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quirements prescribed under paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4) of that subsection.’’.
SEC. 810. PILOT PROGRAMS FOR TESTING PROGRAM MAN-
AGER PERFORMANCE OF PRODUCT SUPPORT
OVERSIGHT 
RESPONSIBILITIES 
FOR 
LIFE
CYCLE OF ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.
(a) DESIGNATION OF PILOT PROGRAMS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, acting through the Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments, shall designate 10 acquisition programs
of the military departments as pilot programs on program
manager responsibility for product support.
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROGRAM MANAGERS.—The
program manager for each acquisition program designated
as a pilot program under this section shall have the respon-
sibility for ensuring that the product support functions for
the program are properly carried out over the entire life
cycle of the program.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 1999, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the pilot programs. The report
shall contain the following:
(1) A description of the acquisition programs
designated as pilot programs under subsection (a).
(2) For each such acquisition program, the spe-
cific management actions taken to ensure that the
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program manager has the responsibility for oversight
of the performance of the product support functions.
(3) Any proposed change to law, policy, regula-
tion, or organization that the Secretary considers de-
sirable, and determines feasible to implement, for en-
suring that the program managers are fully respon-
sible under the pilot programs for the performance of
all such responsibilities.
SEC. 811. SCOPE OF PROTECTION OF CERTAIN INFORMA-
TION FROM DISCLOSURE.
Section 2371(i)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘cooperative agreement that in-
cludes a clause described in subsection (d)’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘cooperative agreement for performance of
basic, applied, or advanced research authorized by section
2358 of this title’’.
SEC. 812. PLAN FOR RAPID TRANSITION FROM COMPLE-
TION OF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RE-
SEARCH INTO DEFENSE ACQUISITION PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1,
1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit-
tee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on
National Security of the House of Representatives a plan
for facilitating the rapid transition into Department of De-
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fense acquisition programs of successful first phase and sec-
ond phase activities under the Small Business Innovation
Research program under section 9 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
(b) CONDITIONS.—The plan submitted under sub-
section (a) shall—
(1) be consistent with the Small Business Inno-
vation Research program and with recent acquisition
reforms that are applicable to the Department of De-
fense; and
(2) provide—
(A) a high priority for funding the projects
under the Small Business Innovation Research
program that are likely to be successful under a
third phase agreement entered into pursuant to
section 9(r) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(r)); and
(B) for favorable consideration, in the ac-
quisition planning process, for funding projects
under the Small Business Innovation Research
program that are subject to a third phase agree-
ment described in subparagraph (A).
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SEC. 813. SENIOR EXECUTIVES COVERED BY LIMITATION
ON ALLOWABILITY OF COMPENSATION FOR
CERTAIN CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL.
(a) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—Section 2324(l)(5) of title
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) The term ‘senior executive’, with respect to
a contractor, means the five most highly compensated
employees in management positions at each home of-
fice and segment of the contractor.’’.
(b) NON-DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—Section 306(m)(2) of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (41 U.S.C. 256(m)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) The term ‘senior executive’, with respect to
a contractor, means the five most highly compensated
employees in management positions at each home of-
fice and segment of the contractor.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 39(c)(2) of
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
435(c)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) The term ‘senior executive’, with respect to
a contractor, means the five most highly compensated
employees in management positions at each home of-
fice and segment of the contractor.’’.
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SEC. 814. SEPARATE DETERMINATIONS OF EXCEPTIONAL
WAIVERS OF TRUTH IN NEGOTIATION RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR PRIME CONTRACTS AND
SUBCONTRACTS.
(a) DEFENSE PROCUREMENTS.—Section 2306a(a)(5)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(5) A waiver of requirements for submission of cer-
tified cost or pricing data that is granted under subsection
(b)(1)(C) in the case of a contract or subcontract does not
waive the requirement under paragraph (1)(C) for submis-
sion of cost or pricing data in the case of subcontracts under
that contract or subcontract unless the head of the agency
concerned determines that the requirement under that para-
graph should be waived in the case of such subcontracts and
justifies in writing the reasons for the determination.’’.
(b) 
NON-DEFENSE
PROCUREMENTS.—Section
304A(a)(5) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254b(a)(5)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(5) A waiver of requirements for submission of cer-
tified cost or pricing data that is granted under subsection
(b)(1)(C) in the case of a contract or subcontract does not
waive the requirement under paragraph (1)(C) for submis-
sion of cost or pricing data in the case of subcontracts under
that contract or subcontract unless the head of the executive
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agency concerned determines that the requirement under
that paragraph should be waived in the case of such sub-
contracts and justifies in writing the reasons for the deter-
mination.’’.
SEC. 815. FIVE-YEAR AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY TO EXCHANGE CERTAIN ITEMS.
(a) BARTER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy
may enter into a barter agreement to exchange trucks and
other tactical vehicles for the repair and remanufacture of
ribbon bridges for the Marine Corps in accordance with sec-
tion 201(c) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(c)), except that the re-
quirement for items exchanged under that section to be
similar items shall not apply to the authority under this
subsection.
(b) PERIOD OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to enter
into agreements under subsection (a) and to make exchanges
under any such agreement is effective during the 5-year pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 1998, and ending at the end
of September 30, 2003.
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SEC. 816. CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUBMIS-
SION OF INFORMATION ON PRICES PRE-
VIOUSLY CHARGED FOR PROPERTY OR SERV-
ICES OFFERED.
(a) 
ARMED
SERVICES
PROCUREMENTS.—Section
2306a(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘the data submitted shall’’ in
the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the
following: ‘‘the contracting officer shall require that
the data submitted’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Submis-
sion of data required of an offeror under the preced-
ing sentence in the case of a contract or subcontract
shall be a condition for the eligibility of the offeror to
enter into the contract or subcontract.’’.
(b) 
CIVILIAN
AGENCY
PROCUREMENTS.—Section
304A(d)(1) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254b(d)(1)), is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘the data submitted shall’’ in
the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the
following: ‘‘the contracting officer shall require that
the data submitted’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Submis-
sion of data required of an offeror under the preced-
ing sentence in the case of a contract or subcontract
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shall be a condition for the eligibility of the offeror to
enter into the contract or subcontract.’’.
(c) CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS.—Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be amended
to include criteria for contracting officers to apply for deter-
mining the specific price information that an offeror should
be required to submit under section 2306(d) of title 10,
United States Code, or section 304A(d) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.
254b(d)).
SEC. 817. DENIAL OF QUALIFICATION OF A SMALL DIS-
ADVANTAGED BUSINESS SUPPLIER.
(a) No later than December 1, 1998, the Secretary shall
submit to the Congress a report recommending alternative
means through which a refiner that qualifies as a small
disadvantaged business and that delivers fuel by barge to
Defense Energy Supply Point-Anchorage under a contract
with the Defense Energy Supply Center can—
(1) fulfill its contractual obligations,
(2) maintain its status as a small disadvantaged
business, and
(3) receive the small disadvantaged business pre-
mium for the total amount of fuel under the contract,
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when ice conditions in Cook Inlet threaten physical delivery
of such fuel.
(b) Any inability by such refiner to satisfy its contrac-
tual obligations to the Defense Energy Supply Center for
the delivery of fuel to Defense Energy Supply Point-Anchor-
age may not be used as a basis for the denial of such refin-
er’s small disadvantaged business status or small disadvan-
taged business premium for the total amount of fuel under
the contract, where such inability is a result of ice condi-
tions, as determined by the United States Coast Guard, in
Cook Inlet through February 1999, and if the Secretary of
Defense determines that such inability will result in an in-
equity to the refiner.
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
ORGANIZATION 
AND
MANAGEMENT
SEC. 901. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE POSITIONS.
(a) NINE POSITIONS.—Section 138(a) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘ten’’ and
insert in lieu thereof ‘‘nine’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to
the Assistant Secretaries of Defense in section 5315 of title
5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Defense (9).’’.
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SEC. 902. RENAMING OF POSITION OF ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR COMMAND, CON-
TROL, 
COMMUNICATIONS, 
AND 
INTEL-
LIGENCE.
Section 138(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the As-
sistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Information Su-
periority. The Assistant Secretary—
‘‘(A) shall have as his principal duty the overall
supervision of the functions of the Department of De-
fense that relate to space, intelligence, information se-
curity, information operations, command, control,
communications, computers, surveillance, reconnais-
sance, and electromagnetic spectrum; and
‘‘(B) shall be the Chief Information Officer of the
Department of Defense.’’.
SEC. 903. AUTHORITY TO EXPAND THE NATIONAL DE-
FENSE UNIVERSITY.
Section 2165(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) Any other educational institution of the De-
partment of Defense that the Secretary considers ap-
propriate and designates as an institution of the uni-
versity.’’.
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SEC. 904. REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEAD-
QUARTERS STAFF.
(a) REDUCTION REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of De-
fense shall reduce the number of Federal Government em-
ployees and members of the Armed Forces on the head-
quarters staffs of Department of Defense organizations in
accordance with this section. The Secretary shall achieve
the required reductions not later than September 30, 2003.
(2) The total number of Federal Government employees
and members of the Armed Forces on the headquarters staffs
of all organizations within a category of organizations de-
scribed in paragraph (4) shall be reduced below the baseline
number for the category by the percentage specified for the
category in that paragraph. In the administration of this
section, the number of employees employed on a basis other
than a full time basis shall be converted to, and expressed
as, the equivalent number of full time employees.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the baseline
number for the organizations in a category is the total num-
ber of Federal Government employees and members of the
Armed Forces on the headquarters staffs of those organiza-
tions on October 1, 1996.
(4) The categories of organizations, and the percent-
ages applicable under paragraph (1) to the organizations
in such categories, are as follows:
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(A) The Office of the Secretary of Defense and
associated activities, a reduction of 33 percent.
(B) Defense agencies, a reduction of 21 percent.
(C) Department of Defense field activities and
other operating organizations reporting to the Office
of the Secretary of Defense, a reduction of 36 percent.
(D) The Joint Staff and associated activities, a
reduction of 29 percent.
(E) The headquarters of the combatant com-
mands and associated activities, a reduction of 7 per-
cent.
(F) Other headquarters elements (including the
headquarters of the military departments and their
major commands) and associated activities, a reduc-
tion of 29 percent.
(b) LIMITED RELIEF FROM PROHIBITION ON MANAG-
ING BY END-STRENGTH.—(1) The Secretary may waive the
requirements and restrictions of section 129 of title 10,
United States Code, for an organization or activity covered
by subsection (a) to the extent that the Secretary determines
necessary to achieve the personnel reductions required by
that subsection.
(2) Not later than 30 days after exercising the waiver
authority under paragraph (1) in the case of an organiza-
tion or activity, the Secretary shall notify the congressional
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defense committees of the scope and duration of the waiver
and the reasons for granting the waiver.
(c) MANAGEMENT
BY BUDGET.—(1) The Secretary
shall waive the requirement under subsection (a) to reduce
the number of personnel on the headquarters staff of an or-
ganization or activity if the Secretary determines that the
budget authority available for the organization or activity
for fiscal year 2003 has been reduced below the budget au-
thority available for the organization or activity for fiscal
year 1996 by at least the percentage equal to one-fifth of
the percentage specified in subsection (a)(4) for the category
of the organization or activity.
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘budget authority’’ has
the meaning given that term in section 3(2)(A) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(2)(A)).
(d) JOINT AND DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.—If the
Secretary consolidates functions in a Department of De-
fense-wide or joint organization or activity described in
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of subsection (a)(4)
in order to meet the requirement for reduction in the per-
sonnel of the other headquarters (including the headquarters
of the military departments and their major commands) re-
ferred to in subparagraph (F) of such subsection, the Sec-
retary may apply to that organization or activity, instead
of the percentage that would otherwise apply under such
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subsection, a lesser percentage that is appropriate to reflect
the increased responsibilities of the organization or activity.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 1999, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report containing a plan to implement the
personnel reductions required by this section.
(f) CATEGORIES DEFINED.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Office of the Secretary of Defense
and associated activities’’ means the following organi-
zations and activities:
(A) The Office of the Secretary of Defense,
as defined in section 131 of title 10, United
States Code.
(B) The defense support activities that per-
form technical and analytical support for the Of-
fice of the Secretary of Defense.
(2) The term ‘‘defense agencies’’ means the fol-
lowing organizations and activities:
(A) The Ballistic Missile Defense Organiza-
tion.
(B) The Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency.
(C) The Defense Commissary Agency.
(D) The Defense Contract Audit Agency.
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(E) The Defense Finance and Accounting
Services.
(F) The Defense Information Systems Agen-
cy.
(G) The Defense Legal Services Agency.
(H) The Defense Logistics Agency.
(I) The Defense Security Assistance Agency.
(J) The Defense Security Service.
(K) The Defense Special Weapons Agency.
(L) The On-Site Inspection Agency.
(M) The Treaty Compliance and Threat Re-
duction Agency.
(3) The term ‘‘Department of Defense field ac-
tivities and other operating organizations reporting
to the Office of the Secretary of Defense’’ means the
following organizations and activities:
(A) The American Forces Information Serv-
ice.
(B) The TRICARE Support Office.
(C) The Office of Economic Adjustment.
(D) The Department of Defense Education
Activity.
(E) Washington Headquarters Services.
(F) The Department of Defense Human Re-
sources Activity.
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(G) The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing
Personnel Office.
(H) The Defense Medical Programs Activ-
ity.
(I) The Defense Technology Security Ad-
ministration.
(J) The C4I Support Activity.
(K) The Plans and Program Analysis Sup-
port Center.
(L) The Defense Airborne Reconnaissance
Office.
(M) The Defense Acquisition University.
(N) The Director of Military Support.
(O) The Defense Technical Information
Center.
(P) The National Defense University.
(4) The term ‘‘Joint Staff and associated activi-
ties’’ means the following organizations and activities:
(A) The Joint Staff referred to in section
155 of title 10, United States Code.
(B) Department of Defense activities that
are controlled by the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and report directly to the Joint
Staff.
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(5) The term ‘‘headquarters of the combatant
commands’’ means the headquarters of the combatant
commands, as defined in section 161(c)(3) of title 10,
United States Code.
(6) The term ‘‘other headquarters elements (in-
cluding the headquarters of the military departments
and their major commands)’’ means the following or-
ganizations and activities:
(A) The military department headquarters
listed and defined in Department of Defense Di-
rective 5100.73, ‘‘Department of Defense Man-
agement Headquarters and Headquarters Sup-
port Activities’’, as in effect on November 12,
1996.
(B) Other military headquarters elements
defined in such directive that are not otherwise
covered by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5).
(g) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISIONS.—(1) Sec-
tions 130a and 194 of title 10, United States Code, are re-
pealed.
(2)(A) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
3 of such title is amended by striking out the item relating
to section 130a.
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(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
8 of such title is amended by striking out the item relating
to section 194.
SEC. 905. PERMANENT REQUIREMENT FOR QUADRENNIAL
DEFENSE REVIEW.
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Chapter 2 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 116 the
following:
‘‘§ 117. Quadrennial defense review
‘‘(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, shall conduct in each year in which a President is
inaugurated a comprehensive examination of the defense
strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infra-
structure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense
program and policies with a view toward determining and
expressing the defense strategy of the United States and es-
tablishing a revised defense plan for the ensuing 10 years
and a revised defense plan for the ensuing 20 years.
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF NATIONAL DE-
FENSE PANEL.—In conducting the review, the Secretary
shall take into consideration the reports of the National De-
fense Panel submitted under section 181(d) of this title.
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit a report on each review to the Committee on Armed
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Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives not later than Septem-
ber 30 of the year in which the review is conducted. The
report shall include the following:
‘‘(1) The results of the review, including a com-
prehensive discussion of the defense strategy of the
United States and the force structure best suited to
implement that strategy.
‘‘(2) The threats examined for purposes of the re-
view and the scenarios developed in the examination
of such threats.
‘‘(3) The assumptions used in the review, includ-
ing assumptions relating to the cooperation of allies
and mission-sharing, levels of acceptable risk, warn-
ing times, and intensity and duration of conflict.
‘‘(4) The effect on the force structure of prepara-
tions for and participation in peace operations and
military operations other than war.
‘‘(5) The effect on the force structure of the utili-
zation by the Armed Forces of technologies antici-
pated to be available for the ensuing 10 years and
technologies anticipated to be available for the ensu-
ing 20 years, including precision guided munitions,
stealth, night vision, digitization, and communica-
tions, and the changes in doctrine and operational
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concepts that would result from the utilization of such
technologies.
‘‘(6) The manpower and sustainment policies re-
quired under the defense strategy to support engage-
ment in conflicts lasting more than 120 days.
‘‘(7) The anticipated roles and missions of the
reserve components in the defense strategy and the
strength, capabilities, and equipment necessary to as-
sure that the reserve components can capably dis-
charge those roles and missions.
‘‘(8) The appropriate ratio of combat forces to
support forces (commonly referred to as the ‘‘tooth-to-
tail’’ ratio) under the defense strategy, including, in
particular, the appropriate number and size of head-
quarter units and Defense Agencies for that purpose.
‘‘(9) The air-lift and sea-lift capabilities required
to support the defense strategy.
‘‘(10) The forward presence, pre-positioning, and
other anticipatory deployments necessary under the
defense strategy for conflict deterrence and adequate
military response to anticipated conflicts.
‘‘(11) The extent to which resources must be
shifted among two or more theaters under the defense
strategy in the event of conflict in such theaters.
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‘‘(12) The advisability of revisions to the Unified
Command Plan as a result of the defense strategy.
‘‘(13) Any other matter the Secretary considers
appropriate.’’.
(b) NATIONAL DEFENSE PANEL.—Chapter 7 of such
title is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 181. National Defense Panel
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than January 1 of
each year immediately preceding a year in which a Presi-
dent is to be inaugurated, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish a nonpartisan, independent panel to be known as
the National Defense Panel. The Panel shall have the duties
set forth in this section.
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Panel shall be composed of
a chairman and eight other individuals appointed by the
Secretary, in consultation with the chairman and ranking
member of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
and the chairman and ranking member of the Committee
on National Security of the House of Representatives, from
among individuals in the private sector who are recognized
experts in matters relating to the national security of the
United States.
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Panel shall—
‘‘(1) conduct and submit to the Secretary of De-
fense and to the Committee on Armed Services of the
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Senate and the Committee on National Security of
the House of Representatives a comprehensive assess-
ment of the defense strategy, force structure, force
modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and
other elements of the defense program and policies
with a view toward recommending a defense strategy
of the United States and a revised defense plan for the
ensuing 10 years and a revised defense plan for the
ensuing 20 years; and
‘‘(2) identify issues that the Panel recommends
for assessment during the next review to be conducted
under section 117 of this title.
‘‘(d) REPORT.—(1) The Panel, in the year that it is
conducting an assessment under subsection (c), shall submit
to the Secretary of Defense and to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives two reports on its ac-
tivities and the findings and recommendations of the Panel,
including any recommendations for legislation that the
Panel considers appropriate, as follows:
‘‘(A) An interim report not later than July 1 of
the year.
‘‘(B) A final report not later than December 1
of the year.
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‘‘(2) Not later than December 15 of the year in which
the Secretary receive a final report under paragraph (1)(B),
the Secretary shall submit to the committees referred to in
subsection (b) a copy of the report together with the Sec-
retary’s comments on the report.
‘‘(e) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The
Panel may secure directly from the Department of Defense
and any of its components and from any other Federal de-
partment and agency such information as the Panel consid-
ers necessary to carry out its duties under this section. The
head of the department or agency concerned shall ensure
that information requested by the Panel under this sub-
section is promptly provided.
‘‘(f) PERSONNEL MATTERS.—(1) Each member of the
Panel shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title
5 for each day (including travel time) during which the
member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the
Panel.
‘‘(2) The members of the Panel shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5 while away from their homes or regular
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places of business in the performance of services for the
Panel.
‘‘(3)(A) The chairman of the Panel may, without re-
gard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and
terminate an executive director and a staff if the Panel de-
termines that an executive director and staff are necessary
in order for the Panel to perform its duties effectively. The
employment of an executive director shall be subject to con-
firmation by the Panel.
‘‘(B) The chairman may fix the compensation of the
executive director without regard to the provisions of chap-
ter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 relating
to classification of positions and General Schedule pay
rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive director
may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
‘‘(4) Any Federal Government employee may be de-
tailed to the Panel without reimbursement of the employee’s
agency, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss
of civil service status or privilege. The Secretary shall en-
sure that sufficient personnel are detailed to the Panel to
enable the Panel to carry out its duties effectively.
‘‘(5) To the maximum extent practicable, the members
and employees of the Panel shall travel on military aircraft,
military ships, military vehicles, or other military convey-
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National Security of the House of Representatives. The re-
port shall include, at a minimum, the following:
‘‘(1) The amount in the fund established by the
Secretary for the Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites
under subsection (d), as of October 1 of the previous
year.
‘‘(2) The operation of the fund during the fiscal
year ending on the day before that date, including—
‘‘(A) all gifts, fees, and interest credited to
the fund; and
‘‘(B) the disbursements from the fund.
‘‘(3) The budget for the operation of the Fisher
Houses and Fisher Suites for the fiscal year in which
the report is submitted.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘2490b. Fisher Houses: administration as nonappropriated fund instrumental-
ity.’’.
(b) FUNDING TRANSITION.—(1) Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary
of each military department shall—
(A) establish the fund required under section
2490b(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added by
subsection (a)); and