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(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission
of the department’s fiscal year 1998 budget request, submit
a report presenting the specific amounts—in dollars and
staff years of technical effort—to be allocated for each de-
fense FFRDC during that fiscal year.
(d) The Secretary of Defense may, pursuant to the gen-
eral transfer authority granted in Section 8005 of this Act,
provide additional funds to a defense FFRDC: Provided,
That any such transfer, irrespective of amount, shall be sub-
ject to a Form DD–1415 reprogramming action request.
SEC. 8094. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of the Navy may be used to enter into any contract
for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of any naval vessel
homeported on the West Coast of the United States which
includes charges for interport differential as an evaluation
factor for award.
SEC. 8095. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
used to purchase, install, replace, or otherwise repair any
lock on a safe or security container which protects informa-
tion critical to national security or any other classified ma-
terials and which has not been certified as passing the secu-
rity lock specifications contained in regulation FF–L–2740
dated October 12, 1989, and has not passed all testing cri-
teria and procedures established through February 28,
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1992: Provided, That the Director of Central Intelligence
may waive this provision, on a case-by-case basis only,
upon certification that the above cited locks are not ade-
quate for the protection of sensitive intelligence informa-
tion.
SEC. 8096. (a) None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense during fiscal year 1997 may be obli-
gated or expended to modify established reprogramming
procedures, including modifying the below threshold re-
programming dollar thresholds, until 90 days after any
proposed modification is reported to the Congressional de-
fense committees along with a detailed justification for that
proposed modification.
(b) The Department of Defense may not modify its
policies with respect to budgeting for low rate initial pro-
duction test articles until 90 days after any proposed modi-
fication is reported to the Congressional defense committees
along with a detailed justification for that proposed modi-
fication.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘estab-
lished reprogramming procedures’’ and the terms ‘‘policies
with respect to budgeting for low rate initial production
test articles’’ refer to those procedures and policies which
were in effect on January 1, 1996.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8097. Of the funds provided in title IV of this
Act, $93,000,000 shall be made available for prostate cancer
research: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to
the Department of the Army for the execution of a peer re-
view research program: Provided further, That the transfer
authority provided in this section is in addition to any
transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
SEC. 8098. Section 8110 of Public Law 104–61 (109
Stat. 674) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 8099. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act, the number for Military Personnel, Navy shall
be $16,948,481,000, the number for Military Personnel, Air
Force shall be $17,026,210,000, the number for Operation
and Maintenance, Army shall be $17,696,659,000, the num-
ber for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force shall be
$17,326,909,000, the number for Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide shall be $9,887,142,000, the number
for Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund shall
be $1,140,157,000, the number for Defense Health Program
shall be $10,251,208,000, and the number for Defense
Health Program Operation and Maintenance shall be
$9,931,738,000.
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(b) Of the funds appropriated under the heading Air-
craft Procurement, Air Force, $11,500,000 shall be made
available only for modifications to B–52 bomber aircraft.
(c) Of the funds appropriated in title VI of this Act,
under the heading Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruc-
tion, Defense for research, development, test and evaluation,
$3,000,000 shall only be for the accelerated development of
advanced sensors for the Army’s Mobile Munitions Assess-
ment System.
(d) Of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act,
under the heading Research, Development, Test and Eval-
uation, Defense-Wide, $56,200,000 shall be available for the
Corps Surface-to-Air Missile (CORPS SAM) program and
$515,743,000 shall be available for the Other Theater Mis-
sile Defense/Follow-On TMD Activities program.
(e) Funds appropriated in title II of this Act for super-
vision 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 administration costs includes
all in-house Government cost.
(f) Of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act,
under the heading Research, Development, Test and Eval-
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uation, Navy, $2,000,000 is available for titanium process-
ing technology.
(g) Advance billing for services provided or work per-
formed by the Navy’s defense business operating fund activi-
ties is prohibited: Provided, That of the funds appropriated
under the heading Operation and Maintenance, Navy,
$2,976,000,000 shall be available only for depot mainte-
nance activities and programs, and $989,700,000 shall be
available only for real property maintenance activities.
(h) The Secretary of Defense may waive reimburse-
ment of the cost of conferences, seminars, courses of instruc-
tion, or similar educational activities of the Asia-Pacific
Center for Security Studies for military officers and civil-
ian officials of foreign nations if the Secretary determines
that attendance by such personnel, without reimbursement,
is in the national security interest of the United States:
Provided, That costs for which reimbursement is waived
pursuant to this subsection shall be paid from appropria-
tions available for the Asia-Pacific Center.
(i) Of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act,
under the heading Research, Development, Test and Eval-
uation, Defense-Wide, $3,000,000 shall be available for a
defense technology transfer pilot program.
(j) Of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act,
under the heading Research, Development, Test and Eval-
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uation, Navy, $4,000,000 is available for the establishment
of the National Coastal Data Centers required by section
7901(c) of title 10, United States Code, as added by the
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1997.
(k)(1) Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for the Department of the Air Force,
$2,000,000 shall be available to provide comprehensive care
and rehabilitation services to children with disabilities who
are dependents of members of the Armed Forces at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary of the Air
Force shall grant the funds available under subsection (a)
to the Children’s Association for Maximum Potential
(CAMP) for use by the association to defray the costs of
designing and constructing the facility referred to in para-
graph (1).
(3)(A) The Secretary may not make a grant of funds
under paragraph (2) until the Secretary and the associa-
tion enter into an agreement under which the Secretary
leases to the association the facility to be constructed using
the funds.
(B)(i) The term of the lease under paragraph (1) may
not be less than 25 years.
(ii) As consideration for the lease of the facility, the
association shall assume responsibility for the operation
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and maintenance of the facility, including the costs of such
operation and maintenance.
(C) The Secretary may require such additional terms
and conditions in connection with the lease as the Secretary
considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United
States.
SEC. 8100. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended—
(1) to reduce the number of units of special oper-
ations forces of the Army National Guard during fis-
cal year 1997;
(2) to reduce the authorized strength of any such
unit below the strength authorized for the unit as of
September 30, 1996; or
(3) to apply any administratively imposed limi-
tation on the assigned strength of any such unit at
less than the strength authorized for that unit as of
September 30, 1996.
SEC. 8101. (a) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure
that solicitations for contracts for unrestricted procurement
to be entered into using funds appropriated for the Army
by this Act include, where appropriate, specific goals for
subcontracts with small businesses, small disadvantages
businesses, and women owned small businesses.
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(b) The Secretary shall ensure that any subcontract en-
tered into pursuant to a solicitation referred to in sub-
section (a) that meets a specific goal referred to in that sub-
section is credited toward the overall goal of the Army for
subcontracts with the businesses referred to in that sub-
section.
SEC. 8102. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force and the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall submit
a joint report describing in detail the benefits, allowances,
services, and any other forms of assistance which may or
shall be provided to any civilian employee of the Federal
Government or to any private citizen, or to the family of
such an individual, who is injured or killed while traveling
on an aircraft owned, leased, chartered, or operated by the
Government of the United States.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) above shall
be submitted to the congressional defense committees and
to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
of the House of Representatives not later than December 15,
1996.
SEC. 8103. (a) Not later than March 1, 1997, the Dep-
uty Secretary of Defense shall submit to the defense commit-
tees a report on Department of Defense procurements of pro-
pellant raw materials.
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(b) The report shall include the following:
(1) The projected future requirements of the De-
partment of Defense for propellant raw materials,
such as nitrocellulose.
(2) The capacity, ability, and production cost
rates of the national technology and industrial base,
including Government-owned, contractor-operated fa-
cilities, contractor owned and operated facilities, and
Government-owned, Government-operated facilities,
for meeting such requirements.
(3) The national security benefits of preserving
in the national technology and industrial base con-
tractor owned and operated facilities for producing
propellant raw materials, including nitrocellulose.
(4) The extent to which the cost rates for produc-
tion of nitrocellulose in Government-owned, contrac-
tor-operated facilities is lower because of the relation-
ship of those facilities with the Department of Defense
than such rates would be without that relationship.
(5) The advantages and disadvantages of permit-
ting commercial facilities to compete for award of De-
partment of Defense contracts for procurement of pro-
pellant raw materials, such as nitrocellulose.
SEC. 8104. Not later than six months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
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shall submit to Congress a cost-benefit analysis of consoli-
dating the ground station infrastructure of the Air Force
that supports polar orbiting satellites.
SEC. 8105. (a) Not later than April 1, 1997, the Comp-
troller General shall, in consultation with the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of De-
fense, and the Secretary of Labor, submit to Congress a re-
port which shall include the following—
(1) an analysis and breakdown of the restructur-
ing costs paid by or submitted to the Department of
Defense to companies involved in business combina-
tions since 1993;
(2) an analysis of the specific costs associated
with workforce reductions;
(3) an analysis of the services provided to the
workers affected by business combinations;
(4) an analysis of the effectiveness of the restruc-
turing costs used to assist laid off workers in gaining
employment;
(5) in accordance with section 818 of 10 U.S.C.
2324, an analysis of the savings reached from the
business combination relative to the restructuring
costs paid by the Department of Defense.
(b) The report should set forth recommendations to
make this program more effective for workers affected by
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business combinations and more efficient in terms of the
use of Federal dollars.
SEC. 8106. (a) LEASE OF PROPERTY FOR CONSTRUC-
TION OF RESERVE CENTER.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy
may lease, without reimbursement, to the State of Mis-
sissippi (in this section referred to as the ‘‘State’’), approxi-
mately five acres of real property located at Naval Air Sta-
tion, Meridian, Mississippi, only for use by the State to
construct a reserve center of approximately 22,000 square
feet and ancillary supporting facilities.
(2) The term of the lease under this subsection shall
expire on the same date that the lease authorized by sub-
section (b) expires.
(b) LEASEBACK OF RESERVE CENTER.—(1) The Sec-
retary may lease from the State the property and improve-
ments constructed pursuant to subsection (a) for a five-year
period. The term of the lease shall begin on the date on
which the improvements are available for occupancy, as de-
termined by the Secretary.
(2) Rental payments under the lease under paragraph
(1) may not exceed $200,000 per year, and the total amount
of the rental payments for the entire period may not exceed
20 percent of the total cost of constructing the reserve center
and ancillary supporting facilities.
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(3) Subject to the availability of appropriations for
this purpose, the Secretary may use funds appropriated
pursuant to an authorization of appropriations for the op-
eration and maintenance of the Naval Reserve to make rent-
al payments required under this subsection.
(c) EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF LEASES.—At the end
of the lease term under subsection (b), the State shall con-
vey, without reimbursement, to the United States all right,
title, and interest of the State in the reserve center and an-
cillary supporting facilities subject to the lease.
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions
in connection with the leases under this section as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States.
SEC. 8107. None of the funds provided for the purchase
of the T–39N may be obligated until the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition certifies to the defense committees
that the contract was awarded on the basis of and following
a full and open competition consistent with current Federal
acquisition statutes.
SEC. 8108. (a) REPEAL OF TEMPORARY REQUIRE-
MENT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.—Title VII of the De-
partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law
104–61; 109 Stat. 650), is amended under the heading ‘‘NA-
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TIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION TRUST FUND’’ by striking
out the proviso.
(b) GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection
(a)(1) of section 802 of the David L. Boren National Secu-
rity Education Act of 1991 (title VIII of Public Law 102–
183; 50 U.S.C. 1902) is amended—
(1) by striking out subparagraph (A) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following new subparagraph
(A):
‘‘(A) awarding scholarships to undergradu-
ate students who—
‘‘(i) are United States citizens in order
to enable such students to study, for at least
one academic semester or equivalent term,
in foreign countries that are critical coun-
tries 
(as 
determined 
under 
section
803(d)(4)(A) of this title) in those languages
and study areas where deficiencies exist (as
identified in the assessments undertaken
pursuant to section 806(d) of this title); and
‘‘(ii) pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A)
of this section, enter into an agreement to
work for, and make their language skills
available to, an agency or office of the Fed-
eral Government or work in the field of