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the recipient country, the President shall terminate
the lease.
(4) If the purchasing country fails to make full
payment of the purchase price in accordance with
the sales agreement by the date required under 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 all funds received on or before the date
of the termination under the sales agreement,
up to the amount of the lease payments due
and payable under the lease and all other costs
required by the lease to be paid to that date.
(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.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR COSTS
OF LEASE-SALE TRANSFERS.—There is hereby authorized
to be appropriated into the Defense Vessels Transfer Pro-
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gram Account such sums as may be necessary for paying
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 (b). Amounts so appro-
priated shall be available only for the purpose of paying
those costs.
(e) GRANTS NOT COUNTED IN ANNUAL TOTAL OF
TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The value
of a vessel transferred to another country on a grant basis
under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2321j) pursuant to authority provided by sub-
section (a) shall not be counted for the purposes of sub-
section (g) of that section in the aggregate value of excess
defense articles transferred to countries under that section
in any fiscal year.
(f) 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 (notwith-
standing section 516(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)(1))) in the case of a transfer
authorized to be made on a grant basis under subsection
(a)).
(g) REPAIR
AND
REFURBISHMENT
IN
UNITED
STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the President shall require, as a condition of the
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transfer of a vessel under this section, that the country
to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or re-
furbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel
joins the naval forces of that country, performed at a ship-
yard located in the United States, including a United
States Navy shipyard.
(h) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to
transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end
of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(i) COORDINATION OF PROVISIONS.—(1) If the Secu-
rity Assistance Act of 2000 is enacted before this Act, the
provisions of this section shall not take effect.
(2) If the Security Assistance Act of 2000 is enacted
after this Act, this section shall cease to be in effect upon
the enactment of that Act.
SEC. 1014. AUTHORITY TO CONSENT TO RETRANSFER OF
ALTERNATIVE FORMER NAVAL VESSEL BY
GOVERNMENT OF GREECE.
(a) AUTHORITY FOR RETRANSFER OF ALTERNATIVE
VESSEL.—Section 1012 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 113
Stat. 740) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘HS
Rodos (ex-USS BOWMAN COUNTY (LST 391))’’
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the following: ‘‘, LST 325, or any other former
United States LST previously transferred to the
Government of Greece that is excess to the needs of
that government’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘retrans-
ferred under subsection (a)’’ after ‘‘the vessel’’.
(b) REPEAL.—Section 1305 of the Arms Control,
Nonproliferation, and Security Assistance Act of 1999
(113 Stat. 1501A–511) is repealed.
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug
Activities
SEC. 1021. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUP-
PORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF
COLOMBIA.
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1033 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1881) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘during fiscal
years 1998 through 2002,’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, for fiscal
years 1998 through 2002’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting before
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, for fiscal
years 1998 through 2006’’.
(b) MAXIMUM ANNUAL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.—Sub-
section (e)(2) of such section is amended by striking
‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 1022. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPEND-
ITURES TO SUPPORT FOREIGN COUNTER-
DRUG ACTIVITIES.
Not later than January 1, 2001, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report detailing the expenditure of funds by the Sec-
retary during fiscal year 2000 in direct or indirect support
of the counter-drug activities of foreign governments. The
report shall include the following for each foreign govern-
ment:
(1) The total amount of assistance provided to,
or expended on behalf of, the foreign government.
(2) A description of the types of counter-drug
activities conducted using the assistance.
(3) An explanation of the legal authority under
which the assistance was provided.
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SEC. 1023. RECOMMENDATIONS ON EXPANSION OF SUP-
PORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR
SUBMITTAL
OF
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than February 1, 2001, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives the recommendations of the Secretary regarding
whether expanded support for counter-drug activities
should be authorized under section 1033 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public
Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1881) for the region that includes
the countries that are covered by that authority on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) CONTENT
OF
SUBMISSION.—The submission
under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) What, if any, additional countries should be
covered.
(2) What, if any, additional support should be
provided to covered countries, together with the rea-
sons for recommending the additional support.
(3) For each country recommended under para-
graph (1), a plan for providing support, including
the counter-drug activities proposed to be supported.
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SEC. 1024. REVIEW OF RIVERINE COUNTER-DRUG PRO-
GRAM.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REVIEW.—The Secretary of
Defense shall review the riverine counter-drug program
supported under section 1033 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–
85; 111 Stat. 1881).
(b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2001, the
Secretary shall submit a report on the riverine counter-
drug program to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives. The report
shall include, for each country receiving support under the
riverine counter-drug program, the following:
(1) The Assistant Secretary’s assessment of the
effectiveness of the program.
(2) A recommendation regarding which of the
Armed Forces, units of the Armed Forces, or other
organizations within the Department of Defense
should be responsible for managing the program.
(c) DELEGATION
OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary
shall require the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Spe-
cial Operations and Low Intensity Conflict to carry out
the responsibilities under this section.
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SEC. 1025. REPORT ON TETHERED AEROSTAT RADAR SYS-
TEM.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than May 1,
2001, The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress
a report on the status of the Tethered Aerostat Radar
System used to conduct counter-drug detection and moni-
toring and border security and air sovereignty operations.
The report shall include the following:
(1) The status and operational availability of
each of the existing sites of the Tethered Aerostat
Radar System.
(2) A discussion of any plans to close, during
the next 5 years, currently operational sites, includ-
ing a review of the justification for each proposed
closure.
(3) A review of the requirements of other agen-
cies, especially the United States Customs Service,
for data derived from the Tethered Aerostat Radar
System.
(4) A assessment of the value of the Tethered
Aerostat Radar System in the conduct of counter-
drug detection and monitoring and border security
and air sovereignty operations compared to other
surveillance systems available for such operations.
(5) The costs associated with the planned
standardization of the Tethered Aerostat Radar Sys-
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tem and the Secretary’s analysis of that standard-
ization.
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall
prepare the report in consultation with the Secretary of
the Treasury.
SEC. 1026. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING USE OF
ARMED FORCES FOR COUNTER-DRUG AND
COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTIVITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the President should
be able to use members of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Marine Corps to assist law enforcement agencies, to
the full extent consistent with section 1385 of title 18,
United States Code (commonly known as the Posse Com-
itatus Act), section 375 of title 10, United States Code,
and other applicable law, in preventing the entry into the
United States of terrorists and drug traffickers, weapons
of mass destruction, components of weapons of mass de-
struction, and prohibited narcotics and drugs.
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism and
Domestic Preparedness
SEC. 1031. PREPAREDNESS OF MILITARY INSTALLATION
FIRST RESPONDERS FOR INCIDENTS INVOLV-
ING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on
the program of the Department of Defense to ensure the
preparedness of the first responders of the Department
of Defense for incidents involving weapons of mass de-
struction on installations of the Department of Defense.
(b) CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report shall include
the following:
(1) A detailed description of the overall pre-
paredness program.
(2) A detailed description of the deficiencies in
the preparedness of Department of Defense installa-
tions to respond to an incident involving a weapon
of mass destruction, together with a discussion of
the actions planned to be taken by the Department
of Defense to correct the deficiencies.
(3) The schedule and costs associated with the
implementation of the preparedness program.
(4) The Department’s plan for coordinating the
preparedness program with responders in the com-
munities in the localities of the installations.
(5) The Department’s plan for promoting the
interoperability of the equipment used by the instal-
lation first responders referred to in subsection (a)
with the equipment used by the first responders in
those communities.
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(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report shall be sub-
mitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘first responder’’ means an orga-
nization responsible for responding to an incident in-
volving a weapon of mass destruction.
(2) The term ‘‘weapon of mass destruction’’ has
the meaning given that term in section 1403(1) of
the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)).
SEC. 1032. ADDITIONAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS.
During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Defense
shall establish five additional teams designated as Weap-
ons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (for a total
of 32 such teams).
SEC. 1033. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE LOAN GUARANTEES TO
IMPROVE 
DOMESTIC 
PREPAREDNESS 
TO
COMBAT CYBERTERRORISM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROGRAM.—(1) Chapter
148 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subchapter:
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER 
VII—CRITICAL 
INFRASTRUC-
TURE PROTECTION LOAN GUARANTEES
‘‘Sec.
‘‘2541. Establishment of loan guarantee program.
‘‘2541a. Fees charged and collected.
‘‘2541b. Administration.
‘‘2541c. Transferability, additional limitations, and definition.
‘‘2541d. Reports.
‘‘§ 2541. Establishment of loan guarantee program
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to meet the na-
tional security objectives in section 2501(a) of this title,
the Secretary of Defense shall establish a program under
which the Secretary may issue guarantees assuring lenders
against losses of principal or interest, or both principal
and interest, for loans made to qualified commercial firms
to fund, in whole or in part, any of the following activities:
(1) The improvement of the protection of the
critical infrastructure of the commercial firms.
(2) The refinancing of improvements previously
made to the protection of the critical infrastructure
of the commercial firms.
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED COMMERCIAL FIRMS.—For pur-
poses of this section, a qualified commercial firm is a com-
pany or other business entity (including a consortium of
such companies or other business entities, as determined
by the Secretary) that the Secretary determines—
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‘‘(1) conducts a significant level of its research,
development, engineering, and manufacturing activi-
ties in the United States;
‘‘(2) is a company or other business entity the
majority ownership or control of which is by United
States citizens or is a company or other business of
a parent company that is incorporated in a country
the government of which—
‘‘(A) encourages the participation of firms
so owned or controlled in research and develop-
ment consortia to which the government of that
country provides funding directly or provides
funding indirectly through international organi-
zations or agreements; and
‘‘(B) affords adequate and effective protec-
tion for the intellectual property rights of com-
panies incorporated in the United States;
‘‘(3) provides technology products or services
critical to the operations of the Department of De-
fense;
‘‘(4) 
meets 
standards 
of 
prevention 
of
cyberterrorism applicable to the Department of De-
fense; and
‘‘(5) agrees to submit the report required under
section 2541d of this title.
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‘‘(c) LOAN LIMITS.—The maximum amount of loan
principal guaranteed during a fiscal year under this sec-
tion may not exceed $10,000,000, with respect to all bor-
rowers.
‘‘(d) GOALS AND STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall
prescribe regulations setting forth goals for the use of the
loan guarantees provided under this section and standards
for evaluating whether those goals are met by each entity
receiving such loan guarantees.
‘‘(e) AUTHORITY SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS.—The Secretary may guarantee a loan
under this subchapter only to such extent or in such
amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriations
Acts.
‘‘§ 2541a. Fees charged and collected
‘‘(a) FEE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall assess a fee for providing a loan guarantee under
this subchapter.
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF FEE.—The amount of the fee shall
be not less than 75 percent of the amount incurred by
the Secretary to provide the loan guarantee.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—(1) Such fees shall be cred-
ited to a special account in the Treasury.
‘‘(2) Amounts in the special account shall be avail-
able, to the extent and in amounts provided in appropria-
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tions Acts, for paying the costs of administrative expenses
of the Department of Defense that are attributable to the
loan guarantee program under this subchapter.
‘‘(3)(A) If for any fiscal year amounts in the special
account established under paragraph (1) are not available
(or are not anticipated to be available) in a sufficient
amount for administrative expenses of the Department of
Defense for that fiscal year that are directly attributable
to the administration of the program under this sub-
chapter, the Secretary may use amounts currently avail-
able for operations and maintenance for Defense-wide ac-
tivities, not to exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year, for
those expenses.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall, from funds in the special
account established under paragraph (1), replenish oper-
ations and maintenance accounts for amounts expended
under subparagraph (A).
‘‘§ 2541b. Administration
‘‘(a) AGREEMENTS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of
Defense may enter into one or more agreements, each with
an appropriate Federal or private entity, under which such
entity may, under this subchapter—
‘‘(1) process applications for loan guarantees;
‘‘(2) administer repayment of loans; and
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‘‘(3) provide any other services to the Secretary
to administer this subchapter.
‘‘(b) TREATMENT
OF COSTS.—The costs of such
agreements shall be considered, for purposes of the special
account established under section 2541a(c), to be costs of
administrative expenses of the Department of Defense
that are attributable to the loan guarantee program under
this subchapter.
‘‘§ 2541c. Transferability, additional limitations, and
definition
‘‘The following provisions of subtitle VI of this chap-
ter apply to guarantees issued under this subtitle:
‘‘(1) Section 2540a, relating to transferability
of guarantees.
‘‘(2) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 2540b,
providing limitations.
‘‘(3) Section 2540d(2), providing a definition of
the term ‘cost’.
‘‘§ 2541d. Reports
‘‘(a) REPORT BY COMMERCIAL FIRMS TO SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary of Defense shall require
each qualified commercial firm for which a loan is guaran-
teed under this subchapter to submit to the Secretary a
report on the improvements financed or refinanced with
the loan. The report shall include an assessment of the
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value of the improvements for the protection of the critical
infrastructure of that commercial firm. The Secretary
shall prescribe the time for submitting the report.
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than March 1 of each year in
which guarantees are made under this subchapter, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report
on the loan guarantee program under this subchapter. The
report shall include the following:
‘‘(1) The amounts of the loans for which guar-
antees were issued during the year preceding the
year of the report.
‘‘(2) The success of the program in improving
the protection of the critical infrastructure of the
commercial firms covered by the guarantees.
‘‘(3) The relationship of the loan guarantee pro-
gram to the critical infrastructure protection pro-
gram of the Department of Defense, together with
an assessment of the extent to which the loan guar-
antee program supports the critical infrastructure
protection program.
‘‘(4) Any other information on the loan guar-
antee program that the Secretary considers appro-
priate to include in the report.’’.
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(2) The table of subchapters at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘VII. Critical Infrastructure Protection Loan Guarantees ...................... 2541’’.
(b) REDESIGNATION OF DISPLACED SECTIONS.—(1)
Sections 2541 through 2554 of chapter 152 of title 10,
United States Code, are redesignated as sections 2551
through 2564, respectively.
(2) The items in the table of sections at the beginning
of chapter 152 of such title are revised to reflect the redes-
ignations made by paragraph (1).
(c) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection
(c)(3)(C) of section 2561 of such title, as redesignated by
subsection (b), is amended by striking ‘‘section 2547’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 2557’’.
(2) Subsection (b) of section 2562 of such title, as
so redesignated, is amended by striking ‘‘section 2547’’
and inserting ‘‘section 2557’’.
(3) Section 7300 of such title is amended by striking
‘‘section 2553’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2563’’.
SEC. 1034. REPORT ON THE STATUS OF DOMESTIC PRE-
PAREDNESS AGAINST THE THREAT OF BIO-
LOGICAL TERRORISM.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 31,
2001, the President shall submit to Congress a report on
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domestic preparedness against the threat of biological ter-
rorism.
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report shall address
the following:
(1) The current state of United States pre-
paredness to defend against a biologic attack.
(2) The roles that various Federal agencies cur-
rently play, and should play, in preparing for, and
defending against, such an attack.
(3) The roles that State and local agencies and
public health facilities currently play, and should
play, in preparing for, and defending against, such
an attack.
(4) The advisability of establishing an intergov-
ernmental task force to assist in preparations for
such an attack.
(5) The potential role of advanced communica-
tions systems in aiding domestic preparedness
against such an attack.
(6) The potential for additional research and
development in biotechnology to aid domestic pre-
paredness against such an attack.
(7) Other measures that should be taken to aid
domestic preparedness against such an attack.
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(8) The financial resources necessary to support
efforts for domestic preparedness against such an
attack.
(9) The deficiencies and vulnerabilities in the
United States public health system for dealing with
the consequences of a biological terrorist attack on
the United States, and current plans to address
those deficiencies and vulnerabilities.
(c) INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE.—(1) Not later than
March 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress an intelligence estimate, prepared in consulta-
tion 
with 
the 
Director 
of 
Central 
Intelligence,
containing—
(A) an assessment of the threat to the United
States posed by a terrorist using a biological weap-
on; and
(B) an assessment of the relative consequences
of an attack against the United States by a terrorist
using a biological weapon compared with the con-
sequences of an attack against the United States by
a terrorist using a weapon that is a weapon of mass
destruction other than a biological weapon or that is
a conventional weapon.
(2) The intelligence estimate submitted under para-
graph (1) shall include a comparison of—
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(A) the likelihood of the threat of a terrorist at-
tack against the United States through the use of a
biological weapon, with
(B) the likelihood of the threat of a terrorist at-
tack against the United States through the use of a
weapon that is a weapon of mass destruction other
than a biological weapon or that is a conventional
weapon.
SEC. 1035. REPORT ON STRATEGY, POLICIES, AND PRO-
GRAMS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report
on the strategy, policies, and programs of the United
States for combating domestic terrorism, and in particular
domestic terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction.
The report shall document the progress and problems ex-
perienced by the Federal Government in organizing and
preparing to respond to domestic terrorist incidents.
Subtitle E—Strategic Forces
SEC. 1041. REVISED NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.—
In order to clarify United States nuclear deterrence policy
and strategy for the near term, the Secretary of Defense
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shall conduct a comprehensive review of the nuclear pos-
ture of the United States for the next 5 to 10 years. The
Secretary shall conduct the review in consultation with the
Secretary of Energy.
(b) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—The nuclear posture re-
view shall include the following elements:
(1) The role of nuclear forces in United States
military strategy, planning, and programming.
(2) The policy requirements and objectives for
the United States to maintain a safe, reliable, and
credible nuclear deterrence posture.
(3) The relationship among United States nu-
clear deterrence policy, targeting strategy, and arms
control objectives.
(4) The levels and composition of the nuclear
delivery systems that will be required for imple-
menting the United States national and military
strategy, including any plans for replacing or modi-
fying existing systems.
(5) The nuclear weapons complex that will be
required for implementing the United States na-
tional and military strategy, including any plans to
modernize or modify the complex.
(6) The active and inactive nuclear weapons
stockpile that will be required for implementing the
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United States national and military strategy, includ-
ing any plans for replacing or modifying warheads.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress, in unclassified and classi-
fied forms as necessary, a report on the results of the nu-
clear posture review conducted under this section. The re-
port shall be submitted concurrently with the Quadrennial
Defense Review report due in December 2001.
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the nuclear posture review conducted under this
section should be used as the basis for establishing future
United States arms control objectives and negotiating po-
sitions.
SEC. 1042. PLAN FOR THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINMENT AND
MODERNIZATION OF UNITED STATES STRA-
TEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall
develop a long-range plan for the sustainment and mod-
ernization of United States strategic nuclear forces to
counter emerging threats and satisfy the evolving require-
ments of deterrence.
(b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan specified under
subsection (a) shall include the Secretary’s plans, if any,
for the sustainment and modernization of the following:
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(1) Land-based and sea-based strategic ballistic
missiles, including any plans for developing replace-
ments for the Minuteman III intercontinental bal-
listic missile and the Trident II sea-launched bal-
listic missile and plans for common ballistic missile
technology development.
(2) Strategic nuclear bombers, including any
plans for a B–2 follow-on, a B–52 replacement, and
any new air-launched weapon systems.
(3) Appropriate warheads to outfit the strategic
nuclear delivery systems referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2) to satisfy evolving military requirements.
(c) SUBMITTAL OF PLAN.—The plan specified under
subsection (a) shall be submitted to Congress not later
than April 15, 2001. The plan shall be submitted in un-
classified and classified forms, as necessary.
SEC. 1043. MODIFICATION OF SCOPE OF WAIVER AUTHOR-
ITY FOR LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OR
DISMANTLEMENT OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR
DELIVERY SYSTEMS.
Section 1302(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111
Stat. 1948), as amended by section 1501(a) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
(Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 806), is further amended
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by striking ‘‘the application of the limitation in effect
under paragraph (1)(B) or (3) of subsection (a), as the
case may be,’’ and inserting ‘‘the application of the limita-
tion in effect under subsection (a) to a strategic nuclear
delivery system’’.
SEC. 1044. REPORT ON THE DEFEAT OF HARDENED AND
DEEPLY BURIED TARGETS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall, in con-
junction with the Secretary of Energy, conduct a study
relating to the defeat of hardened and deeply buried tar-
gets. Under the study, the Secretaries shall—
(1) review—
(A) the requirements of the United States
to defeat hardened and deeply buried targets
and stockpiles of chemical and biological agents
and related capabilities; and
(B) current and future plans to meet those
requirements;
(2) determine if those plans adequately address
all such requirements;
(3) identify potential future hardened and deep-
ly buried targets and other related targets;
(4) determine what resources and research and
development efforts are needed to defeat the targets
identified under paragraph (3) as well as other re-
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quirements to defeat stockpiles of chemical and bio-
logical agents and related capabilities;
(5) assess both current and future options to
defeat hardened and deeply buried targets as well as
concepts to defeat stockpiles of chemical and biologi-
cal agents and related capabilities; and
(6) determine the capability and cost of each
option assessed under paragraph (5).
(b) CONDUCT OF ASSESSMENTS.—In conducting the
study under subsection (a), the Secretaries may, in order
to perform the assessments required by paragraph (5) of
that subsection, conduct any limited research and develop-
ment that may be necessary to perform those assessments.
(c) REPORT.—(1) Not later than July 1, 2001, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report
on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
The report shall be prepared in conjunction with the Sec-
retary of Energy.
(2) The report under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, together with a classified
annex if necessary.
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SEC. 1045. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE MAINTENANCE OF
THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR TRIAD.
It is the sense of Congress that, in light of the poten-
tial for further arms control agreements with the Russian
Federation limiting strategic forces—
(1) it is in the national interest of the United
States to maintain a robust and balanced triad of
strategic nuclear delivery vehicles, including (A)
long-range bombers, (B) land-based intercontinental
ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and (C) ballistic missile
submarines; and
(2) reductions to United States conventional
bomber capability are not in the national interest of
the United States.
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous
Reporting Requirements
SEC. 1051. MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF WORKING-CAPITAL
FUND ACTIVITIES.
(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW REQUIRED.—
The Comptroller General shall conduct a review of the
working-capital fund activities of the Department of De-
fense to identify any potential changes in current manage-
ment processes or policies that, if made, would result in
a more efficient and economical operation of those activi-
ties.
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(b) REVIEW TO INCLUDE CARRYOVER POLICY.—The
review shall include a review of practices under the De-
partment of Defense policy that authorizes funds available
for working-capital fund activities for one fiscal year to
be obligated for work to be performed at such activities
within the first 90 days of the next fiscal year (known
as ‘‘carryover’’). On the basis of the review, the Comp-
troller General shall determine the following:
(1) The extent to which the working-capital
fund activities of the Department of Defense have
complied with the 90-day carryover policy.
(2) The reasons for the carryover authority
under the policy to apply to as much as a 90-day
quantity of work.
(3) Whether applying the carryover authority to
not more than a 30-day quantity of work would be
sufficient to ensure uninterrupted operations at the
working-capital fund activities early in a fiscal year.
(4) What, if any, savings could be achieved by
restricting the carryover authority so as to apply to
a 30-day quantity of work.
SEC. 1052. REPORT ON SUBMARINE RESCUE SUPPORT VES-
SELS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall
submit to Congress, together with the submission of the
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budget of the President for fiscal year 2002 under section
1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on the plan
of the Navy for providing for submarine rescue support
vessels through fiscal year 2007.
(b) CONTENT.—The report shall include a discussion
of the following:
(1) The requirement for submarine rescue sup-
port vessels through fiscal year 2007, including ex-
perience in changing from the provision of such ves-
sels from dedicated platforms to the provision of
such vessels through vessel of opportunity services
and charter vessels.
(2) The resources required, the risks to subma-
riners, and the operational impacts of the following:
(A) Chartering submarine rescue support
vessels for terms of up to five years, with op-
tions to extend the charters for two additional
five-year periods.
(B) Providing submarine rescue support
vessels using vessel of opportunity services.
(C) Providing submarine rescue support
services through other means considered by the
Navy.
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SEC. 1053. REPORT ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRESS
IN DEVELOPING INFORMATION ASSURANCE
STRATEGIES.
Not later than January 15, 2001, the President shall
submit to Congress a comprehensive report detailing the
specific steps taken by the Federal Government as of the
date of the report to develop critical infrastructure assur-
ance strategies as outlined by Presidential Decision Direc-
tive No. 63 (PDD–63). The report shall include the fol-
lowing:
(1) A detailed summary of the progress of each
Federal agency in developing an internal information
assurance plan.
(2) The progress of Federal agencies in estab-
lishing partnerships with relevant private sector in-
dustries 
to 
address 
critical 
infrastructure
vulnerabilities.
SEC. 1054. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROCESS FOR DECI-
SIONMAKING IN CASES OF FALSE CLAIMS.
Not later than February 1, 2001, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report describing the
policies and procedures for Department of Defense deci-
sionmaking on issues arising under sections 3729 through
3733 of title 31, United States Code, in cases of claims
submitted to the Department of Defense that are sus-
pected or alleged to be false. The report shall include a
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discussion of any changes that have been made in the poli-
cies and procedures since January 1, 2000, and how such
procedures are being implemented.
Subtitle G—Government
Information Security Reform
SEC. 1061. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION
POLICY.
Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting at the end the following new subchapter:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—INFORMATION SECURITY
‘‘§ 3531. Purposes
‘‘The purposes of this subchapter are the following:
‘‘(1) To provide a comprehensive framework for
establishing and ensuring the effectiveness of con-
trols over information resources that support Fed-
eral operations and assets.
‘‘(2)(A) To recognize the highly networked na-
ture of the Federal computing environment including
the need for Federal Government interoperability
and, in the implementation of improved security
management measures, assure that opportunities for
interoperability are not adversely affected.
‘‘(B) To provide effective Government-wide
management and oversight of the related informa-
tion security risks, including coordination of infor-
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security with respect to such responsibilities;
and
‘‘(E) assisting senior agency officials con-
cerning responsibilities under paragraph (2);
‘‘(4) ensure that the agency has trained per-
sonnel sufficient to assist the agency in complying
with the requirements of this subchapter and related
policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines; and
‘‘(5) ensure that the agency Chief Information
Officer, in coordination with senior agency officials,
periodically—
‘‘(A)(i) evaluates the effectiveness of the
agency information security program, including
testing control techniques; and
‘‘(ii) implements appropriate remedial ac-
tions based on that evaluation; and
‘‘(B) reports to the agency head on—
‘‘(i) the results of such tests and eval-
uations; and
‘‘(ii) the progress of remedial actions.
‘‘(b)(1) Each agency shall develop and implement an
agencywide information security program to provide infor-
mation security for the operations and assets of the agen-
cy, including operations and assets provided or managed
by another agency.