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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4547
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of
the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 2003.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 23, 2002
Mr. STUMP (for himself and Mr. SKELTON) (both by request) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military
activities of the Department of Defense and to prescribe
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 106. Defense Health Program.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces
Sec. 411. End strengths for selected reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2003 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians.
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
SEC. 101. ARMY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2003 for procurement for the Army as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $2,061,027,000.
(2) For missiles, $1,642,296,000.
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles,
$2,248,558,000.
(4) For ammunition, $1,159,426,000.
(5) For other procurement, $5,168,453,000.
(6) For chemical agents and munitions destruc-
tion, $1,490,199,000 for—
(A) the destruction of lethal chemical
weapons in accordance with section 1412 of the
Department of Defense Authorization Act,
1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and
(B) the destruction of chemical warfare
material of the United States that is not cov-
ered by section 1412 of such Act.
SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
(a) NAVY.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2003 for procurement for the Navy
as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $8,203,955,000.
(2) For weapons, including missiles and tor-
pedoes, $1,832,617,000.
(3) 
For 
shipbuilding 
and 
conversion,
$8,191,194,000.
(4) For other procurement, $4,347,024,000.
(b) MARINE CORPS.—Funds are hereby authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 2003 for procurement for
the Marine Corps in the amount of $1,288,383,000.
(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION.—Funds
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
2003 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and
Marine Corps in the amount of $1,015,153,000.
SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2003 for procurement for the Air Force as fol-
lows:
(1) For aircraft, $12,067,405,000.
(2) For missiles, $3,575,162,000.
(3) 
For 
procurement 
of 
ammunition,
$1,133,864,000.
(4) For other procurement, $10,523,946,000.
SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2003 for defense-wide procurement in the
amount of $2,688,515,000.
SEC. 105. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2003 for procurement for the Defense Inspec-
tor General in the amount of $2,000,000.
SEC. 106. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense for pro-
curement for carrying out health care programs, projects,
and activities of the Department of Defense in the total
amount of $278,742,000.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2003 for the use of the Armed Forces for re-
search, development, test, and evaluation, as follows:
(1) For the Army, $6,918,494,000.
(2) For the Navy, $12,501,630,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $17,601,233,000.
(4) For Defense-wide research, development,
test, and evaluation, $16,835,605,000, of which
$222,054,000 is authorized for the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation.
(5) 
For 
the 
Defense 
Health 
Program,
$67,214,000.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2003 for the use of the Armed Forces of the
United States and other activities and agencies of the De-
partment of Defense, for expenses, not otherwise provided
for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Army, $24,581,055,000.
(2) For the Navy, $29,028,813,000.
(3) For the Marine Corps, $3,357,952,000.
(4) For the Air Force, $27,304,623,000.
(5) 
For 
the 
Defense-wide 
activities,
$14,515,304,000.
(6) For the Army Reserve, $1,923,330,000.
(7) For the Naval Reserve, $1,165,961,000.
(8) 
For 
the 
Marine 
Corps 
Reserve,
$185,532,000.
(9) For the Air Force Reserve, $2,190,817,000.
(10) 
For 
the 
Army 
National 
Guard,
$4,136,822,000.
(11) 
For 
the 
Air 
National 
Guard,
$4,150,861,000.
(12) For the Defense Inspector General,
$163,440,000.
(13) For the United States Court of Appeals
for the Armed Forces, $9,925,000.
(14) For Environmental Restoration, Army,
$395,900,000.
(15) For Environmental Restoration, Navy,
$256,948,000.
(16) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force,
$389,773,000.
(17) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-
wide, $23,498,000.
(18) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly
Used Defense Sites, $212,102,000.
(19) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and
Civic Aid programs, $58,400,000.
(20) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug
Activities, Defense-wide, $848,907,000.
(21) For the Kaho’olawe Island Conveyance,
Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Trust
Fund, $25,000,000.
(22) 
For 
the 
Defense 
Health 
Program,
$14,360,271,000.
(23) For Cooperative Threat Reduction pro-
grams, $416,700,000.
(24) For Overseas Contingency Operations
Transfer Fund, $50,000,000.
(25) For Defense Emergency Response Fund,
$20,055,000,000.
(26) For Support for International Sporting
Competitions, Defense, $19,000,000.
SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2003 for the use of the Armed Forces of the
United States and other activities and agencies of the De-
partment of Defense for providing capital for working cap-
ital and revolving funds in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds,
$2,338,759,000.
(2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund,
$934,129,000.
SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2003 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home
Trust Fund the sum of $69,921,000 for the operation of
the Armed Forces Retirement Home, including the United
States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the Naval Home.
TITLE IV—MILITARY
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active
duty personnel as of September 30, 2003, as follows:
(1) The Army, 480,000.
(2) The Navy, 375,700.
(3) The Marine Corps, 175,000.
(4) The Air Force, 359,000.
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve
components as of September 30, 2003, as follows:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United
States, 350,000.
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 87,800.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,558.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United
States, 106,600.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 75,600.
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 9,000.
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The end strengths prescribed by
subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve com-
ponent shall be proportionately reduced by—
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of
such component which are on active duty (other
than for training) at the end of the fiscal year, and
(2) the total number of individual members not
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected
Reserve of such component who are on active duty
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end
of the fiscal year.
Whenever such units or such individual members are re-
leased from active duty during any fiscal year, the end
strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected
Reserve of such reserve component shall be increased pro-
portionately by the total authorized strengths of such
units and by the total number of such individual members.
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.
Within the end strengths prescribed in section
411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are
authorized, as of September 30, 2003, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or,
in the case of members of the National Guard, full-time
National Guard duty for the purpose of organizing, ad-
ministering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve
components:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United
States, 23,768.
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,588.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 14,572.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United
States, 11,697.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 1,498.
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS
(DUAL STATUS).
The Reserve Components of the Army and the Air
Force are authorized strengths for military technicians
(dual status) as of September 30, 2003, as follows:
(1) For the Army Reserve, 6,349.
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United
States, 23,615.
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,911.
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United
States, 22,495.
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2003 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS.
The number of civilian employees who are non-dual
status technicians of a reserve component of the Army or
Air Force as of September 30, 2003, may not exceed the
following:
(1) For the Army Reserve, 995.
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United
States, 1,600.
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 0.
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United
States, 350.
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