104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2126
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996, and for other purposes.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2126
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 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, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel
(including all expenses thereof for organizational move-
ments), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on ac-
tive duty (except members of reserve components provided
for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for pay-
ments 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 De-
partment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund;
$19,884,608,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel
(including all expenses thereof for organizational move-
ments), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on ac-
tive duty (except members of the Reserve provided for
elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and for pay-
ments 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 De-
partment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund;
$17,006,363,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel
(including all expenses thereof for organizational move-
ments), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine
Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere); 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 Mili-
tary Retirement Fund; $5,928,340,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel
(including all expenses thereof for organizational move-
ments), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund; $3,240,858,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or
12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$1,254,827,000.
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author-
ized by law; and not to exceed $14,437,000 can be used
for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex-
pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of
the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate
of 
necessity 
for 
confidential 
military 
purposes;
$18,998,131,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the
Marine Corps, as authorized by law; and not to exceed
$4,151,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of
the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made
on his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur-
poses; $20,846,710,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000
shall be derived by transfer from the National Defense
Stockpile Transaction Fund.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps,
as authorized by law; $2,508,822,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as
authorized by law; and not to exceed $8,326,000 can be
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex-
pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of
the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certifi-
cate of necessity for confidential military purposes;
$18,873,793,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military
departments), as authorized by law; $9,908,810,000, of
which not to exceed $25,000,000 may be available for the
CINC initiative fund account; and of which not to exceed
$28,588,000 can be used for emergencies and extraor-
dinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or author-
ity of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be
made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili-
tary purposes.
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; $1,119,191,000.
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; $841,565,000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $19,000,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re-
serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead;
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications; $102,079,000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $13,000,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve;
repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications; $1,519,287,000: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$11,840,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD
For expenses of training, organizing, and administer-
ing the Army National Guard, including medical and hos-
pital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos-
pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures
and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel
services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses
(other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army per-
sonnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division,
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting
units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula-
tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National
Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army Na-
tional Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair,
modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and
equipment (including aircraft); $2,334,487,000.
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; $2,737,221,000: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $3,000,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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;
$6,521,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 can be used
for official representation purposes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of Defense; $1,422,200,000, to
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar
purposes (including programs and operations at sites for-
merly used by the Department of Defense), transfer the
funds made available by this appropriation to other appro-
priations made available to the Department of Defense as
the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to
be available for the same purposes and for the same time
period as the appropriations of funds 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.
SUMMER OLYMPICS
For logistical support and personnel services (other
than pay and non-travel-related allowances of members of
the Armed Forces of the United States, except for mem-
bers of the reserve components thereof called or ordered
to active duty to provide support for the 1996 Games of
the XXVI Olympiad to be held in Atlanta, Georgia) pro-
vided by any component of the Department of Defense to
the 1996 Games of the XXVI Olympiad; $15,000,000:
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading
shall remain available for obligation until September 30,
1997.
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); $50,000,000.
FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION
For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet
Union, including assistance provided by contract or by
grants, for facilitating the elimination and the safe and
secure transportation and storage of nuclear, chemical and
other weapons; for establishing programs to prevent the
proliferation of weapons, weapons components, and weap-
on-related technology and expertise; for programs relating
to the training and support of defense and military person-
nel for demilitarization and protection of weapons, weap-
ons components and weapons technology and expertise;
$200,000,000 to remain available until expended.
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; $1,468,067,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1998: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $45,000,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes,
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes; $842,830,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 1998.
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; $1,616,964,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $257,300,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities au-
thorized by section 2854, title 10, United States Code, and
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; $1,019,315,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1998.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and
nontracked combat vehicles; the purchase of not to exceed
41 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; commu-
nications and electronic equipment; other support equip-
ment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including the land necessary there-
for, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other
expenses 
necessary 
for 
the 
foregoing 
purposes;
$2,570,125,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $24,538,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway;
$4,310,703,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $204,215,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap-
ons, and related support equipment including spare parts,
and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private
plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway; $1,736,211,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $109,800,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities au-
thorized by section 2854, title 10, United States Code, and
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; $483,779,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $22,000,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ-
ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical,
long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be
constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of
public and private plants, including land necessary there-
for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; $5,577,958,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2000: Provided, That additional obli-
gations may be incurred after September 30, 2000, for
engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such
budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage
of ship construction: Provided further, That none of the
funds herein provided for the construction or conversion
of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the
United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for
the construction of major components of such vessel: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds herein provided shall
be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign
shipyards.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For procurement, production, and modernization of
support equipment and materials not otherwise provided
for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase
of not to exceed 252 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway;
$2,480,670,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $19,198,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu-
facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military
equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant
equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation
thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve-
hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of not
to exceed 194 passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only; and expansion of public and private plants, including
land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; $480,852,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 1998: Pro-
vided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$81,605,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of
aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament,
specialized ground handling equipment, and training de-
vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov-
ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in-
cluding 
rents 
and 
transportation 
of 
things;
$7,140,703,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $130,651,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of
missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, in-
cluding spare parts and accessories therefor, ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public
and private plants, Government-owned equipment and in-
stallation thereof in such plants, erection of structures,
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of
things; $3,223,265,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 1998.
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, title 10, United States Code, and
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; $321,328,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 1998.
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 385 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion
of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of
structures, and acquisition of land, 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; reserve plant and Government and contrac-
tor-owned equipment layaway; $6,508,425,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 1998.
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments)
necessary for procurement, production, and modification
of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there-
for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to ex-
ceed 451 passenger motor vehicles, of which 447 shall be
for replacement only; expansion of public and private
plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such plants,
erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the fore-
going purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; $2,187,085,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 1998.
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;
$908,125,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $138,125,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
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, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law;
$4,742,150,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1997.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
NAVY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities 
and 
equipment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law;
$8,715,481,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1997: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated in this paragraph may be obligated or ex-
pended to develop or purchase equipment for an Aegis de-
stroyer variant (commonly known as ‘‘Flight IIA’’) whose
initial operating capability is budgeted to be achieved prior
to the initial operating capability of the Ship Self-Defense
program, nor to develop sensor, processor, or display capa-
bilities which duplicate in any way those being developed
in the Ship Self-Defense program: Provided further, That
funds appropriated in this paragraph for development of
the LPD–17 ship may not be obligated unless the baseline
design of the ship includes cooperative engagement capa-
bility and sufficient own-ship self-defense capability
against advanced sea-skimming antiship cruise missiles in
the baseline design to achieve an estimated probability of
survival from attack by such missiles at a level no less
than any other Navy ship: Provided further, That funds
appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the
V–22 may be used to meet unique requirements of the
Special Operations Forces: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $189,972,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
AIR FORCE
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities 
and 
equipment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law;
$13,110,335,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1997: Provided, That of the funds made
available in this paragraph, $50,000,000 shall be only for
development of reusable launch vehicle technologies.
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, as author-
ized by law; $9,029,666,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 1997: Provided, That not less
than $170,000,000 of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be made available only for the Sea-Based Wide
Area Defense (Navy Upper-Tier) program.
DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of inde-
pendent activities of the Director, Test and Evaluation in
the direction and supervision of developmental test and
evaluation, including performance and joint developmental
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith; $259,341,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1997: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $20,000,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the independent activities of the Director, Operational
Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of
operational test and evaluation, including initial oper-
ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to,
and in support of, production decisions; joint operational
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith; $22,587,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 1997.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE BUSINESS OPERATIONS FUND
For 
the 
Defense 
Business 
Operations 
Fund;
$1,573,800,000: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
this 
amount,
$695,100,000 shall be available only for the liquidation
of prior year accumulated operating losses of the Depart-
ment of the Navy: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph, $695,100,000 shall not be
obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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);
$974,220,000, 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 this restriction
on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, that 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.
TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical
and health care programs of the Department of Defense,
as authorized by law; $10,205,158,000, of which
$9,917,125,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
of which $288,033,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 1998, shall be for Procurement: Pro-
vided, That the Department shall continue to competi-
tively contract during fiscal year 1996 for mail service
pharmacy for at least two multi-state regions in addition
to the ongoing solicitations for Florida, South Carolina,
Georgia, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ha-
waii, as well as each base closure area not supported by
an at-risk managed care plan; that such services shall be
procured independent of any other Department managed
care contracts; that one multi-state region shall include
the State of Kentucky and that one multi-state region
shall include the State of New Mexico: Provided, That of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $40,600,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION,
DEFENSE
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, $746,698,000, of which
$393,850,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
$299,448,000 shall be for Procurement to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998, and $53,400,000 shall be
for Research, development, test and evaluation to remain
available until September 30, 1997.
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; $688,432,000:
Provided, That the funds appropriated by this paragraph
shall be available for obligation for the same time period
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which
transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided in this paragraph is in addition to any transfer
authority contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$8,000,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses and activities of the Office of the In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended; $178,226,000,
of which $177,226,000 shall be for Operation and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $400,000 is available for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on
the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes; and of which $1,000,000
to remain available until September 30, 1998, 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;
$213,900,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION TRUST FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–172, Public Law 103–50, Public Law
103–139, and Public Law 103–335, $78,100,000 are re-
scinded: Provided, That the balance of funds in the Na-
tional Security Education Trust Fund (established pursu-
ant to section 804 of the David L. Boren National Secu-
rity Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1904)), other than
such amount as is necessary for obligations made before
the date of the enactment of this Act, is hereby reduced
to zero: Provided further, That no outlay may be made
from the Fund after the date of the enactment of this Act
other than to liquidate an obligation made before such
date and upon liquidation of all such obligations made be-
fore such date, the Fund shall be closed: Provided further,
That no obligation may be made from the Fund after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account; $75,683,000.
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.
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 a single fiscal year shall be obligated during the
last two months of such fiscal year: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to obligations for support of active
duty training of reserve components or summer camp
training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $2,000,000,000
of working capital funds of the Department of Defense
or funds made available in this Act to the Department
of Defense for military functions (except military con-
struction) between such appropriations or funds or any
subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as
the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided,
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless
for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated
and in no case where the item for which funds are re-
quested has been denied by Congress: Provided further,
That only for valid Ship Cost Adjustments related to the
Shipbuilding and Construction, Navy Appropriation such
authority to transfer may be used to transfer funds made
available in this or any previous Department of Defense
Appropriations Act subject to the same conditions re-
quired elsewhere in this paragraph: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress prompt-
ly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any
other authority in this Act.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10,
United States Code, may be maintained in only such
amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans-
fers may be made between such funds and the ‘‘Foreign
Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ and ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such amounts as
may be determined 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 appro-
priated 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 Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress
prior to any such obligation.
SEC. 8007. Using funds available by this Act or any
other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a
determination under section 2690 of title 10, United
States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for
required 
heating 
facility 
modernization 
in 
the
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany: Provided, That in the City of
Kaiserslautern such agreements will include the use of
United States anthracite as the base load energy for mu-
nicipal district heat to the United States Defense installa-
tions: Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Regional
Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat
may be obtained from private, regional or municipal serv-
ices, if provisions are included for the consideration of
United States coal as an energy source.
SEC. 8008. 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. 8009. None of the funds contained in this Act
available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of
the Uniformed Services shall be available for payments to
physicians and other non-institutional health care provid-
ers in excess of the amounts allowed in fiscal year 1995
for similar services, except that: (a) for services for which
the Secretary of Defense determines an increase is justi-
fied by economic circumstances, the allowable amounts
may be increased in accordance with appropriate economic
index data similar to that used pursuant to title XVIII
of the Social Security Act; and (b) for services the Sec-
retary determines are overpriced based on allowable pay-
ments under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the
allowable amounts shall be reduced by not more than 15
percent (except that the reduction may be waived if the
Secretary determines that it would impair adequate access
to health care services for beneficiaries). The Secretary
shall solicit public comment prior to promulgating regula-
tions to implement this section. Such regulations shall in-
clude a limitation, similar to that used under title XVIII
of the Social Security Act, on the extent to which a pro-
vider may bill a beneficiary an actual charge in excess of
the allowable amount.
SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be available to initiate (1) a multiyear contract that
employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of
$20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in-
cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of
$20,000,000, or (2) a contract for advance procurement
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in
any one year, unless the congressional defense committees
have been notified at least thirty days in advance of the
proposed contract award: Provided, That no part of any
appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to
initiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order
quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to
the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further,
That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con-
tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value
of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un-
less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further,
That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi-
nated without 10-day prior notification to the congres-
sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe-
cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a
present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared
to an annual procurement.
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be
used for multiyear procurement contracts as follows:
E–2C aircraft;
AV–8B aircraft remanufacture;
T–45 aircraft.
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op-
eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are
hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10,
United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance
costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code.
Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations
and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap-
ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga-
tions shall be reported to Congress on September 30 of
each year: Provided, That funds available for operation
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.
SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 1996, the civilian
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man-
aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage-
ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not
be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an
end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may
be employed on the last day of such fiscal year.
(b) The fiscal year 1997 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 1997
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 1997.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply
to military (civilian) technicians.
SEC. 8013. 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 fifty 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. 8014. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress.
SEC. 8015. None of the funds appropriated for the
Department of Defense during the current fiscal year and
hereafter shall be obligated for the pay of any individual
who is initially employed after the date of enactment of
this Act as a technician in the administration and training
of the Army Reserve and the maintenance and repair of
supplies issued to the Army Reserve unless such individual
is also a military member of the Army Reserve troop pro-
gram unit that he or she is employed to support. Those
technicians employed by the Army Reserve in areas other
than Army Reserve troop program units need only be
members of the Selected Reserve.
SEC. 8016. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during the current fiscal year and hereafter the Sec-
retaries of the Army and Air Force may authorize the re-
tention in an active status until age sixty of any person
who would otherwise be removed from an active status and
who is employed as a National Guard or Reserve techni-
cian in a position in which active status in a reserve com-
ponent of the Army or Air Force is required as a condition
of that employment.
SEC. 8017. (a) None of the funds appropriated by
this Act shall be used to make contributions to the Depart-
ment of Defense Education Benefits Fund pursuant to
section 2006(g) of title 10, United States Code, represent-
ing the normal cost for future benefits under section
1415(c) of title 38, United States Code, for any member
of the armed services who, on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act—
(1) enlists in the armed services for a period of
active duty of less than three years; or
(2) receives an enlistment bonus under section
308a or 308f of title 37, United States Code,
nor shall any amounts representing the normal cost of
such future benefits be transferred from the Fund by the
Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs pursuant to section 2006(d) of title 10, United
States Code; nor shall the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
pay such benefits to any such member: Provided, That,
in the case of a member covered by clause (1), these limi-
tations shall not apply to members in combat arms skills
or to members who enlist in the armed services on or after
July 1, 1989, under a program continued or established
by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 1991 to test
the cost-effective use of special recruiting incentives in-
volving not more than nineteen noncombat arms skills ap-
proved in advance by the Secretary of Defense: Provided
further, That this subsection applies only to active compo-
nents of the Army.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available for the basic pay and allowances of any mem-
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. 8018. Funds appropriated for the Department
of Defense during the current fiscal year and hereafter
shall be available for the payment of not more than 75
percent of the charges of a postsecondary educational in-
stitution for the tuition or expenses of an officer in the
Ready Reserve of the Army National Guard or Army Re-
serve for education or training during his off-duty periods,
except that no part of the charges may be paid unless the
officer agrees to remain a member of the Ready Reserve
for at least four years after completion of such training
or education.
SEC. 8019. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance
an activity or function of the Department of Defense that,
on or after the date of enactment of this Act, is performed
by more than ten Department of Defense civilian employ-
ees until a most efficient and cost-effective organization
analysis is completed on such activity or function and cer-
tification of the analysis is made to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided, That this section shall not apply to a
commercial or industrial type function of the Department
of Defense that: (1) is included on the procurement list
established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 25,
1938 (41 U.S.C. 47), popularly referred to as the Javits-
Wagner-O’Day Act; (2) is planned to be converted to per-
formance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or
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 percent Native American ownership.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8020. 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. 8021. Of the funds appropriated to the Army,
$147,900,000 shall be available only for the Reserve Com-
ponent Automation System (RCAS): Provided, That none
of these funds can be expended—
(1) except as approved by the Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau;
(2) unless RCAS resource management func-
tions are performed by the National Guard Bureau;
(3) to pay the salary of an RCAS program
manager who has not been selected and approved by
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and char-
tered by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau
and the Secretary of the Army;
(4) unless the Program Manager (PM) charter
makes the PM accountable to the Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau and fully defines his authority,
responsibility, reporting channels and organizational
structure;
(5) to pay the salaries of individuals assigned to
the RCAS program management office unless such
organization is comprised of personnel chosen jointly
by the Chiefs of the National Guard Bureau and the
Army Reserve;
(6) to pay contracted costs for the acquisition
of RCAS unless RCAS is an integrated system con-
sisting of software, hardware, and communications
equipment and unless such contract continues to
preclude the use of Government furnished equip-
ment, operating systems, and executive applications
software; and
(7) unless RCAS performs its own classified in-
formation processing:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, none of the funds appropriated shall be avail-
able for procurement of computers for the Army Reserve
Component which are used to network or expand the capa-
bilities of existing or future information systems or dupli-
cate functions to be provided under the RCAS contract
unless the procurement meets the following criteria: (A)
at sites scheduled to receive RCAS equipment prior to
September 30, 1995, RCAS ADP equipment may be pro-
cured and only in the numbers and types allocated by the
RCAS program to each site; and at sites scheduled to re-
ceive RCAS equipment after September 30, 1995, RCAS
ADP equipment or ADP equipment from a list of RCAS
compatible equipment approved by the Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau or his designee, may be procured and
only in the numbers and types allocated by the RCAS pro-
gram to each site; (B) the requesting organizational ele-
ment has insufficient ADP equipment to perform adminis-
trative functions but not to exceed the number of work
stations determined by the RCAS program for that site;
(C) replacement equipment will not exceed the minimum
required to maintain the reliability of existing capabilities;
(D) replacement will be justified on the basis of cost and
feasibility of repairs and maintenance of present ADP
equipment as compared to the cost of replacement; and
(E) the procurement under this policy must be approved
by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau or his des-
ignee, provided that the procurement is a one for one re-
placement action of existing equipment.
SEC. 8022. None of the funds in this Act may be
available for the purchase by the Department of Defense
(and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard
anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under
unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured
in the United States from components which are substan-
tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That
for the purpose of this section manufactured will include
cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and
welding (including the forging and shot blasting process):
Provided further, That for the purpose of this section sub-
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.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8023. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program
of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) shall be available
for the reimbursement of any health care provider for in-
patient mental health service for care received when a pa-
tient is referred to a provider of inpatient mental health
care or residential treatment care by a medical or health
care professional having an economic interest in the facil-
ity to which the patient is referred: Provided, That this
limitation does not apply in the case of inpatient mental
health services provided under the program for 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. 8024. 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. 8025. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during the current fiscal year, the Secretary of De-
fense may, by Executive Agreement, establish with host
nation governments in NATO member states a separate
account into which such residual value amounts negotiated
in the return of United States military installations in
NATO member states may be deposited, in the currency
of the host nation, in lieu of direct monetary transfers to
the United States Treasury: Provided, That such credits
may be utilized only for the construction of facilities to
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
1997 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, and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate thirty days prior to the conclusion and en-
dorsement of any such agreement established under this
provision.
SEC. 8026. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense in this Act shall be used to demili-
tarize or dispose of more than 310,784 unserviceable M1
Garand rifles and M1 Carbines.
SEC. 8027. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to pay more than 50 percent of an amount paid
to any person under section 308 of title 37, United States
Code, in a lump sum.
SEC. 8028. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be used by the Department of Defense to assign
a supervisor’s title or grade when the number of people
he or she supervises is considered as a basis for this deter-
mination: Provided, That savings that result from this
provision are represented as such in future budget propos-
als.
SEC. 8029. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available for payments under the Department
of Defense contract with the Louisiana State University
Medical Center involving the use of cats for Brain Missile
Wound Research, and the Department of Defense shall
not make payments under such contract from funds obli-
gated prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, except
as necessary for costs incurred by the contractor prior to
the enactment of this Act: Provided, That funds necessary
for the care of animals covered by this contract are al-
lowed.
SEC. 8030. None of the funds provided in this Act
or any other Act shall be available to conduct bone trauma
research at any Army Research Laboratory until the Sec-
retary of the Army certifies that the synthetic compound
to be used in the experiments is of such a type that its
use will result in a significant medical finding, the re-
search has military application, the research will be con-
ducted in accordance with the standards set by an animal
care and use committee, and the research does not dupli-
cate research already conducted by a manufacturer or any
other research organization.
SEC. 8031. No more than $50,000 of the funds ap-
propriated or made available in this Act shall be used for
any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or
function of the Department of Defense into or within the
National Capital Region: Provided, That the Secretary of
Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis
by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate that
such a relocation is required in the best interest of the
Government.
SEC. 8032. 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 or
an individual employed by the government of the District
of Columbia, permanent or temporary indefinite, who—
(1) is a member of a Reserve component of the
Armed Forces, as described in section 261 of title
10, or the National Guard, as described in section
101 of title 32;
(2) performs, for the purpose of providing mili-
tary aid to enforce the law or providing assistance
to civil authorities in the protection or saving of life
or property or prevention of injury—
(A) Federal service under section 331,
332, 333, 3500, or 8500 of title 10, or other
provision of law, as applicable, or
(B) full-time military service for his State,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 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
6323(b) of title 5, and such leave shall be considered leave
under section 6323(b) of title 5.
SEC. 8033. 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 twenty-four months after
initiation of such study with respect to a single function
activity or forty-eight months after initiation of such study
for a multi-function activity.
SEC. 8034. 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. 8035. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust
wage rates for civilian employees hired for certain health
care occupations as authorized for the Secretary of Veter-
ans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States
Code.
SEC. 8036. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act.
SEC. 8037. (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. 8038. During the current fiscal year, net re-
ceipts pursuant to collections from third party payers pur-
suant to section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, shall
be made available to the local facility of the uniformed
services responsible for the collections and shall be over
and above the facility’s direct budget amount.
SEC. 8039. 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 appropriation or fund which in-
curred such obligations.
SEC. 8040. (a) Funds appropriated in this Act to fi-
nance activities of Department of Defense (DoD) Feder-
ally 
Funded 
Research 
and 
Development 
Centers
(FFRDCs) may not be obligated or expended for a
FFRDC if a member of its Board of Directors or Trustees
simultaneously serves on the Board of Directors or Trust-
ees of a profit-making company under contract to the De-
partment of Defense unless the FFRDC has a DoD ap-
proved conflict of interest policy for its members.
(b) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—No employee
or executive officer of a defense FFRDC may be com-
pensated at a rate exceeding Executive Schedule Level I
by that FFRDC.
(c) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—No member of
a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory
Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any
similar entity of a defense FFRDC may be compensated
for his or her services as a member of such entity except
under the same conditions, and to the same extent, as
members of the Defense Science Board: Provided, That
a member of any such entity shall be allowed travel ex-
penses and per diem as authorized under the Federal
Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the perform-
ance of membership duties.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of
the amounts available to the Department of Defense dur-
ing fiscal year 1996, not more than $1,252,650,000 may
be obligated for financing activities of defense FFRDCs:
Provided, That in addition to any other reductions re-
quired by this section, the total amounts appropriated in
titles II, III, and IV of this Act to finance activities carried
out by defense FFRDCs and other entities providing con-
sulting services, studies and analyses, systems engineering
and technical assistance, and technical engineering and
management support are hereby reduced by $90,097,000.
SEC. 8041. 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 enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 8042. None of the unobligated balances avail-
able in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund
during the current fiscal year may be obligated or ex-
pended to finance any grant or contract to conduct re-
search, development, test and evaluation activities for the
development or production of advanced materials, unless
amounts for such purposes are specifically appropriated
in a subsequent appropriations Act.
SEC. 8043. For the purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, the subcommittee on National Security of
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
National Security of the House of Representatives, and
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
SEC. 8044. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during the current fiscal year, the Department of De-
fense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance
and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the
production of components and other Defense-related arti-
cles, through competition between Department of Defense
depot maintenance activities and private firms: Provided,
That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military de-
partment or defense agency concerned, with power of dele-
gation, shall certify that successful bids include com-
parable estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both
public and private bids: Provided further, That Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply
to competitions conducted under this section.
SEC. 8045. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after
consultation with the United States Trade Representative,
determines that a foreign country which is party to an
agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the
terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain
types of products produced in the United States that are
covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer-
ican Act with respect to such types of products produced
in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products
in that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense
purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 1996. Such
report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items
for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade
Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any
international agreement to which the United States is a
party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy
American Act’’ means title III of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office
Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934,
and for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1933 (41
U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
SEC. 8046. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Defense may, when he considers it
in the best interest of the United States, cancel any part
of an indebtedness, up to $2,500, that is or was owed to
the United States by a member or former member of a
uniformed service if such indebtedness, as determined by
the Secretary, was incurred in connection with Operation
Desert Shield/Storm: Provided, That the amount of an in-
debtedness previously paid by a member or former mem-
ber and cancelled under this section shall be refunded to
the member.
SEC. 8047. Appropriations contained in this Act that
remain available at the end of the current fiscal year as
a result of energy cost savings realized by the Department
of Defense shall remain available for obligation for the
next fiscal year to the extent, and for the purposes, pro-
vided in section 2865 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8048. During the current fiscal year and there-
after, voluntary separation incentives payable under 10
U.S.C. 1175 may be paid in such amounts as are nec-
essary from the assets of the Voluntary Separation Incen-
tive Fund established by section 1175(h)(1).
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8049. Amounts deposited during the current fis-
cal year to the special account established under 40 U.S.C.
485(h)(2) and to the special account established under 10
U.S.C. 2667(d)(1) are appropriated and shall be available
until transferred by the Secretary of Defense to current
applicable appropriations or funds of the Department of
Defense under the terms and conditions specified by 40
U.S.C. 
485(h)(2) 
(A) 
and 
(B) 
and 
U.S.C.
2667(d)(1)(B), to be merged with and to be available for
the same time period and the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred.
SEC. 8050. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions available to the Department of Defense may be used
to reimburse a member of a reserve component of the
Armed Forces who is not otherwise entitled to travel and
transportation allowances and who occupies transient gov-
ernment housing while performing active duty for training
or inactive duty training: Provided, That such members
may be provided lodging in kind if transient government
quarters are unavailable as if the member was entitled to
such allowances under subsection (a) of section 404 of title
37, United States Code: Provided further, That if lodging
in kind is provided, any authorized service charge or cost
of such lodging may be paid directly from funds appro-
priated for operation and maintenance of the reserve com-
ponent of the member concerned.
SEC. 8051. None of the funds available in this Act
may be used to support in any manner, including travel
or other related expenses, the ‘‘Tailhook Association’’.
SEC. 8052. The President shall include with each
budget for a fiscal year submitted to the Congress under
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, materials
that shall identify clearly and separately the amounts re-
quested in the budget for appropriation for that fiscal year
for salaries and expenses related to administrative activi-
ties of the Department of Defense, the military
departments, and the Defense Agencies.
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, amounts
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account established by sec-
tion 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act
of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall
be available until expended for the payments specified by
section 2921(c)(2) of that Act.
SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year and there-
after, annual payments granted under the provisions of
section 4416 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–428; 106 Stat.
2714) shall be made from appropriations which are avail-
able for the pay of reserve component personnel.
SEC. 8055. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act, not more than $119,200,000
shall be available for payment of the operating costs of
NATO Headquarters.
SEC. 8056. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense
for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase
items having an investment item unit cost of not more
than $50,000.
SEC. 8057. During the current fiscal year and there-
after, appropriations available for the pay and allowances
of active duty members of the Armed Forces shall be avail-
able to pay the retired pay which is payable pursuant to
section 4403 of Public Law 102–484 (10 U.S.C. 1293
note) under the terms and conditions provided in section
4403.
SEC. 8058. (a) During the current fiscal year, none
of the appropriations or funds available to the Defense
Business Operations Fund shall be used for the purchase
of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring a new
inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during the cur-
rent fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to customers
of the Defense Business Operations Fund if such an item
would not have been chargeable to the Defense Business
Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and if the pur-
chase of such an investment item would be chargeable dur-
ing the current fiscal year to appropriations made to the
Department of Defense for procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 1997 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 1997
Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub-
mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment
which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro-
curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be
budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 1997 procurement
appropriation and not in the supply management business
area or any other area or category of the Defense Business
Operations Fund.
SEC. 8059. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be available for use by a Military Department to
modify an aircraft, weapon, ship or other item of equip-
ment, that the Military Department concerned plans to
retire or otherwise dispose of within five years after com-
pletion of the modification: Provided, That this prohibition
shall not apply to safety modifications: Provided further,
That this prohibition may be waived by the Secretary of
a Military Department if the Secretary determines it is
in the best national security interest of the United States
to provide such waiver and so notifies the congressional
defense committees in writing.
SEC. 8060. No part of the funds in this Act shall
be available to prepare or present a request to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds,
unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen mili-
tary requirements, than those for which originally appro-
priated and in no case where the item for which
reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Con-
gress.
SEC. 8061. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available for payment of the compensation
of personnel assigned to or serving in the National For-
eign Intelligence Program in excess of 92 percent of such
personnel actually assigned to or serving in the National
Foreign Intelligence Program on September 30, 1992:
Provided, That in making any reduction in the number
amounts specified in the classified Annex are not in addi-
tion to amounts appropriated by other provisions of this
Act: Provided further, That the President shall provide for
appropriate distribution of the classified Annex, or of ap-
propriate portions of the classified Annex, within the exec-
utive branch of the Government.
SEC. 8065. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense In-
telligence Agency may be used for the design, develop-
ment, and deployment of General Defense Intelligence
Program intelligence communications and intelligence in-
formation systems for the Services, the Unified and Speci-
fied Commands, and the component commands.
SEC. 8066. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated in this Act for the High Perform-
ance Computing Modernization Program shall be made
available only for the acquisition and sustainment of oper-
ations, including maintenance of the supercomputing and
related networking capability at (1) the DOD Science and
Technology sites under the cognizance of the DDR&E, (2)
the DOD Test and Evaluation centers under the Director,
Test and Evaluation, OUSD (A&T), and (3) the Ballistic
Missile Defense Organization: Provided, That the con-
tracts, contract modifications, or contract options are
awarded competitively solely upon the requirements of the
users.
SEC. 8067. Amounts collected for the use of the fa-
cilities of the National Science Center for Communications
and Electronics during the current fiscal year pursuant
to section 1459(g) of the Department of Defense Author-
ization Act, 1986 and deposited to the special account es-
tablished under subsection 1459(g)(2) of that Act are ap-
propriated and shall be available until expended for the
operation and maintenance of the Center as provided for
in subsection 1459(g)(2).
SEC. 8068. None of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be used to fill the commander’s position at any
military medical facility with a health care professional
unless the prospective candidate can demonstrate profes-
sional administrative skills.
SEC. 8069. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of
Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com-
plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means title III
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the
Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes’’, approved
March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).