670
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 670
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances........................... 670
Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 1999 (sec. 601) 670
Rate of pay for cadets and midshipmen at the service
academies (sec. 602)............................... 671
Basic allowance for housing outside the United States
(sec. 603)......................................... 671
Basic allowance for subsistence for reserves (sec.
604)............................................... 671
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special Incentive Pays........... 671
Three-month extension of certain bonuses and special
pay authorities for reserve forces (sec. 611)...... 671
Three-month extension of certain bonuses and special
pay authorities for nurse officer candidates,
registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists (sec.
612)............................................... 672
Three-month extension of authorities relating to
payment of other bonuses and special pays (sec.
613)............................................... 672
Increased hazardous duty pay for aerial flight
crewmembers in certain pay grades (sec. 614)....... 672
Aviation career incentive pay and aviation officer
retention bonus (sec. 615)......................... 673
Diving duty special pay for divers having diving duty
as a nonprimary duty (sec. 616).................... 673
Hardship duty pay (sec. 617)......................... 673
Selective reenlistment bonus eligibility for Reserve
members performing active Guard and Reserve duty
(sec. 618)......................................... 673
Repeal of ten percent limitation on certain selective
reenlistment bonuses (sec. 619).................... 673
Increase in maximum amount authorized for Army
enlistment bonus (sec. 620)........................ 674
Equitable treatment of Reserves eligible for special
pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent
danger (sec. 621).................................. 674
Retention incentives initiative for critically short
military occupational specialites (sec. 622)....... 674
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances......... 674
Payments for movements of household goods arranged by
members (sec. 631)................................. 674
Exception to maximum weight allowance for baggage and
household effects (sec. 632)....................... 675
Travel and transportation allowances for travel
performed by members in connection with rest and
recuperative leave from overseas stations (sec.
633)............................................... 675
Storage of baggage of certain dependents (sec. 634).. 675
Commercial travel of Reserves at Federal supply
schedule rates for attendance at inactive-duty
training assemblies (sec. 635)..................... 676
Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related
Matters................................................ 676
Paid-up coverage under Survivor Benefit Plan (sec.
641)............................................... 676
Survivor Benefit Plan open enrollment period (sec.
642)............................................... 676
Effective date of court-required former spouse
survivor benefit plan coverage effectuated through
elections and deemed elections (sec. 643).......... 676
Presentation of a United States flag to members of
the Armed Forces upon retirement (sec. 644)........ 676
Recovery, care, and disposition of remains of
medically retired member who dies during
hospitalization that begins while on active duty
(sec. 645)......................................... 677
Revision to computation of retired pay for certain
members (sec. 646)................................. 677
Elimination of backlog of unpaid retired pay (sec.
647)............................................... 677
Subtitle E--Other Matters................................ 677
Definition of possessions of the United States for
pay and allowances purposes (sec. 651)............. 677
Accounting of advance payments (sec. 652)............ 678
Reimbursement of rental vehicle costs when motor
vehicle transported at government expense is late
(sec. 653)......................................... 678
Education loan repayment program for health
professions officers serving in Selected Reserve
(sec. 654)......................................... 678
Federal employees' compensation coverage for students
participating in certain officer candidate programs
(sec. 655)......................................... 678
Relationship of enlistment bonuses to eligibility to
receive Army college fund supplement under
Montgomery GI bill Educational Assistance Program
(sec. 656)......................................... 679
Authority to provide financial assistance for
education of certain defense dependents overseas
(sec. 657)......................................... 679
Clarifications concerning payments to certain persons
captured or interned by North Vietnam (sec. 658)... 679
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 679
Voting rights of military personnel.................. 679
Title VII--Health Care Provisions................................ 680
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 680
Subtitle A--Health Care Services......................... 680
Dependents' dental program (sec. 701)................ 680
Expansion of dependent eligibility under retiree
dental program (sec. 702).......................... 680
Plan for redesign of military pharmacy system (sec.
703)............................................... 680
Transitional authority to provide continued health
care coverage for certain persons unaware of loss
of CHAMPUS eligibility (sec. 704).................. 681
Subtitle B--TRICARE Program..............................
Payment of claims for provision of health care under
the TRICARE program for which a third party may be
liable (sec. 711).................................. 681
TRICARE prime automatic enrollments and retiree
payment options (sec. 712)......................... 681
System for tracking data and measuring performance in
meeting TRICARE access standards (sec. 713)........ 682
Establishment of appeals process for claimcheck
denials (sec. 714)................................. 682
Reviews relating to accessibility of health care
under TRICARE (sec. 715)........................... 682
Subtitle C--Health-Care Services for Medicare-Eligible
Department of Defense Beneficiaries (secs. 721-724).... 683
Subtitle D--Other Changes to Existing Laws Regarding
Health Care Management................................. 684
Process for waiving informed consent requirement for
administration of certain drugs to members of Armed
Forces for purposes of a particular military
operation (sec. 731)............................... 684
Health benefits for abused dependents of members of
the armed forces (sec. 732)........................ 684
Provision of health care at military entrance
processing stations and elsewhere outside medical
treatment facilities (sec. 733).................... 684
Professional qualifications of physicians providing
military health care (sec. 734).................... 684
Subtitle E--Other Matters................................ 686
Enhanced Department of Defense organ and tissue donor
program (sec. 741)................................. 686
Authorization to establish a Level One Trauma
Training Center (sec. 742)......................... 686
Authority to establish center for study of post-
deployment health concerns of members of the armed
forces (sec. 743).................................. 686
Report on implementation of enrollment-based
capitation for funding for military medical
treatment facilities (sec. 744).................... 687
Joint Department of Defense and Department of
Veterans Affairs reports relating to
interdepartmental cooperation in the delivery of
medical care (sec. 745)............................ 687
Report on research and surveillance activities
regarding Lyme disease and other tick-borne
diseases (sec. 746)................................ 687
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 688
Plan for provision of health care for military
retirees and their dependents comparable to health
care provided under TRICARE Prime.................. 688
Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and
Related Matters................................................ 688
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 688
Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting
Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations............... 688
Limitation on use of price preference upon
achievement of contract goal for small and
disadvantaged businesses (sec. 801)................ 688
Distribution of assistance under the procurement
technical assistance cooperative agreement program
(sec. 802)......................................... 688
Defense commercial pricing management improvement
(sec. 803)......................................... 688
Modification of senior executives covered by
limitation on allowability of compensation for
certain contractor personnel (sec. 804)............ 689
Separate determinations of exceptional waivers of
truth in negotiation requirements for prime
contracts and subcontracts (sec. 805).............. 689
Procurement of conventional ammunition (sec. 806).... 690
Para-aramid fibers and yarns (sec. 807).............. 690
Clarification of responsibility for submission of
information on prices previously charged for
property or services offered (sec. 808)............ 691
Amendments and study relating to procurement from
firms in industrial base for production of small
arms (sec. 809)....................................
Subtitle B--Other Matters................................ 691
Eligibility of involuntarily downgraded employee for
membership in an acquisition corps (sec. 811)...... 692
Time for submission of annual report relating to Buy
American Act (sec. 812)............................ 692
Procurement of travel services for official and
unofficial travel under one contract (sec. 813).... 692
Department of Defense purchases through other
agencies (sec. 814)................................ 692
Supervision of defense acquisition university
structure by Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Technology (sec. 815).............. 692
Pilot programs for testing program manager
performance of product support oversight
responsibilities for life cycle of acquisition
programs (sec. 816)................................ 693
Scope of protection of certain information from
disclosure (sec. 817).............................. 693
Plan for rapid transition from completion of small
business innovative research into defense
acquisition programs (sec. 818).................... 693
Five-year authority for the Secretary of the Navy to
exchange certain items (sec. 819).................. 693
Permanent authority for use of major test range and
test facility installations by commercial entities
(sec. 820)......................................... 694
Inventory exchange authorized for certain fuel
delivery contract (sec. 821)....................... 694
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 694
Study on increase in micro-purchase threshold........ 694
Repeal of requirement for Director of Acquisition
Education, Training, and Career Development to be
within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition and Technology..................... 694
Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management...... 695
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 695
Subtitle A--Department of Defense Officers and
Organization........................................... 695
Reduction in number of Assistant Secretary of Defense
positions (sec. 901)............................... 695
Repeal of statutory requirement for position of
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command,
Control, Communications and Intelligence (sec. 902) 695
Independent task force on transformation and
Department of Defense organization (sec. 903)...... 696
Authority to expand the National Defense University
(sec. 904)......................................... 696
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (sec. 905).... 696
Restructuring of administration of Fisher Houses
(sec. 906)......................................... 696
Management reform for research, development, test and
evaluation activities (sec. 907)................... 697
Subtitle B--Department of Defense Financial Management... 697
Improved accounting for defense contract services
(sec. 911)......................................... 697
Report on Department of Defense financial management
improvement plan (sec. 912)........................ 698
Study of feasibility of performance of Department of
Defense finance & accounting functions by private
sector sources or other Federal sources (sec. 913). 698
Limitation on reorganization and consolidation of
operating locations of the Defense Finance and
Accounting Service (sec. 914)...................... 698
Annual report on resources allocated to support and
mission activities (sec. 915)...................... 698
Subtitle C--Joint Warfighting Experimentation............ 699
Findings concerning joint warfighting experimentation
(sec. 921)......................................... 699
Sense of Congress concerning joint warfighting
experimentation (sec. 922)......................... 699
Reports on joint warfighting experimentation (sec.
923)............................................... 699
Subtitle D--Other Matters................................ 699
Further reductions in defense acquisition and support
workforce (sec. 931)............................... 699
Limitation on operation and support funds for the
Office of the Secretary of Defense (sec. 932)...... 700
Clarification and simplification of responsibilities
of inspectors general regarding whistleblower
protections (sec. 933)............................. 700
Repeal of requirement relating to assignment of
tactical airlift mission to reserve components
(sec. 934)......................................... 700
Consultation with Marine Corps on major decisions
directly concerning Marine Corps aviation (sec.
935)............................................... 701
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 701
Revision to defense directive relating to management
headquarters and headquarters support activities... 701
Report on individuals employed in private sector who
provide services under contract for the Department
of Defense......................................... 701
Reduction in Department of Defense headquarters staff 701
Permanent requirement for quadrennial defense review. 702
To redesignate the position of Director of Defense
Research and Engineering, abolish the position of
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear
and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, and
transfer the duties of the latter position to the
former position.................................... 702
Military aviation accident investigations............ 702
Title X--General Provisions...................................... 703
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 703
Subtitle A--Financial Matters............................ 703
Transfer authority (sec. 1001)....................... 703
Incorporation of classified annex (sec. 1002)........ 703
Authorization of prior emergency supplemental
appropriations for fiscal year 1998 (sec. 1003).... 703
Authorization of appropriations for Bosnia
peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 1999 (sec.
1004).............................................. 703
Partnership for Peace information system management
(sec. 1005)........................................ 704
United States contribution to NATO common-funded
budgets in fiscal year 1999 (sec. 1006)............ 705
Liquidity of working-capital funds (sec. 1007)....... 705
Termination of authority to manage working-capital
funds and certain activities through the Defense
Business Operating Fund (sec. 1008)................ 705
Clarification of authority to retain recovered costs
of disposals in working-capital funds (sec. 1009).. 705
Crediting of amounts recovered from third parties for
loss or damage to personal property shipped or
stored at government expense (sec. 1010)........... 706
Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards.................. 706
Revision to requirement for continued listing of two
Iowa-class battleships on the Naval Vessel Register
(sec. 1011)........................................ 706
Transfer of U.S.S. New Jersey (sec. 1012)............ 706
Homeporting of the U.S.S. Iowa in San Francisco,
California (sec. 1013)............................. 706
Sense of Congress concerning the naming of an LPD-17
vessel (sec. 1014)................................. 706
Reports on naval surface fire-support capabilities
(sec. 1015)........................................ 706
Long-term charter of three vessels in support of
submarine rescue, escort, and towing (sec. 1016)... 707
Transfer of obsolete Army tugboat (sec. 1017)........ 707
Subtitle C--Counter Drug Activities and Other Assistance
for Civilian Law Enforcement........................... 707
Program authority for Department of Defense support
to other agencies for counter-drug activities (sec.
1021).............................................. 711
Department of Defense support of National Guard drug
interdiction and counter-drug activities (sec.
1022).............................................. 712
Patrol Coastal Craft for Drug Interdiction by
Southern Command (sec. 1023)....................... 712
Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals 713
Repeal of unnecessary and obsolete reporting
provisions (sec. 1031)............................. 713
Report regarding use of tagging system to identify
hydrocarbon fuels used by Department of Defense
(sec. 1032)........................................ 713
Subtitle E--Armed Forces Retirement Home................. 713
Appointment of Director and Deputy Director of the
Naval Home (sec. 1041)............................. 713
Revision of inspection requirements relating to Armed
Forces Retirement Home (sec. 1042)................. 714
Clarification of land conveyance authority, Armed
Forces Retirement Home (sec. 1043)................. 714
Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Defense Property......... 714
Plan for improved demilitarization of excess and
surplus defense property (sec. 1051)............... 714
Transfer of F-4 Phantom II aircraft to foundation
(sec. 1052)........................................ 715
Subtitle G--Other Department of Defense Matters.......... 715
Pilot program on alternative notice of receipt of
legal process for garnishment of federal pay for
child support and alimony (sec. 1061).............. 715
Training of special operations forces with friendly
foreign forces (sec. 1062)......................... 715
Research grants competitively awarded to service
academies (sec. 1063).............................. 716
Department of Defense use of frequency spectrum (sec.
1064).............................................. 716
Department of Defense aviation accident
investigations (sec. 1065)......................... 716
Investigation of actions relating to 174th Fighter
Wing of New York Air National Guard (sec. 1066).... 717
Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean
War (sec. 1067).................................... 717
Designation of America's national maritime museum
(sec. 1068)........................................ 717
Technical and clerical amendments (sec. 1069)........ 718
Subtitle H--Other Matters................................ 718
Act constituting presidential approval of vessel war
risk insurance requested by the Secretary of
Defense (sec. 1071)................................ 718
Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production
Act of 1950 (sec. 1072)............................ 718
Requirement that burial flags furnished by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs be wholly produced in
the United States (sec. 1073)...................... 718
Sense of Congress concerning tax treatment of
principal residence of members of armed forces
while away from home on active duty (sec. 1074).... 718
Clarification of State authority to tax compensation
paid to certain employees (sec. 1075).............. 719
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 719
Outlay limitations................................... 719
Long-term charter contracts for acquisition of
auxiliary vessels for the Department of Defense.... 719
Sense of the Congress regarding the establishment of
a counter-drug center in Panama.................... 719
Assignment of members of armed forces to assist INS
and Customs Service................................ 720
Facilitation of operations at Edwards Air Force Base. 720
Operation, maintenance, and upgrade of Air Force
space launch facilities............................ 720
Southwest border fence............................... 720
Increase operations and maintenance for Army National
Guard/reduce amounts from revised economic
assumptions........................................ 721
Ship scrapping pilot program......................... 721
Report on inventory and control of military equipment 721
Report on reduction of infrastructure costs at Brooks
Air Force Base, Texas.............................. 721
Sense of the Senate regarding declassification of
classified information of the Department of Defense
and the Department of Energy....................... 722
Sense of the Senate regarding the August 1995
assassination attempt against President
Shevardnadze of Georgia............................ 722
Eliminating secret Senate holds...................... 722
Cooperation between the Department of the Army and
the Environmental Protection Agency in meeting the
Chemical Weapons Convention requirements........... 723
Title XI--Department of Defense Civilian Personnel............... 724
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 724
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
experimental personnel management program for
technical personnel (sec. 1101).................... 724
Maximum pay rate comparability for faculty members of
the United States Air Force Institute of Technology
(sec. 1102)........................................ 725
Authority for release to Coast Guard of drug test
results of civil service mariners of the Military
Sealift Command (sec. 1103)........................ 725
Limitations on back pay awards (sec. 1104)........... 725
Restoration of annual leave accumulated by civilian
employees at installations in the Republic of
Panama to be closed pursuant to the Panama Canal
Treaty of 1977 (sec. 1105)......................... 725
Repeal of program providing preference for employment
of military spouses in military child care
facilities (sec. 1106)............................. 725
Observance of certain holidays at duty posts outside
the United States (sec. 1107)...................... 726
Random drug testing of Department of Defense
employees (sec. 1108).............................. 726
Department of Defense employee voluntary early
retirement authority (sec. 1109)................... 726
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 726
Elimination of retained pay as basis for determining
locality-based adjustments......................... 726
Four-year extension of voluntary separation incentive
pay authority...................................... 726
Title XII--Matters Relating to Other Nations..................... 727
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 727
Subtitle A--United States Armed Forces in Bosnia and
Herzegovina............................................ 727
United States armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(secs. 1201-1205).................................. 727
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Contingency Operations... 728
Report on involvement of Armed Forces in contingency
and ongoing operations (sec. 1211)................. 728
Submission of report on objectives of a contingency
operation with requests for funding for the
operation (sec. 1212).............................. 728
Subtitle C--Matters Relating to NATO and Europe.......... 729
Limitation on United States share of costs of NATO
expansion (sec. 1221).............................. 729
Report on military capabilities of an expanded NATO
alliance (sec. 1222)............................... 729
Reports on the development of the European security
and defense identity (sec. 1223)................... 730
Limitation on the assignment of United States forces
for certain United Nations purposes (sec. 1231).... 730
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (sec. 1232)........... 731
Defense burdensharing (sec. 1233).................... 731
Transfer of excess UH-1 Huey and AH-1 Cobra
helicopters to foreign countries (sec. 1234)....... 732
Transfers of naval vessels to certain foreign
countries (sec. 1235).............................. 732
Repeal of the landmine moratorium (sec. 1236)........ 732
Application of authorities under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act to communist Chinese
military companies (sec. 1237)..................... 732
Title XIII--Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the
Former Soviet Union............................................ 733
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 733
Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program (secs.
1301-1309)......................................... 733
Title XIV--Domestic Preparedness for Defense Against Weapons of
Mass Destruction............................................... 734
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 734
Defense against weapons of mass destruction (secs.
1401-1405)......................................... 734
Title XV--Matters Relating to Arms Control, Export Controls, and
Counterproliferation........................................... 737
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 737
Subtitle A--Arms Control Matters......................... 737
One-year extension of limitation on retirement or
dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems
(sec. 1501)........................................ 737
Transmission of executive branch reports providing
Congress with classified summaries of arms control
developments (sec. 1502)........................... 737
Report on adequacy of emergency communications
capabilities between the United States and Russia
(sec. 1503)........................................ 737
Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons (sec. 1504)..... 738
Subtitle B--Satellite Export Controls.................... 738
Satellite export controls (secs. 1511-1516).......... 738
Subtitle C--Other Export Control Matters................. 740
Authority for export control activities of the
Department of Defense (sec. 1521).................. 740
Release of export information by the Department of
Commerce to other agencies for the purpose of
national security assessment (sec. 1522)........... 741
Nuclear export reporting requirement (sec. 1523)..... 741
Execution of objection authority within the
Department of Defense (sec. 1524).................. 742
Subtitle D--Counterproliferation Matters................. 742
One-year............................................. 742
Sense of Congress on Nuclear Tests in South Asia
(sec. 1532)........................................ 742
Report on requirements for response to increased
missile threat in Asia-Pacific region (sec. 1533).. 743
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS................. 743
Overview............................................. 743
Title XXI--Army.................................................. 764
Overview............................................. 764
Items of Special Interest................................... 765
Improvements of Military Family Housing, Army........ 765
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 765
Authorized Army construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2101)............................... 765
Family housing (sec. 2102)........................... 765
Improvements to military family housing units (sec.
2103).............................................. 765
Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2104).... 765
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year
1998 projects (sec. 2105).......................... 766
Title XXII--Navy................................................. 766
Overview............................................. 766
Items of Special Interest.................................... 766
Improvements of military family housing, Navy........ 766
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 766
Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2201)............................... 766
Family housing (sec. 2202)........................... 767
Improvements to military family housing units (sec.
2203).............................................. 767
Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2204).... 767
Authorization to accept road construction project,
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
(sec. 2205)........................................ 767
Title XXIII--Air Force........................................... 767
Overview............................................. 767
Items of Special Interest.................................... 768
Improvements of military family housing, Air Force... 768
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 768
Authorized Air Force construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2301)................... 768
Family housing (sec. 2302)........................... 768
Improvements to military family housing units (sec.
2303).............................................. 768
Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec.
2304).............................................. 768
Title XXIV--Defense Agencies..................................... 769
Overview............................................. 769
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 769
Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2401)................... 769
Improvements to military family housing units (sec.
2402).............................................. 770
Energy conservation projects (sec. 2403)............. 770
Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies
(sec. 2404)........................................ 770
Repeal of fiscal year 1997 authorization of
appropriations for certain military housing
improvement program (sec. 2405).................... 770
Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal
year 1995 projects (sec. 2406)..................... 770
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year
1990 project (sec. 2407)........................... 771
Title XXV--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program........................................................ 771
Overview............................................. 771
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 771
Authorized North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
construction and land acquisition projects (sec.
2501).............................................. 771
Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502).... 771
Title XXVI--Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities.................. 772
Overview............................................. 772
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 772
Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2601)................... 772
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year
1998 project (sec. 2602)........................... 772
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 773
National Guard Military Educational Facility, Fort
Bragg, North Carolina.............................. 773
Title XXVII--Expiration and Extension of Authorizations.......... 773
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 773
Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to
be specified by law (sec. 2701).................... 773
Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year
1996 projects (sec. 2702).......................... 773
Extension of authorization of fiscal year 1995
project (sec. 2703)................................ 774
Effective date (sec. 2704)........................... 774
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 774
Authorization of additional military construction and
military family housing projects................... 774
Title XXVIII--General Provisions................................. 774
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 774
Subtitle A--Military Construction and Military Family
Housing Changes........................................ 774
Architectural and engineering services and
construction design (sec. 2801).................... 774
Expansion of Army overseas family housing lease
authority (sec. 2802).............................. 775
Definition of ancillary supporting facilities under
the alternative authority for acquisition and
improvement of military housing (sec. 2803)........ 775
Purchase of build-to-lease family housing at Eielson
Air Force Base, Alaska (sec. 2804)................. 775
Report relating to improvement of housing for
unaccompanied members (sec. 2805).................. 775
Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration.. 776
Exceptions to real property transaction reporting
requirements for war and certain emergency and
other operations (sec. 2811)....................... 776
Restoration of Department of Defense lands used by
another federal agency (sec. 2812)................. 776
Outdoor recreation development on military
installations for disabled veterans, military
dependents with disabilities, and other persons
with disabilities (sec. 2813)...................... 777
Report on leasing and other alternative uses of non-
excess military property (sec. 2814)............... 777
Report on implementation of utility system conveyance
authority (sec. 2815).............................. 777
Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment......... 778
Applicability of property disposal laws to leases at
installations to be closed or realigned under base
closure laws (sec. 2821)........................... 778
Elimination of waiver authority regarding prohibition
against certain conveyances of property at Naval
Station, Long Beach, California (sec. 2822)........ 778
Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA
in connection with McClellan Air Force Base,
California (sec. 2823)............................. 778
Subtitle D--Land Conveyances............................. 779
Part I--Army Conveyances................................. 779
Modification of land conveyance, Army Reserve Center,
Youngstown, Ohio (sec. 2831)....................... 779
Release of interests in real property, former
Kennebec Arsenal, Augusta, Maine (sec. 2832)....... 779
Release waiver, or conveyance of interests in real
property, former Redstone Army Arsenal property,
Alabama (sec. 2833)................................ 779
Conveyance of utility systems, Lone Star Army
Ammunition Plant, Texas (sec. 2834)................ 780
Conveyance of water rights and related interests,
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado, for purposes of
acquisition of perpetual contracts for water (sec.
2835).............................................. 780
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Massena, New
York (sec. 2836)................................... 780
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Ogdensburg, New
York (sec. 2837)................................... 780
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Jamestown, Ohio
(sec. 2838)........................................ 781
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Peoria,
Illinois (sec. 2839)............................... 781
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bridgton, Maine
(sec. 2840)........................................ 781
Land conveyance, Fort Sheridan, Illinois (sec. 2841). 781
Land conveyance, Skaneateles, New York (sec. 2842)... 782
Land conveyance, Indiana Army Ammunition Plant,
Charlestown, Indiana (sec. 2843)................... 782
Land conveyance, Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant,
Chattanooga, Tennessee (sec. 2844)................. 783
Land conveyance, Stewart Army Sub-Post, New Windsor,
New York (sec. 2845)............................... 783
Part II--Navy Conveyances................................ 783
Conveyance of easement, Marine Corps Base, Camp
Pendleton, California (sec. 2851).................. 783
Land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center,
Portland, Maine (sec. 2852)........................ 784
Land conveyance, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve
facility, Youngstown, Ohio (sec. 2853)............. 784
Land conveyance, Naval Air Reserve Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota (sec. 2854)................. 784
Part III--Air Force Conveyances.......................... 785
Modification of land conveyance authority, Eglin Air
Force Base, Florida (sec. 2861).................... 785
Modification of land conveyance, Finley Air Force
Station, North Dakota (sec. 2862).................. 785
Land conveyance, Lake Charles Air Force Station,
Louisiana (sec. 2863).............................. 786
Land conveyance, Air Force Housing facility, La
Junta, Colorado (sec. 2864)........................ 786
Subtitle E--Other Matters................................ 786
Modification of authority relating to Department of
Defense laboratory revitalization demonstration
program (sec. 2871)................................ 786
Repeal of prohibition on joint use of Gray Army
Airfield, Fort Hood, Texas, with civil aviation
(sec. 2872)........................................ 786
Modification of demonstration project for purchase of
fire, security, police, public works, and utility
services from local government agencies (sec. 2873) 787
Designation of building containing Navy and Marine
Corps Reserve Center, Augusta, Georgia (sec. 2874). 787
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 787
Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery............. 787
Increase in thresholds for reporting requirements
relating to real property transactions............. 788
Beach replenishment, San Diego, California........... 788
Development of Ford Island, Hawaii................... 788
Repairs and stabilization measures at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center................................ 789
Modification of limitations on general authority
relating to base closures and realignments......... 789
Prohibition on closure of a base within four years
after a realignment of the base.................... 789
Sense of Congress on further rounds of base closures. 789
Title XXIX--Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal....................... 790
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 790
Juniper Butte Range withdrawal (secs. 2901-2919)..... 790
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS
AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS....................................... 790
Title XXXI--Department of Energy National Security Programs...... 790
Overview............................................. 790
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 802
Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations.... 802
Weapons activities (sec. 3101)....................... 802
Defense environmental restoration and waste
management (sec. 3102)............................. 804
Other defense activities (sec. 3103)................. 806
Defense nuclear waste disposal (sec. 3104)........... 808
Defense environmental management privatization (sec.
3105).............................................. 808
Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions................. 809
Reprogramming (sec. 3121)............................ 809
Limits on general plant projects (sec. 3122)......... 809
Limits on construction projects (sec. 3123).......... 810
Fund transfer authority (sec. 3124).................. 810
Authority for conceptual and construction design
(sec. 3125)........................................ 810
Authority for emergency planning, design, and
construction activities (sec. 3126)................ 810
Funds available for all national security programs of
the Department of Energy (sec. 3127)............... 811
Availability of funds (sec. 3128).................... 811
Transfers of defense environmental management funds
(sec. 3129)........................................ 811
Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations............................................ 812
Permanent extension of funding prohibition relating
to international cooperative stockpile stewardship
(sec. 3131)........................................ 812
Support of ballistic missile defense activities of
the Department of Defense (sec. 3132).............. 812
Nonproliferation activities (sec. 3133).............. 812
Licensing of certain mixed oxide fuel fabrication and
irradiation facilities (sec. 3134)................. 813
Continuation of processing, treatment, and
disposition of legacy nuclear materials (sec. 3135) 813
Authority for Department of Energy federally funded
research and development centers to participate in
merit-based technology research and development
programs (sec. 3136)............................... 814
Activities of Department of Energy facilities (sec.
3137).............................................. 814
Hanford overhead and service center costs (sec. 3138) 815
Hanford waste tank cleanup program reforms (sec.
3139).............................................. 815
Hanford Health Information Network (sec. 3140)....... 816
Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response
training program (sec. 3141)....................... 816
Support for public education in the vicinity of Los
Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico (sec. 3142). 816
Relocation of National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque,
New Mexico (sec. 3143)............................. 817
Tritium production (sec. 3144)....................... 817
Subtitle D--Other Matters................................ 818
Study and plan relating to worker and community
transition assistance (sec. 3151).................. 818
Extension of authority for appointment of certain
scientific, engineering, and technical personnel
(sec. 3152)........................................ 819
Requirement for plan to modify employment system used
by Department of Energy in defense environmental
management programs (sec. 3153).................... 819
Department of Energy nuclear materials couriers (sec.
3154).............................................. 819
Increase in maximum rate of pay for scientific,
engineering, and technical personnel responsible
for safety at defense nuclear facilities (sec.
3155).............................................. 820
Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay
voluntary separation incentive payments (sec. 3156) 820
Repeal of fiscal year 1998 statement of policy on
stockpile stewardship program (sec. 3157).......... 820
Report on stockpile stewardship criteria (sec. 3158). 821
Panel to assess the reliability, safety, and security
of the United States nuclear stockpile (sec. 3159). 821
International cooperative information exchange (sec.
3160).............................................. 822
Protection against inadvertent release of restricted
data and formerly restricted data (sec. 3161)...... 822
Sense of Congress regarding treatment of Formerly
Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program under a non-
defense discretionary budget function (sec. 3162).. 823
Reports relating to tritium production (sec. 3163)... 823
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 824
Sense of the Senate regarding memoranda of
understanding with the State of Oregon relating to
Hanford............................................ 825
Sense of Congress on funding requirements for the
nonproliferation science and technology activities
of the Department of Energy........................ 825
Title XXXII--Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board............. 826
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 826
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (sec. 3201).. 826
Title XXXIII--National Defense Stockpile......................... 826
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 826
Definitions (sec. 3301).............................. 826
Authorized uses of stockpile funds (sec. 3302)....... 826
Authority to dispose of certain materials in the
national defense stockpile (sec. 3303)............. 826
Use of stockpile funds for certain environmental
remediation, restoration, waste management, and
compliance activities (sec. 3304).................. 827
Title XXXIV--Naval Petroleum Reserves............................ 827
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 827
Definitions (sec. 3401).............................. 827
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 3402).......... 827
Disposal of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 (sec.
3403).............................................. 827
Disposal of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 (sec.
3404).............................................. 828
Disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 (sec. 3405). 828
Administration (sec. 3406)........................... 828
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 828
Price requirement on price of certain petroleum
during fiscal year 1999............................ 828
Treatment of State of California claim regarding
Naval Petroleum Reserve numbered 1................. 828
Title XXXV--Panama Canal Commission.............................. 829
Legislative Provisions Adopted...............................
Short title; references to Panama Canal Act of 1979
(sec. 3501)........................................ 829
Authorization of expenditures (sec. 3502)............ 829
Purchase of vehicles (sec. 3503)..................... 829
Expenditures only in accordance with treaties (sec.
3504).............................................. 829
Donations to the Commission (sec. 3505).............. 830
Agreements for United States to provide post-transfer
administrative services for certain employee
benefits (sec. 3506)............................... 830
Sunset of United States overseas benefits just before
transfer (sec. 3507)............................... 830
Central Examining Office (sec. 3508)................. 830
Liability for vessel accidents (sec. 3509)........... 830
Panama Canal Board of Contract Appeals (sec. 3510)... 831
Restatement of requirement that Secretary of Defense
designee on Panama Canal Commission supervisory
board be a current officer of the Department of
Defense (sec. 3511)................................ 831
Technical amendments (sec. 3512)..................... 831
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 832
Placement of United States citizens in positions with
the United States Government....................... 832
Title XXXVI--Maritime Administration............................. 832
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 832
Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1999
(sec. 3601)........................................ 832
Authority to convey National Defense Reserve Fleet
vessel (sec. 3602)................................. 832
Authority to convey certain National Defense Reserve
Fleet vessels (sec. 3603).......................... 832
Clearinghouse for maritime information (sec. 3604)... 832
Conveyance of NDRF vessel ex-USS Lorain County (sec.
3605).............................................. 833
Title XXXVII--Increased Monitoring of Products Made With Forced
Labor.......................................................... 833
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 833
Increased monitoring of products made with forced
labor (secs. 3701-3703)............................ 833
Title XXXVIII--Fair Trade in Automotive Parts.................... 833
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 833
Fair trade in automotive parts (secs. 3801-3805)..... 833
Title XXXIX--Radio Free Asia..................................... 834
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 834
Short title (sec. 3901).............................. 834
Authorization of appropriations for increased funding
for Radio Free Asia and Voice of America
broadcasting to China (sec. 3902).................. 834
Reporting requirement (sec. 3903).................... 834
Legislative Provisions not Adopted........................... 835
Findings............................................. 835