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any changes in the mission which could affect Amer-
ican forces.
SEC. 8099B. Up to $4,500,000 of funds available to
the Department of Defense may be available for the pay-
ment of claims for loss and damage to personal property
suffered as a direct result of the flooding in the Red River
Basin during April and May 1997 by members of the
Armed Forces residing in the vicinity of Grand Forks Air
Force Base, North Dakota, without regard to the provisions
of section 3721(e) of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 8099C. Of the total amount appropriated under
title II for the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy shall make
$36,000,000 available for a program to demonstrate ex-
panded use of multitechnology automated reader cards
throughout the Navy and the Marine Corps, including dem-
onstration of the use of the so-called ‘‘smartship’’ technology
of the ship-to-shore work load / off load program.
SEC. 8099D. (a) FINDINGS.—(1) The North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, at the Madrid summit, decided to
admit three new members, the Czech Republic, Poland and
Hungary.
(2) The President, on behalf of the United States en-
dorsed and advocated the expansion of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization to include three additional members.
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(3) The Senate will consider the ratification of instru-
ments to approve the admissions of new members to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(4) The United States has contributed more than
$20,000,000,000 since 1952 for infrastructure and support
of the Alliance.
(5) In appropriations Acts likely to be considered by
the Senate for fiscal year 1998, $449,000,000 has been re-
quested by the President for expenditures in direct support
of United States participation in the Alliance.
(6) In appropriations Acts likely to be considered by
the Senate for fiscal year 1998, $9,983,300,000 has been re-
quested by the President in support of United States mili-
tary expenditures in North Atlantic Treaty Organization
countries.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of Defense
shall identify and report to the congressional defense com-
mittees not later than October 1, 1997—
(1) the amounts necessary, by appropriation ac-
count, for all anticipated costs to the United States
for the admission of the Czech Republic, Poland and
Hungary to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
for the fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002;
and
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(2) any new commitments or obligations entered
into or assumed by the United States in association
with the admission of new members to the Alliance,
to include the deployment of United States military
personnel, the provision of defense articles or equip-
ment, training activities and the modification and
construction of military facilities.
SEC. 8099E. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall waive
generally with respect to a foreign country each limitation
on procurements from foreign sources provided in law if
the Secretary determines that the application of the limita-
tion with respect to that country would impede cooperative
programs entered into between the Department of Defense
and the foreign country, or would impede arrangements for
the reciprocal procurement of defense items entered into
under section 2531 of title 10, United States Code, or under
any other provision of law, and the country does not dis-
criminate against defense items produced in the United
States to a greater degree than the United States discrimi-
nates against defense items produced in that country.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to—
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that are
exercised after such date under contracts that are en-
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tered into before such date if the option prices are ad-
justed for any reason other than the application of a
waiver granted under subsection (a).
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of warships.
SEC. 8099F. It is the sense of Congress that should the
Senate ratify NATO enlargement, that the proportional cost
of the United States share of the NATO common budget
should not increase, and that if any NATO member does
not pay its share, the United States shall not pay either.
SEC. 8099G. Congress finds that the Defense Base Clo-
sure and Realignment Commission directed the transfer of
only 10 electro-magnetic test environment systems from
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to Nellis Air Force Base,
Nevada.
SEC. 8099H. (a) FINDINGS.—(1) The Department of
Defense budget is insufficient to fulfill all the requirements
on the unfunded priorities lists of the military services and
defense agencies;
(2) the documented printing expenses of the Depart-
ment of Defense amount to several hundred million dollars
per year, and a similar amount of undocumented printing
expenses may be included in external defense contracts;
(3) printing in two or more colors generally increases
costs;
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(4) the Joint Committee on Printing of the Congress
of the United States has established regulations intended
to protect taxpayers from extravagant Government printing
expenses;
(5) the Government Printing and Binding Regulations
published by the Joint Committee on Printing direct that
‘‘. . . it is the responsibility of the head of any department,
independent office or establishment of the Government to
assure that all multicolor printing shall contribute demon-
strable value toward achieving a greater fulfillment of the
ultimate end-purpose of whatever printed item in which it
is included.’’;
(6) the Department of Defense publishes a large num-
ber of brochures, calendars, and other products in which
the use of multicolor printing does not appear to meet the
demonstrably valuable contribution requirement of the
Joint Committee on Printing, but instead appears to be
used primarily for decorative effect; and
(7) the Department of Defense could save resources for
higher priority needs by reducing printing expenses.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—Therefore, it is the sense
of the Senate that—
(1) the Secretary of Defense should ensure that
the printing costs of the Department of Defense and
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military services are held to the lowest amount pos-
sible;
(2) the Department of Defense should strictly
comply with the Printing and Binding Regulations
published by the Joint Committee on Printing of the
Congress of the United States;
(3) the Department of Defense budget submission
for fiscal year 1999 should reflect the savings that
will result from the stricter printing guidelines in
paragraphs (1) and (2).
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate July 29, 1997.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.