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is authorized to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal
Government.
SEC. 8120. (a) REPORT
TO
THE
CONGRESSIONAL
DEFENSE
COMMITTEES.—Not later than May 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
work-related illnesses in the Department of Defense workforce,
including the workforce of Department contractors and vendors,
resulting from exposure to beryllium or beryllium alloys.
(b) PROCEDURE, METHODOLOGY, AND TIME PERIODS.—To the
maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use the same
procedures, methodology, and time periods in carrying out the work
required to prepare the report under subsection (a) as those used
by the Department of Energy to determine work-related illnesses
in the Department of Energy workforce associated with exposure
to beryllium or beryllium alloys. To the extent that different proce-
dures, methodology, and time periods are used, the Secretary shall
explain in the report why those different procedures, methodology,
or time periods were used, why they were appropriate, and how
they differ from those used by the Department of Energy.
(c) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report shall include the following:
(1) A description of the precautions used by the Department
of Defense and its contractors and vendors to protect their
current employees from beryllium-related disease.
(2) Identification of elements of the Department of Defense
and of contractors and vendors to the Department of Defense
that use or have used beryllium or beryllium alloys in produc-
tion of products for the Department of Defense.
(3) The number of employees (or, if an actual number
is not available, an estimate of the number of employees)
employed by each of the Department of Defense elements identi-
fied under paragraph (2) that are or were exposed during
the course of their Defense-related employment to beryllium,
beryllium dust, or beryllium fumes.
(4) A characterization of the amount, frequency, and dura-
tion of exposure for employees identified under paragraph (3).
(5) Identification of the actual number of instances of acute
beryllium disease, chronic beryllium disease, or beryllium sen-
sitization that have been documented to date among employees
of the Department of Defense and its contractors and vendors.
(6) The estimated cost if the Department of Defense were
to provide workers’ compensation benefits comparable to bene-
fits provided under the Federal Employees Compensation Act
to employees, including former employees, of Government
organizations, contractors, and vendors who have contracted
beryllium-related diseases.
(7) The Secretary’s recommendations on whether compensa-
tion for work-related illnesses in the Department of Defense
workforce, including contractors and vendors, is justified or
recommended.
(8) Legislative proposals, if any, to implement the Sec-
retary’s recommendations under paragraph (7).
SEC. 8121. Of the amounts made available in title II of this
Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $1,900,000 shall be
available only for the purpose of making a grant to the San
Bernardino County Airports Department for the installation of a
perimeter security fence for that portion of the Barstow-Daggett
Airport, California, which is used as a heliport for the National
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Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, and for installation of other
security improvements at that airport.
SEC. 8122. The Secretary of Defense may during the current
fiscal year and hereafter carry out the activities and exercise the
authorities provided under the demonstration program authorized
by section 9148 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
1993 (Public Law 102–396; 106 Stat. 1941).
SEC. 8123. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of the
source selection for the Interim Armored Vehicle program (also
referred to as the Family of Medium Armored Vehicles program),
the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a detailed report on that program. The report shall
include the following:
(1) The required research and development cost for each
variant of the Interim Armored Vehicle to be procured and
the total research and development cost for the program.
(2) The major milestones for the development program
for the Interim Armored Vehicle program.
(3) The production unit cost of each variant of the Interim
Armored Vehicle to be procured.
(4) The total procurement cost of the Interim Armored
Vehicle program.
(b) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report (in both classified
and unclassified versions) on the joint warfighting requirements
to be met by the new medium brigades for the Army. The report
shall describe any adjustments made to operational plans of the
commanders of the unified combatant commands for use of those
brigades. The report shall be submitted at the time that the Presi-
dent’s budget for fiscal year 2002 is transmitted to Congress.
SEC. 8124. None of the funds made available in this Act or
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law
106–79) may be used to award a full funding contract for low-
rate initial production for the F–22 aircraft program until—
(1) the first flight of an F–22 aircraft incorporating Block
3.0 software has been conducted;
(2) the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional
defense committees that all Defense Acquisition Board exit
criteria for the award of low-rate initial production of the air-
craft have been met; and
(3) upon completion of the requirements under (1) and
(2) above, the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
submits to the congressional defense committees a report
assessing the adequacy of testing to date to measure and predict
performance of F–22 avionics systems, stealth characteristics,
and weapons delivery systems.
SEC. 8125. (a) The total amount expended by the Department
of Defense for the F–22 aircraft program (over all fiscal years
of the life of the program) for engineering and manufacturing
development and for production may not exceed $58,028,200,000.
The amount provided in the preceding sentence shall be adjusted
by the Secretary of the Air Force in the manner provided in section
217(c) of Public Law 105–85 (111 Stat. 1660). This section super-
sedes any limitation previously provided by law on the amount
that may be obligated or expended for engineering and manufac-
turing development under the F–22 aircraft program and any
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limitation previously provided by law on the amount that may
be obligated or expended for the F–22 production program.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) apply during the current
fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years.
SEC. 8126. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act,
the total amount appropriated in this Act under title IV for the
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) is hereby reduced
by $14,000,000 to reflect a reduction in system engineering, program
management, and other support costs.
SEC. 8127. The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and its
subordinate offices and associated contractors, including the Lead
Systems Integrator, shall notify the congressional defense commit-
tees 15 days prior to issuing any type of information or proposal
solicitation under the NMD Program with a potential annual con-
tract value greater than $5,000,000 or a total contract value greater
than $30,000,000.
SEC. 8128. Up to $3,000,000 of the funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ in this Act for
the Pacific Missile Range Facility may be made available to contract
for the repair, maintenance, and operation of adjacent off-base
water, drainage, and flood control systems critical to base oper-
ations.
SEC. 8129. In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in
this Act, $20,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department
of Defense: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall make
a grant in the amount of $20,000,000 to the National Center for
the Preservation of Democracy for the renovation of buildings and
for other purposes to assist in carrying out the intent of 50 U.S.C.
App. 1989.
SEC. 8130. Of the funds made available under the heading
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, not less than $7,000,000
shall be made available by grant or otherwise, to the North Slope
Borough, to provide assistance for health care, monitoring and
related issues associated with research conducted from 1955 to
1957 by the former Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory.
SEC. 8131. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund’’ may
be transferred or obligated for Department of Defense expenses
not directly related to the conduct of overseas contingencies: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report no
later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives that details any transfer of funds from the ‘‘Overseas
Contingency Operations Transfer Fund’’: Provided further, That
the report shall explain any transfer for the maintenance of real
property, pay of civilian personnel, base operations support, and
weapon, vehicle or equipment maintenance.
SEC. 8132. In addition to amounts made available elsewhere
in this Act, $1,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department
of Defense to be available for payment to members of the uniformed
services for reimbursement for mandatory pet quarantines as
authorized by law.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8133. The Secretary of the Navy may transfer funds
from any available Department of the Navy appropriation to any
available Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of
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liquidating necessary ship cost changes for previous ship construc-
tion programs appropriated in law: Provided, That the Secretary
may transfer not to exceed $300,000,000 under the authority pro-
vided by this section: Provided further, That the funding transferred
shall be available for the same time period as the appropriation
from which transferred: Provided further, That the Secretary may
not transfer any funds until 30 days after the proposed transfer
has been reported to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives: Provided further, That
the transfer authority provided by this section is in addition to
any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
SEC. 8134. In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in
this Act, $2,100,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department
of Defense: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall make
a grant in the amount of $2,100,000 to the National D-Day Museum.
SEC. 8135. In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in
this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department
of Defense: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall make
available a grant of $5,000,000 only to the Chicago Public Schools
for conversion and expansion of the former Eighth Regiment
National Guard Armory (Bronzeville).
SEC. 8136. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in
this Act, the amount of $10,000,000 is hereby appropriated for
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, to accelerate the disposal and
scrapping of ships of the Navy Inactive Fleet and Maritime Adminis-
tration National Defense Reserve Fleet: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Navy and the Secretary of Transportation shall develop
criteria for selecting ships for scrapping or disposal based on their
potential for causing pollution, creating an environmental hazard
and cost of storage: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Navy and the Secretary of Transportation shall report to the
congressional defense committees no later than June 1, 2001
regarding the total number of vessels currently designated for scrap-
ping, and the schedule and costs for scrapping these vessels.
SEC. 8137. Section 8106 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under
subsection 101(b) of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–111; 10
U.S.C. 113 note) shall continue in effect to apply to disbursements
that are made by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 8138. PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL RECORDS. None
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to transfer, release,
disclose, or otherwise make available to any individual or entity
outside the Department of Defense for any non-national security
or non-law enforcement purposes an individual’s medical records
without the consent of the individual.
SEC. 8139. Of the amount available under title II under the
heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $1,000,000
shall be available only for continuation of the Middle East Regional
Security Issues program.
SEC. 8140. Of the funds available in title II under the heading
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $20,000,000 may be
available for information security initiatives: Provided, That, of
such amount, $5,000,000 is available for the Institute for Defense
Computer Security and Information Protection of the Department
of Defense, and $15,000,000 is available for the Information Security
Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense.