H. R. 2561
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, for military functions 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 sta-
tions, 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 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $22,006,361,000.
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 sta-
tions, for members of the Navy on active duty (except members
of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, 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 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $17,258,823,000.
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
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expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, 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 Retire-
ment Fund, $6,555,403,000.
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 sta-
tions, for members of the Air Force 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 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $17,861,803,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel,
and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve 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 undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills
or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members 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, $2,289,996,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel,
and related expenses for personnel of the Navy 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 undergoing reserve
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for
members 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, $1,473,388,000.
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 equivalent
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and not to exceed $10,624,000 can be used for emergencies 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,
$19,256,152,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund:
Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be transferred
to ‘‘National Park Service—Construction’’ within 30 days of the
enactment of this Act, only for necessary infrastructure repair
improvements at Fort Baker, under the management of the Golden
Gate Recreation Area: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph, not less than $355,000,000 shall be
made available only for conventional ammunition care and mainte-
nance: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, $4,000,000 shall not be available until 30 days after
the Secretary of the Army provides to the congressional defense
committees the results of an assessment, solicited by means of
a competitive bid, on the prospects of recovering costs associated
with the environmental restoration of the Department of the Army’s
government-owned, contractor-operated facilities: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, $7,000,000
shall only be available to the Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Chief of Engineers, only for demolition and removal of facilities,
buildings, and structures used at MOTBY (a Military Traffic
Management Command facility): Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 2215 of title 10, United States Code, of the funds
appropriated in this paragraph, $975,666 is authorized to be trans-
ferred to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets
in the United States, to remain available until March 31, 2001.
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 $5,155,000 can be used
for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on
the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and pay-
ments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential
military purposes, $22,958,784,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000
shall be derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized
by law, $2,808,354,000.
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 authorized by law;
and not to exceed $7,882,000 can be used for emergencies and
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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,
$20,896,959,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, that
of the funds available under this heading, $950,000 shall only
be available to the Secretary of the Air Force for a grant to Florida
Memorial College for the purpose of funding minority aviation
training.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), as author-
ized by law, $11,489,483,000, of which not to exceed $25,000,000
may be available for the CINC initiative fund account; and of
which not to exceed $32,300,000 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 purposes: Provided,
That of the amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘Operation
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ in division B, title I, of Public
Law 105–277, the amount of $202,000,000 not covered as of July
12, 1999, by an official budget request under the fifth proviso
of that section is available, subject to such an official budget request
for that entire amount, only for the following accounts in the speci-
fied amounts:
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, $102,000,000; and
‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, $100,000,000:
Provided further, That none of the amount of $202,000,000 described
in the preceding proviso may be made available for obligation
unless the entire amount is released to the Department of Defense
and made available for obligation for the accounts, and in the
amounts, specified in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That
of the amounts provided under this heading, $20,000,000 to remain
available until expended, is available only for expenses relating
to certain classified activities, and may be transferred as necessary
by the Secretary of Defense to operation and maintenance, procure-
ment, and research, development, test and evaluation appropria-
tions accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the
same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided under this
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided
in this Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be available only for retro-
fitting security containers that are under the control of, or that
are accessible by, defense contractors.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
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care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $1,469,176,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $958,978,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities
and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and
transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services,
supplies, and equipment; and communications, $138,911,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transpor-
tation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, sup-
plies, and equipment; and communications, $1,782,591,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the
Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment
and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, oper-
ation, 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 personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division,
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in
compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifi-
cally authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying
and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law;
and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of
supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $3,161,378,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard,
including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses
in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, repair, and other
necessary expenses of facilities for the training and administration
of the Air National Guard, including repair of facilities, mainte-
nance, operation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of
things, hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and
equipment, as authorized by law for the Air National Guard; and
expenses incident to the maintenance and use of supplies, materials,
and equipment, including such as may be furnished from stocks
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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 specifi-
cally 
authorized 
by 
the 
Chief, 
National 
Guard 
Bureau,
$3,241,138,000.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations by United States military forces, $1,722,600,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
may transfer these funds only to operation and maintenance
accounts within this title, the Defense Health Program appropria-
tion, and to 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 appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph
is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 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, $7,621,000, of which not
to exceed $2,500 can be used for official representation purposes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Army, $378,170,000, to remain
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary 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 appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department 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
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, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Navy, $284,000,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy
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shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental 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 appropriation to other appropriations made available to
the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the 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, $376,800,000, to remain
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the
Air Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required
for environmental restoration, reduction 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, $25,370,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental restoration, reduction and recycling 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 appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided 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, $239,214,000, to remain
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary 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 Defense, transfer the funds made avail-
able by this appropriation to other appropriations made available