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civilian officials whose participation directly contributes to the edu-
cation and training of these foreign students.
SEC. 8121. (a) EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—In exchange for the pri-
vate property described in subsection (b), the Secretary of the
Interior shall convey to the Veterans Home of California—Barstow,
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #385E (in this section referred
to as the ‘‘recipient’’), all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to a parcel of real property consisting of approximately
one acre in the Mojave National Preserve and designated (by section
8137 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public
Law 107–117; 115 Stat. 2278)) as a national memorial commemo-
rating United States participation in World War I and honoring
the American veterans of that war. Notwithstanding the conveyance
of the property under this subsection, the Secretary shall continue
to carry out the responsibilities of the Secretary under such section
8137.
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the property to be
conveyed by the Secretary under subsection (a), Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Sandoz of Mountain Pass, California, have agreed to convey
to the Secretary a parcel of real property consisting of approximately
five acres, identified as parcel APN 569–051–44, and located in
the west 1⁄2 of the northeast 1⁄4 of the northwest 1⁄4 of the northwest
1⁄4 of section 11, township 14 north, range 15 east, San Bernardino
base and meridian.
(c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE; APPRAISAL.—The values of the
properties to be exchanged under this section shall be equal or
equalized as provided in subsection (d). The value of the properties
shall be determined through an appraisal performed by a qualified
appraiser in conformance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards
for Federal Land Acquisitions (Department of Justice, December
2000).
(d) CASH EQUALIZATION.—Any difference in the value of the
properties to be exchanged under this section shall be equalized
through the making of a cash equalization payment. The Secretary
shall deposit any cash equalization payment received by the Sec-
retary under this subsection in the Land and Water Conservation
Fund.
(e) REVERSIONARY CLAUSE.—The conveyance under subsection
(a) shall be subject to the condition that the recipient maintain
the conveyed property as a memorial commemorating United States
participation in World War I and honoring the American veterans
of that war. If the Secretary determines that the conveyed property
is no longer being maintained as a war memorial, the property
shall revert to the ownership of the United States.
(f) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; ADMINISTRATION
OF ACQUIRED
LAND.—The boundaries of the Mojave National Preserve shall be
adjusted to reflect the land exchange required by this section.
The property acquired by the Secretary under this section shall
become part of the Mojave National Preserve and be administered
in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations generally
applicable to the Mojave National Preserve.
SEC. 8122. None of the funds appropriated or made available
in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation
of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force
Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC–130 Weather Recon-
naissance mission below the levels funded in this Act: Provided,
That the Air Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance
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Squadron to perform other missions in support of national defense
requirements during the non-hurricane season.
SEC. 8123. The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, without
consideration, to the Inland Valley Development Agency all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to certain parcels
of real property, including improvements thereon, located in San
Bernardino, California, that consist of approximately 39 acres and
are leased, as of June 1, 2003, by the Secretary to the Defense
Finance and Accounting Service. The conveyance shall be subject
to the condition that the Inland Valley Development Agency and
the Director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service enter
into a lease-back agreement, acceptable to the Director, for premises
required by the Director for support operations conducted by the
Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
SEC. 8124. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2401 of
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized
to enter into a contract for the charter for a period through fiscal
year 2008, of the vessel, RV CORY CHOUEST (United States
Official Number 933435) in support of the Surveillance Towed Array
Sensor (SURTASS) program: Provided, That funding for this lease
shall be from within funds provided in this Act and future appro-
priations Acts.
SEC. 8125. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available elsewhere in this Act, and notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $17,000,000 is hereby appropriated to ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Army’’, to remain available until September
30, 2004, to be available only for a grant in the amount of
$17,000,000 to the Silver Valley Unified School District, Silver
Valley, California, for the purpose of school construction at Fort
Irwin, California.
SEC. 8126. (a) The total amount appropriated or otherwise
made available in titles II, III, and IV of this Act is hereby reduced
by $1,662,000,000 to reflect savings from outsourcing, management
efficiencies, and revised economic assumptions, to be distributed
as follows:
‘‘Title II’’, $554,000,000;
‘‘Title III’’, $554,000,000; and
‘‘Title IV’’, $554,000,000.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction propor-
tionately to each budget activity, activity group, subactivity group,
and each program, project, and activity within each applicable
appropriation account: Provided, That appropriations made avail-
able in this Act for the pay and benefits of military personnel
are exempt from reductions under this provision.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8127. (a) The amount appropriated in title II for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ is hereby reduced by
$451,000,000 to reflect cash balance and rate stabilization adjust-
ments in the Department of Defense Transportation Working Cap-
ital Fund.
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall transfer $451,000,000
from the Department of Defense Transportation Working Capital
Fund to ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to offset the reduc-
tion made by subsection (a). The transfer required by this subsection
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is in addition to any other transfer authority provided to the Depart-
ment of Defense.
(RESCISSION)
SEC. 8128. Of the funds made available in chapter 3 of title
I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act,
2003 (Public Law 108–11), under the heading ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’,
$3,490,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
SEC. 8129. Of the total amount appropriated by this Act under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, the Sec-
retary of Defense may use up to $855,566 to make additional
payment under section 363 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (20 U.S.C. 7703a) to those
local educational agencies whose percentage reduction in the pay-
ment amount for fiscal year 2002 was in excess of the reduction
otherwise imposed under subsection (d) of such section for that
fiscal year. The Secretary of Defense may waive collection of any
overpayment made to local educational agencies under such section
for fiscal year 2002.
SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to implement any amendment
or revision of, or cancel, the Department of Defense Directive 1344.7,
‘‘Personal Commercial Solicitation on DoD Installations’’, until 90
days following the date the Secretary of Defense submits to Con-
gress notice of the amendment, revision or cancellation, and the
reasons therefore.
SEC. 8131. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in
this or any other Act may be obligated for the Terrorism Information
Awareness Program: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply
to the program hereby authorized for Processing, analysis, and
collaboration tools for counterterrorism foreign intelligence, as
described in the Classified Annex accompanying the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004, for which funds are expressly
provided in the National Foreign Intelligence Program for
counterterrorism foreign intelligence purposes.
(b) None of the funds provided for Processing, analysis, and
collaboration tools for counterterrorism foreign intelligence shall
be available for deployment or implementation except for:
(1) lawful military operations of the United States con-
ducted outside the United States; or
(2) lawful foreign intelligence activities conducted wholly
overseas, or wholly against non-United States citizens.
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘Terrorism Information Awareness
Program’’ means the program known either as Terrorism Informa-
tion Awareness or Total Information Awareness, or any successor
program, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, or any other Department or element of the Federal Govern-
ment, including the individual components of such Program devel-
oped by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
SEC. 8132. (a) CLOSURE OF NAVAL STATION ROOSEVELT ROADS,
PUERTO RICO.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Navy shall close Naval Station Roosevelt Roads,
Puerto Rico, no later than 6 months after enactment of this Act.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The closure provided for in subsection
(a), and subsequent disposal, shall be carried out in accordance
with the procedures and authorities contained in the Defense Base
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Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (title XXIX of Public Law
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(c) OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ACTIVITIES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Office of Economic Adjust-
ment of the Department of Defense may make grants and supple-
ment other Federal funds using funds made available by this Act
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,
and the projects so supported shall be considered to be authorized
by law.
SEC. 8133. Up to $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated by
this Act under the heading, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’,
may be made available to contract for services required to solicit
non-Federal donations to support construction and operation of
the United States Army Museum at Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Army is
authorized to receive future payments in this or the subsequent
fiscal year from any non-profit organization chartered to support
the United States Army Museum to reimburse amounts expended
by the Army pursuant to this section: Provided further, That any
reimbursements received pursuant to this section shall be merged
with ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’ and shall be made avail-
able for the same purposes and for the same time period as that
appropriation account.
SEC. 8134. DESIGNATION OF AMERICA’S NATIONAL WORLD WAR
II MUSEUM. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The National D-Day Museum, operated in New Orleans,
Louisiana by an educational foundation, has been established
with the vision ‘‘to celebrate the American Spirit’’.
(2) The National D-Day Museum is the only museum in
the United States that exists for the exclusive purpose of inter-
preting the American experience during the World War II years
(1939–1945) on both the battlefront and the home front and,
in doing so, covers all of the branches of the Armed Forces
and the Merchant Marine.
(3) The National D-Day Museum was founded by the pre-
eminent American historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, as a result
of a conversation with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in
1963, when the President and former Supreme Commander,
Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, credited Andrew Jack-
son Higgins, the chief executive officer of Higgins Industries
in New Orleans, as the ‘‘man who won the war for us’’ because
the 12,000 landing craft designed by Higgins Industries made
possible all of the amphibious invasions of World War II and
carried American soldiers into every theatre of the war.
(4) The National D-Day Museum, since its grand opening
on June 6, 2000, the 56th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
of Normandy, has attracted nearly 1,000,000 visitors from
around the world, 85 percent of whom have been Americans
from across the country.
(5) American World War II veterans, called the ‘‘greatest
generation’’ of the Nation, are dying at the rapid rate of more
than 1,200 veterans each day, creating an urgent need to pre-
serve the stories, artifacts, and heroic achievements of that
generation.