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(6) The United States has a need to preserve forever the
knowledge and history of the Nation’s most decisive achieve-
ment in the 20th century and to portray that history to citizens,
visitors, and school children for centuries to come.
(7) Congress, recognizing the need to preserve this knowl-
edge and history, appropriated funds in 1992 to authorize the
design and construction of The National D-Day Museum in
New Orleans to commemorate the epic 1944 Normandy inva-
sion, and subsequently appropriated additional funds in 1998,
2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 to help expand the exhibits in
the museum to include the D-Day invasions in the Pacific
Theatre of Operations and the other campaigns of World War
II.
(8) The State of Louisiana and thousands of donors and
foundations across the country have contributed millions of
dollars to help build this national institution.
(9) The Board of Trustees of The National D-Day Museum
is national in scope and diverse in its makeup.
(10) The World War II Memorial now under construction
on the National Mall in Washington, the District of Columbia,
will always be the memorial in our Nation where people come
to remember America’s sacrifices in World War II, while The
National D-Day Museum will always be the museum of the
American experience in the World War II years (1939–1945),
where people come to learn about Americans’ experiences
during that critical period, as well as a place where the history
of our Nation’s monumental struggle against worldwide aggres-
sion by would-be oppressors is preserved so that future genera-
tions can understand the role the United States played in
the preservation and advancement of democracy and freedom
in the middle of the 20th century.
(11) The National D-Day Museum seeks to educate a
diverse group of audiences through its collection of artifacts,
photographs, letters, documents, and first-hand personal
accounts of the participants in the war and on the home front
during one of history’s darkest hours.
(12) The National D-Day Museum is devoted to the combat
experience of United States citizen soldiers in all of the theatres
of World War II and to the heroic efforts of the men and
women on the home front who worked tirelessly to support
the troops and the war effort.
(13) The National D-Day Museum continues to add to
and maintain one of the largest personal history collections
in the United States of the men and women who fought in
World War II and who served on the home front.
(14) No other museum describes as well the volunteer
spirit that arose throughout the United States and united the
country during the World War II years.
(15) The National D-Day Museum is engaged in a 250,000
square foot expansion to include the Center for the Study
of the American Spirit, an advanced format theatre, and a
new United States pavilion.
(16) The planned ‘‘We’re All in this Together’’ exhibit will
describe the role every State, commonwealth, and territory
played in World War II, and the computer database and soft-
ware of The National D-Day Museum’s educational program
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will be made available to the teachers and school children
of every State, commonwealth, and territory.
(17) The National D-Day Museum is an official Smithsonian
affiliate institution with a formal agreement to borrow Smithso-
nian artifacts for future exhibitions.
(18) Le Memorial de Caen in Normandy, France has for-
mally recognized The National D-Day Museum as its official
partner in a Patriotic Alliance signed on October 16, 2002,
by both museums.
(19) The official Battle of the Bulge museums in Luxem-
bourg and the American Battlefield Monuments Commission
are already collaborating with The National D-Day Museum
on World War II exhibitions.
(20) For all of these reasons, it is appropriate to designate
The National D-Day Museum as ‘‘America’s National World
War II Museum’’.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are, through the
designation of The National D-Day Museum as ‘‘America’s National
World War II Museum’’, to express the United States Government’s
support for—
(1) 
the 
continuing 
preservation, 
maintenance, 
and
interpretation of the artifacts, documents, images, and history
collected by the museum;
(2) the education of the American people as to the American
experience in combat and on the home front during the World
War II years, including the conduct of educational outreach
programs for teachers and students throughout the United
States;
(3) the operation of a premier facility for the public display
of artifacts, photographs, letters, documents, and personal his-
tories from the World War II years (1939–1945);
(4) the further expansion of the current European and
Pacific campaign exhibits in the museum, including the Center
for the Study of the American Spirit for education; and
(5) ensuring the understanding by all future generations
of the magnitude of the American contribution to the Allied
victory in World War II, the sacrifices made to preserve freedom
and democracy, and the benefits of peace for all future genera-
tions in the 21st century and beyond.
(c) DESIGNATION
OF ‘‘AMERICA’S NATIONAL WORLD WAR II
MUSEUM’’.—The National D-Day Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana,
is designated as ‘‘America’s National World War II Museum’’.
SEC. 8135. NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOANS. (a)
Title I of Division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution,
2003 (Public Law 108–7) is amended by striking out ‘‘expenses:
Provided, That no new loans in excess of $5,000,000 may be made
in fiscal year 2003.’’ from the paragraph under the heading ‘‘Native
American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘expenses.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section
is effective on the date of the enactment of Public Law 108–7,
February 20, 2003.
SEC. 8136. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
be used to study, demonstrate, or implement any plans privatizing,
divesting or transferring of any Civil Works missions, functions,
or responsibilities for the United States Army Corps of Engineers
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to other government agencies without specific direction in a subse-
quent Act of Congress.
SEC. 8137. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used to pay any fee charged by the Department of State for the
purpose of constructing new United States diplomatic facilities.
SEC. 8138. (a) The Secretary of Defense—
(1) shall review—
(A) contractual offset arrangements to which the policy
established under section 2532 of title 10, United States
Code, applies that are in effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act;
(B) memoranda of understanding and related agree-
ments to which the limitation in section 2531(c) of such
title applies that have been entered into with a country
with respect to which such contractual offset arrangements
have been entered into and are in effect on such date;
and
(C) waivers granted with respect to a foreign country
under section 2534(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code,
that are in effect on such date; and
(2) shall determine the effects of the use of such arrange-
ments, memoranda of understanding, agreements, and waivers
on the national technology and industrial base.
(b) The Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the
review under subsection (a) to Congress not later than March
1, 2005. The report shall include a discussion of each of the fol-
lowing:
(1) The effects of the contractual offset arrangements on
specific subsectors of the industrial base of the United States
and what actions have been taken to prevent or ameliorate
any serious adverse effects on such subsectors.
(2) The extent, if any, to which the contractual offset
arrangements and memoranda of understanding and related
agreements have provided for technology transfer that would
significantly and adversely affect the national technology and
industrial base.
(3) The extent to which the use of such contractual offset
arrangements is consistent with—
(A) the limitation in section 2531(c) of title 10, United
States Code, that prohibits implementation of a memo-
randum of understanding and related agreements if the
President, taking into consideration the results of the inter-
agency review, determines that such memorandum of
understanding or a related agreement has or is likely to
have a significant adverse effect on United States industry
that outweighs the benefits of entering into or imple-
menting such memorandum or agreement; and
(B) the requirements under section 2534(d) of such
title that—
(i) a waiver granted under such section not impede
cooperative programs entered into between the Depart-
ment of Defense and a foreign country and not impede
the reciprocal procurement of defense items that is
entered into in accordance with section 2531 of such
title; and
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(ii) the country with respect to which the waiver
is granted not discriminate against defense items pro-
duced in the United States to a greater degree than
the United States discriminates against defense items
produced in that country.
(c) The Secretary shall submit to the President any rec-
ommendations regarding the use or administration of contractual
offset arrangements and memoranda of understanding and related
agreements referred to in subsection (a) that the Secretary considers
an appropriate response to the findings resulting from the Sec-
retary’s review.
SEC. 8139. It is the sense of the Senate that—
(1) any request for funds for a fiscal year for an ongoing
overseas military operation, including operations in Afghani-
stan and Iraq, should be included in the annual budget of
the President for such fiscal year as submitted to Congress
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code; and
(2) any funds provided for such fiscal year for such a
military operation should be provided in appropriations Acts
for such fiscal year through appropriations to specific accounts
set forth in such Acts.
SEC. 8140. STUDY REGARDING MAIL DELIVERY IN THE MIDDLE
EAST. (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a review of the delivery of mail to troops in the
Middle East and the study should:
(1) Determine delivery times, reliability, and losses for
mail and parcels to and from troops stationed in the Middle
East.
(2) Identify and analyze mail and parcel delivery service
efficiency issues during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm,
compared to such services which occurred during Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
(3) Identify cost efficiencies and benefits of alternative
delivery systems or modifications to existing delivery systems
to improve the delivery times of mail and parcels.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit a report to the congressional defense committees on their
findings and recommendations.
SEC. 8141. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to
decommission a Naval or Marine Corps Reserve aviation squadron
until the report required by subsection (b) is submitted to the
committees of Congress referred to in that subsection.
(b) REPORT ON NAVY AND MARINE CORPS TACTICAL AVIATION
REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) Not later than February 1, 2004, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the requirements of the Navy
and the Marine Corps for tactical aviation, including mission
requirements, recapitalization requirements, and the role of
Naval and Marine Corps Reserve assets in meeting such
requirements.
(2) The report shall include the recommendations of the
Comptroller General on an appropriate force structure for the
active and reserve aviation units of the Navy and the Marine
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Corps, and related personnel requirements, for the 10-year
period beginning on the date of the report.
SEC. 8142. The Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation
with the Chief of Air Force Reserve, shall study the mission of
the 932nd Airlift Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and evaluate
whether it would be appropriate to substitute for that mission
a mixed mission of transporting patients, passengers, and cargo
that would increase the airlift capability of the Air Force while
continuing the use and training of aeromedical evacuation per-
sonnel. The Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the
study and evaluation to the congressional defense committees not
later than January 16, 2004.
SEC. 8143. REPORTS
ON SAFETY ISSUES DUE
TO DEFECTIVE
PARTS. (a) REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall by
March 31, 2004, examine and report back to the congressional
defense committees on—
(1) how to implement a system for tracking safety-critical
parts so that parts discovered to be defective, including due
to faulty or fraudulent work by a contractor or subcontractor,
can be identified and found;
(2) appropriate standards and procedures to ensure timely
notification of contracting agencies and contractors about safety
issues including parts that may be defective, and whether the
Government Industry Data Exchange Program should be made
mandatory;
(3) efforts to find and test airplane parts that have been
heat treated by companies alleged to have done so improperly;
and
(4) whether contracting agencies and contractors have been
notified about alleged improper heat treatment of airplane
parts.
(b) REPORT
FROM
THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The Comp-
troller General shall examine and report back to the congressional
defense committees on—
(1) the oversight of subcontractors by prime contractors,
and testing and quality assurance of the work of the subcontrac-
tors; and
(2) the oversight of prime contractors by the Department,
the accountability of prime contractors for overseeing sub-
contractors, and the use of enforcement mechanisms by the
Department.
SEC. 8144. Section 8149(b) of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248; 116 Stat. 1572) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) This subsection shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2004.’’.
SEC. 8145. (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer by
gift under section 7306 of title 10, United States Code, the Sturgeon
Class submarine NARWHAL (SSN–671) to the National Submarine
Science Discovery Center, Newport, Kentucky, upon receipt of an
application for donation of such vessel to the Center that is satisfac-
tory to the Secretary.
(b) Before transferring the submarine as required under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall remove the nuclear reactor compart-
ment and the other classified or otherwise sensitive military equip-
ment of the submarine.
(c) Subsection (c) of section 7306 of title 10, United States
Code, does not apply to the cost of carrying out subsection (b)