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(iii) the number of military personnel
of France that are stationed there on that
date; and
(iv) the number of military personnel
of Italy that are stationed there on that
date.
(2) Not later than October 1, 1998, a report on
the status of the NATO force of gendarmes or para-
military police referred to in subsection (a)(1), in-
cluding the mission of the force, the composition of the
force, and the extent, if any, to which members of the
Armed Forces of the United States are participating
(or are to participate) in the force.
(d) REPORT TO ACCOMPANY EACH REQUEST
FOR
FUNDING.—(1) Each time that the President submits to
Congress a proposal for funding continued operations of
United States forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Presi-
dent shall submit to Congress a report on the missions of
United States forces there. The first report shall be submit-
ted at the same time that the President submits the budget
for fiscal year 2000 to Congress under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code.
(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the
following:
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(A) The performance objectives and schedule for
the implementation of the Dayton Agreement, includ-
ing—
(i) the specific objectives for the reestablish-
ment of a self-sustaining peace and a stable local
government in Bosnia and Herzegovina, taking
into account (I) each of the areas of implementa-
tion required by the Dayton Agreement, as well
as other areas that are not covered specifically in
the Dayton Agreement but are essential for rees-
tablishing such a peace and local government
and to permitting an orderly withdrawal of the
international peace implementation force from
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and (II) the bench-
marks reported in the latest semiannual report
submitted under section 7(b)(2) of the 1998 Sup-
plemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act
(revised as necessary to be current as of the date
of the report submitted under this subsection);
and
(ii) the schedule, specified by fiscal year, for
achieving the objectives.
(B) The military and non-military missions that
the President has directed for United States forces in
Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of the objectives
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identified pursuant to paragraph (1), including a
specific discussion of—
(i) the mission of the United States forces,
if any, in connection with the pursuit and ap-
prehension of war criminals;
(ii) the mission of the United States forces,
if any, in connection with civilian police func-
tions;
(iii) the mission of the United States forces,
if any, in connection with the resettlement of ref-
ugees; and
(iv) the missions undertaken by the United
States forces, if any, in support of international
and local civilian authorities.
(C) An assessment of the risk for the United
States forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including,
for each mission identified pursuant to subparagraph
(B), the assessment of the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff regarding the nature and level of risk
of the mission for the safety and well-being of United
States military personnel.
(D) An assessment of the cost to the United
States, by fiscal year, of carrying out the missions
identified pursuant to subparagraph (B) for the pe-
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riod indicated in the schedule provided pursuant to
subparagraph (A).
(E) A joint assessment by the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of State of the status of plan-
ning for—
(i) the assumption of all remaining mili-
tary missions inside Bosnia and Herzegovina by
European military and paramilitary forces; and
(ii) the establishment and support of for-
ward-based United States rapid response force
outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina that would be
capable of deploying rapidly to defeat military
threats to a European follow-on force inside Bos-
nia and Herzegovina, and of providing whatever
logistical, intelligence, and air support is needed
to ensure that a European follow-on force is fully
capable of accomplishing its missions under the
Dayton Agreement.
(e) DAYTON AGREEMENT DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘‘Dayton Agreement’’ means the General Frame-
work Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to-
gether with annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, No-
vember 10 through 16, 1995.
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SEC. 1073. COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE RELIABILITY, SAFE-
TY, AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR DETERRENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a
commission to be known as the ‘‘Commission for Assessment
of the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States
Nuclear Deterrent’’.
(b) COMPOSITION.—(1) The Commission shall be com-
posed of six members who shall be appointed from among
private citizens of the United States with knowledge and
expertise in the technical aspects of design, maintenance,
and deployment of nuclear weapons, as follows:
(A) Two members appointed by the Majority
Leader of the Senate.
(B) One member appointed by the Minority
Leader of the Senate.
(C) Two members appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
(D) One member appointed by the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives.
(2) The Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives shall each appoint one member
to serve for five years and one member to serve for two
years. The Minority Leaders of the Senate and House of
Representatives shall each appoint one member to serve for
five years. A member may be reappointed.
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(3) Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointment.
(4) All members of the Commission shall hold appro-
priate security clearances.
(c) CHAIRMAN.—The Majority Leader of the Senate,
after consultation with the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Minority Leaders of the Senate and
House of Representatives, shall designate one of the mem-
bers of the Commission, without regard to the term of ap-
pointment of that member, to serve as Chairman of the
Commission.
(d) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—(1) Each year the Com-
mission shall assess, for Congress—
(A) the safety, security, and reliability of the nu-
clear deterrent forces of the United States; and
(B) the annual certification on the safety, secu-
rity, and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile
of the United States that is provided by the directors
of the national weapons laboratories through the Sec-
retary of Energy to the President.
(2) The Commission shall submit to Congress an an-
nual report, in classified form, setting forth the findings
and conclusions resulting from each assessment.
(e) COOPERATION
OF OTHER AGENCIES.—(1) The
Commission may secure directly from the Department of
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Energy, the Department of Defense, or any of the national
weapons laboratories or plants or any other Federal depart-
ment or agency information that the Commission considers
necessary for the Commission to carry out its duties.
(2) For carrying out its duties, the Commission shall
be provided full and timely cooperation by the Secretary
of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, the Commander of
United States Strategic Command, the Directors of the Los
Alamos National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore Na-
tional Laboratory, the Sandia National Laboratories, the
Savannah River Site, the Y–12 Plant, the Pantex Facility,
and the Kansas City Plant, and any other official of the
United States that the Chairman determines as having in-
formation described in paragraph (1).
(3) The Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of De-
fense shall each designate at least one officer or employee
of the Department of Energy and the Department of De-
fense, respectively, to serve as a liaison officer between the
department and the Commission.
(f) COMMISSION PROCEDURES.—(1) The Commission
shall meet at the call of the Chairman.
(2) Four members of the Commission shall constitute
a quorum, except that the Commission may designate a less-
er number of members as a quorum for the purpose of hold-
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ing hearings. The Commission shall act by resolution agreed
to by a majority of the members of the Commission.
(3) Any member or agent of the Commission may, if
authorized by the Commission, take any action that the
Commission is authorized to take under this section.
(4) The Commission may establish panels composed of
less than the full membership of the Commission for the pur-
pose of carrying out the Commission’s duties. Findings and
conclusions of a panel of the Commission may not be con-
sidered findings and conclusions of the Commission unless
approved by the Commission.
(5) The Commission or, at its direction, any panel or
member of the Commission, may, for the purpose of carry-
ing out its duties, hold hearings, sit and act at times and
places, take testimony, receive evidence, and administer
oaths to the extent that the Commission or any panel or
member considers advisable.
(g) PERSONNEL MATTERS.—(1) A member of the Com-
mission shall be compensated at the daily equivalent of the
rate of basic pay established for level V of the Executive
Schedule under 5316 of title 5, United States Code, for each
day on which the member is engaged in any meeting, hear-
ing, briefing, or other work in the performance of duties
of the Commission.
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(2) A member of the Commission shall be allowed trav-
el expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter
I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away
from the member’s home or regular place of business in the
performance of services for the Commission.
(3) The Chairman of the Commission may, without
regard to the provisions of the title 5, United States Code,
governing appointments in the competitive service, appoint
a staff director and such additional personnel as may be
necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties.
The Chairman of the Commission may fix the pay of the
staff director and other personnel without regard to the pro-
visions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of posi-
tions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate
of pay fixed under this paragraph for the staff director may
not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
(4) Upon the request of the Chairman of the Commis-
sion, the head of any Federal department or agency may
detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any personnel of that
department or agency to the Commission to assist it in car-
rying out its duties.
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(5) The Chairman of the Commission may procure
temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b)
of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals which
do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic
pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule and under
section 5316 of such title.
(h) MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—
(1) The Commission may use the United States mails and
obtain printing and binding services in the same manner
and under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the Federal Government.
(2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of En-
ergy shall furnish the Commission with any administrative
and support services requested by the Commission and with
office space within the Washington, District Columbia, met-
ropolitan area that is sufficient for the administrative of-
fices of the Commission and for holding general meetings
of Commission.
(i) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of Energy shall each contribute 50 percent of the
amount of funds that are necessary for the Commission to
carry out its duties. Upon receiving from the Chairman of
the Commission a written certification of the amount of
funds that is necessary for funding the activities of the Com-
mission for a period, the Secretaries shall promptly make
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available to the Commission funds in the total amount spec-
ified in the certification. Funds available for the Depart-
ment of Defense for Defense-wide research, development,
test, and evaluation shall be available for the Department
of Defense contribution. Funds available for the Department
of Energy for atomic energy defense activities shall be avail-
able for the Department of Energy contribution.
(j) TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.—The Commis-
sion shall terminate three years after the date of the ap-
pointment of the member designated as Chairman.
(k) INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION.—All appointments to
the Commission shall be made not later than 45 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act. The Commission shall
convene its first meeting not later than 30 days after the
date as of which all members of the Commission have been
appointed.
SEC. 1074. AUTHORITY FOR WAIVER OF MORATORIUM ON
ARMED FORCES USE OF ANTIPERSONNEL
LANDMINES.
Section 580 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financ-
ing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Pub-
lic Law 104–107; 110 Stat. 751) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection
(c); and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following
new subsection (b):
‘‘(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—(1) The President may
waive the moratorium set forth in subsection (a) if the
President determines that the waiver is necessary in the na-
tional security interests of the United States.
‘‘(2) The President shall notify the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives of the exercise of the authority provided by
paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 1075. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DI-
RECTOR OF THE NAVAL HOME.
(a) APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR
AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—Subsection (a) of section 1517
of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24
U.S.C. 417) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘Each Director’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Director of the
United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home’’;
and
(B) by striking out subparagraph (B) and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(B) meet the requirements of paragraph (4).’’;
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraphs (3) and (4):
‘‘(3) The Director, and any Deputy Director, of the
Naval Home shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense
from among persons recommended by the Secretaries of the
military departments who—
‘‘(A) in the case of the position of Director, are
commissioned officers of the Armed Forces serving on
active duty in a pay grade above 0–5;
‘‘(B) in the case of the position of Deputy Direc-
tor, are commissioned officers of the Armed Forces
serving on active duty in a pay grade above 0–4; and
‘‘(C) meet the requirements of paragraph (4).
‘‘(4) Each Director shall have appropriate leadership
and management skills, an appreciation and understand-
ing of the culture and norms associated with military serv-
ice, and significant military background.’’.
(b) TERM OF DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—
Subsection (c) of such section is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘(c) TERM OF DIRECTOR.—’’
and all that follows through ‘‘A Director’’ in the sec-
ond sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(c) TERMS
OF DIRECTORS.—(1) The term of office of the Director
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of the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home
shall be five years. The Director’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) The Director and the Deputy Director of the
Naval Home shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of
Defense.’’.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Such section is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘United States Soldiers’ and Air-
men’s Home’ means the separate facility of the Re-
tirement Home that is known as the United States
Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home.
‘‘(2) The term ‘Naval Home’ means the separate
facility of the Retirement Home that is known as the
Naval Home.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 1076. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
(a) FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
FOR
THE DEFENSE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM BUDGET.—It is the
sense of the Congress that for each of the fiscal years 2000
through 2008, it should be an objective of the Secretary of
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Defense to increase the budget for the Defense Science and
Technology Program for the fiscal year over the budget for
that program for the preceding fiscal year by a percent that
is at least two percent above the rate of inflation as deter-
mined by the Office of Management and Budget.
(b) GUIDELINES FOR THE DEFENSE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.—
(1) RELATIONSHIP OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM TO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH.—
It is the sense of the Congress that the following
should be key objectives of the Defense Science and
Technology Program—
(A) the sustainment of research capabilities
in scientific and engineering disciplines critical
to the Department of Defense;
(B) the education and training of the next
generation of scientists and engineers in dis-
ciplines that are relevant to future defense sys-
tems, particularly through the conduct of basic
research; and
(C) the Continued support of the Defense
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research and research programs at historically
black colleges and universities and minority in-
stitutions.
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(2) RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEFENSE SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM
TO
COMMERCIAL
RE-
SEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY.—
(A) It is the sense of the Congress that in
supporting projects within the Defense Science
and Technology Program, the Secretary of De-
fense should attempt to leverage commercial re-
search, technology, products, and processes for
the benefit of the Department of Defense.
(B) It is the sense of the Congress that funds
made available for projects and programs of the
Defense Science and Technology Program should
be used only for the benefit of the Department of
Defense, which includes—
(i) the development of technology that
has only military applications;
(ii) the development of militarily use-
ful, commercially viable technology; or
(iii) the adaption of commercial tech-
nology, products, or processes for military
purposes.
(3) SYNERGISTIC
MANAGEMENT
OF
RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT.—It is the sense of the Congress
that the Secretary of Defense may allocate a combina-
tion of funds available for the Department of Defense
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for basic and applied research and for advanced de-
velopment to support any individual project or pro-
gram within the Defense Science and Technology Pro-
gram. This flexibility is not intended to change the
allocation of funds in any fiscal year among basic
and applied research and advanced development.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Defense Science and Technology
Program’’ means basic and applied research and ad-
vanced development.
(2) The term ‘‘basic and applied research’’
means work funded in program elements for defense
research and development under Department of De-
fense R&D Budget Activities 1 or 2.
(3) The term ‘‘advanced development’’ means
work funded in program elements for defense research
and development under Department of Defense R&D
Budget Activity 3.
SEC. 1077. DEMILITARIZATION AND EXPORTATION OF DE-
FENSE PROPERTY.
(a) CENTRALIZED ASSIGNMENT OF DEMILITARIZATION
CODES FOR DEFENSE PROPERTY.—(1) Chapter 153 of title
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2572 the following:
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‘‘§ 2573. Demilitarization codes for defense property
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense shall—
‘‘(1) assign the demilitarization codes to the
property (other than real property) of the Department
of Defense; and
‘‘(2) take any action that the Secretary considers
necessary to ensure that the property assigned demili-
tarization codes is demilitarized in accordance with
the assigned codes.
‘‘(b) SUPREMACY OF CODES.—A demilitarization code
assigned to an item of property by the Secretary of Defense
under this section shall take precedence over any demili-
tarization code assigned to the item before the date of enact-
ment of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1999 by any other official in the
Department of Defense.
‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall
commit the personnel and resources to the exercise of au-
thority under subsection (a) that are necessary to ensure
that—
‘‘(1) appropriate demilitarization codes are as-
signed to property of the Department of Defense; and
‘‘(2) property is demilitarized in accordance
with the assigned codes.
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall
include in the annual reports submitted to Congress under
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section 113(c)(1) of this title in 1999 and 2000 a discussion
of the following:
‘‘(1) The exercise of the authority under this sec-
tion during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year
in which the report is submitted.
‘‘(2) Any changes in the exercise of the authority
that are taking place in the fiscal year in which the
report is submitted or are planned for that fiscal year
or any subsequent fiscal year.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘demilitarization code’, with re-
spect to property, means a code that identifies the ex-
tent to which the property must be demilitarized be-
fore disposal.
‘‘(2) The term ‘demilitarize’, with respect to
property, means to destroy the military offensive or
defensive advantages inherent in the property, by mu-
tilation, cutting, crushing, scrapping, melting, burn-
ing, or altering the property so that the property can-
not be used for the purpose for which it was origi-
nally made.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter 153 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 2572 the following:
‘‘2573. Demilitarization codes for defense property.’’.
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(b) CRIMINAL OFFENSE.—(1) Chapter 27 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘§ 554. Violations of regulated acts involving the ex-
portation of United States property
‘‘(a) Any person who—
‘‘(1) fraudulently or knowingly exports or other-
wise sends from the United States (as defined in sec-
tion 545 of this title), or attempts to export or send
from the United States any merchandise contrary to
any law of the United States; or
‘‘(2) receives, conceals, buys, sells, or in any
manner facilitates, the transportation, concealment,
or sale of any merchandise prior to exportation,
knowing that the merchandise is intended for expor-
tation in violation of Federal law;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than
5 years, or both.
‘‘(b) The penalties under this section shall be in addi-
tion to any other applicable criminal penalty.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘554. Violations of regulated acts involving the exportation of United States prop-
erty.’’.
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SEC. 1078. DESIGNATION OF AMERICA’S NATIONAL MARI-
TIME MUSEUM.
(a) DESIGNATION OF AMERICA’S NATIONAL MARITIME
MUSEUM.—The Mariners’ Museum building located at 100
Museum Drive, Newport News, Virginia, and the South
Street Seaport Museum buildings located at 207 Front
Street, New York, New York, shall be known and designated
as ‘‘America’s National Maritime Museum’’.
(b) REFERENCE TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL MARITIME
MUSEUM.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the
buildings referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to
be a reference to America’s National Maritime Museum.
(c) LATER ADDITIONS OF OTHER MUSEUMS NOT PRE-
CLUDED.—The designation of museums named in sub-
section (a) as America’s National Maritime Museum does
not preclude the addition of any other museum to the group
of museums covered by that designation.
(d) CRITERIA FOR LATER ADDITIONS.—A museum is
appropriate for designation as a museum of America’s Na-
tional Maritime Museum if the museum—
(1) houses a collection of maritime artifacts
clearly representing America’s maritime heritage; and
(2) provides outreach programs to educate the
public on America’s maritime heritage.
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SEC. 1079. BURIAL HONORS FOR VETERANS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Throughout the years, men and women have
unselfishly answered the call to arms, at tremendous
personal sacrifice. Burial honors for deceased veterans
are an important means of reminding Americans of
the sacrifices endured to keep the Nation free.
(2) The men and women who serve honorably in
the Armed Forces, whether in war or peace, and
whether discharged, separated, or retired, deserve com-
memoration for their military service at the time of
their death by an appropriate military tribute.
(3) It is tremendously important to pay an ap-
propriate final tribute on behalf of a grateful Nation
to honor individuals who served the Nation in the
Armed Forces.
(b) CONFERENCE ON MILITARY BURIAL HONOR PRAC-
TICES.—(1) Not later than October 31, 1998, the Secretary
of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Veter-
ans Affairs, convene and preside over a conference for the
purpose of determining means of improving and increasing
the availability of military burial honors for veterans. The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall also participate in the
conference.
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(2) The Secretaries shall invite and encourage the par-
ticipation at the conference of appropriate representatives
of veterans service organizations.
(3) The participants in the conference shall—
(A) review current policies and practices of the
military departments and the Department of Veterans
Affairs relating to the provision of military honors at
the burial of veterans;
(B) analyze the costs associated with providing
military honors at the burial of veterans, including
the costs associated with utilizing personnel and other
resources for that purpose;
(C) assess trends in the rate of death of veterans;
and
(D) propose, consider, and determine means of
improving and increasing the availability of military
honors at the burial of veterans.
(4) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress
a report on the conference under this subsection. The report
shall set forth any modifications to Department of Defense
directives on military burial honors adopted as a result of
the conference and include any recommendations for legisla-
tion that the Secretary considers appropriate as a result
of the conference.
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(c) VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In
this section, the term ‘‘veterans service organization’’ means
any organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.
SEC. 1080. CHEMICAL STOCKPILE EMERGENCY PREPARED-
NESS PROGRAM.
Section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, 1986 (Public Law 99–145; 50 U.S.C. 1521) is
amended by adding at the end of subsection (c) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(4)(A) The Director of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall carry out a program to provide as-
sistance to State and local governments in developing capa-
bilities to respond to emergencies involving risks to the pub-
lic health or safety within their jurisdictions that are iden-
tified by the Secretary as being risks resulting from—
‘‘(i) the storage of any such agents and muni-
tions at military installations in the continental
United States; or
‘‘(ii) the destruction of such agents and muni-
tions at facilities referred to in paragraph (1)(B).
‘‘(B) No assistance may be provided under this para-
graph after the completion of the destruction of the United
States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions.’’.
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SEC. 1081. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING THE AUGUST 1995
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST PRESI-
DENT SHEVARDNADZE OF GEORGIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On Tuesday, August 29, 1995, President
Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia narrowly survived a
car bomb attack as he departed his offices in the
Georgian Parliament building to attend the signing
ceremony for the new constitution of Georgia.
(2) The former Chief of the Georgian National
Security Service, Lieutenant General Igor Giorgadze,
after being implicated in organizing the August 29,
1995, 
assassination 
attempt 
on 
President
Shevardnadze, fled Georgia from the Russian-con-
trolled Varziani airbase on a Russian military air-
craft.
(3) Lieutenant General Giorgadze has been seen
openly in Moscow and is believed to have been given
residence at a Russian government facility despite the
fact that Interpol is conducting a search for Lieuten-
ant General Giorgadze for his role in the assassina-
tion attempt against President Shervardnadze.
(4) The Russian Interior Ministry claims that it
is unable to locate Lieutenant General Giorgadze in
Moscow.
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(5) The Georgian Security and Interior Min-
istries presented information to the Russian Interior
Ministry on November 13, 1996; January 17, 1997;
March 7, 1997; March 24, 1997 and August 12, 1997,
which included the exact location in Moscow of where
Lieutenant General Giorgadze’s family lived, the
exact location where Lieutenant General Giorgadze
lived outside of Moscow in a dacha of the Russian
Ministry of Defense; as well as the changing official
Russian government license tag numbers and descrip-
tion of the automobile that Lieutenant General
Giorgadze uses; the people he associates with; the
apartments he visits, and the places including res-
taurants, markets, and companies, that he frequents.
(6) On May 12, 1998, the Moscow-based Russian
newspaper Zavtra carried an interview with Lieuten-
ant General Giorgadze in which Lieutenant General
Giorgadze calls for the overthrow of the Government
of Georgia.
(7) Title II of the Foreign Operations Appro-
priations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–118) pro-
hibits assistance to any government of the new inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union if that gov-
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ernment directs any action in violation of the na-
tional sovereignty of any other new independent state.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the Secretary of Defense should—
(1) urge the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion to extradite the former Chief of the Georgian Na-
tional Security Service, Lieutenant General Igor
Giorgadze, to Georgia for the purpose of standing
trial for his role in the attempted assassination of
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on August
29, 1995;
(2) request cooperation from the Minister of De-
fense of the Russian Federation and the Government
of the Russian Federation to ensure that Russian
military bases on Georgian territory are no longer
used to facilitate the escape of assassins seeking to kill
the freely elected President of Georgia and to other-
wise respect the national sovereignty of Georgia; and
(3) use all authorities available to the United
States Government to provide urgent and immediate
assistance to ensure to the maximum extent prac-
ticable 
the 
personal 
security 
of 
President
Shevardnadze.
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SEC. 1082. ISSUANCE OF BURIAL FLAGS FOR DECEASED
MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE
SELECTED RESERVE.
Section 2301(a) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1);
(2) by striking out the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) deceased individual who—
‘‘(A) was serving as a member of the Se-
lected Reserve (as described in section 10143 of
title 10) at the time of death;
‘‘(B) had served at least one enlistment, or
the period of initial obligated service, as a mem-
ber of the Selected Reserve and was discharged
from service in the Armed Forces under condi-
tions not less favorable than honorable; or
‘‘(C) was discharged from service in the
Armed Forces under conditions not less favorable
than honorable by reason of a disability incurred
or aggravated in line of duty during the individ-
ual’s initial enlistment, or period of initial obli-
gated service, as a member of the Selected Re-
serve.’’.
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SEC. 1083. ELIMINATING SECRET SENATE HOLDS.
(a) STANDING ORDER.—It is a standing order of the
Senate that a Senator who provides notice to leadership of
his or her intention to object to proceeding to a motion or
matter shall disclose the objection or hold in the Congres-
sional Record not later than 2 session days after the date
of the notice.
(b) RULEMAKING.—This section is adopted—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the
Senate and as such it is deemed a part of the rules
of the Senate and it supersedes other rules only to the
extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of the Senate to change its rules at any time,
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the
case of any other rule of the Senate.
SEC. 1084. DEFENSE BURDENSHARING.
(a) REVISED GOALS FOR EFFORTS TO INCREASE AL-
LIED BURDENSHARING.—Subsection (a) of section 1221 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1935; 22 U.S.C. 1928
note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) 
EFFORTS
TO
INCREASE
ALLIED
BURDENSHARING.—The President shall seek to have each
nation that has cooperative military relations with the
United States (including security agreements, basing ar-
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rangements, or mutual participation in multinational
military organizations or operations) take one or more of
the following actions:
‘‘(1) For any nation in which United States
military personnel are assigned to permanent duty
ashore, increase its financial contributions to the pay-
ment of the nonpersonnel costs incurred by the United
States Government for stationing United States mili-
tary personnel in that nation, with a goal of achiev-
ing by September 30, 2000, 75 percent of such costs.
An increase in financial contributions by any nation
under this paragraph may include the elimination of
taxes, fees, or other charges levied on United States
military personnel, equipment, or facilities stationed
in that nation.
‘‘(2) Increase its annual budgetary outlays for
national defense as a percentage of its gross domestic
product by 10 percent or at least to a percentage level
commensurate to that of the United States by Septem-
ber 30, 1999.
‘‘(3) Increase the military assets (including per-
sonnel, equipment, logistics, support and other re-
sources) that it contributes or has pledged to contrib-
ute to multinational military activities worldwide by
10 percent by September 30, 1999.
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‘‘(4) Increase its annual budgetary outlays for
foreign assistance (funds to promote democratization,
governmental accountability and transparency, eco-
nomic stabilization and development, defense eco-
nomic conversion, respect for the rule of law and
internationally recognized human rights, or humani-
tarian relief efforts) by 10 percent, or to provide such
foreign assistance at a minimum annual rate equal
to one percent of its gross domestic product, by Sep-
tember 30, 1999.’’.
(b) 
REVISED
REQUIREMENT
FOR
REPORT
ON
PROGRESS
IN INCREASING ALLIED BURDENSHARING.—
Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) REPORT ON PROGRESS IN INCREASING ALLIED
BURDENSHARING.—Not later than March 1, 1999, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on—
‘‘(1) steps taken by other nations toward com-
pleting the actions described in subsection (a);
‘‘(2) all measures taken by the President, includ-
ing those authorized in subsection (b), to achieve the
actions described in subsection (a);
‘‘(3) the difference between the amount allocated
by other nations for each of the actions described in
subsection (a) during the period beginning on October
1, 1996, and ending on September 30, 1997, and dur-
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ing the period beginning on October 1, 1997, and end-
ing on September 30, 1998, or, in the case of any na-
tion for which the data for such periods is inadequate,
the difference between the amounts for the latest peri-
ods for which adequate data is available; and
‘‘(4) the budgetary savings to the United States
that are expected to accrue as a result of the steps de-
scribed under paragraph (1).’’.
(c) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR REPORT REGARD-
ING NATIONAL SECURITY BASES FOR FORWARD DEPLOY-
MENT AND BURDENSHARING RELATIONSHIPS.—Subsection
(d)(2) of such section is amended by striking out ‘‘March
1, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘March 1, 1999’’.
SEC. 1085. REVIEW OF DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING
SERVICE FUNCTIONS.
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall provide for a review of the functions of the Defense
Automated Printing Service in accordance with this section
and submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on National Security of the House
of Representatives the matters required under subsection (d)
not later than March 31, 1999.
(b) PERFORMANCE BY INDEPENDENT ENTITY.—The
Secretary of Defense shall select the General Accounting Of-
fice, an experienced entity in the private sector, or any
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other entity outside the Department of Defense to perform
the review. The Comptroller General shall perform the re-
view if the Secretary selects the Comptroller General to do
so.
(c) REPORT.—The entity performing the review under
this section shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report
that sets forth the findings and recommendations of that
entity resulting from the review. The report shall contain
the following:
(1) The functions that are inherently national
security functions and, as such, need to be performed
within the Department of Defense, together with a de-
tailed justification for the determination for each such
function.
(2) The functions that are appropriate for trans-
fer to another appropriate entity to perform, includ-
ing private sector entity.
(3) Any recommended legislation and any ad-
ministrative action that is necessary for transferring
or outsourcing the functions.
(4) A discussion of the costs or savings associated
with the transfers or outsourcing.
(5) A description of the management structure of
the Defense Automated Printing Service.