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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2561
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 28, 1999
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, for military func-
tions administered by the Department of Defense, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
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tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the
Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets;
and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section
229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$21,475,732,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the
Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–
377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the
Department
of
Defense
Military
Retirement
Fund,
$16,737,072,000.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma-
rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve
provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec-
tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C.
402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund, $6,353,622,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air
Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets;
and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section
229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$17,565,811,000.
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re-
serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and
3038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members
of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses au-
thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code;
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund, $2,235,055,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re-
serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10,
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under
section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con-
nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re-
serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title
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10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart-
ment
of
Defense
Military
Retirement
Fund,
$1,425,210,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131
of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the
Department
of
Defense
Military
Retirement
Fund,
$403,822,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or
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available only for retrofitting security containers that are
under the control of, or that are accessible by, defense con-
tractors: Provided further, That of the amounts provided
under this heading, $6,300,000 is available only for the
Department of Defense STARBASE program.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $1,513,076,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $969,478,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
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ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re-
serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead;
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $143,911,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve;
repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $1,788,091,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
istering the Army National Guard, including medical and
hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal
hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc-
tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per-
sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex-
penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for
Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard
division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in-
specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau
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regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na-
tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army
National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re-
pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and
equipment (including aircraft), $3,103,642,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For operation and maintenance of the Air National
Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and re-
lated expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, op-
eration, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities
for the training and administration of the Air National
Guard, including repair of facilities, maintenance, oper-
ation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of
things, hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplies, mate-
rials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air Na-
tional Guard; and expenses incident to the maintenance
and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including
such as may be furnished from stocks under the control
of agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses
(other than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by
law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal
duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting
units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula-
tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National
Guard Bureau, $3,239,438,000.
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OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contin-
gency
Operations
by
United
States
military
forces,
$1,812,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these
funds only to operation and maintenance accounts within
this title, the Defense Health Program appropriation, and
to working capital funds: Provided further, That the funds
transferred shall be merged with and shall be available for
the same purposes and for the same time period, as the
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That
the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in ad-
dition to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere
in this Act.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED
FORCES
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United
States
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Armed
Forces,
$7,621,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 can be used
for official representation purposes.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Army, $378,170,000, to
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe
buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by
this appropriation to other appropriations made available
to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and
to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation:
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in
this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided elsewhere in this Act.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Navy, $284,000,000, to
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such
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essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided in this para-
graph is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided elsewhere in this Act.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED
DEFENSE SITES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Army, $209,214,000, to
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe
buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart-
ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this
appropriation to other appropriations made available to
the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to
be available for the same purposes and for the same time
period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That upon a determination that all or part
of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided in this para-
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graph is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided elsewhere in this Act.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian,
Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of
Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec-
tions 401, 402, 404, 2547, and 2551 of title 10, United
States Code), $55,800,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION
For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet
Union, including assistance provided by contract or by
grants, for facilitating the elimination and the safe and
secure transportation and storage of nuclear, chemical,
and other weapons; for establishing programs to prevent
the proliferation of weapons, weapons components, and
weapon-related technology and expertise; for programs re-
lating to the training and support of defense and military
personnel for demilitarization and protection of weapons,
weapons components, and weapons technology and exper-
tise, $456,100,000, to remain available until September
30, 2002.
QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting
from unfunded shortfalls in the repair and maintenance
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of real property of the Department of Defense (including
military housing and barracks), $800,000,000, for the
maintenance of real property of the Department of De-
fense (including minor construction and major mainte-
nance and repair), which shall remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2001, as follows:
Army, $182,600,000;
Navy, $285,200,000;
Marine Corps, $62,100,000;
Air Force, $259,600,000; and
Defense-Wide, $10,500,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds appropriated under this heading for De-
fense-Wide activities, the entire amount shall only be
available for grants by the Secretary of Defense to local
educational authorities which maintain primary and sec-
ondary educational facilities located within Department of
Defense installations, and which are used primarily by De-
partment of Defense military and civilian dependents, for
facility repairs and improvements to such educational fa-
cilities: Provided further, That such grants to local edu-
cational authorities may be made for repairs and improve-
ments to such educational facilities as required to meet
classroom size requirements: Provided further, That the
cumulative amount of any grant or grants to any single
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local educational authority provided pursuant to the provi-
sions under this heading shall not exceed $1,500,000.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes,
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes, $1,590,488,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2002.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
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the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes,
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes, $1,272,798,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2002.
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES, ARMY
For
construction,
procurement,
production,
and
modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles,
equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces-
sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices;
expansion of public and private plants, including the land
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $1,556,665,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2002.
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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY
For
construction,
procurement,
production,
and
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary
for the foregoing purposes, $1,228,770,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2002.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For
construction,
procurement,
production,
and
modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and
non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of not to exceed
36 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and the
purchase of 3 vehicles required for physical security of
personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to
passenger vehicles but not to exceed $200,000 per vehicle;
communications and electronic equipment; other support
equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories there-
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things, $2,329,510,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2002.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
For
construction,
procurement,
production,
and
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary
for the foregoing purposes, $481,837,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2002.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For procurement and modification of equipment (in-
cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment,
and ground electronic and communication equipment),
and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth-
erwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed 53 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; lease of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and expansion of public and private
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plants, Government-owned equipment and installation
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi-
tion of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment lay-
away, $6,958,227,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the amounts
provided under this heading, $82,363,000 shall be avail-
able only for procurement of the 60K A/C Loader pro-
gram: Provided further, That of the amounts provided
under this heading, $179,339,000 is available only for the
Base Information Infrastructure program.
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments)
necessary for procurement, production, and modification
of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there-
for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to ex-
ceed 103 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
the purchase of 7 vehicles required for physical security
of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable
to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $250,000 per vehi-
cle; expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and
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installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures,
and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway, $2,286,368,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
of the funds available under this heading, not less than
$39,491,000, including $6,000,000 derived by transfer
from ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, De-
fense-Wide’’, shall be available only to support Electronic
Commerce Resource Centers: Provided further, That none
of the funds in this or any other Act shall be used to com-
pensate administrative support contractors for the Joint
Electronic Commerce Program Office.
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT
For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat
vehicles, ammunition, other weapons, and other procure-
ment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces,
$130,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2002: Provided, That the Chiefs of the Reserve
and National Guard components shall, not later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit
to the congressional defense committees the modernization
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priority assessment for their respective Reserve or Na-
tional Guard component.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant
to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and
2093), $5,000,000 only for microwave power tubes and
to remain available until expended.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
EVALUATION
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
ARMY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $5,148,093,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2001.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
NAVY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $9,080,580,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided,
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That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are
available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique re-
quirements of the Special Operation Forces: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds available under this heading, no
more than $5,000,000 shall be available only to initiate
a
cost
improvement
program
for
the
Intercooled
Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine program: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds identified in the immediately pre-
ceding proviso shall be made available only if the Secretary
of the Navy certifies to the congressional defense commit-
tees that binding commitments to finance the remaining
cost of the ICR cost improvement program have been se-
cured from non-federal sources: Provided further, That
should the Secretary of the Navy fail to make the certifi-
cation required in the immediately preceding proviso by
July 31, 2000, the Secretary shall make the funds subject
to such certification available for DD–21 ship propulsion
risk reduction: Provided further, That the Department of
Defense shall not pay more than one-third of the cost of
the Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine cost im-
provement program.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
AIR FORCE
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
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ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $13,709,233,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2001.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments),
necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects
as may be designated and determined by the Secretary
of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation,
lease,
and
operation
of
facilities
and
equipment,
$8,935,149,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That not less than
$419,768,000 of the funds made available under this
heading shall be made available only for the Navy Theater
Wide Missile Defense program: Provided further, That of
the amount appropriated in section 102 of division B, title
I, of Public Law 105–277 (112 Stat. 2681–558), the
amount of $230,000,000 not covered as of July 12, 1999,
by an official budget request under the third proviso of
that section is available, subject to such an official budget
request for that entire amount, only for the following pro-
grams in the specified amounts:
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‘‘International
Cooperative
Programs’’
(ARROW
anti-tactical
ballistic
missile),
$45,000,000;
‘‘Navy Theater Wide Missile Defense System’’,
$35,000,000;
‘‘PATRIOT PAC–3 Theater Missile Defense
Acquisition—EMD’’, $75,000,000; and
‘‘National
Missile
Defense
Dem/Val’’,
$75,000,000:
Provided
further,
That
none
of
the
amount
of
$230,000,000 described in the preceding proviso may be
made available for obligation unless the entire amount is
released to the Department of Defense and made available
for obligation for the programs, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That of the
amounts provided under this heading, $5,000,000 is only
for a technology insertion program, to be carried out by
a federally funded research and development center and
other units it affiliates with, to demonstrate the cost sav-
ing and efficiency benefits of applying commercially avail-
able software and information technology to the manufac-
turing lines of small defense firms.
DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of inde-
pendent activities of the Director, Test and Evaluation in
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the direction and supervision of developmental test and
evaluation, including performance and joint developmental
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith, $271,957,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2001.
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the independent activities of the Director, Operational
Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of
operational test and evaluation, including initial oper-
ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to,
and in support of, production decisions; joint operational
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith, $29,434,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2001.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
For
the
Defense
Working
Capital
Funds,
$90,344,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 2000,
funds in the Defense Working Capital Funds may be used
for the purchase of not to exceed 295 passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only for the Defense Security
Service.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND
For
National
Defense
Sealift
Fund
programs,
projects, and activities, and for expenses of the National
Defense Reserve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the
Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744),
$729,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph
shall be used to award a new contract that provides for
the acquisition of any of the following major components
unless such components are manufactured in the United
States: auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all ship-
board services; propulsion system components (that is; en-
gines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes;
and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, That
the exercise of an option in a contract awarded through
the obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not
be considered to be the award of a new contract: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the military department re-
sponsible for such procurement may waive the restrictions
in the first proviso on a case-by-case basis by certifying
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department
of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such
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an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability
for national security purposes.
TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical
and health care programs of the Department of Defense,
as
authorized
by
law,
$11,078,417,000,
of
which
$10,471,447,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
of which not to exceed 2 per centum shall remain available
until September 30, 2001; of which $356,970,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2002,
shall be for Procurement; and of which $250,000,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000,
shall be for Research, development, test and evaluation:
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this
heading for Research, development, test and evaluation,
$175,000,000 shall be made available only for the Army
peer-reviewed
breast
cancer
research
program
and
$75,000,000 shall be made available only for the Army
peer-reviewed prostate cancer research program.
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CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION,
ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal
chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au-
thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de-
struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not
in the chemical weapon stockpile, $781,000,000, of which
$492,000,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
$116,000,000 shall be for Procurement to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2002, and $173,000,000 shall
be for Research, development, test and evaluation to re-
main available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That
notwithstanding 10 U.S.C. 2215, of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $75,303,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency
‘‘Defense Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness
Program’’ account by October 31, 1999, to provide off-
post emergency response and preparedness assistance to
the communities surrounding the eight continental United
States chemical agent storage and disposal sites; of which
$32,209,000 shall be derived from Operation and mainte-
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nance, and $43,094,000 shall be derived from Procure-
ment.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,
DEFENSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of
the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations
available to the Department of Defense for military per-
sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi-
sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for Op-
eration and maintenance; for Procurement; and for Re-
search, development, test and evaluation, $883,700,000:
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, $42,800,000 is hereby transferred to appropriations
available for ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ for fiscal
year 2000, and the transferred funds shall be available
for construction at forward operating locations in the area
of responsibility of the United States Southern Command:
Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be available for obligation for the same time
period and for the same purpose as the appropriation to
which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer au-
thority provided under this heading is in addition to any
transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses and activities of the Office of the In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $140,844,000,
of which $138,744,000 shall be for Operation and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on
the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and
payments may be made on the Inspector General’s certifi-
cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; and
of which $2,100,000 to remain available until September
30, 2002, shall be for Procurement.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain proper
funding level for continuing the operation of the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System,
$209,100,000.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu-
nity
Management
Account,
$144,415,000,
of
which
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$34,923,000 for the Advanced Research and Development
Committee shall remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $27,000,000 shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Justice for the National Drug Intelligence Center
to support the Department of Defense’s counter-drug in-
telligence
responsibilities,
and
of
the
said
amount,
$1,500,000 for Procurement shall remain available until
September 30, 2002, and $1,000,000 for Research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation shall remain available until
September 30, 2001.
PAYMENT TO KAHO’OLAWE ISLAND CONVEYANCE, RE-
MEDIATION,
AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
FUND
For payment to Kaho’olawe Island Conveyance, Re-
mediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund, as au-
thorized by law, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION TRUST FUND
For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102–
183, $8,000,000, to be derived from the National Security
Education Trust Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is
computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5,
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent-
age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to
its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further,
That this section shall not apply to Department of De-
fense foreign service national employees serving at United
States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart-
ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall
not apply to foreign national employees of the Department
of Defense in the Republic of Turkey.
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SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 per centum of the ap-
propriations in this Act which are limited for obligation
during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during
the last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to obligations for support of active
duty training of reserve components or summer camp
training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $2,000,000,000
of working capital funds of the Department of Defense
or funds made available in this Act to the Department
of Defense for military functions (except military con-
struction) between such appropriations or funds or any
subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as
the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided,
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless
for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated
and in no case where the item for which funds are re-
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quested has been denied by Congress: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority
or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That
no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to pre-
pare or present a request to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher pri-
ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements,
than those for which originally appropriated and in no
case where the item for which reprogramming is requested
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That
the Department of the Army, Department of the Air
Force, Defense-Wide Agencies, and the Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense may not reprogram funds within any
appropriation in title III or IV of this or prior annual De-
partment of Defense Acts under the authority of the De-
partment of Defense Financial Management Regulation
without prior written approval from the Appropriations
Committees of Congress.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10,
United States Code, may be maintained in only such
amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans-
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fers may be made between such funds: Provided further,
That transfers may be made between working capital
funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’
appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap-
propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of
the Office of Management and Budget, except that such
transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except
in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working
capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made
against a working capital fund to procure or increase the
value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Sec-
retary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any
such obligation.
SEC. 8007. Funds appropriated by this Act may not
be used to initiate a special access program without prior
notification 30 calendar days in session in advance to the
congressional defense committees.
SEC. 8008. None of the funds provided in this or any
other Act hereafter shall be available to initiate: (1) a
multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of
the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent li-
ability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for ad-
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vance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that
employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of
$20,000,000 in any one year; or (3) a contract for any
systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear
contract would exceed $100,000,000: Provided, That the
limitations in the preceding provisos of this section do not
apply to multiyear contracts awarded prior to the date of
enactment of this Act or to multiyear contracts for which
authority is specifically provided in subsequent defense au-
thorization acts and appropriation acts: Provided further,
That no funds in this or any other Act may be used to
initiate, expand, or extend a multiyear contract unless the
Secretary of Defense has specifically notified the congres-
sional defense committees in writing thirty days in ad-
vance of contract award that such a contract is in the na-
tional interest: Provided further, That no multiyear con-
tract may be terminated without ten day prior notification
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further,
That the execution of multiyear authority shall require the
use of a present value analysis to determine lowest cost
compared to an annual procurement.
SEC. 8009. Within the funds appropriated for the op-
eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are
hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10,
United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance
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costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code.
Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations
and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap-
ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga-
tions shall be reported to Congress on September 30 of
each year: Provided, That funds available for operation
and maintenance shall be available for providing humani-
tarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams
in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact
of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–239:
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of the Army that such action is beneficial for grad-
uate medical education programs conducted at Army med-
ical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army
may authorize the provision of medical services at such
facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a non-
reimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, Palau, and Guam.
SEC. 8010. (a) During fiscal year 2000, the civilian
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man-
aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage-
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ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not
be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an
end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may
be employed on the last day of such fiscal year.
(b) The fiscal year 2001 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2001
Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared
and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and
(b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal
year 2001.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply
to military (civilian) technicians.
SEC. 8011. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds made available by this Act shall
be used by the Department of Defense to exceed, outside
the 50 United States, its territories, and the District of
Columbia, 125,000 civilian workyears: Provided, That
workyears shall be applied as defined in the Federal Per-
sonnel Manual: Provided further, That workyears ex-
pended in dependent student hiring programs for dis-
advantaged youths shall not be included in this workyear
limitation.
SEC. 8012. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
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fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress.
SEC. 8013. (a) None of the funds appropriated by
this Act shall be used to make contributions to the Depart-
ment of Defense Education Benefits Fund pursuant to
section 2006(g) of title 10, United States Code, rep-
resenting the normal cost for future benefits under section
3015(c) of title 38, United States Code, for any member
of the armed services who, on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, enlists in the armed services for a
period of active duty of less than three years, nor shall
any amounts representing the normal cost of such future
benefits be transferred from the Fund by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pur-
suant to section 2006(d) of title 10, United States Code;
nor shall the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pay such bene-
fits to any such member: Provided, That these limitations
shall not apply to members in combat arms skills or to
members who enlist in the armed services on or after July
1, 1989, under a program continued or established by the
Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 1991 to test the cost-
effective use of special recruiting incentives involving not
more than nineteen noncombat arms skills approved in ad-
vance by the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That
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this subsection applies only to active components of the
Army.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available for the basic pay and allowances of any mem-
ber of the Army participating as a full-time student and
receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits
Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited
toward completion of a service commitment: Provided,
That this subsection shall not apply to those members who
have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987:
Provided further, That this subsection applies only to ac-
tive components of the Army.
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance
an activity or function of the Department of Defense that,
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is per-
formed by more than ten Department of Defense civilian
employees until a most efficient and cost-effective organi-
zation analysis is completed on such activity or function
and certification of the analysis is made to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided, That this section and subsections (a),
(b), and (c) of 10 U.S.C. 2461 shall not apply to a com-
mercial or industrial type function of the Department of
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Defense that: (1) is included on the procurement list es-
tablished pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 25,
1938 (41 U.S.C. 47), popularly referred to as the Javits-
Wagner-O’Day Act; (2) is planned to be converted to per-
formance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or
by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or (3) is
planned to be converted to performance by a qualified firm
under 51 per centum Native American ownership.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act
for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Pro-
gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con-
tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing
a
Mentor-Protege
Program
developmental
assistance
agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2301 note), as amended, under the
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority
contained in this Act.
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be
available for the purchase by the Department of Defense
(and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard
anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under
unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured
in the United States from components which are substan-
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tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That
for the purpose of this section manufactured will include
cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and
welding (including the forging and shot blasting process):
Provided further, That for the purpose of this section sub-
stantially all of the components of anchor and mooring
chain shall be considered to be produced or manufactured
in the United States if the aggregate cost of the compo-
nents produced or manufactured in the United States ex-
ceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or
manufactured outside the United States: Provided further,
That when adequate domestic supplies are not available
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis, the Secretary of the service responsible for the pro-
curement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case
basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such an acquisition must be made in order
to acquire capability for national security purposes.
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program
of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) shall be available
for the reimbursement of any health care provider for in-
patient mental health service for care received when a pa-
tient is referred to a provider of inpatient mental health
care or residential treatment care by a medical or health
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care professional having an economic interest in the facil-
ity to which the patient is referred: Provided, That this
limitation does not apply in the case of inpatient mental
health services provided under the program for the handi-
capped under subsection (d) of section 1079 of title 10,
United States Code, provided as partial hospital care, or
provided pursuant to a waiver authorized by the Secretary
of Defense because of medical or psychological cir-
cumstances of the patient that are confirmed by a health
professional who is not a Federal employee after a review,
pursuant to rules prescribed by the Secretary, which takes
into account the appropriate level of care for the patient,
the intensity of services required by the patient, and the
availability of that care.
SEC. 8018. Funds available in this Act may be used
to provide transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals
who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from
the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United
States, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense
may prescribe.
SEC. 8019. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during the current fiscal year, the Secretary of De-
fense may, by executive agreement, establish with host na-
tion governments in NATO member states a separate ac-
count into which such residual value amounts negotiated
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in the return of United States military installations in
NATO member states may be deposited, in the currency
of the host nation, in lieu of direct monetary transfers to
the United States Treasury: Provided, That such credits
may be utilized only for the construction of facilities to
support United States military forces in that host nation,
or such real property maintenance and base operating
costs that are currently executed through monetary trans-
fers to such host nations: Provided further, That the De-
partment of Defense’s budget submission for fiscal year
2001 shall identify such sums anticipated in residual value
settlements, and identify such construction, real property
maintenance or base operating costs that shall be funded
by the host nation through such credits: Provided further,
That all military construction projects to be executed from
such accounts must be previously approved in a prior Act
of Congress: Provided further, That each such executive
agreement with a NATO member host nation shall be re-
ported to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate 30 days prior to the conclusion and endorse-
ment of any such agreement established under this provi-
sion.
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SEC. 8020. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis-
pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles,
.22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols.
SEC. 8021. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to pay more than 50 per centum of an amount
paid to any person under section 308 of title 37, United
States Code, in a lump sum.
SEC. 8022. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap-
propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur-
ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga-
nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of
Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re-
striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing
to the congressional defense committees that such a relo-
cation is required in the best interest of the Government.
SEC. 8023. A member of a reserve component whose
unit or whose residence is located in a State which is not
contiguous with another State is authorized to travel in
a space required status on aircraft of the Armed Forces
between home and place of inactive duty training, or place
of duty in lieu of unit training assembly, when there is
no road or railroad transportation (or combination of road
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and railroad transportation between those locations): Pro-
vided, That a member traveling in that status on a mili-
tary aircraft pursuant to the authority provided in this
section is not authorized to receive travel, transportation,
or per diem allowances in connection with that travel.
SEC. 8024. (a) In addition to the funds provided else-
where in this Act, $8,000,000 is appropriated only for in-
centive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That
contractors participating in the test program established
by section 854 of Public Law 101–189 (15 U.S.C. 637
note) shall be eligible for the program established by sec-
tion 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C.
1544).
SEC. 8025. During the current fiscal year, funds ap-
propriated or otherwise available for any Federal agency,
the Congress, the judicial branch, or the District of Co-
lumbia may be used for the pay, allowances, and benefits
of an employee as defined by section 2105 of title 5,
United States Code, or an individual employed by the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia, permanent or tem-
porary indefinite, who—
(1) is a member of a Reserve component of the
Armed Forces, as described in section 10101 of title
10, United States Code, or the National Guard, as
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described in section 101 of title 32, United States
Code;
(2) performs, for the purpose of providing mili-
tary aid to enforce the law or providing assistance
to civil authorities in the protection or saving of life
or property or prevention of injury—
(A) Federal service under sections 331,
332, 333, or 12406 of title 10, or other provi-
sion of law, as applicable; or
(B) full-time military service for his or her
State, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the
United States; and
(3) requests and is granted—
(A) leave under the authority of this sec-
tion; or
(B) annual leave, which may be granted
without regard to the provisions of sections
5519 and 6323(b) of title 5, if such employee
is otherwise entitled to such annual leave:
Provided, That any employee who requests leave under
subsection (3)(A) for service described in subsection (2)
of this section is entitled to such leave, subject to the pro-
visions of this section and of the last sentence of section
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6323(b) of title 5, and such leave shall be considered leave
under section 6323(b) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 8026. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available to perform any cost study pursuant
to the provisions of OMB Circular A–76 if the study being
performed exceeds a period of 24 months after initiation
of such study with respect to a single function activity or
48 months after initiation of such study for a multi-func-
tion activity.
SEC. 8027. Funds appropriated by this Act for the
American Forces Information Service shall not be used for
any national or international political or psychological ac-
tivities.
SEC. 8028. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust
wage rates for civilian employees hired for certain health
care occupations as authorized for the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States
Code.
Sec. 8029. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act.
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SEC. 8030. (a) Of the funds for the procurement of
supplies or services appropriated by this Act, qualified
nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handi-
capped shall be afforded the maximum practicable oppor-
tunity to participate as subcontractors and suppliers in the
performance of contracts let by the Department of De-
fense.
(b) During the current fiscal year, a business concern
which has negotiated with a military service or defense
agency a subcontracting plan for the participation by
small business concerns pursuant to section 8(d) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) shall be given
credit toward meeting that subcontracting goal for any
purchases made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the
blind or other severely handicapped.
(c) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ‘‘quali-
fied nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handi-
capped’’ means a nonprofit agency for the blind or other
severely handicapped that has been approved by the Com-
mittee for the Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely
Handicapped under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41
U.S.C. 46–48).
SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, net re-
ceipts pursuant to collections from third party payers pur-
suant to section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, shall
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be made available to the local facility of the uniformed
services responsible for the collections and shall be over
and above the facility’s direct budget amount.
SEC. 8032. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec-
tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government
of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That upon re-
ceipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait
shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which in-
curred such obligations.
SEC. 8033. Of the funds made available in this Act,
not less than $26,588,000 shall be available for the Civil
Air Patrol Corporation, of which $22,888,000 shall be
available for Civil Air Patrol Corporation operation and
maintenance to support readiness activities which includes
$1,418,000 for the Civil Air Patrol counterdrug program:
Provided, That funds identified for ‘‘Civil Air Patrol’’
under this section are intended for and shall be for the
exclusive use of the Civil Air Patrol Corporation and not
for the Air Force or any unit thereof.
SEC. 8034. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act are available to establish a new Department of De-
fense (department) federally funded research and develop-
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ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a
separate entity administrated by an organization man-
aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor-
poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and
other non-profit entities.
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees,
Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting
Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC,
and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except
when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be com-
pensated for his or her services as a member of such enti-
ty, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in
a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity
referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed
travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Fed-
eral Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the per-
formance of membership duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds available to the department from any source
during fiscal year 2000 may be used by a defense FFRDC,
through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construc-
tion of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for
projects funded by government grants, for absorption of
contract overruns, or for certain charitable contributions,
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not to include employee participation in community service
and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of
the funds available to the department during fiscal year
2000, not more than 6,206 staff years of technical effort
(staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Pro-
vided, That of the specific amount referred to previously
in this subsection, not more than 1,105 staff years may
be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs.
(e) Within 60 days after the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense
committees
a
report
presenting
the
specific
amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated
by the department for each defense FFRDC during fiscal
year 2000: Provided, That, after the submission of the re-
port required by this subsection, the department may not
reallocate more than 5 per centum of an FFRDC’s staff
years among other defense FFRDCs until 30 days after
a detailed justification for any such reallocation is sub-
mitted to the congressional defense committees.
(f ) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submis-
sion of the department’s fiscal year 2001 budget request,
submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff
years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense
FFRDC during that fiscal year.
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(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the reductions for advisory and assistance services con-
tained in this Act shall be applied to defense FFRDCs.
SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa-
cility or property under the control of the Department of
Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re-
strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class
9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications
of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the military department responsible
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order
to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro-
vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to
contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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SEC. 8036. For the purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed
Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the
Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives.
SEC. 8037. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot
maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels
as well as the production of components and other De-
fense-related articles, through competition between De-
partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri-
vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu-
tive of the military department or defense agency con-
cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success-
ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in-
direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur-
ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A–
76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this
section.
SEC. 8038. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after
consultation with the United States Trade Representative,
determines that a foreign country which is party to an
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loan guaranteed by the United States: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the
Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services and For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Ap-
propriations, Armed Services and International Relations
in the House of Representatives on the implementation of
this program: Provided further, That amounts charged for
administrative fees and deposited to the special account
provided for under section 2540c(d) of title 10, shall be
available for paying the costs of administrative expenses
of the Department of Defense that are attributable to the
loan guarantee program under subchapter VI of chapter
148 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8076. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense shall be obligated or expended to
make a financial contribution to the United Nations for
the cost of an United Nations peacekeeping activity
(whether pursuant to assessment or a voluntary contribu-
tion) or for payment of any United States arrearage to
the United Nations.
SEC. 8077. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or
expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the
Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by
the contractor to an employee when—