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(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the follow-
ing new paragraphs:
‘‘(5) Encourage applications for fellowships
under this title from graduate students having an
educational background in disciplines relating to
science or technology.
‘‘(6) Provide the Secretary on an on-going basis
with a list of scholarship recipients and fellowship re-
cipients who are available to work for, or make their
language skills available to, an agency or office of the
Federal Government having national security respon-
sibilities.’’.
(f) REPORT ON PROGRAM.—(1) Not later than six
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report assessing
the improvements to the program established under the
David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991
(title VIII of Public Law 102–183; 50 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.)
that result from the amendments made by this section.
(2) The report shall also include an assessment of the
contribution of the program, as so improved, in meeting
the national security objectives of the United States.
SEC. 8109. Any college or university that receives Fed-
eral funding under this Act must report annually to the
Office of Management and Budget on the average cost of
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tuition at their school for that year and the previous two
years.
SEC. 8110. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of State shall jointly conduct an audit of security
measures at all United States military installations outside
the United States to determine the adequacy of such meas-
ures to prevent or limit the effects of terrorist attacks on
United States military personnel.
(b) Not later than March 31, 1997, the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to
Congress a report on the results of the audit conducted
under subsection (a), including a description of the ade-
quacy of—
(1) physical and operational security measures;
(2) access and perimeter control;
(3) communications security;
(4) crisis planning in the event of a terrorist at-
tack, including evacuation and medical planning;
(5) special security considerations at nonperma-
nent facilities;
(6) potential solutions to inadequate security,
where identified; and
(7) cooperative security measures with host na-
tions.
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SEC. 8111. (a) FUTURE-YEARS
DEFENSE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 221 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) The President shall submit to Congress each year,
at the same time the President submits to Congress the
budget for that year under section 1105(a) of title 31, the
future-years defense program (including associated an-
nexes) that the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and
the chiefs of the reserve components submitted to the Sec-
retary of Defense in that year in order to assist the Sec-
retary in preparing the future-years defense program in
that year under subsection (a).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
beginning with the President’s budget submission for fiscal
year 1999.
SEC. 8112. Beginning with fiscal year 1997, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish a program element for the
Office of the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of funding
emergency anti-terrorism activities. Funds available for
that program element for fiscal year 1997 shall be in addi-
tion to funds appropriated under other provisions of this
Act for anti-terrorism and are available for the Secretary
of Defense to respond quickly to emergency anti-terrorism
requirements that are identified by commanders of the uni-
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fied combatant commands or commanders of joint task
forces in response to a change in terrorist threat level.
SEC. 8113. Of the funds appropriated in title II of
this Act, not less than $7,100,000 is available to perform
the environmental impact statement and associated baseline
studies necessary to prepare an application for renewal of
use of the McGregor Range at Fort Bliss, Texas.
SEC. 8114. Of the total amount appropriated under
title II, $20,000,000 shall be available subject to authoriza-
tion, until expended, for payments to Vietnamese comman-
dos captured and incarcerated by North Vietnam after hav-
ing entered the Democratic Republic of Vietnam pursuant
to operations under a Vietnam era operation plan known
as ‘‘OPLAN 34A’’, or its predecessor, and to Vietnamese
operatives captured and incarcerated by North Vietnamese
forces while participating in operations in Laos or along
the Lao-Vietnamese border pursuant to ‘‘OPLAN 35’’, who
died in captivity or who remained in captivity after 1973,
and who have not received payment from the United States
for the period spent in captivity.
SEC. 8115. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere
in this Act, $150,000,000 is appropriated for defense
against weapons of mass destruction, including domestic
preparedness, interdiction of weapons of mass destruction
and related materials, control and disposition of weapons
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of mass destruction and related materials threatening the
United States, coordination of policy and countermeasures
against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and
miscellaneous related programs, projects, and activities as
authorized by law: Provided, That the total amount avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ for the Joint Technology Inser-
tion program shall be $2,523,000: Provided further, That
the total amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’
is hereby reduced by $12,000,000: Provided further, That
the total amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ is hereby reduced
by $138,000,000.
SEC. 8116. (a) Not more than 90 percent of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for
the procurement of F/A–18E/F aircraft may be obligated
or expended for the procurement of such aircraft until 30
days after the Secretary of Defense has submitted to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the F/A–18E/F
aircraft program which contains the following:
(1) A review of the F/A–18E/F aircraft program.
(2) An analysis and estimate of the production
costs of the program for the total number of aircraft
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realistically expected to be procured at each of four
annual production rates as follows:
(A) 18 aircraft
(B) 24 aircraft.
(C) 36 aircraft.
(D) 48 aircraft.
(3) A comparison of the costs and benefits of the
F/A–18E/F program with the costs and benefits of the
F/A–18C/D aircraft program taking into account the
operational combat effectiveness of the aircraft.
(b) Not later than 30 days after the Secretary of De-
fense has submitted the report required by subsection (a),
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
to the congressional defense committees an analysis of the
report submitted by the Secretary.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 13, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate July 18, 1996.
Attest:
KELLY D. JOHNSTON,
Secretary.