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Union Calendar No. 333
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4103
[Report No. 105–591]
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 1998
Mr. YOUNG of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, for military func-
tions administered by the Department of Defense, and for
other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the
Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets;
and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section
229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$20,908,851,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the
Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–
377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b)
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active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members
of the Air Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund; $850,576,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302,
or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United
States Code, or while serving on duty under section
12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or
equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund; $3,413,195,000.
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NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or
12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$1,372,997,000.
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author-
ized by law; and not to exceed $11,437,000 can be used
for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex-
pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of
the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate
of 
necessity 
for 
confidential 
military 
purposes;
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$16,936,503,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $596,803,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the
Marine Corps, as authorized by law; and not to exceed
$5,360,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of
the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made
on his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur-
poses; $21,638,999,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000
shall be derived by transfer from the National Defense
Stockpile Transaction Fund.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps,
as authorized by law; $2,585,118,000: Provided, That of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $45,415,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as
authorized by law; and not to exceed $7,968,000 can be
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex-
pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of
the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certifi-
cate of necessity for confidential military purposes;
$19,024,233,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $208,125,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military
departments), as authorized by law; $10,804,542,000, of
which not to exceed $25,000,000 may be available for the
CINC initiative fund account; and of which not to exceed
$29,000,000 can be used for emergencies and extraor-
dinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or author-
ity of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be
made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili-
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tary purposes: Provided, That of the funds appropriated
in this paragraph, $450,326,000 shall not be obligated or
expended until authorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications; $1,201,222,000: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$3,600,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications; $949,039,000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $400,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re-
serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead;
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications; $119,093,000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $2,100,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve;
repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications; $1,735,996,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD
For expenses of training, organizing, and administer-
ing the Army National Guard, including medical and hos-
pital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos-
pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures
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and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel
services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses
(other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army per-
sonnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division,
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting
units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula-
tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National
Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army Na-
tional Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair,
modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and
equipment (including aircraft); $2,570,315,000: Provided,
That not later than March 15, 1999, the Director of the
Army National Guard shall provide a report to the con-
gressional defense committees identifying the allocation,
by installation and activity, of all base operations funds
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That
of 
the 
funds 
appropriated 
in 
this 
paragraph,
$105,500,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For operation and maintenance of the Air National
Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and re-
lated expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, op-
eration, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities
for the training and administration of the Air National
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Guard, including repair of facilities, maintenance, oper-
ation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of
things, hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplies, mate-
rials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air Na-
tional Guard; and expenses incident to the maintenance
and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including
such as may be furnished from stocks under the control
of agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses
(other than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by
law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal
duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting
units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula-
tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National
Guard Bureau; $3,075,233,000.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contin-
gency Operations by United States military forces;
$746,900,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
may transfer these funds only to operation and mainte-
nance accounts within this title, to the Defense Health
Program, to procurement accounts, and to working capital
funds: Provided further, That the funds transferred shall
be merged with and shall be available for the same pur-
poses and for the same time period, as the appropriation
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to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer
authority provided in this paragraph is in addition to any
other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED
FORCES
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces;
$7,324,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 can be used
for official representation purposes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Army, $342,640,000, to
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe
buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by
this appropriation to other appropriations made available
to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and
to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are
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not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Navy, $281,600,000, to
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe
buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by
this appropriation to other appropriations made available
to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and
to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Air Force, $379,100,000,
to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that
such funds are required for environmental restoration, re-
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duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un-
safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air
Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made
available by this appropriation to other appropriations
made available to the Department of the Air Force, to be
merged with and to be available for the same purposes
and for the same time period as the appropriations to
which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to
this appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of Defense, $26,091,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar
purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro-
priation to other appropriations made available to the De-
partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail-
able for the same purposes and for the same time period
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur-
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ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the
funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec-
essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts
may be transferred back to this appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED
DEFENSE SITES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Army, $195,000,000, to
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe
buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart-
ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this
appropriation to other appropriations made available to
the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to
be available for the same purposes and for the same time
period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That upon a determination that all or part
of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts
may be transferred back to this appropriation.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian,
Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of
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Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec-
tions 401, 402, 404, 2547, and 2551 of title 10, United
States Code); $56,111,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2000: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $8,800,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION
For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet
Union, including assistance provided by contract or by
grants, for facilitating the elimination and the safe and
secure transportation and storage of nuclear, chemical and
other weapons; for establishing programs to prevent the
proliferation of weapons, weapons components, and weap-
on-related technology and expertise; for programs relating
to the training and support of defense and military person-
nel for demilitarization and protection of weapons, weap-
ons components and weapons technology and expertise;
$417,400,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001.
QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting
from unfunded shortfalls in the repair and maintenance
of real property of the Department of Defense (including
military housing and barracks); $850,000,000, for the
maintenance of real property of the Department of De-
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fense (including minor construction and major mainte-
nance and repair), which shall remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2000, as follows:
Army, $219,688,000;
Navy, $244,507,000;
Marine Corps, $48,901,000;
Air Force, $194,926,000;
Army Reserve, $47,579,000;
Navy Reserve, $21,055,000;
Marine Corps Reserve, $7,600,000;
Air Force Reserve, $9,871,000;
Army National Guard, $37,535,000; and
Air National Guard, $18,338,000:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this
paragraph shall be obligated or expended until authorized
by law.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes,
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and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes; $1,400,338,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2001.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes,
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes; $1,140,623,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2001.
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PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles,
equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces-
sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices;
expansion of public and private plants, including the land
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes; $1,513,540,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $5,902,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
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poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary
for the foregoing purposes; $1,099,155,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2001: Pro-
vided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$45,700,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and
non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of not to exceed
37 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and the
purchase of 54 vehicles required for physical security of
personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to
passenger vehicles but not to exceed $230,000 per vehicle;
communications and electronic equipment; other support
equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories there-
for; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion
of public and private plants, including the land necessary
therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros-
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ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement
and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes;
$3,101,130,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway;
$7,599,968,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $179,121,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap-
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ons, and related support equipment including spare parts,
and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private
plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway; $1,191,219,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2001.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary
for the foregoing purposes; $473,803,000, to remain avail-
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able for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$21,835,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ-
ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical,
long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be
constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of
public and private plants, including land necessary there-
for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; $5,973,452,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2003: Provided, That additional obli-
gations may be incurred after September 30, 2003, for
engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such
budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage
of ship construction: Provided further, That none of the
funds provided under this heading for the construction or
conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in ship-
yards in the United States shall be expended in foreign
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facilities for the construction of major components of such
vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
under this heading shall be used for the construction of
any naval vessel in foreign shipyards.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For procurement, production, and modernization of
support equipment and materials not otherwise provided
for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase
of not to exceed 246 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; and the purchase of one vehicle required for
physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limi-
tations applicable to passenger vehicles but not to exceed
$225,000 per vehicle; expansion of public and private
plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway; $3,990,553,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $21,046,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu-
facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military
equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant
equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation
thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve-
hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of not
to exceed 37 passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only; and expansion of public and private plants, including
land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; $812,618,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2001: Pro-
vided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$120,750,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of
aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament,
specialized ground handling equipment, and training de-
vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov-
ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for
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the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in-
cluding 
rents 
and 
transportation 
of 
things;
$8,384,735,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $165,658,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of
missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, in-
cluding spare parts and accessories therefor, ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public
and private plants, Government-owned equipment and in-
stallation thereof in such plants, erection of structures,
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of
things; $2,191,527,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2001.
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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary
for the foregoing purposes; $388,925,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$5,298,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For procurement and modification of equipment (in-
cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment,
and ground electronic and communication equipment),
and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth-
erwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed 267 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; the purchase
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of one vehicle required for physical security of personnel,
notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger
vehicles but not to exceed $240,000 per vehicle; and ex-
pansion of public and private plants, Government-owned
equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection
of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to
approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; $7,034,217,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2001.
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments)
necessary for procurement, production, and modification
of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there-
for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to ex-
ceed 346 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
the purchase of 4 vehicles required for physical security
of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable
to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $165,000 per vehi-
cle; expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures,
and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
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construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; $2,055,432,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided, That
not less than $109,455,000 of the funds appropriated in
this paragraph shall be made available only for the pro-
curement of high performance computing hardware: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph, $92,566,000 shall not be obligated or expended
until authorized by law.
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT
For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat
vehicles, ammunition, other weapons, and other procure-
ment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces;
$120,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided, That the Chiefs of the Reserve
and National Guard components shall, not later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit
to the congressional defense committees the modernization
priority assessment for their respective Reserve or Na-
tional Guard component.
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TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
EVALUATION
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
ARMY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment; $4,967,446,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$175,449,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be avail-
able only to commence a live fire, side-by-side operational
test and evaluation of the air-to-air Starstreak and air-
to-air Stinger missiles fired from the AH–64D Apache hel-
icopter: Provided further, That none of the funds specified
in the preceding proviso may be obligated until the Sec-
retary of the Army certifies the following, in writing, to
the congressional defense committees:
(1) Engagement tests can be safely conducted
with both Starstreak and Stinger missiles from the
AH–64D helicopter at air speeds consistent with the
normal operating limits of that aircraft;
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(2) The Starstreak missiles utilized in the test
will be provided at no cost to the United States Gov-
ernment;
(3) None of the $10,000,000 provided will be
used to develop modifications to the Starstreak or
the Stinger missiles; and
(4) Both the Starstreak and Stinger missiles
can be fired from the AH–64D aircraft consistent
with the survivability of the aircraft and missile per-
formance standards contained in the Army’s Air-to-
Air Missile Capability Need Statement approved by
the Department of the Army in January 1997.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
NAVY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment; $8,297,986,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided,
That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are
available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique re-
quirements of the Special Operation Forces: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding 10 U.S.C. 2366, none of the
funds made available under this heading may be used to
conduct system-level live-fire shock tests on the SSN–21
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class of submarines unless the Commander-in-Chief of the
United States Atlantic Command certifies in writing to the
congressional defense committees that such testing must
be conducted to meet operational requirements for those
submarines: Provided further, That not more than
$50,000,000 of the funds made available under this head-
ing for feasibility studies and component research and de-
velopment for future aircraft carriers may be obligated
until the Secretary of the Navy certifies in writing to the
congressional defense committees that the Navy has a pro-
gram in place to develop and install an infrared search
and track device on CVN–77 upon its acceptance by the
government: Provided further, That the restriction in the
preceding proviso does not apply to funds requested in the
fiscal year 1999 President’s budget and provided in this
Act for design of CVN–77: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated in title IV of Public Law 105–56 (De-
partment 
of 
Defense 
Appropriations 
Act, 
1998),
$213,229,000 is only for research, development, test and
evaluation of cooperative engagement capability.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
AIR FORCE
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
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cilities and equipment; $13,577,441,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments),
necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects
as may be designated and determined by the Secretary
of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation,
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment;
$8,776,318,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2000: Provided, That not less than
$340,446,000 of the funds made available under this
heading shall be made available only for the Sea-Based
Wide Area Defense (Navy Upper-Tier) program: Provided
further, That funding for the Sea-Based Wide Area De-
fense (Navy Upper-Tier) program in this or any other Act
shall be used for research, development and deployment
including, but not limited to, continuing ongoing risk re-
duction activities, initiating system engineering for an ini-
tial Block I capability, and deployment at the earliest fea-
sible time following Aegis Lightweight Exoatmospheric
Projectile (LEAP) intercept flight tests.
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DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of inde-
pendent activities of the Director, Test and Evaluation in
the direction and supervision of developmental test and
evaluation, including performance and joint developmental
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith; $263,606,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $12,500,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the independent activities of the Director, Operational
Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of
operational test and evaluation, including initial oper-
ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to,
and in support of, production decisions; joint operational
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith; $35,245,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $6,000,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For 
the 
Defense 
Working 
Capital 
Funds;
$94,500,000: Provided, That during the fiscal year 1999,
in order to maintain adequate cash balances in the De-
fense Working Capital Funds, the Secretary of Defense
may transfer up to $350,000,000 from the National De-
fense Stockpile Transaction Fund to the Defense Working
Capital Funds: Provided further, That the total of
amounts so transferred during the fiscal year shall be
transferred back to the National Defense Stockpile Trans-
action Fund not later than September 30, 1999.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For National Defense Sealift Fund programs,
projects, and activities, and for expenses of the National
Defense Reserve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the
Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744);
$673,366,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph
shall be used to award a new contract that provides for
the acquisition of any of the following major components
unless such components are manufactured in the United
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States: auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all ship-
board services; propulsion system components (that is; en-
gines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes;
and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, That
the exercise of an option in a contract awarded through
the obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not
be considered to be the award of a new contract: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds available under this heading, $28,800,000
shall be transferred to ‘‘Alteration of Bridges’’: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the military department re-
sponsible for such procurement may waive the restrictions
in the first proviso on a case-by-case basis by certifying
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department
of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such
an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability
for national security purposes: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $3,800,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical
and health care programs of the Department of Defense,
as authorized by law; $10,127,622,000, of which
$9,725,235,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
of which not to exceed two per centum shall remain avail-
able 
until 
September 
30, 
2000, 
and 
of 
which
$402,387,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, shall be for Procurement: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$62,200,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION,
ARMY
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal
chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au-
thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de-
struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not
in the chemical weapon stockpile; $796,100,000, of which
$508,650,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
$124,670,000 shall be for Procurement to remain avail-
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able until September 30, 2001, and $162,780,000 shall
be for Research, development, test and evaluation to re-
main available until September 30, 2000.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,
DEFENSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of
the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations
available to the Department of Defense for military per-
sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi-
sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for Op-
eration and maintenance; for Procurement; and for Re-
search, development, test and evaluation; $764,595,000:
Provided, That the funds appropriated under this head
shall be available for obligation for the same time period
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which
transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided in this paragraph is in addition to any transfer
authority contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$37,013,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses and activities of the Office of the In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In-
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spector General Act of 1978, as amended; $132,064,000,
of which $130,764,000 shall be for Operation and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $600,000 is available for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on
the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes; and of which $1,300,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001, shall be for
Procurement.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain proper
funding level for continuing the operation of the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System;
$201,500,000.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account; $136,123,000, of which
$30,290,000 for the Advanced Research and Development
Committee shall remain available until September 30,
2000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
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heading, $27,000,000 shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Justice for the National Drug Intelligence Center
to support the Department of Defense’s counter-drug in-
telligence responsibilities, and of the said amount,
$1,500,000 for Procurement shall remain available until
September 30, 2001, and $3,000,000 for Research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation shall remain available until
September 30, 2000.
PAYMENT TO KAHO’OLAWE ISLAND CONVEYANCE, RE-
MEDIATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
FUND
For payment to Kaho’olawe Island Conveyance, Re-
mediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund, as au-
thorized by law; $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION TRUST FUND
For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102–
183, $3,000,000, to be derived from the National Security
Education Trust Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
not authorized by the Congress.
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SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is
computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5,
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent-
age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to
its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further,
That this section shall not apply to Department of De-
fense foreign service national employees serving at United
States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart-
ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall
not apply to foreign national employees of the Department
of Defense in the Republic of Turkey.
SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 per centum of the ap-
propriations in this Act which are limited for obligation
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during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during
the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to obligations for support of active
duty training of reserve components or summer camp
training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $2,000,000,000
of working capital funds of the Department of Defense
or funds made available in this Act to the Department
of Defense for military functions (except military con-
struction) between such appropriations or funds or any
subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as
the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided,
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless
for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated
and in no case where the item for which funds are re-
quested has been denied by Congress: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority
or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That
no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to pre-
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pare or present a request to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher prior-
ity items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case
where the item for which reprogramming is requested has
been denied by the Congress.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10,
United States Code, may be maintained in only such
amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans-
fers may be made between such funds: Provided further,
That transfers may be made between working capital
funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’
appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap-
propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of
the Office of Management and Budget, except that such
transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except
in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working
capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made
against a working capital fund to procure or increase the
value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Sec-
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retary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any
such obligation.
SEC. 8007. Funds appropriated by this Act may not
be used to initiate a special access program without prior
notification 30 calendar days in session in advance to the
congressional defense committees.
SEC. 8008. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that
employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of
$20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in-
cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of
$20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in
any one year, unless the congressional defense committees
have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro-
posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap-
propriation contained in this Act shall be available to initi-
ate a multiyear contract for which the economic order
quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to
the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further,
That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con-
tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value
of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un-
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less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further,
That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi-
nated without 10-day prior notification to the congres-
sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe-
cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a
present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared
to an annual procurement.
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be
used for multiyear procurement contracts as follows:
AV–8B aircraft;
E–2C aircraft;
T–45 aircraft; and
Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR)
vehicle.
SEC. 8009. Within the funds appropriated for the op-
eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are
hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10,
United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance
costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code.
Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations
and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap-
ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga-
tions shall be reported to Congress on September 30 of
each year: Provided, That funds available for operation
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and maintenance shall be available for providing humani-
tarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams
in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact
of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–239:
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of the Army that such action is beneficial for grad-
uate medical education programs conducted at Army med-
ical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army
may authorize the provision of medical services at such
facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a non-
reimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, Palau, and Guam.
SEC. 8010. (a) During fiscal year 1999, the civilian
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man-
aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage-
ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not
be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an
end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may
be employed on the last day of such fiscal year.
(b) The fiscal year 2000 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2000
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Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared
and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and
(b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal
year 2000.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply
to military (civilian) technicians.
SEC. 8011. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds made available by this Act shall
be used by the Department of Defense to exceed, outside
the 50 United States, its territories, and the District of
Columbia, 125,000 civilian workyears: Provided, That
workyears shall be applied as defined in the Federal Per-
sonnel Manual: Provided further, That workyears ex-
pended in dependent student hiring programs for dis-
advantaged youths shall not be included in this workyear
limitation.
SEC. 8012. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress.
SEC. 8013. (a) None of the funds appropriated by
this Act shall be used to make contributions to the Depart-
ment of Defense Education Benefits Fund pursuant to
section 2006(g) of title 10, United States Code, represent-
ing the normal cost for future benefits under section
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3015(c) of title 38, United States Code, for any member
of the armed services who, on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act—
(1) enlists in the armed services for a period of
active duty of less than three years; or
(2) receives an enlistment bonus under section
308a or 308f of title 37, United States Code,
nor shall any amounts representing the normal cost of
such future benefits be transferred from the Fund by the
Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs pursuant to section 2006(d) of title 10, United
States Code; nor shall the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
pay such benefits to any such member: Provided, That in
the case of a member covered by clause (1), these limita-
tions shall not apply to members in combat arms skills
or to members who enlist in the armed services on or after
July 1, 1989, under a program continued or established
by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 1991 to test
the cost-effective use of special recruiting incentives in-
volving not more than nineteen noncombat arms skills ap-
proved in advance by the Secretary of Defense: Provided
further, That this subsection applies only to active compo-
nents of the Army.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available for the basic pay and allowances of any mem-
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ber of the Army participating as a full-time student and
receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits
Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited
toward completion of a service commitment: Provided,
That this subsection shall not apply to those members who
have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987:
Provided further, That this subsection applies only to ac-
tive components of the Army.
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance
an activity or function of the Department of Defense that,
on or after the date of enactment of this Act, is performed
by more than ten Department of Defense civilian employ-
ees until a most efficient and cost-effective organization
analysis is completed on such activity or function and cer-
tification of the analysis is made to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided, That this section shall not apply to a
commercial or industrial type function of the Department
of Defense that: (1) is included on the procurement list
established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 25,
1938 (41 U.S.C. 47), popularly referred to as the Javits-
Wagner-O’Day Act; (2) is planned to be converted to per-
formance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or
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by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or (3) is
planned to be converted to performance by a qualified firm
under 51 per centum Native American ownership.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act
for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Pro-
gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con-
tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing
a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance
agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2301 note), as amended, under the
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority
contained in this Act.
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be
available for the purchase by the Department of Defense
(and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard
anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under
unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured
in the United States from components which are substan-
tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That
for the purpose of this section manufactured will include
cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and
welding (including the forging and shot blasting process):
Provided further, That for the purpose of this section sub-
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stantially all of the components of anchor and mooring
chain shall be considered to be produced or manufactured
in the United States if the aggregate cost of the compo-
nents produced or manufactured in the United States ex-
ceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or
manufactured outside the United States: Provided further,
That when adequate domestic supplies are not available
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis, the Secretary of the service responsible for the pro-
curement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case
basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such an acquisition must be made in order
to acquire capability for national security purposes.
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program
of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) shall be available
for the reimbursement of any health care provider for in-
patient mental health service for care received when a pa-
tient is referred to a provider of inpatient mental health
care or residential treatment care by a medical or health
care professional having an economic interest in the facil-
ity to which the patient is referred: Provided, That this
limitation does not apply in the case of inpatient mental
health services provided under the program for persons
with disabilities under subsection (d) of section 1079 of
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title 10, United States Code, provided as partial hospital
care, or provided pursuant to a waiver authorized by the
Secretary of Defense because of medical or psychological
circumstances of the patient that are confirmed by a
health professional who is not a Federal employee after
a review, pursuant to rules prescribed by the Secretary,
which takes into account the appropriate level of care for
the patient, the intensity of services required by the pa-
tient, and the availability of that care.
SEC. 8018. Funds available in this Act may be used
to provide transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals
who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from
the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United
States, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense
may prescribe.
SEC. 8019. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during the current fiscal year, the Secretary of De-
fense may, by executive agreement, establish with host na-
tion governments in NATO member states a separate ac-
count into which such residual value amounts negotiated
in the return of United States military installations in
NATO member states may be deposited, in the currency
of the host nation, in lieu of direct monetary transfers to
the United States Treasury: Provided, That such credits
may be utilized only for the construction of facilities to
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support United States military forces in that host nation,
or such real property maintenance and base operating
costs that are currently executed through monetary trans-
fers to such host nations: Provided further, That the De-
partment of Defense’s budget submission for fiscal year
2000 shall identify such sums anticipated in residual value
settlements, and identify such construction, real property
maintenance or base operating costs that shall be funded
by the host nation through such credits: Provided further,
That all military construction projects to be executed from
such accounts must be previously approved in a prior Act
of Congress: Provided further, That each such executive
agreement with a NATO member host nation shall be re-
ported to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate 30 days prior to the conclusion and endorse-
ment of any such agreement established under this provi-
sion.
SEC. 8020. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis-
pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles,
.22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols.
SEC. 8021. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
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available to pay more than 50 per centum of an amount
paid to any person under section 308 of title 37, United
States Code, in a lump sum.
SEC. 8022. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap-
propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur-
ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga-
nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of
Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re-
striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing
to the congressional defense committees that such a relo-
cation is required in the best interest of the Government.
SEC. 8023. A member of a reserve component whose
unit or whose residence is located in a State which is not
contiguous with another State is authorized to travel in
a space required status on aircraft of the Armed Forces
between home and place of inactive duty training, or place
of duty in lieu of unit training assembly, when there is
no road or railroad transportation (or combination of road
and railroad transportation between those locations): Pro-
vided, That a member traveling in that status on a mili-
tary aircraft pursuant to the authority provided in this
section is not authorized to receive travel, transportation,
or per diem allowances in connection with that travel.
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SEC. 8024. The unobligated balance of the amounts
appropriated by section 8024 of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–56),
shall remain available until September 30, 1999 for incen-
tive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Fi-
nancing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That
contractors participating in the test program established
by section 834 of Public Law 101–189 (15 U.S.C. 637
note) shall be eligible for the program established by sec-
tion 504 of the Indian Financing Act.
SEC. 8025. During the current fiscal year, funds ap-
propriated or otherwise available for any Federal agency,
the Congress, the judicial branch, or the District of Co-
lumbia may be used for the pay, allowances, and benefits
of an employee as defined by section 2105 of title 5,
United States Code, or an individual employed by the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia, permanent or tem-
porary indefinite, who—
(1) is a member of a Reserve component of the
Armed Forces, as described in section 10101 of title
10, United States Code, or the National Guard, as
described in section 101 of title 32;
(2) performs, for the purpose of providing mili-
tary aid to enforce the law or providing assistance
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to civil authorities in the protection or saving of life
or property or prevention of injury—
(A) Federal service under sections 331,
332, 333, or 12406 of title 10, or other provi-
sion of law, as applicable; or
(B) full-time military service for his or her
State, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the
United States; and
(3) requests and is granted—
(A) leave under the authority of this sec-
tion; or
(B) annual leave, which may be granted
without regard to the provisions of sections
5519 and 6323(b) of title 5, if such employee
is otherwise entitled to such annual leave: Pro-
vided, That any employee who requests leave
under subsection (3)(A) for service described in
subsection (2) of this section is entitled to such
leave, subject to the provisions of this section
and of the last sentence of section 6323(b) of
title 5, and such leave shall be considered leave
under section 6323(b) of title 5.
SEC. 8026. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available to perform any cost study pursuant
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to the provisions of OMB Circular A–76 if the study being
performed exceeds a period of 24 months after initiation
of such study with respect to a single function activity or
48 months after initiation of such study for a multi-func-
tion activity.
SEC. 8027. Funds appropriated by this Act for the
American Forces Information Service shall not be used for
any national or international political or psychological ac-
tivities.
SEC. 8028. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust
wage rates for civilian employees hired for certain health
care occupations as authorized for the Secretary of Veter-
ans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States
Code.
SEC. 8029. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act.
SEC. 8030. (a) Of the funds for the procurement of
supplies or services appropriated by this Act, qualified
nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handi-
capped shall be afforded the maximum practicable oppor-
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tunity to participate as subcontractors and suppliers in the
performance of contracts let by the Department of De-
fense.
(b) During the current fiscal year, a business concern
which has negotiated with a military service or defense
agency a subcontracting plan for the participation by
small business concerns pursuant to section 8(d) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) shall be given
credit toward meeting that subcontracting goal for any
purchases made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the
blind or other severely handicapped.
(c) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ‘‘quali-
fied nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handi-
capped’’ means a nonprofit agency for the blind or other
severely handicapped that has been approved by the Com-
mittee for the Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely
Handicapped under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41
U.S.C. 46–48).
SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, net re-
ceipts pursuant to collections from third party payers pur-
suant to section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, shall
be made available to the local facility of the uniformed
services responsible for the collections and shall be over
and above the facility’s direct budget amount.
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SEC. 8032. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec-
tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government
of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That upon re-
ceipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait
shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which in-
curred such obligations.
SEC. 8033. Of the funds made available in this Act,
not less than $28,300,000 shall be available for the Civil
Air Patrol Corporation, of which $23,500,000 shall be
available for Civil Air Patrol Corporation operation and
maintenance to support readiness activities which includes
$3,800,000 for the Civil Air Patrol counterdrug program:
Provided, That funds identified for ‘‘Civil Air Patrol’’
under this section are intended for and shall be for the
exclusive use of the Civil Air Patrol Corporation and not
for the Air Force or any unit thereof.
SEC. 8034. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act are available to establish a new Department of De-
fense (department) federally funded research and develop-
ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a
separate entity administrated by an organization manag-
ing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor-
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poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and
other non-profit entities.
(b) Limitation on Compensation-Federally Funded
Research and Development Center (FFRDC).—No mem-
ber of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory
Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consult-
ant to any defense FFRDC, may be compensated for his
or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid
consultant, except under the same conditions, and to the
same extent, as members of the Defense Science Board:
Provided, That a member of any such entity referred to
previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel ex-
penses and per diem as authorized under the Federal
Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the perform-
ance of membership duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds available to the department from any source
during fiscal year 1999 may be used by a defense FFRDC,
through a fee or other payment mechanism, for charitable
contributions, for construction of new buildings, for pay-
ment of cost sharing for projects funded by Government
grants, or for absorption of contract overruns.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of
the funds available to the department during fiscal year
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1999, not more than 6,206 staff years of technical effort
(staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Pro-
vided, That of the specific amount referred to previously
in this subsection, not more than 1,105 staff years may
be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Defense shall control the total number of
staff years to be performed by defense FFRDCs during
fiscal year 1999 so as to reduce the total amounts appro-
priated in titles II, III, and IV of this Act by $62,000,000:
Provided, That the total amounts appropriated in titles II,
III, and IV of this Act are hereby reduced by $62,000,000
to reflect savings from the use of defense FFRDCs by the
department.
(f) Within 60 days after enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report presenting the specific amounts
of staff years of technical effort to be allocated by the de-
partment for each defense FFRDC during fiscal year
1999: Provided, That after the submission of the report
required by this subsection, the department may not re-
allocate more than five per centum of an FFRDC’s staff
years among other defense FFRDCs until 30 days after
a detailed justification for any such reallocation is submit-
ted to the congressional defense committees.
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(g) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submis-
sion of the department’s fiscal year 2000 budget request,
submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff
years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense
FFRDC during that fiscal year.
(h) No part of the reductions contained in subsection
(e) of this section may be applied against any budget activ-
ity, activity group, subactivity group, line item, program
element, program, project, subproject or activity which
does not fund defense FFRDC activities within each ap-
propriation account, and the reductions in subsection (e)
shall be allocated on a proportional basis.
(i) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report listing the specific
funding reductions allocated to each category listed in sub-
section (h) above pursuant to this section.
SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa-
cility or property under the control of the Department of
Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re-
strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class
9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
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or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications
of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the military department responsible
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order
to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro-
vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to
contracts which are in being as of the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 8036. For the purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the National
Security Committee of the House of Representatives, the
Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Subcommit-
tee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, and the Subcommittee on National Security of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives.
SEC. 8037. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot
maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels
as well as the production of components and other De-
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fense-related articles, through competition between De-
partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri-
vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu-
tive of the military department or defense agency con-
cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success-
ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in-
direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur-
ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A–
76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this
section.
SEC. 8038. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after
consultation with the United States Trade Representative,
determines that a foreign country which is party to an
agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the
terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain
types of products produced in the United States that are
covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer-
ican Act with respect to such types of products produced
in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
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tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products
in that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense
purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 1999. Such
report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items
for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade
Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any
international agreement to which the United States is a
party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy
American Act’’ means title III of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office
Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934,
and for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1933 (41
U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
SEC. 8039. Appropriations contained in this Act that
remain available at the end of the current fiscal year as
a result of energy cost savings realized by the Department
of Defense shall remain available for obligation for the
next fiscal year to the extent, and for the purposes, pro-
vided in section 2865 of title 10, United States Code.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8040. Amounts deposited during the current fis-
cal year to the special account established under 40 U.S.C.
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485(h)(2) and to the special account established under 10
U.S.C. 2667(d)(1) are appropriated and shall be available
until transferred by the Secretary of Defense to current
applicable appropriations or funds of the Department of
Defense under the terms and conditions specified by 40
U.S.C. 
485(h)(2)(A) 
and 
(B) 
and 
U.S.C.
2667(d)(1)(B), to be merged with and to be available for
the same time period and the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred.
SEC. 8041. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions available to the Department of Defense may be used
to reimburse a member of a reserve component of the
Armed Forces who is not otherwise entitled to travel and
transportation allowances and who occupies transient gov-
ernment housing while performing active duty for training
or inactive duty training: Provided, That such members
may be provided lodging in kind if transient government
quarters are unavailable as if the member was entitled to
such allowances under subsection (a) of section 404 of title
37, United States Code: Provided further, That if lodging
in kind is provided, any authorized service charge or cost
of such lodging may be paid directly from funds appro-
priated for operation and maintenance of the reserve com-
ponent of the member concerned.
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SEC. 8042. The President shall include with each
budget for a fiscal year submitted to the Congress under
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, materials
that shall identify clearly and separately the amounts re-
quested in the budget for appropriation for that fiscal year
for salaries and expenses related to administrative activi-
ties of the Department of Defense, the military depart-
ments, and the Defense Agencies.
SEC. 8043. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds available for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-
Drug Activities, Defense’’ may be obligated for the Young
Marines program.
SEC. 8044. During the current fiscal year, amounts
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account established by sec-
tion 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act
of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall
be available until expended for the payments specified by
section 2921(c)(2) of that Act.
SEC. 8045. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act, not more than $119,200,000
shall be available for payment of the operating costs of
NATO Headquarters: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense may waive this section for Department of Defense
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support provided to NATO forces in and around the
former Yugoslavia.
SEC. 8046. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense
for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase
items having an investment item unit cost of not more
than $100,000.
SEC. 8047. (a) During the current fiscal year, none
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the
purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur-
ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable
to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund
during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an
investment item would be chargeable during the current
fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of
Defense for procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 2000 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2000
Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub-
mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment
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which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro-
curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be
budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2000 procurement
appropriation and not in the supply management business
area or any other area or category of the Department of
Defense Working Capital Funds.
SEC. 8048. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for
Contingencies, which shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 2000: Provided, That funds appropriated, trans-
ferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence
Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund during
this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain
available until expended.
SEC. 8049. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense In-
telligence Agency may be used for the design, develop-
ment, and deployment of General Defense Intelligence
Program intelligence communications and intelligence in-
formation systems for the Services, the Unified and Speci-
fied Commands, and the component commands.
SEC. 8050. Amounts collected for the use of the fa-
cilities of the National Science Center for Communications
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and Electronics during the current fiscal year pursuant
to section 1459(g) of the Department of Defense Author-
ization Act, 1986, and deposited to the special account es-
tablished under subsection 1459(g)(2) of that Act are ap-
propriated and shall be available until expended for the
operation and maintenance of the Center as provided for
in subsection 1459(g)(2).
SEC. 8051. None of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be used to fill the commander’s position at any
military medical facility with a health care professional
unless the prospective candidate can demonstrate profes-
sional administrative skills.
SEC. 8052. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of
Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com-
plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means title III
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the
Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes’’, approved
March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per-
son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label
bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made
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in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance
with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, wheth-
er the person should be debarred from contracting with
the Department of Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products pur-
chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is
the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart-
ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase
only American-made equipment and products, provided
that American-made equipment and products are cost-
competitive, quality-competitive, and available in a timely
fashion.
SEC. 8053. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available for a contract for studies, analysis,
or consulting services entered into without competition on
the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the
activity responsible for the procurement determines—
(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation,
only one source is found fully qualified to perform
the proposed work; or
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an
unsolicited proposal which offers significant sci-
entific or technological promise, represents the prod-
uct of original thinking, and was submitted in con-
fidence by one source; or
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(3) the purpose of the contract is to take ad-
vantage of unique and significant industrial accom-
plishment by a specific concern, or to insure that a
new product or idea of a specific concern is given fi-
nancial support: Provided, That this limitation shall
not apply to contracts in an amount of less than
$25,000, contracts related to improvements of equip-
ment that is in development or production, or con-
tracts as to which a civilian official of the Depart-
ment of Defense, who has been confirmed by the
Senate, determines that the award of such contract
is in the interest of the national defense.
SEC. 8054. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b)
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may
be used—
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the depart-
ment who is transferred or reassigned from a head-
quarters activity if the member or employee’s place
of duty remains at the location of that headquarters.
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili-
tary department may waive the limitations in subsection
(a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines,
and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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House of Representatives and Senate that the granting
of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or
the financial requirements of the department.
(c) This section does not apply to field operating
agencies funded within the National Foreign Intelligence
Program.
SEC. 8055. Notwithstanding section 303 of Public
Law 96–487 or any other provision of law, the Secretary
of the Navy is authorized to lease real and personal prop-
erty at Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska, pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 2667(f), for commercial, industrial or other pur-
poses.
(RESCISSIONS)
SEC. 8056. Of the funds provided in Department of
Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are here-
by rescinded from the following accounts in the specified
amounts:
‘‘Missile 
Procurement, 
Army, 
1998/2000’’,
$13,300,000;
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
Vehicles, Army, 1998/2000’’, $6,700,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army, 
1998/2000’’,
$24,000,000;
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy, 1998/2000’’,
$2,000,000;
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‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma-
rine Corps, 1998/2000’’, $12,000,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1998/2000’’,
$28,500,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1998/2000’’,
$15,000,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1998/2000’’,
$19,840,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 1998/2000’’,
$4,160,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army, 1998/1999’’, $18,000,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy, 1998/1999’’, $17,500,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force, 1998/1999’’, $34,370,000; and
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide, 1998/1999’’, $73,000,000.
SEC. 8057. None of the funds available in this Act
may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili-
tary (civilian) technicians of the Army National Guard,
the Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Re-
serve for the purpose of applying any administratively im-
posed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on
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military (civilian) technicians, unless such reductions are
a direct result of a reduction in military force structure.
SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic
of North Korea unless specifically appropriated for that
purpose.
SEC. 8059. During the current fiscal year, funds ap-
propriated in this Act are available to compensate mem-
bers of the National Guard for duty performed pursuant
to a plan submitted by a Governor of a State and approved
by the Secretary of Defense under section 112 of title 32,
United States Code: Provided, That during the perform-
ance of such duty, the members of the National Guard
shall be under State command and control: Provided fur-
ther, That such duty shall be treated as full-time National
Guard duty for purposes of sections 12602(a)(2) and
(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8060. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper-
ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Uni-
fied and Specified Commands and Defense Agencies shall
be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and
other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against
appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when
members of the National Guard and Reserve provide intel-
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ligence or counterintelligence support to Unified Com-
mands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities,
including the activities and programs included within the
National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), the Joint
Military Intelligence Program (JMIP), and the Tactical
Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA) aggregate:
Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation
from established Reserve and National Guard personnel
and training procedures.
SEC. 8061. During the current fiscal year, none of
the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce
the civilian medical and medical support personnel as-
signed to military treatment facilities below the September
30, 1998 level: Provided, That the Service Surgeons Gen-
eral may waive this section by certifying to the congres-
sional defense committees that the beneficiary population
is declining in some catchment areas and civilian strength
reductions may be consistent with responsible resource
stewardship and capitation-based budgeting.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8062. None of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be transferred to or obligated from the Pentagon
Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund, unless the Sec-
retary of Defense certifies that the total cost for the plan-
ning, design, construction and installation of equipment
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for the renovation of the Pentagon Reservation will not
exceed $1,118,000,000.
SEC. 8063. (a) None of the funds available to the
Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter-
diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to
any other department or agency of the United States ex-
cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction
and counter-drug activities may be transferred to any
other department or agency of the United States except
as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8064. Appropriations available in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’
for increasing energy and water efficiency in Federal
buildings may, during their period of availability, be trans-
ferred to other appropriations or funds of the Department
of Defense for projects related to increasing energy and
water efficiency, to be merged with and to be available
for the same general purposes, and for the same time pe-
riod, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred.
SEC. 8065. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller
bearings other than those produced by a domestic source
and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of
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the military department responsible for such procurement
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by cer-
tifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade-
quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that
such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca-
pability for national security purposes.
SEC. 8066. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds available to the Department of Defense shall
be made available to provide transportation of medical
supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to
American Samoa: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds available to the Department
of Defense shall be made available to provide transpor-
tation of medical supplies and equipment, on a non-
reimbursable basis, to the Indian Health Service when it
is in conjunction with a civil-military project.
SEC. 8067. None of the funds in this Act may be
used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu-
factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De-
fense certifies to the congressional defense committees
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes that is not avail-
able from United States manufacturers.
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SEC. 8068. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Naval shipyards of the United States shall be eli-
gible to participate in any manufacturing extension pro-
gram financed by funds appropriated in this or any other
Act.
SEC. 8069. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, each contract awarded by the Department of Defense
during the current fiscal year for construction or service
performed in whole or in part in a State which is not con-
tiguous with another State and has an unemployment rate
in excess of the national average rate of unemployment
as determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall include a
provision requiring the contractor to employ, for the pur-
pose of performing that portion of the contract in such
State that is not contiguous with another State, individ-
uals who are residents of such State and who, in the case
of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire
promptly the necessary skills: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may waive the requirements of this sec-
tion, on a case-by-case basis, in the interest of national
security.
SEC. 8070. During the current fiscal year, the Army
shall use the former George Air Force Base as the airhead
for the National Training Center at Fort Irwin: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be obligated or
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expended to transport Army personnel into Edwards Air
Force Base for training rotations at the National Training
Center.
SEC. 8071. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit, on a quarterly basis, a report to the congressional
defense committees, the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate setting forth all costs
(including incremental costs) incurred by the Department
of Defense during the preceding quarter in implementing
or supporting resolutions of the United Nations Security
Council, including any such resolution calling for inter-
national sanctions, international peacekeeping operations,
and humanitarian missions undertaken by the Depart-
ment of Defense. The quarterly report shall include an ag-
gregate of all such Department of Defense costs by oper-
ation or mission.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quar-
terly reports all efforts made to seek credit against past
United Nations expenditures and all efforts made to seek
compensation from the United Nations for costs incurred
by the Department of Defense in implementing and sup-
porting United Nations activities.
SEC. 8072. (a) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES.—Notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, none of the funds available to the
Department of Defense for the current fiscal year may be
obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an
international organization any defense articles or services
(other than intelligence services) for use in the activities
described in subsection (b) unless the congressional de-
fense committees, the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified 15 days
in advance of such transfer.
(b) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—This section applies to—
(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-en-
forcement operation under the authority of chapter
VI or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
under the authority of a United Nations Security
Council resolution; and
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-
enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation.
(c) REQUIRED NOTICE.—A notice under subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or
services to be transferred.
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment,
supplies, or services to be transferred.
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(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equip-
ment or supplies—
(A) a statement of whether the inventory
requirements of all elements of the Armed
Forces (including the reserve components) for
the type of equipment or supplies to be trans-
ferred have been met; and
(B) a statement of whether the items pro-
posed to be transferred will have to be replaced
and, if so, how the President proposes to pro-
vide funds for such replacement.
SEC. 8073. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense shall be obligated or expended to
make a financial contribution to the United Nations for
the cost of an United Nations peacekeeping activity
(whether pursuant to assessment or a voluntary contribu-
tion) or for payment of any United States arrearage to
the United Nations.
SEC. 8074. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or
expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the
Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by
the contractor to an employee when—
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(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in
excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor
to the employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as-
sociated with a business combination.
SEC. 8075. (a) None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
port or provide for the transportation of chemical muni-
tions or agents to the Johnston Atoll for the purpose of
storing or demilitarizing such munitions or agents.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply
to any obsolete World War II chemical munition or agent
of the United States found in the World War II Pacific
Theater of Operations.
(c) The President may suspend the application of
subsection (a) during a period of war in which the United
States is a party.
SEC. 8076. None of the funds provided in title II of
this Act for ‘‘Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction’’
may be obligated or expended to finance housing for any
individual who was a member of the military forces of the
Soviet Union or for any individual who is or was a member
of the military forces of the Russian Federation.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8077. During the current fiscal year, no more
than $7,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under
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the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’
may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay
of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be avail-
able for the same time period as the appropriations to
which transferred, to be used in support of such personnel
in connection with support and services for eligible organi-
zations and activities outside the Department of Defense
pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8078. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title
31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Shipbuild-
ing and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any prior
year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total
amount of the appropriation.
SEC. 8079. During the current fiscal year, in the case
of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense
for which the period of availability for obligation has ex-
pired or which has closed under the provisions of section
1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a
negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obliga-
tion or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged
to any current appropriation account for the same purpose
as the expired or closed account if—
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(1) the obligation would have been properly
chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or
closed account before the end of the period of avail-
ability or closing of that account;
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly
chargeable to any current appropriation account of
the Department of Defense; and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obli-
gation is not chargeable to a current appropriation
of the Department of Defense under the provisions
of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law
101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Pro-
vided, That in the case of an expired account, if sub-
sequent review or investigation discloses that there
was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unex-
pended balance in the account, any charge to a cur-
rent account under the authority of this section shall
be reversed and recorded against the expired ac-
count: Provided further, That the total amount
charged to a current appropriation under this sec-
tion may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent
of the total appropriation for that account.
SEC. 8080. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller) shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
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tees by February 1, 1999 a detailed report identifying, by
amount and by separate budget activity, activity group,
subactivity group, line item, program element, program,
project, subproject, and activity, any activity for which the
fiscal year 2000 budget request was reduced because Con-
gress appropriated funds above the President’s budget re-
quest for that specific activity for fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 8081. Funds appropriated in title II of this Act
for supervision and administration costs for facilities
maintenance and repair, minor construction, or design
projects may be obligated at the time the reimbursable
order is accepted by the performing activity: Provided,
That for the purpose of this section, supervision and ad-
ministration costs includes all in-house Government cost.
SEC. 8082. The Secretary of Defense may waive re-
imbursement of the cost of conferences, seminars, courses
of instruction, or similar educational activities of the Asia-
Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers
and civilian officials of foreign nations if the Secretary de-
termines that attendance by such personnel, without reim-
bursement, is in the national security interest of the
United States: Provided, That costs for which reimburse-
ment is waived pursuant to this subsection shall be paid
from appropriations available for the Asia-Pacific Center.
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SEC. 8083. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per-
mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance
Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail-
able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for
such use on a case-by-case basis.
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be
credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis-
tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs
associated with the use of equipment of the project under
that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such
purposes without fiscal year limitation.
SEC. 8084. Using funds available by this Act or any
other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a
determination under section 2690 of title 10, United
States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for
required 
heating 
facility 
modernization 
in 
the
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany: Provided, That in the City of
Kaiserslautern such agreements will include the use of
United States anthracite as the base load energy for mu-
nicipal district heat to the United States Defense installa-
tions: Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Regional
Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat
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may be obtained from private, regional or municipal serv-
ices, if provisions are included for the consideration of
United States coal as an energy source.
SEC. 8085. During the current fiscal year, the
amounts which are necessary for the operation and main-
tenance of the Fisher Houses administered by the Depart-
ments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force are here-
by appropriated, to be derived from amounts which are
available in the applicable Fisher House trust fund estab-
lished under 10 U.S.C. 2221 for the Fisher Houses of
each such department.
SEC. 8086. During the current fiscal year and here-
after, refunds attributable to the use of the Government
travel card by military personnel and civilian employees
of the Department of Defense and refunds attributable to
official Government travel arranged by Government Con-
tracted Travel Management Centers may be credited to
operation and maintenance accounts of the Department
of Defense which are current when the refunds are re-
ceived.
SEC. 8087. During the current fiscal year, not more
than a total of $60,000,000 in withdrawal credits may be
made by the Marine Corps Supply Management activity
group of the Navy Working Capital Fund, Department of
Defense Working Capital Funds, to the credit of current
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applicable appropriations of a Department of Defense ac-
tivity in connection with the acquisition of critical low den-
sity repairables that are capitalized into the Navy Working
Capital Fund.
SEC. 8088. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3902, during
the current fiscal year interest penalties may be paid by
the Department of Defense from funds financing the oper-
ation of the military department or defense agency with
which the invoice or contract payment is associated.
SEC. 8089. At the time the President submits his
budget for fiscal year 2000 and any fiscal year thereafter,
the Department of Defense shall transmit to the congres-
sional defense committees a budget justification document
for the active and reserve Military Personnel accounts, to
be known as the ‘‘M–1’’, which shall identify, at the budg-
et activity, activity group, and subactivity group level, the
amounts requested by the President to be appropriated to
the Department of Defense for military personnel in any
budget request, or amended budget request, for that fiscal
year.
SEC. 8090. None of the funds appropriated in title
IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for deliv-
ery to military forces for operational training, operational
use or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to end-items used in development,
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prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to
acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this
restriction does not apply to programs funded within the
National Foreign Intelligence Program: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction
on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate that it is in the national security
interest to do so.
SEC. 8091. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
a contract with a contractor that is subject to the report-
ing requirement set forth in subsection (d) of section 4212
of title 38, United States Code, but has not submitted the
most recent report required by such subsection for 1998
or a subsequent year.
SEC. 8092. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to approve or license the sale of the F–
22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government.
SEC. 8093. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available
for the United States Man and the Biosphere Program,
or related projects.
SEC. 8094. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), of
the funds provided in Department of Defense Appropria-
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tions Acts, not more than the specified amounts from the
following accounts shall remain available for the payment
of satellite on-orbit incentive fees until the fees are paid:
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1995/1997’’,
$20,978,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1996/1998’’,
$16,782,400.
SEC. 8095. None of the funds in this or any other
Act may be used by the National Imagery and Mapping
Agency for any mapping, charting, and geodesy activities
unless contracts for such services are awarded in accord-
ance with the qualifications based selection process in 40
U.S.C. 541 et seq. and 10 U.S.C. 2855: Provided, That
an exception shall be provided for such services that are
critical to national security after a written notification has
been submitted by the Deputy Secretary of Defense to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate.
SEC. 8096. Funds made available to the Civil Air Pa-
trol in this Act under the heading ‘‘Drug Interdiction and
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’ may be used for the
Civil Air Patrol Corporation’s counterdrug program, in-
cluding its demand reduction program involving youth
programs, as well as operational and training drug recon-
naissance missions for federal, state and local government
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agencies; for administrative costs, including the hiring of
Civil Air Patrol Corporation employees; for travel and per
diem expenses of Civil Air Patrol Corporation personnel
in support of those missions; and for equipment needed
for mission support or performance: Provided, That of
these funds, $300,000 shall be made available to establish
and operate a distance learning program: Provided further,
That the Department of the Air Force should waive reim-
bursement from the Federal, State and local government
agencies for the use of these funds.
SEC. 8097. The Secretary of Defense shall undertake
a review of all distributed learning education and training
programs in the Department of Defense and shall issue
a plan to implement a department-wide, standardized,
cost-effective Advanced Distributed Learning framework
to achieve the goals of commonality, interoperability, and
reuse: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to Con-
gress on the results of this review and present a detailed
implementation and budget plan no later than July 30,
1999.
SEC. 8098. None of the funds in this Act may be
available for the purchase by the Department of Defense
of cross deck pendants for arresting aircraft on U.S. Navy
aircraft carriers unless such cross deck pendants are man-
ufactured in the United States from components which are
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substantially manufactured in the United States: Pro-
vided, That when adequate domestic supplies are not avail-
able to meet Department of Defense requirements on a
timely basis, the Secretary of the military department re-
sponsible for the procurement may waive this restriction
on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate that such an acquisition must be
made in order to acquire capability for national security
purposes.
SEC. 8099. None of the funds in this or any other
Act shall be available to any Reserve Component to estab-
lish new activities to perform depot level maintenance and
remanufacture of any equipment in the Department of De-
fense inventory unless the Secretary of Defense first cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, on a case-by-case basis,
that (a) insufficient workload capacity is available at exist-
ing government or private sector depot maintenance facili-
ties currently used by the Reserve Components for similar
work; and (b) an in-depth analysis has been performed
comparing the cost of any proposed expansion of depot
facilities versus the cost of performing the same work at
existing depot facilities or by the private sector.
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SEC. 8100. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the TRICARE managed care support contracts in ef-
fect, or in final stages of acquisition as of September 30,
1998, may be extended for two years: Provided, That any
such extension may only take place if the Secretary of De-
fense determines that it is in the best interest of the gov-
ernment: Provided further, That any contract extension
shall be based on the price in the final best and final offer
for the last year of the existing contract as adjusted for
inflation and other factors mutually agreed to by the con-
tractor and the government: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, all future
TRICARE managed care support contracts replacing con-
tracts in effect, or in the final stages of acquisition as of
September 30, 1998, may include a base contract period
for transition and up to seven one-year option periods.
SEC. 8101. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act is here-
by reduced by $204,100,000 to reflect savings from re-
vised economic assumptions, to be distributed as follows:
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, $4,000,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, $4,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
Vehicles, Army’’, $4,000,000;
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‘‘Procurement 
of 
Ammunition, 
Army’’,
$3,000,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, $9,000,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, $22,000,000;
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, $4,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma-
rine Corps’’, $1,000,000;
‘‘Shipbuilding 
and 
Conversion, 
Navy’’,
$18,000,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, $12,000,000;
‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, $2,000,000;
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’,
$23,000,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, $5,200,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’,
$1,000,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, $4,900,000;
‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, $5,100,000;
‘‘Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction,
Army’’, $3,000,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army’’, $10,000,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy’’, $18,500,000;
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‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force’’, $26,300,000; and
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide’’, $24,100,000:
Provided, That these reductions shall be applied propor-
tionally to each budget activity, activity group and sub-
activity group and each program, project, and activity
within each appropriation account.
SEC. 8102. (a) TRANSFERS
OF
VESSELS
BY
GRANT.—The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to
transfer vessels to foreign countries on a grant basis under
section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2321j) as follows:
(1) To the Government of Argentina, the NEW-
PORT class tank landing ship NEWPORT (LST
1179).
(2) To the Government of Greece—
(A) the KNOX class frigate HEPBURN
(FF 1055); and
(B) the ADAMS class guided missile de-
stroyers STRAUSS (DDG 16), SEMMS (DDG
18), and WADDELL (DDG 24).
(3) To the Government of Portugal, the STAL-
WART class ocean surveillance ship ASSURANCE
(T-AGOS 5).
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(4) To the Government of Turkey, the KNOX
class frigates PAUL (FF 1080), MILLER (FF
1091), and W.S. SIMMS (FF 1059).
(b) TRANSFERS OF VESSELS BY SALE.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy is authorized to transfer vessels to for-
eign countries on a sales basis under section 21 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761) as follows:
(1) To the Government of Brazil, the NEW-
PORT class tank landing ships CAYUGA (LST
1186) and PEORIA (LST 1183).
(2) To the Government of Chile—
(A) the NEWPORT class tank landing
ship SAN BERNARDINO (LST 1189); and
(B) the auxiliary repair dry dock WATER-
FORD (ARD 5).
(3) To the Government of Greece—
(A) the OAK RIDGE class medium dry
dock ALAMAGORDO (ARDM 2); and
(B) the KNOX class frigates VREELAND
(FF 1068) and TRIPPE (FF 1075).
(4) To the Government of Mexico—
(A) 
the 
auxiliary 
repair 
dock 
SAN
ONOFRE (ARD 30); and
(B) the KNOX class frigate PHARRIS
(FF 1094).
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(5) To the Government of the Philippines, the
STALWART class ocean surveillance ship TRI-
UMPH (T-AGOS 4).
(6) To the Government of Spain, the NEW-
PORT class tank landing ships HARLAN COUNTY
(LST 1196) and BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST
1197).
(7) To the Taipai Economic and Cultural Rep-
resentative Office in the United States (the Taiwan
instrumentality that is designated pursuant to sec-
tion 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act)—
(A) the KNOX class frigates PEARY (FF
1073), JOSEPH HEWES (FF 1078), COOK
(FF 1083), BREWTON (FF 1086), KIRK
(FF 1987), and BARBEY (FF 1088);
(B) the NEWPORT class tank landing
ships MANITOWOC (LST 1180) and SUM-
TER (LST 1181);
(C) the floating dry dock COMPETENT
(AFDM 6); and
(D) the ANCHORAGE class dock landing
ship PENSACOLA (LSD 38).
(8) To the Government of Turkey—
(A) the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class
guided missile frigates MAHLON S. TISDALE
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(FFG 27), REID (FFG 30), and DUNCAN
(FFG 10); and
(B) the KNOX class frigates REASONER
(FF 1063), FANNING (FF 1076), BOWEN
(FF 1079), MCCANDLESS (FF 1084), DON-
ALD BEARY (FF 1085), AINSWORTH (FF
1090), THOMAS C. HART (FF 1092), and
CAPODANNO (FF 1093).
(9) To the Government of Venezuela, the me-
dium auxiliary floating dry dock bearing hull num-
ber AFDM 2.
(c) TRANSFERS OF VESSELS ON A COMBINED LEASE-
SALE BASIS.—The Secretary of the Navy is authorized
to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a combined
lease-sale basis under sections 61 and 21 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796, 2761) and in accord-
ance with subsection (d) as follows:
(1) To the Government of Brazil, the CIM-
ARRON class oiler MERRIMACK (AO 179).
(2) To the Government of Greece, the KIDD
class guided missile destroyers KIDD (DDG 993),
CALLAGHAN (DDG 994), SCOTT (DDG 995),
and CHANDLER (DDG 996).
(d) CONDITIONS RELATING TO COMBINED LEASE-
SALE TRANSFERS.—A transfer of a vessel on a combined
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lease-sale basis authorized by subsection (c) shall be made
in accordance with the following provisions, which the Sec-
retary shall include in the terms of any agreement with
the recipient country for such transfer of the vessel:
(1) The Secretary may initially transfer the ves-
sel by lease, with lease payments suspended for the
term of the lease, while simultaneously entering into
a foreign military sales agreement for the transfer of
title to the vessel.
(2) The Secretary may not deliver title to the
vessel until the purchase price of the vessel under
such a sales agreement is paid in full.
(3) Upon payment of the purchase price in full
under such a sales agreement and delivery of title to
the recipient country, the Secretary shall terminate
the lease.
(4) If the purchasing country fails to make full
payment of the purchase price in accordance with
the sales agreement—
(A) the sales agreement shall be imme-
diately terminated;
(B) the suspension of lease payments
under the lease shall be vacated; and
(C) the United States shall be entitled to
retain funds received under the sales agreement
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in such amounts as necessary to cover the
amount of lease payments due and payable
under the lease and all other costs required by
the lease to be paid as of the date of the sales
agreement termination.
(5) If a sales agreement is terminated pursuant
to paragraph (4), the United States shall not be re-
quired to pay any interest to the recipient country
on any amount paid to the United States by the re-
cipient country under the sales agreement and not
retained by the United States under the lease.
(e) FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—
There is established in the Treasury of the United States
a special account to be known as the Defense Vessels
Transfer Program Account. There is hereby appropriated
into that account such sums as may be necessary for the
costs (as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of the lease-sale
transfers authorized by subsection (d). Funds in that ac-
count are available only for the purpose of covering those
costs.
(f) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION
TO CONGRESS.—Section 516(f) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(f)), section 525 of the For-
eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
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Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–118; 111 Stat.
2412), and any similar, successor provision of law do not
apply with respect to the transfers authorized by this sec-
tion.
(g) INAPPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE ANNUAL LIMI-
TATION ON VALUE OF TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE
ARTICLES.—In the case of the transfer of a vessel author-
ized by subsection (a) to be made by grant under section
516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2321j), the value of the vessel transferred shall not be in-
cluded for purposes of subsection (g) of that section in
the aggregate value of excess defense articles transferred
to countries under that section in any fiscal year.
(h) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by
the United States in connection with a transfer authorized
by this section shall be charged to the recipient.
(i) REPAIR
AND
REFURBISHMENT
IN
UNITED
STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary of the Navy shall require, as a condi-
tion of the transfer of a vessel under this section, that
the country to which the vessel is transferred have such
repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before
the vessel joins the naval forces of that country, performed
at a shipyard located in the United States, including a
United States Navy shipyard.
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(j) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to
transfer vessels under this section shall expire at the end
of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 8103. None of the funds in this Act may be
used to compensate an employee of the Department of De-
fense who initiates a new start program without notifica-
tion to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the con-
gressional defense committees, as required by Department
of Defense financial management regulations.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8104. Of the funds made available under title
II of this Act, the following amounts shall be transferred
to the Defense Working Capital Funds for the purpose
of funding operations of the Defense Commissary Agency:
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’,
$338,400,000;
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’,
$255,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’,
$86,600,000; and
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’,
$302,071,000:
Provided, That the transfer authority provided in this sec-
tion is in addition to any other transfer authority con-
tained elsewhere in this Act.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8105. In addition to other amounts appro-
priated in this Act, $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended, is appropriated for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’, for emergency and extraordinary
expenses associated with the accident involving United
States Marine Corps A–6 aircraft on February 3, 1998,
near Cavalese, Italy: Provided, That these funds shall be
available only for the purposes described in this section:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That upon
transmittal to the Congress of an official budget request
as described in the preceding proviso, the amount re-
quested as an emergency appropriation shall be trans-
ferred to ‘‘Funds Appropriated to the President’’, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, this amount shall
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be available only for payments to persons, communities,
or other entities in Italy only for reimbursement for dam-
ages resulting from the expenses associated with the acci-
dent involving United States Marine Corps A–6 aircraft
on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds made available under this section may be used to
rebuild or replace the funicular system in Cavalese de-
stroyed on February 3, 1998 by United States aircraft:
Provided further, That any amount paid to any individual
or entity from the amount appropriated under this section
shall be credited against any amount subsequently deter-
mined to be payable to that individual or entity under
chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code, section 127
of that title, or any other authority provided by law for
administrative settlement of claims against the United
States with respect to damages arising from the accident
described in this section: Provided further, That payment
of an amount under this section shall not be considered
to constitute a statement of legal liability on the part of
the United States or otherwise to prejudge any judicial
proceeding or investigation arising from the accident de-
scribed in this section.
SEC. 8106. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to initiate or conduct
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offensive military operations by United States Armed
Forces except in accordance with the war powers clause
of the Constitution (article 1, section 8), which vests in
Congress the power to declare and authorize war and to
take certain specified, related decisions.
TITLE IX
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR INFORMA-
TION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY AND SECU-
RITY
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY
TRANSFER ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For emergency expenses of the Department of De-
fense relating to year 2000 conversion of information tech-
nology and national security systems, for information
technology and computer security/information assurance
programs, and for related purposes, $1,600,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
made available under this heading are also available for
the purposes described above for elements of the intel-
ligence community whose activities are funded in this Act:
Provided further, That as required, the Secretary of De-
fense may transfer these funds to any account in this or
previously enacted Department of Defense Appropriations
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Acts: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
heading, or made available by transfer of such funds, to
any intelligence agency or activity of the United States
Government shall be deemed to be specifically authorized
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414): Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, $1,600,000,000 is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the President’s request shall specifically
identify agencies, accounts, programs, projects and activi-
ties to be funded and no funds shall be available until 15
days after the submission of the request: Provided further,
That the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall
be available for the same purposes and for the same time
period as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided under this
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heading is in addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
SEC. 9001. (a) ENSURING YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECU-
RITY SYSTEMS.—(1) None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may (except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2)) be obligated or expended on the
development or modernization of any information tech-
nology or national security system of the Department of
Defense in use by the Department of Defense (whether
or not the system is a mission critical system) if that sys-
tem does not meet certification level 1a, 1b, or 2 (as pre-
scribed in the April 1997 publication of the Department
of Defense entitled ‘‘Year 2000 Management Plan’’).
(2) The limitation in paragraph (1) does not apply
to an obligation or expenditure—
(A) that is directly related to ensuring that a
system achieves year 2000 compliance;
(B) for a system that is being developed and
fielded to replace before January 1, 2000, a non-
compliant system or a system to be terminated in
accordance with the May 1998 Department of De-
fense quarterly report on the status of year 2000
compliance; or