106 th Congress 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Report 106 945 ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 CONFERENCE REPORT to accompany H.R. 4205 [Graphic Image Not Available] October 6, 2000.--Ordered to be printed ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 66 636 2000 106 th Congress 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Report 106 945 ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 CONFERENCE REPORT to accompany H.R. 4205 [Graphic Image Not Available] October 6, 2000.--Ordered to be printed CONTENTS JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE 7 Summary Statement of Conference Action 534 Summary Table of Authorizations 534 Congressional Defense Committees 540 DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 540 Title I--Procurement 540 Procurement Overview 540 Overview 543 UH 60 Blackhawk 546 TH 67 training helicopter 546 Longbow 546 AH 64 modifications 546 UH 60 modifications 547 Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) 547 Aircrew integrated systems 547 Overview 547 Army tactical missile system 550 Overview 550 Bradley base sustainment 553 Improved recovery vehicle 553 Heavy assault bridge system modifications 553 Army Transformation 553 Machine gun, squad automatic weapon 554 Overview 554 155MM Sense and Destroy Armor Munition M898 558 Overview 558 Tactical trailers/dolly sets 567 High mobility multipurpose-wheeled vehicle 567 Family of medium tactical vehicles 567 Fire trucks and associated firefighting equipment 567 M915/M916 line haul truck tractor 567 Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams 568 Army data distribution system 568 Single channel ground and airborne radio systems family 569 Area common user system modification program 569 Night vision devices 569 Combat identification/aiming light 570 Standard integrated command post system 570 Automated data processing equipment 570 Ribbon bridge 570 Laundries, showers, and latrines 571 Combat support medical 571 Roller, vibratory, self-propelled 571 Hydraulic excavator 571 Deployable universal combat earth mover 572 Construction equipment service life extension program 572 Small tug 572 Combat training center instrumentation support 572 Nonsystem training devices 573 Overview 573 Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army 575 Overview 577 F/A 18E/F aircraft 581 SH 60R helicopter 581 UC 35 aircraft 581 18 series modifications 581 AH 1 series modifications 582 H 53 series modifications 582 H 1 series modifications 582 EP 3 aircraft modifications 583 Overview 583 Trident II advance procurement 586 Drones and decoys 586 Weapons industrial facilities 586 Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo modifications 586 Close-in weapons system modifications 587 Gun mount modifications 587 Overview 587 Overview 590 DDG 51 destroyers 593 LHD 8 advance procurement 593 Ship outfitting 593 Overview 593 Surveillance and security for military sealift ships 602 AN/WSN 7 inertial navigation system 602 Integrated condition assessment system 602 AN/SPS 73(V) surface search radar 602 Nuclear attack submarine acoustics 602 Sonar support equipment 603 Shipboard indications and warnings exploit 603 Side-scanning sonar for forward deployed minesweepers 603 Shallow water mine countermeasures 603 Other training equipment 604 Joint tactical terminal 604 Joint engineering data management and information control system 604 Naval shore communications equipment 604 Sonobuoys 604 Weapons range support equipment 605 Rolling airframe guided missile launcher 605 Cruiser smart ship 605 NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system 605 SSN combat control systems 606 Civil engineering support equipment 606 Education support equipment 606 Overview 606 Communications and electronic infrastructure support 611 Night vision equipment 611 Radio systems 611 5/4 ton truck high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles 611 Material handling equipment 611 Overview 612 16C aircraft 617 C 17 aircraft 617 C 17 advance procurement 617 EC 130J aircraft 617 B 52 aircraft modifications 618 A 10 aircraft integrated flight and fire control computer 618 15 modifications 618 16 aircraft modifications 619 Defense airborne reconnaissance program modifications 619 Other aircraft modifications 620 Defense airborne reconnaissance program aircraft support equipment 620 Overview 621 Overview 624 Overview 627 Intelligence communications equipment 633 Combat training ranges 633 Items less than $5.0 million 633 Overview 633 MH 60 aerial refueling probes and 200 gallon fuel tanks 638 Special operations forces small arms and support equipment 638 Items of Special Interest 638 Air Mobility Command 638 Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs 639 LPD 17 amphibious ships 639 Multipurpose individual munition 640 Shipbuilding overview 641 Legislative Provisions Adopted 642 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations 642 Authorization of appropriations (secs. 101 106) 642 Subtitle B--Army Programs 642 Multiyear procurement authority (sec. 111) 642 Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat munitions that may be acquired (sec. 112) 642 Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation (sec. 113) 642 Subtitle C--Navy Programs 643 CVNX 1 nuclear aircraft carrier program (sec. 121) 643 Arleigh Burke class destroyer program (sec. 122) 644 Virginia class submarine program (sec. 123) 644 Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in submarine force structure (sec. 124) 644 ADC(X) ship program (sec. 125) 645 Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower (sec. 126) 645 Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs (sec. 127) 645 Helicopter support of FFG 7 frigates during fiscal year 2001 (sec. 128) 645 V 22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders (sec. 129) 645 Subtitle D--Air Force Programs 646 Annual Report on the B 2 bomber (sec. 131) 646 Report on modernization of Air National Guard F 16A units (sec. 132) 646 Subtitle E--Joint Programs 647 Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for the joint strike fighter program (sec. 141) 647 Subtitle F--Chemical Demilitarization 647 Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent ammunitions destruction technologies (sec. 151) 647 Report on assessment of need for Federal economic assistance for communities impacted by chemical demilitarization activities (sec. 152) 647 Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical warfare material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility (sec. 153) 647 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 647 AGM 65 modifications 647 Anti-personnel obstacle breaching system 648 C 135 modifications 648 Integrated bridge system for Naval systems special warfare rigid inflatable boats and high-speed assault craft 648 Rapid intravenous infusion pumps 648 Remanufactured AV 8B aircraft 649 Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation 649 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Overview 649 Overview 651 Tactical High Energy Laser 660 Emergency preparedness training 660 High energy laser research and development 660 Advanced tank armament system 661 Defense manufacturing technology program 661 Overview 662 Biodegradable polymers 674 Torpedoes and unmanned undersea vehicles 674 DP 2 thrust vectoring system proof-of-concept demonstration 674 Virtual test bed for reconfigurable ship 675 Fleet health technology and occupational lung disease 675 Common towed array 676 Advanced land attack missile 676 Joint strike fighter 677 Nonlethal research and technologies 678 Power node control centers 678 Advanced food service technology 678 14 tactical reconnaissance 678 Marine Corps ground combat/supporting arms systems 679 Tactical unmanned aerial vehicles 679 Overview 680 XSS 10 micro-satellite technology demonstration 691 Specialty aerospace metals 691 Space-based radar 692 Space maneuver vehicle 692 Space Based Laser program 693 Electronic warfare development 693 Satellite control network 693 Manned reconnaissance systems 694 Overview 694 Chemical and Biological Defense Program 704 Nuclear sustainment and counterproliferation technologies 705 Blast mitigation testing 705 Chemical and biological detectors 705 Facial recognition access control technology 705 Weapons of mass destruction attack-effects-response assessment capability at U.S. Joint Forces Command 707 Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding and programmatic guidance 707 Defense imagery and mapping program 710 Special operations tactical systems development 710 Common imagery processor 711 Defense Space Reconnaissance Program 711 Future scout and cavalry system 712 Modernized hellfire/common missile 713 National Imagery and Mapping Agency pre-acquisition activities 713 Nuclear Detonation Detection System 715 Radar technology insertion program 716 Space launch ranges 716 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations 716 Authorization of appropriations (secs. 201 202) 716 Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 717 Management of Space-Based Infrared System-Low (sec. 211) 717 Joint strike fighter program (sec. 212) 717 Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment (sec. 213) 717 Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling (sec. 214) 718 DD 21 class destroyer program (sec. 215) 718 Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program (sec. 216) 718 Joint Biological Defense Program (sec. 217) 719 Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development programs (sec. 218) 719 Cost limitations applicable to F 22 aircraft program (sec. 219) 720 Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat vehicles (sec. 220) 720 Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (sec. 221) 721 Army space control technology development (sec. 222) 722 Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense 722 Funding for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 231) 722 Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea (sec. 232) 722 Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture (sec. 233) 722 Management of Airborne Laser program (sec. 234) 723 Subtitle D--High Energy Laser Programs 723 High energy laser programs (secs. 241 250) 723 Subtitle E--Other Matters 724 Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential use for certain purposes of technologies associated with that concept (sec. 251) 724 Air Force science and technology planning (sec. 252) 724 Enhancement of authorities regarding education partnerships for purposes of encouraging scientific study (sec. 253) 724 Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval research efforts during the period from before World War II through the end of the Cold War (sec. 254) 724 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 725 Acoustic mine detection technology 725 Additional authorization for weathering and corrosion technology for aircraft surfaces and parts 725 Air logistics technology 725 Ammunition risk analysis research 725 Funding for comparisons of medium armored vehicles 726 Joint technology information center initiative 726 Navy information technology center and human resource enterprise strategy 726 Sense of Congress concerning commitment to deployment of National Missile Defense System 726 Technology for mounted maneuver forces 726 Title III--Operation and Maintenance 727 Overview 727 Battlefield Mobility Enhancement System 756 Cultural and historic activities 756 MOCAS enhancements 756 Items of Special Interest 757 Funding for Formerly Used Defense Sites and the Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range, Horry County, South Carolina 757 United States Army marksmanship program 757 Water quality issues at installations in Kaiserslautern, Germany 758 Legislative Provisions Adopted 758 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations 758 Authorization of appropriations (secs. 301 302) 758 Armed Forces Retirement Home (sec. 303) 758 Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (sec. 304) 758 Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams (sec. 305) 759 Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions 759 Establishment of additional environmental restoration account and use of accounts for operation and monitoring of environmental remedies (sec. 311) 759 Certain environmental restoration activities (sec. 312) 759 Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (sec. 313) 760 Payment of fines and penalties for environmental compliance at Fort Wainwright, Alaska (sec. 314) 760 Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental compliance violations at other Department of Defense facilities (sec. 315) 760 Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia (sec. 316) 761 Necessity of military low-level flight training to protect national security and enhance military readiness (sec. 317) 761 Ship disposal project (sec. 318) 761 Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program (sec. 319) 762 Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System (sec. 320) 762 Sense of Congress regarding environmental restoration of former defense manufacturing site, Santa Clarita, California (sec. 321) 762 Subtitle C--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities 763 Use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses of commissary stores (sec. 331) 763 Adjustment of sales prices of commissary store goods and services to cover certain expenses (sec. 332) 763 Use of surcharges for construction and improvement of commissary stores (sec. 333) 763 Inclusion of magazines and other periodicals as an authorized commissary merchandise category (sec. 334) 763 Use of most economical distribution method for distilled spirits (sec. 335) 763 Report on effects of availability of slot machines on United States military installations overseas (sec. 336) 764 Subtitle D--Department of Defense Industrial Facilities 764 Designation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and public-private partnerships to increase utilization of such centers (sec. 341) 764 Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of United States arsenals (sec. 342) 765 Arsenal support program initiative (sec. 343) 765 Codification and improvement of armament retooling and manufacturing support programs (sec. 344) 765 Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources 765 Inclusion of additional information in reports to Congress required before conversion of commercial or industrial type functions to contractor performance (sec. 351) 765 Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and Army ammunition plants (sec. 352) 766 Consolidation, restructuring, or re-engineering of Department of Defense organizations, functions, or activities (sec. 353) 766 Monitoring of savings resulting from workforce reductions as part of conversion of functions to performance by private sector or other strategic sourcing initiatives (sec. 354) 767 Performance of emergency response functions at chemical weapons storage installations (sec. 355) 767 Suspension of reorganization or relocation of Naval Audit Service (sec. 356) 767 Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education 768 Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross employees for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico (sec. 361) 768 Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the armed forces and Department of Defense civilian employees (sec. 362) 768 Impact aid for children with severe disabilities (sec. 363) 768 Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of school facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees (sec. 364) 768 Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues 769 Measuring cannibalization of parts, supplies, and equipment under readiness reporting system (sec. 371) 769 Reporting requirements regarding transfers from high-priority readiness appropriations (sec. 372) 769 Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness of military aircraft and equipment (sec. 373) 769 Identification of requirements to reduce backlog in maintenance and repair of defense facilities (sec. 374) 769 New methodology for preparing budget requests to satisfy Army readiness requirements (sec. 375) 770 Review of AH 64 aircraft program (sec. 376) 770 Report on Air Force spare and repair parts program for C 5 (sec. 377) 770 Subtitle H--Other Matters 770 Annual report on public sale of certain military equipment identified on United States Munitions List (sec. 381) 770 Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army (sec. 382) 771 Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided at Johnston Atoll (sec. 383) 771 Travel by Reserves on military aircraft (sec. 384) 771 Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft (sec. 385) 771 Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all in-transit end items and secondary items (sec. 386) 772 Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft (sec. 387) 772 Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire suppression (sec. 388) 772 Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica reactivity (sec. 389) 772 Demonstration project to increase reserve component internet access and services in rural communities (sec. 390) 772 Additional conditions on implementation of Defense Joint Accounting System (sec. 391) 773 Report on Defense Travel System (sec. 392) 773 Review of Department of Defense costs of maintaining historical properties (sec. 393) 773 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 774 Authority to ensure demilitarization of significant military equipment formerly owned by the Department of Defense 774 Close-in weapon system overhauls 774 Industrial mobilization capacity at government-owned, government-operated army ammunition facilities and arsenals 774 Investment of commissary trust revolving fund 774 MK 45 overhaul 774 Mounted urban combat training site, Fort Knox 775 National Guard assistance for certain youth and charitable organizations 775 Notice of use of radio frequency spectrum by a system entering engineering and manufacturing development 775 Revision of authority to waive limitation on performance of depot-level maintenance 776 Spectrum data base upgrades 776 Use of humanitarian and civic assistance funding for pay and allowances of special operations command reserves furnishing demining training and related assistance as humanitarian assistance 776 Weatherproofing of facilities at Keesler Air Force Base 776 Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations 777 Items of Special Interest 777 Funding for Army Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentees 777 Legislative Provisions Adopted 777 Subtitle A--Active Forces 777 End strengths for active forces (sec. 401) 777 Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels (sec. 402) 777 Adjustment to end strength flexibility authority (sec. 403) 778 Subtitle B--Reserve Forces 778 End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411) 778 End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves (sec. 412) 778 End strengths for military technicians (dual status) (sec. 413) 779 Fiscal year 2001 limitation on non-dual status technicians (sec. 414) 780 Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the Reserves (sec. 415) 780 Subtitle C--Other Matters Relating to Personnel Strengths 781 Authority for Secretary of Defense to suspend certain personnel strength limitations during war or national emergency (sec. 421) 781 Exclusion from active component end strengths of certain reserve component members on active duty in support of the combatant commands (sec. 422) 782 Exclusion of Army and Air Force medical and dental officers from limitation on strengths of reserve comissioned officers in grades below brigadier general (sec. 423) 782 Authority for temporary increases in number of reserve component personnel serving on active duty or full-time national guard duty in certain grades (sec. 424) 782 Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations 782 Authorization of appropriations for military personnel (sec. 431) 782 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 784 Temporary exemption of Director of the National Security Agency from limitations on number of Air Force officers above major general 784 Title V--Military Personnel Policy 785 Legislative Provisions Adopted 785 Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy 785 Eligibility of Army and Air Force reserve colonels and brigadier generals for position vacancy promotions (sec. 501) 785 Flexibility in establishing promotion zones for Coast Guard Reserve officers (sec. 502) 785 Time for release of reports of officer promotion selection boards (sec. 503 785 Clarification of requirements for composition of active-duty list selection boards when reserve officers are under consideration (sec. 504) 785 Authority to issue posthumous commissions in case of members dying before official recommendation for appointment or promotion is approved by Secretary concerned (sec. 505) 785 Technical corrections relating to retired grade rule for Army and Air Force officers (sec. 506) 786 Grade of chiefs of reserve components and directors of National Guard components (sec. 507) 786 Revision to rules for entitlement to separation pay for regular and reserve officers (sec. 508) 786 Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy 787 Exemption from active-duty list for reserve officers on active duty for a period of three years or less (sec. 521) 787 Termination of application requirement for consideration of officers for continuation on the reserve active-status list (sec. 522) 787 Authority to retain Air Force reserve officers in all medical specialties until specified age (sec. 523) 787 Authority for provision of legal services to reserve component members following release from active duty (sec. 524) 787 Extension of involuntary civil service retirement date for certain reserve technicians (sec. 525) 787 Subtitle C--Education and Training 788 Eligibility of children of reserves for presidential appointment to service academies (sec. 531) 788 Selection of foreign students to receive instruction at service academies (sec. 532) 788 Revision of college tuition assistance program for members of Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program (sec. 533) 788 Review of allocation of Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps units among the services (sec. 534) 788 Authority for Naval Postgraduate School to enroll certain defense industry civilians in specified programs relating to defense product development (sec. 535) 789 Subtitle D--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations 789 Limitation on award of Bronze Star to members in receipt of Imminent Danger Pay (sec. 541) 789 Consideration of proposals for posthumous or honorary promotions or appointments of members or former members of the armed forces and other qualified persons (sec. 542) 789 Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons (sec. 543) 789 Addition of certain information to markers on graves containing remains of certain unknowns from the U.S.S. Arizona who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (sec. 544) 790 Sense of Congress on the court-martial conviction of Captain Charles Butler McVay, commander of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and on the courageous service of the crew of that vessel (sec. 545) 790 Posthumous advancement on retired list of Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short, senior officers in command in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 (sec. 546) 790 Commendation of citizens of Remy, France, for World War II actions (sec. 547) 791 Authority for award of the medal of honor to William H. Pitsenbarger for valor during the Vietnam War (sec. 548) 791 Subtitle E--Military Justice and Legal Aissitance Matters 791 Recognition by states of military testamentary instruments (sec. 551) 791 Policy concerning rights of individuals whose names have been entered into Department of Defense official criminal investigative reports (sec. 552) 791 Limitation on secretarial authority to grant clemency for military prisoners serving sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole (sec. 553) 792 Authority for civilian special agents of the military department criminal investigative organizations to execute warrants and make arrests (sec. 554) 792 Requirement for verbatim record in certain special court-martial cases (sec. 555) 792 Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (sec. 556) 793 Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Recruiting 793 Army recruiting pilot programs (sec. 561) 793 Enhancement of recruitment market research and advertising programs (sec. 562) 793 Access to secondary schools for military recruiting purposes (sec. 563) 793 Pilot program to enhance military recruiting by improving military awareness of school counselors and educators (sec. 564) 794 Subtitle G--Other Matters 794 Extension to end of calendar year of expiration date for certain force drawdown transition authorities (sec. 571) 794 Voluntary separation incentive (sec. 572) 794 Congressional review period for assignment of women to duty on submarines and for any proposed reconfiguration or design of submarines to accommodate female crew members (sec. 573) 795 Management and per diem requirements for members subject to lengthy or numerous deployments (sec. 574) 795 Pay in lieu of allowance for funeral honors duty (sec. 575) 795 Test of ability of reserve component intelligence units and personnel to meet current and emerging defense intelligence needs (sec. 576) 796 National Guard Challenge Program (sec. 577) 796 Study of use of civilian contractor pilots for operational support missions (sec. 578) 796 Reimbursement for expenses incurred by members in connection with cancellation of leave on short notice (sec. 579) 797 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 797 Authority for award of the Medal of Honor 797 Collection and use of deoxyribonucleic acid identification information from violent and sexual offenders in the armed forces 797 Contingent exemption from limitation on number of Air Force officers serving on active duty in grades above major general 798 Joint Officer Management 798 Military Voting Rights Act of 2000 798 Preparation, participation, and conduct of athletic competitions and small arms competitions by the National Guard and members of the National Guard 798 Repeal of contingent funding increase for Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps 798 Review of actions of selection boards 799 Title VI--Compensation and other Personnel Benefits 799 Legislative Provisions Adopted 799 Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances 799 Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 601) 799 Additional restructuring of basic pay rates for enlisted members (sec. 602) 799 Revised method for calculation of basic allowance for subsistence (sec. 603) 800 Family subsistence supplemental allowance for low-income members of the Armed Forces (sec. 604) 800 Basic allowance for housing (sec. 605) 800 Additional amount available for fiscal year 2001 increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States (sec. 606) 801 Equitable treatment of junior enlisted members in computation of basic allowance for housing (sec. 607) 801 Eligibility of members in grade E 4 to receive basic allowance for housing while on sea duty (sec. 608) 801 Personal money allowance for senior enlisted members of the armed forces (sec. 609) 801 Increased uniform allowances for officers (sec. 610) 801 Cabinet-level authority to prescribe requirements and allowance for clothing of enlisted members (sec. 611) 802 Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for members of precommissioning programs (sec. 612) 802 Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 802 Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces (sec. 621) 802 Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists (sec. 622) 802 Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays (sec. 623) 803 Revision of enlistment bonus authority (sec. 624) 803 Consistency of authorities for special pay for reserve medical and dental officers (sec. 625) 803 Elimination of required congressional notification before implementation of certain special pay authority (sec. 626) 803 Special pay for physician assistants of the Coast Guard (sec. 627) 803 Authorization of special pay and accession bonus for pharmacy officers (sec. 628) 804 Correction of references to Air Force veterinarians (sec. 629) 804 Career sea pay (sec. 630) 804 Increased maximum rate of special duty assignment pay (sec. 631) 804 Entitlement of members of the National Guard and other reserves not on active duty to receive special duty assignment pay (sec. 632) 804 Authorization of retention bonus for members of the armed forces qualified in a critical military skill (sec. 633) 805 Entitlement of active duty officers of the Public Health Service Corps to special pays and bonuses of health professional officers of the armed forces (sec. 634) 805 Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances 805 Advance payments for temporary lodging of members and dependents (sec. 641) 805 Additional transportation allowance regarding baggage and household effects (sec. 642) 805 Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in less than average weights (sec. 643) 805 Equitable dislocation allowances for junior enlisted members (sec. 644) 806 Authority to reimburse military recruiters, senior ROTC cadre, and Military Entrance Processing personnel for certain parking expenses (sec. 645) 806 Expansion of funded student travel for dependents (sec. 646) 806 Subtitle D--Retirement and Survivor Benefit Matters 806 Exception to high-36-month retired pay computation for members retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade (sec. 651) 806 Increase in maximum number of reserve retirement points that may be credited in any year (sec. 652) 806 Retirement from active reserve service after regular retirement (sec. 653) 807 Same treatment for federal judges as for other federal officials regarding payment of military retired pay (sec. 654) 807 Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan spousal consent requirement (sec. 655) 807 Sense of Congress on increasing Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for surviving spouses age 62 or older (sec. 656) 807 Revision to special compensation authority to repeal exclusion of uniformed services retirees in receipt of disability retired pay (sec. 657) 807 Subtitle E--Other Matters 808 Participation in Thrift Savings Plan (sec. 661) 808 Determinations of income eligibility for special supplemental food program (sec. 662) 808 Billeting services for reserve members traveling for inactive-duty training (sec. 663) 808 Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued leave and for retired pay (sec. 664) 808 Additional benefits and protections for personnel incurring injury, illness, or disease in the performance of funeral honors duty (sec. 665) 809 Authority for extension of deadline for filing claims associated with capture and interment of certain persons by North Vietnam (sec. 666) 809 Back pay for members of the Navy and Marine Corps selected for promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World War II (sec. 667) 809 Sense of Congress concerning funding for reserve components (sec. 668) 809 Legislative Provisions Not Adopted 809 Authority to pay gratuity to certain veterans of Bataan and Corregidor 809 Benefits for members not transporting personal motor vehicles overseas 810 Computation of survivor benefits 810 Concurrent payment of retired pay and compensation for retired members with service-connected disabilities 810 Concurrent payment to surviving spouses of Disability and Indemnity Compensation and annuities under Survivor Benefit Plan 810 Effective date of disability retirement for members dying in civilian medical facilities 810 Eligibility of certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance 811 Equitable application of early retirement eligibility requirements to military reserve technicians 811 Family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance 811 Fees paid by residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home 811 Recognition of members of the Alaska Territorial Guard as veterans 811 Survivor benefit plan annuities for survivors of all members who die on active duty 812 Travel by reservists on military aircraft to and from locations outside the continental United States for inactive-duty training 812 Title VII--Health Care Provisions 812 Legislative Provisions Adopted 812 Subtitle A--Health Care Services 812 Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for CHAMPUS beneficiaries and certain former CHAMPUS beneficiaries (sec. 701) 812 Chiropractic health care for members on active duty (sec. 702) 812 School-required physical examinations for certain minor dependents (sec. 703) 813 Two-year extension of dental and medical benefits for surviving dependents of certain deceased members (sec. 704) 813 Two-year extension of authority for use of contract physicians at military entrance processing stations and elsewhere outside medical treatment facilities (sec. 705) 813 Medical and dental care for medal of honor recipients (sec. 706) 813 Subtitle B--Senior Health Care 814 Implementation of TRICARE senior pharmacy program (sec. 711) 814 Conditions for eligibility for CHAMPUS and TRICARE upon the attainment of age 65; expansion and modification of medicare subvention project (sec. 712) 814 Accrual funding for health care for Medicare-eligible retirees and dependents (sec. 713) 815 Subtitle C--TRICARE Program 815 Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program (sec. 721) 815 Additional beneficiaries under TRICARE prime remote program in the continental United States (sec. 722) 816 Modernization of TRICARE business practices and increase of use of military treatment facilities (sec. 723) 816 Extension of TRICARE managed care support contracts (sec. 724) 816 Report on protections against health care providers seeking direct reimbursement from members of the uniformed services (sec. 725) 817 Voluntary termination of enrollment in TRICARE retiree dental program (sec. 726) 817 Claims processing improvements (sec. 727) 817 Prior authorizations for certain referrals and nonavailability-of-health-care statements (sec. 728) 817 Subtitle D--Demonstration Projects 818 Demonstration project for expanded access to mental health counselors (sec. 731) 818 Teleradiology demonstration project (sec. 732) 818 Health care management demonstration program (sec. 733) 818 Subtitle E--Joint Initiatives With Department of Veterans Affairs 818 VA DOD sharing agreements for health services (sec. 741) 818 Processes for patient safety in military and veterans health care systems (sec. 742) 819 Cooperation in developing pharmaceutical identification technology (sec. 743) 819 Subtitle F--Other Matters 819 Management of anthrax vaccine immunization program (sec. 751) 819 Elimination of copayments for immediate family (sec. 752) 819 Medical informatics (sec. 753) 820 Patient care reporting and management system (sec. 754) 820 Augmentation of Army medical department by detailing reserve officers of the Public Health Service (sec. 755) 820 Privacy of Department of Defense medical records (sec. 756) 820 Authority to establish special locality-based reimbursement rates; reports (sec. 757) 821 Reimbursement for certain travel expenses (sec. 758) 821 Reduction of cap on payments (sec. 759) 821 Training in health care management and administration (sec. 760) 821 Study on feasibility of sharing biomedical research facility (sec. 761) 821 Study on comparability of coverage for physical, speech, and occupational therapies (sec. 762) 822 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 822 Extended coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 822 Extension of TRICARE senior supplement program 822 Service areas of transferees of former uniformed services treatment facilities 822 Study of accrual financing for health care for military retirees 822 Study of accrual financing for health care for retirees of the uniformed services 823 Study on health care options for medicare-eligible military retirees 823 Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters 823 Items of Special Interest 823 Acquisition programs at the National Security Agency 823 Legislative Provisions Adopted 824 Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations 824 Department of Defense acquisition pilot programs (sec. 801) 824 Multiyear services contracts (sec. 802) 824 Clarification and extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects (sec. 803) 825 Clarification of authority of Comptroller General to review records of participants in certain prototype projects (sec. 804) 825 Extension of time period of limitation on procurement of ball bearings and roller bearings (sec. 805) 826 Reporting requirements relating to multiyear contracts (sec. 806) 826 Eligibility of small business concerns owned and controlled by women for assistance under the mentor-protege program (sec. 807) 826 Qualifications required for employment and assignment in contracting positions (sec. 808) 826 Revision of authority for solutions-based contracting pilot program (sec. 809) 827 Procurement notice of contracting opportunities through electronic means (sec. 810) 827 Subtitle B--Information Technology 827 Acquisition and management of information technology (sec. 811) 827 Tracking and management of information technology purchases (sec. 812) 827 Appropriate use of requirements regarding experience and education of contractor personnel in the procurement of information technology services (sec. 813) 828 Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (sec. 814) 828 Sense of Congress regarding information technology systems for guard and reserve components (sec. 815) 829 Subtitle C--Other Acquisition-Related Matters 829 Improvements in procurements of services (sec. 821) 829 Financial analysis of use of dual rate for quantifying overhead costs at army ammunition plants (sec. 822) 830 Repeal of prohibition on use of Department of Defense funds for the procurement of nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign source (sec. 823) 830 Extension of waiver period for live-fire survivability testing for MH 47E and MH 60K helicopter modifications programs (sec. 824) 830 Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and products (sec. 825) 830 Requirement to disregard certain agreements in awarding contracts for the purchase of firearms or ammunition (sec. 826) 831 Subtitle D--Studies and Reports 831 Study on impact of foreign sourcing of systems on long-term military readiness and related industrial infrastructure (sec. 831) 831 Study of policies and procedures for transfer of commercial activities (sec. 832) 831 Study and report on practice of contract bundling in military construction contracts (sec. 833) 831 Requirement to conduct study on contract bundling (sec. 834) 831 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 832 Management of acquisition of mission-essential software for major defense acquisition programs 832 Repeal of requirement for contractor assurances regarding the completeness, accuracy, and contractual sufficiency of technical data provided by contractor 832 Revision of the organization and authority of the cost accounting standards board 832 Technical data rights for items developed exclusively at private expense 832 Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management 833 Legislative Provisions Adopted 833 Subtitle A--Duties and Functions of Department of Defense Officers 833 Overall supervision of Department of Defense activities for combating terrorism (sec. 901) 833 Change of title of certain positions in the Headquarters, Marine Corps (sec. 902) 834 Clarification of scope of Inspector General authorities under military whistleblower law (sec. 903) 834 Policy to ensure conduct of science and technology programs so as to foster the transition of science and technology to higher levels of research, development, test, and evaluation (sec. 904) 834 Additional components of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff annual report on combatant command requirements (sec. 905) 835 Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization 835 Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (sec. 911) 835 Department of Defense regional centers for security studies (sec. 912) 836 Change in name of Armed Forces Staff College to Joint Forces Staff College (sec. 913) 836 Special authority for administration of Navy Fisher Houses (sec. 914) 836 Supervisory control of Armed Forces Retirement Home Board by Secretary of Defense (sec. 915) 837 Semiannual report on the Joint Requirements Oversight Council reform initiative (sec. 916) 837 Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Logistics Agency (sec. 917) 837 Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Information Systems Agency (sec. 918) 837 Subtitle C--Information Security 838 Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information Protection (sec. 921) 838 Information security scholarship program (sec. 922) 838 Subtitle D--Reports 838 Date of submittal of reports on shortfalls in equipment procurement and military construction for reserve components in future-years defense programs (sec. 931) 838 Report on number of personnel assigned to legislative liaison functions (sec. 932) 838 Joint report on establishment of national collaborative information analysis capability (sec. 933) 839 Network centric warfare (sec. 934) 839 Report on Air Force Institute of Technology (sec. 935) 839 Subtitle E--Other Matters 840 Flexibility in implementation of limitation on major Department of Defense headquarters activities personnel (sec. 941) 840 Consolidation of certain Navy gift funds (sec. 942) 840 Temporary authority to dispose of a gift previously accepted for the Naval Academy (sec. 943) 840 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 840 Defense acquisition workforce 840 National Defense Panel 2001 841 Quadrennial National Defense Panel 841 Title X--General Provisions 841 Legislative Provisions Adopted 841 Subtitle A--Financial Matters 841 Transfer authority (sec. 1001) 841 Incorporation of classified annex (sec. 1002) 841 Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2000 (sec. 1003) 841 United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2001 (sec. 1004) 842 Limitation on funds for Bosnia and Kosovo peacekeeping operations for fiscal year (sec. 1005) 842 Requirement for prompt payment of contract vouchers (sec. 1006) 842 Plan for the prompt recording of obligations of funds for contractual transactions (sec. 1007) 843 Electronic submission and processing of claims for contract payments (sec. 1008) 843 Administrative offsets for overpayment of transportation costs (sec. 1009) 843 Interest penalties for late payments of interim payments due under Government service contracts (sec. 1010) 843 Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards 844 Revisions to national defense features program (sec. 1011) 844 Sense of Congress on the naming of the CVN 77 aircraft carrier (sec. 1012) 844 Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries (sec. 1013) 844 Authority to consent to retransfer of alternative former naval vessel by Government of Greece (sec. 1014) 844 Subtitle C--Counter-Drug Activities 845 Extension of authority to provide additional support for counter-drug activities of Colombia (sec. 1021) 846 Report on Department of Defense expenditures to support foreign counter-drug activities (sec. 1022) 846 Recommendations on expansion of support for counter-drug activities (sec. 1023) 846 Review of riverine counter-drug program (sec. 1024) 847 Report on tethered aerostat radar system (sec. 1025) 847 Sense of Congress regarding use of the armed forces for counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities (sec. 1026) 847 Subtitle D--Counterterrorism and Domestic Preparedness 848 Preparedness of military installation first responders for incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (sec. 1031) 848 Additional weapons of mass destruction civil support teams (sec. 1032) 848 Authority to provide loan guarantees to improve domestic preparedness to combat cyberterrorism (sec. 1033) 849 Report on the status of domestic preparedness against the threat of biological terrorism (sec. 1034) 849 Report on strategy, policies, and programs to combat domestic terrorism (sec. 1035) 849 Subtitle E--Strategic Forces 850 Revised nuclear posture review (sec. 1041) 850 Plan for the long-term sustainment and modernization of United States strategic nuclear forces (sec. 1042) 850 Modification of scope of waiver authority for limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems (sec. 1043) 850 Report on the defeat of hardened and deeply buried targets (sec. 1044) 851 Sense of Congress on the maintenance of the Strategic Nuclear Triad (sec. 1045) 851 Subtitle F--Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements 851 Management review of working-capital fund activities (sec. 1051) 851 Report on submarine rescue support vessels (sec. 1052) 851 Report on Federal Government progress in developing information assurance strategies (sec. 1053) 852 Department of Defense process for decisionmaking in cases of false claims (sec. 1054) 852 Subtitle G--Government Information Security Reform 852 Government information security reform (secs. 1061 1065) 852 Subtitle H--Security Matters 853 Limitation on granting of security clearances (sec. 1071) 853 Process for prioritizing background investigations for security clearances for Department of Defense personnel and defense contractor personnel (sec. 1072) 853 Authority to withhold certain sensitive information from public disclosure (sec. 1073) 853 Expansion of authority to exempt geodetic products of the Department of Defense from public disclosure (sec. 1074) 854 Expenditures for declassification activities (sec. 1075) 854 Enhanced access to criminal history record information for national security and other purposes (sec. 1076) 854 Two-year extension of authority to engage in commercial activities as security for intelligence collection activities (sec. 1077) 854 Coordination of nuclear weapons secrecy policies and consideration of health of workers at former Department of Defense nuclear facilities (sec. 1078) 855 Subtitle I--Other Matters 855 Funds for administrative expenses under Defense Export Loan Guarantee program (sec. 1081) 855 Transit pass program Department of Defense personnel in poor air quality areas (sec. 1082) 855 Transfer of Vietnam-era TA 4 aircraft to a non-profit foundation (sec. 1083) 856 Transfer of 19th century cannon to museum (sec. 1084) 856 Fees for providing historical information to the public (sec. 1085) 856 Grants to American Red Cross for Armed Forces emergency services (sec. 1086) 856 Technical and clerical amendments (sec. 1087) 857 Maximum size of parcel post packages transported overseas for Armed Forces post offices (sec. 1088) 857 Sense of Congress regarding tax treatment of members receiving special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger (sec. 1089) 857 Organization and management of the civil air patrol (sec. 1090) 857 Additional duties for the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization (sec. 1091) 858 Commission on the future of the United States aerospace industry (sec. 1092) 858 Drug addiction treatment (sec. 1093) 858 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 858 Annual OMB/CBO joint report on scoring budget outlays 858 Authority to provide headstones or markers for marked graves or otherwise commemorate certain individuals 858 Breast cancer stamp extension 859 Comprehensive study and support for criminal investigations and prosecutions by state and local law enforcement officials 859 Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2000 859 Plan to ensure compliance with financial management requirements 859 Protection of operational files of the Defense Intelligence Agency 859 Repeal of certain provisions shifting outlays from one fiscal year to another 860 Report to the Congress regarding extent and severity of child poverty 860 Sense of the Senate concerning long-term economic development aid for communities rebuilding from hurricane Floyd 860 Title XI--Department of Defense Civilian Personnel 860 Legislative Provisions Adopted 860 Subtitle A--Civilian Personnel Management Generally 860 Employment and compensation of employees for temporary organizations established by law or executive order (sec. 1101) 860 Assistive technology accommodations program (sec. 1102) 861 Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in force (sec. 1103) 861 Electronic maintenance of performance appraisal systems (sec. 1104) 861 Study on civilian personnel services (sec. 1105) 861 Subtitle B--Demonstration and Pilot Programs 862 Pilot program for reengineering the equal employment opportunity complaint process (sec. 1111) 862 Work safety demonstration program (sec. 1112) 862 Extension, expansion, and revision of authority for experimental personnel program for scientific and technical personnel (sec. 1113) 862 Clarification of personnel management authority under personnel demonstration project (sec. 1114) 862 Subtitle C--Educational Assistance 863 Restructuring the restriction on degree training (sec. 1121) 863 Student loan repayment programs (sec. 1122) 863 Extension of authority for tuition reimbursement and training for civilian employees in the defense acquisition workforce (sec. 1123) 863 Subtitle D--Other Benefits 864 Additional special pay for foreign language proficiency beneficial for United States national security interests (sec. 1131) 864 Approval authority for cash awards in excess of $10,000 (sec. 1132) 864 Leave for crews of certain vessels (sec. 1133) 864 Life insurance for emergency essential Department of Defense employees (sec. 1134) 864 Subtitle E--Intelligence Civilian Personnel 864 Expansion of defense civilian intelligence personnel system positions (sec. 1141) 864 Increase in number of positions authorized for the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (sec. 1142) 865 Subtitle F--Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay and Early Retirement Authority 865 Voluntary separation incentive pay and early retirement authority (secs. 1151 1153) 865 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 865 Department of Defense employee voluntary early retirement authority 865 Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in force 866 Extension, revision, and expansion of authorities for use of voluntary separation incentive pay and voluntary early retirement 866 Strategic plan 866 Title XII--Matters Relating to Other Nations 866 Legislative Provisions Adopted 866 Subtitle A--Matters Related to Arms Control 866 Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities (sec. 1201) 866 Support of consultations on Arab and Israeli arms control and regional security issues (sec. 1202) 866 Furnishing of nuclear test monitoring equipment to foreign governments (sec. 1203) 867 Additional matters for annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries and entities of concern (sec. 1204) 867 Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Balkans 867 Annual report assessing effect of continued operations in the Balkans region on readiness to execute the national military strategy (sec. 1211) 867 Situation in the Balkans (sec. 1212) 868 Semiannual report on Kosovo peacekeeping (sec. 1213) 868 Subtitle C--North Atlantic Treaty Organization and United States Forces in Europe 869 NATO fair burdensharing (sec. 1221) 869 Repeal of restriction preventing cooperative airlift support through acquisition and cross-servicing agreements (sec. 1222) 870 GAO study on the benefits and costs of the United States military engagement in Europe (sec. 1223) 870 Subtitle D--Other Matters 870 Joint data exchange center with Russian Federation on early warning systems and notification of ballistic missile launches (sec. 1231) 870 Report on sharing and exchange of ballistic missile launch early warning data (sec. 1232) 871 Annual report of Communist Chinese military companies operating in the United States (sec. 1233) 871 Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (sec. 1234) 871 Increased authority to provide healthcare services as humanitarian and civic assistance (sec. 1235) 872 Sense of Congress regarding the use of children as soldiers (sec. 1236) 872 Sense of Congress regarding undersea rescue and recovery (sec. 1237) 873 United States-China Security Review Commission (sec. 1238) 873 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 873 Limitation on number of military personnel in Colombia 873 Prohibition on assumption by United States Government of liability for nuclear accidents in North Korea 874 Title XIII--Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union 874 Legislative Provisions Adopted 874 Specification of cooperative threat reduction programs and funds (sec. 1301) 874 Funding allocations (sec. 1302) 874 Prohibition on use of funds for elimination of conventional weapons (sec. 1303) 875 Limitations on use of funds for fissile material storage facility (sec. 1304) 875 Limitation on use of funds to support warhead dismantlement processing (sec. 1305) 875 Agreement on nuclear weapons storage sites (sec. 1306) 875 Limitation on use of funds for construction of fossil fuel energy plants; report (sec. 1307) 876 Reports on activities and assistance under cooperative threat reduction programs (sec. 1308) 876 Russian chemical weapons elimination (sec. 1309) 877 Limitation on use of funds for elimination of weapons grade plutonium program (sec. 1310) 878 Report on audits of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs (sec. 1311) 878 Legislative Provisions Not Adopted 878 Limitation on use of funds for prevention of biological weapons proliferation in Russia 878 Title XIV--Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack 879 Legislative Provisions Adopted 879 Commission to assess the threat to the United States from electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack (secs. 1401 1409) 879 Title XV--Navy Activities on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico 879 Legislative Provisions Adopted 879 Navy activities on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico (secs. 1501 1508) 879 Title XVI--Veterans Education Benefits 881 Legislative Provisions Adopted 881 Additional opportunity for certain VEAP participants to enroll in basic educational assistance under Montgomery G.I. Bill (sec. 1601) 881 Modification of authority to pay tuition for off-duty training and education (sec. 1602) 882 Clarification of Department of Veterans Affairs duty to assist (sec. 1611) 882 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 882 Modification of time for use by certain members of the Selected Reserve of entitlement to educational assistance 882 Modification of time for use by certain members of Selected Reserve of entitlement to certain educational assistance 882 Short title 882 Transfer of entitlement to educational assistance by certain members of the armed forces 882 Title XVII--Assistance to Firefighters 883 Legislative Provisions Adopted 883 Assistance to Firefighters (secs. 1701 1707) 883 Title XVIII--Impact Aid 885 Legislative Provisions Adopted 885 Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 2000 (secs. 1801 1818) 885 DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 885 Overview 885 Title XXI--Army 905 Overview 905 Legislative Provisions Adopted 905 Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2101) 905 Family housing (sec. 2102) 905 Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2103) 906 Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2104) 906 Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000 projects (sec. 2105) 906 Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1999 projects (sec. 2106) 906 Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project (sec. 2107) 907 Authority to accept funds for realignment of certain military construction project, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (sec. 2108) 907 Title XXII--Navy 907 Overview 907 Items of Special Interest 908 Improvements to military family housing, Navy 908 Legislative Provisions Adopted 908 Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2201) 908 Family housing (sec. 2202) 908 Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2203) 908 Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2204) 908 Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997 project at Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia (sec. 2205) 909 Title XXIII--Air Force 909 Overview 909 Legislative Provisions Adopted 909 Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2301) 909 Family housing (sec. 2302) 909 Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2303) 910 Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec. 2304) 910 Title XXIV--Defense Agencies 910 Overview 910 Items of Special Interest 910 Military construction projects, Manta Air Base, Ecuador 910 Legislative Provisions Adopted 911 Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2401) 911 Energy conservation projects (sec. 2402) 911 Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies (sec. 2403) 911 Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1990 project (sec. 2404) 911 Title XXV--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 912 Overview 912 Legislative Provisions Adopted 912 Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2501) 912 Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502) 912 Title XXVI--Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities 912 Overview 912 Items of Special Interest 913 Support for Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams 913 Legislative Provisions Adopted 913 Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2601) 913 Authority to contribute to construction of airport tower, Cheyenne Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming (sec. 2602) 913 Title XXVII--Expiration and Extension of Authorizations 913 Legislative Provisions Adopted 913 Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law (sec. 2701) 913 Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1998 projects (sec. 2702) 914 Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects (sec. 2703) 914 Effective date (sec. 2704) 914 Title XXVIII--General Provisions 914 Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes 914 Joint use military construction projects (sec. 2801) 914 Exclusion of certain costs from determination of applicability of limitation on use of funds for improvement of family housing (sec. 2802) 915 Revision of space limitations for military family housing (sec. 2803) 915 Modification of lease authority for high-cost military family housing (sec. 2804) 915 Provision of utilities and services under alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing (sec. 2805) 916 Extension of alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing (sec. 2806) 916 Expansion of definition of armory to include readiness centers (sec. 2807) 916 Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration 917 Increase in threshold for notice and wait requirements for real property transactions (sec. 2811) 917 Enhancement of authority of military departments to lease non-excess property (sec. 2812) 917 Conveyance authority regarding utility systems of military departments (sec. 2813) 917 Permanent conveyance authority to improve property management (sec. 2814) 918 Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment 918 Scope of agreements to transfer property to redevelopment authorities without consideration under the base closure laws (sec. 2821) 918 Subtitle D--Land Conveyances 919 Part I--Army Conveyances 919 Transfer of jurisdiction, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois (sec. 2831) 919 Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Galesburg, Illinois (sec. 2832) 919 Land conveyance, Charles Melvin Price Support Center, Illinois (sec. 2833) 919 Land conveyance, Fort Riley, Kansas (sec. 2834) 919 Land conveyance, Fort Polk, Louisiana (sec. 2835) 920 Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Winona, Minnesota (sec. 2836) 920 Land conveyance, Fort Dix, New Jersey (sec. 2837) 920 Land conveyance, Nike Site 43, Elrama, Pennsylvania (sec. 2838) 920 Land exchange, Army Reserve Local Training Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee (sec. 2839) 920 Land exchange, Fort Hood, Texas (sec. 2840) 921 Land conveyance, Fort Pickett, Virginia (sec. 2841) 921 Land conveyance, Fort Lawton, Washington (sec. 2842) 921 Land conveyance, Vancouver Barracks, Washington (sec. 2843) 921 Part II--Navy Conveyances 922 Modification of land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California (sec. 2846) 922 Modification of authority for Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme, California, to use certain Navy property (sec. 2847) 922 Transfer of jurisdiction, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California (sec. 2848) 922 Land exchange, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California (sec. 2849) 922 Lease of property, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida (sec. 2850) 923 Land conveyance, Naval Reserve Center, Tampa, Florida (sec. 2851) 923 Modification of land conveyance, Defense Fuel Supply Point, Casco Bay, Maine (sec. 2852) 923 Land conveyance, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Cutler, Maine (sec. 2853) 923 Modification of land conveyance authority, former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland (sec. 2854) 924 Land conveyance, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (sec. 2855) 924 Land exchange, Naval Air Reserve Center, Columbus, Ohio (sec. 2856) 924 Land conveyance, Naval Station, Bremerton, Washington (sec. 2857) 924 Part III--Air Force Conveyances 925 Land conveyance, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California (sec. 2861) 925 Land conveyance, Point Arena Air Force Station, California (sec. 2862) 925 Land conveyance, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado (sec. 2863) 925 Land conveyance, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (sec. 2864) 926 Modification of land conveyance, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota (sec. 2865) 926 Land conveyance, Mukilteo Tank Farm, Everett, Washington (sec. 2866) 926 Part IV--Other Conveyances 926 Land conveyance, Army and Air Force Exchange Service property, Farmers Branch, Texas (sec. 2871) 926 Land conveyance, former National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, Virginia (sec. 2872) 927 Subtitle E--Other Matters 927 Relation of easement authority to leased parkland, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California (sec. 2881) 927 Extension of demonstration project for purchase of fire, security, police, public works, and utility services from local government agencies (sec. 2882) 927 Acceptance and use of gifts for construction of third building at United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (sec. 2883) 928 Development of Marine Corps Heritage Center at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia (sec. 2884) 928 Activities relating to the greenbelt at Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada (sec. 2885) 928 Establishment of World War II Memorial on Guam (sec. 2886) 929 Naming of Army Missile Testing Range at Kwajalein Atoll as the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll (sec. 2887) 929 Designation of Building at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in honor of Andrew T. McNamara (sec. 2888) 929 Designation of Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, in honor of Bob Wilson, a former member of the House of Representatives (sec. 2889) 929 Sense of Congress regarding importance of expansion of National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California (sec. 2890) 929 Sense of Congress regarding land transfers at Melrose Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training Center, Washington (sec. 2891) 930 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 930 Applicability of competition policy to alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military family housing 930 Land conveyance, Colonel Harold E. Steele Army Reserve Center and Maintenance Shop, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 930 Land conveyance, Lieutenant General Malcolm Hay Army Reserve Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 931 Lease of property, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California 931 DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 931 Title XXXI--Department of Energy National Security Programs 931 Overview 931 Items of Special Interest 946 Report on authorities and limitations in general recurring provisions 946 Legislative Provisions Adopted 946 Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations 946 National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3101) 946 Defense environmental restoration and waste management (sec. 3102) 951 Other defense activities (sec. 3103) 953 Defense environmental management privatization (sec. 3104) 955 Defense nuclear waste disposal (sec. 3105) 956 Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions 956 Reprogramming (sec. 3121) 956 Limits on general plant projects (sec. 3122) 956 Limits on construction projects (sec. 3123) 956 Fund transfer authority (sec. 3124) 957 Authority for conceptual and construction design (sec. 3125) 957 Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities (sec. 3126) 957 Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy (sec. 3127) 957 Availability of funds (sec. 3128) 958 Transfers of defense environmental management funds (sec. 3129) 958 Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 958 Funding for termination costs of River Protection Project, Richland, Washington (sec. 3131) 958 Enhanced cooperation between National Nuclear Security Administration and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (sec. 3132) 959 Reprogramming of funds available for infrastructure upgrades or maintenance in certain accounts of the National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3133) 959 Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels for post-shipment verification reports on advanced supercomputers sales to certain foreign nations (sec. 3134) 959 Modification of counterintelligence polygraph program (sec. 3135) 959 Employee incentives for employees at closure project facilities (sec. 3136) 960 Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials (sec. 3137) 960 Limitation on use of certain funds pending certifications of compliance with Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program funding prohibition (sec. 3138) 961 Conceptual design for Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho (sec. 3139) 961 Report on National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California (sec. 3140) 962 River Protection Project, Richland, Washington (sec. 3141) 962 Report on tank waste remediation system, Hanford Reservation, Richland, Washington (sec. 3142) 963 Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Management of National Nuclear Security Administration 963 Term of office of person first appointed as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy (sec. 3151) 963 Membership of Under Secretary for Nuclear Security on the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council (sec. 3152) 963 Organization plan for field offices of the National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3153) 963 Required contents of future-years nuclear security program (sec. 3154) 964 Future-years nuclear security program for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 3155) 964 Engineering and manufacturing research, development, and demonstration by plant managers of certain nuclear weapons production plants (sec. 3156) 965 Prohibition on individuals engaging in concurrent service or duties within National Nuclear Security Administration and outside that Administration but within Department of Energy (sec. 3157) 965 Annual plan for obligation of funds of the National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3158) 966 Authority to reorganize National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3159) 966 Subtitle E--National Laboratories Partnership Improvement 966 Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program (sec. 3161) 966 Report on small business participation in National Nuclear Security Administration activities (sec. 3162) 967 Study and report related to improving mission effectiveness, partnerships, and technology transfer at national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities (sec. 3163) 967 Report on effectiveness of National Nuclear Security Administration technology development partnerships with non-Federal entities (sec. 3164) 968 Definitions (sec. 3165) 969 Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 969 Matters Relating to Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (secs. 3171 3175) 969 Subtitle G--Other Matters 970 Extension of authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel (sec. 3191) 970 Biennial report containing update on nuclear test readiness postures (sec. 3192) 971 Frequency of reports on inadvertent releases of restricted data and formerly restricted data (sec. 3193) 971 Form of certifications regarding the safety or reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile (sec. 3194) 971 Authority to provide certificate of commendation to Department of Energy and contractor employees for exemplary service in stockpile stewardship and security (sec. 3195) 971 Cooperative research and development agreements for government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories (sec. 3196) 972 Office of Arctic Energy (sec. 3197) 972 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 972 Conformance with National Nuclear Security Administration organizational structure 972 Construction of National Nuclear Security Administration Operations Office Complex 973 Energy employees compensation initiative 973 Environmental management closure projects 973 Other transactions 973 Sense of the Congress regarding compensation and health care for personnel of the Department of Energy and its contractors and vendors who have sustained beryllium, silica, and radiation-related injury 974 Short title 974 Technology partnerships ombudsman 974 Title XXXII--Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 974 Legislative Provisions Adopted 974 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (sec. 3201) 974 Title XXXIII--National Defense Stockpile 975 Legislative Provisions Adopted 975 Authorized uses of stockpile funds (sec. 3301) 975 Increased receipts under prior disposal authority (sec. 3302) 975 Disposal of titanium (sec. 3303) 975 Title XXXIV--Naval Petroleum Reserves 976 Legislative Provisions Adopted 976 Minimum price of petroleum sold from certain naval petroleum reserves (sec. 3401) 976 Repeal of authority to contract for cooperative or unit plans affecting Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (sec. 3402) 976 Disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 (sec. 3403) 976 Title XXXV--Maritime Administration 977 Legislative Provisions Adopted 977 Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 3501) 977 Scrapping of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels (sec. 3502) 977 Authority to convey National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel, Glacier (sec. 3503) 978 Maritime intermodal research (sec. 3504) 978 Maritime research and technology development (sec. 3505) 979 Reporting of administered and oversight funds (sec. 3506) 979 Legislative Provisions not Adopted 979 Authority to convey offshore drill rig Ocean Star 979 Title XXXVI--Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 979 Legislative Provisions Adopted 980 Short title (sec. 3601) 980 Findings; sense of Congress (sec. 3602) 980 Subtitle A--Establishment of Compensation Program and Compensation Fund 980 Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (sec. 3611) 980 Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund (sec. 3612) 980 Legislative proposal (sec. 3613) 980 Authorization of appropriations (sec. 3614) 981 Subtitle B--Program Administration 981 Definitions for program administration (sec. 3621) 981 Expansion of list of beryllium vendors (sec. 3622) 981 Exposure in the performance of duty (sec. 3623) 981 Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (sec. 3624) 981 Responsibilities of Secretary of Health and Human Services (sec. 3625) 981 Designation of additional members of Special Exposure Cohort (sec. 3626) 981 Separate treatment of chronic silicosis (sec. 3627) 982 Compensation and benefits to be provided (sec. 3628) 982 Medical benefits (sec. 3629) 982 Separate treatment of certain uranium employees (sec. 3630) 982 Assistance for claimants and potential claimants (sec. 3631) 983 Subtitle C--Treatment, Coordination, and Forfeiture of Compensation and Benefits 983 Offset for certain payments (sec. 3641) 983 Subrogation of the United States (sec. 3642) 983 Payment in full settlement of claims (sec. 3643) 983 Exclusivity of remedy against the United States and against contractors and subcontractors (sec. 3644) 983 Election of remedy for beryllium employees and atomic weapons employees (sec. 3645) 983 Certification of treatment of payments under other laws (sec. 3646) 983 Claims not assignable or transferrable; choice of remedies (sec. 3647) 984 Attorney fees (sec. 3648) 984 Certain claims not affected by awards of damages (sec. 3649) 984 Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons (sec. 3650) 984 Coordination with other Federal radiation compensation laws (sec. 3651) 984 Subtitle D--Assistance in State Workers' Compensation Proceedings 984 Agreements with States (sec. 3661) 984 66 636 106 th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106 945 ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 October 6, 2000.--Ordered to be printed Mr. Spence , from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4205] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4205), to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, insert the following: SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. The provisions of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law. SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF ACT. In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date of approval an appendix setting forth the text of the bill referred to in section 1. And the Senate agree to the same. From the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Floyd Spence, Bob Stump, Duncan Hunter, John R. Kasich, James V. Hansen, Curt Weldon, Joel Hefley, Jim Saxton, Steve Buyer, Tillie K. Fowler, John M. McHugh, James M. Talent, Terry Everett, Roscoe G. Bartlett, Howard ``Buck'' McKeon, J.C. Watts, J r., Mack Thornberry, John N. Hostettler, Saxby Chambliss, Ike Skelton, Norman Sisisky John Spratt, Solomon P. Ortiz, Owen B. Pickett, Lane Evans, Gene Taylor, Neil Abercrombie, Martin T. Meehan, Robert A. Underwood, Thomas Allen, Vic Snyder, James H. Maloney, Mike McIntyre, Ellen O. Tauscher, Mike Thompson, Provided that Mr. Kuykendall is appointed in lieu of Mr. Kasich for consideration of section 2863 of the House bill, and section 2862 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Steven T. Kuykendall, From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee under clause 11 of rule X: Porter J. Goss, Jerry Lewis, Julian C. Dixon, From the Committee on Commerce, for consideration of sections 601, 725, and 1501 of the House bill, and sections 342, 601, 618, 701, 1073, 1402, 2812, 3131, 3133, 3134, 3138, 3152, 3154, 3155, 3167 3169, 3171, 3201, and 3301 3303 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Tom Bliley, Joe Barton, John D. Dingell, Provided that Mr. Bilirakis is appointed in lieu of Mr. Barton of Texas for consideration of sections 601 and 725 of the House bill, and sections 601, 618, 701, and 1073 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mike Bilirakis, Provided that Mr. Oxley is appointed in lieu of Mr. Barton of Texas for consideration of section 1501 of the House bill, and sections 342 and 2812 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Michael G. Oxley, From the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for consideration of sections 341, 342, 504, and 1106 of the House bill, and sections 311, 379, 553, 669, 1053, and title XXXV of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bill Goodling, Van Hilleary, Patsy T. Mink, From the Committee on Government Reform, for consideration of sections 518, 651, 723, 801, 906, 1101 1104, 1106, 1107, and 3137 of the House bill, and sections 643, 651, 801, 806, 810, 814 816, 1010A 1044, 1045, 1057, 1063, 1069, 1073, 1101, 1102, 1104, and 1106 1118, title XIV, and sections 2871, 2881, 3155, and 3171 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Dan Burton, Joe Scarborough, Henry A. Waxman, Provided that Mr. Horn is appointed in lieu of Mr. Scarborough for consideration of section 801 of the House bill, and sections 801, 806, 810, 814 816, 1010A, 1044, 1045, 1057, 1063, and 1101, title XIV, and sections 2871 and 2881 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committee to conference: Stephen Horn, Provided that Mr. McHugh is appointed in lieu of Mr. Scarborough for consideration of section 1073 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: John M. McHugh, From the Committee on House Administration, for consideration of sections 561 563 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: William M. Thomas, John Boehner, Steny H. Hoyer, From the Committee on International Relations, for consideration of sections 1201, 1205, 1209, and 1210, title XIII, and section 3136 of the House bill, and sections 1011, 1201 1203, 1206 1208, 1209, 1212, 1214, 3178, and 3193 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bill Goodling, From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of sections 543 and 906 of the House bill, and sections 506, 645, 663, 668, 909, 1068, and 1106, title XV, and title XXXV of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Henry Hyde, Charles T. Canady, From the Committee on Resources, for consideration of sections 312, 601, 1501, 2853, 2883, and 3402 of the House bill, and sections 601 and 1059, title XIII, and sections 2871, 2893, and 3303 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Don Young, Billy Tauzin, From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for consideration of sections 601, 2839, and 2881 of the House bill, and sections 502, 601, and 1072 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bud Shuster, Wayne T. Gilchrest Brian Baird, Provided that Mr. Pascrell is appointed in lieu of Mr. Baird for consideration of section 1072 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bill Pascrell, Jr., From the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for consideration of sections 535, 738, and 2831 of the House bill, and sections 561 563, 648, 664 666, 671, 672, 682 684, 721, 722, and 1067 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Michael Bilirakis, Jack Quinn, Corrine Brown, From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of section 725 of the House bill, and section 701 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: William M. Thomas, Managers on the Part of the House. John W. Warner, Strom Thurmond, John McCain, Bob Smith, James Inhofe, Rick Santorum, Olympia J. Snowe, Pat Roberts, Wayne Allard, Tim Hutchinson, Jeff Sessions, Carl Levin, Edward Kennedy, Jeff Bingaman, Robert C. Byrd, Chuck Robb, Joe Lieberman, Max Cleland, Mary L. Landrieu, Jack Reed, Managers on the Part of the Senate. JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report: The Senate amendment struck out all of the House bill after the enacting clause and inserted a substitute text. The House recedes from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate with an amendment which is a substitute for the House bill and the Senate amendment. The differences between the House bill, the Senate amendment, and the substitute agreed to in conference are noted below, except for clerical corrections, conforming changes made necessary by agreements reached by the conferees, and minor drafting and clarifying changes. The conference agreement would enact the provisions of H.R. 5408 as introduced on October 6, 2000. The text of that bill follows: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001''. (b) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) Representative Floyd D. Spence of South Carolina was elected to the House of Representatives in 1970, for service in the 92d Congress, after serving in the South Carolina legislature for 10 years, and he has been reelected to each subsequent Congress. (2) Representative Spence came to Congress as a distinguished veteran of service in the Armed Forces of the United States. (3) Upon graduation from college in 1952, Representative Spence was commissioned as an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve. After entering active duty, he served with distinction aboard the USS CARTER HALL and the USS LSM 397 during the Korean War and later served as commanding officer of a Naval Reserve Surface Division and as group commander of all Naval Reserve units in Columbia, South Carolina. Representative Spence retired from the Naval Reserve in 1988 in the grade of captain, after 41 years of dedicated service. (4) Upon election to the House of Representatives, Representative Spence became a member of the Committee on Armed Services of that body. During 30 years of service on that committee (4 years of which were served while the committee was known as the Committee on National Security), Representative Spence's contributions to the national defense and security of the United States have been profound and long lasting. (5) Representative Spence served as chairman of that committee while known as the Committee on National Security during the 104th and 105th Congresses and serves as chairman of that committee for the 106th Congress. In addition, Representative Spence served as the ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services during the 103d Congress. (6) Dozens of awards from active duty and reserve military, veterans service, military retiree, and industry organizations and associations have recognized the distinguished character of Representative Spence's service to the Nation. (7) Representative Spence has been a leading figure in the debate over many of the most critical military readiness, health care, recruiting, and retention issues currently confronting the Nation's military. His concern for the men and women in uniform has been unwavering, and his accomplishments in promoting and gaining support for those issues that preserve the combat effectiveness, morale, and quality of life of the Nation's military personnel have been unparalleled. (8) During his tenure as chairman of the Committee on National Security and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, Representative Spence has-- (A) led efforts to identify and reverse the effect that declining resources and rising commitments have had on military quality of life for service members and their families, on combat readiness, and on equipment modernization, with a direct result of those diligent efforts and of his willingness to be an outspoken proponent for America's military being that Congress has added nearly $50,000,000,000 to the President's defense budgets over the past 5 years; (B) been a leading proponent of the need to expeditiously develop and field a national missile defense to protect American citizens and forward deployed military forces from growing ballistic missile threats; (C) advocated reversing the growing disparity between actual military capability and the requirements associated with the National Military Strategy; and (D) led efforts in Congress to reform Department of Defense acquisition and management headquarters and infrastructure and business practices. (9) This Act is the 30th annual authorization bill for the Department of Defense for which Representative Spence has taken a major responsibility as a member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives (including 4 years while that committee was known as the Committee on National Security). (10) In light of the findings in the preceding paragraphs, it is altogether fitting and proper that this Act be named in honor of Representative Floyd D. Spence of South Carolina, as provided in subsection (a). SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions as follows: (1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations. (2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations. (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; findings. 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. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 106. Defense Health Program. SUBTITLE B--ARMY PROGRAMS Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority. Sec. 112. Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat munitions that may be acquired. Sec. 113. Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation. SUBTITLE C--NAVY PROGRAMS Sec. 121. CVNX 1 nuclear aircraft carrier program. Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program. Sec. 123. Virginia class submarine program. Sec. 124. Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in submarine force structure. Sec. 125. ADC(X) ship program. Sec. 126. Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Sec. 127. Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs. Sec. 128. Helicopter support of FFG 7 frigates during fiscal year 2001. Sec. 129. V 22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders. SUBTITLE D--AIR FORCE PROGRAMS Sec. 131. Annual report on B 2 bomber. Sec. 132. Report on modernization of Air National Guard F 16A units. SUBTITLE E--JOINT PROGRAMS Sec. 141. Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter program. SUBTITLE F--CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION Sec. 151. Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent and munitions destruction technologies. Sec. 152. Report on assessment of need for Federal economic assistance for communities impacted by chemical demilitarization activities. Sec. 153. Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical warfare material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility. TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research. SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS Sec. 211. Management of Space-Based Infrared System--Low. Sec. 212. Joint Strike Fighter program. Sec. 213. Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment. Sec. 214. Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling. Sec. 215. DD 21 class destroyer program. Sec. 216. Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program. Sec. 217. Joint biological defense program. Sec. 218. Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development programs. Sec. 219. Cost limitations applicable to F 22 aircraft program. Sec. 220. Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat vehicles. Sec. 221. Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. Sec. 222. Army space control technology development. SUBTITLE C--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE Sec. 231. Funding for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 232. Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea. Sec. 233. Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture. Sec. 234. Management of Airborne Laser program. SUBTITLE D--HIGH ENERGY LASER PROGRAMS Sec. 241. Funding. Sec. 242. Implementation of High Energy Laser Master Plan. Sec. 243. Designation of senior official for high energy laser programs. Sec. 244. Site for Joint Technology Office. Sec. 245. High energy laser infrastructure improvements. Sec. 246. Cooperative programs and activities. Sec. 247. Technology plan. Sec. 248. Annual report. Sec. 249. Definition. Sec. 250. Review of defense-wide directed energy programs. SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 251. Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential use for certain purposes of technologies associated with that concept. Sec. 252. Air Force science and technology planning. Sec. 253. Enhancement of authorities regarding education partnerships for purposes of encouraging scientific study. Sec. 254. Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval research efforts during the period from before World War II through the end of the Cold War. 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. Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Sec. 305. Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams. SUBTITLE B--ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS Sec. 311. Establishment of additional environmental restoration account and use of accounts for operation and monitoring of environmental remedies. Sec. 312. Certain environmental restoration activities. Sec. 313. Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. Sec. 314. Payment of fines and penalties for environmental compliance at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Sec. 315. Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental compliance violations at other Department of Defense facilities. Sec. 316. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia. Sec. 317. Necessity of military low-level flight training to protect national security and enhance military readiness. Sec. 318. Ship disposal project. Sec. 319. Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program. Sec. 320. Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System. Sec. 321. Sense of Congress regarding environmental restoration of former defense manufacturing site, Santa Clarita, California. SUBTITLE C--COMMISSARIES AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES Sec. 331. Use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses of commissary stores. Sec. 332. Adjustment of sales prices of commissary store goods and services to cover certain expenses. Sec. 333. Use of surcharges for construction and improvement of commissary stores. Sec. 334. Inclusion of magazines and other periodicals as an authorized commissary merchandise category. Sec. 335. Use of most economical distribution method for distilled spirits. Sec. 336. Report on effects of availability of slot machines on United States military installations overseas. SUBTITLE D--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES Sec. 341. Designation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and public-private partnerships to increase utilization of such centers. Sec. 342. Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of United States arsenals. Sec. 343. Arsenal support program initiative. Sec. 344. Codification and improvement of armament retooling and manufacturing support programs. SUBTITLE E--PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS BY PRIVATE-SECTOR SOURCES Sec. 351. Inclusion of additional information in reports to Congress required before conversion of commercial or industrial type functions to contractor performance. Sec. 352 Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and Army ammunition plants. Sec. 353. Consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering of Department of Defense organizations, functions, or activities. Sec. 354. Monitoring of savings resulting from workforce reductions as part of conversion of functions to performance by private sector or other strategic sourcing initiatives. Sec. 355. Performance of emergency response functions at chemical weapons storage installations. Sec. 356. Suspension of reorganization or relocation of Naval Audit Service. SUBTITLE F--DEFENSE DEPENDENTS EDUCATION Sec. 361. Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross employees for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico. Sec. 362. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 363. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. Sec. 364. Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of school facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. SUBTITLE G--MILITARY READINESS ISSUES Sec. 371. Measuring cannibalization of parts, supplies, and equipment under readiness reporting system. Sec. 372. Reporting requirements regarding transfers from high-priority readiness appropriations. Sec. 373. Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness of military aircraft and equipment. Sec. 374. Identification of requirements to reduce backlog in maintenance and repair of defense facilities. Sec. 375. New methodology for preparing budget requests to satisfy Army readiness requirements. Sec. 376. Review of AH 64 aircraft program. Sec. 377. Report on Air Force spare and repair parts program for C 5 aircraft. SUBTITLE H--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 381. Annual report on public sale of certain military equipment identified on United States Munitions List. Sec. 382. Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army. Sec. 383. Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided at Johnston Atoll. Sec. 384. Travel by Reserves on military aircraft. Sec. 385. Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft. Sec. 386. Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all in-transit end items and secondary items. Sec. 387. Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft. Sec. 388. Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire suppression. Sec. 389. Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica reactivity. Sec. 390. Demonstration project to increase reserve component internet access and services in rural communities. Sec. 391. Additional conditions on implementation of Defense Joint Accounting System. Sec. 392. Report on Defense Travel System. Sec. 393. Review of Department of Defense costs of maintaining historical properties. TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS SUBTITLE A--ACTIVE FORCES Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels. Sec. 403. Adjustment to end strength flexibility authority. 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 2001 limitation on non-dual status technicians. Sec. 415. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the Reserves. SUBTITLE C--OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO PERSONNEL STRENGTHS Sec. 421. Authority for Secretary of Defense to suspend certain personnel strength limitations during war or national emergency. Sec. 422. Exclusion from active component end strengths of certain reserve component members on active duty in support of the combatant commands. Sec. 423. Exclusion of Army and Air Force medical and dental officers from limitation on strengths of reserve commissioned officers in grades below brigadier general. Sec. 424. Authority for temporary increases in number of reserve component personnel serving on active duty or full-time national guard duty in certain grades. SUBTITLE D--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 431. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel. TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY SUBTITLE A--OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY Sec. 501. Eligibility of Army and Air Force Reserve colonels and brigadier generals for position vacancy promotions. Sec. 502. Flexibility in establishing promotion zones for Coast Guard Reserve officers. Sec. 503. Time for release of reports of officer promotion selection boards. Sec. 504. Clarification of requirements for composition of active-duty list selection boards when reserve officers are under consideration. Sec. 505. Authority to issue posthumous commissions in the case of members dying before official recommendation for appointment or promotion is approved by Secretary concerned. Sec. 506. Technical corrections relating to retired grade of reserve commissioned officers. Sec. 507. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and directors of National Guard components. Sec. 508. Revision to rules for entitlement to separation pay for regular and reserve officers. SUBTITLE B--RESERVE COMPONENT PERSONNEL POLICY Sec. 521. Exemption from active-duty list for reserve officers on active duty for a period of three years or less. Sec. 522. Termination of application requirement for consideration of officers for continuation on the reserve active-status list. Sec. 523. Authority to retain Air Force Reserve officers in all medical specialties until specified age. Sec. 524. Authority for provision of legal services to reserve component members following release from active duty. Sec. 525. Extension of involuntary civil service retirement date for certain reserve technicians. SUBTITLE C--EDUCATION AND TRAINING Sec. 531. Eligibility of children of Reserves for Presidential appointment to service academies. Sec. 532. Selection of foreign students to receive instruction at service academies. Sec. 533. Revision of college tuition assistance program for members of Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program. Sec. 534. Review of allocation of Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps units among the services. Sec. 535. Authority for Naval Postgraduate School to enroll certain defense industry civilians in specified programs relating to defense product development. SUBTITLE D--DECORATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMENDATIONS Sec. 541. Limitation on award of Bronze Star to members in receipt of imminent danger pay. Sec. 542. Consideration of proposals for posthumous or honorary promotions or appointments of members or former members of the Armed Forces and other qualified persons. Sec. 543. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 544. Addition of certain information to markers on graves containing remains of certain unknowns from the U.S.S. Arizona who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Sec. 545. Sense of Congress on the court-martial conviction of Captain Charles Butler McVay, Commander of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and on the courageous service of the crew of that vessel. Sec. 546. Posthumous advancement on retired list of Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short, senior officers in command in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Sec. 547. Commendation of citizens of Remy, France, for World War II actions. Sec. 548. Authority for Award of the Medal of Honor to William H. Pitsenbarger for valor during the Vietnam War. SUBTITLE E--MILITARY JUSTICE AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE MATTERS Sec. 551. Recognition by States of military testamentary instruments. Sec. 552. Policy concerning rights of individuals whose names have been entered into Department of Defense official criminal investigative reports. Sec. 553. Limitation on Secretarial authority to grant clemency for military prisoners serving sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole. Sec. 554. Authority for civilian special agents of military department criminal investigative organizations to execute warrants and make arrests. Sec. 555. Requirement for verbatim record in certain special court-martial cases. Sec. 556. Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. SUBTITLE F--MATTERS RELATING TO RECRUITING Sec. 561. Army recruiting pilot programs. Sec. 562. Enhancement of recruitment market research and advertising programs. Sec. 563. Access to secondary schools for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 564. Pilot program to enhance military recruiting by improving military awareness of school counselors and educators. SUBTITLE G--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 571. Extension to end of calendar year of expiration date for certain force drawdown transition authorities. Sec. 572. Voluntary separation incentive. Sec. 573. Congressional review period for assignment of women to duty on submarines and for any proposed reconfiguration or design of submarines to accommodate female crew members. Sec. 574. Management and per diem requirements for members subject to lengthy or numerous deployments. Sec. 575. Pay in lieu of allowance for funeral honors duty. Sec. 576. Test of ability of reserve component intelligence units and personnel to meet current and emerging defense intelligence needs. Sec. 577. National Guard Challenge Program. Sec. 578. Study of use of civilian contractor pilots for operational support missions. Sec. 579. Reimbursement for expenses incurred by members in connection with cancellation of leave on short notice. TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS SUBTITLE A--PAY AND ALLOWANCES Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 602. Additional restructuring of basic pay rates for enlisted members. Sec. 603. Revised method for calculation of basic allowance for subsistence. Sec. 604. Family subsistence supplemental allowance for low-income members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 605. Basic allowance for housing. Sec. 606. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2001 increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States. Sec. 607. Equitable treatment of junior enlisted members in computation of basic allowance for housing. Sec. 608. Eligibility of members in grade E 4 to receive basic allowance for housing while on sea duty. Sec. 609. Personal money allowance for senior enlisted members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 610. Increased uniform allowances for officers. Sec. 611. Cabinet-level authority to prescribe requirements and allowance for clothing of enlisted members. Sec. 612. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for members of precommissioning programs. SUBTITLE B--BONUSES AND SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS Sec. 621. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces. Sec. 622. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists. Sec. 623. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays. Sec. 624. Revision of enlistment bonus authority. Sec. 625. Consistency of authorities for special pay for reserve medical and dental officers. Sec. 626. Elimination of required congressional notification before implementation of certain special pay authority. Sec. 627. Special pay for physician assistants of the Coast Guard. Sec. 628. Authorization of special pay and accession bonus for pharmacy officers. Sec. 629. Correction of references to Air Force veterinarians. Sec. 630. Career sea pay. Sec. 631. Increased maximum rate of special duty assignment pay. Sec. 632. Entitlement of members of the National Guard and other reserves not on active duty to receive special duty assignment pay. Sec. 633. Authorization of retention bonus for members of the Armed Forces qualified in a critical military skill. Sec. 634. Entitlement of active duty officers of the Public Health Service Corps to special pays and bonuses of health professional officers of the Armed Forces. SUBTITLE C--TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES Sec. 641. Advance payments for temporary lodging of members and dependents. Sec. 642. Additional transportation allowance regarding baggage and household effects. Sec. 643. Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in less than average weights. Sec. 644. Equitable dislocation allowances for junior enlisted members. Sec. 645. Authority to reimburse military recruiters, Senior ROTC cadre, and military entrance processing personnel for certain parking expenses. Sec. 646. Expansion of funded student travel for dependents. SUBTITLE D--RETIREMENT AND SURVIVOR BENEFIT MATTERS Sec. 651. Exception to high-36 month retired pay computation for members retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade. Sec. 652. Increase in maximum number of Reserve retirement points that may be credited in any year. Sec. 653. Retirement from active reserve service after regular retirement. Sec. 654. Same treatment for Federal judges as for other Federal officials regarding payment of military retired pay. Sec. 655. Reserve component Survivor Benefit Plan spousal consent requirement. Sec. 656. Sense of Congress on increasing Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for surviving spouses age 62 or older. Sec. 657. Revision to special compensation authority to repeal exclusion of uniformed services retirees in receipt of disability retired pay. SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 661. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan. Sec. 662. Determinations of income eligibility for special supplemental food program. Sec. 663. Billeting services for reserve members traveling for inactive-duty training. Sec. 664. Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued leave and for retired pay. Sec. 665. Additional benefits and protections for personnel incurring injury, illness, or disease in the performance of funeral honors duty. Sec. 666. Authority for extension of deadline for filing claims associated with capture and internment of certain persons by North Vietnam. Sec. 667. Back pay for members of the Navy and Marine Corps selected for promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World War II. Sec. 668. Sense of Congress concerning funding for reserve components. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE A--HEALTH CARE SERVICES Sec. 701. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for CHAMPUS beneficiaries and certain former CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 702. Chiropractic health care for members on active duty. Sec. 703. School-required physical examinations for certain minor dependents. Sec. 704. Two-year extension of dental and medical benefits for surviving dependents of certain deceased members. Sec. 705. Two-year extension of authority for use of contract physicians at military entrance processing stations and elsewhere outside medical treatment facilities. Sec. 706. Medical and dental care for Medal of Honor recipients. SUBTITLE B--SENIOR HEALTH CARE Sec. 711. Implementation of TRICARE senior pharmacy program. Sec. 712. Conditions for eligibility for CHAMPUS and TRICARE upon the attainment of age 65; expansion and modification of medicare subvention project. Sec. 713. Accrual funding for health care for medicare-eligible retirees and dependents. SUBTITLE C--TRICARE PROGRAM Sec. 721. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 722. Additional beneficiaries under TRICARE Prime Remote program in the continental United States. Sec. 723. Modernization of TRICARE business practices and increase of use of military treatment facilities. Sec. 724. Extension of TRICARE managed care support contracts. Sec. 725. Report on protections against health care providers seeking direct reimbursement from members of the uniformed services. Sec. 726. Voluntary termination of enrollment in TRICARE retiree dental program. Sec. 727. Claims processing improvements. Sec. 728. Prior authorizations for certain referrals and nonavailability-of-health-care statements. SUBTITLE D--DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS Sec. 731. Demonstration project for expanded access to mental health counselors. Sec. 732. Teleradiology demonstration project. Sec. 733. Health care management demonstration program. SUBTITLE E--JOINT INITIATIVES WITH DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Sec. 741. VA-DOD sharing agreements for health services. Sec. 742. Processes for patient safety in military and veterans health care systems. Sec. 743. Cooperation in developing pharmaceutical identification technology. SUBTITLE F--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 751. Management of anthrax vaccine immunization program. Sec. 752. Elimination of copayments for immediate family. Sec. 753. Medical informatics. Sec. 754. Patient care reporting and management system. Sec. 755. Augmentation of Army Medical Department by detailing Reserve officers of the Public Health Service. Sec. 756. Privacy of Department of Defense medical records. Sec. 757. Authority to establish special locality-based reimbursement rates; reports. Sec. 758. Reimbursement for certain travel expenses. Sec. 759. Reduction of cap on payments. Sec. 760. Training in health care management and administration. Sec. 761. Studies on feasibility of sharing biomedical research facility. Sec. 762. Study on comparability of coverage for physical, speech, and occupational therapies. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS SUBTITLE A--AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES, PROCEDURES, AND LIMITATIONS Sec. 801. Department of Defense acquisition pilot programs. Sec. 802. Multiyear services contracts. Sec. 803. Clarification and extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects. Sec. 804. Clarification of authority of Comptroller General to review records of participants in certain prototype projects. Sec. 805. Extension of time period of limitation on procurement of ball bearings and roller bearings. Sec. 806. Reporting requirements relating to multiyear contracts. Sec. 807. Eligibility of small business concerns owned and controlled by women for assistance under the mentor-protege program. Sec. 808. Qualifications required for employment and assignment in contracting positions. Sec. 809. Revision of authority for solutions-based contracting pilot program. Sec. 810. Procurement notice of contracting opportunities through electronic means. SUBTITLE B--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Sec. 811. Acquisition and management of information technology. Sec. 812. Tracking and management of information technology purchases. Sec. 813. Appropriate use of requirements regarding experience and education of contractor personnel in the procurement of information technology services. Sec. 814. Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. Sec. 815. Sense of Congress regarding information technology systems for Guard and Reserve components. SUBTITLE C--OTHER ACQUISITION-RELATED MATTERS Sec. 821. Improvements in procurements of services. Sec. 822. Financial analysis of use of dual rates for quantifying overhead costs at Army ammunition plants. Sec. 823. Repeal of prohibition on use of Department of Defense funds for procurement of nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign source. Sec. 824. Extension of waiver period for live-fire survivability testing for MH 47E and MH 60K helicopter modification programs. Sec. 825. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and products. Sec. 826. Requirement to disregard certain agreements in awarding contracts for the purchase of firearms or ammunition. SUBTITLE D--STUDIES AND REPORTS Sec. 831. Study on impact of foreign sourcing of systems on long-term military readiness and related industrial infrastructure. Sec. 832. Study of policies and procedures for transfer of commercial activities. Sec. 833. Study and report on practice of contract bundling in military construction contracts. Sec. 834. Requirement to conduct study on contract bundling. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT SUBTITLE A--DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICERS Sec. 901. Overall supervision of Department of Defense activities for combating terrorism. Sec. 902. Change of title of certain positions in the Headquarters, Marine Corps. Sec. 903. Clarification of scope of Inspector General authorities under military whistleblower law. Sec. 904. Policy to ensure conduct of science and technology programs so as to foster the transition of science and technology to higher levels of research, development, test, and evaluation. Sec. 905. Additional components of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff annual report on combatant command requirements. SUBTITLE B--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS Sec. 911. Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. Sec. 912. Department of Defense regional centers for security studies. Sec. 913. Change in name of Armed Forces Staff College to Joint Forces Staff College. Sec. 914. Special authority for administration of Navy Fisher Houses. Sec. 915. Supervisory control of Armed Forces Retirement Home board by Secretary of Defense. Sec. 916. Semiannual report on Joint Requirements Oversight Council reform initiative. Sec. 917. Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Logistics Agency. Sec. 918. Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Information Systems Agency. SUBTITLE C--INFORMATION SECURITY Sec. 921. Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information Protection. Sec. 922. Information security scholarship program. SUBTITLE D--REPORTS Sec. 931. Date of submittal of reports on shortfalls in equipment procurement and military construction for the reserve components in future-years defense programs. Sec. 932. Report on number of personnel assigned to legislative liaison functions. Sec. 933. Joint report on establishment of national collaborative information analysis capability. Sec. 934. Network centric warfare. Sec. 935. Report on Air Force Institute of Technology. SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 941. Flexibility in implementation of limitation on major Department of Defense headquarters activities personnel. Sec. 942. Consolidation of certain Navy gift funds. Sec. 943. Temporary authority to dispose of a gift previously accepted for the Naval Academy. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS SUBTITLE A--FINANCIAL MATTERS Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1004. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2001. Sec. 1005. Limitation on funds for Bosnia and Kosovo peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 1006. Requirement for prompt payment of contract vouchers. Sec. 1007. Plan for prompt recording of obligations of funds for contractual transactions. Sec. 1008. Electronic submission and processing of claims for contract payments. Sec. 1009. Administrative offsets for overpayment of transportation costs. Sec. 1010. Interest penalties for late payment of interim payments due under Government service contracts. SUBTITLE B--NAVAL VESSELS AND SHIPYARDS Sec. 1011. Revisions to national defense features program. Sec. 1012. Sense of Congress on the naming of the CVN 77 aircraft carrier. Sec. 1013. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries. Sec. 1014. Authority to consent to retransfer of alternative former naval vessel by Government of Greece. SUBTITLE C--COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES Sec. 1021. Extension of authority to provide support for counter-drug activities of Colombia. Sec. 1022. Report on Department of Defense expenditures to support foreign counter-drug activities. Sec. 1023. Recommendations on expansion of support for counter-drug activities. Sec. 1024. Review of riverine counter-drug program. Sec. 1025. Report on tethered aerostat radar system. Sec. 1026. Sense of Congress regarding use of Armed Forces for counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities. SUBTITLE D--COUNTERTERRORISM AND DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS Sec. 1031. Preparedness of military installation first responders for incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. Sec. 1032. Additional weapons of mass destruction civil support teams. Sec. 1033. Authority to provide loan guarantees to improve domestic preparedness to combat cyberterrorism. Sec. 1034. Report on the status of domestic preparedness against the threat of biological terrorism. Sec. 1035. Report on strategy, policies, and programs to combat domestic terrorism. SUBTITLE E--STRATEGIC FORCES Sec. 1041. Revised nuclear posture review. Sec. 1042. Plan for the long-term sustainment and modernization of United States strategic nuclear forces. Sec. 1043. Modification of scope of waiver authority for limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1044. Report on the defeat of hardened and deeply buried targets. Sec. 1045. Sense of Congress on the maintenance of the strategic nuclear triad. SUBTITLE F--MISCELLANEOUS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Sec. 1051. Management review of working-capital fund activities. Sec. 1052. Report on submarine rescue support vessels. Sec. 1053. Report on Federal Government progress in developing information assurance strategies. Sec. 1054. Department of Defense process for decisionmaking in cases of false claims. SUBTITLE G--GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SECURITY REFORM Sec. 1061. Coordination of Federal information policy. Sec. 1062. Responsibilities of certain agencies. Sec. 1063. Relationship of Defense Information Assurance Program to Government-wide information security program. Sec. 1064. Technical and conforming amendments. Sec. 1065. Effective date. SUBTITLE H--SECURITY MATTERS Sec. 1071. Limitation on granting of security clearances. Sec. 1072. Process for prioritizing background investigations for security clearances for Department of Defense personnel and defense contractor personnel. Sec. 1073. Authority to withhold certain sensitive information from public disclosure. Sec. 1074. Expansion of authority to exempt geodetic products of the Department of Defense from public disclosure. Sec. 1075. Expenditures for declassification activities. Sec. 1076. Enhanced access to criminal history record information for national security and other purposes Sec. 1077. Two-year extension of authority to engage in commercial activities as security for intelligence collection activities. Sec. 1078. Coordination of nuclear weapons secrecy policies and consideration of health of workers at former Department of Defense nuclear facilities. SUBTITLE I--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 1081. Funds for administrative expenses under Defense Export Loan Guarantee program. Sec. 1082. Transit pass program for Department of Defense personnel in poor air quality areas. Sec. 1083. Transfer of Vietnam era TA 4 aircraft to nonprofit foundation. Sec. 1084. Transfer of 19th century cannon to museum. Sec. 1085. Fees for providing historical information to the public. Sec. 1086. Grants to American Red Cross for Armed Forces emergency services. Sec. 1087. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1088. Maximum size of parcel post packages transported overseas for Armed Forces post offices. Sec. 1089. Sense of Congress regarding tax treatment of members receiving special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger. Sec. 1090. Organization and management of Civil Air Patrol. Sec. 1091. Additional duties for Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization. Sec. 1092. Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry. Sec. 1093. Drug addiction treatment. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL SUBTITLE A--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT GENERALLY Sec. 1101. Employment and compensation of employees for temporary organizations established by law or Executive order. Sec. 1102. Assistive technology accommodations program. Sec. 1103. Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in force. Sec. 1104. Electronic maintenance of performance appraisal systems. Sec. 1105. Study on civilian personnel services. SUBTITLE B--DEMONSTRATION AND PILOT PROGRAMS Sec. 1111. Pilot program for reengineering the equal employment opportunity complaint process. Sec. 1112. Work safety demonstration program. Sec. 1113. Extension, expansion, and revision of authority for experimental personnel program for scientific and technical personnel. Sec. 1114. Clarification of personnel management authority under personnel demonstration project. SUBTITLE C--EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE Sec. 1121. Restructuring the restriction on degree training. Sec. 1122. Student loan repayment programs. Sec. 1123. Extension of authority for tuition reimbursement and training for civilian employees in the defense acquisition workforce. SUBTITLE D--OTHER BENEFITS Sec. 1131. Additional special pay for foreign language proficiency beneficial for United States national security interests. Sec. 1132. Approval authority for cash awards in excess of $10,000. Sec. 1133. Leave for crews of certain vessels. Sec. 1134. Life insurance for emergency essential Department of Defense employees. SUBTITLE E--INTELLIGENCE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1141. Expansion of defense civilian intelligence personnel system positions. Sec. 1142. Increase in number of positions authorized for the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service. SUBTITLE F--VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY AND EARLY RETIREMENT AUTHORITY Sec. 1151. Extension, revision, and expansion of authorities for use of voluntary separation incentive pay and voluntary early retirement. Sec. 1152. Department of Defense employee voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 1153. Limitations. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS SUBTITLE A--MATTERS RELATED TO ARMS CONTROL Sec. 1201. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. Sec. 1202. Support of consultations on Arab and Israeli arms control and regional security issues. Sec. 1203. Furnishing of nuclear test monitoring equipment to foreign governments. Sec. 1204. Additional matters for annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries and entities of concern. SUBTITLE B--MATTERS RELATING TO THE BALKANS Sec. 1211. Annual report assessing effect of continued operations in the Balkans region on readiness to execute the national military strategy. Sec. 1212. Situation in the Balkans. Sec. 1213. Semiannual report on Kosovo peacekeeping. SUBTITLE C--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION AND UNITED STATES FORCES IN EUROPE Sec. 1221. NATO fair burdensharing. Sec. 1222. Repeal of restriction preventing cooperative airlift support through acquisition and cross-servicing agreements. Sec. 1223. GAO study on the benefits and costs of United States military engagement in Europe. SUBTITLE D--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 1231. Joint data exchange center with Russian Federation on early warning systems and notification of ballistic missile launches. Sec. 1232. Report on sharing and exchange of ballistic missile launch early warning data. Sec. 1233. Annual report of Communist Chinese military companies operating in the United States. Sec. 1234. Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers. Sec. 1235. Increased authority to provide health care services as humanitarian and civic assistance. Sec. 1236. Sense of Congress regarding the use of children as soldiers. Sec. 1237. Sense of Congress regarding undersea rescue and recovery. Sec. 1238. United States-China Security Review Commission. TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Sec. 1301. Specification of cooperative threat reduction programs and funds. Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. Sec. 1303. Prohibition on use of funds for elimination of conventional weapons. Sec. 1304. Limitations on use of funds for fissile material storage facility. Sec. 1305. Limitation on use of funds to support warhead dismantlement processing. Sec. 1306. Agreement on nuclear weapons storage sites. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds for construction of fossil fuel energy plants; report. Sec. 1308. Reports on activities and assistance under cooperative threat reduction programs. Sec. 1309. Russian chemical weapons elimination. Sec. 1310. Limitation on use of funds for elimination of weapons grade plutonium program. Sec. 1311. Report on audits of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs. TITLE XIV--COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) ATTACK Sec. 1401. Establishment of commission. Sec. 1402. Duties of commission. Sec. 1403. Reports. Sec. 1404. Powers. Sec. 1405. Commission procedures. Sec. 1406. Personnel matters. Sec. 1407. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 1408. Funding. Sec. 1409. Termination of the commission. TITLE XV--NAVY ACTIVITIES ON THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO Sec. 1501. Assistance for economic growth on Vieques. Sec. 1502. Conveyance of Naval Ammunition Support Detachment, Vieques Island. Sec. 1503. Determination regarding continuation of Navy training. Sec. 1504. Actions if training is approved. Sec. 1505. Requirements if training is not approved or mandate for referendum is vitiated. Sec. 1506. Certain properties exempt from conveyance or transfer. Sec. 1507. Moratorium on improvements at Fort Buchanan. Sec. 1508. Transfer and management of Conservation Zones. TITLE XVI--GI BILL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND VETERANS CLAIMS ASSISTANCE SUBTITLE A--VETERANS EDUCATION BENEFITS Sec. 1601. Additional opportunity for certain VEAP participants to enroll in basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill. Sec. 1602. Modification of authority to pay tuition for off-duty training and education. SUBTITLE B--VETERANS CLAIMS ASSISTANCE Sec. 1611. Clarification of Department of Veterans Affairs duty to assist. TITLE XVII--ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS Sec. 1701. Firefighter assistance. Sec. 1702. Volunteer fire assistance program. Sec. 1703. Burn research. Sec. 1704. Study and demonstration projects regarding cases of hepatitis C among certain emergency response employees. Sec. 1705. Report on progress on spectrum sharing. Sec. 1706. Sale or donation of excess defense property to assist firefighting agencies. Sec. 1707. Identification of defense technologies suitable for use, or conversion for use, in providing fire and emergency medical services. TITLE XVIII--IMPACT AID Sec. 1801. Short title. Sec. 1802. Purpose. Sec. 1803. Payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property. Sec. 1804. Payments for eligible federally connected children. Sec. 1805. Maximum amount of basic support payments. Sec. 1806. Basic support payments for heavily impacted local educational agencies. Sec. 1807. Basic support payments for local educational agencies affected by removal of Federal property. Sec. 1808. Additional payments for local educational agencies with high concentrations of children with severe disabilities. Sec. 1809. Application for payments under sections 8002 and 8003. Sec. 1810. Payments for sudden and substantial increases in attendance of military dependents. Sec. 1811. Construction. Sec. 1812. State consideration of payments in providing State aid. Sec. 1813. Federal administration. Sec. 1814. Administrative hearings and judicial review. Sec. 1815. Forgiveness of overpayments. Sec. 1816. Definitions. Sec. 1817. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 1818. Effective date. 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. Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000 projects. Sec. 2106. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1999 projects. Sec. 2107. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project. Sec. 2108. Authority to accept funds for realignment of certain military construction project, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 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. Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997 project at Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia. 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. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Energy conservation projects. Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1990 project. TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 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. Authority to contribute to construction of airport tower, Cheyenne Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 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 1998 projects. Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects. Sec. 2704. Effective date. TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS SUBTITLE A--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING CHANGES Sec. 2801. Joint use military construction projects. Sec. 2802. Exclusion of certain costs from determination of applicability of limitation on use of funds for improvement of family housing. Sec. 2803. Revision of space limitations for military family housing. Sec. 2804. Modification of lease authority for high-cost military family housing. Sec. 2805. Provision of utilities and services under alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Sec. 2806. Extension of alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Sec. 2807. Expansion of definition of armory to include readiness centers. SUBTITLE B--REAL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION Sec. 2811. Increase in threshold for notice and wait requirements for real property transactions. Sec. 2812. Enhancement of authority of military departments to lease non-excess property. Sec. 2813. Conveyance authority regarding utility systems of military departments. Sec. 2814. Permanent conveyance authority to improve property management. SUBTITLE C--DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT Sec. 2821. Scope of agreements to transfer property to redevelopment authorities without consideration under the base closure laws. SUBTITLE D--LAND CONVEYANCES PART I--ARMY CONVEYANCES Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Galesburg, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Charles Melvin Price Support Center, Illinois. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Fort Riley, Kansas. Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Winona, Minnesota. Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Nike Site 43, Elrama, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2839. Land exchange, Army Reserve Local Training Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Sec. 2840. Land exchange, Fort Hood, Texas. Sec. 2841. Land conveyance, Fort Pickett, Virginia. Sec. 2842. Land conveyance, Fort Lawton, Washington. Sec. 2843. Land conveyance, Vancouver Barracks, Washington. PART II--NAVY CONVEYANCES Sec. 2846. Modification of land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California. Sec. 2847. Modification of authority for Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme, California, to use certain Navy property. Sec. 2848. Transfer of jurisdiction, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California. Sec. 2849. Land exchange, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California. Sec. 2850. Lease of property, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Reserve Center, Tampa, Florida. Sec. 2852. Modification of land conveyance, Defense Fuel Supply Point, Casco Bay, Maine. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Cutler, Maine. Sec. 2854. Modification of land conveyance authority, former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland. Sec. 2855. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Sec. 2856. Land exchange, Naval Air Reserve Center, Columbus, Ohio. Sec. 2857. Land conveyance, Naval Station, Bremerton, Washington. PART III--AIR FORCE CONVEYANCES Sec. 2861. Land conveyance, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Point Arena Air Force Station, California. Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado. Sec. 2864. Land conveyance, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Sec. 2865. Modification of land conveyance, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Sec. 2866. Land conveyance, Mukilteo Tank Farm, Everett, Washington. PART IV--OTHER CONVEYANCES Sec. 2871. Land conveyance, Army and Air Force Exchange Service property, Farmers Branch, Texas. Sec. 2872. Land conveyance, former National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, Virginia. SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 2881. Relation of easement authority to leased parkland, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. Sec. 2882. Extension of demonstration project for purchase of fire, security, police, public works, and utility services from local government agencies. Sec. 2883. Acceptance and use of gifts for construction of third building at United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Sec. 2884. Development of Marine Corps Heritage Center at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia. Sec. 2885. Activities relating to greenbelt at Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. Sec. 2886. Establishment of World War II memorial on Guam. Sec. 2887. Naming of Army missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll as the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll. Sec. 2888. Designation of building at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in honor of Andrew T. McNamara. Sec. 2889. Designation of Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, in honor of Bob Wilson, a former member of the House of Representatives. Sec. 2890. Sense of Congress regarding importance of expansion of National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. Sec. 2891. Sense of Congress regarding land transfers at Melrose Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training Center, Washington. DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SUBTITLE A--NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management. Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. Sec. 3104. Defense environmental management privatization. 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. Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds. SUBTITLE C--PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS Sec. 3131. Funding for termination costs of River Protection Project, Richland, Washington. Sec. 3132. Enhanced cooperation between National Nuclear Security Administration and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Sec. 3133. Reprogramming of funds available for infrastructure upgrades or maintenance in certain accounts of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3134. Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels for post-shipment verification reports on advanced supercomputer sales to certain foreign nations. Sec. 3135. Modification of counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3136. Employee incentives for employees at closure project facilities. Sec. 3137. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials. Sec. 3138. Limitation on use of certain funds pending certification of compliance with Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program funding prohibition. Sec. 3139. Conceptual design for Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Sec. 3140. Report on National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California. Sec. 3141. River Protection Project, Richland, Washington. Sec. 3142. Report on tank waste remediation system, Hanford Reservation, Richland, Washington. SUBTITLE D--MATTERS RELATING TO MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3151. Term of office of person first appointed as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3152. Membership of Under Secretary for Nuclear Security on the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council. Sec. 3153. Organization plan for field offices of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3154. Required contents of future-years nuclear security program. Sec. 3155. Future-years nuclear security program for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 3156. Engineering and manufacturing research, development, and demonstration by plant managers of certain nuclear weapons production plants. Sec. 3157. Prohibition on individuals engaging in concurrent service or duties within National Nuclear Security Administration and outside that Administration but within Department of Energy. Sec. 3158. Annual plan for obligation of funds of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3159. Authority to reorganize National Nuclear Security Administration. SUBTITLE E--NATIONAL LABORATORIES PARTNERSHIP IMPROVEMENT Sec. 3161. Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program. Sec. 3162. Report on small business participation in National Nuclear Security Administration activities. Sec. 3163. Study and report related to improving mission effectiveness, partnerships, and technology transfer at national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities. Sec. 3164. Report on effectiveness of National Nuclear Security Administration technology development partnerships with non-Federal entities. Sec. 3165. Definitions. SUBTITLE F--MATTERS RELATING TO DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION Sec. 3171. Annual report on status of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting program. Sec. 3172. Nuclear Cities Initiative. Sec. 3173. Department of Energy nonproliferation monitoring. Sec. 3174. Sense of Congress on the need for coordination of nonproliferation programs. Sec. 3175. Limitation on use of funds for International Nuclear Safety Program. SUBTITLE G--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 3191. Extension of authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel. Sec. 3192. Biennial report containing update on nuclear test readiness postures. Sec. 3193. Frequency of reports on inadvertent releases of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data. Sec. 3194. Form of certifications regarding the safety or reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. Sec. 3195. Authority to provide certificate of commendation to Department of Energy and contractor employees for exemplary service in stockpile stewardship and security. Sec. 3196. Cooperative research and development agreements for government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories. Sec. 3197. Office of Arctic Energy. TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3201. Authorization. TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3301. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3302. Increased receipts under prior disposal authority. Sec. 3303. Disposal of titanium. TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES Sec. 3401. Minimum price of petroleum sold from certain naval petroleum reserves. Sec. 3402. Repeal of authority to contract for cooperative or unit plans affecting Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1. Sec. 3403. Disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2. TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 3502. Scrapping of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels. Sec. 3503. Authority to convey National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel, Glacier. Sec. 3504. Maritime intermodal research. Sec. 3505. Maritime research and technology development. Sec. 3506. Reporting of administered and oversight funds. TITLE XXXVI--ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM Sec. 3601. Short title. Sec. 3602. Findings; sense of Congress. SUBTITLE A--ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPENSATION PROGRAM AND COMPENSATION FUND Sec. 3611. Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. Sec. 3612. Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund. Sec. 3613. Legislative proposal. Sec. 3614. Authorization of appropriations. SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3621. Definitions for program administration. Sec. 3622. Expansion of list of beryllium vendors. Sec. 3623. Exposure in the performance of duty. Sec. 3624. Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. Sec. 3625. Responsibilities of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sec. 3626. Designation of additional members of Special Exposure Cohort. Sec. 3627. Separate treatment of chronic silicosis. Sec. 3628. Compensation and benefits to be provided. Sec. 3629. Medical benefits. Sec. 3630. Separate treatment of certain uranium employees. Sec. 3631. Assistance for claimants and potential claimants. SUBTITLE C--TREATMENT, COORDINATION, AND FORFEITURE OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Sec. 3641. Offset for certain payments. Sec. 3642. Subrogation of the United States. Sec. 3643. Payment in full settlement of claims. Sec. 3644. Exclusivity of remedy against the United States and against contractors and subcontractors. Sec. 3645. Election of remedy for beryllium employees and atomic weapons employees. Sec. 3646. Certification of treatment of payments under other laws. Sec. 3647. Claims not assignable or transferable; choice of remedies. Sec. 3648. Attorney fees. Sec. 3649. Certain claims not affected by awards of damages. Sec. 3650. Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons. Sec. 3651. Coordination with other Federal radiation compensation laws. SUBTITLE D--ASSISTANCE IN STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS Sec. 3661. Agreements with States. SEC. . CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. For purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' means-- (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 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. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 106. Defense Health Program. SUBTITLE B--ARMY PROGRAMS Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority. Sec. 112. Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat munitions that may be acquired. Sec. 113. Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation. SUBTITLE C--NAVY PROGRAMS Sec. 121. CVNX 1 nuclear aircraft carrier program. Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program. Sec. 123. Virginia class submarine program. Sec. 124. Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in submarine force structure. Sec. 125. ADC(X) ship program. Sec. 126. Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Sec. 127. Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs. Sec. 128. Helicopter support of FFG 7 frigates during fiscal year 2001. Sec. 129. V 22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders. SUBTITLE D--AIR FORCE PROGRAMS Sec. 131. Annual report on B 2 bomber. Sec. 132. Report on modernization of Air National Guard F 16A units. SUBTITLE E--JOINT PROGRAMS Sec. 141. Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter program. SUBTITLE F--CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION Sec. 151. Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent and munitions destruction technologies. Sec. 152. Report on assessment of need for Federal economic assistance for communities impacted by chemical demilitarization activities. Sec. 153. Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical warfare material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility. Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 101. ARMY. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Army as follows: (1) For aircraft, $1,550,012,000. (2) For missiles, $1,320,681,000. (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $2,436,324,000. (4) For ammunition, $1,179,916,000. (5) For other procurement, $4,235,719,000. (6) For chemical agents and munitions destruction, $980,100,000, for-- (A) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions 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 materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act. SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. (a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Navy as follows: (1) For aircraft, $8,394,338,000. (2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,443,600,000. (3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $12,826,919,000. (4) For other procurement, $3,380,680,000. (b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of $1,212,768,000. (c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $487,749,000. SEC. 103. AIR FORCE. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Air Force as follows: (1) For aircraft, $9,923,868,000. (2) For missiles, $2,863,778,000. (3) For ammunition, $646,808,000. (4) For other procurement, $7,711,647,000. SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES. (a) Amount Authorized.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,278,408,000. (b) Amount for National Missile Defense.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated in subsection (a), $74,530,000 shall be available for the National Missile Defense program. SEC. 105. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $3,300,000. SEC. 106. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount of $290,006,000. Subtitle B--Army Programs SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY. (a) M 2 A 3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle.--(1) Beginning with the fiscal year 2001 program year, the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into one or more multiyear contracts for procurement of M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles. (2) The Secretary of the Army may execute a contract authorized by paragraph (1) only after-- (A) there is a successful completion of a M2A3 Bradley initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E); and (B) the Secretary certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that the vehicle met all required test parameters. (b) Utility Helicopters.--Beginning with the fiscal year 2002 program year, the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into one or more multiyear contracts for procurement of UH 60 Blackhawk utility helicopters and, acting as executive agent for the Department of the Navy, CH 60 Knighthawk utility helicopters. SEC. 112. INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF BUNKER DEFEAT MUNITIONS THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED. Section 116(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103 337; 108 Stat. 2682) is amended by striking ``6,000'' and inserting ``8,500''. SEC. 113. REPORTS AND LIMITATIONS RELATING TO ARMY TRANSFORMATION. (a) Secretary of the Army Report on Objective Force Development Process.--The Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the process for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army. The report shall include the following: (1) The operational environments envisioned for the objective force. (2) The threat assumptions on which research and development efforts for transformation of the Army into the objective force are based. (3) The potential operational and organizational concepts for the objective force. (4) The operational requirements anticipated for the operational requirements document of the objective force. (5) The anticipated schedule of Army transformation activities through fiscal year 2012, together with-- (A) the projected funding requirements through that fiscal year for research and development activities and procurement activities related to transition to the objective force; and (B) a summary of the anticipated investments of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in programs designed to lead to the fielding of future combat systems for the objective force. (6) A proposed plan for the comparison referred to in subsection (c). If any of the information required by paragraphs (1) through (5) is not available at the time the report is submitted, the Secretary shall include in the report the anticipated schedule for the availability of that information. (b) Secretary of Defense Report on Objective Force Development Process.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the process for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army. The report shall include the following: (1) The joint warfighting requirements that will be supported by the fielding of the objective force, together with a description of the adjustments that are planned to be made in the war plans of the commanders of the unified combatant commands in relation to the fielding of the objective force. (2) The changes in lift requirements that may result from the establishment and fielding of the combat brigades of the objective force. (3) The evaluation process that will be used to support decisionmaking on the course of the Army transformation, including a description of the operational evaluations and experimentation that will be used to validate the operational requirements for the operational requirements document of the objective force. If any of the information required by paragraphs (1) through (3) is not available at the time the report is submitted, the Secretary shall include in the report the anticipated schedule for the availability of that information. (c) Costs and Effectiveness of Medium Armored Combat Vehicles for the Interim Brigade Combat Teams.--(1) The Secretary of the Army shall develop a plan for comparing-- (A) the costs and operational effectiveness of the infantry carrier variant of the interim armored vehicles selected for the infantry battalions of the interim brigade combat teams; and (B) the costs and operational effectiveness of the troop-carrying medium armored vehicles currently in the Army inventory for the use of infantry battalions. (2) The Secretary of the Army may not carry out the comparison described in paragraph (1) until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense approves the plan for that comparison developed under that paragraph. (d) Limitation Pending Receipt of Secretary of the Army Report.--Not more than 80 percent of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the procurement of armored vehicles in the family of new medium armored vehicles may be obligated until-- (1) the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees the report required under subsection (a); and (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed from the date of the submittal of such report. (e) Limitation Pending Comparison and Certification.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of the Army for any fiscal year may be obligated for acquisition of medium armored combat vehicles to equip a third interim brigade combat team until-- (1) the plan for a comparison of costs and operational effectiveness developed under subsection (c)(1), as approved under subsection (c)(2), is carried out; (2) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees, after the completion of the comparison referred to in paragraph (1), a certification that-- (A) the Secretary approves of the obligation of funds for that purpose; and (B) the force structure resulting from the acquisition and subsequent operational capability of interim brigade combat teams will not diminish the combat power of the Army; and (3) a period of 30 days has elapsed from the date of the certification under paragraph (2). (f) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``transformation'', with respect to the Army, means the actions being undertaken to transform the Army, as it is constituted in terms of organization, equipment, and doctrine in 2000, into the objective force. (2) The term ``objective force'' means the Army that has the organizational structure, the most advanced equipment that early twenty-first century science and technology can provide, and the appropriate doctrine to ensure that the Army is responsive, deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable for the full spectrum of the operations anticipated to be required of the Army during the early years of the twenty-first century following 2010. (3) The term ``interim brigade combat team'' means an Army brigade that is designated by the Secretary of the Army as a brigade combat team and is reorganized and equipped with currently available equipment in a configuration that effectuates an evolutionary advancement toward transformation of the Army to the objective force. Subtitle C--Navy Programs SEC. 121. CVNX 1 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM. (a) Authorization of Ship.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to procure the aircraft carrier to be designated CVNX 1. (b) Advance Procurement and Construction.--The Secretary may enter into one or more contracts for the advance procurement and advance construction of components for the ship authorized under subsection (a). (c) Amount Authorized From SCN Account.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $21,869,000 is available for the advance procurement and advance construction of components (including nuclear components) for the CVNX 1 aircraft carrier program. SEC. 122. ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM. (a) Economical Multiyear Procurement of Previously Authorized Vessels and One Additional Vessel.--(1) Subsection (b) of section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104 201; 110 Stat. 2446), as amended by section 122(a) of Public Law 106 65 (113 Stat. 534), is further amended by striking ``a total of 18 Arleigh Burke class destroyers'' in the first sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of that sentence and inserting ``Arleigh Burke class destroyers in accordance with this subsection and subsection (a)(4) at procurement rates not in excess of three ships in each of the fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998, and before October 1, 2005. The authority under the preceding sentence is subject to the availability of appropriations for such destroyers.''. (2) The heading for such subsection is amended by striking ``18''. (b) Economical Rate of Procurement.--It is the sense of Congress that, for the procurement of the Arleigh Burke class destroyers to be procured after fiscal year 2001 under multiyear contracts authorized under section 122(b) of Public Law 104 201, as amended by subsection (a)-- (1) the Secretary of the Navy should-- (A) achieve the most economical rate of procurement; and (B) enter into such contracts for advance procurement as may be necessary to achieve that rate of procurement; (2) the most economical rate of procurement would be achieved by procuring three of those vessels in each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003 and procuring another vessel in fiscal year 2004; and (3) the Secretary has the authority under section 122(b) of Public Law 104 201 (110 Stat. 2446) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 122 of Public Law 106 65 (113 Stat. 534) to provide for procurement at the most economical rate, as described in paragraph (2). (c) Update of 1993 Report on DDG 51 Class Ships.--(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than November 1, 2000, a report that updates the information provided in the report of the Secretary of the Navy entitled the ``Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) Class Industrial Base Study of 1993''. The Secretary shall transmit a copy of the updated report to the Comptroller General not later than the date on which the Secretary submits the report to the committees. (2) The Comptroller General shall review the updated report submitted under paragraph (1) and, not later than December 1, 2000, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the Comptroller General's comments on the updated report. SEC. 123. VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM. (a) Amounts Authorized From SCN Account.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $1,706,234,000 is available for the Virginia class submarine program. (b) Contract Authority.--(1) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into a contract for the procurement of up to five Virginia class submarines, including the procurement of material in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable, during fiscal years 2003 through 2006. The submarines authorized under the preceding sentence are in addition to the submarines authorized under section 121(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1648). (2) A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose. (c) Shipbuilder Teaming.--Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4) of section 121(b) of Public Law 105 85 apply to the procurement of submarines under this section. (d) Limitation of Liability.--If a contract entered into under this section is terminated, the United States shall not be liable for termination costs in excess of the total of the amounts appropriated for the Virginia class submarine program that remain available for the program. (e) Report Requirement.--At that same time that the President submits the budget for fiscal year 2002 to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Navy's fleet of fast attack submarines. The report shall include the following: (1) A plan for maintaining at least 55 fast attack submarines in commissioned service through 2015, including, by 2015, 18 Virginia class submarines. (2) Two assessments of the potential savings that would be achieved under the Virginia class submarine program if the production rate for that program were at least two submarines each fiscal year, as follows: (A) An assessment if that were the production rate beginning in fiscal year 2004. (B) An assessment if that were the production rate beginning in fiscal year 2006. (3) An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various contracting strategies for the Virginia class submarine program, including one or more multiyear procurement strategies and one or more strategies for block buy with economic order quantity. SEC. 124. LIMITATION DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001 ON CHANGES IN SUBMARINE FORCE STRUCTURE. (a) Limitation on Retirement of Submarines.--During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of the Navy may not retire from the active force structure of the Navy any Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine or any Ohio class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine unless the Secretary of the Navy certifies to Congress in writing that he cannot assure the continued safe and militarily effective operation of that submarine. (b) Report.--Not later than April 15, 2001, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the required force structure for nuclear-powered submarines, including attack submarines (SSNs), ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and cruise missile submarines (SSGNs), to support the national military strategy through 2020. The report shall include a detailed discussion of the acquisition strategy and fleet maintenance requirements to achieve and maintain that force structure through-- (1) the procurement of new construction submarines; (2) the refueling of Los Angeles class attack submarines (SSNs) to achieve the maximum amount of operational useful service; and (3) the conversion of Ohio class submarines that are no longer required for the strategic deterrence mission from their current ballistic missile (SSBN) configuration to a cruise-missile (SSGN) configuration. SEC. 125. ADC(X) SHIP PROGRAM. The Secretary of the Navy may procure the construction of all ADC(X) class ships in one shipyard if the Secretary determines that it is more cost effective to do so than to procure the construction of such ships from more than one shipyard. SEC. 126. REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL PROGRAM OF THE U.S.S. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. (a) Amount Authorized From SCN Account.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $698,441,000 is available for the commencement of the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during fiscal year 2001. The amount made available in the preceding sentence is the first increment in the incremental funding planned for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of that vessel. (b) Contract Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into a contract during fiscal year 2001 for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower. (c) Condition for Out-Year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (b) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2001 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for that later fiscal year. SEC. 127. ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS. (a) Alternative Funding Analysis.--The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct an analysis on the potential benefits and risks associated with alternative funding mechanisms for the procurement of various classes of naval vessels and other naval capabilities beginning in fiscal year 2002. (b) Alternative Funding Mechanisms.--For purposes of this section, the term ``alternative funding mechanism'' means any of the following: (1) The use of multiyear procurement. (2) The use of advance procurement for block buys of materials in economic order quantities. (3) The use of advance procurement and advance construction required in the number of years appropriate to minimize the cost of ship construction. (4) The use of advance procurement and advance construction apportioned roughly evenly across some number of fiscal years. (5) The use of resources from the National Defense Sealift Fund to budget for auxiliary ships and strategic lift ships. (6) The use of the resources from the National Defense Sealift Fund to provide advance payments for national defense features to establish an active Ready Reserve Force. (c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report providing the results of the analysis under subsection (a). The report shall be submitted concurrently with the submission of the President's budget for fiscal year 2002, but in no event later than February 5, 2001. The report shall include the following: (1) A detailed description of the funding mechanisms considered. (2) The potential savings or costs associated with each such funding mechanism. (3) The year-to-year effect of each such funding mechanism on production stability of other shipbuilding programs funded within the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, account, given the current acquisition plan of the Navy through fiscal year 2010. (4) The variables and constants used in the analysis which should include economic, industrial base, and budget realities. (5) A description and discussion of any statutory or regulatory restrictions that would preclude the use of any of the funding mechanisms considered. SEC. 128. HELICOPTER SUPPORT OF FFG 7 FRIGATES DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001. During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of the Navy shall operate one squadron of six SH 2G helicopters to provide organic helicopter assets for operational support of missions that are to be carried out by FFG 7 Flight I and Flight II frigates during that fiscal year. SEC. 129. V 22 COCKPIT AIRCRAFT VOICE AND FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS. The Secretary of Defense shall require that all V 22 Osprey aircraft be equipped with a state-of-the-art cockpit voice recorder and a state-of-the-art flight data recorder each of which meets, at a minimum, the standards for such devices recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board. Subtitle D--Air Force Programs SEC. 131. ANNUAL REPORT ON B 2 BOMBER. (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``2282. B 2 bomber: annual report ``Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the B 2 bomber aircraft. Each such report shall include the following: ``(1) Identification of the average full-mission capable rate of B 2 aircraft for the preceding fiscal year and the Secretary's overall assessment of the implications of that full-mission capable rate on mission accomplishment for the B 2 aircraft, together with the Secretary's determination as to whether that rate is adequate for the accomplishment of each of the missions assigned to the B 2 aircraft as of the date of the assessment. ``(2) An assessment of the technical capabilities of the B 2 aircraft and whether these capabilities are adequate to accomplish each of the missions assigned to that aircraft as of the date of the assessment. ``(3) Identification of all ongoing and planned development of technologies to enhance the capabilities of that aircraft. ``(4) Identification and assessment of additional technologies that would make that aircraft more capable or survivable against known and evolving threats. ``(5) A fiscally phased program for each technology identified in paragraphs (3) and (4) for the budget year and the future-years defense program, based on the following three funding situations: ``(A) The President's current budget. ``(B) The President's current budget and the current Department of Defense unfunded priority list. ``(C) The maximum executable funding for the B 2 aircraft given the requirement to maintain enough operationally ready aircraft to accomplish missions assigned to the B-2 aircraft.''. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``2282. B 2 bomber: annual report.''. (b) Repeal of Superseded Reporting Requirement.--Section 112 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101 189) is repealed. SEC. 132. REPORT ON MODERNIZATION OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD F 16A UNITS. The Secretary of the Air Force shall, not later than February 1, 2001, submit to Congress a plan to modernize and upgrade the combat capabilities of those Air National Guard units that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, are assigned F 16A aircraft so that those units can be deployed as part of Air Expeditionary Forces. Subtitle E--Joint Programs SEC. 141. STUDY OF FINAL ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT ALTERNATIVES FOR THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM. (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the award of a contract for engineering and manufacturing development for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report providing the results of a study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for that aircraft. (b) Matters To Be Included.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) Examination of alternative final assembly and checkout strategies for the program, including-- (A) final assembly and checkout of all aircraft under the program at one location; (B) final assembly and checkout at dual locations; and (C) final assembly and checkout at multiple locations. (2) Identification of each Government and industry facility that is a potential location for such final assembly and checkout. (3) Identification of the anticipated costs of final assembly and checkout at each facility identified pursuant to paragraph (2), based upon a reasonable profile for the annual procurement of that aircraft once it enters production. (4) A comparison of the anticipated costs of carrying out such final assembly and checkout at each such location. (c) Cost Comparison.--In identifying costs under subsection (b)(3) and carrying out the cost comparisons required by subsection (b)(4), the Secretary shall include consideration of each of the following factors: (1) State tax credits. (2) State and local incentives. (3) Skilled resident workforce. (4) Supplier and technical support bases. (5) Available stealth production facilities. (6) Environmental standards. Subtitle F--Chemical Demilitarization SEC. 151. PUEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOT CHEMICAL AGENT AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES. (a) Limitation.--In determining the technologies to be used for the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, whether under the assessment required by section 141(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106 65; 113 Stat. 537; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note), the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, or any other assessment, the Secretary of Defense may consider only the following technologies: (1) Incineration. (2) Any technologies demonstrated under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment on or before May 1, 2000. (b) Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Defined.--As used in subsection (a), the term ``Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment'' means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(b) of Public Law 104 208; 110 Stat. 3009 101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note). SEC. 152. REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR FEDERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION ACTIVITIES. (a) Report Required.--Not later than April 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a report on the impact of the Department of Defense chemical agents and munitions destruction program on the communities in the vicinity of the chemical weapons stockpile storage sites and associated chemical agent demilitarization activities at the following facilities: (1) Anniston Chemical Activity, Alabama. (2) Blue Grass Chemical Activity, Kentucky. (3) Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah. (4) Edgewood Chemical Activity, Maryland. (5) Newport Chemical Activity, Indiana. (6) Pine Bluff Chemical Activity, Arkansas. (7) Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. (8) Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon. (b) Recommendation.--The Secretary shall include in the report a recommendation regarding whether Federal economic assistance for any or all of those communities to assist in meeting the impact of that program is needed and appropriate. If the Secretary's recommendation is that such economic assistance is needed and appropriate for any or all of such communities, the Secretary shall include in the report criteria for determining the amount of such economic assistance. (c) Matters To Be Considered in Assessing Impact.--In assessing the impact of the program referred to in subsection (a) for purposes of preparing the report required by that subsection and the recommendation required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall consider the following: (1) The impact that any change in population as a result of chemical agent demilitarization activities would have on the community. (2) The possible temporary nature of such a change in population and the long-range financial impact of such a change in population on the permanent residents of the community. (3) The initial capitalization required for the services, facilities, or infrastructure to support any increase in population. (4) The operating costs for sustaining or upgrading the services, facilities, or infrastructure to support any increase in population. (5) The costs incurred by local government entities for improvements to emergency evacuation routes required by the chemical demilitarization activities. (6) Such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate. SEC. 153. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISPOSAL OF NON-STOCKPILE CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIAL AT ANNISTON CHEMICAL STOCKPILE DISPOSAL FACILITY. No funds authorized to be made available under this or any other Act may be used to facilitate the disposal using the chemical stockpile disposal facility at Anniston, Alabama, of any non-stockpile chemical warfare material that is not stored (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) at the Anniston Army Depot. TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research. SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS Sec. 211. Management of Space-Based Infrared System--Low. Sec. 212. Joint Strike Fighter program. Sec. 213. Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment. Sec. 214. Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling. Sec. 215. DD 21 class destroyer program. Sec. 216. Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program. Sec. 217. Joint biological defense program. Sec. 218. Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development programs. Sec. 219. Cost limitations applicable to F 22 aircraft program. Sec. 220. Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat vehicles. Sec. 221. Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. Sec. 222. Army space control technology development. SUBTITLE C--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE Sec. 231. Funding for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 232. Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea. Sec. 233. Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture. Sec. 234. Management of Airborne Laser program. SUBTITLE D--HIGH ENERGY LASER PROGRAMS Sec. 241. Funding. Sec. 242. Implementation of High Energy Laser Master Plan. Sec. 243. Designation of senior official for high energy laser programs. Sec. 244. Site for Joint Technology Office. Sec. 245. High energy laser infrastructure improvements. Sec. 246. Cooperative programs and activities. Sec. 247. Technology plan. Sec. 248. Annual report. Sec. 249. Definition. Sec. 250. Review of Defense-wide directed energy programs. SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 251. Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential use for certain purposes of technologies associated with that concept. Sec. 252. Air Force science and technology planning. Sec. 253. Enhancement of authorities regarding education partnerships for purposes of encouraging scientific study. Sec. 254. Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval research efforts during the period from before World War II through the end of the Cold War. Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows: (1) For the Army, $5,568,482,000. (2) For the Navy, $8,715,335,000. (3) For the Air Force, $13,779,144,000. (4) For Defense-wide activities, $10,873,712,000, of which $192,060,000 is authorized for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH. (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $4,557,188,000 shall be available for basic research and applied research projects. (b) Basic Research and Applied Research Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term ``basic research and applied research'' means work funded in program elements for defense research and development under Department of Defense category 6.1 or 6.2. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations SEC. 211. MANAGEMENT OF SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYSTEM--LOW. Not later than October 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall direct that the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization shall have authority for program management for the ballistic missile defense program known on the date of the enactment of this Act as the Space-Based Infrared System--Low. SEC. 212. JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM. (a) Report.--Not later than December 15, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program describing the criteria for exit of the program from the demonstration and validation phase, and entry of the program into the engineering and manufacturing development phase, of the acquisition process. (b) Certification.--The Joint Strike Fighter program may not be approved for entry into the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the acquisition process until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that-- (1) the exit criteria established in the report submitted under subsection (a) have been accomplished; (2) the technological maturity of key technologies for the program is sufficient to warrant entry of the program into the engineering and manufacturing development phase; and (3) the short take-off, vertical-landing aircraft variant selected for engineering and manufacturing development has successfully flown at least 20 hours. (c) Transfers Within the Joint Strike Fighter Navy and Air Force Accounts.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may, subject to established congressional notification and reprogramming procedures, transfer within the Joint Strike Fighter program the following amounts: (A) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for PE 64800N, up to $100,000,000 to PE 63800N. (B) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for PE 64800F, up to $100,000,000 to PE 63800F. (2) The transfer authority authorized in paragraph (1) is in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001. SEC. 213. FISCAL YEAR 2002 JOINT FIELD EXPERIMENT. (a) Requirements.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a joint field experiment in fiscal year 2002. The Secretary shall ensure that the planning for the joint field experiment is carried out in fiscal year 2001. (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the joint field experiment is to explore critical war fighting challenges at the operational level of war that will confront United States joint military forces after 2010. (c) Participating Forces.--(1) The joint field experiment shall involve elements of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and shall include special operations forces. (2) The forces designated to participate in the joint field experiment shall exemplify the concepts for organization, equipment, and doctrine that are conceived for the forces after 2010 under Joint Vision 2010 and Joint Vision 2020 (issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and the current vision statements of the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, including the following concepts: (A) Army medium weight brigades. (B) Navy Forward-From-The-Sea. (C) Air Force expeditionary aerospace forces. (d) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the concept plan for the joint field experiment required under subsection (a). The report shall include the following: (1) The objectives of the experiment. (2) The forces participating in the experiment. (3) The schedule and location of the experiment. (4) For each joint command, defense agency, and service component participating in the experiment, an identification of-- (A) the funding required for the experiment by that command, agency, or component; and (B) any shortfall in the budget request for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2002 for that funding for that command, agency, or component. SEC. 214. NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER DESIGN AND PRODUCTION MODELING. (a) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of-- (1) converting design data for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier from non-electronic to electronic form; and (2) developing an electronic, three-dimensional design product model for the CVNX class aircraft carrier. (b) Conduct of the Assessment.--The Secretary of the Navy shall carry out the assessment in a manner that ensures the participation of the nuclear aircraft carrier shipbuilding industry. (c) Report.--The Secretary of the Navy shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the assessment. The report shall include the results of the assessment and plans and funding requirements for developing the model specified in subsection (a)(2). The report shall be submitted with the submission of the budget request for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2002. (d) Funding.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy, $8,000,000 shall be available to initiate the conversion and development of nuclear aircraft carrier design data into an electronic, three-dimensional product model. SEC. 215. DD 21 CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM. (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to pursue a technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD 21 destroyer that is based on the assumption of the following schedule: (1) Award of a contract for advance procurement for construction of components for the DD 21 destroyer during fiscal year 2004. (2) Delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2009. (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) there are compelling reasons for starting the program for constructing the DD 21 destroyer during fiscal year 2004 with available procurement funds and continuing with sequential construction of DD 21 class destroyers during the ensuing fiscal years until 32 DD 21 class destroyers have been constructed; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy, in providing for the acquisition of DD 21 class destroyers, should consider that-- (A) the Marine Corps needs the surface fire-support capabilities of the DD 21 class destroyers as soon as possible in order to mitigate the inadequacies of the surface fire-support capabilities that are currently available; (B) the Navy and Marine Corps need to resolve whether there is a requirement for surface fire-support missile weapon systems to be easily sustainable by means of replenishment while under way; (C) the technology insertion approach has been successful for other ship construction programs and is being pursued for the CVNX aircraft carrier program and the Virginia class submarine program; (D) the establishment of a stable configuration for the first 10 DD 21 class destroyers should enable the construction of those ships with the greatest capabilities at the lowest cost; and (E) action to acquire DD 21 class destroyers should be taken as soon as possible in order to realize fully the cost savings that can be derived from the construction and operation of DD 21 class destroyers, including-- (i) savings in construction costs that would result from achievement of the Navy's target per-ship cost of $750,000,000 by the fifth ship constructed in each construction yard; (ii) savings that would result from the estimated reduction of the crews of destroyers by 200 or more personnel for each ship; and (iii) savings that would result from a reduction in the operating costs for destroyers by an estimated 70 percent. (c) Navy Plan for Use of Technology Insertion Approach for Construction of the DD 21 Ship.--The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a plan for pursuing a technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD 21 destroyer as authorized under subsection (a). The plan shall include estimates of the resources necessary to carry out the plan. (d) Report on Acquisition and Maintenance Plan for DD 21 Class Ships.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a report on the Navy's plan for the acquisition and maintenance of DD 21 class destroyers. The report shall include a discussion of each of the following matters: (1) The technical feasibility of contracting for, and commencing construction of, the first destroyer in that class during fiscal year 2004 and achieving delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2009. (2) An analysis of alternative contracting strategies for the construction of the first 10 destroyers in that class, including one or more multiyear procurement strategies and one or more strategies for block buy in economic order quantity. (3) A comparison of the effects on the destroyer industrial base and on costs to other Navy shipbuilding programs of the following two options: (A) Commencing construction of the first destroyer in that class during fiscal year 2004, with delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2009, and delaying commencement of construction of the next destroyer in that class until fiscal year 2006. (B) Commencing construction of the first destroyer in that class during fiscal year 2005 (rather than fiscal year 2004), with advance procurement during fiscal year 2004 and delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2010, and delaying commencement of construction of the next destroyer in that class until fiscal year 2007 (rather than fiscal year 2006). (4) The effects on the fleet maintenance strategies of Navy fleet commanders, on commercial maintenance facilities in fleet concentration areas, and on the administration of funds in compliance with section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, of awarding to a contractor for the construction of a destroyer in that class all maintenance workloads for destroyers in that class that are below depot-level maintenance and above ship-level maintenance. SEC. 216. LIMITATION ON RUSSIAN AMERICAN OBSERVATION SATELLITES PROGRAM. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(4) for the Russian American Observation Satellites program may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress a report explaining how the Secretary plans to protect United States advanced military technology that may be associated with the Russian American Observation Satellites program. SEC. 217. JOINT BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM. (a) Limitation.--Subject to subsection (c), funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for the procurement of a vaccine for the biological agent anthrax until the Secretary of Defense has submitted to the congressional defense committees each of the following: (1) A written notification that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the current manufacturer for production of the vaccine. (2) A report on the contingencies associated with continuing to rely on the current manufacturer to supply the vaccine. (b) Content of Report.--The report required under subsection (a)(2) shall include each of the following: (1) Recommended strategies to mitigate the risk to the Department of Defense of losing the current manufacturer as a source of anthrax vaccine, together with a discussion of the criteria to be applied in determining whether to carry out any of the strategies and which strategy to carry out. (2) Recommended strategies to ensure that the Department of Defense can procure, from one or more sources other than the current manufacturer, an anthrax vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration that meets the requirements of the Department if-- (A) the Food and Drug Administration does not approve the release of the anthrax vaccine available from the current manufacturer; or (B) the current manufacturer terminates the production of anthrax vaccine permanently. (3) A five-year budget to support each strategy recommended under paragraph (1) or (2). (c) Permissible Obligations.--(1) This section does not limit the obligation of funds for any of the following purposes: (A) The support of any action that is necessary for the current manufacturer to comply with standards of the Food and Drug Administration (including those purposes necessary to obtain or maintain a biological license application) applicable to anthrax vaccine. (B) Establishing an additional source (other than or in conjunction with the current manufacturer) for the production of anthrax vaccine. (C) Any action that the Secretary determines necessary to ensure production of anthrax vaccine for meeting an urgent and immediate national defense requirement. (2) Not later than seven days after the total amount of the funds obligated (or obligated and expended) for purposes specified in paragraph (1) exceeds $5,000,000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a notification that the total obligations exceed that amount, together with a written justification for the obligation of funds in excess of that amount. (d) Current Manufacturer.--In this section, the term ``current manufacturer'' means the manufacturing source from which the Department of Defense is procuring anthrax vaccine as of the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 218. REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE VACCINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) Report Required.--Not later than February 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the acquisition of biological warfare defense vaccines for the Department of Defense. (b) Contents.--The report shall include the following: (1) The Secretary's evaluation of the implications of reliance on the commercial sector to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense for biological warfare defense vaccines. (2) A design for a government-owned, contractor-operated facility for the production of biological warfare defense vaccines that meets the requirements of the Department for such vaccines, and the assumptions on which that design is based. (3) A preliminary cost estimate of, and schedule for, establishing and bringing into operation such a facility, and the estimated annual cost of operating such a facility thereafter. (4) A determination, developed in consultation with the Surgeon General, of the utility of such a facility to support the production of vaccines for the civilian sector, and a discussion of the effects that the use of such a facility for that purpose might have on-- (A) the production of vaccines for the Armed Forces; and (B) the annual cost of operating such a facility. (5) An analysis of the effects that international requirements for vaccines, and the production of vaccines in response to those requirements, might have on-- (A) the production of vaccines for the Armed Forces; and (B) the annual cost of operating such a facility. (c) Biological Warfare Defense Vaccine Defined.--In this section, the term ``biological warfare defense vaccine'' means a vaccine useful for the immunization of military personnel to protect against biological agents on the Validated Threat List issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whether such vaccine is in production or is being developed. SEC. 219. COST LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO F 22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. (a) Flexibility in Engineering and Manufacturing Development Cost Cap.--Section 217(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1660) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(3) With respect to the limitation in subsection (a), an increase by an amount that does not exceed 1\1/2\ percent of the total amount of that limitation (taking into account the increases and decreases, if any, under paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, after consulting with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, determines that the increase is necessary in order to ensure adequate testing.''. (b) Reestablishment of Separate Engineering and Manufacturing Development Cost Cap and Production Cost Cap.--The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 217 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1660) shall continue to apply with respect to amounts obligated and expended for engineering and manufacturing development, and for production, respectively, for the F 22 aircraft program without regard to any provision of law establishing a single limitation on amounts obligated and expended for engineering and manufacturing development and for production for that program. SEC. 220. UNMANNED ADVANCED CAPABILITY COMBAT AIRCRAFT AND GROUND COMBAT VEHICLES. (a) Goal.--It shall be a goal of the Armed Forces to achieve the fielding of unmanned, remotely controlled technology such that-- (1) by 2010, one-third of the aircraft in the operational deep strike force aircraft fleet are unmanned; and (2) by 2015, one-third of the operational ground combat vehicles are unmanned. (b) Report on Unmanned Advanced Capability Combat Aircraft and Ground Combat Vehicles.--(1) Not later than January 31, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the programs to demonstrate unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat vehicles undertaken jointly between the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and any of the following: (A) The Secretary of the Army. (B) The Secretary of the Navy. (C) The Secretary of the Air Force. (2) The report shall include, for each program referred to in paragraph (1), the following: (A) A schedule for the demonstration to be carried out under that program. (B) An identification of the funding required for fiscal year 2002 and for the future-years defense program to carry out that program and for the demonstration to be carried out under that program. (C) In the case of the program relating to the Army, the plan for modification of the existing memorandum of agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for demonstration and development of the Future Combat System to reflect an increase in unmanned, remotely controlled enabling technologies. (3) The report shall also include, for each Secretary referred to in paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), and (1)(C), a description and assessment of the acquisition strategy for unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat vehicles planned by that Secretary, which shall include a detailed estimate of all research and development, procurement, operation, support, ownership, and other costs required to carry out such strategy through the year 2030, and-- (A) in the case of the acquisition strategy relating to the Army, the transition from the planned acquisition strategy for the Future Combat System to an acquisition strategy capable of meeting the goal specified in subsection (a)(2); (B) in the case of the acquisition strategy relating to the Navy-- (i) the plan to implement a program that examines the ongoing Air Force unmanned combat air vehicle program and identifies an approach to develop a Navy unmanned combat air vehicle program that has the goal of developing an aircraft that is suitable for aircraft carrier use and has maximum commonality with the aircraft under the Air Force program; and (ii) an analysis of alternatives between the operational deep strike force aircraft fleet and that fleet together with an additional 10 to 20 unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft that are suitable for aircraft carrier use and capable of penetrating fully operational enemy air defense systems; and (C) in the case of the acquisition strategy relating to the Air Force-- (i) the schedule for evaluation of demonstration results for the ongoing unmanned combat air vehicle program and the earliest possible transition of that program into engineering and manufacturing development and procurement; and (ii) an analysis of alternatives between the currently planned deep strike force aircraft fleet and the operational deep strike force aircraft fleet that could be acquired by fiscal year 2010 to meet the goal specified in subsection (a)(1). (c) Funds.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for Defense-wide activities under section 201(4) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, $100,000,000 shall be available only to carry out the programs referred to in subsection (b)(1). (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section: (1) An aircraft or ground combat vehicle has ``unmanned advanced capability'' if it is an autonomous, semi-autonomous, or remotely controlled system that can be deployed, re-tasked, recovered, and re-deployed. (2) The term ``currently planned deep strike force aircraft fleet'' means the early entry, deep strike aircraft fleet (composed of F 117 stealth aircraft and B 2 stealth aircraft) that is currently planned for fiscal year 2010. (3) The term ``operational deep strike force aircraft fleet'' means the currently planned deep strike force aircraft fleet, together with at least 30 unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft that are capable of penetrating fully operational enemy air defense systems. (4) The term ``operational ground combat vehicles'' means ground combat vehicles acquired through the Future Combat System acquisition program of the Army to equip the future objective force, as outlined in the vision statement of the Chief of Staff of the Army. SEC. 221. GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE. (a) Concept Demonstration Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall require and coordinate a concept demonstration of the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. (b) Purpose of Demonstration.--The purpose of the concept demonstration is to demonstrate the capability of the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle to operate in an airborne surveillance mode, using available, non-developmental technology. (c) Time for Demonstration.--The Secretary shall initiate the demonstration not later than March 1, 2001. (d) Participation by CINCs.--The Secretary shall require the commander of the United States Joint Forces Command and the commander of the United States Southern Command jointly to provide guidance for the demonstration and otherwise to participate in the demonstration. (e) Scenario for Demonstration.--The demonstration shall be conducted in a counter-drug surveillance scenario that is designed to replicate factual conditions typically encountered in the performance of the counter-drug surveillance mission of the commander of the United States Southern Command within that commander's area of responsibility. (f) Report.--Not later than 45 days after the demonstration is completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the demonstration. The report shall include the following: (1) The Secretary's assessment of the technical feasibility of using the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle for airborne air surveillance. (2) A discussion of the operational concept for the use of the vehicle for that purpose. (g) Funding.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 301(20) for Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, Defense-wide, $18,000,000 shall be available for the concept demonstration required by subsection (a), including initiation of concurrent development for an improved surveillance radar. SEC. 222. ARMY SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(1) for Army space control technology, $3,000,000 shall be available for the kinetic energy anti-satellite technology program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense SEC. 231. FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001. Of the funds authorized to be appropriated in section 201(4), $1,875,238,000 shall be available for the National Missile Defense program. SEC. 232. REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT POSED BY NORTH KOREA. (a) Report on Ballistic Missile Threat.--Not later than two weeks after the next flight test by North Korea of a long-range ballistic missile, the President shall submit to Congress, in classified and unclassified form, a report on the North Korean ballistic missile threat to the United States. The report shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the current North Korean missile threat to the United States. (2) An assessment of whether the United States is capable of defeating the North Korean long-range missile threat to the United States as of the date of the report. (3) An assessment of when the United States will be capable of defeating the North Korean missile threat to the United States. (4) An assessment of the potential for proliferation of North Korean missile technologies to other states and whether such proliferation will accelerate the development of additional long-range ballistic missile threats to the United States. (b) Report on Reducing Vulnerability.--Not later than two weeks after the next flight test by North Korea of a long-range ballistic missile, the President shall submit to Congress a report providing the following: (1) Any additional steps the President intends to take to reduce the period of time during which the Nation is vulnerable to the North Korean long-range ballistic missile threat. (2) The technical and programmatic viability of testing any other missile defense systems against targets with flight characteristics similar to the North Korean long-range missile threat, and plans to do so if such tests are considered to be a viable alternative. (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``United States'', when used in a geographic sense, means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and any Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. SEC. 233. PLAN TO MODIFY BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE. (a) Plan.--The Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization shall develop a plan to adapt ballistic missile defense systems and architectures to counter potential threats to the United States, United States forces deployed outside the United States, and other United States national security interests that are posed by longer range medium-range ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. (b) Use of Space-Based Sensors Included.--The plan shall include-- (1) potential use of space-based sensors, including the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Low and Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High, Navy theater missile defense assets, upgrades of land-based theater missile defenses, the airborne laser, and other assets available in the European theater; and (2) a schedule for ground and flight testing against the identified threats. (c) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall assess the plan and, not later than February 15, 2001, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the assessment. SEC. 234. MANAGEMENT OF AIRBORNE LASER PROGRAM. (a) Oversight of Funding, Schedule, and Technical Requirements.--With respect to the program known as of the date of the enactment of this Act as the ``Airborne Laser'' program, the Secretary of Defense shall require that the Secretary of the Air Force obtain the concurrence of the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization before the Secretary-- (1) makes any change to the funding plan or schedule for that program that would delay to a date later than September 30, 2003, the first test of the airborne laser that is intended to destroy a ballistic missile in flight; (2) makes any change to the funding plan for that program in the future-years defense program that would delay the initial operational capability of the airborne laser; and (3) makes any change to the technical requirements of the airborne laser that would significantly reduce its ballistic missile defense capabilities. (b) Report.--Not later than February 15, 2001, the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report, to be prepared in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, on the role of the airborne laser in the family of systems missile defense architecture developed by the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the Director of the Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization. The report shall be submitted in unclassified and, if necessary, classified form. The report shall include the following: (1) An assessment by the Secretary of the Air Force and the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization of the funding plan for that program required to achieve the schedule identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). (2) Potential future airborne laser roles in that architecture. (3) An assessment of the effect of deployment of the airborne laser on requirements for theater ballistic missile defense systems. (4) An assessment of the cost effectiveness of the airborne laser compared to other ballistic missile defense systems. (5) An assessment of the relative significance of the airborne laser in the family of systems missile defense architecture. Subtitle D--High Energy Laser Programs SEC. 241. FUNDING. (a) Funding for Fiscal Year 2001.--(1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4), $30,000,000 is authorized for high energy laser development. (2) Funds available under this subsection are available to supplement the high energy laser programs of the military departments and Defense Agencies, as determined by the official designated under section 243. (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the Department of Defense should establish funding for high energy laser programs within the science and technology programs of each of the military departments and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; and (2) the Secretary of Defense should establish a goal that basic, applied, and advanced research in high energy laser technology should constitute at least 4.5 percent of the total science and technology budget of the Department of Defense by fiscal year 2004. SEC. 242. IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH ENERGY LASER MASTER PLAN. The Secretary of Defense shall implement the management and organizational structure specified in the Department of Defense High Energy Laser Master Plan of March 24, 2000. SEC. 243. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR HIGH ENERGY LASER PROGRAMS. (a) Designation.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate a single senior civilian official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (in this subtitle referred to as the ``designated official'') to chair the High Energy Laser Technology Council called for in the master plan referred to in section 242 and to carry out responsibilities for the programs for which funds are provided under this subtitle. The designated official shall report directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics for matters concerning the responsibilities specified in subsection (b). (b) Responsibilities.--The primary responsibilities of the designated official shall include the following: (1) Establishment of priorities for the high energy laser programs of the military departments and the Defense Agencies. (2) Coordination of high energy laser programs among the military departments and the Defense Agencies. (3) Identification of promising high energy laser technologies for which funding should be a high priority for the Department of Defense and establishment of priority for funding among those technologies. (4) Preparation, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Directors of the Defense Agencies, of a detailed technology plan to develop and mature high energy laser technologies. (5) Planning and programming appropriate to rapid evolution of high energy laser technology. (6) Ensuring that high energy laser programs of each military department and the Defense Agencies are initiated and managed effectively and are complementary with programs managed by the other military departments and Defense Agencies and by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. (7) Ensuring that the high energy laser programs of the military departments and the Defense Agencies comply with the requirements specified in subsection (c). (c) Coordination and Funding Balance.--In carrying out the responsibilities specified in subsection (b), the designated official shall ensure that-- (1) high energy laser programs of each military department and of the Defense Agencies are consistent with the priorities identified in the designated official's planning and programming activities; (2) funding provided by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for high energy laser research and development complements high energy laser programs for which funds are provided by the military departments and the Defense Agencies; (3) programs, projects, and activities to be carried out by the recipients of such funds are selected on the basis of appropriate competitive procedures or Department of Defense peer review process; (4) beginning with fiscal year 2002, funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense in applied research and advanced technology development program elements is not applied to technology efforts in support of high energy laser programs that are not funded by a military department or the Defense Agencies; and (5) funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to complement an applied research or advanced technology development high energy laser program for which funds are provided by one of the military departments or the Defense Agencies do not exceed the amount provided by the military department or the Defense Agencies for that program. SEC. 244. SITE FOR JOINT TECHNOLOGY OFFICE. (a) Deadline for Selection of Site.--The Secretary of Defense shall locate the Joint Technology Office called for in the High Energy Laser Master Plan referred to in section 242 at a location determined appropriate by the Secretary not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Consideration of Site.--In determining the location of the Joint Technology Office, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology, assess-- (1) cost; (2) accessibility between the Office and the Armed Forces and senior Department of Defense leaders; and (3) the advantages and disadvantages of locating the Office at a site at which occurs a substantial proportion of the directed energy research, development, test, and evaluation activities of the Department of Defense. SEC. 245. HIGH ENERGY LASER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Enhancement of Industrial Base.--The Secretary of Defense shall consider, evaluate, and undertake to the extent appropriate initiatives, including investment initiatives, to enhance the industrial base to support military applications of high energy laser technologies and systems. (b) Enhancement of Test and Evaluation Capabilities.--The Secretary of Defense shall consider modernizing the High Energy Laser Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in order to enhance the test and evaluation capabilities of the Department of Defense with respect to high energy laser weapons. SEC. 246. COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. (a) Memorandum of Agreement With NNSA.--(1) The Secretary of Defense and the Administrator for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy shall enter into a memorandum of agreement to conduct joint research and development on military applications of high energy lasers. (2) The projects pursued under the memorandum of agreement-- (A) shall be of mutual benefit to the national security programs of the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy; (B) shall be prioritized jointly by officials designated to do so by the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator; and (C) shall be consistent with the technology plan prepared pursuant to section 243(b)(4) and the requirements identified in section 243(c). (3) The costs of each project pursued under the memorandum of agreement shall be shared equally by the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration. (4) The memorandum of agreement shall provide for appropriate peer review of projects pursued under the memorandum of agreement. (b) Evaluation of Other Cooperative Programs and Activities.--The Secretary of Defense shall evaluate the feasibility and advisability of entering into cooperative programs or activities with other Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, and the private sector for the purpose of enhancing the programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense relating to high energy laser technologies, systems, and weapons. SEC. 247. TECHNOLOGY PLAN. The designated official shall submit to the congressional defense committees by February 15, 2001, the technology plan prepared pursuant to section 243(b)(4). The report shall be submitted in unclassified and, if necessary, classified form. SEC. 248. ANNUAL REPORT. Not later than February 15 of 2001, 2002, and 2003, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the high energy laser programs of the Department of Defense. Each report shall include an assessment of the following: (1) The adequacy of the management structure of the Department of Defense for the high energy laser programs. (2) The funding available for the high energy laser programs. (3) The technical progress achieved for the high energy laser programs. (4) The extent to which goals and objectives of the high energy laser technology plan have been met. SEC. 249. DEFINITION. For purposes of this subtitle, the term ``high energy laser'' means a laser that has average power in excess of one kilowatt and that has potential weapons applications. SEC. 250. REVIEW OF DEFENSE-WIDE DIRECTED ENERGY PROGRAMS. (a) Evaluation.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology, shall evaluate expansion of the High Energy Laser management structure specified in section 242 for possible inclusion in that management structure of science and technology programs in related areas, including the following: (1) High power microwave technologies. (2) Low energy and nonlethal laser technologies. (3) Other directed energy technologies. (b) Consideration of Prior Study.--The evaluation under subsection (a) shall take into consideration the July 1999 Department of Defense study on streamlining and coordinating science and technology and research, development, test, and evaluation within the Department of Defense. (c) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the evaluation under subsection (a). The report shall be submitted not later than March 15, 2001. Subtitle E--Other Matters SEC. 251. REPORTS ON MOBILE OFFSHORE BASE CONCEPT AND POTENTIAL USE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES OF TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CONCEPT. (a) Report on Merits of Mobile Offshore Base Concept.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the mobile offshore base concept. The report shall include the following: (1) A cost-benefit analysis of the mobile offshore base, using operational concepts that would support the National Military Strategy. (2) A recommendation regarding whether to proceed with the mobile offshore base as a program and, if so-- (A) a statement regarding which of the Armed Forces is to be designated to have the lead responsibility for the program; and (B) a schedule for the program. (b) Report on Potential Use for Certain Purposes of Associated Technologies.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the potential use of technologies associated with the mobile offshore base concept. The report shall include an assessment of the potential application and feasibility of using existing technologies, including those technologies associated with the mobile offshore base concept, to a sea-based landing platform for support of naval aviation training. SEC. 252. AIR FORCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PLANNING. (a) Requirement for Review.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall conduct a review of the long-term challenges and short-term objectives of the Air Force science and technology programs. The Secretary shall complete the review not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Matters To Be Reviewed.--The review shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the budgetary resources that are being used for fiscal year 2001 for addressing the long-term challenges and the short-term objectives of the Air Force science and technology programs. (2) The budgetary resources that are necessary to address those challenges and objectives adequately. (3) A course of action for each projected or ongoing Air Force science and technology program that does not address either the long-term challenges or the short-term objectives. (4) The matters required under subsection (c)(5) and (d)(6). (c) Long-Term Challenges.--(1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish an integrated product team to identify high-risk, high-payoff challenges that will provide a long-term focus and motivation for the Air Force science and technology programs over the next 20 to 50 years following the enactment of this Act. The integrated product team shall include representatives of the Office of Scientific Research and personnel from the Air Force Research Laboratory. (2) The team shall solicit views from the entire Air Force science and technology community on the matters under consideration by the team. (3) The team-- (A) shall select for consideration science and technology challenges that involve-- (i) compelling requirements of the Air Force; (ii) high-risk, high-payoff areas of exploration; and (iii) very difficult, but probably achievable, results; and (B) should not select a linear extension of any ongoing Air Force science and technology program for consideration as a science and technology challenge under subparagraph (A). (4) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering shall designate a technical coordinator and a management coordinator for each science and technology challenge identified pursuant to this subsection. Each technical coordinator shall have sufficient expertise in fields related to the challenge to be able to identify other experts in such fields and to affirm the credibility of the challenge. The coordinator for a science and technology challenge shall conduct workshops within the relevant scientific and technological community to obtain suggestions for possible approaches to addressing the challenge and to identify ongoing work that addresses the challenge, deficiencies in current work relating to the challenge, and promising areas of research. (5) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall review the science and technology challenges identified pursuant to this subsection and, for each such challenge, at a minimum-- (A) consider the results of the workshops conducted pursuant to paragraph (4); and (B) identify any work not currently funded by the Air Force that should be performed to meet the challenge. (d) Short-Term Objectives.--(1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a task force to identify short-term technological objectives of the Air Force science and technology programs. The task force shall be chaired by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering and shall include representatives of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the specified combatant commands of the Air Force. (2) The task force shall solicit views from the entire Air Force requirements community, user community, and acquisition community. (3) The task force shall select for consideration short-term objectives that involve-- (A) compelling requirements of the Air Force; (B) support in the user community; and (C) likely attainment of the desired benefits within a five-year period. (4) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering shall establish an integrated product team for each short-term objective identified pursuant to this subsection. Each integrated product team shall include representatives of the requirements community, the user community, and the science and technology community with relevant expertise. (5) The integrated product team for a short-term objective shall be responsible for-- (A) identifying, defining, and prioritizing the enabling capabilities that are necessary for achieving the objective; (B) identifying deficiencies in the enabling capabilities that must be addressed if the short-term objective is to be achieved; and (C) working with the Air Force science and technology community to identify science and technology projects and programs that should be undertaken to eliminate each deficiency in an enabling capability. (6) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall review the short-term science and technology objectives identified pursuant to this subsection and, for each such objective, at a minimum-- (A) consider the work of the integrated product team conducted pursuant to paragraph (5); and (B) identify the science and technology work of the Air Force that should be undertaken to eliminate each deficiency in enabling capabilities that is identified by the integrated product team pursuant to subparagraph (B) of that paragraph. (e) Comptroller General Review.--(1) Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of the Air Force completes the review required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the review. The report shall include the Comptroller General's assessment regarding the extent to which the review was conducted in compliance with the requirements of this section. (2) Immediately upon completing the review required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Comptroller General of the completion of the review. For the purposes of paragraph (1), the date of the notification shall be considered the date of the completion of the review. SEC. 253. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES REGARDING EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS FOR PURPOSES OF ENCOURAGING SCIENTIFIC STUDY. (a) Assistance in Support of Partnerships.--Subsection (b) of section 2194 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``, and is encouraged to provide,'' after ``may provide''; (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``for any purpose and duration in support of such agreement that the director considers appropriate''; and (3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2): ``(2) notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) or any provision of law or regulation relating to transfers of surplus property, transferring to the institution any computer equipment, or other scientific equipment, that is-- ``(A) commonly used by educational institutions; ``(B) surplus to the needs of the defense laboratory; and ``(C) determined by the director to be appropriate for support of such agreement;''. (b) Defense Laboratory Defined.--Subsection (e) of that section is amended to read as follows: ``(e) In this section: ``(1) The term `defense laboratory' means any laboratory, product center, test center, depot, training and educational organization, or operational command under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. ``(2) The term `local educational agency' has the meaning given such term in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).''. SEC. 254. RECOGNITION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS INSTRUMENTAL TO NAVAL RESEARCH EFFORTS DURING THE PERIOD FROM BEFORE WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE END OF THE COLD WAR. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) The contributions of the Nation's scientific community and of science research to the victory of the United States and its allies in World War II resulted in the understanding that science and technology are of critical importance to the future security of the Nation. (2) Academic institutions and oceanographers provided vital support to the Navy and the Marine Corps during World War II. (3) Congress created the Office of Naval Research in the Department of the Navy in 1946 to ensure the availability of resources for research in oceanography and other fields related to the missions of the Navy and Marine Corps. (4) The Office of Naval Research of the Department of the Navy, in addition to its support of naval research within the Federal Government, has also supported the conduct of oceanographic and scientific research through partnerships with educational and scientific institutions throughout the Nation. (5) These partnerships have long been recognized as among the most innovative and productive research partnerships ever established by the Federal Government and have resulted in a vast improvement in understanding of basic ocean processes and the development of new technologies critical to the security and defense of the Nation. (b) Congressional Recognition and Appreciation.--Congress-- (1) applauds the commitment and dedication of the officers, scientists, researchers, students, and administrators who were instrumental to the program of partnerships for oceanographic and scientific research between the Federal Government and academic institutions, including those individuals who helped forge that program before World War II, implement it during World War II, and improve it throughout the Cold War; (2) recognizes that the Nation, in ultimately prevailing in the Cold War, relied to a significant extent on research supported by, and technologies developed through, those partnerships and, in particular, on the superior understanding of the ocean environment generated through that research; (3) supports efforts by the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Research to honor those individuals, who contributed so greatly and unselfishly to the naval mission and the national defense, through those partnerships during the period beginning before World War II and continuing through the end of the Cold War; and (4) expresses appreciation for the ongoing efforts of the Office of Naval Research to support oceanographic and scientific research and the development of researchers in those fields, to ensure that such partnerships will continue to make important contributions to the defense and the general welfare of the Nation. 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. Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Sec. 305. Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams. SUBTITLE B--ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS Sec. 311. Establishment of additional environmental restoration account and use of accounts for operation and monitoring of environmental remedies. Sec. 312. Certain environmental restoration activities. Sec. 313. Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. Sec. 314. Payment of fines and penalties for environmental compliance at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Sec. 315. Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental compliance violations at other Department of Defense facilities. Sec. 316. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia. Sec. 317. Necessity of military low-level flight training to protect national security and enhance military readiness. Sec. 318. Ship disposal project. Sec. 319. Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program. Sec. 320. Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System. Sec. 321. Sense of Congress regarding environmental restoration of former defense manufacturing site, Santa Clarita, California. SUBTITLE C--COMMISSARIES AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES Sec. 331. Use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses of commissary stores. Sec. 332. Adjustment of sales prices of commissary store goods and services to cover certain expenses. Sec. 333. Use of surcharges for construction and improvement of commissary stores. Sec. 334. Inclusion of magazines and other periodicals as an authorized commissary merchandise category. Sec. 335. Use of most economical distribution method for distilled spirits. Sec. 336. Report on effects of availability of slot machines on United States military installations overseas. SUBTITLE D--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES Sec. 341. Designation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and public-private partnerships to increase utilization of such centers. Sec. 342. Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of United States arsenals. Sec. 343. Arsenal support program initiative. Sec. 344. Codification and improvement of armament retooling and manufacturing support programs. SUBTITLE E--PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS BY PRIVATE-SECTOR SOURCES Sec. 351. Inclusion of additional information in reports to Congress required before conversion of commercial or industrial type functions to contractor performance. Sec. 352. Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and Army ammunition plants. Sec. 353. Consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering of Department of Defense organizations, functions, or activities. Sec. 354. Monitoring of savings resulting from workforce reductions as part of conversion of functions to performance by private sector or other strategic sourcing initiatives. Sec. 355. Performance of emergency response functions at chemical weapons storage installations. Sec. 356. Suspension of reorganization or relocation of Naval Audit Service. SUBTITLE F--DEFENSE DEPENDENTS EDUCATION Sec. 361. Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross employees for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico. Sec. 362. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 363. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. Sec. 364. Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of school facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. SUBTITLE G--MILITARY READINESS ISSUES Sec. 371. Measuring cannibalization of parts, supplies, and equipment under readiness reporting system. Sec. 372. Reporting requirements regarding transfers from high-priority readiness appropriations. Sec. 373. Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness of military aircraft and equipment. Sec. 374. Identification of requirements to reduce backlog in maintenance and repair of defense facilities. Sec. 375. New methodology for preparing budget requests to satisfy Army readiness requirements. Sec. 376. Review of AH 64 aircraft program. Sec. 377. Report on Air Force spare and repair parts program for C 5 aircraft. SUBTITLE H--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 381. Annual report on public sale of certain military equipment identified on United States Munitions List. Sec. 382. Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army. Sec. 383. Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided at Johnston Atoll. Sec. 384. Travel by Reserves on military aircraft. Sec. 385. Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft. Sec. 386. Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all in-transit end items and secondary items. Sec. 387. Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft. Sec. 388. Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire suppression. Sec. 389. Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica reactivity. Sec. 390. Demonstration project to increase reserve component internet access and services in rural communities. Sec. 391. Additional conditions on implementation of Defense Joint Accounting System. Sec. 392. Report on Defense Travel System. Sec. 393. Review of Department of Defense costs of maintaining historical properties. Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows: (1) For the Army, $19,280,381,000. (2) For the Navy, $23,766,610,000. (3) For the Marine Corps, $2,826,291,000. (4) For the Air Force, $22,395,221,000. (5) For Defense-wide activities, $11,740,569,000. (6) For the Army Reserve, $1,561,418,000. (7) For the Naval Reserve, $978,946,000. (8) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $144,159,000. (9) For the Air Force Reserve, $1,903,859,000. (10) For the Army National Guard, $3,233,835,000. (11) For the Air National Guard, $3,468,375,000. (12) For the Defense Inspector General, $144,245,000. (13) For the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $8,574,000. (14) For Environmental Restoration, Army, $389,932,000. (15) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, $294,038,000. (16) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, $376,300,000. (17) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide, $21,412,000. (18) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites, $231,499,000. (19) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs, $55,900,000. (20) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, Defense-wide, $869,000,000. (21) For the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Trust Fund, $25,000,000. (22) For Defense Health Program, $11,480,123,000. (23) For Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, $443,400,000. (24) For Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund, $4,100,577,000. (25) For Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense-Wide, $10,500,000. SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for working capital and revolving funds in amounts as follows: (1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $916,276,000. (2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, $388,158,000. SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the sum of $69,832,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, including the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home. SEC. 304. TRANSFER FROM NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND. (a) Transfer Authority.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, not more than $150,000,000 is authorized to be transferred from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to operation and maintenance accounts for fiscal year 2001 in amounts as follows: (1) For the Army, $50,000,000. (2) For the Navy, $50,000,000. (3) For the Air Force, $50,000,000. (b) Treatment of Transfers.--Amounts transferred under this section-- (1) shall be merged with, and be available for the same purposes and the same period as, the amounts in the accounts to which transferred; and (2) may not be expended for an item that has been denied authorization of appropriations by Congress. (c) Relationship to Other Transfer Authority.--The transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001. SEC. 305. JOINT WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES ASSESSMENT TEAMS. Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated under section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities for the Joint Staff, $4,000,000 is available only for the improvement of the performance of analyses by the joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions SEC. 311. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACCOUNT AND USE OF ACCOUNTS FOR OPERATION AND MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIES. (a) Account for Formerly Used Defense Sites.--Subsection (a) of section 2703 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(5) An account to be known as the `Environmental Restoration Account, Formerly Used Defense Sites'.''. (b) Operation and Monitoring of Environmental Remedies.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(f) Sole Source of Funds for Operation and Monitoring of Environmental Remedies.--(1) The sole source of funds for all phases of an environmental remedy at a site under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense or a formerly used defense site shall be the applicable environmental restoration account established under subsection (a). ``(2) In this subsection, the term `environmental remedy' has the meaning given the term `remedy' in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).''. SEC. 312. CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACTIVITIES. Subsection (b) of section 2703 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``(b) Obligation of Authorized Amounts.--(1) Funds authorized for deposit in an account under subsection (a) may be obligated or expended from the account only-- ``(A) to carry out the environmental restoration functions of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments under this chapter and under any other provision of law; and ``(B) to pay for the costs of permanently relocating a facility because of a release or threatened release of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants from-- ``(i) real property on which the facility is located and that is currently under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department; or ``(ii) real property on which the facility is located and that was under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department at the time of the actions leading to the release or threatened release. ``(2) The authority provided by paragraph (1)(B) expires September 30, 2003. The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may not pay the costs of permanently relocating a facility under such paragraph unless the Secretary-- ``(A) determines that permanent relocation-- ``(i) is the most cost effective method of responding to the release or threatened release of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants from the real property on which the facility is located; ``(ii) has the approval of relevant regulatory agencies; and ``(iii) is supported by the affected community; and ``(B) submits to Congress written notice of the determination before undertaking the permanent relocation of the facility, including a description of the response action taken or to be taken in connection with the permanent relocation and a statement of the costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with the permanent relocation. ``(3) If relocation costs are to be paid under paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a facility located on real property described in clause (ii) of such paragraph, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned may use only fund transfer mechanisms otherwise available to the Secretary. ``(4) Funds authorized for deposit in an account under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. Not more than 5 percent of the funds deposited in an account under subsection (a) for a fiscal year may be used to pay relocation costs under paragraph (1)(B).''. SEC. 313. ANNUAL REPORTS UNDER STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. (a) Repeal of Requirement for Annual Report From Scientific Advisory Board.--Section 2904 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking subsection (h); and (2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h). (b) Inclusion of Actions of Board in Annual Reports of Council.--Section 2902(d)(3) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(D) A summary of the actions of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Scientific Advisory Board during the year preceding the year in which the report is submitted and any recommendations, including recommendations on program direction and legislation, that the Advisory Board considers appropriate regarding the program.''. SEC. 314. PAYMENT OF FINES AND PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AT FORT WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA. The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the Army, may pay, as part of a settlement of liability, a fine or penalty of not more than $2,000,000 for matters addressed in the Notice of Violation issued on March 5, 1999, by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to Fort Wainwright, Alaska. SEC. 315. PAYMENT OF FINES OR PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS AT OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES. (a) Army Violations.--Using amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301(1) for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Secretary of the Army may pay the following amounts in connection with environmental compliance violations at the following locations: (1) $993,000 for a supplemental environmental project to implement an installation-wide hazardous substance management system at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, in satisfaction of a fine imposed by Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). (2) $377,250 for a supplemental environmental project to install new parts washers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in satisfaction of a fine imposed by Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. (3) $20,701 for a supplemental environmental project to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant at Fort Gordon, Georgia, in satisfaction of a fine imposed by the State of Georgia under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. (4) $78,500 for supplemental environmental projects to reduce the generation of hazardous waste at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, in satisfaction of a fine imposed by the State of Colorado under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. (5) $20,000 for a supplemental environmental project to repair cracks in floors of igloos used to store munitions hazardous waste at Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah, in satisfaction of a fine imposed by the State of Utah under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. (6) $7,975 for payment to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission of a cash penalty for permit violations assessed with respect to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. (b) Navy Violations.--Using amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301(2) for operation and maintenance for the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy may pay the following amounts in connection with environmental compliance violations at the following locations: (1) $108,800 for payment to the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection of a cash penalty with respect to Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, West Virginia, under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. (2) $5,000 for payment to Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 of a cash penalty with respect to Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401). (3) $1,650 for payment to Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 of a cash penalty with respect to Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia, under the Clean Air Act. SEC. 316. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORMER NANSEMOND ORDNANCE DEPOT SITE, SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA. (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may pay, using funds described in subsection (b), not more than $98,210 to the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund established by section 9507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9507) to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for costs incurred by the agency in overseeing a time critical removal action under CERCLA being performed by the Department of Defense under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for ordnance and explosive safety hazards at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia, pursuant to an Interagency Agreement entered into by the Department of the Army and the Environmental Protection Agency on January 3, 2000. (b) Source of Funds.--Any payment under subsection (a) shall be made using amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to the Environmental Restoration Account, Formerly Used Defense Sites, established by paragraph (5) of section 2703(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 311(a) of this Act. (c) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``CERCLA'' means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). (2) The term ``Defense Environmental Restoration Program'' means the program of environmental restoration carried out under chapter 160 of title 10, United States Code. SEC. 317. NECESSITY OF MILITARY LOW-LEVEL FLIGHT TRAINING TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY AND ENHANCE MILITARY READINESS. Nothing in the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or the regulations implementing such law shall require the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department to prepare a programmatic, nation-wide environmental impact statement for low-level flight training as a precondition to the use by the Armed Forces of an airspace for the performance of low-level training flights. SEC. 318. SHIP DISPOSAL PROJECT. (a) Continuation of Project; Purpose.--During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of the Navy shall continue to carry out the ship disposal project within the United States to permit the Secretary to assemble appropriate data on the cost of scrapping naval vessels. (b) Use of Competitive Procedures.--The Secretary shall use competitive procedures to award all task orders under the primary contracts under the ship disposal project. (c) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the ship disposal project. The report shall contain the following: (1) A description of the competitive procedures used for the solicitation and award of all task orders under the project. (2) A description of the task orders awarded under the project. (3) An assessment of the results of the project as of the date of the report, including the performance of contractors under the project. (4) The proposed strategy of the Navy for future procurement of ship scrapping activities. SEC. 319. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY CORPORATE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. (a) Management and Oversight of Program.--The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense shall ensure that management and oversight of the Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program is consistent with the requirements of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divisions D and E of Public Law 104 106), section 2223 of title 10, United States Code, Department of Defense Directives 5000.1, 5000.2 R, and 5137.1, and all other laws, directives, regulations, and management controls applicable to investment in information technology and related services. (b) Program Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program. (c) Mission.--The report shall include a mission statement and strategic objectives for the Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program, including the recommendations of the Secretary for the future mission and objectives of the Program. (d) Personnel, Organization, and Oversight.--The report shall include-- (1) the personnel requirements and organizational structure of the Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program to carry out the mission statement; and (2) a discussion of-- (A) the means by which the Program will ensure program accountability, including accountability for all past, current, and future activities funded under the Program; and (B) the role of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense in ensuring program accountability as required by subsection (a). (e) Program Activities.--The report shall include a discussion of the means by which the Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program will address or provide-- (1) information access procedures that keep pace with current and evolving requirements for information access; (2) data standardization and systems integration; (3) product failures and cost-effective results; (4) user confidence and utilization; and (5) program continuity. SEC. 320. REPORT ON PLASMA ENERGY PYROLYSIS SYSTEM. (a) Report Required.--Not later than February 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System. (b) Report Elements.--The report on the Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System shall include the following: (1) An analysis of available information and data on the fixed-transportable unit demonstration phase of the System and on the mobile unit demonstration phase of the System. (2) Recommendations regarding future applications for each phase of the System described in paragraph (1). (3) A statement of the projected funding for such future applications. SEC. 321. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION OF FORMER DEFENSE MANUFACTURING SITE, SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA. It is the sense of the Congress that-- (1) there exists a 1,000-acre former defense manufacturing site in Santa Clarita, California (known as the ``Santa Clarita site''), that could be environmentally restored to serve a future role in the community, and every effort should be made to apply all known public and private sector innovative technologies to restore the Santa Clarita site to productive use for the benefit of the community; and (2) the experience gained from environmental restoration at the Santa Clarita site by private and public sector partnerships has the potential to benefit not only the community of Santa Clarita, but all sites in need of environmental restoration. Subtitle C--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities SEC. 331. USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO COVER OPERATING EXPENSES OF COMMISSARY STORES. (a) In General.--(1) Section 2484 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``2484. Commissary stores: use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses ``(a) Operation of Agency and System.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, the operation of the Defense Commissary Agency and the defense commissary system may be funded using such amounts as are appropriated for such purpose. ``(b) Operating Expenses of Commissary Stores.--Appropriated funds may be used to cover the expenses of operating commissary stores and central product processing facilities of the defense commissary system. For purposes of this subsection, operating expenses include the following: ``(1) Salaries and wages of employees of the United States, host nations, and contractors supporting commissary store operations. ``(2) Utilities. ``(3) Communications. ``(4) Operating supplies and services. ``(5) Second destination transportation costs within or outside the United States. ``(6) Any cost associated with above-store-level management or other indirect support of a commissary store or a central product processing facility, including equipment maintenance and information technology costs.''. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 147 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2484 and inserting the following new item: ``2484. Commissary stores: use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses.''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2001. SEC. 332. ADJUSTMENT OF SALES PRICES OF COMMISSARY STORE GOODS AND SERVICES TO COVER CERTAIN EXPENSES. (a) Adjustment Required.--Section 2486 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``section 2484(b) or'' and inserting ``subsection (d) or section''; and (2) in subsection (d)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``sections 2484 and'' and inserting ``section''; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(3) The sales price of merchandise and services sold in, at, or by commissary stores shall be adjusted to cover the following: ``(A) The cost of first destination commercial transportation of the merchandise in the United States to the place of sale. ``(B) The actual or estimated cost of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the control of commissary stores.''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2001. SEC. 333. USE OF SURCHARGES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMISSARY STORES. (a) Expansion of Authorized Uses.--Subsection (b) of section 2685 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``(b) Use for Construction, Repair, Improvement, and Maintenance.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may use the proceeds from the adjustments or surcharges authorized by subsection (a) only-- ``(A) to acquire (including acquisition by lease), construct, convert, expand, improve, repair, maintain, and equip the physical infrastructure of commissary stores and central product processing facilities of the defense commissary system; and ``(B) to cover environmental evaluation and construction costs related to activities described in paragraph (1), including costs for surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and design. ``(2) In paragraph (1), the term `physical infrastructure' includes real property, utilities, and equipment (installed and free standing and including computer equipment), necessary to provide a complete and usable commissary store or central product processing facility.''. (b) Authority of Secretary of Defense.--Such section is further amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Secretary of a military department, under regulations established by him and approved by the Secretary of Defense,'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense''; (2) in subsection (c)-- (A) by striking ``Secretary of a military department, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense and'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense, with the approval of''; and (B) by striking ``Secretary of the military department determines'' and inserting ``Secretary determines''; and (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``Secretary of a military department'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2001. SEC. 334. INCLUSION OF MAGAZINES AND OTHER PERIODICALS AS AN AUTHORIZED COMMISSARY MERCHANDISE CATEGORY. (a) Additional Authorized Category.--Subsection (b) of section 2486 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph: ``(11) Magazines and other periodicals.''. (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended-- (1) by striking ``(1)'' before ``Notwithstanding''; (2) by striking ``items in the merchandise categories specified in paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``tobacco products''; and (3) by striking paragraph (2). SEC. 335. USE OF MOST ECONOMICAL DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS. Section 2488(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (2); and (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). SEC. 336. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF AVAILABILITY OF SLOT MACHINES ON UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OVERSEAS. (a) Report Required.--Not later than March 31, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the effect that the ready availability of slot machines as a morale, welfare, and recreation activity on United States military installations outside of the United States has on members of the Armed Forces, their dependents, and other persons who use such slot machines, the morale of military communities overseas, and the personal financial stability of members of the Armed Forces. (b) Matters To Be Included.--The Secretary shall include in the report-- (1) an estimate of the number of persons who used such slot machines during the preceding two years and, of such persons, the percentage who were enlisted members (shown both in the aggregate and by pay grade), officers (shown both in the aggregate and by pay grade), Department of Defense civilians, other United States persons, and foreign nationals; (2) to the extent feasible, information with respect to military personnel referred to in paragraph (1) showing the number (as a percentage and by pay grade) who have-- (A) sought financial services counseling at least partially due to the use of such slot machines; (B) qualified for Government financial assistance at least partially due to the use of such slot machines; or (C) had a personal check returned for insufficient funds or received any other nonpayment notification from a creditor at least partially due to the use of such slot machines; and (3) to the extent feasible, information with respect to the average amount expended by each category of persons referred to in paragraph (1) in using such slot machines per visit, to be shown by pay grade in the case of military personnel. Subtitle D--Department of Defense Industrial Facilities SEC. 341. DESIGNATION OF CENTERS OF INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE UTILIZATION OF SUCH CENTERS. (a) Designation Method.--Subsection (a) of section 2474 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``The Secretary concerned, or the Secretary of Defense in the case of a Defense Agency,''; and (B) by striking ``of the activity'' and inserting ``of the designee''; (2) in paragraph (2)-- (A) by inserting ``of Defense'' after ``The Secretary''; and (B) by striking ``depot-level activities'' and inserting ``Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence''; and (3) in paragraph (3)-- (A) by striking ``depot-level operations'' and inserting ``operations at Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence''; (B) by striking ``depot-level activities'' and inserting ``the Centers''; and (C) by striking ``such activities'' and inserting ``the Centers''. (b) Public-Private Partnerships.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: ``(b) Public-Private Partnerships.--(1) To achieve one or more objectives set forth in paragraph (2), the Secretary designating a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence under subsection (a) may authorize and encourage the head of the Center to enter into public-private cooperative arrangements (in this section referred to as a `public-private partnership') to provide for any of the following: ``(A) For employees of the Center, private industry, or other entities outside the Department of Defense to perform (under contract, subcontract, or otherwise) work related to the core competencies of the Center, including any depot-level maintenance and repair work that involves one or more core competencies of the Center. ``(B) For private industry or other entities outside the Department of Defense to use, for any period of time determined to be consistent with the needs of the Department of Defense, any facilities or equipment of the Center that are not fully utilized for a military department's own production or maintenance requirements. ``(2) The objectives for exercising the authority provided in paragraph (1) are as follows: ``(A) To maximize the utilization of the capacity of a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence. ``(B) To reduce or eliminate the cost of ownership of a Center by the Department of Defense in such areas of responsibility as operations and maintenance and environmental remediation. ``(C) To reduce the cost of products of the Department of Defense produced or maintained at a Center. ``(D) To leverage private sector investment in-- ``(i) such efforts as plant and equipment recapitalization for a Center; and ``(ii) the promotion of the undertaking of commercial business ventures at a Center. ``(E) To foster cooperation between the armed forces and private industry. ``(3) If the Secretary concerned, or the Secretary of Defense in the case of a Defense Agency, authorizes the use of public-private partnerships under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the need for loan guarantee authority, similar to the ARMS Initiative loan guarantee program under section 4555 of this title, to facilitate the establishment of public-private partnerships and the achievement of the objectives set forth in paragraph (2).''. (c) Private Sector Use of Excess Capacity.--Such section is further amended-- (1) by striking subsection (d); (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): ``(c) Private Sector Use of Excess Capacity.--Any facilities or equipment of a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence made available to private industry may be used to perform maintenance or to produce goods in order to make more efficient and economical use of Government-owned industrial plants and encourage the creation and preservation of jobs to ensure the availability of a workforce with the necessary manufacturing and maintenance skills to meet the needs of the armed forces.''. (d) Crediting of Amounts for Performance.--Subsection (d) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (c)(2), is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: ``Consideration in the form of rental payments or (notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31) in other forms may be accepted for a use of property accountable under a contract performed pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding section 2667(d) of this title, revenues generated pursuant to this section shall be available for facility operations, maintenance, and environmental restoration at the Center where the leased property is located.''. (e) Availability of Excess Equipment to Private-Sector Partners.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: ``(e) Availability of Excess Equipment to Private-Sector Partners.--Equipment or facilities of a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence may be made available for use by a private-sector entity under this section only if-- ``(1) the use of the equipment or facilities will not have a significant adverse effect on the readiness of the armed forces, as determined by the Secretary concerned or, in the case of a Center in a Defense Agency, by the Secretary of Defense; and ``(2) the private-sector entity agrees-- ``(A) to reimburse the Department of Defense for the direct and indirect costs (including any rental costs) that are attributable to the entity's use of the equipment or facilities, as determined by that Secretary; and ``(B) to hold harmless and indemnify the United States from-- ``(i) any claim for damages or injury to any person or property arising out of the use of the equipment or facilities, except in a case of willful conduct or gross negligence; and ``(ii) any liability or claim for damages or injury to any person or property arising out of a decision by the Secretary concerned or the Secretary of Defense to suspend or terminate that use of equipment or facilities during a war or national emergency. ``(f) Construction of Provision.--Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize a change, otherwise prohibited by law, from the performance of work at a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence by Department of Defense personnel to performance by a contractor.''. (f) Use of Working Capital-Funded Facilities.--Section 2208(j)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``contract; and'' at the end of subparagraph (A) and all that follows through ``(B) the solicitation'' and inserting ``contract, and the solicitation''; (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(B) the Secretary would advance the objectives set forth in section 2474(b)(2) of this title by authorizing the facility to do so.''. (g) Repeal of General Authority To Lease Excess Depot-Level Equipment and Facilities to Outside Tenants.--(1) Section 2471 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 146 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2471. SEC. 342. UNUTILIZED AND UNDERUTILIZED PLANT-CAPACITY COSTS OF UNITED STATES ARSENALS. (a) Treatment of Unutilized and Underutilized Plant-Capacity Costs.--Chapter 433 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4540 the following new section: ``4541. Army arsenals: treatment of unutilized or underutilized plant-capacity costs ``(a) Estimate of Costs.--The Secretary of the Army shall include in the budget justification documents submitted to Congress in support of the President's budget for a fiscal year submitted under section 1105 of title 31 an estimate of the funds to be required in that fiscal year to cover unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs at Army arsenals. ``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds appropriated to the Secretary of the Army for a fiscal year to cover unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs at Army arsenals shall be used in such fiscal year only for such costs. ``(c) Treatment of Costs.--(1) The Secretary of the Army shall not include unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs when evaluating the bid of an Army arsenal for purposes of the arsenal's contracting to provide a good or service to a Government agency. ``(2) When an Army arsenal is serving as a subcontractor to a private-sector entity with respect to a good or service to be provided to a Government agency, the cost charged by the arsenal shall not include unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs that are funded by a direct appropriation. ``(d) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) The term `Army arsenal' means a Government-owned, Government-operated defense plant of the Department of the Army that manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both. ``(2) The term `unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs' means the costs associated with operating and maintaining the facilities and equipment of an Army arsenal that the Secretary of the Army determines are required to be kept for mobilization needs, in those months in which the facilities and equipment are not used or are used only 20 percent or less of available work days.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4540 the following new item: ``4541. Army arsenals: treatment of unutilized or underutilized plant-capacity costs.''. SEC. 343. ARSENAL SUPPORT PROGRAM INITIATIVE. (a) Demonstration Program Required.--To help maintain the viability of the Army manufacturing arsenals and the unique capabilities of these arsenals to support the national security interests of the United States, the Secretary of the Army shall carry out a demonstration program under this section during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 at each manufacturing arsenal of the Department of the Army. (b) Purposes of Demonstration Program.--The purposes of the demonstration program are as follows: (1) To provide for the utilization of the existing skilled workforce at the Army manufacturing arsenals by commercial firms. (2) To provide for the reemployment and retraining of skilled workers who, as a result of declining workload and reduced Army spending on arsenal production requirements at these Army arsenals, are idled or underemployed. (3) To encourage commercial firms, to the maximum extent practicable, to use these Army arsenals for commercial purposes. (4) To increase the opportunities for small businesses (including socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and new small businesses) to use these Army arsenals for those purposes. (5) To maintain in the United States a work force having the skills in manufacturing processes that are necessary to meet industrial emergency planned requirements for national security purposes. (6) To demonstrate innovative business practices, to support Department of Defense acquisition reform, and to serve as both a model and a laboratory for future defense conversion initiatives of the Department of Defense. (7) To the maximum extent practicable, to allow the operation of these Army arsenals to be rapidly responsive to the forces of free market competition. (8) To reduce or eliminate the cost of Government ownership of these Army arsenals, including the costs of operations and maintenance, the costs of environmental remediation, and other costs. (9) To reduce the cost of products of the Department of Defense produced at these Army arsenals. (10) To leverage private investment at these Army arsenals through long-term facility use contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other agreements that support and advance the demonstration program for the following activities: (A) Recapitalization of plant and equipment. (B) Environmental remediation. (C) Promotion of commercial business ventures. (D) Other activities approved by the Secretary of the Army. (11) To foster cooperation between the Department of the Army, property managers, commercial interests, and State and local agencies in the implementation of sustainable development strategies and investment in these Army arsenals. (c) Contract Authority.--(1) In the case of each Army manufacturing arsenal, the Secretary of the Army may enter into contracts with commercial firms to authorize the contractors, consistent with section 4543 of title 10, United States Code-- (A) to use the arsenal, or a portion of the arsenal, and the skilled workforce at the arsenal to manufacture weapons, weapon components, or related products consistent with the purposes of the program; and (B) to enter into subcontracts for the commercial use of the arsenal consistent with such purposes. (2) A contract under paragraph (1) shall require the contractor to contribute toward the operation and maintenance of the Army manufacturing arsenal covered by the contract. (3) In the event an Army manufacturing arsenal is converted to contractor operation, the Secretary may enter into a contract with the contractor to authorize the contractor, consistent with section 4543 of title 10, United States Code-- (A) to use the facility during the period of the program in a manner consistent with the purposes of the program; and (B) to enter into subcontracts for the commercial use of the facility consistent with such purposes. (d) Loan Guarantees.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Army may guarantee the repayment of any loan made to a commercial firm to fund, in whole or in part, the establishment of a commercial activity at an Army manufacturing arsenal under this section. (2) Loan guarantees under this subsection may not be committed except to the extent that appropriations of budget authority to cover their costs are made in advance, as required by section 504 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661c). (3) The Secretary of the Army may enter into agreements with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration or the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration, or the head of other appropriate agencies of the Department of Agriculture, under which such Administrators may, under this subsection-- (A) process applications for loan guarantees; (B) guarantee repayment of loans; and (C) provide any other services to the Secretary of the Army to administer this subsection. (4) An Administrator referred to in paragraph (3) may guarantee loans under this section to commercial firms of any size, notwithstanding any limitations on the size of applicants imposed on other loan guarantee programs that the Administrator administers. To the extent practicable, each Administrator shall use the same procedures for processing loan guarantee applications under this subsection as the Administrator uses for processing loan guarantee applications under other loan guarantee programs that the Administrator administers. (e) Loan Limits.--The maximum amount of loan principal guaranteed during a fiscal year under subsection (d) may not exceed-- (1) $20,000,000, with respect to any single borrower; and (2) $320,000,000 with respect to all borrowers. (f) Transfer of Funds.--The Secretary of the Army may transfer to an Administrator providing services under subsection (d), and the Administrator may accept, such funds as may be necessary to administer loan guarantees under such subsection. (g) Reporting Requirements.--(1) Not later than July 1 of each year in which a guarantee issued under subsection (d) is in effect, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a report specifying the amounts of loans guaranteed under such subsection during the preceding calendar year. No report is required after fiscal year 2002. (2) Not later than July 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of the demonstration program. The report shall contain a comprehensive review of contracting at the Army manufacturing arsenals covered by the program and such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate regarding changes to the program. SEC. 344. CODIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ARMAMENT RETOOLING AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT PROGRAMS. (a) In General.--(1) Part IV of subtitle B of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 433 the following new chapter: ``CHAPTER 434--ARMAMENTS INDUSTRIAL BASE ``Sec. ``4551. Definitions. ``4552. Policy. ``4553. Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. ``4554. Property management contracts and leases. ``4555. ARMS Initiative loan guarantee program. ``4551. Definitions ``In this chapter: ``(1) The term `ARMS Initiative' means the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative authorized by this chapter. ``(2) The term `eligible facility' means a Government-owned, contractor-operated ammunition manufacturing facility of the Department of the Army that is in an active, inactive, layaway, or caretaker status. ``(3) The term `property manager' includes any person or entity managing an eligible facility made available under the ARMS Initiative through a property management contract. ``(4) The term `property management contract' includes facility use contracts, site management contracts, leases, and other agreements entered into under the authority of this chapter. ``(5) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Army. ``4552. Policy ``It is the policy of the United States-- ``(1) to encourage, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial firms to use Government-owned, contractor-operated ammunition manufacturing facilities of the Department of the Army; ``(2) to use such facilities for supporting programs, projects, policies, and initiatives that promote competition in the private sector of the United States economy and that advance United States interests in the global marketplace; ``(3) to increase the manufacture of products inside the United States; ``(4) to support policies and programs that provide manufacturers with incentives to assist the United States in making more efficient and economical use of eligible facilities for commercial purposes; ``(5) to provide, as appropriate, small businesses (including socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and new small businesses) with incentives that encourage those businesses to undertake manufacturing and other industrial processing activities that contribute to the prosperity of the United States; ``(6) to encourage the creation of jobs through increased investment in the private sector of the United States economy; ``(7) to foster a more efficient, cost-effective, and adaptable armaments industry in the United States; ``(8) to achieve, with respect to armaments manufacturing capacity, an optimum level of readiness of the national technology and industrial base within the United States that is consistent with the projected threats to the national security of the United States and the projected emergency requirements of the armed forces; and ``(9) to encourage facility use contracting where feasible. ``4553. Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative ``(a) Authority for Initiative.--The Secretary may carry out a program to be known as the `Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative'. ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the ARMS Initiative are as follows: ``(1) To encourage commercial firms, to the maximum extent practicable, to use eligible facilities for commercial purposes. ``(2) To increase the opportunities for small businesses (including socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and new small businesses) to use eligible facilities for those purposes. ``(3) To maintain in the United States a work force having the skills in manufacturing processes that are necessary to meet industrial emergency planned requirements for national security purposes. ``(4) To demonstrate innovative business practices, to support Department of Defense acquisition reform, and to serve as both a model and a laboratory for future defense conversion initiatives of the Department of Defense. ``(5) To the maximum extent practicable, to allow the operation of eligible facilities to be rapidly responsive to the forces of free market competition. ``(6) To reduce or eliminate the cost of Government ownership of eligible facilities, including the costs of operations and maintenance, the costs of environmental remediation, and other costs. ``(7) To reduce the cost of products of the Department of Defense produced at eligible facilities. ``(8) To leverage private investment at eligible facilities through long-term facility use contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other agreements that support and advance the policies and purposes of this chapter, for the following activities: ``(A) Recapitalization of plant and equipment. ``(B) Environmental remediation. ``(C) Promotion of commercial business ventures. ``(D) Other activities approved by the Secretary. ``(9) To foster cooperation between the Department of the Army, property managers, commercial interests, and State and local agencies in the implementation of sustainable development strategies and investment in eligible facilities made available for purposes of the ARMS Initiative. ``(10) To reduce or eliminate the cost of asset disposal that would be incurred if property at an eligible facility was declared excess to the needs of the Department of the Army. ``(c) Availability of Facilities.--The Secretary may make any eligible facility available for the purposes of the ARMS Initiative. ``(d) Consideration for Leases.--Section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), shall not apply to uses of property or facilities in accordance with the ARMS Initiative. ``(e) Program Support.--(1) Funds appropriated for purposes of the ARMS Initiative may be used for administrative support and management. ``(2) A full annual accounting of such expenses for each fiscal year shall be provided to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives not later than March 30 of the following fiscal year. ``4554. Property management contracts and leases ``(a) In General.--In the case of each eligible facility that is made available for the ARMS Initiative, the Secretary-- ``(1) shall make full use of facility use contracts, leases, and other such commercial contractual instruments as may be appropriate; ``(2) shall evaluate, on the basis of efficiency, cost, emergency mobilization requirements, and the goals and purposes of the ARMS Initiative, the procurement of services from the property manager, including maintenance, operation, modification, infrastructure, environmental restoration and remediation, and disposal of ammunition manufacturing assets, and other services; and ``(3) may, in carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2)-- ``(A) enter into contracts, and provide for subcontracts, for terms up to 25 years, as the Secretary considers appropriate and consistent with the needs of the Department of the Army and the goals and purposes of the ARMS Initiative; and ``(B) use procedures that are authorized to be used under section 2304(c)(5) of this title when the contractor or subcontractor is a source specified in law. ``(b) Consideration for Use.--(1) To the extent provided in a contract entered into under this section for the use of property at an eligible facility that is accountable under the contract, the Secretary may accept consideration for such use that is, in whole or in part, in a form other than-- ``(A) rental payments; or ``(B) revenue generated at the facility. ``(2) Forms of consideration acceptable under paragraph (1) for a use of an eligible facility or any property at an eligible facility include the following: ``(A) The improvement, maintenance, protection, repair, and restoration of the facility, the property, or any property within the boundaries of the installation where the facility is located. ``(B) Reductions in overhead costs. ``(C) Reductions in product cost. ``(3) The authority under paragraph (1) may be exercised without regard to section 3302(b) of title 31 and any other provision of law. ``4555. ARMS Initiative loan guarantee program ``(a) Program Authorized.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may carry out a loan guarantee program to encourage commercial firms to use eligible facilities under this chapter. Under any such program, the Secretary may guarantee the repayment of any loan made to a commercial firm to fund, in whole or in part, the establishment of a commercial activity to use an eligible facility under this chapter. ``(b) Advanced Budget Authority.--Loan guarantees under this section may not be committed except to the extent that appropriations of budget authority to cover their costs are made in advance, as required by section 504 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661c). ``(c) Program Administration.--(1) The Secretary may enter into an agreement with any of the officials named in paragraph (2) under which that official may, for the purposes of this section-- ``(A) process applications for loan guarantees; ``(B) guarantee repayment of loans; and ``(C) provide any other services to the Secretary to administer the loan guarantee program. ``(2) The officials referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: ``(A) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration. ``(B) The head of any appropriate agency in the Department of Agriculture, including-- ``(i) the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration; and ``(ii) the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration. ``(3) Each official authorized to do so under an agreement entered into under paragraph (1) may guarantee loans under this section to commercial firms of any size, notwithstanding any limitations on the size of applicants imposed on other loan guarantee programs that the official administers. ``(4) To the extent practicable, each official processing loan guarantee applications under this section pursuant to an agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall use the same processing procedures as the official uses for processing loan guarantee applications under other loan guarantee programs that the official administers. ``(d) Loan Limits.--The maximum amount of loan principal guaranteed during a fiscal year under this section may not exceed-- ``(1) $20,000,000, with respect to any single borrower; and ``(2) $320,000,000 with respect to all borrowers. ``(e) Transfer of Funds.--The Secretary may transfer to an official providing services under subsection (c), and that official may accept, such funds as may be necessary to administer the loan guarantee program under this section.''. (2) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle B of such title and at the beginning of part IV of such subtitle are amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 433 the following new item: ``434. Armaments Industrial Base 4551''. (b) Implementation Report.--Not later than July 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the procedures and controls implemented to carry out section 4554 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). (c) Relationship to National Defense Technology and Industrial Base.--(1) Subchapter IV of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (A) by redesignating section 2525 as section 2521; and (B) by adding at the end the following new section: ``2522. Armament retooling and manufacturing ``The Secretary of the Army is authorized by chapter 434 of this title to carry out programs for the support of armaments retooling and manufacturing in the national defense industrial and technology base.''. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by striking the item relating to section 2525 and inserting the following new items: ``2521. Manufacturing Technology Program. ``2522. Armament retooling and manufacturing.''. (d) Repeal of Superseded Law.--The Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Act of 1992 (subtitle H of title I of Public Law 102 484; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is repealed. Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources SEC. 351. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN REPORTS TO CONGRESS REQUIRED BEFORE CONVERSION OF COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL TYPE FUNCTIONS TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE. (a) Information Required Before Commencement of Conversion Analysis.--Subsection (b)(1)(D) of section 2461 of title 10,