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(B) close the Fisher House trust fund for that de-
partment and transfer the amounts in the closed fund
to the newly established fund.
(2) Of the amounts appropriated for the Navy pursu-
ant to section 301, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer
to the fund established by the Secretary under section
2490b(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added by sub-
section (a)) such amount as the Secretary considers appro-
priate for establishing in the fund a corpus sufficient for
operating Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites of the Navy.
(3) Of the amounts appropriated for the Air Force
pursuant to section 301, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
transfer to the fund established by the Secretary under sec-
tion 2490b(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added by
subsection (a)) such amount as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate for establishing in the fund a corpus sufficient
for operating Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites of the Air
Force.
(4) The Secretary of each military department, upon
completing the actions required of the Secretary under the
preceding paragraphs of this subsection, shall submit to
Congress a report containing—
(A) the Secretary’s certification that those ac-
tions have been completed; and
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(B) a statement of the amount deposited in the
newly established fund.
(5) Amounts transferred to a fund established under
section 2490b(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added
by subsection (a)), shall be available without fiscal year
limitation for the purposes for which the fund is established
and shall be administered as nonappropriated funds.
(c) CONFORMING REPEALS.—(1) Section 2221 of title
10, United States Code, and the item relating to that section
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 of
such title, are repealed.
(2) Section 1321(a) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking out paragraphs (92), (93), and (94).
(3) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2)
shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 908. REDESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE RE-
SEARCH AND ENGINEERING AS DIRECTOR OF
DEFENSE 
TECHNOLOGY 
AND
COUNTERPROLIFERATION AND TRANSFER OF
RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) REDESIGNATION.—Subsection (a) of section 137 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out
‘‘Director of Defense Research and Engineering’’ and in-
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serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Director of Defense Technology and
Counterproliferation’’.
(b) DUTIES.—Subsection (b) of such section 137 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) The Director of Defense Technology and
Counterproliferation shall—
‘‘(1) except as otherwise prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense, perform such duties relating to re-
search and engineering as the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition and Technology may prescribe;
‘‘(2) advise the Secretary of Defense on matters
relating to nuclear energy and nuclear weapons;
‘‘(3) serve as the Staff Director of the Joint Nu-
clear Weapons Council under section 179 of this title;
and
‘‘(4) perform such other duties as the Secretary
of Defense may prescribe.’’.
(c) ABOLISHMENT OF POSITION OF ASSISTANT TO THE
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAMS.—Section 142 of
such title is repealed.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Title 5, United
States Code, is amended as follows:
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(A) In section 5315, by striking out ‘‘Director of
Defense Research and Engineering’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof the following:
‘‘Director 
of 
Defense 
Technology 
and
Counterproliferation’’.
(B) In section 5316, by striking out ‘‘Assistant
to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical
and Biological Defense Programs, Department of De-
fense.’’.
(2) Title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows:
(A) In section 131(b), by striking out paragraph
(6) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(6) 
Director 
of 
Defense 
Technology 
and
Counterproliferation.’’.
(B) In section 138(d), by striking out ‘‘Director
of Defense Research and Engineering’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Director of Defense Technology and
Counterproliferation’’.
(C) In section 179(c)(2), by striking out ‘‘Assist-
ant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chem-
ical and Biological Defense Programs’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Director of Defense Technology and
Counterproliferation’’.
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(D) In section 2350a(g)(3), by striking out
‘‘Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering
(Test and Evaluation)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology’’.
(E) In section 2617(a), by striking out ‘‘Director
of Defense Research and Engineering’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Director of Defense Technology and
Counterproliferation’’.
(F) In section 2902(b), by striking out para-
graph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(1) The Director of Defense Technology and
Counterproliferation.’’.
(3) Section 257(a) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is
amended by striking out ‘‘Director of Defense Research and
Engineering’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Director of De-
fense Technology and Counterproliferation’’.
(4) The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1994 is amended as follows:
(A) In section 802(a) (10 U.S.C. 2358 note), by
striking out ‘‘Director of Defense Research and Engi-
neering’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Director of
Defense Technology and Counterproliferation’’.
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(B) In section 1605(a)(5), (22 U.S.C. 2751 note)
by striking out ‘‘Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense
Programs’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Director of
Defense Technology and Counterproliferation’’.
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The section heading
of section 137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘§ 137. 
Director 
of 
Defense 
Technology 
and
Counterproliferation’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking out the item relating to section
137 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘137. Director of Defense Technology and Counterproliferation.’’;
and
(B) by striking out the item relating to section
142.
SEC. 909. CENTER FOR HEMISPHERIC DEFENSE STUDIES.
(a) FUNDING FOR CENTER FOR HEMISPHERIC DE-
FENSE STUDIES.—(1) Chapter 108 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 2166. National Defense University: funding of com-
ponent institution
‘‘Funds available for the payment of personnel ex-
penses under the Latin American cooperation authority set
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forth in section 1050 of this title are also available for the
costs of the operation of the Center for Hemispheric Defense
Studies.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘2166. National Defense University: funding of component institution.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1050 of title
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘Secretary
of Defense or the’’ before ‘‘Secretary of a military depart-
ment’’.
SEC. 910. MILITARY AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In February 1996, the Government Account-
ing Office released a report highlighting a 75 percent
reduction in aviation Class A mishaps, a 70 percent
reduction in aviation mishap fatalities and a 65 per-
cent reduction in Class A mishap rates from 1975–
1995 (Military Aircraft Safety—Significant Improve-
ments since 1975).
(2) In February 1998, the Government Account-
ing Office completed a follow-up review of military
aircraft safety, noting that the military experienced
fewer serious aviation mishaps in fiscal years 1996
and 1997 than in previous fiscal years (Military Air-
craft Safety: Serious Accidents Remain at Histori-
cally Low Levels).
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(3) The report required by section 1046 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year
1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1888) concluded,
‘‘DoD found no evidence that changing existing inves-
tigation processes to more closely resemble those of the
NTSB would help DoD to find more answers more
quickly, or accurately’’.
(4) The Department of Defense must further im-
prove its aviation safety by fully examining all op-
tions for improving or replacing its current aviation
accident investigation processes.
(5) The inter-service working group formed as a
result of that report has contributed to progress in
military aviation accident investigations by identify-
ing ways to improve family assistance, as has the for-
mal policy direction coordinated by the Office of the
Secretary of Defense.
(6) Such progress includes the issuance of Air
Force Instruction 90–701 entitled ‘‘Assistance to
Families of Persons Involved in Air Force Aviation
Mishaps’’, that attempts to meet the need for a more
timely flow of relevant information to families, a
family liaison officer, and the establishment of the Air
Force Office of Family Assistance. However, formal
policy directions and Air Force instructions have not
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adequately addressed the failure to provide primary
next of kin of members of the Armed Forces involved
in military aviation accidents with interim reports
regarding the course of investigations into such acci-
dents, and the Department of Defense must improve
its procedures for informing the families of the per-
sons involved in military aviation mishaps.
(7) The report referred to in paragraph (3) con-
cluded that the Department would ‘‘benefit from the
disappearance of the misperception that the privileged
portion of the safety investigation exists to hide unfa-
vorable information’’.
(8) That report further specified that ‘‘[e]ach
Military Department has procedures in place to place
to provide redacted copies of the final [privileged]
safety report to the families. However, families must
formally request a copy of the final safety investiga-
tion report’’.
(9) Current efforts to improve family notification
would be enhanced by the issuance by the Secretary of De-
fense of uniform regulations to improve the timeliness and
reliability of information provided to the primary next of
kin of persons involved in military aviation accidents dur-
ing and following both the legal investigation and safety
investigation phases of such investigations.
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(b) EVALUATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AVIA-
TION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES.—(1) The
Secretary of Defense shall establish a task force to—
(A) review the procedures employed by the De-
partment of Defense to conduct military aviation ac-
cident investigations; and
(B) identify mechanisms for improving such in-
vestigations and the military aviation accident inves-
tigation process.
(2) The Secretary shall appoint to the task force the
following:
(A) An appropriate number of members of the
Armed Forces, including both members of the regular
components and the reserve components, who have ex-
perience relating to military aviation or investiga-
tions into military aviation accidents.
(B) An appropriate number of former members
of the Armed Forces who have such experience.
(C) With the concurrence of the member con-
cerned, a member of the National Transportation
Safety Board.
(3)(A) The task force shall submit to Congress an in-
terim report and a final report on its activities under this
subsection. The interim report shall be submitted on Decem-
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ber 1, 1998, and the final report shall be submitted on
March 31, 1999.
(B) Each report under subparagraph (A) shall include
the following:
(i) An assessment of the advisability of conduct-
ing all military aviation accident investigations
through an entity that is independent of the military
departments.
(ii) An assessment of the effectiveness of the cur-
rent military aviation accident investigation process
in identifying the cause of military aviation acci-
dents and correcting problems so identified in a time-
ly manner.
(iii) An assessment whether or not the procedures
for sharing the results of military aviation accident
investigations among the military departments should
be improved.
(iv) An assessment of the advisability of central-
ized training and instruction for military aircraft in-
vestigators.
(v) An assessment of any costs or cost avoidances
that would result from the elimination of any overlap
in military aviation accident investigation activities
conducted under the current so-called ‘‘two-track’’ in-
vestigation process.
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(vi) Any improvements or modifications in the
current military aviation accident investigation proc-
ess that the task force considers appropriate to reduce
the potential for aviation accidents and increase pub-
lic confidence in the process.
(c) UNIFORM REGULATIONS
FOR RELEASE
OF IN-
TERIM SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORTS.—(1)(A) Not later
than May 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations that provide for the release to the family mem-
bers of persons involved in military aviation accidents, and
to members of the public, of reports referred to in paragraph
(2).
(B) The regulations shall apply uniformly to each
military department.
(2) A report under paragraph (1) is a report on the
findings of any ongoing privileged safety investigation into
an accident referred to in that paragraph. Such report shall
be in a redacted form or other form appropriate to preserve
witness confidentiality and to minimize the effects of the
release of information in such report on national security.
(3) Reports under paragraph (1) shall be made avail-
able—
(A) in the case of family members, at least once
every 30 days or upon the development of a new or
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significantly changed finding during the course of the
investigation concerned; and
(B) in the case of members of the public, on re-
quest.
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Financial Matters
SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.—(1)
Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such
action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary
may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to
the Department of Defense in this division for fiscal year
1999 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the
same purposes as the authorization to which transferred.
(2) The total amount of authorizations that the Sec-
retary may transfer under the authority of this section may
not exceed $2,000,000,000.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by this sec-
tion to transfer authorizations—
(1) may only be used to provide authority for
items that have a higher priority than the items from
which authority is transferred; and
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(2) may not be used to provide authority for an
item that has been denied authorization by Congress.
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred
by an amount equal to the amount transferred.
(d) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under sub-
section (a).
SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department
of Defense for fiscal year 1999 for incremental costs of oper-
ations of the Armed Forces in and around Bosnia and
Herzegovina in the total amount of $1,858,600,000, as fol-
lows:
(1) For military personnel, in addition to the
amounts authorized to be appropriated in title IV of
this Act:
(A) For the Army, $297,700,000.
(B) For the Navy, $9,700,000.
(C) For the Marine Corps, $2,700,000.
(D) For the Air Force, $33,900,000.
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(E) For the Naval Reserve, $2,200,000.
(2) For operation and maintenance for the Over-
seas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund, in addi-
tion to the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated for that fund in section 301(a)(25) of this
Act, $1,512,400,000.
(b) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by
the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts
of authorizations made available to the Department of De-
fense in subsection (a)(2) for fiscal year 1999 to any of the
authorizations for that fiscal year in section 301. Amounts
of authorizations so transferred shall be merged with and
be available for the same purposes as the authorization to
which transferred. The transfer authority under this sub-
section is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act.
(c) DESIGNATION AS EMERGENCY.—Funds authorized
to be appropriated in accordance with subsection (a) are
designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985.
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SEC. 1003. AUTHORIZATION OF PRIOR EMERGENCY SUP-
PLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 1998.
Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 1998 in the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–
85) are hereby adjusted, with respect to any such authorized
amount, by the amount by which appropriations pursuant
to such authorization were increased (by a supplemental
appropriation) or decreased (by a rescission), or both, in
the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act
(Public Law 105–174).
SEC. 1004. PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE INFORMATION SYS-
TEM MANAGEMENT.
Funds authorized to be appropriated under titles II
and III of this Act shall be available for Partnership for
Peace information management systems as follows:
(1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 201(4) for Defense-wide activities,
$2,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
under 
section 
301 
for 
Defense-wide 
activities,
$3,000,000.
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SEC. 1005. REDUCTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 1998 AUTHORIZA-
TIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DIVISION A
AND DIVISION B AND INCREASES IN CERTAIN
AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) TOTAL REDUCTION.—Notwithstanding any other
provision in this division, amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under other provisions of this division are reduced
in accordance with subsection (b) by the total amount of
$421,900,000 in order to reflect savings resulting from re-
vised economic assumptions.
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF REDUCTION.—
(1) PROCUREMENT.—Amounts authorized to be
appropriated for procurement under title I are re-
duced as follows:
(A) ARMY.—For the Army:
(i) AIRCRAFT.—For aircraft under sec-
tion 101(1), by $4,000,000.
(ii) MISSILES.—For missiles under
section 101(2), by $4,000,000.
(iii) WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES.—For weapons and tracked com-
bat vehicles under section 101(3), by
$4,000,000.
(iv) AMMUNITION.—For ammunition
under section 101(4), by $3,000,000.
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(v) OTHER PROCUREMENT.—For other
procurement 
under 
section 
101(5), 
by
$9,000,000.
(B) NAVY
AND
MARINE
CORPS.—For the
Navy, Marine Corps, or both the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps:
(i) AIRCRAFT.—For aircraft under sec-
tion 102(a)(1), by $22,000,000.
(ii) WEAPONS.—For weapons, includ-
ing missiles and torpedoes, under section
102(a)(2), by $4,000,000.
(iii) 
SHIPBUILDING
AND
CONVER-
SION.—For shipbuilding and conversion
under section 102(a)(3), by $18,000,000.
(iv) OTHER PROCUREMENT.—For other
procurement under section 102(a)(4), by
$12,000,000.
(v) MARINE
CORPS
PROCUREMENT.—
For procurement for the Marine Corps
under section 102(b), by $2,000,000.
(vi) AMMUNITION.—For ammunition
under section 102(c), by $1,000,000.
(C) AIR FORCE.—For the Air Force:
(i) AIRCRAFT.—For aircraft under sec-
tion 103(1), by $23,000,000.
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(ii) MISSILES.—For missiles under
section 103(2), by $7,000,000.
(iii) AMMUNITION.—For ammunition
under section 103(3), by $1,000,000.
(iv) OTHER PROCUREMENT.—For other
procurement 
under 
section 
103(4), 
by
$17,500,000.
(D) DEFENSE-WIDE
ACTIVITIES.—For the
Department of Defense for Defense-wide activi-
ties under section 104, by $5,800,000.
(E) CHEMICAL
DEMILITARIZATION
PRO-
GRAM.—For the destruction of lethal chemical
agents and munitions and of chemical warfare
material under section 107, by $3,000,000.
(2) R D T & E.—Amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion under title II are reduced as follows:
(A) ARMY.—For the Army under section
201(1), by $10,000,000.
(B) NAVY.—For the Navy under section
201(2), by $20,000,000.
(C) AIR FORCE.—For the Air Force under
section 201(3), by $39,000,000.
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(D) DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.—For De-
fense-wide activities under section 201(4), by
$26,700,000.
(3) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Amounts
authorized to be appropriated for operation and
maintenance under title III are reduced as follows:
(A) ARMY.—For the Army under section
301(a)(1), by $24,000,000.
(B) NAVY.—For the Navy under section
301(a)(2), by $32,000,000.
(C) MARINE CORPS.—For the Marine Corps
under section 301(a)(3), by $4,000,000.
(D) AIR FORCE.—For the Air Force under
section 301(a)(4), by $31,000,000.
(E) DEFENSE-WIDE
ACTIVITIES.—For De-
fense-wide activities under section 301(a)(6), by
$17,600,000.
(F) ARMY
RESERVE.—For the Army Re-
serve under section 301(a)(7), by $2,000,000.
(G) NAVAL RESERVE.—For the Naval Re-
serve under section 301(a)(8), by $2,000,000.
(H) AIR
FORCE
RESERVE.—For the Air
Force Reserve under section 301(a)(10), by
$2,000,000.
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(I) ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.—For the Army
National Guard under section 301(a)(11), by
$4,000,000.
(J) AIR
NATIONAL
GUARD.—For the Air
National Guard under section 301(a)(12), by
$4,000,000.
(K) 
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION,
ARMY.—For Environmental Restoration, Army
under section 301(a)(15), by $1,000,000.
(L) 
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION,
NAVY.—For Environmental Restoration, Navy
under section 301(a)(16), by $1,000,000.
(M) ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION, AIR
FORCE.—For Environmental Restoration, Air
Force under section 301(a)(17), by $1,000,000.
(N) ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION, 
DE-
FENSE-WIDE.—For Environmental Restoration,
Defense-wide 
under 
section 
301(a)(18), 
by
$1,000,000.
(O) DRUG
INTERDICTION
AND
COUNTER-
DRUG
ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE.—For Drug
Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, De-
fense-wide 
under 
section 
301(a)(21), 
by
$2,000,000.
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(P) MEDICAL
PROGRAMS, DEFENSE.—For
Medical 
Programs, 
Defense 
under 
section
301(a)(23), by $36,000,000.
(4) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY.—Amounts
authorized to be appropriated for military construc-
tion, Army, under title XXI by section 2104(a) are
reduced by $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be
a reduction of support of military family housing
under section 2104(a)(5)(B).
(5) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY.—Amounts
authorized to be appropriated for military construc-
tion, Navy, under title XXII by section 2204(a) are
reduced by $5,000,000, of which—
(A) $1,000,000 shall be a reduction of con-
struction and acquisition of military family
housing under section 2204(a)(5)(A); and
(B) $3,000,000 shall be a reduction of sup-
port of military family housing under section
2204(a)(5)(B).
(6) MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION, AIR
FORCE.—
Amounts authorized to be appropriated for military
construction, Air Force, under title XXIII by section
2304(a) are reduced by $4,000,000, of which—
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(A) $1,000,000 shall be a reduction of con-
struction and acquisition of military family
housing under section 2304(a)(5)(A); and
(B) $2,000,000 shall be a reduction of sup-
port of military family housing under section
2304(a)(5)(B).
(7) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE AGEN-
CIES.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated for
military construction, Defense Agencies, under title
XXIV by section 2404(a) are reduced by $6,300,000,
of which $5,000,000 shall be a reduction of defense
base 
closure 
and 
realignment 
under 
section
2404(a)(10), of which—
(A) $1,000,000 shall be a reduction of de-
fense base closure and realignment, Army;
(B) $2,000,000 shall be a reduction of de-
fense base closure and realignment, Navy; and
(C) $2,000,000 shall be a reduction of de-
fense base closure and realignment, Air Force.
(8) NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SE-
CURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM.—Amounts authorized
to be appropriated for contributions to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment pro-
gram under title XXV by section 2502 are reduced by
$1,000,000.
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(c) 
PROPORTIONATE
REDUCTIONS
WITHIN
AC-
COUNTS.—The amount provided for each budget activity,
budget activity group, budget subactivity group, program,
project, or activity under an authorization of appropria-
tions reduced by subsection (b) is hereby reduced by the per-
centage computed by dividing the total amount of that au-
thorization of appropriations (before the reduction) into the
amount by which that total amount is so reduced.
(d) INCREASE IN CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS.—
(1) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, ARMY
NA-
TIONAL GUARD.—The amount authorized to be appro-
priated by section 301(a)(11), as reduced by sub-
section (b)(3)(I), is increased by $120,000,000.
(2) OTHER DEFENSE PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY.—The amount authorized to be appro-
priated by section 3103 is increased by $20,000,000,
which amount shall be available for verification and
control technology under paragraph (1)(C) of that sec-
tion.
SEC. 1006. AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR NATO COMMON-FUNDED BUDGETS.
(a) TOTAL AMOUNT.—Contributions are authorized to
be made in fiscal year 1999 for the common-funded budgets
of NATO, out of funds available for the Department of De-
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fense for that purpose, in the total amount that is equal
to the sum of (1) the amounts of the unexpended balances,
as of the end of fiscal year 1998, of funds appropriated for
fiscal years before fiscal year 1999 for payments for such
budgets, (2) the amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 301(a)(1) that is available for contributions
for the NATO common-funded military budget under sec-
tion 314, (3) the amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 201(1) that is available for contribution for
the NATO common-funded civil budget under section 219,
and (4) the total amount of the contributions authorized
to be made under section 2501.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘common-
funded budgets of NATO’’ means the Military Budget, the
Security Investment Program, and the Civil Budget of
NATO (and any successor or additional account or pro-
gram of NATO).
Subtitle B—Naval Vessels
SEC. 1011. IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIP RETURNED TO NAVAL
VESSEL REGISTER.
The U.S.S. Iowa shall be listed, and maintained, on
the Naval Vessel Register under section 1011 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public
Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 421) instead of the U.S.S. New
Jersey, which shall be stricken from the register. The preced-
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ing sentence does not affect the continued effectiveness of
subsection (d) of such section.
SEC. 1012. LONG-TERM CHARTER OF THREE VESSELS IN
SUPPORT OF SUBMARINE RESCUE, ESCORT,
AND TOWING.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may to
enter into one or more long-term charters in accordance
with section 2401 of title 10, United States Code, for three
vessels to support the rescue, escort, and towing of sub-
marines.
(b) VESSELS.—The vessels that may be chartered
under subsection (a) are as follows:
(1) The Carolyn Chouest (United States official
number D102057).
(2) The Kellie Chouest (United States official
number D1038519).
(3) The Dolores Chouest (United States official
number D600288).
(c) CHARTER PERIOD.—The period for which a vessel
is chartered under subsection (a) may not extend beyond
October 1, 2004.
(d) FUNDING.—The funds used for charters entered
into under subsection (a) shall be funds authorized to be
appropriated under section 301(a)(2).
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SEC. 1013. TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS TO
CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) AUTHORITY.—
(1) ARGENTINA.—The Secretary of the Navy is
authorized to transfer to the Government of Argentina
on a grant basis the tank landing ship Newport (LST
1179).
(2) BRAZIL.—The Secretary of the Navy is au-
thorized to transfer vessels to the Government of
Brazil as follows:
(A) On a sale basis, the Newport class tank
landing ships Cayuga (LST 1186) and Peoria
(LST 1183).
(B) On a combined lease-sale basis, the
Cimarron class oiler Merrimack (AO 179).
(3) CHILE.—The Secretary of the Navy is au-
thorized to transfer vessels to the Government of Chile
on a sale basis as follows:
(A) The Newport class tank landing ship
San Bernardino (LST 1189).
(B) The auxiliary repair dry dock Water-
ford (ARD 5).
(4) GREECE.—The Secretary of the Navy is au-
thorized to transfer vessels to the Government of
Greece as follows:
(A) On a sale basis, the following vessels:
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(i) The Oak Ridge class medium dry
dock Alamogordo (ARDM 2).
(ii) The Knox class frigates Vreeland
(FF 1068) and Trippe (FF 1075).
(B) On a combined lease-sale basis, the
Kidd class guided missile destroyers Kidd (DDG
993), Callaghan (DDG 994), Scott (DDG 995)
and Chandler (DDG 996).
(C) On a grant basis, the following vessels:
(i) The Knox class frigate Hepburn
(FF 1055).
(ii) The Adams class guided missile de-
stroyers Strauss (DDG 16), Semmes (DDG
18), and Waddell (DDG 24).
(5) MEXICO.—The Secretary of the Navy is au-
thorized to transfer to the Government of Mexico on
a sale basis the auxiliary repair dry dock San Onofre
(ARD 30) and the Knox class frigate Pharris (FF
1094).
(6) PHILIPPINES.—The Secretary of the Navy is
authorized to transfer to the Government of the Phil-
ippines on a sale basis the Stalwart class ocean sur-
veillance ship Triumph (T-AGOS 4).
(7) PORTUGAL.—The Secretary of the Navy is
authorized to transfer to the Government of Portugal
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on a grant basis the Stalwart class ocean surveillance
ship Assurance (T-AGOS 5).
(8) SPAIN.—The Secretary of the Navy is au-
thorized to transfer to the Government of Spain on a
sale basis the Newport class tank landing ships Har-
lan County (LST 1196) and Barnstable County (LST
1197).
(9) TAIWAN.—The Secretary of the Navy is au-
thorized to transfer vessels to the Taipei Economic
and Cultural Representative Office in the United
States (which is the Taiwan instrumentality des-
ignated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Re-
lations Act) on a sale basis as follows:
(A) The Knox class frigates Peary (FF
1073), Joseph Hewes (FF 1078), Cook (FF
1083), Brewton (FF 1086), Kirk (FF 1087) and
Barbey (FF 1088).
(B) The Newport class tank landing ships
Manitowoc (LST 1180) and Sumter (LST 1181).
(C) The floating dry dock Competent
(AFDM 6).
(D) The Anchorage class dock landing ship
Pensacola (LSD 38).