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(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review
of the food supply and distribution practices of the Department
of Defense. The review shall include the following:
(1) An evaluation of the feasibility of, and the economic
advantages and disadvantages of, the expanded use of full-
line commercial distributors of food to deliver food directly
to military end-users.
(2) An evaluation of the potential for the expanded use
of such commercial distributors to reduce the need for the
storage of food (except for war reserve stocks and items bound
for overseas) directly by the Department of Defense and to
eliminate the requirement for Defense Subsistence Offices and
certain warehouse activities at military installations.
(3) A comparison of the cost of using the Department
of Defense food supply and distribution system to meet the
Department of Defense food requirements with the cost of using
commercial distributors of food to meet such requirements.
(4) A consideration of any obstacles that would hinder
the ability of the Department of Defense to procure commercial
food items and to institute commercial practices with respect
to food supply and distribution.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 1994, the Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Secretary as
a result of the review conducted under subsection (b).
Subtitle G—Congressional Findings, Poli-
cies, Commendations, and Commemora-
tions
SEC. 1161. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING JUSTIFICATION FOR
CONTINUING THE EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY (ELF)
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There is a need to re-evaluate all defense spending
in light of the changed circumstances of the post-Cold War
era and budget and fiscal constraints.
(2) The Extremely Low Frequency Communications System
(ELF System) was originally designed to play a role in the
strategic deterrence mission against the former Soviet Union.
(3) The threat of nuclear war has greatly diminished since
the collapse of the Soviet Union.
(4) The ELF System is increasingly in use for communica-
tions with attack submarines in addition to ballistic missile
submarines.
(5) There have been questions raised about the effects
of ELF operations on human health and the environment and
ongoing studies of those effects are due to be concluded during
1994.
(b) EVALUATION
AND REPORT
BY SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE.—
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees, before consideration by Congress of the fiscal year
1995 defense budget, a report containing the results of an evaluation
of the benefits and costs of continued operation of the Extremely
Low Frequency Communications System and the benefits and costs
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of any alternatives to that system. The report shall be based upon
an evaluation conducted by the Secretary after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that
the bases at which the Extremely Low Frequency Communication
System is located, having been considered for closure or realignment
in the 1993 base closure process, should again be considered for
closure or realignment in the round of military base closures to
take place in 1995.
SEC. 1162. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF
NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEY AND RESEARCH IN THE
POST-COLD WAR PERIOD.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Oceanographic research and survey work is a critical
element to the ability of the Navy to conduct successful oper-
ations in littoral waters of the world.
(2) Over the five-year period of fiscal years 1989 through
1993, the Navy experienced a significant diminution in its
oceanographic research and survey capability due to budget
reductions that resulted in (A) a reduction in the level of
effort for Navy oceanographic research and survey activities
by almost 50 percent, and (B) a reduction from 12 to 7 in
the number of Navy ships dedicated to oceanographic survey
and research activities.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) reductions in the funding, activities, and capability of
the Navy to conduct oceanographic survey and research work,
in addition to the reductions referred to in subsection (a)(2),
would further reduce the level of oceanographic survey and
research work of the Navy and should be avoided; and
(2) funding for oceanographic survey and research activities
of the Navy should be maintained at levels sufficient to ensure
that the Navy can exploit every opportunity to survey and
research littoral waters critical to the operational needs of
the Navy.
SEC. 1163. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED STATES POLICY
ON PLUTONIUM.
(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that reprocessing spent
nuclear fuel referred to in subsection (c) to recover plutonium may
pose serious environmental hazards and increase the risk of pro-
liferation of weapons-usable plutonium.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress that
the President should take action to encourage the reduction or
cessation of the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel referred to in
subsection (c) to recover plutonium until the environmental and
proliferation concerns related to such reprocessing are resolved.
(c) COVERED SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The spent nuclear fuel
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is spent nuclear fuel used
in a commercial nuclear power reactor by the Government of a
foreign country or by a foreign-owned or foreign-controlled entity.
SEC. 1164. SENSE OF SENATE ON ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES
OF CERTAIN FORMER MEMBERS OF THE IRAQI ARMED
FORCES.
It is the sense of the Senate that no person who was a member
of the armed forces of Iraq during the period from August 2,
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1990, through February 28, 1991, and who is in a refugee camp
in Saudi Arabia as of the date of enactment of this Act should
be granted entry into the United States under the Immigration
and Nationality Act unless the President certifies to Congress before
such entry that such person—
(1) assisted the United States or coalition armed forces
after defection from the armed forces of Iraq or after capture
by the United States or coalition armed forces; and
(2) did not commit or assist in the commission of war
crimes.
SEC. 1165. U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS MEMORIAL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On July 30, 1945, during the closing days of World
War II, the U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA–35) was sunk as a result
of a torpedo attack on that ship.
(2) The memorial to the U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA–35) to
be located on the east bank of the Indianapolis water canal
in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, will honor the personal
sacrifice of the 1,197 servicemen who were aboard the U.S.S.
Indianapolis (CA–35) on that day, 881 of whom died as one
of the greatest single combat losses suffered by the United
States Navy in World War II.
(3) The memorial will pay fitting tribute to that gallant
ship and her final crew and will forever commemorate the
place of the U.S.S. Indianapolis in United States Navy history
as the last major ship lost in World War II.
(4) The memorial to the U.S.S. Indianapolis symbolizes
the devoted service of the United States Navy and Marine
Corps personnel, particularly those who lost their lives at sea
in the Pacific Theater during World War II, whose dedication
and sacrifice in the cause of liberty and freedom were
instrumental in the triumph of the United States and its allies
in that war.
(5) The citizens of the United States have a continuing
obligation to educate future generations about the military
and other historic endeavors of the United States.
(b) RECOGNITION AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL.—The memorial
to the U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA–35) in Indianapolis, Indiana, is
hereby recognized as the national memorial to the U.S.S. Indianap-
olis (CA–35) and to the final crew of that historic warship.
Subtitle H—Other Matters
SEC. 1171. PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING WAR BOOTY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 153 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 2579. War booty: procedures for handling and retaining
battlefield objects
‘‘(a) POLICY.—The United States recognizes that battlefield sou-
venirs have traditionally provided military personnel with a valued
memento of service in a national cause. At the same time, it
is the policy and tradition of the United States that the desire
for souvenirs in a combat theater not blemish the conduct of combat
operations or result in the mistreatment of enemy personnel, the
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dishonoring of the dead, distraction from the conduct of operations,
or other unbecoming activities.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations for the handling of battlefield objects that are consistent
with the policies expressed in subsection (a) and the requirements
of this section.
‘‘(2) When forces of the United States are operating in a theater
of operations, enemy material captured or found abandoned shall
be turned over to appropriate United States or allied military
personnel except as otherwise provided in such regulations. A mem-
ber of the armed forces (or other person under the authority of
the armed forces in a theater of operations) may not (except in
accordance with such regulations) take from a theater of operations
as a souvenir an object formerly in the possession of the enemy.
‘‘(3) Such regulations shall provide that a member of the armed
forces who wishes to retain as a souvenir an object covered by
paragraph (2) may so request at the time the object is turned
over pursuant to paragraph (2).
‘‘(4) Such regulations shall provide for an officer to be des-
ignated to review requests under paragraph (3). If the officer deter-
mines that the object may be appropriately retained as a war
souvenir, the object shall be turned over to the member who
requested the right to retain it.
‘‘(5) Such regulations shall provide for captured weaponry to
be retained as souvenirs, as follows:
‘‘(A) The only weapons that may be retained are those
in categories to be agreed upon jointly by the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury.
‘‘(B) Before a weapon is turned over to a member, the
weapon shall be rendered unserviceable.
‘‘(C) A charge may be assessed in connection with each
weapon in an amount sufficient to cover the full cost of render-
ing the weapon unserviceable.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘2579. War booty: procedures for handling and retaining battlefield objects.’’.
(b) INITIAL REGULATIONS.—The initial regulations required by
section 2579 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a), shall be prescribed not later than 270 days after the date
of enactment of this Act. Such regulations shall specifically address
the following, consistent with section 2579 of title 10, United States
Code, as added by subsection (a):
(1) The general procedures for collection and disposition
of weapons and other enemy material.
(2) The criteria and procedures for evaluation and disposi-
tion of enemy material for intelligence, testing, or other military
purposes.
(3) The criteria and procedures for determining when reten-
tion of enemy material by an individual or a unit in the theater
of operations may be appropriate.
(4) The criteria and procedures for disposition of enemy
material to a unit or other Department of Defense entity as
a souvenir.
(5) The criteria and procedures for disposition of enemy
material to an individual as an individual souvenir.
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