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SEC. 8132. The appropriation, ‘‘Emergency Response
Fund, Defense’’ made under the heading ‘‘Emergency Re-
sponse Fund’’ by the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–165) is amended by inserting
the following immediately after the third sentence: ‘‘In ad-
dition to the foregoing, upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of Defense that such action is necessary, the Fund
may be used, in addition to other funds available to the
Department of Defense for such purposes, for expenses of
the Department of Defense which are incurred in supplying
supplies or services furnished in response to natural or
manmade disasters.’’.
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SEC. 8133. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act not more than $155,000,000
shall be available for payment of the operating costs of
NATO Headquarters.
Ω196æPage 123, after line 17 insert:
SEC. 8134. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be available for a contract for studies, analyses, or
consulting services entered into without competition on the
basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activ-
ity responsible for the procurement determines:
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(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation,
only one source is found fully qualified to perform the
proposed work, or
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an
unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific
or technological promise, represents the product of
original thinking, and was submitted in confidence
by one source, or
(3) the purpose of the contract is to take advan-
tage of unique and significant industrial accomplish-
ment by a specific concern, or to insure that a new
product or idea of a specific concern is given finan-
cial support:
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts
in an amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to im-
provements of equipment that is in development or produc-
tion, or contracts as to which a civilian official of the De-
partment of Defense, who has been confirmed by the Senate,
determines that the award of such contract is in the interest
of the national defense.
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SEC. 8135. Not later than January 1, 1994, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall transfer, without reimbursement,
to the Secretary of State a tract of land consisting of ap-
proximately 10 acres, together with improvements thereon,
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which comprise that portion of the Naval Base, Charleston,
South Carolina, bounded by Bainbridge Avenue, Holland
Street, and Dyess Avenue and known as buildings 646,
646A, 647, 643, 645, and 649, excluding building 644, and
all walkways and parking areas associated with such build-
ings: Provided, That the real property transferred pursuant
to this section shall be used by the Secretary of State in
support of diplomatic and consular operations: Provided
further, That the exact acreage and legal description of the
property to be transferred under this section shall be deter-
mined by a survey approved by the Secretary of the Navy.
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SEC. 8136. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Defense shall pay a death gratuity
to each Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance (SGLI) bene-
ficiary of each deceased member of the uniformed services
who died after October 28, 1992 and before December 1,
1992, and whose death was a death in the performance of
duty: Provided, That the amount of the death gratuity pay-
able to each beneficiary under this section shall be equal
to the SGLI paid or payable to such beneficiary under Sub-
chapter III of chapter 19 of title 38, United States Code,
by reason of the death of such member: Provided further,
That no death gratuity shall be paid under this section
where the deceased member of the uniformed services affirm-
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atively elected, in writing, to decline to apply for increased
SGLI coverage under paragraph (e) of section 1922A of title
38, United States Code: Provided further, That in the case
of a deceased member of the uniformed services who, prior
to death, affirmatively elected, in writing, to apply for an
increase in SGLI coverage in an amount less than $100,000
under paragraph (e) of section 1922A of title 38, U.S.C.,
the death gratuity paid under this section shall be equal
to the amount of the increase so elected: Provided further,
That a death gratuity shall be payable under this section
to a SGLI beneficiary upon receipt of a written application
therefor by the Secretary of Defense not later than Septem-
ber 30, 1994: Provided further, That, in addition to
amounts appropriated elsewhere in this Act, $5,300,000 is
appropriated and shall be available only for the settlement
of death gratuity claims under this section.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8137. During the current fiscal year and there-
after, sales of stockpiled material in the National Defense
Stockpile Transaction Fund in the Defense Business Oper-
ations Fund may be made in amounts not to exceed
$500,000,000 in each fiscal year: Provided, That receipts
from such sales as well as available fund balances may be
transferred to any appropriation available to the Depart-
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ment of Defense to be merged with and to be available for
the same purposes and same time period as the appropria-
tion to which transferred, or may be deposited to the mis-
cellaneous receipts of the Treasury: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Defense may impose a moratorium on the
acquisition of new material for the National Defense Stock-
pile for the purpose of reducing existing excess material in
the Stockpile.
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SEC. 8138. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs shall, during the current fiscal year, initiate
a managed health care program for eligible beneficiaries in
the area of Homestead Air Force Base: Provided, That this
program shall provide benefits and services substantially
identical to those established to serve beneficiary popu-
lations in areas where military medical facilities have been
terminated, to include retail pharmacy networks available
to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries: Provided further, That the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall
present a plan to implement this program to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations not later than Janu-
ary 15, 1994.
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(RESCISSIONS)
SEC. 8139. Of the funds provided in Department of
Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby
rescinded from the following accounts in the specified
amounts:
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Army, 
1993/1994’’,
$42,700,000;
‘‘Wheeled and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army,
1993/1995’’, $4,700,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 1992/
1994’’, $30,181,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 1993/
1995’’, $32,580,000;
‘‘Weapons 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1992/1994’’,
$15,000,000;
‘‘Weapons 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1993/1995’’,
$47,500,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1993/1995’’,
$26,600,000;
‘‘Procurement, 
Marine 
Corps, 
1992/1994’’,
$10,285,000;
‘‘Procurement, 
Marine 
Corps, 
1993/1995’’,
$6,508,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1993/1995’’,
$57,600,000;
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‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 1993/1995’’,
$63,206,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 1992/1994’’,
$17,276,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy, 1993/1994’’, $13,100,000.
Ω202æPage 123, after line 17 insert:
SEC. 8140. In addition to amounts appropriated else-
where in this Act, $25,000,000 is appropriated for the sub-
sidy of loan guarantees to carry out the program established
under section 1052 of S. 1298 as it passed the Senate on
September 14, 1993: Provided, That such section is enacted
into law.
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SEC. 8141. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition shall develop a detailed plan and schedule to imple-
ment the transition of the Defense Nuclear Agency and the
integration of its militarily essential functions into the
military services and Advanced Research Projects Agency:
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available to implement changes in current DNA
operations until 30 days after the plan and schedule have
been approved by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and submitted to the Congressional defense commit-
tees for review: Provided further, That the Under Secretary
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of Defense for Acquisition shall submit the aforementioned
transition plan and schedule not later than February 1,
1994.
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SEC. 8142. (a) No funds appropriated under this Act
may be obligated or expended for the purpose of establishing
the Antler Military Operations Area, Pennsylvania, for the
purpose of conducting aerial combat training operations
until the date of the submittal to congressional defense com-
mittees of the report referred to in subsection (b).
(b)(1)(A) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the effect of low-level aircraft training
operations of the Department of Defense on the proposed
Antler Military Operations Area, Pennsylvania.
(B) The Secretary shall submit the report not later
than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) The report under this subsection shall include the
following:
(A) An assessment of the effect of the training
operations referred to in paragraph (1) on—
(i) the environment of the areas of, and in
the vicinity of, the proposed Antler Military Op-
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erations Area, including a detailed assessment of
the effects of the noise generated by such oper-
ations on the environment of such areas;
(ii) the economy of such areas; and
(iii) the health and safety of persons living
in and around such areas.
(B) A description of the number of aircraft
flights per month that the Secretary anticipates will
occur in the proposed Antler Military Operations
Area.
(C) A description of the number and duration of
such flights per month that the Secretary anticipates
will occur at or below a level that is 500 feet above
the highest ground level of the proposed Antler Mili-
tary Operations Area.
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense
committees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services and
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House
of Representatives.
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SEC. 8143. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, within 30 days from the enactment of this Act, the
Department of the Navy shall select and take possession of
either LCU–1540 or LCU–1549 from the General Services
Administration: Provided, That the Navy shall modify or
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have modified the selected vessel utilizing commercial stand-
ards that meet United States Coast Guard certification re-
quirements as safe to operate in open ocean as a cargo ves-
sel: Provided further, That upon completion of all modifica-
tions and certification by the United States Coast Guard,
the Navy shall immediately transfer title of the vessel, at
no cost, to the government of American Samoa: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated in this Act in title
II, Operation and Maintenance, Navy, $1,500,000 shall be
available for this purpose: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds available to the
Department of Defense shall be made available to provide
transportation of medical supplies and equipment, on a
nonreimbursable basis, to American Samoa.
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SEC. 8144. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this or any other Act, the total amount obligated or ex-
pended for procurement of the SSN–21 and SSN–22
Seawolf attack submarines may not exceed $4,673,371,000.
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SEC. 8145. (a)(1) The Comptroller General shall carry
out a study of the cost-effectiveness to the Navy of the utili-
zation of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and nuclear-
powered submarines.
(2) The study shall include—
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(A) a comparison of the life-cycle cost of nuclear-
powered aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered sub-
marines with the life-cycle cost of conventionally-pow-
ered aircraft carriers and conventionally-powered
submarines, as the case may be;
(B) a comparison of the cost of procuring nu-
clear-powered aircraft carriers with the cost of carry-
ing out the service-life extension or complex overhaul
of existing conventionally-powered aircraft carriers;
(C) a comparison of the projected cost to the
Navy of operating a fleet of aircraft carriers utilizing
homeports located at foreign overseas installations
with the projected cost of operating such a fleet utiliz-
ing both foreign overseas homeports and homeports lo-
cated in the United States;
(D) an assessment of the effect on the projected
costs referred to in subparagraph (C) of—
(i) the plan, if any, of the Navy for the lo-
cation of a homeport for a nuclear-powered air-
craft carrier in the Western Pacific region in the
event of the retirement of all conventionally-pow-
ered aircraft carriers in the fleet; and
(ii) restrictions imposed by foreign nations
on utilizing installations located in such nations
as homeports for nuclear-powered aircraft car-
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riers, and on the operation of such carriers in
the waters of such nations;
(E) an assessment of the number of aircraft car-
riers required by the Navy in order to meet oper-
ational requirements for a continuous presence of air-
craft carriers in three overseas regions simultaneously
in the event that foreign nations prohibit the utiliza-
tion of locations in such nations as homeports for nu-
clear-powered aircraft carriers;
(F) an assessment of the refueling (including any
complex overhaul of the fueling system and nuclear
propulsion system) required for the nuclear-powered
aircraft carriers of the fleet through 2010, includ-
ing—
(i) a schedule for such refueling;
(ii) the cost of such refueling; and
(iii) the cost of disposing of the waste gen-
erated by such refueling;
(G) a detailed description of all programs of the
Department of Defense and of the Department of En-
ergy relating to nuclear propulsion systems for naval
ships (including surface ships and submarines) that
utilize such systems; and
(H) a detailed estimate of the costs associated
with processing or otherwise disposing of nuclear fuel