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procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies,
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for;
the purchase of not to exceed 346 passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; the purchase of 4 vehicles required for physical
security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable
to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $165,000 per vehicle; expan-
sion of public and private plants, equipment, and installation
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of
land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior
to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; $1,944,833,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2001.
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT
For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat vehicles,
ammunition, other weapons, and other procurement for the reserve
components of the Armed Forces; $352,000,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the Chiefs
of the Reserve and National Guard components shall, not later
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit
to the congressional defense committees the modernization priority
assessment for their respective Reserve or National Guard compo-
nent.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment;
$5,031,788,000, to remain available for obligation until September
30, 2000: Provided, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $15,000,000 shall be available only to commence in fiscal
year 1999 a live fire, side-by-side operational test and evaluation
of the air-to-air Starstreak and air-to-air Stinger missiles fired
from the AH–64D Apache helicopter: Provided further, That in
conjunction with the development of a test plan, the Secretary
of the Army shall certify the following, in writing, to the congres-
sional defense committees:
(1) Engagement tests can be safely conducted with both
Starstreak and Stinger missiles from the AH–64D helicopter
at air speeds consistent with the normal operating limits of
that aircraft;
(2) The Starstreak missiles utilized in the test will be
provided at no cost to the United States Government;
(3) None of the $15,000,000 provided will be used to develop
modifications to the Starstreak or the Stinger missiles; and
(4) Both the Starstreak and Stinger missiles can be fired
from the AH–64D aircraft consistent with the survivability
of the aircraft and missile performance standards contained
in the Army’s Air-to-Air Missile Capability Need Statement
approved by the Department of the Army in January 1997.
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment;
$8,636,649,000, to remain available for obligation until September
30, 2000: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph
which are available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique
requirements of the Special Operation Forces: Provided further,
That notwithstanding 10 U.S.C. 2366, none of the funds made
available under this heading may be used to conduct system-level
live-fire shock tests on the SSN–21 class of submarines unless
the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Atlantic Command
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that
such testing must be conducted to meet operational requirements
for those submarines.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment;
$13,758,811,000, to remain available for obligation until September
30, 2000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of
Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic
and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation;
advanced research projects as may be designated and determined
by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment;
$9,036,551,000, to remain available for obligation until September
30, 2000: Provided, That not less than $310,446,000 of the funds
made available under this heading shall be made available only
for the Sea-Based Wide Area Defense (Navy Upper-Tier) program:
Provided further, That funding for the Sea-Based Wide Area
Defense (Navy Upper-Tier) program in this or any other Act shall
be used for research, development and deployment including, but
not limited to, continuing ongoing risk reduction activities, initiating
system engineering for an initial Block I capability, and deployment
at 
the 
earliest 
feasible 
time 
following 
Aegis 
Lightweight
Exoatmospheric Projectile (LEAP) intercept flight tests.
DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of independent activi-
ties of the Director, Test and Evaluation in the direction and
supervision of developmental test and evaluation, including
performance and joint developmental testing and evaluation; and
administrative expenses in connection therewith; $258,606,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000.
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OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evalua-
tion in the direction and supervision of operational test and evalua-
tion, including initial operational test and evaluation which is con-
ducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint oper-
ational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith; $34,245,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2000.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
For the Defense Working Capital Funds; $94,500,000.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, and
activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Reserve Fleet,
as established by section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of
1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744); $708,366,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this para-
graph shall be used to award a new contract that provides for
the acquisition of any of the following major components unless
such components are manufactured in the United States: auxiliary
equipment, including pumps, for all shipboard services; propulsion
system components (that is; engines, reduction gears, and propel-
lers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Pro-
vided further, That the exercise of an option in a contract awarded
through the obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not
be considered to be the award of a new contract: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
available under this heading, $28,800,000 shall be transferred to
‘‘Alteration of Bridges’’: Provided further, That the Secretary of
the military department responsible for such procurement may
waive the restrictions in the first proviso 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 domes-
tic 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 pur-
poses.
TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health
care programs of the Department of Defense, as authorized by
law; $10,149,872,000, of which $9,727,985,000 shall be for Operation
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and maintenance, of which not to exceed 2 per centum shall remain
available until September 30, 2000, of which $402,387,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001, shall
be for Procurement, and of which $19,500,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2000, shall be for Research,
development, test and evaluation: Provided, That of the amounts
made available under this heading for Operation and maintenance,
not less than $25,000,000 shall be only for breast cancer treatment
and access to care.
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, ARMY
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents
and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C.
1521), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials
that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile; $780,150,000, of
which $491,700,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
$115,670,000 shall be for Procurement to remain available until
September 30, 2001, and $172,780,000 shall be for Research,
development, test and evaluation to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 2000: Provided, That of the funds available under this
heading, $1,000,000 shall be available until expended each year
only for a Johnston Atoll off-island leave program: Provided further,
That the Secretaries concerned shall, pursuant to uniform regula-
tions, prescribe travel and transportation allowances for travel by
participants in the off-island leave program.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the
Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve compo-
nents serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United
States Code; for Operation and maintenance; for Procurement; and
for Research, development, test and evaluation; $735,582,000: Pro-
vided, That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available for obligation for the same time period and for the same
purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further,
That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addition
to any transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act
of 1978, as amended; $132,064,000, of which $130,764,000 shall
be for Operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $500,000
is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be
expended on the approval or authority of the Inspector General,
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes; and of which $1,300,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001, shall be for Procurement.