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munition, Navy and Marine Corps; Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy; Other Procurement, Navy; and Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy. These
reductions shall be applied on a pro-rata basis to each
line item, program element, program, project, subproject,
and activity within each appropriation account.
SEC. 8121. The Secretary of Defense may waive
reimbursement of the cost of conferences, seminars,
courses of instruction, or similar educational activities of
the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for military
officers and civilian officials of foreign nations if the Sec-
retary determines that attendance by such personnel,
without reimbursement, is in the national security inter-
est of the United States: Provided, That costs for which
reimbursement is waived pursuant to this subsection shall
be paid from appropriations available for the Asia-Pacific
Center.
SEC. 8122. (a) Of the amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act for the Department
of the Air Force, $2,000,000 shall be available only for
a facility at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to provide
comprehensive care and rehabilitation services to children
with disabilities who are dependents of members of the
Armed Forces.
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(b) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the
Air Force shall grant the funds made available under
subsection (a) to the Children’s Association for Maximum
Potential (CAMP) for use by the association to defray
the costs of designing and constructing the facility re-
ferred to in subsection (a).
(c)(1) The Secretary may not make a grant of
funds under subsection (b) until the Secretary and the
association enter into an agreement under which the Sec-
retary leases to the association the facility to be con-
structed using the funds.
(2) The term of the lease under subsection (c)(1)
may not be less than 25 years.
(3) The Secretary may require such additional
terms and conditions in connection with the lease as the
Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of
the United States.
SEC. 8123. None of the funds appropriated by
this Act may be obligated or expended—
(1) to reduce the number of units of special op-
erations forces of the Army National Guard during
fiscal year 1997;
(2) to reduce the authorized strength of any
such unit below the strength authorized for the unit
as of September 30, 1996; or
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(3) to apply any administratively imposed limi-
tation on the assigned strength of any such unit at
less than the strength authorized for that unit as of
September 30, 1996.
SEC. 8124. (a) The Secretary of the Army shall
ensure that solicitations for contracts for unrestricted
procurement to be entered into using funds appropriated
for the Army by this Act include, where appropriate, spe-
cific goals for subcontracts with small businesses, small
disadvantaged businesses, and women owned small busi-
nesses.
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that any sub-
contract entered into pursuant to a solicitation referred
to in subsection (a) that meets a specific goal referred to
in that subsection is credited toward the overall goal of
the Army for subcontracts with the businesses referred to
in that subsection.
SEC. 8125. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force
and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management
shall submit a joint report describing in detail the bene-
fits, allowances, services, and any other forms of assist-
ance which may or shall be provided to any civilian em-
ployee of the Federal Government or to any private citi-
zen, or to the family of such an individual, who is injured
or killed while traveling on an aircraft owned, leased,
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chartered, or operated by the Government of the United
States.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) above
shall be submitted to the congressional defense commit-
tees and to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight of the House of Representatives not later
than December 15, 1996.
SEC. 8126. (a) Not later than March 1, 1997, the
Deputy Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on Department of De-
fense procurements of propellant raw materials.
(b) The report shall include the following:
(1) The projected future requirements of the
Department of Defense for propellant raw materials,
such as nitrocellulose.
(2) The capacity, ability, and production cost
rates of the national technology and industrial base,
including Government-owned, contractor-operated
facilities, contractor-owned and operated facilities,
and Government-owned, Government-operated facili-
ties, for meeting such requirements.
(3) The national security benefits of preserving
in the national technology and industrial base con-
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tractor-owned and operated facilities for producing
propellant raw materials, including nitrocellulose.
(4) The extent to which the cost rates for pro-
duction of nitrocellulose in Government-owned, con-
tractor-operated facilities is lower because of the re-
lationship of those facilities with the Department of
Defense than such rates would be without that rela-
tionship.
(5) The advantages and disadvantages of per-
mitting commercial facilities to compete for award of
Department of Defense contracts for procurement of
propellant raw materials, such as nitrocellulose.
SEC. 8127. Not later than six months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Air Force shall submit to Congress a cost-benefit analysis
of consolidating the ground station infrastructure of the
Air Force that supports polar orbiting satellites.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8128. In addition to the amounts appro-
priated elsewhere in this Act, $100,000,000 is appro-
priated for defense against weapons of mass destruction:
Provided, That the funds appropriated under this section
may be transferred to and merged with funds appro-
priated elsewhere in this Act and that this transfer au-
thority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided under this Act: Provided further, That of the
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funds made available by this section, $10,000,000 shall
be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated in
this Act for ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’ and shall be
available only for the procurement of equipment that en-
hances the capability of the Chemical-Biological Incident
Response Force to respond to incidents of terrorism.
SEC. 8129. The Secretary of Defense, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services
and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
shall submit a report to the congressional defense com-
mittees by February 1, 1997 containing recommendations
regarding the establishment of a demonstration program
under which covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of
title 10, United States Code, who are entitled to benefits
under part A of the medicare program and who do not
have access to TRICARE, would be permitted to enroll
in a health benefits program offered through the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program under chapter 89 of
title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 8130. (a) Section 203 of H.R. 3230, the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997,
as passed by the Senate on September 10, 1996, is here-
by amended by repealing section 203(a), section 203(c),
and section 203(e).