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tion contractor)’’ after ‘‘Department of Defense
activities’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out ‘‘de-
scribed in this paragraph’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘referred to in paragraph (1)’’;
(3) in subsection (a)(3)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘the persons and enti-
ties described in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘a person or entity described in
paragraph (2)’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘to that person or entity’’
before the period;
(4) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘person
or’’ before ‘‘entity’’; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘person
or’’ before ‘‘entity’’;
(5) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or entity’’
after ‘‘person’’ each place it appears;
(6) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘plaintiff’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘person or entity seeking in-
demnification under this section’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘hazardous substance
or pollutant or contaminant’’ and inserting in
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lieu thereof ‘‘hazardous substance, a pollutant
or contaminant, or petroleum or its deriva-
tives’’; and
(7) in subsection (f)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘ ‘remedial action’,
‘response’,’’ after ‘‘ ‘release’,’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(24), (25),’’ after
‘‘(22),’’ each place it appears; and
(B) by adding after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) The term ‘response action contractor’ has
the meaning given such term in section 119(e)(2) of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C.
9619(e)(2)), except that such term includes a person
who enters into, and is carrying out, a contract to
provide at a facility (including a facility not listed on
the National Priorities List) a response action with
respect to any release or threatened release from the
facility of a hazardous substance or pollutant or con-
taminant, or a similar action with respect to petro-
leum or its derivatives.’’.
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SEC. 383. ANNUAL REPORT ON REIMBURSEMENT OF CON-
TRACTOR 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
RESPONSE
COSTS FOR OTHER THAN RESPONSE ACTION
CONTRACTORS.
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 2706 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(c) REPORT ON REIMBURSEMENT OF CONTRACTOR
COSTS.—(1) Each year, at the same time the President
submits to the Congress the budget for a fiscal year (pur-
suant to section 1105 of title 31), the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the committees named in paragraph (3)
a report on payments made by the Secretary of Defense
for defense contractor environmental response costs.
‘‘(2) Each report required by paragraph (1) shall in-
clude, for the recently completed fiscal year—
‘‘(A) estimated payments made by the Sec-
retary of Defense to a defense contractor (other
than a response action contractor) for environmental
response costs at facilities owned or operated by the
defense contractor or at which the defense contrac-
tor is liable in whole or in part for the environmental
response action; and
‘‘(B) the amount and current status of any
pending requests by a defense contractor (other than
a response action contractor) for payment of envi-
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ronmental response costs at facilities owned or oper-
ated by the defense contractor or at which the de-
fense contractor is liable in whole or in part for the
environmental response action.
‘‘(3) The committees of Congress to which a report
under paragraph (1) is to be submitted are the following:
‘‘(A) The Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives.
‘‘(B) The Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate.
‘‘(C) The Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
‘‘(D) The Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
‘‘(E) The Committee on Government Oper-
ations of the House of Representatives.
‘‘(F) The Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years be-
ginning with fiscal year 1992, except that for fiscal years
1992 and 1993, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a
report required by such amendment to the committees
named in subsection (c) not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘defense contractor’’—
(A) means a company that is one of the
top 100 companies receiving the largest dollar
volume of prime contract awards by the Depart-
ment of Defense during the fiscal year covered
by the report required by section 2706(c) of
title 10, United States Code, as amended by
subsection (a); and
(B) does not include small business con-
cerns, commercial companies providing commer-
cial items to the Department of Defense, or
segments of commercial companies providing
commercial items to the Department of De-
fense.
(2) The terms ‘‘facility’’, ‘‘response’’, and ‘‘re-
sponse action contractor’’ have the meaning given
such terms in paragraphs (9) and (25) of section
101, and in section 119(e)(2), respectively, of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(9)
and (25), 9619(e)(2)).
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(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The average military training
student loads authorized in subsection (a) shall be ad-
justed consistent with the end strengths authorized in sub-
titles A and B. The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
the manner in which such adjustments shall be appor-
tioned.
SEC. 422. STUDENT LOADS AT WAR COLLEGES AND AT COM-
MAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGES.
(a) REQUIRED STUDENT LEVELS.—The Secretary of
Defense shall ensure that the number of students at each
of the war colleges and at each of the command and gen-
eral staff colleges is maintained during fiscal year 1994
at the same level as was in effect on October 1, 1992,
for each such college.
(b) COVERED SCHOOLS.—For purposes of subsection
(a)—
(1) the war colleges are the National War Col-
lege, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the
Army War College, the College of Naval Warfare,
and the Air War College; and
(2) the command and general staff colleges are
the Armed Forces Staff College, the Army Com-
mand and General Staff Course, the College of
Naval Command and Staff, the Air Command and