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Union Calendar No. 305
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3610
[Report No. 104–617]
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 11, 1996
Mr. YOUNG of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other
purposes.3
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, 1997, for military func-
tions administered by the Department of Defense, and for
other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the
Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets;
and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section
229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$20,692,838,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the
Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–
377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b)
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of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$17,000,856,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma-
rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve
provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec-
tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C.
402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund; $6,103,808,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air
Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets;
and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section
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229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$17,099,550,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re-
serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and
3038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members
of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses au-
thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code;
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund; $2,083,379,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re-
serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, or while serving on active duty under sec-
tion 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connec-
tion with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re-
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serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title
10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart-
ment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund;
$1,392,406,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131
of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$387,943,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
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active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members
of the Air Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund; $780,497,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302,
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 undergoing 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 pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund; $3,279,393,000.
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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;
$1,294,490,000.
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 $11,437,000 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;
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$18,365,679,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, not less than $300,000,000
shall be made available only for conventional ammunition
care and maintenance: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated in this paragraph, $12,084,000 shall not be
obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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
$3,995,000, can be used for emergencies and extraor-
dinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or author-
ity of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be
made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili-
tary 
purposes; 
$20,390,397,000 
and, 
in 
addition,
$50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$39,933,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
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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; $2,465,077,000.
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 $8,362,000 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;
$17,938,755,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $39,133,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
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; $10,212,985,000, of
which not to exceed $25,000,000 may be available for the
CINC initiative fund account; and of which not to exceed
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$28,500,000 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; $1,116,436,000.
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; $882,927,000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $24,000,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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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; $108,467,000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $2,000,000
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; $1,491,553,000.
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
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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); $2,268,477,000.
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
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(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; $2,671,373,000.
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;
$6,797,000, 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; $1,333,016,000, 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
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to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time periods as the appropriations of funds to which trans-
ferred: 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.
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); $60,544,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1998.
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;
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$302,900,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1999.
QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS, DEFENSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting
from unfunded shortfalls in medical programs and the re-
pair and maintenance of real property of the Department
of Defense (including military housing and barracks);
$975,000,000, of which—
(1) $475,000,000 shall be transferred to funds
made available under the heading ‘‘Defense Health
Program’’ in title VI of this Act and be available for
Operation and maintenance; and
(2) $500,000,000 shall be available for the
maintenance of real property of the Department of
Defense (including minor construction and major
maintenance and repair) and shall remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1998, as follows:
Army, $165,000,000;
Navy, $75,000,000;
Marine Corps, $40,000,000;
Air Force, $120,000,000;
Army Reserve, $20,000,000;
Navy Reserve, $20,000,000;
Marine Corps Reserve, $2,000,000;
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Air Force Reserve, $16,000,000;
Army National Guard, $29,000,000; and
Air National Guard, $13,000,000.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes,
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes; $1,308,709,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1999.
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
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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; $1,044,767,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $16,938,000
shall not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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
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layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes; $1,500,414,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $175,600,000 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; $1,150,128,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1999.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and
modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and
nontracked combat vehicles; the purchase of not to exceed
14 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; commu-
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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;
$2,899,040,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $86,800,000 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-
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ment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway;
$6,896,552,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $227,600,000 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; $1,384,408,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 1999: Provided, That in addition
to the foregoing purposes, the funds appropriated above
under this heading shall be available to liquidate reported
deficiencies in appropriations provided under this heading
in prior Department of Defense appropriations acts, to the
extent such deficiencies cannot otherwise be liquidated
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553(b): Provided further, That of
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quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; $2,889,591,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 1999: Pro-
vided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$18,096,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized 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 88 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; $623,973,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 1999: Pro-
vided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
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$77,225,000 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;
$7,326,628,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $54,700,000 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
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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; $2,279,500,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 1999.
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; $272,177,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 1999.
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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 506 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; the purchase
of 1 vehicle required for physical security of personnel,
notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger
vehicles but not to exceed $287,000 per vehicle; and ex-
pansion of public and private plants, Government-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 Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; $6,078,539,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 1999.
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 389 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
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the purchase of 2 vehicles required for physical security
of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable
to passenger vehicles, but not to exceed $200,000 per vehi-
cle; expansion of public and private plants, 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 Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; $2,247,812,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
of 
the 
funds 
appropriated 
in 
this 
paragraph,
$357,600,000 shall not be obligated or expended until au-
thorized by law.
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;
$908,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1999: Provided, That the Chiefs of the Reserve
and National Guard components shall, not later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit
to the congressional defense committees the modernization
priority assessment for their respective Reserve or Na-
tional Guard component: Provided further, That of the
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funds appropriated in this paragraph, $103,000,000 shall
not be obligated 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;
$4,874,537,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $194,558,000 shall not be obli-
gated or expended until authorized by law.
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;
$8,399,357,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That funds appropriated
in this paragraph which are available for the V–22 may
be used to meet unique requirements of the Special Oper-
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ations Forces: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, $209,400,000 shall not be obli-
gated 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;
$14,969,573,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds made
available in this paragraph, $25,000,000 shall be only for
development of reusable launch vehicle technologies: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph, $1,698,486,000 shall not be obligated or expended
until authorized by law.
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-
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funds appropriated in this paragraph, $5,000,000 shall
not be obligated or expended until authorized by law.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE BUSINESS OPERATIONS FUND
For 
the 
Defense 
Business 
Operations 
Fund;
$947,900,000.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND
For National Defense Sealift Fund programs (includ-
ing the development and acquisition of lighterage),
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);
$1,904,002,000, 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
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further, That the Secretary of the military department re-
sponsible for such procurement may waive these restric-
tions on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic sup-
plies are not available to meet Department of Defense re-
quirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition
must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph, $781,000,000 shall not be
obligated or expended until authorized by law.
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; 
$9,667,658,000, 
of 
which
$9,398,188,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
of which not to exceed three percent shall remain available
until September 30, 1998; and of which $269,470,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 1999,
shall be for Procurement: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of the funds provided under
this heading, the Secretary of Defense is directed to use
and obligate, within thirty days of enactment of this Act,
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not less than $3,400,000 only to permit private sector or
non-Federal physicians who have used and will use the
antibacterial treatment method based upon the excretion
of dead and decaying spherical bacteria to work in con-
junction with the Walter Reed Army Medical Center on
a treatment protocol and related studies for Desert Storm
Syndrome affected veterans.
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, $799,847,000, of which
$477,947,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
$273,600,000 shall be for Procurement to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1999, and $48,300,000 shall be
for Research, development, test and evaluation to remain
available until September 30, 1998.
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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; $774,724,000:
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,
$92,000,000 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; $138,501,000,
of which $136,501,000 shall be for Operation and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $400,000 is available for
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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 $2,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1999, 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;
$196,400,000.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account; $149,555,000.
PAYMENT TO KAHO’OLAWE ISLAND CONVEYANCE, RE-
MEDIATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
FUND
For payment to Kaho’olawe Island Conveyance, Re-
mediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund, as au-
thorized by law; $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is
computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5,
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent-
age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to
its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further,
That this section shall not apply to Department of De-
fense foreign service national employees serving at United
States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart-
ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall
not apply to foreign national employees of the Department
of Defense in the Republic of Turkey.
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SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 per centum of the ap-
propriations in this Act which are limited for obligation
during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during
the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to obligations for support of active
duty training of reserve components or summer camp
training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $2,000,000,000
of working capital funds of the Department of Defense
or funds made available in this Act to the Department
of Defense for military functions (except military con-
struction) between such appropriations or funds or any
subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as
the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided,
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless
for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated
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and in no case where the item for which funds are re-
quested has been denied by Congress: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority
or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That
no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to pre-
pare or present a request to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher prior-
ity items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case
where the item for which reprogramming is requested has
been denied by the Congress.
(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
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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. Funds appropriated by this Act may not
be used to initiate a special access program without prior
notification 30 calendar days in session in advance to the
congressional defense committees.
SEC. 8008. None of the funds 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 1996
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
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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. 8009. 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
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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:
Javelin missiles;
Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS);
MK19–3 grenade machine guns;
M16A2 rifles;
M249 Squad Automatic Weapons;
M4 carbine rifles; and
M240B machine guns.
SEC. 8010. 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
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civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations
and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap-
ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga-
tions shall be reported to Congress on September 30 of
each year: Provided, That funds available for operation
and maintenance shall be available for providing humani-
tarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams
in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact
of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–239:
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of the Army that such action is beneficial for grad-
uate medical education programs conducted at Army med-
ical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army
may authorize the provision of medical services at such
facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a non-
reimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, Palau, and Guam.
SEC. 8011. (a) During fiscal year 1997, 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
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end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may
be employed on the last day of such fiscal year.
(b) The fiscal year 1998 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 1998
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 1998.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply
to military (civilian) technicians.
SEC. 8012. 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. 8013. 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.
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SEC. 8014. (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
3015(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 limita-
tions 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-
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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. 8015. 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
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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. 8016. 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. 8017. 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
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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.
SEC. 8018. 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
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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. 8019. 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. 8020. 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
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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
1998 shall identify such sums anticipated in residual value
settlements, and identify such construction, real property
maintenance or base operating costs that shall be funded
by the host nation through such credits: Provided further,
That all military construction projects to be executed from
such accounts must be previously approved in a prior Act
of Congress: Provided further, That each such Executive
Agreement with a NATO member host nation shall be re-
ported to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate thirty days prior to the conclusion and endorse-
ment of any such agreement established under this provi-
sion.
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SEC. 8021. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis-
pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles,
.22 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols.
SEC. 8022. 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. 8023. 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. 8024. 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
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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. 8025. No more than $500,000 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. 8026. 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
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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, or 12406 of title 10, or other provi-
sion 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
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6323(b) of title 5, and such leave shall be considered leave
under section 6323(b) of title 5.
SEC. 8027. 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. 8028. 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. 8029. 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. 8030. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act.
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SEC. 8031. (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. 8032. During the current fiscal year, net re-
ceipts pursuant to collections from third party payers pur-
suant to section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, shall
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be made available to the local facility of the uniformed
services responsible for the collections and shall be over
and above the facility’s direct budget amount.
SEC. 8033. 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. 8034. Of the funds made available in this Act,
not less than $22,700,000 shall be available for the Civil
Air Patrol, of which $15,426,000 shall be available for Op-
eration and Maintenance.
SEC. 8035. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act are available to establish a new Department of De-
fense Federally Funded Research and Development Cen-
ter (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate
entity administered by an organization managing another
FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation con-
sisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-
profit entities.
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(b) 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, and no paid consult-
ant to any defense FFRDC, may be compensated for his
or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid
consultant, 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 referred to
previously in this subsection 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.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds available to the Department of Defense from
any source during fiscal year 1997 may be used by a de-
fense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mecha-
nism, for charitable contributions, for construction of new
buildings, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded
by government grants, or for absorption of contract over-
runs.
SEC. 8036. 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
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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. 8037. For the purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the National
Security Committee of the House of Representatives, the
Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the subcommit-
tee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, and the subcommittee on National Security of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives.
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SEC. 8038. 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. 8039. (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.
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(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 1997. 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. 8040. 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
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next fiscal year to the extent, and for the purposes, pro-
vided in section 2865 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8041. During the current fiscal year and here-
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. 8042. 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. 8043. 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
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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. 8044. 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 depart-
ments, and the Defense Agencies.
SEC. 8045. 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.
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SEC. 8046. During the current fiscal year and here-
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 in this Act which
are available for the pay of reserve component personnel.
SEC. 8047. 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: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense may waive this section for Department of Defense
support provided to NATO forces in and around the
former Yugoslavia.
SEC. 8048. 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 $100,000.
SEC. 8049. During the current fiscal year and here-
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.
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SEC. 8050. (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 1998 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 1998
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 1998 procurement
appropriation and not in the supply management business
area or any other area or category of the Defense Business
Operations Fund.
SEC. 8051. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be available for use by a Military Department to
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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. 8052. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for
Contingencies, which shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1998.
SEC. 8053. 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. 8054. (a) HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.—Of the funds appropriated
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in this Act under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Defense-
Wide’’, $143,235,000 shall be made available for the High
Performance Computing Modernization Program (referred
to in this section as the ‘‘program’’). Of the funds appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $61,380,000
shall be made available for the program. Of the total funds
made available for the program pursuant to this sub-
section, $20,000,000 shall be for the Army High Perform-
ance Computing Research Center.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.—The procure-
ment funds made available for the program pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be used only for the procurement of
computer hardware and ancillary equipment for the high
performance computing facilities of the Department of De-
fense.
(c) ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF PROGRAM PLANS.—
Hereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall annually pre-
pare, and make available to the public, an updated and
unclassified program plan and program implementation
plan.
(d) REDUCTION OF ACQUISITION DELAYS.—Here-
after, the Secretary of Defense shall take such actions as
may be necessary to minimize delays in the acquisition of
computer hardware under the program.
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SEC. 8055. 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. 8056. 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. 8057. (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.).
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per-
son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label
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bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made
in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance
with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, wheth-
er the person should be debarred from contracting with
the Department of Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products pur-
chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is
the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart-
ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase
only American-made equipment and products, provided
that American-made equipment and products are cost-
competitive, quality-competitive, and available in a timely
fashion.
SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available for a contract for studies, analyses,
or consulting services entered into without competition on
the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the
activity responsible for the procurement determines—
(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation,
only one source is found fully qualified to perform
the proposed work, or
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an
unsolicited proposal which offers significant sci-
entific or technological promise, represents the prod-
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uct of original thinking, and was submitted in con-
fidence by one source, or
(3) the purpose of the contract is to take ad-
vantage of unique and significant industrial accom-
plishment by a specific concern, or to insure that a
new product or idea of a specific concern is given fi-
nancial support:
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts
in an amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to
improvements of equipment that is in development or pro-
duction, or contracts as to which a civilian official of the
Department of Defense, who has been confirmed by the
Senate, determines that the award of such contract is in
the interest of the national defense.
SEC. 8059. Funds appropriated by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal
year 1997 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act for fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 8060. (a) None of the funds made available by
this Act may be obligated for design, development, acquisi-
tion, or operation of more than 47 Titan IV expendable
launch vehicles, or for satellite mission-model planning for
a Titan IV requirement beyond 47 vehicles.
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(b) $59,600,000 made available in this Act for Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force,
may only be obligated for development of a new family
of medium-lift and heavy-lift expendable launch vehicles
evolved from existing technologies.
SEC. 8061. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense in this Act may be used to establish
additional field operating agencies of any element of the
Department during fiscal year 1997, except for field oper-
ating agencies funded within the National Foreign Intel-
ligence Program: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
may waive this section by certifying to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations that the creation of
such field operating agencies will reduce either the person-
nel and/or financial requirements of the Department of
Defense.
SEC. 8062. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for resident classes entering the war colleges after
September 30, 1997, the Department of Defense shall re-
quire that not less than 20 percent of the total of United
States military students at each war college shall be from
military departments other than the hosting military de-
partment: Provided, That each military department will
recognize the attendance at a sister military department
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war college as the equivalent of attendance at its own war
college for promotion and advancement of personnel.
SEC. 8063. None of the funds provided in this Act
may be obligated for payment on new contracts on which
allowable costs charged to the government include pay-
ments for individual compensation at a rate in excess of
$250,000 per year.
SEC. 8064. None of the funds available in this Act
may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili-
tary (civilian) technicians of the Army National Guard,
the Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Re-
serve for the purpose of applying any administratively im-
posed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on
military (civilian) technicians, unless such reductions are
a direct result of a reduction in military force structure.
SEC. 8065. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic
of North Korea unless specifically appropriated for that
purpose.
SEC. 8066. During the current fiscal year, funds ap-
propriated in this Act are available to compensate mem-
bers of the National Guard for duty performed pursuant
to a plan submitted by a Governor of a State and approved
by the Secretary of Defense under section 112 of title 32,
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United States Code: Provided, That during the perform-
ance of such duty, the members of the National Guard
shall be under State command and control: Provided fur-
ther, That such duty shall be treated as full-time National
Guard duty for purposes of sections 12602 (a)(2) and
(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8067. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper-
ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Uni-
fied and Specified Commands and Defense Agencies shall
be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and
other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against
appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when
members of the National Guard and Reserve provide intel-
ligence support to Unified Commands, Defense Agencies
and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities
and programs included within the General Defense Intel-
ligence Program and the Consolidated Cryptologic Pro-
gram: Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes
deviation from established Reserve and National Guard
personnel and training procedures.
SEC. 8068. During the current fiscal year, none of
the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce
the civilian medical and medical support personnel as-
signed to military treatment facilities below the September
30, 1996 level.
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SEC. 8069. All refunds or other amounts collected in
the administration of the Civilian Health and Medical Pro-
gram of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) shall be
credited to current year appropriations.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8070. None of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be transferred to or obligated from the Pentagon
Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund, unless the Sec-
retary of Defense certifies that the total cost for the plan-
ning, design, construction and installation of equipment
for the renovation of the Pentagon Reservation will not
exceed $1,218,000,000.
SEC. 8071. (a) None of the funds available to the
Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter-
diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to
any other department or agency of the United States ex-
cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction
and counter-drug activities may be transferred to any
other department or agency of the United States except
as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8072. Appropriations available in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’
for increasing energy and water efficiency in Federal
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buildings may, during their period of availability, be trans-
ferred to other appropriations or funds of the Department
of Defense for projects related to increasing energy and
water efficiency, to be merged with and to be available
for the same general purposes, and for the same time pe-
riod, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred.
SEC. 8073. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller
bearings other than those produced by a domestic source
and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of
the military department responsible for such procurement
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by cer-
tifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade-
quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that
such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca-
pability for national security purposes.
SEC. 8074. None of the funds in this Act may be
used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu-
factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De-
fense certifies to the congressional defense committees
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes that is not avail-
able from United States manufacturers.
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SEC. 8075. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available to lease or charter a vessel in excess
of seventeen months (inclusive of any option periods) to
transport fuel or oil for the Department of Defense if the
vessel was constructed after October 1, 1995 unless the
Secretary of Defense requires that the vessel be con-
structed in the United States with a double hull under
the long-term lease or charter authority provided in sec-
tion 2401 note of title 10, United States Code: Provided,
That this limitation shall not apply to contracts in force
on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
That by 1997 at least 20 percent of annual leases and
charters must be for ships of double hull design con-
structed after October 1, 1995 if available in numbers suf-
ficient to satisfy this requirement: Provided further, That
the Military Sealift Command shall plan to achieve the
goal of eliminating single hull ship leases by the year
2015.
SEC. 8076. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act is here-
by reduced by $500,000,000 to reflect savings from re-
duced carryover of activities funded through the Defense
Business Operations Fund, to be distributed as follows:
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $60,000,000; and
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $440,000,000.
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SEC. 8077. During the current fiscal year, the Army
shall use the former George Air Force Base as the airhead
for the National Training Center at Fort Irwin: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be obligated or
expended to transport Army personnel into Edwards Air
Force Base for training rotations at the National Training
Center.
SEC. 8078. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit, on a quarterly basis, a report to the congressional
defense committees, the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate setting forth all costs
(including incremental costs) incurred by the Department
of Defense during the preceding quarter in implementing
or supporting resolutions of the United Nations Security
Council, including any such resolution calling for inter-
national sanctions, international peacekeeping operations,
and humanitarian missions undertaken by the Depart-
ment of Defense. The quarterly report shall include an ag-
gregate of all such Department of Defense costs by oper-
ation or mission.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quar-
terly reports all efforts made to seek credit against past
United Nations expenditures and all efforts made to seek
compensation from the United Nations for costs incurred
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by the Department of Defense in implementing and sup-
porting United Nations activities.
SEC. 8079. (a) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds available to the
Department of Defense for the current fiscal year may be
obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an
international organization any defense articles or services
(other than intelligence services) for use in the activities
described in subsection (b) unless the congressional de-
fense committees, the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified 15 days
in advance of such transfer.
(b) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—(1) This section applies
to—
(A) any international peacekeeping or peace-en-
forcement operation under the authority of chapter
VI or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
under the authority of a United Nations Security
Council resolution; and
(B) any other international peacekeeping,
peace-enforcement, or humanitarian assistance oper-
ation.
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(c) REQUIRED NOTICE.—A notice under subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or
services to be transferred.
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment,
supplies, or services to be transferred.
(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equip-
ment or supplies—
(A) a statement of whether the inventory
requirements of all elements of the Armed
Forces (including the reserve components) for
the type of equipment or supplies to be trans-
ferred have been met; and
(B) a statement of whether the items pro-
posed to be transferred will have to be replaced
and, if so, how the President proposes to pro-
vide funds for such replacement.
SEC. 8080. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense shall be obligated or expended to
make a financial contribution to the United Nations for
the cost of an United Nations peacekeeping activity
(whether pursuant to assessment or a voluntary contribu-
tion) or for payment of any United States arrearage to
the United Nations.
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SEC. 8081. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or
expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the
Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by
the contractor to an employee when—
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in
excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor
to the employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as-
sociated with a business combination.
SEC. 8082. The amount otherwise provided by this
Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ is hereby
reduced by $195,000,000, to reflect a reduction in the
passthrough to the Air Force business areas of the De-
fense Business Operations Fund.
SEC. 8083. None of the funds provided in title II of
this Act for ‘‘Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction’’
may be obligated or expended to finance housing for any
individual who was a member of the military forces of the
Soviet Union or for any individual who is or was a member
of the military forces of the Russian Federation.
SEC. 8084. Beginning in fiscal year 1997 and there-
after, and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
fixed and mobile telecommunications support shall be pro-
vided by the White House Communications Agency
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(WHCA) to the United States Secret Service (USSS),
without reimbursement, in connection with the Secret
Service’s duties directly related to the protection of the
President or the Vice President or other officer imme-
diately next in order of succession to the office of the
President at the White House Security Complex in the
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area and Camp David,
Maryland. For these purposes, the White House Security
Complex includes the White House, the White House
grounds, the Old Executive Office Building, the New Ex-
ecutive Office Building, the Blair House, the Treasury
Building, and the Vice President’s Residence at the Naval
Observatory: Provided, That funds made available to the
WHCA (or any successor agency) for support services for
the President from funds appropriated for the Department
of Defense for any fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year
1997) may be used only for the provision of telecommuni-
cations support to the President and Vice President and
related elements (as defined in regulations of that agency
and specified by the President with respect to particular
individuals within those related elements).
SEC. 8085. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title
31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same
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purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Shipbuild-
ing and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any prior
year, and the one percent limitation shall apply to the total
amount of the appropriation.
SEC. 8086. During the current fiscal year, and not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), funds appropriated
under the heading ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’ in
Public Laws 102–172 and 102–396 which were available
and obligated for the B–2 aircraft program shall remain
available for expenditure and for adjusting obligations for
such program until September 30, 2002.
SEC. 8087. During the current fiscal year, in the case
of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense
for which the period of availability for obligation has ex-
pired or which has closed under the provisions of section
1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a
negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obliga-
tion or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged
to any current appropriation account for the same purpose
as the expired or closed account if—
(1) the obligation would have been properly
chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or
closed account before the end of the period of avail-
ability or closing of that account;
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(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly
chargeable to any current appropriation account of
the Department of Defense; and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obli-
gation is not chargeable to a current appropriation
of the Department of Defense under the provisions
of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law
101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Pro-
vided, That in the case of an expired account, if sub-
sequent review or investigation discloses that there
was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unex-
pended balance in the account, any charge to a cur-
rent account under the authority of this section shall
be reversed and recorded against the expired ac-
count: Provided further, That the total amount
charged to a current appropriation under this sec-
tion may not exceed an amount equal to one percent
of the total appropriation for that account.
SEC. 8088. During the current fiscal year the Marine
Security Guard Program shall be administered under the
terms and conditions of the March 29, 1994 Memorandum
of Understanding between the Department of Defense and
the Department of State concerning such program and the
Department of State shall continue to pay, or provide re-
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imbursement for, Marine Security Guard costs which are
the responsibility of the State Department under the pro-
visions of such Memorandum.
SEC. 8089. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act is here-
by reduced by $350,000,000 to reflect savings from im-
proved management of spare and repair parts inventories
of the Department of Defense, to be distributed as follows:
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $91,000,000; ‘‘Op-
eration and Maintenance, Navy’’, $32,600,000; and ‘‘Op-
eration and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $226,400,000.
SEC. 8090. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Air Force shall not introduce any new supplier
for the remaining production units for the AN/ALE–47
Countermeasure Dispenser System.
SEC. 8091. In applying section 9005 of the Depart-
ment of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law
102–396)—
(1) synthetic fabric and coated synthetic fabric
shall be deemed to include synthetic fiber and yarn
and their products; and
(2) such section shall (notwithstanding section
34 of Public Law 93–400) be treated as being appli-
cable to contracts and subcontracts for the procure-
ment of commercial items that are articles or items,
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specialty metals, or tools covered by that section
9005.
SEC. 8092. TRADE-OFF STUDY OF CURRENT AND
FUTURE DEEP-STRIKE CAPABILITIES.—
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall carry out
the deep-strike tradeoff study announced by the
President to study tradeoffs between bombers, land
and sea-based tactical aircraft, and missiles capable
of striking targets in an enemy’s rear area.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish an
ad hoc review committee under the auspices of the
Defense Science Board to establish the methodologi-
cal approach to the tradeoff study, to establish a
broad range of stressing scenarios of interest, and to
review assumptions regarding the analyses to be con-
ducted.
(3) The ad hoc review committee to be estab-
lished under paragraph (2) shall include among its
members analysts who have performed or partici-
pated in bomber trade-off analysis, retired military
personnel with broad experience in recent conven-
tional warfare operations, and experts on the logis-
tics of both initial deployment and sustaining sup-
port. These members shall be selected without re-
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gard for current service on the Defense Science
Board.
(4) After submitting its recommendations for
the conduct of the deep-strike tradeoff study to the
Secretary of Defense, the ad hoc review committee
shall continue to meet regularly to review prelimi-
nary results of the analysis and to recommend addi-
tional variations in assumptions that may be re-
quired to illuminate particular force trade-off issues.
SEC. 8093. TACTICAL
AIRCRAFT
REQUIREMENT
STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall carry out a joint study
under the direct supervision of the Joint Requirements
Oversight Council (JROC) assessing future tactical air-
craft requirements across service jurisdictions. This study
shall determine the best and most affordable mix of weap-
on systems to carry out different mission areas and shall
include recommendations for changes to the planned num-
bers and types of tactical aircraft to be developed and pro-
cured over the next ten years if appropriate. Such report
shall be submitted to the Congressional defense commit-
tees no later than March 30, 1997.
SEC. 8094. (a) CONSIDERATION OF PERCENTAGE OF
WORK PERFORMED IN THE UNITED STATES.—None of
the funds available to the Department of Defense under
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this Act may be obligated or expended to evaluate sealed
bids and competitive proposals for a contract for the pro-
curement of property or services except when it is made
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that—
(1) a factor in such evaluation is the percentage
of work under the contract that the bidder or offeror
plans to perform in the United States; and
(2) a high importance is assigned to such fac-
tor.
(b) BREACH
OF CONTRACT
FOR TRANSFERRING
WORK OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES.—None of the
funds available to the Department of Defense under this
Act may be obligated or expended to procure property or
services except when it is made known to the Federal offi-
cial having authority to obligate or expend such funds that
each contract for the procurement of property or services
includes a clause providing that the contractor is deemed
to have breached the contract if the contractor performs
less work in the United States than the contractor stated,
in its response to the solicitation for the contract, that
it planned to perform in the United States.
(c) INELIGIBILITY FOR CONTRACT RENEWAL.—(1)
None of the funds available to the Department of Defense
under this Act may be obligated or expended to renew a
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covered contract when it is made known to the Federal
official having authority to obligate or expend such funds
that the amount of work performed outside the United
States under the covered contract exceeded the maximum
amount of work that the contractor was expected to per-
form outside the United States, based on the amount of
work that the contractor stated, in its response to the so-
licitation for the contract, that it planned to perform in-
side the United States.
(2) For purposes of this section, a covered contract
is a contract for the procurement of property or services
that is made pursuant to a solicitation described in sub-
section (a).
(d) WAIVER.—Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall not
apply with respect to funds available to the Department
of Defense under this Act when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that an emergency situation or the national
security interests of the United States requires the obliga-
tion or expenditure of such funds.
(e) EXCEPTION FOR CONTRACTS BELOW SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.—This section does not apply
to contracts for amounts not greater than the simplified
acquisition threshold (as specified in section 2302(7) of
title 10, United States Code).
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with
respect to contracts entered into more than 60 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.