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(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. AUTHORITY FOR OBLIGATION OF CERTAIN UN-
AUTHORIZED FISCAL YEAR 1997 DEFENSE AP-
PROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The amounts described in subsection
(b) may be obligated and expended for programs, projects,
and activities of the Department of Defense in accordance
with fiscal year 1997 defense appropriations.
(b) COVERED AMOUNTS.—The amounts referred to in
subsection (a) are the amounts provided for programs,
projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in fis-
cal year 1997 defense appropriations that are in excess of
the amounts provided for such programs, projects, and ac-
tivities in fiscal year 1997 defense authorizations.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
(1) FISCAL
YEAR
1997
DEFENSE
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘fiscal year 1997 defense appro-
priations’’ means amounts appropriated or otherwise
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made available to the Department of Defense for fiscal
year 1997 in the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104–
208).
(2) FISCAL
YEAR
1997
DEFENSE
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘fiscal year 1997 defense author-
izations’’ means amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year
1997 in the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201).
SEC. 1003. AUTHORIZATION OF PRIOR EMERGENCY SUPPLE-
MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
1997.
Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 1997 in the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–
201) are hereby adjusted, with respect to any such author-
ized amount, by the amount by which appropriations pur-
suant to such authorization were increased (by a supple-
mental appropriation) or decreased (by a rescission), or
both, in the 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas
Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia (Public
Law 105–18).
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SEC. 1004. INCREASED TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL
YEAR 1996 AUTHORIZATIONS.
Section 1001(a) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat.
414) is amended by striking out ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘$3,100,000,000’’.
SEC. 1005. BIENNIAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC
PLAN.
(a) BIENNIAL PLAN.—(1) Chapter 23 of title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 483. Biennial financial management strategic plan
‘‘(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than September 30
of each even-numbered year, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a strategic plan to improve the financial
management within the Department of Defense. The strate-
gic plan shall address all aspects of financial management
within the Department of Defense, including the finance
systems, accounting systems, and feeder systems that sup-
port financial functions.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘feeder
system’ means an automated or manual system that pro-
vides input to a financial management or accounting sys-
tem.’’.
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(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘483. Biennial financial management strategic plan.’’.
(b) FIRST SUBMISSION.—The Secretary of Defense
shall submit the first financial management strategic plan
under section 483 of title 10, United States Code (as added
by subsection (a)), not later than September 30, 1998.
(c) CONTENT OF FIRST PLAN.—(1) At a minimum,
the first financial management strategic plan shall include
the following:
(A) The costs and benefits of integrating the fi-
nance and accounting systems of the Department of
Defense, and the feasibility of doing so.
(B) Problems with the accuracy of data included
in the finance systems, accounting systems, or feeder
systems that support financial functions of the De-
partment of Defense and the actions that can be taken
to address the problems.
(C) Weaknesses in the internal controls of the
systems and the actions that can be taken to address
the weaknesses.
(D) Actions that can be taken to eliminate nega-
tive unliquidated obligations, unmatched disburse-
ments, and in-transit disbursements, and to avoid
such disbursements in the future.
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(E) The status of the efforts being undertaken in
the department to consolidate and eliminate—
(i) redundant or unneeded finance systems;
and
(ii) redundant or unneeded accounting sys-
tems.
(F) The consolidation or elimination of redun-
dant personnel systems, acquisition systems, asset ac-
counting systems, time and attendance systems, and
other feeder systems of the department.
(G) The integration of the feeder systems of the
department with the finance and accounting systems
of the department.
(H) Problems with the organization or perform-
ance of the Operating Locations and Service Centers
of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and
the actions that can be taken to address those prob-
lems.
(I) The costs and benefits of reorganizing the Op-
erating Locations and Service Centers of the Defense
Finance and Accounting Service according to func-
tion, and the feasibility of doing so.
(J) The costs and benefits of contracting for pri-
vate sector performance of specific functions per-
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formed by the Defense Finance and Accounting Serv-
ice, and the feasibility of doing so.
(K) The costs and benefits of increasing the use
of electronic fund transfer as a method of payment,
and the feasibility of doing so.
(L) Actions that can be taken to ensure that each
comptroller position and each comparable position in
the Department of Defense, whether filled by a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee, is
filled by a person who, by reason of education, tech-
nical competence, and experience, has the core com-
petencies for financial management.
(M) Any other changes in the financial manage-
ment structure of the department or revisions of the
department’s financial processes and business prac-
tices that the Secretary of Defense considers necessary
to improve financial management in the department.
(2) For the problems and actions identified in the
plan, the Secretary shall include in the plan statements of
objectives, performance measures, and schedules, and shall
specify the individual and organizational responsibilities.
(3) In this subsection, the term ‘‘feeder system’’ has
the meaning given the term in section 483(b) of title 10,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
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SEC. 1006. REVISION OF AUTHORITY FOR FISHER HOUSE
TRUST FUNDS.
(a) CORRECTION TO ELIMINATE USE OF TERM ASSO-
CIATED WITH FUNDING AUTHORITIES.—Section 2221(c) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out
‘‘or maintenance’’ each place it appears.
(b) CORPUS OF AIR FORCE TRUST FUND.—Section
914(b) of Public Law 104–106 (110 Stat. 412) is amended
by striking out paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Air Force shall deposit in
the Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Air Force,
an amount that the Secretary determines appropriate to es-
tablish the corpus of the fund.’’.
SEC. 1007. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 1991
FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF CONTRACT CLAIM.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Army may re-
imburse the fund provided by section 1304 of title 31, Unit-
ed States Code, out of funds appropriated for the Army for
fiscal year 1991 for other procurement (BLIN 105125 (Spe-
cial Programs)), for any judgment against the United
States that is rendered in the case Appeal of McDonnell
Douglas Company, Armed Services Board of Contract Ap-
peals Number 48029.
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(b) CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT.—(1) Subject to para-
graph (2), any reimbursement out of funds referred to in
subsection (a) shall be made before October 1, 1998.
(2) No reimbursement out of funds referred to in sub-
section (a) may be made before the date that is 30 days
after the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits
to the congressional defense committees a notification of the
intent to make the reimbursement.
SEC. 1008. ESTIMATES AND REQUESTS FOR PROCUREMENT
AND MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FOR THE RE-
SERVE COMPONENTS.
(a) DETAILED PRESENTATION IN FUTURE-YEARS DE-
FENSE PROGRAM.—Section 10543 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) ASSOCIATED ANNEXES.—The associated annexes
of the future-years defense program shall specify, at the
same level of detail as is set forth in the annexes for the
active components, the amount requested for—
‘‘(1) procurement of each item of equipment to be
procured for each reserve component; and
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‘‘(2) each military construction project to be car-
ried out for each reserve component, together with the
location of the project.
‘‘(c) REPORT.—(1) If the aggregate of the amounts
specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) for
a fiscal year is less than the amount equal to 90 percent
of the average authorized amount applicable for that fiscal
year under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report specifying for each reserve com-
ponent the additional items of equipment that would be pro-
cured, and the additional military construction projects
that would be carried out, if that aggregate amount were
an amount equal to such average authorized amount. The
report shall be at the same level of detail as is required
by subsection (b).
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘average authorized
amount’, with respect to a fiscal year, means the average
of—
‘‘(A) the aggregate of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated for the preceding fiscal year for the
procurement of items of equipment, and for military
construction, for the reserve components; and
‘‘(B) the aggregate of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal
year referred to in subparagraph (A) for the procure-
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to be appropriated by section 102(a)(5) is hereby decreased
by $40,000,000.
(d) DECREASE IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS
FOR OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-
WIDE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) is
hereby decreased by $20,000,000.
(e) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION PRO-
GRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the amount authorized to be appropriated by section
301(22) is hereby increased by $60,000,000.
(f) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR OTHER DEFENSE AC-
TIVITIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the total amount authorized to be appropriated by sec-
tion 3103 is hereby increased by $56,000,000.
(g) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR ARMS CONTROL.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount
authorized to be appropriated by section 3103(1)(B) is here-
by increased by $25,000,000 (in addition to any increase
under subsection (e) that is allocated to the authorization
of appropriations under such section 3103(1)(B)).
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(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DE-
PARTMENT
OF ENERGY
FOR INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Funds are hereby authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year
1998 for other defense activities in carrying out programs
relating to international nuclear safety that are necessary
for national security in the amount of $50,000,000.
(i) TRAINING FOR UNITED STATES BORDER SECU-
RITY.—Section 1421 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat.
2725; 50 U.S.C. 2331) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2);
(2) by striking out the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) training programs and assistance relating
to the use of such equipment, materials, and tech-
nology and for the development of programs relating
to such use.’’.
(j) INTERNATIONAL BORDER SECURITY THROUGH
FISCAL YEAR 1999.—Section 1424(b) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (110 Stat.
2726; 10 U.S.C. 2333(b)) is amended by adding at the end
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the following: ‘‘Amounts available under the proceeding sen-
tence shall be available until September 30, 1999.’’.
(j) AUTHORITY TO VARY AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS.—(1) Sec-
tion 1502(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1997 (110 Stat. 2732) is amended—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking out
‘‘LIMITED’’; and
(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by
striking out ‘‘, but not in excess of 115 percent of that
amount’’.
(2) Section 1202(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110
Stat. 469) is amended—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking out
‘‘LIMITED’’; and
(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by
striking out ‘‘, but not in excess of 115 percent of that
amount’’.
Subtitle B—Naval Vessels and
Shipyards
SEC. 1011. LONG-TERM CHARTER OF VESSEL FOR SURVEIL-
LANCE TOWED ARRAY SENSOR PROGRAM.
The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into
a long-term charter, in accordance with section 2401 of title
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10, United States Code, for a vessel to support the Surveil-
lance Towed Array Sensor (SURTASS) Program through
fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 1012. PROCEDURES FOR SALE OF VESSELS STRICKEN
FROM THE NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER.
Section 7305(c) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR SALE.—(1) A vessel stricken
from the Naval Vessel Register and not subject to disposal
under any other law may be sold under this section.
‘‘(2) In such a case, the Secretary may—
‘‘(A) sell the vessel to the highest acceptable bid-
der, regardless of the appraised value of the vessel,
after publicly advertising the sale of the vessel for a
period of not less than 30 days; or
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (3), sell the vessel by
competitive negotiation to the acceptable offeror who
submits the offer that is most advantageous to the
United States (taking into account price and such
other factors as the Secretary determines appro-
priate).
‘‘(3) Before entering into negotiations to sell a vessel
under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall publish notice
of the intention to do so in the Commerce Business Daily
sufficiently in advance of initiating the negotiations that
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all interested parties are given a reasonable opportunity to
prepare and submit proposals. The Secretary shall afford
an opportunity to participate in the negotiations to all ac-
ceptable offerors submitting proposals that the Secretary
considers as having the potential to be the most advan-
tageous to the United States (taking into account price and
such other factors as the Secretary determines appro-
priate).’’.
SEC. 1013. TRANSFERS OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) TRANSFERS BY SALE.—The Secretary of the Navy
is authorized to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a
sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2761) as follows:
(1) To the Government of Brazil, the submarine
tender Holland (AS 32) of the Hunley class.
(2) To the Government of Chile, the oiler Isher-
wood (T–AO 191) of the Kaiser class.
(3) To the Government of Egypt:
(A) The following frigates of the Knox class:
(i) The Paul (FF 1080).
(ii) The Miller (FF 1091).
(iii) The Jesse L. Brown (FFT 1089).
(iv) The Moinester (FFT 1097).
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(B) The following frigates of the Oliver
Hazard Perry class:
(i) The Fahrion (FFG 22).
(ii) The Lewis B. Puller (FFG 23).
(4) To the Government of Israel, the tank land-
ing ship Peoria (LST 1183) of the Newport class.
(5) To the Government of Malaysia, the tank
landing ship Barbour County (LST 1195) of the New-
port class.
(6) To the Government of Mexico, the frigate
Roark (FF 1053) of the Knox class.
(7) To the Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep-
resentative Office in the United States (the Taiwan
instrumentality that is designated pursuant to section
10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act), the following
frigates of the Knox class:
(A) The Whipple (FF 1062).
(B) The Downes (FF 1070).
(8) To the Government of Thailand, the tank
landing ship Schenectady (LST 1185) of the Newport
class.
(b) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by
the United States in connection with a transfer authorized
by subsection (a) shall be charged to the recipient.
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(c) REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED STATES
SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall require, as a condition of the trans-
fer of a vessel under this section, that the country to which
the vessel is transferred have such repair or refurbishment
of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval
forces of that country, performed at a shipyard located in
the United States, including a United States Navy ship-
yard.
(d) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to
transfer a vessel under subsection (a) shall expire at the
end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug Activities
SEC. 1021. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF MEXICO.
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2637), is
amended by striking out ‘‘fiscal year 1997’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal years 1997 and 1998’’.
(b) EXTENSION OF FUNDING AUTHORIZATION.—Sub-
section (d) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘for fis-
cal years 1997 and 1998’’ after ‘‘shall be available’’.
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(c) CONCURRENCE
OF SECRETARY
OF STATE RE-
QUIRED.—Subsection (a) of such section, as amended by
subsection (a), is further amended by inserting ‘‘, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of
Defense may’’.
SEC. 1022. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF PERU
AND COLOMBIA.
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.—
Subject to subsection (f), during fiscal years 1998 through
2002, the Secretary of Defense may, with the concurrence
of the Secretary of State, provide either or both of the gov-
ernments named in subsection (b) with the support de-
scribed in subsection (c) for the counter-drug activities of
that government. The support provided to a government
under the authority of this subsection shall be in addition
to support provided to that government under any other
provision of law.
(b) GOVERNMENTS
ELIGIBLE
TO
RECEIVE
SUP-
PORT.—The governments referred to in subsection (a) are
as follows:
(1) The Government of Peru.
(2) The Government of Colombia.
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(c) TYPES OF SUPPORT.—The authority under sub-
section (a) is limited to the provision of the following types
of support:
(1) The transfer of nonlethal protective and util-
ity personnel equipment.
(2) The transfer of the following nonlethal spe-
cialized equipment:
(A) Navigation equipment.
(B) Secure and nonsecure communications
equipment.
(C) Photo equipment.
(D) Radar equipment.
(E) Night vision systems.
(F) Repair equipment and parts for equip-
ment referred to in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C),
(D), and (E).
(3) The transfer of nonlethal components, acces-
sories, attachments, parts (including ground support
equipment), firmware, and software for aircraft or
patrol boats, and related repair equipment.
(4) The transfer of riverine patrol boats.
(5) The maintenance and repair of equipment of
a government named in subsection (b) that is used for
counter-narcotics activities.
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(d) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER SUPPORT AUTHORI-
TIES.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
provisions of section 1004 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10
U.S.C. 374 note) shall apply to the provision of support
to a government under this section.
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities,
not more than $30,000,000 shall be available in that fiscal
year for the provision of support under this section.
(f) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The Secretary may not obligate
or expend funds to provide a government with support
under this section until 15 days after the date on which
the Secretary submits to the committees referred to in para-
graph (3) a written certification of the following:
(A) That the provision of support to that govern-
ment under this section will not adversely affect the
military preparedness of the United States Armed
Forces.
(B) That the equipment and materiel provided
as support will be used only by officials and employ-
ees of that government who have undergone back-
ground investigations by that government and have
been approved by that government to perform
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counter-drug activities on the basis of the background
investigations.
(C) That such government has certified to the
Secretary that—
(i) the equipment and material provided as
support will be used only by the officials and
employees referred to in subparagraph (B);
(ii) none of the equipment or materiel will
be transferred (by sale, gift, or otherwise) to any
person or entity not authorized by the United
States to receive the equipment or materiel; and
(iii) the equipment and materiel will be
used only for the purposes intended by the Unit-
ed States Government.
(D) That the government to receive the support
has implemented, to the satisfaction of the Secretary,
a system that will provide an accounting and inven-
tory of the equipment and materiel provided as sup-
port.
(E) That the departments, agencies, and instru-
mentalities of that government will grant United
States Government personnel access to any of the
equipment or materiel provided as support, or to any
of the records relating to such equipment or materiel,
under terms and conditions similar to the terms and
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conditions imposed with respect to such access under
section 505(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2314(a)(3)).
(F) That the government to receive the support
will provide security with respect to the equipment
and materiel provided as support that is substan-
tially the same degree of security that the United
States Government would provide with respect to such
equipment and materiel.
(G) That the government to receive the support
will permit continuous observation and review by
United States Government personnel of the use of the
equipment and materiel provided as support under
terms and conditions similar to the terms and condi-
tions imposed with respect to such observation and re-
view under section 505(a)(3) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2314(a)(3)).
(2) The Secretary may not obligate or expend funds
to provide a government with support under this section
until the Secretary of Defense, together with the Secretary
of State, has developed a riverine counter-drug plan (in-
cluding the resources to be contributed by each such agency,
and the manner in which such resources will be utilized,
under the plan) and submitted the plan to the committees
referred to in paragraph (3). The plan shall set forth a
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riverine counter-drug program that can be sustained by the
supported governments within five years, a schedule for es-
tablishing the program, and a detailed discussion of how
the riverine counter-drug program supports national drug
control strategy of the United States.
(3) The committees referred to in this paragraph are
the following:
(A) The Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(B) The Committee on National Security and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives.
Subtitle D—Reports and Studies
SEC. 1031. REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED BY TITLE 10.—
(1) ACHIEVEMENT OF COST, PERFORMANCE, AND
SCHEDULE GOALS FOR NONMAJOR ACQUISITION PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 2220(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘and nonmajor’’ in
the first sentence.
(2) CONVERSION
OF
CERTAIN
HEATING
SYS-
TEMS.—Section 2690(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘unless the Sec-
retary—’’ and all that follows and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: ‘‘unless the Secretary determines
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that the conversion (1) is required by the government
of the country in which the facility is located, or (2)
is cost effective over the life cycle of the facility.’’.
(3) AVAILABILITY
OF
SUITABLE
ALTERNATIVE
HOUSING.—Section 2823 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking out subsection (b); and
(B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d)
as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
(b) REPORTS REQUIRED BY DEFENSE AUTHORIZA-
TION AND APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.—
(1) OVERSEAS BASING COSTS.—Section 8125 of
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989
(Public Law 100–463; 102 Stat. 2270–41; 10 U.S.C.
113 note) is amended—
(A) by striking out subsection (g); and
(B) in subsection (h), by striking out ‘‘sub-
sections (f) and (g)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘subsection (f)’’.
(2) STRETCHOUT OF MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISI-
TION PROGRAMS.—Section 117 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public
Law 100–456; 102 Stat. 1933; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note)
is repealed.
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(c) REPORTS REQUIRED BY OTHER LAW.—Section 25
of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
421) is amended by striking out subsection (g), relating to
the annual report on development of procurement regula-
tions.
SEC. 1032. COMMON MEASUREMENT OF OPERATIONS TEM-
POS AND PERSONNEL TEMPOS.
(a) MEANS FOR MEASUREMENT.—The Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall, in consultation with the other
members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to the maximum
extent practicable, develop a common means of measuring
the operations tempo (OPTEMPO) and the personnel tempo
(PERSTEMPO) of each of the Armed Forces.
(b) PERSTEMPO MEASUREMENT.—The measurement of
personnel tempo shall include a means of identifying the
rate of deployment for individuals in addition to the rate
of deployment for units.
SEC. 1033. REPORT ON OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report on the deployment overseas of
personnel of the Armed Forces. The report shall describe the
deployment as of June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall
set forth the following:
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(1) The number of personnel who were deployed
overseas pursuant to a permanent duty assignment
on each date specified in that subsection in aggregate
and by country or ocean to which deployed.
(2) The number of personnel who were deployed
overseas pursuant to a temporary duty assignment on
each date, including—
(A) the number engaged in training with
units of a single military department;
(B) the number engaged in United States
military joint exercises; and
(C) the number engaged in training with
allied units.
(3) The number of personnel deployed overseas
on each date who were engaged in contingency oper-
ations (including peacekeeping or humanitarian as-
sistance missions) or other activities.
SEC. 1034. REPORT ON MILITARY READINESS REQUIRE-
MENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than Jan-
uary 31, 1998, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the military readiness requirements of the active
and reserve components of the Armed Forces (including
combat units, combat support units, and combat service
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support units) prepared by the officers referred to in sub-
section (b). The report shall assess such requirements under
a tiered readiness and response system that categorizes a
given unit according to the likelihood that it will be re-
quired to respond to a military conflict and the time in
which it will be required to respond.
(b) PREPARATION BY JCS AND COMMANDERS OF UNI-
FIED COMMANDS.—The report required by subsection (a)
shall be prepared jointly by the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief
of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force,
the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the commander of
the Special Operations Command, and the commanders of
the other unified commands.
(c) ASSESSMENT SCENARIO.—The report shall assess
readiness requirements in a scenario that is based on the
following assumptions:
(1) That the Armed Forces of the United States
must, be capable of—
(A) fighting and winning, in concert with
allies, two major theater wars nearly simulta-
neously; and
(B) deterring or defeating a strategic attack
on the United States.
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(2) That the forces available for deployment are
the forces included in the force structure recommended
in the Quadrennial Defense Review, including all
other planned force enhancements.
(d) ASSESSMENT ELEMENTS.—(1) The report shall
identify, by unit type, all major units of the active and
reserve components of the Armed Forces and assess the read-
iness requirements of the units. Each identified unit shall
be categorized within one of the following classifications:
(A) Forward-deployed and crisis response forces,
or ‘‘Tier I’’ forces, that possess limited internal
sustainment capability and do not require immediate
access to regional air bases or ports or overflight
rights, including the following:
(i) Force units that are deployed in rotation
at sea or on land outside the United States.
(ii) Combat-ready crises response forces that
are capable of mobilizing and deploying within
10 days after receipt of orders.
(iii) 
Forces 
that 
are 
supported 
by
prepositioning equipment afloat or are capable
of being inserted into a theater upon the capture
of a port or airfield by forcible entry forces.
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(B) Combat-ready follow-on forces, or ‘‘Tier II’’
forces, that can be mobilized and deployed to a theater
within approximately 60 days after receipt of orders.
(C) Combat-ready conflict resolution forces, or
‘‘Tier III’’ forces, that can be mobilized and deployed
to a theater within approximately 180 days after re-
ceipt of orders.
(D) All other active and reserve component force
units which are not categorized within a classifica-
tion described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the following
units are major units:
(A) In the case of the Army or Marine Corps, a
brigade and a battalion.
(B) In the case of the Navy, a squadron of air-
craft, a ship, and a squadron of ships.
(C) In the case of the Air Force, a squadron of
aircraft.
(e) PROJECTION OF SAVINGS FOR USE FOR MOD-
ERNIZATION.—The report shall include a projection for fis-
cal years 1998 through 2003 of the amounts of the savings
in operation and maintenance funding that—
(1) could be derived by each of the Armed Forces
by placing as many units as is practicable into the
lower readiness categories among the tiers; and
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(2) could be made available for force moderniza-
tion.
(f) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under this section
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain
a classified annex.
(g) PLANNED FORCE ENHANCEMENT DEFINED.—In
this section, the term ‘‘planned force enhancement’’, with
respect to the force structure recommended in the Quadren-
nial Defense Review, means any future improvement in the
capability of the force (including current strategic and fu-
ture improvement in strategic lift capability) that is as-
sumed in the development of the recommendation for the
force structure set forth in the Quadrennial Defense Review.
SEC. 1035. ASSESSMENT OF CYCLICAL READINESS POSTURE
OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—(1) Not later than 120 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on National Security of the
House of Representatives a report on the readiness posture
of the Armed Forces described in subsection (b).
(2) The Secretary shall prepare the report required
under paragraph (1) with the assistance of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff. In providing such assistance, the Chairman of the
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Joint Chiefs of Staff shall consult with the Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau.
(b) READINESS POSTURE.—(1) The readiness posture
to be covered by the report under subsection (a) is a readi-
ness posture for units of the Armed Forces, or for designated
units of the Armed Forces, that provides for a rotation of
such units between a state of high readiness and a state
of low readiness.
(2) As part of the evaluation of the readiness posture
described in paragraph (1), the report shall address in par-
ticular a readiness posture that—
(A) establishes within the Armed Forces two
equivalent forces each structured so as to be capable
of fighting and winning a major theater war; and
(B) provides for an alternating rotation of such
forces between a state of high readiness and a state
of low readiness.
(3) The evaluation of the readiness posture described
in paragraph (2) shall be based upon assumptions permit-
ting comparison with the existing force structure as follows:
(A) That there are assembled from among the
units of the Armed Forces two equivalent forces each
structured so as to be capable of fighting and winning
a major theater war.
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(B) That each force referred to in subparagraph
(A) includes—
(i) four active Army divisions, including
one mechanized division, one armored division,
one light infantry division, and one division
combining airborne units and air assault units,
and appropriate support and service support
units for such divisions;
(ii) six divisions (or division equivalents) of
the Army National Guard or the Army Reserve
that are essentially equivalent in structure, and
appropriate support and service support units
for such divisions;
(iii) six aircraft carrier battle groups;
(iv) six active Air Force fighter wings (or
fighter wing equivalents);
(v) four Air Force reserve fighter wings (or
fighter wing equivalents); and
(vi) one active Marine Corps expeditionary
force.
(C) That each force may be supplemented by
critical units or units in short supply, including
heavy bomber units, strategic lift units, and aerial re-
connaissance units, that are not subject to the readi-
ness rotation otherwise assumed for purposes of the
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evaluation or are subject to the rotation on a modified
basis.
(D) That units of the Armed Forces not assigned
to a force are available for operations other than those
essential to fight and win a major theater war, in-
cluding peace operations.
(E) That the state of readiness of each force al-
ternates between a state of high readiness and a state
of low readiness on a frequency determined by the
Secretary (but not more often than once every 6
months) and with only one force at a given state of
readiness at any one time.
(F) That, during the period of state of high read-
iness of a force, any operations or activities (includ-
ing leave and education and training of personnel)
that detract from the near-term wartime readiness of
the force are temporary and their effects on such state
of readiness minimized.
(G) That units are assigned overseas during the
period of state of high readiness of the force to which
the units are assigned primarily on a temporary duty
basis.
(H) That, during the period of high readiness of
a force, the operational war plans for the force incor-
porate the divisions (or division equivalents) of the
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Army Reserve or Army National Guard assigned to
the force in a manner such that one such division (or
division equivalent) is, on a rotating basis for such
divisions (or division equivalents) during the period,
maintained in a high state of readiness and dedicated
as the first reserve combat division to be transferred
overseas in the event of a major theater war.
(c) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report under this sec-
tion shall include the following elements for the readiness
posture described in subsection (b)(2):
(1) An estimate of the range of cost savings
achievable over the long term as a result of imple-
menting the readiness posture, including—
(A) the savings achievable from reduced
training levels and readiness levels during peri-
ods in which a force referred to in subsection
(b)(3)(A) is in a state of low readiness; and
(B) the savings achievable from reductions
in costs of infrastructure overseas as a result of
reduced permanent change of station rotations.
(2) An assessment of the potential risks associ-
ated with a lower readiness status for units assigned
to a force in a state of low readiness under the readi-
ness posture, including the risks associated with the
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delayed availability of such units overseas in the
event of two nearly simultaneous major theater wars.
(3) An assessment of the potential risks associ-
ated with requiring the forces under the readiness
posture to fight a major war in any theater world-
wide.
(4) An assessment of the modifications of the
current force structure of the Armed Forces that are
necessary to achieve the range of cost savings esti-
mated under paragraph (1), including the extent of
the diminishment, if any, of the military capabilities
of the Armed Forces as a result of the modifications.
(5) An assessment whether or not the risks of di-
minished military capability associated with imple-
mentation of the readiness posture exceed the risks of
diminished military capability associated with the
modifications of the current force structure necessary
to achieve cost savings equivalent to the best case for
cost savings resulting from the implementation of the
readiness posture.
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under this section
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain
a classified annex.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘state of high readiness’’, in the
case of a military force, means the capability to mo-
bilize first-to-arrive units of the force within 18 hours
and last-to-arrive units within 120 days of a particu-
lar event.
(2) The term ‘‘state of low readiness’’, in the case
of a military force, means the capability to mobilize
first-to-arrive units within 90 days and last-to-arrive
units within 180 days of a particular event.
SEC. 1036. OVERSEAS INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) United States military forces have been with-
drawn from the Philippines.
(2) United States military forces are to be with-
drawn from Panama by 2000.
(3) There continues to be local opposition to the
continued presence of United States military forces in
Okinawa.
(4) The Quadrennial Defense Review lists ‘‘the
loss of U.S. access to critical facilities and lines of
communication in key regions’’ as one of the so-called
‘‘wild card’’ scenarios covered in the review.
(5) The National Defense Panel states that ‘‘U.S.
forces’ long-term access to forward bases, to include
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air bases, ports, and logistics facilities, cannot be as-
sumed’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that—
(1) the President should develop alternatives to
the current arrangement for forward basing of the
Armed Forces outside the United States, including al-
ternatives to the existing infrastructure for forward
basing of forces and alternatives to the existing inter-
national agreements that provide for basing of United
States forces in foreign countries; and
(2) because the Pacific Rim continues to emerge
as a region of significant economic and military im-
portance to the United States, a continued presence of
the Armed Forces in that region is vital to the capa-
bility of the United States to timely protect its inter-
ests in the region.
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 31,
1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit-
tee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on
National Security of the House of Representatives a report
on the overseas infrastructure requirements of the Armed
Forces.
(d) CONTENT.—The report shall contain the following:
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(1) The quantity and types of forces that the
United States must station in each region of the
world in order to support the current national mili-
tary strategy of the United States.
(2) The quantity and types of forces that the
United States will need to station in each region of
the world in order to meet the expected or potential
future threats to the national security interests of the
United States.
(3) The requirements for access to, and use of,
air space and ground maneuver areas in each such
region for training for the quantity and types of
forces identified for the region pursuant to para-
graphs (1) and (2).
(4) A list of the international agreements, cur-
rently in force, that the United States has entered
into with foreign countries regarding the basing of
United States forces in those countries and the dates
on which the agreements expire.
(5) A discussion of any anticipated political op-
position or other opposition to the renewal of any of
those international agreements.
(6) A discussion of future overseas basing re-
quirements for United States forces, taking into ac-
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count expected changes in national security strategy,
national security environment, and weapons systems.
(7) The expected costs of maintaining the over-
seas infrastructure for foreign based forces of the
United States, including the costs of constructing any
new facilities that will be necessary overseas to meet
emerging requirements relating to the national secu-
rity interests of the United States.
(e) FORM OF REPORT.—The report may be submitted
in a classified or unclassified form.
SEC. 1037. REPORT ON AIRCRAFT INVENTORY.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—(1) Chapter 23 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 483. Report on aircraft inventory
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Under Secretary of De-
fense (Comptroller) shall submit to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives each year a report on
the aircraft in the inventory of the Department of Defense.
The Under Secretary shall submit the report when the
President submits the budget to Congress under section
1105(a) of title 31.
‘‘(b) CONTENT.—The report shall set forth, in accord-
ance with subsection (c), the following information:
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‘‘(1) The total number of aircraft in the inven-
tory.
‘‘(2) The total number of the aircraft in the in-
ventory that are active, stated in the following cat-
egories (with appropriate subcategories for mission
aircraft, dedicated test aircraft, and other aircraft):
‘‘(A) Primary aircraft.
‘‘(B) Backup aircraft.
‘‘(C) Attrition and reconstitution reserve
aircraft.
‘‘(3) The total number of the aircraft in the in-
ventory that are inactive, stated in the following cat-
egories:
‘‘(A) Bailment aircraft.
‘‘(B) Drone aircraft.
‘‘(C) Aircraft for sale or other transfer to
foreign governments.
‘‘(D) Leased or loaned aircraft.
‘‘(E) Aircraft for maintenance training.
‘‘(F) Aircraft for reclamation.
‘‘(G) Aircraft in storage.
‘‘(4) The aircraft inventory requirements ap-
proved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
‘‘(c) DISPLAY
OF INFORMATION.—The report shall
specify the information required by subsection (b) sepa-
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rately for the active component of each armed force and for
each reserve component of each armed force and, within the
information set forth for each such component, shall specify
the information separately for each type, model, and series
of aircraft provided for in the future-years defense program
submitted to Congress.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘483. Report on aircraft inventory.’’.
(b) FIRST REPORT.—The Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) shall submit the first report under section 483
of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)),
not later than January 30, 1998.
(c) MODIFICATION OF BUDGET DATA EXHIBITS.—The
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall ensure that
aircraft budget data exhibits of the Department of Defense
that are submitted to Congress display total numbers of ac-
tive aircraft where numbers of primary aircraft or primary
authorized aircraft are displayed in those exhibits.
SEC. 1038. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS MATERIALS.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 1998, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the actions
that have been taken or are planned to be taken within the
Department of Defense to address problems with the sale
or other disposal of excess materials.
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(7) Whether legislation is necessary to establish
appropriate mechanisms, including repurchase, for
the recovery of equipment that is sold or otherwise
disposed of without appropriate action having been
taken to demilitarize the equipment or to provide for
demilitarization of the equipment.
SEC. 1039. REVIEW OF FORMER SPOUSE PROTECTIONS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall
carry out a comprehensive review and comparison of—
(1) the protections and benefits afforded under
Federal law to former spouses of members and former
members of the uniformed services by reason of their
status as former spouses of such personnel; and
(2) the protections and benefits afforded under
Federal law to former spouses of employees and
former employees of the Federal Government by rea-
son of their status as former spouses of such person-
nel.
(b) MATTERS TO BE REVIEWED.—The review under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) In the case of former spouses of members and
former members of the uniformed services, the follow-
ing:
(A) All provisions of law (principally those
originally enacted in the Uniformed Services
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Former Spouses’ Protection Act (title X of Public
Law 97–252)) that—
(i) establish, provide for the enforce-
ment of, or otherwise protect interests of
former spouses of members and former
members of the uniformed services in retired
or retainer pay of members and former
members; and
(ii) provide other benefits for former
spouses of members and former members.
(B) The experience of the uniformed services
in administering such provisions of law.
(C) The experience of former spouses and
members and former members of the uniformed
services in the administration of such provisions
of law.
(2) In the case of former spouses of employees
and former employees of the Federal Government, the
following:
(A) All provisions of law that—
(i) establish, provide for the enforce-
ment of, or otherwise protect interests of
former spouses of employees and former em-
ployees of the Federal Government in annu-
ities of employees and former employees
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under Federal employees’ retirement sys-
tems; and
(ii) provide other benefits for former
spouses of employees and former employees.
(B) The experience of the Office of Personnel
Management and other agencies of the Federal
Government in administering such provisions of
law.
(C) The experience of former spouses and
employees and former employees of the Federal
Government in the administration of such provi-
sions of law.
(c) SAMPLING AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may use
sampling in carrying out the review under this section.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 1999, the
Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the review
and comparison to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on National Security of the
House of Representatives. The report shall include any rec-
ommendation for legislation that the Secretary considers
appropriate.
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SEC. 1040. ADDITIONAL MATTERS FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON
ACTIVITIES OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING
OFFICE.
Section 719(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) The report under subsection (a) shall also include
a statement of the staff hours and estimated cost of work
performed on audits, evaluations, investigations, and relat-
ed work during each of the three fiscal years preceding the
fiscal year in which the report is submitted, stated sepa-
rately for each division of the General Accounting Office
by category as follows:
‘‘(A) A category for work requested by the chair-
man of a committee of Congress, the chairman of a
subcommittee of such a committee, or any other mem-
ber of Congress.
‘‘(B) A category for work required by law to be
performed by the Comptroller General.
‘‘(C) A category for work initiated by the Comp-
troller General in the performance of the Comptroller
General’s general responsibilities.’’.
SEC. 1041. EYE SAFETY AT SMALL ARMS FIRING RANGES.
(a) ACTIONS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Defense
shall—
(1) conduct a study of eye safety at small arms
firing ranges of the Armed Forces; and
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(2) develop for the use of the Armed Forces a
protocol for reporting eye injuries incurred in small
arms firing activities at the ranges.
(b) AGENCY TASKING.—The Secretary may delegate
authority to carry out the responsibilities set forth in sub-
section (a) to the United States Army Center for Health
Promotion and Preventive Medicine or any other element
of the Department of Defense that the Secretary considers
well qualified to carry out those responsibilities.
(c) CONTENT OF STUDY.—The study shall include the
following:
(1) An evaluation of the existing policies, proce-
dures, and practices of the Armed Forces regarding
medical surveillance of eye injuries resulting from
weapons fire at the small arms ranges.
(2) An examination of the existing policies, pro-
cedures, and practices of the Armed Forces regarding
reporting on vision safety issues resulting from weap-
ons fire at the small arms ranges.
(3) Determination of rates of eye injuries, and
trends in eye injuries, resulting from weapons fire at
the small arms ranges.
(4) An evaluation of the costs and benefits of a
requirement for use of eye protection devices by all
personnel firing small arms at the ranges.
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(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report on
the activities required under this section to the Committees
on Armed Services and on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate
and the Committees on National Security and on Veterans’
Affairs of the House of Representatives. The report shall in-
clude—
(1) the findings resulting from the study re-
quired under paragraph (1) of subsection (a); and
(2) the protocol developed under paragraph (2)
of such subsection.
(e) SCHEDULE.—(1) The Secretary shall ensure that
the study is commenced not later than October 1, 1997, and
is completed within six months after it is commenced.
(2) The Secretary shall submit the report required
under subsection (d) not later than 30 days after the com-
pletion of the study.
SEC. 1042. REPORT ON POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO PRO-
MOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AMONG MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DE-
PENDENTS.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than March 30, 1998, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives a report on the effec-
tiveness of the policies and programs of the Department of
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Defense intended to promote healthy lifestyles among mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
(b) COVERED POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.—The report
under subsection (a) shall address the following:
(1) Programs intended to educate members of the
Armed Forces and their dependents about the poten-
tial health consequences of the use of alcohol and to-
bacco.
(2) Policies of the commissaries, post exchanges,
service clubs, and entertainment activities relating to
the sale and use of alcohol and tobacco.
(3) Programs intended to provide support to
members of the Armed Forces and dependents who
elect to reduce or eliminate their use of alcohol or to-
bacco.
(4) Any other policies or programs intended to
promote healthy lifestyles among members of the
Armed Forces and their dependents.
SEC. 1043. REPORT ON POLICIES AND PRACTICES RELAT-
ING TO THE PROTECTION OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES ABROAD FROM TERROR-
IST ATTACK.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On June 25, 1996, a bomb detonated not
more than 80 feet from the Air Force housing complex
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known as Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia,
killing 19 members of the Air Force and injuring
hundreds more.
(2) On June 13, 1996, a report by the Bureau
of Intelligence and Research of the Department of
State highlighted security concerns in the region in
which Dharhan is located.
(3) On June 17, 1996, the Department of Defense
received an intelligence report detailing a high level
of risk to the complex.
(4) In January 1996, the Office of Special Inves-
tigations of the Air Force issued a vulnerability as-
sessment for the complex, which assessment high-
lighted the vulnerability of perimeter security at the
complex given the proximity of the complex to a
boundary fence and the lack of the protective coating
Mylar on its windows.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining the following:
(1) An assessment of the current policies and
practices of the Department of Defense with respect to
the protection of members of the Armed Forces abroad
against terrorist attack, including any modifications
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to such policies or practices that are proposed or im-
plemented as a result of the assessment.
(2) An assessment of the procedures of the De-
partment of Defense intended to determine account-
ability, if any, in the command structure in instances
in which a terrorist attack results in the loss of life
at an installation or facility of the Armed Forces
abroad.
SEC. 1044. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY
NOTIFICATION 
AND 
ASSISTANCE 
PROCE-
DURES IN CASES OF MILITARY AVIATION AC-
CIDENTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There is a need for the Department of De-
fense to improve significantly the family notification
procedures of the department that are applicable in
cases of Armed Forces personnel casualties and De-
partment of Defense civilian personnel casualties re-
sulting from military aviation accidents.
(2) This need was demonstrated in the aftermath
of the tragic crash of a C–130 aircraft off the coast
of Northern California that killed 10 Reserves from
Oregon on November 22, 1996.
(3) The experience of the members of the families
of those Reserves has left the family members with a
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general perception that the existing Department of
Defense procedures for notifications regarding casual-
ties and related matters did not meet the concerns
and needs of the families.
(4) It is imperative that Department of Defense
representatives involved in family notifications re-
garding casualties have the qualifications and experi-
ence to provide meaningful information on accident
investigations and effective grief counseling.
(5) Military families deserve the best possible
care, attention, and information, especially at a time
of tragic personal loss.
(6) Although the Department of Defense provides
much needed logistical support, including transpor-
tation and care of remains, survivor counseling, and
other benefits in cases of tragedies like the crash of the
C–130 aircraft on November 22, 1996, the support
may be insufficient to meet the immediate emotional
and personal needs of family members affected by
such tragedies.
(7) It is important that the flow of information
to surviving family members be accurate and timely,
and be provided to family members in advance of
media reports, and, therefore, that the Department of
Defense give a high priority, to the extent practicable,
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to providing the family members with all relevant in-
formation on an accident as soon as it becomes avail-
able, consistent with the national security interests of
the United States, and to allowing the family mem-
bers full access to any public hearings or public meet-
ings about the accident.
(8) Improved procedures for civilian family noti-
fication that have been adopted by the Federal Avia-
tion Administration and National Transportation
Safety Board might serve as a useful model for re-
forms to Department of Defense procedures.
(b) REPORTS BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—(1) Not
later than December 1, 1997, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report on the advisability of establish-
ing a process for conducting a single, public investigation
of each Department of Defense aviation accident that is
similar to the accident investigation process of the National
Transportation Safety Board. The report shall include—
(A) a discussion of whether adoption of the acci-
dent investigation process of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board by the Department of Defense
would result in benefits that include the satisfaction
of needs of members of families of victims of the acci-
dent, increased aviation safety, and improved mainte-
nance of aircraft;
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(B) a determination of whether the Department
of Defense should adopt that accident investigation
process; and
(C) any justification for the current practice of
the Department of Defense of conducting separate ac-
cident and safety investigations.
(2) Not later than April 2, 1998, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress a report on assistance pro-
vided by the Department of Defense to families of casualties
among Armed Forces and civilian personnel of the depart-
ment. The report shall include—
(A) a discussion of the adequacy and effective-
ness of the family notification procedures of the De-
partment of Defense, including the procedures of the
military departments; and
(B) a description of the assistance provided to
members of the families of such personnel.
(c) REPORT BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR
GENERAL.—(1) Not later than December 1, 1997, the In-
spector General of the Department of Defense shall review
the procedures of the Federal Aviation Administration and
the National Transportation Safety Board for providing in-
formation and assistance to members of families of casual-
ties of nonmilitary aviation accidents, and submit a report
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on the review to Congress. The report shall include a discus-
sion of the following matters:
(A) Designation of an experienced non-profit or-
ganization to provide assistance for satisfying needs
of families of accident victims.
(B) An assessment of the system and procedures
for providing families with information on accidents
and accident investigations.
(C) Protection of members of families from un-
wanted solicitations relating to the accident.
(D) A recommendation regarding whether the
procedures or similar procedures should be adopted by
the Department of Defense, and if the recommenda-
tion is not to adopt the procedures, a detailed jus-
tification for the recommendation.
(d) UNCLASSIFIED FORM OF REPORTS.—The reports
under subsections (b) and (c) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form.
SEC. 1045. REPORT ON HELSINKI JOINT STATEMENT.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 31, 1998,
the President shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the Helsinki Joint Statement on future
reductions in nuclear forces. The report shall address the
United States approach (including verification implica-
tions) to implementing the Helsinki Joint Statement, in
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particular, as it relates to: lower aggregate levels of strategic
nuclear warheads; measures relating to the transparency of
strategic nuclear warhead inventories and the destruction
of strategic nuclear warheads; deactivation of strategic nu-
clear delivery vehicles; measures relating to nuclear long-
range sea-launched cruise missiles and tactical nuclear sys-
tems; and issues related to transparency in nuclear mate-
rials.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Helsinki Joint Statement’’ means
the agreements between the President of the United
States and the President of the Russian Federation as
contained in the Joint Statement on Parameters on
Future Reductions in Nuclear Forces issued at Hel-
sinki in March 1997.
(2) The term ‘‘START II TREATY’’ means the
Treaty Between the United States of America and the
Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limi-
tation on Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at Moscow
on January 3, 1993, including any protocols and
memoranda of understanding associated with the
treaty.
SEC. 1046. ASSESSMENT OF THE CUBAN THREAT TO UNITED
STATES NATIONAL SECURITY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) The United States has been an avowed enemy
of Cuba for over 35 years, and Fidel Castro has made
hostility towards the United States a principal tenet
of his domestic and foreign policy.
(2) The ability of the United States as a sov-
ereign nation to respond to any Cuban provocation is
directly related to the ability of the United States to
defend the people and territory of the United States
against any Cuban attack.
(3) In 1994, the Government of Cuba callously
encouraged a massive exodus of Cubans, by boat and
raft, toward the United States.
(4) Countless numbers of those Cubans lost their
lives on the high seas as a result of those actions of
the Government of Cuba.
(5) The humanitarian response of the United
States to rescue, shelter, and provide emergency care
to those Cubans, together with the actions taken to ab-
sorb some 30,000 of those Cubans into the United
States, required immeasurable efforts and expendi-
tures of hundreds of millions of dollars for the costs
incurred by the United States and State and local
governments in connection with those efforts.
(6) On February 24, 1996, Cuban MiG aircraft
attacked and destroyed, in international airspace, two
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unarmed civilian aircraft flying from the United
States, and the four persons in those unarmed civil-
ian aircraft were killed.
(7) Since the attack, the Cuban government has
issued no apology for the attack, nor has it indicated
any intention to conform its conduct to international
law that is applicable to civilian aircraft operating
in international airspace.
(b) REVIEW AND REPORT.—Not later than March 30,
1998, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a comprehen-
sive review and assessment of Cuban military capabilities
and the threats to the national security of the United States
that are posed by Fidel Castro and the Government of Cuba
and submit a report on the review to the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Na-
tional Security of the House of Representatives. The report
shall contain—
(1) a discussion of the results of the review, in-
cluding an assessment of the contingency plans; and
(2) the Secretary’s assessment of the threats, in-
cluding—
(A) such unconventional threats as—
(i) encouragement of migration crises;
and
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(ii) attacks on citizens and residents of
the United States while they are engaged in
peaceful protest in international waters or
airspace;
(B) the potential for development and deliv-
ery of chemical or biological weapons; and
(C) the potential for internal strife in Cuba
that could involve citizens or residents of the
United States or the Armed Forces of the United
States.
(c) CONSULTATION ON REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.—
In performing the review and preparing the assessment, the
Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander-in-Chief of the United
States Southern Command, and the heads of other appro-
priate agencies of the Federal Government.
SEC. 1047. FIRE PROTECTION AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
PROTECTION AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND.
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a plan to ad-
dress the requirements for fire protection services and haz-
ardous materials protection services at Fort Meade, Mary-
land, including the National Security Agency at Fort
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Meade, as identified in the preparedness evaluation report
of the Army Corps of Engineers on Fort Meade.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan shall include the following:
(1) A schedule for the implementation of the
plan.
(2) A detailed list of funding options available to
provide centrally located, modern facilities and equip-
ment to meet current requirements for fire protection
services and hazardous materials protection services
at Fort Meade.
SEC. 1048. REPORT TO CONGRESS ASSESSING DEPENDENCE
ON FOREIGN SOURCES FOR CERTAIN RESIS-
TORS AND CAPACITORS.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than May 1, 1998,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report—
(1) assessing the level of dependence on foreign
sources for procurement of certain resistors and ca-
pacitors and projecting the level of such dependence
that is likely to obtain after the implementation of
relevant tariff reductions required by the Information
Technology Agreement; and
(2) recommending appropriate changes, if any,
in defense procurement or other Federal policies on
the basis of the national security implications of such
actual or projected foreign dependence.
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(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘certain resistors and capacitors’’ shall mean—
(1) fixed resistors,
(2) wirewound resistors,
(3) film resistors,
(4) solid tantalum capacitors,
(5) multi-layer ceramic capacitors, and
(6) wet tantalum capacitors.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
SEC. 1051. PSYCHOTHERAPIST-PATIENT PRIVILEGE IN THE
MILITARY RULES OF EVIDENCE.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR PROPOSED RULE.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the President, for consider-
ation for promulgation under article 36 of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. 836), a recommended
amendment to the Military Rules of Evidence that recog-
nizes an evidentiary privilege regarding disclosure by a
psychotherapist of confidential communications between a
patient and the psychotherapist.
(b) APPLICABILITY OF PRIVILEGE.—The recommended
amendment shall include a provision that applies the privi-
lege to—
(1) patients who are not subject to the Uniform
Code of Military Justice; and
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(2) any patients subject to the Uniform Code of
Military Justice that the Secretary determines it ap-
propriate for the privilege to cover.
(c) SCOPE OF PRIVILEGE.—The evidentiary privilege
recommended pursuant to subsection (a) shall be similar
in scope to the psychotherapist-patient privilege recognized
under Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, subject
to such exceptions and limitations as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate on the bases of law, public policy, and
military necessity.
(d) DEADLINE
FOR RECOMMENDATION.—The Sec-
retary shall submit the recommendation under subsection
(a) on or before the later of the following dates:
(1) The date that is 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) January 1, 1998.
SEC. 1052. NATIONAL GUARD CIVILIAN YOUTH OPPORTUNI-
TIES PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORITY FOR
CURRENT NUMBER OF PROGRAMS.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1091 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 32 U.S.C. 501 note)
is amended—
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(1) by striking out ‘‘During fiscal years 1993
through 1995’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(1) Dur-
ing fiscal years 1993 through 1998’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) In fiscal years after fiscal year 1995, the number
of programs carried out under subsection (d) as part of the
pilot program may not exceed the number of such programs
as of September 30, 1995.’’.
(b) FISCAL RESTRICTIONS.—(1) Section 1091 of such
Act is amended by striking out subsection (k) and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(k) FISCAL RESTRICTIONS.—(1) The Federal Govern-
ment’s share of the total cost of carrying out a program
in a State as part of the pilot program in any fiscal year
after fiscal year 1997 may not exceed 50 percent of that
total cost.
‘‘(2) The total amount expended for carrying out the
program during a fiscal year may not exceed $20,000,000.’’.
(2) Subsection (d)(3) of such section is amended by
inserting ‘‘, subject to subsection (k)(1),’’ after ‘‘provide
funds’’.
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 573 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Pub-
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lic Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 355; 32 U.S.C. 501 note) is
repealed.
SEC. 1053. PROTECTION OF ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL
DURING PEACE OPERATIONS.
(a) PROTECTION OF PERSONNEL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
take appropriate actions to ensure that units of the
Armed Forces (including Army units, Marine Corps
units, Air Force units, and support units for such
units) engaged in peace operations have adequate
troop protection equipment for such operations.
(2) SPECIFIC ACTIONS.—In taking such actions,
the Secretary shall—
(A) identify the additional troop protection
equipment, if any, required to equip a division
equivalent with adequate troop protection equip-
ment for peace operations;
(B) establish procedures to facilitate the ex-
change of troop protection equipment among the
units of the Armed Forces; and
(C) designate within the Department of De-
fense an individual responsible for—
(i) ensuring the proper allocation of
troop protection equipment among the units
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of the Armed Forces engaged in peace oper-
ations; and
(ii) monitoring the availability, status
or condition, and location of such equip-
ment.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 1998, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report on the actions
taken by the Secretary under subsection (a).
(c) TROOP PROTECTION EQUIPMENT DEFINED.—In
this section, the term ‘‘troop protection equipment’’ means
the equipment required by units of the Armed Forces to de-
fend against any hostile threat that is likely during a peace
operation, including an attack by a hostile crowd, small
arms fire, mines, and a terrorist bombing attack.
SEC. 1054. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OR DISMANTLE-
MENT OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY
SYSTEMS.
(a) FUNDING LIMITATION.—Funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may not be obligated or expended dur-
ing fiscal year 1998 for retiring or dismantling, or for pre-
paring to retire or dismantle, any of the following strategic
nuclear delivery systems below the specified levels:
(1) 71 B–52H bomber aircraft.
(2) 18 Trident ballistic missile submarines.
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(3) 500 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic
missiles.
(4) 50 Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic mis-
siles.
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—If the START II Treaty en-
ters into force during fiscal year 1997 or fiscal year 1998,
the Secretary of Defense may waive the application of the
limitation under subsection (a) to the extent that the Sec-
retary determines necessary in order to implement the trea-
ty.
(c) FUNDING LIMITATION ON EARLY DEACTIVATION.—
(1) If the limitation under subsection (a) ceases to apply
by reason of a waiver under subsection (b), funds available
to the Department of Defense may nevertheless not be obli-
gated or expended during fiscal year 1998 to implement
any agreement or understanding to undertake substantial
early deactivation of a strategic nuclear delivery system
specified in subsection (a) until 30 days after the date on
which the President submits to Congress a report concern-
ing such actions.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, a substantial early
deactivation is an action during fiscal year 1998 to deacti-
vate a substantial number of strategic nuclear delivery sys-
tems specified in subsection (a) by—
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(A) removing nuclear warheads from those sys-
tems; or
(B) taking other steps to remove those systems
from combat status.
(3) A report under this subsection shall include the fol-
lowing:
(A) The text of any understanding or agreement
between the United States and the Russian Federa-
tion concerning substantial early deactivation of stra-
tegic nuclear delivery systems under the START II
Treaty.
(B) The plan of the Department of Defense for
implementing the agreement.
(C) An assessment of the Secretary of Defense of
the adequacy of the provisions contained in the agree-
ment for monitoring and verifying compliance of
Russia with the terms of the agreement.
(D) A determination by the President as to
whether the deactivations to occur under the agree-
ment will be carried out in a symmetrical, reciprocal,
or equivalent manner.
(E) An assessment by the President of the effect
of the proposed early deactivation on the stability of
the strategic balance and relative strategic nuclear ca-
pabilities of the United States and the Russian Fed-
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eration at various stages during deactivation and
upon completion.
(d) CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR SUSTAINMENT OF SYS-
TEMS.—(1) Not later then February 15, 1998, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a plan for the sustainment beyond October 1, 1999, of
United States strategic nuclear delivery systems and alter-
native Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty force structures in
the event that a strategic arms reduction agreement subse-
quent to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty does not
enter into force before 2004.
(2) The plan shall include a discussion of the following
matters:
(A) The actions that are necessary to sustain the
United States strategic nuclear delivery systems, dis-
tinguishing between the actions that are planned for
and funded in the future-years defense program and
the actions that are not planned for and funded in
the future-years defense program.
(B) The funding necessary to implement the
plan, indicating the extent to which the necessary
funding is provided for in the future-years defense
program and the extent to which the necessary fund-
ing is not provided for in the future-years defense
program.
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‘‘(f) PAYMENTS FOR CIVIL USE OF MILITARY AIR-
FIELDS.—The authority under subsection (a) includes au-
thority for the Secretary of a military department to accept
payments of landing fees for use of a military airfield by
civil aircraft that are prescribed pursuant to an agreement
that is entered into with the government of the country in
which the airfield is located. Payments received under this
subsection in a fiscal year shall be credited to the appro-
priation that is available for the fiscal year for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the military airfield, shall be
merged with amounts in the appropriation to which cred-
ited, and shall be available for the same period and pur-
poses as the appropriation is available.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection (b) of
such section is amended by striking out ‘‘Any’’ at the begin-
ning of the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Except as provided in subsection (f), any’’.
(2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘Contributions’’ in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Except as provided in
subsection (f), contributions’’.
SEC. 1056. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL NON-
PROLIFERATION INITIATIVE.
(a) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Subsection (f) of section
1505 of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act of
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1992 (title XV of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1993; 22 U.S.C. 5859a) is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘1997’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1998’’.
(b) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FOR AD-
DITIONAL FISCAL YEARS.—Subsection (d)(3) of such section
is amended by striking out ‘‘or $15,000,000 for fiscal year
1997’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$15,000,000 for fiscal
year 1997, or $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1998’’.
SEC. 1057. ARMS CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSIST-
ANCE FOR FACILITIES SUBJECT TO INSPEC-
TION UNDER THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CON-
VENTION.
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The On-Site Inspec-
tion Agency of the Department of Defense may provide tech-
nical assistance, on a reimbursable basis (in accordance
with subsection (b)), to a facility that is subject to a routine
or challenge inspection under the Chemical Weapons Con-
vention upon the request of the owner or operator of the
facility.
(b) REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT.—The United
States National Authority shall reimburse the On-Site In-
spection Agency for costs incurred by the agency in provid-
ing assistance under subsection (a).
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The terms ‘‘Chemical Weapons Convention’’
and ‘‘Convention’’ mean the Convention on the Prohi-
bition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling
and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruc-
tion, opened for signature on January 13, 1993.
(2) The term ‘‘facility that is subject to a routine
inspection’’ means a declared facility, as defined in
paragraph 15 of part X of the Annex on Implementa-
tion and Verification of the Convention.
(3) The term ‘‘challenge inspection’’ means an
inspection conducted under Article IX of the Conven-
tion.
(4) The term ‘‘United States National Author-
ity’’ means the United States National Authority es-
tablished or designated pursuant to Article VII, para-
graph 4, of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
SEC. 1058. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING THE RELATION-
SHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND
UNITED STATES OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The Chemical Weapons Convention requires
the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal
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chemical agents and munitions within 10 years after
the Convention’s entry into force (or 2007).
(2) The President possesses substantial powers
under existing law to ensure that the technologies nec-
essary to destroy the stockpile are developed, that the
facilities necessary to destroy the stockpile are con-
structed, and that Federal, State, and local environ-
mental laws and regulations do not impair the abil-
ity of the United States to comply with its obligations
under the Convention.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that the President—
(1) should use the authority granted the Presi-
dent under existing law to ensure that the United
States is able to construct and operate the facilities
necessary to destroy the United States stockpile of le-
thal chemical agents and munitions within the time
allowed by the Chemical Weapons Convention; and
(2) while carrying out the United States obliga-
tions under the Convention, should encourage negotia-
tions between appropriate Federal Government offi-
cials and officials of the State and local governments
concerned to attempt to meet their concerns about the
actions being taken to carry out those obligations.
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(c) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION DEFINED.—In
this section, the terms ‘‘Chemical Weapons Convention’’ and
‘‘Convention’’ mean the Convention on the Prohibition of
the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chem-
ical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signa-
ture on January 13, 1993.
SEC. 1059. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING FOR
RESERVE COMPONENT MODERNIZATION NOT
REQUESTED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET RE-
QUEST.
(a) LIMITATION.—It is the sense of Congress that, to
the maximum extent practicable, Congress should consider
authorizing appropriations for reserve component mod-
ernization activities not included in the budget request of
the Department of Defense for a fiscal year only if—
(1) there is a Joint Requirements Oversight
Council validated requirement for the equipment;
(2) the equipment is included for reserve compo-
nent modernization in the modernization plan of the
military department concerned and is incorporated
into the future-years defense program;
(3) the equipment is consistent with the use of
reserve component forces;
(4) the equipment is necessary in the national
security interests of the United States; and
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(5) the funds can be obligated in the fiscal year.
(b) VIEWS
OF
THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS
OF
STAFF.—It is further the sense of Congress that, in apply-
ing the criteria set forth in subsection (a), Congress should
obtain the views of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, including views on whether funds for equipment not
included in the budget request are appropriate for the em-
ployment of reserve component forces in Department of De-
fense warfighting plans.
SEC. 1060. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO SET-
TLE CLAIMS RELATING TO PAY, ALLOWANCES,
AND OTHER BENEFITS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE TIME LIMITATIONS.—Para-
graph (1) of section 3702(e) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘Comptroller General’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’.
(b) APPROPRIATION TO BE CHARGED.—Paragraph
(2) of such section is amended by striking out ‘‘shall be sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations for payment of
that particular claim’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘shall
be made from an appropriation that is available, for the
fiscal year in which the payment is made, for the same pur-
pose as the appropriation to which the obligation claimed
would have been charged if the obligation had been timely
paid’’.
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SEC. 1061. COORDINATION OF ACCESS OF COMMANDERS
AND DEPLOYED UNITS TO INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTED AND ANALYZED BY THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Coordination of operational intelligence sup-
port for the commanders of the combatant commands
and deployed units of the Armed Forces has proven
to be inadequate.
(2) Procedures used to reconcile information
among various intelligence community and Depart-
ment of Defense data bases proved to be inadequate
and, being inadequate, diminished the usefulness of
that information and preclude commanders and plan-
ners within the Armed Forces from fully benefiting
from key information that should have been available
to them.
(3) Excessive compartmentalization of respon-
sibilities and information within the Department of
Defense and the other elements of the intelligence com-
munity resulted in inaccurate analysis of important
intelligence material.
(4) Excessive restrictions on the distribution of
information within the executive branch disadvan-
taged units of the Armed Forces that would have ben-
efited most from the information.
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(5) Procedures used in the Department of De-
fense to ensure that critical intelligence information
is provided to the right combat units in a timely
manner failed during the Persian Gulf War and, as
a result, information about potential chemical weap-
ons storage locations did not reach the units that
eventually destroyed those storage areas.
(6) A recent, detailed review of the events leading
to and following the destruction of chemical weapons
by members of the Armed Forces at Khamisiyah,
Iraq, during the Persian Gulf War has revealed a
number of inadequacies in the way the Department of
Defense and the other elements of the intelligence com-
munity handled, distributed, recorded, and stored in-
telligence information about the threat of exposure of
United States forces to chemical weapons and the
toxic agents in those weapons.
(7) The inadequacy of procedures for recording
the receipt of, and reaction to, intelligence reports
provided by the intelligence community to combat
units of the Armed Forces during the Persian Gulf
War has caused it to be impossible to analyze the fail-
ures in transmission of intelligence-related informa-
tion on the location of chemical weapons at
Khamisiyah, Iraq, that resulted in the demolition of
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chemical weapons by members of the Armed Forces
unaware of the hazards to which they were exposed.
(b) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Not later than
March 1, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report that identifies the specific actions that
have been taken or are being taken to ensure that there is
adequate coordination of operational intelligence support
for the commanders of the combatant commands and de-
ployed units of the Armed Forces.
(c) DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—In
this section, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 3 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a).
SEC. 1062. PROTECTION OF IMAGERY, IMAGERY INTEL-
LIGENCE, AND GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION
AND DATA.
(a) PROTECTION
OF INFORMATION
ON CAPABILI-
TIES.—Paragraph (1)(B) of section 455(b) of title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or capabilities,’’
after ‘‘methods’’.
(b) PRODUCTS PROTECTED.—(1) Paragraph (2) of
such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘geodetic product’
means imagery, imagery intelligence, or geospatial infor-
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mation, as those terms are defined in section 467 of this
title.’’.
(2) Section 467(4)(C) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) maps, charts, geodetic data, and relat-
ed products.’’.
SEC. 1063. PROTECTION OF AIR SAFETY INFORMATION VOL-
UNTARILY PROVIDED BY A CHARTER AIR CAR-
RIER.
Section 2640 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as
subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following
new subsection (h):
‘‘(h) PROTECTION OF VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED AIR
SAFETY INFORMATION.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the
appropriate official may deny a request made under any
other provision of law for public disclosure of safety-related
information that has been provided voluntarily by an air
carrier to the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of this
section, notwithstanding the provision of law under which
the request is made.
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‘‘(2) The appropriate official may exercise authority
to deny a request for disclosure of information under para-
graph (1) if the official first determines that—
‘‘(A) the disclosure of the information as re-
quested would inhibit an air carrier from voluntarily
disclosing, in the future, safety-related information
for the purposes of this section or for other air safety
purposes involving the Department of Defense or an-
other Federal agency; and
‘‘(B) the receipt of such information generally
enhances the fulfillment of responsibilities under this
section or other air safety responsibilities involving
the Department of Defense or another Federal agency.
‘‘(3) For the purposes of this section, the appropriate
official for exercising authority under paragraph (1) is—
‘‘(A) the Secretary of Defense, in the case of a re-
quest for disclosure of information that is directed to
the Department of Defense; or
‘‘(B) the head of another Federal agency, in the
case of a request that is directed to that Federal agen-
cy regarding information described in paragraph (1)
that the Federal agency has received from the Depart-
ment of Defense.’’.
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SEC. 1064. SUSTAINMENT AND OPERATION OF GLOBAL PO-
SITIONING SYSTEM.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Global Positioning System, with its mul-
tiple uses, makes significant contributions to the at-
tainment of the national security and foreign policy
goals of the United States, the safety and efficiency of
international 
transportation, 
and 
the 
economic
growth, trade, and productivity of the United States.
(2) The infrastructure for the Global Positioning
System, including both space and ground segments of
the infrastructure, is vital to the effectiveness of Unit-
ed States and allied military forces and to the protec-
tion of the national security interests of the United
States.
(3) In addition to having military uses, the
Global Positioning System has essential civil, com-
mercial, and scientific uses.
(4) Driven by the increasing demand of civil,
commercial, and scientific users of the Global Posi-
tioning System—
(A) there has emerged in the United States
a new commercial industry to provide Global
Positioning System equipment and related serv-
ices to the many and varied users of the system;
and
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tem and supporting equipment, services, and
techniques.
(b) SUSTAINMENT
AND OPERATION
FOR MILITARY
PURPOSES.—The Secretary of Defense shall—
(1) provide for the sustainment of the Global Po-
sitioning System capabilities, and the operation of
basic Global Positioning System services, that are
beneficial for the national security interests of United
States;
(2) develop appropriate measures for preventing
hostile use of the Global Positioning System that
make it unnecessary to use the selective availability
feature of the system continuously and do not hinder
the use of the Global Positioning System by the Unit-
ed States and its allies for military purposes; and
(3) ensure that United States military forces
have the capability to use the Global Positioning Sys-
tem effectively despite hostile attempts to prevent the
use of the system by such forces.
(c) SUSTAINMENT AND OPERATION FOR CIVILIAN PUR-
POSES.—The Secretary of Defense shall—
(1) provide for the sustainment and operation of
basic Global Positioning System services for peaceful
civil, commercial, and scientific uses on a continuous
worldwide basis free of direct user fees;
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(2) provide for the sustainment and operation of
basic Global Positioning System services in order to
meet the performance requirements of the Federal
Radionavigation Plan jointly issued by the Secretary
of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation;
(3) coordinate with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation regarding the development and implementation
by the Federal Government of augmentations to the
basic Global Positioning System that achieve or en-
hance uses of the system in support of transportation;
(4) coordinate with the Secretary of Commerce,
the United States Trade Representative, and other
appropriate officials to facilitate the development of
new and expanded civil uses for the Global Position-
ing System; and
(5) develop measures for preventing hostile use of
the Global Positioning System in a particular area
without hindering peaceful civil use of the system else-
where.
(d) FEDERAL RADIONAVIGATION PLAN.—The Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation shall
continue to prepare the Federal Radionavigation Plan
every two years as originally provided for in the Inter-
national Maritime Satellite Telecommunications Act (title
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V of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962; 47 U.S.C.
751 et seq.).
(e) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.—Congress urges
the President to promote the security of the United States
and its allies, the public safety, and commercial interests
by—
(1) undertaking a coordinated effort within the
executive branch to seek to establish the Global Posi-
tioning System, and augmentations to the system, as
a worldwide resource;
(2) seeking to enter into international agree-
ments to establish signal and service standards that
protect the Global Positioning System from disrup-
tion and interference; and
(3) undertaking efforts to eliminate any barriers
to, and other restrictions of foreign governments on,
peaceful uses of the Global Positioning System.
(f) PROHIBITION OF SUPPORT OF FOREIGN SYSTEM.—
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this
Act may be used to support the operation and maintenance
or enhancement of any satellite navigation system operated
by a foreign country.
(g) REPORT.—(1) Not later than 30 days after the end
of each even numbered fiscal year (beginning with fiscal
year 1998), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
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Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations on
the Senate and the Committees on National Security and
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report
on the Global Positioning System. The report shall include
a discussion of the following matters:
(A) The operational status of the Global Posi-
tioning System.
(B) The capability of the system to satisfy effec-
tively—
(i) the military requirements for the system
that are current as of the date of the report; and
(ii) the performance requirements of the
Federal Radionavigation Plan.
(C) The most recent determination by the Presi-
dent regarding continued use of the selective avail-
ability feature of the Global Positioning System and
the expected date of any change or elimination of use
of that feature.
(D) The status of cooperative activities under-
taken by the United States with the governments of
other countries concerning the capability of the Global
Positioning System or any augmentation of the sys-
tem to satisfy civil, commercial, scientific, and mili-
tary requirements, including a discussion of the sta-
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tus and results of activities undertaken under any re-
gional international agreement.
(E) Any progress made toward establishing the
Global Positioning System as an international stand-
ard for consistency of navigational service.
(F) Any progress made toward protecting the
Global Positioning System from disruption and inter-
ference.
(G) The effects of use of the Global Positioning
System on national security, regional security, and
the economic competitiveness of United States indus-
try, including the Global Positioning System equip-
ment and service industry and user industries.
(2) In preparing the parts of the report required under
subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and (G) of paragraph (1), the
Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of
Commerce, Secretary of Transportation, and Secretary of
Labor.
(h) BASIC GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SERVICES
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘basic global position-
ing system services’’ means the following components of the
Global Positioning System that are operated and main-
tained by the Department of Defense:
(1) The constellation of satellites.
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(2) The navigation payloads that produce the
Global Positioning System signals.
(3) The ground stations, data links, and associ-
ated command and control facilities.
SEC. 1065. LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY FOR SPECIAL
AGENTS OF THE DEFENSE CRIMINAL INVES-
TIGATIVE SERVICE.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 1585 the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 1585a. Special agents of the Defense Criminal In-
vestigative Service: law enforcement au-
thority
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—A special agent of the Defense
Criminal Investigative Service designated under subsection
(b) has the following authority:
‘‘(1) To carry firearms.
‘‘(2) To execute and serve any warrant or other
process issued under the authority of the United
States.
‘‘(3) To make arrests without warrant for—
‘‘(A) any offense against the United States
committed in the agent’s presence; or
‘‘(B) any felony cognizable under the laws
of the United States if the agent has probable
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cause to believe that the person to be arrested has
committed or is committing the felony.
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF AGENTS TO HAVE AUTHOR-
ITY.—The Secretary of Defense may designate to have the
authority provided under subsection (a) any special agent
of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service whose duties
include conducting, supervising, or coordinating investiga-
tions of criminal activity in programs and operations of
the Department of Defense.
‘‘(c) GUIDELINES ON EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—The
authority provided under subsection (a) shall be exercised
in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense and approved by the
Attorney General, and any other applicable guidelines pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense or the Attorney Gen-
eral.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 1585 the following:
‘‘1585a. Special agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service: law enforce-
ment authority.’’.
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SEC. 1066. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUED OP-
ERATION OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY DAIRY
FARM.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 810 of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act, 1968 (Public Law 90–110; 81 Stat.
309) is amended—
(1) by striking out subsection (a); and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘nor shall’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Act of Congress’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section
6971(b)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ‘‘(if any)’’ before the period at the end.
(2) Section 2105(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘(if any)’’ after ‘‘Academy dairy’’.
SEC. 1067. POW/MIA INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS.
The Director of Central Intelligence, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, shall provide analytical sup-
port on POW/MIA matters to all departments and agencies
of the Federal Government involved in such matters. The
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all intelligence re-
garding POW/MIA matters is taken into full account in
the analysis of POW/MIA cases by DPMO.
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SEC. 1068. PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES FROM RETALIA-
TION FOR CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION.
(a) DISCLOSURES TO OFFICIALS CLEARED FOR AC-
CESS.—Section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (8)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A);
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B)(ii); and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) a disclosure by an employee or appli-
cant of information required by law or Executive
order to be kept secret in the interest of national
defense or the conduct of foreign affairs which
the employee or applicant reasonably believes to
provide direct and specific evidence of—
‘‘(i) a violation of any law, rule, or
regulation,
‘‘(ii) gross mismanagement, a gross
waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a sub-
stantial and specific danger to public health
or safety, or
‘‘(iii) a false statement to Congress on
an issue of material fact,
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if the disclosure is made to a member of a com-
mittee of Congress having a primary responsibil-
ity for oversight of a department, agency, or ele-
ment of the Federal Government to which the
disclosed information relates, to any other Mem-
ber of Congress who is authorized to receive in-
formation of the type disclosed, or to an em-
ployee of Congress who has the appropriate secu-
rity clearance for access to the information dis-
closed;’’; and
(2) by striking out the matter following para-
graph (11).
(b) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON NEW PRO-
TECTION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the President shall—
(1) take such action as is necessary to ensure
that employees of the executive branch having access
to classified information receive notice that the disclo-
sure of such information to Congress is not prohibited
by law, executive order, or regulation, and is not oth-
erwise contrary to public policy when the information
is disclosed under the circumstances described in sub-
paragraph (C) of section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United
States Code (as added by subsection (a)); and
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(2) submit to Congress a report on the actions
taken to carry out paragraph (1).
(c) EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICABILITY.—The
amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on Oc-
tober 1, 1998, and shall apply to a taking, failing to take,
or threat to take or fail to take a personnel action on or
after such date because of a disclosure described in subpara-
graph (C) of section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States
Code (as added by subsection (a)), that is made before, on,
or after such date.
(d) DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO
CONGRESS OR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BY CONTRAC-
TOR EMPLOYEES.—It is the sense of Congress that the In-
spector General of the Department of Defense should con-
tinue to exercise the authority provided in section 2409 of
title 10, United States Code, regarding reprisals for disclo-
sures of classified information as well as reprisals for dis-
closures of unclassified information.
SEC. 1069. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES
TO 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
COMMISSION 
ON
SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS TRANSI-
TION ASSISTANCE.
(a) APPLICABILITY.—Section 705(a) of the Veterans’
Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275;
110 Stat. 3349; 38 U.S.C. 545 note) is amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Each member’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2)(A) A member of the Commission who is an annu-
itant otherwise covered by section 8344 or 8468 of title 5,
United States Code, by reason of membership on the Com-
mission shall not be subject to the provisions of such section
with respect to such membership.
‘‘(B) A member of the Commission who is a member
or former member of a uniformed service shall not be subject
to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 5532
of such title with respect to membership on the Commis-
sion.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as if included in the provisions
of section 705(a) of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act
of 1996 to which such amendments relate.
SEC. 1070. TRANSFER OF B–17 AIRCRAFT TO MUSEUM.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Air Force may
convey to the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘museum’’), all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the
B–17 aircraft known as the ‘‘Picadilly Lilly’’, an aircraft
that has been in the possession of the museum since 1959.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the appro-
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priate amount of consideration that is comparable to the
value of the aircraft.
(b) CONDITION OF AIRCRAFT.—Before conveying own-
ership of the aircraft, the Secretary shall alter the aircraft
as necessary to ensure that the aircraft does not have any
capability for use as a platform for launching or releasing
munitions or any other combat capability that it was de-
signed to have. The Secretary is not required to repair or
alter the condition of the aircraft in any other way before
conveying the ownership.
(c) CONDITION FOR CONVEYANCE.—A conveyance of
ownership of the aircraft under this section shall be subject
to the condition that the museum not convey any ownership
interest in, or transfer possession of, the aircraft to any
other party without the advance approval of the Secretary
of the Air Force.
(d) REVERSION.—If the Secretary of the Air Force de-
termines at any time that the museum has conveyed an
ownership interest in, or transferred possession of, the air-
craft to any other party without the advance approval of
the Secretary, all right, title, and interest in and to the
aircraft, including any repairs or alterations of the air-
craft, shall revert to the United States, and the United
States shall have the right of immediate possession of the
aircraft.
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(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force may require such additional terms
and conditions in connection with the conveyance under
this section as the Secretary considers appropriate to pro-
tect the interests of the United States.
(f) CLARIFICATION OF LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the United States shall not be
liable for any death, injury, loss, or damages that result
from any use of the aircraft conveyed under this section
by any person other than the United States after the convey-
ance is complete.
SEC. 1071. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AVIATION INSURANCE
PROGRAM.
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 44310 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30,
1997’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 2002’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
as of September 30, 1997.
SEC. 1072. TREATMENT OF MILITARY FLIGHT OPERATIONS.
No military flight operation (including a military
training flight), or designation of airspace for such an oper-
ation, may be treated as a transportation program or
project for purposes of section 303(c) of title 49, United
States Code.
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SEC. 1073. NATURALIZATION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO
SERVED HONORABLY IN THE ARMED FORCES
OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 329 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, reenlistment, extension
of enlistment,’’ after ‘‘at the time of enlistment’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or on board a public ves-
sel owned or operated by the United States for
noncommercial service,’’ after ‘‘United States,
the Canal Zone, American Samoa, or Swains Is-
land,’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) WAIVER.—(1) For purposes of the naturalization
of natives of the Philippines under section 405 of the Immi-
gration Act of 1990 (8 U.S.C. 1440 note), notwithstanding
any other provision of law—
‘‘(A) the processing of applications for natu-
ralization, filed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 405 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101–649; 104 Stat. 5039), including necessary
interviews, may be conducted in the Philippines by
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employees of the Service designated pursuant to sec-
tion 335(b) of this Act; and
‘‘(B) oaths of allegiance for applications under
this subsection may be administered in the Phil-
ippines by employees of the Service designated pursu-
ant to section 335(b) of this Act.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall be effective only during the
period beginning February 3, 1996, and ending at the end
of February 2, 2006.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by
subsection (a)(1) shall be effective for all enlistments, re-
enlistments, extensions of enlistment, or inductions of per-
sons occurring on or after January 1, 1990.
SEC. 1074. DESIGNATION OF BOB HOPE AS HONORARY VET-
ERAN.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States has never in its more than
200 years of existence conferred honorary veteran sta-
tus on any person.
(2) Honorary veteran status is and should re-
main an extraordinary honor not lightly conferred
nor frequently granted.
(3) It is fitting and proper to confer that status
on Bob Hope.
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(4) Bob Hope attempted to enlist in the Armed
Forces to serve his country during World War II but
was informed that the greatest service he could pro-
vide his country was as a civilian entertainer for the
troops.
(5) Since then, Bob Hope has travelled to visit
and entertain millions of members of the Armed
Forces of the United States throughout World War II,
the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, the Persian
Gulf War, and the Cold War, in Europe, Africa, Eng-
land, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sicily, the Aleutian
Islands, Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein Island, Guam,
Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and many
other locations.
(6) Bob Hope frequently elected to stage his
shows in forward combat areas.
(7) Bob Hope richly deserves the more than 100
awards and citations that he has received from gov-
ernment, military, and civic groups.
(8) Those awards include the American Congres-
sional Gold Medal, the Medal of Freedom, the People
to People Award, the Peabody Award, the Jean
Hersholdt Humanitarian Award, the Al Jolson
Award of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Medal of
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Liberty, and the Distinguished Service Medals of each
of the Armed Forces.
(9) Bob Hope has given unselfishly of himself for
over half a century to be with American service mem-
bers on foreign shores, has worked tirelessly to bring
a spirit of humor and cheer to millions of military
members during their loneliest moments, and has,
thereby, extended to them for the American people a
touch of home away from home.
(b) HONORARY DESIGNATION.—The elected representa-
tives of the American people, expressing the gratitude of the
American people to Bob Hope for his years of unselfish serv-
ice to the members of the Armed Forces of the United States,
designate Bob Hope as an honorary veteran of the Armed
Forces of the United States.
SEC. 1075. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON THE DISTRIBUTION
OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO EX-
PLOSIVES, 
DESTRUCTIVE 
DEVICES, 
AND
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
(a) UNLAWFUL CONDUCT.—Section 842 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(l) DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO
EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION.—
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‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘destructive device’ has the
same meaning as in section 921(a)(4);
‘‘(B) the term ‘explosive’ has the same
meaning as in section 844(j); and
‘‘(C) the term ‘weapon of mass destruction’
has the same meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2).
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for any
person—
‘‘(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or
use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a
weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute by
any means information pertaining to, in whole
or in part, the manufacture or use of an explo-
sive, destructive device, or weapon of mass de-
struction, with the intention that the teaching,
demonstration, or information be used for, or in
furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a
Federal criminal offense or a State or local
criminal offense affecting interstate commerce; or
‘‘(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person
the making or use of an explosive, a destructive
device, or a weapon of mass destruction, or to
distribute to any person, by any means, infor-
mation pertaining to, in whole or in part, the
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manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive
device, or weapon of mass destruction, knowing
that such person intends to use the teaching,
demonstration, or information for, or in further-
ance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal
criminal offense or a State or local criminal of-
fense affecting interstate commerce.’’.
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 844 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘person who
violates subsections’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘person who—
‘‘(1) violations subsections’’;
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) violates subsection (l)(2) of section 842 of
this chapter, shall be fined under this title, impris-
oned not more than 20 years, or both.’’; and
(2) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘and (i)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(i), and (l)’’.
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SEC. 1076. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF BURIAL BENE-
FITS TO INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF FED-
ERAL CAPITAL OFFENSES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an indi-
vidual convicted of a capital offense under Federal law shall
not be entitled to the following:
(1) Interment or inurnment in Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery, the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s National
Cemetery, any cemetery in the National Cemetery
System, or any other cemetery administered by the
Secretary of a military department or by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs.
(2) Any other burial benefit under Federal law.
SEC. 1077. NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States has fought in many wars,
and thousands of Americans who served in those wars
were captured by the enemy or listed as missing in
action.
(2) Many of these Americans are still missing
and unaccounted for, and the uncertainty surround-
ing their fates has caused their families to suffer trag-
ic and continuing hardships.
(3) As a symbol of the Nation’s concern and
commitment to accounting as fully as possible for all
Americans still held prisoner, missing, or unac-
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counted for by reason of their service in the Armed
Forces and to honor the Americans who in future
wars may be captured or listed as missing or unac-
counted for, Congress has officially recognized the Na-
tional League of Families POW/MIA flag.
(4) The American people observe and honor with
appropriate ceremony and activity the third Friday
of September each year as National POW/MIA Rec-
ognition Day.
(b) DISPLAY OF POW/MIA FLAG.—The POW/MIA
flag shall be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial
Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day, National
POW/MIA Recognition Day, and on the last business day
before each of the preceding holidays, on the grounds or in
the public lobbies of—
(1) major military installations (as designated
by the Secretary of Defense);
(2) Federal national cemeteries;
(3) the National Korean War Veterans Memorial;
(4) the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial;
(5) the White House;
(6) the official office of the—
(A) Secretary of State;
(B) Secretary of Defense;
(C) Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
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(D) Director of the Selective Service Sys-
tem; and
(7) United States Postal Service post offices.
(c) POW/MIA FLAG DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘POW/MIA flag’’ means the National League of Fami-
lies POW/MIA flag recognized and designated by section 2
of Public Law 101–355 (104 Stat. 416).
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the agency or department re-
sponsible for a location listed in subsection (b) shall pre-
scribe any regulation necessary to carry out this section.
(e) REPEAL OF PROVISION RELATING TO DISPLAY OF
POW/MIA FLAG.—Section 1084 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (36
U.S.C. 189 note, Public Law 102–190) is repealed.
SEC. 1078. DONATION OF EXCESS ARMY CHAPEL PROPERTY
TO CHURCHES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY
ARSON OR OTHER ACTS OF TERRORISM.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Army may donate property
described in subsection (b) to an organization described in
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that
is a religious organization in order to assist the organiza-
tion in restoring or replacing property of the organization
that has been damaged or destroyed as a result of an act
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of arson or terrorism, as determined pursuant to procedures
prescribed by the Secretary.
(b) PROPERTY COVERED.—The property authorized to
be donated under subsection (a) is furniture and other prop-
erty that is in, or formerly in, chapels closed or being closed
and is determined as being excess to the requirements of
the Army. No real property may be donated under this sec-
tion.
(c) DONEES NOT TO BE CHARGED.—No charge may
be imposed by the Secretary on a donee of property under
this section in connection with the donation. However, the
donee shall defray any expense for shipping or other trans-
portation of property donated under this section from the
location of the property when donated to any other location.
SEC. 1079. REPORT ON THE COMMAND SELECTION PROC-
ESS FOR DISTRICT ENGINEERS OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the Army Corps of Engineers—
(A) has served the United States since the
establishment of the Corps in 1802;
(B) has provided unmatched combat engi-
neering services to the Armed Forces and the al-
lies of the United States, both in times of war
and in times of peace;
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(C) has brilliantly fulfilled its domestic
mission of planning, designing, building, and
operating civil works and other water resources
projects;
(D) must remain constantly ready to carry
out its wartime mission while simultaneously
carrying out its domestic civil works mission;
and
(E) continues to provide the United States
with these services in projects of previously un-
known complexity and magnitude, such as the
Everglades Restoration Project and the Louisi-
ana Wetlands Restoration Project;
(2) the duration and complexity of these projects
present unique management and leadership challenges
to the Army Corps of Engineers;
(3) the effective management of these projects is
the primary responsibility of the District Engineer;
(4) District Engineers serve in that position for
a term of 2 years and may have their term extended
for a third year on the recommendation of the Chief
of Engineers; and
(5) the effectiveness of the leadership and man-
agement of major Army Corps of Engineers projects
may be enhanced if the timing of District Engineer
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reassignments were phased to coincide with the major
phases of the projects.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 1998, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit a report to Congress that con-
tains—
(1) an identification of each major Army Corps
of Engineers project that—
(A) is being carried out by each District
Engineer as of the date of the report; or
(B) is being planned by each District Engi-
neer to be carried out during the 5-year period
beginning on the date of the report;
(2) the expected start and completion dates, dur-
ing that period, for each major phase of each project
identified under paragraph (1);
(3) the expected dates for leadership changes in
each Army Corps of Engineers District during that
period;
(4) a plan for optimizing the timing of leader-
ship changes so that there is minimal disruption to
major phases of major Army Corps of Engineers
projects; and
(5) a review of the impact on the Army Corps
of Engineers, and on the mission of each District, of
allowing major command tours of District Engineers
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to be of 2 to 4 years in duration, with the selection
of the exact timing of the change of command to be
at the discretion of the Chief of Engineers who shall
act with the goal of optimizing the timing of each
change so that it has minimal disruption on the mis-
sion of the District Engineer.
SEC. 1080. GAO STUDY ON CERTAIN COMPUTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct a study of the national security
risks relating to the sale of computers with composite theo-
retical performance of between 2,000 and 7,000 million the-
oretical operations per second to end-users in Tier 3 coun-
tries. The study shall also analyze any foreign availability
of computers described in the preceding sentence and the
impact of such sales on United States exporters.
(b) PUBLICATION OF END-USER LIST.—The Secretary
of Commerce shall publish in the Federal Register a list
of military and nuclear end-users of the computers de-
scribed in subsection (a), except any end-user with respect
to whom there is an administrative finding that such publi-
cation would jeopardize the user’s sources and methods.
(c) END-USER ASSISTANCE TO EXPORTERS.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce shall establish a procedure by which
exporters may seek information on questionable end-users.
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(d) DEFINITION OF TIER 3 COUNTRY.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘Tier 3 country’’ has the meaning
given such term in section 740.7 of title 15, Code of Federal
Regulations.
SEC. 1081. CLAIMS BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
FOR LOSS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY DUE TO
FLOODING IN THE RED RIVER BASIN.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The flooding that occurred in the portion of
the Red River Basin encompassing East Grand
Forks, Minnesota, and Grand Forks, North Dakota,
during April and May 1997 is the worst flooding to
occur in that region in the last 500 years.
(2) Over 700 military personnel stationed in the
vicinity of Grand Forks Air Force Base reside in that
portion of the Red River Basin.
(3) The military personnel stationed in the vi-
cinity of Grand Forks Air Force Base have been sta-
tioned there entirely for the convenience of the
Government.
(4) There is insufficient military family housing
at Grand Forks Air Force Base for all of those mili-
tary personnel, and the available off-base housing is
almost entirely within the areas adversely affected by
the flood.
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(5) Many of the military personnel have suffered
catastrophic losses, including total losses of personal
property by some of the personnel.
(6) It is vital to the national security interests
of the United States that the military personnel ad-
versely affected by the flood recover as quickly and
completely as possible.
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the military
department concerned may pay claims for loss and damage
to personal property suffered as a direct result of the flood-
ing in the Red River Basin during April and May 1997,
by members of the Armed Forces residing in the vicinity
of Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, without re-
gard to the provisions of section 3721(e) of title 31, United
States Code.
SEC. 1082. DEFENSE BURDENSHARING.
(a) 
EFFORTS
TO
INCREASE
ALLIED
BURDENSHARING.—The President shall seek to have each
nation that has cooperative military relations with the
United States (including security agreements, basing ar-
rangements, or mutual participation in multinational
military organizations or operations) take one or more of
the following actions:
(1) For any nation in which United States mili-
tary personnel are assigned to permanent duty
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ashore, increase its financial contributions to the pay-
ment of the nonpersonnel costs incurred by the United
States Government for stationing United States mili-
tary personnel in that nation, with a goal of achiev-
ing by September 30, 2000, 75 percent of such costs.
An increase in financial contributions by any nation
under this paragraph may include the elimination of
taxes, fees, or other charges levied on United States
military personnel, equipment, or facilities stationed
in that nation.
(2) Increase its annual budgetary outlays for na-
tional defense as a percentage of its gross domestic
product by 10 percent or at least to a level commensu-
rate to that of the United States by September 30,
1998.
(3) Increase its annual budgetary outlays for for-
eign assistance (to promote democratization, economic
stabilization, transparency arrangements, defense eco-
nomic conversion, respect for the rule of law, and
internationally recognized human rights) by 10 per-
cent or at least to a level commensurate to that of the
United States by September 30, 1998.
(4) Increase the amount of military assets (in-
cluding personnel, equipment, logistics, support and
other resources) that it contributes, or would be pre-
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pared to contribute, to multinational military activi-
ties worldwide.
(b) AUTHORITIES TO ENCOURAGE ACTIONS BY UNIT-
ED STATES ALLIES.—In seeking the actions described in
subsection (a) with respect to any nation, or in response
to a failure by any nation to undertake one or more of such
actions, the President may take any of the following meas-
ures to the extent otherwise authorized by law:
(1) Reduce the end strength level of members of
the Armed Forces assigned to permanent duty ashore
in that nation.
(2) Impose on that nation fees or other charges
similar to those that such nation imposes on United
States forces stationed in that nation.
(3) Reduce (through rescission, impoundment, or
other appropriate procedures as authorized by law)
the amount the United States contributes to the
NATO Civil Budget, Military Budget, or Security In-
vestment Program.
(4) Suspend, modify, or terminate any bilateral
security agreement the United States has with that
nation, consistent with the terms of such agreement.
(5) Reduce (through rescission, impoundment or
other appropriate procedures as authorized by law)
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any United States bilateral assistance appropriated
for that nation.
(6) Take any other action the President deter-
mines to be appropriate as authorized by law.
(c) REPORT ON PROGRESS IN INCREASING ALLIED
BURDENSHARING.—Not later than March 1, 1998, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on—
(1) steps taken by other nations to complete the
actions described in subsection (a);
(2) all measures taken by the President, includ-
ing those authorized in subsection (b), to achieve the
actions described in subsection (a);
(3) the difference between the amount allocated
by other nations for each of the actions described in
subsection (a) during the period beginning on March
1, 1996, and ending on February 28, 1997, and dur-
ing the period beginning on March 1, 1997, and end-
ing on February 28, 1998; and
(4) the budgetary savings to the United States
that are expected to accrue as a result of the steps de-
scribed under paragraph (1).
(d) REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY BASES FOR FOR-
WARD
DEPLOYMENT
AND
BURDENSHARING
RELATION-
SHIPS.—(1) In order to ensure the best allocation of budg-
etary resources, the President shall undertake a review of
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the status of elements of the United States Armed Forces
that are permanently stationed outside the United States.
The review shall include an assessment of the following:
(A) The alliance requirements that are to be
found in agreements between the United States and
other countries.
(B) The national security interests that support
permanently stationing elements of the United States
Armed Forces outside the United States.
(C) The stationing costs associated with the for-
ward deployment of elements of the United States
Armed Forces.
(D) The alternatives available to forward deploy-
ment (such as material prepositioning, enhanced air-
lift and sealift, or joint training operations) to meet
such alliance requirements or national security inter-
ests, with such alternatives identified and described in
detail.
(E) The costs and force structure configurations
associated with such alternatives to forward deploy-
ment.
(F) The financial contributions that allies of the
United States make to common defense efforts (to pro-
mote democratization, economic stabilization, trans-
parency arrangements, defense economic conversion,
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respect for the rule of law, and internationally recog-
nized human rights).
(G) The contributions that allies of the United
States make to meeting the stationing costs associated
with the forward deployment of elements of the Unit-
ed States Armed Forces.
(H) The annual expenditures of the United
States and its allies on national defense, and the rel-
ative percentages of each nation’s gross domestic prod-
uct constituted by those expenditures.
(2) The President shall submit to Congress a report
on the review under paragraph (1). The report shall be sub-
mitted not later than March 1, 1998, in classified and un-
classified form.
SEC. 1083. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING A FOLLOW-
ON FORCE FOR BOSNIA.
(a) The Senate finds the following:
(1) United States military forces were deployed
to Bosnia as members of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) Implementation Forces (IFOR)
to implement the military aspects of the Dayton
Agreement.
(2) The military aspects of the Dayton Agree-
ment were being successfully implemented.
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(3) Following the recommendation of the Sec-
retary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation on December 11, 1996, to extend the presence
of NATO forces in Bosnia until June 1998 so that
progress could be achieved in implementing the civil
aspects of the Dayton Agreement, the President an-
nounced his decision to extend the presence of United
States forces in Bosnia to participate in the NATO
Stabilization Force (SFOR) until June 1998.
(4) The cost of United States participation in
operations in Bosnia from 1992 through June 1998
is estimated to exceed $7,000,000,000.
(5) The President and the Secretary of Defense
have stated that United States forces are to be with-
drawn from Bosnia by June 1998.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) United States ground combat forces should
not participate in a follow-on force in Bosnia and
Herzegovina after June 1998;
(2) the European Security and Defense Identity,
which, as facilitated by the Combined Joint Task
Forces concept, enables the Western European Union,
with the consent of the North Atlantic Alliance, to as-
sume political control and strategic direction of
NATO assets made available by the Alliance, is an
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ideal instrument for a follow-on force for Bosnia and
Herzegovina;
(3) if the European Security and Defense Iden-
tity is not sufficiently developed or is otherwise
deemed inappropriate for such a mission, a NATO-
led force without the participation of United States
ground combat forces in Bosnia, may be suitable for
a follow-on force for Bosnia and Herzegovina;
(4) the United States may decide to appro-
priately provide support to a Western European
Union-led or NATO-led follow-on force, including
command and control, intelligence, logistics, and, if
necessary, a ready reserve force in the region;
(5) the President should inform our European
NATO allies of this expression of the sense of Congress
and should strongly urge them to undertake prepara-
tions for a Western European Union-led or NATO-led
force as a follow-on force to the NATO-led Stabiliza-
tion Force if needed to maintain peace and stability
in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and
(6) the President should consult with the Con-
gress with respect to any support to be provided to a
Western European Union-led or NATO-led follow-on
force in Bosnia after June 1998.
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SEC. 1084. ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS RE-
GARDING THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RELI-
ABILITY OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR WEAP-
ONS STOCKPILE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Nuclear weapons are the most destructive
weapons on earth. The United States and its allies
continue to rely on nuclear weapons to deter potential
adversaries from using weapons of mass destruction.
The safety and reliability of the nuclear stockpile are
essential to ensure its credibility as a deterrent.
(2) On September 24, 1996, President Clinton
signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
(3) Effective as of September 30, 1996, the Unit-
ed States is prohibited by section 507 of the Energy
and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993
(Public Law 102–377; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note) from con-
ducting underground nuclear tests ‘‘unless a foreign
state conducts a nuclear test after this date, at which
time the prohibition on United States nuclear testing
is lifted’’.
(4) Section 1436(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100–
456; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note) requires the Secretary of
Energy to ‘‘establish and support a program to assure
that the United States is in a position to maintain
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the reliability, safety, and continued deterrent effect of
its stockpile of existing nuclear weapons designs in
the event that a low-threshold or comprehensive test
ban on nuclear explosive testing is negotiated and
ratified.’’.
(5) Section 3138(d) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law
103–160; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note) requires the President
to submit an annual report to Congress which sets
forth ‘‘any concerns with respect to the safety, secu-
rity, effectiveness, or reliability of existing United
States nuclear weapons raised by the Stockpile Stew-
ardship Program of the Department of Energy’’.
(6) President Clinton declared in July 1993 that
‘‘to assure that our nuclear deterrent remains unques-
tioned under a test ban, we will explore other means
of maintaining our confidence in the safety, reliabil-
ity, and the performance of our weapons’’. This deci-
sion was codified in a Presidential Directive.
(7) Section 3138 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 also requires that the
Secretary of Energy establish a ‘‘stewardship pro-
gram to ensure the preservation of the core intellec-
tual and technical competencies of the United States
in nuclear weapons’’.
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(8) The plan of the Department of Energy to
maintain the safety and reliability of the United
States nuclear stockpile is known as the Stockpile
Stewardship and Management Program. The ability
of the United States to maintain warheads without
testing will require development of new and sophisti-
cated diagnostic technologies, methods, and proce-
dures. Current diagnostic technologies and laboratory
testing techniques are insufficient to certify the future
safety and reliability of the United States nuclear
stockpile. In the past these laboratory and diagnostic
tools were used in conjunction with nuclear testing.
(9) On August 11, 1995, President Clinton di-
rected ‘‘the establishment of a new annual reporting
and certification requirement [to] ensure that our nu-
clear weapons remain safe and reliable under a com-
prehensive test ban’’.
(10) On the same day, the President noted that
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy
have the responsibility, after being ‘‘advised by the
Nuclear Weapons Council, the Directors of DOE’s nu-
clear weapons laboratories, and the Commander of
United States Strategic Command’’, to provide the
President with the information to make the certifi-
cation referred to in paragraph (9).
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(11) The Joint Nuclear Weapons Council estab-
lished by section 179 of title 10, United States Code,
is responsible for providing advice to the Secretary of
Energy and Secretary of Defense regarding nuclear
weapons issues, including ‘‘considering safety, secu-
rity, and control issues for existing weapons’’. The
Council plays a critical role in advising Congress in
matters relating to nuclear weapons.
(12) It is essential that the President receive
well-informed, objective, and honest opinions from his
advisors and technical experts regarding the safety,
security, and reliability of the nuclear weapons stock-
pile.
(b) POLICY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United
States—
(A) to maintain a safe, secure, and reliable
nuclear weapons stockpile; and
(B) as long as other nations covet or control
nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass de-
struction, to retain a credible nuclear deterrent.
(2) NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE.—It is in the
security interest of the United States to sustain the
United States nuclear weapons stockpile through pro-
grams relating to stockpile stewardship, subcritical
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experiments, maintenance of the weapons laboratories,
and protection of the infrastructure of the weapons
complex.
(3) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
Congress that—
(A) the United States should retain a triad
of strategic nuclear forces sufficient to deter any
future hostile foreign leadership with access to
strategic nuclear forces from acting against our
vital interests;
(B) the United States should continue to
maintain nuclear forces of sufficient size and ca-
pability to hold at risk a broad range of assets
valued by such political and military leaders;
and
(C) the advice of the persons required to
provide the President and Congress with assur-
ances of the safety, security and reliability of the
nuclear weapons force should be scientifically
based, without regard for politics, and of the
highest quality and integrity.
(c) ADVICE
AND OPINIONS REGARDING NUCLEAR
WEAPONS STOCKPILE.—Any director of a nuclear weapons
laboratory or member of the Joint Nuclear Weapons Coun-
cil, or the Commander of United States Strategic Com-
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mand, may submit to the President or Congress advice or
opinion in disagreement with, or in addition to, the advice
presented by the Secretary of Energy or Secretary of De-
fense to the President, the National Security Council, or
Congress, as the case may be, regarding the safety, security,
and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(d) EXPRESSION OF INDIVIDUAL VIEWS.—A represent-
ative of the President may not take any action against, or
otherwise constrain, a director of a nuclear weapons labora-
tory, a member of the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council, or
the Commander of United States Strategic Command for
presenting individual views to the President, the National
Security Council, or Congress regarding the safety, security,
and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT.—The
term ‘‘representative of the President’’ means the fol-
lowing:
(A) Any official of the Department of De-
fense, the Department of Energy who is ap-
pointed by the President and confirmed by the
Senate.
(B) Any member of the National Security
Council.
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(C) Any member of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
(D) Any official of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget.
(2) NUCLEAR WEAPONS LABORATORY.—The term
‘‘nuclear weapons laboratory’’ means any of the fol-
lowing:
(A) Los Alamos National Laboratory.
(B) Livermore National Laboratory.
(C) Sandia National Laboratories.
SEC. 1085. LIMITATION ON USE OF COOPERATIVE THREAT
REDUCTION FUNDS FOR DESTRUCTION OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
(a) LIMITATION.—No funds authorized to be appro-
priated under this or any other Act for fiscal year 1998
for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs may be obli-
gated or expended for chemical weapons destruction activi-
ties, including for the planning, design, or construction of
a chemical weapons destruction facility or for the dis-
mantlement of an existing chemical weapons production fa-
cility, until the President submits to Congress a written cer-
tification under subsection (b).
(b) PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATION.—A certification
under this subsection is either of the following certifications:
(1) A certification that—
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(A) Russia is making reasonable progress
toward the implementation of the Bilateral De-
struction Agreement;
(B) the United States and Russia have
made substantial progress toward the resolution,
to the satisfaction of the United States, of out-
standing compliance issues under the Wyoming
Memorandum of Understanding and the Bilat-
eral Destruction Agreement; and
(C) Russia has fully and accurately de-
clared all information regarding its unitary and
binary chemical weapons, chemical weapons fa-
cilities, and other facilities associated with chem-
ical weapons.
(2) A certification that the national security in-
terests of the United States could be undermined by
a United States policy not to carry out chemical
weapons destruction activities under the Cooperative
Threat Reduction programs for which funds are au-
thorized to be appropriated under this or any other
Act for fiscal year 1998.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Bilateral Destruction Agreement’’
means the Agreement Between the United States of
America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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on Destruction and Nonproduction of Chemical
Weapons and on Measures to Facilitate the Multilat-
eral Convention on Banning Chemical Weapons,
signed on June 1, 1990.
(2) The term ‘‘Chemical Weapons Convention’’
means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Devel-
opment, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signa-
ture on January 13, 1993.
(3) The term ‘‘Cooperative Threat Reduction
program’’ means a program specified in section
1501(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201: 110 Stat.
2731; 50 U.S.C. 2362 note).
(4) The term ‘‘Wyoming Memorandum of Under-
standing’’ means the Memorandum of Understanding
Between the Government of the United States of
America and the Government of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics Regarding a Bilateral Verifica-
tion Experiment and Data Exchange Related to Pro-
hibition on Chemical Weapons, signed at Jackson
Hole, Wyoming, on September 23, 1989.
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SEC. 1086. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF HUMANS AS EXPERI-
MENTAL 
SUBJECTS 
IN 
BIOLOGICAL 
AND
CHEMICAL WEAPONS RESEARCH.
(a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—No officer or employee
of the United States may, directly or by contract—
(1) conduct any test or experiment involving the
use of any chemical or biological agent on a civilian
population; or
(2) otherwise conduct any testing of biological or
chemical agents on human subjects.
(b) INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN ACTIONS.—The pro-
hibition in subsection (a) does not apply to any action car-
ried out for any of the following purposes:
(1) Any peaceful purpose that is related to a
medical, therapeutic, pharmaceutical, agricultural,
industrial, research, or other activity.
(2) Any purpose that is directly related to pro-
tection against toxic chemicals and to protection
against chemical or biological weapons.
(3) Any military purpose of the United States
that is not connected with the use of a chemical weap-
on and is not dependent on the use of the toxic or poi-
sonous properties of the chemical weapon to cause
death or other harm.
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(4) Any law enforcement purpose, including any
domestic riot control purpose and any imposition of
capital punishment.
(c) BIOLOGICAL AGENT DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘biological agent’’ means any micro-organism (includ-
ing bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiac, or protozoa), patho-
gen, or infectious substance, and any naturally occurring,
bioengineered, or synthesized component of any such micro-
organism, pathogen, or infectious substance, whatever its
origin or method of production, that is capable of causing—
(1) death, disease, or other biological malfunc-
tion in a human, an animal, a plant, or another liv-
ing organism;
(2) deterioration of food, water, equipment, sup-
plies, or materials of any kind; or
(3) deleterious alteration of the environment.
(d) REPORT AND CERTIFICATION.—Section 1703(b) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1994 (50 U.S.C. 1523(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(9) A description of any program involving the
testing of biological or chemical agents on human sub-
jects that was carried out by the Department of De-
fense during the period covered by the report, together
with a detailed justification for the testing, a detailed
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explanation of the purposes of the testing, the chemi-
cal or biological agents tested, and the Secretary’s cer-
tification that informed consent to the testing was ob-
tained from each human subject in advance of the
testing on that subject.’’.
(e) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE, SUPERSEDED, AND EX-
ECUTED LAWS.—Section 808 of the Department of Defense
Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1520)
is repealed.
SEC. 1087. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING EXPANSION
OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA-
TION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) met on July 8 and 9, 1997, in Madrid,
Spain, and issued invitations to the Czech Republic,
Hungary, and Poland to begin accession talks to join
NATO.
(2) Congress has expressed its support for the
process of NATO enlargement by approving the
NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–208; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) by a vote of 81–
16 in the Senate, and 353–65 in the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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(3) The United States has assured that the proc-
ess of enlarging NATO will continue after the first
round of invitations in July.
(4) Romania and Slovenia are to be commended
for their progress toward political and economic re-
form and meeting the guidelines for prospective mem-
bership in NATO.
(5) In furthering the purpose and objective of
NATO in promoting stability and well-being in the
North Atlantic area, NATO should invite Romania,
Slovenia, and any other democratic states of Central
and Eastern Europe to accession negotiations to be-
come NATO members as expeditiously as possible
upon the satisfaction of all relevant membership cri-
teria.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that NATO should be commended—
(1) for having committed to review the process of
enlarging NATO at the next NATO summit in 1999;
and
(2) for singling out the positive developments to-
ward democracy and rule of law in Romania and
Slovenia.
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SEC. 1088. SECURITY, FIRE PROTECTION, AND OTHER SERV-
ICES AT PROPERTY FORMERLY ASSOCIATED
WITH RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT, TEXAS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.—(1)
The Secretary of the Army may enter into an agreement
with the local redevelopment authority for Red River Army
Depot, Texas, under which agreement the Secretary pro-
vides security services, fire protection services, or hazardous
material response services for the authority with respect to
the property at the depot that is under the jurisdiction of
the authority as a result of the realignment of the depot
under the base closure laws.
(2) The Secretary may not enter into the agreement
unless the Secretary determines that the provision of serv-
ices under the agreement is in the best interests of the Unit-
ed States.
(3) The agreement shall provide for reimbursing the
Secretary for the services provided by the Secretary under
the agreement.
(b) TREATMENT OF REIMBURSEMENT.—Any amounts
received by the Secretary under the agreement under sub-
section (a) shall be credited to the appropriations providing
funds for the services concerned. Amounts so credited shall
be merged with the appropriations to which credited and
shall be available for the purposes, and subject to the condi-
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tions and limitations, for which such appropriations are
available.
SEC. 1089. AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
CONCERNING DISPOSAL OF ASSETS UNDER
COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS 
ON 
AIR 
DE-
FENSE IN CENTRAL EUROPE.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of De-
fense, pursuant to an amendment or amendments to the Eu-
ropean air defense agreements, may dispose of any defense
articles owned by the United States and acquired to carry
out such agreements by providing such articles to the Fed-
eral Republic of Germany. In carrying out such disposal,
the Secretary—
(1) may provide without monetary charge to the
Federal Republic of Germany articles specified in the
agreements; and
(2) may accept from the Federal Republic of
Germany (in exchange for the articles provided under
paragraph (1)) articles, services, or any other consid-
eration, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(b) DEFINITION OF EUROPEAN AIR DEFENSE AGREE-
MENTS.—For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Euro-
pean air defense agreements’’ means—
(1) the agreement entitled ‘‘Agreement between
the Secretary of Defense of the United States of Amer-
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ica and the Minister of Defense of the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany on Cooperative Measures for Enhanc-
ing Air Defense for Central Europe’’, signed on De-
cember 6, 1983; and
(2) the agreement entitled ‘‘Agreement between
the Secretary of Defense of the United States of Amer-
ica and the Minister of Defense of the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany in implementation of the 6 December
1983 Agreement on Cooperative Measures for Enhanc-
ing Air Defense for Central Europe’’, signed on July
12, 1984.
SEC. 1090. RESTRICTIONS ON QUANTITIES OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES 
AVAILABLE 
FOR 
PERSONNEL
OVERSEAS THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE SOURCES.
(a) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall prescribe regulations relative to the quantity of
alcoholic beverages that is available outside the United
States through Department of Defense sources, including
nonappropriated fund instrumentalities under the Depart-
ment of Defense, for the use of a member of the Armed
Forces, an employee of the Department of Defense, and de-
pendents of such personnel.
(b) APPLICABLE
STANDARD.—Each quantity pre-
scribed by the Secretary shall be a quantity that is consist-
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ent with the prevention of illegal resale or other illegal dis-
position of alcoholic beverages overseas and such regulations
shall be accompanied with elimination of barriers to exports
of United States made beverages currently placed by other
countries.
TITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
SEC. 1101. USE OF PROHIBITED CONSTRAINTS TO MANAGE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL.
Section 129 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f)(1) Not later than February 1 and August 1 of each
year, the Secretary of each military department and the
head of each Defense Agency shall submit to the Committee
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Na-
tional Security of the House of Representative a report on
the management of the civilian workforce under the juris-
diction of that official.
‘‘(2) Each report of an official under paragraph (1)
shall contain the following:
‘‘(A) The official’s certification that the civilian
workforce under the jurisdiction of the official is not
subject to any constraint or limitation in terms of
man years, end strength, full-time equivalent posi-
tions, or maximum number of employees, and that,
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during the six months preceding the date on which
the report is due, such workforce has not been subject
to any such constraint or limitation.
‘‘(B) A description of how the civilian workforce
is managed.
‘‘(C) A detailed description of the analytical
tools used to determine civilian workforce require-
ments during the six-month period referred to in sub-
paragraph (A).’’.
SEC. 1102. EMPLOYMENT OF CIVILIAN FACULTY AT THE MA-
RINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.
(a) EXPANDED AUTHORITY.—Subsections (a) and (c)
of section 7478 of title 10, United States Code, are amended
by striking out ‘‘the Marine Corps Command and Staff Col-
lege’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a school of the Marine
Corps University’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of such
section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 7478. Naval War College and Marine Corps Univer-
sity: civilian faculty members’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
643 of such title is amended by striking out the item relat-
ing to section 7478 and inserting in lieu thereof the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘7478. Naval War College and Marine Corps University: civilian faculty mem-
bers.’’.
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SEC. 1103. EXTENSION AND REVISION OF VOLUNTARY SEP-
ARATION INCENTIVE PAY AUTHORITY.
(a) REMITTANCE TO CSRS FUND.—Section 5597 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(h)(1) In addition to any other payment that it is
required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or
chapter 84 of this title, the Department of Defense shall
remit to the Office of Personnel Management an amount
equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of each covered
employee. The remittance shall be in place of any remit-
tance with respect to the employee that is otherwise required
under section 4(a) of the Federal Workforce Restructuring
Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C. 8331 note).
‘‘(2) Amounts remitted under paragraph (1) shall be
deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit
of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
‘‘(3) For the purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘covered employee’ means an em-
ployee who is subject to subchapter III of chapter 83
or chapter 84 of this title and to whom a voluntary
separation incentive has been paid under this section
on the basis of a separation on or after October 1,
1997; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘final basic pay’ has the meaning
given such term in section 4(a)(2) of the Federal
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Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C. 8331
note).’’.
(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—(1) Subsection (e) of
such section is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30,
1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 2001’’.
(2) Section 4436(d)(2) of the Defense Conversion, Re-
investment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (5
U.S.C. 8348 note) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1,
2000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘January 1, 2002’’.
SEC. 1104. REPEAL OF DEADLINE FOR PLACEMENT CONSID-
ERATION OF INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED
MILITARY RESERVE TECHNICIANS.
Section 3329(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘a position described in subsection
(c) not later than 6 months after the date of the applica-
tion’’.
SEC. 1105. RATE OF PAY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OVERSEAS TEACHER UPON TRANSFER TO
GENERAL SCHEDULE POSITION.
(a) PREVENTION OF EXCESSIVE INCREASES.—Section
5334(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘20 percent’’ and all that follows and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘an amount determined under regulations
which the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for the deter-
mination of the yearly rate of pay of the position. The
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amount by which a rate of pay is increased under the regu-
lations may not exceed the amount equal to 20 percent of
that rate of pay.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND SAVINGS PROVISION.—(1)
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) In the case of a person who is employed in a teach-
ing position referred to in section 5334(d) of title 5, United
States Code, on the day before the effective date determined
under paragraph (1), the rate of pay determined under such
section (as in effect on that day) shall not be reduced by
reason of the amendment made by subsection (a) for so long
as the person continues to serve in that position or another
such position without a break in service on or after that
day.
SEC. 1106. NATURALIZATION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE
GEORGE C. MARSHALL EUROPEAN CENTER
FOR SECURITY STUDIES.
(a) 
ELIGIBILITY
WITHOUT
PERMANENT
RESI-
DENCE.—Subsection (a) of section 506 of the Intelligence
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1990 (Public Law 101–193;
103 Stat. 1709; 8 U.S.C. 1430 note) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(a) For purposes of subsection (c) of section 319 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430), the
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George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies,
located in Garmisch, Federal Republic of Germany, shall
be considered to be an organization described in clause (1)
of such subsection. Notwithstanding clauses (2) and (4) of
such subsection and any other provision of title III of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, neither prior admission
to the United States for permanent residence nor presence
in the United States at the time of naturalization is re-
quired as a condition for the naturalization (under the au-
thority of such subsection) of a person employed by the Cen-
ter.’’.
(b) REFERENCE CORRECTION.—The section heading of
such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZENSHIP FOR STAFF OF GEORGE
C. MARSHALL
EUROPEAN
CENTER
FOR
SECURITY
STUDIES’’.
SEC. 1107. GARNISHMENT AND INVOLUNTARY ALLOTMENT.
Section 5520a of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (j), by striking out paragraph
(2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(2) Such regulations shall provide that an agency’s
administrative costs in executing a garnishment action
may be added to the garnishment, and that the agency may
retain costs recovered as offsetting collections.’’;
(2) in subsection (k)—
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(A) by striking out paragraph (3); and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (3); and
(3) by striking out subsection (l).
SEC. 1108. HIGHER EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE
NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy may
establish under the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (here-
after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Center’’) and the
Acquisition Center for Excellence of the Navy jointly a pilot
program of higher education with respect to the administra-
tion of business relationships between the Federal Govern-
ment and the private sector.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot program is
to make available to employees of the Center and employees
of the Naval Sea Systems Command a curriculum of grad-
uate-level higher education that—
(1) is designed to prepare the employees effec-
tively to meet the challenges of administering Federal
Government contracting and other business relation-
ships between the Federal Government and businesses
in the private sector in the context of constantly
changing or newly emerging industries, technologies,
governmental organizations, policies, and procedures
(including governmental organizations, policies, and
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procedures recommended in the National Performance
Review); and
(2) leads to award of a graduate degree.
(c) PARTNERSHIP WITH INSTITUTION
OF HIGHER
EDUCATION.—(1) The Secretary may enter into an agree-
ment with an institution of higher education to assist the
Center with the development of the curriculum, to offer
courses and provide instruction and materials to the extent
provided for in the agreement, to provide any other assist-
ance in support of the pilot program that is provided for
in the agreement, and to award a graduate degree under
the pilot program.
(2) An institution of higher education is eligible to
enter into an agreement under paragraph (1) if the institu-
tion has an established program of graduate-level education
that is relevant to the purpose of the pilot program.
(d) CURRICULUM.—The curriculum offered under the
pilot program shall—
(1) be designed specifically to achieve the pur-
pose of the pilot program; and
(2) include—
(A) courses that are typically offered under
curricula leading to award of the degree of Mas-
ters of Business Administration by institutions
of higher education; and
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(B) courses for meeting educational quali-
fication requirements for certification as an ac-
quisition program manager.
(e) DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION.—The pilot program
may include policies and procedures for offering distance
learning instruction by means of telecommunications, cor-
respondence, or other methods for off-site receipt of instruc-
tion.
(f) PERIOD
FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary
shall carry out the pilot program during fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the termi-
nation of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report on the pilot program. The report shall
include the Secretary’s assessment of the value of the pro-
gram for meeting the purpose of the program and the desir-
ability of permanently establishing a similar program for
all of the Department of Defense.
(h) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEFINED.—
In this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the meaning given the term in section 1201 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141).
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) Funds
are authorized to be appropriated for the Navy for the pilot
program for fiscal year 1998 in the total amount of
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$2,500,000. The amount authorized to be appropriated for
the pilot program is in addition to other amounts author-
ized by other provisions of this Act to be appropriated for
the Navy for fiscal year 1998.
(2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by sec-
tion 421 is hereby reduced by $2,500,000.
TITLE XII—FEDERAL CHARTER
FOR THE AIR FORCE SER-
GEANTS ASSOCIATION
SEC. 1201. RECOGNITION AND GRANT OF FEDERAL CHAR-
TER.
The Air Force Sergeants Association, a nonprofit cor-
poration organized under the laws of the District of Colum-
bia, is recognized as such and granted a Federal charter.
SEC. 1202. POWERS.
The Air Force Sergeants Association (in this title re-
ferred to as the ‘‘association’’) shall have only those powers
granted to it through its bylaws and articles of incorpora-
tion filed in the District of Columbia and subject to the
laws of the District of Columbia.
SEC. 1203. PURPOSES.
The purposes of the association are those provided in
its bylaws and articles of incorporation and shall include
the following:
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(1) To help maintain a highly dedicated and
professional corps of enlisted personnel within the
United States Air Force, including the United States
Air Force Reserve, and the Air National Guard.
(2) To support fair and equitable legislation and
Department of the Air Force policies and to influence
by lawful means departmental plans, programs, poli-
cies, and legislative proposals that affect enlisted per-
sonnel of the Regular Air Force, the Air Force Re-
serve, and the Air National Guard, its retirees, and
other veterans of enlisted service in the Air Force.
(3) To actively publicize the roles of enlisted per-
sonnel in the United States Air Force.
(4) To participate in civil and military activi-
ties, youth programs, and fundraising campaigns
that benefit the United States Air Force.
(5) To provide for the mutual welfare of members
of the association and their families.
(6) To assist in recruiting for the United States
Air Force.
(7) To assemble together for social activities.
(8) To maintain an adequate Air Force for our
beloved country.
(9) To foster among the members of the associa-
tion a devotion to fellow airmen.
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(10) To serve the United States and the United
States Air Force loyally, and to do all else necessary
to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United
States.
SEC. 1204. SERVICE OF PROCESS.
With respect to service of process, the association shall
comply with the laws of the District of Columbia and those
States in which it carries on its activities in furtherance
of its corporate purposes.
SEC. 1205. MEMBERSHIP.
Except as provided in section 1208(g), eligibility for
membership in the association and the rights and privileges
of members shall be as provided in the bylaws and articles
of incorporation of the association.
SEC. 1206. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Except as provided in section 1208(g), the composition
of the board of directors of the association and the respon-
sibilities of the board shall be as provided in the bylaws
and articles of incorporation of the association and in con-
formity with the laws of the District of Columbia.
SEC. 1207. OFFICERS.
Except as provided in section 1208(g), the positions
of officers of the association and the election of members
to such positions shall be as provided in the bylaws and
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articles of incorporation of the association and in conform-
ity with the laws of the District of Columbia.
SEC. 1208. RESTRICTIONS.
(a) INCOME AND COMPENSATION.—No part of the in-
come or assets of the association may inure to the benefit
of any member, officer, or director of the association or be
distributed to any such individual during the life of this
charter. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to pre-
vent the payment of reasonable compensation to the officers
and employees of the association or reimbursement for ac-
tual and necessary expenses in amounts approved by the
board of directors.
(b) LOANS.—The association may not make any loan
to any member, officer, director, or employee of the associa-
tion.
(c) ISSUANCE
OF STOCK
AND PAYMENT
OF DIVI-
DENDS.—The association may not issue any shares of stock
or declare or pay any dividends.
(d) DISCLAIMER OF CONGRESSIONAL OR FEDERAL AP-
PROVAL.—The association may not claim the approval of
the Congress or the authorization of the Federal Government
for any of its activities by virtue of this title.
(e) CORPORATE STATUS.—The association shall main-
tain its status as a corporation organized and incorporated
under the laws of the District of Columbia.
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(f) CORPORATE FUNCTION.—The association shall
function as an educational, patriotic, civic, historical, and
research organization under the laws of the District of Co-
lumbia.
(g) NONDISCRIMINATION.—In establishing the condi-
tions of membership in the association and in determining
the requirements for serving on the board of directors or
as an officer of the association, the association may not dis-
criminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
age, or national origin.
SEC. 1209. LIABILITY.
The association shall be liable for the acts of its offi-
cers, directors, employees, and agents whenever such indi-
viduals act within the scope of their authority.
SEC. 1210. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BOOKS AND
RECORDS.
(a) BOOKS AND RECORDS OF ACCOUNT.—The associa-
tion shall keep correct and complete books and records of
account and minutes of any proceeding of the association
involving any of its members, the board of directors, or any
committee having authority under the board of directors.
(b) NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF MEMBERS.—The asso-
ciation shall keep at its principal office a record of the
names and addresses of all members having the right to vote
in any proceeding of the association.
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(c) RIGHT TO INSPECT BOOKS AND RECORDS.—All
books and records of the association may be inspected by
any member having the right to vote in any proceeding of
the association, or by any agent or attorney of such member,
for any proper purpose at any reasonable time.
(d) APPLICATION OF STATE LAW.—This section may
not be construed to contravene any applicable State law.
SEC. 1211. AUDIT OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide
for audit of accounts of private corporations established
under Federal law’’, approved August 30, 1964 (36 U.S.C.
1101), is amended—
(1) by redesignating the paragraph (77) added
by section 1811 of Public Law 104–201 (110 Stat.
2762) as paragraph (78); and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(79) Air Force Sergeants Association.’’.
SEC. 1212. ANNUAL REPORT.
The association shall annually submit to Congress a
report concerning the activities of the association during
the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be sub-
mitted on the same date as the report of the audit required
by reason of the amendment made in section 1211. The an-
nual report shall not be printed as a public document.
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SEC. 1213. RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, OR
REPEAL CHARTER.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this title is ex-
pressly reserved to Congress.
SEC. 1214. TAX-EXEMPT STATUS REQUIRED AS CONDITION
OF CHARTER.
If the association fails to maintain its status as an
organization exempt from taxation as provided in the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 the charter granted in this title
shall terminate.
SEC. 1215. TERMINATION.
The charter granted in this title shall expire if the as-
sociation fails to comply with any of the provisions of this
title.
SEC. 1216. DEFINITION OF STATE.
For purposes of this title, the term ‘‘State’’ includes
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and
the territories and possessions of the United States.
DIVISION 
B—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998’’.
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TITLE XXI—ARMY
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND
ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
in section 2104(a)(1), the Secretary of the Army may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction
projects for the installations and locations inside the United
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Army: Inside the United States
State
Installation or location
Amount
Alabama .............................
Redstone Arsenal ......................................
$27,000,000
Arizona ...............................
Fort Huachuca .........................................
$20,000,000
California ...........................
Naval Weapons Station, Concord ...........
$23,000,000
Colorado .............................
Fort Carson ..............................................
$7,300,000
Georgia ...............................
Fort Gordon ..............................................
$22,000,000
Hawaii ...............................
Schofield Barracks ...................................
$44,000,000
Indiana ...............................
Crane Army Ammunition Activity ........
$7,700,000
Kansas ................................
Fort Leavenworth .....................................
$63,000,000
Fort Riley .................................................
$25,800,000
Kentucky ............................
Fort Campbell ...........................................
$53,600,000
Fort Knox .................................................
$7,200,000
North Carolina ..................
Fort Bragg ................................................
$6,500,000
South Carolina ..................
Naval Weapons Station, Charleston .......
$7,700,000
Texas ...................................
Fort Sam Houston ...................................
$16,000,000
Virginia ..............................
Charlottesville ...........................................
$3,100,000
Fort A.P. Hill ...........................................
$5,400,000
Fort Myer ..................................................
$8,200,000
Washington ........................
Fort Lewis ................................................
$33,000,000
CONUS Classified .............
Classified Location ...................................
$6,500,000
Total: .................................................
$387,000,000
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2104(a)(2), the Secretary of the Army may
acquire real property and carry out military construction
projects for the locations outside the United States, and in
the amounts, set forth in the following table:
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Army: Outside the United States
Country
Installation or location
Amount
Germany ..................................
Katterbach Kaserne, Ansbach .............
$22,000,000
Kitzingen .............................................
$4,365,000
Tompkins Barracks, Heidelberg .........
$8,800,000
Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Military
Support Group, Kaiserslautern.
$6,000,000
Korea .......................................
Camp Casey .........................................
$5,100,000
Camp Castle ........................................
$8,400,000
Camp Humphreys ...............................
$32,000,000
Camp Red Cloud .................................
$23,600,000
Camp Stanley ......................................
$7,000,000
Various Overseas .....................
Various Locations ...............................
$37,000,000
Worldwide ...............................
Host Nation Support ..........................
$20,000,000
Total: ............................................
$174,265,000
SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING.
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2104(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the
Army may construct or acquire family housing units (in-
cluding land acquisition) at the installations, for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts set forth in the following table:
Army: Family Housing
State
Installation or loca-
tion
Purpose
Amount
Alaska ..............................
Fort Richardson .............
52 Units ...........
$9,600,000
Fort Wainwright ............
32 Units ...........
$8,300,000
Florida ............................
Miami ..............................
8 Units .............
$2,300,000
Hawaii ............................
Schofield Barracks .........
132 Units .........
$26,600,000
Kentucky .........................
Fort Campbell .................
Family housing
improvements.
$8,500,000
Maryland ........................
Fort Meade ......................
56 Units ...........
$7,900,000
New York .........................
United States Military
Academy, West Point.
Whole neighbor-
hood revital-
ization.
$5,400,000
North Carolina ...............
Fort Bragg ......................
174 Units .........
$20,150,000
Texas ...............................
Fort Bliss ........................
91 Units ...........
$12,900,000
Fort Hood .......................
130 Units .........
$18,800,000
Total: ........
$120,450,000
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in
section 2104(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Army may carry
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out architectural and engineering services and construction
design activities with respect to the construction or im-
provement of family housing units in an amount not to
exceed $11,665,000.
SEC. 2103. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
UNITS.
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code,
and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2104(a)(5)(A), the Sec-
retary of the Army may improve existing military family
housing units in an amount not to exceed $44,800,000.
SEC. 2104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds are hereby authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30,
1997, for military construction, land acquisition, and mili-
tary family housing functions of the Department of the
Army in the total amount of $1,951,478,000 as follows:
(1) For military construction projects inside the
United 
States 
authorized 
by 
section 
2101(a),
$360,500,000.
(2) For the military construction projects outside
the United States authorized by section 2101(b),
$174,265,000.
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(3) For unspecified minor military construction
projects authorized by section 2805 of title 10, United
States Code, $6,000,000.
(4) For architectural and engineering services
and construction design under section 2807 of title
10, United States Code, $50,512,000.
(5) For military family housing functions:
(A) For construction and acquisition, plan-
ning and design, and improvement of military
family housing and facilities, $176,915,000.
(B) For support of military family housing
(including the functions described in section
2833 
of 
title 
10, 
United 
States 
Code),
$1,143,286,000.
(6) For the construction of the National Range
Control Center, White Sands Missile Range, New
Mexico, authorized by section 2101(a) of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
(division B of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2763),
$18,000,000.
(7) For the construction of the whole barracks
complex renewal, Fort Knox, Kentucky, authorized by
section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (110 Stat. 2763),
$22,000,000.
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(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost
of all projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act
may not exceed—
(1) the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
(a); and
(2) $26,500,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2101(a) for the construction of
the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas).
SEC. 2105. AUTHORITY TO USE CERTAIN PRIOR YEAR
FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT A HELIPORT AT FORT
IRWIN, CALIFORNIA.
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law and subject to subsection (b),
the Secretary of the Army may carry out a project to con-
struct a heliport at Fort Irwin, California, using the follow-
ing amounts:
(1) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in section 2104(a)(1) of
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1995 (division B of Public Law 103–337;
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108 Stat. 3029) for the military construction project
at Fort Irwin authorized by section 2101(a) of that
Act (108 Stat. 3027).
(2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in section 2104(a)(1) of
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1996 (division B of Public Law 104–106;
110 Stat. 524) for the military construction project at
Fort Irwin authorized by section 2101(a) of that Act
(110 Stat. 523).
(b) LIMITATION
ON
AVAILABILITY.—Unless funds
available under subsection (a) are obligated for the project
covered by that subsection by the later of the dates set forth
in section 2701(a) of this Act, the authority in that sub-
section to use funds for the project shall expire on the later
of such dates.
TITLE XXII—NAVY
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND
ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
in section 2204(a)(1), the Secretary of the Navy may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction
projects for the installations and locations inside the United
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
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Navy: Inside the United States
State
Installation or location
Amount
Arizona .............................
Navy Detachment, Camp Navajo ................
$11,426,000
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma ...............
$14,700,000
California .........................
Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendle-
ton.
$14,020,000
Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar .........
$8,700,000
Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center,
Twentynine Palms.
$3,810,000
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton .........
$39,469,000
Naval Air Facility, El Centro .....................
$11,000,000
Naval Air Station, North Island ................
$19,600,000
Connecticut .......................
Naval Submarine Base, New London .........
$23,560,000
Florida ..............................
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville ..................
$3,480,000
Hawaii ..............................
Honolulu (Fort DeRussy) ............................
$9,500,000
Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay ..
$19,000,000
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Area, Master Station, Eastern Pacific,
Honolulu.
$3,900,000
Naval Station, Pearl Harbor ......................
$25,000,000
Illinois ...............................
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes ..........
$41,220,000
Mississippi ........................
Navy 
Combat 
Battalion 
Construction
Base, Gulfport.
$22,440,000
North Carolina .................
Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point ...
$8,800,000
Marine Corps Air Station, New River .......
$19,900,000
Rhode Island .....................
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division,
Newport.
$8,900,000
South Carolina .................
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Is-
land.
$3,200,000
Virginia ............................
Fleet Combat Training Center, Dam Neck
$7,000,000
Naval Air Station, Norfolk ..........................
$14,240,000
Naval Air Station, Oceana ..........................
$28,000,000
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek .........
$8,685,000
Naval Station, Norfolk .................................
$64,970,000
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren ..
$20,480,000
Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown .............
$11,257,000
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth .........
$9,500,000
Washington .......................
Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island ............
$1,100,000
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton
$4,400,000
Total: .....................................................
$481,257,000
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2204(a)(2), the Secretary of the Navy may
acquire real property and carry out military construction
projects for the installations and locations outside the Unit-
ed States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following
table:
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Navy: Outside the United States
Country
Installation or location
Amount
Bahrain .............................
Administrative Support Unit, Bahrain .....
$30,100,000
Guam ................................
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Area, Master Station, Western Pacific.
$4,050,000
Italy ..................................
Naval Air Station, Sigonella ......................
$21,440,000
Naval Support Activity, Naples ..................
$8,200,000
United Kingdom ..............
Joint Maritime Communications Center,
Saint Mawgan.
$2,330,000
Total: .....................................................
$65,920,000
SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING.
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2204(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the
Navy may construct or acquire family housing units (in-
cluding land acquisition) at the installations, for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts set forth in the following table:
Navy: Family Housing
State
Installation
Purpose
Amount
California ..................
Marine Corps Air Sta-
tion, Miramar.
166 Units .........
$28,881,000
Marine Corps Air-
Ground Combat Cen-
ter, Twentynine Palms.
132 Units .........
$23,891,000
Marine Corps Base,
Camp Pendleton.
171 Units .........
$22,518,000
Naval Air Station,
Lemoore.
128 Units .........
$23,226,000
North Carolina ..........
Marine Corps Base,
Camp Lejeune.
37 Units ...........
$2,863,000
Texas ..........................
Naval Air Station, Cor-
pus Christi.
57 Units ...........
$6,470,000
Washington ................
Naval Air Station,
Whidbey Island.
198 Units .........
$32,290,000
Total: ........
$140,139,000
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in
section 2204(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Navy may carry
out architectural and engineering services and construction
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design activities with respect to the construction or im-
provement of military family housing units in an amount
not to exceed $15,850,000.
SEC. 2203. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
UNITS.
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code,
and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2204(a)(5)(A), the Sec-
retary of the Navy may improve existing military family
housing units in an amount not to exceed $173,780,000.
SEC. 2204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds are hereby authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30,
1997, for military construction, land acquisition, and mili-
tary family housing functions of the Department of the
Navy in the total amount of $1,907,387,000 as follows:
(1) For military construction projects inside the
United 
States 
authorized 
by 
section 
2201(a),
$448,637,000.
(2) For military construction projects outside the
United 
States 
authorized 
by 
section 
2201(b),
$65,920,000.
(3) For unspecified minor construction projects
authorized by section 2805 of title 10, United States
Code, $9,960,000.
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(4) For architectural and engineering services
and construction design under section 2807 of title
10, United States Code, $47,597,000.
(5) For military family housing functions:
(A) For construction and acquisition, plan-
ning and design, and improvement of military
family housing and facilities, $329,769,000.
(B) For support of military housing (in-
cluding functions described in section 2833 of
title 10, United States Code), $976,504,000.
(6) For construction of a large anachoic chamber
facility at Patuxent River Naval Warfare Center,
Maryland, authorized by section 2201(a) of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1993 (division B of Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat.
2590), $9,000,000.
(7) For construction of a bachelor enlisted quar-
ters at Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois, author-
ized by section 2201(a) of the Military Construction
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (division B of
Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2766), $5,200,000.
(8) For construction of a bachelor enlisted quar-
ters at Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico,
authorized by section 2201(b) of the Military Con-
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struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (110
Stat. 2767), $14,600,000.
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost
of all projects carried out under section 2201 of this Act
may not exceed—
(1) the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
(a); and
(2) $32,620,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2101(a) for the replacement of
the Berthing Pier at Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia.
(c) ADJUSTMENT.—The total amount authorized to be
appropriated under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) is the
sum of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
such paragraph, reduced by $8,463,000 (the combination of
project savings resulting from favorable bids, reduced over-
head costs, and cancellations due to force structure changes).
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SEC. 2205. AUTHORIZATION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT AT PASCAGOULA NAVAL STATION,
MISSISSIPPI, FOR WHICH FUNDS HAVE BEEN
APPROPRIATED.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The table in section 2201(a) of
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1997 (division B of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2766)
is amended by striking out the item relating to Navy
Project, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
Mississippi ........................
Naval Station Pascagoula ...........................
$4,990,000
Navy Project, Stennis Space Center ...........
$7,960,000
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2204(a) of
such Act (110 Stat. 2769) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking out ‘‘$2,213,731,000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘$2,218,721,000’’; and
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
out
‘‘$579,312,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof
‘‘$584,302,000’’.
SEC. 2206. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION FOR MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT ROOSEVELT
ROADS NAVAL STATION, PUERTO RICO.
(a) INCREASE.—The table in section 2201(b) of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
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1997 (division B of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2767)
is amended in the amount column of the item relating to
Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, by striking
out 
‘‘$23,600,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof
‘‘$24,100,000’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2204(b)(4) of
such Act (110 Stat. 2770) is amended by striking out
‘‘$14,100,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$14,600,000’’.
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
in section 2304(a)(1), the Secretary of the Air Force may
acquire real property and carry out military construction
projects for the installations and locations inside the United
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Air Force: Inside the United States
State
Installation or location
Amount
Alabama ....................................
Maxwell Air Force Base ......................
$5,574,000
Alaska ........................................
Clear Air Force Station ......................
$67,069,000
Elmendorf Air Force Base ...................
$6,100,000
Eielson Air Force Base ........................
$13,764,000
Indian Mountain Long Range Radar
Site.
$1,991,000
California ..................................
Edwards Air Force Base .....................
$2,887,000
Vandenberg Air Force Base .................
$26,876,000
Colorado ....................................
Buckley Air National Guard Base .....
$6,718,000
Falcon Air Force Station ....................
$10,551,000
Peterson Air Force Base ......................
$4,081,000
United States Air Force Academy ......
$15,229,000
Florida ......................................
Eglin Auxiliary Field 9 ......................
$6,470,000
MacDill Air Force Base .......................
$1,543,000
Georgia ......................................
Moody Air Force Base .........................
$15,900,000
Robins Air Force Base .........................
$18,663,000
Hawaii ......................................
Bellows Air Force Station ...................
$5,232,000
Idaho .........................................
Mountain Home Air Force Base ........
$30,669,000
Kansas .......................................
McConnell Air Force Base ...................
$19,219,000
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State
Installation or location
Amount
Louisiana ..................................
Barksdale Air Force Base ....................
$19,410,000
Mississippi ................................
Keesler Air Force Base ........................
$30,855,000
Missouri ....................................
Whiteman Air Force Base ...................
$17,419,000
Montana ....................................
Malmstrom Air Force Base .................
$4,500,000
Nebraska ....................................
Offutt Air Force Base ..........................
$6,900,000
Nevada .......................................
Nellis Air Force Base ...........................
$5,900,000
New Jersey ................................
McGuire Air Force Base ......................
$9,954,000
New Mexico ...............................
Cannon Air Force Base .......................
$2,900,000
Kirtland Air Force Base .....................
$20,300,000
North Carolina .........................
Pope Air Force Base ............................
$8,356,000
North Dakota ............................
Grand Forks Air Force Base ...............
$8,560,000
Minot Air Force Base ..........................
$5,200,000
Ohio ...........................................
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base .......
$32,750,000
Oklahoma ..................................
Altus Air Force Base ...........................
$11,000,000
Tinker Air Force Base .........................
$9,655,000
Vance Air Force Base ..........................
$7,700,000
South Carolina .........................
Shaw Air Force Base ...........................
$6,072,000
South Dakota ............................
Ellsworth Air Force Base ....................
$6,600,000
Tennessee ...................................
Arnold Air Force Base .........................
$10,750,000
Texas .........................................
Dyess Air Force Base ...........................
$10,000,000
Randolph Air Force Base ....................
$2,488,000
Utah ...........................................
Hill Air Force Base .............................
$6,470,000
Virginia .....................................
Langley Air Force Base .......................
$4,031,000
Washington ...............................
Fairchild Air Force Base ....................
$24,016,000
McChord Air Force Base .....................
$9,655,000
CONUS Classified ....................
Classified Location ...............................
$6,175,000
Total: .............................................
$546,152,000
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2304(a)(2), the Secretary of the Air Force
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installations and locations outside the
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following
table:
Air Force: Outside the United States
Country
Installation or location
Amount
Germany ...................................
Spangdahlem Air Base ........................
$18,500,000
Italy ...........................................
Aviano Air Base ...................................
$15,220,000
Korea .........................................
Kunsan Air Base .................................
$10,325,000
Portugal ....................................
Lajes Field, Azores ...............................
$4,800,000
United Kingdom .......................
Royal Air Force, Lakenheath ..............
$11,400,000
Overseas Classified ...................
Classified Location ...............................
$29,100,000
Total: .............................................
$89,345,000
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SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING.
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2304(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the
Air Force may construct or acquire family housing units
(including land acquisition) at the installations, for the
purposes, and in the amounts set forth in the following
table:
Air Force: Family Housing
State
Installation or loca-
tion
Purpose
Amount
California ........................
Edwards Air Force Base
51 units ............
$8,500,000
Travis Air Force Base ...
70 units ............
$9,714,000
Vandenberg Air Force
Base.
108 units ..........
$17,100,000
Delaware .........................
Dover Air Force Base ....
Ancillary Facil-
ity.
$831,000
District of Columbia ......
Bolling Air Force Base ..
46 units ............
$5,100,000
Florida ............................
MacDill Air Force Base
58 units ............
$10,000,000
Tyndall Air Force Base
32 units ............
$4,200,000
Georgia ............................
Robins Air Force Base ...
106 units ..........
$12,000,000
Idaho ...............................
Mountain Home Air
Force Base.
60 units ............
$11,032,000
Kansas .............................
McConnell Air Force
Base.
19 units ............
$2,951,000
Mississippi ......................
Columbus Air Force
Base.
50 units ............
$6,200,000
Keesler Air Force Base ..
40 units ............
$5,000,000
Montana ..........................
Malmstrom Air Force
Base.
956 units ..........
$21,447,000
New Mexico .....................
Kirtland Air Force Base
180 units ..........
$20,900,000
North Dakota ..................
Grand Forks Air Force
Base.
42 units ............
$7,936,000
South Carolina ...............
Charleston Air Force
Base.
Improve family
housing area.
$14,300,000
Texas ...............................
Dyess Air Force Base .....
70 units ............
$10,503,000
Goodfellow Air Force
Base.
3 units ..............
$500,000
Lackland Air Force Base
50 units ............
$7,400,000
Wyoming .........................
F.E. Warren Air Force
Base.
52 units ............
$6,853,000
Total: ........
$182,467,000
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in
section 2304(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Air Force may
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carry out architectural and engineering services and con-
struction design activities with respect to the construction
or improvement of military family housing units in an
amount not to exceed $13,021,000.
SEC. 2303. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
UNITS.
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code,
and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2304(a)(5)(A), the Sec-
retary of the Air Force may improve existing military fam-
ily housing units in an amount not to exceed $102,195,000.
SEC. 2304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR
FORCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds are hereby authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30,
1997, for military construction, land acquisition, and mili-
tary family housing functions of the Department of the Air
Force in the total amount of $1,799,181,000 as follows:
(1) For military construction projects inside the
United 
States 
authorized 
by 
section 
2301(a),
$546,152,000.
(2) For military construction projects outside the
United 
States 
authorized 
by 
section 
2301(b),
$89,345,000.
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(3) For unspecified minor construction projects
authorized by section 2805 of title 10, United States
Code, $8,545,000.
(4) For architectural and engineering services
and construction design under section 2807 of title
10, United States Code, $51,080,000.
(5) For military housing functions:
(A) For construction and acquisition, plan-
ning and design, planning improvement of mili-
tary family housing and facilities, $297,683,000.
(B) For support of military family housing
(including the functions described in section
2833 
of 
title 
10, 
United 
States 
Code),
$830,234,000.
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost
of all projects carried out under section 2301 of this Act
may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
(c) ADJUSTMENT.—The total amount authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (5) of
subsection (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated in such paragraphs, reduced by $23,858,000
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(the combination of project savings resulting from favorable
bids, reduced overhead costs, and cancellations due to force
structure changes).
SEC. 2305. AUTHORIZATION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT AT MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE,
KANSAS, FOR WHICH FUNDS HAVE BEEN AP-
PROPRIATED.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The table in section 2301(a) of
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1997 (division B of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2771)
is amended in the item relating to McConnell Air Force
Base, Kansas, by striking out ‘‘$19,130,000’’ in the amount
column and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$25,830,000’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2304 of such
Act (110 Stat. 2774) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking out ‘‘$1,894,594,000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘$1,901,294,000’’; and
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
out
‘‘$603,834,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof
‘‘$610,534,000’’.