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required to be carried out as part of such a penalty shall be
considered to be a payment of the penalty.
SEC. 8150. Section 8145 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–262; 112 Stat. 2340), is
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘, and for such additional environmental restoration activities at
such former base as may be accomplished within such total
amount’’.
SEC. 8151. Of the funds made available in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, up to
$5,000,000 shall be available to provide assistance, by grant or
otherwise, to public school systems that have unusually high con-
centrations of special needs military dependents enrolled: Provided,
That in selecting school systems to receive such assistance, special
consideration shall be given to school systems in States that are
considered overseas assignments.
SEC. 8152. Funds appropriated by the paragraph under the
heading ‘‘MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TRANSFER FUND’’ in the
1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–
31; 113 Stat. 85) may be transferred to military construction
accounts, as authorized by that paragraph, and shall be merged
with and shall be available for the same purposes and for the
same time period as the account to which transferred.
SEC. 8153. Section 127 of the Military Construction Appropria-
tions Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–307; 108 Stat. 1666) is amended—
(1) in subsection (B)(1), by striking ‘‘an amount’’ and all
that follows and inserting ‘‘$3,400,000.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) COMPLETION
OF CONVEYANCE
BY END
OF FISCAL YEAR
2000.—The Secretary shall endeavor to complete any conveyance
under this section not later than September 30, 2000.’’.
SEC. 8154. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army’’ shall be available for expenses associated with
characterization and remediation activities at the Massachusetts
Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, resulting from
environmental problems pertaining to use of Camp Edwards as
a training range and impact area and any administrative orders
issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to
address those problems.
SEC. 8155. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no
cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located
in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Min-
nesota relocatable military housing units located at Grand Forks
Air Force Base and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the
needs of the Air Force.
(b) PROCESSING OF REQUESTS.—The Secretary of the Air Force
shall convey, at no cost to the Air Force, military housing units
under subsection (a) in accordance with the request for such units
that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walking
Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in the States
of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota.
(c) RESOLUTION OF HOUSING UNIT CONFLICTS.—The Operation
Walking Shield program shall resolve any conflicts among request
of Indian tribes for housing units under subsection (a) before
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submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air Force under para-
graph (b).
(d) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Indian
tribe’’ means any recognized Indian tribe included on the current
list published by the Secretary of Interior under section 104 of
the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a–1).
SEC. 8156. Of the amounts appropriated in the Act under
the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide’’, $45,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of adjusting
the cost-share of the parties under the Agreement between the
Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defence of Israel for
the Arrow Deployability Program.
SEC. 8157. The Secretary of Defense shall fully identify and
determine the validity of healthcare contract additional liabilities,
requests for equitable adjustment, and claims for unanticipated
healthcare contract costs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
shall establish an equitable and timely process for the adjudication
of claims, and recognize actual liabilities during the Department’s
planning, programming and budgeting process, including fiscal year
2000 supplemental appropriation requests if appropriate: Provided
further, That not later than December 1, 1999, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense commit-
tees on the scope and extent of healthcare contract claims, and
on the action taken to implement the provisions of this section:
Provided further, That nothing in this section should be construed
as congressional direction to liquidate or pay any claims that other-
wise would not have been adjudicated in favor of the claimant.
SEC. 8158. Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,
$8,000,000 shall be available only for a community retraining,
reinvestment, and manufacturing initiative to be conducted by an
academic consortia with existing programs in manufacturing and
retraining: Provided, That the $8,000,000 made available in this
section shall be obligated by grant not later than 15 days after
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 8159. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the management of the chemical weapons demilitarization program.
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description and assessment of the current manage-
ment structure of the chemical weapons demilitarization pro-
gram, including the management of the assembled chemical
weapons assessment (ACWA) program.
(2) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability for
the management of the chemical weapons demilitarization pro-
gram of the assignment of a panel for oversight of the manage-
ment of program, which panel would—
(A) consist of officials of the Department of Defense
and of other departments and agencies of the Federal
Government having an interest in the safe and timely
demilitarization of chemical weapons; and
(B) prepare annual reports on the schedule, cost, and
effectiveness of the program.
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(3) Any other matters relating to the management of the
chemical weapons demilitarization program, including the
improvement of the management of the program, that the
Secretary considers appropriate.
SEC. 8160. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
military construction projects for which funds were appropriated
in Public Law 106–52 are hereby authorized.
SEC. 8161. The Secretary of Defense may treat the opening
of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, as
an official event of the Department of Defense for the purposes
of the provision of support for ceremonies and activities related
to that opening.
SEC. 8162. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL. (a) FINDINGS.—
Congress finds that—
(1) the people of the United States feel a deep debt of
gratitude to Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as Supreme
Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe in World War II
and subsequently as 34th President of the United States; and
(2) an appropriate permanent memorial to Dwight D. Eisen-
hower should be created to perpetuate his memory and his
contributions to the United States.
(b) COMMISSION.—There is established a commission to be
known as the ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission’’
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’).
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be composed of—
(1) four persons appointed by the President, not more than
two of whom may be members of the same political party;
(2) four Members of the Senate appointed by the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate in consultation with the Majority
Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate, of which not more
than two appointees may be members of the same political
party; and
(3) four Members of the House of Representatives appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in consultation
with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives, of which not more than two appointees
may be members of the same political party.
(d) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The members of the Commission
shall select a Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission. The Chair
and Vice Chair shall not be members of the same political party.
(e) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect
its powers if a quorum is present, but shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment.
(f ) MEETINGS.—
(1) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 45 days after the
date on which a majority of the members of the Commission
have been appointed, the Commission shall hold its first
meeting.
(2) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet
at the call of the Chair.
(g) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number of members may
hold hearings.
(h) NO COMPENSATION.—A member of the Commission shall
serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses
incurred in carrying out the duties of the Commission.
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(i) DUTIES.—The Commission shall consider and formulate
plans for such a permanent memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower,
including its nature, design, construction, and location.
( j) POWERS.—The Commission may—
(1) make such expenditures for services and materials for
the purpose of carrying out this section as the Commission
considers advisable from funds appropriated or received as
gifts for that purpose;
(2) accept gifts to be used in carrying out this section
or to be used in connection with the construction or other
expenses of the memorial; and
(3) hold hearings, enter into contracts for personal services
and otherwise, and do such other things as are necessary
to carry out this section.
(k) REPORTS.—The Commission shall—
(1) report the plans under subsection (i), together with
recommendations, to the President and the Congress at the
earliest practicable date; and
(2) in the interim, make annual reports on its progress
to the President and the Congress.
(l) APPLICABILITY
OF OTHER LAWS.—The Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.
(m) APPROPRIATION
OF
FUNDS.—In addition to amounts
provided elsewhere in this Act, there is appropriated to the Commis-
sion $300,000, to remain available until expended.
SEC. 8163. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may accept
contributions from the State of New York for the project at Rome
Research Site, Rome, New York authorized in section 2301(a) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, for
purposes of carrying out military construction relating to the
consolidation of Air Force Research Laboratory facilities at the
Rome Research Site, Rome, New York. Any contributions received
from the State of New York shall be in addition to the funds
authorized for the project in section 2304(a)(1) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.
(b) The item for ‘‘New York, Rome Research Site’’, in the table
in section 2301(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2000 is amended by striking ‘‘12,800,000’’ and inserting
‘‘25,800,000’’.
SEC. 8164. Chapter 1 of title I of division B of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–553) is amended in
the paragraph under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide’’ by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘: Provided further, That an amount not to exceed
$75,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall remain
available without fiscal year limitation after transfer from this
account: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer
the funds referred to in the immediately preceding proviso to other
activities of the Federal Government pursuant to section 1535 of
title 31, United States Code (referred to as the ‘Economy Act’)’’.
SEC. 8165. REVIEW OF LOW DENSITY, HIGH DEMAND ASSETS.
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report assessing the requirements, plans, and resources
needed to maintain, update, modernize, restore, and expand the