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(2) Sections 4501, 4502, 9501, and 9502 of title 10,
United States Code, are repealed.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF SAMPLES, DRAWINGS, INFORMA-
TION, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND CERTAIN SERVICES.—
(1) Chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 2541. Availability of samples, drawings, informa-
tion, equipment, materials, and certain
services.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense and the
secretaries of the military departments, under regulations
to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and when deter-
mined to be in the interest of national defense, may—
‘‘(1) sell, lend, or give samples, drawings, and
manufacturing or other information (subject to the
rights of third parties) to any United States person
or entity;
‘‘(2) sell or lend government equipment or mate-
rials to any United States person or entity—
‘‘(A) for use in independent research and
development programs, if the equipment or mate-
rial will be used exclusively for such research
and development; or
‘‘(B) for use in demonstrations to a friendly
foreign government; and
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‘‘(3) make available to any United States person
or entity, for appropriate fees, the services of any gov-
ernment laboratory, center, range, or other testing fa-
cility for the testing of materials, equipment, models,
computer software, and other items.
‘‘(b) FEES.—Fees for services made available under
subsection (a)(3) shall be established by regulations pre-
scribed pursuant to subsection (a). Such fees may not exceed
the amount necessary to recoup the direct costs involved,
such as utilities, contractor support, and salaries of person-
nel incurred by the United States to provide such testing.
‘‘(c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The results of tests performed
pursuant to subsection (a)(3) are confidential and may not
be divulged outside the government without the consent of
the persons for whom the tests are performed.
‘‘(d) USE OF FEES.— Fees received for services made
available under subsection (a)(3) may be credited to the ap-
propriations or funds of the selling activity.’’.
(2) Section 2314 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘or sale’’ after ‘‘procurement’’.
(3) Sections 4506, 4507, 4508, 9506, and 9507 of title
10, United States Code, are repealed.
(c) PROCUREMENT FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES.—
(1) Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘§ 2373. Procurement for experimental purposes
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of a military de-
partment may buy ordnance, signal, and chemical activity
supplies, including parts and accessories, and designs there-
of, that the Secretary concerned considers necessary for ex-
perimental or test purposes in the development of the best
supplies that are needed for the national defense.
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—Purchases under this section may
be made inside or outside the United States, with or without
competitive bidding, and by contract or otherwise. Chapter
137 of this title applies when such purchases are made in
quantity.’’.
(2) Sections 4504 and 9504 of title 10, United States
Code, are repealed.
(d) ACCEPTANCE OF GRATUITOUS SERVICES OF CER-
TAIN RESERVE OFFICERS.—(1) Chapter 11 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
278 the following new section:
‘‘§ 279. Authority to accept certain gratuitous services
of officers
‘‘Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Sec-
retary of a military department may accept the gratuitous
services of an officer of a reserve component under the Sec-
retary’s jurisdiction (other than an officer of the Army Na-
tional Guard of the United States or the Air National
Guard of the United States)—
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‘‘(1) in the furtherance of the enrollment, organi-
zation, and training of that officer’s reserve compo-
nent or the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; or
‘‘(2) in consultation upon matters relating to the
armed forces.’’.
(2) Sections 4541 and 9541 of title 10, United States
Code, are repealed.
SEC. 813. REPEAL AND AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN ACQUISI-
TION LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE ARMY AND
AIR FORCE.
(a) REPEALS.—The following provisions of subtitles B
and D of title 10, United States Code, are repealed:
(1) Sections 4503 and 9503 (relating to research
and development programs).
(2) Sections 4505 and 9505 (relating to procure-
ment of production equipment).
(3) Sections 4531 and 9531 (relating to procure-
ment authorization).
(4) Section 4533 (relating to Army rations).
(5) Sections 4534 and 9534 (relating to subsist-
ence supplies, contract stipulations, and place of de-
livery on inspection).
(6) Sections 4535 and 9535 (relating to purchase
of exceptional subsistence supplies without advertis-
ing).
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(7) Sections 4537 and 9537 (relating to assist-
ance of U.S. mapping agencies with military surveys
and maps).
(8) Sections 4538 and 9538 (relating to exchange
and reclamation of unserviceable ammunition).
(b) AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 2358(a) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking out ‘‘Subject
to approval by the President, the Secretary of De-
fense’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Secretary of
Defense and the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments’’;
(B) in the first sentence, by inserting after
‘‘other military’’ the following: ‘‘or department’’; and
(C) in the second sentence, by striking out ‘‘Sub-
ject to approval by the President, the Secretary’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Secretary concerned’’.
(2) Section 2358(b) of such title is amended—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’ the
following: ‘‘or the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned’’; and
(B) by inserting after ‘‘relationship to a mili-
tary’’ the following: ‘‘or department’’.
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SEC. 814. CONSOLIDATION, REPEAL, AND AMENDMENT OF
CERTAIN ACQUISITION LAWS APPLICABLE TO
THE NAVY.
(a) REPEALS.—The following provisions of subtitle C
of title 10, United States Code, are repealed:
(1) Section 7201 (relating to guided missiles, re-
search and development, procurement, and construc-
tion).
(2) Section 7210 (relating to purchase of patents,
patent applications, and licenses).
(3) Section 7213 (relating to relief of contractors
and their employees from losses by enemy action).
(4) Section 7230 (relating to sale of degaussing
equipment).
(5) Section 7296 (relating to availability of ap-
propriations for other purposes).
(6) Section 7298 (relating to conversion of com-
batants and auxiliaries).
(7) Section 7301 (relating to estimates required
for bids on construction).
(8) Section 7310 (relating to constructing com-
batant vessels).
(9) Chapter 635 (relating to naval aircraft).
(10) Section 7366 (relating to limitation on ap-
propriations for naval salvage facilities).
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‘‘§ 7305. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register:
sale
‘‘(a) APPRAISAL OF VESSELS STRICKEN FROM NAVAL
VESSEL REGISTER.—The Secretary of the Navy shall ap-
praise each vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register
under section 7304 of this title.
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO SELL VESSEL.—If the Secretary
considers that the sale of the vessel is in the national inter-
est, the Secretary may sell the vessel. Any such sale shall
be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary for the purposes of this section.
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR SALE.—(1) A vessel stricken
from the Naval Vessel Register and not subject to disposal
under any other law may be sold under this section. In such
a case, the Secretary may sell the vessel to the highest ac-
ceptable bidder, regardless of the appraised value of the ves-
sel, after the vessel is publicly advertised for sale for a pe-
riod of not less than 30 days.
‘‘(2) If the Secretary determines that the bid prices for
a vessel received after advertising under paragraph (1) are
not acceptable and that readvertising will serve no useful
purpose, the Secretary may sell the vessel by negotiation
to the highest acceptable bidder if—
‘‘(A) each responsible bidder has been notified of
intent to negotiate and has been given a reasonable
opportunity to negotiate; and
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‘‘(B) the negotiated price is—
‘‘(i) higher than the highest rejected price of
any responsible bidder; or
‘‘(ii) reasonable and in the national inter-
est.
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section does not apply to
a vessel the disposal of which is authorized by the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 471 et seq.), if it is to be disposed of under that
Act.
‘‘§ 7306. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register;
captured vessels: transfer by gift or other-
wise
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE TRANSFER.—Subject to
subsections (c) and (d) of section 602 of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
474), the Secretary of the Navy may transfer, by gift or
otherwise, any vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Reg-
ister, or any captured vessel, to—
‘‘(1) any State, Commonwealth, or possession of
the United States or any municipal corporation or
political subdivision thereof;
‘‘(2) the District of Columbia; or
‘‘(3) any not-for-profit or nonprofit entity.
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‘‘(b) VESSEL TO BE MAINTAINED IN CONDITION SAT-
ISFACTORY TO SECRETARY.—An agreement for the transfer
of a vessel under subsection (a) shall include a requirement
that the transferee will maintain the vessel in a condition
satisfactory to the Secretary.
‘‘(c) TRANSFERS TO BE AT NO COST TO UNITED
STATES.—Any transfer of a vessel under this section shall
be made at no cost to the United States.
‘‘(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—(1) No transfer under
this section takes effect unless—
‘‘(A) notice of the proposal to make the transfer
is sent to Congress; and
‘‘(B) 60 calendar days of continuous session of
Congress have expired after the notice is sent to Con-
gress.
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the continuity
of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment
of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either House
is not in session because of an adjournment of more than
3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation
of such 60-day period.
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‘‘§ 7306a. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register:
use for experimental purposes
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may use
for experimental purposes any vessel stricken from the
Naval Vessel Register.
‘‘(b) STRIPPING VESSEL.—(1) Before using a vessel for
an experimental purpose pursuant to subsection (a), the
Secretary shall carry out such stripping of the vessel as is
practicable.
‘‘(2) Amounts received as proceeds from the stripping
of a vessel pursuant to this subsection shall be credited to
appropriations available for the procurement of scrapping
services needed for such stripping. Amounts received which
are in excess of amounts needed for procuring such services
shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
‘‘§ 7307. Disposals to foreign nations
‘‘(a) LARGER OR NEWER VESSELS.—A naval vessel
that is in excess of 3,000 tons or that is less than 20 years
of age may not be disposed of to another nation (whether
by sale, lease, grant, loan, barter, transfer, or otherwise)
unless the disposition of that vessel is approved by law en-
acted after August 5, 1974. A lease or loan of such a vessel
under such a law may be made only in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2796 et seq.) or chapter 2 of part II of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.).
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‘‘(b) OTHER VESSELS.—(1) A naval vessel not subject
to subsection (a) may be disposed of to another nation
(whether by sale, lease, grant, loan, barter, transfer, or oth-
erwise) in accordance with applicable provisions of law, but
only after—
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Navy notifies the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and House
of Representatives in writing of the proposed disposi-
tion; and
‘‘(B) 30 days of continuous session of Congress
have expired following the date on which such notice
was transmitted to those committees.
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the continuity
of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment
of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either House
is not in session because of an adjournment of more than
3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation
of such 30-day period.
‘‘§ 7308. Chief of Naval Operations: certification re-
quired for disposal of combatant vessels
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no com-
batant vessel of the Navy may be sold, transferred, or other-
wise disposed of, unless the Chief of Naval Operations cer-
tifies that it is not essential to the defense of the United
States.
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‘‘§ 7309. Construction of vessels in foreign shipyards:
prohibition
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), no vessel to be constructed for any of the armed forces,
and no major component of the hull or superstructure of
any such vessel, may be constructed in a foreign shipyard.
‘‘(b) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
INTEREST.—(1) The President may authorize exceptions to
the prohibition in subsection (a) when the President deter-
mines that it is in the national security interest of the
United States to do so.
‘‘(2) The President shall transmit notice to Congress
of any such determination, and no contract may be made
pursuant to the exception authorized until the end of the
30-day period beginning on the date on which the notice
of the determination is received by Congress.
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR INFLATABLE BOATS.—An inflat-
able boat or a rigid inflatable boat, as defined by the Sec-
retary of the Navy, is not a vessel for the purpose of the
restriction in subsection (a).
‘‘§ 7310. Overhaul, repair, etc. of vessels in foreign
shipyards: restrictions
‘‘(a) 
VESSELS
WITH
HOMEPORT
IN
UNITED
STATES.—A naval vessel (or any other vessel under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary of the Navy) the homeport of
which is in the United States may not be overhauled, re-
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paired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United
States, other than in the case of voyage repairs.
‘‘(b) VESSEL CHANGING HOMEPORTS.—In the case of
a naval vessel the homeport of which is not in the United
States (or a territory of the United States), the Secretary
of the Navy may not during the 15-month period preceding
the planned reassignment of the vessel to a homeport in the
United States (or a territory of the United States) begin
any work for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of the
vessel that is scheduled to be for a period of more than six
months.’’.
SEC. 815. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR
FUEL STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT.
(a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 2388 of title
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘The’’ and inserting
‘‘The Secretary of Defense or the’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘the storage, handling,
and distribution of liquid fuels’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof the following: ‘‘storage facilities for,
or the storage, handling, or distribution of, liq-
uid fuels or natural gas. Any such contract may
be entered into’’;
(2) by striking out subsection (b); and
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(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(b).
(b) SECTION HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of
section 2388 of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 2388. Liquid fuels and natural gas: contracts for
storage, handling, or distribution’’.
SEC. 816. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE AC-
QUISITION OF PETROLEUM.
Section 2404 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or petroleum-related serv-
ices’’ after ‘‘petroleum’’ the first place it appears;
and
(B) by striking out ‘‘petroleum derivatives’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘petroleum-related
services’’;
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘and products’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘products’’; and
(B) by striking out the period at the end
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘, and natural
gas.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(e) The Secretary of Defense may sell petroleum that
is in inventory if the Secretary determines that the sale
would be in the public interest. Amounts received from such
a sale shall be credited to appropriations available for the
acquisition of petroleum. Amounts so credited shall be
available for obligation for the same period as the appro-
priations to which the amounts are credited.’’.
SEC. 817. SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.
(a) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.—Para-
graph (7) of section 2302 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(7) The term ‘simplified acquisition threshold’
means $100,000, adjusted on October 1 of each year
divisible by 5 to the amount equal to $100,000 in
constant fiscal year 1990 dollars (rounded to the
nearest $1,000).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘small purchase
threshold’’ each place it appears other than sections
2410i(b)(1), 2304(g)(2), and 2304(g)(3) and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘simplified acquisition threshold’’.
(2) Section 2304(g)(1) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘Any such simplified procedures shall
maintain the notice requirements under section 18 of the
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416)
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and subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 8 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) for any purchase or contract
for an amount in excess of the small purchase threshold,
as that term is used in those Acts.’’.
(3) Section 2384(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or in para-
graph (3)’’ after ‘‘in paragraph (2)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a contract in
an amount equal to or less than the simplified acquisition
threshold (as defined in section 2302(7) of this title).’’.
(4) Section 2397c(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘in excess of $100,000’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘in an amount in excess of the sim-
plified acquisition threshold (as defined in section 2302(7)
of this title)’’.
(5) Section 2408(a) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘defense contract’
means a contract in an amount in excess of the simplified
acquisition threshold (as defined in section 2302(7) of this
title).’’.
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SEC. 
818. 
PROCUREMENT 
OF 
COMMERCIAL 
AND
NONDEVELOPMENTAL ITEMS.
(a) POLICY.—Section 2301(a) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (6);
(2) by striking out the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(8) to the maximum extent practicable, and
consistent with the objectives set forth in section
2501(c) of this title, the Department of Defense shall
acquire commercial items to meet its needs and shall
require prime contractors and subcontractors, at all
levels, which furnish other than commercial items, to
incorporate to the maximum extent practicable com-
mercial items as components of items being supplied
to the Department; and
‘‘(9) when commercial items and components are
not available, practicable, or cost effective, the De-
partment shall acquire, and shall require prime con-
tractors and subcontractors to incorporate, other
nondevelopmental items and components to the maxi-
mum extent practicable.’’.
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(b) COMMERCIAL ITEM DEFINED.—Section 2302 of
title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 817,
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(8) The term ‘commercial item’ means any item
regularly used in the course of normal business oper-
ations for other than Government purposes that—
‘‘(A) has been sold, leased, or licensed to the
general public;
‘‘(B) has been offered for sale, lease, or li-
cense to the general public;
‘‘(C) is not yet available in the commercial
marketplace, but will be available in time to sat-
isfy the delivery requirements under a Govern-
ment solicitation; or
‘‘(D) is an item that, but for minor modi-
fications made to meet Government require-
ments, would satisfy the criteria set forth in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C).’’.
(c) COST OR PRICING DATA.—Section 2306a(b) of title
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C) of paragraph (1) as clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii), respectively;
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘This section need
not’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) This section does not apply to a contract or sub-
contract for commercial items unless the head of the agency
determines that cost or pricing data are necessary for the
evaluation by the agency of the reasonableness of the price
of the contract or subcontract. In any case in which the
head of the agency requires such data to be submitted under
this section, the head of the agency shall document in writ-
ing the reasons for such requirement.’’.
(d) PROCUREMENT PLANNING.—(1) Subsection (a) of
section 2325 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by inserting ‘‘commercial or’’ before ‘‘nondevelopmental
items’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4).
(2) The heading of section 2325 of such title is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘§ 2325. 
Preference 
for 
commercial 
and
nondevelopmental items’’.
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
137 of such title is amended by striking out the item relat-
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ing to section 2325 and inserting in lieu thereof the follow-
ing:
‘‘2325. Preference for commercial and nondevelopmental items.’’.
(e) PROCUREMENT
OF
COMMERCIAL
ITEMS.—(1)
Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after section 2325 the following new section:
‘‘§ 2325a. Procurement of commercial items
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS; UNIFORM TERMS
AND CONDI-
TIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regula-
tions implementing this section and paragraphs (8) and (9)
of section 2301(a) of this title. The regulations shall contain
a set or sets of uniform terms and conditions to be included
in contracts for the acquisition of commercial end items.
Such uniform terms and conditions shall be modeled to the
maximum extent practicable on commercial terms and con-
ditions and shall include only those contract clauses, in-
cluding clauses requiring terms and conditions to be flowed
down to subcontractors, that are—
‘‘(A) required to implement provisions of law ap-
plicable to commercial item acquisitions;
‘‘(B) essential for the protection of the Federal
Government’s interest in an acquisition; or
‘‘(C) determined by the Secretary to be consistent
with standard commercial practice.
‘‘(2) The regulations prescribed under paragraph (1)
shall provide that prime contractors and subcontractors fur-
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nishing other than commercial items as end items or com-
ponents may not require suppliers furnishing commercial
items as components to comply with any clause, term, or
condition except those—
‘‘(A) required to implement provisions of law ap-
plicable to subcontractors furnishing commercial
items;
‘‘(B) essential for the protection of the prime
contractor or higher tier subcontractor in a particular
acquisition; or
‘‘(C) determined to be consistent with standard
commercial practice.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘component’ means any item sup-
plied to the Government as part of an end item or of
another component.
‘‘(2) The term ‘nondevelopmental item’ has the
meaning given that term in section 2325 of this title.
‘‘(c) EXEMPTIONS FROM PRESENT LAW.—Procure-
ments of commercial items shall not be subject to the follow-
ing provisions of this title:
‘‘(1) Section 2324.
‘‘(2) Section 2384.
‘‘(3) Section 2393.
‘‘(4) Section 2397.
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‘‘(5) Section 2397a.
‘‘(6) Section 2397b.
‘‘(7) Section 2397c.
‘‘(8) Section 2402.
‘‘(9) Section 2406.
‘‘(10) Section 2408.
‘‘(d) SET-ASIDES PRESERVED.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall prevent the Secretary of Defense from restricting
the award of prime contracts for commercial items to any
source as may from time to time be prescribed or permitted
by law.
‘‘(e) RESTRICTION
TO FIRM, FIXED PRICE CON-
TRACTS.—Except where commercial items are to be pro-
vided as a portion of a contract that also provides for the
delivery of other than commercial items, only firm, fixed
price contracts or fixed price contracts with economic price
adjustment provisions shall be used to acquire commercial
end items under this section.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
137 of such title is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 2325 the following new item:
‘‘2325a. Procurement of commercial items.’’.
SEC. 819. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO TABLES
OF SECTIONS.—The
table of sections at the beginning of each chapter of title
10, United States Code, listed in the following paragraphs
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is amended by striking out the items relating to the sections
listed in such paragraphs:
(1) Chapter 137: section 2317.
(2) Chapter 139: section 2362.
(3) Chapter 141: sections 2384a and 2389.
(4) Chapter 144: sections 2436 and 2437.
(5) Chapter 433: sections 4531, 4534, 4535,
4537, 4538, and 4541.
(6) Chapter 631: sections 7201, 7210, 7213, and
7230.
(7) Chapter 633: sections 7296, 7298, and 7301.
(8) Chapter 637: section 7366.
(9) Chapter 933: sections 9531, 9534, 9535,
9537, 9538, and 9541.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CHAPTERS.—
(1) The table of chapters at the beginning of sub-
title A, and part IV of subtitle A, of title 10, United
States Code, are amended by striking out the item re-
lating to chapter 135.
(2) The table of chapters at the beginning of sub-
title B, and part IV of subtitle B, of such title are
amended by striking out the item relating to chapter
431.
(3) The table of chapters at the beginning of sub-
title C, and part IV of subtitle C, of such title are
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amended by striking out the item relating to chapter
635.
(c) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter I of chapter 11 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 278 the following new item:
‘‘279. Authority to accept certain gratuitous services of officers’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 139 of such title is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘2373. Procurement for experimental purposes’’.
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 141 of such title is amended by striking out
the item relating to section 2388 and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
‘‘2388. Liquid fuels and natural gas: contracts for storage, handling, or distribu-
tion.’’.
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter V of chapter 148 of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following new items:
‘‘2538. Industrial mobilization: orders; priorities; possession of manufacturing
plants; violations
‘‘2539. Industrial mobilization: plants; lists
‘‘2540. Industrial mobilization: Board on Mobilization of Industries Essential for
Military Preparedness
‘‘2541. Availability of samples, drawings, information, equipment, materials, and
certain services.’’.
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(5) Chapter 431 of such title is amended by
striking out the chapter heading and the table of sec-
tions.
(6) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 633 of such title is amended by striking out
the items relating to sections 7304, 7305, 7306, 7307,
7308, 7309, and 7310 and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:
‘‘7304. Examination of vessels; striking of vessels from Naval Vessel Register.
‘‘7305. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register: sale.
‘‘7306. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register; captured vessels: transfer by
gift or otherwise.
‘‘7306a. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register: use for experimental purposes.
‘‘7307. Disposals to foreign nations.
‘‘7308. Chief of Naval Operations: certification required for disposal of combatant
vessels.
‘‘7309. Construction of vessels in foreign shipyards: prohibition.
‘‘7310. Overhaul, repair, etc. of vessels in foreign shipyards: restrictions.’’.
(7)(A) Chapter 931 of such title is amended—
(i) by striking out the table of sections for
subchapter I;
(ii) by striking out the headings for sub-
chapters I and II;
(iii) by striking out the table of subchapters;
and
(iv) by amending the chapter heading to
read as follows:
‘‘CHAPTER 931—CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET’’.
(B) The table of chapters at the beginning of sub-
title D, and part IV of subtitle D, of such title are
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amended by striking out the items relating to chapter
931 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘931. Civil Reserve Air Fleet ............................................................... 9511’’.
(d) CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section
505(a)(2)(B)(i) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 415(a)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking out ‘‘section
7307(b)(1)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 7307(a)’’.
(2) Section 2366(d) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘to the defense committees of
Congress (as defined in section 2362(e)(3) of this title).’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘to the Committees on Armed
Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House
of Representatives.’’.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 821. REPORTS ON CONTRACT BUNDLING.
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than April 1, 1994, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Comptroller General shall each
submit to the Committees on Armed Services and on Small
Business of the Senate and House of Representatives a re-
port on the effects of contract bundling on the participation
by small business concerns and small disadvantaged busi-
ness concerns in procurement by the Department of Defense.
The report shall contain the findings and conclusions of the
Secretary or the Comptroller General, as the case may be,
regarding such effects, based on the data collected under sub-
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section (b). The report also shall contain such recommenda-
tions for administrative or legislative action as the Sec-
retary or Comptroller General considers appropriate to
maintain and increase participation by small business con-
cerns and small disadvantaged business concerns in pro-
curement by the Department of Defense.
(b) DATA COLLECTION.—For purposes of carrying out
the report requirement of subsection (a), the Secretary of
Defense shall collect data on the effect of contract bundling
on the participation by small business concerns and small
disadvantaged business concerns in procurement by the De-
partment of Defense. At a minimum, the Secretary shall
collect data on the following:
(1) The number and types of bundled contracts
awarded during fiscal years 1992 and 1993 and ex-
pected to be awarded during fiscal year 1994, together
with the reasons for the bundling of such contracts.
(2) The cost effectiveness of bundling such con-
tracts compared to awarding the contracts in sepa-
rate, smaller contracts.
(3) The number of smaller contracts that would
have been awarded if such contracts were not bundled,
and the types of contractors (such as small business
concerns and small disadvantaged business concerns)
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that could have been expected to perform the smaller
contracts.
(4) The extent to which small businesses and
small disadvantaged businesses participate as sub-
contractors on bundled contracts.
(c) TRANSMISSION OF DATA TO COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL.—Not later than February 1, 1994, the Secretary of
Defense shall transmit to the Comptroller General a copy
of the data collected under subsection (b) for use by the
Comptroller General in carrying out the report requirement
of subsection (a).
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘contract bundling’’ means the consolidation of two
or more requirements, descriptions, specifications, line
items, or statements of work that individually were or could
be performed by a small business concern, resulting in a
contract opportunity for supplies, services, or construction
that may be unsuitable for award to a small business con-
cern due to—
(1) the diversity and size of the elements of per-
formance specified;
(2) the aggregate dollar value of the anticipated
award;
(3) the geographical dispersion of the contract
performance sites; or
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(4) any combination of paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3).
SEC. 822. PROHIBITION ON COMPETITION BETWEEN DEPOT
MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AND SMALL BUSI-
NESSES FOR CERTAIN MAINTENANCE CON-
TRACTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 146 of title 10, United
States Code, as amended by sections 342 and 344, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 2472. Contracts to perform depot-level mainte-
nance: prohibition on competition between
depot-level activities and small businesses
and certain other entities
‘‘(a) EXCLUSION.—In any case in which the Secretary
of Defense plans to use competitive procedures to select an
entity to perform a depot-level maintenance workload, if the
procurement is to be conducted as described in subsection
(b), then the Secretary shall exclude from competing in the
procurement depot-level activities of the Department of De-
fense.
‘‘(b) PROCUREMENT DESCRIPTION.—The requirement
to exclude depot-level activities under subsection (a) applies
in the case of a procurement to be conducted by excluding
from competition entities in the private sector other than—
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‘‘(1) small business concerns in furtherance of
section 8 or 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637 or 644); or
‘‘(2) entities described in subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 2323 of this title in furtherance of the goal speci-
fied in that subsection.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is further amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘2472. Contracts to perform depot-level maintenance: prohibition on competition
between depot-level activities and small businesses and certain
other entities.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2472 of title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 823. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR DOMES-
TIC MANUFACTURE OF PROPELLERS FOR
SHIPS FUNDED UNDER THE FAST SEALIFT
PROGRAM.
Section 1424(b) of Public Law 101–510 (10 U.S.C.
7291 note) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking out ‘‘para-
graph (5)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘paragraph
(6)’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and
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(3) by adding after paragraph (4) the following
new paragraph (5):
‘‘(5) The propellers for vessels constructed under
the program shall incorporate only castings poured
and finished in the United States and forgings manu-
factured in the United States. The Secretary of De-
fense may waive the requirement of this paragraph if
adhering to the requirement would result in the exist-
ence of only one United States source for such cast-
ings and forgings.’’.
SEC. 824. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE PRICING POLICIES
FOR USE OF MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACIL-
ITY INSTALLATIONS OF THE AIR FORCE.
(a) PILOT PROGRAM
TO ESTABLISH COMPETITIVE
PRICES.—(1) Chapter 949 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 9781 the following
new section:
‘‘§ 9782. Use of test and evaluation installations by
commercial entities
‘‘(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Air
Force, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may
enter into contracts with commercial entities that desire to
conduct commercial test and evaluation activities at a
Major Range and Test Facility Installation under the juris-
diction of the Secretary.
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‘‘(b) TERMINATION
OR LIMITATION
OF CONTRACT
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.—A contract entered
into under subsection (a) shall contain a provision that the
installation commander may terminate, prohibit, or sus-
pend immediately any commercial test or evaluation activ-
ity to be conducted at the Major Range and Test Facility
Installation under the contract if the installation com-
mander certifies in writing that the test or evaluation activ-
ity is or would be detrimental—
‘‘(1) to the public health and safety;
‘‘(2) to property (either public or private); or
‘‘(3) to any national security interest or foreign
policy interest of the United States.
‘‘(c) CONTRACT PRICE.—The installation commander
shall require a commercial entity using a Major Range and
Test Facility Installation under a contract entered into
under subsection (a) to reimburse the installation for all
direct costs associated with the test and evaluation activities
conducted by the commercial entity under the contract. In
addition, the contract may require the commercial entity
to reimburse the installation for such indirect costs related
to the use of the installation as the installation commander
considers to be appropriate and competitive.
‘‘(d) RETENTION OF FUNDS COLLECTED FROM COM-
MERCIAL USERS.—Amounts collected under subsection (c)
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from a commercial entity conducting test and evaluation
activities at a Major Range and Test Facility Installation
shall be credited to the appropriation accounts under which
the costs associated with the test and evaluation activities
of the commercial entity were incurred.
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS AND LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary
of the Air Force, in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense, shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
The authority of installation commanders under subsections
(b) and (c) shall be subject to the authority, direction, and
control of the Secretary of the Air Force.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Major Range and Test Facility
Installation’ means a test and evaluation installation
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Air
Force and designated as such by the Secretary.
‘‘(2) The term ‘direct costs’ includes the cost of—
‘‘(A) labor, material, facilities, utilities,
equipment, supplies, and any other resources
damaged or consumed during the test or evalua-
tion activities or maintained for a particular
commercial entity; and
‘‘(B) construction specifically performed for
the commercial entity to conduct test and eval-
uation activities.
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‘‘(3) The term ‘installation commander’ means
the commander of a Major Range and Test Facility
Installation.
‘‘(g) TERMINATION
OF AUTHORITY.—The authority
provided to the Secretary of the Air Force by subsection
(a) shall terminate on September 30, 1998.
‘‘(h) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 1999, the
Secretary of the Air Force shall submit a report to the Sec-
retary of Defense and Congress describing the number and
purposes of contracts entered into under subsection (a) and
evaluating the success of this section in opening Major
Range and Test Facility Installations to commercial test
and evaluation activities.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after
the item related to section 9781 the following new item:
‘‘9782. Use of test and evaluation installations by commercial entities.’’.
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
ORGANIZATION 
AND
MANAGEMENT
Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary
of Defense
SEC. 901. ENHANCED POSITION FOR COMPTROLLER OF DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
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(1) by redesignating sections 135, 136, 138, 139,
140, and 141 as sections 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, and
142, respectively; and
(2) by transferring section 137 (relating to the
Comptroller) so as to appear after section 134a, redes-
ignating that section as section 135, and amending
that section by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d) The Comptroller takes precedence in the Depart-
ment of Defense after the Under Secretary of Defense for
Policy.’’.
(b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE III PAY LEVEL.—Section
5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to the Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy the following:
‘‘Comptroller of the Department of Defense.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d) of sec-
tion 138 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated
by subsection (a), is amended by inserting ‘‘and Comptrol-
ler’’ after ‘‘Under Secretaries of Defense’’.
SEC. 902. NEW POSITION OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 135, as trans-
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ferred and redesignated by section 901(a), the following new
section:
‘‘§ 136. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness
‘‘(a) There is an Under Secretary of Defense for Per-
sonnel and Readiness, appointed from civilian life by the
President, by and with the consent of the Senate.
‘‘(b) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of
the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness shall perform such duties and
exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may pre-
scribe in the areas of military readiness, total force manage-
ment, military and civilian personnel requirements, mili-
tary and civilian personnel training, military and civilian
family matters, personnel requirements for weapons sup-
port, National Guard and reserve components, and health
affairs.
‘‘(c) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness takes precedence in the Department of Defense
after the Comptroller.’’.
(b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE III PAY LEVEL.—Section
5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to the Comptroller of the Department
of Defense, as added by section 901(b), the following:
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‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness.’’.
(c) OFFSETTING REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF ASSIST-
ANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE POSITIONS.—(1) Subsection
(a) of section 138 of title 10, United States Code, as redesig-
nated by section 901(a), is amended by striking out ‘‘elev-
en’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ten’’.
(2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Defense
(11)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Assistant Secretaries
of Defense (10)’’.
SEC. 903. REDESIGNATION OF POSITIONS OF UNDER SEC-
RETARY AND DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION.
(a) REDESIGNATIONS.—The office of Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition in the Department of Defense is
hereby redesignated as Under Secretary of Defense for Ac-
quisition and Technology. The office of Deputy Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition in the Department of De-
fense is hereby redesignated as Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
(b) USD CHARTER AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 133 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out
‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition’’ in subsections
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(a), (b), and (e)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology’’.
(2) The heading for such section is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘§ 133. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology’’.
(c) DUSD CHARTER AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 133a
of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘Deputy Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition’’ in subsections (a) and
(b) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Deputy Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Technology’’.
(2) The heading for such section is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘§ 133a. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and Technology’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED
STATES CODE.—(1) The following sections of title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, are amended by striking out ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition’’ each place such term ap-
pears (including section headings) and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology’’: sections 134(c), 137(b) (as redesignated by sec-
tion 901(a)), 139 (as redesignated by section 901(a)),
171(a)(3), 179(a), 1702, 1703, 1707(a), 1722, 1735(c),
1737(c), 1741(b), 1746(a), 1761(b), 1762(a), 1763, 2304(f),
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2308(b), 2325(b), 2329, 2350a, 2369, 2399(b), 2435(b),
2438(c), 2523(a), and 2534(b).
(2) The item relating to section 1702 in the table of
sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 87 of
such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘1702. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology: authorities
and responsibilities.’’.
(3) Section 171(a)(8) of such title is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Deputy Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED
STATES CODE.—(1) Section 5313 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology’’.
(2) Section 5314 of such title is amended by striking
out ‘‘Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Technology’’.
(f) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.—Any reference to
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition or the Dep-
uty Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition in any pro-
vision of law other than title 10, United States Code, or
in any rule, regulation, or other paper of the United States
shall be treated as referring to the Under Secretary of De-
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fense for Acquisition and Technology or the Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, re-
spectively.
SEC. 904. FURTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CHAP-
TER 4 OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) COMPOSITION OF OSD.—Subsection (b) of section
131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(b) The Office of the Secretary of Defense is composed
of the following:
‘‘(1) The Deputy Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Technology.
‘‘(3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
‘‘(4) The Comptroller.
‘‘(5) The Under Secretary of Defense for Person-
nel and Readiness.
‘‘(6) The Director of Defense Research and Engi-
neering.
‘‘(7) The Assistant Secretaries of Defense.
‘‘(8) The Director of Operational Test and Eval-
uation.
‘‘(9) The General Counsel of the Department of
Defense.
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‘‘(10) The Inspector General of the Department
of Defense.
‘‘(11) Such other offices and officials as may be
established by law or the Secretary of Defense may es-
tablish or designate in the Office.’’.
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘Sec.
‘‘131. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
‘‘132. Deputy Secretary of Defense.
‘‘133. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
‘‘133a. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
‘‘134. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
‘‘134a. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
‘‘135. Comptroller.
‘‘136. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
‘‘137. Director of Defense Research and Engineering.
‘‘138. Assistant Secretaries of Defense.
‘‘139. Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.
‘‘140. General Counsel.
‘‘141. Inspector General.
‘‘142. Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy.’’.
SEC. 905. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUA-
TION.
Subsection (c) of section 139 of title 10, United States
Code, as redesignated by section 901(a)(1), is amended—
(1) by striking out the first sentence;
(2) by striking out ‘‘Director of Defense Research
and Engineering’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology’’; and
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(3) by striking out ‘‘research and development’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘acquisition’’.
Subtitle B—Reserve Commands
SEC. 921. ARMY RESERVE COMMAND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
AS
A PERMANENT SEPARATE
ARMY COMMAND.—(1) Chapter 307 of title 10, United
States Code, as amended by section 519(a), is further
amended by inserting after section 3081 the following new
section:
‘‘§ 3082. Army Reserve command
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMAND.—There is in the
Army an Army Reserve command, which shall be a separate
command of the Army. The Secretary of the Army shall
maintain that command with the advice and assistance of
the Chief of Staff of the Army.
‘‘(b) COMMANDER.—The Chief of Army Reserve is the
commander of the Army Reserve command. The commander
of the Army Reserve command reports directly to the Chief
of Staff of the Army.
‘‘(c) ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES.—The Secretary of the
Army shall assign to the Army Reserve command all forces
of the Army Reserve.
‘‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY.—(1) The
Chief of Staff of the Army shall establish standards, evalu-
ate units, validate units, and provide training assistance
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for the Army Reserve in the areas of unit training, readi-
ness, and mobilization.
‘‘(2) The Chief of Staff shall establish training doc-
trine, with associated tasks, conditions, and standards, for
individual and unit training and shall establish standards,
control of certification, and validation for all courses, in-
structors, and students for the Army Reserve.
‘‘(3) The commander of the Army Reserve command
shall be responsible for meeting the standards, and for suc-
cessfully complying with the evaluation, certification, and
validation requirements, established by the Chief of Staff
of the Army pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2).’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter, as amended by section 519(b), is further amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 3081 the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘3082. Army Reserve command.’’.
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 903 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Pub-
lic Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1620) (10 U.S.C. 3074 note)
is repealed.
(c) TRANSITION PROVISION.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Army, in consultation with the Chief of Staff of the
Army, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the
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plans of the Secretary of the Army for implementation of
section 3082 of title 10, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a). Such implementation shall begin not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act
and shall be completed not later than one year after such
date.
SEC. 922. NAVAL RESERVE COMMAND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
AS
PERMANENT
SEPARATE
NAVAL COMMAND.—Chapter 519 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘§ 5253. Naval Reserve command
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMAND.—There is in the
Navy a Naval Reserve command, which shall be a separate
command of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy shall
maintain that command with the advice and assistance of
the Chief of Naval Operations.
‘‘(b) COMMANDER.—The Chief of Naval Reserve is the
commander of the Naval Reserve command. The commander
of the Naval Reserve command reports directly to the Chief
of Naval Operations.
‘‘(c) ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES.—The Secretary of the
Navy shall assign to the Naval Reserve command all forces
of the Naval Reserve other than those Naval Reserve forces
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specifically assigned by the Secretary to the active compo-
nent of the Navy.
‘‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY.—(1) The
Chief of Naval Operations shall establish standards, evalu-
ate units, validate units, and provide training assistance
for the Naval Reserve in the areas of unit training, readi-
ness, and mobilization.
‘‘(2) The Chief of Naval Operations shall establish
training doctrine, with associated tasks, conditions, and
standards, for individual and unit training and shall estab-
lish standards, control of certification, and validation for
all courses, instructors, and students for the Naval Reserve.
‘‘(3) The commander of the Naval Reserve command
shall be responsible for meeting the standards, and for suc-
cessfully complying with the evaluation, certification, and
validation requirements, established by the Chief of Naval
Operations pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2).’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘5253. Naval Reserve command.’’.
SEC. 923. MARINE CORPS RESERVE COMMAND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AS PERMANENT SEPARATE MA-
RINE CORPS COMMAND.—Chapter 519 of title 10, United
States Code (as amended by section 922(a)), is further
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘§ 5254. Marine Corps Reserve command
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMAND.—There is in the
Marine Corps a Marine Corps Reserve command, which
shall be a separate command of the Marine Corps. The Sec-
retary of the Navy shall maintain that command with the
advice and assistance of the Commandant of the Marine
Corps.
‘‘(b) COMMANDER.—The commander of the Marine
Corps Reserve command reports directly to the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps.
‘‘(c) ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES.—The Secretary of the
Navy shall assign to the Marine Corps Reserve command
all forces of the Marine Corps Reserve.
‘‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY.—(1) The
Commandant shall establish standards, evaluate units, vali-
date units, and provide training assistance for the Marine
Corps Reserve in the areas of unit training, readiness, and
mobilization.
‘‘(2) The Commandant shall establish training doc-
trine, with associated tasks, conditions, and standards, for
individual and unit training and shall establish standards,
control of certification, and validation for all courses, in-
structors, and students for the Marine Corps Reserve.
‘‘(3) The commander of the Marine Corps Reserve com-
mand shall be responsible for meeting the standards, and
for successfully complying with the evaluation, certification,
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and validation requirements, established by the Com-
mandant to paragraphs (1) and (2).’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter (as amended by section 925(b)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘5254. United States Marine Corps Reserve command.’’.
SEC. 924. AIR FORCE RESERVE COMMAND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AS PERMANENT SEPARATE AIR
FORCE COMMAND.—(1) Chapter 807 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘§ 8082. Air Force Reserve command
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMAND.—There is in the
Air Force an Air Force Reserve command, which shall be
a separate command of the Air Force. The Secretary of the
Air Force shall maintain that command with the advice
and assistance of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
‘‘(b) COMMANDER.—The Chief of Air Force Reserve is
the commander of the Air Force Reserve command. The
commander of the Air Force Reserve command reports di-
rectly to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
‘‘(c) ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES.—The Secretary of the
Air Force shall assign to the Air Force Reserve command
all forces of the Air Force Reserve.
‘‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY.—(1) The
Chief of Staff of the Air Force shall establish standards,
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evaluate units, validate units, and provide training assist-
ance for the Air Force Reserve in the areas of unit training,
readiness, and mobilization.
‘‘(2) The Chief of Staff shall establish training doc-
trine, with associated tasks, conditions, and standards, for
individual and unit training and shall establish standards,
control of certification, and validation for all courses, in-
structors, and students for the Air Force Reserve.
‘‘(3) The commander of the Air Force Reserve com-
mand shall be responsible for meeting the standards, and
for successfully complying with the evaluation, certification,
and validation requirements, established by the Chief of
Staff of the Air Force pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2).’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘8082. Air Force Reserve command.’’.
Subtitle C—Professional Military
Education
SEC. 931. AUTHORITY FOR AWARD BY NATIONAL DEFENSE
UNIVERSITY 
OF 
CERTAIN 
MASTER 
OF
SCIENCE DEGREES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 108 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
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‘‘§ 2163. National Defense University: masters of
science in national security strategy and
in national resource strategy
‘‘(a) NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE DEGREE.—The Presi-
dent of the National Defense University, upon the rec-
ommendation of the faculty and commandant of the Na-
tional War College, may confer the degree of master of
science of national security strategy upon graduates of the
National War College who fulfill the requirements for the
degree.
‘‘(b) ICAF DEGREE.—The President of the National
Defense University, upon the recommendation of the faculty
and commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces, may confer the degree of master of science of na-
tional resource strategy upon graduates of the Industrial
College of the Armed Forces who fulfill the requirements for
the degree.
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall be exercised under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘2163. National Defense University: masters of science in national security strat-
egy and in national resource strategy.’’.
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SEC. 932. REDESIGNATION OF ARMED FORCES STAFF COL-
LEGE.
The Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia,
shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known
and designated as the ‘‘Joint Armed Forces Staff College’’.
SEC. 933. LOCATION FOR NEW JOINT WARFIGHTING CEN-
TER.
The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the Joint
Warfighting Center (established by the Secretary on July
1, 1993, to assist the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and other senior military officers in the preparation for
joint warfare) to be located at the Joint Armed Forces Staff
College in Norfolk, Virginia.
SEC. 934. AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY CIVILIAN FACULTY MEM-
BERS AT GEORGE C. MARSHALL EUROPEAN
CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 1595 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 1595. Civilian faculty members at certain Depart-
ment of Defense schools: employment and
compensation
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary of
Defense may employ as many civilians as professors, in-
structors, and lecturers at the institutions specified in sub-
section (c) as the Secretary considers necessary.
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‘‘(b) COMPENSATION
OF FACULTY MEMBERS.—The
compensation of persons employed under this section shall
be as prescribed by the Secretary.
‘‘(c) COVERED INSTITUTIONS.—This section applies
with respect to the following institutions of the Department
of Defense:
‘‘(1) The National Defense University.
‘‘(2) The Foreign Language Center of the Defense
Language Institute.
‘‘(3) The George C. Marshall European Center
for Security Studies.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION TO FACULTY MEMBERS AT NDU.—
In the case of the National Defense University, this section
applies with respect to persons selected by the Secretary for
employment as professors, instructors, and lecturers at the
National Defense University after February 27, 1990.
‘‘(e) COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVER-
SITY.—For purposes of this section, the National Defense
University includes the National War College, the Armed
Forces Staff College, the Institute for National Strategic
Study, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.’’.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘1595. Civilian faculty members at certain Department of Defense schools: em-
ployment and compensation.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) take effect on October 1, 1993.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
SEC. 941. ASSIGNMENT OF RESERVE FORCES.
(a) UNIFIED COMMANDS.—Section 162(a) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than
forces of the reserve components)’’ after ‘‘all forces under
their jurisdiction’’.
(b) SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.—Section 167(b)
of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘and reserve’’.
SEC. 942. MORATORIUM ON MERGER OF SPACE COMMAND
AND STRATEGIC COMMAND.
(a) MORATORIUM.—During the period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on Decem-
ber 1, 1994—
(1) the United States Space Command may not
be merged with the United States Strategic Com-
mand; and
(2) no element or component of the United States
Space Command (as constituted on the date of the en-
actment of this Act) may be transferred to the United
States Strategic Command.
(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 1994, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
Congress a report on the costs and benefits of merging the
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United States Space Command with the United States
Strategic Command. The matters to be addressed by the
Comptroller General in the report shall include (1) cost sav-
ings and other efficiencies which could be achieved through
such a merger, as well as any disadvantages of such a merg-
er, (2) the record of any problems associated with the per-
formance of the functions of the Space Command and of
the Strategic Command when those functions have been
vested in the same organization in the past, and (3) the
degree to which any such proposed merger decreases the or-
ganizational visibility and priority of space-related issues
within the Department of Defense.
SEC. 943. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOY-
EES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 81 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1581 the
following new section:
‘‘§ 1582. Security clearances: procedural safeguards
for denial or revocation
‘‘Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary
of Defense, civilian employees of the Department of Defense
shall be entitled to the same procedural safeguards with re-
spect to the denial or revocation of security clearances as
are afforded to employees of defense contractors under Exec-
utive Order 10865 (50 U.S.C. 401 note), entitled ‘Safe-
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guarding Classified Information Within Industry’, as in ef-
fect on July 1, 1993.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
1581 the following new item:
‘‘1582. Security clearances: procedural safeguards for denial or revocation.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1582 of title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with
respect to the denial or revocation of a security clearance
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) DEADLINE.—The regulations required by section
1582 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a), shall be prescribed not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 944. PROGRAM FOR VIDEOTAPING OF INVESTIGATIVE
INTERVIEWS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
carry out a program for the videotaping of subject and wit-
ness interviews by military criminal investigative organi-
zations, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(b) STARTUP COSTS.—The Secretary shall direct that,
of amounts available to the Department of Defense for fiscal
year 1994 for operations and maintenance, $2,500,000 shall
be allocated for the purchase of video equipment for use in
the program under subsection (a) and for necessary modi-
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fications to interrogation facilities to accommodate that
equipment.
(b) MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—For purposes of subsection (a), the military crimi-
nal investigative organizations are the following:
(1) The Defense Criminal Investigative Service.
(2) The Criminal Investigative Division of the
Department of the Army.
(3) The Naval Criminal Investigative Service of
the Department of the Navy.
(4) The Office of Special Investigations of the
Department of the Air Force.
SEC. 945. FLEXIBILITY IN ADMINISTERING REQUIREMENT
FOR ANNUAL FOUR PERCENT REDUCTION IN
NUMBER OF PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO HEAD-
QUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES.
Section 906(a) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat.
1622) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If
the number by which the number of such personnel is re-
duced during any of fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, or 1994
is greater than the number required under the preceding
sentence, the excess number from that fiscal year may be
applied by the Secretary toward the required reduction dur-
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ing a subsequent fiscal year (so that the total reduction
under this section need not exceed the number equal to five
times the required reduction number specified under the
preceding sentence).’’.
SEC. 946. ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY RELATING TO REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR SERVICE IN A JOINT DUTY AS-
SIGNMENT.
(a) EXTENSION
OF AUTHORITY
FOR JOINT DUTY
EQUIVALENCY WAIVER.—Section 619(e)(2) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘paragraph (1)—’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘paragraph (1) in the following
circumstances:’’;
(2) by capitalizing the first letter of the first
word in each of subparagraphs (A) through (D);
(3) by striking out the semicolon at the end of
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) and inserting in
lieu thereof a period;
(4) by striking out ‘‘; and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting in lieu thereof a period;
and
(5) by striking out subparagraph (E) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(E) Until January 1, 1998, in the case of an
officer who served in an assignment (other than a
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joint duty assignment) that began before October 1,
1986, and that involved significant experience in
joint matters (as determined by the Secretary) if the
officer served in that assignment for a period of suffi-
cient duration (which may not be less than 12
months) for the officer’s service to have been consid-
ered a full tour of duty under the policies and regula-
tions in effect on September 30, 1986.’’.
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT FOR
GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS RECEIVING JOINT DUTY
EQUIVALENCY WAIVER.—Section 619 of such title is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) An officer who receives a waiver under para-
graph (2)(E) of subsection (e) by reason of service described
in that paragraph that began before October 1, 1986, may
not (except as provided in paragraph (2)) be appointed to
the grade of major general or rear admiral until the officer
completes a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may on a case-by-case
basis delay the requirement under paragraph (1) for com-
pletion of a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment
in the case of an officer selected for promotion to the grade
of major general or rear admiral so that such a tour of
duty is completed while the officer is serving in that grade.
Any such delay may be granted only in a case in which
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the Secretary determines, and certifies to Congress, that it
is necessary that the requirement for service by general and
flag officers in a joint duty assignment be deferred in the
case of that particular officer because of a lack of available
billets for officers in the grade of brigadier general or rear
admiral (lower half) that are joint duty assignment posi-
tions.
‘‘(3) The delegation limitations in paragraph (3)(C)
of subsection (e) shall apply to the authority provided in
paragraph (2).’’.
(c) REPORT ON PLANS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SEC-
TION 619(e).—(1) Not later than January 1, 1994, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall certify to Congress that the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps have each developed
and implemented a plan for their officer personnel assign-
ment and promotion policies so as to ensure compliance
with the requirements of section 619(e) of title 10, United
States Code, as amended by subsection (a). Each such plan
should particularly ensure that by January 1, 1998, the
service covered by the plan shall have enough officers who
have completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assign-
ment so as to permit the orderly promotion of officers to
brigadier general or, in the case of the Navy, rear admiral
(lower half).
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(2) The Secretary of Defense shall include as part of
the information submitted to Congress pursuant to section
667 of title 10, United States Code, for each of the next
five years after the date of the enactment of this Act the
following:
(A) The degree of progress made toward meeting
the requirements of section 619(e) of title 10, United
States Code.
(B) The compliance achieved with each of the
plans developed pursuant to paragraph (1).
(d) REVISION
OF
SERVING-IN
WAIVER.—Section
619(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by
subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(F) In the case of an officer selected by a pro-
motion board for appointment to the grade of briga-
dier general or rear admiral (lower half) while serv-
ing in a joint duty assignment, of which no less than
six months have been completed on the date on which
the officer is selected by that selection board, and who
subsequently completes no less than two years in that
joint duty assignment.’’.
(e) DESERT STORM JOINT DUTY CREDIT.—(1) Section
933(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2476; 10
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U.S.C. 644 note) is amended by striking out ‘‘chapter 38
of’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘any provision of’’.
(2) Any joint duty service credit given to an officer
under section 933(a)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1993 before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act may be applied to any provision of title
10, United States Code.
(f) CORRECTION
OF SPELLING MISTAKE.—Section
1305(b)(1)(B) of Public Law 100–180 (10 U.S.C. 619 note)
is amended by striking out ‘‘nuclear populsion’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘nuclear propulsion’’.
SEC. 947. FLEXIBILITY FOR REQUIRED POST-EDUCATION
JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 663 of title
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) POST-EDUCATION JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.—
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each officer
with the joint specialty who graduates from a joint profes-
sional military education school shall be assigned to a joint
duty assignment for that officer’s next duty assignment
after such graduation (unless the officer receives a waiver
of that requirement by the Secretary in an individual case).
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a
high proportion (which shall be greater than 50 percent)
of the officers graduating from a joint professional military
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education school who do not have the joint specialty shall
receive assignments to a joint duty assignment as their next
duty assignment after such graduation or, to the extent au-
thorized in subparagraph (B), as their second duty assign-
ment after such graduation.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may, if the Secretary determines
that it is necessary to do so for the efficient management
of officer personnel, establish procedures to allow up to one-
half of the officers subject to the duty assignment require-
ment in subparagraph (A) to be assigned to a joint duty
assignment as their second (rather than first) assignment
after such graduation from a joint professional military
education school.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to officers graduating
from joint professional military education schools after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 948. REPORT ON OPTIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE 
FOR 
IMAGERY 
COLLECTION
FUNCTIONS.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the committees specified in subsection (e) a report
containing an assessment of options for the organization
of intelligence elements of the Government for the manage-
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ment of central imagery functions. The report shall be pre-
pared in consultation with the Director of Central Intel-
ligence.
(b) OPTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED.—Options consid-
ered for the purposes of the assessment under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) Carrying out the management of central im-
agery functions through the Central Imagery Office of
the Department of Defense as constituted on the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Consolidation within the Defense Intelligence
Agency of the central imagery functions carried out
as of the date of the enactment of this Act through the
Central Imagery Office of the Department of Defense
(as constituted on the date of the enactment of this
Act).
(3) Any other option identified by the Secretary
of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence.
(c) BASIS FOR EVALUATION OF OPTIONS.—Each op-
tion identified under subsection (b) shall be evaluated on
the basis of—
(1) organizational efficiency;
(2) cost savings that could be realized through
consolidation and through sharing of overhead re-
sources; and
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(3) any other criteria determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Director of Central Intel-
ligence.
(d) RESTRICTION
PENDING
SUBMISSION
OF
RE-
PORT.—Unless otherwise directed by law, neither the Sec-
retary of Defense nor the Director of Central Intelligence
may take any action to carry out the elimination, consoli-
dation, or restructuring of the Central Imagery Office of
the Department of Defense (as constituted on the date of
the enactment of this Act) before the report under subsection
(a) is submitted.
(e) COMMITTEES TO WHICH REPORT IS TO BE SUB-
MITTED.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives and to the Select Commit-
tee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term
‘‘imagery collection functions’’ means the intelligence func-
tions of tasking imagery collection, production of imagery
analysis, and dissemination of imagery analysis.
SEC. 949. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BOTTOM
UP REVIEW.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall submit, in classified and unclassified forms, to the
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Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives a report on the comprehensive review of De-
partment of Defense activities ordered by the Secretary of
Defense and identified as the ‘‘Bottom Up Review’’ (herein-
after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Review’’). The report
shall include the following information:
(1) A statement of the goals and objectives of the
Review.
(2) The principal findings and recommendations
of the Review.
(3) A presentation of the process, structure, and
scope of the Review, including all programs and poli-
cies examined by the Review.
(4) The various force structure, strategy, budg-
etary and programmatic options considered as part of
the Review.
(5) A description of any threat assessment or de-
fense planning scenario used in conducting the Re-
view.
(6) The criteria used in the development, review,
and selection of the alternative strategy, force struc-
ture, programmatic, budgetary, and other options
considered in the Review.
(7) Presentation of changes as a result of the Re-
view in each of the following:
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(A) The National Security Strategy of the
United States, as described in the January 1993,
report entitled ‘‘National Security Strategy of
the United States’’, issued by former President
Bush.
(B) The National Military Strategy of the
United States, including changes in the four key
elements of the new National Military Strategy
announced by former President Bush on August
2, 1990, and described in the January 1993 re-
port entitled, ‘‘Annual Report to the President
and the Congress’’ from former Secretary of De-
fense Dick Cheney, namely, strategic deterrence
and defense, forward presence, crisis response,
and reconstitution.
(C) Alliance structures or overseas force
presence and commitments and any changes in
the level of support by the United States Armed
Forces for peacekeeping and peacemaking mis-
sions, humanitarian activities, domestic civil
functions, drug interdiction, support to inter-
national organizations such as the United Na-
tions, and other areas such as conversion and re-
investment.
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(D) The military force structure, as de-
scribed in the January 1993 report entitled ‘‘An-
nual Report to the President and the Congress’’
from former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney.
(E) The roles and functions of the military
departments and the roles and functions of the
unified commands as set out in the Unified
Command Plan.
(F) Cost, schedule, and inventory objectives
for major defense acquisition programs (as de-
fined in section 2430 of title 10, United States
Code) altered as a result of the Review.
(G) The defense industrial base of the Unit-
ed States, including the effect on key defense in-
dustrial sectors such as the nuclear propulsion
industrial base, the armored vehicle industrial
base, tactical aviation, and shipyards for both
conventional-powered and nuclear-powered ves-
sels.
(b) DEADLINE.—The report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted not later than the earlier of (1) the date
on which the President’s budget for fiscal year 1995 budget
is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title
31, United States Code, and (2) the end of the 90-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Financial Matters
SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.—(1)
Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such
action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary
may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to
the Department of Defense in this division for fiscal year
1994 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the
same purposes as the authorization to which transferred.
(2) The total amount of authorizations that the Sec-
retary of Defense may transfer under the authority of this
section may not exceed $2,000,000,000.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by this sec-
tion to transfer authorizations—
(1) may only be used to provide authority for
items that have a higher priority than the items from
which authority is transferred; and
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an
item that has been denied authorization by Congress.
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
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thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred
by an amount equal to the amount transferred.
(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of Defense
shall promptly notify Congress of transfers made under the
authority of this section.
SEC. 1002. CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF AUTHORIZATIONS.
No funds are authorized to be appropriated under this
Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 1003. INCORPORATION OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX.
(a) STATUS OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The Classified
Annex prepared by the Committee on Armed Services to
accompany the bill H.R. 2401 of the One Hundred Third
Congress and transmitted to the President is hereby incor-
porated into this Act.
(b) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER PROVISIONS
OF
ACT.—The amounts specified in the Classified Annex are
not in addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated
by other provisions of this Act.
(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to an authorization contained in this Act
that are made available for a program, project, or activity
referred to in the Classified Annex may only be expended
for such program, project, or activity in accordance with
such terms, conditions, limitations, restrictions, and re-
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quirements as are set out for that program, project, or activ-
ity in the Classified Annex.
(d) DISTRIBUTION
OF
CLASSIFIED
ANNEX.—The
President shall provide for appropriate distribution of the
Classified Annex, or of appropriate portions of the annex,
within the executive branch of the Government.
SEC. 1004. DEFENSE COOPERATION ACCOUNT.
(a) REVISION IN AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Subsection
(i) of section 2608 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(i) PERIODIC AUDITS BY GAO.—The Comptroller
General of the United States shall make periodic audits of
money and property accepted under this section, at such
intervals as the Comptroller General determines to be war-
ranted. The Comptroller General shall submit to Congress
a report on the results of each such audit.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of such
section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 2608. Acceptance of contributions for defense pro-
grams, projects, and activities; Defense
Cooperation Account
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 155 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘2608. Acceptance of contributions for defense programs, projects, and activities;
Defense Cooperation Account.’’.
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SEC. 1005. GLOBAL COOPERATIVES INITIATIVE.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for Op-
eration and Maintenance for the Secretary of Defense for
fiscal year 1994 the sum of $111,000,000 for Global Cooper-
ative Initiatives.
SEC. 
1006. 
LIMITATION 
ON 
TRANSFERRING 
DEFENSE
FUNDS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGEN-
CIES.
Section 1604 of Public Law 101–189 (103 Stat. 1598)
is amended by striking out ‘‘a report’’ and all that follows
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a certification that making
those funds available to such other department or agency
is in the national security interest of the United States.’’.
SEC. 1007. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING DEFENSE
BUDGET PROCESS.
It is the sense of Congress that any future five-year
defense plan—
(1) should be based on an objective assessment of
United States national security requirements and be
resourced at a level capable of protecting and promot-
ing our Nation’s interests; and
(2) should be based on financial integrity and
accountability to ensure a fully funded defense pro-
gram necessary to maintain a ready and capable
force.
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Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities
SEC. 1021. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR
COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF OTHER AGEN-
CIES.
(a) EXTENSION OF SUPPORT AUTHORIZATION.—Sec-
tion 1004(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 374 note) is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994,’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal years 1991 through 1995,’’.
(b) FUNDING
OF
SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES.—Of the
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1994
under section 301(14) for operation and maintenance with
respect to drug interdiction and counter-drug activities,
$40,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense
for the purposes of carrying out section 1004 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C.
374 note).
SEC. 1022. REPORT ON DEFENSE COUNTER-DRUG PRO-
GRAM.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the consistency
of—
(1) all drug interdiction and counter-drug ac-
tivities undertaken or supported by the Department of
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Defense using funds appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in section 301(14); with
(2) the goals, objectives, and resource balance
contained in the National Drug Control Strategy re-
quired to be submitted to Congress in 1994 under sec-
tion 1005 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21
U.S.C. 1504).
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report required under
subsection (a) shall include such recommendations as the
Secretary considers to be necessary to more closely conform
defense drug interdiction and counter-drug activities to the
National Drug Control Strategy. The recommendations
may include a request for the reprogramming of funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department
of Defense for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
if the Secretary determines that such a request is necessary.
(c) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS PENDING
REPORT.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no
more than 75 percent of the funds appropriated for fiscal
year 1994 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
in section 301(14) for drug interdiction and counter-drug
activities undertaken or supported by the Department of
Defense may be obligated or expended before the date on
which the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress the re-
port required under subsection (a).
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(2) Paragraph (1) shall not prohibit obligations or ex-
penditures of funds for personnel expenses, including pay
and allowances of members of the Armed Forces, incurred
in connection with defense drug interdiction and counter-
drug activities.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 1031. PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING WAR BOOTY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 153 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘§ 2579. War booty: procedures for handling and re-
taining battlefield objects
‘‘(a) POLICY.—The United States recognizes that bat-
tlefield souvenirs have traditionally provided military per-
sonnel with a valued memento of service in a national
cause. At the same time, it is the policy and tradition of
the United States that the desire for souvenirs in a combat
theater not blemish the conduct of combat operations or re-
sult in the mistreatment of enemy personnel, the dishonor-
ing of the dead, distraction from the conduct of operations,
or other unbecoming activities.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
vide a procedure for the handling of battlefield objects that
is consistent with the policies expressed in subsection (a).
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‘‘(c) GENERAL RULE.—When forces of the United
States are operating in a theater of operations, enemy ma-
terial captured or found abandoned shall be turned over to
appropriate United States or allied military personnel. A
member of the armed forces (or other person under the au-
thority of the armed forces in a theater of operations) may
not (except in accordance with this section) take from a
theater of operations as a souvenir an object formerly in
the possession of the enemy.
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES
FOR
OBTAINING
BATTLEFIELD
SOUVENIRS.—(1) A member of the armed forces who wishes
to retain as a souvenir an object covered by subsection (c)
that was retrieved personally by that member may so re-
quest at the time the object is turned over pursuant to sub-
section (c).
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned shall designate an officer
to review requests under paragraph (1). If the officer deter-
mines that the object may be appropriately retained as a
war souvenir, the object shall be turned over to the member
who requested the right to retain it.
‘‘(3) The Secretary concerned may charge a processing
fee to each member making a request under paragraph (1).
The amount of any such fee may not exceed the amount
necessary to recoup the costs of handling and reviewing the
objects for which requests are made under paragraph (1).
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‘‘(e) FURNISHING OF CAPTURED ITEMS.—(1) The Sec-
retary concerned shall make available to members of the
armed forces who served in a theater of operations items
of enemy material other than weapons and explosives that
are no longer required for military use, intelligence exploi-
tation, or other purpose determined by the Secretary. A
processing fee as described in subsection (d)(3) may be
charged.
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned shall make available for
sale to members of the armed forces who served in a theater
of operations items of captured weaponry as follows:
‘‘(A) The only weapons that may be sold are
those in categories to be agreed upon jointly by the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treas-
ury.
‘‘(B) Not more than one weapon may be sold to
any member.
‘‘(C) Before a weapon is turned over to a mem-
ber following such a sale, the weapon shall be ren-
dered unserviceable.
‘‘(D) The Secretary concerned shall assess a
charge in connection with each such sale (in addition
to any processing fee) in an amount sufficient to
cover the full cost of rendering the weapon unservice-
able.’’.
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(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘2579. War booty: procedures for handling and retaining battlefield objects.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2579 title 10, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with
respect to objects taken in a theater of operations after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1032. AWARD OF PURPLE HEART TO MEMBERS KILLED
OR WOUNDED IN ACTION BY FRIENDLY FIRE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘§ 1129. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in
action by friendly fire
‘‘(a) For purposes of the award of the Purple Heart,
the Secretary concerned shall treat a member of the armed
forces described in subsection (b) in the same manner as
a member who is killed or wounded in action as the result
of an act of an enemy of the United States.
‘‘(b) A member described in this subsection is a mem-
ber who is killed or wounded in action by weapon fire while
directly engaged in armed conflict, other than as the result
of an act of an enemy of the United States, unless (in the
case of a wound) the wound is the result of willful mis-
conduct of the member.
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‘‘(c) This section applies to members of the armed
forces who are killed or wounded on or after December 7,
1941. In the case of a member killed or wounded as de-
scribed in subsection (b) on or after December 7, 1941, and
before the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary
concerned shall award the Purple Heart under subsection
(a) in each case which is known to the Secretary before the
date of the enactment of this section or for which an appli-
cation is made to the Secretary in such manner as the Sec-
retary requires.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘1129. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in action by friendly fire.’’.
SEC. 1033. AWARD OF GOLD STAR LAPEL BUTTONS TO SUR-
VIVORS OF SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED BY
TERRORIST ACTS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (a) of section 1126 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘of the United States’’ in the
matter preceding paragraph (1);
(2) by striking out ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(3) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respec-
tively; and
(B) by striking out the period at the end
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; or’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) who lost or lose their lives after March 28,
1973, as a result of—
‘‘(A) an international terrorist attack
against the United States or a foreign nation
friendly to the United States, recognized as such
an attack by the Secretary of Defense; or
‘‘(B) military operations while serving out-
side the United States (including the common-
wealths, territories, and possessions of the United
States) as part of a peacekeeping force.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (d) of such section is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(7) The term ‘military operations’ includes
those operations involving members of the armed
forces assisting in United States Government spon-
sored training of military personnel of a foreign na-
tion.
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‘‘(8) The term ‘peacekeeping force’ includes those
personnel assigned to a force engaged in a peacekeep-
ing operation authorized by the United Nations Secu-
rity Council.’’.
SEC. 1034. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN FOR-
EIGN GOVERNMENTS TO RECEIVE EXCESS DE-
FENSE ARTICLES.
Section 516(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2321j(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or fiscal
year 1992’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 1991’’.
SEC. 1035. CODIFICATION OF PROVISION RELATING TO
OVERSEAS WORKLOAD PROGRAM.
(a) CODIFICATION.—(1) Chapter 138 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
2348 the following new section:
‘‘§ 2349. Overseas Workload Program
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A firm of any member nation of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or of any major
non-Nato ally shall be eligible to bid on any contract for
the maintenance, repair, or overhaul of equipment of the
Department of Defense located outside the United States to
be awarded under competitive procedures as part of the pro-
gram of the Department of Defense known as the Overseas
Workload Program.
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‘‘(b) SITE OF PERFORMANCE.—A contract awarded to
a firm described in subsection (a) may be performed in the
theater in which the equipment is normally located or in
the country in which the firm is located.
‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary of a military de-
partment may restrict the geographic region in which a
contract referred to in subsection (a) may be performed if
the Secretary determines that performance of the contract
outside that specific region—
‘‘(1) could adversely affect the military prepared-
ness of the armed forces; or
‘‘(2) would violate the terms of an international
agreement to which the United States is a party.
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘major non-NATO ally’ has the meaning given such
term in section 2350a(i)(3) of this title.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter
I of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 2348 the following new item:
‘‘2349. Overseas Workload Program.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 1465 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1700) is repealed.
(2) Section 9130 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–396; 102 Stat. 1935),
is amended—
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(A) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘, or there-
after,’’; and
(B) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘or there-
after’’ each place it appears.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on October 1, 1993.
SEC. 1036. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT NA-
TIONAL GUARD CIVILIAN YOUTH OPPORTUNI-
TIES PROGRAM.
(a) LOCATION OF PROGRAM.—Subsection (c) of section
1091 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 32 U.S.C. 501 note) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) CONDUCT OF THE PROGRAM.—The Secretary of
Defense may provide for the conduct of the pilot program
in such States as the Secretary considers to be appropriate,
except that the Secretary may not enter into agreements
under subsection (d) with more than 10 States to provide
for a program curriculum in excess of 6 weeks for any par-
ticipant.’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Subsection (l) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking out paragraph (2) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) The term ‘State’ includes the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the territories (as defined in
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section 101(1) of title 32, United States Code), and
the District of Columbia.’’.
(c) PROGRAM AGREEMENTS.—Subsection (d)(3) of
such section is amended by striking out ‘‘reimburse’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘provide funds to’’.
SEC. 1037. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING MEETING OF
INTERALLIED CONFEDERATION OF RESERVE
OFFICERS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Offi-
cers (CIOR), an association of reserve officers from
thirteen of the nations comprising the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, will hold its XLIV Congress at
Washington, District of Columbia, during the period
August 1 through 6, 1993; and
(2) the United States, through the Department of
Defense, will conduct military competitions in con-
junction with and as a constituent part of that Con-
gress of that organization.
(b) EXTENSION OF WELCOME.—The Congress—
(1) extends to the Interallied Confederation of
Reserve Officers (CIOR) a cordial welcome to the
United States on the occasion of the XLVI Congress
of that organization to be held in Washington, Dis-
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trict of Columbia, during the period August 1 through
6, 1993;
(2) commends the joint effort of the Department
of Defense and the Reserve Officers Association of the
United States in hosting the XLVI Congress of that
organization; and
(3) urges all departments and agencies of the
Federal Government to cooperate with and assist the
XLVI Congress of that organization in carrying out
its activities and programs during that period.
SEC. 1038. SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON EFFORTS TO SEEK
COMPENSATION 
FROM 
GOVERNMENT 
OF
PERU FOR DEATH AND WOUNDING OF CER-
TAIN UNITED STATES SERVICEMEN.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the United States Government has not made
adequate efforts to seek the payment of compensation
by the Government of Peru for the death and injuries
to United States military personnel resulting from the
attack by aircraft of the military forces of Peru on
April 24, 1992, against a United States Air Force C–
130 aircraft operating off the coast of Peru; and
(2) in failing to make such efforts adequately, the
United States Government has failed in its obligation
to support the servicemen and their families involved
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in the incident and generally to support members of
the Armed Forces carrying out missions on behalf of
the United States.
(b) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than December
1 and June 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees
on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate a
report on the efforts made by the Government of the United
States during the preceding six-month period to seek the
payment of fair and equitable compensation by the Govern-
ment of Peru (1) to the survivors of Master Sergeant Joseph
Beard, Jr., United States Air Force, who was killed in the
attack described in subsection (a), and (2) to the other crew
members who were wounded in the attack and survived.
(c) TERMINATION OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—The
requirement in subsection (b) shall terminate upon certifi-
cation by the Secretary of Defense to Congress that the Gov-
ernment of Peru has paid fair and equitable compensation
as described in subsection (b).
SEC. 1039. BASING FOR C–130 AIRCRAFT.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the unit
assignment and basing location for any C–130 aircraft pro-
cured for the Air Force Reserve from funds appropriated
for National Guard and Reserve Equipment procurement
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for fiscal year 1992 or 1993 in such manner as the Sec-
retary determines to be in the best interest of the Air Force.
SEC. 1040. MEMORIAL TO U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS.
The memorial to the U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA–35) to
be located on the east bank of the Indianapolis water canal
in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, is hereby designated
as the national memorial to the U.S.S. Indianapolis and
her final crew.
SEC. 1041. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION WHEN UNITED
STATES FORCES ARE PLACED UNDER OPER-
ATIONAL CONTROL OF A FOREIGN NATION.
(a) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—(1) Whenever the Presi-
dent places elements of the Armed Forces under the oper-
ational control of a foreign national acting on behalf of the
United Nations, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report described in subsection (b).
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a report
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not less than 30
days before the date on which such operational control be-
comes effective.
(3) A report under paragraph (1) may be submitted
less that 30 days before the date on which such operational
control becomes effective (or after such date) if the President
certifies to Congress that the requirement for the commit-
ment of forces for such purpose is of such an emergency
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nature that delaying such commitment in order to provide
such 30 days prior notice is not possible. Any such certifi-
cation shall be submitted promptly upon the commitment
of such forces.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—A report under subsection
(a) shall set forth the following:
(1) The mission of the United States forces in-
volved.
(2) The expected size and composition of the
United States forces involved.
(3) The incremental cost to the United States as-
sociated with the proposed operation.
(4) The precise command and control relation-
ship between the United States forces involved and the
international organization.
(5) The precise command and control relation-
ship between the United States forces involved and the
commander of the United States unified command for
the region in which the operation is proposed.
(6) The extent to which the United States forces
involved will rely on non-United States forces for se-
curity and self-defense and an assessment on the abil-
ity of those non-United States forces to provide ade-
quate security to the United States forces involved.
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(7) The conditions under which the United
States forces involved can and would be withdrawn.
(8) The timetable for complete withdrawal of the
United States forces involved.
(c) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—A report required
by this section shall be submitted in both classified and un-
classified form, if necessary.
(d) EXCEPTION FOR SMALL FORCES.—This section
does not apply in the case of elements of the Armed Forces
involving fewer than 100 members of the Armed Forces.
(e) INTERPRETATION.—Nothing in this section may be
construed as authority for the President to use United
States Armed Forces in any operation.
SEC. 1042. IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICE IN VIETNAM IN
THE COMPUTERIZED INDEX OF THE NA-
TIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER.
The Secretary of Defense shall include in the computer-
ized index of the National Personnel Records Center in St.
Louis, Missouri, an indicator to allow for searches or selec-
tion of military records of military personnel based upon
service in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during
the Vietnam conflict (as defined in section 1035(g)(2) of
title 10, United States Code).
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TITLE XI—CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS DEFENSE
SEC. 1101. DESIGNATION OF ARMY AS EXECUTIVE AGENT
FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
DEFENSE PROGRAMS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall des-
ignate the Army as executive agent for the Department of
Defense for the chemical and biological warfare defense pro-
grams of the Department of Defense, including (1) research,
development, test, and evaluation, and (2) procurement.
(b) OVERSIGHT.—It is the sense of Congress that the
Defense Acquisition Board should exercise oversight over the
chemical and biological warfare defense program.
SEC. 1102. REQUIREMENT FOR SINGLE OVERSIGHT OFFICE
FOR CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PRO-
GRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE.
The Secretary of Defense shall assign responsibility for
overall defense policy coordination and integration of the
chemical and biological defense program and the chemical
and biological medical defense program to a single office
within the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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SEC. 1103. CONSOLIDATION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
DEFENSE TRAINING ACTIVITIES.
The Secretary of Defense shall consolidate all chemical
and biological warfare defense training activities of the De-
partment of Defense at the United States Army Chemical
School.
SEC. 1104. ANNUAL REPORT ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGI-
CAL WARFARE DEFENSE.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall include in the annual report of the Secretary under
section 113 of title 10, United States Code, a report on
chemical and biological warfare defense. The report shall
assess (1) the overall readiness of the Armed Forces to fight
in a chemical-biological warfare environment and shall de-
scribe steps taken and planned to be taken to improve such
readiness, and (2) requirements for the chemical and bio-
logical warfare defense program, including requirements for
training, detection, and protective equipment, for medical
prophylaxis, and for treatment of casualties resulting from
use of chemical or biological weapons.
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report shall in-
clude information on the following:
(1) The quantities, characteristics, and capabili-
ties of fielded chemical and biological defense equip-
ment to meet wartime and peacetime requirements for
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support of the Armed Forces, including individual
protective items.
(2) The status of research and development pro-
grams, and acquisition programs, for required im-
provements in chemical and biological defense equip-
ment and medical treatment, including an assessment
of the ability of the Department of Defense and the
industrial base to meet those requirements.
(3) Measures taken to ensure the integration of
requirements for chemical and biological defense
equipment and material among the Armed Forces.
(4) The status of nuclear, biological, and chemi-
cal (NBC) warfare defense training and readiness
among the Armed Forces and measures being taken to
include realistic nuclear, biological, and chemical
warfare simulations in war games, battle simulations,
and training exercises.
(5) Measures taken to improve overall manage-
ment and coordination of the chemical and biological
defense program.
(6) Problems encountered in the chemical and bi-
ological warfare defense program during the past year
and recommended solutions to those problems for
which additional resources or actions by the Congress
are required.
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SEC. 1105. PREPARATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the President should—
(1) seek early ratification of the 1993 Chemical
Weapons Convention and establish a coordinated and
authoritative interagency program to develop meas-
ures for implementation of the convention, including
improvements in appropriate export controls, the
training of international inspectors and other mem-
bers of Chemical Weapons Convention inspection and
verification teams, and plans for assistance to states
requesting assistance under article X of the conven-
tion; and
(2) develop a policy that addresses the manner
in which the United States provides support under
the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention to protect
signatories of that convention against chemical war-
fare.
(b) SUPPORT FOR PREPARATORY COMMISSION.—It is
the sense of Congress that the United States should provide
full funding and support for the United States portion of
the expenses of the Chemical Weapons Convention Pre-
paratory Commission created under the 1993 Chemical
Weapons Convention.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 1994, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on
preparations for implementation of the 1993 Chemical
Weapons Convention. The report shall include (1) a descrip-
tion of the chemical warfare defense preparations that have
been and are being undertaken by the Department of De-
fense to address needs which may arise under article X of
the Chemical Weapons Convention, and (2) a summary of
other preparations undertaken by the Department of De-
fense to prepare for and to assist in the implementation
of the convention, including activities such as training for
inspectors, preparation of defense installations for inspec-
tions under the convention, provision of chemical weapons
detection equipment, and assistance in the safe transpor-
tation, storage, and destruction of chemical weapons in
other signatory nations to the convention.
SEC. 1106. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING RESPONSE
TO TERRORIST THREATS.
It is the sense of Congress that the President should
strengthen emergency planning by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, in coordination with other appro-
priate Federal and State agencies, for development of early
detection and warning capability of and response to (1) po-
tential terrorist use of chemical or biological agents or
weapons, and (2) natural disasters involving industrial
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chemicals or the widespread outbreak of naturally occurring
disease.
SEC. 1107. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING OTHER
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE MAT-
TERS.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the President should establish appropriate
strategies (A) to integrate chemical-related intel-
ligence and biological-related intelligence, (B) to inte-
grate chemical-related arms control agreements and
biological-related arms control agreements, and (C) to
integrate chemical-related research and development
and biological-related research and development pro-
grams;
(2) the President should strengthen United States
capabilities for intelligence collection and analysis
concerning the chemical warfare threat, the biological
warfare threat, and the biological terrorist threat; and
(3) the President should seek to strengthen the
1972 Biological Weapons Convention by seeking inter-
national adoption of a regime designed to raise the
economic and political costs to any nation that pur-
sues a biological warfare program.
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SEC. 1108. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall estab-
lish a program to promote greater international coopera-
tion for research and development and training for chemi-
cal and biological weapons defense.
(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by section 201, $10,000,000 shall be available for
the establishment of the program under subsection (a).
SEC. 1109. AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VAC-
CINATION PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
The Secretary of the Army may enter into agreements
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pro-
vide support for vaccination programs of the Secretary of
Health and Human Services in the United States through
use of the excess peacetime biological weapons defense capa-
bility of the Department of Defense.
TITLE 
XII—COOPERATIVE
THREAT 
REDUCTION 
WITH
STATES OF FORMER SOVIET
UNION
SEC. 1201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Act of 1993’’.
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SEC. 1202. FINDINGS ON COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC-
TION.
The Congress finds that it is in the national security
interest of the United States for the United States to do
the following:
(1) Facilitate, on a priority basis, the transpor-
tation, storage, safeguarding, and elimination of nu-
clear and other weapons of the independent states of
the former Soviet Union, including (A) the safe and
secure storage of fissile materials derived from the
elimination of nuclear weapons, (B) the dismantle-
ment of (i) intercontinental ballistic missiles and
launchers for such missiles, (ii) submarine-launched
ballistic missiles and launchers for such missiles, and
(iii) heavy bombers, and (C) the elimination of chem-
ical, biological and other weapons capabilities.
(2) Facilitate, on a priority basis, the prevention
of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
their components and destabilizing conventional
weapons of the independent states of the former Soviet
Union, and the establishment of verifiable safeguards
against the proliferation of such weapons.
(3) Facilitate, on a priority basis, the prevention
of diversion of weapons-related scientific expertise of
the independent states of the former Soviet Union to
terrorist groups or third countries.
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(4) Support (A) the demilitarization of the de-
fense-related industry and equipment of the independ-
ent states of the former Soviet Union, and (B) the
conversion of such industry and equipment to civilian
purposes and uses.
(5) Expand military-to-military and defense
contacts between the United States and the independ-
ent states of the former Soviet Union.
SEC. 1203. AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE CO-
OPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may conduct programs described
in subsection (b) to assist the independent states of the
former Soviet Union in the demilitarization of the former
Soviet Union. Any such program may be carried out only
to the extent that the President determines that the program
will directly contribute to the national security interests of
the United States.
(b) AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred
to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) Programs to facilitate the elimination, and
the safe and secure transportation and storage, of nu-
clear, chemical, and other weapons and their delivery
vehicles.
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(2) Programs to facilitate the safe and secure
storage of fissile materials derived from the elimi-
nation of nuclear weapons.
(3) Programs to prevent the proliferation of
weapons, weapons components, and weapons-related
technology and expertise.
(4) Programs to expand military-to-military
and defense contacts.
(5) Programs to facilitate the demilitarization of
defense industries and the conversion of military tech-
nologies and capabilities into civilian activities.
(6) Other programs as described in section
212(b) of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of
1991 (title II of Public Law 102–228) and section
1412(b) of the Former Soviet Union Demilitarization
Act of 1992 (title XIV of Public Law 102–484).
(c) UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION.—The programs
described in subsection (b) should, to the extent feasible,
draw upon United States technology and expertise, espe-
cially from the United States private sector.
(d) RESTRICTIONS.—Assistance authorized by sub-
section (a) may not be provided for any year to any country
which is an independent state of the former Soviet Union
unless the President certifies to Congress for that year that
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the proposed recipient country is committed to each of the
following:
(1) Making substantial investment of its re-
sources for dismantling or destroying such weapons of
mass destruction, if such country has an obligation
under a treaty or other agreement to destroy or dis-
mantle any such weapons.
(2) Foregoing any military modernization pro-
gram that exceeds legitimate defense requirements and
foregoing the replacement of destroyed weapons of
mass destruction.
(3) Foregoing any use in new nuclear weapons
of fissionable or other components of destroyed nuclear
weapons.
(4) Facilitating United States verification of
any weapons destruction carried out under this sec-
tion, section 1412(b) of the Former Soviet Union De-
militarization Act of 1992 (title XIV of Public Law
102–484), or section 212(b) of the Soviet Nuclear
Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law
102–228).
(5) Complying with all relevant arms control
agreements.
(6) Observing internationally recognized human
rights, including the protection of minorities.
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SEC. 1204. FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
1994 for the purposes authorized in section 1203 the sum
of $400,000,000.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY
OF PRIOR YEAR FUNDS.—To the extent provided in appro-
priations Acts, the authority to transfer funds of the De-
partment of Defense provided in section 9110(a) of the De-
partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law
102–396; 106 Stat. 1928), and in section 108 of Public Law
102–229; 105 Stat. 1708) shall continue to be in effect dur-
ing fiscal year 1994.
SEC. 1205. PRIOR NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF OBLIGATION OF
FUNDS.
(a) NOTICE OF PROPOSED OBLIGATION.—Not less than
15 days before obligation of any funds under section 1203,
the President shall transmit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees (as defined in section 1208) a report on
the proposed obligation. Each such report shall specify—
(1) the activities and forms of assistance for
which the President plans to obligate such funds,
(2) the amount of the proposed obligation, and
(3) the projected involvement of the United
States Government departments and agencies and the
United States private sector.
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(b) INDUSTRIAL
DEMILITARIZATION.—Any report
under subsection (a) that covers proposed industrial demili-
tarization projects shall contain additional information to
assist the Congress in determining the merits of the pro-
posed projects. Such information shall include descriptions
of—
(1) the facilities to be demilitarized;
(2) the types of activities conducted at those fa-
cilities and of the types of nonmilitary activities
planned for those facilities;
(3) the forms of assistance to be provided by the
United States Government and by the United States
private sector;
(4) the extent to which military production ca-
pability will consequently be eliminated at those fa-
cilities; and
(5) the mechanisms to be established for monitor-
ing progress on those projects.
SEC. 1206. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEAR
1993 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
THE 
INDEPENDENT
STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1993
for the account ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense Agen-
cies’’, the additional sum of $979,000,000, to be available
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for the purposes of providing assistance to the independent
states of the former Soviet Union.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—The
Secretary of Defense may, to the extent provided in appro-
priations Acts, transfer from the account ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Defense Agencies’’ for fiscal year 1993 a sum
not to exceed the amount appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization in subsection (a) to—
(1) other accounts of the Department of Defense
for the purpose of providing assistance to the inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union; or
(2) appropriations available to the Department
of State and other agencies of the United States Gov-
ernment for the purpose of providing assistance to the
independent states of the former Soviet Union for pro-
grams that the President determines will increase the
national security of the United States.
(c) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS.—(1) 
Amounts
transferred under subsection (b) shall be available subject
to the same terms and conditions as the appropriations to
which transferred.
(2) The authority to make transfers pursuant to this
section is in addition to any other transfer authority of the
Department of Defense.
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(d) COORDINATION
OF PROGRAMS.—The President
shall coordinate the programs described in subsection (b)
with those authorized in the other provisions of this title
and in the provisions of the Freedom for Russia and
Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Sup-
port Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–511) so as to optimize
the contribution such programs make to the national inter-
ests of the United States.
SEC. 1207. SEMIANNUAL REPORT.
Not later than April 30, 1994, and not later than Octo-
ber 30, 1994, the President shall transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the activities
carried out under section 1203. Each such report shall set
forth, for the preceding six-month period and cumulatively,
the following:
(1) The amounts obligated and expended for such
activities and the purposes for which they were obli-
gated and expended.
(2) A description of the participation of all
United States Government departments and agencies
in such activities.
(3) A description of the activities carried out
and the forms of assistance provided, and a descrip-
tion of the extent to which the United States private
sector has participated in the activities for which
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amounts were obligated and expended under section
1203.
(4) Such other information as the President con-
siders appropriate to fully inform the Congress con-
cerning the operation of the programs and activities
carried out under section 1203, including, with re-
spect to proposed industrial demilitarization projects,
additional information on the progress toward de-
militarization of facilities and the conversion of the
demilitarized facilities to civilian activities.
SEC. 1208. DEFINITION.
As used in this title, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate.
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TITLE XIII—DEFENSE CONVER-
SION, 
REINVESTMENT, 
AND
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Conversion, Re-
investment, and Transition Assistance Amendments of
1993’’.
SEC. 1302. FUNDING OF DEFENSE CONVERSION, REINVEST-
MENT, AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.
(a) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated pursuant to this Act for the Department of De-
fense for fiscal year 1994, the sum of $2,735,000,000 shall
be available from the sources and in the amounts specified
in subsection (b) for defense conversion, reinvestment, and
transition assistance programs. Amounts made available
pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until ex-
pended.
(b) SOURCES OF FUNDS.—The amounts and sources
referred to in subsection (a) are as follows:
(1) $200,000,000 of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to section 109 to carry out
subtitle E.
(2) $2,200,000,000 of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated pursuant to title II.
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(3) $335,000,000 of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to title III.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition as-
sistance programs’’ includes the following activities of the
Department of Defense:
(1) The activities authorized by the Defense Con-
version, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act
of 1992 (division D of Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat.
2658) and the amendments made by that Act.
(2) The activities authorized by this title and the
amendments made by this title.
SEC. 1303. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEFENSE CONVERSION, RE-
INVESTMENT, AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall prepare an annual report that assesses the effectiveness
of all defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition as-
sistance programs (as defined in section 1302) during the
preceding fiscal year.
(b) CONTENTS
OF REPORT.—Each report required
under subsection (a) shall include a consideration of the fol-
lowing:
(1) For each of the conversion programs, the sta-
tus of obligation of appropriated funds.
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(2) For each defense technology reinvestment
project (or other technology project conducted as part
of a defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition
assistance program)—
(A) the extent to which the project meets the
objectives set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of
section 2501 of title 10, United States Code;
(B) the technology benefits of the project to
the defense technology and industrial base;
(C) any increased affordability of defense
programs linked to the project;
(D) any evidence of commercialization of
technology due to the project;
(E) any employment created as a result of
the project;
(F) the number and name of defense firms
participating in the project;
(G) the number of defense firms that have
been able to expand or retain their business base
as a result of the project;
(H) in the case of a project requiring
matching funds, whether or not the matching re-
quirements were met in cash;
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(I) the extent to which the project has met
agreed-upon milestones, and financial and tech-
nical requirements; and
(J) the extent to which it was determined
whether or not the project duplicates or parallels
technology programs in other agencies;
(3) For each personnel assistance program—
(A) the extent to which the program meets
objectives set forth in section 2501(b) of title 10,
United States Code;
(B) the number of individuals eligible for
program participation;
(C) the number of individuals directly par-
ticipating in the program (actual and projected);
(D) in the case of a training and jobs pro-
gram, the number of individuals who have se-
cured permanent employment as a result of pro-
gram participation, and
(E) the extent to which it was determined
whether or not the program duplicates programs
conducted by other agencies.
(4) For each community assistance program—
(A) the extent to which the program meets
objectives laid out in section 2501(b) of title 10,
United States Code; and
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(B) the number of short- and long-term jobs
created in a community receiving adjustment
and diversification assistance under section
2391(b) of title 10, United States Code.
(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The report required by
this section for a particular year shall be submitted to Con-
gress at the same time that the Secretary of Defense submits
the report required under section 113(c) of title 10, United
States Code, for that year.
Subtitle A—Defense Technology
Reinvestment Projects
SEC. 1311. FUNDING OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY REINVEST-
MENT PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.
Of the amount made available pursuant to section
1302(a), $575,000,000 shall be available for activities of the
Department of Defense under chapter 148 of title 10, United
States Code, and section 2197 of such title, of which—
(1) $105,000,000 shall be available for defense
dual-use critical technology partnerships under sec-
tion 2511 of such title;
(2) $35,000,000 shall be available for commer-
cial-military integration partnerships under section
2512 of such title;
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(3) $85,000,000 shall be available for defense re-
gional technology alliances under section 2513 of such
title;
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for defense ad-
vanced manufacturing technology partnerships under
section 2522 of such title;
(5) $50,000,000 shall be available for support of
manufacturing extension programs under section
2523 of such title;
(6) $50,000,000 shall be available for the defense
dual-use extension program under section 2524 of
such title, of which—
(A) not less than 30 percent of such amount
shall be available for assistance pursuant to sub-
section (c)(3) of such section; and
(B) not less than 30 percent of such amount
shall be available for loan guarantees pursuant
to subsection (b)(3) of such section; and
(7) $20,000,000 shall be available to conduct the
program established pursuant to section 2197 of such
title to support the activities of manufacturing ex-
perts at institutions of higher education.
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SEC. 1312. REPEAL AND AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY
AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, REINVESTMENT, AND
CONVERSION.
(a) REPEALS.—The following sections of title 10,
United States Code, are repealed: sections 2502, 2503, 2504,
2506, 2515, and 2518.
(b) AMENDMENT.—Section 2505 of such title is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘National
Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘Council’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’.
(c) CONFORMING REPEALS.—The following sections of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1993 (Public Law 102–484) are repealed: sections 4218,
4219, and 4220.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The table of sections
at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 148 of such
title is amended by striking out the items relating to sec-
tions 2502, 2503, 2504, and 2506.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter
III of chapter 148 of such title is amended by striking out
the items relating to sections 2515 and 2518.
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SEC. 1313. EXPANSION OF OBJECTIVES OF DEFENSE TECH-
NOLOGY REINVESTMENT PROJECTS.
(a) RESTATEMENT OF EXISTING PROVISION IN TERMS
OF OBJECTIVES.—Section 2501(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘defense resources that—’’
and all that follows through the period and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘defense resources capable of meeting the follow-
ing objectives:
‘‘(1) Promoting economic growth in high-wage,
high-technology industries and preserving the indus-
trial and technical skill base.
‘‘(2) Promoting economic growth through further
reduction of the Federal budget deficit that, by reduc-
ing the public sector demand for capital, increases the
amount of capital available for private investment
and job creation in the civilian sector.
‘‘(3) Bolstering the national technology base, in-
cluding supporting and exploiting critical tech-
nologies with both military and civilian application.
‘‘(4) Supporting retraining of separated mili-
tary, defense civilian, and defense industrial person-
nel for jobs in activities important to national eco-
nomic growth and security.
‘‘(5) Assisting those activities being undertaken
at the State and local levels to support defense eco-
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nomic reinvestment, conversion, adjustment, and di-
versification activities.
‘‘(6) Assisting small businesses adversely affected
by reductions in defense expenditures.’’.
(b) CONSIDERATION OF DEFENSE REINVESTMENT, DI-
VERSIFICATION, AND CONVERSION OBJECTIVES.—Chapter
148 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in sections 2505(a), 2505(b), 2511(a),
2511(f)(1), 2512(a), 2512(e)(1), 2513(a), 2516(b),
2522(a), and 2523(b)(1), by striking out ‘‘national se-
curity objectives set forth in section 2501(a)’’ each
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘objec-
tives set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section
2501’’;
(2) in section 2505(b)(1), by striking out ‘‘sec-
tion 2501(a)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section
2501’’; and
(3) in section 2514(a), by striking out ‘‘section
2501(a)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsections
(a) and (b) of section 2501’’.
SEC. 
1314. 
DEFENSE 
TECHNOLOGY 
REINVESTMENT
PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.
(a) PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.—Using funds
made available pursuant to section 1302(a), the Secretary
of Defense shall carry out during fiscal year 1994 defense
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technology reinvestment projects in cooperation with part-
nerships and other cooperative arrangements established
pursuant to chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code,
in the technology focus areas described in subsection (b) or
involving technologies that otherwise meet the objectives set
forth in section 2501 of this title. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to preclude continued support for defense
technology reinvestment projects in technology focus areas
identified during the solicitation conducted during fiscal
year 1993.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF TECHNOLOGY FOCUS AREAS.—
The technology focus areas referred to in subsection (a) are
the following:
(1) Ocean thermal energy conversion.
(2) Advanced antenna technology.
(3) Noncooled, pyroelectric thermal imaging sys-
tems.
(4) Advanced wind power systems.
(5) Parallel processing technologies.
(6) Photovoltaic energy storage systems.
(7) Direct satellite radio broadcasting.
(8) Solar furnace environmental remediation
technologies.
(9) Robotic excavation and tunnelling tech-
nologies.
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(10) Marine biotechnology.
(11) Automated manufacturing technology for
composites.
(12) Earthquake-resistant bridge composites.
(13) Advanced automatic train control systems
technologies.
(14) Statewide defense conversion economic de-
velopment networks for transition services, retraining,
and business diversification.
(15) Other technology areas that would further
the objectives set forth in section 2501 of title 10,
United States Code.
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out defense tech-
nology reinvestment projects during fiscal year 1994, the
Secretary of Defense shall consult with the heads of other
Federal agencies conducting similar projects in the tech-
nology focus areas described in subsection (b).
(d) MADE-IN-AMERICA
REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that each partnership or other
cooperative arrangement established pursuant to chapter
148 of title 10, United States Code, to carry out a defense
technology reinvestment project during fiscal year 1994 in-
cludes an agreement that any manufacturing resulting from
the project shall occur in the United States and benefit
workers in the United States.
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(e) ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS OF QUALITY.—If the Sec-
retary of Defense determines that the proposals received as
a result of a solicitation for defense technology reinvestment
projects in a technology focus area described in subsection
(b) do not meet an acceptable standard of quality estab-
lished by the Secretary, nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to require the Secretary to carry out projects in that
technology focus area. The Secretary shall make a deter-
mination under this subsection after consultation with the
Defense Technology Conversion Council. The Secretary shall
promptly notify Congress of each determination not to
carry out projects in a particular technology focus area.
(f) USE OF COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURES.—
Funds authorized to be made available for defense tech-
nology reinvestment projects selected as a result of the au-
thority provided by subsection (a) shall be made available
to those projects only if a competitive selection process was
used to select the projects.
SEC. 1315. EXPANSION OF PURPOSES OF DEFENSE AD-
VANCED 
MANUFACTURING 
TECHNOLOGY
PARTNERSHIPS.
Section 2522 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking out ‘‘research and develop-
ment’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘research,
development, or deployment’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘The cooperative arrangements author-
ized by this section may include a cooperative
arrangement with an industry-led, large-scale re-
search and development consortium to establish
and administer long-term partnerships under
this section.’’; and
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The extent to which the partnerships pro-
vide for the large-scale deployment of advanced manu-
facturing technologies.’’.
SEC. 1316. DEFENSE DUAL-USE ASSISTANCE EXTENSION
PROGRAM.
(a) EXPANSION OF BUSINESSES ELIGIBLE FOR LOAN
GUARANTEES.—Subsection (b)(3) of section 2524 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking out ‘‘small businesses’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘small- and medium-sized busi-
ness concerns’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘subsection (e) and’’ before
‘‘other applicable law’’.
(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR LOAN GUARANTEES.—Sub-
section (e) of such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR LOAN GUARAN-
TEES.—(1) The Secretary shall carry out subsection (b)(3)
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology, who may consult with and seek technical assist-
ance from other Federal agencies in order to effectively issue
loan guarantees under such subsection. Such loan guaran-
tees shall be issued for the purpose of assisting small- and
medium-sized business concerns that are economically de-
pendent on defense expenditures to secure financing for
projects—
‘‘(A) to achieve the final development and com-
mercialization of defense-oriented technologies for
nonmilitary use by the business concern; and
‘‘(B) to diversify the operations of the business
concern toward greater emphasis on production or
services for nonmilitary use.
‘‘(2) A business concern shall be considered to be a
small- or medium-sized business concern for purposes of this
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subsection and subsection (b)(3) if the business concern has
not more than 2,500 full-time employees or their equivalent.
A business concern shall be considered to be economically
dependent on defense expenditures for purposes of this sub-
section and subsection (b)(3) if the business concern—
‘‘(A) has a substantial prior history of conduct-
ing much of its sales and business with Department
of Defense over the life, or a substantial portion of the
life, of the business concern; and
‘‘(B) can reasonably demonstrate that it, in at
least two of the last seven years immediately preced-
ing the application for a loan guarantee—
‘‘(i) obtained at least 50 percent of its gross
income from contracts or subcontracts to provide
material or services to the Department of De-
fense; or
‘‘(ii) incurred a significant reduction in its
gross income as a result the termination or com-
pletion of contracts or subcontracts to provide
material or services to the Department of De-
fense.
‘‘(3) The maximum amount of loan principal that the
Secretary may guarantee under subsection (b)(3) with re-
spect to any loan may not exceed $10,000,000. The maxi-
mum percentage of the loan principal that the Secretary
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may guarantee with respect to any loan shall be established
by the Secretary, except that the percentage established may
not exceed 85 percent of the principal.
‘‘(4) Loan guarantees shall be issued under subsection
(b)(3) on a competitive basis after consideration of the fol-
lowing criteria:
‘‘(A) Whether credit is not otherwise commer-
cially available under reasonable terms and condi-
tions.
‘‘(B) The applicability of the program to be
funded by the loan to the technology areas outlined in
the Technology Reinvestment Project proposed by the
President on March 10, 1993.
‘‘(C) The ability of the program to preserve or
enhance critical technology and national technology
and industrial base skills.
‘‘(D) The market potential of any product or
technology to be developed using the loan.
‘‘(E) The importance of the program to future
United States economic competitiveness and the eco-
nomic strength of United States.
‘‘(F) The economic viability and perceived abil-
ity of the business concern to repay the loan.
‘‘(G) The technical soundness of the proposal.
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‘‘(H) The selection criteria specified in sub-
section (f).
‘‘(5) The Secretary shall give a preference in issuing
loan guarantees under subsection (b)(3) to an application
by a business concern to carry out a program to commer-
cialize a product or technology that is already developed
or proven at the time the application is submitted over pro-
grams to carry out solely research and development activi-
ties.
‘‘(6) The provisions of law relating to default on loans
guaranteed by the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631
et seq.) shall apply if the United States is obligated to make
reimbursing payments to a commercial creditor under a
loan guarantee issued to a business concern under sub-
section (b)(3). In addition, the President shall prohibit the
business concern involved in the default, and any successor
of the business concern, from bidding on or receiving for
a 3-year period any contract or subcontract to provide ma-
terial or services to the Federal Government.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (f) of such
section is amended by inserting after ‘‘SELECTION CRI-
TERIA.—’’ the following new sentence: ‘‘Competitive proce-
dures shall be used in the selection of programs to receive
assistance under this section.’’.
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SEC. 1317. CONSISTENCY IN FINANCIAL COMMITMENT RE-
QUIREMENTS 
OF 
NON-FEDERAL 
GOVERN-
MENT PARTICIPANTS IN TECHNOLOGY REIN-
VESTMENT PROJECTS.
(a) DEFENSE
DUAL-USE
CRITICAL
TECHNOLOGY
PARTNERSHIPS.—Section 2511(c) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OF NON-FEDERAL GOV-
ERNMENT PARTICIPANTS.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the
amount of funds provided by the Secretary to a partnership
does not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of partnership
activities.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may increase the Federal share of
the costs of partnership activities to not more than 70 per-
cent of such costs in the case of a partnership in which
the entity proposing the partnership and a majority of the
non-Government participants are small business concerns.
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to pro-
vide for consideration of in-kind contributions by non-Fed-
eral Government participants in a partnership for the pur-
pose of calculating the share of the partnership costs that
has been or is being undertaken by such participants. A
participant that is a small business concern may use funds
received under the Small Business Innovation Research
Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer Pro-
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gram to help pay the costs of partnership activities, and
any such funds so used shall be included in calculating the
non-Federal Government share of such costs.’’.
(b) COMMERCIAL-MILITARY INTEGRATION PARTNER-
SHIPS.—Section 2512(c) of such title is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(c) FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OF NON-FEDERAL GOV-
ERNMENT PARTICIPANTS.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that the amount of
funds provided by the Secretary to a partnership does not
exceed 50 percent of the total cost of partnership activities.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may increase the Federal share of
the costs of partnership activities to not more than 70 per-
cent of such costs in the case of a partnership in which
the entity proposing the partnership and a majority of the
non-Government participants are small business concerns.
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to pro-
vide for consideration of in-kind contributions by non-Fed-
eral Government participants in a partnership for the pur-
pose of calculating the share of the partnership costs that
has been or is being undertaken by such participants. A
participant that is a small business concern may use funds
received under the Small Business Innovation Research
Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer Pro-
gram to help pay the costs of partnership activities, and
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any such funds so used shall be included in calculating the
non-Federal Government share of such costs.’’.
(c) REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.—Section 2513 of such title is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) The Secretary may increase the amount of assist-
ance provided under paragraph (1) up to an amount not
exceeding 70 percent of the cost of the activities of a regional
technology alliance in the case of a regional technology alli-
ance in which the entity proposing the alliance and a ma-
jority of the non-Government participants are small busi-
ness concerns.’’; and
(2) in subsection (e)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘50 percent’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(or 30 percent if additional assistance
is provided under subsection (d)(4))’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to pro-
vide for consideration of in-kind contributions by non-Fed-
eral Government participants in a regional technology alli-
ance for the purpose of calculating the share of the costs
that has been or is being undertaken by such participants.
A participant that is a small business concern may use
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funds received under the Small Business Innovation Re-
search Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer
Program to help pay the costs of a regional technology alli-
ance, and any such funds so used shall be included in cal-
culating the non-Federal Government share of such costs.’’.
(d) MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 2523(b)(3) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking out subparagraph (A) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(A) The amount of financial assistance furnished to
a manufacturing extension program under this subsection
may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program,
except that the Secretary may increase the Federal share
to not more than 70 percent of such costs in the case of
a program in which the entity proposing the program and
a majority of the non-Government participants are small
business concerns. Financial assistance shall be provided to
a recipient program for a period of five years unless such
financial assistance is earlier terminated for good cause.
Recipients of such financial assistance shall be required to
report to the Secretary annually beginning one year after
the date that such financial assistance is initiated. Such
report shall include a description of the progress of the re-
cipient program in meeting the objectives set out in para-
graph (1).’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(D) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to pro-
vide for consideration of in-kind contributions by non-Fed-
eral Government participants in a manufacturing exten-
sion program for the purpose of calculating the share of the
costs that has been or is being undertaken by such partici-
pants. A participant that is a small business concern may
use funds received under the Small Business Innovation Re-
search Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer
Program to help pay the costs of the program, and any such
funds so used shall be included in calculating the non-Fed-
eral Government share of such costs.’’.
(e) DEFENSE
DUAL-USE
ASSISTANCE
EXTENSION
PROGRAM.—Section 2524(d) of such title is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(d) FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OF NON-FEDERAL GOV-
ERNMENT PARTICIPANTS.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that the amount of
funds provided by the Secretary to a program under this
section does not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the
program.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may increase the Federal share of
the costs of a program under this section to not more than
70 percent of such costs in the case of a program in which
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the entity proposing the program and a majority of the
non-Government participants are small business concerns.
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to pro-
vide for consideration of in-kind contributions by non-Fed-
eral Government participants in a program under this sec-
tion for the purpose of calculating the share of the costs
that has been or is being undertaken by such participants.
A participant that is a small business concern may use
funds received under the Small Business Innovation Re-
search Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer
Program to help pay the costs of the program, and any such
funds so used shall be included in calculating the non-Fed-
eral Government share of such costs.’’.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2491 of such title is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(13) The term ‘Small Business Innovation Re-
search Program’ means the program established under
the following provisions of section 9 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638):
‘‘(A) Paragraphs (4) through (7) of sub-
section (b).
‘‘(B) Subsections (e) through (k).
‘‘(14) The term ‘Small Business Technology
Transfer Program’ means the program established
under the following provisions of such section:
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‘‘(A) Paragraphs (4) through (7) of sub-
section (b).
‘‘(B) Subsections (e) and (n) through (p).’’.
Subtitle B—Community Adjustment
and Assistance Programs
SEC. 1321. ADJUSTMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION ASSIST-
ANCE FOR STATES AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AD-
JUSTMENT.
(a) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.—Of the amount
made available pursuant to section 1302(a), $69,000,000
shall be available as community adjustment and economic
diversification assistance under section 2391(b) of title 10,
United States Code.
(b) PREPARATION ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of De-
fense may use up to five percent of the amount specified
in subsection (a) for the purpose of providing preparation
assistance to those States intending to establish the types
of programs for which assistance is authorized under section
2391(b) of title 10, United States Code.
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SEC. 1322. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES ADVERSELY AF-
FECTED BY CATASTROPHIC OR MULTIPLE
BASE CLOSURES OR REALIGNMENTS.
(a) ASSISTANCE.—Section 2391 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(f) EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITIES WITH CATASTROPHIC
OR MULTIPLE BASE CLOSURES OR REALIGNMENTS.—(1)
Not less than 50 percent of the funds made available for
a fiscal year to carry out subsection (b) shall be used by
the Secretary of Defense under paragraphs (1) and (4) of
such subsection to make grants, conclude cooperative agree-
ments, and supplement funds available under other Federal
programs in order to assist State and local governments
in planning and carrying out community adjustments and
economic diversification in any community determined by
the Secretary—
‘‘(A) to be likely to experience a loss of not less
than five percent of the total number of civilian jobs
in the community as a result of the realignment or
closure of a military installation under the base clo-
sure laws; or
‘‘(B) to be adversely affected by the realignment
or closure of more than one military installation
under the base closure laws.
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‘‘(2) To the extent practicable, the amount of assistance
provided under subsection (b) in a fiscal year to assist a
community described in paragraph (1) that is selected to
receive such assistance in that fiscal year should be not less
than—
‘‘(A) $1,000,000 to plan community adjustments
and economic diversification; and
‘‘(B) $5,000,000 to carry out a community ad-
justments and economic diversification program.’’.
(b) TIME FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.—
Subsection (b) of such section is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(6) To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense
shall inform a State or local government applying for as-
sistance under this subsection of the approval or rejection
by the Secretary of the application for such assistance before
the end of—
‘‘(A) the 7-day period beginning on the date on
which the Secretary receives the application, in the
case of an application for a planning grant; and
‘‘(B) the 30-day period beginning on such date,
in the case of an application for assistance to carry
out a community adjustments and economic diver-
sification program.
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‘‘(7) In attempting to complete consideration of appli-
cations within the time periods specified in paragraph (6),
the Secretary shall give priority to those applications re-
questing assistance for a community described in subsection
(f)(1). If an application is rejected by the Secretary, the
Secretary shall promptly inform the State or local govern-
ment of the reasons for the rejection of the application.’’.
(c) DEFINITION.—Subsection (d) of such section is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The term ‘base closure laws’ means—
‘‘(A) the Defense Base Closure and Realign-
ment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note);
‘‘(B) title II of the Defense Authorization
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment
Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note);
‘‘(C) section 2687 of this title; and
‘‘(D) any other similar law enacted after
October 1, 1993.’’.
SEC. 1323. CONTINUATION OF PILOT PROJECT TO IMPROVE
ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT PLANNING.
(a) CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM.—Subsection (a) of
section 4302 of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and
Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Public
Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C. 1091 note) is amended by striking
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out ‘‘fiscal year 1993’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal
years 1993 and 1994’’.
(b) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.—Of the amount
made available pursuant to section 1302(a), $1,000,000
shall be made available to continue the pilot project re-
quired under section 4302 of the Defense Conversion, Rein-
vestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division
D of Public Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C. 1091 note) with re-
spect to those projects involving relieving the adverse effects
upon a community from a combination of the closure or
realignment of a military installation and changes in the
mission of a national laboratory.
SEC. 1324. CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECO-
NOMIC NEEDS AS PART OF THE DISPOSITION
OF REAL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES UNDER
BASE CLOSURE LAWS.
(a) CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC NEEDS.—In order
to maximize local and regional benefit from the reuse of
military installations that are closed or realigned, or se-
lected for closure or realignment, pursuant to the operation
of a base closure law, the Secretary of Defense shall incor-
porate locally and regionally delineated economic develop-
ment needs and priorities into the disposition process by
which the Secretary disposes of real property and facilities
as part of the closure or realignment of a military installa-
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tion under a base closure law. In determining such needs
and priorities, the Secretary shall use the community base
reuse plan developed for the military installation involved.
(b) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall cooperate
with the State in which a military installation referred to
in subsection (a) is located, with the entity established to
develop a community base reuse plan for the installation,
and with local governments and other interested persons in
communities located near the installation to implement the
entire disposition process of real property and facilities at
the installation.
(c) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA.—In evaluat-
ing the highest and best reuse options for real property and
facilities at a military installation referred to in subsection
(a), the Secretary shall employ the following economic devel-
opment criteria:
(1) The creation of jobs, including manufactur-
ing and other primary labor market jobs.
(2) A significant economic multiplier effect on
the local and regional economies.
(3) A significant direct economic impact on the
local and regional economies through future contract-
ing for goods and services, and construction activities.
(4) New tax revenue generated to the State and
locality.
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(5) The creation, rehabilitation, operation, and
maintenance of local infrastructure.
(6) The incorporation of local and regional eco-
nomic development needs and priorities into the reuse
plan.
(7) The economic viability of the proposed devel-
opment.
(8) The timely economic impact of the proposed
development.
(9) Need for public financial assistance to ac-
quire or develop the property.
(d) PRIORITIES.—The criteria specified in subsection
(d) shall be prioritized at the local and regional level for
each military installation referred to in subsection (a) to
establish a site specific weighting system for individual ob-
jectives. These criteria shall be considered to be costs or ben-
efits depending upon the degree to which priorities are met.
The highest and best use for real property and facilities at
the installation shall be considered to be the reuse option
that produces the greatest benefit according to these criteria.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘base closure law’’ means each of
the following:
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(A) The Defense Base Closure and Realign-
ment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(B) Title II of the Defense Authorization
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment
Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(C) Section 2687 of title 10, United States
Code.
(D) Any other similar law enacted after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) the term ‘‘disposition process’’ includes sched-
uling, planning, economic, environmental, and infra-
structure assessments, market research, marketing
programs, permit procedures, and transfers of real
and personal property carried out as part of the dis-
position of real property and facilities at a military
installation closed or realigned under a base closure
law.
SEC. 1325. SHIPYARD CONVERSION AND REUSE STUDIES.
(a) STUDIES REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall make community adjustment and diversification as-
sistance available under section 2391(b) of title 10, United
States Code, for the purpose of conducting studies regarding
the feasibility of converting and reutilizing the following
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military shipyards as facilities primarily oriented toward
commercial use:
(1) Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina.
(2) Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California.
(b) FUNDING.—Of the amount made available pursu-
ant to section 1302(a), $500,000 shall be available to carry
out each of the studies required by subsection (a).
Subtitle C—Personnel Adjustment,
Education, and Training Programs
SEC. 1331. CONTINUATION OF TEACHER AND TEACHER’S
AIDE PLACEMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) PLACEMENT PROGRAMS REQUIRED.—(1) Section
1151 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘may’’ in
the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’ and;
(B) in subsections (b), (c)(1), (e)(1), and (f), by
striking out ‘‘program authorized’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘program re-
quired’’.
(2) Section 1598 of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘may’’ in
the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’; and
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(B) in subsections (b)(1) and (f), by striking out
‘‘program authorized’’ both places it appears and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘program required’’.
(3) Section 2410j of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘may’’ in
the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘shall offer to’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out ‘‘agree-
ment authorized’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘agree-
ment entered into’’.
(b) COVERAGE
OF CERTAIN MEMBERS INADVERT-
ENTLY EXCLUDED.—Section 1151(e)(1) of such title, as
amended by subsection (a)(1)(B), is further amended by in-
serting before the period at the end of the first sentence the
following: ‘‘or within one year after the date of the discharge
or release’’.
(c) EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF REQUIRED SERVICE.—
(1) Section 1151 of such title, as amended by subsection
(a)(1), is further amended—
(A) in subsection (f)(2), by striking out ‘‘two
school years’’ both places it appears and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘five school years’’;
(B) in subsection (h)(3)(A), by striking out ‘‘two
consecutive school years’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘five consecutive school years’’;
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(C) in subsection (h)(5), by striking out ‘‘two
years’’ both places it appears and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘five years’’; and
(D) in subsection (i)(1), by striking out ‘‘two
years’’ both places it appears and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘five years’’.
(2) Section 1598(d)(2) of such title is amended by
striking out ‘‘two school years’’ both places it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘five school years’’.
(3) Section 2410j(f)(2) of such title is amended by
striking out ‘‘two school years’’ both places it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘five school years’’.
(d) GRANT PAYMENTS.—Section 1151(h)(3)(B) of such
title is amended by striking out ‘‘equal to the lesser
of—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘$50,000.’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘based upon the basic salary
paid by the local educational agency to the participant as
a teacher or teacher’s aide. The rate of payment by the Sec-
retary shall be as follows:
‘‘(i) For the first school year of employment,
50 percent of the basic salary, except that the
payment may not exceed $25,000.
‘‘(ii) For the second school year of employ-
ment, 40 percent of the basic salary, except that
the payment may not exceed $10,000.
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‘‘(iii) For the third school year of employ-
ment, 30 percent of the basic salary, except that
the payment may not exceed $7,500.
‘‘(iv) For the fourth school year of employ-
ment, 20 percent of the basic salary, except that
the payment may not exceed $5,000.
‘‘(v) For the fifth year of employment, 10
percent of the basic salary, except that the pay-
ment may not exceed $2,500.’’.
(e) INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN PROVIDING STIPENDS
AND PLACEMENT GRANTS.—Section 1151(h)(1) of such is
amended by striking out ‘‘shall’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘may’’.
(f) APPLICATION
OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS.—The
amendments made by subsections (c) and (d) shall not
apply with respect to—
(1) persons selected by the Secretary of Defense
before the date of the enactment of this Act to partici-
pate in the teacher and teacher’s aide placement pro-
grams required by sections 1151, 1598, and 2410j of
title 10, United States Code, or
(2) agreements entered into by the Secretary be-
fore such date with local educational agencies under
such sections.
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SEC. 1332. PROGRAMS TO PLACE SEPARATED MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES IN EMPLOYMENT POSI-
TIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
(a) PLACEMENT PROGRAM WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.—Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 1152. Assistance to separated members to obtain
employment with law enforcement agen-
cies
‘‘(a) PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall establish a program to assist eligible members
of the armed forces to obtain employment by State and local
law enforcement agencies upon their discharge or release
from active duty.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2), a member of the armed forces may apply
to participate in the program established under subsection
(a) if the member—
‘‘(A) is selected for involuntary separation, is
approved for separation under section 1174a or 1175
of this title, or is given early retirement under section
4403 of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and
Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Pub-
lic Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note) during the
four-year period beginning on October 1, 1993;
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‘‘(B) has a military occupational specialty,
training, or experience related to law enforcement,
such as service as a member of the military police;
and
‘‘(C) satisfies such other criteria for selection as
the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
‘‘(2) A member who is discharged or released from
service under other than honorable conditions shall not be
eligible to participate in the program.
‘‘(c) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—(1) The Secretary
of Defense shall select members to participate in the pro-
gram established under subsection (a) on the basis of appli-
cations submitted to the Secretary before the date of the dis-
charge or release of the members from active duty. An appli-
cation shall be in such form and contain such information
as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not select a member to partici-
pate in the program unless the Secretary has sufficient ap-
propriations for the placement program available at the
time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be incurred
by the United States under subsection (d) with respect to
that member.
‘‘(d) GRANTS TO FACILITATE EMPLOYMENT.—(1) The
Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements with State
and local law enforcement agencies to assist eligible mem-
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bers selected under subsection (c) to obtain suitable employ-
ment with these agencies. Under the agreement, the law en-
forcement agency shall agree to employ a participant in
the program on a full-time basis for at least a five-year
period.
‘‘(2) Under an agreement referred to in paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall agree to pay to the law enforcement
agency involved an amount based upon the basic salary
paid by the law enforcement agency to the participant as
a law enforcement officer. The rate of payment by the Sec-
retary shall be as follows:
‘‘(A) For the first year of employment, 50 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $25,000.
‘‘(B) For the second year of employment, 40 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $10,000.
‘‘(C) For the third year of employment, 30 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $7,500.
‘‘(D) For the fourth year of employment, 20 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $5,000.
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‘‘(E) For the fifth year of employment, 10 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $2,500.
‘‘(3) Payments required under paragraph (2) may be
made by the Secretary in such installments as the Secretary
may determine.
‘‘(4) If a participant who is placed under this program
leaves the employment of the law enforcement agency before
the end of the five years of required employment service,
the agency shall reimburse the Secretary in an amount that
bears the same ratio to the total amount already paid under
the agreement as the unserved portion bears to the five years
of required service.
‘‘(5) The Secretary may not make a grant under this
subsection to a law enforcement agency if the Secretary de-
termines that the law enforcement agency terminated the
employment of another employee in order to fill the vacancy
so created with a participant in this program.’’.
(b) PLACEMENT PROGRAM WITH HEALTH CARE PRO-
VIDERS.—Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding after section 1152, as added by sub-
section (a), the following new section:
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‘‘§ 1153. Assistance to separated members to obtain
employment with health care providers
‘‘(a) PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall establish a program to assist eligible members
of the armed forces to obtain employment by health care
providers upon their discharge or release from active duty.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2), a member shall be eligible for selection by
the Secretary of Defense to participate in the program es-
tablished under subsection (a) if the member—
‘‘(A) is selected for involuntary separation, is
approved for separation under section 1174a or 1175
of this title, or is given early retirement under section
4403 of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and
Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Pub-
lic Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note) during the
four-year period beginning on October 1, 1993;
‘‘(B) has received an associate degree, bacca-
laureate, or advanced degree from an accredited insti-
tution of higher education or a junior or community
college;
‘‘(C) has a military occupational specialty,
training, or experience related to health care or is
likely to be able to obtain such training in a short pe-
riod of time, as determined by the Secretary; and
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‘‘(D) satisfies such other criteria for selection as
the Secretary may prescribe.
‘‘(2) A member who is discharged or released from
service under other than honorable conditions shall not be
eligible to participate in the program.
‘‘(c) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—(1) The Secretary
of Defense shall select members to participate in the pro-
gram established under subsection (a) on the basis of appli-
cations submitted to the Secretary before the date of the dis-
charge or release of the members from active duty. An appli-
cation shall be in such form and contain such information
as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not select a member to partici-
pate in the program unless the Secretary has sufficient ap-
propriations for the placement program available at the
time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be incurred
by the United States under subsection (d) with respect to
that member.
‘‘(d) GRANTS TO FACILITATE EMPLOYMENT.—(1) The
Secretary of Defense may enter into an agreement with a
health care provider to assist eligible members selected
under subsection (c) to obtain suitable employment with the
health care provider. Under the agreement, the provider
shall agree to employ a participant in the program on a
full-time basis for at least a five-year period.
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‘‘(2) Under an agreement referred to in paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall agree to pay to the health care provider
involved an amount based upon the basic salary paid by
the health care provider to the participant. The rate of pay-
ment by the Secretary shall be as follows:
‘‘(A) For the first year of employment, 50 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $25,000.
‘‘(B) For the second year of employment, 40 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $10,000.
‘‘(C) For the third year of employment, 30 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $7,500.
‘‘(D) For the fourth year of employment, 20 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $5,000.
‘‘(E) For the fifth year of employment, 10 per-
cent of the basic salary, except that the payment may
not exceed $2,500.
‘‘(3) Payments required under paragraph (2) may be
made by the Secretary in such installments as the Secretary
may determine.
‘‘(4) If a participant who is placed under this program
leaves the employment of the health care provider before the
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end of the five years of required employment service, the
provider shall reimburse the Secretary in an amount that
bears the same ratio to the total amount already paid under
the agreement as the unserved portion bears to the five years
of required service.
‘‘(5) The Secretary may not make a grant under this
subsection to a health care provider if the Secretary deter-
mines that the provider terminated the employment of an-
other employee in order to fill the vacancy so created with
a participant in this program.’’.
(c) 
PRESEPARATION
COUNSELING.—Section
1142(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking out ‘‘program established under section 1151 of this
title to assist members to obtain employment as elementary
or secondary school teachers or teachers’ aides.’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘programs established under sections
1151, 1152, and 1153 of this title.’’.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following new items:
‘‘1152. Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with law enforce-
ment agencies.
‘‘1153. Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with health care
providers.’’.
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SEC. 1333. GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAIN-
ING IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION TO
DISLOCATED DEFENSE WORKERS AND YOUNG
ADULTS.
(a) GRANT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary
of Defense shall establish a program to provide demonstra-
tion grants to institutions of higher education to assist such
institutions in providing education and training in envi-
ronmental restoration and hazardous waste management to
eligible dislocated defense workers and young adults de-
scribed in subsection (d). The Secretary shall award the
grants pursuant to a merit-based selection process.
(2) A grant provided under this subsection may cover
a period of not more than three fiscal years, except that
the payments under the grant for the second and third fiscal
year shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary and
to the availability of appropriations to carry out this sec-
tion in that fiscal year.
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under
subsection (a), an institution of higher education shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
form, and containing such information as the Secretary
may require. The application shall include the following:
(1) An assurance by the institution of higher
education that it will use the grant to supplement
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and not supplant non-Federal funds that would other-
wise be available for the education and training ac-
tivities funded by the grant.
(2) A proposal by the institution of higher edu-
cation to provide expertise, training, and education
in hazardous materials and waste management and
other environmental fields applicable to defense man-
ufacturing sites and Department of Defense and De-
partment of Energy defense facilities.
(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—(1) An institution of
higher education receiving a grant under subsection (a)
shall use the grant to establish a consortium consisting of
the institution and one or more of each of the entities de-
scribed in paragraph (2) for the purpose of establishing and
conducting a program to provide education and training
in environmental restoration and waste management to eli-
gible individuals described in subsection (d). To the extent
practicable, the Secretary shall authorize the consortium to
use a military installation closed or selected to be closed
under a base closure law in providing on-site basic skills
training to participants in the program.
(2) The entities referred to in paragraph (1) are the
following:
(A) Representatives of appropriate State and
local agencies.
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(B) Private industry councils (as described in
section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1512)).
(C) Community-based organizations (as defined
in section 4(5) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 103(5)).
(D) Businesses.
(E) Organized labor.
(F) Other appropriate educational institutions.
(d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—A program established
or conducted using funds provided under subsection (a)
may provide education and training in environmental res-
toration and waste management to—
(1) individuals who have been terminated or laid
off from employment (or have received notice of termi-
nation or lay off) as a consequence of reductions in
expenditures by the United States for defense, the can-
cellation, termination, or completion of a defense con-
tract, or the closure or realignment of a military in-
stallation under a base closure law, as determined in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary; or
(2) individuals who have attained the age of 16
but not the age of 25.
(e) ELEMENTS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAM.—In establishing or conducting an education and
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stitution of higher education shall give priority to
those young adults who—
(A) have not attended and are otherwise un-
likely to be able to attend an institution of high-
er education; or
(B) have, or are members of families who
have, received a total family income that, in re-
lation to family size, is not in excess of the high-
er of—
(i) the official poverty line (as defined
by the Office of Management and Budget,
and revised annually in accordance with
section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2));
or
(ii) 70 percent of the lower living
standard income level.
(5) To the extent practicable, the institution of
higher education shall select instructors for the edu-
cation and training program from institutions of
higher education, appropriate community programs,
and industry and labor.
(6) To the extent practicable, the institution of
higher education shall consult with appropriate Fed-
eral, State, and local agencies carrying out environ-
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mental restoration programs for the purpose of
achieving coordination between such programs and
the education and training program conducted by the
consortium.
(f) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—To the extent
practicable, the Secretary shall provide grants to institu-
tions of higher education under subsection (a) in a manner
which will equitably distribute such grants among the var-
ious regions of the United States.
(g) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF GRANT TO A SINGLE
RECIPIENT.—The amount of a grant under subsection (a)
that may be made to a single institution of higher education
in a fiscal year may not exceed 1⁄3 of the amount made
available to provide grants under such subsection for that
fiscal year.
(h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The Secretary
may provide a grant to an institution of higher education
under subsection (a) only if the institution agrees to submit
to the Secretary, in each fiscal year in which the Secretary
makes payments under the grant to the institution, a report
containing—
(A) a description and evaluation of the edu-
cation and training program established by the con-
sortium formed by the institution under subsection
(c); and
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(B) such other information as the Secretary may
reasonably require.
(2) Not later than 18 months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Presi-
dent and Congress an interim report containing—
(A) a compilation of the information contained
in the reports received by the Secretary from each in-
stitution of higher education under paragraph (1);
and
(B) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the dem-
onstration grant program authorized by this section.
(3) Not later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary shall
submit to the President and Congress a final report
containing—
(A) a compilation of the information described
in the interim report; and
(B) a final evaluation of the effectiveness of the
demonstration grant program authorized by this sec-
tion, including a recommendation as to the feasibility
of continuing the program.
(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) BASE CLOSURE LAW.—The term ‘‘base clo-
sure law’’ means the following:
(A) The Defense Base Closure and Realign-
ment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public
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Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1808; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note).
(B) Title II of the Defense Authorization
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment
Act (Public Law 100–526; 102 Stat. 2627; 10
U.S.C. 2687 note).
(C) Section 2687 of title 10, United States
Code.
(D) Any other similar law enacted after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION.—The term
‘‘environmental restoration’’ means actions taken con-
sistent with a permanent remedy to prevent or mini-
mize the release of hazardous substances into the envi-
ronment so that such substances do not migrate to
cause substantial danger to present or future public
health or welfare or the environment.
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 1201(a) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Defense.
(j) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 4452 of the De-
fense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance
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Act of 1992 (division D of Public Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C.
2701 note) is repealed.
SEC. 1334. REVISION TO IMPROVEMENTS TO EMPLOYMENT
AND 
TRAINING 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
DIS-
LOCATED WORKERS.
The matter inserted by the amendment made by sec-
tion 4467(f)(1) of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment,
and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Public
Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2751) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(s)(1) Notwithstanding title II of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and any other
provision of law, the Secretary and the Secretary of Edu-
cation shall receive priority by the Secretary of Defense for
the direct transfer, on a nonreimbursable basis, of the prop-
erty described in paragraph (2) for use in carrying out pro-
grams under this Act or under any other Act.
‘‘(2) The property described in this paragraph is both
real and personal property under the control of the Depart-
ment of Defense that is not used by such Department, in-
cluding property that the Secretary of Defense determines
is in excess of current and projected requirements of such
Department.’’.
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SEC. 1335. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE TRAINING
OF RECENTLY DISCHARGED VETERANS FOR
EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN
HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall
establish a demonstration program to promote the training
and employment of veterans in the construction and haz-
ardous waste remediation industries. Using funds made
available to carry out this section the Secretary shall make
grants under the demonstration program to organizations
that meet the eligibility criteria specified in subsection (b).
(b) GRANT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—An organization
is eligible to receive a grant from the Secretary under sub-
section (a) if it—
(1) demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary, an ability to recruit and counsel veterans for
participation in the demonstration program under
this section;
(2) has entered into an agreement with a joint
labor-management training fund established pursuant
to section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act
(29 U.S.C. 158(f)) to implement and operate a train-
ing and employment program for veterans;
(3) agrees under the agreement referred to in
paragraph (2) to use grant funds to carry out a pro-
gram that will provide eligible veterans with training
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for employment in the construction and hazardous
waste remediation industries;
(4) provides such training for eligible veterans
during a period that does not exceed 18 months;
(5) demonstrates actual experience in providing
training for veterans under an agreement referred to
in paragraph (2);
(6) agrees to make, along with all subgrantees, a
substantial in-kind contribution (as determined by
the Secretary of Defense) from non-Federal sources to
the demonstration program under this section; and
(7) gives its assurances, to the satisfaction of the
Secretary, that full time, permanent jobs will be
available for individuals successfully completing the
training program, with a special emphasis on jobs
with employers in construction and hazardous waste
remediation on Department of Defense facilities.
(c) ELIGIBLE VETERANS.—An individual is an eligi-
ble veteran for the purposes of subsection (b)(3) if the
individual—
(1)(A) served in the active military, naval, or
air service for a period of at least two years;
(B) was discharged or released from active duty
because of a service-connected disability; or
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(C) is entitled to compensation (or who but for
the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled
to compensation) under the laws administered by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a disability rated at
30 percent or more; and
(2) was discharged or released on or after August
2, 1990, under conditions other than dishonorable.
(d) PREFERENCE.—In carrying out the demonstration
program under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that
a preference is given to eligible veterans whose primary or
secondary occupational specialty in the Armed Forces is (as
determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary
and in effect before the date of such separation) not readily
transferable to the civilian work force.
(e) HAZARDOUS
WASTE
OPERATIONS
TRAINING
GOAL.—It is the sense of Congress that at least 20 percent
of the total number of veterans completing training under
the demonstration program under this section should com-
plete the training required—
(1) for certification under section 126 of the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986 (29 U.S.C. 655 note), and
(2) under any other Federal law which requires
certification for employees engaged in hazardous
waste operations.
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(f) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available to carry
out this section may only be used for tuition and stipends
to cover the living and travel expenses of participants, ex-
cept that the Secretary may provide that not more than
a total of four percent of all the funds made available under
this section may be used for administrative expenses of
grantees and subgrantees.
(g) LIMITATION ON TUITION CHARGED.—The amount
of tuition charged with respect to veterans participating in
the demonstration program under this section may not ex-
ceed the amount of tuition charged to nonveterans partici-
pating in programs substantially similar to such dem-
onstration program.
(h) CAP ON EXPENDITURES PER PARTICIPANT.—Of
the funds made available to carry out this section—
(1) not more than $1,000 may be expended with
respect to each veteran participating in the construc-
tion phase of the demonstration program, and
(2) not more than an additional $1,000 may be
expended with respect to each veteran participating
in the hazardous waste remediation phase of the dem-
onstration program, except that the Secretary may
authorize an additional $300 for the training of a
veteran participating in such phase if the Secretary
determines that such additional amount is necessary
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because of the type of training needed for the particu-
lar kind of hazardous waste remediation involved.
(i) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than November 1, 1994,
the Secretary shall submit an interim report to the Congress
describing the manner in which the demonstration program
is being carried out under this section, including a detailed
description of the number of grants made, the number of
veterans involved, the kinds of training received, and any
job placements that have occurred or that are anticipated.
(2) Not later than December 31, 1995, the Secretary
shall submit a final report to the Congress containing a
description of the results of the demonstration program with
a detailed description of the number of grants made, the
number of veterans involved, the number of veterans who
completed the program, the number of veterans who were
placed in jobs, the number of veterans who failed to com-
plete the program along with the reasons for such failure,
and any recommendations the Secretary deems appro-
priate.
(j) TERMINATION.—Not later than October 1, 1994, the
Secretary shall obligate, in accordance with the provisions
of this section, the funds made available to carry out the
demonstration program under this section.
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SEC. 1336. SERVICE MEMBERS OCCUPATIONAL CONVER-
SION AND TRAINING.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.—(1)
Section 4495(a)(1) of the Service Members Occupational
Conversion and Training Act of 1992 (subtitle G of title
XLIV of Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2768) is amended
by inserting after the first sentence the following: ‘‘Of the
amounts made available pursuant to section 1302(a) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994,
$25,000,000 shall be made available for the purpose of mak-
ing payments to employers under this subtitle.’’.
(2) Section 4496 of such Act (106 Stat. 2769) is
amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘September
30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘March 31,
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 1997’’.
(b) PROVISION OF TRAINING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.—Section 4489 of such Act (106 Stat. 2764)
is amended by inserting ‘‘or any other institution offering
a program of job training, as approved by the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs,’’ after ‘‘United States Code,’’.
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Subtitle D—Other Matters
SEC. 1341. ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DIVERSIFICA-
TION PLANNING FOR CERTAIN DEFENSE CON-
TRACTORS.
(a) DIVERSIFICATION PLANNING.—As part of each
major defense contract entered into by the Secretary of De-
fense, the Secretary shall encourage that the contractor pre-
pare an industrial diversification plan for the defense-relat-
ed operations of the contractor.
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe regulations to carry out this section. With respect to
major defense contracts, the regulations required by this
subsection shall supersede any regulations prescribed by the
Secretary pursuant to section 4239 of the Defense Conver-
sion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992
(division D of Public Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note).
(c) MAJOR DEFENSE CONTRACTOR DEFINED.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘major defense contract’’
means any contract for goods or services for the Department
of Defense in an amount equal to or greater than
$5,000,000.
(d) APPLICATION
OF PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.—
Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to major defense
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contract entered into by the Secretary on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(e) STUDIES REGARDING DEFENSE CONVERSION MAR-
KET CREATION.—(1) To assist the defense diversification
planning undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall sponsor not more than five studies to identify
economic sectors and strategies that will best facilitate the
process of defense conversion, diversification, and reinvest-
ment. The studies shall be conducted by nongovernmental
entities selected pursuant to a contract with the Secretary.
An entity selected to conduct a study under this subsection
shall consult with representatives of both management and
employees of defense contractors participating in industrial
diversification planning pursuant to subsection (a).
(2) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report describing the results of the studies conducted pursu-
ant to this subsection.
SEC. 1342. ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OR
LEASE OF VEHICLES PRODUCING ZERO OR
VERY LOW EXHAUST EMISSIONS.
From funds authorized to be appropriated in subtitle
A of title I and section 301 for the purchase or lease of
non-tactical administrative vehicles (such as automobiles,
utility trucks, buses, and vans), the Secretary of Defense
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is encouraged to expend not less than 10 percent of such
funds for the purchase or lease of vehicles producing zero
or very low exhaust emissions.
SEC. 1343. REVISION TO REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTICE TO
CONTRACTORS UPON PROPOSED OR ACTUAL
TERMINATION OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS.
Section 4471 of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment,
and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2753; 10
U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 4471. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES
UPON PROPOSED AND ACTUAL TERMINATION
OR SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN MAJOR DE-
FENSE PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) NOTICE REQUIREMENT AFTER SUBMISSION OF
PRESIDENT’S BUDGET TO CONGRESS.—Each year, in con-
junction with the preparation of the President’s budget for
the next fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of Energy shall each assess which major defense pro-
grams (if any) under their respective jurisdictions are pro-
posed to be terminated or substantially reduced under the
budget of the President for the next fiscal year. As soon as
reasonably practicable after the date on which that budget
is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title
31, United States Code, and not more than 180 days after
such date, each such Secretary, in accordance with regula-
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tions prescribed by that Secretary, shall provide notice of
the proposed termination of, or substantial reduction in,
each such program—
‘‘(1) directly to each prime contractor under that
program; and
‘‘(2) by general notice through publication in the
Federal Register.
‘‘(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT AFTER ENACTMENT OF
APPROPRIATIONS ACT.—
‘‘(1) DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE.—As soon as
reasonably practicable after the enactment of an Act
appropriating funds for the military functions of the
Department of Defense, and not more than 180 days
after such date, the Secretary of Defense, in accord-
ance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary—
‘‘(A) shall determine which major defense
programs (if any) of the Department of Defense
that were not previously identified under sub-
section (a) are likely to be terminated or sub-
stantially reduced as a result of the funding lev-
els provided in that Act; and
‘‘(B) shall provide notice of the anticipated
termination of, or substantial reduction in, that
program—
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‘‘(i) directly to each prime contractor
under that program;
‘‘(ii) directly to the Secretary of Labor;
and
‘‘(iii) by general notice through publi-
cation in the Federal Register.
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—As soon as rea-
sonably practicable after the enactment of an Act ap-
propriating funds for national defense programs of
the Department of Energy, and not more than 180
days after such date, the Secretary of Energy, in ac-
cordance 
with 
regulations 
prescribed 
by 
the
Secretary—
‘‘(A) shall determine which major defense
programs (if any) of the Department of Energy
that were not previously identified under sub-
section (a) are likely to be terminated or sub-
stantially reduced as a result of the funding lev-
els provided in that Act; and
‘‘(B) shall provide notice of the anticipated
termination of, or substantial reduction in, that
program—
‘‘(i) directly to each prime contractor
under that program;
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‘‘(ii) directly to the Secretary of Labor;
and
‘‘(iii) by general notice through publi-
cation in the Federal Register.
‘‘(c) NOTICE TO SUBCONTRACTORS.—As soon as rea-
sonably practicable after the date on which the prime con-
tractor for a major defense program receives notice under
subsection (a) or (b) of the termination of, or substantial
reduction in, that program, and not more than 45 days
after such date, the prime contractor shall—
‘‘(1) provide notice of that termination or sub-
stantial reduction to each person that is a first-tier
subcontractor under a contract in an amount not less
than $500,000 for the program; and
‘‘(2) require that each such subcontractor (A)
provide such notice to each of its subcontractors in an
amount in excess of $100,000 under the contract, and
(B) impose a similar notice and pass through require-
ment to subcontractors in an amount in excess of
$100,000 at all tiers.
‘‘(d) SIX-MONTH CONTRACTOR NOTICE TO EMPLOY-
EES
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE LAYOFFS.—A
prime contractor receiving notice under subsection (a) or
(b) or a subcontractor receiving notice under subsection (c)
relating to a major defense program may not terminate the
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employment of an individual as a result of the actual termi-
nation or substantial reduction of that program until six
months after the date on which the contractor or subcontrac-
tor provides notice in writing of such contractor or sub-
contractor’s intent to terminate the employment of such
individual—
‘‘(1) to that employee and, if there is a labor rep-
resentative of that employee, to that labor representa-
tive;
‘‘(2) to the State dislocated worker unit or office
described in section 311(b)(2) of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1661(b)(2)) for the State
within which that individual resides; and
‘‘(3) to the chief elected official of the unit of gen-
eral local government within which that individual
resides.
‘‘(e) CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE.—The notice of termi-
nation of, or substantial reduction in, a major defense pro-
gram provided under subsection (d)(1) to an employee of
a contractor or subcontractor shall have the same effect as
a notice of termination to such employee for the purposes
of determining whether such employee is eligible for train-
ing, adjustment assistance, and employment services under
section 325 or 325A of the Job Training Partnership Act,
except where the employer has specified that the termi-
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ed States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following
table:
Army: Outside the United States
Country
Installation or location
Amount
Johnston Island ...........
Johnston Island ...........................
$1,700,000
Kwajalein Atoll ............
Kwajalein .....................................
$21,200,000
OCONUS Classified ....
Classified Locations .....................
$3,600,000
SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING.
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2104(a)(6)(A), the Secretary of the
Army may construct or acquire family housing units (in-
cluding land acquisition) at the installations, for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts set forth in the following table:
Army: Family Housing
State
Installation
Purpose
Amount
California .........
Fort Irwin ............
220 units ..........
$25,000,000
Hawaii .............
Schofield Barracks
348 units ..........
$52,000,000
Maryland .........
Fort Meade ...........
275 units ..........
$26,000,000
Nevada ..............
Hawthorne Army
Ammunition
Plant .................
Demolition .......
$500,000
New York ..........
U.S. Military
Academy, West
Point .................
100 units ..........
$15,000,000
North Carolina
Fort Bragg ...........
224 units ..........
$18,000,000
Wisconsin .........
Fort McCoy ..........
16 units ............
$2,950,000
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in
section 2104(a)(6)(A), the Secretary of the Army may carry