29 May 1999 Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html See full report of this excerpt: http://jya.com/s1059-pigs.zip And report of Defense authorization bill: http://jya.com/hr106-162.zip ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Congressional Record: May 27, 1999 (Senate)] NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now resume consideration of S. 1059, which the clerk will report. The legislative assistant read as follows: A bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. [Excerpt] Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, as my colleagues in the Senate know, I make a point of going through spending bills very carefully and compiling lists of programs added at the request of individual members that were not included in the Defense Department's budget request. I should state at the outset that I believe Chairman Warner and Senator Levin, the ranking member, should be commended for their efforts at producing a bill that addresses a number of very serious readiness problems. As American pilots continue to fly missions over Yugoslavia and Iraq while maintaining commitments in virtually every part of the globe, the care and maintenance of the armed forces cannot be taken for granted--not if we wish to avoid imperiling our vital national interests. I would be remiss in my responsibilities, however, were I not to illuminate the large number of programs that were added primarily for parochial reasons. With our military stretched perilously thin after more than a decade of declining budgets and expanding commitments, we can ill afford the business-as-usual practice of adding programs not requested by the military. It is for that reason that the list of unrequested programs that I would like to submit for the record, totaling more than $4 billion, is so troubling. While I continue to have concerns about the integrity of the process by which the service unfunded priorities lists are produced, I have this year chosen to respect their legitimacy and have excluded from the compilation of unrequested projects I am submitting for the Record those items added by members that are reflected on the unfunded priority lists. To wit, while I have to question the reverse economies of scale achieved on the C-40 program--in effect, why do two aircraft cost more on a unit cost basis than did the one aircraft included in the budget submission--I have not included the second aircraft, added by the committee, on this list because of its inclusion on the Navy's unfunded priority list. Similarly, I have omitted from my list two KC-130J aircraft because they are on the Marine Corps unfunded priority list despite the incredible surplus in C-130 frames already in the U.S. inventory. I will mention these programs no more today. Let me be very clear, however, that the process by which budgets are put together is seriously flawed and both fiscal responsibility and national security dictate that we strive to improve it. After so many years of going through this exercise, though, I find it difficult to be optimistic. I am, for instance, bewildered by the continued annual addition to the budget request of $18 million for MK-19 automatic grenade launchers. The repeated addition by Congress of the MK-19 to the defense budget forces to me to wonder whether someone hasn't stockpiled these things out of some psychological need to accumulate grenade launchers as a substitute for balls of string. What on earth does someone think the Marines are doing with its automatic grenade launchers that compels this body to repeatedly add them to the budget? How do we justify continuing to allocate significant amounts of money for a program that the Corps does not even include on its unfunded priorities list? Every single year we add funding--this year, $15 million--for the NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system. An Israeli destroyer during the Six Day War, a British destroyer during the battle for the Falklands, and the USS Stark incident are all testimony to the threat of anti-ship missiles. That only one U.S. ship has been so targeted since World War II, however, and under rather unique circumstances at that, makes it difficult to understand why we spend so much money every year for decoys. I have been critical in the past about earmarking funds for the National Automotive Center, an odd member- [[Page S6270]] created entity that has taken on a life of its own. The bill includes $6.5 million for development of a Smart Truck, with half of the money earmarked for the National Automotive Center. Presumably, this will be a really smart truck, inasmuch as it is taking us for over $6 million. I can only hope it will be able to change its own oil. The Administration's military construction request was a true exercise in Byzantine budgeting. Incrementally funding the entire military construction program was not somebody's better idea, and I applaud the committee's rejection of that proposal. I must condemn, however, that same committee's decision to add $923 million in projects not requested by the services. A new $3.6 million C-17 simulator building at Jackson Airport; a new $8.9 million C-130J simulator building at Keesler Air Force Base; a new $6 million visiting officers' quarters at Niagara Falls; $17 million to replace family housing at the Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma; and an addition of $10 million for a new education center and library at Ellsworth are just a few of the items added to the budget by members for parochial reasons. Let me note at this junction that many of these projects may very well be meritorious upon further review. For example, I know there is a dire need for new family housing at the Marine base in Yuma, Arizona. But is that need greater than exists at some other base? The method by which that project was added does not allow for the kind of comparative analysis that should be an integral part of the process by which these budgets are drafted. Of particular interest is the $241 million for ammunition demilitarization facilities, none of which was requested by the military. I recognize the legitimate need to expeditiously dismantle aging chemical weapons and deal with the environmental contamination resulting from their construction and storage over many years. My concern lies in the perpetually uncertain environment in which spending bills are prepared. Are each of these facilities necessary, and does each one need to be funded during a fiscal year for which funding for it was not requested? Chemical demilitarization has been an important priority for the Armed Services Committee, but the case has not been made that these programs had to be added to this bill. Mr. President, I may make light of some of these programs, but the issue is deadly serious. Our armed forces are stretched perilously thin as global commitments grow and operations like those in Kosovo and the continuing operation in Bosnia continue to take their devastating toll on our ability to remain prepared for the major regional contingencies that are inarguably tied to our vital national interests. Not every program on the list that I am submitting for the Record is impractical or worthy of ridicule. But to argue their worth individually and in a vacuum is to miss the point. I do not include on these lists most programs related to defense against weapons of mass destruction, and generally give classified programs a free ride. The nature of the process, however, is such that a certain amount of skepticism is warranted. It is too much a matter of routine practice that items are added for primarily parochial reasons under headings that sound logical and yet which are low or no priority for the services. As absolutely important as areas like chemical and biological defense are, it is equally important that funds allocated to deal with those threats are not wasted on programs added to the budget solely because a contractor convinced his or her senator that they deserve $2 million to investigate that program's potential when other higher priority programs already exist to fulfill the requirement. I have respected the unfunded priority lists this year because they provide the only roadmap as to where the services would allocate additional dollars if such funding were made available. It is far from a perfect process, but it is all we have. That there are still over $4 billion in member adds in this bill is testament to the indomitable will of members of this body to force projects into a strained defense budget in defiance of fiscal prudence and operational requirements. That is not intended as a compliment; it is simple acknowledgment that there is still ample room for improvement. Finally, let me also note for the record my concerns regarding the amendment offered by Senator Lott to narrow the scope of the Pilot Program for Commercial Services. I believe the amendment will restrict the ability of the Secretary of Defense to explore all options for fair and reasonable procurement of transportation services. This will continue to artificially inflate the Defense Department's transportation cost and will directly impact the findings of the program. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that this list be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 MEMBER ADD-ONS, INCREASES & EARMARKS Army Procurement Aircraft Procurement, Army (page 25): LONGBOW.........................................................$45.0 UH-1 Mods........................................................72.5 ASE Mods (ATIRCM).................................................8.1 ASE Infrared CM...................................................6.6 Missile Procurement, Army (page 27): PATRIOT mods.....................................................60.0 Procurement of W&TCV, Army (page 29): M109A6 155mm Howitzer mods.......................................20.0 Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle PIP...................20.0 M88 Improved Recovery Vehicle....................................72.0 Heavy Assault Bridge mod.........................................14.0 MK-19 40mm Grenade Launcher......................................18.3 Procurement of Ammunition, Army (page 31): 40mm, all types...................................................8.0 60mm mortar, all types............................................9.0 102mm HE M934 w/mo fuse...........................................4.0 105mm ARTY DPICM.................................................10.0 Wide Area Munitions..............................................10.0 Arms Initiative..................................................14.0 Other Procurement, Army (page 35): High Mobility Multi-Purpose Vehicle..............................17.0 Army Data Distribution System....................................25.9 SINGCARS Family..................................................70.0 ACUS mod program.................................................50.0 Standard Integrated CMD Post System...............................9.2 Lightweight Maintenance Enclosure.................................3.2 Combat Training Centers Support...................................7.0 Modification of In-Service Equipment..............................8.1 Acquisition Stability Reserve Construction Equip.................29.6 Army RDT Basic Research in Counter-Terrorism..............................15.0 AAN Materials.....................................................2.5 Scramjet Technologies.............................................2.0 Smart Truck.......................................................6.5 Medteams..........................................................1.8 PEPS..............................................................8.0 Virtual Retinal Eye Display Technology............................5.0 Future Combat Vehicle Development................................10.0 Digital Situation Mapboard........................................2.0 Accoustic Technology Research.....................................4.0 Radar Power Technology............................................4.0 OICW.............................................................14.8 FIREFINDER Accel. TBM Cueing Requirement..........................7.9 Directed Energy Testbed (HELTF)...................................5.0 HIMARS...........................................................30.6 Space Control Technology.........................................41.0 Navy Procurement Aircraft Procurement, Navy (page 61): UC-35 (3)........................................................18.0 EA-6 Series......................................................25.0 H-1 Series.......................................................15.0 Common ECM Equipment.............................................16.0 Weapons Procurement, Navy (page 64): Drones and Decoys................................................10.0 Weapons Industrial Facilities.....................................7.7 Shipbuilding & Conversion, Navy: LPD-17 (1)......................................................375.0 Other Procurement, Navy (page 71): WSN-7 Ring Laser Inertial Navigation Gear........................15.0 Items less than $5 million.......................................30.9 Radar Support AN/BPS-15/16H ECDIS-N...............................8.0 Integrated Combat System Test Facility............................5.0 JEDMICS...........................................................9.0 Navy Shore Communications........................................30.7 Info Systems Security Program (ISSP).............................12.0 Aviation Life Support............................................18.1 NULKA Anti-Ship Missile Decoy System.............................15.3 Procurement, Marine Corps (page 83): Comm and Elec. Infrastructure Support............................54.5 5/4T Truck HMMWV (MYP) (668).....................................40.0 Navy RDT Non-Traditional Warfare Initiatives...............................5.0 Hyperspectral Research............................................3.0 Heatshield Research...............................................2.0 Free Electron Laser..............................................10.0 Waveform Generator................................................3.0 [[Page S6271]] Power Node Control Centers........................................3.0 Composite Helicopter Hangar.......................................5.0 Virtual Testbed for Advanced Electrical Systems...................5.0 BURRO.............................................................5.0 Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher.............................1.0 Vehicle Tech Demo.................................................0.5 Ocean Modeling for Mine and Submarine Warfare.....................9.0 Low Observable Stack..............................................5.0 Vector Thrust Ducted Propeller....................................4.0 Integrated Combat Weapons Systems for CM Ships...................18.0 Advanced Water-Jet Technology.....................................2.0 Enhanced Performance Motor Brush..................................2.3 Standard for the Exchange for Product Model Data..................3.0 Trident SSGN Design..............................................13.0 Common Command and Decision Systems...............................5.0 Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle..............................26.4 Non-lethal Weapons--Innovation Initiative.........................3.0 NAVCIITI..........................................................4.0 Parametric Airborne Dipping Sonar................................15.0 H-1 Upgrades, 4BN/4BW Helicopter Upgrade Program.................26.6 Multi-Purpose Processor..........................................11.0 Non-Propulsion Electronic Systems................................10.0 Smart Propulsor Product Model.....................................2.0 NULKA Anti-Ship Missile Decoy System..............................4.4 Advanced Deployable System.......................................22.0 Battle Force Tactical Training....................................7.5 Air Force Procurement Aircraft Procurement, Air Force (page 100): EC-130J..........................................................30.0 E-8C.............................................................46.0 F-15.............................................................20.0 T-43..............................................................3.1 C-20 Mods........................................................12.2 DARP.............................................................82.0 E-4...............................................................6.9 Missile Procurement, Air Force (page 107): MM III Modifications.............................................40.0 Other Procurement, Air Force (page 110): Truck Tank Fuel R-11.............................................18.0 Items less than $5 million........................................2.4 Air Force RDT Materials--Resin Systems..........................................3.0 Materials--Titanium Matrix........................................2.2 Materials--Friction Welding.......................................2.0 Aerospace Propulsion--Science and Engineering...................0.775 Solid State Electrolyte Oxygen Generator..........................2.0 Variable Displacement Vane Pump...................................4.0 Multi-spectral Battlespace Simulation.............................5.0 Hypersonic Technology Programs...................................16.6 Post-boost Control Systems........................................2.9 Missile Propulsion Technology.....................................1.7 Tactical Missile Propulsion.......................................3.0 Orbit Transfer Propulsion.........................................3.0 Tropo-Weather.....................................................2.5 Space Survivability...............................................0.6 HIS Spectral Sensing..............................................0.8 HAARP............................................................10.0 Lidar for Standoff/Detection for Chem Weapons.....................5.0 Electro-Magnetic Technology.......................................9.3 Polymeric Foam Technology.........................................3.0 Panoramic Night Vision Goggles....................................2.0 Advanced Spacecraft Technology--SMV..............................35.0 Advanced Spacecraft Technology--MSTRS.............................5.0 Standard Protocol Interpreter.....................................2.0 Space-Board Laser................................................25.0 Space Control Technology--Program Increase.......................10.0 Joint Strike Fighter--Alternative Engine.........................15.0 ICBM Dem/Val RSLP................................................19.2 EW Development--PLAID.............................................7.0 EW Development--DIRCM.............................................7.0 SBIRS--High EMD..................................................92.0 Correction of WCMD Testing Problems...............................3.9 Aircrew Laser Eye Protection......................................0.4 Inflatable Restraints.............................................2.5 EELV Composite Payload Dispenser..................................4.5 Big Crow..........................................................5.0 Micro Satellite Technology.......................................25.0 B-52 Radar Warning Upgrades......................................15.4 COMPASS CALL TRACS................................................8.0 JSTARS--Radar Technology Insertion Program.......................48.0 Advanced Program Evaluation......................................18.0 Theater Missile Defenses--TAWS...................................17.3 Airborne Recon. Systems--JSAF-LBSS...............................17.4 Manned Recon. Systems--SYERS Polarization.........................5.0 Distributed Common Ground Systems--Eagle Vision..................21.0 Defense-Wide Procurement Procurement, Defense-Wide (page 124): Information Systems Security.....................................20.0 PATRIOT PAC-3....................................................60.0 SOF Ordnance Replenishment........................................6.0 SOF Small Arms and Weapons......................................15.75 Chem/Bio Individual Protection...................................18.9 Chem/Bio Decontamination..........................................1.5 Chem/Bio Contamination Avoidance.................................10.0 National Guard & Reserve Equipment (page 128): Chem Agents & Munitions Destruction--RDT........................334.0 Chem Agents & Munitions Destruction--Procurement................241.5 Chem Agents & Munitions Destruction--O&M........................595.5 Defense RDT Applied Research--HFSWR...........................................5.0 Applied Research--Wide Band Gap Technologies.....................14.0 Medical Free Electron Laser Research..............................4.0 Computer Security.................................................1.0 Chem/Bio Defense Program--Safeguard...............................5.0 WMD Related technology--Deep Digger...............................5.0 Advanced Technology--Atmospheric Interceptor Tech................30.0 Scorpius..........................................................5.0 Excalibur.........................................................5.0 Special Technical Support--Complex Systems Dev....................5.0 Product Data Engineering Tools....................................5.0 Joint Warfighting Program--Joint Experimentation.................10.0 High Performance Computing--Visualization Research................3.0 Joint Robotics Program............................................3.0 CALS Intitiative--Integrated Data Environment.....................2.0 NTW--Acceleration................................................70.0 NTW--Radar Development...........................................50.0 Liquid Target Development.........................................5.0 BMD Technical Ops--Advanced Research Center.......................3.0 Chem/Bio--CBIRF...................................................9.2 PATRIOT PAC-3--EMD..............................................152.0 Foreign Material Acquisition and Exploitation....................40.0 C3I--Information Assurance Test Bed...............................5.0 Joint Mapping Tool Kit............................................8.0 C3I--Strategic Technology Assessment..............................5.0 Maxwell AFB--Off. Transient Student Dormitory......................10.6 Anniston AD--Ammo Demilitarization Facility.........................7.0 Redstone Aresenal--Unit Training Equip. Site........................8.9 Dannelly Field--Med. Training & Dining Facility.....................6.0 Fort Wainright--Ammo Surveillance Facility..........................2.3 Fort Wainright--MOUT Collective Trng. Facility.....................17.0 Elmendorf AFB--Alter Roadway, Davis Highway.........................9.5 Pine Bluff Arsenal--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility................61.8 Pueblo AD--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility.........................11.8 West Hartford--ADAL Reserve Center...............................17.525 Orange ANGS--Air Control Squadron Complex..........................11.0 Dover AFB--Visitor's Quarters......................................12.0 Smyrna--Readiness Center..........................................4.381 Pensacola--Readiness Center.......................................4.628 Fort Stewart--Contingency Logistics Facility.......................19.0 NAS Atlanta--BEQ-A.................................................5.43 Bellows AFS--Regional Training Institute.........................12.105 Gowen Field--Fuel Cell & Corrosion Control Hgr......................2.3 Newport AD--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility........................61.2 Fort Wayne--Med. Training & Dining Facility.........................7.2 Sioux City IAP--Vehicle Maintenance Facility........................3.6 Fort Riley--Whole Barracks Renovation..............................27.0 McConnell AFB--Improve Family Housing Area Safety.................1.363 Fort Campbell--Vehicle Maintenance Facility........................17.0 Blue Grass AD--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility.....................11.8 Fort Polk.--Organization Maintenance Shop.........................4.309 Lafayette--Marine Corps Reserve Center.............................3.33 NAS Belle Chase--Ammunition Storage Igloo..........................1.35 Andrews AFB--Squadron Operations Facility...........................9.9 Aberdeen P.G--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility......................66.6 Hanscom AFB--Acquisition Man. Fac. Renovation......................16.0 Camp Grayling--Air Ground Range Support Facility....................5.8 Camp Ripley--Combined Support Maintenance Shop...................10.368 Columbus AFB--Add to T-1A Hangar....................................2.6 Keesler AFB--C-130J Simulator Facility..............................8.9 Miss. Army Ammo Pl.--Land/Water Ranges..............................3.3 Camp Shelby--Multi-purpose Range...................................14.9 Vicksburg--Readiness Center.......................................5.914 Jackson Airport--C-17 Simulator Building............................3.6 Rosencrans Mem APT--Upgrade Aircraft Parking Apron..................9.0 Malmstrom AFB--Dormitory...........................................11.6 Great Falls IAP--Base Supply Complex................................1.4 Hawthorne Army Dep.--Container Repair Facility......................1.7 Fort Monmouth--Barracks Improvement................................11.8 Kirtland AFB--Composite Support Complex.............................9.7 Niagara Falls--Visiting Officer's Quarters..........................6.3 [[Page S6272]] Fort Bragg--Upgrade Barracks D-Area................................14.4 Grand Forks AFB--Parking Apron Extension............................9.5 Wright Patterson--Convert to Physical Fitness Ctr...................4.6 Columbus AFB--Reserve Center Addition.............................3.541 Springfield--Complex...............................................1.77 Tinker AFB--Repair and Upgrade Runway..............................11.0 Vance AFB--Upgrade Center Runway...................................12.6 Tulsa IAP--Composite Support Complex...............................10.8 Umatilla DA--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility.......................35.9 Salem--Armed Forces Reserve Center...............................15.255 NFPC Philadelphia--Cating Pits Modification......................13.320 NAS Willow Grove--Ground Equipment Shop.............................0.6 Johnstown Cambria--Air Traffic Control Facility.....................6.2 Quonset--Maintenance Hangar and Shops..............................16.5 McEntire ANGB--Replace Control Tower................................8.0 Ellsworth AFB--Education/library Center............................10.2 Henderson--Organization Maintenance Shop..........................1.976 Dyess AFB--Child Development Center.................................5.5 Lackland AFB--F-16 Squadron Ops Flight Complex......................9.7 Salt Lake City IAP--Upgrade Aircraft Main. Complex..................9.7 Northfield--Multi-purpose Training Facility.......................8.652 Fort Pickett--Multi-purpose Training Range.........................13.5 Fairchild AFB--Flight Line Support Facility.........................9.1 Fairchild AFB--Composite Support complex............................9.8 Eleanor--Maintenance Complex.....................................18.521 Eleanor--Readiness Center.........................................9.583 Forward Deployment--Facilities Upgrade.............................4.88 Forward Deployment--Facilities Upgrade............................6.726 Forward Deployment--Facilities Upgrade...........................31.229 MCAS Yuma--Replace Family Housing (100 units)......................17.0 MCB Hawaii--Replace Family Housing (84 units)....................22.639 Holloman AFB--Replace Family Housing (76 units)....................9.84 -----