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(d) This section shall not be construed to limit the authority
of the Secretary of Defense to require that a disbursement not
in excess of the amount applicable under subsection (a) be matched
to a particular obligation before the disbursement is made.
SEC. 8103. None of the funds in this Act may be used to
purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the
United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the
congressional defense committees that such an acquisition must
be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes
that is not available from United States manufacturers.
SEC. 8104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the
Department of the Army may be obligated for procurement of
120mm mortars or 120mm mortar ammunition manufactured out-
side of the United States: Provided, That the Secretary of the
military department responsible for such procurement may waive
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are not
available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to
acquire capability for national security purposes.
SEC. 8105. The Department of Defense shall release all funds
appropriated and available for the HAVE GAZE program to the
Department of the Air Force for obligation under existing contrac-
tual arrangements.
SEC. 8106. None of the funds available to the Department
of Defense during fiscal year 1996 may be obligated or expended
to support or finance the activities of the Defense Policy Advisory
Committee on Trade.
SEC. 8107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within
the funds available in this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
may enter into agrements to modify leases of housing units being
constructed if deemed to be in the best interest of the Department.
The housing units shall be assigned, without rental charge, as
family housing to members of the armed forces who are eligible
for assignment to military family housing.
SEC. 8107A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
authorization for the Indiana, Pennsylvania armory project set forth
in section 2601 of Public Law 102–484 (division B) shall remain
in effect until September 30, 1997.
SEC. 8108. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available to lease or charter a vessel in excess of seventeen
months (inclusive of any option periods) to transport fuel or oil
for the Department of Defense if the vessel was constructed after
October 1, 1995 unless the Secretary of Defense requires that
the vessel be constructed in the United States with a double hull
under the long-term lease or charter authority provided in section
2401 note of title 10, United States Code: Provided, That this
limitation shall not apply to contracts in force on the date of
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That by 1997 at least
20 percent of annual leases and charters must be for ships of
double hull design constructed after October 1, 1995 if available
in numbers sufficient to satisfy this requirement: Provided further,
That the Military Sealift Command shall plan to achieve the goal
of eliminating single hull ship leases by the year 2015.
SEC. 8109. None of the funds appropriated or made available
in this Act to the Department of the Navy shall be used to develop
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or procure main propulsion engines for the LPD–17 class of ships
unless such equipment is powered by a diesel engine manufactured
in the United States by a domestically operated entity: Provided,
That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such
an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for
national security purposes or there exists a significant cost or
quality difference.
SEC. 8110. None of the funds appropriated or made available
in this Act to the Department of the Navy shall be used to develop
or procure an emergency generator set for the New Attack Sub-
marine unless such equipment is powered by a diesel engine manu-
factured in the United States by a domestically operated entity:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction
on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such
an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for
national security purposes or there exists a significant cost or
quality difference.
SEC. 8111. None of the funds in this Act may be used to
transport military personnel into Edwards Air Force Base for train-
ing rotations at the National Training Center after April 15, 1996:
Provided, That the Department of Defense shall comply with the
recommendations of the fiscal year 1996 Military Construction bill
as it pertains to the interim and permanent National Training
Center Airhead.
SEC. 8112. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the
Army shall reconsider the decision not to include the infantry
military occupational specialty among the military skills and
specialties for which special pays are provided under the Selected
Reserve Incentive Program.
SEC. 8113. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit, on a
quarterly basis, a report to the congressional defense committees,
the Committee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
setting forth all costs (including incremental costs) incurred by
the Department of Defense during the preceding quarter in
implementing or supporting resolutions of the United Nations Secu-
rity Council, including any such resolution calling for international
sanctions, international peacekeeping operations, and humanitarian
missions undertaken by the Department of Defense. The quarterly
report shall include an aggregate of all such Department of Defense
costs by operation or mission.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quarterly reports
all efforts made to seek credit against past United Nations expendi-
tures and all efforts made to seek compensation from the United
Nations for costs incurred by the Department of Defense in
implementing and supporting United Nations activities.
SEC. 8114. (a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds available under title
II under the heading ‘‘FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION’’
for dismantlement and destruction of chemical weapons, not more
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than $52,000,000 may be obligated or expended for that purpose
until the President certifies to Congress the following:
(1) That the United States and Russia have completed
a joint laboratory study evaluating the proposal of Russia to
neutralize its chemical weapons and the United States agrees
with the proposal.
(2) That Russia is in the process of preparing, with the
assistance of the United States as necessary, a comprehensive
plan to manage the dismantlement and destruction of the Rus-
sia chemical weapons stockpile.
(3) That the United States and Russia are committed to
resolving outstanding issues under the 1989 Wyoming Memo-
randum of Understanding and the 1990 Bilateral Destruction
Agreement.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘1989 Wyoming Memorandum of Understand-
ing’’ means the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Government of the United States of America and the Govern-
ment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Regarding a
Bilateral Verification Experiment and Data Exchange Related
to Prohibition on Chemical Weapons, signed at Jackson Hole,
Wyoming, on September 23, 1989.
(2) The term ‘‘1990 Bilateral Destruction Agreement’’
means the Agreement between the United States of America
and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on destruction
and non-production of chemical weapons and on measures to
facilitate the multilateral convention on banning chemical
weapons signed on June 1, 1990.
SEC. 8115. (a) INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING, PEACE ENFORCE-
MENT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OPERATIONS.—It is the sense
of Congress that in the event of a deployment or participation
of United States Armed Forces units in any international peacekeep-
ing, peace enforcement, and humanitarian assistance operation,
the President must engage in consultations with the bipartisan
leadership of Congress and the congressional committees named
in subsection (e) regarding such operation in accordance with sub-
section (c)(1).
(b) COVERED OPERATIONS.—(1) This section applies to the fol-
lowing:
(A) Any international peacekeeping or peace-enforcement
operation that is not underway as of the date of the enactment
of this Act and that is authorized by the Security Council
of the United Nations under chapter VI or VII of the Charter
of the United Nations.
(B) Any other international peacekeeping or peace-enforce-
ment operation that is not underway as of the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(C) Any deployment after the date of the enactment of
this Act of United States ground forces in the territory of
the former Yugoslavia above the level of such forces so deployed
as of such date of enactment, other than a deployment involving
fewer than 100 personnel.
(D) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any international
humanitarian assistance operation.
(2) This section does not apply with respect to—
(A) an international humanitarian assistance operation car-
ried out in response to a disaster; or
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(B) any other international humanitarian assistance oper-
ation if the President reports to Congress that the estimated
cost of such operation is less than $50,000,000.
(c) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—(1) Consultations under
subsection (a) in the case of any operation shall be initiated before
the initial deployment of United States Armed Forces units to
participate in the operation and, whenever possible, at least 15
days before such deployment. However, if the President determines
that the national security so requires, the President may delay
the initiation of such consultations until after such initial deploy-
ment, but in no case may such consultations be initiated later
than 48 hours after such deployment.
(2) Such consultations shall include discussion of all of the
following:
(A) The goals of the operation and the mission of any
United States Armed Forces units involved in the operation.
(B) The United States interests that will be served by
the operation.
(C) The estimated cost of the operation.
(D) The strategy by which the President proposes to fund
the operation, including possible supplemental appropriations
or payments from international organizations, foreign countries,
or other donors.
(E) The extent of involvement of armed forces and other
contributions of personnel from other nations.
(F) The anticipated duration and scope of the operation.
(3) Such consultations shall continue on a periodic basis
throughout the period of the deployment.
(d) REQUESTS
FOR
EMERGENCY
SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Whenever there is a deployment of United States Armed
Forces to perform an international humanitarian, peacekeeping,
or peace-enforcement operation, the President should seek emer-
gency supplemental appropriations to meet the incremental costs
to the Department of Defense of that deployment not later than
90 days after the date on which such deployment commences.
(e) COMMITTEES TO BE INCLUDED
IN CONSULTATIONS.—The
committees referred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) The congressional defense committees.
(2) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
and the Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives.
(3) The Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives.
SEC. 8116. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following
findings:
(1) The President of France stated on June 13, 1995, that
the Republic of France plans to conduct eight nuclear test
explosions over the next several months.
(2) The People’s Republic of China continues to conduct
underground nuclear weapons tests.
(3) The United States, France, Russia, and Great Britain
have observed a moratorium on nuclear testing since 1992.
(4) A resumption of testing by the Republic of France
could result in the disintegration of the current testing morato-
rium and a renewal of underground testing by other nuclear
weapon states.