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Union Calendar No. 56
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1530
[Report No. 104–131]
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of
the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 2, 1995
Mr. SPENCE (for himself and Mr. DELLUMS) (both by request) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on National Security
MAY 31, 1995
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 2, 1995]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, and
for other purposes.
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 1996’’.
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF
CONTENTS.
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into three divi-
sions as follows:
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Author-
izations.
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations.
(3) Division C—Department of Energy National
Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Reserve components.
Sec. 106. Chemical demilitarization program.
Subtitle B—Army Programs
Sec. 111. Procurement of helicopters.
Subtitle C—Navy Programs
Sec. 131. Repeal of prohibition on backfit of Trident submarines.
Sec. 132. Repeal of limitation on total cost for SSN–21 and SSN–22 Seawolf sub-
marines.
Sec. 133. Competition required for selection of shipyards for construction of ves-
sels for next generation attack submarine program.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
Sec. 141. Repeal of limitations.
Subtitle E—Chemical Demilitarization Program
Sec. 151. Repeal of requirement to proceed expeditiously with development of
chemical demilitarization cryofracture facility at Tooele Army
Depot, Utah.
Sec. 152. Sense of Congress regarding cost growth in program for destruction of
the existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic research and exploratory development.
Sec. 203. Modifications to Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program.
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations
Sec. 211. Space launch modernization.
Sec. 212. Maneuver variant unmanned aerial vehicle.
Sec. 213. Tactical manned reconnaissance.
Sec. 214. Advanced lithography program.
Sec. 215. Enhanced fiber optic guided missile system.
Sec. 216. Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) program.
Subtitle C—Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995
Sec. 231. Short title.
Sec. 232. Ballistic missile defense policy of the United States.
Sec. 233. Implementation of policy.
Sec. 234. Follow-on technologies research and development.
Sec. 235. Policy on compliance with the ABM Treaty.
Sec. 236. Ballistic Missile Defense program accountability.
Sec. 237. ABM Treaty defined.
Sec. 238. Repeal of Missile Defense Act of 1991.
Subtitle D—Other Ballistic Missile Defense Provisions
Sec. 241. Ballistic missile defense funding for fiscal year 1996.
Sec. 242. Policy concerning ballistic missile defense.
Sec. 243. Testing of theater missile defense interceptors.
Sec. 244. Repeal of missile defense provisions.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 251. Allocation of funds for medical countermeasures against biowarfare
threats.
Sec. 252. Analysis of consolidation of basic research accounts of military depart-
ments.
Sec. 253. Change in reporting period from calendar year to fiscal year for annual
report on certain contracts to colleges and universities.
Sec. 254. Modification to University Research Initiative Support Program.
Sec. 255. Advanced Field Artillery System (Crusader).
Sec. 256. Review of C4I by National Research Council.
Sec. 257. Five-year plan for federally funded research and development centers
(FFRDCs).
Sec. 258. Manufacturing technology program.
Sec. 259. Five-year plan for consolidation of defense laboratories and test and
evaluation centers.
Sec. 260. Aeronautical research and test capabilities assessment.
Sec. 261. Limitation on T–38 Avionics Upgrade program.
Sec. 262. Cross reference to congressional defense policy concerning national tech-
nology and industrial base, reinvestment, and conversion in op-
eration of defense research and development programs.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Subtitle B—Defense Business Operations Fund
Sec. 311. Codification of Defense Business Operations Fund.
Sec. 312. Retention of centralized management of Defense Business Operations
Fund and prohibition on further expansion of Fund.
Sec. 313. Charges for goods and services provided through Defense Business Oper-
ations Fund and termination of advance billing practices.
Sec. 314. Annual proposed budget for operation of Defense Business Operations
Fund.
Sec. 315. Reduction in requests for transportation funded through Defense Busi-
ness Operations Fund.
Subtitle C—Environmental Provisions
Sec. 321. Clarification of services and property that may be exchanged to benefit
the historical collection of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 322. Addition of amounts creditable to defense environmental restoration ac-
count.
Sec. 323. Repeal of certain environmental education programs.
Sec. 324. Repeal of limitation on obligation of amounts transferred from environ-
mental restoration transfer account.
Sec. 325. Elimination of authority to transfer amounts for toxicological profiles.
Sec. 326. Sense of Congress on use of Defense Environmental Restoration Ac-
count.
Subtitle D—Civilian Employees and Nonappropriated Fund
Instrumentality Employees
Sec. 331. Management of Department of Defense civilian personnel.
Sec. 332. Management of depot employees.
Sec. 333. Conversion to performance by civilian employees of active-duty posi-
tions.
Sec. 334. Personnel actions involving employees of nonappropriated fund instru-
mentalities.
Sec. 335. Termination of overseas living quarters allowances for nonappropriated
fund instrumentality employees.
Sec. 336. Overtime exemption for nonappropriated fund employees.
Sec. 337. Continued health insurance coverage.
Sec. 338. Creditability of certain NAFI service under the Federal Employees’ Re-
tirement System.
Subtitle E—Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund
Instrumentalities
Sec. 341. Operation of commissary store system.
Sec. 342. Pricing policies for commissary store merchandise.
Sec. 343. Limited release of commissary stores sales information to manufactur-
ers, distributors, and other vendors doing business with Defense
Commissary Agency.
Sec. 344. Economical distribution of distilled spirits by nonappropriated fund in-
strumentalities.
Sec. 345. Transportation by commissaries and exchanges to overseas locations.
Sec. 346. Demonstration program for uniform funding of morale, welfare, and
recreation activities at certain military installations.
Sec. 347. Continued operation of base exchange mart at Fort Worth Naval Air
Station and authority to expand base exchange mart program.
Sec. 348. Uniform deferred payments program for military exchanges.
Sec. 349. Availability of funds to offset expenses incurred by Army and Air Force
Exchange Service on account of troop reductions in Europe.
Sec. 350. Study regarding improving efficiencies in operation of military ex-
changes and other morale, welfare, and recreation activities and
commissary stores.
Sec. 351. Extension of deadline for conversion of Navy ships’ stores to operation
as nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.
Subtitle F—Contracting Out
Sec. 357. Procurement of electricity from most economical source.
Sec. 358. Procurement of certain commodities from most economical source.
Sec. 359. Increase in commercial procurement of printing and duplication serv-
ices.
Sec. 360. Direct delivery of assorted consumable inventory items of Department
of Defense.
Sec. 361. Operations of Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service.
Sec. 362. Private operation of payroll functions of Department of Defense for
payment of civilian employees.
Sec. 363. Demonstration program to identify underdeductions and overpayments
made to vendors.
Sec. 364. Pilot program to evaluate potential for private operation of overseas de-
pendents’ schools.
Sec. 365. Pilot program for evaluation of improved defense travel processing pro-
totypes.
Sec. 366. Pilot program for private operation of consolidated information tech-
nology functions of Department of Defense.
Sec. 367. Report on efforts to contract out certain functions of Department of De-
fense.
Sec. 368. Pilot program for private operation of payroll and accounting functions
of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Reviews, Studies, and Reports
Sec. 371. Quarterly readiness reports.
Sec. 372. Reports required regarding expenditures for emergency and extraor-
dinary expenses.
Sec. 373. Restatement of requirement for semiannual reports to Congress on
transfers from high-priority readiness appropriations.
Sec. 374. Modification of notification requirement regarding use of core logistics
functions waiver.
Sec. 375. Limitation on development or modernization of automated information
systems of Department of Defense pending report.
Sec. 376. Report regarding reduction of costs associated with contract manage-
ment oversight.
Subtitle H—Other Matters
Sec. 381. Prohibition on capital lease for Defense Business Management Univer-
sity.
Sec. 382. Authority of Inspector General over investigations of procurement
fraud.
Sec. 383. Provision of equipment and facilities to assist in emergency response
actions.
Sec. 384. Conversion of Civilian Marksmanship Program to nonappropriated
fund instrumentality and activities under program.
Sec. 385. Personnel services and logistical support for certain activities held on
military installations.
Sec. 386. Retention of monetary awards.
Sec. 387. Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
Sec. 388. Permanent authority regarding use of proceeds from sale of lost, aban-
doned, and unclaimed personal property at certain installations.
Sec. 389. Transfer of excess personal property to support law enforcement activi-
ties.
Sec. 390. Development and implementation of innovative processes to improve op-
eration and maintenance.
Sec. 391. Review of use of Defense Logistics Agency to manage inventory control
points.
Sec. 392. Sale of 50 percent of current war reserve fuel stocks.
Sec. 393. Military clothing sales stores, replacement sales.
Sec. 394. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian
employees.
Sec. 395. Core logistics capabilities of the Department of Defense.
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Temporary variations in DOPMA authorized end strength limitations
for active duty Navy and Air Force officers in certain grades.
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. Counting of certain active component personnel assigned in support of
Reserve component training.
Subtitle C—Military Training Student Loads
Sec. 421. Authorization of training student loads.
Subtitle D—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 431. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.
Sec. 432. Authorization for increase in active-duty end strengths.
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy
Sec. 501. Authority to extend transition period for officers selected for early re-
tirement.
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Reserve Components
Sec. 511. Military technician full-time support program for Army and Air Force
reserve components.
Sec. 512. Military leave for military reserve technicians for certain duty overseas.
Sec. 513. Revisions to Army Guard combat reform initiative to include Army re-
serve under certain provisions and make certain revisions.
Sec. 514. ROTC scholarships for the National Guard.
Sec. 515. Report on feasibility of providing education benefits protection insur-
ance for service academy and ROTC scholarship students who
become medically unable to serve.
Sec. 516. Active duty officers detailed to ROTC duty at senior military colleges
to serve as Commandant and Assistant Commandant of Cadets
and as tactical officers.
Sec. 517. Mobilization income insurance program for members of Ready Reserve.
Sec. 518. Delay in reorganization of Army ROTC regional headquarters struc-
ture.
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Force Levels
Sec. 521. Floor on end strengths.
Sec. 522. Army officer manning levels.
Sec. 523. Comptroller General review of proposed Army end strength allocations.
Sec. 524. Manning status of highly deployable support units.
Sec. 525. Sense of Congress concerning personnel tempo rates.
Subtitle D—Amendments to the Uniform Code of Military
Justice
Sec. 541. References to Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 542. Forfeiture of pay and allowances during confinement by sentence of
court-martial.
Sec. 543. Refusal to testify before court-martial.
Sec. 544. Flight from apprehension.
Sec. 545. Carnal knowledge.
Sec. 546. Time after accession for initial instruction in the Uniform Code of
Military Justice.
Sec. 547. Persons who may appear before the United States Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces.
Sec. 548. Discretionary representation by Government appellate defense counsel
in petitioning Supreme Court for writ of certiorari.
Sec. 549. Repeal of termination of authority for Chief Justice of United States
to designate Article III judges for temporary service on Court of
Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Sec. 550. Technical amendment.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 551. Equalization of accrual of service credit for officers and enlisted mem-
bers.
Sec. 552. Extension of expiring personnel authorities.
Sec. 553. Increase in educational assistance allowance with respect to skills or
specialties for which there is a critical shortage of personnel.
Sec. 554. Amendments to education loan repayment programs.
Sec. 555. Recognition by States of living wills of members, certain former mem-
bers, and their dependents.
Sec. 556. Transitional compensation for dependents of members of the Armed
Forces separated for dependent abuse.
Sec. 557. Army ranger training.
Sec. 558. Repeal of certain civil-military programs.
Sec. 559. Eligibility for Armed Forces expeditionary medal based upon service in
El Salvador.
Sec. 560. Revision and codification of Military Family Act and Military Child
Care Act.
Sec. 561. Discharge of members of the Armed Forces who have the HIV–1 virus.
Sec. 562. Authority to appoint Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, United
States Air Forces (retired) to the grade of major general on the
retired list.
Sec. 563. Determination of whereabouts and status of missing persons.
Sec. 564. Nominations to service academies from Commonwealth of the Northern
Marianas Islands.
Sec. 565. Report on the consistency of reporting of fingerprint cards and final
disposition forms to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL
BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances
Sec. 601. Military pay raise for fiscal year 1996.
Sec. 602. Limitation on basic allowance for subsistence for members without de-
pendents residing in Government quarters.
Sec. 603. Authorization of payment of basic allowance for quarters to additional
members assigned to sea duty.
Sec. 604. Establishment of minimum amounts of variable housing allowance for
high housing cost areas and additional limitation on reduction
of allowance for certain members.
Sec. 605. Clarification of limitation on receipt of family separation allowance.
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonuses for reserve forces.
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay for nurse officer can-
didates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists.
Sec. 613. Extension of authority relating to payment of other bonuses and special
pays.
Sec. 614. Codification and extension of special pay for critically short wartime
health specialists in the Selected Reserves.
Sec. 615. Change in eligibility requirements for continuous monthly aviation in-
centive pay.
Sec. 616. Continuous entitlement to career sea pay for crewmembers of ships des-
ignated as tenders.
Sec. 617. Increase in maximum rate of special duty assignment pay for enlisted
members serving as recruiters.
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances
Sec. 621. Authorization of return to United States of formerly dependent children
of members.
Sec. 622. Authorization of dislocation allowance for moves in connection with
base realignments and closures.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
Sec. 631. Elimination of unnecessary annual reporting requirements regarding
compensation matters.
Sec. 632. Study regarding joint process for determining location of recruiting sta-
tions.
Sec. 633. Elimination of disparity between effective dates for military and civil-
ian retiree cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal year 1996.
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Health Care Services
Sec. 701. Modification of requirements regarding routine physical examinations
and immunizations under CHAMPUS.
Sec. 702. Correction of inequities in medical and dental care and death and dis-
ability benefits for certain Reservists.
Sec. 703. Medical and dental care for members of the Selected Reserve.
Subtitle B—TRICARE Program
Sec. 711. Priority use of military treatment facilities for persons enrolled in
managed care initiatives.
Sec. 712. Staggered payment of enrollment fees for TRICARE.
Sec. 713. Requirement of budget neutrality for TRICARE to be based on entire
program.
Sec. 714. Training in health care management and administration for TRICARE
lead agents.
Sec. 715. Evaluation and report on TRICARE effectiveness.
Subtitle C—Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities
Sec. 721. Limitation on expenditures to support Uniformed Services Treatment
Facilities and limitation on number of participants in USTF
managed care plans.
Sec. 722. Application of Federal acquisition regulation to participation agree-
ments with uniformed services treatment facilities.
Sec. 723. Development of plan for integrating Uniformed Services Treatment Fa-
cilities in managed care programs of Department of Defense.
Sec. 724. Equitable implementation of uniform cost sharing requirements for
Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities.
Subtitle D—Other Changes to Existing Laws Regarding Health
Care Management
Sec. 731. Maximum allowable payments to individual health-care providers
under CHAMPUS.
Sec. 732. Expansion of existing restriction on use of defense funds for abortions.
Sec. 733. Identification of third-party payer situations.
Sec. 734. Redesignation of Military Health Care Account as Defense Health Pro-
gram Account and two-year availability of certain Account
funds.
Sec. 735. Expansion of financial assistance program for health-care professionals
in reserve components to include dental specialties.
Sec. 736. Elimination of unnecessary annual reporting requirements regarding
military health care.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 741. Termination of program to train and utilize military psychologists to
prescribe psychotropic medications.
Sec. 742. Waiver of collection of payments due from certain persons unaware of
loss of CHAMPUS eligibility.
Sec. 743. Notification of certain CHAMPUS covered beneficiaries of loss of
CHAMPUS eligibility.
Sec. 744. Demonstration program to train military medical personnel in civilian
shock trauma units.
Sec. 745. Study regarding Department of Defense efforts to determine appropriate
force levels of wartime medical personnel.
Sec. 746. Study regarding expanded mental health services for certain covered
beneficiaries.
Sec. 747. Report on improved access to military health care for covered bene-
ficiaries entitled to Medicare.
Sec. 748. Sense of Congress on continuity of health care services for covered bene-
ficiaries adversely affected by closures of military medical treat-
ment facilities.
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION
MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS
Sec. 801. Repeals of certain procurement provisions.
Sec. 802. Fees for certain testing services.
Sec. 803. Testing of defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 804. Coordination and communication of defense research activities.
Sec. 805. Addition of certain items to domestic source limitation.
Sec. 806. Revisions to procurement notice provisions.
Sec. 807. International competitiveness.
Sec. 808. Encouragement of use of leasing authority.
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT
Sec. 901. Reorganization of Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 902. Restructuring of Department of Defense acquisition organization and
workforce.
Sec. 903. Plan for incorporation of Department of Energy national security func-
tions in Department of Defense.
Sec. 904. Change in titles of certain Marine Corps general officer billets resulting
from reorganization of the Headquarters, Marine Corps.
Sec. 905. Inclusion of Information Resources Management College in the National
Defense University.
Sec. 906. Employment of civilians at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Stud-
ies.
Sec. 907. Continued operation of Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences.
Sec. 908. Redesignation of Advanced Research Projects Agency.
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Financial Matters
Sec. 1001. Transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex.
Sec. 1003. Improved funding mechanisms for unbudgeted operations.
Sec. 1004. Designation and liability of disbursing and certifying officials.
Sec. 1005. Authority for obligation of certain unauthorized fiscal year 1995 de-
fense appropriations.
Sec. 1006. Authorization of prior emergency supplemental appropriations for fis-
cal year 1995.
Sec. 1007. Prohibition of incremental funding of procurement items.
Subtitle B—Naval Vessels and Shipyards
Sec. 1021. Contract options for LMSR vessels.
Sec. 1022. Vessels subject to repair under phased maintenance contracts.
Sec. 1023. Clarification of requirements relating to repairs of vessels.
Sec. 1024. Naming of naval vessel.
Sec. 1025. Transfer of riverine patrol craft.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 1031. Termination and modification of authorities regarding national de-
fense technology and industrial base, defense reinvestment, and
defense conversion programs.
Sec. 1032. Repeal of miscellaneous provisions of law.
TITLE XI—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH
STATES OF FORMER SOVIET UNION
Sec. 1101. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
Sec. 1102. Fiscal year 1996 authorization.
Sec. 1103. Repeal of demilitarization enterprise fund authority.
Sec. 1104. Prohibition on use of funds for peacekeeping exercises and related ac-
tivities with Russia.
Sec. 1105. Revision to authority for assistance for weapons destruction.
Sec. 1106. Prior notice to Congress of obligation of funds.
Sec. 1107. Report on accounting for United States assistance.
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS
Subtitle A—Peacekeeping Provisions
Sec. 1201. Limitation on expenditure of Department of Defense funds for United
States forces placed under United Nations command or control.
Sec. 1202. Limitation on use of Department of Defense funds for United States
share of costs of United Nations peacekeeping activities.
Subtitle B—Humanitarian Assistance Programs
Sec. 1211. Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs.
Sec. 1212. Humanitarian assistance.
Sec. 1213. Landmine clearance program.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 1221. Revision of definition of landmine for purposes of landmine export
moratorium.
Sec. 1222. Extension and amendment of counterproliferation authorities.
Sec. 1223. Prohibition on use of funds for activities associated with the United
States-People’s Republic of China Joint Defense Conversion
Commission.
Sec. 1224. Defense export loan guarantees.
Sec. 1225. Accounting for burdensharing contributions.
Sec. 1226. Authority to accept contributions for expenses of relocation within host
nation of United States Armed Forces overseas.
Sec. 1227. Sense of Congress on ABM treaty violations.
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 2001. Short title.
TITLE XXI—ARMY
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2102. Family housing.
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.
TITLE XXII—NAVY
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2202. Family housing.
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2302. Family housing.
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.
Sec. 2305. Retention of accrued interest on funds deposited for construction of
family housing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2402. Family housing private investment.
Sec. 2403. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2404. Energy conservation projects.
Sec. 2405. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.
Sec. 2406. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1995 projects.
Sec. 2407. Limitation on expenditures for construction project at Umatilla Army
Depot, Oregon.
TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES
Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2602. Correction in authorized uses of funds for Army National Guard
projects in Mississippi.
TITLE XXVII—EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF
AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by
law.
Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1993 projects.
Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1992 projects.
Sec. 2704. Effective date.
TITLE XXVIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military
Family Housing Changes
Sec. 2801. Alternative means of acquiring and improving military family hous-
ing and supporting facilities for the Armed Forces.
Sec. 2802. Inclusion of other Armed Forces in Navy program of limited partner-
ships with private developers for military housing.
Sec. 2803. Special unspecified minor construction thresholds for projects to cor-
rect life, health, and safety deficiencies and clarification of un-
specified minor construction authority.
Sec. 2804. Disposition of amounts recovered as a result of damage to real prop-
erty.
Sec. 2805. Rental of family housing in foreign countries.
Sec. 2806. Pilot program to provide interest rate buy down authority on loans
for housing within housing shortage areas at military installa-
tions.
Subtitle B—Base Closure and Realignment
Sec. 2811. Authority to transfer property at military installations to be closed to
persons who construct or provide military family housing.
Sec. 2812. Deposit of proceeds from leases of property located at installations
being closed or realigned.
Sec. 2813. Agreements for certain services at installations being closed.
Subtitle C—Land Conveyances Generally
Sec. 2821. Transfer of jurisdiction, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Sec. 2822. Land acquisition or exchange, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South
Carolina.
Sec. 2823. Transfer of certain real property at Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve
Plant, Calverton, New York, for use as national cemetery.
Sec. 2824. Land conveyance, Fort Ord, California.
Sec. 2825. Land conveyance, Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Charlestown, In-
diana.
Sec. 2826. Land conveyance, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.
Sec. 2827. Land conveyance, Avon Park Air Force Range, Sebring, Florida.
Sec. 2828. Land conveyance, Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, Cali-
fornia.
Sec. 2829. Land conveyance, Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Mount Carmel,
Tennessee.
Sec. 2830. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, McGregor,
Texas.
Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction and land conveyance, Fort Devens Military
Reservation, Massachusetts.
Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
Sec. 2833. Land conveyance alternative to existing lease authority, Naval Supply
Center, Oakland, California.
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances Involving Utilities
Sec. 2841. Conveyance of resource recovery facility, Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Sec. 2842. Conveyance of water and wastewater treatment plants, Fort Gordon,
Georgia.
Sec. 2843. Conveyance of electrical distribution system, Fort Irwin, California.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 2851. Expansion of authority to sell electricity.
Sec. 2852. Authority for Mississippi State Port Authority to use Navy property
at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi.
Sec. 2853. Prohibition on joint civil aviation use of Naval Air Station Miramar,
California.
Sec. 2854. Report regarding Army water craft support facilities and activities.
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL
SECURITY AUTHORIZATION AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL
SECURITY PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations
Sec. 3101. Weapons activities.
Sec. 3102. Environmental restoration and waste management.
Sec. 3103. Payment of penalties.
Sec. 3104. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3105. Defense nuclear waste disposal.
Subtitle B—Recurring General Provisions
Sec. 3121. Reprogramming.
Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects.
Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects.
Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority.
Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design.
Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities.
Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department
of Energy.
Sec. 3128. Availability of funds.
Subtitle C—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations
Sec. 3131. Authority to conduct program relating to fissile materials.
Sec. 3132. National Ignition Facility.
Sec. 3133. Tritium production.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
Sec. 3141. Report on foreign tritium purchases.
Sec. 3142. Study on nuclear test readiness postures.
Sec. 3143. Master plan on warheads in the enduring stockpile.
Sec. 3144. Prohibition on international inspections of Department of Energy fa-
cilities unless protection of restricted data is certified.
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY
BOARD
Sec. 3201. Authorization.
TITLE XXXIII—NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE
Sec. 3301. Fiscal year 1996 authorized uses of stockpile funds.
Sec. 3302. Preference for domestic upgraders in disposal of chromite and man-
ganese ores and chromium ferro and manganese metal electro-
lytic.
Sec. 3303. Restrictions on disposal of manganese ferro.
Sec. 3304. Titanium initiative to support battle tank upgrade program.
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 3402. Price requirement on sale of certain petroleum during fiscal year 1996.
Sec. 3403. Sale of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills).
Sec. 3404. Study regarding future of naval petroleum reserves (other than Naval
Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1).
TITLE XXXV—PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 3501. Short title.
Sec. 3502. Authorization of expenditures.
Sec. 3503. Expenditures in accordance with other laws.
Subtitle B—Reconstitution of Commission as Government
Corporation
Sec. 3521. Short title.
Sec. 3522. Reconstitution of commission as government corporation.
Sec. 3523. Supervisory board.
Sec. 3524. International advisors.
Sec. 3525. General and specific powers of commission.
Sec. 3526. Congressional review of budget.
Sec. 3527. Audits.
Sec. 3528. Prescription of measurement rules and rates of tolls.
Sec. 3529. Procedures for changes in rules of measurement and rates of tolls
Sec. 3530. Miscellaneous technical amendments.
Sec. 3531. Conforming amendment to title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional de-
fense committees’’ means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on National Security and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 101. ARMY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1996 for procurement for the Army as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $1,423,067,000.
(2) For missiles, $862,830,000.
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles,
$1,359,664,000.
(4) For ammunition, $1,062,715,000.
(5) For other procurement, $2,545,587,000.
SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
(a) NAVY.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 1996 for procurement for the Navy
as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $4,106,488,000.
(2) For weapons, including missiles and tor-
pedoes, $1,626,411,000.
(3) 
For 
shipbuilding 
and 
conversion,
$6,227,958,000.
(4) For other procurement, $2,461,472,000.
(b) MARINE CORPS.—Funds are hereby authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for procurement for
the Marine Corps in the amount of $399,247,000.
(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION.—Funds
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for procurement
of ammunition for Navy and the Marine Corps in the
amount of $461,779,000.
SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1996 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $7,031,952,000.
(2) For missiles, $3,430,083,000.
(3) For ammunition, $321,328,000.
(4) For other procurement, $6,784,801,000.
SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1996 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount
of $2,205,917,000.
SEC. 105. RESERVE COMPONENTS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1996 for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, commu-
nications equipment, and other equipment for the reserve
components of the Armed Forces as follows:
(1) For the Army National Guard, $150,000,000.
(2) For the Air National Guard, $227,800,000.
(3) For the Army Reserve, $84,300,000.
(4) For the Naval Reserve, $86,000,000.
(5) For the Air Force Reserve, $171,200,000.
(6) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $50,700,000.
SEC. 106. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is hereby authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 1996 the amount of
$746,698,000 for—
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and
munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the De-
partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50
U.S.C. 1521); and
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel
of the United States that is not covered by section
1412 of such Act.
(b) ALLOCATION.—Of the funds specified in subsection
(a)—
(1) $393,850,000 is for operations and mainte-
nance;
(2) $299,448,000 is for procurement; and
(3) $53,400,000 is for research and development.
Subtitle B—Army Programs
SEC. 111. PROCUREMENT OF HELICOPTERS.
The prohibition in section 133(a)(2) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991
(Public Law 101–189; 103 Stat. 1383) does not apply to
the obligation of funds in amounts not to exceed
$125,000,000 for the procurement of not more than 20 OH–
58D AHIP Scout aircraft from funds appropriated for fis-
cal year 1996 pursuant to section 101.
Subtitle C—Navy Programs
SEC. 131. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON BACKFIT OF TRI-
DENT SUBMARINES.
Section 124 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 108 Stat. 2683)
is repealed.
SEC. 132. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST FOR
SSN–21 AND SSN–22 SEAWOLF SUBMARINES.
Section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 108 Stat. 2682)
is repealed.
SEC. 133. COMPETITION REQUIRED FOR SELECTION OF
SHIPYARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VESSELS
FOR NEXT GENERATION ATTACK SUBMARINE
PROGRAM.
(a) COMPETITION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the
Navy shall select on a competitive basis the shipyard for
construction of each vessel for the next generation attack
submarine program.
(b) PROGRAM IDENTIFIED.—The next generation at-
tack submarine program shall begin with the first sub-
marine for which the Secretary of the Navy enters into a
contract for construction after the submarine that is pro-
grammed to be constructed using funds appropriated for fis-
cal year 1998.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
SEC. 141. REPEAL OF LIMITATIONS.
The following provisions of law are repealed:
(1) Section 112 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public
Law 101–189; 103 Stat. 1373).
(2) Section 151(c) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law
102–484; 106 Stat. 2339).
(3) Sections 131(c) and 131(d) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Pub-
lic Law 103–160; 107 Stat. 1569).
(4) Section 133(e) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law
103–337; 108 Stat. 2688).
Subtitle E—Chemical
Demilitarization Program
SEC. 151. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO PROCEED EXPEDI-
TIOUSLY WITH DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICAL
DEMILITARIZATION CRYOFRACTURE FACIL-
ITY AT TOOELE ARMY DEPOT, UTAH.
Subsection (a) of section 173 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public
Law 101–189; 103 Stat. 1393) is repealed.
SEC. 152. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COST GROWTH
IN PROGRAM FOR DESTRUCTION OF THE EX-
ISTING STOCKPILE OF LETHAL CHEMICAL
AGENTS AND MUNITIONS.
The Congress is concerned that growth in the estimated
cost of the program to demilitarize the United States’ stock-
pile of lethal chemical agents and munitions raises serious
questions regarding that program. Accordingly, it is the
sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should con-
sider measures to reduce the overall cost of the chemical
stockpile demilitarization program, while minimizing total
risk and ensuring the maximum protection for the environ-
ment, the general public, and the personnel involved in the
destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1996 for the use of the Department of Defense for
research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:
(1) For the Army, $4,774,947,000.
(2) For the Navy, $8,516,509,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $13,184,102,000.
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $9,548,986,000,
of which $239,341,000 is authorized for the activities
of the Director, Test and Evaluation.
SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC RESEARCH AND EXPLOR-
ATORY DEVELOPMENT.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 1996.—Of the amounts authorized
to be appropriated by section 201, $4,181,076,000 shall be
available for basic research and exploratory development
projects.
(b) BASIC RESEARCH AND EXPLORATORY DEVELOP-
MENT DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term
‘‘basic research and exploratory development’’ means work
funded in program elements for defense research and devel-
opment under Department of Defense category 6.1 or 6.2.
SEC. 203. MODIFICATIONS TO STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—Section 2901(b) of title
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘and the Department of
Energy’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘their’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘its’’;
(2) by striking out paragraph (3); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3).
(b) COUNCIL.—Section 2902 of such title is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘thirteen’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘12’’;
(B) by striking out paragraph (3);
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5),
(6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (3),
(4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and
(D) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by
striking out ‘‘, who shall be nonvoting members’’;
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking out paragraph (3);
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (3) and in that paragraph by strik-
ing out ‘‘Federal Coordinating Council on
Science, Engineering, and Technology’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘National Science and
Technology Council’’; and
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and
(6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
(3) in subsection (e)—
(A) by striking out paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5),
(6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (1),
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) respectively;
(C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by
striking out ‘‘such national and international
environmental problems as climate change and
ozone depletion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘national and international environmental prob-
lems’’; and
(D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by
striking out ‘‘clauses (2) through (6)’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (3)’’;
(4) by striking out subsections (f) and (h); and
(5) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection
(f).
(c) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—Section 2903(c) of
such title is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘contracts’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘using competitive proce-
dures. The Executive Director may enter into’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘law, except that’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘law. In either case,’’.
(d) SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 2904 of
such title is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘and the Secretary of
Energy’’; and
(B) by inserting after ‘‘in consultation
with’’ the following: ‘‘the Secretary of Energy
and’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking out paragraph (3); and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (3) and in that paragraph by strik-
ing out ‘‘three’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘not
less than two years and not more than six’’;
(3) by striking out subsections (g) and (h); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection
(g).
Subtitle B—Program Requirements,
Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 211. SPACE LAUNCH MODERNIZATION.
(a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amount appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization in section 201(3)—
(1) $100,000,000 shall be available for a com-
petitive reusable rocket technology program (PE
63401F); and
(2) $7,500,000 shall be available for evaluation
of prototype hardware of low-cost expendable launch
vehicles (PE 63401F).
(b) LIMITATION.—Funds made available pursuant to
subsection (a)(1) may be obligated only to the extent that
the fiscal year 1996 current operating plan of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration allocates at least an
equal amount for its Reusable Space Launch program.
SEC. 212. MANEUVER VARIANT UNMANNED AERIAL VEHI-
CLE.
None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to the authorizations in section 201 may
be obligated for the Maneuver Variant Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle.
SEC. 213. TACTICAL MANNED RECONNAISSANCE.
None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to an authorization in this Act may be
used by the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct research,
development, test, or evaluation for a replacement aircraft,
pod, or sensor payload for the tactical manned reconnais-
sance mission.
SEC. 214. ADVANCED LITHOGRAPHY PROGRAM.
Section 216 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 108 Stat. 2693)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘to help
achieve’’ and all that follows through the end of the
subsection and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘to ensure