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In the Senate of the United States,
June 25, 1998.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3616) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropria-
tions for fiscal year 1999 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for
other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina
first became a member of the Committee on Armed
Services of the United States Senate on January 19,
1959. His continuous service on that committee covers
more than 75 percent of the period of the existence of
the committee, which was established immediately
after World War II, and more than 20 percent of the
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period of the existence of military and naval affairs
committees of Congress, the original bodies of which
were formed in 1816.
(2) Senator Thurmond came to Congress and the
committee as a distinguished veteran of service, in-
cluding combat service, in the Armed Forces of the
United States.
(3) Senator Thurmond was commissioned as a
reserve second lieutenant of infantry in 1924. He
served with great distinction with the First Army in
the European Theater of Operations during World
War II, landing in Normandy in a glider with the
82nd Airborne Division on D-Day. He was trans-
ferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations at the end
of the war in Europe and was serving in the Phil-
ippines when Japan surrendered.
(4) Having reverted to Reserve status at the end
of World War II, Senator Thurmond was promoted to
brigadier general in the United States Army Reserve
in 1954. He served as President of the Reserve Offi-
cers Association beginning that same year and ending
in 1955. Senator Thurmond was promoted to major
general in the United States Army Reserve in 1959.
He transferred to the Retired Reserve on January 1,
1965, after 36 years of commissioned service.
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(5) The distinguished character of Senator Thur-
mond’s military service has been recognized by
awards of numerous decorations that include the Le-
gion of Merit, the Bronze Star medal with ‘‘V’’ device,
the Army Commendation Medal, the Belgian Cross of
the Order of the Crown, and the French Croix de
Guerre.
(6) Senator Thurmond has served as Chairman
of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
since 1995 and as the ranking minority member of
the committee from 1993 to 1995. Senator Thurmond
concludes his service as Chairman at the end of the
One Hundred Fifth Congress, but is to continue to
serve the committee as a member in successive Con-
gresses.
(7) This Act is the fortieth annual authorization
bill for the Department of Defense for which Senator
Thurmond has taken a major responsibility as a
member of the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate.
(8) Senator Thurmond, as officer and legislator,
has made matchless contributions to the national se-
curity of the United States that, in duration and in
quality, are unique.
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(9) It is altogether fitting and proper that this
Act, the last annual authorization Act for the na-
tional defense that Senator Thurmond manages in
and for the United States Senate as Chairman of the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, be named
in his honor.
(b) SHORT TITLE.—This Act shall be cited as the
‘‘Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1999’’.
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF
CONTENTS.
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into three divi-
sions as follows:
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Author-
izations.
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations.
(3) Division C—Department of Energy National
Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.
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DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Reserve components.
Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program.
Sec. 108. Defense health programs.
Sec. 109. Defense export loan guarantee program.
Subtitle B—Army Programs
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Longbow Hellfire missile program.
Sec. 112. Condition for award of more than one multiyear contract for the family
of medium tactical vehicles.
Sec. 113. Armored system modernization.
Sec. 114. Reactive armor tiles.
Sec. 115. Annual reporting of costs associated with travel of members of Chemical
Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission.
Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and Manufac-
turing Support Initiative.
Sec. 117. Alternative technologies for destruction of assembled chemical weapons.
Subtitle C—Navy Programs
Sec. 121. CVN–77 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
Sec. 122. Increased amount to be excluded from cost limitation for Seawolf sub-
marine program.
Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for the Medium Tactical Vehicle Re-
placement.
Sec. 124. Multiyear procurement authority for certain aircraft programs.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
Sec. 131. Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
Sec. 132. Limitation on replacement of engines on military aircraft derived from
Boeing 707 aircraft.
Sec. 133. F–22 aircraft program.
Sec. 134. C–130J aircraft program.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.
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Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations
Sec. 211. Crusader self-propelled artillery system program.
Sec. 212. CVN–77 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
Sec. 213. Unmanned aerial vehicle programs.
Sec. 214. Airborne Laser Program.
Sec. 215. Enhanced Global Positioning System program.
Sec. 216. Manufacturing Technology Program.
Sec. 217. Authority for use of major range and test facility installations by com-
mercial entities.
Sec. 218. Extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects.
Sec. 219. NATO alliance ground surveillance concept definition.
Sec. 220. NATO common-funded civil budget.
Sec. 221. Persian Gulf illnesses.
Sec. 222. DOD/VA Cooperative Research Program.
Sec. 223. Low Cost Launch Development Program.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 231. Policy with respect to ballistic missile defense cooperation.
Sec. 232. Review of pharmacological interventions for reversing brain injury.
Sec. 233. Landmines.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 304. Transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations
Sec. 311. Special Operations Command counterproliferation and counterterrorism
activities.
Sec. 312. Tagging system for identification of hydrocarbon fuels used by the De-
partment of Defense.
Sec. 313. Pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use
of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft.
Sec. 314. NATO common-funded military budget.
Subtitle C—Environmental Provisions
Sec. 321. Transportation of polychlorinated biphenyls from abroad for disposal in
the United States.
Sec. 322. Modification of deadline for submittal to Congress of annual reports on
environmental activities.
Sec. 323. Submarine solid waste control.
Sec. 324. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA.
Sec. 325. Authority to pay negotiated settlement for environmental cleanup of for-
merly used defense sites in Canada.
Sec. 326. Settlement of claims of foreign governments for environmental cleanup
of overseas sites formerly used by the Department of Defense.
Sec. 327. Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program.
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Sec. 328. Sense of Senate regarding oil spill prevention training for personnel on
board Navy vessels.
Subtitle D—Counter-Drug Activities
Sec. 331. Patrol coastal craft for drug interdiction by Southern Command.
Sec. 332. Program authority for Department of Defense support for counter-drug
activities.
Sec. 333. Southwest border fence.
Sec. 334. Revision and clarification of authority for Federal support of National
Guard drug interdiction and counter-drug activities.
Sec. 335. Sense of Congress regarding priority of drug interdiction and counter-
drug activities.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 341. Liquidity of working-capital funds.
Sec. 342. Termination of authority to manage working-capital funds and certain
activities through the Defense Business Operations Fund.
Sec. 343. Clarification of authority to retain recovered costs of disposals in work-
ing-capital funds.
Sec. 344. Best commercial inventory practices for management of secondary sup-
ply items.
Sec. 345. Increased use of smart cards.
Sec. 346. Public-private competition in the provision of support services.
Sec. 347. Condition for providing financial assistance for support of additional
duties assigned to the Army National Guard.
Sec. 348. Repeal of prohibition on joint use of Gray Army Airfield, Fort Hood,
Texas.
Sec. 349. Inventory management of in-transit secondary items.
Sec. 350. Personnel reductions in Army Materiel Command.
Sec. 351. Prohibitions regarding evaluation of merit of selling malt beverages and
wine in commissary stores as exchange system merchandise.
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Limited exclusions of joint duty officers from limitations on number of
general and flag officers.
Sec. 403. Limitation on daily average of personnel on active duty in grades E–
8 and E–9.
Sec. 404. Repeal of permanent end strength requirement for support of two major
regional contingencies.
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 414. Exclusion of additional reserve component general and flag officers from
limitation on number of general and flag officers who may serve
on active duty.
Sec. 415. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on
active duty in support of the reserves.
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Sec. 416. Consolidation of strength authorizations for active status Naval Reserve
flag officers of the Navy Medical Department staff corps.
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy
Sec. 501. Streamlined selective retention process for regular officers.
Sec. 502. Permanent applicability of limitations on years of active naval service
of Navy limited duty officers in grades of commander and cap-
tain.
Sec. 503. Involuntary separation pay denied for officer discharged for failure of
selection for promotion requested by the officer.
Sec. 504. Term of office of the Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps.
Sec. 505. Attendance of recipients of Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
scholarships at participating colleges or universities.
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Matters
Sec. 511. Service required for retirement of National Guard officer in higher
grade.
Sec. 512. Reduced time-in-grade requirement for reserve general and flag officers
involuntarily transferred from active status.
Sec. 513. Eligibility of Army and Air Force Reserve brigadier generals to be con-
sidered for promotion while on inactive status list.
Sec. 514. Composition of selective early retirement boards for rear admirals of the
Naval Reserve and major generals of the Marine Corps Reserve.
Sec. 515. Use of Reserves for emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 521. Annual manpower requirements report.
Sec. 522. Four-year extension of certain force reduction transition period man-
agement and benefits authorities.
Sec. 523. Continuation of eligibility for voluntary separation incentive after in-
voluntary loss of membership in Ready or Standby Reserve.
Sec. 524. Repeal of limitations on authority to set rates and waive requirement
for reimbursement of expenses incurred for instruction at service
academies of persons from foreign countries.
Sec. 525. Repeal of restriction on civilian employment of enlisted members.
Sec. 526. Extension of reporting dates for Commission on Military Training and
Gender-Related Issues.
Sec. 527. Moratorium on changes of gender-related policies and practices pending
completion of the work of the Commission on Military Training
and Gender-Related Issues.
Sec. 528. Transitional compensation for abused dependent children not residing
with the spouse or former spouse of a member convicted of de-
pendent abuse.
Sec. 529. Pilot program for treating GED and home school diploma recipients as
high school graduates for determinations of eligibility for enlist-
ing in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 530. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain
persons.
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Sec. 531. Prohibition on entry into correctional facilities for presentation of deco-
rations to persons who commit certain crimes before presen-
tation.
Sec. 532. Advancement of Benjamin O. Davis, Junior, to grade of general.
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL
BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances
Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 1999.
Sec. 602. Rate of pay for cadets and midshipmen at the service academies.
Sec. 603. Payments for movements of household goods arranged by members.
Sec. 604. Leave without pay for suspended academy cadets and midshipmen.
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
Sec. 611. Three-month extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities
for reserve forces.
Sec. 612. Three-month extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities
for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anes-
thetists.
Sec. 613. Three-month extension of authorities relating to payment of other bo-
nuses and special pays.
Sec. 614. Eligibility of Reserves for selective reenlistment bonus when reenlisting
or extending to perform active guard and reserve duty.
Sec. 615. Repeal of ten-percent limitation on payments of selective reenlistment
bonuses in excess of $20,000.
Sec. 616. Increase of maximum amount authorized for Army enlistment bonus.
Sec. 617. Education loan repayment program for health professions officers serv-
ing in Selected Reserve.
Sec. 618. Increase in amount of basic educational assistance under all-volunteer
force program for personnel with critically short skills or spe-
cialties.
Sec. 619. Relationship of entitlements to enlistment bonuses and benefits under
the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program.
Sec. 620. Hardship duty pay.
Sec. 620A. Increased hazardous duty pay for aerial flight crewmembers in pay
grades E–4 to E–9.
Sec. 620B. Diving duty special pay for divers having diving duty as a nonpri-
mary duty.
Sec. 620C. Retention incentives initiative for critically short military occupa-
tional specialties.
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances
Sec. 621. Travel and transportation for rest and recuperation in connection with
contingency operations and other duty.
Sec. 622. Payment for temporary storage of baggage of dependent student not
taken on annual trip to overseas duty station of sponsor.
Sec. 623. Commercial travel of Reserves at Federal supply schedule rates for at-
tendance at inactive duty training assemblies.
Subtitle D—Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related
Matters
Sec. 631. Paid-up coverage under Survivor Benefit Plan.
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Sec. 632. Court-required Survivor Benefit Plan coverage effectuated through elec-
tions and deemed elections.
Sec. 633. Recovery, care, and disposition of remains of medically retired member
who dies during hospitalization that begins while on active duty.
Sec. 634. Survivor Benefit Plan open enrollment period.
Sec. 635. Eligibility for payments of certain survivors of captured and interned
Vietnamese operatives who were unmarried and childless at
death.
Sec. 636. Clarification of recipient of payments to persons captured or interned
by North Vietnam.
Sec. 637. Presentation of United States flag to members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 638. Elimination of backlog of unpaid retired pay.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 641. Definition of possessions of the United States for pay and allowances
purposes.
Sec. 642. Federal employees’ compensation coverage for students participating in
certain officer candidate programs.
Sec. 643. Authority to provide financial assistance for education of certain de-
fense dependents overseas.
Sec. 644. Voting rights of military personnel.
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE
Sec. 701. Dependents’ dental program.
Sec. 702. Extension of authority for use of personal services contracts for provi-
sion of health care at military entrance processing stations and
elsewhere outside medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 703. TRICARE Prime automatic enrollments and retiree payment options.
Sec. 704. Limited continued CHAMPUS coverage for persons unaware of a loss
of CHAMPUS coverage resulting from eligibility for medicare.
Sec. 705. Enhanced Department of Defense organ and tissue donor program.
Sec. 706. Joint Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs re-
views relating to interdepartmental cooperation in the delivery
of medical care.
Sec. 707. Demonstration projects to provide health care to certain medicare-eligi-
ble beneficiaries of the military health care system.
Sec. 708. Professional qualifications of physicians providing military health care.
Sec. 709. Assessment of establishment of independent entity to evaluate post-con-
flict illnesses among members of the Armed Forces and health
care provided by the Department of Defense and Department of
Veterans Affairs before and after deployment of such members.
Sec. 710. Lyme disease.
Sec. 711. Accessibility to care under TRICARE.
Sec. 712. Health benefits for abused dependents of members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 713. Process for waiving informed consent requirement for administration of
certain drugs to members of Armed Forces.
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION
MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS
Sec. 801. Para-aramid fibers and yarns.
Sec. 802. Procurement of travel services for official and unofficial travel under
one contract.
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Sec. 803. Limitation on use of price preference upon attainment of contract goal
for small and disadvantaged businesses.
Sec. 804. Distribution of assistance under the Procurement Technical Assistance
Cooperative Agreement Program.
Sec. 805. Defense commercial pricing management improvement.
Sec. 806. Department of Defense purchases through other agencies.
Sec. 807. Supervision of Defense Acquisition University structure by Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
Sec. 808. Repeal of requirement for Director of Acquisition Education, Training,
and Career Development to be within the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
Sec. 809. Eligibility of involuntarily downgraded employee for membership in an
acquisition corps.
Sec. 810. Pilot programs for testing program manager performance of product
support oversight responsibilities for life cycle of acquisition pro-
grams.
Sec. 811. Scope of protection of certain information from disclosure.
Sec. 812. Plan for rapid transition from completion of Small Business Innova-
tion Research into defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 813. Senior executives covered by limitation on allowability of compensation
for certain contractor personnel.
Sec. 814. Separate determinations of exceptional waivers of truth in negotiation
requirements for prime contracts and subcontracts.
Sec. 815. Five-year authority for Secretary of the Navy to exchange certain items.
Sec. 816. Clarification of responsibility for submission of information on prices
previously charged for property or services offered.
Sec. 817. Denial of qualification of a small disadvantaged business supplier.
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT
Sec. 901. Reduction in number of Assistant Secretary of Defense positions.
Sec. 902. Renaming of position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command,
Control, Communications, and Intelligence.
Sec. 903. Authority to expand the National Defense University.
Sec. 904. Reduction in Department of Defense headquarters staff.
Sec. 905. Permanent requirement for quadrennial defense review.
Sec. 906. Management reform for research, development, test, and evaluation.
Sec. 907. Restructuring of administration of Fisher Houses.
Sec. 908. Redesignation of Director of Defense Research and Engineering as Di-
rector of Defense Technology and Counterproliferation and
transfer of responsibilities.
Sec. 909. Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.
Sec. 910. Military aviation accident investigations.
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Financial Matters
Sec. 1001. Transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Authorization of emergency appropriations for fiscal year 1999.
Sec. 1003. Authorization of prior emergency supplemental appropriations for fis-
cal year 1998.
Sec. 1004. Partnership for Peace information system management.
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Sec. 1005. Reductions in fiscal year 1998 authorizations of appropriations for di-
vision A and division B and increases in certain authorizations
of appropriations.
Sec. 1006. Amount authorized for contributions for NATO common-funded budg-
ets.
Subtitle B—Naval Vessels
Sec. 1011. Iowa class battleship returned to Naval Vessel Register.
Sec. 1012. Long-term charter of three vessels in support of submarine rescue, es-
cort, and towing.
Sec. 1013. Transfers of certain naval vessels to certain foreign countries.
Sec. 1014. Sense of Congress concerning the naming of an LPD–17 vessel.
Sec. 1015. Conveyance of NDRF vessel ex-U.S.S. Lorain County.
Sec. 1016. Homeporting of the U.S.S. Iowa battleship in San Francisco.
Sec. 1017. Ship scrapping pilot program.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals
Sec. 1021. Repeal of reporting requirements.
Sec. 1022. Report on Department of Defense financial management improvement
plan.
Sec. 1023. Feasibility study of performance of Department of Defense finance and
accounting functions by private sector sources or other Federal
Government sources.
Sec. 1024. Reorganization and consolidation of operating locations of the Defense
Finance and Accounting Service.
Sec. 1025. Report on inventory and control of military equipment.
Sec. 1026. Report on continuity of essential operations at risk of failure because
of computer systems that are not year 2000 compliant.
Sec. 1027. Reports on naval surface fire-support capabilities.
Sec. 1028. Report on roles in Department of Defense aviation accident investiga-
tions.
Sec. 1029. Strategic plan for expanding distance learning initiatives.
Sec. 1030. Report on involvement of Armed Forces in contingency and ongoing
operations.
Sec. 1031. Submission of report on objectives of a contingency operation with
first request for funding the operation.
Sec. 1032. Reports on the development of the European Security and Defense
Identity.
Sec. 1033. Report on reduction of infrastructure costs at Brooks Air Force Base,
Texas.
Sec. 1034. Annual GAO review of F/A–18E/F aircraft program.
Sec. 1035. Review and report regarding the distribution of National Guard re-
sources among States.
Sec. 1036. Report on the peaceful employment of former Soviet experts on weap-
ons of mass destruction.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
Sec. 1041. Cooperative counterproliferation program.
Sec. 1042. Extension of counterproliferation authorities for support of United Na-
tions Special Commission on Iraq.
Sec. 1043. One-year extension of limitation on retirement or dismantlement of
strategic nuclear delivery systems.
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Sec. 1044. Direct-line communication between United States and Russian com-
manders of strategic forces.
Sec. 1045. Chemical warfare defense.
Sec. 1046. Accounting treatment of advance payment of personnel.
Sec. 1047. Reinstatement of definition of financial institution in authorities for
reimbursing defense personnel for Government errors in direct
deposits of pay.
Sec. 1048. Pilot program on alternative notice of receipt of legal process for gar-
nishment of Federal pay for child support and alimony.
Sec. 1049. Costs payable to the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies
for services provided to the Defense Commissary Agency.
Sec. 1050. Collection of dishonored checks presented at commissary stores.
Sec. 1051. Defense Commissary Agency telecommunications.
Sec. 1052. Research grants competitively awarded to service academies.
Sec. 1053. Clarification and simplification of responsibilities of Inspectors Gen-
eral regarding whistleblower protections.
Sec. 1054. Amounts recovered from claims against third parties for loss or dam-
age to personal property shipped or stored at Government ex-
pense.
Sec. 1055. Eligibility for attendance at Department of Defense domestic depend-
ent elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 1056. Fees for providing historical information to the public.
Sec. 1057. Periodic inspection of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 1058. Transfer of F–4 Phantom II aircraft to foundation.
Sec. 1059. Act constituting presidential approval of vessel war risk insurance re-
quested by the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 1060. Commendation and memorialization of the United States Navy Asiatic
Fleet.
Sec. 1061. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean War.
Sec. 1062. Department of Defense use of frequency spectrum.
Sec. 1063. Technical and clerical amendments.
Sec. 1064. Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act of 1950.
Sec. 1065. Budgeting for continued participation of United States forces in
NATO operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sec. 1066. NATO participation in the performance of public security functions of
civilian authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sec. 1067. Pilot program for revitalizing the laboratories and test and evaluation
centers of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1068. Sense of Congress regarding the heroism, sacrifice, and service of
former South Vietnamese commandos in connection with United
States Armed Forces during the Vietnam conflict.
Sec. 1069. Sense of the Senate regarding declassification of classified information
of the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.
Sec. 1070. Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons.
Sec. 1071. Sense of Senate on nuclear tests in South Asia.
Sec. 1072. Sense of Congress regarding continued participation of United States
forces in operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sec. 1073. Commission to assess the reliability, safety, and security of the United
States nuclear deterrent.
Sec. 1074. Authority for waiver of moratorium on Armed Forces use of anti-
personnel landmines.
Sec. 1075. Appointment of Director and Deputy Director of the Naval Home.
Sec. 1076. Sense of the Congress on the Defense Science and Technology Program.
Sec. 1077. Demilitarization and exportation of defense property.
Sec. 1078. Designation of America’s National Maritime Museum.
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Sec. 1079. Burial honors for veterans.
Sec. 1080. Chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program.
Sec. 1081. Sense of Senate regarding the August 1995 assassination attempt
against President Shevardnadze of Georgia.
Sec. 1082. Issuance of burial flags for deceased members and former members of
the Selected Reserve.
Sec. 1083. Eliminating secret Senate holds.
Sec. 1084. Defense burdensharing.
Sec. 1085. Review of Defense Automated Printing Service functions.
Sec. 1086. Increased missile threat in Asia-Pacific region.
Sec. 1087. Cooperation between the Department of the Army and the EPA in
meeting CWC requirements.
TITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN
PERSONNEL
Sec. 1101. Repeal of employment preference not needed for recruitment and reten-
tion of qualified child care providers.
Sec. 1102. Maximum pay rate comparability for faculty members of the United
States Air Force Institute of Technology.
Sec. 1103. Four-year extension of voluntary separation incentive pay authority.
Sec. 1104. Department of Defense employee voluntary early retirement authority.
Sec. 1105. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency experimental personnel
management program for technical personnel.
TITLE XII—JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION
Sec. 1201. Findings.
Sec. 1202. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 1203. Reports on joint warfighting experimentation.
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 2001. Short title.
TITLE XXI—ARMY
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2102. Family housing.
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project.
TITLE XXII—NAVY
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2202. Family housing.
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2302. Family housing.
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.
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TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2403. Energy conservation projects.
Sec. 2404. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.
Sec. 2405. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1995
projects.
Sec. 2406. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1990 project.
TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES
Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2602. Reduction in fiscal year 1998 authorization of appropriations for
Army Reserve military construction.
Sec. 2603. National Guard Military Educational Facility, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina.
TITLE XXVII—EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF
AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by
law.
Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1996 projects.
Sec. 2703. Extension of authorization of fiscal year 1995 project.
Sec. 2704. Authorization of additional military construction and military family
housing projects.
Sec. 2705. Effective date.
TITLE XXVIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military
Family Housing Changes
Sec. 2801. Modification of authority relating to architectural and engineering
services and construction design.
Sec. 2802. Expansion of Army overseas family housing lease authority.
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration
Sec. 2811. Increase in thresholds for reporting requirements relating to real prop-
erty transactions.
Sec. 2812. Exceptions to real property transaction reporting requirements for war
and certain emergency and other operations.
Sec. 2813. Waiver of applicability of property disposal laws to leases at installa-
tions to be closed or realigned under the base closure laws.
Sec. 2814. Restoration of Department of Defense lands used by another Federal
agency.
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Subtitle C—Land Conveyances
Sec. 2821. Land conveyance, Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Charlestown, In-
diana.
Sec. 2822. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bridgton, Maine.
Sec. 2823. Land conveyance, Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
Sec. 2824. Release of interests in real property, former Kennebec Arsenal, Au-
gusta, Maine.
Sec. 2825. Land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center, Portland, Maine.
Sec. 2826. Land conveyance, Air Force Station, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Sec. 2827. Expansion of land conveyance authority, Eglin Air Force Base, Flor-
ida.
Sec. 2828. Conveyance of water rights and related interests, Rocky Mountain Ar-
senal, Colorado, for purposes of acquisition of perpetual con-
tracts for water.
Sec. 2829. Land conveyance, Naval Air Reserve Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sec. 2830. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Peoria, Illinois.
Sec. 2830A. Land conveyance, Skaneateles, New York.
Sec. 2830B. Reauthorization of land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Youngs-
town, Ohio.
Sec. 2830C. Conveyance of utility systems, Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant,
Texas.
Sec. 2830D. Modification of land conveyance authority, Finley Air Force Station,
Finley, North Dakota.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
Sec. 2831. Purchase of build-to-lease family housing at Eielson Air Force Base,
Alaska.
Sec. 2832. Beach replenishment, San Diego, California.
Sec. 2833. Modification of authority relating to Department of Defense Labora-
tory Revitalization Demonstration Program.
Sec. 2834. Report and requirement relating to ‘‘1 plus 1 barracks initiative’’.
Sec. 2835. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii.
Sec. 2836. Report on leasing and other alternative uses of non-excess military
property.
Sec. 2837. Emergency repairs and stabilization measures, Forest Glen Annex of
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Maryland.
Subtitle E—Base Closures
Sec. 2851. Modification of limitations on general authority relating to base clo-
sures and realignments.
Sec. 2852. Prohibition on closure of a base within four years after a realignment
of the base.
Sec. 2853. Sense of the Senate on further rounds of base closures.
TITLE XXIX—JUNIPER BUTTE RANGE WITHDRAWAL
Sec. 2901. Short title.
Sec. 2902. Withdrawal and reservation.
Sec. 2903. Map and legal description.
Sec. 2904. Agency agreement.
Sec. 2905. Right-of-way grants.
Sec. 2906. Indian sacred sites.
Sec. 2907. Actions concerning ranching operations in withdrawn area.
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Sec. 2908. Management of withdrawn and reserved lands.
Sec. 2909. Integrated natural resource management plan.
Sec. 2910. Memorandum of understanding.
Sec. 2911. Maintenance of roads.
Sec. 2912. Management of withdrawn and acquired mineral resources.
Sec. 2913. Hunting, fishing, and trapping.
Sec. 2914. Water rights.
Sec. 2915. Duration of withdrawal.
Sec. 2916. Environmental remediation of relinquished withdrawn lands or upon
termination of withdrawal.
Sec. 2917. Delegation of authority.
Sec. 2918. Sense of Senate regarding monitoring of withdrawn lands.
Sec. 2919. Authorization of appropriations.
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECU-
RITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL
SECURITY PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations
Sec. 3101. Weapons activities.
Sec. 3102. Environmental restoration and waste management.
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal.
Sec. 3105. Defense environmental management privatization.
Subtitle B—Recurring General Provisions
Sec. 3121. Reprogramming.
Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects.
Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects.
Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority.
Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design.
Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities.
Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department
of Energy.
Sec. 3128. Availability of funds.
Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds.
Subtitle C—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations
Sec. 3131. International cooperative stockpile stewardship.
Sec. 3132. Prohibition on use of funds for ballistic missile defense and theater
missile defense.
Sec. 3133. Licensing of certain mixed oxide fuel fabrication and irradiation fa-
cilities.
Sec. 3134. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nu-
clear materials.
Sec. 3135. Authority for Department of Energy federally funded research and de-
velopment centers to participate in merit-based technology re-
search and development programs.
Sec. 3136. Support for public education in the vicinity of Los Alamos National
Laboratory, New Mexico.
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Sec. 3137. Cost-sharing for operation of the Hazardous Materials Management
and Emergency Response training facility, Richland, Washing-
ton.
Sec. 3138. Hanford Health Information Network.
Sec. 3139. Nonproliferation activities.
Sec. 3140. Activities of the contractor-operated facilities of the Department of En-
ergy.
Sec. 3140A. Relocation of National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
Sec. 3141. Repeal of fiscal year 1998 statement of policy on stockpile stewardship
program.
Sec. 3142. Increase in maximum rate of pay for scientific, engineering, and tech-
nical personnel responsible for safety at defense nuclear facilities.
Sec. 3143. Sense of Senate regarding treatment of Formerly Utilized Sites Reme-
dial Action Program under a nondefense discretionary budget
function.
Sec. 3144. Extension of authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineer-
ing, and technical personnel.
Sec. 3145. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary sep-
aration incentive payments.
Sec. 3146. Inspection of permanent records prior to declassification.
Sec. 3147. Sense of Senate regarding memoranda of understanding with the State
of Oregon relating to Hanford.
Sec. 3148. Review of calculation of overhead costs of cleanup at Department of
Energy sites.
Sec. 3149. Sense of the Congress on funding requirements for the nonproliferation
science and technology activities of the Department of Energy.
Sec. 3150. Deadline for selection of technology for tritium production.
Subtitle E—Maximum Age for New Department of Energy
Nuclear Materials Couriers
Sec. 3161. Maximum age to enter nuclear courier force.
Sec. 3162. Definition.
Sec. 3163. Amending section 8334(a)(1) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3164. Amending section 8336(c)(1) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3165. Amending section 8401 of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3166. Amending section 8412(d) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3167. Amending section 8415(g) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3168. Amending section 8422(a)(3) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3169. Amending sections 8423(a) (1)(B)(i) and (3)(A) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3170. Amending section 8335(b) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3171. Payments.
Sec. 3172. Effective date.
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY
BOARD
Sec. 3201. Authorization.
TITLE XXXIII—NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE
Sec. 3301. Definitions.
Sec. 3302. Authorized uses of stockpile funds.
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Sec. 3303. Authority to dispose of certain materials in National Defense Stock-
pile.
Sec. 3304. Use of stockpile funds for certain environmental remediation, restora-
tion, waste management, and compliance activities.
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE XXXV—PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
Sec. 3501. Short title; references to Panama Canal Act of 1979.
Sec. 3502. Authorization of expenditures.
Sec. 3503. Purchase of vehicles.
Sec. 3504. Expenditures only in accordance with treaties.
Sec. 3505. Donations to the Commission.
Sec. 3506. Agreements for United States to provide post-transfer administrative
services for certain employee benefits.
Sec. 3507. Sunset of United States overseas benefits just before transfer.
Sec. 3508. Central Examining Office.
Sec. 3509. Liability for vessel accidents.
Sec. 3510. Placement of United States citizens in positions with the United
States Government.
Sec. 3511. Panama Canal Board of Contract Appeals.
Sec. 3512. Technical amendments.
Sec. 3513. Officer of the Department of Defense designated as a member of the
Panama Canal Commission Supervisory Board.
TITLE XXXVI—COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE’S
LIBERATION ARMY
Sec. 3601. Application of authorities under the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act to Chinese military companies.
Sec. 3602. Definition.
TITLE XXXVII—FORCED OR INDENTURED LABOR
Sec. 3701. Findings.
Sec. 3702. Authorization for additional Customs personnel to monitor the impor-
tation of products made with forced or indentured labor.
Sec. 3703. Reporting requirement on forced labor or indentured labor products
destined for the United States market.
Sec. 3704. Renegotiating memoranda of understanding on forced labor.
TITLE XXXVIII—FAIR TRADE IN AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
Sec. 3801. Short title.
Sec. 3802. Definitions.
Sec. 3803. Re-establishment of initiative on automotive parts sales to Japan.
Sec. 3804. Establishment of special advisory committee on automotive parts sales
in Japanese and other Asian markets.
Sec. 3805. Expiration date
TITLE XXXIX —RADIO FREE ASIA
Sec. 3901. Short title.
Sec. 3902. Findings.
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Sec. 3903. Authorization of appropriations for increased funding for Radio Free
Asia and Voice of America broadcasting to China.
Sec. 3904. Reporting requirement.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional de-
fense committees’’ means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on National Security and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 101. ARMY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for procurement for the Army as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $1,466,508,000.
(2) For missiles, $1,175,539,000.
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles,
$1,443,108,000.
(4) For ammunition, $1,010,155,000.
(5) For other procurement, $3,565,927,000.
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SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
(a) NAVY.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 1999 for procurement for the Navy
as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $7,499,934,000.
(2) For weapons, including missiles and tor-
pedoes, $1,370,045,000.
(3) 
For 
shipbuilding 
and 
conversion,
$6,067,272,000.
(4) For other procurement, $4,052,012,000.
(b) MARINE CORPS.—Funds are hereby authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for procurement for
the Marine Corps in the amount of $910,558,000.
(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION.—Funds
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for procurement
of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the
amount of $476,539,000.
SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $8,303,839,000.
(2) For missiles, $2,354,745,000.
(3) For ammunition, $384,161,000.
(4) For other procurement, $6,792,081,000.
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SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount
of $2,029,250,000.
SEC. 105. RESERVE COMPONENTS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, commu-
nications equipment, and other equipment for the reserve
components of the Armed Forces as follows:
(1) For the Army National Guard, $10,000,000.
(2) For the Air National Guard, $10,000,000.
(3) For the Army Reserve, $10,000,000.
(4) For the Naval Reserve, $10,000,000.
(5) For the Air Force Reserve, $10,000,000.
(6) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $10,000,000.
SEC. 106. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for procurement for the Inspector General of
the Department of Defense in the amount of $1,300,000.
SEC. 107. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 1999 the amount of $780,150,000 for—
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and
munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the De-
partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50
U.S.C. 1521); and
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(2) the destruction of chemical warfare material
of the United States that is not covered by section
1412 of such Act.
SEC. 108. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for the Department of Defense for procure-
ment for carrying out health care programs, projects, and
activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount
of $402,387,000.
SEC. 109. DEFENSE EXPORT LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for the Department of Defense for carrying
out the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program under sec-
tion 2540 of title 10, United States Code, in the total
amount of $1,250,000.
Subtitle B—Army Programs
SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR 
PROCUREMENT 
AUTHORITY 
FOR
LONGBOW HELLFIRE MISSILE PROGRAM.
Beginning with the fiscal year 1999 program year, the
Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section
2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a
multiyear procurement contract for the procurement of the
Longbow Hellfire missile. The contract may be for a term
of five years.
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SEC. 112. CONDITION FOR AWARD OF MORE THAN ONE
MULTIYEAR CONTRACT FOR THE FAMILY OF
MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES.
Before awarding a multiyear procurement contract for
the production of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
to more than one contractor under the authority of section
112(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1648), the Sec-
retary of the Army shall certify in writing to the congres-
sional defense committees that—
(1) the total quantity of Family of Medium Tac-
tical Vehicles trucks required by the Army to be deliv-
ered in any 12-month period exceeds the production
capacity of any single prime contractor; or
(2)(A) the total cost of the procurements to the
Army under all such contracts over the period of the
contracts will be the same as or lower than the
amount that would be the total cost of the procure-
ments if only one such contract were awarded; and
(B) the vehicles to be produced by all contractors
under the contracts will be produced with common
components that will be interchangeable among simi-
larly configured models.
SEC. 113. ARMORED SYSTEM MODERNIZATION.
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated under section 101(3), $20,300,000 of the funds
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available for the M1A1D Application Integration Kit may
not be obligated for the procurement of the Kit until 30
days after the Secretary of the Army submits the report re-
quired under subsection (b).
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 1999, the
Secretary of the Army shall submit a report on armored
system modernization to the congressional defense commit-
tees. The report shall contain an assessment of the current
acquisition and fielding strategies for the M1A2 Abrams
Tank and M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and an assess-
ment of alternatives to those strategies. The report shall spe-
cifically include an assessment of an alternative fielding
strategy that provides for placing all of the armored vehicles
configured in the latest variant into one heavy corps. The
assessment of each alternative strategy shall include the fol-
lowing:
(1) The relative effects on warfighting capabili-
ties in terms of operational effectiveness and training
and support efficiencies, taking into consideration the
joint warfighting context.
(2) How the alternative strategy would facilitate
the transition to the Future Scout and Cavalry Sys-
tem, the Future Combat System, or other armored
systems for the future force structure known as the
Army After Next.
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(3) How the alternative strategy fits into the
context of overall armored system modernization
through 2020.
(4) Budgetary implications.
(5) Implications for the national technology and
industrial base.
SEC. 114. REACTIVE ARMOR TILES.
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated under section 101(3) or 102(b) may be obli-
gated for the procurement of reactive armor tiles until 30
days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees the study re-
quired by subsection (c).
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) does
not apply to the obligation of any funds for the procurement
of armor tiles for an armored vehicle for which the Sec-
retary of the Army or, in the case of the Marine Corps,
the Secretary of the Navy, had established a requirement
for such tiles before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) STUDY REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of Defense
shall contract with an entity independent of the Depart-
ment of Defense to conduct a study of the present and future
operational requirements of the Army and the Marine
Corps for reactive armor tiles for armored vehicles and to
submit to the Secretary a report on the results of the study.
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(2) The study shall include the following:
(A) A detailed assessment of the operational re-
quirements of the Army and the Marine Corps for re-
active armor tiles for each of the armored vehicles
presently in use, including the requirements for each
vehicle in its existing configurations and in configu-
rations proposed for the vehicle.
(B) For each armored vehicle, an analysis of the
costs and benefits of the procurement and installation
of the tiles, including a comparison of those costs and
benefits with the costs and benefits of any existing up-
grade program for the armored vehicle.
(3) The entity carrying out the study shall request the
views of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of
the Navy.
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than April
1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees—
(1) the report on the study;
(2) the comments of the Secretary of the Army
and the Secretary of the Navy on the study; and
(3) for each vehicle for which it is determined
that a requirement for reactive armor tiles exists, the
Secretary’s recommendations as to the number of ve-
hicles to be equipped with the tiles.
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SEC. 115. ANNUAL REPORTING OF COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH TRAVEL OF MEMBERS OF CHEMICAL DE-
MILITARIZATION CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COM-
MISSION.
(a) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL RE-
PORT ON CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 1412(g)(2) of the Department of Defense Authorization
Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521(g)(2)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(C) An accounting of all funds expended (for
the fiscal year covered by the report) for travel and
associated travel costs for Citizens’ Advisory Commis-
sioners under section 172(g) of Public Law 102–484
(50 U.S.C. 1521 note).’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1412(g) of sec-
tion 1412 of such Act is amended by striking out ‘‘(g) PERI-
ODIC REPORTS.—’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(g) AN-
NUAL REPORT.—’’.
SEC. 116. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT AR-
MAMENT RETOOLING AND MANUFACTURING
SUPPORT INITIATIVE.
Section 193(a) of the Armament Retooling and Manu-
facturing Support Act of 1992 (subtitle H of title I of Public
Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended by striking
out ‘‘During fiscal years 1993 through 1998’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘During fiscal years 1993 through 1999’’.
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SEC. 117. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESTRUC-
TION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
(a) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—The program manager
for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment shall con-
tinue to manage the development and testing (including
demonstration and pilot-scale testing) of technologies for the
destruction of lethal chemical munitions that are potential
or demonstrated alternatives to incineration. In performing
such function, the program manager shall act independ-
ently of the program manager for the baseline chemical de-
militarization program and shall report to the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
(b) POST-DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITIES.—(1) The pro-
gram manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assess-
ment may undertake the activities that are necessary to en-
sure that an alternative technology for the destruction of
lethal chemical munitions can be implemented immediately
after—
(A) the technology has been demonstrated suc-
cessful; and
(B) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Technology has submitted a report on the
demonstration to Congress.
(2) To prepare for the immediate implementation of
any such technology, the program manager may, during fis-
cal years 1998 and 1999, take the following actions:
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(A) Establish program requirements.
(B) Prepare procurement documentation.
(C) Develop environmental documentation.
(D) Identify and prepare to meet public outreach
and public participation requirements.
(E) Prepare to award a contract for the design,
construction, and operation of a pilot facility for the
technology to the provider team for the technology not
later than June 1, 1999.
(c) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—The Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology shall pro-
vide for two evaluations of the cost and schedule of the As-
sembled Chemical Weapons Assessment to be performed, and
for each such evaluation to be submitted to the Under Sec-
retary, not later than September 30, 1999. One of the eval-
uations shall be performed by a nongovernmental organiza-
tion qualified to make such an evaluation, and the other
evaluation shall be performed separately by the Cost Analy-
sis Improvement Group of the Department of Defense.
(d) PILOT FACILITIES CONTRACTS.—(1) The Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology shall
determine whether to proceed with pilot-scale testing of a
technology referred to in paragraph (2) in time to award
a contract for the design, construction, and operation of a
pilot facility for the technology to the provider team for the
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technology not later than December 30, 1999. If the Under
Secretary determines to proceed with such testing, the
Under Secretary shall (exercising the acquisition authority
of the Secretary of Defense) so award a contract not later
than such date.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an alternative technology
for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions, other than
incineration, that the Under Secretary—
(A) certifies in writing to Congress is—
(i) as safe and cost effective for disposing of
assembled chemical munitions as is incineration
of such munitions; and
(ii) is capable of completing the destruction
of such munitions on or before the later of the
date by which the destruction of the munitions
would be completed if incineration were used or
the deadline date for completing the destruction
of the munitions under the Chemical Weapons
Convention; and
(B) determines as satisfying the Federal and
State environmental and safety laws that are appli-
cable to the use of the technology and to the design,
construction, and operation of a pilot facility for use
of the technology.
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(3) The Under Secretary shall consult with the Na-
tional Research Council in making determinations and cer-
tifications for the purpose of paragraph (2).
(4) In this subsection, the term ‘‘Chemical Weapons
Convention’’ means the Convention on the Prohibition of
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on their Destruction, opened for signature on
January 13, 1993, together with related annexes and associ-
ated documents.
(e) FUNDING.—(1) Of the total amount authorized to
be appropriated under section 107, $18,000,000 shall be
available for the program manager for the Assembled Chem-
ical Weapons Assessment for the following:
(A) Demonstrations of alternative technologies
under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment.
(B) Planning and preparation to proceed from
demonstration of an alternative technology imme-
diately into the development of a pilot-scale facility
for the technology, including planning and prepara-
tion for—
(i) continued development of the technology
leading to deployment of the technology for use;
(ii) satisfaction of requirements for environ-
mental permits;
(iii) demonstration, testing, and evaluation;
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(iv) initiation of actions to design a pilot
plant;
(v) provision of support at the field office or
depot level for deployment of the technology for
use; and
(vi) educational outreach to the public to
engender support for the deployment.
(C) The independent evaluation of cost and
schedule required under subsection (c).
(2) Funds authorized to be appropriated under section
107(1) are authorized to be used for awarding contracts in
accordance with subsection (d) and for taking any other
action authorized in this section.
(f) ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ASSESSMENT
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Assembled Chemical
Weapons Assessment’’ means the pilot program carried out
under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104–208;
110 Stat. 3009–101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note).
Subtitle C—Navy Programs
SEC. 121. CVN–77 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under
section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 1999, $124,500,000 is
available for the advance procurement and advance con-
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struction of components (including nuclear components) for
the CVN–77 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
SEC. 122. INCREASED AMOUNT TO BE EXCLUDED FROM
COST LIMITATION FOR SEAWOLF SUBMARINE
PROGRAM.
Section 123(a) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat.
1650) is amended by striking out ‘‘$272,400,000’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘$557,600,000’’.
SEC. 123. MULTIYEAR 
PROCUREMENT 
AUTHORITY 
FOR
THE MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLE REPLACE-
MENT.
Beginning with the fiscal year 1999 program year, the
Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section
2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a
multiyear procurement contract for the procurement of the
Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement. The contract may
be for a term of five years.
SEC. 124. MULTIYEAR 
PROCUREMENT 
AUTHORITY 
FOR
CERTAIN AIRCRAFT PROGRAMS.
Beginning with the fiscal year 1999 program year, the
Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section
2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into multiyear
contracts for the procurement of the following aircraft:
(1) The AV–8B aircraft.
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(2) The E–2C aircraft.
(3) The T–45 aircraft.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
SEC. 131. JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR
SYSTEM.
(a) AMOUNT
FOR
FOLLOW-ON
OPTIONS.—Of the
amount authorized to be appropriated under section 103(1)
for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
(JSTARS) program, $72,000,000 is available for funding
the following options:
(1) Advance procurement of long-lead items for
two additional E–8C JSTARS aircraft.
(2) Payment of expenses associated with termi-
nation of production of JSTARS aircraft, together
with augmentation of other funding for the program
for development of an improved joint surveillance tar-
get attack radar, known as the radar technology in-
sertion program.
(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds available in ac-
cordance with subsection (a) for funding an option de-
scribed in that subsection may be obligated until 30 days
after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits
to Congress a plan for using the funds. The plan shall speci-
fy the option selected, the reasons for the selection of that
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option, and details about how the funds are to be used for
that option.
SEC. 132. LIMITATION ON REPLACEMENT OF ENGINES ON
MILITARY AIRCRAFT DERIVED FROM BOEING
707 AIRCRAFT.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under
this title may be obligated or expended for the replacement
of engines on aircraft of the Department of Defense that
are derived from the Boeing 707 aircraft until the Secretary
of Defense has submitted the analysis required by section
133 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1652).
SEC. 133. F–22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.
(a) LIMITATION
ON ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—(1)
Amounts available for the Department of Defense for any
fiscal year for the F–22 aircraft program may not be obli-
gated for advance procurement for the six Lot II F–22 air-
craft before the date that is 30 days after date that is appli-
cable under paragraph (2) or (3).
(2) The applicable date for the purposes of paragraph
(1) is the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits
a certification under subsection (b)(1) unless the Secretary
submits a report under subsection (b)(2).
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(3) If the Secretary submits a report under subsection
(b)(2), the applicable date for the purposes of paragraph
(1) is the later of—
(A) the date on which the Secretary of Defense
submits the report; or
(B) the date on which the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation submits the certification
required under subsection (c).
(b) CERTIFICATION BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—(1)
Upon the completion of 433 hours of flight testing of F–
22 flight test vehicles, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a certification of the
completion of that amount of flight testing. A certification
is not required under this paragraph if the Secretary sub-
mits a report under paragraph (2).
(2) If the Secretary determines that a number of hours
of flight testing of F–22 flight test vehicles less than 433
hours provides the Defense Acquisition Board with a suffi-
cient basis for deciding to proceed into production of Lot
II F–22 aircraft, the Secretary may submit a report to the
congressional defense committees upon the completion of
that lesser number of hours of flight testing. A report under
this paragraph shall contain the following:
(A) A certification of the number of hours of
flight testing completed.
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(B) The reasons for the Secretary’s determina-
tion that the lesser number of hours is a sufficient
basis for a decision by the board.
(C) A discussion of the extent to which the Sec-
retary’s determination is consistent with each deci-
sion made by the Defense Acquisition Board since
January 1997 in the case of a major aircraft acquisi-
tion program that the amount of flight testing com-
pleted for the program was sufficient or not sufficient
to justify a decision to proceed into low-rate initial
production.
(D) A determination by the Secretary that it is
more financially advantageous for the Department to
proceed into production of Lot II F–22 aircraft than
to delay production until completion of 433 hours of
flight testing, together with the reasons for that deter-
mination.
(c) CERTIFICATION
BY
THE DIRECTOR
OF OPER-
ATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION.—Upon the completion of
183 hours of the flight testing of F–22 flight test vehicles
provided for in the test and evaluation master plan for the
F–22 aircraft program, as in effect on October 1, 1997, the
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a certification of the
completion of that flight testing.
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SEC. 134. C–130J AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.
Not later than March 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense
shall review the C–130J aircraft program and submit a re-
port on the program to the congressional defense commit-
tees. The report shall include at least the following:
(1) A discussion of the testing planned and the
testing conducted under the program, including—
(A) the testing schedule intended at the be-
ginning of the program;
(B) the testing schedule as of when the test-
ing commenced; and
(C) an explanation of the time taken for the
testing.
(2) The cost and schedule of the program, includ-
ing—
(A) whether the Department has exercised
or plans to exercise contract options for fiscal
years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999;
(B) when the Department expects the air-
craft to be delivered and how the delivery dates
compare to the delivery dates specified in the
contract;
(C) whether the Department expects to make
any modification to the negotiated contract price
for these aircraft, and the amount and basis for
any such modification; and
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(D) whether the Department expects the re-
ported delays and overruns in the development of
the aircraft to have any other impact on the cost,
schedule, or performance of the aircraft.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for the use of the Department of Defense for
research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:
(1) For the Army, $4,838,145,000.
(2) For the Navy, $8,219,997,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $13,673,993,000.
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $9,583,822,000,
of which—
(A) $249,106,000 is authorized for the ac-
tivities of the Director, Test and Evaluation; and
(B) $25,245,000 is authorized for the Direc-
tor of Operational Test and Evaluation.
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SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 1999.—Of the amounts authorized
to be appropriated by section 201, $4,186,817,000 shall be
available for basic research and applied research projects.
(b) BASIC RESEARCH AND APPLIED RESEARCH DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘basic re-
search and applied research’’ means work funded in pro-
gram elements for defense research and development under
Department of Defense category 6.1 or 6.2.
Subtitle B—Program Requirements,
Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 211. CRUSADER SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY SYS-
TEM PROGRAM.
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated for the Army pursuant to section 201(1), not
more than $223,000,000 may be obligated for the Crusader
self-propelled artillery system program until 30 days after
the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits the
report required under subsection (b).
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—The Secretary of the
Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report on the Crusader self-propelled artillery system. The
report shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the risks associated with the
current Crusader program technology.
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(2) The total requirements for the Crusader sys-
tem, taking into consideration revisions in force
structure resulting from the redesign of heavy and
light divisions to achieve a force structure known as
the Army After Next.
(3) The potential for reducing the weight of the
Crusader system by as much as 50 percent.
(4) The potential for using alternative propel-
lants for the artillery projectile for the Crusader sys-
tem and the effects on the overall program schedule
that would result from taking the actions and time
necessary to develop mature technologies for alter-
native propellants.
(5) An analysis of the costs and benefits of delay-
ing procurement of Crusader to avoid affordability
issues associated with the current schedule and to
allow for maturation of weight and propellant tech-
nologies.
(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The Secretary of the
Army shall submit the report not later than March 1, 1999.
SEC. 212. CVN–77 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.
(a) AMOUNT
FOR
NEW
TECHNOLOGIES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section
201(2) for aircraft carrier system development, $50,000,000
shall be available only for research, development, test, and
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evaluation, and for acquisition, of technologies described in
subsection (b) for use in the CVN–77 nuclear aircraft car-
rier program.
(b) TECHNOLOGIES.—The technologies for which
amounts are available under subsection (a) are technologies
that are designed—
(1) for a transition from the CVN–77 aircraft
carrier program to the CV(X) aircraft carrier pro-
gram; and
(2) for—
(A) demonstrating enhanced capabilities for
the CV(X) aircraft carrier program; or
(B) mitigating the cost or technical risks of
that program.
SEC. 213. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PROGRAMS.
(a) TERMINATION OF DARK STAR PROGRAM.—The
Secretary of Defense shall terminate the Dark Star un-
manned aerial vehicle program. Except as provided in sub-
section (b), funds available for that program may be obli-
gated after the date of the enactment of this Act only for
costs necessary for terminating the program.
(b) GLOBAL HAWK PROGRAM.—Of the unobligated bal-
ance of the funds available for the Dark Star unmanned
aerial vehicle program, $32,500,000 shall be available for
the procurement of three Global Hawk unmanned aerial ve-
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hicles. However, none of the funds made available for the
Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle program under the
preceding sentence may be obligated or expended for that
program until phase II testing of the Global Hawk un-
manned aerial vehicle has been completed.
SEC. 214. AIRBORNE LASER PROGRAM.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The development plan of the Department of
Defense for the Airborne Laser Program does not in-
clude the basic validation of certain key technologies
until 2002, which is shortly before the program is
scheduled to enter the engineering and manufacturing
development phase of development.
(2) It is possible that the technical risk of the
Airborne Laser Program could be substantially re-
duced by restructuring the program to include a tech-
nology demonstration using a low power laser device
to collect optical data in an operationally representa-
tive environment.
(3) Department of Defense officials are currently
planning 
to 
have 
expended 
approximately
$1,300,000,000 on the Airborne Laser Program by the
end of fiscal year 2002, and a total of $6,300,000,000
by the end of fiscal year 2008 for the development of
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the system and the procurement of seven airborne
laser aircraft.
(4) Due to the likely vulnerability of an airborne
laser system to air defense threats, the limited lethal
range of the laser device, and other operational limi-
tations of the system, the utility of the airborne laser
system will be severely restricted under a wide range
of operational scenarios.
(b) ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL
LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an
assessment of the technical obstacles and operational short-
comings expected for the Airborne Laser Program. In con-
ducting the assessment, the Secretary shall—
(1) require the Panel on Reducing Risk in Bal-
listic Missile Defense Test Programs to evaluate the
adequacy of the test program for the Airborne Laser
Program; and
(2) establish an independent team of persons
from outside the Department of Defense who are ex-
perts in relevant fields to review the operational limi-
tations and issues associated with the Airborne Laser
Program.
(c) REPORT ON ASSESSMENT.—Not later than March
15, 1999, the Secretary shall submit a report on the assess-
ment to Congress. The report shall include the Secretary’s
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findings and any recommendations that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate.
(d) FUNDING FOR PROGRAM.—Of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated under section 201(3), $195,219,000
shall be available for the Airborne Laser Program.
(e) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made available pur-
suant to subsection (d), not more than $150,000,000 may
be obligated until 30 days after the Secretary submits the
report required under subsection (c).
SEC. 215. ENHANCED GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM PRO-
GRAM.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Section 152(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law
103–160; 107 Stat. 1578) prohibits the obligation of
funds, after September 30, 2000, to modify or procure
any Department of Defense aircraft, ship, armored
vehicle, or indirect-fire weapon system that is not
equipped with a Global Positioning System receiver.
(2) Section 279(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law
104–106; 110 Stat. 243) requires the Secretary of De-
fense to prepare a plan for enhancing the Global Posi-
tioning System and to provide in that plan for—
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(A) the development of capabilities to deny
hostile military forces the ability to use the Glob-
al Positioning System without hindering the
ability of United States military forces and civil
users to have access to and use of the system; and
(B) the development and acquisition of re-
ceivers for the Global Positioning System and
other techniques for weapons and weapon sys-
tems that provide substantially improved resist-
ance to jamming and other forms of electronic
interference or disruption.
(3) Section 2281 of title 10, United States Code,
requires the Secretary of Defense—
(A) to develop appropriate measures for
preventing hostile use of the Global Positioning
System so as to make it unnecessary for the Sec-
retary to use the selective availability feature of
the system continuously while not hindering the
use of the Global Positioning System by the
United States and its allies for military pur-
poses;
(B) to ensure that the Armed Forces of the
United States have the capability to use the
Global Positioning System effectively despite hos-
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tile attempts to prevent the use of the system by
such forces; and
(C) to develop measures for preventing hos-
tile use of the Global Positioning System in a
particular area without hindering peaceful civil
use of the system elsewhere.
(b) POLICY ON PRIORITY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EN-
HANCED GPS SYSTEM.—The development of an enhanced
Global Positioning System is an urgent national security
priority.
(c) DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED.—To fulfill the require-
ments described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense
shall develop an enhanced Global Positioning System in ac-
cordance with the priority declared in subsection (b). The
enhanced Global Positioning System shall consist of the fol-
lowing elements:
(1) An evolved satellite system that includes dy-
namic frequency reconfiguration and regional-level
directional signal enhancements.
(2) Enhanced receivers and user equipment that
are capable of providing military users with direct
access to encrypted Global Positioning System sig-
nals.
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(3) To the extent funded by the Secretary of
Transportation, additional civil frequencies and other
enhancements for civil users.
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING.—It
is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Secretary of Defense should ensure that
the future-years defense program provides for suffi-
cient funding to develop and deploy an enhanced
Global Positioning System system in accordance with
the priority declared in subsection (b); and
(2) the Secretary of Transportation should pro-
vide sufficient funding to support additional civil fre-
quencies for the Global Positioning System and other
enhancements of the system for civil users.
(e) PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ENHANCED GLOBAL
POSITIONING SYSTEM.—Not later than April 15, 1999, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan for
carrying out the requirements of subsection (c).
(f) DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE FOR LIMITATION ON
PROCUREMENT OF SYSTEMS NOT GPS-EQUIPPED.—Sec-
tion 152(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 107 Stat. 1578)
is amended by striking out ‘‘2000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘2005’’.
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(g) FUNDING FROM AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under section 201(3), $44,000,000 shall be
available to establish and carry out an enhanced Global Po-
sitioning System program.
SEC. 216. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
(a) COMPETITION AND COST SHARING.—Subsection
(d) of section 2525 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking out paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the costs
of a project carried out under the program shall be shared
by the Department of Defense and the other parties to the
grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction
involved if any results of the project are likely to have an
immediate and direct commercial application. The cost
share—
‘‘(A) in the case of a grant, contract, cooperative
agreement, or other transaction that is awarded using
a competitive selection process, shall be the cost share
proposed in the application or offer selected for the
award; or
‘‘(B) in a case in which there is only one appli-
cant or offeror, shall be the cost share negotiated with
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the applicant or offeror that provides the best value
for the Government.
‘‘(3)(A) Cost-sharing is not required of the non-Federal
Government parties to a grant, contract, cooperative agree-
ment, or other transaction under paragraph (2) if the
project is determined as being sufficiently high risk to dis-
courage cost-sharing by non-Federal Government sources.
‘‘(B) A determination under subparagraph (A) that
cost-sharing is not required in the case of a particular
grant, contract, cooperative agreement or other transaction
shall be made by—
‘‘(i) the Secretary of the military department
awarding the grant or entering into the contract, co-
operative agreement, or other transaction; or
‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Defense for any other
grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or transaction.
‘‘(C) The transaction file for a case in which cost-shar-
ing is determined as not being required shall include writ-
ten documentation of the reasons for the determination.’’.
(b) FIVE-YEAR PLAN.—Subsection (e)(2) of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) The plan shall include the following:
‘‘(A) An assessment of the effectiveness of the pro-
gram.
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‘‘(B) An assessment of the extent to which the
costs of projects are being shared by the following:
‘‘(i) Commercial enterprises in the private
sector.
‘‘(ii) Department of Defense program of-
fices, including weapon system program offices.
‘‘(iii) Departments and agencies of the Fed-
eral Government outside the Department of De-
fense.
‘‘(iv) Institutions of higher education.
‘‘(v) Other institutions not operated for
profit.
‘‘(vi) Other sources.’’.
SEC. 217. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF MAJOR RANGE AND
TEST FACILITY INSTALLATIONS BY COMMER-
CIAL ENTITIES.
(a) PERMANENT AUTHORITY.—Subsection (g) of sec-
tion 2681 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(b) REPEAL
OF EXECUTED REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.—Subsection (h) of such section is repealed.
SEC. 218. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN PROTOTYPE PROJECTS.
Section 845(c) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 10 U.S.C.
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2371 note) is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30,
1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 2001’’.
SEC. 219. NATO ALLIANCE GROUND SURVEILLANCE CON-
CEPT DEFINITION.
Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subtitle
A are available for a NATO alliance ground surveillance
concept definition that is based on the Joint Surveillance
Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) Radar Tech-
nology Insertion Program (RTIP) sensor of the United
States, as follows:
(1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 201(1), $6,400,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 201(3), $3,500,000.
SEC. 220. NATO COMMON-FUNDED CIVIL BUDGET.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by sec-
tion 201(1), $750,000 shall be available for contributions
for the common-funded Civil Budget of NATO.
SEC. 221. PERSIAN GULF ILLNESSES.
(a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR PERSIAN GULF ILL-
NESSES.—The total amount authorized to be appropriated
under this title for research and development relating to
Persian Gulf illnesses is the total amount authorized to be
appropriated for such purpose under the other provisions
of this title plus $10,000,000.
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(b) REDUCED AMOUNT FOR ARMY COMMERCIAL OPER-
ATIONS AND SUPPORT SAVINGS PROGRAM.—Of the amount
authorized to be appropriated under section 201(1),
$23,600,000 shall be available for the Army Commercial
Operations and Support Savings Program.
SEC. 222. DOD/VA COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—(1) The amount au-
thorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) is hereby in-
creased by $10,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by
section 201(4), as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000
shall be available for the DOD/VA Cooperative Research
Program.
(b) OFFSET.—(1) The amount authorized to be appro-
priated by section 201(2) is hereby decreased by
$10,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by
section 201(2), as decreased by paragraph (1), not more
than $18,500,000 shall be available for the Commercial Op-
erations and Support Savings Program.
(c) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The Secretary of Defense,
acting through the Army Medical Research and Materiel
Command and the Naval Operational Medicine Institute,
shall be the executive agent for the utilization of the funds
made available by subsection (a).
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SEC. 223. LOW COST LAUNCH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 201(3), $5,000,000 is available for the Low
Cost Launch Development Program.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 231. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO BALLISTIC MISSILE
DEFENSE COOPERATION.
As the United States proceeds with efforts to develop
defenses against ballistic missile attack, it should seek to
foster a climate of cooperation with Russia on matters relat-
ed to missile defense. In particular, the United States and
its NATO allies should seek to cooperate with Russia in
such areas as early warning.
SEC. 232. REVIEW OF PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
FOR REVERSING BRAIN INJURY.
(a) REVIEW AND REPORT REQUIRED.—The Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall review research
on pharmacological interventions for reversing brain injury
and, not later than March 31, 1999, submit a report on
the results of the review to Congress.
(b) CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report shall include
the following:
(1) The potential for pharmacological interven-
tions for reversing brain injury to reduce mortality
and morbidity in cases of head injuries incurred in
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combat or resulting from exposures to chemical weap-
ons or agents.
(2) The potential utility of such interventions for
the Armed Forces.
(3) A conclusion regarding whether funding for
research on such interventions should be included in
the budget for the Department of Defense for fiscal
year 2000.
SEC. 233. LANDMINES.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—(1) Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201, $17,200,000
shall be available for activities relating to the identification,
adaptation, modification, research, and development of ex-
isting and new tactics, technologies, and operational con-
cepts that—
(A) would provide a combat capability that is
comparable to the combat capability provided by
anti-personnel landmines, including anti-personnel
landmines used in mixed mine systems; and
(B) comply with the Convention on the Prohibi-
tion of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer
of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.
(2) The amount available under paragraph (1) shall
be derived as follows:
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(A) $12,500,000 shall be available from amounts
authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1).
(B) $4,700,000 shall be available from amounts
authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4).
(b) STUDIES.—(1) Not later than 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
enter into a contract with each of two appropriate scientific
organizations for purposes of identifying existing and new
tactics, technologies, and concepts referred to in subsection
(a).
(2) Each contract shall require the organization con-
cerned to submit a report to the Secretary and to Congress,
not later than one year after the execution of such contract,
describing the activities under such contract and including
recommendations with respect to the adaptation, modifica-
tion, and research and development of existing and new tac-
tics, technologies, and concepts identified under such con-
tract.
(3) Amounts available under subsection (a) shall be
available for purposes of the contracts under this subsection.
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than April 1 of each of 1999
through 2001, the Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report describing the progress
made in identifying and deploying tactics, technologies,
and concepts referred to in subsection (a).
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) 
ANTI-PERSONNEL
LANDMINE.—The 
term
‘‘anti-personnel landmine’’ has the meaning given the
term ‘‘anti-personnel mine’’ in Article 2 of the Con-
vention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling,
Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and
on Their Destruction.
(2) MIXED
MINE
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘mixed
mine system’’ includes any system in which an anti-
vehicle landmine or other munition is constructed
with or used with one or more anti-personnel land-
mines, but does not include an anti-handling device
as that term is defined in Article 2 of the Convention
on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production
and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their
Destruction.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
(a) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.—Funds are hereby au-
thorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for the use
of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of
the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise pro-
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vided for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as
follows:
(1) For the Army, $17,395,563,000.
(2) For the Navy, $22,001,302,000.
(3) For the Marine Corps, $2,621,703,000.
(4) For the Air Force, $19,213,404,000.
(5) For the Special Operations Command,
$1,251,503,000.
(6) For Defense-wide activities, $9,025,598,000.
(7) For the Army Reserve, $1,217,622,000.
(8) For the Naval Reserve, $943,639,000.
(9) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $134,593,000.
(10) For the Air Force Reserve, $1,759,696,000.
(11) 
For 
the 
Army 
National 
Guard,
$2,476,815,000.
(12) 
For 
the 
Air 
National 
Guard,
$3,113,933,000.
(13) 
For 
the 
Defense 
Inspector 
General,
$130,764,000.
(14) For the United States Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces, $7,324,000.
(15) For Environmental Restoration, Army,
$370,640,000.
(16) For Environmental Restoration, Navy,
$274,600,000.
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(17) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force,
$372,100,000.
(18) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-
wide, $23,091,000.
(19) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly
Used Defense Sites, $195,000,000.
(20) For Overseas Humanitarian, Demining,
and CINC Initiatives, $50,000,000.
(21) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug
Activities, Defense-wide, $727,582,000.
(22) For the Kaho’olawe Island Conveyance, Re-
mediation, and Environmental Restoration Trust
Fund, $15,000,000.
(23) 
For 
Medical 
Programs, 
Defense,
$9,653,435,000.
(24) For Cooperative Threat Reduction pro-
grams, $440,400,000.
(25) For Overseas Contingency Operations
Transfer Fund, $746,900,000.
(26) For Impact Aid, $35,000,000.
(b) GENERAL LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding para-
graphs (1) through (25) of subsection (a), the total amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1999 under
those paragraphs is $93,875,207,000.
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SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1999 for the use of the Armed Forces and other
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds
in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, Air
Force, $30,800,000.
(2) For Defense Working-Capital Fund, Defense-
wide, $63,700,000.
(3) For the National Defense Sealift Fund,
$669,566,000.
SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 1999 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust
Fund the sum of $70,745,000 for the operation of the Armed
Forces Retirement Home, including the United States Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home and the Naval Home.
SEC. 304. TRANSFER 
FROM 
THE 
NATIONAL 
DEFENSE
STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND.
(a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—To the extent provided in
appropriations Acts, not more than $150,000,000 is author-
ized to be transferred from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund to operation and maintenance accounts
for fiscal year 1999 in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Army, $50,000,000.
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(2) For the Navy, $50,000,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $50,000,000.
(b) TREATMENT
OF TRANSFERS.—Amounts trans-
ferred under this section—
(1) shall be merged with, and be available for the
same purposes and the same period as, the amounts
in the accounts to which transferred; and
(2) may not be expended for an item that has
been denied authorization of appropriations by Con-
gress.
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER TRANSFER AUTHOR-
ITY.—The transfer authority provided in this section is in
addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001.
Subtitle B—Program Requirements,
Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 311. SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS 
COMMAND
COUNTERPROLIFERATION 
AND
COUNTERTERRORISM ACTIVITIES.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under
section 301(a)(5), the $18,500,000 available for the Special
Operations Command that is not needed for the operation
of six of the patrol coastal craft of the Department of De-
fense in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean in
support of the drug interdiction efforts of the United States
Southern Command by reason of section 331 shall be avail-
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able for increased training and related operations in sup-
port of that command’s counterproliferation of weapons of
mass destruction and the command’s counterterrorism ac-
tivities. The amount available under the preceding sentence
is in addition to other funds authorized to be appropriated
under section 301(a)(5) for the Special Operations Com-
mand for such purposes.
SEC. 312. TAGGING SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF HY-
DROCARBON FUELS USED BY THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT PILOT PROGRAM.—The
Secretary of Defense may conduct a pilot program using
existing technology to determine—
(1) the feasibility of tagging hydrocarbon fuels
used by the Department of Defense for the purposes
of analyzing and identifying such fuels;
(2) the deterrent effect of such tagging on the
theft and misuse of fuels purchased by the Depart-
ment; and
(3) the extent to which such tagging assists in
determining the source of surface and underground
pollution in locations having separate fuel storage fa-
cilities of the Department and of civilian companies.
(b) SYSTEM ELEMENTS.—The tagging system under
the pilot program shall have the following characteristics:
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(1) The tagging system does not harm the envi-
ronment.
(2) Each chemical used in the tagging system
is—
(A) approved for use under the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); and
(B) substantially similar to the fuel to
which added, as determined in accordance with
criteria established by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency for the introduction of additives into
hydrocarbon fuels.
(3) The tagging system permits a determination
if a tag is present and a determination if the con-
centration of a tag has changed in order to facilitate
identification of tagged fuels and detection of dilution
of tagged fuels.
(4) The tagging system does not impair or de-
grade the suitability of tagged fuels for their intended
use.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the comple-
tion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report setting forth the results of the pilot program
and including any recommendations for legislation relating
to the tagging of hydrocarbon fuels by the Department that
the Secretary considers appropriate.
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(d) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 301(a)(6) for operation and main-
tenance for defense-wide activities, not more than
$5,000,000 shall be available for the pilot program.
SEC. 313. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF
LANDING FEES CHARGED FOR USE OF DO-
MESTIC MILITARY AIRFIELDS BY CIVIL AIR-
CRAFT.
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
each military department may carry out a pilot program
to demonstrate the use of landing fees as a source of funding
for the operation and maintenance of airfields of the depart-
ment.
(b) IMPOSITION OF LANDING FEES.—Under a pilot
program carried out under this section, the Secretary of a
military department may prescribe and impose landing fees
for use of any military airfield of the department in the
United States by civil aircraft during fiscal years 1999 and
2000. No fee may be charged under the pilot program for
a landing after September 30, 2000.
(c) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts received for a fiscal
year in payment of landing fees imposed under the pilot
program for use of a military airfield shall be credited to
the appropriation that is available for that fiscal year for
the operation and maintenance of the military airfield,
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shall be merged with amounts in the appropriation to which
credited, and shall be available for that military airfield
for the same period and purposes as the appropriation is
available.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2000, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the
pilot programs carried out under this section by the Sec-
retaries of the military departments. The report shall speci-
fy the amounts of fees received and retained by each mili-
tary department under the pilot program as of December
31, 1999.
SEC. 314. NATO COMMON-FUNDED MILITARY BUDGET.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by sec-
tion 30(a)(1), $227,377,000 shall be available for contribu-
tions for the common-funded Military Budget of NATO.
Subtitle C—Environmental
Provisions
SEC. 321. TRANSPORTATION 
OF 
POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS FROM ABROAD FOR DISPOSAL IN
THE UNITED STATES.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 157 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘§ 2646. Transportation of polychlorinated biphenyls
from abroad; disposal
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT.—(1) Subject to
paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Defense and the Sec-
retaries of the military departments may provide for the
transportation into the customs territory of the United
States of polychlorinated biphenyls generated by or under
the control of the Department of Defense for purposes of
their disposal, treatment, or storage in the customs territory
of the United States.
‘‘(2) Polychlorinated biphenyls may be transported
into the customs territory of the United States under para-
graph (1) only if the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency determines that the transportation will
not result in an unreasonable risk of injury to health or
the environment, and only if such materials are specifically
provided for in subchapter VIII, chapter 98 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
‘‘(b) DISPOSAL.—(1) The disposal, treatment, and
storage of polychlorinated biphenyls transported into the
customs territory of the United States under subsection (a)
shall be governed by the provisions of the Toxic Substances
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.).
‘‘(2) A chemical waste landfill may not be used for
the disposal, treatment, or storage of polychlorinated
biphenyls transported into the customs territory of the
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United States under subsection (a) unless the landfill meets
all of the technical requirements specified in section
761.75(b)(3) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in
effect on the date that was one year before the date of enact-
ment of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
‘‘(c) CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘customs territory of
the United States’ has the meaning given that term in Gen-
eral Note 2. of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of that chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘2646. Transportation of polychlorinated biphenyls from abroad; disposal.’’.
SEC. 322. MODIFICATION OF DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL
TO CONGRESS OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON EN-
VIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
Section 2706 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘not later than 30 days’’ each place it
appears in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘not later than 45 days’’.
SEC. 323. SUBMARINE SOLID WASTE CONTROL.
(a) SOLID WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS.—Sub-
section (c)(2) of section 3 of the Act to Prevent Pollution
from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1902) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(iii) With regard to submersibles, non-plastic
garbage that has been compacted and weighted to en-
sure negative buoyancy.’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking out
‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A)’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (e)(3)(A)
of that section is amended by striking out ‘‘garbage that
contains more than the minimum amount practicable of’’.
SEC. 324. PAYMENT OF STIPULATED PENALTIES ASSESSED
UNDER CERCLA.
The Secretary of Defense may pay, from amounts in
the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 es-
tablished by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Pub-
lic Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), not more than
$15,000 as payment of pay stipulated civil penalties as-
sessed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq.) against McClellan Air Force Base, California.
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SEC. 325. AUTHORITY TO PAY NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF FOR-
MERLY USED DEFENSE SITES IN CANADA.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings
with respect to the authorization of payment of settlement
with Canada in subsection (b) regarding environmental
cleanup at formerly used defense sites in Canada:
(1) A unique and longstanding national security
alliance exists between the United States and Canada.
(2) The sites covered by the settlement were for-
merly used by the United States and Canada for their
mutual defense.
(3) There is no formal treaty or international
agreement between the United States and Canada re-
garding the environmental cleanup of the sites.
(4) Environmental contamination at some of the
sites could pose a substantial risk to the health and
safety of the United States citizens residing in States
near the border between the United States and Can-
ada.
(5) The United States and Canada reached a ne-
gotiated agreement for an ex-gratia reimbursement of
Canada in full satisfaction of claims of Canada relat-
ing to environmental contamination which agreement
was embodied in an exchange of Notes between the
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Government of the United States and the Government
of Canada.
(6) There is a unique factual basis for authoriz-
ing a reimbursement of Canada for environmental
cleanup at sites in Canada after the United States de-
parture from such sites.
(7) The basis for and authorization of such reim-
bursement does not extend to similar claims by other
nations.
(8) The Government of Canada is committed to
spending the entire $100,000,000 of the reimburse-
ment authorized in subsection (b) in the United
States, which will benefit United States industry and
United States workers.
(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—(1) Subject to
paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense may, using funds
specified under subsection (c), make a payment described
in paragraph (2) in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2008
for purposes of the ex-gratia reimbursement of Canada in
full satisfaction of any and all claims asserted against the
United States by Canada for environmental cleanup of sites
in Canada that were formerly used for the mutual defense
of the United States and Canada.
(2) A payment referred to in paragraph (1) is a pay-
ment of $10,000,000, in constant fiscal year 1996 dollars,
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into the Foreign Military Sales Trust Account for purposes
of Canada.
(3) A payment may be made under paragraph (1) in
any fiscal year after fiscal year 1999 only if the Secretary
of Defense submits to Congress with the budget for such fis-
cal year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
evidence that the cumulative amount expended by the Gov-
ernment of Canada for environmental cleanup activities in
Canada during any fiscal years before such fiscal year in
which a payment under that paragraph was authorized was
an amount equal to or greater than the aggregate amount
of the payments under that paragraph during such fiscal
years.
(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—A payment may be made
under subsection (b) in a fiscal year from amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations for
the Department of Defense for such fiscal year for Operation
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.
SEC. 326. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OF FOREIGN GOVERN-
MENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF
OVERSEAS SITES FORMERLY USED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) NOTICE OF NEGOTIATIONS.—The President shall
notify Congress before entering into any negotiations for the
ex-gratia settlement of the claims of a government of an-
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other country against the United States for environmental
cleanup of sites in that country that were formerly used
by the Department of Defense.
(b) AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED FOR USE FUNDS FOR
PAYMENT OF SETTLEMENT.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no funds may be utilized for any payment
under an ex-gratia settlement of any claims described in
subsection (a) unless the use of the funds for that purpose
is specifically authorized by law, treaty, or international
agreement.
SEC. 327. ARCTIC MILITARY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERA-
TION PROGRAM.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Secretary of Defense has developed a
program to address environmental matters relating to
the military activities of the Department of Defense
in the Arctic region. The program is known as the
‘‘Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Pro-
gram’’.
(2) The Secretary has carried out the Arctic
Military Environmental Cooperation Program using
funds appropriated for Cooperative Threat Reduction
programs.
(b) ACTIVITIES UNDER PROGRAM.—(1) Subject to
paragraph (2), activities under the Arctic Military Envi-
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ronmental Cooperation Program shall include cooperative
activities on environmental matters in the Arctic region
with the military departments and agencies of other coun-
tries, including the Russian Federation.
(2) Activities under the Arctic Military Environ-
mental Cooperation Program may not include any activi-
ties for purposes for which funds for Cooperative Threat Re-
duction programs have been denied, including the purposes
for which funds were denied by section 1503 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public
Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2732).
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FISCAL YEAR 1999 FUNDS.—(1)
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section
301(a)(6), $4,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the
Arctic Military Environmental Program.
(2) Amounts available for the Arctic Military Envi-
ronmental Cooperation Program under paragraph (1) may
not be obligated or expended for that Program until 45 days
after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits
to the congressional defense committees a plan for the Pro-
gram under paragraph (3).
(3) The plan for the Arctic Military Environmental
Cooperation Program under this paragraph shall include
the following:
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(A) A statement of the overall goals and objec-
tives of the Program.
(B) A statement of the proposed activities under
the Program and the relationship of such activities to
the national security interests of the United States.
(C) An assessment of the compatibility of the ac-
tivities set forth under subparagraph (B) with the
purposes of the Cooperative Threat Reduction pro-
grams of the Department of Defense (including with
any prohibitions and limitations applicable to such
programs).
(D) An estimate of the funding to be required
and requested in future fiscal years for the activities
set forth under subparagraph (B).
(E) A proposed termination date for the Pro-
gram.
SEC. 328. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING OIL SPILL PRE-
VENTION TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL ON
BOARD NAVY VESSELS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) There have been six significant oil spills in
Puget Sound, Washington, in 1998, five at Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard (including three from the
U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, one from the U.S.S. Carl Vinson,
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and one from the U.S.S. Sacramento) and one at
Naval Station Everett from the U.S.S. Paul F. Fos-
ter.
(2) Navy personnel on board vessels, and not
shipyard employees, were primarily responsible for a
majority of these oil spills at Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard.
(3) Oil spills have the potential to damage the
local environment, killing microscopic organisms,
contributing to air pollution, harming plants and
marine animals, and increasing overall pollution lev-
els in Puget Sound.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that the Secretary of the Navy should take immediate action
to significantly reduce the risk of vessel oil spills, including
the minimization of fuel oil transfers, the assurance of prop-
er training and qualifications of all Naval personnel in oc-
cupations that may contribute to or minimize the risk of
shipboard oil spills, and the improvement of liaison with
local authorities concerning oil spill prevention and re-
sponse activities.
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Subtitle D—Counter-Drug Activities
SEC. 331. PATROL COASTAL CRAFT FOR DRUG INTERDIC-
TION BY SOUTHERN COMMAND.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under sec-
tion 301(a)(21), relating to drug interdiction and counter-
drug activities, $18,500,000 shall be available for the equip-
ping and operation of six of the Cyclone class coastal de-
fense ships of the Department of Defense in the Caribbean
Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the drug
interdiction efforts of the United States Southern Com-
mand.
SEC. 332. PROGRAM AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES.
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 374 note) is amended by striking
out ‘‘through 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘through
2004’’.
(b) BASES AND FACILITIES SUPPORT.—(1) Subsection
(b)(4) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘of the De-
partment of Defense or any Federal, State, local, or foreign
law enforcement agency’’ after ‘‘counter-drug activities’’.
(2) Section 1004 of such Act is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(h) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF FACILITIES
PROJECTS.—(1) Not later than 21 days before obligating
funds for beginning the work on a project described in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a notification of the project,
including the scope and estimated total cost of the project.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a project for the modi-
fication or repair of a Department of Defense facility for
the purpose set forth in subsection (b)(4) that is estimated
to cost more than $500,000.’’.
SEC. 333. SOUTHWEST BORDER FENCE.
(a) LIMITATION OF FUNDING FOR EXPANSION.—None
of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense by this Act may be used to expand the
Southwest border fence until the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits the report required by subsection (b).
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the ex-
tent to which the Southwest border fence has reduced the
illegal transportation of narcotics and other drugs into the
United States.
(c) SOUTHWEST BORDER FENCE DEFINED.—In this
section, the term ‘‘Southwest border fence’’ means the fence
that was constructed, at Department of Defense expense,
along the southwestern border of the United States for the
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purpose of preventing or reducing the illegal transportation
of narcotics and other drugs into the United States.
SEC. 334. REVISION AND CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY
FOR 
FEDERAL 
SUPPORT 
OF 
NATIONAL
GUARD DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-
DRUG ACTIVITIES.
(a) 
PROCUREMENT
OF
EQUIPMENT.—Subsection
(a)(3) of section 112 of title 32, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘and leasing of equipment’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and equipment, and the leasing
of equipment,’’.
(b) TRAINING AND READINESS.—Subsection (b)(2) of
such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2)(A) A member of the National Guard serving on
full-time National Guard duty under orders authorized
under paragraph (1) shall participate in the training re-
quired under section 502(a) of this title in addition to the
duty performed for the purpose authorized under that para-
graph. The pay, allowances, and other benefits of the mem-
ber while participating in the training shall be the same
as those to which the member is entitled while performing
duty for the purpose of carrying out drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities.
‘‘(B) Appropriations available for the Department of
Defense for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
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may be used for paying costs associated with a member’s
participation in training described in subparagraph (A).
The appropriation shall be reimbursed in full, out of appro-
priations available for paying those costs, for the amounts
paid. Appropriations available for paying those costs shall
be available for making the reimbursements.’’.
(c) ASSISTANCE TO YOUTH AND CHARITABLE ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—Subsection (b)(3) of such section is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(2) A unit or member of the National Guard of a
State may be used, pursuant to a State drug interdiction
and counter-drug activities plan approved by the Secretary
of Defense under this section, to provide services or other
assistance (other than air transportation) to an organiza-
tion eligible to receive services under section 508 of this title
if—
‘‘(A) the State drug interdiction and counter-
drug activities plan specifically recognizes the organi-
zation as being eligible to receive the services or as-
sistance;
‘‘(B) in the case of services, the provision of the
services meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and
(2) of subsection (a) of section 508 of this title; and
‘‘(C) the services or assistance is authorized
under subsection (b) or (c) of such section or in the
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State drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
plan.’’.
(d) 
DEFINITION
OF
DRUG
INTERDICTION
AND
COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.—Subsection (i)(1) of such sec-
tion is amended by inserting after ‘‘drug interdiction and
counter-drug law enforcement activities’’ the following: ‘‘,
including drug demand reduction activities,’’.
SEC. 335. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIORITY OF
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG
ACTIVITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense
should revise the Global Military Force Policy of the De-
partment of Defense—
(1) to treat the international drug interdiction
and counter-drug activities of the department as a
military operation other than war, thereby elevating
the priority given such activities under the policy to
the next priority below the priority given to war
under the policy and to the same priority as is given
to peacekeeping operations under the policy; and
(2) to allocate the assets of the department to
drug interdiction and counter-drug activities in ac-
cordance with the priority given those activities.
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Subtitle E—Other Matters
SEC. 341. LIQUIDITY OF WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS.
(a) INCREASED CASH BALANCES.—The Secretary of
Defense shall administer the working-capital funds of the
Department of Defense during fiscal year 1999 so as to en-
sure that the total amount of the cash balances in such
funds on September 30, 1999, exceeds the total amount of
the cash balances in such funds on September 30, 1998, by
$1,300,000,000.
(b) ACTIONS REGARDING UNBUDGETED LOSSES AND
GAINS.—(1) In order to achieve the increase in cash bal-
ances in working-capital funds required under subsection
(a), the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall—
(A) assess surcharges on the rates charged to De-
partment of Defense activities for the performance of
depot-level maintenance and repair workloads for
those activities in fiscal year 1999 as necessary to re-
coup for the working-capital funds the amounts of
any operational losses that are incurred in the per-
formance of those workloads in excess of the amounts
of the losses that are budgeted for fiscal year 1999;
and
(B) return to Department of Defense activities
any amounts that—
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(i) are realized for the working-capital
funds for depot-level maintenance and repair
workloads in excess of the estimated revenues
budgeted for the performance of those workloads
that originate in those activities; and
(ii) are not needed to achieve the required
increase in cash balances.
(2) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall
prescribe policies and procedures for carrying out para-
graph (1). The policies and procedures shall include a pro-
hibition on applying assessments of surcharges to a Depart-
ment of Defense activity more frequently than once every
six months.
(c) WAIVER.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive
the requirements of this section upon certifying to Congress,
in writing, that the waiver is necessary to meet require-
ments associated with—
(A) a contingency operation (as defined in sec-
tion 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code); or
(B) an operation of the Armed Forces that com-
menced before October 1, 1998, and continues during
fiscal year 1999.
(2) The waiver authority under paragraph (1) may
not be delegated to any official other than the Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense.
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(3) The waiver authority under paragraph (1) does not
apply to the limitation in subsection (d) or the limitation
in section 2208(l)(3) of title 10, United States Code (as
added by subsection (e)).
(d) FISCAL YEAR 1999 LIMITATION ON ADVANCE BIL-
LINGS.—(1) The total amount of the advance billings ren-
dered or imposed for the working-capital funds of the De-
partment of Defense and the Defense Business Operations
Fund in fiscal year 1999—
(A) for the Department of the Navy, may not ex-
ceed $500,000,000; and
(B) for the Department of the Air Force, may
not exceed $500,000,000.
(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘‘advance billing’’ has
the meaning given such term in section 2208(l) of title 10,
United States Code.
(e) PERMANENT
LIMITATION
ON
ADVANCE
BIL-
LINGS.—(1) Section 2208(l) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph (3):
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‘‘(3) The total amount of the advance billings rendered
or imposed for all working-capital funds of the Department
of Defense in a fiscal year may not exceed $1,000,000,000.’’.
(2) Section 2208(l)(3) of such title, as added by para-
graph (1), applies to fiscal years after fiscal year 1999.
(f) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—(1) The Under Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on National Security of the
House of Representatives—
(A) not later than May 1, 1999, a report on the
administration of this section for the 6-month period
ending on March 31, 1999; and
(B) not later than November 1, 1999, a report on
the administration of this section for the 6-month pe-
riod ending on September 30, 1999.
(2) Each report shall include, for the 6-month period
covered by the report, the following:
(A) The profit and loss status of each working-
capital fund activity.
(B) The actions taken by the Secretary of each
military department to use assessments of surcharges
to correct for unbudgeted losses and gains.
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SEC. 342. TERMINATION 
OF 
AUTHORITY 
TO 
MANAGE
WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS AND CERTAIN AC-
TIVITIES THROUGH THE DEFENSE BUSINESS
OPERATIONS FUND.
(a) REVISION OF CERTAIN DBOF PROVISIONS AND
REENACTMENT TO APPLY TO WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS
GENERALLY.—Section 2208 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(m) 
CAPITAL
ASSET
SUBACCOUNTS.—Amounts
charged for depreciation of capital assets shall be credited
to a separate capital asset subaccount established within a
working-capital fund.
‘‘(n) SEPARATE ACCOUNTING, REPORTING, AND AU-
DITING OF FUNDS AND ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of De-
fense, with respect to the working-capital funds of each De-
fense Agency, and the Secretary of each military depart-
ment, with respect to the working-capital funds of the mili-
tary department, shall provide in accordance with this sub-
section for separate accounting, reporting, and auditing of
funds and activities managed through the working-capital
funds.
‘‘(o) CHARGES FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED
THROUGH THE FUND.—(1) Charges for goods and services
provided for an activity through a working-capital fund
shall include the following:
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‘‘(A) Amounts necessary to recover the full costs
of the goods and services provided for that activity.
‘‘(B) Amounts for depreciation of capital assets,
set in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
‘‘(2) Charges for goods and services provided through
a working-capital fund may not include the following:
‘‘(A) Amounts necessary to recover the costs of a
military construction project (as defined in section
2801(b) of this title), other than a minor construction
project financed by the fund pursuant to section
2805(c)(1) of this title.
‘‘(B) Amounts necessary to cover costs incurred
in connection with the closure or realignment of a
military installation.
‘‘(C) Amounts necessary to recover the costs of
functions designated by the Secretary of Defense as
mission critical, such as ammunition handling safety,
and amounts for ancillary tasks not directly related
to the mission of the function or activity managed
through the fund.
‘‘(p) PROCEDURES FOR ACCUMULATION OF FUNDS.—
The Secretary of Defense, with respect to each working-cap-
ital fund of a Defense Agency, and the Secretary of a mili-
tary department, with respect to each working-capital fund
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of the military department, shall establish billing proce-
dures to ensure that the balance in that working-capital
fund does not exceed the amount necessary to provide for
the working-capital requirements of that fund, as deter-
mined by the Secretary concerned.
‘‘(q) ANNUAL REPORTS AND BUDGET.—The Secretary
of Defense, with respect to each working-capital fund of a
Defense Agency, and the Secretary of each military depart-
ment, with respect to each working-capital fund of the mili-
tary department, shall annually submit to Congress, at the
same time that the President submits the budget under sec-
tion 1105 of title 31, the following:
‘‘(1) A detailed report that contains a statement
of all receipts and disbursements of the fund (includ-
ing such a statement for each subaccount of the fund)
for the fiscal year ending in the year preceding the
year in which the budget is submitted.
‘‘(2) A detailed proposed budget for the operation
of the fund for the fiscal year for which the budget is
submitted.
‘‘(3) A comparison of the amounts actually ex-
pended for the operation of the fund for the fiscal year
referred to in paragraph (1) with the amount pro-
posed for the operation of the fund for that fiscal year
in the President’s budget.
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‘‘(4) A report on the capital asset subaccount of
the fund that contains the following information:
‘‘(A) The opening balance of the subaccount
as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which
the report is submitted.
‘‘(B) The estimated amounts to be credited
to the subaccount in the fiscal year in which the
report is submitted.
‘‘(C) The estimated amounts of outlays to be
paid out of the subaccount in the fiscal year in
which the report is submitted.
‘‘(D) The estimated balance of the sub-
account at the end of the fiscal year in which the
report is submitted.
‘‘(E) A statement of how much of the esti-
mated balance at the end of the fiscal year in
which the report is submitted will be needed to
pay outlays in the immediately following fiscal
year that are in excess of the amount to be cred-
ited to the subaccount in the immediately follow-
ing fiscal year.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO MANAGE THROUGH
THE DEFENSE BUSINESS OPERATIONS FUND.—(1) Section
2216a of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
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(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
131 of such title is amended by striking out the item relat-
ing to section 2216a.
SEC. 343. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO RETAIN RE-
COVERED COSTS OF DISPOSALS IN WORKING-
CAPITAL FUNDS.
Section 2210(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) A working-capital fund established pursuant
to section 2208 of this title may retain so much of the pro-
ceeds of disposals of property referred to in paragraph (2)
as is necessary to recover the expenses incurred by the fund
in disposing of such property. Proceeds from the sale or dis-
posal of such property in excess of amounts necessary to
recover the expenses may be credited to current applicable
appropriations of the Department of Defense.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to disposals of supplies,
material, equipment, and other personal property that were
not financed by stock funds established under section 2208
of this title.’’.
SEC. 344. BEST COMMERCIAL INVENTORY PRACTICES FOR
MANAGEMENT 
OF 
SECONDARY 
SUPPLY
ITEMS.
(a) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF SCHEDULE.—
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
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this Act, the Secretary of each military department shall
develop and submit to Congress a schedule for implementing
within the military department, for secondary supply items
managed by that military department, inventory practices
identified by the Secretary as being the best commercial in-
ventory practices for the acquisition and distribution of
such supply items consistent with military requirements.
The schedule shall provide for the implementation of such
practices to be completed not later than five years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘best commercial inventory practice’’ includes cellular
repair processes, use of third-party logistics providers, and
any other practice that the Secretary determines will enable
the military department to reduce inventory levels and
holding costs while improving the responsiveness of the sup-
ply system to user needs.
(c) GAO REPORTS ON MILITARY DEPARTMENT AND
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY SCHEDULES.—(1) Not later
than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report
evaluating the extent to which the Secretary of each mili-
tary department has complied with the requirements of this
section.
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(2) Not later than 18 months after the date on which
the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency submits to Con-
gress a schedule for implementing best commercial inven-
tory practices under section 395 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85;
111 Stat. 1718; 10 U.S.C. 2458 note), the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress an evaluation of the extent
to which best commercial inventory practices are being im-
plemented in the Defense Logistics Agency in accordance
with that schedule.
SEC. 345. INCREASED USE OF SMART CARDS.
(a) FUNDING FOR INCREASED USE GENERALLY.—Of
the funds available for the Navy for fiscal year 1999 for
operation and maintenance, the Secretary of the Navy shall
allocate sufficient amounts, up to $25,000,000, to making
significant progress toward ensuring that smart cards hav-
ing a multi-application, multi-technology automated read-
ing capability are issued and used throughout the Navy and
the Marine Corps for purposes for which such cards are
suitable.
(b) DEPLOYMENT OF SMART CARDS.—(1) Not later
than March 31, 1999, the Secretary of the Navy shall equip
with smart card technology at least one carrier battle group,
one carrier air wing, and one amphibious readiness group
(including the Marine Corps units embarked on the vessels
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of such battle and readiness groups) in each of the United
States Atlantic Command and the United States Pacific
Command.
(2) None of the funds appropriated pursuant to any
authorization of appropriations in this Act may be ex-
pended after March 31, 1999, for the procurement of the
Joint Uniformed Services Identification card for, or for the
issuance of such card to, members of the Navy or the Marine
Corps until the Secretary of the Navy certifies in writing
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on National Security of the House of Represent-
atives that the Secretary has completed the issuance of
smart cards in accordance with paragraph (1).
(c) PLAN.—Not later than March 31, 1999, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a plan for equipping all operational naval units
with smart card technology. The Secretary shall include in
the plan estimates of the costs of, and the savings to be de-
rived from, carrying out the plan.
(d) SMART CARD DEFINED.—In this section, the term
‘‘smart card’’ means a credit card size device that contains
one or more integrated-circuits.
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SEC. 346. PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION IN THE PROVI-
SION OF SUPPORT SERVICES.
(a) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the Secretary of Defense should take action to initi-
ate public-private competitions pursuant to Office of Man-
agement and Budget Circular A–76 for functions of the De-
partment of Defense involving not fewer than a number of
employees equivalent to 30,000 full-time employees for each
of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
(b) SMALL FUNCTIONS QUALIFIED FOR A WAIVER OF
THE NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR
CONVERSION TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE.—(1) Section
2461(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘20 or fewer’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘50 or
fewer’’.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
study, notification, or report may be required pursuant to
subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title 10, United
States Code, or Office of Management and Budget Circular
A–76 for functions that are being performed by 50 or fewer
Department of Defense civilian employees.
(c) BEST OVERALL VALUE TO THE TAXPAYER.—Sec-
tion 2462(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘at a cost that is lower’’ and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof:
‘‘at a lower cost than the cost at which the Department can
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provide the same supply or service or at a better overall
value than the value that the Department can provide for
the same supply or service. Each determination regarding
relative cost or relative overall value shall be based on an
objective evaluation of cost and performance-related factors
and shall include the consideration of any cost differential
required by law, Executive order, or regulation.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (b) and (c), and
the amendments made by such subsections, shall take effect
on January 1, 2001.
SEC. 347. CONDITION FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE FOR SUPPORT OF ADDITIONAL DUTIES
ASSIGNED TO THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.
(a) 
COMPETITIVE
SOURCE
SELECTION.—Section
113(b) of title 32, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(b) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2), financial assistance may be provided for the
performance of an activity by the Army National Guard
under subsection (a) only if—
‘‘(A) the activity is carried out in the perform-
ance of a responsibility of the Secretary of the Army
under paragraph (6), (10), or (11) of section 3013(b)
of title 10; and
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‘‘(B) the Army National Guard was selected to
perform the activity under competitive procedures
that permit all responsible private-sector sources to
submit offers and be considered for selection to per-
form the activity on the basis of the offers.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply to an activity
that, on the date of the enactment of the Strom Thurmond
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999,
was performed for the Federal Government by employees of
the Federal Government or employees of a State.’’.
(b) PROSPECTIVE APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (B)
of section 113(b)(1) of title 32, United States Code (as
amended by subsection (a) of this section), does not apply
to—
(1) financial assistance provided under that sec-
tion before October 1, 1998; or
(2) financial assistance for an activity that, on
or before May 8, 1998, the Secretary of the Army
identified in writing as being under consideration for
supporting with financial assistance under such sec-
tion.
SEC. 348. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON JOINT USE OF
GRAY ARMY AIRFIELD, FORT HOOD, TEXAS.
Section 319 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99–661; 100 Stat. 3855),
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relating to a prohibition on the joint military-civilian use
of Robert Gray Army Airfield, Fort Hood, Texas, is re-
pealed.
SEC. 349. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF IN-TRANSIT SEC-
ONDARY ITEMS.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.—Not later than March
1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress
a plan to address problems with Department of Defense
management of the department’s inventories of in-transit
secondary items as follows:
(1) The vulnerability of in-transit secondary
items to loss through fraud, waste, and abuse.
(2) Loss of oversight of in-transit secondary
items, including any loss of oversight when items are
being transported by commercial carriers.
(3) Loss of accountability for in-transit second-
ary items due to either a delay of delivery of the
items or a lack of notification of a delivery of the
items.
(b) CONTENT OF PLAN.— The plan shall include, for
each of the problems described in subsection (a), the follow-
ing information:
(1) The actions to be taken to correct the prob-
lems.
(2) Statements of objectives.
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(3) Performance measures and schedules.
(4) An identification of any resources that may
be necessary for correcting the problem, together with
an estimate of the annual costs.
(c) GAO REVIEWS.—(1) Not later than 60 days after
the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the plan
to Congress, the Comptroller General shall review the plan
and submit to Congress any comments that the Comptroller
General considers appropriate regarding the plan.
(2) The Comptroller General shall monitor any imple-
mentation of the plan and, not later than one year after
the date referred to in paragraph (1), submit to Congress
an assessment of the extent to which the plan has been im-
plemented.
SEC. 350. PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS IN ARMY MATERIEL
COMMAND.
Not later than March 31, 1999, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report concerning—
(1) the effect that the quadrennial defense re-
view’s proposed personnel reductions in the Army
Materiel Command will have on workload and readi-
ness if implemented; and
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(2) the projected cost savings from such reduc-
tions and the manner in which such savings are ex-
pected to be achieved.
SEC. 351. PROHIBITIONS REGARDING EVALUATION OF
MERIT OF SELLING MALT BEVERAGES AND
WINE IN COMMISSARY STORES AS EXCHANGE
SYSTEM MERCHANDISE.
Neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other official
of the Department of Defense may—
(1) by contract or otherwise, conduct a survey of
eligible patrons of the commissary store system to de-
termine patron interest in having commissary stores
sell malt beverages and wine as exchange store mer-
chandise; or
(2) conduct a demonstration project to evaluate
the merit of selling malt beverages and wine in com-
missary stores as exchange store merchandise.
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL
AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active
duty personnel as of September 30, 1999, as follows:
(1) The Army, 480,000.
(2) The Navy, 372,696.
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(3) The Marine Corps, 172,200.
(4) The Air Force, 370,882.
SEC. 402. LIMITED EXCLUSIONS OF JOINT DUTY OFFICERS
FROM LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF GENERAL
AND FLAG OFFICERS.
(a) ONE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION FROM PERCENTAGE
LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF LIEUTENANT GENERALS AND
VICE ADMIRALS.—Section 525(b)(4)(B) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘six’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘seven’’.
(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE UP TO
12 JOINT DUTY OFFICERS FROM LIMITATION ON AUTHOR-
IZED GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICER STRENGTH.—Section
526(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘October
1, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2002’’.
SEC. 403. LIMITATION ON DAILY AVERAGE OF PERSONNEL
ON ACTIVE DUTY IN GRADES E–8 AND E–9.
(a) FISCAL YEAR BASIS FOR APPLICATION OF LIMITA-
TION.—The first sentence of section 517(a) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘a calendar year’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘a fiscal year’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘January 1 of that year’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the first day of that fis-
cal year’’.
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(b) CORRECTION OF CROSS REFERENCE.—Such sen-
tence is further amended by striking out ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in section 307 of title 37, the’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘The’’.
SEC. 404. REPEAL OF PERMANENT END STRENGTH RE-
QUIREMENT FOR SUPPORT OF TWO MAJOR
REGIONAL CONTINGENCIES.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 691 of title 10, United States
Code, is repealed.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 39 of such title is amended by
striking out the item relating to section 691.
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve com-
ponents as of September 30, 1999, as follows:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United
States, 357,000.
(2) The Army Reserve, 208,000.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 90,843.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 40,018.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United
States, 106,991.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 74,242.
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(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 8,000.
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense
may vary an end strength authorized by subsection (a) by
not more than 2 percent.
(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The end strengths prescribed by
subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve compo-
nent shall be proportionately reduced by—
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such
component which are on active duty (other than for
training) at the end of the fiscal year, and
(2) the total number of individual members not
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected
Reserve of such component who are on active duty
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end
of the fiscal year.
Whenever such units or such individual members are re-
leased from active duty during any fiscal year, the end
strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected Re-
serve of such reserve component shall be proportionately in-
creased by the total authorized strengths of such units and
by the total number of such individual members.
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SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a),
the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized,
as of September 30, 1999, the following number of Reserves
to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in
the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose
of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or
training the reserve components:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United
States, 21,763.
(2) The Army Reserve, 11,804.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 15,590.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,362.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United
States, 10,930.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 991.
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS
(DUAL STATUS).
The reserve components of the Army and the Air Force
are authorized strengths for military technicians (dual sta-
tus) as of September 30, 1999, as follows:
(1) For the Army Reserve, 5,205.
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United
States, 22,179.
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,761.
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(4) For the Air National Guard of the United
States, 22,408.
SEC. 414. EXCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL RESERVE COMPO-
NENT GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS FROM
LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF GENERAL AND
FLAG OFFICERS WHO MAY SERVE ON ACTIVE
DUTY.
Section 526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN RESERVE OFFICERS.—
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the limitations of this section
do not apply to the following reserve component general or
flag officers:
‘‘(A) A general or flag officer who is on active
duty for training.
‘‘(B) A general or flag officer who is on active
duty under a call or order specifying a period of less
than 180 days.
‘‘(C) A general or flag officer who is on active
duty under a call or order specifying a period of more
than 179 days.
‘‘(2) The number of general or flag officers of an armed
force that are excluded from the applicability of the limita-
tions of this section under paragraph (1)(C) at any one
time may not exceed the number equal to three percent of
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the number specified for that armed force under subsection
(a).’’.
SEC. 415. INCREASE IN NUMBERS OF MEMBERS IN CER-
TAIN GRADES AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.
(a) OFFICERS.—The table in section 12011(a) of title
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Grade
Army
Navy
Air
Force
Marine
Corps
Major or Lieutenant Commander ....................................................
3,219
1,071
791
140
Lieutenant Colonel or Commander .................................................
1,524
520
713
Colonel or Navy Captain .................................................................
438
188
297
30’’.
(b) SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS.—The table in sec-
tion 12012(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘Grade
Army
Navy
Air
Force
Marine
Corps
E–9 .....................................................................................................
623
202
395
E–8 .....................................................................................................
2,585
429
997
94’’.
SEC. 416. CONSOLIDATION 
OF 
STRENGTH 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS FOR ACTIVE STATUS NAVAL RESERVE
FLAG OFFICERS OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DE-
PARTMENT STAFF CORPS.
Section 12004(c) of subtitle E of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in the table in paragraph (1)—
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(A) by striking out the item relating to the
Medical Corps and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
‘‘Medical Department staff corps ..................................................
9’’;
and
(B) by striking out the items relating to the
Dental Corps, the Nurse Corps, and the Medical
Service Corps; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4)(A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Medical
Department staff corps referred to in the table are as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) The Medical Corps.
‘‘(ii) The Dental Corps.
‘‘(iii) The Nurse Corps.
‘‘(iv) The Medical Service Corps.
‘‘(B) Each of the Medical Department staff corps is
authorized one rear admiral (lower half) within the strength
authorization distributed to the Medical Department staff
corps under paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Navy shall
distribute the remainder of the strength authorization for
the Medical Department staff corps under that paragraph
among those staff corps as the Secretary determines appro-
priate to meet the needs of the Navy.’’.
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Subtitle C—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 421. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILI-
TARY PERSONNEL.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the
Department of Defense for military personnel for fiscal year
1999 a total of $70,434,386,000. The authorization in the
preceding sentence supersedes any other authorization of
appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such purpose for
fiscal year 1999.
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL
POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy
SEC. 501. STREAMLINED SELECTIVE RETENTION PROCESS
FOR REGULAR OFFICERS.
(a) REPEAL
OF REQUIREMENT
FOR DUPLICATIVE
BOARD.—Section 1183 of title 10, United States Code, is
repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 1182(c)
of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘send the record
of proceedings to a board of review convened under section
1183 of this title’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘recommend
to the Secretary concerned that the officer not be retained
on active duty’’.
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(2) Section 1184 of such title is amended by striking
out ‘‘board of review convened under section 1183 of this
title’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘board of inquiry con-
vened under section 1182 of this title’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading for sec-
tion 1184 of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘re-
view’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘inquiry’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
60 of such title is amended by striking out the items relating
to sections 1183 and 1184 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
‘‘1184. Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommendation of board of
inquiry.’’.
SEC. 502. PERMANENT APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON
YEARS OF ACTIVE NAVAL SERVICE OF NAVY
LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS IN GRADES OF COM-
MANDER AND CAPTAIN.
(a) COMMANDERS.—Section 633 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Except an officer’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘or section 6383 of this title ap-
plies’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Except an officer
of the Navy or Marine Corps who is an officer des-
ignated for limited duty to whom section 5596(e) or
6383 of this title applies’’; and
(2) by striking out the second sentence.
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(b) CAPTAINS.—Section 634 of such title is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘an officer of the Navy who is
designated for limited duty to whom section
6383(a)(4) of this title applies and except’’ in the first
sentence after ‘‘Except’’; and
(2) by striking out the second sentence.
(c) YEARS
OF ACTIVE NAVAL SERVICE.—Section
6383(a) of such title is amended by striking out paragraph
(5).
(d) LIMITATIONS ON SELECTIVE RETENTIONS.—Sec-
tion 6383(k) of such title is amended by striking out the
last sentence.
SEC. 503. INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION PAY DENIED FOR
OFFICER DISCHARGED FOR FAILURE OF SE-
LECTION FOR PROMOTION REQUESTED BY
THE OFFICER.
(a) INELIGIBILITY
FOR SEPARATION PAY.—Section
1174(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), an offi-
cer discharged for twice failing of selection for promotion
to the next higher grade is not entitled to separation pay
under this section if the officer submitted a request not to
be selected for promotion to any selection board that consid-
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ered and did not select the officer for promotion to that
grade.’’.
(b) REPORT OF SELECTION BOARD TO NAME OFFI-
CERS REQUESTING NONSELECTION.—Section 617 of such
title is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) A selection board convened under section 611(a)
of this title shall include in its report to the Secretary con-
cerned the name of any regular officer considered and not
recommended by the board for promotion who submitted to
the board a request not to be selected for promotion.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date of
the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to
selection boards convened under section 611(a) of title 10,
United States Code, on or after that date.
SEC. 504. TERM OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF THE AIR
FORCE NURSE CORPS.
Section 8069(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended in the third sentence by striking out ‘‘and’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘except that the Sec-
retary may increase the limit to four years in any case
in which the Secretary determines that special cir-
cumstances justify a longer term of service in the position.
An officer appointed as Chief’’.
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SEC. 505. ATTENDANCE OF RECIPIENTS OF NAVAL RESERVE
OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS SCHOLARSHIPS
AT PARTICIPATING COLLEGES OR UNIVER-
SITIES.
Section 2107 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
any policy or regulation of the Department of Defense or
of the Department of the Navy, recipients of Naval Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps scholarships who live in a State
which has more scholarship awardees than slots available
under the Navy quotas in their State colleges and univer-
sities may attend any college or university of their choice
in their State to which they have been accepted, so long
as the college or university is a participant in the Naval
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.
‘‘(2) The Department of Defense and the Department
of the Navy are prohibited from setting maximum limits
on the number of Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
scholarship students who can be enrolled at any college or
university participating in the Naval Reserve Officers’
Training Corps program in such State.’’.
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Subtitle B—Reserve Component
Matters
SEC. 511. SERVICE REQUIRED FOR RETIREMENT OF NA-
TIONAL GUARD OFFICER IN HIGHER GRADE.
(a) REVISION OF REQUIREMENT.—Subparagraph (E)
of section 1370(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(E) To the extent authorized by the Secretary of the
military department concerned, a person who, after having
been found qualified for Federal recognition in a higher
grade by a board under section 307 of title 32, serves in
a position for which that grade is the minimum authorized
grade and is appointed as a reserve officer in that grade
may be credited for the purposes of subparagraph (A) as
having served in that grade. The period of the service for
which credit is afforded under the preceding sentence may
only be the period for which the person served in the posi-
tion after the Senate provides advice and consent for the
appointment.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act and shall apply with respect to appointments
to higher grades that take effect after that date.
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SEC. 512. REDUCED TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT FOR
RESERVE GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS IN-
VOLUNTARILY TRANSFERRED FROM ACTIVE
STATUS.
(a) MINIMUM SERVICE IN ACTIVE STATUS.—Section
1370(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by
section 511, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(F) A person covered by subparagraph (A) who has
completed at least six months of satisfactory service in a
grade above colonel or (in the case of the Navy) captain
and, while serving in an active status in such grade, is in-
voluntarily transferred (other than for cause) from active
status may be credited with satisfactory service in the grade
in which serving at the time of such transfer, notwithstand-
ing failure of the person to complete three years of service
in that grade.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subparagraph (F) of such sec-
tion, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect
to transfers referred to in such subparagraph that are made
on or after that date.
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SEC. 513. ELIGIBILITY OF ARMY AND AIR FORCE RESERVE
BRIGADIER GENERALS TO BE CONSIDERED
FOR PROMOTION WHILE ON INACTIVE STA-
TUS LIST.
(a) WAIVER
OF ACTIVE STATUS REQUIREMENT.—
Chapter 1405 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 14318. Officers on inactive status list: eligibility of
Army and Air Force reserve brigadier gen-
erals for consideration for promotion
‘‘(a) WAIVER OF ONE-YEAR ACTIVE STATUS RULE.—
The Secretary concerned may waive the eligibility require-
ments in section 14301(a) of this title (and the requirement
in section 140101(a) of this title that an officer be on a
reserve active-status list) in the case of a general officer re-
ferred to in subsection (b) and authorize the officer to be
considered for promotion under this chapter by a promotion
board convened under section 14101(a) of this title.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies to a re-
serve officer of the Army or Air Force who—
‘‘(1) is on the inactive status list of the Standby
Reserve in the grade of brigadier general pursuant to
a transfer under section 14314(a)(2) of this title;
‘‘(2) has been on the inactive status list pursuant
to the transfer for less than one year as of the date
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of the convening of the promotion board that is to
consider the officer for promotion; and
‘‘(3) during the one-year period ending on the
date of the transfer to the inactive status list, continu-
ously performed service on either the reserve active-
status list, the active-duty list, or a combination of
both lists.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘14318. Officers on inactive status list: eligibility of Army and Air Force reserve
brigadier generals for consideration for promotion.’’.
SEC. 514. COMPOSITION OF SELECTIVE EARLY RETIRE-
MENT BOARDS FOR REAR ADMIRALS OF THE
NAVAL RESERVE AND MAJOR GENERALS OF
THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
Section 14705(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b) BOARDS.—’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) In the case of a board convened to consider the
early retirement of officers in the grade of rear admiral in
the Naval Reserve or major general in the Marine Corps
Reserve, the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe the com-
position of the board notwithstanding section 14102(b) of
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this title. In doing so, however, the Secretary shall ensure
that each regular commissioned officer of the Navy or the
Marine Corps appointed to the board holds a permanent
grade higher than the grade of the officers under consider-
ation by the board and that at least one member of the
board is a reserve officer who holds the grade of rear admi-
ral or major general.’’.
SEC. 515. USE OF RESERVES FOR EMERGENCIES INVOLV-
ING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
(a) ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) Section 12304 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or is nec-
essary to provide assistance referred to in subsection
(b)’’ after ‘‘to augment the active forces for any oper-
ational mission’’.
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘(b)’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—(1)’’; and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘, or to provide’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘or, except as provided
in subsection (b), to provide’’;
(C) by redesignating subsection (c) as paragraph
(2); and
(D) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow-
ing new subsection (b):
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‘‘(b) SUPPORT FOR RESPONSES TO CERTAIN EMER-
GENCIES.—The authority under subsection (a) includes au-
thority to order a unit or member to active duty to provide
assistance in responding to an emergency involving a use
or threatened use of a weapon of mass destruction.’’.
(2) Subsection (i) of such section is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Individual Ready Reserve mobili-
zation category’ means, in the case of any reserve
component, the category of the Individual Ready Re-
serve described in section 10144(b) of this title.
‘‘(2) The term ‘weapon of mass destruction’ has
the meaning given such term in section 1402 of the
Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of
1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)).’’.
(3) Such section is further amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘AUTHOR-
ITY.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;
(B) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘EXCLUSION
FROM STRENGTH LIMITATIONS.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’;
(C) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES.—’’ after ‘‘(e)’’;
(D) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘NOTIFICA-
TION OF CONGRESS.—’’ after ‘‘(f)’’;
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(E) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘TERMI-
NATION OF DUTY.—’’ after ‘‘(g)’’; and
(F) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘RELATION-
SHIP TO WAR POWERS RESOLUTION.—’’ after ‘‘(h)’’.
(b) USE OF ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE PERSON-
NEL.—Section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c)(1) A Reserve on active duty as described in sub-
section (a), or a Reserve who is a member of the National
Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty under sec-
tion 502(f) of title 32 in connection with functions referred
to in subsection (a), may perform any duties in support
of emergency preparedness programs to prepare for or to
respond to any emergency involving the use of a weapon
of mass destruction (as defined in section 1402 of the De-
fense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50
U.S.C. 2302(1))).
‘‘(2) The costs of the pay, allowances, clothing, subsist-
ence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for a Reserve
performing duties under the authority of paragraph (1)
shall be paid from the appropriation that is available to
pay such costs for other members of the reserve component
of that Reserve who are performing duties as described in
subsection (a).’’.
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Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 521. ANNUAL MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS REPORT.
Section 115a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting
in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall
submit an annual manpower requirements report to Con-
gress each year, not later than 45 days after the date on
which the President submits the budget for the next fiscal
year to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31.’’.
SEC. 522. FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN FORCE RE-
DUCTION TRANSITION PERIOD MANAGEMENT
AND BENEFITS AUTHORITIES.
(a) ACTIVE FORCE EARLY RETIREMENT.—Section
4403(i) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1293 note) is amended by striking
out ‘‘October 1, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October
1, 2003’’.
(b) SPECIAL SEPARATION BENEFITS PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 1174a(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘September 30, 2003’’.
(c) VOLUNTARY
SEPARATION
INCENTIVE.—Section
1175(d)(3) of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September
30, 2003’’.
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(d) SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARDS.—Sec-
tion 638a(a) of such title, is amended by striking out ‘‘nine-
year period’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year period’’.
(e) RETIRED GRADE.—Section 1370(a)(2)(A) of such
title is amended by striking out ‘‘nine-year period’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year period’’.
(f) MINIMUM
COMMISSIONED
SERVICE
FOR
VOL-
UNTARY RETIREMENT.—Sections 3911(b), 6323(a)(2), and
8911(b) of such title are amended by striking out ‘‘nine-
year period’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year period’’.
(g) TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND STORAGE BENE-
FITS.—(1) Subsections (c)(1)(C) and (f)(2)(B)(v) of section
404 of title 37, United States Code, and subsections
(a)(2)(B)(v) and (g)(1)(C) of section 406 of such title are
amended by striking out ‘‘nine-year period’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year period’’.
(2) Section 503(c)(1) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (37 U.S.C. 406 note) is
amended by striking out ‘‘nine-year period’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year period’’.
(h) EDUCATIONAL LEAVE FOR PUBLIC AND COMMU-
NITY SERVICE.—Section 4463(f) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1143a
note) is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 2003’’.
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(i) HEALTH BENEFITS.—Section 1145 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1), by striking
out ‘‘nine-year period’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘13-year period’’; and
(2) in subsection (e), by striking out ‘‘five-year
period’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nine-year pe-
riod’’.
(j) COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE BENEFITS.—Section
1146 of such title is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘nine-year period’’ in the
first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year
period’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘five-year period’’ in the sec-
ond sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nine-year
period’’.
(k) USE OF MILITARY HOUSING.—Section 1147(a) of
such title 10 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘nine-year
period’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year pe-
riod’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘five-year
period’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nine-year pe-
riod’’.
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(l) CONTINUED ENROLLMENT OF DEPENDENTS IN DE-
FENSE
DEPENDENTS’ 
EDUCATION
SYSTEM.—Section
1407(c)(1) of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of
1978 (20 U.S.C. 926(c)(1)) is amended by striking out
‘‘nine-year period’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year
period’’.
(m) GUARD
AND
RESERVE
TRANSITION
INITIA-
TIVES.—Title XLIV of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 12681 note) is amend-
ed—
(1) in section 4411, by striking out ‘‘September
30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September
30, 2003’’; and
(2) in section 4416(b)(1), by striking out ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1,
2003’’.
(n) RETIRED PAY FOR NONREGULAR SERVICE-AGE
AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.—(1) Section 12731(f) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out
‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2003’’.
(2) Subsections (a)(1)(B) and (b) of section 12731a of
such title are amended by striking out ‘‘October 1, 1999’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2003’’.
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(o) REDUCTION
OF TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT
FOR RETENTION OF GRADE UPON VOLUNTARY RETIRE-
MENT.—Section 1370(d) of such title is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) The Secretary of Defense may authorize the Sec-
retary of a military department to reduce the three-year
period required by paragraph (3)(A) to a period not less
than two years in the case of retirements effective during
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1999 and ending September 30, 2003. The
number of the reserved commissioned officers of an armed
force in the same grade for whom a reduction is made dur-
ing any fiscal year in the period of service-in-grade other-
wise required under this paragraph may not exceed the
number equal to two percent of the strength authorized for
that fiscal year for reserve commissioned officers of that
armed force in an active status in that grade.’’.
(p) AFFILIATION WITH GUARD AND RESERVE UNITS;
WAIVER OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.—Section 1150(a) of
such title is amended by striking out ‘‘nine-year period’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘13-year period’’.
(q) TIME FOR USE OF MONTGOMERY G.I. BILL ENTI-
TLEMENT.—Section 16133(b)(1)(B) of such title is amended
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by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘September 30, 2003’’.
SEC. 523. CONTINUATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR VOLUNTARY
SEPARATION INCENTIVE AFTER INVOLUN-
TARY LOSS OF MEMBERSHIP IN READY OR
STANDBY RESERVE.
(a) PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1175 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;
(2) by striking out ‘‘, for the period of time the
member is serving in a reserve component’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a
financial incentive provided a member under this section
shall be paid for the period equal to twice the number of
years of service of the member, computed as provided in
subsection (e)(5).
‘‘(B) If, before the expiration of the period otherwise
applicable under subparagraph (A) to a member receiving
a financial incentive under this section, the member is sepa-
rated from a reserve component or is transferred to the Re-
tired Reserve, the period for payment of a financial incen-
tive to the member under this section shall terminate on
the date of the separation or transfer unless—
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‘‘(i) the separation or transfer is required by
reason of the age or number of years of service of the
member;
‘‘(ii) the separation or transfer is required by
reason of the failure of selection for promotion or the
medical disqualification of the member, except in a
case in which the Secretary of Defense or the Sec-
retary of Transportation determines that the basis for
the separation or transfer is a result of a deliberate
action taken by the member with the intent to avoid
retention in the Ready Reserve or Standby Reserve;
or
‘‘(iii) in the case of a separation, the member is
separated from the reserve component for appoint-
ment or enlistment in or transfer to another reserve
component of an armed force for service in the Ready
Reserve or Standby Reserve of that armed force.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Subsection
(e)(1) of such section is amended by striking out the second
sentence.
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SEC. 524. REPEAL OF LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY TO SET
RATES AND WAIVE REQUIREMENT FOR REIM-
BURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR
INSTRUCTION AT SERVICE ACADEMIES OF
PERSONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section
4344(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by
striking out ‘‘, except that the reimbursement rates
may not be less than the cost to the United States of
providing such instruction, including pay, allow-
ances, and emoluments, to a cadet appointed from the
United States’’; and
(2) by striking out paragraph (3).
(b) NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 6957(b) of such title is
amended—
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by
striking out ‘‘, except that the reimbursement rates
may not be less than the cost to the United States of
providing such instruction, including pay, allow-
ances, and emoluments, to a midshipman appointed
from the United States’’; and
(2) by striking out paragraph (3).
(c) AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 9344(b) of such
title is amended—
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(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by
striking out ‘‘, except that the reimbursement rates
may not be less than the cost to the United States of
providing such instruction, including pay, allow-
ances, and emoluments, to a cadet appointed from the
United States’’; and
(2) by striking out paragraph (3).
SEC. 525. REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON CIVILIAN EMPLOY-
MENT OF ENLISTED MEMBERS.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 974 of title 10, United States
Code, is repealed.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 49 of such title is amended by
striking out the item relating to section 974.
SEC. 526. EXTENSION OF REPORTING DATES FOR COMMIS-
SION ON MILITARY TRAINING AND GENDER-
RELATED ISSUES.
(a) INTERIM REPORT.—Subsection (e)(1) of section
562 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1754; 10 U.S.C.
113 note) is amended by striking out ‘‘April 15, 1998’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 15, 1998’’.
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Subsection (e)(2) of such section
is amended by striking out ‘‘September 16, 1998’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘March 15, 1999’’.
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SEC. 527. MORATORIUM ON CHANGES OF GENDER-RELAT-
ED POLICIES AND PRACTICES PENDING COM-
PLETION OF THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION
ON MILITARY TRAINING AND GENDER-RELAT-
ED ISSUES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, officials
of the Department of Defense are prohibited from imple-
menting any change of policy or official practice in the de-
partment regarding separation or integration of members
of the Armed Forces on the basis of gender that is within
the responsibility of the Commission on Military Training
and Gender-Related Issues to review under subtitle F of title
V of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1750), before the date
on which the commission terminates under section 564 of
such Act.
SEC. 528. TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR ABUSED DE-
PENDENT CHILDREN NOT RESIDING WITH
THE SPOUSE OR FORMER SPOUSE OF A MEM-
BER CONVICTED OF DEPENDENT ABUSE.
(a) ENTITLEMENT NOT CONDITIONED ON FORFEITURE
OF SPOUSAL COMPENSATION.—Subsection (d) of section
1059 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out paragraph (1) and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
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‘‘(1) If the individual was married at the time
of the commission of the dependent-abuse offense re-
sulting in the separation, the spouse or former spouse
to whom the individual was married at that time
shall be paid such compensation, including an
amount (determined under subsection (f)(2)) for each,
if any, dependent child of the individual described in
subsection (b) who resides in the same household as
that spouse or former spouse.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘(but for subsection (g))
would be eligible’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘is or, but for subsection (g), would be eligible’’;
and
(B) by striking out ‘‘such compensation’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘compensation
under this section’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking out ‘‘For pur-
poses of paragraphs (2) and (3)’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘For purposes of this subsection’’.
(b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—Subsection (f)(2) of such
section is amended by striking out ‘‘has custody of a de-
pendent child or children of the member’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘has custody of a dependent child of the member
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who resides in the same household as that spouse or former
spouse’’.
(c) PROSPECTIVE APPLICABILITY.—No benefits shall
accrue by reason of the amendments made by this section
for any month that begins before the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 529. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TREATING GED AND HOME
SCHOOL 
DIPLOMA 
RECIPIENTS 
AS 
HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR DETERMINATIONS
OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ENLISTING IN THE
ARMED FORCES.
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall establish a pilot program to assess whether the Armed
Forces could better meet recruiting requirements by treating
GED recipients and home school diploma recipients as hav-
ing graduated from high school with a high school diploma
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of those per-
sons to enlist in the Armed Forces. The Secretary of each
military department shall administer the pilot program for
the armed force or armed forces under the jurisdiction of
the Secretary.
(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—(1) Under the pilot pro-
gram, a person shall be treated as having graduated from
high school with a high school diploma for the purpose de-
scribed in subsection (a) if the person—
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(A) has completed a general education develop-
ment program while participating in the National
Guard Challenge Program and is a GED recipient; or
(B) is a home school diploma recipient and pro-
vides a transcript demonstrating completion of high
school to the military department involved under the
pilot program.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person is a GED
recipient if the person, after completing a general education
development program, has obtained certification of high
school equivalency by meeting State requirements and pass-
ing a State approved exam that is administered for the pur-
pose of providing an appraisal of the person’s achievement
or performance in the broad subject matter areas usually
required for high school graduates.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a person is a home
school diploma recipient if the person has received a di-
ploma for completing a program of education through the
high school level at a home school, without regard to whether
the home school is treated as a private school under the law
of the State in which located.
(c) ANNUAL LIMIT ON NUMBER.—Not more than 1,250
GED recipients, and not more than 1,250 home school di-
ploma recipients, enlisted by an armed force in any fiscal
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in that armed force during the same fiscal year after having
graduated from high school with a high school diploma,
with respect to the following:
(i) Attrition.
(ii) Discipline.
(iii) Adaptability to military life.
(iv) Aptitude for mastering the skills necessary
for technical specialties.
(v) Reenlistment rates.
(f) REFERENCE
TO NATIONAL GUARD CHALLENGE
PROGRAM.—The National Guard Challenge Program re-
ferred to in this section is a program conducted under sec-
tion 509 of title 32, United States Code.
(g) STATE
DEFINED.—In this section, the term
‘‘State’’ has the meaning given that term in section
509(l)(1) of title 32, United States Code.
SEC. 530. WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS FOR AWARD OF
CERTAIN DECORATIONS TO CERTAIN PER-
SONS.
(a) WAIVER.—Any limitation established by law or
policy for the time within which a recommendation for the
award of a military decoration or award must be submitted
shall not apply to awards of decorations described in this
section, the award of each such decoration having been de-
termined by the Secretary of the military department con-
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cerned to be warranted in accordance with section 1130 of
title 10, United States Code.
(b) DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE CROSS.—Subsection (a)
applies to award of the Distinguished-Service Cross of the
Army as follows:
(1) To Isaac Camacho of El Paso, Texas, for ex-
traordinary heroism in actions at Camp Hiep Hoa
in Vietnam on November 24, 1963, while serving as
a member of the Army.
(2) To Bruce P. Crandall of Mesa, Arizona, for
extraordinary heroism in actions at Landing Zone X-
Ray in Vietnam on November 14, 1965, while serving
as a member of the Army.
(3) To Leland B. Fair of Jessieville, Arkansas,
for extraordinary heroism in actions in the Phil-
ippine Islands on July 4, 1945, while serving as a
member of the Army.
(c) DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE MEDAL.—Subsection (a)
applies to award of the Distinguished-Service Medal of the
Army to Richard P. Sakakida of Fremont, California, for
exceptionally meritorious service while a prisoner of war
in the Philippine Islands from May 7, 1942, to September
14, 1945, while serving as a member of the Army.
(d) DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.—Subsection (a)
applies to award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for serv-
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ice during World War II or Korea (including multiple
awards to the same individual) in the case of each individ-
ual (not covered by section 573(d) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–
85; 111 Stat. 1757)) concerning whom the Secretary of the
Navy (or an officer of the Navy acting on behalf of the Sec-
retary) submitted to the Committee on National Security
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate, before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, a notice as provided in section 1130(b)
of title 10, United States Code, that the award of the Distin-
guished Flying Cross to that individual is warranted and
that a waiver of time restrictions prescribed by law for rec-
ommendation for such award is recommended.
SEC. 531. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY INTO CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES FOR PRESENTATION OF DECORA-
TIONS TO PERSONS WHO COMMIT CERTAIN
CRIMES BEFORE PRESENTATION.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on
entering into correctional facilities for
certain presentations
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No member of the armed forces
may enter into a Federal, State, or local correctional facil-
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ity for purposes of presenting a decoration to a person who
has been convicted of a serious violent felony.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘decoration’ means any decoration
or award that may be presented or awarded to a
member of the armed forces.
‘‘(2) The term ‘serious violent felony’ has the
meaning given that term in section 3359(c)(2)(F) of
title 18.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of that chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering into correctional fa-
cilities for certain presentations.’’.
SEC. 532. ADVANCEMENT OF BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JUNIOR,
TO GRADE OF GENERAL.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized to ad-
vance Benjamin O. Davis, Junior, to the grade of general
on the retired list of the Air Force.
(b) ADDITIONAL BENEFITS NOT TO ACCRUE.—An ad-
vancement of Benjamin O. Davis, Junior, to the grade of
general on the retired list of the Air Force under subsection
(a) shall not increase or change the compensation or benefits
from the United States to which any person is now or may
in the future be entitled based upon the military service
of the said Benjamin O. Davis, Junior.
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TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances
SEC. 601. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.
(a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—Any
adjustment required by section 1009 of title 37, United
States Code, in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized
members of the uniformed services by section 203(a) of such
title to become effective during fiscal year 1999 shall not
be made.
(b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January
1, 1999, the rates of basic pay of members of the uniformed
services are increased by 3.6 percent.
(c) OFFSETTING REDUCTIONS IN AUTHORIZATIONS OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of title I, the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under title II is hereby reduced by $150,000,000.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of title II, the
total amount authorized to be appropriated under title II
is hereby reduced by $275,000,000.
SEC. 602. RATE OF PAY FOR CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN AT
THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.
(a) INCREASED RATE.—Section 203(c) of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘$558.04’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$600.00’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 1999.
SEC. 603. PAYMENTS FOR MOVEMENTS OF HOUSEHOLD
GOODS ARRANGED BY MEMBERS.
(a) MONETARY
ALLOWANCE
AUTHORIZED.—Sub-
section (b)(1) of section 406 of title 37, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘, or reimbursement
therefor,’’; and
(B) by inserting after the second sentence
the following: ‘‘Alternatively, a member may be
paid reimbursement or a monetary allowance
under subparagraph (F).’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) A member entitled to transportation of baggage
and household effects under subparagraph (A) may, as an
alternative to the provision of transportation, be paid reim-
bursement or, at the member’s request, a monetary allow-
ance in advance for the cost of transportation of the baggage
and household effects. The monetary allowance may be paid
only if the amount of the allowance does not exceed the cost
that would be incurred by the Government under subpara-
graph (A) for the transportation of the baggage and house-
hold effects. Appropriations available to the Department of
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Defense, the Department of Transportation, and the De-
partment of Health and Human Services for providing
transportation of baggage or household effects of members
of the uniformed services shall be available to pay a reim-
bursement or monetary allowance under this subparagraph.
The Secretary concerned may prescribe the manner in
which the risk of liability for damage, destruction, or loss
of baggage or household effects arranged, packed, crated, or
loaded by a member is allocated among the member, the
United States, and any contractor when a reimbursement
or monetary allowance is elected under this subpara-
graph.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Such sec-
tion is further amended by striking out subsection (j).
SEC. 604. LEAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR SUSPENDED ACADEMY
CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 702 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by designating the second sentence of sub-
section (b) as subsection (d);
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection
(c); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following
new subsection (b):
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‘‘(b) LEAVE WITHOUT PAY.—(1) Under regulations
prescribed under subsection (d), the Superintendent of the
United States Military Academy, the United States Naval
Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the
United States Coast Guard Academy may order a cadet or
midshipman of the Academy to be placed on leave involun-
tarily for any period during which the cadet or mid-
shipman is suspended from duty at the Academy—
‘‘(A) pending separation from the Academy;
‘‘(B) pending return to the Academy to repeat
an academic semester or year; or
‘‘(C) for other good cause.
‘‘(2) A cadet or midshipman placed on involuntary
leave under paragraph (1) is not entitled to any pay under
section 230(c) of title 37 for the period of the leave.
‘‘(3) A return of a cadet or midshipman to a pay sta-
tus at the Academy from an involuntary leave status under
paragraph (1) does not restore any entitlement of the cadet
or midshipman to pay for the period of the involuntary
leave.’’.
(b) SUBSECTION HEADINGS.—Such section, as amend-
ed by subsection (a), is further amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘GRADUATION
LEAVE.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;
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(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘INAPPLICA-
BLE LEAVE PROVISIONS.—’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and
(3) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘REGULA-
TIONS.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’.
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special
and Incentive Pays
SEC. 611. THREE-MONTH 
EXTENSION 
OF 
CERTAIN 
BO-
NUSES AND SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR
RESERVE FORCES.
(a) SPECIAL PAY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN
CRITICALLY
SHORT
WARTIME
SPECIALTIES.—Section
302g(f) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(b) SELECTED RESERVE REENLISTMENT BONUS.—
Section 308b(f) of title 37, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(c) SELECTED RESERVE ENLISTMENT BONUS.—Sec-
tion 308c(e) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by
striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(d) SPECIAL PAY FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS ASSIGNED
TO CERTAIN HIGH PRIORITY UNITS.—Section 308d(c) of
title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out
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‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 1999’’.
(e) SELECTED RESERVE AFFILIATION BONUS.—Sec-
tion 308e(e) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by
striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(f) READY RESERVE ENLISTMENT AND REENLISTMENT
BONUS.—Section 308h(g) of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(g) PRIOR SERVICE ENLISTMENT BONUS.—Section
308i(f) of title 37, United States Code, as redesignated by
section 622, is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30,
1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(h) REPAYMENT OF EDUCATION LOANS FOR CERTAIN
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE IN THE SELECTED
RESERVE.—Section 16302(d) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘October 1, 1999’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘January 1, 2000’’.
SEC. 612. THREE-MONTH 
EXTENSION 
OF 
CERTAIN 
BO-
NUSES AND SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR
NURSE OFFICER CANDIDATES, REGISTERED
NURSES, AND NURSE ANESTHETISTS.
(a) NURSE OFFICER CANDIDATE ACCESSION PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2130a(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
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is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(b) ACCESSION BONUS FOR REGISTERED NURSES.—
Section 302d(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(c) INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY
FOR NURSE ANES-
THETISTS.—Section 302e(a)(1) of title 37, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
SEC. 613. THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RE-
LATING TO PAYMENT OF OTHER BONUSES
AND SPECIAL PAYS.
(a) AVIATION OFFICER RETENTION BONUS.—Section
301b(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘September 30, 1999,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘December 31, 1999,’’.
(b) REENLISTMENT BONUS FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS.—
Section 308(g) of title 37, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(c) ENLISTMENT BONUSES FOR MEMBERS WITH CRIT-
ICAL SKILLS.—Sections 308a(c) and 308f(c) of title 37,
United States Code, are each amended by striking out ‘‘Sep-
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tember 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December
31, 1999’’.
(d) SPECIAL PAY FOR NUCLEAR-QUALIFIED OFFICERS
EXTENDING PERIOD OF ACTIVE SERVICE.—Section 312(e)
of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out
‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 1999’’.
(e) NUCLEAR CAREER ACCESSION BONUS.—Section
312b(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
(f) NUCLEAR CAREER ANNUAL INCENTIVE BONUS.—
Section 312c(d) of title 37, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘October 1, 1999’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘October 1, 1998, and the 15-month period begin-
ning on that date and ending on December 31, 1999’’.
SEC. 614. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVES FOR SELECTIVE RE-
ENLISTMENT BONUS WHEN REENLISTING OR
EXTENDING TO PERFORM ACTIVE GUARD
AND RESERVE DUTY.
Section 308(a)(1)(D) of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after ‘‘a regular component of the
service concerned’’ the following: ‘‘, or in a reserve compo-
nent of the service concerned in the case of a member re-
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enlisting or extending to perform active Guard and Reserve
duty (as defined in section 101(d)(6) of title 10),’’.
SEC. 615. REPEAL OF TEN-PERCENT LIMITATION ON PAY-
MENTS OF SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BO-
NUSES IN EXCESS OF $20,000.
Section 308(b) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking out paragraph (2); and
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘(1)’’.
SEC. 616. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHORIZED
FOR ARMY ENLISTMENT BONUS.
Section 308f(a) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘$4,000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘$6,000’’.
SEC. 617. EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR
HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICERS SERVING
IN SELECTED RESERVE.
(a) ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—Subsection (b)(2) of section
16302 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘, or is enrolled in a program of education leading to
professional qualifications,’’ after ‘‘possesses professional
qualifications’’.
(b) INCREASED BENEFITS.—Subsection (c) of such sec-
tion is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘$3,000’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$20,000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking out ‘‘$20,000’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$50,000’’.
SEC. 618. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL
ASSISTANCE UNDER ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE
PROGRAM 
FOR 
PERSONNEL 
WITH 
CRITI-
CALLY SHORT SKILLS OR SPECIALTIES.
Section 3015(d) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘$700’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘$950’’.
SEC. 619. RELATIONSHIP OF ENTITLEMENTS TO ENLIST-
MENT BONUSES AND BENEFITS UNDER THE
ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) ENTITLEMENTS NOT EXCLUSIVE.—(1) Subchapter
II of chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 3019A. Relationship to entitlement to certain enlist-
ment bonuses
‘‘The entitlement of an individual to benefits under
this chapter is not affected by receipt by that individual
of an enlistment bonus under section 308a or 308f of title
37.’’.
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(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
3019 the following:
‘‘3019A. Relationship to entitlement to certain enlistment bonuses.’’.
(b) REPEAL
OF
RELATED
LIMITATION.—Section
8013(a) of Public Law 105–56 (111 Stat. 1222) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking out ‘‘of this Act—’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘nor shall any amounts’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘of this Act enlists in the armed
services for a period of active duty of less that three
years, nor shall any amounts’’; and
(2) in the first proviso, by striking out ‘‘in the
case of a member covered by clause (1),’’.
SEC. 620. HARDSHIP DUTY PAY.
(a) DUTY FOR WHICH PAY AUTHORIZED.—Subsection
(a) of section 305 of title 37, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘on duty at a location’’ and all that
follows and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘performing duty in
the United States or outside the United States that is des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense as hardship duty.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF EXCEPTION FOR MEMBERS RECEIVING
CAREER SEA PAY.—Subsection (c) of such section is re-
pealed.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsections (b)
and (d) of such section are amended by striking out ‘‘hard-
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ship duty location pay’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘hard-
ship duty pay’’.
(2) Subsection (d) of such section is redesignated as
subsection (c).
(3) The heading for such section is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘location’’.
(4) Section 907(d) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘duty at a hardship duty loca-
tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘hardship duty’’.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to sec-
tion 305 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter
5 of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘305. Special pay: hardship duty pay.’’.
SEC. 620A. INCREASED HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY FOR AERIAL
FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS IN PAY GRADES E–
4 TO E–9.
(a) RATES.—The table in section 301(b) of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by striking out the items
relating to pay grades E–4, E–5, E–6, E–7, E–8, and E–
9, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘E–9............................................................................................................
240
E–8............................................................................................................
240
E–7............................................................................................................
240
E–6............................................................................................................
215
E–5............................................................................................................
190
E–4............................................................................................................
165’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section shall take effect on October 1,
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1998, and shall apply with respect to months beginning on
or after that date.
SEC. 620B. DIVING DUTY SPECIAL PAY FOR DIVERS HAVING
DIVING DUTY AS A NONPRIMARY DUTY.
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING PROFICIENCY.—
Section 304(a)(3) of title 37, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(3) either—
‘‘(A) actually performs diving duty while
serving in an assignment for which diving is a
primary duty; or
‘‘(B) meets the requirements to maintain
proficiency as described in paragraph (2) while
serving in an assignment that includes diving
duty other than as a primary duty.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall
apply with respect to months beginning on or after that
date.
SEC. 620C. RETENTION INCENTIVES INITIATIVE FOR CRITI-
CALLY SHORT MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPE-
CIALTIES.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR NEW INCENTIVES.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish and provide for members
of the Armed Forces qualified in critically short military
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occupational specialties a series of new incentives that the
Secretary considers potentially effective for increasing the
rates at which those members are retained in the Armed
Forces for service in such specialties.
(b) CRITICALLY
SHORT
MILITARY
OCCUPATIONAL
SPECIALTIES.—For the purposes of this section, a military
occupational specialty is a critically short military occupa-
tional specialty for an armed force if the number of mem-
bers retained in that armed force in fiscal year 1998 for
service in that specialty is less than 50 percent of the num-
ber of members of that armed force that were projected to
be retained in that armed force for service in the specialty
by the Secretary of the military department concerned as
of October 1, 1997.
(c) INCENTIVES.—It is the sense of Congress that,
among the new incentives established and provided under
this section, the Secretary of Defense should include the fol-
lowing incentives:
(1) Family support and leave allowances.
(2) Increased special reenlistment or retention
bonuses.
(3) Repayment of educational loans.
(4) Priority of selection for assignment to pre-
ferred permanent duty station or for extension at per-
manent duty station.
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(5) Modified leave policies.
(6) Special consideration for Government hous-
ing or additional housing allowances.
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER INCENTIVES.—Incen-
tives provided under this section are in addition to any
special pay or other benefit that is authorized under any
other provision of law.
(e) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than December 1, 1998,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report that identifies, for each of the
Armed Forces, the critically short military occupational
specialties to which incentives under this section are to
apply.
(2) Not later than April 15, 1999, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report that specifies, for each of the Armed Forces, the
incentives that are to be provided under this section.
Subtitle C—Travel and
Transportation Allowances
SEC. 621. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION FOR REST AND
RECUPERATION IN CONNECTION WITH CON-
TINGENCY OPERATIONS AND OTHER DUTY.
Section 411c of title 37, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
(B) by inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—(1)’’ after
‘‘(a)’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘(b) The
transportation authorized by this section’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘(2) The transportation authorized
by paragraph (1)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AND OTHER SPECIAL
SITUATIONS.—(1) Under uniform regulations prescribed by
the Secretaries concerned, a member of the armed forces
serving a tour of duty at a duty station, and under condi-
tions, described in paragraph (2) may be paid for or pro-
vided transportation to a location described in subsection
(a)(1) as part of a program of rest and recuperation specifi-
cally authorized for members of the armed forces serving
under those conditions at that duty station by the Secretary
concerned in advance of the commencement of the member’s
travel.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a member of the armed
forces serving at a duty station outside the United States
if—
‘‘(A) the member is participating in a contin-
gency operation at or from that duty station; or
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‘‘(B) the payment for or provision of transpor-
tation would be in the best interests of members of the
armed forces and the United States because of un-
usual conditions at the duty station, as determined by
the Secretary concerned.
‘‘(3) Transportation may not be paid for or provided
to a member under this subsection for travel that begins—
‘‘(A) more than 24 months after the commence-
ment of the tour of duty for which the transportation
is authorized; or
‘‘(B) after the tour of duty ends.
‘‘(4) The transportation authorized by this subsection
is limited to one round-trip during any tour of at least
6, but less than 24, consecutive months.
‘‘(5) Transportation paid for or provided to a member
under this subsection may not be counted as transportation
for which the member is eligible under subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 622. PAYMENT FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE OF BAG-
GAGE OF DEPENDENT STUDENT NOT TAKEN
ON ANNUAL TRIP TO OVERSEAS DUTY STA-
TION OF SPONSOR.
Section 430(b) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting
in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘The allowance authorized by
this section may be prescribed by the Secretaries concerned
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as transportation in kind or reimbursement therefor, in-
cluding an amount for the temporary storage of any bag-
gage not taken with the child on the annual trip if deter-
mined advantageous to the Government.’’.
SEC. 623. COMMERCIAL TRAVEL OF RESERVES AT FEDERAL
SUPPLY SCHEDULE RATES FOR ATTENDANCE
AT INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING ASSEMBLIES.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 1217 of title 10, United
States Code is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 12603. Commercial travel at Federal supply sched-
ule rates for attendance at inactive duty
training assemblies
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE TRAVEL.—Com-
mercial travel under Federal supply schedules is authorized
for the travel of a Reserve to the location of inactive duty
training to be performed by the Reserve or from that loca-
tion upon completion of the training.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall
prescribe in regulations the requirements, conditions, and
restrictions for travel under the authority of subsection (a)
that the Secretary considers appropriate. The regulations
shall include policies and procedures for preventing abuses
of the travel authority.
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‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT NOT AUTHORIZED.—A Reserve
is not entitled to Government reimbursement for the cost
of travel authorized under subsection (a).
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS USE BY
MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—For the purposes of section
201(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(a)), travel authorized under
subsection (a) shall be treated as transportation for the use
of a military department.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘12603. Commercial travel at Federal supply schedule rates for attendance at in-
active duty training assemblies.’’.
Subtitle D—Retired Pay, Survivor
Benefits, and Related Matters
SEC. 631. PAID-UP COVERAGE UNDER SURVIVOR BENEFIT
PLAN.
(a) PAID UP AT 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND AGE 70.—
Section 1452 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(j) COVERAGE PAID UP AT 30 YEARS AND ATTAIN-
MENT OF AGE 70.—(1) Coverage of a survivor of a member
under the Plan shall be considered paid up as of the end
of the later of—
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‘‘(A) the 360th month in which the member’s re-
tired pay has been reduced under this section; or
‘‘(B) the month in which the member attains 70
years of age.
‘‘(2) The retired pay of a member shall not be reduced
under this section to provide coverage of a survivor under
the Plan after the month when the coverage is considered
paid up under paragraph (1).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1452(j) of title 10,
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall take
effect on October 1, 2003.
SEC. 632. COURT-REQUIRED 
SURVIVOR 
BENEFIT 
PLAN
COVERAGE EFFECTUATED THROUGH ELEC-
TIONS AND DEEMED ELECTIONS.
(a) ELIMINATION OF DISPARITY IN EFFECTIVE DATE
PROVISIONS.—Section 1448(b)(3) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by striking out the second sentence; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘EFFECTIVE DATE,’’ in
the heading; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) EFFECTIVE DATE.—An election under
this paragraph—
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‘‘(i) in the case of a person required
(as described in section 1450(f)(3)(B) of this
title) to make the election, is effective as of
the first day of the first month which begins
after the date of the court order or filing
that requires the election; and
‘‘(ii) in all other cases, is effective as of
the first day of the first calendar month fol-
lowing the month in which the election is
received by the Secretary concerned.’’.
(b) CONFORMITY
BY CROSS REFERENCE.—Section
1450(f)(3)(D) of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘the
first day of the first month which begins after the date of
the court order or filing involved’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘the day referred to in section 1448(b)(3)(E)(i) of
this title’’.
SEC. 633. RECOVERY, CARE, AND DISPOSITION OF RE-
MAINS OF MEDICALLY RETIRED MEMBER
WHO DIES DURING HOSPITALIZATION THAT
BEGINS WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1481(a)(7) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(7) A person who—
‘‘(A) dies as a retired member of an armed
force under the Secretary’s jurisdiction during a