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logical, and chemical weapons and related materials.
Training, expert advice, maintenance of equipment, loan
of equipment, and audits may be provided under or in con-
nection with the programs.
(b) FUNDING.—(1) Of the total amount authorized to
be appropriated by section 301, $15,000,000 is available for
carrying out the programs referred to in subsection (a).
(2) The amount available under paragraph (1) for
programs referred to in that paragraph is in addition to
any other amounts authorized to be appropriated under sec-
tion 301 for such programs.
Subtitle C—Control and Disposition
of Weapons of Mass Destruction
and Related Materials Threaten-
ing the United States
SEC. 1331. PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF MATERIALS CON-
STITUTING 
A 
THREAT 
TO 
THE 
UNITED
STATES.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAM.—Subject to
subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Energy may, under mate-
rials protection, control, and accounting assistance of the
Department of Energy, provide assistance for securing from
theft or other unauthorized disposition nuclear materials
that are not so secured and are located at any site within
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the former Soviet Union where effective controls for securing
such materials are not in place.
(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM.—Subject to
subsection (c)(2), the Secretary of Defense may provide ma-
terials protection, control, and accounting assistance under
the Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense for securing from theft or other unauthor-
ized disposition, or for destroying, nuclear, radiological, bi-
ological, or chemical weapons (or related materials) that
are not so secure and are located at any site within the
former Soviet Union where effective controls for securing
such weapons are not in place.
(c) FUNDING.—(1)(A) Of the total amount authorized
to be appropriated under title XXXI, $15,000,000 is avail-
able for materials protection, control, and accounting as-
sistance of the Department of Energy for providing assist-
ance under subsection (a).
(B) The amount available under subparagraph (A) is
in addition to any other funds that are authorized to be
appropriated under title XXXI for materials protection,
control, and accounting assistance of the Department of En-
ergy.
(2)(A) Of the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under section 301, $10,000,000 is available for the
Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs of the Department
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of Defense for providing materials protection, control, and
accounting assistance under subsection (b).
(B) The amount available under subparagraph (A) is
in addition to any other funds that are authorized to be
appropriated by section 301 for materials protection, con-
trol, and accounting assistance of the Department of De-
fense.
SEC. 1332. VERIFICATION OF DISMANTLEMENT AND CON-
VERSION OF WEAPONS AND MATERIALS.
(a) FUNDING FOR COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR DE-
VELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES.—Of the total amount au-
thorized to be appropriated under title XXXI, $10,000,000
is available for continuing and expediting cooperative ac-
tivities with the Government of Russia to develop and de-
ploy—
(1) technologies for improving verification of nu-
clear warhead dismantlement;
(2) technologies for converting plutonium from
weapons into forms that—
(A) are better suited for long-term storage
than are the forms from which converted;
(B) facilitate verification; and
(C) are suitable for nonweapons use; and
(3) technologies that promote openness in Rus-
sian production, storage, use, and final and interim
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disposition of weapon-usable fissible material, includ-
ing at tritium/isotope production reactors, uranium
enrichment plants, chemical separation plants, and
fabrication facilities associated with naval and civil
research reactors.
(b) WEAPONS-USABLE FISSILE MATERIALS TO BE
COVERED
BY COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PRO-
GRAMS ON ELIMINATION OR TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.—Section 1201(b)(1) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106;
110 Stat. 469; 22 U.S.C. 5955 note) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘, fissile material suitable for use in nuclear weapons,’’
after ‘‘other weapons’’.
SEC. 1333. ELIMINATION OF PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION.
(a) REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall
develop a cooperative program with the Government of Rus-
sia to eliminate the production of weapons grade plutonium
by modifying or replacing the reactor cores at Tomsk–7 and
Krasnoyarsk–26 with reactor cores that are less suitable for
the production of weapons-grade plutonium.
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The program
shall be designed to achieve completion of the modifications
or replacements of the reactor cores within three years after
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the modification or replacement activities under the pro-
gram are begun.
(2) The plan for the program shall—
(A) specify—
(i) successive steps for the modification or
replacement of the reactor cores; and
(ii) 
clearly 
defined 
milestones 
to 
be
achieved; and
(B) include estimates of the costs of the program.
(c) SUBMISSION OF PROGRAM PLAN TO CONGRESS.—
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress—
(1) a plan for the program under subsection (a);
(2) an estimate of the United States funding that
is necessary for carrying out the activities under the
program for each fiscal year covered by the program;
and
(3) a comparison of the benefits of the program
with the benefits of other nonproliferation programs.
(d) FUNDING FOR INITIAL PHASE.—(1) Of the total
amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301 other
than 
for 
Cooperative 
Threat 
Reduction 
programs,
$16,000,000 is available for the initial phase of the program
under subsection (a).
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(2) The amount available for the initial phase of the
reactor modification or replacement program under para-
graph (1) is in addition to amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs under
section 301(20).
SEC. 1334. INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS TO DE-
MILITARIZE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUC-
TION PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Energy shall expand the Industrial Partnership
Program of the Department of Energy to include coverage
of all of the independent states of the former Soviet Union.
(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish a program to support the
dismantlement or conversion of the biological and chemical
weapons facilities in the independent states of the former
Soviet Union to uses for nondefense purposes. The Secretary
may carry out such program in conjunction with, or sepa-
rately from, the organization designated as the Defense En-
terprise Fund (formerly designated as the ‘‘Demilitariza-
tion Enterprise Fund’’ under section 1204 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public
Law 103–160; 22 U.S.C. 5953)).
(c) FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM.—(1)(A) Of the total amount authorized to be appro-
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(2) The amount available under paragraph (1) is in
addition to any other amount otherwise available for the
Lab-to-Lab program.
SEC. 1336. COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES ON SECURITY OF
HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM USED FOR PRO-
PULSION OF RUSSIAN SHIPS.
(a) RESPONSIBLE UNITED STATES OFFICIAL.—The
Secretary of Energy shall be responsible for carrying out
United States cooperative activities with the Government
of the Russian Federation on improving the security of
highly enriched uranium that is used for propulsion of Rus-
sian military and civilian ships.
(b) PLAN REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary shall develop
and periodically update a plan for the cooperative activities
referred to in subsection (a).
(2) The Secretary shall coordinate the development and
updating of the plan with the Secretary of Defense. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall involve the Joint Chiefs of Staff in
the coordination.
(c) FUNDING.—(1) Of the total amount authorized to
be appropriated by title XXXI, $6,000,000 is available for
materials protection, control, and accounting program of
the Department of Energy for the cooperative activities re-
ferred to in subsection (a).
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(2) The amount available for the Department of En-
ergy for materials protection, control, and accounting pro-
gram under paragraph (1) is in addition to other amounts
authorized to be appropriated by title XXXI for such pro-
gram.
SEC. 1337. MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONS.
(a) FUNDING.—Of the total amount authorized to be
appropriated under section 301, $2,000,000 is available for
expanding military-to-military programs of the United
States that focus on countering the threats of proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction so as to include the security
forces of independent states of the former Soviet Union, par-
ticularly states in the Caucasus region and Central Asia.
(b) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER FUNDING AUTHOR-
ITY.—The amount available for expanding military-to-
military programs under subsection (a) is in addition to
the amount authorized to be appropriated for Cooperative
Threat Reduction programs under section 301.
SEC. 1338. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
(a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—(1) To the extent pro-
vided in appropriations Acts, the Secretary of Defense may
transfer amounts appropriated pursuant to this subtitle for
the Department of Defense for programs and authorities
under this subtitle to appropriations available for programs
authorized under subtitle A.
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(2) Amounts so transferred shall be merged with the
appropriations to which transferred and shall be available
for the programs for which the amounts are transferred.
(3) The transfer authority under paragraph (1) is in
addition to any other transfer authority provided by this
Act.
(b) SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—(1) To the extent pro-
vided in appropriations Acts, the Secretary of Energy may
transfer amounts appropriated pursuant to this subtitle for
the Department of Energy for programs and authorities
under this subtitle to appropriations available for programs
authorized under subtitle A.
(2) Amounts so transferred shall be merged with the
appropriations to which transferred and shall be available
for the programs for which the amounts are transferred.
(3) The transfer authority under paragraph (1) is in
addition to any other transfer authority provided by this
Act.
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Subtitle D—Coordination of Policy
and Countermeasures Against
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass
Destruction
SEC. 1341. NATIONAL COORDINATOR ON NONPROLIFERA-
TION.
(a) DESIGNATION OF POSITION.—The President shall
designate an individual to serve in the Executive Office of
the President as the National Coordinator for Nonprolifera-
tion Matters.
(b) DUTIES.—The Coordinator shall have the following
responsibilities:
(1) To be the principal adviser to the President
on nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction,
including issues related to terrorism, arms control,
and international organized crime.
(2) To chair the Committee on Nonproliferation
established under section 1342.
(3) To take such actions as are necessary to en-
sure that there is appropriate emphasis in, coopera-
tion on, and coordination of, nonproliferation re-
search efforts of the United States, including activities
of Federal agencies as well as activities of contractors
funded by the Federal Government.
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(c) RELATIONSHIP TO CERTAIN SENIOR DIRECTORS
OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.—(1) The senior direc-
tors of the National Security Council report to the Coordi-
nator regarding the following matters:
(A) Nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruc-
tion and related issues.
(B) Management of crises involving use or
threatened use of weapons of mass destruction, and on
management of the consequences of the use or threat-
ened use of such a weapon.
(C) Terrorism, arms control, and organized
crime issues that relate to the threat of proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to af-
fect the reporting relationship between a senior director and
the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
or any other supervisor regarding matters other than mat-
ters described in paragraph (1).
(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the total amount au-
thorized to be appropriated under section 201, $2,000,000
is available for carrying out research referred to in sub-
section (b)(3). Such amount is in addition to any other
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 201
for such purpose.
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SEC. 1342. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON
NONPROLIFERATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Committee on Non-
proliferation (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commit-
tee’’) is established as a committee of the National Security
Council.
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—(1) The Committee shall be com-
posed of the following:
(A) The Secretary of State.
(B) The Secretary of Defense.
(C) The Director of Central Intelligence.
(D) The Attorney General.
(E) The Secretary of Energy.
(F) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
(G) The Secretary of the Treasury.
(H) The Secretary of Commerce.
(I) Such other members as the President may
designate.
(2) The National Coordinator for Nonproliferation
Matters shall chair the Committee on Nonproliferation.
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Committee has the fol-
lowing responsibilities:
(1) To review and coordinate Federal programs,
policies, and directives relating to the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and related materials
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and technologies, including matters relating to terror-
ism and international organized crime.
(2) To make recommendations to the President
regarding the following:
(A) Integrated national policies for counter-
ing the threats posed by weapons of mass de-
struction.
(B) Options for integrating Federal agency
budgets for countering such threats.
(C) Means to ensure that the Federal, State,
and local governments have adequate capabilities
to manage crises involving nuclear, radiological,
biological, or chemical weapons or related mate-
rials or technologies, and to manage the con-
sequences of a use of such a weapon or related
materials or technologies, and that use of those
capabilities is coordinated.
(D) Means to ensure appropriate coopera-
tion on, and coordination of, the following:
(i) Preventing the smuggling of weap-
ons of mass destruction and related mate-
rials and technologies.
(ii) Promoting domestic and inter-
national law enforcement efforts against
proliferation-related efforts.
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(iii) Countering the involvement of or-
ganized crime groups in proliferation-relat-
ed activities.
(iv) Safeguarding weapons of mass de-
struction materials and related technologies.
(v) Improving coordination and co-
operation among intelligence activities, law
enforcement, and the Departments of De-
fense, State, Commerce, and Energy in sup-
port 
of 
nonproliferation 
and
counterproliferation efforts.
(vi) Ensuring the continuation of effec-
tive export controls over materials and tech-
nologies that can contribute to the acquisi-
tion of weapons of mass destruction.
(vii) Reducing proliferation of weap-
ons of mass destruction and related mate-
rials and technologies.
SEC. 1343. COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAM
REQUIRED.—The President, acting
through the Committee on Nonproliferation established
under section 1342, shall develop a comprehensive program
for carrying out this title.
(b) CONTENT OF PROGRAM.—The program set forth in
the report shall include specific plans as follows:
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(1) Plans for countering proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction and related materials and tech-
nologies.
(2) Plans for training and equipping Federal,
State, and local officials for managing a crisis involv-
ing a use or threatened use of a weapon of mass de-
struction, including the consequences of the use of
such a weapon.
(3) Plans for providing for regular sharing of in-
formation among intelligence, law enforcement, and
customs agencies.
(4) Plans for training and equipping law en-
forcement units, customs services, and border security
personnel to counter the smuggling of weapons of
mass destruction and related materials and tech-
nologies.
(5) Plans for establishing appropriate centers for
analyzing seized nuclear, radiological, biological, and
chemical weapons, and related materials and tech-
nologies.
(6) Plans for establishing in the United States
appropriate legal controls and authorities relating to
the exporting of nuclear, radiological, biological, and
chemical weapons, and related materials and tech-
nologies.
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(7) Plans for encouraging and assisting govern-
ments of foreign countries to implement and enforce
laws that set forth appropriate penalties for offenses
regarding the smuggling of weapons of mass destruc-
tion and related materials and technologies.
(8) Plans for building the confidence of the Unit-
ed States and Russia in each other’s controls over
United States and Russian nuclear weapons and
fissile materials, including plans for verifying the dis-
mantlement of nuclear weapons.
(9) Plans for reducing United States and Rus-
sian stockpiles of excess plutonium, reflecting—
(A) consideration of the desirability and
feasibility of a United States-Russian agreement
governing fissile material disposition and the
specific technologies and approaches to be used
for disposition of excess plutonium; and
(B) an assessment of the options for United
States cooperation with Russia in the disposition
of Russian plutonium.
(10) Plans for studying the merits and costs of
establishing a global network of means for detecting
and responding to terroristic or other criminal use of
biological agents against people or other forms of life
in the United States or any foreign country.
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(c) REPORT.—(1) At the same time that the President
submits the budget for fiscal year 1998 to Congress pursu-
ant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the
President shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth
the comprehensive program developed under subsection (a).
(2) The report shall include the following:
(A) The specific plans for the program that are
required under subsection (b).
(B) Estimates of the funds necessary for carry-
ing out such plans in fiscal year 1998.
(3) The report shall be in an unclassified form. If there
is a classified version of the report, the President shall sub-
mit the classified version at the same time.
SEC. 1344. TERMINATION.
After September 30, 1999, the President—
(1) is not required to maintain a National Coor-
dinator for Nonproliferation Matters under section
1341; and
(2) may terminate the Committee on Non-
proliferation established under section 1342.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous
SEC. 1351. CONTRACTING POLICY.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense,
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Treasury, and
the Secretary of State—
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(1) in the administration of funds available to
such officials in accordance with this title, should (to
the extent possible under law) contract directly with
suppliers in independent states of the former Soviet
Union to facilitate the purchase of goods and services
necessary to carry out effectively the programs and
authorities provided or referred to in subtitle C; and
(2) to do so should seek means, consistent with
law, to utilize innovative contracting approaches to
avoid delay and increase the effectiveness of such pro-
grams and of the exercise of such authorities.
SEC. 1352. TRANSFERS OF ALLOCATIONS AMONG COOPERA-
TIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The various Cooperative Threat Reduction
programs are being carried out at different rates in
the various countries covered by such programs.
(2) It is necessary to authorize transfers of fund-
ing allocations among the various programs in order
to maximize the effectiveness of United States efforts
under such programs.
(b) TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED.—Funds appropriated
for the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of section 1202
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 409) may be used
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for any such purpose without regard to the allocation set
forth in that section and without regard to subsection (b)
of such section.
SEC. 1353. ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that—
(1) the Cooperative Threat Reduction programs
and other United States programs that are derived
from programs established under the Former Soviet
Union Demilitarization Act of 1992 (title XIV of
Public Law 102–484; 22 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) should
be expanded by offering assistance under those pro-
grams to other independent states of the former Soviet
Union in addition to Russia, Ukraine, Kazakstan,
and Belarus; and
(2) the President should offer assistance to addi-
tional independent states of the former Soviet Union
in each case in which the participation of such states
would benefit national security interests of the United
States by improving border controls and safeguards
over materials and technology associated with weap-
ons of mass destruction.
(b) EXTENSION OF COVERAGE.—Assistance under pro-
grams referred to in subsection (a) may, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, be extended to include an inde-
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pendent state of the former Soviet Union if the President
certifies to Congress that it is in the national interests of
the United States to extend the assistance to that state.
SEC. 1354. PURCHASE OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM DE-
RIVED FROM RUSSIAN HIGHLY ENRICHED
URANIUM.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the allies of the United States and other nations should
participate in efforts to ensure that stockpiles of weapons-
grade nuclear material are reduced.
(b) ACTIONS BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.—Con-
gress urges the Secretary of State to encourage, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Energy, other countries to pur-
chase low-enriched uranium that is derived from highly en-
riched uranium extracted from Russian nuclear weapons.
SEC. 1355. PURCHASE, PACKAGING, AND TRANSPORTATION
OF FISSILE MATERIALS AT RISK OF THEFT.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of En-
ergy, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary
of State should purchase, package, and transport to
secure locations weapons-grade nuclear materials
from a stockpile of such materials if such officials de-
termine that—
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(A) there is a significant risk of theft of
such materials; and
(B) there is no reasonable and economically
feasible alternative for securing such materials;
and
(2) if it is necessary to do so in order to secure
the materials, the materials should be imported into
the United States, subject to the laws and regulations
that are applicable to the importation of such mate-
rials into the United States.
SEC. 1356. REDUCTIONS IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.
(a) NAVY RDT&E.—(1) The total amount authorized
to be appropriated under section 201(2) is reduced by
$150,000,000.
(2) The reduction in paragraph (1) shall be applied
to reduce by $150,000,000 the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 201(2) for the Distributed Surveil-
lance System.
(b) OPERATIONS
AND
MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-
WIDE.—The total amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 301(5) is reduced by $85,000,000.
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TITLE XIV—FEDERAL EMPLOYEE
TRAVEL REFORM
SEC. 1401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Travel Reform and Sav-
ings Act of 1996’’.
Subtitle A—Relocation Benefits
SEC. 1411. MODIFICATION OF ALLOWANCE FOR SEEKING
PERMANENT RESIDENCE QUARTERS.
Section 5724a of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘§ 5724a. Relocation expenses of employees trans-
ferred or reemployed
‘‘(a) An agency shall pay to or on behalf of an em-
ployee who transfers in the interest of the Government, a
per diem allowance or the actual subsistence expenses, or
a combination thereof, of the immediate family of the em-
ployee for en route travel of the immediate family between
the employee’s old and new official stations.
‘‘(b)(1) An agency may pay to or on behalf of an em-
ployee who transfers in the interest of the Government be-
tween official stations located within the United States—
‘‘(A) the expenses of transportation, and either a
per diem allowance or the actual subsistence expenses,
or a combination thereof, of the employee and the em-
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ployee’s spouse for travel to seek permanent residence
quarters at a new official station; or
‘‘(B) the expenses of transportation, and an
amount for subsistence expenses in lieu of a per diem
allowance or the actual subsistence expenses or a com-
bination thereof, authorized in subparagraph (A) of
this paragraph.
‘‘(2) Expenses authorized under this subsection may
be allowed only for one round trip in connection with each
change of station of the employee.’’.
SEC. 1412. MODIFICATION OF TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUB-
SISTENCE EXPENSES ALLOWANCE.
Section 5724a of title 5, United States Code, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) An agency may pay to or on behalf of an em-
ployee who transfers in the interest of the Government—
‘‘(A) actual subsistence expenses of the employee
and the employee’s immediate family for a period of
up to 60 days while occupying temporary quarters
when the new official station is located within the
United States as defined in subsection (d) of this sec-
tion; or
‘‘(B) an amount for subsistence expenses instead
of the actual subsistence expenses authorized in sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph.
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‘‘(2) The period authorized in paragraph (1) of this
subsection for payment of expenses for residence in tem-
porary quarters may be extended up to an additional 60
days if the head of the agency concerned or the designee
of such head of the agency determines that there are compel-
ling reasons for the continued occupancy of temporary
quarters.
‘‘(3) The regulations implementing paragraph (1)(A)
shall prescribe daily rates and amounts for subsistence ex-
penses per individual.’’.
SEC. 1413. MODIFICATION OF RESIDENCE TRANSACTION
EXPENSES ALLOWANCE.
(a) EXPENSES OF SALE.—Section 5724a of title 5,
United States Code, is further amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) An agency shall pay to or on behalf of an em-
ployee who transfers in the interest of the Government, ex-
penses of the sale of the residence (or the settlement of an
unexpired lease) of the employee at the old official station
and purchase of a residence at the new official station that
are required to be paid by the employee, when the old and
new official stations are located within the United States.
‘‘(2) An agency shall pay to or on behalf of an em-
ployee who transfers in the interest of the Government from
a post of duty located outside the United States to an offi-
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cial station within the United States (other than the official
station within the United States from which the employee
was transferred when assigned to the foreign tour of
duty)—
‘‘(A) expenses required to be paid by the em-
ployee of the sale of the residence (or the settlement
of an unexpired lease) of the employee at the old offi-
cial station from which the employee was transferred
when the employee was assigned to the post of duty
located outside the United States; and
‘‘(B) expenses required to be paid by the em-
ployee of the purchase of a residence at the new offi-
cial station within the United States.
‘‘(3) Reimbursement of expenses under paragraph (2)
of this subsection shall not be allowed for any sale (or settle-
ment of an unexpired lease) or purchase transaction that
occurs prior to official notification that the employee’s re-
turn to the United States would be to an official station
other than the official station from which the employee was
transferred when assigned to the post of duty outside the
United States.
‘‘(4) Reimbursement for brokerage fees on the sale of
the residence and other expenses under this subsection may
not exceed those customarily charged in the locality where
the residence is located.
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‘‘(5) Reimbursement may not be made under this sub-
section for losses incurred by the employee on the sale of
the residence.
‘‘(6) This subsection applies regardless of whether title
to the residence or the unexpired lease is—
‘‘(A) in the name of the employee alone;
‘‘(B) in the joint names of the employee and a
member of the employee’s immediate family; or
‘‘(C) in the name of a member of the employee’s
immediate family alone.
‘‘(7)(A) In connection with the sale of the residence at
the old official station, reimbursement under this subsection
shall not exceed 10 percent of the sale price.
‘‘(B) In connection with the purchase of a residence
at the new official station, reimbursement under this sub-
section shall not exceed 5 percent of the purchase price.
‘‘(8) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘United
States’ means the several States of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the territories and possessions of the
United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the areas
and installations in the Republic of Panama made avail-
able to the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal
Treaty of 1977 and related agreements (as described in sec-
tion 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979).’’.
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(b) RELOCATION SERVICES.—Section 5724c of title 5,
United State Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 5724c. Relocation services
‘‘Under regulations prescribed under section 5737,
each agency may enter into contracts to provide relocation
services to agencies and employees for the purpose of carry-
ing out this subchapter. An agency may pay a fee for such
services. Such services include arranging for the purchase
of a transferred employee’s residence.’’.
SEC. 1414. AUTHORITY TO PAY FOR PROPERTY MANAGE-
MENT SERVICES.
Section 5724a of title 5, United States Code, is further
amended—
(1) in subsection (d) (as added by section 1413
of this title)—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (8) as
paragraph (9); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(8) An agency may pay to or on behalf of an em-
ployee who transfers in the interest of the Government, ex-
penses of property management services when the agency
determines that such transfer is advantageous and cost-ef-
fective to the Government, instead of expenses under para-
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graph (2) or (3) of this subsection, for sale of the employee’s
residence.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) An agency may pay to or on behalf of an employee
who transfers in the interest of the Government, the expenses
of property management services when the employee trans-
fers to a post of duty outside the United States as defined
in subsection (d) of this section. Such payment shall termi-
nate upon return of the employee to an official station with-
in the United States as defined in subsection (d) of this
section.’’.
SEC. 1415. AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT A PRIVATELY
OWNED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THE CON-
TINENTAL UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5727 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e)
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c) Under regulations prescribed under section 5737,
the privately owned motor vehicle or vehicles of an em-
ployee, including a new appointee or a student trainee for
whom travel and transportation expenses are authorized
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under section 5723, may be transported at Government ex-
pense to a new official station of the employee when the
agency determines that such transport is advantageous and
cost-effective to the Government.’’; and
(3) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘subsection (b) of this section’’ and by insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (b) or (c) of this section’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) Section
5722(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(B) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) the expenses of transporting a privately
owned motor vehicle to the extent authorized under
section 5727(c).’’.
(2) Section 5723(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the
end of paragraph (2); and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) the expenses of transporting a privately
owned motor vehicle to the extent authorized under
section 5727(c);’’.
SEC. 1416. AUTHORITY TO PAY LIMITED RELOCATION AL-
LOWANCES TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS PER-
FORMING AN EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 57 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘§ 5736. Relocation expenses of an employee who is
performing an extended assignment
‘‘(a) Under regulations prescribed under section 5737,
an agency may pay to or on behalf of an employee assigned
from the employee’s official station to a duty station for
a period of no less than 6 months and no greater than 30
months, the following expenses in lieu of payment of ex-
penses authorized under subchapter I of this chapter:
‘‘(1) Travel expenses to and from the assignment
location in accordance with section 5724.
‘‘(2) Transportation expenses of the immediate
family and household goods and personal effects to
and from the assignment location in accordance with
section 5724.
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(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost
of all projects carried out under section 2201 of this Act
may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
(c) ADJUSTMENT.—The total amount authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (6) of
subsection (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated in such paragraphs, reduced by $12,000,000,
which represents the combination of project savings result-
ing from favorable bids, reduced overhead costs, and can-
cellations due to force structure changes.
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
in section 2304(a)(1), the Secretary of the Air Force may
acquire real property and carry out military construction
projects for the installations and locations inside the United
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Air Force: Inside the United States
State
Installation or location
Amount
Alabama ....................................
Maxwell Air Force Base ......................
$7,875,000
Alaska ........................................
Eielson Air Force Base ........................
$3,900,000
Elmendorf Air Force Base ...................
$21,530,000