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as the minimum age for military recruitment and participation
in armed conflict.
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Congress hereby—
(1) deplores the global use of child soldiers and supports
their immediate demobilization;
(2) condemns the abduction of Ugandan children by the
LRA;
(3) calls on the Government of Sudan to use its influence
with the LRA to secure the release of abducted children and
to halt further abductions; and
(4) encourages the United States delegation not to block
the drafting of an optional protocol to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child that would establish 18 as the minimum
age for participation in armed conflict.
(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress
that the President and the Secretary of State should—
(1) support efforts to end the abduction of children by
the LRA, secure their release, and facilitate their rehabilitation
and reintegration into society;
(2) not block efforts to establish 18 as the minimum age
for participation in conflict through an optional protocol to
the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and
(3) provide greater support to United Nations agencies
and nongovernmental organizations working for the rehabilita-
tion and reintegration of former child soldiers into society.
SEC. 8129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Defense shall obligate the funds provided for
Counterterror Technical Support in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1998 (under title IV of Public Law 105–56)
for the projects and in the amounts provided for in House Report
105–265 of the House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Con-
gress, First Session: Provided, That the funds available for the
Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis Project should be executed through
cooperation with the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
SEC. 8130. TRAINING AND OTHER PROGRAMS. (a) PROHIBITION.—
None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to
support any training program involving a unit of the security forces
of a foreign country if the Secretary of Defense has received credible
information from the Department of State that a member of such
unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all
necessary corrective steps have been taken.
(b) MONITORING.—Not more than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall establish procedures to ensure that prior
to a decision to conduct any training program referred to in sub-
section (a), full consideration is given to all information available
to the Department of State relating to human rights violations
by foreign security forces.
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with
the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection
(a) if he determines that such waiver is required by extraordinary
circumstances.
(d) REPORT.—Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any
waiver under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit
a report to the congressional defense committees describing the
extraordinary circumstances, the purpose and duration of the train-
ing program, the United States forces and the foreign security
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forces involved in the training program, and the information relat-
ing to human rights violations that necessitates the waiver.
SEC. 8131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
notwithstanding the provisions of section 509(b) of title 32, United
States Code, of the funds made available for Civil Military Programs
to the Department of Defense in this Act, not less than $62,394,000
shall be made available for the National Guard ChalleNGe Program.
SEC. 8132. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey, without
consideration, to Indian tribes located in the State of Montana
relocatable military housing units located at Malmstrom Air Force
Base, Montana, that are excess to the needs of the Air Force.
(b) PROCESSING OF REQUESTS.—(1) The Secretary of the Air
Force shall convey military housing units under subsection (a)
in accordance with the requests for such units that are submitted
to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on
behalf of Indian tribes located in the State of Montana.
(2) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under
subsection (a) before submitting such requests to the Secretary
of the Air Force under paragraph (1).
(c) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Indian
tribe’’ means any recognized Indian tribe included on the current
list published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104
of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a–1).
SEC. 8133. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may carry out a
program to distribute surplus dental equipment of the Department
of Defense, at no cost to the Department of Defense, to Indian
health service facilities and to federally-qualified health centers
(within the meaning of section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B))).
(b) Not later than March 15, 1999, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report on the program, including the
actions taken under the program.
SEC. 8134. The total amount appropriated in title III of this
Act is hereby reduced by $142,100,000.
SEC. 8135. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act,
the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by
$193,600,000 to reflect savings from favorable foreign currency fluc-
tuations, to be distributed as follows:
‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, $5,300,000;
‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’, $12,000,000;
‘‘Military Personnel, Marine Corps’’, $4,200,000;
‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, $8,100,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $111,500,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $11,500,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $3,300,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $26,200,000; and
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $11,500,000.
SEC. 8136. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act,
the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by
$502,000,000 to reflect savings from reductions in the price of
bulk fuel, to be distributed as follows:
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $36,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $167,000,000;
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‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $8,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $176,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $67,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve’’, $1,400,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve’’, $8,200,000;
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Air 
Force 
Reserve’’,
$11,700,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard’’,
$3,500,000; and
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Air 
National 
Guard’’,
$23,200,000.
SEC. 8137. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM FREQUENCY SPEC-
TRUM.—In order to guard against disruption of Global Positioning
System services that are vital to the national security and economic
interests of the United States, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a
national strategy to: (1) protect the integrity of the Global Position-
ing System frequency spectrum against interference and disruption;
(2) achieve full and effective use by GPS of radio frequency spectrum
currently allocated by the International Telecommunications Union
for transmission of satellite navigation signals; and (3) provide
for any additional allocation of spectrum necessary for GPS evo-
lution. Such report shall be submitted to the congressional defense
committees within 120 days of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 8138. The Secretary of Defense shall submit a report
to Congress concurrent with submission of the fiscal year 2000
President’s budget regarding past military deployment rates and
future deployment rate goals. Such report shall contain a listing
of the monthly overseas deployment rates for military personnel
of each service covering each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year
1989, the location and size of each deployment, a description of
the methodology used to determine the deployment rates for each
service, and a discussion of the maximum yearly deployment rates
for each service that can be sustained on a continuous basis in
non-emergency situations over the next five years given the
resources and personnel end strengths contained in the Future
Years Defense Plan.
SEC. 8139. (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the
Air Force shall convey, without consideration, to the Town of
Newington, New Hampshire, all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to a parcel of real property, together with
improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 1.3 acres located
at former Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, and known as
the site of the old Stone School.
(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN DISPOSAL AUTHORITIES.—The
Secretary shall make the conveyance required by subsection (a)
without regard to the provisions of section 204(b) of the Defense
Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act
(Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage and legal
description of the real property to be conveyed under subsection
(a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.
The cost of the survey shall be borne by the Secretary.
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with
the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
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SEC. 8140. (a) The Secretary of the Navy may lease to the
University of Central Florida (in this section referred to as the
‘‘University’’), or a representative or agent of the University des-
ignated by the University, such portion of the property known
as the Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division,
Orlando, Florida, as the Secretary considers appropriate as a loca-
tion for the establishment of a center for research in the fields
of law enforcement, public safety, civil defense, and national
defense.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of
the lease under subsection (a) may not exceed 50 years.
(c) As consideration for the lease under subsection (a), the
University shall—
(1) undertake and incur the cost of the planning, design,
and construction required to establish the center referred to
in that subsection; and
(2) during the term of the lease, provide the Secretary
such space in the center for activities of the Navy as the
Secretary and the University jointly consider appropriate.
(d) The Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the lease authorized by subsection (a)
as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interest of
the United States.
SEC. 8141. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may enter into
an agreement to lease from the City of Phoenix, Arizona, the parcel
of real property described in subsection (b), together with improve-
ments on the property, in consideration of annual rent not in
excess of one dollar.
(b) The real property referred to in subsection (a) is a parcel,
known as Auxiliary Field 3, that is located approximately 12 miles
north of Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, in section 4 of township
3 north, range 1 west of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian,
Maricopa County, Arizona, is bounded on the north by Bell Road,
on the east by Litchfield Road, on the south by Greenway Road,
and on the west by agricultural land, and is composed of approxi-
mately 638 acres, more or less, the same property that was formerly
an Air Force training and emergency field developed during World
War II.
(c) The Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the lease under subsection (a) as the
Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States.
SEC. 8142. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Defense may retain all or a portion of the family
housing at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, as the Secretary deems
necessary to meet military family housing needs arising out of
the relocation of elements of the United States Army South to
Fort Buchanan.
SEC. 8143. (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
the Navy may convey to the City of Seattle, Washington (in this
section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and interest of
the United States in and to a parcel of real property, together
with improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 11.82
acres, the location of the Magnolia housing area, Seattle, Washing-
ton, less such areas as the Secretary determines are required to
support continued Navy family housing requirements.