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(B) annual leave, which may be granted
without regard to the provisions of sections
5519 and 6323(b) of title 5, if such employee
is otherwise entitled to such annual leave:
Provided, That any employee who requests leave under
subsection (3)(A) for service described in subsection (2)
of this section is entitled to such leave, subject to the pro-
visions of this section and of the last sentence of section
6323(b) of title 5, and such leave shall be considered leave
under section 6323(b) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 8026. 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 24 months after initiation
of such study with respect to a single function activity or
48 months after initiation of such study for a multi-func-
tion activity.
SEC. 8027. 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. 8028. 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 Vet-
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erans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States
Code.
Sec. 8029. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act.
SEC. 8030. (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-
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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. 8031. During the current fiscal year, net re-
ceipts pursuant to collections from third party payers pur-
suant to section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, shall
be made available to the local facility of the uniformed
services responsible for the collections and shall be over
and above the facility’s direct budget amount.
SEC. 8032. 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 appropriations or fund which in-
curred such obligations.
SEC. 8033. Of the funds made available in this Act,
not less than $26,588,000 shall be available for the Civil
Air Patrol Corporation, of which $22,888,000 shall be
available for Civil Air Patrol Corporation operation and
maintenance to support readiness activities which includes
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$1,418,000 for the Civil Air Patrol counterdrug program:
Provided, That funds identified for ‘‘Civil Air Patrol’’
under this section are intended for and shall be for the
exclusive use of the Civil Air Patrol Corporation and not
for the Air Force or any unit thereof.
SEC. 8034. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act are available to establish a new Department of De-
fense (department) federally funded research and develop-
ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a
separate entity administrated by an organization man-
aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor-
poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and
other non-profit entities.
(b) LIMITATION
ON COMPENSATION—FEDERALLY
FUNDED
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
CENTER
(FFRDC).—No member of a Board of Directors, Trust-
ees, Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Vis-
iting Committee, or any similar entity of a defense
FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC,
except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may
be compensated for his or her services as a member of
such entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one
FFRDC in a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any
such entity referred to previously in this subsection shall
be allowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized
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under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en-
gaged in the performance of membership duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds available to the department from any source
during fiscal year 2000 may be used by a defense FFRDC,
through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construc-
tion of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for
projects funded by government grants, for absorption of
contract overruns, or for certain charitable contributions,
not to include employee participation in community service
and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of
the funds available to the department during fiscal year
2000, not more than 6,206 staff years of technical effort
(staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Pro-
vided, That of the specific amount referred to previously
in this subsection, not more than 1,105 staff years may
be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs.
(e) Within 60 days after the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report presenting the specific
amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated
by the department for each defense FFRDC during fiscal
year 2000: Provided, That, after the submission of the re-
port required by this subsection, the department may not
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reallocate more than 5 per centum of an FFRDC’s staff
years among other defense FFRDCs until 30 days after
a detailed justification for any such reallocation is sub-
mitted to the congressional defense committees.
(f ) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submis-
sion of the department’s fiscal year 2001 budget request,
submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff
years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense
FFRDC during that fiscal year.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the reductions for advisory and assistance services con-
tained in this Act shall be applied to defense FFRDCs.
SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa-
cility or property under the control of the Department of
Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re-
strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class
9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications
of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the military department responsible
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees
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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 the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 8036. For the purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed
Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the
Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives.
SEC. 8037. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot
maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels
as well as the production of components and other De-
fense-related articles, through competition between De-
partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri-
vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu-
tive of the military department or defense agency con-
cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success-
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ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in-
direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur-
ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A–
76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this
section.
SEC. 8038. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after
consultation with the United States Trade Representative,
determines that a foreign country which is party to an
agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the
terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain
types of products produced in the United States that are
covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer-
ican Act with respect to such types of products produced
in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products
in that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense
purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2000. Such
report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items
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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. 8039. Appropriations contained in this Act that
remain available at the end of the current fiscal year as
a result of energy cost savings realized by the Department
of Defense shall remain available for obligation for the
next fiscal year to the extent, and for the purposes, pro-
vided in section 2865 of title 10, United States Code.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8040. 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.
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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. 8041. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions available to the Department of Defense may be used
to reimburse a member of a reserve component of the
Armed Forces who is not otherwise entitled to travel and
transportation allowances and who occupies transient gov-
ernment housing while performing active duty for training
or inactive duty training: Provided, That such members
may be provided lodging in kind if transient government
quarters are unavailable as if the member was entitled to
such allowances under subsection (a) of section 404 of title
37, United States Code: Provided further, That if lodging
in kind is provided, any authorized service charge or cost
of such lodging may be paid directly from funds appro-
priated for operation and maintenance of the reserve com-
ponent of the member concerned.
SEC. 8042. 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-
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ties of the Department of Defense, the military depart-
ments, and the Defense agencies.
SEC. 8043. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds available for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-
Drug Activities, Defense’’ may be obligated for the Young
Marines program.
SEC. 8044. During the current fiscal year, amounts
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account established by sec-
tion 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act
of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall
be available until expended for the payments specified by
section 2921(c)(2) of that Act.
SEC. 8045. 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. 8046. 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.
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SEC. 8047. (a) During the current fiscal year, none
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the
purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur-
ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable
to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund
during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an
investment item would be chargeable during the current
fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of
Defense for procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 2001 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2001
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 2001 procurement
appropriation and not in the supply management business
area or any other area or category of the Department of
Defense Working Capital Funds.
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SEC. 8048. 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 Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided, That funds appropriated,
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund
during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall
remain available until expended.
SEC. 8049. 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. 8050. Of the funds appropriated by the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $8,000,000 shall be
made available only for the mitigation of environmental
impacts, including training and technical assistance to
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in-
formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de-
veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost
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to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re-
sulting from Department of Defense activities.
SEC. 8051. 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. 8052. 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. 8053. (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.).
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(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per-
son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label
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. 8054. None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available for a contract for studies, analysis,
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;
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(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an
unsolicited proposal which offers significant sci-
entific or technological promise, represents the prod-
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. 8055. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b)
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may
be used—
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the depart-
ment who is transferred or reassigned from a head-
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quarters activity if the member or employee’s place
of duty remains at the location of that headquarters.
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili-
tary department may waive the limitations in subsection
(a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines,
and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and Senate that the granting
of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or
the financial requirements of the department.
(c) This section does not apply to field operating
agencies funded within the National Foreign Intelligence
Program.
SEC. 8056. Funds appropriated by this Act and in
Public Law 105–277, or made available by the transfer
of funds in this Act and in Public Law 105–277 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 2000 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.
SEC. 8057. Notwithstanding section 303 of Public
Law 96–487 or any other provision of law, the Secretary
of the Navy is authorized to lease real and personal prop-
erty at Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska, pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 2667(f ), for commercial, industrial or other pur-
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poses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary of the Navy may remove hazardous
materials from facilities, buildings, and structures at
Adak, Alaska, and may demolish or otherwise dispose of
such facilities, buildings, and structures: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more
than $4,650,000 of the funds provided under the heading
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’ in title II of this Act
shall be available to the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, only for demolition and
removal of facilities, buildings, and structures formerly
used as a District Headquarters Office by the Corps of
Engineers (Northwest Division, CENWW, Washington
State), as described in the study conducted regarding the
headquarters pursuant to the Energy and Water Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–104;
105 Stat. 511).
(RESCISSIONS)
SEC. 8058. Of the funds provided in Department of
Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are here-
by rescinded as of the date of the enactment of this Act,
or October 1, 1999, whichever is later, from the following
accounts and programs in the specified amounts:
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1998/2000’’,
$6,384,000;
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‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1998/2000’’,
$26,100,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1998/2000’’,
$100,000,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army, 
1999/2001’’,
$20,700,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 1999/2001’’,
$62,500,000;
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy, 1999/2001’’,
$8,000,000;
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver-
sion, Navy, 1999/2003’’:
New Attack Submarine, $35,000,000;
CVN–69, $11,400,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1999/2001’’,
$16,353,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1999/2001’’,
$81,229,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1999/2001’’,
$155,500,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army, 1999/2000’’, $16,400,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force, 1999/2000’’, $49,921,000; and
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‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide, 1999/2000’’, $23,500,000.
SEC. 8059. None of the funds available in this Act
may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili-
tary (civilian) technicians of the National Guard, the Air
National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for
the purpose of applying any administratively imposed civil-
ian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military (ci-
vilian) technicians, unless such reductions are a direct re-
sult of a reduction in military force structure.
SEC. 8060. 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. 8061. 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,
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
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Guard duty for purposes of sections 12602(a)(2) and
(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8062. 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 or counterintelligence support to Unified Com-
mands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities,
including the activities and programs included within the
National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), the Joint
Military Intelligence Program (JMIP), and the Tactical
Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA) aggregate:
Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation
from established Reserve and National Guard personnel
and training procedures.
SEC. 8063. 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, 1999 level: Provided, That the Service Surgeons Gen-
eral may waive this section by certifying to the congres-
sional defense committees that the beneficiary population
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is declining in some catchment areas and civilian strength
reductions may be consistent with responsible resource
stewardship and capitation-based budgeting.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8064. (a) 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 $1,222,000,000.
(b) The Secretary shall, in conjunction with the Pen-
tagon Renovation, design and construct secure secretarial
offices and support facilities and security-related changes
to the subway entrance at the Pentagon Reservation.
SEC. 8065. (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.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8066. Appropriations available in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’
for increasing energy and water efficiency in Federal
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. 8067. 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 certi-
fying 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. 8068. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds available to the Department of Defense shall
be made available to provide transportation of medical
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supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to
American Samoa: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds available to the Department
of Defense shall be made available to provide transpor-
tation of medical supplies and equipment, on a non-
reimbursable basis, to the Indian Health Service when it
is in conjunction with a civil-military project.
SEC. 8069. 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.
SEC. 8070. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Naval shipyards of the United States shall be eli-
gible to participate in any manufacturing extension pro-
gram financed by funds appropriated in this or any other
Act.
SEC. 8071. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, each contract awarded by the Department of Defense
during the current fiscal year for construction or service
performed in whole or in part in a State which is not con-
tiguous with another State and has an unemployment rate
in excess of the national average rate of unemployment
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as determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall include a
provision requiring the contractor to employ, for the pur-
pose of performing that portion of the contract in such
State that is not contiguous with another State, individ-
uals who are residents of such State and who, in the case
of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire
promptly the necessary skills: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may waive the requirements of this sec-
tion, on a case-by-case basis, in the interest of national
security.
SEC. 8072. 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. 8073. (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
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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
by the Department of Defense in implementing and sup-
porting United Nations activities.
SEC. 8074. (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.—This section applies to—
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(1) 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
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-
enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation.
(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.
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SEC. 8075. To the extent authorized by subchapter
VI of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, the
Secretary of Defense may issue loan guarantees in support
of United States defense exports not otherwise provided
for: Provided, That the total contingent liability of the
United States for guarantees issued under the authority
of this section may not exceed $15,000,000,000: Provided
further, That the exposure fees charged and collected by
the Secretary for each guarantee, shall be paid by the
country involved and shall not be financed as part of a
loan guaranteed by the United States: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the
Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services and For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Ap-
propriations, Armed Services and International Relations
in the House of Representatives on the implementation of
this program: Provided further, That amounts charged for
administrative fees and deposited to the special account
provided for under section 2540c(d) of title 10, shall be
available for paying the costs of administrative expenses
of the Department of Defense that are attributable to the
loan guarantee program under subchapter VI of chapter
148 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8076. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense shall be obligated or expended to
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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.
SEC. 8077. 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. 8078. (a) None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
port or provide for the transportation of chemical muni-
tions or agents to the Johnston Atoll for the purpose of
storing or demilitarizing such munitions or agents.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply
to any obsolete World War II chemical munition or agent
of the United States found in the World War II Pacific
Theater of Operations.
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(c) The President may suspend the application of
subsection (a) during a period of war in which the United
States is a party.
SEC. 8079. 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.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8080. During the current fiscal year, no more
than $5,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’
may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay
of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be avail-
able for the same time period as the appropriations to
which transferred, to be used in support of such personnel
in connection with support and services for eligible organi-
zations and activities outside the Department of Defense
pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8081. 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
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any
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prior year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the
total amount of the appropriation.
SEC. 8082. 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;
(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-
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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 1 percent
of the total appropriation for that account.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8083. Upon enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall make the following transfers of
funds: Provided, That the amounts transferred shall be
available for the same purposes as the appropriations to
which transferred, and for the same time period as the
appropriation from which transferred: Provided further,
That the amounts shall be transferred between the fol-
lowing appropriations in the amount specified:
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1988/2001’’:
SSN–688 attack submarine program,
$6,585,000;
CG–47 cruiser program, $12,100,000;
Aircraft carrier service life extension
program, $202,000;
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LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $2,311,000;
LSD–41 cargo variant ship program,
$566,000;
T–AO 
fleet 
oiler 
program,
$3,494,000;
AO conversion program, $133,000;
Craft, outfitting, and post delivery,
$1,688,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1995/2001’’:
DDG–51 
destroyer 
program,
$27,079,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1989/2000’’:
DDG–51 
destroyer 
program,
$13,200,000;
Aircraft carrier service life extension
program, $186,000;
LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $3,621,000;
LCAC landing craft, air cushioned
program, $1,313,000;
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T–AO fleet oiler program, $258,000;
AOE combat support ship program,
$1,078,000;
AO conversion program, $881,000;
T–AGOS drug interdiction conversion,
$407,000;
Outfitting 
and 
post 
delivery,
$219,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000’’:
LPD–17 amphibious transport dock
ship, $21,163,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1990/2002’’:
SSN–688 attack submarine program,
$5,606,000;
DDG–51 
destroyer 
program,
$6,000,000;
ENTERPRISE 
refueling/moderniza-
tion program, $2,306,000;
LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $183,000;
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LSD–41 dock landing ship cargo vari-
ant program, $501,000;
LCAC landing craft, air cushioned
program, $345,000;
MCM mine countermeasures program,
$1,369,000;
Moored training ship demonstration
program, $1,906,000;
Oceanographic 
ship 
program,
$1,296,000;
AOE combat support ship program,
$4,086,000;
AO conversion program, $143,000;
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, and
ship 
special 
support 
equipment,
$1,209,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1990/2002’’:
T–AGOS surveillance ship program,
$5,000,000;
Coast Guard icebreaker program,
$8,153,000;
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1996/2002’’:
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LPD–17 amphibious transport dock
ship, $7,192,000;
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1998/2002’’:
CVN refuelings, $4,605,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1991/2001’’:
SSN–21(AP) attack submarine pro-
gram, $1,614,000;
LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $5,647,000;
LSD–41 dock landing ship cargo vari-
ant program, $1,389,000;
LCAC landing craft, air cushioned
program, $330,000;
AOE combat support ship program,
$1,435,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1998/2001’’:
CVN refuelings, $10,415,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1992/2001’’:
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SSN–21 attack submarine program,
$11,983,000;
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, and
DBOF transfer, $836,000;
Escalation, $5,378,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1998/2001’’:
CVN refuelings, $18,197,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1993/2002’’:
Carrier replacement program (AP),
$30,332,000;
LSD–41 cargo variant ship program,
$676,000;
AOE combat support ship program,
$2,066,000;
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, and
first destination transportation, and infla-
tion adjustments, $2,127,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1998/2002’’:
CVN refuelings, $29,844,000;
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Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1999/2002’’:
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, conver-
sions, and first destination transportation,
$5,357,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1994/2003’’:
LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $23,900,000;
Oceanographic ship program, $9,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1994/2003’’:
DDG–51 
destroyer 
program,
$18,349,000;
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1995/1999’’:
DDG–51 
destroyer 
program,
$5,383,000;
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000’’:
LPD–17 amphibious transport dock
ship, $168,000;
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Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1999/2003’’:
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, conver-
sions, and first destination transportation,
$9,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000’’:
SSN–21 attack submarine program,
$10,100,000;
LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $7,100,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000’’:
DDG–51 
destroyer 
program,
$3,723,000;
LPD–17 amphibious transport dock
ship, $13,477,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘National Defense
Sealift Fund, 1996’’:
Defense features, $30,000,000;
Under the heading, ‘‘National Defense
Sealift Fund, 1999’’:
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Research, development, test and eval-
uation, $8,000,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘National Defense
Sealift Fund, 1997’’:
Maritime pre-positioning force en-
hancement, $38,000,000.
SEC. 8084. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller) shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees by February 1, 2000, a detailed report identifying,
by amount and by separate budget activity, activity group,
subactivity group, line item, program element, program,
project, subproject, and activity, any activity for which the
fiscal year 2001 budget request was reduced because Con-
gress appropriated funds above the President’s budget re-
quest for that specific activity for fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 8085. Funds appropriated in title II of this Act
and for the Defense Health Program in title VI of this
Act for supervision and administration costs for facilities
maintenance and repair, minor construction, or design
projects may be obligated at the time the reimbursable
order is accepted by the performing activity: Provided,
That for the purpose of this section, supervision and ad-
ministration costs includes all in-house Government cost.
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SEC. 8086. The Secretary of Defense may waive re-
imbursement of the cost of conferences, seminars, courses
of instruction, or similar educational activities of the Asia-
Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers
and civilian officials of foreign nations if the Secretary de-
termines that attendance by such personnel, without reim-
bursement, is in the national security interest of the
United States: Provided, That costs for which reimburse-
ment is waived pursuant to this subsection shall be paid
from appropriations available for the Asia-Pacific Center.
SEC. 8087. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per-
mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance
Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail-
able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for
such use on a case-by-case basis.
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be
credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis-
tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs
associated with the use of equipment of the project under
that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such
purposes without fiscal year limitation.
SEC. 8088. Using funds available by this Act or any
other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a
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determination under section 2690 of title 10, United
States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for
required 
heating 
facility 
modernization 
in 
the
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany: Provided, That in the City of
Kaiserslautern such agreements will include the use of
United States anthracite as the base load energy for mu-
nicipal district heat to the United States Defense installa-
tions: Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Regional
Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat
may be obtained from private, regional or municipal serv-
ices, if provisions are included for the consideration of
United States coal as an energy source.
SEC. 8089. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3902, during
the current fiscal year, interest penalties may be paid by
the Department of Defense from funds financing the oper-
ation of the military department or defense agency with
which the invoice or contract payment is associated.
SEC. 8090. None of the funds appropriated in title
IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for deliv-
ery to military forces for operational training, operational
use or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to end-items used in development,
prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to
acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this
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restriction does not apply to programs funded within the
National Foreign Intelligence Program: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction
on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate that it is in the national security
interest to do so.
(RESCISSIONS)
SEC. 8091. Of the funds provided in the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
262), $452,100,000, to reflect savings from revised eco-
nomic assumptions, is hereby rescinded as of the date of
enactment of this Act, or October 1, 1999, whichever is
later, from the following accounts in the specified
amounts:
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, $8,000,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, $7,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
Vehicles, Army’’, $9,000,000;
‘‘Procurement 
of 
Ammunition, 
Army’’,
$6,000,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, $19,000,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, $44,000,000;
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, $8,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma-
rine Corps’’, $3,000,000;
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‘‘Shipbuilding 
and 
Conversion, 
Navy’’,
$37,000,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, $23,000,000;
‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, $5,000,000;
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’,
$46,000,000;
‘‘Missile 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’,
$14,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’,
$2,000,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, $44,400,000;
‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, $5,200,000;
‘‘Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction,
Army’’, $5,000,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army’’, $20,000,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy’’, $40,900,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force’’, $76,900,000; and
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide’’, $28,700,000:
Provided, That these reductions shall be applied propor-
tionally to each budget activity, activity group and sub-
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activity group and each program, project, and activity
within each appropriation account.
SEC. 8092. The budget of the President for fiscal
year 2001 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105
of title 31, United States Code, and each annual budget
request thereafter, shall include budget activity groups
(known as ‘‘subactivities’’) in all appropriations accounts
provided in this Act, as may be necessary, to separately
identify all costs incurred by the Department of Defense
to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and all
Partnership For Peace programs and initiatives. The
budget justification materials submitted to Congress in
support of the budget of the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2001, and subsequent fiscal years, shall provide
complete, detailed estimates for all such costs.
SEC. 8093. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to approve or license the sale of the F–
22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government.
SEC. 8094. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a
case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country
each limitation on the procurement of defense items from
foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines
that the application of the limitation with respect to that
country would invalidate cooperative programs entered
into between the Department of Defense and the foreign
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country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements
for the procurement of defense items entered into under
section 2531 of title 10, United States Code, and the
country does not discriminate against the same or similar
defense items produced in the United States for that coun-
try.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to—
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that
are exercised after such date under contracts that
are entered into before such date if the option prices
are adjusted for any reason other than the applica-
tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a).
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear-
ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by
section 11 (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule and products classified under headings 4010,
4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218
through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502
through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.
SEC. 8095. Funds made available to the Civil Air Pa-
trol in this Act under the heading ‘‘Drug Interdiction and
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’ may be used for the
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Civil Air Patrol Corporation’s counterdrug program, in-
cluding its demand reduction program involving youth
programs, as well as operational and training drug recon-
naissance missions for Federal, State and local govern-
ment agencies; for administrative costs, including the hir-
ing of Civil Air Patrol Corporation employees; for travel
and per diem expenses of Civil Air Patrol Corporation per-
sonnel in support of those missions; and for equipment
needed for mission support or performance: Provided,
That of these funds, $300,000 shall be made available to
establish and operate a distance learning program: Pro-
vided further, That the Department of the Air Force
should waive reimbursement from the Federal, State and
local government agencies for the use of these funds.
SEC. 8096. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the TRICARE managed care support contracts in ef-
fect, or in final stages of acquisition as of September 30,
1999, may be extended for two years: Provided, That any
such extension may only take place if the Secretary of De-
fense determines that it is in the best interest of the Gov-
ernment: Provided further, That any contract extension
shall be based on the price in the final best and final offer
for the last year of the existing contract as adjusted for
inflation and other factors mutually agreed to by the con-
tractor and the Government: Provided further, That not-
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withstanding any other provision of law, all future
TRICARE managed care support contracts replacing con-
tracts in effect, or in the final stages of acquisition as of
September 30, 1999, may include a base contract period
for transition and up to seven one-year option periods.
SEC. 8097. None of the funds in this Act may be
used to compensate an employee of the Department of De-
fense who initiates a new start program without notifica-
tion to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office
of Management and Budget, and the congressional de-
fense committees, as required by Department of Defense
financial management regulations.
SEC. 8098. Section 8118 of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–262;
112 Stat. 2331; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘convicted’’ and inserting ‘‘debarred by the De-
partment of Defense based upon a conviction’’.
SEC. 8099. In addition to the amounts provided else-
where in this Act, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Office of
the Secretary of Defense, and is available only for a grant
to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Foundation, Inc., only for costs associated with completion
of the ‘‘Women in Military Service For America’’ memo-
rial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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TRAINING AND OTHER PROGRAMS
SEC. 8100. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds
made available by this Act may be used to support any
training program involving a unit of the security forces
of a foreign country if the Secretary of Defense has re-
ceived credible information from the Department of State
that the unit has committed a gross violation of human
rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been
taken.
(b) MONITORING.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, shall ensure that
prior to a decision to conduct any training program re-
ferred to in subsection (a), full consideration is given to
all credible information available to the Department of
State relating to human rights violations by foreign secu-
rity forces.
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohi-
bition in subsection (a) if he determines that such waiver
is required by extraordinary circumstances.
SEC. 8101. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act is here-
by reduced by $171,000,000 to reflect savings from favor-
able foreign currency fluctuations, to be distributed as fol-
lows:
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‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, $19,100,000;
‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’, $2,200,000;
‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, $9,900,000;
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’,
$80,700,000;
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’,
$13,700,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force,’’
$26,900,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,
$8,700,000; and
‘‘Defense Health Program’’, $9,800,000.
SEC. 8102. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Defense may retain all or a portion
of the family housing at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, as
the Secretary deems necessary to meet military family
housing needs arising out of the relocation of elements of
the United States Army South to Fort Buchanan.
U.S. ARMY NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER ACCESS AND
TRAINING ENHANCEMENTS
SEC. 8103. From within amounts made available in
title II of this Act, under the heading ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Army’’, and notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, $12,500,000 shall be available only for re-
pairs and safety improvements to the segment of Fort
Irwin Road which extends from Interstate 15 northeast
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toward the boundary of Fort Irwin, California and the
originating intersection of Irwin Road: Provided, That
these funds shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the authorized scope of work includes,
but is not limited to, environmental documentation and
mitigation, engineering and design, improving safety, re-
surfacing, widening lanes, and replacing signs and pave-
ment markings: Provided further, That these funds may
be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Department of Transportation, for the authorized
scope of work.
SEC. 8104. Funds appropriated to the Department
of the Navy in title II of this Act may be available to re-
place lost and canceled Treasury checks issued to Trans
World Airlines in the total amount of $255,333.24 for
which timely claims were filed and for which detailed sup-
porting records no longer exist.
SEC. 8105. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, section 112 of Public Law 105–261 shall apply only
to phase III of the Army’s second source acquisition strat-
egy for medium tactical vehicles.
SEC. 8106. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act to the Department of the Navy shall
be used to develop, lease or procure the ADC(X) class of
ships unless the main propulsion diesel engines are manu-
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factured in the United States by a domestically operated
entity: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 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 acquisi-
tion must be made in order to acquire capability for na-
tional security purposes or there exists a significant cost
or quality difference.
SEC. 8107. From within amounts made available in
title II of this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, and notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $2,500,000 shall be available only
for a grant for ‘‘America’s Promise—The Alliance for
Youth, Inc.’’, only to support, on a dollar-for-dollar match-
ing basis with non-departmental funds, efforts to mobilize
individuals, groups and organizations to build and
strengthen the character and competence of the Nation’s
youth.
SEC. 8108. Of the funds made available in this Act,
not less than $47,100,000 shall be available to maintain
an attrition reserve force of 23 B–52 aircraft, of which
$3,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Military Personnel,
Air Force’’, $34,500,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
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ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, and $9,600,000 shall
be available from ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain
a total force of 94 B–52 aircraft, including 23 attrition
reserve aircraft, during fiscal year 2000: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense shall include in the Air
Force budget request for fiscal year 2001 amounts suffi-
cient to maintain a B–52 force totaling 94 aircraft.
SEC. 8109. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act, the total amount appropriated in title II is hereby
reduced by $100,000,000 to reflect savings resulting from
reviews of Department of Defense missions and functions
conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–76, to be distributed as follows:
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’,
$34,300,000;
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’,
$22,800,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’,
$1,400,000; and
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’,
$41,500,000:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for the purpose of contracting out functions di-
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rectly related to the award of Department of Defense con-
tracts, oversight of contractors with the Department of
Defense, or the payment of such contractors including, but
not limited to: contracting technical officers, contact ad-
ministration officers, accounting and finance officers, and
budget officers.
SEC. 8110. (a) REPORT ON OMB CIRCULAR A–76
REVIEWS OF WORK PERFORMED BY DOD EMPLOYEES.—
The Secretary of Defense shall submit a report not later
than 90 days after the enactment of this Act which lists
all instances since 1995 in which missions or functions
of the Department of Defense have been reviewed by the
Department of Defense pursuant to OMB Circular A–76.
The report shall list the disposition of each such review
and indicate whether the review resulted in the perform-
ance of such missions or functions by Department of De-
fense civilian and military personnel, or whether such re-
views resulted in performance by contractors. The report
shall include a description of the types of missions or func-
tions, the locations where the missions or functions are
performed, the name of the contractor performing the
work (if applicable), the cost to perform the missions or
functions at the time the review was conducted, and the
current cost to perform the missions or functions.
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(b) REPORT ON OMB CIRCULAR A–76 REVIEWS OF
WORK PERFORMED BY DOD CONTRACTORS.—The report
shall also identify those instances in which work performed
by a contractor has been converted to performance by ci-
vilian or military employees of the Department of Defense.
For each instance of contracting in, the report shall in-
clude a description of the types of work, the locations
where the work was performed, the name of the contractor
that was performing the work, the cost of contractor per-
formance at the time the work was contracted in, and the
current cost of performance by civilian or military employ-
ees of the Department of Defense. In addition, the report
shall include recommendations for maximizing the possi-
bility of effective public-private competition for work that
has been contracted out.
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later
than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary sub-
mits the annual report, the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions the Comptroller General’s views on whether the De-
partment has complied with the requirements for the re-
port.
SEC. 8111. The budget of the President for fiscal
year 2001 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105
of title 31, United States Code, and each annual budget
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request thereafter, shall include separate budget justifica-
tion documents for costs of United States armed forces’
participation in contingency operations for the Military
Personnel accounts, the Procurement accounts, and the
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund: Pro-
vided, That these budget justification documents shall in-
clude a description of the funding requested for each an-
ticipated contingency operation, for each military service,
to include active duty and Guard and Reserve components,
and for each appropriation account: Provided further, That
these documents shall include estimated costs for each ele-
ment of expense or object class, a reconciliation of in-
creases and decreases for ongoing contingency operations,
and programmatic data including, but not limited to troop
strength for each active duty and Guard and Reserve com-
ponent, and estimates of the major weapons systems de-
ployed in support of each contingency.
SEC. 8112. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $20,000,000 is ap-
propriated to the Army National Guard and shall be avail-
able only for the purpose of the procurement or lease of
fire-fighting aircraft or systems.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8113. In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act, $50,000,000 is here-
by appropriated, only to initiate and expand activities of
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the Department of Defense to prevent, prepare for, and
respond to a terrorist attack in the United States involving
weapons of mass destruction: Provided, That funds made
available under this section shall be transferred to the fol-
lowing accounts:
‘‘Reserve Personnel, Army’’, $2,000,000;
‘‘National 
Guard 
Personnel, 
Army’’,
$4,310,000;
‘‘National 
Guard 
Personnel, 
Air 
Force’’,
$1,080,000;
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’,
$12,110,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National
Guard’’, $12,320,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, $12,180,000; and
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army’’, $6,000,000:
Provided further, That funds transferred pursuant to this
section shall be merged with and be available for the same
purposes and for the same time period as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided in this section is in addition
to any other transfer authority available to the Depart-
ment of Defense: Provided further, That of the funds
transferred to ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army Na-
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tional Guard’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made
available only to establish cost effective counter-terrorism
training of first responders and concurrent testing of re-
sponse apparatus and equipment at the Memorial Tunnel
Facility as part of the WMD Study under the WMD Task
Force: Provided further, That of the funds transferred to
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard’’, not
less than $2,000,000 shall be made available only to sup-
port development of a structured undergraduate research
program designed to produce graduates with specialized
laboratory training and scientific skills required by mili-
tary and industrial laboratories engaged in combating the
threat of biological and chemical terrorism: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds transferred to ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Army National Guard’’, not less than
$3,500,000 shall be made available only to enhance dis-
tance learning technologies and develop related courseware
to provide training for counter-terrorism and related con-
cerns: Provided further, That of the funds transferred to
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’,
not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available only to
continue development and presentation of advanced dis-
tributed learning consequence management response
courses and conventional courses.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8114. In addition to the amounts made available
elsewhere in this Act, $150,000,000, to remain available
until expended, is hereby appropriated to ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, only for information assur-
ance programs, to include protection from non-authorized
access to information technology systems and computer
systems, and for related infrastructure expenses: Provided,
That funds under this heading may only be obligated after
the approval of the Deputy Secretary of Defense: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided by this provision
may be obligated or transferred to other appropriations
accounts until fifteen days after the Deputy Secretary of
Defense has submitted to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations a proposed funding allocation and
a plan for the Department of Defense to achieve informa-
tion superiority and information assurance: Provided fur-
ther, That the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall provide
written notification to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations prior to the transfer of any amount in
excess of $10,000,000 to a specific program or project:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading may be transferred only to operation and mainte-
nance accounts, procurement accounts, the Defense
Health Program appropriation, and research, develop-
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ment, test and evaluation accounts: Provided further, That
the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be
available for the same purposes and for the same time pe-
riod as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided in this sec-
tion shall be in addition to the transfer authority provided
to the Department of Defense in this Act or any other
Act.
SEC. 8115. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall, along
with submission of the fiscal year 2001 budget request for
the Department of Defense, submit to the congressional
defense committees a report, in both unclassified and clas-
sified versions, which contains an assessment of the ad-
vantages or disadvantages of deploying a ground-based
National Missile Defense system at more than one site.
(b) This report shall include, but not be limited to,
an assessment of the following issues:
(1) The ability of a single site, versus multiple
sites, to counter the expected ballistic missile threat;
(2) The optimum basing locations for a single
and multiple site National Missile Defense system;
(3) The survivability and redundancy of poten-
tial National Missile Defense systems under a single
or multiple site architecture;
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(4) The estimated costs (including development,
construction and infrastructure, and procurement of
equipment) associated with different site deployment
options; and
(5) Other issues bearing on deploying a Na-
tional Missile Defense system at one or more sites.
SEC. 8116. The Secretary of the Navy and the Sec-
retary of the Air Force each shall submit a report to the
congressional defense committees within 90 days of enact-
ment of this Act in both classified and unclassified form
which shall provide a detailed description of the dedicated
aggressor squadrons used to conduct combat flight train-
ing for the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force covering
the period from fiscal year 1990 through the present. For
each year of the specified time period, each report shall
provide a detailed description of the following: the assets
which comprise dedicated aggressor squadrons including
both aircrews, and the types and models of aircraft as-
signed to these squadrons; the number of training sorties
for all forms of combat flight training which require ag-
gressor aircraft, and the number of sorties that the dedi-
cated aggressor squadrons can generate to meet these re-
quirements; the ratio of the total inventory of attack and
fighter aircraft to the number of aircraft available for
dedicated aggressor squadrons; a comparison of the per-
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formance characteristics of the aircraft assigned to dedi-
cated aggressor squadrons compared to the performance
characteristics of the aircraft they are intended to rep-
resent in training scenarios; an assessment of pilot pro-
ficiency by year from 1986 to the present; Service rec-
ommendations to enhance aggressor squadron proficiency
to include number of dedicated aircraft, equipment, facili-
ties, and personnel; and a plan that proposes improve-
ments in dissimilar aircraft air combat training.
SEC. 8117. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or other Department of De-
fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended
for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to
military family housing units of the Department of De-
fense, including areas in such military family housing
units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi-
cial Department of Defense business: Provided, That the
Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General
shall provide a report to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 60 days after the
enactment of this Act which assesses the compliance of
each of the military services with applicable appropriations
law, Office of Management and Budget circulars, and Un-
dersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) directives which
govern funding for maintenance and repairs to flag officer
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quarters: Provided further, That this report shall include
an assessment as to whether there have been violations
of the Anti-Deficiency Act resulting from instances of im-
proper funding of such maintenance and repair projects.
SEC. 8118. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide’’ for any advanced concept technology demonstration
project may only be obligated thirty days after a report,
including a description of the project and its estimated
annual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the
congressional defense committees: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense
committees that it is in the national interest to do so: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evalua-
tion, Defense-Wide’’ in the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–262) are available
for the Line of Sight Anti-Tank Program: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide’’ in Public Law 105–262, $10,027,000 shall be
available only for the Air Directed Surface to Air Missile.
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SEC. 8119. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used for concept development,
pre-engineering management and development, engineer-
ing management and development, risk reduction, pro-
gram office operations, travel of Department of Defense
personnel, or contributions to international cooperative ef-
forts for the Medium Extended Air Defense System, or
successor systems: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ in the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
262) are available for the Medium Extended Air Defense
System or successor systems.
SEC. 8120. None of the funds in this Act may be
used to conduct a Defense Acquisition Board oversight re-
view of a major weapon system acquisition unless the
Commander-in-Chief of the United States Atlantic Com-
mand is a fully participating member of the Board which
is conducting the review: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act may be used for the Defense Acquisition Board
to approve a major weapon system acquisition to proceed
into a subsequent phase of development or production un-
less the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Atlantic
Command certifies to the congressional defense commit-
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tees that the acquisition fully meets joint service interoper-
ability requirements as determined by the theater Com-
manders-in-Chief: Provided further, That no additional
funds or personnel beyond those contained in the fiscal
year 2000 President’s budget for ongoing United States
Atlantic Command activities are available to support par-
ticipation by the Commander-in-Chief of the United States
Atlantic Command in Defense Acquisition Board weapon
system reviews.
SEC. 8121. Of the funds appropriated in title II of
this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Army’’, $250,000 shall be available only for a grant to
the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for the pur-
pose of locating, identifying the boundaries of, acquiring,
preserving, and memorializing the cemetery site that is lo-
cated in close proximity to Fort Atkinson, Nebraska. The
Secretary of the Army shall require as a condition of such
grant that the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission,
in carrying out the purposes of which the grant is made,
work in conjunction with the Nebraska State Historical
Society. The grant under this section shall be made with-
out regard to section 1301 of title 31, United States Code,
or any other provision of law.
SEC. 8122. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for the purpose of establishing all Department of De-
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fense policies governing the provision of care provided by
and financed under the military health care system, the
term ‘‘custodial care’’ shall be defined as care designed
essentially to assist an individual in meeting the activities
of daily living and which does not require the supervision
of trained medical, nursing, paramedical or other specially
trained individuals.
SEC. 8123. During the current fiscal year—
(1) refunds attributable to the use of the Gov-
ernment travel card and refunds attributable to offi-
cial Government travel arranged by Government
Contracted Travel Management Centers may be
credited to operation and maintenance accounts of
the Department of Defense which are current when
the refunds are received; and
(2) refunds attributable to the use of the Gov-
ernment Purchase Card by military personnel and
civilian employees of the Department of Defense
may be credited to accounts of the Department of
Defense that are current when the refunds are re-
ceived and that are available for the same purposes
as the accounts originally charged.
SEC. 8124. During the current fiscal year and here-
after, any Federal grant of funds to an institution of high-
er education to be available solely for student financial as-
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sistance or related administrative costs may be used for
the purpose for which the grant is made without regard
to any provision to the contrary in section 514 of the De-
partments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu-
cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997
(10 U.S.C. 503 note), or section 983 of title 10, United
States Code.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
SEC. 8125. (a) REGISTERING WITH DOD CHIEF IN-
FORMATION OFFICER.—After March 31, 2000, none of
the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for an
information technology system that is not registered with
the Chief Information Officer of the Department of De-
fense. A system shall be considered to be registered with
that officer upon the furnishing to that officer of notice
of the system, together with such information concerning
the system as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
(b) MILESTONE
CERTIFICATIONS
TO
CONGRES-
SIONAL COMMITTEES.—An information technology system
may not receive Milestone I approval, Milestone II ap-
proval, or Milestone III approval until the Chief Informa-
tion Officer of the Department of Defense provides to the
congressional defense committees written certification,
with respect to that milestone, that the system is being
developed in accordance with the sections 5122 and 5123
of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1422, 1423).
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The Chief Information Officer shall include with any such
certification a report providing, at a minimum, the fund-
ing baseline and milestone schedule for the system and
confirmation that the following steps have been taken with
respect to the system:
(1) Business process reengineering.
(2) An analysis of alternatives.
(3) An economic analysis that includes a cal-
culation of the return on investment.
(4) Performance measures.
(5) Effective information security measure.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Chief Information Officer’’
means the senior official of the Department of De-
fense designated by the Secretary of Defense pursu-
ant to section 3506 of title 44, United States Code.
(2) The term ‘‘information technology’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 5002 of the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401), but
does not include a national security system.
(3) The term ‘‘national security system’’ has
the meaning given that term in section 5142 of such
Act (40 U.S.C. 1452).
SEC. 8126. During the current fiscal year, none of
the funds available to the Department of Defense may be
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used to provide support to another department or agency
of the United States if such department or agency is more
than 90 days in arrears in making payment to the Depart-
ment of Defense for goods or services previously provided
to such department or agency on a reimbursable basis:
Provided, That this restriction shall not apply if the De-
partment is authorized by law to provide support to such
department or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is
providing the requested support pursuant to such author-
ity: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 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 it is in the
national security interest to do so.
SEC. 8127. (a) RECOVERY OF CERTAIN DOD ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH FOREIGN
MILITARY SALES PROGRAM.—Charges for administrative
services calculated under section 21(e) of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)) in connection with the
sale of defense articles or defense services shall (notwith-
standing paragraph (3) of section 43(b) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2792(b)) include recovery of administrative ex-
penses incurred by the Department of Defense during fis-
cal year 2000 that are attributable to (1) salaries of mem-
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bers of the Armed Forces, and (2) unfunded estimated
costs of civilian retirement and other benefits.
(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF APPLICABLE MILITARY
PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS.—During the current fiscal year,
amounts in the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund shall
be available in an amount not to exceed $63,000,000 to
reimburse the applicable military personnel accounts in
title I of this Act for the value of administrative expenses
referred in subsection (a)(1).
(c) REDUCTIONS TO REFLECT AMOUNTS EXPECTED
TO BE RECOVERED.—(1) The amounts in title I of this
Act are hereby reduced by an aggregate of $63,000,000
(such amount being the amount expected to be recovered
by reason of subsection (a)(1)).
(2) The amounts in title II of this Act are hereby
reduced by an aggregate of $31,000,000 (such amount
being that amount expected to be recovered by reason of
subsection (a)(2)).
SEC. 8128. (a) The Communications Act of 1934 is
amended in section 337(b) (47 U.S.C. 337(b)), by deleting
paragraph (2). Upon enactment of this provision, the FCC
shall initiate the competitive bidding process in fiscal year
1999 and shall conduct the competitive bidding in a man-
ner that ensures that all proceeds of such bidding are de-
posited in accordance with section 309(j)(8) of the Act not
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later than September 30, 2000. To expedite the assign-
ment by competitive bidding of the frequencies identified
in section 337(a)(2) of the Act, the rules governing such
frequencies shall be effective immediately upon publication
in the Federal Register, notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 553(d),
801(a)(3), 804(2), and 806(a). Chapter 6 of such title,
15 U.S.C. 632, and 44 U.S.C. 3507 and 3512, shall not
apply to the rules and competitive bidding procedures gov-
erning such frequencies. Notwithstanding section 309(b)
of the Act, no application for an instrument of authoriza-
tion for such frequencies shall be granted by the Commis-
sion earlier than 7 days following issuance of public notice
by the Commission of the acceptance for filing of such ap-
plication or of any substantial amendment thereto. Not-
withstanding section 309(d)(1) of such Act, the Commis-
sion may specify a period (no less than 5 days following
issuance of such public notice) for the filing of petitions
to deny any application for an instrument of authorization
for such frequencies.
(b)(1) Not later than 15 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget and the Federal Communications
Commission shall each submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report which shall—