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# Legislative Bulletin...........................................September 29, 2006

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H.R. 5122 --- John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2007, Conference Report (Hunter, R-CA)

**[Order of Business]{.underline}**: The bill is scheduled to be
considered on Friday, September 29, 2006, subject to a closed rule
(H.Res. 1062).

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**[Note]{.underline}**: The Senate-passed version of the bill contained
a provision (sec. 1009) that would have required notice to Congress and
the public on earmarks of funds available to the Department of Defense.
The House bill contained no similar provision. This provision is NOT
contained in the conference report.

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**[Overall Authorizations]{.underline}**: The conference report would
provide budget authority of [\$532.8 billion]{.underline} for the
Department of Defense (DoD) and the national security functions of the
Department of Energy (DoE) for FY2007. This amount *includes* \$70
billion in supplemental "bridge" funding to pay for ongoing combat
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

To view the RSC Legislative Bulletin for the version of H.R. 5122, as it
came to the House floor, visit this webpage:
<http://www.house.gov/pence/rsc/doc/LB_051006_defenseauthfy07.doc>.

**[Does the Bill Expand the Size and Scope of the Federal
Government?]{.underline}**: Yes, the bill creates several new programs.

**[Military Chaplain Protections]{.underline}**. The original military
chaplain language included in the House-passed version is
*[not]{.underline}* included in the Conference Report. However, the
notes section of the bill (page 1222) includes a statement where the
Conferees direct the Air Force and the Navy to rescind their interim
guidelines regarding chaplains and reinstate the policies in place in
1999 and 2000, respectively (which are much less restrictive than the
current interim guidelines).

**[Does the Bill Comply with House Rules Regarding
Earmarks?]{.underline}** The Conference Report includes the following
regarding "airdropped" (not passed by either the House or the Senate)
earmarks contained in the bill:

Pursuant to House Resolution 1000, entitled "Providing for earmarking
reform in the House of Representatives," adopted on September 14, 2006,
the committee finds the following earmarks contained in this conference
report:

+-----------------+------------------------+------------+-------------+
| **[Member       | **[Program/Project     | **[Ac      | **          |
| ]{.underline}** | Title]{.underline}**   | count/Line | [Amount]{.u |
|                 |                        | \#]{.un    | nderline}** |
|                 |                        | derline}** |             |
|                 |                        |            | (dollars in |
|                 |                        |            | millions)   |
+-----------------+------------------------+------------+-------------+
| Hunter, Duncan  | Low cost domestic      | 78045A RDA | \$5.0       |
| (CA)            | titanium reduction to  | 183        |             |
|                 | powder initiative      |            |             |
| Bartlett,       |                        |            |             |
| Roscoe (MD)     |                        |            |             |
+-----------------+------------------------+------------+-------------+
| Kline, John     | Traumatic brain injury | Defense    | \$12.0      |
| (MN)            | treatment and          | Health     |             |
|                 | rehabilitation         | Program    |             |
|                 |                        | O&M        |             |
+-----------------+------------------------+------------+-------------+
| Warner, John    | East Coast Asymmetric  | RDDW 5Y    | \$4.0       |
| (VA)            | Warfare Initiative     | 63828D8Z   |             |
+-----------------+------------------------+------------+-------------+
| Kingston, Jack  | Construction Software  | Air Force  | \$7.0       |
| (GA)            | Support Facility,      | Co         |             |
|                 | Phase 2, Robbins AFB,  | nstruction |             |
| Marshall, Jim   | Georgia                | and Land   |             |
| (GA)            |                        | A          |             |
|                 |                        | cquisition |             |
|                 |                        | Projects   |             |
+-----------------+------------------------+------------+-------------+
| Chafee, Lincoln | Replace Vehicle        | Navy       | \$3.4       |
| (RI)            | Bridge, Increment 2,   | Co         |             |
|                 | Naval Station Newport, | nstruction |             |
| Reed, Jack (RI) | Rhode Island           | and Land   |             |
|                 |                        | A          |             |
|                 |                        | cquisition |             |
|                 |                        | Projects   |             |
+-----------------+------------------------+------------+-------------+

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**[Highlights Summary]{.underline}**: H.R. 5122 would authorize
appropriations for FY2007 for the Department of Defense and the national
security functions of the Department of Energy. The bill would also
prescribe personnel strengths for all components of the U.S. armed
forces. What follows are [highlights]{.underline} of the three divisions
(Dept. of Defense, Military Construction, and Dept. of Energy & Others)
of the bill.

Division A = Department of Defense Authorizations

Division B = Military Construction Authorizations

Division C = Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and
Other Authorizations

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## Division A---Title I---Procurement

-   **[Army]{.underline}**. Aircraft\--\$3.45 billion; Missiles\--\$1.33
    billion; Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles\--\$2.28 billion;
    Ammunition\--\$1.98 billion; Other Procurement\--\$7.69 billion.

-   **[Navy]{.underline}**. Aircraft\--\$10.73 billion; Weapons
    (including missiles and torpedoes)\--\$2.55 billion; Shipbuilding
    and Conversion\--\$11.02 billion; Other Procurement\--\$5.00
    billion; Ammunition (Navy and Marine Corps)\-- \$797.94 million.

-   **[Marine Corps]{.underline}**. \$1.25 billion

-   **[Air Force]{.underline}**. Aircraft\--\$12.18 billion;
    Ammunition\--\$1.07 billion; Missiles\--\$4.17 billion; Other
    Procurement\--\$15.44 billion.

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-   Requires modernization of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

## Division A---Title II---Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

-   **[Army]{.underline}**. \$10.87 billion

-   **[Navy]{.underline}**. \$17.38 billion

-   **[Air Force]{.underline}**. \$24.23 billion

-   **[Defense-Wide Activities]{.underline}**. \$21.11 billion (\$181.5
    million reserved for Operational Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide).

-   **[Defense Science and Technology]{.underline}**. Reserves \$11.66
    billion of the above funds for the Defense Science and Technology
    Program.

## Division A---Title III---Operation and Maintenance

-   **[Army]{.underline}**. \$24.41 billion

-   **[Navy]{.underline}**. \$31.15 billion

-   **[Marine Corps]{.underline}**. \$3.86 billion

-   **[Air Force]{.underline}**. \$31.08 billion

-   **[Defense-Wide Activities]{.underline}**. \$20.09 billion

-   **[Army Reserve]{.underline}**. \$2.26 billion

-   **[Naval Reserve]{.underline}**. \$1.27 billion

-   **[Marine Corps Reserve]{.underline}**. \$211.3 million

-   **[Air Force Reserve]{.underline}**. \$2.69 billion

-   **[Army National Guard]{.underline}**. \$4.77 billion

-   **[Air National Guard]{.underline}**. \$5.29 billion

-   **[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces]{.underline}**. \$11.7
    million

-   **[Army Environmental Restoration]{.underline}**. \$413.7 million

-   **[Navy Environmental Restoration]{.underline}**. \$304.4 million

-   **[Air Force Environmental Restoration]{.underline}**. \$423.9
    million

-   **[Defense-wide Environmental Restoration]{.underline}**. \$18.4
    million

-   **[Formerly Used Defense Sites Environmental
    Restoration]{.underline}**. \$282.8 million

-   **[Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction Programs]{.underline}**.
    \$372.12 million

-   **[Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid
    Programs]{.underline}**. \$63.2 million

-   **[Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities,
    Defense-Wide]{.underline}**. \$926.9 million

-   **[Defense Health Program]{.underline}**. \$20.89 billion

-   **[Defense Inspector General]{.underline}**. \$216.3 million

-   **[Animal Adoption]{.underline}**. Allows all animals used by the
    military, to be adopted at the end of their "useful working life."
    Under current law, only dogs are allowed to be adopted after their
    useful life. This provision strikes the word "dog" and inserts the
    word "animal." According to the bill, this is to allow for the
    adoption of horses.

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## Division A---Title IV---Military Personnel Authorizations

Authorized personnel levels as of September 30, 2007:

-   **[Army]{.underline}**. 512,400

-   **[Navy]{.underline}**. 340,700

-   **[Marine Corps]{.underline}**. 180,000

-   **[Air Force]{.underline}**. 334,200

-   **[Army National Guard, Selected Reserve]{.underline}**. 350,000

-   **[Army Reserve, Selected Reserve]{.underline}**. 200,000

-   **[Naval Reserve, Selected Reserve]{.underline}**. 71,300

-   **[Marine Corps Reserve, Selected Reserve]{.underline}**. 39,600

-   **[Air National Guard, Selected Reserve]{.underline}**. 107,000

-   **[Air Force Reserve, Selected Reserve]{.underline}**. 74,900

-   **[Coast Guard Reserve, Selected Reserve]{.underline}**. 10,000

-   **[Army National Guard, Full-Time Duty]{.underline}**. 27,441

-   **[Army Reserve, Full-Time Duty]{.underline}**. 15,416

-   **[Naval Reserve, Full-Time Duty]{.underline}**. 12,564

-   **[Marine Corps Reserve, Full-Time Duty]{.underline}**. 2,261

-   **[Air National Guard, Full-Time Duty]{.underline}**. 13,291

-   **[Air Force Reserve, Full-Time Duty]{.underline}**. 2,707

-   **[Army National Guard, Dual-Status Military
    Technicians]{.underline}**. At least 26,050

-   **[Army Reserve, Dual-Status Military Technicians]{.underline}**. At
    least 7,912

-   **[Air National Guard, Dual-Status Military
    Technicians]{.underline}**. At least 23,255

-   **[Air Force Reserve, Dual-Status Military
    Technicians]{.underline}**. At least 10,124

-   **[Army Reserve, Non-Dual-Status Military
    Technicians]{.underline}**. No more than 595

-   **[Army National Guard, Non-Dual-Status Military
    Technicians]{.underline}**. No more than 1,600

-   **[Air Force Reserve, Non-Dual-Status Military
    Technicians]{.underline}**. No more than 90

-   **[Air National Guard, Non-Dual-Status Military
    Technicians]{.underline}**. No more than 350

-   **[Maximum numbers of reservists who may be serving at any time on
    full-time operational support duty]{.underline}**:

> \--Army National Guard: 17,000
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> \--Army Reserve: 13,000
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> \--Naval Reserve: 6,200
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> \--Marine Corps Reserve: 3,000
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> \--Air National Guard: 16,000
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> \--Air Force Reserve: 14,000

-   **[Armed Forces Retirement Home]{.underline}**. \$54.8 million

-   **[Authorization of Appropriations for Military
    Personnel]{.underline}**. \$110.1 billion

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## Division A---Title V---Military Personnel Policy

-   **[Recognition of Representative Montgomery]{.underline}**. Lists a
    number of findings outlining the career and service of former
    Representative G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery.

-   **[Test Preparation Guides]{.underline}**. Directs DoD to conduct a
    test of the utility of commercially available test preparation
    guides and education program designed to assist recruit candidates
    to achieve scores on military recruit qualification testing that
    better reflect the full potential of those candidates in terms of
    aptitude and mental category.

-   **[Governor's Authority over Active Guard and Reserve
    Duty]{.underline}**. Allows, with the consent of the DoD Secretary,
    the governor of a state or the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or
    the Virgin Islands, or the commanding general of the District of
    Columbia, to order a member of the National Guard to perform Active
    Guard and Reserve duty.

-   **[Flag Presentation for Prior Recipients of Medal of
    Honor]{.underline}**. Directs the President to provide for the
    presentation of the Medal of Honor Flag as expeditiously as possible
    after the date of enactment of this Act, to each living recipient of
    the Medal of Honor who was awarded the Medal before the date of
    enactment. In the case of posthumous presentations, the award is to
    be given to the next-of-kin.

-   **[Sexual Harassment]{.underline}**. Requires DoD to direct U.S.
    Military Academy to prescribe a policy on sexual harassment and
    sexual violence applicable to the cadets and other personnel of the
    Academy.

-   **[Military Chaplain Protections]{.underline}**. The original
    military chaplain language included in the House-passed version is
    *[not]{.underline}* included in the Conference Report. However, the
    notes section of the bill (page 1222) includes a statement where the
    Conferees direct the Air Force and the Navy to rescind their interim
    guidelines regarding chaplains and reinstate the policies in place
    in 1999 and 2000, respectively (which are much less restrictive than
    the current interim guidelines).

## Division A---Title VI---Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits

-   **[Basic Pay for All Uniformed Services]{.underline}**. Increases
    basic pay by **2.2%** for all members of the uniformed services,
    effective January 1, 2007, and provides incentives to retain junior
    officers and highly skilled enlisted members.

-   **[Health Care Pilot Program]{.underline}**. Establishes a pilot
    program for payment of a recruitment incentive bonus to increase
    participation in a critical health care specialties program, which
    provides health profession scholarships.

-   **[Golf Cart Pilot Project]{.underline}***.* Directs DoD to conduct
    a pilot project at not less than three military golf courses, to
    evaluate the cost effectiveness and utility of making available at
    military golf courses, golf carts that are accessible for disabled
    persons authorized to use the courses.

-   **[New Bonuses for Retired Members]{.underline}**. Allows DoD to pay
    a bonus of not more than \$50,000, to a retired member, former
    member, or a member of a reserve component, of the Army, Navy, Air
    Force, or Marine Corps, who executes a written agreement to serve on
    active duty for a period specified in the agreement in an assignment
    intended to alleviate a high-demand, low-density military capability
    or in any other specialty designated by the Secretary as critical to
    meet wartime or peacetime requirements.

-   **[Bonuses]{.underline}**. Extends through December 31, 2007, dozens
    of bonus and special-pay authorities (for example: bonuses for
    reserve reenlistment, nurse anesthetists, dentists, nuclear
    specialists, aviation officer retention, referrals of new recruits,
    and prior service enlistment).

## Division A---Title VII---Health Care Provisions

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-   **[TRICARE]{.underline}**. Prohibits TRICARE premium, deductible,
    and copay increases from April 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007. Adds
    to the list of covered procedures, "forensic examinations following
    a sexual assault or domestic violence." Also adds to reimbursable
    providers under TRICARE, "licensed or certified mental health
    counselors." Establishes a demonstration project on coverage of
    certain over-the-counter medications under the TRICARE pharmacy
    benefit program. Makes additional clarifications and updates to the
    TRICARE system.

-   **[Chiropractors]{.underline}***.* Directs the Secretary of Defense
    to study whether chiropractic health care services should be made
    available to all current and former members of the Armed Forces and
    the reserves (as well as their eligible dependents).

-   **[Brain Injury in Iraq.]{.underline}** Directs the Secretary of
    Defense to study the effects of traumatic brain injury incurred by
    servicemembers serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.

-   **[Lane Evans]{.underline}**. Recognizes Representative Lane Evans
    upon his retirement from the U.S. House.

## Division A---Title VIII---Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters

-   **[Foreign Procurement]{.underline}**. Prohibits DoD from entering
    into a contract for the procurement of goods or services from any
    foreign person to which the government of a foreign country that is
    a member of the World Trade Organization has provided a subsidy
    under certain, specified conditions.

-   **[Contracting Integrity]{.underline}**. Directs DoD to establish a
    "Panel on Contracting Integrity," which will, among other things,
    conduct reviews of progress made by DoD to eliminate areas of
    vulnerability of the defense contracting system that allow waste,
    fraud, and abuse.

-   **[Acquisition Contracts]{.underline}**. Prohibits DoD from entering
    into a contract for covered services if the amount of the contract
    exceeds 75 percent of the estimated value of any asset required for
    the provision of services under the contract or exceeds \$150
    million in payments over the life of the contract assuming all
    options to extend the contract are exercised.

-   **[Buy American-made Products]{.underline}**. Prohibits DoD, unless
    otherwise specified, from using funds for the procurement of
    strategic materials critical to national security that is not
    reprocessed, reused, or produced in the U.S.

## Division A---Title IX---Department of Defense Organization and Management

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-   **[Extension of Space Pilot Program]{.underline}**. Extends until
    September 30, 2009, the current pilot program for space surveillance
    network services to non-United States government entities.

-   **[Establishment of New Science Office]{.underline}**. Establishes
    at DoD, the Operationally Responsive Space Program Office, which is
    to contribute to the development of low-cost, rapid reaction
    payloads, busses, spacelift, and launch control capabilities in
    order to fulfill joint military operational requirements for
    on-demand space support and reconstitution

-   **[Operationally Responsive Space Program Office]{.underline}**.
    Directs DoD to establish within the Department, a new office for the
    Operationally Responsive Space Program.

## Division A---Title X---General Provisions

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-   **[FY2007 Transfer Authority]{.underline}**. Authorizes the
    Secretary of Defense, if acting in the national interest, to
    transfer up to **\$4.5 billion** in authorizations to any other
    authorization for FY2007, as long as the transfer is from a
    lower-priority authorization to a higher-priority authorization, the
    transfer is not used to provide authority to an item that has been
    denied authorization by Congress, and the Secretary "promptly"
    notifies Congress of the transfer. Treats any such transfer as an
    equivalent increase in the amount authorized for the account to
    which the amount is transferred.

-   **[Supplemental Appropriations.]{.underline}** Adjusts the amounts
    authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for
    FY2006 in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2006 (Public
    Law 109-163) would be adjusted to align with the supplemental
    appropriations bills for the war on terrorism.

-   **[Reduction.]{.underline}** Reduces the authorizations in Titles I,
    II, and III of this act by a total of \$757.05 million, to reflect
    lower-than-expected inflation.

-   **[FY2006 Transfer Authority.]{.underline}** Increases FY2006
    general transfer authority from \$3.5 billion to \$5.0 billion.

-   **[Foreign-Repaired Vessels]{.underline}**. Prohibits vessels from
    being overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the
    U.S., other than in the case of emergency voyage repairs.

-   **[Future Guam Shipyard]{.underline}**. Directs the Navy to study
    and report to Congress on the options available with respect to the
    Guam Shipyard in Santa Rita, Guam, including an evaluation of the
    performance of the entities that operate the shipyard.

-   **[Counter-Drug Activities]{.underline}**. Extension through 2011
    DoD's authority to provide additional support for counterdrug
    activities of other governmental agencies.

-   **[Conferences]{.underline}**. Allows DoD to charge fees from any
    individual or commercial participant in a DoD conference, seminar,
    exhibition, symposium, or similar meeting, to help defray the costs
    of such conferences.

-   **[Fishing for Members of the Armed Forces]{.underline}**. Directs
    DoD to ensure that members of the Armed forces, retired members,
    disabled veterans, and persons assisting disabled veterans are able
    to utilized lands under the jurisdiction of DoD that are available
    for hunting or fishing.

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***[Division A---Title XI---Civilian Personnel Matters]{.underline}***

-   **[Replacement of Household Goods]{.underline}**. Permits full
    replacement for household goods of civilian employees at DoD that
    were damaged or lost during transportation at government expense.

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## Division A---Title XII---Matters Relating to Foreign Nations

-   **[Foreign Logistic Support]{.underline}**. Permits DoD to use up to
    \$100 million in funds to provide logistic support, supplies, and
    services to allied forces (foreign forces) participating in a
    combined operation with the Armed Forces. The bill outlines certain
    stipulations which must be met in order for a foreign military force
    to receive this assistance.

-   **[Lending Equipment to Iraq]{.underline}**. Permits DoD to lend
    certain, specified military equipment, to the military forces of
    nations participating in combined operations with the U.S. armed
    forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

-   **[Fellowship Exchange Program]{.underline}**. Requires DoD to
    establish and conduct exchanges of senior defense officials and
    officers with the Republic of China on Taiwan at the level of Deputy
    Assistant Secretary or above.

-   **[Declaration of Policy with China]{.underline}**. Declares that it
    is the policy of the U.S. to deny the People's Republic of China
    such defense goods and defense technology that could be used to
    threaten the U.S. or undermine the security of Taiwan or the
    stability of the Western Pacific Region. Also prohibits DoD from
    purchasing goods or services, by contract or otherwise, from any
    entity that knowingly transfers an item that is on the United States
    Munitions List to the People's Republic of China.

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## Division A---Title XIII---Cooperative Threat Reduction with States of the Former Soviet Union

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*From funds allocated for operation and maintenance above:*

-   **[Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination in Russia]{.underline}**.
    \$76.9 million

-   **[Nuclear Weapons Storage Security in Russia]{.underline}**. \$87.1
    million

-   **[Biological Weapons Proliferation Prevention Activities in the
    Former Soviet Union]{.underline}**. \$68.36 million

-   **[Defense and Military Contacts]{.underline}**. \$8.0 million

-   **[Chemical Weapons Destruction in Russia]{.underline}**. \$42.7
    million

-   **[Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation Prevention Activities
    in Former Soviet States]{.underline}**. \$37.49 million

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## Division A---Title XIV--- Matters Related to Defense Against Terrorism and Related Security Matters

-   **[Quarterly Reports]{.underline}**. Requires DoD to submit to
    Congress, quarterly reports, accounting for every reported incident
    involving the detonation of discovery of improvise explosive device
    during the preceding quarter that involved the U.S. or allied forces
    in Iraq and Afghanistan.

## Division A---Title XV---Authorization for Increased Costs Due to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom

PROCUREMENT:

-   **[Army]{.underline}**. Aircraft\--\$1.52 billion; Weapons and
    Tracked Combat Vehicles\--\$3.02 billion; Ammunition\--\$48.6
    million; Other Procurement\--\$4.64 billion; Missiles\--\$3.2
    million.

-   **[Navy]{.underline}**. Aircraft\--\$389.5 million;
    Weapons\--\$109.4 million; Other Procurement\--\$14.6 million

-   **[Marine Corps]{.underline}**. Procurement\--\$4.40 billion*.*

-   **[Navy and Marine Corps]{.underline}**. Ammunition\--\$151.4
    million

-   **[Air Force]{.underline}***.* Aircraft\--\$2.17 billion;
    Other\--\$5.7 million

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-   **[Defense-Wide Activities]{.underline}**. Procurement\--\$127.6
    million

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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, and EVALUATION:

-   **[Army]{.underline}**. \$2.6 million

-   **[Navy]{.underline}**. \$7.9 million

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OPERATION & MAINTENANCE:

-   **[Army]{.underline}**. \$28.05 billion

-   **[Navy]{.underline}**. \$2.01 billion

-   **[Marine Corps]{.underline}**. \$2.26 billion

-   **[Air Force]{.underline}**. \$2.48 billion

-   **[Defense-Wide Activities]{.underline}**. \$1.54 billion

-   **[Army National Guard]{.underline}**. \$221.5 million

-   **[Air National Guard]{.underline}**. \$2.0 million

-   **[Army Reserve]{.underline}**. \$500,000

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OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS:

-   **[Defense Health Program]{.underline}**. \$869.2 million

-   **[Military Personnel]{.underline}**. \$8.11 billion

-   **[Classified Programs]{.underline}**. \$2.5 billion

-   **[Transfers]{.underline}**. Authorizes inter-account transfers
    within this title of up to \$2.5 billion.

-   **[Iraq Freedom Fund]{.underline}**. \$50.0 million

-   **[Iraq Security Forces Fund]{.underline}**. \$1.73 billion

-   **[Afghanistan Security Forces Fund]{.underline}**. \$1.45 billion

## Division B---Title XXI---Army

Includes findings on Congressman Joel Hefley's career, and commends him.

Authorization of Appropriations for Military Construction, Army.

-   **[Military Construction.]{.underline}** \$3.52 billion

-   **[Architectural and Engineering Services]{.underline}**. \$219.8
    million

-   **[Military Family Housing: Construction, Acquisition, Planning,
    Design, Improvement]{.underline}**. \$578.79 million

-   **[Military Family Housing: Support]{.underline}**. \$675.617
    million

## Division B---Title XXII---Navy

Authorization of Appropriations for Military Construction, Navy.

-   **[Military Construction.]{.underline}** \$2.11 billion

-   **[Architectural and Engineering Services]{.underline}**. \$70.86
    million

-   **[Military Family Housing: Construction, Acquisition, Planning,
    Design, Improvement]{.underline}**. \$308.96 million

-   **[Military Family Housing: Support]{.underline}**. \$509.13 million

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## Division B---Title XXIII---Air Force

Authorization of Appropriations for Military Construction, Air Force.

-   **[Military Construction.]{.underline}** \$3.23 billion

-   **[Architectural and Engineering Services]{.underline}**. \$79
    million

-   **[Military Family Housing: Construction, Acquisition, Planning,
    Design, Improvement]{.underline}**. \$1.17 billion

-   **[Military Family Housing: Support]{.underline}**. \$755.1 million

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## Division B---Title XXIV---Defense Agencies

Authorization of Appropriations for Military Construction, Defense
Agencies.

-   **[Military Construction.]{.underline}** \$7.16 billion

-   **[Architectural and Engineering Services]{.underline}**. \$172.95
    million

-   **[Energy Conservation Projects]{.underline}**. \$55.0 million

-   **[Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)]{.underline}**. \$5.4 billion

-   **[Military Family Housing: Support]{.underline}**. \$48.5 million

-   **[Credit to the DoD Family Housing Improvement Fund]{.underline}**.
    \$2.5 million

## Division B---Title XXV -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program

-   **[NATO Security Investment Program]{.underline}**. \$200.98 million

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## Division B---Title XXVI---Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities

-   **[Army National Guard]{.underline}**. \$561.4 million

-   **[Army Reserve]{.underline}**. \$190.6 million

-   **[Naval and Marine Corps Reserve]{.underline}**. \$49.9 million

-   **[Air National Guard]{.underline}**. \$294.2 million

-   **[Air Force Reserve]{.underline}**. \$56.8 million

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## Division B---Title XXVII---Expiration and Extension of Authorizations

-   **[Expiration of Authorizations]{.underline}**. Establishes an
    expiration date for all military construction, land acquisition,
    family housing, and NATO authorizations at the later of October 1,
    2009 or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for
    military construction for FY2010.

## Division B---Title XXVIII---Military Construction General Provisions

-   **[Military Construction]{.underline}**. Increases from \$45 million
    to \$50 million, the maximum annual amount authorized to be
    obligated for emergency military construction.

-   **[Cancellation Ceiling]{.underline}**. Requires a notice and wait
    period for the Secretary of Defense before awarding an energy
    savings performance contract that contains a cancellation ceiling in
    excess of \$7 million.

-   **[Extension of Pilot Projects]{.underline}**. Extends from 2007 to
    2011, three current pilot projects for acquisition and construction
    of military unaccompanied housing. Also allows for six pilot
    projects (up from three in current law).

-   **[Term of Leases for Structures in Foreign
    Countries]{.underline}**. Increase to 10 years (up from five), the
    maximum length of a lease term the secretary of a military branch
    can enter into for certain structures and real properties located in
    foreign countries.

-   **[Land Conveyances]{.underline}**. Authorizes several land
    conveyances to localities.

## Division C---Title XXXI---Department of Energy National Security Programs

### Authorization of Appropriations for the National Nuclear Security Administration. 

-   **[Weapons Activities]{.underline}**. \$6.47 billion

-   **[Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation]{.underline}**. \$1.7 billion

-   **[Naval Reactors]{.underline}**. \$795.13 million

-   **[Office of Administrator for Nuclear Security]{.underline}**.
    \$386.57 million

-   **[New Plant Projects]{.underline}**. Authorizes funds to be used
    for plant projects as follows:

    -   \$4.9 million for Project 07-D-140, project engineering and
        design, various locations;

    -   \$14.8 million for the Radioactive Liquid Waste Facility upgrade
        at Los Alamos National Laboratory;

    -   \$14.5 million for the Heating Systems Modernization, Facilities
        and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program;

    -   \$4.22 million for a Physical Science Facility at the Pacific
        Northwest National Laboratory; and

    -   \$1.48 million for project engineering and design at the
        Materials Research Technology Complex.

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### Authorization of Appropriations for Environmental and Other Activities. 

-   **[Defense Environmental Cleanup]{.underline}**. \$5.44 billion

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-   **[Other Defense Activities for National Security]{.underline}**.
    \$717.79 million

-   **[Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal]{.underline}**. \$358.08 million

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Other provisions:

-   **[National Nuclear Security Complex]{.underline}**. Directs the
    Secretaries of Defense and Energy to develop a plan to transform the
    nuclear weapons complex so as to achieve a "responsive
    infrastructure" by 2030. Outlines specific requirements for the
    plan.

-   **[Consolidation of Counterintelligence Programs]{.underline}**.
    Transfers the functions, personnel, funds, assets, and other
    resources of the Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence of
    the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Secretary of
    Energy.

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## Division C---Title XXXII---Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

-   **[Authorized Appropriations]{.underline}**. \$22.3 million

## Division C---Title XXXIII---National Defense Stockpile

-   **[Authorization of Appropriations]{.underline}**. Authorizes \$52.1
    million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for the
    operation and maintenance of the National Defense Stockpile for
    FY2007. Permits the use of additional funds for "extraordinary or
    emergency conditions" 45 days after a notification to Congress.

## Division C---Title XXXIV---Naval Petroleum Reserves

-   **[Authorized Appropriations]{.underline}**. \$18.8 million

## Division C---Title XXXV---Maritime Administration

Authorization of Appropriations for the Maritime Administration under
the Department of Transportation.

-   **[Operations and Training Activities]{.underline}**. \$116.4
    million

-   **[Reimbursements]{.underline}**. \$19.5 million

-   **[Assistance to Small Shipyards and Maritime
    Communities]{.underline}**. \$15.0 million

-   **[Disposal of Obsolete Vessels]{.underline}**. \$25.7 million

-   **[Administrative Expenses]{.underline}**. \$3.3 million

Other provisions:

-   **[Vessel Transfer Authority]{.underline}**. Allows the Secretary of
    Transportation to transfer without reimbursement to any other
    department, a vessel under the jurisdiction of the Department of
    Transportation, upon request of the secretary of the department that
    has requested the vessel.

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**[Staff Contact]{.underline}**: Joelle Cannon,
<joelle.cannon@mail.house.gov>, (202) 226-0718,