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activity group and each program, project, and activity
within each appropriation account.
SEC.
8102.
(a)
TRANSFERS
OF
VESSELS
BY
GRANT.—The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to
transfer vessels to foreign countries on a grant basis under
section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2321j) as follows:
(1) To the Government of Argentina, the NEW-
PORT class tank landing ship NEWPORT (LST
1179).
(2) To the Government of Greece—
(A) the KNOX class frigate HEPBURN
(FF 1055); and
(B) the ADAMS class guided missile de-
stroyers STRAUSS (DDG 16), SEMMS (DDG
18), and WADDELL (DDG 24).
(3) To the Government of Portugal, the STAL-
WART class ocean surveillance ship ASSURANCE
(T-AGOS 5).
(4) To the Government of Turkey, the KNOX
class frigates PAUL (FF 1080), MILLER (FF
1091), and W.S. SIMMS (FF 1059).
(b) TRANSFERS OF VESSELS BY SALE.—The Sec-
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eign countries on a sales basis under section 21 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761) as follows:
(1) To the Government of Brazil, the NEW-
PORT class tank landing ships CAYUGA (LST
1186) and PEORIA (LST 1183).
(2) To the Government of Chile—
(A) the NEWPORT class tank landing
ship SAN BERNARDINO (LST 1189); and
(B) the auxiliary repair dry dock WATER-
FORD (ARD 5).
(3) To the Government of Greece—
(A) the OAK RIDGE class medium dry
dock ALAMAGORDO (ARDM 2); and
(B) the KNOX class frigates VREELAND
(FF 1068) and TRIPPE (FF 1075).
(4) To the Government of Mexico—
(A)
the
auxiliary
repair
dock
SAN
ONOFRE (ARD 30); and
(B) the KNOX class frigate PHARRIS
(FF 1094).
(5) To the Government of the Philippines, the
STALWART class ocean surveillance ship TRI-
UMPH (T-AGOS 4).
(6) To the Government of Spain, the NEW-
PORT class tank landing ships HARLAN COUNTY
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(LST 1196) and BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST
1197).
(7) To the Taipai Economic and Cultural Rep-
resentative Office in the United States (the Taiwan
instrumentality that is designated pursuant to sec-
tion 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act)—
(A) the KNOX class frigates PEARY (FF
1073), JOSEPH HEWES (FF 1078), COOK
(FF 1083), BREWTON (FF 1086), KIRK
(FF 1987), and BARBEY (FF 1088);
(B) the NEWPORT class tank landing
ships MANITOWOC (LST 1180) and SUM-
TER (LST 1181);
(C) the floating dry dock COMPETENT
(AFDM 6); and
(D) the ANCHORAGE class dock landing
ship PENSACOLA (LSD 38).
(8) To the Government of Turkey—
(A) the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class
guided missile frigates MAHLON S. TISDALE
(FFG 27), REID (FFG 30), and DUNCAN
(FFG 10); and
(B) the KNOX class frigates REASONER
(FF 1063), FANNING (FF 1076), BOWEN
(FF 1079), MCCANDLESS (FF 1084), DON-
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ALD BEARY (FF 1085), AINSWORTH (FF
1090), THOMAS C. HART (FF 1092), and
CAPODANNO (FF 1093).
(9) To the Government of Venezuela, the me-
dium auxiliary floating dry dock bearing hull num-
ber AFDM 2.
(c) TRANSFERS OF VESSELS ON A COMBINED LEASE-
SALE BASIS.—The Secretary of the Navy is authorized
to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a combined
lease-sale basis under sections 61 and 21 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796, 2761) and in accord-
ance with subsection (d) as follows:
(1) To the Government of Brazil, the CIM-
ARRON class oiler MERRIMACK (AO 179).
(2) To the Government of Greece, the KIDD
class guided missile destroyers KIDD (DDG 993),
CALLAGHAN (DDG 994), SCOTT (DDG 995),
and CHANDLER (DDG 996).
(d) CONDITIONS RELATING TO COMBINED LEASE-
SALE TRANSFERS.—A transfer of a vessel on a combined
lease-sale basis authorized by subsection (c) shall be made
in accordance with the following provisions, which the Sec-
retary shall include in the terms of any agreement with
the recipient country for such transfer of the vessel:
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(1) The Secretary may initially transfer the ves-
sel by lease, with lease payments suspended for the
term of the lease, while simultaneously entering into
a foreign military sales agreement for the transfer of
title to the vessel.
(2) The Secretary may not deliver title to the
vessel until the purchase price of the vessel under
such a sales agreement is paid in full.
(3) Upon payment of the purchase price in full
under such a sales agreement and delivery of title to
the recipient country, the Secretary shall terminate
the lease.
(4) If the purchasing country fails to make full
payment of the purchase price in accordance with
the sales agreement—
(A) the sales agreement shall be imme-
diately terminated;
(B)
the
suspension
of
lease
payments
under the lease shall be vacated; and
(C) the United States shall be entitled to
retain funds received under the sales agreement
in such amounts as necessary to cover the
amount of lease payments due and payable
under the lease and all other costs required by
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the lease to be paid as of the date of the sales
agreement termination.
(5) If a sales agreement is terminated pursuant
to paragraph (4), the United States shall not be re-
quired to pay any interest to the recipient country
on any amount paid to the United States by the re-
cipient country under the sales agreement and not
retained by the United States under the lease.
(e) FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—
There is established in the Treasury of the United States
a special account to be known as the Defense Vessels
Transfer Program Account. There is hereby appropriated
into that account such sums as may be necessary for the
costs (as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of the lease-sale
transfers authorized by subsection (d). Funds in that ac-
count are available only for the purpose of covering those
costs.
(f) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION
TO CONGRESS.—Section 516(f) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(f)), section 525 of the For-
eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–118; 111 Stat.
2412), and any similar, successor provision of law do not
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apply with respect to the transfers authorized by this sec-
tion.
(g) INAPPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE ANNUAL LIMI-
TATION ON VALUE OF TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE
ARTICLES.—In the case of the transfer of a vessel author-
ized by subsection (a) to be made by grant under section
516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2321j), the value of the vessel transferred shall not be in-
cluded for purposes of subsection (g) of that section in
the aggregate value of excess defense articles transferred
to countries under that section in any fiscal year.
(h) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by
the United States in connection with a transfer authorized
by this section shall be charged to the recipient.
(i)
REPAIR
AND
REFURBISHMENT
IN
UNITED
STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary of the Navy shall require, as a condi-
tion of the transfer of a vessel under this section, that
the country to which the vessel is transferred have such
repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before
the vessel joins the naval forces of that country, performed
at a shipyard located in the United States, including a
United States Navy shipyard.
(j) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to
transfer vessels under this section shall expire at the end
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of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 8103. None of the funds in this Act may be
used to compensate an employee of the Department of De-
fense who initiates a new start program without notifica-
tion to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the con-
gressional defense committees, as required by Department
of Defense financial management regulations.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8104. Of the funds made available under title
II of this Act, the following amounts shall be transferred
to the Defense Working Capital Funds for the purpose
of funding operations of the Defense Commissary Agency:
‘‘Operation
and
Maintenance,
Army’’,
$338,400,000;
‘‘Operation
and
Maintenance,
Navy’’,
$255,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’,
$86,600,000; and
‘‘Operation
and
Maintenance,
Air
Force’’,
$302,071,000:
Provided, That the transfer authority provided in this sec-
tion is in addition to any other transfer authority con-
tained elsewhere in this Act.
SEC. 8105. Of the amounts made available in title
II of this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
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nance, Navy’’, $20,000,000 is available only for emergency
and extraordinary expenses associated with the accident
involving a United States Marine Corps A–6 aircraft on
February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy: Provided, That
these funds shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the funds made available by this section shall be
available only for payments to persons, communities, or
other entities in Italy only for reimbursement for damages
resulting from the expenses associated with the accident
involving a United States Marine Corps A–6 aircraft on
February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
made available under this section may be used to rebuild
or replace the funicular system in Cavalese destroyed on
February 3, 1998 by that aircraft: Provided further, That
any amount paid to any individual or entity from the
amount appropriated under this section shall be credited
against any amount subsequently determined to be pay-
able to that individual or entity under chapter 163 of title
10, United States Code, section 127 of that title, or any
other authority provided by law for administrative settle-
ment of claims against the United States with respect to
damages arising from the accident described in this sec-
tion: Provided further, That payment of an amount under
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this section shall not be considered to constitute a state-
ment of legal liability on the part of the United States
or otherwise to prejudge any judicial proceeding or inves-
tigation arising from the accident described in this section.
SEC. 8106. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to initiate or conduct
offensive military operations by United States Armed
Forces except in accordance with the war powers clause
of the Constitution (article 1, section 8), which vests in
Congress the power to declare and authorize war and to
take certain specified, related decisions.
SEC. 8107. (a) ENSURING YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECU-
RITY SYSTEMS.—(1) None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may (except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2)) be obligated or expended on the
development or modernization of any information tech-
nology or national security system of the Department of
Defense in use by the Department of Defense (whether
or not the system is a mission critical system) if that sys-
tem does not meet certification level 1a, 1b, or 2 (as pre-
scribed in the April 1997 publication of the Department
of Defense entitled ‘‘Year 2000 Management Plan’’).
(2) The limitation in paragraph (1) does not apply
to an obligation or expenditure—
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(A) that is directly related to ensuring that a
system achieves year 2000 compliance;
(B) for a system that is being developed and
fielded to replace before January 1, 2000, a non-
compliant system or a system to be terminated in
accordance with the May 1998 Department of De-
fense quarterly report on the status of year 2000
compliance; or
(C) for a particular change that is specifically
required by law or that is specifically directed by the
Secretary of Defense.
(b) UNALLOCATED REDUCTIONS OF FUNDS NOT TO
APPLY TO MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS.—Funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act for mission
critical systems are not subject to any unallocated reduc-
tion of funds made by or otherwise applicable to funds
provided in this Act.
(c)
CURRENT
SERVICES
OPERATIONS
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—Subsection (a) does not prohibit the obligation
or expenditure of funds for current services operations of
information technology and national security systems.
(d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense
may waive subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis with re-
spect to an information technology or national security
system if the Secretary provides the congressional defense
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committees with written notice of the waiver, including the
reasons for the waiver and a timeline for the testing and
certification of the system as year 2000 compliant.
(e) REQUIRED REPORT.—(1) Not later than Decem-
ber 1, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report describing—
(A) an executable strategy to be used through-
out the Department of Defense to test information
technology and national security systems for year
2000 compliance (to include functional capability
tests and military exercises);
(B) the plans of the Department of Defense for
ensuring that adequate resources (such as testing fa-
cilities, tools, and personnel) are available to ensure
that all mission critical systems achieve year 2000
compliance; and
(C) the criteria and process to be used to cer-
tify a system as year 2000 compliant.
(2) The report shall also include—
(A) an updated list of all mission critical sys-
tems; and
(B) guidelines for developing contingency plans
for the functioning of each information technology or
national security system in the event of a year 2000
problem in any such system.
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(f) CAPABILITY CONTINGENCY PLANS.—Not later
than December 30, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall
have in place contingency plans to ensure continuity of
operations for every critical mission or function of the De-
partment of Defense that is dependent on an information
technology or national security system.
(g) INSPECTOR GENERAL EVALUATION.—The In-
spector General of the Department of Defense shall selec-
tively audit information technology and national security
systems certified as year 2000 compliant to evaluate the
ability of systems to successfully operate during the actual
year 2000, including the ability of the systems to access
and transmit information from point of origin to point of
termination.
(h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘information technology’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 5002 of the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401).
(2) The term ‘‘national security system’’ has
the meaning given that term in section 5142 of such
Act (40 U.S.C. 1452).
(3) The term ‘‘development or modernization’’
has the meaning given that term in paragraph E of
section 180203 of the Department of Defense Fi-
nancial Management Regulation (DOD 7000.14–R),
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but does not include any matter covered by subpara-
graph 3 of that paragraph.
(4) The term ‘‘current services’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in paragraph C of section
180203 of the Department of Defense Financial
Management Regulation (DOD 7000.14–R).
(5) The term ‘‘mission critical system’’ means
an information technology or national security sys-
tem that is designated as mission critical in the May
1998 Department of Defense quarterly report on the
status of year 2000 compliance.
SEC. 8108. (a) PLAN FOR SIMULATION OF YEAR
2000 IN MILITARY EXERCISES.—Not later than Decem-
ber 15, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a plan for the execution of a simulated year
2000 as part of military exercises described in subsection
(c) in order to evaluate, in an operational environment,
the extent to which information technology and national
security systems involved in those exercises will success-
fully operate during the actual year 2000, including the
ability of those systems to access and transmit information
from point of origin to point of termination.
(b) EVALUATION OF COMPLIANCE IN SELECTED EX-
ERCISES.—In conducting the military exercises described
in subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure
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that at least 25 of those exercises (referred to in this sec-
tion as ‘‘Year 2000 simulation exercises’’) are conducted
so as to include a simulated year 2000 in accordance with
the plan submitted under subsection (a). The Secretary
of Defense shall ensure that at least two of those exercises
are conducted by the commander of each unified or speci-
fied combatant command.
(c) COVERED MILITARY EXERCISES.—A military ex-
ercise referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is a military
exercise conducted by the Department of Defense, during
the period beginning on January 1, 1999, and ending on
September 30, 1999—
(1) under the training exercises program known
as the ‘‘CJCS Exercise Program’’;
(2) at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Cen-
ter, the Army National Training Center, or the Air
Force Air Warfare Center; or
(3) as part of Naval Carrier Group fleet train-
ing or Marine Corps Expeditionary Unit training.
(d) AUTHORITY FOR EXCLUSION OF SYSTEMS NOT
CAPABLE OF PERFORMING RELIABLY IN YEAR 2000 SIM-
ULATION.—(1) In carrying out a Year 2000 simulation ex-
ercise, the Secretary of Defense may exclude a particular
information technology or national security system from
the year 2000 simulation phase of the exercise if the Sec-
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retary determines that the system would be incapable of
performing reliably during the year 2000 simulation phase
of the exercise. In such a case, the system excluded shall
be replaced in accordance with the year 2000 contingency
plan for the system.
(2) If the Secretary of Defense excludes an informa-
tion technology or national security system from the year
2000 simulation phase of an exercise as provided in para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall notify Congress of that ex-
clusion not later than two weeks before commencing that
exercise. The notice shall include a list of each information
technology or national security system excluded from the
exercise, a description of how the exercise will use the year
2000 contingency plan for each such system, and a de-
scription of the effect that continued year 2000 non-
compliance of each such system would have on military
readiness.
(3) An information technology or national security
system with cryptological applications that is not capable
of having its internal clock adjusted forward to a simu-
lated later time is exempt from the year 2000 simulation
phase of an exercise under this section.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘information technology’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 5002 of the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401).
(2) The term ‘‘national security system’’ has
the meaning given that term in section 5142 of such
Act (40 U.S.C. 1452).
SEC. 8109. During the current fiscal year and here-
after, no funds appropriated or otherwise available to the
Department of Defense may be used to award a contract
to, extend a contract with, or approve the award of a sub-
contract to any person who within the preceding 15 years
has been convicted under section 704 of title 18, United
States Code, of the unlawful manufacture or sale of the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
SEC. 8110. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the trans-
portation
into
the
United
States
of
polychlorinated
biphenyls manufactured outside the United States and
owned by the Department of Defense except as provided
for in section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act
(15 U.S.C. 2605(e)).
SEC. 8111. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into
or renew a contract with any company owned, or partially
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owned, by the People’s Republic of China or the People’s
Liberation Army of the People’s Republic of China.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, for military func-
tions administered by the Department of Defense, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active
duty (except members of reserve components provided for
elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of De-
fense Military Retirement Fund; $20,822,051,000.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active
duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere),
midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursu-
ant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42
U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund; $16,532,153,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps
on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for
elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of
Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to
section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)),
and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund; $6,253,189,000.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on
active duty (except members of reserve components provided
for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for pay-
ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Depart-
ment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund;
$17,205,660,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re-
serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038
of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active
duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva-
lent duty or other duty, and for members of the Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses authorized by sec-
tion 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
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ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund; $2,152,075,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re-
serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United
States Code, or while serving on active duty under section
12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with
performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10,
United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training,
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for mem-
bers of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code;
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund; $1,387,379,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva-
lent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
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leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the De-
partment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund;
$401,888,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States
Code, in connection with performing duty specified in sec-
tion 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while un-
dergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or
equivalent duty or other duty, and for members of the Air
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses authorized
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund; $856,176,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302,
or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
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in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$3,499,595,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or 12402
of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code,
or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10
or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connec-
tion with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of
title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training,
or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty,
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United
States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund; $1,376,097,000.
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TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized
by law; and not to exceed $11,437,000 can be used for emer-
gencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the
approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes; $17,212,463,000 and, in ad-
dition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$130,000,000 shall be transferred to the Quality of Life En-
hancements, Defense account in this Act and shall be avail-
able only for expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting
from unfunded shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of
real property of the Department of the Army (including
minor construction and major maintenance and repair of
military housing and barracks): Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph, not less than
$375,000,000 shall be made available only for conventional
ammunition care and maintenance.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine
Corps, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $5,360,000
can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to
be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary
of the Navy, and payments may be made on his certificate
of 
necessity 
for 
confidential 
military 
purposes;
$21,813,315,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be de-
rived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $48,000,000 shall be transferred
to the Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense account in
this Act and shall be available only for expenses, not other-
wise provided for, resulting from unfunded shortfalls in the
repair and maintenance of real property of the Department
of the Navy (including minor construction and major
maintenance and repair of military housing and barracks).
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as au-
thorized by law; $2,576,190,000: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, $36,000,000 shall
be transferred to the Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense
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account in this Act and shall be available only for expenses,
not otherwise provided for, resulting from unfunded short-
falls in the repair and maintenance of real property of the
Marine Corps (including minor construction and major
maintenance and repair of military housing and barracks).
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as author-
ized by law; and not to exceed $7,968,000 can be used for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on
the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force,
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity
for confidential military purposes; $19,064,941,000 and, in
addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$50,000,000 shall be transferred to the Quality of Life En-
hancements, Defense account in this Act and shall be avail-
able only for expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting
from unfunded shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of
real property of the Air Force (including minor construc-
tion and major maintenance and repair of military hous-
ing and barracks): Provided further, That out of the funds
available under this heading, $300,000 may be available
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for the abatement of hazardous substances in housing at the
Finley Air Force Station, Finley, North Dakota.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies
of the Department of Defense (other than the military de-
partments), as authorized by law; $10,259,231,000, of
which not to exceed $25,000,000 may be available for the
CINC initiative fund account; and of which not to exceed
$29,000,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of
the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be made on
his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur-
poses: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available only for use
in federally owned educational facilities located on military
installations for the purpose of transferring title of such fa-
cilities to the local educational facilities.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance, including training, organi-
zation, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of
facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro-
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curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu-
nications; $1,202,622,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance, including training, organi-
zation, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of
facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro-
curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu-
nications; $928,639,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance, including training, organi-
zation, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve;
repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruit-
ing; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and
communications; $114,593,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance, including training, organi-
zation, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair
of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro-
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curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu-
nications; $1,744,696,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For expenses of training, organizing, and administer-
ing the Army National Guard, including medical and hos-
pital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos-
pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures
and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel
services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses
(other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army person-
nel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, regi-
mental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units
in compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations
when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard
Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National
Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modi-
fication, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment
(including aircraft); $2,661,815,000: Provided, That not
later than March 15, 1999, the Director of the Army Na-
tional Guard shall provide a report to the congressional de-
fense committees identifying the allocation, by installation
and activity, of all base operations funds appropriated
under this heading.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For operation and maintenance of the Air National
Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and relat-
ed expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, oper-
ation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for
the training and administration of the Air National Guard,
including repair of facilities, maintenance, operation, and
modification of aircraft; transportation of things, hire of
passenger motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and equip-
ment, as authorized by law for the Air National Guard;
and expenses incident to the maintenance and use of sup-
plies, materials, and equipment, including such as may be
furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage)
on the same basis as authorized by law for Air National
Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for Air National
Guard commanders while inspecting units in compliance
with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically
authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau;
$3,113,933,000.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contingency
Operations by United States military forces; $746,900,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these
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funds only to operation and maintenance accounts within
this title, and working capital funds: Provided further, That
the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be
available for the same purposes and for the same time pe-
riod, as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided in this para-
graph is in addition to any other transfer authority con-
tained elsewhere in this Act.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED
FORCES
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; $7,324,000,
of which not to exceed $2,500 can be used for official rep-
resentation purposes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Army, $370,640,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar
purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro-
priation to other appropriations made available to the De-
partment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available
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for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That not more
than twenty-five per centum of funds provided under this
heading may be obligated for environmental remediation by
the Corps of Engineers under total environmental remedi-
ation contracts.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Navy, $274,600,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar
purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro-
priation to other appropriations made available to the De-
partment of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
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purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred
back to this appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Air Force, $372,100,000,
to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that
such funds are required for environmental restoration, re-
duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe
buildings and debris of the Department of the Air Force,
or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available
by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with
and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of Defense, $23,091,000, to remain
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of
Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are re-
quired for environmental restoration, reduction and recy-
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cling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and
debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to
other appropriations made available to the Department of
Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the same
purposes and for the same time period as the appropria-
tions to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a
determination that all or part of the funds transferred from
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED
DEFENSE SITES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Army, $225,000,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of De-
fense, transfer the funds made available by this appropria-
tion to other appropriations made available to the Depart-
ment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That
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upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred
back to this appropriation.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian,
Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of De-
fense (consisting of the programs provided under sections
401, 402, 404, 2547, and 2551 of title 10, United States
Code); $50,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2000.
FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION
For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet
Union, including assistance provided by contract or by
grants, for facilitating the elimination and the safe and se-
cure transportation and storage of nuclear, chemical and
other weapons; for establishing programs to prevent the pro-
liferation of weapons, weapons components, and weapon-
related technology and expertise; for programs relating to
the training and support of defense and military personnel
for demilitarization and protection of weapons, weapons
components and weapons technology and expertise;
$440,400,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this
heading, $35,000,000 shall be available only to support the
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dismantling and disposal of nuclear submarines and sub-
marine reactor components in the Russian Far East.
QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS, DEFENSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting
from unfunded shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of
real property of the Department of Defense (including
military housing and barracks); $264,000,000 shall be de-
rived by transfer from the Operation and Maintenance ac-
counts, for the maintenance of real property of the Depart-
ment of Defense (including minor construction and major
maintenance and repair), which shall remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2000.
PENTAGON RENOVATION TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting
from the Department of Defense renovation of the Pentagon
Reservation; $279,820,000 derived by transfer from the Op-
eration and Maintenance accounts, for the renovation of the
Pentagon Reservation, which shall remain available for ob-
ligation until September 30, 2000, as follows:
Army, $96,000,000;
Navy, $32,087,000;
Marine Corps, $9,513,000;
Air Force, $52,200,000; and
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Defense-Wide, $90,020,000.
MORALE, WELFARE AND RECREATION AND PERSONNEL
SUPPORT FOR CONTINGENCY DEPLOYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to provide
necessary morale, welfare and recreation support, family
support, and to sustain necessary retention and re-enlist-
ment of military personnel in critical military occupa-
tional specialties, resulting from the deployment of military
personnel to Bosnia and Southwest Asia; $50,000,000 to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may transfer these funds only to operation
and maintenance accounts for the military services: Pro-
vided further, That the funds transferred shall be available
only for the purposes as described under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided in this
paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority
contained elsewhere in this Act.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac-
cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de-
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curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes;
$998,655,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of vehicles, including tactical and non-tracked com-
bat vehicles and the lease of support vehicles; communica-
tions and electronic equipment; other support equipment;
spare parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the
foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior
to approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contrac-
tor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes; $3,395,729,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2001.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
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ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and in-
stallation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in
public and private plants; reserve plant and Government
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $7,473,403,000,
to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2001.
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap-
ons, and related support equipment including spare parts,
and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private
plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
$1,324,045,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001.
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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes;
$488,939,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ-
ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical,
long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be con-
structed or converted in the future; and expansion of public
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and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as
follows:
NSSN, $1,498,165,000;
NSSN (AP), $504,736,000;
CVN–77 (AP), $124,515,000;
CVN Refuelings (AP), $274,980,000;
DDG–51 destroyer program, $2,672,078,000;
DDG–51 destroyer program (AP), $7,396,000;
LPD–17 
amphibious 
transport 
dock 
ship,
$638,780,000;
LHD–8 (AP), $50,000,000;
Oceanographic ship program, $60,341,000;
LCAC landing craft air cushion program,
$16,000,000; and
For craft, outfitting, post delivery, conversions,
and first destination transportation, $220,281,000;
In all: $6,067,272,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2003: Provided, That additional obli-
gations may be incurred after September 30, 2003, for engi-
neering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted
work that must be performed in the final stage of ship con-
struction: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
under this heading for the construction or conversion of any
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naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United
States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the con-
struction of major components of such vessel: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading
shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in
foreign shipyards.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For procurement, production, and modernization of
support equipment and materials not otherwise provided
for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); lease of pas-
senger motor vehicles; expansion of public and private
plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
$3,886,475,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001.
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufac-
ture, and modification of missiles, armament, military
equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant
equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation
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thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; lease of
passenger motor vehicles; and expansion of public and pri-
vate plants, including land necessary therefor, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
$954,177,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, lease, and modification
of aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament,
specialized ground handling equipment, and training de-
vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior
to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and trans-
portation of things; $7,967,023,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2001.
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MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of
missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, includ-
ing spare parts and accessories therefor, ground handling
equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and
private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa-
tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac-
quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in-
cluding rents and transportation of things; $2,219,299,000,
to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2001.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
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machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes;
$384,161,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For procurement and modification of equipment (in-
cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment,
and ground electronic and communication equipment), and
supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise
provided for; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and expan-
sion of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of
structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to ap-
proval of title; reserve plant and Government and contrac-
tor-owned equipment layaway; $6,904,164,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2001.
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments) nec-
essary for procurement, production, and modification of
equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor,
not otherwise provided for; the lease of passenger motor ve-
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hicles; expansion of public and private plants, equipment,
and installation thereof in such plants, erection of struc-
tures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes,
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; $1,932,250,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2001.
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT
For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat
vehicles, ammunition, other weapons, and other procure-
ment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces;
$500,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided, That the Chiefs of the Reserve
and National Guard components shall, not later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit
to the congressional defense committees the modernization
priority assessment for their respective Reserve or National
Guard component.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
EVALUATION
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
research, development, test and evaluation, including main-
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tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities
and equipment; $4,891,640,000, to remain available for ob-
ligation until September 30, 2000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
research, development, test and evaluation, including main-
tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities
and equipment; $8,215,519,000, to remain available for ob-
ligation until September 30, 2000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR
FORCE
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
research, development, test and evaluation, including main-
tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities
and equipment; $13,693,153,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), nec-
essary for basic and applied scientific research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects as
may be designated and determined by the Secretary of De-
fense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease,
and operation of facilities and equipment; $9,032,908,000,
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to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $12,000,000 shall be available only to continue de-
velopment of electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of independ-
ent activities of the Director, Test and Evaluation in the
direction and supervision of developmental test and evalua-
tion, including performance and joint developmental testing
and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection
therewith; $249,106,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2000.
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test
and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of oper-
ational test and evaluation, including initial operational
test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in sup-
port of, production decisions; joint operational testing and
evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection
therewith; $25,245,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2000.
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TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Defense Working Capital Funds; $94,500,000.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND
For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects,
and activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Re-
serve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the Merchant
Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744);
$669,566,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph
shall be used to award a new contract that provides for the
acquisition of any of the following major components unless
such components are manufactured in the United States:
auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all shipboard
services; propulsion system components (that is; engines, re-
duction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and
spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, That the
exercise of an option in a contract awarded through the ob-
ligation of previously appropriated funds shall not be con-
sidered to be the award of a new contract: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the military department responsible
for such procurement may waive these restrictions on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are not avail-
able to meet Department of Defense requirements on a time-
ly basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order
to acquire capability for national security purposes.
TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical
and health care programs of the Department of Defense, as
authorized 
by 
law; 
$10,337,322,000, 
of 
which
$9,684,935,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, of
which not to exceed two per centum shall remain available
until September 30, 1999, of which $402,387,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2001, shall be
for Procurement, and of which $250,000,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2000, shall be
for Research, development, test and evaluation: Provided,
That, of the funds available under this heading, $3,000,000
shall be available for research and surveillance activities re-
lating to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION,
DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chem-
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ical agents and munitions in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Author-
ization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction
of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the
chemical 
weapon 
stockpile, 
$780,150,000, 
of 
which
$491,700,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance,
$115,670,000 shall be for Procurement to remain available
until September 30, 2001, and $172,780,000 shall be for
Research, development, test and evaluation to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the funds
available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be available
until expended each year only for a Johnston Atoll off-is-
land leave program: Provided further, That the Secretaries
concerned shall, pursuant to uniform regulations, prescribe
travel and transportation allowances for travel by partici-
pants in the off-island leave program.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,
DEFENSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of
the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations
available to the Department of Defense for military person-
nel of the reserve components serving under the provisions
of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for Operation
and maintenance; for Procurement; and for Research, devel-
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opment, test and evaluation; $742,582,000: Provided, That
the funds appropriated under this head shall be available
for obligation for the same time period and for the same
purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided in this
paragraph is in addition to any transfer authority con-
tained elsewhere in this Act.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspec-
tor General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended; $132,064,000, of which
$130,764,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, of
which not to exceed $500,000 is available for emergencies
and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval
or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may
be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili-
tary purposes; and of which $1,300,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001, shall be for Procurement.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment and Disability System Fund, to maintain proper
funding level for continuing the operation of the Central
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Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System;
$201,500,000.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community
Management Account; $134,623,000, of which $39,011,000
for the Advanced Research and Development Committee and
the Environmental Intelligence and Applications Program
shall remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$27,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Jus-
tice for the National Drug Intelligence Center to support
the Department of Defense’s counter-drug intelligence re-
sponsibilities, and of the said amount, $1,500,000 for Pro-
curement shall remain available until September 30, 2001,
and $3,000,000 for Research, development, test and evalua-
tion shall remain available until September 30, 2000.
PAYMENT TO KAHO’OLAWE ISLAND CONVEYANCE,
REMEDIATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FUND
For payment to Kaho’olawe Island Conveyance, Reme-
diation, and Environmental Restoration Fund, as author-
ized by law; $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION TRUST FUND
For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102–183,
$3,000,000, to be derived from the National Security Edu-
cation Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com-
puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United
States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ-
ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section
shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service
national employees serving at United States diplomatic
missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under
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the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the
limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign na-
tional employees of the Department of Defense in the Re-
public of Turkey.
SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 per centum of the appro-
priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last
two months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to obligations for support of active duty
training of reserve components or summer camp training
of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management
and Budget, transfer not to exceed $1,775,000,000 of work-
ing capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense
for military functions (except military construction) be-
tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same
purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such au-
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thority to transfer may not be used unless for higher prior-
ity items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case
where the item for which funds are requested has been de-
nied by Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in
this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request
to the Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming
of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unfore-
seen military requirements, than those for which originally
appropriated and in no case where the item for which re-
programming is requested has been denied by the Congress.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United
States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as
are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made
from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made be-
tween such funds: Provided further, That transfers may be
made between working capital funds and the ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and the ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense,
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with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget,
except that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec-
retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed
transfer. Except in amounts equal to the amounts appro-
priated to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations
may be made against a working capital fund to procure
or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, un-
less the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior
to any such obligation.
SEC. 8007. Funds appropriated by this Act may not
be used to initiate a special access program without prior
notification 30 calendar days in session in advance to the
congressional defense committees.
SEC. 8008. None of the funds provided in this Act shall
be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that em-
ploys economic order quantity procurement in excess of
$20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes
an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000;
or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a
multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, un-
less the congressional defense committees have been notified
at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award:
Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract
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for which the economic order quantity advance procurement
is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s li-
ability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria-
tion contained in this Act shall be available to initiate
multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or compo-
nent thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would
exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act:
Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract
can be terminated without 10-day prior notification to the
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the
execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a
present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared
to an annual procurement.
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be
used for multiyear procurement contracts as follows:
E–2C aircraft;
Longbow Hellfire missile; and
Medium tactical vehicle replacement (MTVR).
SEC. 8009. Within the funds appropriated for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are here-
by appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United
States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs
under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds
may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assist-
ance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant
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to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title
10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be re-
ported to Congress on September 30 of each year: Provided,
That funds available for operation and maintenance shall
be available for providing humanitarian and similar assist-
ance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories
of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micro-
nesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That
upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that
such action is beneficial for graduate medical education
programs conducted at Army medical facilities located in
Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the pro-
vision of medical services at such facilities and transpor-
tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for ci-
vilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.
SEC. 8010. (a) During fiscal year 1999, the civilian
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man-
aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the management
of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject
to any constraint or limitation (known as an end-strength)
on the number of such personnel who may be employed on
the last day of such fiscal year.
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(b) The fiscal year 2000 budget request for the Depart-
ment of Defense as well as all justification material and
other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2000 De-
partment of Defense budget request shall be prepared and
submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of
this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year 2000.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply
to military (civilian) technicians.
SEC. 8011. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used by the Department of Defense to exceed, outside the
50 United States, its territories, and the District of Colum-
bia, 125,000 civilian workyears: Provided, That workyears
shall be applied as defined in the Federal Personnel Man-
ual: Provided further, That workyears expended in depend-
ent student hiring programs for disadvantaged youths shall
not be included in this workyear limitation.
SEC. 8012. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress.
SEC. 8013. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be used to make contributions to the Department
of Defense Education Benefits Fund pursuant to section
2006(g) of title 10, United States Code, representing the
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normal cost for future benefits under section 3015(c) of title
38, United States Code, for any member of the armed serv-
ices who, on or after the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) enlists in the armed services for a period of
active duty of less than three years; or
(2) receives an enlistment bonus under section
308a or 308f of title 37, United States Code,
nor shall any amounts representing the normal cost of such
future benefits be transferred from the Fund by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
pursuant to section 2006(d) of title 10, United States Code;
nor shall the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pay such benefits
to any such member: Provided, That in the case of a mem-
ber covered by clause (1), these limitations shall not apply
to members in combat arms skills or to members who enlist
in the armed services on or after July 1, 1989, under a
program continued or established by the Secretary of De-
fense in fiscal year 1991 to test the cost-effective use of spe-
cial recruiting incentives involving not more than nineteen
noncombat arms skills approved in advance by the Sec-
retary of Defense: Provided further, That this subsection ap-
plies only to active components of the Army.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available for the basic pay and allowances of any mem-
ber of the Army participating as a full-time student and
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receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
from the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund
when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward
completion of a service commitment: Provided, That this
subsection shall not apply to those members who have reen-
listed with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided
further, That this subsection applies only to active compo-
nents of the Army.
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be available to convert to contractor performance an
activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on
or after the date of enactment of this Act, is performed by
more than ten Department of Defense civilian employees
until a most efficient and cost-effective organization analy-
sis is completed on such activity or function and certifi-
cation of the analysis is made to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided, That this section shall not apply to a commercial
or industrial type function of the Department of Defense
that: (1) is included on the procurement list established pur-
suant to section 2 of the Act of June 25, 1938 (41 U.S.C.
47), popularly referred to as the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act;
(2) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified
nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit
agency for other severely handicapped individuals in ac-
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cordance with that Act; or (3) is planned to be converted
to performance by a qualified firm under 51 per centum
Native American ownership.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act
for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Pro-
gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con-
tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing
a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance agree-
ment pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510;
10 U.S.C. 2301 note), as amended, under the authority of
this provision or any other transfer authority contained in
this Act.
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and
its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor
and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless
the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the
United States from components which are substantially
manufactured in the United States: Provided, That for the
purpose of this section manufactured will include cutting,
heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and welding
(including the forging and shot blasting process): Provided
further, That for the purpose of this section substantially
all of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall
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be considered to be produced or manufactured in the United
States if the aggregate cost of the components produced or
manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggregate
cost of the components produced or manufactured outside
the United States: Provided further, That when adequate
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of
Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the
service responsible for the procurement may waive this re-
striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing
to the Committees on Appropriations that such an acquisi-
tion must be made in order to acquire capability for na-
tional security purposes.
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of
the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) shall be available for
the reimbursement of any health care provider for inpatient
mental health service for care received when a patient is
referred to a provider of inpatient mental health care or
residential treatment care by a medical or health care pro-
fessional having an economic interest in the facility to
which the patient is referred: Provided, That this limitation
does not apply in the case of inpatient mental health serv-
ices provided under the program for the handicapped under
subsection (d) of section 1079 of title 10, United States
Code, provided as partial hospital care, or provided pursu-
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ant to a waiver authorized by the Secretary of Defense be-
cause of medical or psychological circumstances of the pa-
tient that are confirmed by a health professional who is not
a Federal employee after a review, pursuant to rules pre-
scribed by the Secretary, which takes into account the ap-
propriate level of care for the patient, the intensity of serv-
ices required by the patient, and the availability of that
care.
SEC. 8018. Funds available in this Act may be used
to provide transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals
who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from
the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United States,
under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may pre-
scribe.
SEC. 8019. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense
may, by executive agreement, establish with host nation
governments in NATO member states a separate account
into which such residual value amounts negotiated in the
return of United States military installations in NATO
member states may be deposited, in the currency of the host
nation, in lieu of direct monetary transfers to the United
States Treasury: Provided, That such credits may be uti-
lized only for the construction of facilities to support United
States military forces in that host nation, or such real prop-
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erty maintenance and base operating costs that are cur-
rently executed through monetary transfers to such host na-
tions: Provided further, That the Department of Defense’s
budget submission for fiscal year 2000 shall identify such
sums anticipated in residual value settlements, and identify
such construction, real property maintenance or base oper-
ating costs that shall be funded by the host nation through
such credits: Provided further, That all military construc-
tion projects to be executed from such accounts must be pre-
viously approved in a prior Act of Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That each such executive agreement with a NATO
member host nation shall be reported to the congressional
defense committees, the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate 30 days prior to the
conclusion and endorsement of any such agreement estab-
lished under this provision.
SEC. 8020. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of
M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber
rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols.
SEC. 8021. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to pay more than 50 per centum of an amount
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paid to any person under section 308 of title 37, United
States Code, in a lump sum.
SEC. 8022. A member of a reserve component whose
unit or whose residence is located in a State which is not
contiguous with another State is authorized to travel in a
space required status on aircraft of the Armed Forces be-
tween home and place of inactive duty training, or place
of duty in lieu of unit training assembly, when there is
no road or railroad transportation (or combination of road
and railroad transportation between those locations): Pro-
vided, That a member traveling in that status on a military
aircraft pursuant to the authority provided in this section
is not authorized to receive travel, transportation, or per
diem allowances in connection with that travel.
SEC. 8023. (a) In addition to the funds provided else-
where in this Act, $8,000,000 is appropriated only for in-
centive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That
contractors participating in the test program established by
section 854 of Public Law 101–189 (15 U.S.C. 637 note)
shall be eligible for the program established by section 504
of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544).
(b) Section 8024 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act (Public Law 105–56) is amended by striking
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out ‘‘That these payments’’ and all that follows through
‘‘Provided further,’’.
SEC. 8024. During the current fiscal year, funds ap-
propriated or otherwise available for any Federal agency,
the Congress, the judicial branch, or the District of Colum-
bia may be used for the pay, allowances, and benefits of
an employee as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United
States Code, or an individual employed by the government
of the District of Columbia, permanent or temporary indefi-
nite, who—
(1) is a member of a Reserve component of the
Armed Forces, as described in section 10101 of title
10, United States Code, or the National Guard, as de-
scribed in section 101 of title 32;
(2) performs, for the purpose of providing mili-
tary aid to enforce the law or providing assistance to
civil authorities in the protection or saving of life or
property or prevention of injury—
(A) Federal service under sections 331, 332,
333, or 12406 of title 10, or other provision of
law, as applicable; or
(B) full-time military service for his or her
State, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the
United States; and
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(3) requests and is granted—
(A) leave under the authority of this section;
or
(B) annual leave, which may be granted
without regard to the provisions of sections 5519
and 6323(b) of title 5, if such employee is other-
wise entitled to such annual leave:
Provided, That any employee who requests leave under sub-
section (3)(A) for service described in subsection (2) of this
section is entitled to such leave, subject to the provisions
of this section and of the last sentence of section 6323(b)
of title 5, and such leave shall be considered leave under
section 6323(b) of title 5.
SEC. 8025. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be available to perform any cost study pursuant to
the provisions of OMB Circular A–76 if the study being
performed exceeds a period of 24 months after initiation
of such study with respect to a single function activity or
48 months after initiation of such study for a multi-func-
tion activity.
SEC. 8026. Funds appropriated by this Act for the
American Forces Information Service shall not be used for
any national or international political or psychological ac-
tivities.
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SEC. 8027. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust wage
rates for civilian employees hired for certain health care
occupations as authorized for the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States Code.
SEC. 8028. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the lev-
els funded in this Act.
SEC. 8029. (a) Of the funds for the procurement of sup-
plies or services appropriated by this Act, qualified non-
profit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped
shall be afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to
participate as subcontractors and suppliers in the perform-
ance of contracts let by the Department of Defense.
(b) During the current fiscal year, a business concern
which has negotiated with a military service or defense
agency a subcontracting plan for the participation by small
business concerns pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) shall be given credit to-
ward meeting that subcontracting goal for any purchases
made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or
other severely handicapped.
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(c) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ‘‘quali-
fied nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handi-
capped’’ means a nonprofit agency for the blind or other
severely handicapped that has been approved by the Com-
mittee for the Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely
Handicapped under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41
U.S.C. 46–48).
SEC. 8030. During the current fiscal year, net receipts
pursuant to collections from third party payers pursuant
to section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, shall be
made available to the local facility of the uniformed services
responsible for the collections and shall be over and above
the facility’s direct budget amount.
SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not
to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section
2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of
receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku-
wait, under that section: Provided, That, upon receipt, such
contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be cred-
ited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obli-
gations.
SEC. 8032. Of the funds made available in this Act,
not less than $23,964,000 shall be available for the Civil
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Air Patrol, of which $20,654,000 shall be available for oper-
ation and maintenance.
SEC. 8033. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense
(department) federally funded research and development
center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate
entity administrated by an organization managing another
FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation consist-
ing of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-profit
entities.
(b) LIMITATION
ON
COMPENSATION—FEDERALLY
FUNDED
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
CENTER
(FFRDC).—No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees,
Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting
Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and
no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except when act-
ing in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated
for his or her services as a member of such entity, or as
a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal
year: Provided, That a member of any such entity referred
to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel ex-
penses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint
Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance of
membership duties.
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds available to the department from any source
during fiscal year 1999 may be used by a defense FFRDC,
through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction
of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for projects
funded by government grants, for absorption of contract
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to in-
clude employee participation in community service and/or
development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
funds available to the department during fiscal year 1999,
not more than 6,206 staff years of technical effort (staff
years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That
of the specific amount referred to previously in this sub-
section, not more than 1,105 staff years may be funded for
the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs.
(e) Within 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report presenting the specific amounts of staff
years of technical effort to be allocated by the department
for each defense FFRDC during fiscal year 1999: Provided,
That, after the submission of the report required by this
subsection, the department may not reallocate more than
five per centum of an FFRDC’s staff years among other
defense FFRDCs until 30 days after a detailed justification
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for any such reallocation is submitted to the congressional
defense committees.
(f) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission
of the department’s fiscal year 2000 budget request, submit
a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of
technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC dur-
ing that fiscal year.
SEC. 8034. None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facil-
ity or property under the control of the Department of De-
fense which were not melted and rolled in the United States
or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions
shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515,
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of
carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That
the Secretary of the military department responsible for the
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case
basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet
Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes: Provided further,
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That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which
are in being as of the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 8035. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional defense committees’’ means the National Security
Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Serv-
ices Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense
of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the
Subcommittee on National Security of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 8036. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot main-
tenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well
as the production of components and other Defense-related
articles, through competition between Department of De-
fense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Pro-
vided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military
department or defense agency concerned, with power of dele-
gation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable
estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and
private bids: Provided further, That Office of Management
and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions
conducted under this section.
SEC. 8037. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after con-
sultation with the United States Trade Representative, de-
termines that a foreign country which is party to an agree-
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ment described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of
the agreement by discriminating against certain types of
products produced in the United States that are covered by
the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the
Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with
respect to such types of products produced in that foreign
country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products
in that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress
a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases
from foreign entities in fiscal year 1999. Such report shall
separately indicate the dollar value of items for which the
Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agreement
described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of
1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agree-
ment to which the United States is a party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’ means title III of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act mak-
ing appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office De-
partments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and
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for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C.
10a et seq.).
SEC. 8038. Appropriations contained in this Act that
remain available at the end of the current fiscal year as
a result of energy cost savings realized by the Department
of Defense shall remain available for obligation for the next
fiscal year to the extent, and for the purposes, provided in
section 2865 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions available to the Department of Defense may be used
to reimburse a member of a reserve component of the Armed
Forces who is not otherwise entitled to travel and transpor-
tation allowances and who occupies transient government
housing while performing active duty for training or inac-
tive duty training: Provided, That such members may be
provided lodging in kind if transient government quarters
are unavailable as if the member was entitled to such allow-
ances under subsection (a) of section 404 of title 37, United
States Code: Provided further, That if lodging in kind is
provided, any authorized service charge or cost of such lodg-
ing may be paid directly from funds appropriated for oper-
ation and maintenance of the reserve component of the
member concerned.
SEC. 8040. The President shall include with each budg-
et for a fiscal year submitted to the Congress under section
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1105 of title 31, United States Code, materials that shall
identify clearly and separately the amounts requested in the
budget for appropriation for that fiscal year for salaries
and expenses related to administrative activities of the De-
partment of Defense, the military departments, and the De-
fense Agencies.
SEC. 8041. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds available for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-
Drug Activities, Defense’’ may be obligated for the Young
Marines program.
SEC. 8042. During the current fiscal year, amounts
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account established by section
2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act of
1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall be
available until expended for the payments specified by sec-
tion 2921(c)(2) of that Act: Provided, That none of the
funds made available for expenditure under this section
may be transferred or obligated until thirty days after the
Secretary of Defense submits a report which details the bal-
ance available in the Overseas Military Facility Investment
Recovery Account, all projected income into the account
during fiscal years 1999 and 2000, and the specific expend-
itures to be made using funds transferred from this account
during fiscal year 1999.
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SEC. 8043. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act, not more than $119,200,000
shall be available for payment of the operating costs of
NATO Headquarters: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense may waive this section for Department of Defense sup-
port provided to NATO forces in and around the former
Yugoslavia.
SEC. 8044. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense for
operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items
having an investment item unit cost of not more than
$100,000.
SEC. 8045. (a) During the current fiscal year, none
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the pur-
chase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring
a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during
the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to cus-
tomers of the Department of Defense Working Capital
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to
the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund dur-
ing fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an invest-
ment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense
for procurement.
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(b) The fiscal year 2000 budget request for the Depart-
ment of Defense as well as all justification material and
other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2000 De-
partment of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted
to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was
classified as an end item and funded in a procurement ap-
propriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in
a proposed fiscal year 2000 procurement appropriation and
not in the supply management business area or any other
area or category of the Department of Defense Working
Capital Funds.
SEC. 8046. None of the funds provided in this Act and
hereafter shall be available for use by a military department
to modify an aircraft, weapon, ship or other item of equip-
ment, that the military department concerned plans to re-
tire or otherwise dispose of within 5 years after completion
of the modification: Provided, That this prohibition shall
not apply to safety modifications: Provided further, That
this prohibition may be waived by the Secretary of a mili-
tary department if the Secretary determines it is in the best
national security interest of the United States to provide
such waiver and so notifies the congressional defense com-
mittees in writing.
SEC. 8047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re-
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main available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contin-
gencies, which shall remain available until September 30,
2000: Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred or
otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Cen-
tral Services Working Capital Fund during this or any
prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until
expended.
SEC. 8048. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency may be used for the design, development, and
deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program intel-
ligence communications and intelligence information sys-
tems for the Services, the Unified and Specified Commands,
and the component commands.
SEC. 8049. Of the funds appropriated by the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘OPERATION AND MAIN-
TENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, not less than $8,000,000 shall
be made available only for the mitigation of environmental
impacts, including training and technical assistance to
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in-
formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de-
veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost
to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re-
sulting from Department of Defense activities.
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SEC. 8050. Amounts collected for the use of the facili-
ties of the National Science Center for Communications and
Electronics during the current fiscal year pursuant to sec-
tion 1459(g) of the Department of Defense Authorization
Act, 1986, and deposited to the special account established
under subsection 1459(g)(2) of that Act are appropriated
and shall be available until expended for the operation and
maintenance of the Center as provided for in subsection
1459(g)(2).
SEC. 8051. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to fill the commander’s position at any mili-
tary medical facility with a health care professional unless
the prospective candidate can demonstrate professional ad-
ministrative skills.
SEC. 8052. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of
Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies
with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection,
the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means title III of the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Treasury
and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1934, and for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1933
(41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person
has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing
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a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in Amer-
ica, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with sec-
tion 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether the per-
son should be debarred from contracting with the Depart-
ment of Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased
with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense
of the Congress that any entity of the Department of De-
fense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products, provided that Amer-
ican-made equipment and products are cost-competitive,
quality-competitive, and available in a timely fashion.
SEC. 8053. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be available for a contract for studies, analysis, or
consulting services entered into without competition on the
basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activ-
ity responsible for the procurement determines—
(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation,
only one source is found fully qualified to perform the
proposed work; or
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an
unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific
or technological promise, represents the product of
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original thinking, and was submitted in confidence
by one source; or
(3) the purpose of the contract is to take advan-
tage of unique and significant industrial accomplish-
ment by a specific concern, or to insure that a new
product or idea of a specific concern is given finan-
cial support:
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts
in an amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to im-
provements of equipment that is in development or produc-
tion, or contracts as to which a civilian official of the De-
partment of Defense, who has been confirmed by the Senate,
determines that the award of such contract is in the interest
of the national defense.
SEC. 8054. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b)
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may
be used—
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the department
who is transferred or reassigned from a headquarters
activity if the member or employee’s place of duty re-
mains at the location of that headquarters.
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military
department may waive the limitations in subsection (a),
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on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate that the granting of the waiver
will reduce the personnel requirements or the financial re-
quirements of the department.
(c) This section does not apply to field operating agen-
cies funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Pro-
gram.
SEC. 8055. Funds appropriated by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
1999 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
SEC. 8056. Notwithstanding section 303 of Public Law
96–487 or any other provision of law, the Secretary of the
Navy is authorized to lease real and personal property at
Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska, pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
2667(f), for commercial, industrial or other purposes: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Navy may remove hazardous materials
from facilities, buildings, and structures at Adak, Alaska,
and may demolish or otherwise dispose of such facilities,
buildings, and structures.
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(RESCISSIONS)
SEC. 8057. Of the funds provided in Department of
Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby
rescinded as of the date of enactment of this Act from the
following accounts in the specified amounts:
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1998/
2002’’, $25,000,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army, 
1998/2000’’,
$24,000,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1998/2000’’,
$10,800,000; and
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide, 1997/1998’’, $10,000,000.
SEC. 8058. None of the funds available in this Act may
be used to reduce the authorized positions for military (ci-
vilian) technicians of the Army National Guard, the Air
National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for
the purpose of applying any administratively imposed ci-
vilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military (ci-
vilian) technicians, unless such reductions are a direct re-
sult of a reduction in military force structure.
SEC. 8059. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic
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of North Korea unless specifically appropriated for that
purpose.
SEC. 8060. During the current fiscal year, funds ap-
propriated in this Act are available to compensate members
of the National Guard for duty performed pursuant to a
plan submitted by a Governor of a State and approved by
the Secretary of Defense under section 112 of title 32,
United States Code: Provided, That during the performance
of such duty, the members of the National Guard shall be
under State command and control: Provided further, That
such duty shall be treated as full-time National Guard duty
for purposes of sections 12602(a)(2) and (b)(2) of title 10,
United States Code.
SEC. 8061. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper-
ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Uni-
fied and Specified Commands and Defense Agencies shall
be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other
expenses which would otherwise be incurred against appro-
priations for the National Guard and Reserve when mem-
bers of the National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence
support to Unified Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint
Intelligence Activities, including the activities and pro-
grams included within the National Foreign Intelligence
Program (NFIP), the Joint Military Intelligence Program
(JMIP) and the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities
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(TIARA) aggregate: Provided, That nothing in this section
authorizes deviation from established Reserve and National
Guard personnel and training procedures.
SEC. 8062. During the current fiscal year, none of the
funds appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the
civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to
military treatment facilities below the September 30, 1997
level: Provided, That the Service Surgeons General may
waive this section by certifying to the congressional defense
committees that the beneficiary population is declining in
some catchment areas and civilian strength reductions may
be consistent with responsible resource stewardship and
capitation-based budgeting.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8063. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be transferred to or obligated from the Pentagon Res-
ervation Maintenance Revolving Fund, unless the Secretary
of Defense certifies that the total cost for the planning, de-
sign, construction and installation of equipment for the ren-
ovation of the Pentagon Reservation will not exceed
$1,118,000,000.
SEC. 8064. (a) None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdic-
tion or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any
other department or agency of the United States except as
specifically provided in an appropriations law.
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(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de-
partment or agency of the United States except as specifi-
cally provided in an appropriations law.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8065. Appropriations available in this Act under
the heading ‘‘OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-
WIDE’’ for increasing energy and water efficiency in Fed-
eral buildings may, during their period of availability, be
transferred to other appropriations or funds of the Depart-
ment of Defense for projects related to increasing energy
and water efficiency, to be merged with and to be available
for the same general purposes, and for the same time period,
as the appropriation or fund to which transferred.
SEC. 8066. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings
other than those produced by a domestic source and of do-
mestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military
department responsible for such procurement may waive
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ-
ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic
supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition
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must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes.
SEC. 8067. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds available to the Department of Defense shall be
made available to provide transportation of medical sup-
plies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to Amer-
ican Samoa: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds available to the Department of De-
fense shall be made available to provide transportation of
medical supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable
basis, to the Indian Health Service when it is in conjunc-
tion with a civil-military project.
SEC. 8068. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured
in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for
national security purposes that is not available from
United States manufacturers.
SEC. 8069. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Naval shipyards of the United States shall be eligi-
ble to participate in any manufacturing extension program
financed by funds appropriated in this or any other Act.
SEC. 8070. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, each contract awarded by the Department of Defense
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during the current fiscal year for construction or service
performed in whole or in part in a State which is not con-
tiguous with another State and has an unemployment rate
in excess of the national average rate of unemployment as
determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall include a provi-
sion requiring the contractor to employ, for the purpose of
performing that portion of the contract in such State that
is not contiguous with another State, individuals who are
residents of such State and who, in the case of any craft
or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the
necessary skills: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
may waive the requirements of this section, on a case-by-
case basis, in the interest of national security.
SEC. 8071. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit,
on a quarterly basis, a report to the congressional defense
committees, the Committee on International Relations of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate setting forth all costs (including in-
cremental costs) incurred by the Department of Defense
during the preceding quarter in implementing or support-
ing resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, in-
cluding any such resolution calling for international sanc-
tions, international peacekeeping operations, and humani-
tarian missions undertaken by the Department of Defense.
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The quarterly report shall include an aggregate of all such
Department of Defense costs by operation or mission.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quar-
terly reports all efforts made to seek credit against past
United Nations expenditures and all efforts made to seek
compensation from the United Nations for costs incurred
by the Department of Defense in implementing and sup-
porting United Nations activities.
SEC. 8072. (a) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds available to the
Department of Defense for the current fiscal year may be
obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an
international organization any defense articles or services
(other than intelligence services) for use in the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) unless the congressional defense
committees, the Committee on International Relations of
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate are notified 15 days in advance
of such transfer.
(b) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—This section applies to—
(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-en-
forcement operation under the authority of chapter VI
or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter under
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the authority of a United Nations Security Council
resolution; and
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-
enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation.
(c) REQUIRED NOTICE.—A notice under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or
services to be transferred.
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment,
supplies, or services to be transferred.
(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equip-
ment or supplies—
(A) a statement of whether the inventory re-
quirements of all elements of the Armed Forces
(including the reserve components) for the type
of equipment or supplies to be transferred have
been met; and
(B) a statement of whether the items pro-
posed to be transferred will have to be replaced
and, if so, how the President proposes to provide
funds for such replacement.
SEC. 8073. To the extent authorized by subchapter VI
of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary
of Defense shall issue loan guarantees in support of United
States defense exports not otherwise provided for: Provided,
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That the total contingent liability of the United States for
guarantees issued under the authority of this section may
not exceed $15,000,000,000: Provided further, That the ex-
posure fees charged and collected by the Secretary for each
guarantee, shall be paid by the country involved and shall
not be financed as part of a loan guaranteed by the United
States: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations,
Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committees on Appropriations, National Security and
International Relations in the House of Representatives on
the implementation of this program: Provided further, That
amounts charged for administrative fees and deposited to
the special account provided for under section 2540c(d) of
title 10, shall be available for paying the costs of adminis-
trative expenses of the Department of Defense that are at-
tributable to the loan guarantee program under subchapter
VI of chapter 148 of title 10.
SEC. 8074. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense shall be obligated or expended to make a
financial contribution to the United Nations for the cost
of an United Nations peacekeeping activity (whether pursu-
ant to assessment or a voluntary contribution) or for pay-
ment of any United States arrearage to the United Nations.
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SEC. 8075. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended to pay a contractor under a contract with the De-
partment of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the
contractor to an employee when—
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in ex-
cess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the
employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs asso-
ciated with a business combination.
SEC. 8076. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this Act may be used to transport
or provide for the transportation of chemical munitions or
agents to the Johnston Atoll for the purpose of storing or
demilitarizing such munitions or agents.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply
to any obsolete World War II chemical munition or agent
of the United States found in the World War II Pacific
Theater of Operations.
(c) The President may suspend the application of sub-
section (a) during a period of war in which the United
States is a party.
SEC. 8077. None of the funds provided in title II of
this Act for ‘‘Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction’’ may
be obligated or expended to finance housing for any individ-
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ual who was a member of the military forces of the Soviet
Union or for any individual who is or was a member of
the military forces of the Russian Federation.
SEC. 8078. During the current fiscal year, no more
than $15,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under
the heading ‘‘OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-
WIDE’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for
the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to
be available for the same time period as the appropriations
to which transferred, to be used in support of such personnel
in connection with support and services for eligible organi-
zations and activities outside the Department of Defense
pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8079. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31,
United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘SHIPBUILDING AND
CONVERSION, NAVY’’ shall be considered to be for the same
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘SHIPBUILD-
ING AND CONVERSION, NAVY’’ appropriations in any prior
year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total
amount of the appropriation.
SEC. 8080. During the current fiscal year, in the case
of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense
for which the period of availability for obligation has ex-
pired or which has closed under the provisions of section
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1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a nega-
tive unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or
an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any cur-
rent appropriation account for the same purpose as the ex-
pired or closed account if—
(1) the obligation would have been properly
chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or
closed account before the end of the period of avail-
ability or closing of that account;
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly
chargeable to any current appropriation account of
the Department of Defense; and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obliga-
tion is not chargeable to a current appropriation of
the Department of Defense under the provisions of sec-
tion 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101–510, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That in
the case of an expired account, if subsequent review
or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a
negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in the
account, any charge to a current account under the
authority of this section shall be reversed and re-
corded against the expired account: Provided further,
That the total amount charged to a current appro-
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priation under this section may not exceed an
amount equal to 1 percent of the total appropriation
for that account.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8081. Upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Defense shall make the following transfers of funds: Pro-
vided, That the amounts transferred shall be available for
the same purposes as the appropriations to which trans-
ferred, and for the same time period as the appropriation
from which transferred: Provided further, That the amounts
shall be transferred between the following appropriations in
the amount specified:
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1991/2001’’:
DDG–51 
destroyer 
program,
$1,500,000;
LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $7,500,000;
LSD–41 cargo variant ship program,
$1,227,000;
LCAC landing craft, air cushioned
program, $392,000;
MHC coastal minehunter program,
$2,400,000;
To:
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Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1991/2001’’:
SSN–21 attack submarine program,
$13,019,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1994/1998’’:
LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $5,729,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1994/1998’’:
MCS(C) mine warfare command and
control ship program, $5,729,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1996/2000’’:
SSN–21 attack submarine program,
$26,526,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1991/2001’’:
SSN–21 attack submarine program,
$16,967,000;
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Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1995/2001’’:
Carrier 
replacement 
program,
$8,007,000;
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1996/2000’’:
Fast Patrol craft program, $345,000;
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1997/2000’’:
AGOR 
SWATH 
oceanographic 
re-
search program, $1,207,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1996/2000’’:
LHD–1 amphibious assault ship pro-
gram, $3,400,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1995/2001’’:
Carrier 
replacement 
program,
$3,400,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1998/2002’’:
CVN Refuelings, $14,791,000;
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To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1995/2001’’:
Carrier 
replacement 
program,
$14,791,000;
From:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1998/2002’’:
DDG–51(AP) 
destroyer 
program,
$9,009,000;
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1998/2002’’:
DDG–51 
destroyer 
program,
$9,009,000.
SEC. 8082. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptrol-
ler) shall submit to the congressional defense committees by
February 1, 1999, a detailed report identifying, by amount
and by separate budget activity, activity group, subactivity
group, line item, program element, program, project, sub-
project, and activity, any activity for which the fiscal year
2000 budget request was reduced because Congress appro-
priated funds above the President’s budget request for that
specific activity for fiscal year 1999.
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SEC. 8083. Funds appropriated in title II of this Act
for supervision and administration costs for facilities
maintenance and repair, minor construction, or design
projects may be obligated at the time the reimbursable order
is accepted by the performing activity: Provided, That for
the purpose of this section, supervision and administration
costs includes all in-house Government cost.
SEC. 8084. The Secretary of Defense may waive reim-
bursement of the cost of conferences, seminars, courses of
instruction, or similar educational activities of the Asia-
Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers and
civilian officials of foreign nations if the Secretary deter-
mines that attendance by such personnel, without reim-
bursement, is in the national security interest of the United
States: Provided, That costs for which reimbursement is
waived pursuant to this subsection shall be paid from ap-
propriations available for the Asia-Pacific Center.
SEC. 8085. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit
the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learn-
ing Project by any person or entity on a space-available,
reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such
use on a case-by-case basis.
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(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be
credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance
Learning Project and be available to defray the costs associ-
ated with the use of equipment of the project under that
subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes
without fiscal year limitation.
SEC. 8086. During the current fiscal year, the amounts
which are necessary for the operation and maintenance of
the Fisher Houses administered by the Departments of the
Army, the Navy, and the Air Force are hereby appro-
priated, to be derived from amounts which are available
in the applicable Fisher House trust fund established under
10 U.S.C. 2221 for the Fisher Houses of each such depart-
ment.
SEC. 8087. During the current fiscal year, refunds at-
tributable to the use of the Government travel card by mili-
tary personnel and civilian employees of the Department
of Defense may be credited to operation and maintenance
accounts of the Department of Defense which are current
when the refunds are received.
SEC. 8088. During the current fiscal year, not more
than a total of $60,000,000 in withdrawal credits may be
made by the Marine Corps Supply Management activity
group of the Navy Working Capital Fund, Department of
Defense Working Capital Funds, to the credit of current ap-
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plicable appropriations of a Department of Defense activity
in connection with the acquisition of critical low density
repairables that are capitalized into the Navy Working
Capital Fund.
SEC. 8089. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3902, during
the current fiscal year interest penalties may be paid by
the Department of Defense from funds financing the oper-
ation of the military department or defense agency with
which the invoice or contract payment is associated.
SEC. 8090. At the time the President submits his budg-
et for fiscal year 2000, the Department of Defense shall
transmit to the congressional defense committees a budget
justification document for the active and reserve Military
Personnel accounts, to be known as the ‘‘M–1’’, which shall
identify, at the budget activity, activity group, and sub-
activity group level, the amounts requested by the President
to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for mili-
tary personnel in any budget request, or amended budget
request, for fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 8091. During the current fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of Defense may award contracts for capital assets
having a development or acquisition cost of not less than
$100,000 of a Working Capital Fund in advance of the
availability of funds in the Working Capital Fund for
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minor construction, automatic data processing equipment,
software, equipment, and other capital improvements.
SEC. 8092. None of the funds appropriated in title IV
of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery
to military forces for operational training, operational use
or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction
does not apply to end-items used in development, proto-
typing, and test activities preceding and leading to accept-
ance for operational use: Provided further, That this restric-
tion does not apply to programs funded within the National
Foreign Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that it is in the national security interest to do so.
SEC. 8093. The budget of the President for fiscal year
2000 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title
31, United States Code, and each annual budget request
thereafter, shall include budget activity groups (known as
‘‘subactivities’’) in the operation and maintenance accounts
of the military departments and other appropriation ac-
counts, as may be necessary, to separately identify all costs
incurred by the Department of Defense to support the ex-
pansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The
budget justification materials submitted to Congress in sup-
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port of the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal
year 2000, and subsequent fiscal years, shall provide com-
plete, detailed estimates for the incremental costs of such
expansion.
SEC. 8094. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a
case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country
each limitation on the procurement of defense items from
foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines
that the application of the limitation with respect to that
country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into
between the Department of Defense and the foreign country,
or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the pro-
curement of defense items entered into under section 2531
of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not
discriminate against the same or similar defense items pro-
duced in the United States for that country.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to—
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that are
exercised after such date under contracts that are en-
tered into before such date if the option prices are ad-
justed for any reason other than the application of a
waiver granted under subsection (a).
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(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of warships, ball and roller bearings,
and clothing or textile materials as defined by section 11
(chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and
products classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401
through 6406, 6505, 7019, and 9404.
SEC. 8095. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), of the
funds provided in Department of Defense Appropriations
Acts, not more than the specified amounts from the follow-
ing accounts shall remain available for the payment of sat-
ellite on-orbit incentive fees until the fees are paid:
Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1995/1997,
$20,978,000;
Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1996/1998,
$16,782,400.
SEC. 8096. During fiscal year 1999, advance billing
for services provided or work performed by the Working
Capital Fund activities of the Department of the Air Force
in excess of $100,000,000 is prohibited.
SEC. 8097. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act, the total amount appropriated in title II is hereby
reduced by $150,000,000 to reflect savings resulting from
consolidations and personnel reductions as mandated in the
Defense Reform Initiative.
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SEC. 8098. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act is here-
by reduced by $400,600,000 to reflect savings from revised
economic assumptions, to be distributed as follows:
Operation and Maintenance, Army, $24,000,000;
Operation and Maintenance, Navy, $32,000,000;
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps,
$4,000,000;
Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Air 
Force,
$31,000,000;
Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide,
$17,600,000;
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve,
$2,000,000;
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve,
$2,000,000;
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve,
$2,000,000;
Operation and Maintenance, Army National
Guard, $4,000,000;
Operation and Maintenance, Air National
Guard, $4,000,000;
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities,
Defense, $2,000,000;
Environmental Restoration, Army, $1,000,000;
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Environmental Restoration, Navy, $1,000,000;
Environmental 
Restoration, 
Air 
Force,
$1,000,000;
Environmental 
Restoration, 
Defense-Wide,
$1,000,000;
Defense Health Program, $36,000,000;
Aircraft Procurement, Army, $4,000,000;
Missile Procurement, Army, $4,000,000;
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
Vehicles, Army, $4,000,000;
Procurement of Ammunition, Army, $3,000,000;
Other Procurement, Army, $9,000,000;
Aircraft Procurement, Navy, $22,000,000;
Weapons Procurement, Navy, $4,000,000;
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine
Corps, $1,000,000;
Shipbuilding 
and 
Conversion, 
Navy,
$18,000,000;
Other Procurement, Navy, $12,000,000;
Procurement, Marine Corps, $2,000,000;
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, $23,000,000;
Missile Procurement, Air Force, $7,000,000;
Procurement 
of 
Ammunition, 
Air 
Force,
$1,000,000;
Other Procurement, Air Force, $17,500,000;
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Procurement, Defense-Wide, $5,800,000;
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, De-
fense, $3,000,000;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army, $10,000,000;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy, $20,000,000;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force, $39,000,000; and
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide, $26,700,000:
Provided, That these reductions shall be applied proportion-
ally to each budget activity, activity group and subactivity
group and each program, project, and activity within each
appropriation account.
SEC. 8099. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the revenue collected by the Department of Defense
Working Capital Funds, such amounts as may be required
shall be made available for obligation and expenditure for
indemnification of the leasing entity or entities to accom-
plish the lease of aircraft engines for C–135-type aircraft:
Provided, That the funds made available pursuant to this
section shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 8100. (a) The Secretary of the Navy is hereby
authorized to transfer naval vessels on a sale or combined
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lease-sale basis in accordance with the text of Amendment
No. 2449 intended to be proposed to the bill, S. 2057, 105th
Congress, second session, as filed in the Senate on June 4,
1998.
(b) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the
United States a special account to be known as the Defense
Vessels Transfer Program Account. There is hereby appro-
priated into that account such sums as may be necessary
for paying the costs (as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
(2 U.S.C. 661a)) associated with the lease-sale transfers au-
thorized under section (a). Funds in that account are avail-
able only for the purpose of covering those costs.
SEC. 8101. Amendment No. 2448 as submitted to the
Senate and reported in the Congressional Record on June
4, 1998, is hereby enacted into law.
SEC. 8102. Amendment No. 2447 as submitted to the
Senate and reported in the Congressional Record on June
4, 1998, is hereby enacted into law.
SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be used by the Army to reduce civilian personnel
workforce 
levels 
at 
United 
States 
Army, 
Pacific
(USARPAC) bases and at Major Range and Test Facility
Bases (MRTFBs) in the United States in fiscal year 1999
below levels assumed in this Act unless the Secretary of the
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Army notifies the Congressional defense committees not less
than 30 days prior to implementation of any civilian per-
sonnel workforce reductions.
SEC. 8104. (a) In addition to funds provided under
title I of this Act, the following amounts are hereby appro-
priated: for ‘‘MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY’’, $58,000,000;
for ‘‘MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY’’, $43,000,000; for ‘‘MILI-
TARY
PERSONNEL, MARINE
CORPS’’, $14,000,000; for
‘‘MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE’’, $44,000,000; for
‘‘RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY’’, $5,377,000; for ‘‘RESERVE
PERSONNEL, NAVY’’, $3,684,000; for ‘‘RESERVE PERSON-
NEL, MARINE CORPS’’, $1,103,000; for ‘‘RESERVE PERSON-
NEL, AIR FORCE’’, $1,000,000; for ‘‘NATIONAL GUARD PER-
SONNEL, ARMY’’, $9,392,000; and for ‘‘NATIONAL GUARD
PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE’’, $4,112,000.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act,
the total amount available in this Act for ‘‘QUALITY OF
LIFE ENHANCEMENTS, DEFENSE’’, real property mainte-
nance is hereby decreased by reducing the total amounts
appropriated in the following accounts: ‘‘OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE, ARMY’’, by $58,000,000; ‘‘OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE, NAVY’’, by $43,000,000; ‘‘OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS’’, by $14,000,000; and ‘‘OP-
ERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE’’, by $44,000,000.
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act,
the total amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘NA-
TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT’’, is hereby re-
duced by $24,668,000.
SEC. 8105. For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas
Contingency Operations Transfer Fund’’, $1,858,600,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these
funds only to military personnel accounts, operation and
maintenance accounts, procurement accounts, the defense
health program appropriations and working capital funds:
Provided further, That the funds transferred shall be merged
with and shall be available for the same purposes and for
the same time period, as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided in this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer
authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided
further, That such amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended.
SEC. 8106. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be obligated or
expended for any deployment of forces of the Armed Forces
of the United States to Yugoslavia, Albania, or Macedonia
unless and until the President, after consultation with the
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Lead-
er of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Minority Leader of the Senate, trans-
mits to Congress a report on the deployment that includes
the following:
(1) The President’s certification that the presence
of those forces in each country to which the forces are
to be deployed is necessary in the national security
interests of the United States.
(2) The reasons why the deployment is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States.
(3) The number of United States military per-
sonnel to be deployed to each country.
(4) The mission and objectives of forces to be de-
ployed.
(5) The expected schedule for accomplishing the
objectives of the deployment.
(6) The exit strategy for United States forces en-
gaged in the deployment.
(7) The costs associated with the deployment and
the funding sources for paying those costs.
(8) The anticipated effects of the deployment on
the morale, retention, and effectiveness of United
States forces.
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a deployment of
forces—
(1) in accordance with United Nations Security
Council Resolution 795; or
(2) under circumstances determined by the Presi-
dent to be an emergency necessitating immediate de-
ployment of the forces.
SEC. 8107. That of the amount available under Air
National Guard, Operations and Maintenance for flying
hours and related personnel support, $2,250,000 shall be
available for the Defense Systems Evaluation program for
support of test and training operations at White Sands
Missile Range, New Mexico, and Fort Bliss, Texas.
SEC. 8108. That of the funds appropriated for Defense-
wide research, development, test and evaluation, $1,000,000
is available for Acoustic Sensor Technology Development
Planning.
SEC. 8109. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report on food stamp assistance
for members of the Armed Forces. The Secretary shall sub-
mit the report at the same time that the Secretary submits
to Congress, in support of the fiscal year 2000 budget, the
materials that relate to the funding provided in that budget
for the Department of Defense.
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(b) The report shall include the following:
(1) The number of members of the Armed Forces
and dependents of members of the Armed Forces who
are eligible for food stamps.
(2) The number of members of the Armed Forces
and dependents of members of the Armed Forces who
received food stamps in fiscal year 1998.
(3) A proposal for using, as a means for elimi-
nating or reducing significantly the need of such per-
sonnel for food stamps, the authority under section
2828 of title 10, United States Code, to lease housing
facilities for enlisted members of the Armed Forces
and their families when Government quarters are not
available for such personnel.
(4) A proposal for increased locality adjustments
through the basic allowance for housing and other
methods as a means for eliminating or reducing sig-
nificantly the need of such personnel for food stamps.
(5) Other potential alternative actions (including
any recommended legislation) for eliminating or re-
ducing significantly the need of such personnel for
food stamps.
(6) A discussion of the potential for each alter-
native action referred to in paragraph (3) or (4) to
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result in the elimination or a significant reduction in
the need of such personnel for food stamps.
(c) Each potential alternative action included in the
report under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (b) shall
meet the following requirements:
(1) Apply only to persons referred to in para-
graph (1) of such subsection.
(2) Be limited in cost to the lowest amount fea-
sible to achieve the objectives.
(d) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘fiscal year 2000 budget’’ means
the budget for fiscal year 2000 that the President sub-
mits to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code.
(2) The term ‘‘food stamps’’ means assistance
under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq.).
SEC. 8110. (a) The Comptroller General shall carry
out a study of issues relating to family life, morale, and
retention of members of the Armed Forces and, not later
than June 25, 1999, submit the results of the study to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
of Representatives. The Comptroller General may submit to
the committees an interim report on the matters described
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in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c). Any such in-
terim report shall be submitted by February 12, 1999.
(b) In carrying out the study, the Comptroller General
shall consult with experts on the subjects of the study who
are independent of the Department of Defense.
(c) The study shall include the following matters:
(1) The conditions of the family lives of members
of the Armed Forces and the members’ needs regard-
ing their family lives, including a discussion of each
of the following:
(A) How leaders of the Department of De-
fense and leaders of each of the Armed Forces—
(i) collect, organize, validate, and as-
sess information to determine those condi-
tions and needs;
(ii) determine consistency and vari-
ations among the assessments and assessed
information for each of the Armed Forces;
and
(iii) use the information and assess-
ments to address those conditions and needs.
(B) How the information on those condi-
tions and needs compares with any correspond-
ing information that is available on the condi-
tions of the family lives of civilians in the
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United States and the needs of such civilians re-
garding their family lives.
(C) How the conditions of the family lives
of members of each of the Armed Forces and the
members’ needs regarding their family lives com-
pare with those of the members of each of the
other Armed Forces.
(D) How the conditions and needs of the
members compare or vary among members in re-
lation to the pay grades of the members.
(E) How the conditions and needs of the
members compare or vary among members in re-
lation to the occupational specialties of the mem-
bers.
(F) What, if any, effects high operating
tempos of the Armed Forces have had on the
family lives of members, including effects on the
incidence of substance abuse, physical or emo-
tional abuse of family members, and divorce.
(G) The extent to which family lives of
members of the Armed Forces prevent members
from being deployed.
(2) The rates of retention of members of the
Armed Forces, including the following:
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(A) The rates based on the latest informa-
tion available when the report is prepared.
(B) Projected rates for future periods for
which reasonably reliable projections can be
made.
(C) An analysis of the rates under subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) for each of the Armed Forces,
each pay grade, and each major occupational
specialty.
(3) The relationships among the quality of the
family lives of members of the Armed Forces, high op-
erating tempos of the Armed Forces, and retention of
the members in the Armed Forces, analyzed for each
of the Armed Forces, each pay grade, and each occu-
pational specialty, including, to the extent ascertain-
able and relevant to the analysis of the relationships,
the reasons expressed by members of the Armed Forces
for separating from the Armed Forces and the reasons
expressed by the members of the Armed Forces for re-
maining in the Armed Forces.
(4) The programs and policies of the Department
of Defense (including programs and policies specifi-
cally directed at quality of life) that have tended to
improve, and those that have tended to degrade, the
morale of members of the Armed Forces and members
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of their families, the retention of members of the
Armed Forces, and the perceptions of members of the
Armed Forces and members of their families regard-
ing the quality of their lives.
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘major occupational spe-
cialty’’ means the aircraft pilot specialty and each other
occupational specialty that the Comptroller General consid-
ers a major occupational specialty of the Armed Forces.
SEC. 8111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act may be used to carry out any conveyance of
land at the former Fort Sheridan, Illinois, unless such con-
veyance is consistent with a regional agreement among the
communities and jurisdictions in the vicinity of Fort Sheri-
dan and in accordance with section 2862 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 573).
(b) The land referred to in subsection (a) is a parcel
of real property including any improvements thereon, lo-
cated at the former Fort Sheridan, Illinois, consisting of
approximately 14 acres, and known as the northern Army
Reserve enclave area, that is covered by the authority in
section 2862 of the Military Construction Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1996 and has not been conveyed pursuant
to that authority as of the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 8112. (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall convey, without consideration,
to the Town of Newington, New Hampshire, all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real
property, together with improvements thereon, consisting of
approximately 1.3 acres located at former Pease Air Force
Base, New Hampshire, and known as the site of the old
Stone School.
(b) EXCEPTION FROM SCREENING REQUIREMENT.—
The Secretary shall make the conveyance under subsection
(a) without regard to the requirement under section 2696
of title 10, United States Code, that the property be screened
for further Federal use in accordance with the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne
by the Secretary.
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interest
of the United States.
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SEC. 8113. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available for the Department of Defense by this Act,
up to $10,000,000 may be available for the Department of
Defense share of environmental remediation and restoration
activities at Defense Logistics Agency inventory location
429 (Macalloy site) in Charleston, South Carolina.
SEC. 8114. Of the funds provided under title IV of this
Act under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, for Materials and
Electronics Technology, $2,000,000 shall be made available
only for the Strategic Materials Manufacturing Facility
project.
SEC. 8115. (a) Chapter 157 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2641 the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 2641a. Transportation of American Samoa veterans
on Department of Defense aircraft for cer-
tain medical care in Hawaii
‘‘(a) TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary
of Defense may provide transportation on Department of
Defense aircraft for the purpose of transporting any veteran
specified in subsection (b) between American Samoa and
the State of Hawaii if such transportation is required in
order to provide hospital care to such veteran as described
in that subsection.
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‘‘(b) VETERANS ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORT.—A vet-
eran eligible for transport under subsection (a) is any vet-
eran who—
‘‘(1) resides in and is located in American
Samoa; and
‘‘(2) as determined by an official of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs designated for that purpose
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, must be trans-
ported to the State of Hawaii in order to receive hos-
pital care to which such veteran is entitled under
chapter 17 of title 38 in facilities of such Department
in the State of Hawaii.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—(1) Transportation may be
provided to veterans under this section only on a space-
available basis.
‘‘(2) A charge may not be imposed on a veteran for
transportation provided to the veteran under this section.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given
that term in section 101(2) of title 38.
‘‘(2) The term ‘hospital care’ has the meaning
given that term in section 1701(5) of title 38.’’.
(b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
157 of such title is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 2641 the following new item:
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‘‘2641a. Transportation of American Samoa veterans on Department of Defense
aircraft for certain medical care in Hawaii.’’.
SEC. 8116. Not later than December 1, 1998, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the President and the Con-
gressional Defense Committees a report regarding the poten-
tial for development of Ford Island within the Pearl Harbor
Naval Complex, Oahu, Hawaii through an integrated
resourcing plan incorporating both appropriated funds and
one or more public-private ventures. This report shall con-
sider innovative resource development measures, including
but not limited to, an enhanced-use leasing program simi-
lar to that of the Department of Veterans Affairs as well
as the sale or other disposal of land in Hawaii under the
control of the Navy as part of an overall program for Ford
Island development. The report shall include proposed legis-
lation for carrying out the measures recommended therein.
SEC. 8117. Within the amounts appropriated under
title IV of this Act under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVEL-
OPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY’’, the amount avail-
able for S–3 Weapon System Improvement is hereby re-
duced by $8,000,000: Provided, That within the amounts
appropriated under title IV of this Act under the heading
‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR
FORCE’’, the amount available for a cyber-security program
is hereby increased by $8,000,000: Provided further, That
the funds are made available for the cyber-security program
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to conduct research and development on issues relating to
security information assurance and to facilitate the transi-
tion of information assurance technology to the defense com-
munity.
SEC. 8118. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR KOREAN WAR
VETERANS MEMORIAL. Section 3 of Public Law 99–572 (40
U.S.C. 1003 note) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to amounts
made available under subsections (a) and (b), the Sec-
retary of the Army may expend, from any funds
available to the Secretary on the date of enactment of
this paragraph, $2,000,000 for repair of the memo-
rial.
‘‘(2) DISPOSITION
OF
FUNDS
RECEIVED
FROM
CLAIMS.—Any funds received by the Secretary of the
Army as a result of any claim against a contractor
in connection with construction of the memorial shall
be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.’’.
SEC. 8119. Of the funds available under title VI for
chemical agents and munitions destruction, Defense, for re-
search and design, $18,000,000 shall be made available for
the program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons
Assessment (under section 8065 of the Department of De-
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fense Appropriations Act, 1997) for demonstrations of tech-
nologies under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assess-
ment, for planning and preparation to proceed from dem-
onstration of an alternative technology immediately into
the development of a pilot-scale facility for the technology,
and for the design, construction, and operation of a pilot
facility for the technology.
SEC. 8120. (a) The Secretary of the Navy may lease
to the University of Central Florida (in this section referred
to as the ‘‘University’’), or a representative or agent of the
University designated by the University, such portion of the
property known as the Naval Air Warfare Center, Training
Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate as a location for the establishment of a
center for research in the fields of law enforcement, public
safety, civil defense, and national defense.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
term of the lease under subsection (a) may not exceed 50
years.
(c) As consideration for the lease under subsection (a),
the University shall—
(1) undertake and incur the cost of the planning,
design, and construction required to establish the cen-
ter referred to in that subsection; and
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(2) during the term of the lease, provide the Sec-
retary such space in the center for activities of the
Navy as the Secretary and the University jointly con-
sider appropriate.
(d) The Secretary may require such additional terms
and conditions in connection with the lease authorized by
subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to
protect the interest of the United States.
SEC. 8121. Funds appropriated under O&M Navy are
available for a vessel scrapping pilot program which the
Secretary of the Navy may carry out during fiscal year
1999 and (notwithstanding the expiration of authority to
obligate funds appropriated under this heading) fiscal year
2000, and for which the Secretary may define the program
scope as that which the Secretary determines sufficient for
gathering data on the cost of scrapping Government vessels
and for demonstrating cost effective technologies and tech-
niques to scrap such vessels in a manner that is protective
of worker safety and health and the environment.
SEC. 8122. The Department of Defense shall, in allo-
cating funds for the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initia-
tive, give full consideration to the allocation of funds to the
regional partnerships that will best leverage Department in-
vestments in the Department of Defense Major Shared Re-
source Centers and centers with supercomputers purchased
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using Department of Defense RDT&E funds, including the
high performance networks associated with such centers.
SEC. 8123. From within the funds provided, with the
heading ‘‘OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY’’, up to
$500,000 shall be available for paying subcontractors and
suppliers for work performed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska,
in 1994, under Army services contract number DACA85–
93–C–0065.
SEC. 8124. Of the funds provided under title IV of this
Act under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION, ARMY’’, for Industrial Preparedness,
$2,000,000 shall be made available only for the Electronic
Circuit Board Manufacturing Development Center.
SEC. 8125. COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE ORGANIZA-
TION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COMBAT THE
PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. The
Combatting Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Act of 1996 (as contained in Public Law 104–293) is
amended—
(1) in section 711(b), in the text above para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘twelve’’;
(2) in section 711(b)(2), by striking ‘‘one’’ and
inserting ‘‘three’’;
(3) in section 711(b)(4), by striking ‘‘one’’ and
inserting ‘‘three’’;
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(4) in section 711(e), by striking ‘‘on which all
members of the Commission have been appointed’’
and inserting ‘‘on which the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1999, is enacted, regardless of
whether all members of the Commission have been ap-
pointed’’; and
(5) in section 712(c), by striking ‘‘Not later than
18 months after the date of enactment of this Act,’’
and inserting ‘‘Not later than June 15, 1999,’’.
SEC. 8126. Of the funds provided under title III of
this Act under the heading ‘‘OTHER
PROCUREMENT,
ARMY’’, for Training Devices, $4,000,000 shall be made
available only for procurement of Multiple Integrated Laser
Engagement System (MILES) equipment to support De-
partment of Defense Cope Thunder exercises.
SEC. 8127. Within the amounts appropriated under
title IV of this Act under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVEL-
OPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION, ARMY’’, the amount
available for Joint Tactical Radio is hereby reduced by
$10,981,000, and the amount available for Army Data Dis-
tribution System development is hereby increased by
$10,981,000.
SEC. 8128. Of the funds provided under title IV of this
Act under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION, ARMY’’, for Digitization, $2,000,000