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(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7713(9)).
(2) IMPACTED
SCHOOL
FACILITY.—The term
‘‘impacted school facility’’ means a facility of a local
educational agency—
(A) that is used to provide elementary or
secondary education at or near a military in-
stallation; and
(B) at which the average annual enroll-
ment of military dependent students is a high
percentage of the total student enrollment at
the facility, as determined by the Secretary of
Defense.
(3) MILITARY
DEPENDENT
STUDENTS.—The
term ‘‘military dependent students’’ means students
who are dependents of members of the armed forces
or Department of Defense civilian employees.
(4) MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term ‘‘mili-
tary installation’’ has the meaning given that term
in section 2687(e) of title 10, United States Code.
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(h) FUNDING SOURCE.—The amount authorized to
be appropriated under section 301(25) for Quality of Life
Enhancements, Defense-Wide, shall be available to the
Secretary of Defense to make grants under this section.
Subtitle G—Military Readiness
Issues
SEC. 371. MEASURING CANNIBALIZATION OF PARTS, SUP-
PLIES, AND EQUIPMENT UNDER READINESS
REPORTING SYSTEM.
Section 117(c) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(7) Measure, on a quarterly basis, the extent
to which units of the armed forces remove service-
able parts, supplies, or equipment from one vehicle,
vessel, or aircraft in order to render a different vehi-
cle, vessel, or aircraft operational.’’.
SEC. 372. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING TRANS-
FERS FROM HIGH-PRIORITY READINESS AP-
PROPRIATIONS.
(a) 
CONTINUATION
OF
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 483 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking subsection (e).
(b) LEVEL OF DETAIL.—Subsection (c)(2) of such
section is amended by inserting before the period the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘, including identification of the sources from
which funds were transferred into that activity and identi-
fication of the recipients of the funds transferred out of
that activity’’.
(c) ADDITIONAL COVERED BUDGET ACTIVITIES.—
Subsection (d)(5) of such section is amended by adding
at the end the following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(G) Combat Enhancement Forces.
‘‘(H) Combat Communications.’’.
SEC. 373. EFFECTS OF WORLDWIDE CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS ON READINESS OF MILITARY AIR-
CRAFT AND EQUIPMENT.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report
assessing the effects of worldwide contingency operations
on—
(1) the readiness of aircraft and ground equip-
ment of the Armed Forces; and
(2) the capability of the Armed Forces to main-
tain a high level of equipment readiness and to man-
age a high operating tempo for the aircraft and
ground equipment.
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(b) EFFECTS ON AIRCRAFT.—With respect to air-
craft, the assessment contained in the report shall address
the following effects:
(1) The effects of the contingency operations
carried out during fiscal years 1995 through 2000
on the aircraft of each of the Armed Forces in each
category of aircraft, as follows:
(A) Combat tactical aircraft.
(B) Strategic aircraft.
(C) Combat support aircraft.
(D) Combat service support aircraft.
(2) The types of adverse effects on the aircraft
of each of the Armed Forces in each category of air-
craft specified in paragraph (1) resulting from con-
tingency operations, as follows:
(A) Patrolling in no-fly zones over Iraq in
Operation Northern Watch and Operation
Southern Watch and over the Balkans in Oper-
ation Allied Force.
(B) Air operations in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization air war against Serbia in
Operation Sky Anvil, Operation Noble Anvil,
and Operation Allied Force.
(C) Air operations in Operation Shining
Hope in Kosovo.
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(D) All other activities within the general
context of worldwide contingency operations.
(3) Any other effects that the Secretary of De-
fense considers appropriate in carrying out sub-
section (a).
(c) EFFECTS ON GROUND EQUIPMENT.—With re-
spect to ground equipment, the assessment contained in
the report shall address following effects:
(1) The effects of the contingency operations
carried out during fiscal years 1995 through 2000
on the ground equipment of each of the Armed
Forces.
(2) Any other effects that the Secretary of De-
fense considers appropriate in carrying out sub-
section (a).
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ means the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
(2) The term ‘‘contingency operation’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 101(a)(13) of title
10, United States Code.
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SEC. 374. IDENTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS TO REDUCE
BACKLOG IN MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF
DEFENSE FACILITIES.
(a) REPORT TO ADDRESS MAINTENANCE AND RE-
PAIR BACKLOG.—Not later than March 15, 2001, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report identi-
fying a list of requirements to reduce the backlog in main-
tenance and repair needs of facilities and infrastructure
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense or
a military department.
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—At a minimum, the re-
port shall include or address the following:
(1) The extent of the work necessary to repair
and revitalize facilities and infrastructure, or to de-
molish and replace unusable facilities, carried as
backlog by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary
of a military department.
(2) Measurable goals, over specified time
frames, for addressing all of the identified require-
ments.
(3) Expected funding for each military depart-
ment and Defense Agency to address the identified
requirements during the period covered by the most
recent future-years defense program submitted to
Congress pursuant to section 221 of title 10, United
States Code.
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SEC. 375. NEW METHODOLOGY FOR PREPARING BUDGET
REQUESTS TO SATISFY ARMY READINESS RE-
QUIREMENTS.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR NEW METHODOLOGY.—The
Secretary of the Army shall develop a new methodology
for preparing budget requests for operation and mainte-
nance for the Army that can be used to ensure that the
budget requests for operation and maintenance for future
fiscal years more accurately reflect the Army’s require-
ments than did the budget requests submitted to Congress
for fiscal year 2001 and preceding fiscal years.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NEW METH-
ODOLOGY.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the methodology required by subsection (a)
should provide for the determination of the budget
levels to request for operation and maintenance for
the Army to be based on—
(A) the level of training that must be con-
ducted in order for the Army to execute suc-
cessfully the full range of missions called for in
the national defense strategy delineated pursu-
ant to section 118 of title 10, United States
Code, at a low-to-moderate level of risk;
(B) the cost of conducting training at the
level of training described in subparagraph (A);
and
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(C) the costs of all other Army operations,
including the cost of meeting infrastructure re-
quirements; and
(2) the Secretary of the Army should use the
new methodology in the preparation of the budget
requests for operation and maintenance for the
Army for fiscal years after fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 376. REVIEW OF AH–64 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REVIEW.—The Comptroller
General shall conduct a review of the Army’s AH–64 air-
craft program to determine—
(1) whether obsolete spare parts, rather than
spare parts for the latest aircraft configuration, are
being procured;
(2) whether there is insufficient sustaining sys-
tem technical support;
(3) whether technical data packages and manu-
als are obsolete;
(4) whether there are unfunded requirements
for airframe and component upgrades; and
(5) if one or more of the conditions described
in the preceding paragraphs exist, whether the readi-
ness of the aircraft is impaired by the conditions.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2001, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional de-
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fense committees a report on the results of the review
under subsection (a).
SEC. 377. REPORT ON AIR FORCE SPARE AND REPAIR
PARTS PROGRAM FOR C–5 AIRCRAFT.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) There exists a significant shortfall in the
Nation’s current strategic airlift requirement, even
though strategic airlift remains critical to the na-
tional security strategy of the United States.
(2) This shortfall results from the slow phase-
out of C–141 aircraft and their replacement with C–
17 aircraft and from lower than optimal reliability
rates for the C–5 aircraft.
(3) One of the primary causes of these reli-
ability rates for C–5 aircraft, and especially for
operational unit aircraft, is the shortage of spare re-
pair parts. Over the past 5 years, this shortage has
been particularly evident in the C–5 fleet.
(4) Not Mission Capable for Supply rates for
C–5 aircraft have increased significantly in the pe-
riod between 1997 and 1999. At Dover Air Force
Base, Delaware, for example, an average of 7 to 9
C–5 aircraft were not available during that period
because of a lack of parts.
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(5) Average rates of cannibalization of C–5 air-
craft per 100 sorties of such aircraft have also in-
creased during that period and are well above the
Air Mobility Command standard. In any given
month, this means devoting additional manhours to
cannibalization of C–5 aircraft. At Dover Air Force
Base, for example, an average of 800 to 1,000 addi-
tional manhours were required for cannibalization of
C–5 aircraft during that period. Cannibalization is
often required for aircraft that transit through a
base such as Dover Air Force Base, as well as those
that are based there.
(6) High cannibalization rates indicate a signifi-
cant problem in delivering spare parts in a timely
manner and systemic problems within the repair and
maintenance process, and also demoralize over-
worked maintenance crews.
(7) The C–5 aircraft remains an absolutely crit-
ical asset in air mobility and airlifting heavy equip-
ment and personnel to both military contingencies
and humanitarian relief efforts around the world.
(8) Despite increased funding for spare and re-
pair parts and other efforts by the Air Force to miti-
gate the parts shortage problem, Congress continues
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to receive reports of significant cannibalization to
airworthy C–5 aircraft and parts backlogs.
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than January 1,
2001, and September 30, 2001, the Secretary of the Air
Force shall submit to Congress a report on the overall sta-
tus of the spare and repair parts program of the Air Force
for the C–5 aircraft.
(c) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—Each report shall in-
clude the following:
(1) A statement of the funds currently allocated
to the acquisition of spare and repair parts for the
C–5 aircraft and the adequacy of such funds to meet
current and future repair and maintenance require-
ments for that aircraft.
(2) A description of current efforts to address
shortfalls in the availability of spare and repair
parts for the C–5 aircraft, including an assessment
of potential short-term and long-term effects of such
efforts.
(3) An assessment of the effects of such parts
shortfalls on readiness and reliability ratings for the
C–5 aircraft.
(4) A description of rates at which spare and
repair parts for one C–5 aircraft are taken from an-
other C–5 aircraft (known as parts cannibalization)
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and the manhours devoted to part cannibalization of
such aircraft.
(5) An assessment of the effects of parts short-
falls and parts cannibalization with respect to C–5
aircraft on readiness and retention.
Subtitle H—Other Matters
SEC. 381. ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC SALE OF CERTAIN
MILITARY 
EQUIPMENT 
IDENTIFIED 
ON
UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Chapter 153 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘§ 2582. Military equipment identified on United
States munitions list: annual report of
public sales
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall prepare an annual report identifying each public sale
conducted by a military department or Defense Agency of
military items that are—
‘‘(1) identified on the United States Munitions
List maintained under section 121.1 of title 22,
Code of Federal Regulations; and
‘‘(2) assigned a demilitarization code of ‘B’ or
its equivalent.
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SEC. 382. RESALE OF ARMOR-PIERCING AMMUNITION DIS-
POSED OF BY THE ARMY.
(a) RESTRICTION.—(1) Chapter 443 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘§ 4688. Armor-piercing ammunition and components:
condition on disposal
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON RESALE OR OTHER TRANS-
FER.—Except as provided in subsection (b), whenever the
Secretary of the Army carries out a disposal (by sale or
otherwise) of armor-piercing ammunition, or a component
of armor-piercing ammunition, the Secretary shall require
as a condition of the disposal that the recipient agree in
writing not to sell or otherwise transfer any of the ammu-
nition (reconditioned or otherwise), or any armor-piercing
component of that ammunition, to any purchaser in the
United States other than a law enforcement or other gov-
ernmental agency.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to
a transfer of a component of armor-piercing ammunition
solely for the purpose of metal reclamation by means of
a destructive process such as melting, crushing, or shred-
ding.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
NON-ARMOR-PIERCING
COMPONENTS.—A component of the armor-piercing am-
munition that is not itself armor-piercing and is not sub-
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jected to metal reclamation as described in subsection (b)
may not be used as a component in the production of new
or remanufactured armor-piercing ammunition other than
for sale to a law enforcement or other governmental agen-
cy or for a government-to-government sale or commercial
export to a foreign government under the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751).
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘armor-
piercing ammunition’ means a center-fire cartridge the
military designation of which includes the term ‘armor
penetrator’ or ‘armor-piercing’, including a center-fire car-
tridge designated as armor-piercing incendiary (API) or
armor-piercing incendiary-tracer (API–T).’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘4688. Armor-piercing ammunition and components: condition on disposal.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 4688 of title 10, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with
respect to any disposal of ammunition or components re-
ferred to in that section after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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SEC. 383. REIMBURSEMENT BY CIVIL AIR CARRIERS FOR
SUPPORT PROVIDED AT JOHNSTON ATOLL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 949 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 9783. Johnston Atoll: reimbursement for support
provided to civil air carriers
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY
OF
THE SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force may, under regulations prescribed
by the Secretary, require payment by a civil air carrier
for support provided by the United States to the carrier
at Johnston Atoll that is either—
‘‘(1) requested by the civil air carrier; or
‘‘(2) determined under the regulations as being
necessary to accommodate the civil air carrier’s use
of Johnston Atoll.
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF CHARGES.—Any amount charged
an air carrier under subsection (a) for support shall be
equal to the total amount of the actual costs to the United
States of providing the support. The amount charged may
not include any amount for an item of support that does
not satisfy a condition described in paragraph (1) or (2)
of subsection (a).
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO LANDING FEES.—No landing
fee shall be charged an air carrier for a landing of an air-
craft of the air carrier at Johnston Atoll if the air carrier
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is charged under subsection (a) for support provided to
the air carrier.
‘‘(d) DISPOSITION OF PAYMENTS.—(1) Amounts col-
lected from an air carrier under this section shall be cred-
ited to appropriations available for the fiscal year in which
collected, as follows:
‘‘(A) For support provided by the Air Force, to
appropriations available for the Air Force for oper-
ation and maintenance.
‘‘(B) For support provided by the Army, to ap-
propriations available for the Army for chemical de-
militarization.
‘‘(2) Amounts credited to an appropriation under
paragraph (1) shall be merged with funds in that appro-
priation and shall be available, without further appropria-
tion, for the purposes and period for which the appropria-
tion is available.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘civil air carrier’ means an air
carrier (as defined in section 40101(a)(2) of title
49) that is issued a certificate of public convenience
and necessity under section 41102 of such title.
‘‘(2) The term ‘support’ includes fuel, fire res-
cue, use of facilities, improvements necessary to ac-
commodate use by civil air carriers, police, safety,
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housing, food, air traffic control, suspension of mili-
tary operations on the island (including operations
at the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Demilitariza-
tion System), repairs, and any other construction,
services, or supplies.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘9783. Johnston Atoll: reimbursement for support provided to civil air car-
riers.’’.
SEC. 384. TRAVEL BY RESERVES ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
(a) SPACE-REQUIRED TRAVEL
FOR TRAVEL
TO
DUTY STATIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 18505 of title
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) A member of a reserve component traveling for
annual training duty or inactive-duty training (including
a place other than the place of the member’s unit training
assembly if the member is performing annual training
duty or inactive-duty training in another location) may
travel in a space-required status on aircraft of the armed
forces between the member’s home and the place of the
annual training duty or inactive-duty training.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of
such section is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 18505. Reserves traveling for annual training duty
or inactive-duty training: space-required
travel on military aircraft’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
1805 of such title is amended by striking the item relating
to section 18505 and inserting the following new item:
‘‘18505. Reserves traveling for annual training duty or inactive-duty training:
space-required travel on military aircraft.’’.
SEC. 385. OVERSEAS AIRLIFT SERVICE ON CIVIL RESERVE
AIR FLEET AIRCRAFT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41106 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘of at least
31 days’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (d); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsections:
‘‘(b) TRANSPORTATION
BETWEEN
THE
UNITED
STATES AND FOREIGN LOCATIONS.—Except as provided
in subsection (d), the transportation of passengers or
property by transport category aircraft between a place
in the United States and a place outside the United States
obtained by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of
a military department through a contract for airlift service
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shall be provided by an air carrier referred to in subsection
(a).
‘‘(c) TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN FOREIGN LOCA-
TIONS.—The transportation of passengers or property by
transport category aircraft between two places outside the
United States obtained by the Secretary of Defense or the
Secretary of a military department through a contract for
airlift service shall be provided by an air carrier that has
aircraft in the civil reserve air fleet whenever transpor-
tation by such an air carrier is reasonably available.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of
such section is further amended by striking ‘‘GENERAL.—
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,’’
and inserting ‘‘INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION.—(1) Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (d) of this section,’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2000.
SEC. 386. ADDITIONS TO PLAN FOR ENSURING VISIBILITY
OVER ALL IN-TRANSIT END ITEMS AND SEC-
ONDARY ITEMS.
(a) REQUIRED ADDITIONS.—Subsection (d) of sec-
tion 349 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–
261; 112 Stat. 1981; 10 U.S.C. 2458 note) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, including specific
actions to address underlying weaknesses in the con-
trols over items being shipped’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) The key management elements for moni-
toring, and for measuring the progress achieved in,
the implementation of the plan, including—
‘‘(A) the assignment of oversight responsi-
bility for each action identified pursuant to
paragraph (1);
‘‘(B) a description of the resources re-
quired for oversight; and
‘‘(C) an estimate of the annual cost of
oversight.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection (a)
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting
‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe and carry out’’.
(2) Such section is further amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) SUBMISSIONS
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary
shall submit to Congress any revisions made to the plan
that are required by any law enacted after October 17,
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1998. The revisions so made shall be submitted not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the law
requiring the revisions.’’.
(3) Subsection (e)(1) of such section is amended by
striking ‘‘submits the plan’’ and inserting ‘‘submits the
initial plan’’.
SEC. 387. REAUTHORIZATION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR AC-
CEPTANCE 
AND 
USE 
OF 
LANDING 
FEES
CHARGED FOR USE OF DOMESTIC MILITARY
AIRFIELDS BY CIVIL AIRCRAFT.
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 377 of the Strom
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 112 Stat. 1993; 10
U.S.C. 113 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘during fiscal years 1999
and 2000’’; and
(B) by striking the second sentence; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot pro-
gram under this section may not be carried out after Sep-
tember 30, 2010.’’.
(b) FEES COLLECTED.—Subsection (b) of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(b) LANDING FEE DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘landing fee’ means any fee that is established under
or in accordance with regulations of the military depart-
ment concerned (whether prescribed in a fee schedule or
imposed under a joint-use agreement) to recover costs in-
curred for use by civil aircraft of an airfield of the military
department in the United States or in a territory or pos-
session of the United States.’’.
(c) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Subsection (c) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘Amounts received for a fiscal
year in payment of landing fees imposed under the pilot
program for use of a military airfield’’ and inserting
‘‘Amounts received in payment of landing fees for use of
a military airfield in a fiscal year of the pilot program’’.
(d) REPORT.—Subsection (d) of such section is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2000,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘March 31, 2003,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 1999’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
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SEC. 388. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SELL CERTAIN
AIRCRAFT FOR USE IN WILDFIRE SUPPRES-
SION.
Section 2 of the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Trans-
fer Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–307; 10 U.S.C. 2576
note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘September
30, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2005’’;
(2) in subsection (d)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment
of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘October 14, 1996’’;
and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The regulations prescribed under this para-
graph shall be effective until the end of the pe-
riod specified in subsection (a)(1).’’; and
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘March 31,
2000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2005’’.
SEC. 389. DAMAGE TO AVIATION FACILITIES CAUSED BY AL-
KALI SILICA REACTIVITY.
(a) ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE AND PREVENTION AND
MITIGATION TECHNOLOGY.—The Secretary of Defense
shall require the Secretaries of the military departments
to assess—
(1) the damage caused to aviation facilities of
the Armed Forces by alkali silica reactivity; and
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(2) the availability of technologies capable of
preventing, treating, or mitigating alkali silica reac-
tivity in hardened concrete structures and pave-
ments.
(b) EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGIES.—(1) Taking
into consideration the assessment under subsection (a),
the Secretary of each military department may conduct
a demonstration project at a location selected by the Sec-
retary concerned to test and evaluate the effectiveness of
technologies intended to prevent, treat, or mitigate alkali
silica reactivity in hardened concrete structures and pave-
ments.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the
locations selected for the demonstration projects represent
the diverse operating environments of the Armed Forces.
(c) NEW CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of Defense
shall develop specific guidelines for appropriate testing
and use of lithium salts to prevent alkali silica reactivity
in new construction of the Department of Defense.
(d) COMPLETION OF ASSESSMENT AND DEMONSTRA-
TION.—The assessment conducted under subsection (a)
and the demonstration projects, if any, conducted under
subsection (b) shall be completed not later than September
30, 2006.