74 948 2001 107 th Congress 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Report 107 194 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 2586 together with ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] [Graphic Image Not Available] September 4, 2001.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 74 948 2001 107 th Congress 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Report 107 194 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 2586 together with ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] [Graphic Image Not Available] September 4, 2001.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS BOB STUMP, Arizona, Chairman FLOYD D. SPENCE, South Carolina IKE SKELTON, Missouri DUNCAN HUNTER, California JOHN SPRATT, South Carolina JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania LANE EVANS, Illinois JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi JIM SAXTON, New Jersey NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii JOHN M. McHUGH, New York MARTY MEEHAN, Massachusetts TERRY EVERETT, Alabama ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON, California SILVESTRE REYES, Texas J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine MAC THORNBERRY, Texas VIC SNYDER, Arkansas JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana JIM TURNER, Texas SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia ADAM SMITH, Washington VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee LORETTA SANCHEZ, California JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas JIM RYUN, Kansas CYNTHIA A. McKINNEY, Georgia BOB RILEY, Alabama ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California JIM GIBBONS, Nevada ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico BARON P. HILL, Indiana KEN CALVERT, California MIKE THOMPSON, California ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida SUSAN A. DAVIS, California MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia RICK LARSEN, Washington ED SCHROCK, Virginia W. TODD AKIN, Missouri J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia Robert S. Rangel, Staff Director C O N T E N T S Purpose 2 Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations 2 Summary of Authorization in the Bill 2 Summary Table of Authorizations 3 Rationale for the Committee Bill 12 Hearings 18 DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 19 TITLE I--PROCUREMENT 19 OVERVIEW 19 Aircraft Procurement, Army 22 Overview 22 Items of Special Interest 27 AH 64 modifications 27 Air traffic control 27 Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) 27 CH 47 cargo helicopter modifications 28 Longbow 28 UH 60 modifications 28 Missile Procurement, Army 29 Overview 29 Items of Special Interest 33 Missile procurement army (MPA) transfers 33 Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army 33 Overview 33 Items of Special Interest 38 Abrams upgrade program 38 Bradley base sustainment 38 Ammunition Procurement, Army 39 Overview 39 Items of Special Interest 44 Army ammunition procurement 44 Remote area denial artillery munition (RADAM) 44 White phosphorus production facility 44 Other Procurement, Army 44 Overview 44 Items of Special Interest 56 Artillery accuracy equipment 56 Combat support medical 56 Combat training centers instrumentation support 56 Deployable universal combat earthmovers (DEUCE) 57 Earthmoving scrapers 57 High mobility trailers 57 Improved high frequency radio (IHFR) 58 Modification of in service equipment 58 Nonsystem training devices 58 Product improved combat vehicle crewman (PICVC) 59 Reserve component automation system (RCAS) 59 Ribbon bridge 59 Special equipment for user testing 60 Super high frequency (SHF) terminal 60 Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) 61 Water distributors 61 Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army 61 Overview 61 Items of Special Interest 63 Chemical agents and munitions destruction 63 Aircraft Procurement, Navy 63 Overview 63 Items of Special Interest 69 AV 8B modifications 69 Calibration test equipment 69 2 modifications 69 F/A 18E/F 70 HH/UH 1N reclamation and conversion program 70 Joint primary air training system (JPATS) 70 SH 60 series modifications 70 T 45 training system (TS) 71 Tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS)-completely digital (CD) 71 Weapons Procurement, Navy 71 Overview 71 Items of Special Interest 76 MK 46 Mod 0 lightweight machine gun 76 Tomahawk missile 76 Trident II missile 76 Ammunition Procurement Navy/Marine Corps 77 Overview 77 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy 81 Overview 81 Items of Special Interest 85 Completion of prior year shipbuilding programs 85 Minehunter small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) 85 Outfitting 85 SSGN conversion 86 Other Procurement, Navy 86 Overview 86 Items of Special Interest 97 Operating forces industrial plant equipment 97 Other navigation equipment 97 Other supply support equipment 97 Other training equipment 98 Radar support 98 Satellite communications systems 98 Procurement, Marine Corps 99 Overview 99 Items of Special Interest 105 Container family 105 Expeditionary warfare 105 Family of construction equipment 106 Night vision equipment 106 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force 106 Overview 106 Items of Special Interest 114 B 2 114 C 130 114 C 17 115 CV 22 115 Defense airborne reconnaissance program (DARP), line 55 116 116 117 Fixed aircrew standardized seats 117 MC 130 simulation training upgrades 118 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) 118 Ammunition Procurement, Air Force 119 Overview 119 Missile Procurement, Air Force 122 Overview 122 Other Procurement, Air Force 126 Overview 126 Items of Special Interest 133 Air national guard air traffic control tower radio upgrade 133 Combat arms training system (CATS) 133 Laser eye protection 133 Senior scout 134 Supply asset tracking system (SATS) 134 Theater air control system improvement (TACSI) 134 Procurement, Defense-Wide 135 Overview 135 Items of Special Interest 141 Chemical/biological defense procurement program 141 Anthrax vaccination immunization program 141 Chemical/biological defense collective protection shelters 141 Portable intelligence collection and relay capability (PICRC) 141 Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense 141 Overview 141 Items of Special Interest 144 Chemical agents and munitions destruction 144 Review of program for destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions 144 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 145 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations 145 Sections 101 107--Authorization of Appropriations 145 Subtitle B--Army Programs 145 Section 111--Extension of Multiyear Contract for Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles 145 Section 112--Repeal of Limitation on Number of Bunker Defeat Munitions that May Be Acquired 145 Subtitle C--Air Force Programs 145 Section 121--Responsibility of Air Force for Contracts for All Defense Space Launches 145 Section 122--Multiyear Procurement of C 17 Aircraft 145 Subtitle D--Chemical Munitions Destruction 146 Section 141--Destruction of Existing Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions 146 TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 147 OVERVIEW 147 Army RDT&E 149 Overview 149 Items of Special Interest 160 Advanced display technology 160 All Source Analysis System 160 Applied communications and information networking program 161 Army missile defense systems integration 161 Aviation engineering development 161 Brooks Air Force Base energy and sustainability laboratory 161 Collaboration in biotechnology research 162 Combat ready food safety 162 Combustion-driven eye safe laser 162 Comanche 162 Combat vehicle and automotive advance technology 163 Crusader 163 Dismounted situational awareness system 163 Electronics and electronic devices 164 Electronic warfare (EW) development 164 Environmental quality technology 164 Full authority digital engine control 164 Funding transfers to support transformation 165 High-energy laser-low aspect target tracking 165 Hybrid track technology 165 Hyperspectral long-wave imager for the tactical environment 166 Infantry support weapons 166 International medical program global satellite system 166 Landmine warfare/barrier engineering development 167 Lightweight x-band radar antenna 167 Medical advanced technology 167 Medical technology 167 MedTeams 168 Missile and rocket advanced technology 168 Missile technology 168 Night vision advanced technology 169 Passive millimeter-wave imaging 169 Silent sentry surveillance test 169 Soldier-Centered Design Tools for the Army Transformation 169 Survival radios 170 Tactical high energy laser 170 Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle 170 Weapons and munitions 171 Weapons and munitions advanced technology 171 Navy RDT&E 171 Overview 171 Items of Special Interest 184 Advanced anti-radiation guided munition (AARGM) 184 Advanced composite sail phase II 184 Advanced multi-band surveillance systems 184 Aegis combat systems engineering 185 Aviation-shipboard information technology initiative 185 Combat systems integration 185 Common command and decision system 186 Wideband optically multiplexed beam-forming architecture 186 Common picture applied research 186 Hybrid fiber optic wireless communication 186 SEADEEP 187 E2 C2 eight-blade composite propeller 187 Electronic warfare (EW) development 187 Electro optical framing reconnaissance 188 Embedded software engineering research initiative 188 Expeditionary warfare testbed-supporting arms technology insertion 188 Extending the littoral battlespace 189 F/A 18 improvements 189 Fuel cell second source 189 Joint helmet mounted cueing system (JHMCS) 189 Force protection advanced technology 190 Advanced water jet AWJ 21 190 DC Homopolar Motor 190 Direct ship service fuel cell 190 Electric propulsion/ship power systems distributed test bed 191 Littoral support craft-experimental 191 SEALs Mark V patrol craft modification 192 Funding transfers to support transformation 192 Land attack standard missile 193 Laser aim scoring system (LASS) 193 Laser welding and cutting 194 Marine Corps ground combat/support system 194 Metrology Projects 195 Multipurpose processor 195 Navy's intelligent agent security module 195 Navy logistics productivity 196 Compatible processor upgrade program 196 Rapid retargeting 196 Non-acoustic anti-submarine warfare 196 Oceanographic survey of continental shelf beyond U.S. exclusive economic zone 197 Organ transfer technology 197 Photovoltaic energy savings initiative 198 Power projection advanced technology 198 Affordable weapon 198 DP 2 thrust vectoring system concept demonstration 198 Precision targeting systems modernization and enhancement 199 Project Bear Trap 199 Radiation-hardened electronics applications 200 SPAWAR enhanced modeling and simulation initiatives 200 Submarine electrical power 200 Supply Chain Best Practices 201 Surface navy integrated undersea tactical technology 201 Surface ship torpedo defense 201 Telemedicine for minimally invasive surgery 201 Titanium watertight door and hatch cover 202 Torpedo rapid COTS insertion 202 Vacuum electronics 203 VECTOR study and analysis 203 Warfighter sustainment advanced technology 204 Naval environmental compliance operations monitoring system 204 Real time heart rate variability monitor 204 Warfighter sustainment applied research 204 Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) carbon fiber qualification 204 Detection and identification of human pathogens 204 Formable aligned carbon thermo sets 205 Knowledge-based ship system diagnosis and repair 205 Air Force RDT&E 205 Overview 205 Items of Special Interest 216 Access to space 216 Advanced aerospace sensors 216 Aerospace propulsion 216 Aging landing gear life extension (ALGLE) program 216 Airborne reconnaissance systems 217 Assessment relating to gasoline and diesel engine fuel systems 217 Bipolar wafer cell nickel-metal hydride battery 217 Commercial imagery strategy 218 Free electron laser 218 Funding transfers to support transformation 218 GPS jammer detection and location system 219 High Accuracy Network Demonstration System 219 Joint precision approach landing system 219 Joint STARS multi-platform radar technology insertion program 220 Joint strike fighter (JSF) alternate engine 220 Low cost autonomous attack system 220 Low cost launch technology 221 Major T&E investment 221 Materials technologies for aging aircraft 221 Missile Technology demonstration-3B 221 Non-space SIGINT architecture 222 Precision location and identification (PLAID) 222 Satellite planning information network (SPIN) 223 Space and missile rocket propulsion 223 Special aerospace metals and manufacturing processes 223 Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model 224 Texas regional institute for environmental studies 224 Defense-Wide RDT&E 224 Overview 224 Items of Special Interest 233 Aircraft affordability initiative 233 Backscatter mobile truck system 233 Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) 233 Technology 234 Ballistic missile defense system 234 Terminal defense segment 234 Midcourse defense segment 235 Boost defense segment 235 Sensors segment 236 Chemical/biological defense research, development, test and evaluation program 236 Research in percutaneous, optical, and pulmonary effects of mustard agent 237 Optical computing device materials for chemical sensors 237 Chemical/biological regenerative air filtration systems 237 Chemical and biological mass spectrometer 238 Mobile chemical agent detector 238 Asymmetric protocols for biological defense 238 Complex systems design 238 Counterproliferation analysis and planning system 239 Defense imagery and mapping program 239 Distributed common ground station/networking ISR assets 239 Distributed operational testing capabilities 240 Electrostatic decontamination system 240 Facial recognition technology 241 Funding transfers to support transformation DW 241 DARPA ``Exoskeleton Project'' 241 Global infrastructure data conversion initiative & document exploitation 242 High energy laser research and development 242 Implantable cardioverter defibrillator 243 Joint Technology Applications Analysis Pilot Program 243 Medical free electron laser 244 Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors 244 More efficient science and technology investment 244 Special operations forces acquisition 245 Tactical missile recycling 245 Thermobaric warhead development 245 U.S.-Israel boost phase intercept 246 Warfighter rapid acquisition programs 246 Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense 247 Overview 247 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 250 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations 250 Section 201--Authorization of Appropriations 250 Section 202--Amount for Basic and Applied Research 250 Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 250 Section 211--Cooperative Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Research Program 250 Section 212--Advanced Land Attack Missile Program 250 Section 213--Collaborative Program for Development of Advanced Radar Systems for Naval Applications 251 Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense 252 Section 231--Transfer of Responsibility for Procurement for Missile Defense Programs from Ballistic Missile Defense Organization to Military Departments 252 Section 232--Repeal of Program Element Requirements for Ballistic Missile Defense Programs 253 Section 233--Support of Ballistic Missile Defense Activities of the Department of Defense by the National Laboratories of the Department of Energy 253 Section 234--Missile Defense Testing Initiative 253 Section 235--Missile Defense System Test Bed Facilities 254 Subtitle D--Other Matters 254 Section 241--Establishment of unmanned aerial vehicle joint operational test bed system 254 Section 242--Demonstration Project to Increase Small Business and University Participation in Office of Naval Research Efforts to Extend Benefits of Science and Technology Research to Fleet 255 Section 243--Management Responsibility for Navy Mine Countermeasures Programs 256 Section 244--Program to Accelerate the Introduction of Innovative Technology in Defense Acquisition Programs 256 TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 258 OVERVIEW 258 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 289 Budget Request Adjustments 289 Department of the Army Adjustments: [in millions of dollars] 289 Department of the Navy Adjustments: [in millions of dollars] 289 Department of the Air Force Adjustments: [in millions of dollars] 289 Office, Secretary of Defense Adjustments: [in millions of dollars] 289 Defense-wide Activities Adjustments: [in millions of dollars] 290 Advisory and Assistance Services 290 Excess Foreign Currencies Reductions 290 Strategic Sourcing (A 76) 290 Other Items of Special Interest 291 Corrosion Prevention and Control 291 Information Systems 292 Enterprise Resource Planning 292 Environmental Issues 292 Environmental Restoration Activities 292 Vernon Hills NIKE Missile Site 293 Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Issues 293 Access to Slot Machines 293 Military Exchange Private Label Manufacturers 293 Other Issues 294 Army's Capital Investment Program for Depot Facilities 294 Army Workload and Performance System 294 Automated Document Conversion System Program 295 Automatic Inventory Technology 295 Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities 295 Distance Learning Implementation Program 296 Hunter Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 296 Navy-Marine Corps Intranet 296 Non-nuclear Ship Maintenance 297 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 297 Subtitle A--Authorization Of Appropriations 297 Section 301--Operation and Maintenance Funding 297 Section 302--Working Capital Funds 297 Section 303--Armed Forces Retirement Home 297 Section 304--Transfer From National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund 297 Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions 298 Section 311--Inventory of Explosive Risk Sites at Former Military Ranges 298 Section 312--National Security Impact Statements 298 Section 313--Reimbursement for Certain Costs in Connection with Hooper Sands Site, South Berwick, Maine 298 Section 314--River Mitigation Studies 298 Section 315--Elimination of Annual Report on Contractor Reimbursement for Costs of Environmental Response Actions 298 Subtitle C--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities 298 Section 321--Reserve Component Commissary Benefits 298 Section 322--Reimbursement for Noncommissary Use of Commissary Facilities 298 Section 323--Civil Recovery for Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Costs Related to Shoplifting 299 Subtitle D--Workforce and Depot Issues 299 Section 331--Fiscal year 2002 Limitations on Workforce Reviews 299 Section 332--Applicability of Core Logistics Capability Requirements to Nuclear Aircraft Carriers 299 Section 333--Continuation of Contractor Manpower Reporting System in Department of the Army 299 Section 334--Limitation on Expansion of Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program 300 Section 335--Pilot Project for Exclusion of Certain Expenditures from Limitation on Private Sector Performance of Depot-Level Maintenance 300 Section 336--Protections for Purchasers of Articles and Services Manufactured or Performed by Working-Capital Funded Industrial Facilities of the Department of Defense 300 Subtitle E--Defense Dependents Education 300 Section 341--Assistance to Local Educational Agencies that Benefit Dependents of Members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense Civilian Employees 300 Section 342--Availability of Auxiliary Services of Defense Dependents' Education System for Dependents Who Are Home School Students 300 Section 343--Report Regarding Compensation for Teachers Employed in Teaching Positions in Overseas Schools Operated by the Department of Defense 301 Subtitle F--Other Matters 301 Section 351--Availability of Excess Defense Personal Property to Support Department of Veterans Affairs Initiative to Assist Homeless Veterans 301 Section 352--Continuation of Limitations on Implementation of Navy-Marine Corps Intranet Contract 301 Section 353--Completion and Evaluation of Current Demonstration Programs to Improve Quality of Personal Property Shipments of Members 301 Section 354--Expansion of Entities Eligible for Loan, Gift, and Exchange of Documents, Historical Artifacts, and Obsolete Combat Materiel 301 Subtitle G--Service Contracting Reform 302 Section 361--Short Title 302 Section 362--Required Cost Savings Level for Change of Function to Contractor Performance 302 Section 363--Applicability of Study and Reporting Requirements to New Commercial or Industrial Type Functions 302 Section 364--Repeal of Waiver for Small Function 302 Section 365--Requirement for Equity in Public-Private Competitions 302 Section 366--Reporting Requirements Regarding Department of Defense's Service Contractor Workforce 302 TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 303 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 303 Subtitle A--Active Forces 303 Section 401--End Strengths for Active Forces 303 Section 402--Revision in Permanent End Strength Minimum Levels 303 Subtitle B--Reserve Forces 303 Section 411--End Strengths for Selected Reserve 303 Section 412--End Strengths for Reserves on Active Duty in Support of the Reserves 304 Section 413--End Strength for Military Technicians (Dual Status) 304 Section 414--Fiscal Year 2002 Limitation on Non-Dual Status Technicians 304 Section 415--Limitations on Numbers of Reserve Personnel Serving on Active Duty or Full-Time National Guard Duty in Certain Grades for Administration of Reserve Components 305 Subtitle C--Other Matters Relating to Personnel Strengths 305 Section 421--Increase in Percentage by Which Active Component End Strengths for any fiscal year may be increased 305 Section 422--Active Duty End Strength Exemption for National Guard and Reserve Personnel Performing Funeral Honors Functions 305 Section 423--Increase in Authorized Strengths for Air Force Officers on Active Duty in the Grade of Major 305 Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations 305 Section 431--Authorization of Appropriations for Military Personnel 305 TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 307 OVERVIEW 307 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 307 Alternative Recruiting Media 307 Army Reserve Military Technician Positions 308 Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Office 308 Improved Use of Existing Military Centers for Scientific and Technological Education 309 Review of General and Flag Officer Authorizations 309 Uniting Through Reading 309 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 310 Subtitle A--General Personnel Management Authorities 310 Section 501--Enhanced Flexibility for Management of Senior General and Flag Officer Positions 310 Section 502--Original Appointments in Regular Grades for Academy Graduates and Certain other New Officers 310 Section 503--Temporary Reduction of the Time-in-Grade Requirement for Eligibility for Promotion for Certain Active-Duty List Officers in Grades of First Lieutenant and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) 310 Section 504--Increase in Senior Enlisted Active Duty Grade Limit for Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force 311 Section 505--Authority for Limited Extension of Medical Deferment of Mandatory Retirement or Separation 311 Section 506--Authority for Limited Extension on Active Duty of Members Subject to Mandatory Retirement or Separation 311 Section 507--Clarification of Disability Severance Pay Computation 311 Section 508--Officer in Charge of United States Navy Band 311 Section 509--One-Year Extension of Expiration Date for Certain Force Management Authorities 311 Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy 311 Section 511--Placement on Active-Duty List of Certain Reserve Officers on Active Duty for a Period of Three Years or Less 312 Section 512--Expanded Application of Reserve Special Selection Boards 312 Section 513--Exception to Baccalaureate Degree Requirement for Appointment of Reserve Officers to Grades Above First Lieutenant 312 Section 514--Improved Disability Benefits for Certain Reserve Component Members 312 Section 515--Time-in-Grade Requirement for Reserve Component Officers with a Non-Service Connected Disability 312 Section 516--Reserve Members Considered to be Deployed for Purposes of Personnel Tempo Management 313 Section 517--Funeral Honors Duty Performed by Reserve and Guard Members to be Treated as Inactive-Duty Training for Certain Purposes 313 Section 518--Members of the National Guard Performing Funeral Honors Duty While in Non-Federal Status 313 Section 519--Use of Military Leave for Funeral Honors Duty by Reserve Members and National Guardsmen 313 Subtitle C--Joint Specialty Officers and Joint Professional Military Education 313 Section 521--Nominations for Joint Specialty 313 Section 522--Joint Duty Credit 314 Section 523--Retroactive Joint Service Credit for Duty in Certain Joint Task Forces 315 Section 524--Revision to Annual Report on Joint Officer Management 315 Section 525--Requirement for Selection for Joint Specialty Before Promotion to General or Flag Officer Grade 315 Section 526--Independent Study of Joint Officer Management and Joint Professional Military Education Reforms 316 Section 527--Professional Development Education 316 Section 528--Authority for National Defense University to Enroll Certain Private Sector Civilians 316 Section 529--Continuation of Reserve Component Professional Military Education Test 316 Subtitle D--Military Education and Training 317 Section 531--Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center 317 Section 532--Authority for the Marine Corps University to Award Degree of Master of Strategic Studies 317 Section 533--Increase in Number of Foreign Students Authorized to be Admitted to the Service Academies 317 Section 534--Increase in Maximum Age for Appointment as a Cadet or Midshipman in Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship Programs 317 Section 535--Active Duty Participation as a Cadet or Midshipman in Senior ROTC Advanced Training 317 Section 536--Authority to Modify the Service Obligation of Certain ROTC Cadets in Military Junior Colleges Receiving Financial Assistance 317 Section 537--Modification of Nurse Officer Candidate Accession Program Restriction on Students Attending Educational Institutions with Senior Reserve Officers' Training Programs 318 Section 538--Repeal of Limitation on Number on Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Units 318 Section 539--Reserve Health Professionals Stipend Program Expansion 318 Section 540--Housing Allowance for the Chaplain for the Corps of Cadets, United States Military Academy 318 Subtitle E--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations 318 Section 541--Authority for Award of the Medal of Honor to Humbert R. Versace for Valor During the Vietnam War 318 Section 542--Review Regarding Award of Medal of Honor to Certain Jewish American and Hispanic American War Veterans 318 Section 543--Authority to Issue Duplicate Medal of Honor 319 Section 544--Authority to Replace Stolen Military Decorations 319 Section 545--Waiver of Time Limitations for Award of Navy Distinguished Flying Cross to Certain Persons 319 Section 546--Korea Defense Service Medal 319 Section 547--Cold War Service Medal 319 Section 548--Option to Convert Award of Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Awarded for Operation Frequent Wind to Vietnam Service Medal 319 Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Voting 320 Section 551--Voting Assessments and Assistance for Members of the Uniformed Services 320 Section 552--Electronic Voting Demonstration Project 320 Subtitle G--Matters Relating to Military Spouses and Family Members 320 Section 561--Improved Financial and Other Assistance to Military Spouses for Job Training and Education 320 Section 562--Authority to Conduct Surveys of Dependents and Survivors of Military Retirees 321 Section 563--Clarification of Treatment of Classified Information Concerning Persons in a Missing Status 321 Section 564--Transportation to Annual Meeting of Next-of-Kin of Persons Unaccounted for from Conflicts after World War II 321 Section 565--Amendments to Charter of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence 321 Subtitle H--Military Justice and Legal Matters 322 Section 571--Requirement that Courts-Martial Consist of Not Less than 12 Members in Capital Cases 322 Section 572--Right of Convicted Accused to Request Sentencing by Military Judge 322 Section 573--Codification of Requirement for Regulations for Delivery of Military Personnel to Civil Authorities When Charged with Certain Offenses 323 Section 574--Authority to Accept Voluntary Legal Services for Members of the Armed Foces 323 Subtitle I--Other Matters 323 Section 581--Shipment of Privately Owned Vehicles When Making Permanent Change of Station Moves Within the United States 323 Section 582--Payment of Vehicle Storage Costs in Advance 323 Section 583--Permanent Authority for Use of Military Recruiting Funds for Certain Expenses at Department of Defense Recruiting Functions 323 Section 584--Clarification of Military Recruiter Access to Secondary School Directory Information About Students 323 Section 585--Repeal of Requirement for Final Comptroller General Report Relating to Army end Strength Allocations 324 Section 586--Posthumous Army Commission in the Grade of Captain in the Chaplains corps to Ella E. Gibson for Service as Chaplain of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment During the Civil War 324 Section 587--National Guard Challenge Program 324 Section 588--Payment of FEHBP Premiums for Certain Reservists Called to Active Duty in Support of Contingency Operations 324 Section 589--18-month Enlistment Pilot Program 324 Section 590--Per Diem Allowance for Lengthy or Numerous Deployments 325 Section 591--Congressional Review Period for Change in Ground Combat Exclusion Policy 326 TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 327 OVERVIEW 327 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 328 Additional Reporting Instructions Concerning the Supplemental Subsistence Allowance for Low-Income Members with Dependents 328 Personal and Family Financial Management Programs 328 The Right of Former Prisoners of War Forced to Work as Slave Laborers During World War II to Sue Japanese Corporations for Mistreatment 329 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 329 Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances 329 Section 601--Increase in Basic Pay for Fiscal Year 2002 329 Section 602--Basic Pay Rate for Certain Reserve Commissioned Officers with Prior Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer 329 Section 603--Subsistence Allowances 329 Section 604--Eligibility for Basic Allowance for Housing While Between Permanent Duty Stations 330 Section 605--Uniform Allowance for Officers 330 Section 606--Family Separation Allowance for Certain Members Electing to Serve Unaccompanied Tour of Duty 330 Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 330 Section 611--One-Year Extension of Certain Bonus and Special Pay Authorities for Reserve Forces 330 Section 612--One-Year Extension of Certain Bonus and Special Pay Authorities for Nurse Officer Candidates, Registered Nurses, and Nurse Anesthetists 331 Section 613--One-Year Extension of Other Bonuses and Special Pays Authorities 331 Section 614--Conforming Accession Bonus for Dental Officers Authority with Authorities for Other Special Pay and Bonuses 331 Section 615--Additional Type of Duty Resulting in Eligibility for Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay 331 Section 616--Equal Treatment of Reservists Performing Inactive-Duty Training for Receipt of Aviation Career Incentive Pay 331 Section 617--Secretarial Discretion in Prescribing Submarine Duty Incentive Pay Rates 331 Section 618--Imposition of Critical Wartime Skill Requirement for Eligibility for Individual Ready Reserve Bonus 332 Section 619--Installment Payment Authority for 15-year Career Status Bonus 332 Section 620--Accession Bonus for New Officers 332 Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances 332 Section 631--Minimum Per Diem Rate for Travel and Transportation Allowance for Travel Performed Upon a Change of Permanent Station and Certain Other Travel 332 Section 632--Payment or Reimbursement of Temporary Subsistence Expenses 332 Section 633--Increased Weight Allowance for Transportation of Baggage and Household Effects for Junior Enlisted Members 332 Section 634--Reimbursement of Members for Mandatory Pet Quarantine Fees for Household Pets 333 Section 635--Availability of Dislocation Allowance for Married Member, Whose Spouse is a Member, Assigned to Military Family Housing 333 Section 636--Elimination of Prohibition on Receipt of Dislocation Allowance by Members Ordered to First Duty Station 333 Section 637--Partial Dislocation Allowance Authorized for Housing Moves Ordered for Government Convenience 333 Section 638--Allowances for Travel Performed in Connection with Members Taking Authorized Leave Between Consecutive Overseas Tours 333 Section 639--Funded Student Travel as Part of School-Sponsored Exchange Programs 334 Subtitle D--Retirement and Survivor Benefit Matters 334 Section 641--Contingent Authority for Concurrent Receipt of Military Retired Pay and Veterans' Disability Compensation 334 Subtitle E--Other Matters 334 Section 651--Funeral Honors Duty Allowance for Retired Members 334 TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 335 OVERVIEW 335 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 336 Health Care Benefits for Members of the Reserve Components 336 Military Health Care System Information Management 336 North Chicago Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Naval hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois 337 TRICARE in Illinois 337 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 338 Subtitle A--TRICARE Program 338 Section 701--Implementing Cost-Effective Payment Rates Under the TRICARE Program 338 Section 702--Waiver of Nonavailability Statement or Preauthorization Requirement 338 Section 703--Improvements in Administration of the TRICARE Program 338 Section 704--Sub-Acute and Long-Term Care Program Reform 339 Section 705--Reimbursement of Travel Expenses of a Parent, Guardian or Responsible Family Member of a Minor Covered Beneficiary 339 Subtitle B--Other Matters 339 Section 711--Prohibition Against Requiring Military Retirees to Receive Health Care Solely Through the Department of Defense 339 Section 712--Trauma and Medical Care Pilot Program 339 Section 713--Enhancement of Medical Product Development 340 Section 714--Repeal of Obsolete Report Requirement 340 Section 715--Clarifications and Improvements Regarding the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund 340 TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS 341 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 341 Extraordinary Contractual Actions 341 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 341 Subtitle A--Acquisition Policy and Management 341 Section 801--Acquisition Milestones 341 Section 802--Acquisition Workforce Qualifications 341 Section 803--Two-Year Extension of Program Applying Simp342lified Procedures to Certain Commercial Items 342 Section 804--Contracts for Services to Be Performed Outside the United States 342 Section 805--Codification and Modification of ``Berry Amendment'' Requirements 342 Subtitle B--Erroneous Payments Recovery 342 Section 811--Short Title 342 Section 812--Identification of Errors Made by Executive Agencies in Payments to Contractors and Recovery of Amounts Erroneously Paid 342 Section 813--Disposition of Recovered Funds 343 Section 814--Sources of Recovery Services 343 Section 815--Management Improvement Programs 343 Section 816--Reports 343 Section 817--Relationship to Authority of Inspectors General 343 Section 818--Privacy Protections 343 Section 819--Definition 343 TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANGEMENT 344 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 344 Regional Centers and China Center 344 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 344 Section 901--Further Reductions in Defense Acquisition and Support Workforce 344 Section 902--Sense of Congress on Establishment of an Office of Transformation in the Department of Defense 345 Section 903--Revised Joint Report On Establishment of National Collaborative Information Analysis Capability 346 Section 904--Elimination of Triennial Report by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces 346 Section 905--Repeal of Requirement for Semiannual Reports Through March 2003 on Activities of Joint Requirements Oversight Council 346 Section 906--Correction of References to Air Mobility Command 346 Section 907--Organizational Alignment Change for Director for Expeditionary Warfare 347 TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS 348 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 348 Arms Control Implementation 348 Counter-Drug Activities 348 Overview 348 Items of Special Interest 349 Counter-drug tanker operations 349 Operation Caper Focus 349 Peru support 349 Southwest border fence 349 Tethered Aerostat Radar System 349 OTHER MATTERS 350 Classification of Foreign Military Training Reports 350 Counter-Drug Forward Operating Locations 350 Information Security Scholarship Program 350 Potential Reallocation of Radio Frequency Spectrum for Third Generation Mobile Wireless Communications 350 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 352 Subtitle A--Financial Matters 352 Section 1001--Transfer Authority 352 Section 1002--Incorporation of Classified Annex 352 Section 1003--Limitation on Funds for Bosnia and Kosovo Peacekeeping Operations for Fiscal Year 2002 352 Section 1004--Increase in Limitations on Administrative Authority of the Navy to Settle Admiralty Claims 353 Subtitle B--Naval Vessels 353 Section 1011--Revision in Types of Excess Naval Vessels for which Approval by Law Is Required for Disposal to Foreign Nations 353 Subtitle C--Counter-Drug Activities 353 Section 1021--Extension of Reporting Requirement Regarding Department of Defense Expenditures to Support Foreign Counter-Drug Activities 353 Section 1022--Authority to Transfer Tracker Aircraft Currently Used by Armed Forces for Counter-Drug Purposes 354 Section 1023--Authority to Transfer Tethered Aerostat Radar System Currently Used by Armed Forces for Counter-Drug Purposes 354 Subtitle D--Reports 354 Section 1031--Requirement that Department of Defense Reports to Congress be Accompanied by Electronic Version 354 Section 1032--Report on Department of Defense Role in Homeland Security Matters 354 Section 1033--Revision of Annual Report to Congress on National Guard and Reserve Component Equipment 354 Subtitle E--Other Matters 355 Section 1041--Department of Defense Gift Authorities 355 Section 1042--Termination of Referendum Requirement Regarding Continuation of Military Training on Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, and Imposition of Additional conditions on closure of Live-Fire Training Range 355 Section 1043--Repeal of Limitation on Reductions in Peacekeeper ICBM Missiles 355 Section 1044--Sense of Congress on the Importance of the Kwajalein Missile Range/Ronald Reagan Defense Initiative Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll 355 Section 1045--Transfer of Vietnam Era F 4 Aircraft to Nonprofit Museum 356 Section 1046--Bomber Force Structure 356 Section 1047--Technical and Clerical Amendments 356 TITLE XI--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 357 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 357 Section 1101--Undergraduate Training Program for Employees of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency 357 Section 1102--Pilot Program for Payment of Retraining Expenses 357 Section 1103--Payment of Expenses to Obtain Professional Credentials 357 Section 1104--Retirement Portability Elections for Certain Department of Defense and Coast Guard Employees 357 Section 1105--Removal of Requirement that Granting Civil Service Compensatory Time be Based on Amount of Irregular or Occasional Overtime Work 357 Section 1106--Applicability of Certain Laws to Certain Individuals Assigned to Work in the Federal Government 358 Section 1107--Limitation on Premium Pay 358 Section 1108--Use of Common Occupational and Health Standards as a Basis for Differential Payments Made as a Consequence of Exposure to Asbestos 358 Section 1109--Authority for Designated Civilian Employees Abroad to Act as a Notary 358 Section 1110--``Monroney Amendment'' Restored to its Prior Form 358 TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS 359 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 359 Section 1201--Clarification of Authority to Furnish Nuclear Test Monitoring Equipment to Foreign Governments 359 Section 1202--Acquisition of Logistical Support for Security Forces 359 Section 1203--Report on the Sale and Transfer of Military Hardware, Expertise, and Technology from States of the Former Soviet Union to the People's Republic of China 360 Section 1204--Limitation on Funding for Joint Data Exchange Center 360 Section 1205--Extension of Authority to Provide Assistance Under Weapons of Mass Destruction Act for Support of United Nations-Sponsored Efforts to Inspect and Monitor Iraqi Weapons Activities 360 Section 1206--Repeal of Requirement for Reporting to Congress on Military Deployments to Haiti 361 Section 1207--Report by Comptroller General on Provision of Defense Articles, Services, and Military Education and Training to Foreign Countries and International Organizations 361 Section 1208--Limitation on Number of Military Personnel in Colombia 361 TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 362 OVERVIEW 362 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 364 Arms Elimination Projects in Russia 364 Arms Elimination Projects in Ukraine 365 Biological Weapons Proliferation Prevention in Russia 365 Chemical Weapons Destruction in Russia 365 Defense and Military Contacts 367 Elimination of Plutonium Production in Russia 367 Fissile Material Processing and Packaging 368 Fissile Material Storage Facility 368 Nuclear Weapons Storage Security in Russia 368 Nuclear Weapons Transportation Security 368 Other Assessments and Administrative Support 368 Weapons of Mass Destruction Infrastructure Elimination in Kazakhstan 369 Weapons of Mass Destruction Infrastructure Elimination in Ukraine 369 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 369 Section 1301--Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs and Funds 369 Section 1302--Funding Allocations 369 Section 1303--Prohibition Against Use of Funds Until Submission of Reports 369 Section 1304--Report on Use of Revenue Generated by Activities Carried Out Under Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs 370 Section 1305--Prohibition Against Use of Funds for Second Wing of Fissile Material Storage Facility 370 Section 1306--Prohibition on Use of Funds for Construction or Refurbishment of Fossil Fuel Energy Plants 370 Section 1307--Reports on Activities and Assistance Under Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs 370 Section 1308--Report on Responsibility for Carrying Out Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs 370 Section 1309--Chemical Weapons Destruction 370 TITLE XIV--DEFENSE SPACE REORGANIZATION 371 OVERVIEW 371 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 371 Section 1401--Short Title 371 Section 1402--Authority to Establish Position of Under Secretary of Defense for Space, Intelligence, and Information 371 Section 1403--Authority to Designate Under Secretary of the Air Force as Acquisition Executive for Space of the Department of Defense 371 Section 1404--Major Force Program Category for Space Programs 371 Section 1405--Comptroller General Assessment of Implementation of Recommendations of Space Commission 371 Section 1406--Commander of Air Force Space Command 372 Section 1407--Authority to Establish Separate Career Field in the Air Force for Space 372 DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 373 PURPOSE 373 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW 373 TITLE XXI--ARMY 396 SUMMARY 396 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 396 Planning and Design 396 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 396 Section 2101--Authorized Army Construction and Land Acquisition Projects 396 Section 2102--Family Housing 396 Section 2103--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 396 Section 2104--Authorization of Appropriations, Army 396 Section 2105--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2001 Project 396 TITLE XXII--NAVY 398 SUMMARY 398 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 398 Improvements to Military Family Housing 398 Planning and Design 398 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 398 Section 2201--Authorized Navy Construction and Land Acquisition Projects 398 Section 2202--Family Housing 398 Section 2203--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 398 Section 2204--Authorization of Appropriations, Navy 399 Section 2205--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2000 Project 399 TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE 400 SUMMARY 400 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 400 Improvements to Military Family Housing 400 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 400 Section 2301--Authorized Air Force Construction and Land Acquisition Projects 400 Section 2302--Family Housing 400 Section 2303--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 400 Section 2304--Authorization of Appropriations, Air Force 400 Section 2305--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2001 Project 401 TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES 402 SUMMARY 402 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 402 Section 2401--Authorized Defense Agencies Construction and Land Acquisition Projects 402 Section 2402--Energy Conservation Project 402 Section 2403--Authorization of Appropriations, Defense Agencies 402 Section 2404--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2001 Project 402 Section 2405--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2000 Project 402 Section 2406--Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 1999 Project 403 Section 2407--Modification of Authority To Carry Out Fiscal Year 1995 Project 403 Section 2408--Prohibition on Expenditures to Develop Forward Operating Location on Aruba for United States Southern Command Counter-Drug Detection and Monitoring Flights 403 TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE 404 SUMMARY 404 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 404 Section 2501--Authorized NATO Construction and Land Acquisition Projects 404 Section 2502--Authorization of Appropriations, NATO 404 TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 405 SUMMARY 405 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 405 Planning and Design, Air National Guard 405 Unspecified Minor Construction, Army National Guard 405 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 405 Section 2601--Authorized Guard and Reserve Construction and Land Acquisition Projects 405 TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS 406 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 406 Section 2701--Expiration of Authorizations and Amounts Required to be Specified by Law 406 Section 2702--Extensions of Authorizations of Certain Fiscal Year 1999 Projects 406 Section 2703--Extension of Authorizations of Certain Fiscal Year 1998 Projects 406 Section 2704--Effective Date 406 TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS 407 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 407 Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes 407 Section 2801--Increase in Certain Unspecified Minor Military Construction Project Thresholds 407 Section 2802--Exclusion of Unforeseen Environmental Hazard Remediation From Limitation on Authorized Cost Variations 407 Section 2803--Repeal of Annual Reporting Requirement on Military Construction and Military Family Housing Activities 407 Section 2804--Permanent Authorization for Alternative Authority for Acquisition and Improvement of Military Housing 407 Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration 407 Section 2811--Use of Military Installations for Certain Recreational Activities 407 Section 2812--Base Efficiency Project at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas 408 Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment 408 Section 2821--Lease Back of Base Closure Property 408 Subtitle D--Land Conveyances Generally 408 Part I--Army Conveyances 408 Section 2831--Transfer of Jurisdiction, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois 408 Section 2832--Modification of Land Conveyance, Fort Dix, New Jersey 408 Section 2833--Lease Authority, Fort Derussy, Hawaii 408 Section 2834--Land Exchange and Consolidation, Fort Lewis, Washington 409 Section 2835--Land Conveyance, Whittier-Anchorage Pipeline Tank Farm, Anchorage, Alaska 409 Part II--Navy Conveyances 409 Section 2841--Transfer of Jurisdiction, Centerville Beach Naval Station, Humboldt County, California 409 Section 2842--Land Conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Toledo, Ohio 409 Section 2843--Modification of Authority for Conveyance of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Cutler, Maine 410 Section 2844--Modification of Land Conveyance, Former United States Marine Corps Air Station, Eagle Mountain, Texas 410 Section 2845--Land Transfer and Conveyance, Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine 410 Part III--Air Force Conveyances 410 Section 2851--Water Rights Conveyance, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam 410 Section 2852--Reexamination of Land Conveyance, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado 411 Subtitle E--Other Matters 411 Section 2861--Transfer of Jurisdiction for Development of Armed Forces Recreational Facility, Park City, Utah 411 Section 2862--Selection of Site for United States Air Force Memorial and Related Land Transfers for the Improvement of Arlington Cemetery, Virginia 411 Section 2863--Management of the Presidio of San Francisco 412 Section 2864--Effect of Limitation on Construction of Roads or Highways, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California 412 Section 2865--Establishment of World War II Memorial at Additional Location on Guam 413 TITLE XXIX--FORT IRWIN MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWAL 415 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 415 Section 2901--Short Title 415 Section 2902--Withdrawal and Reservation of Lands for National Training Center 415 Section 2903--Map and Legal Description 415 Section 2904--Management of Withdrawn and Reserved Lands 415 Section 2905--Water Rights 415 Section 2906--Environmental Compliance and Environmental Response Requirements 415 Section 2907--West Mojave Coordinated Management Plan 415 Section 2908--Release of Wilderness Study Areas 415 Section 2909--Training Activity Separation From Utility Corridors 415 Section 2910--Duration of Withdrawal and Reservation 415 Section 2911--Extension of Initial Withdrawal and Reservation 415 Section 2912--Termination and Relinquishment 416 Section 2913--Delegation of Authority 416 DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATION AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 417 TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 417 OVERVIEW 417 Environmental and Other Defense Activities 435 Overview 435 Items of Special Interest 435 Defense Environmental Management Privatization 435 Hanford Site Operations, Richland, Washington 435 Plutonium Stabilization and Packaging 436 Post 2006 Completion 436 National Nuclear Security Administration 436 Overview 436 Items of Special Interest 436 Budget Structure of the National Nuclear Security Administration 436 Computer Security 438 Critical Weapons Components 438 Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence Budget 438 Directed Stockpile Work 438 Facilities and Infrastructure 439 International Nuclear Safety 439 Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention and the Nuclear Cities Initiative 440 National Ignition Facility 440 National Nuclear Security Administration's Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System 441 National Nuclear Security Administration's Reorganization Plan 441 Naval Reactors Program 442 Recruitment and Retention 442 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 442 Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations 442 Section 3101--National Nuclear Security Administration 442 Section 3102--Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 443 Section 3103--Other Defense Activities 443 Section 3104--Defense Environmental Management Privatization 443 Section 3105--Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal 443 Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions 443 Section 3121--Reprogramming 443 Section 3122--Limits on General Plant Projects 443 Section 3123--Limits on Construction Projects 443 Section 3124--Fund Transfer Authority 443 Section 3125--Authority for Conceptual and Construction Design 444 Section 3126--Authority for Emergency Planning, Design and Construction Activities 444 Section 3127--Funds Available for All National Security Programs of the Department of Energy 444 Section 3128--Availability of Funds 444 Section 3129--Transfers of Defense Environmental Management Funds at Field Offices of the Department of Energy 444 Section 3130--Transfers of Weapons Activities Funds at National Security Laboratories and Nuclear Weapons Production Facilities 444 Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 445 Section 3131--Termination Date of Office of River Protection, Richland, Washington 445 Section 3132--Organizational Modifications for National Nuclear Security Administration 445 Section 3133--Consolidation of Nuclear Cities Initiative Program with Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Program 445 Section 3134--Disposition of Surplus Plutonium at Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina 445 Section 3135--Support for Public Education in the Vicinity of Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 446 TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 447 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 447 Section 3201--Authorization 447 TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 448 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 448 Section 3301--Definitions 448 Section 3302--Authorized Uses of Stockpile Funds 448 Section 3303--Disposal of Excess Materials from the National Defense Stockpile 448 Section 3304--Expedited Implementation of Authority to Dispose of Cobalt From National Defense Stockpile 448 TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 449 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 449 Section 3401--Authorization of Appropriations 449 TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 450 ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 450 Merchant Marine Academy 450 Ship Scrapping 450 Title XI Loan Guarantee Program 451 Transfer of the Maritime Security Program to the Department of Defense 451 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 451 Section 3501--Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 451 Section 3502--Define ``War Risks'' to Vessels to Include Confiscation, Expropriation, Nationalization, and Deprivation of the Vessels 451 Section 3503--Holding Obligor's Cash as Collateral Under Title XI of Merchant Marine Act, 1936 452 Departmental Data 453 Department of Defense Authorization Request 453 Military Construction Authorization Request 453 Committee Position 454 Communications From Other Committees 454 Fiscal Data 460 Congressional Budget Office Estimate 460 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate 460 Committee Cost Estimate 483 Oversight Findings 483 General Performance Goals and Objectives 484 Constitutional Authority Statement 485 Statement of Federal Mandates 485 Roll Call Votes 485 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported 493 Additional and Dissenting Views 706 Additional views of Lane Evans 708 Additional views of Tom Allen 710 Additional views of Ike Skelton, John Spratt, Lane Evans, Silvestre Reyes, Tom Allen, John B. Larson, Loretta Sanchez, James R. Langevin, Rick Larsen, Ellen O. Tauscher, Robert E. Andrews, Cynthia A. McKinney, Adam Smith, Jim Turner, Rod R. Blagojevich, Susan A. Davis, Solomon P. Ortiz, James H. Maloney, Marty Meehan, Vic Snyder, Robert A. Brady, Mike Thompson, Neil Abercrombie, Ciro D. Rodriguez, Baron P. Hill 706 Dissenting Views of Cynthia A. McKinney 713 107 th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 107 194 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 September 4, 2001.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. Stump , from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the following REPORT together with ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 2586] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2586) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: The amendment strikes all after the enacting clause of the bill and inserts a new text which appears in italic type in the reported bill. The title of the bill is amended to reflect the amendment to the text of the bill. EXPLANATION OF THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS The committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute during the consideration of H.R. 2586. The title of the bill is amended to reflect the amendment to the text of the bill. The remainder of the report discusses the bill, as amended. PURPOSE The bill would--(1) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for procurement and for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E); (2) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for operation and maintenance (O&M) and for working capital funds; (3) Authorize for fiscal year 2002: (a) the personnel strength for each active duty component of the military departments; (b) the personnel strength for the Selected Reserve for each reserve component of the armed forces; (c) the military training student loads for each of the active and reserve components of the military departments; (4) Modify various elements of compensation for military personnel and impose certain requirements and limitations on personnel actions in the defense establishment; (5) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military construction and family housing; (6) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Energy national security programs; (7) Modify provisions related to the National Defense Stockpile; and (8) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for the Maritime Administration. RELATIONSHIP OF AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATIONS The bill does not generally provide budget authority. The bill authorizes appropriations. Subsequent appropriation acts provide budget authority. The bill addresses the following categories in the Department of Defense budget: procurement; research, development, test and evaluation; operation and maintenance; working capital funds, military personnel; and military construction and family housing. The bill also addresses Department of Energy National Security Programs and the Maritime Administration. Active duty and reserve personnel strengths authorized in this bill and legislation affecting compensation for military personnel determine the remaining appropriation requirements of the Department of Defense. However, this bill does not provide authorization of specific dollar amounts for personnel. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZATION IN THE BILL The President requested budget authority of $343.3 billion for the national defense budget function for fiscal year 2002. Of this amount, the President requested $328.0 billion for the Department of Defense (including $10.0 billion for military construction and family housing) and $13.8 billion for Department of Energy national security programs and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The committee recommends an overall level of $343.2 billion in budget authority. This amount is consistent with the discretionary defense spending limitations imposed by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and it represents an increase of approximately $33.3 billion from the amount authorized for appropriation by the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106 398). SUMMARY TABLE OF AUTHORIZATIONS The following table provides a summary of the amounts requested and that would be authorized for appropriation in the bill (in the column labeled ``Budget Authority Implication of Committee Recommendation'') and the committee's estimate of how the committee's recommendations relate to the budget totals for the national defense function. For purposes of estimating the budget authority implications of committee action, the table reflects the numbers contained in the President's budget for proposals not in the committee's legislative jurisdiction. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] RATIONALE FOR THE COMMITTEE BILL To ``provide for the common defense'' is one of the most important responsibilities vested in the federal government. Article I, section 8, of the Constitution grants Congress the power ``to raise and support armies'' and ``to provide and maintain a navy,'' in order to provide for the common defense. It is a solemn responsibility Congress must exercise with diligence, wisdom, and foresight. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 continues the process of rebuilding America's defenses and restoring the health of the military. The policies, programs, and priorities it supports are intended to ensure continued U.S. military preeminence for decades to come and to provide America's men and women in uniform with the training and tools necessary to deal successfully with the security challenges of the future. The committee bill would authorize $343.3 billion for defense during fiscal year 2002--matching the President's amended budget request and marking the most significant increase to the defense budget since fiscal year 1986. Restoring the health of America's military will take years of work. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in testimony before the committee on June 28, 2001, noted that a one year increase in spending ``does not get us well. The underinvestment went on far too long, the gap is too great, and there is no way it can be fixed in a year or, in my view, even in six.'' In the committee's view, significant increases in defense spending are long overdue. The committee is pleased with the new Administration's recognition that defense spending in the post-Cold War era has fallen too far too fast and applauds the Administration's commitment to reverse this trend. The U.S. military for too long has been living off the defense investments made in the 1980s. Military equipment is being utilized beyond its service life, weapons systems are becoming costlier to maintain, and military readiness has declined virtually across the board. The U.S. military has been called on to do more with less, deploying with increasing frequency around the globe. Morale and quality of life have suffered. This is the unfortunate legacy of years of underfunding. This year, the challenge facing the Administration and Congress is to ensure that the most immediate modernization, readiness, and personnel needs are met, while preparing to transition the armed forces into a more capable force prepared to meet emerging threats. THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE REVIEW AND U.S. NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY The committee supports the efforts of the Department of Defense (DOD) to assess defense requirements in light of the potential and emerging threats to U.S. interests expected to materialize over the next decade and beyond. For the past several months, the Department of Defense has been conducting an extensive and multifaceted review of U.S. national military strategy. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld formed more than a dozen Task Forces to review the assumptions and strategic underpinnings of U.S. defense policy. Separate Task Forces were established on Strategy, Transformation, Acquisition Reform, Quality of Life, Nuclear Forces, Conventional Forces, Intelligence and Space, National Missile Defense, and a variety of other issues. The underlying premise of these reviews was that resources and force levels should flow from strategy, not the other way around. The results of the DOD strategy review will be incorporated into the next Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), scheduled to be completed by September 30, 2001. The results of the QDR will, in turn, be factored into the Administration's defense budget request for fiscal year 2003. The committee expects that the 2001 QDR will be strategy-based and not budget-driven. In the meantime, U.S. military strategy continues to be guided by the tenets outlined in the 1997 QDR. The 1997 QDR, building upon its predecessor, the 1993 Bottom-Up Review, postulated that the sizing and composition of U.S. military forces should be based on the requirement to fight two nearly simultaneous major theater wars. This force-sizing construct has been called into question by the Administration. The Administration has indicated that the two major theater war construct may need to be replaced with a different force sizing metric. Although Secretary Rumsfeld has cautioned that no final decision has been made, he has also noted that DOD is ``looking carefully at an alternative.'' That alternative would be to replace the traditional ``threat-based'' military strategy with one that is ``capability-based'' and designed to deal with the kinds of asymmetric threats that might emerge in the future. The committee believes that the two major theater war standard has served as a useful planning tool and is concerned that its abandonment could be viewed as an attempt to scale back U.S. military strategy to conform to budgetary realities. Such an approach would be ill-advised. Jettisoning the two major theater war construct without an effective alternative would lead to acceptance of a greater than prudent level of risk. Indeed, Secretary Rumsfeld has stated that ``you don't tear down what is unless you have something better....'' The committee expects to work closely with the Administration in the coming year to ensure that any changes to U.S. military strategy are based on sound strategic principles and do not result in increased risk to U.S. national security. Although Department of Defense officials have emphasized the need for the U.S. armed forces to transform themselves into a more capable force able to successfully confront the more difficult challenges in the future, the Department's budget request for fiscal year 2002 is not a ``transformation'' budget. At minimum, it properly addresses many of the deficiencies that plague existing forces without laying the groundwork for significant structural changes. In his testimony before the committee on June 28, 2001, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld stated that even a budget of nearly $350 million ``would just be holding where we are'' and ``would not make a significant contribution to transformation.'' As the Department of Defense wrestles with options for transforming the U.S. military in the long-term, the committee's approach this year has been guided by an effort to develop a defense budget that is more responsive to the post-Cold War threats faced by the United States and commensurate with America's global responsibilities--and, in so doing, to ensure that U.S. forces can successfully execute their missions at the lowest possible level of risk. THE ADMINISTRATION'S DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST The President's defense budget request for fiscal year 2002 reflects the most significant real increase in defense funding since the mid-1980s. Nevertheless, despite the increases proposed by the Administration this year, serious problems continue to exist in readiness, modernization, and quality of life. The previous Administration significantly underfunded the defense budget and overcommitted U.S. military forces to a variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. The result was a high operating tempo, degraded morale, aging equipment, reduced training, and decaying infrastructure. General Henry Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before the committee on June 28, 2001, that since 1995 there has been ``a 133 percent increase in the number of military personnel committed to joint operations. These are real-world events, not exercises, and we are doing it with nine percent fewer people.'' Although the fiscal year 2002 defense budget request reflects nearly a $33 billion increase over the fiscal year 2001 level, significant shortfalls remain unaddressed. In particular, the service chiefs have identified more than $32 billion in critical unfunded requirements in fiscal year 2002, roughly twice the amount they identified last year. These shortfalls were not addressed in the fiscal year 2001 supplemental appropriations bill recently passed by the Congress and signed by the President. Moreover, the Army is the smallest it has been since 1950, the Navy has shrunk to 317 ships--more than 40 percent fewer than a decade ago and the smallest fleet since 1933, and the average age of the Air Force's aircraft is 22 years. With this in mind, the committee has sought to address in this year's budget the most serious aspects of the shortfalls in readiness, modernization, and quality of life. RESTORING THE BOND OF TRUST WITH OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM Ensuring a decent quality of life for military personnel and their families remains one of the most important national defense priorities. America's military is only as good as the people who serve in it. Recruiting and retaining top-notch personnel remains vital to ensuring that the U.S. armed forces are the best in the world. With the efforts of Congress over the past six years, the quality of living for U.S. military personnel and their families has improved, and recruiting and retention trends have improved. Nevertheless, meeting the challenge of recruiting and retaining sufficient numbers of high quality personnel remains difficult, and the troublesome trend of the continued departure of many of the best and brightest mid-career enlisted and officer personnel continues. Continuing its effort to improve quality of life and ensure adequate military pay and bonuses, the committee recommends the largest single-year increase in military personnel funding since 1985--a total increase of $6.9 billion over the fiscal year 2001 level. The committee bill also would fund the largest military pay raise since 1982, thereby fully supporting the President's proposal to add $1.0 billion to military pay. This pay raise provides five to six percent across-the-board pay raises for all military personnel, as well as targeted pay increases for mid-career service members that range above 10 percent. In addition, the bill would boost military special pay and enhance incentives to join the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). Moreover, the committee bill would improve the recruiting and retention efforts of the services and would provide for enlistment and re-enlistment bonuses. The committee bill also contains the increases for military housing contained in the budget request. Further, the committee bill recommends an additional effort: innovative programs to reduce the significant out-of-pocket costs experienced by military personnel as a result of permanent change of station moves. Importantly, the committee bill satisfies $95 million of the service chiefs' unfunded personnel requirements. The committee bill also would increase funding for defense medical programs of over $6 billion. With this authorization, the committee bill would provide the funding needed this coming fiscal year to implement fully the new TRICARE For Life program enacted last year. These actions follow up on the efforts of Congress last year to reform the military health care system and compensation practices. The quality of life improvements contained in the committee bill this year represent the most significant step toward making a real improvement in military quality of life in nearly two decades. However, this is just one step forward, and real progress in this area will require additional actions over the next several years. ENHANCING READINESS Restoring military readiness remains a key priority for the committee, as U.S. military readiness is essential to securing America's future as the world's sole superpower. Over the past six years, Congress has led the effort to identify and reverse the declining state of military readiness. Today, there is bipartisan agreement that U.S. military readiness has declined due to an increased pace of operations combined with inadequate funding and escalating maintenance costs of aging equipment. The committee bill would make real progress toward reversing this decline by providing significant increases to key operations, maintenance, and training accounts. Despite the increases in the Administration's fiscal year 2002 defense budget request, readiness remains a serious concern. Existing readiness problems include a shortage of spare parts, aging equipment, decaying infrastructure, growing equipment and facilities' backlogs, insufficient training, and personnel shortages. In the past, essential modernization was deferred to provide for near-term readiness requirements. In addition, maintaining the readiness of ``first-to-fight'' forces has led to the diversion of resources from other operational support units, including strategic airlift, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, combat service support units, and training bases. As General Henry Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before the committee on June 28, 2001, ``The bottom line is, I do not believe that we will be able to sustain our long-term readiness under these conditions.'' Secretary of the Army, Thomas White, testifying before the committee on July 18, 2001, stated, ``After a decade of underfunding and overworking our force, we are clearly in a hole, and getting out will require a significant investment.'' Secretary of the Air Force James Roche and Air Force Chief of Staff General Michael Ryan, testified before the committee on July 11, 2001, that ``overall Air Force readiness is lower than any time since June 1987.'' The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Vern Clark, testified on July 12, 2001, ``The challenge of sustaining our current readiness while investing in key future capabilities remains a very difficult balancing act. . . . [T]his is an area where we do not meet the goals and the targets that we need in this budget.'' Despite this challenge, Admiral Clark stated, ``I believe this is the best readiness budget that we have seen in at least a decade.'' The committee bill seeks to improve both the near-term and long-term readiness of U.S. military forces by addressing critical readiness priorities. Specifically, the committee bill would increase key readiness accounts by $7.5 billion above the fiscal year 2001 level. Unfortunately, the decision to halt combined arms naval training on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, beginning in 2003 will negatively impact the readiness of the armed forces. The committee bill would ensure that live-fire training could continue on the island until such time as an alternative site is found that would provide for at least an equivalent level of training. MODERNIZING AND EQUIPPING THE FORCE OF THE FUTURE Despite the end of the Cold War, the U.S. military has not fully adapted to meet the new challenges of the post-Cold War environment. For the United States to ensure that U.S. service members retain the technological edge on the battlefields of tomorrow--thereby saving lives and winning wars--the U.S. military must ensure that it has the weapons, equipment, and strategies to successfully meet future challenges. While the exact path for transforming the military to meet these future challenges is not yet clear, modernizing the force with new technologies and advanced capabilities to fight and win future conflicts is vital. Until this path is clear, the transformation effort must take place on two fronts--maintaining the current force through a steady procurement program and developing revolutionary technologies through an aggressive research and development program. The committee notes that today's military is continuing to live off the investment in equipment made decades ago. In his testimony before the committee on June 28, 2001, Secretary Rumsfeld stated, ``We have been living off the substantial investments of the 1970s and 1980s.'' Unfortunately, the Administration's request for procurement programs was the weakest aspect in an otherwise strong defense budget. Secretary White, in testimony before the committee on July 18, 2001, stated that ``there will continue to be shortfalls in a number of critical areas such as modernization and recapitalization of our current force.'' Secretary of the Navy, Gordon England, testifying on July 12, 2001, stated, ``What this increase does not do, however, is adequately address our infrastructure and procurement shortfalls.'' In effect, the fiscal year 2002 amended defense budget request for procurement would place modernization efforts on hold, pending completion of DOD's strategic review. Instead, the committee bill would provide $62 billion ($442.1 million more than the President's request) to procure weapons, ammunition, and equipment, while careful reprioritization of the budget enabled the committee to meet $253.4 million of the service chiefs' unfunded requirements. The resulting procurement budget will slow the erosion of the force while laying the foundation for transformation into the future military force. By contrast, the Administration's research and development (R&D) budget represents the first significant increase in the past decade and the first time in six years that the requested amount for R&D was greater than the amount provided by Congress in the previous year. This significant level of support for R&D programs will likely ensure rapid progress in developing innovative technologies, deploying ballistic missile defenses, and testing and evaluating transformation programs. Therefore, the committee bill would provide $47.7 billion ($228.5 million more than the President's request and $6.7 billion more than the fiscal year 2001 level) for research and development programs, including funds for ballistic missile defense programs. DEFENDING AMERICANS FROM BALLISTIC MISSILE THREATS Today, Americans at home and abroad are within striking range of thousands of ballistic missile warheads. The risk of accidental or unauthorized launch of ballistic missiles remains real, and the proliferation of missile technology has allowed nations like North Korea to develop and test ballistic missiles capable of reaching U.S. soil. Furthermore, American military forces and allies around the world have no effective defense against the ballistic missile threat. Over 100,000 U.S. troops in South Korea and Japan live under the threat of ballistic missile attack, as do American forward-based air and naval forces in Northeast Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Persian Gulf. Even vital U.S. allies including South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan face known ballistic missile threats and have no effective defense. Unfortunately, ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction technology are proliferating faster than the U.S. ability to defend against them. Secretary Rumsfeld, in testimony before the committee on June 28, 2001, warned against underestimating the threat posed by ballistic missiles and the weapons they carry. ``We would be making a terrible mistake to not be attentive to the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the ability to deliver them,'' he stated. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, testifying before the committee on July 19, 2001, explained the reason other states seek ballistic missile capabilities: ``To those who wonder why so many of the regimes hostile to the United States--many of them desperately poor--are investing such enormous sums of money to acquire ballistic missiles, I suggest this possible answer: They know we don't have any defenses.'' Ten years after 28 U.S. service personnel lost their lives as a result of a single Iraqi Scud missile attack during the Persian Gulf War, Americans remain vulnerable to ballistic missile threats. For this reason, the committee supports efforts to accelerate research, development, and deployment of effective ballistic missile defenses. The committee believes that America's total vulnerability to ballistic missiles must end. Unfortunately, missile defense programs have never received the level of support and funding necessary to support such an important mission. As a result, the committee bill would support the Administration's request for a significant increase in funding for ballistic missile defense programs as the first step toward the day when all Americans are protected against ballistic missile attack. The committee endorses the President's approach to ballistic missile defense, and is encouraged that the proposed missile defense program includes plans for a layered defense system and realistic testing, and explores a full range of technologies. As such, the committee endorses the Administration's missile defense program, with modest adjustments, and recommends $8.2 billion, $2.9 billion more than the fiscal year 2001 level, for the continued development of ballistic missile defenses. THE COMMITTEE BILL: A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD ON THE PATH TOWARD ENSURING U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 represents a significant step forward in the committee's efforts to ensure that U.S. national security is protected and that the U.S. armed forces are second-to-none. It contains significant improvements in personnel, readiness, and modernization designed to keep America's military on the cutting edge of technology and able to defeat any potential military challenge. This bill accomplishes much, but much more remains to be done. Modernizing and maintaining today's military forces--and transforming them to meet future challenges--will require a serious and sustained commitment of resources. The committee understands that in the current prolonged period of peace, additional investments in national defense are seen by some as unnecessary. However, the cost of keeping the peace is always less than the cost of failing to do so. Clearly, defense increases are not only affordable but also essential if the United States is to remain a superpower able to promote and protect its global interests. HEARINGS Committee consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 results from hearings that began on March 22, 2001 and that were completed on July 18, 2001. The full committee conducted 7 sessions. In addition, a total of 20 sessions were conducted by five different subcommittees and two panels of the committee on various titles of the bill. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION TITLE I--PROCUREMENT OVERVIEW The committee did not receive the Administration's amendment to its February 2001 ``Budget Blueprint'' for the Department of Defense (DOD) until the end of June. During this period, Secretary Rumsfeld initiated over twenty separate review panels to examine various topics, ranging from overall defense strategy to the size and shape of conventional forces. The recommendations of these panels are still being studied and are expected to be considered during the ongoing Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), which is to be submitted to Congress September 30th. Consequently, no decisions were made with regard to major weapons systems in the fiscal year 2002 amended budget. Although the Administration has spoken of the need to transform the military to deal with new challenges of the 21st century, the transformation process is expected to be a lengthy one that cannot be implemented with a single fiscal year's budget. The Secretary's description of the fiscal year 2002 procurement request concedes that there would be less real transformation-related change from fiscal year 2001 programs than previously thought, due to the overwhelming need to, as he put it, ``repair potholes.'' The fiscal year 2002 DOD procurement request of $61.6 billion is notably the weakest link in an otherwise strong defense budget. Many analysts, as well as prior DOD senior officials, have argued that an additional $20.0 to $30.0 billion above this amount is necessary annually to ensure military capabilities are adequately modernized. The committee recommends a net increase of $442.1 million to the Department's procurement request, which includes an add of almost $525.0 million. While this amount is modest by comparison to committee actions over the past several years, it, nevertheless, represents the seventh consecutive year that the committee has provided an increase to the procurement accounts. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $1,925.5 million for Aircraft Procurement, Army in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $1,987.5 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST AH 64 modifications The budget request contained $38.5 million for AH 64 modifications but included no funds to continue procurement of the oil debris detection system (ODDS) or the vibration management enhancement program (VMEP). The ODDS is an on-board detection system that alerts aircrews to the presence of metal chips in engines and propeller gear boxes, which allows flights to be terminated prior to catastrophic failure of critical components. The system also permits the clearing of smaller particles that routinely accumulate in engine oil and cause false impending engine failure alarms resulting in unnecessary termination of aircraft missions and costly engine diagnostics. The VMEP is an Army National Guard (ARNG) effort currently directed toward resolving vibration management problems on the ARNG's AH 64 Apache fleet. Since the ODDS, which has been successfully integrated into other Department of Defense aircraft, both reduces aircraft maintenance costs and enhances aircrew safety, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million to incorporate the ODDS on the AH 64 Apache. The committee also recommends an increase of $7.0 million to continue procurement of VMEP systems for the ARNG Apache fleet and to transition this technology to the UH 60 Blackhawk and the CH 47 Chinook. In total, the committee recommends $50.5 million for AH 64 modifications, an increase of $12.0 million. Air traffic control The budget request contained $68.9 million to procure air traffic control systems but included no funds for the procurement of cold cathode portable landing lights. Cold cathode portable landing lights are commercial-off-the-shelf items that provide airfield taxiway, runway, and heliport edge lighting for both permanent and temporary locations, thereby enhancing ground safety and flight operations. The committee understands that the Army has an unfunded requirement for 100 systems of this type of lighting and recommends $78.9 million for air traffic control systems, an increase of $10.0 million, for procurement of cold cathode portable landing lights. Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) The budget request contained $32.8 million for the procurement of ASE, but included no funds for AN/AVR 2A laser detecting sets (LDS). The LDS is the only device in the Army capable of providing warning to helicopter crews when they have been illuminated by a laser-targeted weapon. It detects, identifies, and characterizes threats 360-degrees-around and plus-or-minus 45 degrees above-and-below an aircraft. The committee continues to be concerned with the growing laser threat to helicopter aircrews and notes the limited fielding of this system to force package one aircraft only. The committee also notes the Army Chief of Staff's $28.3 million fiscal year 2002 unfunded requirement to continue LDS kit installation on AH 64A Apaches, AH 64D Apache Longbows, MH 47D Chinook and MH 60L Blackhawk Special Operations Aircraft. Based on a growing laser threat to Army helicopters, its desire to continue fielding this system beyond force package one units, and the Chief's unfunded requirement, the committee recommends $52.8 million for ASE, an increase of $20.0 million, for procurement of AN/AVR 2A LDS kits. CH 47 cargo helicopter modifications The budget request contained $277.5 million for CH 47 cargo helicopter modifications, but included no funds for crashworthy cockpit seats. While existing pilot and co-pilot seats offer some protection in the event of a hard impact landing or a crash, crashworthy cockpit seats provide increased protection from the acceleration forces created by such a landing or crash, thereby avoiding serious injuries or, in extreme cases, fatalities to soldiers. Accordingly, the committee recommends $281.5 million for CH 47 modifications, an increase of $4.0 million, to procure crashworthy cockpit seats for CH 47 cargo helicopters. Longbow The budget request contained $888.6 million to upgrade 60 AH 64A aircraft to the AH 64D Longbow variant, including $70.2 million for Apache Longbow recapitalization. The committee understands that the Army entered into a multiyear procurement contract in October 2000 for the remanufacture of 269 AH 64A analog variant aircraft to the digital Longbow variant. The committee notes that because of numerous problems over the last several years resulting in grounding of the Apache fleet, this contract was restructured to upgrade fewer aircraft and apply the resultant funds to meet recapitalization requirements. The committee also notes that the Army Chief of Staff identified a $47.0 million fiscal year 2002 unfunded requirement for recapitalization of the Apache Longbow fleet. Accordingly, the committee recommends $898.6 million for Apache Longbow upgrades, an increase of $10.0 million, for Apache Longbow recapitalization. UH 60 modifications The budget request contained $52.3 million for UH 60 modifications, of which $17.3 million was for crashworthy external fuel systems. However, the budget request included no funds for these systems for Army National Guard (ARNG) UH 60 combat search and rescue aircraft. UH 60 crashworthy external fuel systems are self-sealing, ballistically-tolerant tanks that replace existing 230 gallon non-crashworthy external fuel tanks originally intended only for ferry flights. However, expanding Army aviation missions have increasingly required these non-crashworthy tanks to be used to extend UH 60 tactical mission ranges, creating safety risks to flight crews, passengers, and aircraft, which require individual mission waivers by individual commands. As a result of the safety risks imposed by these existing systems and expanding ARNG search and rescue mission requirements, the committee recommends $58.3 million for UH 60 modifications, an increase of $6.0 million, for crashworthy external fuel systems for ARNG combat search and rescue aircraft. MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $1,859.6 million for Missile Procurement, Army in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $1,097.3 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Missile procurement army (MPA) transfers The budget request contained $1,859.6 million for the procurement of Army missile systems. The committee recommends the following transfers from MPA to the program elements listed, as requested by the Army. [In millions of dollars] Program FY 2002 authorization request Committee change form request FY 2002 committee recommendation Stinger System Summary $45,890 ($22,500) $23,390 Line Of Sight Anti-Tank System 11,427 (2,000) 9,427 MLRS Launcher Systems 148,294 (10,250) 138,044 Army Tactical Missile System 34,263 (9,000) 25,263 Patriot Mods 37,617 (12,510) 25,107 Avenger Mods 17,991 (6,114) 11,877 ITAS/TOW Mods 96,204 (35,400) 60,804 MLRS Mods 23,599 (3,000) 20,599 Combat Vehicle Improvement Programs (PE 203735) 195,602 20,000 215,602 Tractor Card (PE 203808) 6,551 5,000 11,551 LOSAT (PE 603654) 57,384 13,072 70,456 Comanche (PE 604223) 732,890 28,500 761,390 Brilliant Anti-Armor Submunition (PE 604768) 123,899 9,000 132,899 Javelin (PE 604611) 492 5,202 5,694 WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $2,276.7 million for procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $2,367.0 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Abrams upgrade program The budget request contained $395.8 million for the upgrade of 104 M1 Abrams tanks to the M1A2 system enhancement program (SEP) variant. The committee notes that the Army's M1A2 SEP upgrades are currently obtained under a three-year multiyear procurement (MYP) contract at 104 SEP tank upgrades per year. Congress authorized a combined M1A2 SEP tank and Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge (HAB) MYP contract in fiscal year 2000, a year earlier than the planned fiscal year 2001 contract award year, based upon the estimated $118.0 million in savings that could be accrued from the 80 percent commonality of SEP and HAB chassis and component upgrades and its belief that both of the vehicles met the stable design criteria to enter into a MYP contract. The committee is concerned, however, by the 74 percent increase requested for systems technical support in fiscal year 2002 for 104 SEP upgrades, compared to the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2001 systems technical support for 100 SEP upgrades. The committee believes that the cost growth in systems technical support is unjustified and, therefore, recommends $385.8 million for the Abrams upgrade program, a decrease of $10.0 million. Bradley base sustainment The budget request contained $400.8 million for the procurement of Bradley A3 fighting vehicle upgrades, including $1.7 million for fielding Army National Guard (ARNG) A2 Operation Desert Storm (ODS) variants. The Bradley A2ODS is derived from upgrading the first-generation Bradley A0's lethality, survivability, and mobility, as well as the situational awareness of its crew. Modifications include installation of a laser range finder, Global Positioning System navigation capability, a combat identification system, a driver's thermal viewer and a missile countermeasure device. When the Army completes all of its planned upgrades to the Bradley, the active fleet will include a mix of the most advanced A3 variant, along with A2 and A2ODS versions. The majority of the ARNG's Bradley fleet, on the other hand, will remain unmodified and be comprised mainly of first-generation A0 vehicles, which, because of major survivability deficiencies, were not mobilized during the Persian Gulf War. However, as part of the new ARNG enhanced brigades, the committee notes that some of these A0 vehicles will be required to deploy with active Army forces. Because ARNG enhanced brigades will comprise an increasing percentage of the Army's warfighting capability as a result of active force reductions, the committee recommends $460.8 million for Bradley base sustainment, an increase of $60.0 million, to upgrade an additional 45 Bradley A0 vehicles to the A2ODS variant for the ARNG. AMMUNITION PROCUREMENT, ARMY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $1,193.4 million for Ammunition Procurement, Army in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $1,208.6 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Army ammunition procurement The budget request contained $1,193.3 million for procurement of ammunition and production base support. The committee recommends $1,208.6 million, an increase of $15.2 million, for the following types of ammunition programs: [Dollars in millions] Mortar Ammunition: 81mm M816 $8.0 CTG 120mm Illum XM930 w/MTSQ Fuze (Production line upgrade) 2.8 CTG 120mm IR Illum XM983 5.0 Rockets: Bunker Defeating Munition 10.0 Demolition Munitions, All Types: Modernization Demolition Initiators 3.0 Signals, All Types: XM 211/XM 212 AIRCM 6.2 Production Base Support: ARMS Initiative 7.6 Remote area denial artillery munition (RADAM) The budget request contained $48.2 million for RADAM procurement. The committee understands that the Army does not plan to obligate $27.4 million of fiscal year 2001 funds for RADAM prior to the beginning of fiscal year 2002. As a result, the committee believes that these funds can be used to meet fiscal year 2002 requirements. Accordingly, the committee recommends $20.8 million for RADAM, a decrease of $27.4 million. White phosphorus production facility The budget request contained no funds to upgrade the white phosphorous production facility at the Pine Bluff Arsenal. The committee is aware of plans to upgrade the production line at the Pine Bluff Arsenal, the only production facility for white phosphorous ammunition in the western hemisphere. The committee views this as an important effort and recommends $2.8 million for design work leading to replacement of the production line. The committee also directs the Secretary of the Army to examine and to refine further these plans in preparation for the submission of the fiscal year 2003 budget request. OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $3,961.7 million for Other Procurement, Army in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $4,144.0 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Artillery accuracy equipment The budget request contained $10.4 million to procure the artillery accuracy equipment, including $6.8 million for the procurement of seven Meteorological Measuring System (MMS) units for the Army National Guard (ARNG). The MMS provides weather data to field artillery units that improves the firing accuracy of those units. The committee is encouraged that the Army has budgeted for MMSs for the ARNG; however, it recognizes that accelerated fielding of MMS to the ARNG would benefit total Army mission requirements, since the ARNG provides nearly 70 percent of the total Army's artillery fire support. Therefore, the committee recommends $14.9 million for artillery accuracy equipment, an increase of $4.5 million, to accelerate procurement of the MMS for the ARNG. Combat support medical The budget request contained $16.7 million to procure deployable medical systems and field medical equipment, of which $641 thousand was for surgical temper tents. However, the budget request included no funds for rapid intravenous (IV) infusion pumps. Surgical temper tents offer medical personnel and surgical teams shelter to provide medical and trauma care to soldiers in forward deployed sites. As a result of increased deployment of Army Reserve medical units, additional surgical temper tents are required to replace those that have been left behind in humanitarian missions. The rapid IV infusion pump is a miniature, portable, lightweight pump specifically designed for life-saving intravenous fluid resuscitation by a medic in the field to restore blood pressure of victims with severe blood loss or dehydration. The committee notes that it is estimated that up to 15 percent of the soldiers that died in Vietnam who were not immediate battlefield casualties would have survived their wounds if rapid infusion of fluids had been a possibility during that conflict. The committee understands the benefits of clean, sterile field medical treatment areas and, therefore, recommends an increase of $1.0 million for replacement of surgical temper tents for the Army Reserve. Also, the committee is impressed with the potential life saving capability that rapid IV infusion pumps offer and recommends an increase of $6.0 million to procure these pumps. In total, the committee recommends $23.7 million for combat support medical equipment. Combat training centers instrumentation support The budget request contained $10.3 million for combat training centers instrumentation support but included no funds for the Army National Guard (ARNG) deployable force-on-force instrumented range system (DFIRST). Encouraged by the fact that the DFIRST system was chosen over all current force-on-force instrumentation systems by the All Service Combat Identification Evaluation Team (ASCIET) as the instrumentation system for the fiscal year 1999 Joint Exercise, in the committee report on H.R. 1401 (H. Rept. 106 162), the committee recommended a pilot program at two ARNG training sites to explore the capabilities and benefits of DFIRST systems to increase the readiness of ARNG units through more effective training with greater safety and at a lower cost. To continue this force-on-force, simulation-based training at regional training centers, the committee recommends $16.3 million for combat training centers instrumentation support, an increase of $6.0 million, for additional DFIRSTs for the ARNG. Deployable universal combat earthmovers (DEUCE) The budget request contained $5.3 million to procure 12 DEUCEs for the interim brigade combat teams. The DEUCE is a military-unique, high speed, earthmoving tractor capable of clearing, leveling, and excavating operations for light and airborne divisions. Although, the committee understands that the DUECE will be a critical piece of equipment for the Army's interim medium brigades, it notes that the Army Chief of Staff has identified a $7.8 million unfunded requirement in fiscal year 2002 to procure 19 DEUCEs for Army war reserve requirements and to prevent a break in the production line. Accordingly, the committee recommends $21.3 million for DEUCE, an increase of $16.0 million, for additional war reserve DEUCEs and to address industrial base concerns. Earthmoving scrapers The budget request contained $7.2 million to procure 17 commercial, self-propelled elevating scrapers. This commercial, self-propelled elevating scraper is sectionalized into two pieces for external sling load helicopter transport. It will be used by airborne and air assault combat engineers for road and airfield construction and maintenance to support early entry forces. This new start program supports the Army's legacy-to-objective transformation campaign plan, enabling forces to more rapidly deploy and be sustained by quickly constructed infrastructure. Therefore, the committee recommends $13.2 million for earthmoving scrapers, an increase of $6.0 million, to accelerate the procurement of commercial, self-propelled elevating scrapers. High mobility trailers The budget request contained no funds for safety modifications for high mobility trailers. The Army has procured 5,116 high mobility trailers since fiscal year 1994 is unable to field these trailers due to an inability to meet mobility and safety requirements. The committee understands that the Army has an ongoing program to correct these deficiencies that is scheduled to be completed in fiscal year 2002. The committee also understands that the Army plans to conduct a re-competition for these trailers in fiscal year 2003 and, in conducting its market survey for this competition, expects the Secretary of the Army to determine if there is a requirement for low cost, state-of-the-art, lightweight, detachable equipment storage and equipment transport carriers for non-combat missions, logistics support, and fire fighting services. Improved high frequency radio (IHFR) The budget request contained no funds to procure IHFRs. The IHFR is the primary means of communications for maneuver battalions, combat support and combat service support units, the latter of which are comprised primarily of Army Reserve forces. The IHFR provides a versatile capability for short- and long-range communications, particularly important for highly mobile and geographically dispersed units not supported by active component communications units. The IHFR is also the only tactical radio that possesses a long-range communications capability independent of terrestrial or satellite relays and exceeds the range of the line-of-sight Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System. To date, only 215 systems have been fielded to the Army Reserve due to budget constraints; consequently, the Army Reserve must continue to maintain a mixture of older and unsupportable HF communications radios. For this reason, the Chief of the Army Reserve has identified a $38.5 million fiscal year 2002 unfunded requirement for 1,003 IHFRs. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million to procure IHFRs for the Army Reserve. Modification of in service equipment The budget request contained $49.2 million for modifications of in service equipment, but included no funds for the procurement of a rubber wheel-to-track conversion system. The committee understands that there is an existing rubber track system, capable of converting both commercial and military four-wheel drive vehicles weighing up to 1.5 tons, such as the high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV), into true all-terrain vehicles in about 30 minutes. The committee believes this track system could enable HMMWVs to greatly expand their operational domain into all types of off-road conditions, such as soft sand, deep snow, and swampy areas. Based on the potential to expand the HMMWV's off-road capability, the committee recommends $59.2 million for modifications of in service equipment, an increase of $10.0 million, to procure a wheel-to-track conversion system. Nonsystem training devices The budget request contained $74.5 million to procure nonsystem training devices, but included no funds for Army Aviation Institutional Training Simulators (AAITS), BEAMHIT laser marksmanship training systems (LMTS) for the Army Reserve, or fire fighter training systems (FFTS). The committee understands that the AAITS provide full-motion, reconfigurable cockpit simulation for AH 64 Apache, UH 60 Blackhawk, and OH 58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters and notes that a shortfall exists for the simulators at the Army Aviation Center. The committee notes that the Army Reserve lacks adequate BEAMHIT LMTS to maintain markmanship training skills, required to fulfill increasingly greater contingency operations and missions. Furthermore, the committee is aware that a shortfall of commercially-available, mobile FFTS remains, despite the increases for this system in prior fiscal years provided by the committee as well as the committee's prior recommendations that the Secretary of the Army adequately budget for this system. In view of these concerns, the committee recommends $111.7 million for nonsystems training devices, an increase of $37.2 million, including $20.0 million for AAITS, $14.2 million for BEAMHIT LMTS for the Army Reserve, and $3.0 million for FFTS. Product improved combat vehicle crewman (PICVC) headset The budget request contained no funds to procure PICVC headsets. The committee is aware that loss of communications in CVC headsets was identified in late fiscal year 1998 during Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) testing and evaluation in armored vehicles. This testing revealed that electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems installed in armored vehicles to transmit FBCB2 data created intermittent communication problems. The committee believes that intermittent communications caused by EMI could endanger crews as a result of not receiving complete command and control and targeting information in a high operational tempo or combat environment. Since the PICVC headset eliminates EMI communication losses, the committee recommends an increase of $9.0 million to procure PICVC headsets to address this safety issue. Reserve component automation system (RCAS) The budget request contained $89.3 million for the procurement of RCAS components. The committee expects the Army to continue to provide adequate funding for the on-going information technology support to the National Guard and the Army Reserve. Currently, the RCAS program provides integrated support for mobilization and day-to-day management in both the Army National Guard (ARNG) and Army Reserve. In setting future priorities, the committee believes that funds should be provided to ensure that the ARNG and Army Reserve can continue to equip and support their full IT needs, including their requirements to upgrade the equipment originally installed under RCAS. Consequently, the committee expects the Army to provide funds for these requirements so that the ARNG and Army Reserve can meet their national security, homeland security, civil support, and national missile defense missions. Ribbon bridge The budget request contained $48.2 million for ribbon bridge equipment, but included no funds to procure this equipment for Army National Guard (ARNG) multi-role bridge companies (MRBC). Ribbon bridge equipment consists of 10-ton, 8-wheel drive M1977 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck Common Bridge Transporters, M15 Bridge Adaptor Pallets, and M14 Improved Boat Cradles. The committee understands that the ARNG will establish seven MRBCs in fiscal year 2001 and will equip them with existing engineer bridging equipment and older, lower-capacity, five-ton trucks. However, the committee also understands that without additional funds, these new MRBCs will not convert to the new equipment required for their mission until fiscal year 2004. Therefore, the committee recommends $59.4 million for ribbon bridging equipment, an increase of $11.2 million, to accelerate the fielding of two ARNG MRBCs. Special equipment for user testing The budget request contained $16.4 million for the procurement of special equipment for user testing, including $10.1 million for 1 XM Target Acquisition Radar--Agile Multi-Beam (XMTARAMB) system, but included no funds for Target Receiver Injection Module (TRIM) threat simulators. The XMTARAMB is an advanced air defense acquisition and targeting radar which incorporates advanced frequency hopping, agile, multi-beam, three-dimensional targeting technology with an associated command, control, and communication facility. This system is critical to the ability of the United States and its allies to counter threats with enhanced technologies, as well as to develop proper tactics, techniques and procedures to ensure maximum protection for personnel and their weapon systems. Consequently, the committee recommends an increase of $12.0 million to procure an additional XMTARAMB system. The committee is also aware of the benefits of TRIM, which, when inserted in antenna cables of Army information collection, transmission, or dissemination systems, stimulate the system with threat signals. This capability will replace current open-air radiations of radio frequency threats, which are becoming obsolete and prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission due to the growing number of threats now required to be simulated. Understanding the benefits derived from threat simulations, the committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million for TRIM. In total, the committee recommends $32.4 million for special equipment for user testing, an overall increase of $16.0 million. Super high frequency (SHF) terminal The budget request contained $17.0 million for the procurement of 8 SHF Tri-Band Advanced Range Extension Terminals (STAR T). The committee is aware that this system has been plagued with cost overruns and technical and understands that, subsequent to the submission of the budget request to Congress, the Army terminated the program because of default by its contractor. The committee further understands that there are no program termination costs to the Army and that the service intends to recoup $24.0 million of unliquidated progress payments from the contractor. The committee outlined its concerns with STAR-T program delays in the committee report on H.R. 1401 (H. Rept. 106 162) and agrees with the Army's termination action. Because no contract termination fees are required, the committee recommends no funds for STAR-T, a decrease of $17.0 million. Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) The budget request contained $84.3 million to procure 9 TUAV systems and 5 attrition air vehicles. The TUAV system will provide Army maneuver commanders with dedicated reconnaissance, surveillance, and target recognition and battle damage assessment from information collected through its electro-optical and infrared sensor payloads down-linked to ground control units. The committee notes that the Army Chief of Staff has identified a $16.2 million fiscal year 2002 unfunded requirement to upgrade low rate initial production TUAVs with a synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator (SAR/MTI) all weather sensor, a digital tactical control data link (TCDL), and an improved avionics suite. The committee supports these enhancements to the TUAV despite the program's recent delays as a result of several crashes during testing. The committee therefore recommends $91.6 million for TUAV, an increase of $7.3 million for SAR/MTI, TCDL, and improved avionics upgrades. Water distributors The budget request contained $1.0 million to procure four 2,000-gallon capacity module water distributors for use by tactical fire fighting teams. These new distributors will replace currently fielded 6,000-gallon water distributors, which suffer from poor mobility, safety issues when transported with partial loads, and maintenance problems. This new start program supports the Army's legacy-to-objective transformation campaign plan, enabling tactical fire fighting teams to rapidly deploy with enhanced cross country mobility. Therefore, the committee recommends $5.0 million for water distributors, an increase of $4.0 million, to accelerate procurement of 2,000-gallon capacity module water distributors. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, ARMY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $1,153.6 million for Chemical agents and Munitions Destruction, Army, for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends no funds for fiscal year 2002. [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Chemical agents and munitions destruction The budget request contained $1,153.6 million for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army. The committee notes that section 1412 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986 (Public Law 99 145), as amended, requires that funds for the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions, including funds for military construction projects necessary to carry out the demilitarization program, shall only be authorized and appropriated in the budget of the Department of Defense (DOD) as a separate program and shall not be included in the budget accounts for any military department. The committee notes that for the third year in a row, the Department's budget request contains authorization and appropriation of funds for the chemical demilitarization program in a budget account of the Department of the Army in contravention of direction provided by the law. The committee believes that the original legislation, which mandated that funds for the chemical demilitarization program be authorized and appropriated in a defense-wide budget account in order to emphasize that destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile was a national issue affecting all of the Department and not just a single military service was valid in 1986, when the estimated cost of the chemical stockpile demilitarization program was approximately $1.5 billion and is even more valid today, when the estimated cost of the program has grown more than ten-fold. Accordingly, the committee recommends no funds for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army, a decrease of $1,153.6 million. The committee recommends an increase of $1,078.6 million for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, as described elsewhere in this report. AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $8,252.5 million for Aircraft Procurement, Navy in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $8,337.2 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST AV 8B modifications The budget request contained $49.5 million for various AV 8B modifications but included no funds for the Litening II, a precision targeting system that allows the AV 8B aircraft to autonomously detect and track targets and to deliver precision munitions. The committee understands that the Marine Corps has a requirement for 98 Litening II targeting pod systems but has thus far only procured 56. The committee also notes that the Commandant of the Marine Corps included this system among his unfunded requirements for fiscal year 2002. Consequently, the committee recommends $79.5 million for AV 8B modifications, an increase of $30.0 million, to procure additional Litening II targeting pods. Calibration test equipment The budget request contained $18.2 million for aircraft industrial facilities, of which $8.8 million was included for calibration equipment. Calibration equipment provides the Navy with products and services to maintain accurate test equipment used for maintenance of weapons, aircraft, ships, submarines, and Marine Corps ground systems. The committee notes that without calibration equipment, test equipment drifts to inaccurate performance levels which could induce errors in weapons systems or result in serviceable components being removed for unnecessary maintenance or unserviceable components remaining in a system. The committee also notes that during the past 10 years funding for the Navy's calibration test equipment has decreased by over 60 percent and that this situation has resulted in a corresponding decrease in the availability of calibrated equipment from 86 percent to 74 percent. Since the committee understands that the budget request for calibration test equipment funds only 59 percent of the fiscal year 2002 requirement, the committee recommends $22.7 million for aircraft industrial facilities, an increase of $4.5 million, for additional calibration test equipment. 2 modifications The budget request contained $14.6 million for E 2 modifications but included no funds to upgrade an E 2 mission computer test aircraft to the Hawkeye 2000 configuration. The Hawkeye 2000 configuration is an upgrade to older-model E 2 aircraft that integrates satellite communications, a commercial-off-the-shelf, high-capacity mission computer and associated workstations, and cooperative engagement capability equipment. The committee understands that the Navy's E 2 aircraft inventory includes a mission computer test aircraft that can be economically upgraded to the Hawkeye 2000 configuration and, therefore, recommends $39.6 million for E 2 modifications, an increase of $25.0 million, to upgrade the Navy's mission computer E 2 test aircraft to the Hawkeye 2000 configuration. F/A 18E/F The committee notes that the F/A 18E/F aircraft is currently procured under a multiyear contract, but notes further that the aircraft's F414 propulsion system is not procured under either this contract or a separate multiyear contract. To promote further F/A 18E/F acquisition savings, the committee strongly urges that the Department of the Navy evaluate the benefits of a five-year multiyear procurement structure for the F414 propulsion system beginning in fiscal year 2002. Joint primary air training system (JPATS) The budget request contained no funds for the Navy JPATS. The JPATS, consisting of both the T 6A aircraft and a ground-based training system, will be used by the Navy and Air Force for primary pilot training. The T 6A will replace both the Navy's T 34 and Air Force's T 37B fleets, providing safer, more economical and more effective training for future student pilots. The committee notes that, although the Navy has already procured 12 T 6A aircraft in fiscal year 2000 and 24 T 6As in fiscal year 2001, it plans to discontinue JPATS acquisition between fiscal years 2002 and 2007. Expressing concern about this decision, the committee also notes that the report accompanying H.R. 2216 (H. Rept. 107 148) directed the Secretary of the Navy to provide a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees detailing the business case for the Navy's deferring JPATS acquisition. The committee believes that JPATS procurement for the Navy would not only reduce procurement costs for both the Navy and the Air Force but would reduce operations and maintenance costs as well. The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to report to the committee within 90 days after enactment of this Act his plan to begin full implementation of the JPATS program beginning in fiscal year 2003. SH 60 series modifications The budget request contained $1.7 million for SH 60 series modifications but included no funds for the SH 60F's AN/AQS 13F dipping sonar upgrade or for the advanced helicopter emergency egress lighting system (ADHEELS). The SH 60F is the Navy's anti-submarine warfare helicopter based aboard aircraft carriers and uses the AN/AQS 13F as its principal dipping sonar to detect submarines near the aircraft carrier. The committee understands that a pre-planned product improvement program for the AN/AQS 13F could achieve improved shallow-water detection capability and provide increased system reliability. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $11.0 million to upgrade the SH 60F's AN/AQS 13 dipping sonar. The ADHEELS provides crew escape lighting for H 60 series helicopters in the event of water impact. The committee understands that the Department of the Navy has selected ADHEELS as its future helicopter escape lighting system due to its superior performance, significantly increased operational reliability, and lower life-cycle costs. Consequently, the committee recommends an increase of $3.2 million to accelerate the installation of ADHEELS in the Navy's H 60 helicopter fleet. In total, the committee recommends $15.9 million, an increase of $14.2 million, for SH 60 series modifications. T 45 training system (TS) The budget request contained $179.3 million to procure 6 T 45C aircraft and associated ground-based training equipment but included no funds for T 45C operational flight trainers. The T 45TS is an integrated training system that combines the T 45 aircraft, simulators, and computer-based training for the Navy's intermediate-level undergraduate pilot training. The committee notes that the Navy is replacing older-model T 45As with new-production T 45Cs but understands that all bases planned for upgrade to the T 45C are not scheduled to receive T 45C operational flight trainers upon arrival of the new-production aircraft. Since the T 45C operational flight trainer will provide improved replication of the T 45C cockpit configuration and performance characteristics, he recommends $192.3 million, an increase of $13.0 million, for two additional T 45C operational flight trainers. Tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS)-completely digital (CD) The budget request contained $27.6 million for other production charges but included no funds for the TARPS-CD system, an electro-optic sensor upgrade designed to validate digital imaging technologies and to mitigate development risks for the next-generation shared reconnaissance pod (SHARP) system. Since the SHARP system remains in development, the committee understands that the Navy is upgrading several TARPS-CD cameras with an 18 lens configuration which improves the system's standoff and survivability capabilities. To upgrade all remaining TARPS-CD systems to a common 18 lens configuration, the committee recommends $30.6 million for other production charges, an increase of $3.0 million, for the TARPS-CD 18 lens configuration and for spares and support costs. WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $1,433.5 million for Weapons Procurement, Navy in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $1,476.7 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST MK 46 Mod 0 lightweight machine gun The budget request contained $910 thousand for small arms and weapons but included no funds for the MK 46 Mod 0 lightweight machine gun. The MK 46 Mod 0 lightweight machine gun is a variant of the existing M249 squad automatic weapon designed to meet the unique lower-weight and reliability requirements for the Navy's sea-air-land (SEAL) teams and other special operations forces. The committee understands that the Navy's SEAL teams and special operations forces require approximately 1875 MK 46 Mod 0 lightweight machine guns and, consequently, recommends $6.1 million for small arms and weapons, an increase of $5.2 million, to procure MK 46 Mod 0 lightweight machine guns. Tomahawk missile The budget request contained $50.1 million for the first 34 block IV low-rate initial production tactical tomahawk (TACTOM) missiles but included no funds for special tooling and test equipment for rate production of the block IV TACTOM missile. The Tomahawk missile is a long-range, precision strike cruise missile launched from surface ships or submarines, and the block IV TACOM missile will provide improved performance at a lower unit cost than previous missile versions. The committee understands that subsequent to the block IV TACTOM contract award in 1998, the Navy has had to switch to a different engine manufacturer than originally planned and that this decision requires increased funding for special tooling and test equipment to accommodate rate production of the TACTOM missiles equipped with the newly-selected engine. Accordingly, the committee recommends $70.1 million for the tomahawk missile, an increase of $20.0 million, to procure the special tooling and test equipment necessary for rate production of the block IV TACTOM. Trident II missile The budget request contained $559.0 million for Trident II missiles, including $143.7 million for D5 continuous production life extension. The Trident II D5 missile is carried on the Ohio class fleet ballistic missile submarines to provide a highly survivable strategic ballistic missile deterrent. The Trident II D5 continuous production life extension (CPLE) program sustains the production of Trident II D5 missile motors and other critical components. The committee views the Trident II as critically important strategic deterrence and strongly supports the fiscal year 2002 budget request for 12 Trident D5 missiles and associated funding for the CPLE program. While the Navy has not provided the committee with its Trident II D5 CPLE program budget projections beyond fiscal year 2002, it notes that the Navy has recently extended the hull life of its Ohio class fleet ballistic missile submarines from 30 to 44 years and is concerned that the CPLE program may not be fully funded in the future years defense program commensurate with the extended submarine hull life. Therefore, the committee urges the Department to include funds for the CPLE program in its fiscal year 2003 budget and in the future years defense program to preclude both the loss of the critical missile motor production base and the possibility that expensive start-up costs may be incurred at a future date to regenerate Trident II missile production capability. AMMUNITION PROCUREMENT, NAVY/MARINE CORPS OVERVIEW The budget request contained $457.0 million for Ammunition Procurement, Navy/Marine Corps in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $463.5 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. 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Included in this amount was $248.0 million for the first of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships, the LPD 17. The committee notes that the Department of Defense requested a supplemental appropriation of $65.0 million in fiscal year 2001, in addition to the $248 million in the budget request, to cover the increased costs of the LPD 17. The committee also notes, Congress approved the $65.0 million supplemental request, but understanding that the fiscal year 2002 budget request did not contain funds for construction of the fifth and sixth ships of the class, as had been anticipated, Congress rescinded $75.0 million of advance procurement funds for these two ships appropriated in fiscal year 2001 and applied the funds to the LPD 17. The committee does not believe such action would have been taken if it were going to result in a requirement to payback those funds at a later date. Since the LPD 17 received an additional $75.0 million in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 107 80), the committee concludes that $75.0 million of the $248.0 million in the budget request is not required. Consequently, the committee recommends $725.0 million for prior year shipbuilding, a decrease of $75.0 million. Minehunter small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) The budget request contained no funds for the Minehunter SWATH. The Navy's minehunting fleet includes one Minehunter SWATH boat, which is its only surface mine warfare vessel capable of operating in very shallow water or capable of transport by C 5 aircraft for operational deployment within 24 hours. The committee understands that, during the past two years, the Minehunter SWATH has completed highly successful testing in the Pacific theater and notes that senior naval officers support its immediate acquisition and deployment to meet shallow water minehunting requirements. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million for the procurement of the Minehunter SWATH. Outfitting The budget request contained $307.2 million for outfitting, of which $208.6 million was for outfitting and $96.0 million was for post delivery. Outfitting funds are used to acquire items necessary in the pre-commissioning activities of ship construction, and post delivery funds are used to fix items for which the government is responsible after ship delivery. The committee believes that $3.2 million of outfitting funds budgeted for ships which are scheduled to begin construction in fiscal year 2002 and $6.8 million budgeted for ships which are planned for delivery in fiscal year 2003 are premature. Consequently, the committee recommends $297.2 million for outfitting, a decrease of $10.0 million. SSGN conversion The budget request contained $86.4 million for the advance procurement of products and materials necessary to refuel and convert two fleet ballistic missile carrying submarines (SSBN) to a conventional cruise missile carrying submarine (SSGN) configuration but included no funds for the advance planning necessary to refuel two additional SSBNs. Once refueled and converted, SSGNs will be capable of both delivering up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles and deploying special operations forces. Although four SSBNs are available for the SSGN refueling and conversion program, the Department of the Navy has only budgeted for the conversion of two. The committee strongly supports the SSGN conversion program and believes that all four SSBNs should be converted to the SSGN configuration. Accordingly, the committee recommends $137.4 million, an increase of $51.0 million, for the advance planning necessary to refuel the remaining two SSBNs in preparation for their conversion to the SSGN configuration. OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY OVERVIEW The budget request contained $4,097.6 million for Other Procurement, Navy in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $4,157.3 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Operating forces industrial plant equipment The budget request contained $27.5 million for operating forces industrial plant equipment but included no funds for expeditionary maintenance facilities (EMF). The committee is aware that the Navy is continuing to decommission its repair tenders, thereby limiting its ability to rapidly deploy a ship and equipment repair capability to support forward deployed forces. However, the committee is also aware that EMF, which are surface and air transportable, self-contained facilities, can be operational within 72 hours of deployment, and can meet the service's needs for a rapidly deployable repair and maintenance capability. The committee fully supports the EMF concept and, accordingly, recommends $28.0 million for operating forces industrial plant equipment, an increase of $500 thousand, for procurement of EMF. Other navigation equipment The budget request contained $45.9 million for the procurement of other navigation equipment but included no funds to procure force protection thermal imaging equipment for military sealift command ships. As a result of the committee's investigation into the attack on the U.S.S. Cole, the committee is keenly aware of the lack of force protection equipment and sensors on board Naval warships and supply ships to identify and counter unconventional threats. The committee is also aware of, and supports, the Navy's rapid request for emergency funds to meet many of these requirements for its warships. However, military sealift command ships, which often steam independently and make port calls in remote and hostile areas separate from battle groups, lack adequate thermal imaging sensors to identify potential threats and hazards at ranges that would allow a timely response to avoid a collision or counter a terrorist attack. Understanding new threats and vulnerabilities of U.S. ships while underway and at anchor, the committee recommends $55.9 million for other navigation equipment, an increase of $10.0 million, for the procurement of military sealift command force protection thermal imaging equipment. Other supply support equipment The budget request contained $7.5 million for the procurement of other supply support equipment, of which $741 thousand was for automatic identification technology (AIT) in support of the serial number tracking system (SNTS). The SNTS will use commercial AIT to provide web-based, cradle-to-grave, total asset visibility of individual components throughout the supply, maintenance, and transportation transfer process within Naval and Marine Corps aviation depots and will enhance the maintenance, remanufacture, and rebuild process of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. The committee believes that streamlined business processes, such as SNTS, can be readily achieved by implementing AIT and has recommended increases for this technology for maintenance and ammunition tracking systems for other services in prior fiscal years. Accordingly, the committee recommends $13.5 million for other supply support equipment, an increase of $6.0 million, for the SNTS. Other training equipment The budget request contained $37.2 million for other training equipment, of which $32.5 million was for the procurement to support the battle force tactical training (BFTT) program. The BFTT system allows surface combatants and aircraft carriers to conduct realistic coordinated training scenarios using ownship equipment instead of shore-based training simulators. The committee notes that Congress provided funds in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 to upgrade the BFTT system in order to provide an air traffic control (ATC) training capability for aircraft carrier crews. However, the committee understands that additional BFTT ATC upgrades are required on both landing helicopter assault (LHA) and landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious ships for integrated battle group training. Because of the enhanced benefits to ships' crews from integrated battle group training, the committee recommends $41.2 million for other training equipment, an increase of $4.0 million, to procure BFTT ATC upgrades for 5 LHAs and 7 LHDs. Radar support The budget request contained no funds to procure radar support equipment. The committee understands that an upgrade to the Mk92 Mod 1 system, which provides surveillance and gunfire control on medium-sized ships is required because the current system relies on obsolete components that are no longer manufactured, resulting in a spare parts inventory incapable of sustaining it beyond fiscal year 2002. The committee believes this situation should be avoided and, therefore, recommends an increase of $15.0 million to upgrade Mk92 Mod 1 radars to the Mod 2 variant. Satellite communications systems The budget request contained $198.1 million to procure satellite communication systems, of which $9.6 million is for the procurement of digital modular radios (DMR). The DMR is a software programmable radio which replaces AN/WCS 3 transceivers and TD 1271 multiplexer modems that are not compliant with Joint Chiefs of Staff directives. The DMR is backward compatible with existing radios and cryptographic devices, while being 90 percent compatible with the next-generation Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) common architecture. The committee understands that additional software development is required for DMRs to maintain compliance with JTRS software compliance architecture (SCA) and, therefore, recommends $213.1 million for satellite communications systems, an increase of $15.0 million, to migrate the DMR to the JTRS SCA version 2.0 software. PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS OVERVIEW The budget request contained $981.7 million for Procurement, Marine Corps in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $1,025.6 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Container family The budget request contained $5.9 million to procure container handling equipment but included no funds to conduct a service life extension program (SLEP) for the tractor, rubber tired, articulated steering, multi-purpose (TRAM). The TRAM, a multi-purpose material handling and earthmoving machine capable of lifting up to 10,000 pounds, provides the primary heavy lift and earth moving capability for the Marine Corps. Since this system has been heavily relied upon to facilitate expeditionary operations, it requires a SLEP to extend its service life for an additional 10 years. The committee notes that the Commandant of the Marine Corps has identified a $7.4 million fiscal year 2002 unfunded requirement to conduct a SLEP for 521 of the 617 TRAMs on hand. Because the committee understands the vital mobility requirements that this system fulfills, the committee recommends $13.3 million for container family equipment, an increase of $7.4 million, for TRAM SLEP. Expeditionary warfare The committee supports the Department of the Navy's efforts in developing expeditionary warfare capabilities to address threats of the 21st century. The committee believes that an expeditionary force capable of rapid, sustained employment that possesses the ability to conduct forcible entry is a necessary military asset. However, the committee is concerned that programmed funding is inadequate to execute the full spectrum of expeditionary warfare operations. This disparity was highlighted in a recent General Accounting Office report, which concluded that it will be another 10 to 20 years before the Navy and the Marine Corps have the capabilities needed to successfully execute littoral warfare operations against competent enemy forces. The committee also notes that testimony provided by Navy and Marine Corps officials acknowledged that the nation's sea service lacks a number of key warfighting capabilities and that these deficiencies place at risk expeditionary warfare operations. Consequently, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a report to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2002, that examines the relationship between expeditionary warfare funding and mission requirements. At a minimum, the report shall contain the following information: (1) Identification of those missions which are assigned to and can best be carried out by expeditionary warfare forces; (2) Identification of major programs that directly support execution of expeditionary warfare and a comparison between required and actual funding for these programs over the past three fiscal years as well as a comparison between required and planned funding for them as identified in the future years defense program; and (3) An explanation of the risks of underfunding these programs, including any impact on personnel morale, retention and effectiveness. Family of construction equipment The budget request contained $8.3 million for the remanufacture or product improvement of D 7G dozers, 621B scrapers, and 130G graders. The dozer/scraper/grader fleet is used throughout Marine Corps combat engineer and support units for airfield construction, as well as for combat clearing and debris excavation. The committee notes that the service's rapidly deteriorating dozer, scraper and grader fleet is over 15 years old and that the Commandant of the Marine Corps has identified a fiscal year 2002 unfunded requirement to accelerate remanufacture of this equipment. The committee also notes that the remanufacturing/product improvement program will extend the life of this equipment for an additional 10 years. Consistent with its actions in prior years, the committee recommends $25.3 million for the family of construction equipment, an increase of $17.0 million, to remanufacture/product improve D 7G dozers, scrapers, and graders. Night vision equipment The budget request contained $22.4 million to procure night vision equipment but included no funds to procure AN/PVS 17 night vision sights. The AN/PVS 17 is a lightweight, rifle-mounted, generation III image intensification night vision sight that replaces obsolete, post-Vietnam era AN/PVS 4 sights. The committee notes that the Commandant of the Marine Corps has identified a $16.5 million fiscal year 2002 unfunded requirement to procure 3,682 AN/PVS 17 night vision sights, which would complete this system's acquisition objective. The committee recognizes the increased benefits of generation III technology, and, therefore, recommends $36.9 million for night vision equipment, an increase of $14.5 million, for AN/PVS 17 night vision sights. AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE OVERVIEW The budget request contained $10,744.5 million for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $10,705.7 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST B 2 The budget request contained $11.9 million for B 2 modifications, of which $11.3 million was included to upgrade one B 2 aircraft with satellite communications (SATCOM). The budget request also contained $155.0 million in PE 64240F but included no funds for the link 16, center instrument display and in-flight replanner (Link16/CID/IFR) upgrade, or for integration of the enhanced guided bomb unit (EGBU) 28 weapon. The B 2 is the Department of Defense's most advanced long-range strike aircraft, capable of global force projection in a highly defended target environment. The B 2 SATCOM upgrade provides beyond-line-of-sight secure voice and data communications that will ensure global command and control of this aircraft, and the committee believes that the entire fleet of 21 B 2 aircraft should be upgraded with SATCOM. Accordingly, the committee recommends $44.9 million for B 2 modifications, an increase of $33.0 million, to upgrade all 21 B 2s with SATCOM. The B 2 link 16 provides networked battlefield situational awareness for improved survivability and flexible targeting, while the center instrument display and in-flight replanner portions of this upgrade provide an improved tactical situation picture and a capability to adjust mission planning while enroute. The EGBU 28 weapon will replace the aging, B 2 unique GBU 37B with a common weapon to continue the B 2's capability to attack hard and deeply buried targets. The committee views the Link16/CID/IFR and EGBU 28 upgrades as critical to future B 2 effectiveness. Consequently, the committee recommends $245.0 million in PE 64240F, an increase of $90.0 million--$63.0 million to accelerate the Link 16/CID/IFR upgrade and $27.0 million to complete engineering and manufacturing development activities for the EGBU 28 upgrade. Additionally, the committee notes that the Air Force's concept of a global strike task force includes F 22 and B 2 aircraft and believes that its implementation may require procurement of additional B 2s. Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a report to the congressional defense committees with the submission of the fiscal year 2003 budget request that describes the number and type of aircraft required to implement this concept and the acquisition strategy to procure these aircraft. C 130 The committee notes that the Air Force has developed a long-range plan called the ``C 130 Roadmap,'' to assist in the planning, budgeting and beddown of the newest aircraft in the C 130 fleet. The C 130 aircraft has been the workhorse of the military's tactical airlift fleet supporting operations around the globe for over four decades. The committee strongly supports the beddown of C 130Js as depicted in the ``C 130 Roadmap.'' The committee expects the Air Force to continue to work closely with Congress on its beddown plan for the C 130J fleet and on the proposed C 130J 30 multiyear procurement. The committee encourages the Air Force to use similar roadmaps as the baseline to plan, budget, and beddown other aircraft in order to modernize and replace aging systems. C 17 The budget request contained $2,875.8 million to procure 15 C 17 aircraft and $228.1 million for advance procurement of 12 aircraft in fiscal year 2003. The C 17 aircraft is currently procured under a seven-year multiyear procurement contract that ends in fiscal year 2003. The committee notes that the recent Mobility Requirements Study 2005 concluded that the currently programmed airlift fleet is not adequate to meet requirements for the existing national military strategy. While the Department of Defense's on-going strategic review and upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review may change strategy or requirements for combat force structure, the committee believes that fiscal year 2003 procurement of C 17s will need to be maintained at current levels to replace the aging C 141 aircraft fleet scheduled for retirement. Accordingly, the committee recommends a transfer of $36.0 million from C 17 procurement to C 17 advance procurement in order to provide for the more efficient production rate of 15 C 17s in fiscal year 2003, rather than the 12 now planned. Therefore, the committee recommends $2,839.8 million for the procurement of 15 C 17s, a decrease of $36.0 million, and $264.1 million, an increase of $36.0 million for the advance procurement for 15 C 17s in fiscal year 2003. The committee has included a provision that would authorize the Secretary of Defense to proceed with a follow-on C 17 multiyear procurement contract if the Secretary certifies the necessity to do so prior to enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002. CV 22 The budget request contained $95.1 million for CV 22 engineering and support costs, $15.0 million for the advance procurement for three CV 22 tiltrotor aircraft in fiscal year 2003, and $26.4 million for CV 22 spares. The budget request also contained $28.2 million, In Procurement, Defense-Wide, to procure Special Operations Forces (SOF)-unique CV 22 long-lead items, peculiar training equipment, publications, and technical data. Additionally, the budget request contained $546.7 million in PE 64262N, of which $100.0 million was included to continue the development of two CV 22 aircraft for initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) activities. The V 22 is a tilt-rotor vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that is being developed first for the Marine Corps as an MV 22 variant, followed by a CV 22 variant for the Air Force's SOF, and an HV 22 variant for the Navy. The committee notes that following two mishaps involving the MV 22 last year, the Marine Corps grounded its fleet pending a review of the program by a panel appointed by the Secretary of Defense. In April 2001, the panel recommended a near-term decrease in V 22 production along with increased design and re-engineering efforts to improve the aircraft's safety and reliability. These actions have delayed both the full-rate MV 22 production decision and the development activities of the CV 22 variant. The committee further notes that the report accompanying H.R 2216 (H. Rept. 107 148) included the rescission of a portion of the fiscal year 2001 funds for MV 22 and CV 22 production and for CV 22 test articles pending the correction of the MV 22 deficiencies. Consequently, the committee believes that CV 22 procurement funds and CV 22 test article development funds are not required in fiscal year 2002 and recommends the following amounts: no funds for CV 22 procurement, a decrease of $95.1 million; no funds for CV 22 advance procurement, a decrease of $15.0 million; no funds for CV 22 spare parts, a decrease of $26.4 million; no funds in Procurement, Defense-Wide to procure SOF-unique CV 22 long-lead items, a decrease of $28.2 million; and $446.7 million for PE 64262N, a decrease of $100.0 million for development of two CV 22 aircraft for IOT&E activities. Defense airborne reconnaissance program (DARP), line 55 The budget request contained $195.0 million for various RC 135, U 2 and C 130 aircraft modifications but included no funds to modify the RC 135S Cobra Ball to a dual-sided, three-channel optics and signal collection configuration. The RC 135S Cobra Ball fleet consists of three aircraft configured for airborne measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection missions to monitor and verify treaty agreements and to provide ballistic missile defense information to theater commanders. The committee notes that, of the RC 135S three-aircraft fleet, only one is configured with the dual-sided, three-channel optics and signal collection modification that allows it to collect MASINT and SIGINT on both sides of the aircraft with improved accuracy. The committee believes that one additional RC 135S Cobra Ball aircraft should be upgraded with this capability. Consequently, the committee recommends $206.0 million for DARP, line 55, an increase of $11.0 million, to modify one RC 135S Cobra Ball aircraft to the dual-sided three-channel optics and signal collection configuration. 15 modifications The budget request contained $212.2 million for F 15 modifications, of which $24.4 million was included to convert the F100 engine to the F100 220E configuration and $39.9 million was included for the ALQ 135 Band 1.5 countermeasures system modification. However, the budget request included no funds for F 15E fighter data link (FDL)-16 modification. Conversion kits for the F 15's F100 engine, also known as ``E-kits,'' provide increased thrust, greater reliability, better fuel efficiency, and reduced operations and maintenance costs. For fiscal year 2001, the committee recommended a $70.0 million increase to accelerate this modification and notes that $36.0 million was appropriated for this purpose. The committee continues to support this upgrade and, therefore, recommends an increase of $25.0 million to accelerate the conversion of the F 15 fleet's engines to the F100 220E configuration. The ALQ 135 Band 1.5 countermeasures system modification provides a self-protection jamming capability against modern surface-to-air enemy missiles and is integrated with the F 15's existing internal countermeasure set and its ALR 56C radar warning receiver to provide full threat coverage. The committee believes that improved self-protection capability such as the ALQ 135 Band 1.5 countermeasures system modification addresses deficiencies identified subsequent to Operation Allied Force in 1999, as well as those in current combat operations. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million for the ALQ 135 Band 1.5 countermeasures system modification. While the committee notes that the budget estimates for fiscal years 2003 to 2007 do not reflect the Department's strategic review results, the committee strongly urges the Air Force to establish a consistent funding approach for the ALQ 135 Band 1.5 countermeasures system that will complete production and installation of this modification on all F 15E aircraft by fiscal year 2005. The F 15E FDL 16 modification provides the F 15E with a tactical data link radio which significantly improves operational effectiveness by providing real-time, jam-resistant digital data and voice transfer capability. The committee understands that this continuous automated exchange of data between aircraft provides our pilots with a significant increase in situational awareness and improves survivability by four times. The committee notes that the final increment of F 15E FDL 16 funding is currently planned for fiscal year 2004 but believes that such timing will result in an F 15E FDL 16 production break with a concomitant increase in costs to restart production and higher unit costs at the later date. Consequently, the committee recommends an increase of $19.5 million to accelerate the final increment of F 15E FDL 16 procurement. In total, the committee recommends $264.7 million for F 15 modifications, an increase of $52.5 million. 16 modifications The budget request contained $232.0 million for various F 16 modifications but included no funds for advanced concept ejection seat (ACES) co-operative improvement program (CIP). The committee understands that, as a result of pilot demographic changes, 17 percent of the pilot population is outside the weight threshold for existing ejection seats, and that the ACES CIP will address this safety concern by improving seat stability and limb restraint to accommodate a wider range of pilot sizes. Consequently, the committee recommends $234.0 million for F 16 modifications, an increase of $2.0 million, to begin the incorporation of ACES CIP safety improvements and expects the Department of the Air Force to budget for this upgrade in its future years defense program. Fixed aircrew standardized seats The budget request contained $51.0 million for other modifications but included no funds for fixed aircrew standardized seats (FASS). FASS would provide crewmembers and passengers on C 130, C 135, C 141, C 5, E 3, KC 10, C 17, and E 8 aircraft protection against aircraft crash loads up to 16 times the force of gravity. In prior years, the committee has supported the development of the FASS and continues to believe that its implementation will not only increase safety, but also reduce supply and maintenance costs through the commonality and interchangeability of its parts. Accordingly, the committee recommends $55.8 million for other modifications, an increase of $4.8 million, to begin procurement of FASS. MC 130 simulation training upgrades The budget request contained $1.4 million for C 130 post-production support but included no funds for an MC 130P weapon system trainer (WST) software upgrade or for an MC 130H simulator visual scene and sensor display. The committee notes that the MC 130P simulator software is three versions behind the software installed on MC 130P aircraft and fails to properly interface with critical navigation and defensive avionics systems. The committee understands that this training limitation results in the development of poor MC 130P student aircrew habits that negatively affect mission accomplishment. Consequently, the committee recommends an increase of $1.5 million for an MC 130P WST software upgrade to correct this deficiency. The committee also understands that the current MC 130H simulator uses a visual display system that limits the aircrew's cockpit field of view, resulting in poor night vision training. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $1.3 million to upgrade the MC 130H simulator's visual scene and sensor display to improve aircrew night vision training. In total, the committee recommends $4.2 million for C 130 post-production support, an increase of $2.8 million. Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) The budget request contained $19.6 million for procurement of six Predator UAV systems but included no funds for the Predator B, a larger, faster variant with increased payload capacity. Each Predator UAV system consists of four air vehicles, one ground control station, a communications suite, and associated ground support equipment. The budget request also contained $10.4 million for Predator modifications but included no funds for a structured reliability and maintainability program. The Predator UAV system provides long-dwell, real-time intelligence information to Joint Task Force Commanders. The committee notes that following the accomplishments of the Predator UAV system in its reconnaissance role, the system has also successfully demonstrated its capability to be weaponized to deliver Hellfire missiles. As missions for the Predator UAV system expand, the committee believes that improved speed and payload capacity are necessary. Accordingly, the committee recommends $39.6 million for Predator procurement, an increase of $20.0 million, for the acquisition of the follow-on Predator B variant. However, the committee notes that the Predator UAV system is accumulating significant flying hours and believes that the long-term sustainment of current reliability and maintainability levels is imperative. Consequently, the committee recommends $16.4 million for Predator modifications, an increase of $6.0 million, to facilitate the implementation of a structured reliability and maintainability program. AMMUNITION PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE OVERVIEW The budget request contained $865.3 million for Ammunition Procurement, Air Force in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $871.3 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE OVERVIEW The budget request contained $3,233.5 million for Missile Procurement, Air Force in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $3,226.3 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE OVERVIEW The budget request contained $8,159.5 million for Other Procurement, Air Force in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $8,250.8 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Air national guard air traffic control tower radio upgrade The budget request contained $4.7 million for air traffic control and landing systems but included no funds to upgrade the air traffic control tower radio systems at McEntire Air National Guard Base (ANGB). The committee notes that current plans for this new air traffic control tower anticipate the continued use of outdated radio systems and believes that flight safety will be significantly enhanced with the installation of modern digital radios. Consequently, the committee recommends $5.2 million for air traffic control and landing systems, an increase of $500 thousand, to upgrade the air traffic control tower radio system at McEntire ANGB. Combat arms training system (CATS) The budget request contained $12.0 million for base procured equipment but included no funds for CATS. CATS is a computer-based simulation system that provides marksmanship training for security force personnel as well as training to deal with less-than-lethal judgmental scenarios. The committee notes that the Air Force has also recognized the value of CATS and has authorized Air Force reserve component category ``C'' personnel to qualify on this trainer instead of conducting live-fire training, which saves substantial live training ammunition costs. The committee also notes the need for additional CATS for Air National Guard (ANG) security force units to meet the demanding training requirement for both their wartime and peacetime missions. These units must be capable of performing both combat and police missions, which requires that they be fully trained to respond to situations of varying levels of threat, including anti-terrorism training, to protect the 72 ANG sites located throughout the United States. Since the Air Force increasingly relies on ANG security forces for overseas deployments and for anti-terrorism missions, the committee views the training proficiency provided by CATS to be imperative. Therefore, the committee recommends $17.0 million for base procured equipment, an increase of $5.0 million, for the CATS. Laser eye protection The budget request contained $7.7 million for items less than $5.0 million, of which $2.8 million was included for clear laser eye protection for infrared (CLEPIR) spectacles. CLEPIR spectacles reflect infrared laser energy wavelengths away from the eye while allowing the transmission of other light wavelengths such that CLEPIR spectacles can be used day or night and in conjunction with night vision goggles. The committee understands that the Air Force requires additional CLEPIR spectacles for use in Europe and Southwest Asia and notes that increased CLEPIR spectacle production in fiscal year 2002 would provide for a more economic production rate. Accordingly, the committee recommends $11.7 million for items less than $5.0 million, an increase of $4.0 million, for CLEPIR spectacles. Senior scout The budget request contained $2.0 million for intelligence communications equipment but included no funds to upgrade Senior Scout equipment. Senior Scout is an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance suite of equipment, configured in a shelter capable of installation on C 130E or C 130H aircraft, that provides communications and electronic signals intelligence collection. The committee notes that Senior Scout mission data management processors currently use 16 year old technology and are not compatible with modern data storage or retrieval systems. Consequently, the committee recommends an increase of $820 thousand to update the Senior Scout data management processor. The committee also notes that joint tactical information dissemination system (JTIDS) capability is not fully implemented in the Senior Scout suite and recommends an increase of $3.6 million to procure and install JTIDS connectivity equipment. The committee understands that of the three existing Senior Scout shelters, one is an older configuration and requires updating to avoid the future operating costs of maintaining two different configurations. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $2.8 million to modernize the third Senior Scout shelter. Finally, the committee has learned that the Senior Scout ground data reduction (GDR) system, used to refine emitter location data, contains legacy computer equipment that is no longer commercially supportable. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $1.6 million to modernize the GDR system. In total, the committee recommends $10.8 million for intelligence communications equipment, an increase of $8.8 million, to upgrade Senior Scout equipment. Supply asset tracking system (SATS) The budget request contained $14.4 million for mechanized material handling equipment but included no funds for SATS. SATS provides total asset visibility and reduces documentation at the base level by incorporating radio frequency terminals and smart cards that electronically confirm each transaction and eliminate documentation in the delivery process. The committee notes that Congress has provided additional funds for SATS installation over the past two years and, consistent with these actions, recommends $22.4 million for mechanized material handling equipment, an increase of $8.0 million, to continue the installation of this system at Air Force bases worldwide. Theater air control system improvement (TACSI) The budget request contained $15.1 million for TACSI, but included no funds to initiate a technology insertion and sustainment program for the Air National Guard's (ANG) AN/TYQ 23 modular control equipment (MCE) operations modules. The AN/TYQ 23 MCE operations module is used to manage air operations in a deployed location. The committee notes that the Marine Corps also uses the AN/TYQ 23 MCE and has embarked on a technology insertion program to replace their operations modules with new software and hardware that improves performance and is more sustainable. The committee understands that this technology insertion and sustainment upgrade program will ensure that the AN/TYQ 23 MCE operations modules are viable to perform contingency operational deployment missions for at least 10 additional years. Consequently, the committee recommends $30.1 million for TACSI, an increase of $15.0 million, to initiate a technology insertion and sustainment program for the ANG's AN/TYQ 23 MCE operations modules. PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE OVERVIEW The budget request contained $1,604.0 million for Procurement, Defense-Wide in fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends authorization of $2,267.3 million for fiscal year 2002. The committee recommends approval of the request except for those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability considerations. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Chemical/biological defense procurement program The budget request also contained a total of $348.7 million for chemical/biological defense (CBD) procurement, including $114.3 million for procurement of individual protection equipment, $15.2 million for decontamination, $155.9 million for the joint biological defense program, $38.9 million for collective protection, and $24.3 million for contamination avoidance. Anthrax vaccination immunization program The committee is concerned with the lack of progress in the completion of the contractor submitting a Biologic License Application Supplement for production of Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA). Accordingly, if by February 1, 2002, the Secretary of Defense determines that the contractor has failed to submit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a completed Biologic License Application Supplement for production of AVA, then the committee directs that the Secretary review all contracts for the production, fill and packaging of the AVA and report to the congressional defense committees the results of this review no later than April 1, 2002. If based on that review, or at the conclusion of FDA's review of the Biologic License Application Supplement, discrepancies are found that cannot be resolved in a fiscally prudent manner then the Secretary should not request funds to continue the current production contract in future budget submissions, but should take action to procure a suitable vaccine from an alternative source. Chemical/biological defense collective protection shelters The committee recommends $51.9 million for procurement of collective protection equipment, an increase of $13.0 million, for procurement of CBD collective protection shelters. Portable intelligence collection and relay capability (PICRC) The budget request contained $8.1 million for special operations forces (SOF) intelligence systems but included no funds for the PICRC. The PICRC integrates commercial-off-the-shelf, full-dimensional mapping and display software; desktop computers; hand-held computing devices; and wireless communications to provide SOF operators with high-resolution imagery for precision navigation, annotation of real-time visual observations, and relaying information to command elements. The committee understands that this system would significantly enhance SOF capabilities to accurately collect, quickly report, and promptly act upon real-time intelligence data. Therefore, the committee recommends $13.1 million for SOF intelligence systems, an increase of $5.0 million, for procurement of PICRC systems. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE OVERVIEW As described elsewhere in this report, the committee recommends transferring the budget request of $1,153.6 million for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army (CAMD, A) to Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense (CAMD, D), and recommends a total of $1,078.6 million for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, including $192.9 million for research, development, test, and evaluation, $157.2 million for procurement, and $728.5 for operations and maintenance. Unless otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and based on affordability consideration. [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Chemical agents and munitions destruction The committee notes that chemical demilitarization facilities for 95 percent of the stockpile at eight stockpile storage sites in the continental United States are either in operation, under construction, or have had permits granted. To date, 22 percent of the total U.S. stockpile has been destroyed in operational demilitarization facilities at Johnston Atoll and Tooele, Utah. Stockpile demilitarization operations at the former facility have been completed and shutdown of that facility begun. Construction of the Anniston, Alabama, facility was completed in June 2001 and systematization operations have begun at that location, while construction of the Umatilla, Oregon, facility is 98 percent complete and the Pine Bluff, Arkansas, facility is 53 percent complete. Only facilities at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, and Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, which are being addressed by the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA), are not yet covered. Current law requires the Secretary of Defense to provide recommendations on alternative disposal technologies for these two facilities by the end of the calendar year. The ACWA program evaluation of potential alternative technologies for assembled weapons has been completed and a Defense Acquisition Board review of the program is underway that is expected to provide the basis for Secretary of Defense decision in December 2001, and report to Congress on the demilitarization technologies that will be used at Pueblo and Blue Grass. The review will also assess the overall management and funding of the program and the ability of the program to complete destruction of the stockpile by April 29, 2007, as required by the Chemical Weapons Convention. Review of program for destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions Section 141(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106 65) required the Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of the current program for destruction of the United States stockpile of chemical agents and munitions, including the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, for the purposes of significantly reducing the cost of the program and ensuring its completion in accordance with the obligations of the United States under the Chemical Weapons Convention while maintaining maximum protection of the general public, the personnel involved in the program, and the environment. The provision required the Secretary of Defense to report the results of the assessment to Congress by March 1, 2000, including those actions taken, or planned to be taken by the Secretary and any recommendations for additional legislation required to achieve the purposes of the assessment and of the chemical agents and munitions destruction program. The committee notes that the Secretary of Defense has initiated a Defense Acquisition Board review of the chemical agents and munitions destruction program to assess the results of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, to make recommendations for the possible use of alternative technologies for destruction of the stockpile, and to review the overall management and conduct of the program. As a part of this review, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to update the assessment required by Public Law 106 65 and to report the results of that updated assessment to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2002. LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SECTIONS 101 107--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS These sections would authorize the recommended fiscal year 2002 funding levels for all procurement accounts. SUBTITLE B--ARMY PROGRAMS SECTION 111--EXTENSION OF MULTIYEAR CONTRACT FOR FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES This section would amend Section 112 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to extend the existing multiyear procurement contract for one year to continue procuring ``A1'' variants of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles if the Secretary determines that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent a break in production. SECTION 112--REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF BUNKER DEFEAT MUNITIONS THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED This section would repeal Section 116 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103 337). SUBTITLE C--AIR FORCE PROGRAMS SECTION 121--RESPONSIBILITY OF AIR FORCE FOR CONTRACTS FOR ALL DEFENSE SPACE LAUNCHES This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force to prepare, negotiate, execute, and manage all Department of Defense contracts for space launch vehicles and space launch services and to report to the congressional defense and intelligence committees on the implementation of this requirement. SECTION 122--MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF C 17 AIRCRAFT This section would, beginning in fiscal year 2002, authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into a follow-on multi-year contract or extend the current multi-year contract in order to procure up to 60 additional C 17 aircraft if the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees prior to the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 that it is in the interest of the Department of Defense to proceed with either of these two options. SUBTITLE D--CHEMICAL MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION SECTION 141--DESTRUCTION OF EXISTING STOCKPILE OF LETHAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS This section would amend section 152 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104 106; 50 U.S.C. note) to add to the requirements that must be satisfied before the Secretary of Defense may initiate destruction of the chemical munitions stockpile stored at a chemical stockpile destruction site the requirement that emergency preparedness and response capabilities have been established at the site and in the surrounding communities. The section would require the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) to convene an independent oversight board to make a recommendation to the Under Secretary, no later than six months after the board is convened, whether the destruction of the chemical munitions stockpile should be initiated at a particular chemical stockpile destruction site. Finally, the section would require that the Under Secretary, after considering a negative recommendation of the board, may not recommend beginning destruction of the chemical munitions stockpile at a site until 90 days after the Under Secretary notifies the Congress of his intent to recommend initiation of live agents and munitions destruction operations. The committee notes that the live chemical agents and munitions destruction operations are scheduled to begin at Anniston Chemical Activity, Alabama, in the third quarter of fiscal year 2002 and encourages the Under Secretary to convene the oversight board for the Anniston site immediately upon enactment of this act. For the other sites for which live agent and munitions destruction operations are scheduled to begin upon completion of construction and systematization operations at the site, the committee recommends that the Under Secretary convene the oversight board no later than nine months prior to the date scheduled for beginning live agents and munitions destruction operations. The committee also recommends the Under Secretary to establish as a goal for the panel appointed for each site the completion of the panel's review of the readiness to begin live agents and munitions destruction operations at the site no later that 120 days prior to the scheduled initiation of such operations. TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION OVERVIEW The budget request contained $47,429.4 million for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), representing an increase to the amount of $41,008.6 million provided for fiscal year 2001. The committee recommends $47,735.2 million, an increase of $230.5 million to the budget request. The committee also recommends $65.3 million, the requested amount, for Defense Health Program RDT&E funding. The committee notes that the fiscal year 2002 request for RDT&E funding represents the first significant increase in the past decade, and the first time in six years that the requested amount for RDT&E was greater than the amount provided by Congress in the previous year. The committee strongly supports this much needed increase and notes that the Department of Defense and the military services have all initiated major efforts to transform military warfighting capabilities to better prepare for future threats and challenges. While supportive of these transformation efforts, the committee remains concerned that the largest portion of the total RDT&E request is contained in the fielded system development category, the area primarily dedicated to upgrades of existing systems. The committee reviewed these program increases and recommended a number of funding transfers specified in the report from mature systems development accounts to science & technology programs which are more representative of transformation. The committee believes that the amount requested for RDT&E for fiscal year 2002 represents an appropriate level of funding to support initial transformation efforts, but this level of funding is insufficient to support both transformation of the services and continued modernization of legacy capabilities. The committee urges the Secretary of Defense to outline clearly the priorities for RDT&E investment strategies in consonance with the results of the Quadrennial Defense Review results and in coordination with Congress. [Graphic Image Not Available] ARMY RDT&E OVERVIEW The budget request contained $6,693.9 million for Army RDT&E. The committee recommends authorization of $6,749.0 million, an increase of $235.8 million and the transfer of $180.7 million for missile defense programs from Army RDT&E to Defense-wide RDT&E. The committee recommendations for the fiscal year 2002 Army RDT&E program are identified in the table below. Major changes to the Army request are discussed following the table. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Advanced display technology The budget request contained $27.8 million in PE 62705A for applied research in electronics and electronic devices; $71.3 million in PE 62236N for warfighter sustainment applied research; and $69.1 million in PE 62202F for human effectiveness applied research, including $4.4 million for applied research in advanced visual displays. No funds were included for advanced high definition displays in the budget request for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA). The committee notes that the responsibility for supporting the development of advanced high definition display technologies for military applications, which cannot be met by commercial industry, has transitioned from DARPA to the research and development programs of the military departments. The committee report on H. R. 4205 (H. Rept. 106 616) directed the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy for meeting the Department's requirement for advanced high definition displays and to report the proposed strategy and budget requirements to the congressional defense committees with the submission of the fiscal year 2002 budget request. The Secretary's report indicated that the Department of Defense will make use of global industrial capability where it is available, relying on an highly competitive and rapidly evolving global market. Research and development investments within the Department will be focused on those needs where industry is not yet leading the way and a military advantage is foreseen. DARPA funding for large area, high definition displays ends in fiscal year 2001. Service-funded work in micro-displays for cockpits and immersive head-mounted systems continues through 2005. New initiatives in 25 megapixel and true three-dimensional displays will support transition of the technology for both commercial and military applications. The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 62705A, an increase of $4.0 million in PE 62236N, and an increase of $5.0 million in PE 62202F for applied research in advanced high definition displays for military applications. All source analysis system The budget request included $42.2 million in PE 64321A for the All Source Analysis System (ASAS), but included no funds to develop a multi-discipline capability for the Army's stability and support operations. The committee strongly endorses the Army's objective force concept and supports the effort to transform the current force to a lighter, leaner, stealthier, more lethal, and more mobile one. Further, the committee supports the plan to transition to the objective force by initially fielding interim brigade combat teams. However, the committee is concerned with the Department's lack of commitment to concurrently develop an open-architecture data-exchange capability suitable for both the interim and objective forces at all echelons of command. The committee is aware of the stated plans to develop ASAS-Light as the baseline automated support system for intelligence and electronic warfare for the interim brigades and the First Digitized Division. To maintain interoperability between ASAS-Light and other automated battle management systems, the committee encourages the Army to develop a multi-discipline capability for the Army's stability and support operations. Therefore, the committee recommends $45.7 million in PE 64321A, an increase of $3.5 million, to develop this capability. Applied communications and information networking program The budget request contained no funds in PE 64805A for the Applied Communications and Information Networking (ACIN) program. The committee understands that the ACIN program includes projects aimed at integrating commercial off-the-shelf components and adapting commercial technologies to fulfill military communications applications for 21st century warfare. Consistent with its prior years actions to promote increased partnering with commercial industry, the committee recommends an increase of $15.0 million in PE 64805A for ACIN. Army missile defense systems integration The budget request contained $19.5 million in PE 63308A for Army missile defense systems integration, but did not include funds for super-cluster memory technology, or P3 micro-power devices. The committee notes that designing defensive missile systems requires sophisticated, powerful simulations that accurately characterize missile flight. The committee is aware that super-cluster distributed memory technology holds promise as a low-cost means to run required simulations quickly. The committee is also aware that missile defense systems require micro-power devices for autonomous and remote applications. The committee recommends $31.5 million in PE 63308A, an increase of $4.0 million for the Army Space and Missile Defense Command supervised super-cluster distributed memory technology demonstration, $3.0 million for P3 micro power devices, $3.0 million for family of systems simulators, $3.0 million for thermionics technology, and a decrease of $1.0 million for management savings. Aviation engineering development The budget request contained $2.3 million in PE 64801A for aviation engineering development but included no funds for the development of the cockpit air bag system (CABS) for CH 47 Chinook aircraft. The committee is highly supportive of technological advances that contribute to improved aircraft crashworthiness and aircrew safety, and, therefore, recommends $4.8 million in PE 64801A, an increase of $2.5 million, for the integration of the CABS into the CH 47 Chinook upgrade program. Brooks Air Force Base energy and sustainability laboratory The budget request contained $42.9 million in PE 62784A for military engineering technology, but included no funds for the Energy and Sustainability Laboratory (ESL) at Brooks Air Force Base. The laboratory is a consortium of Air Force and university partners working to improve life-cycle effectiveness of real assets and the infrastructure on the base. The committee recommends $45.9 million in PE 62784A, an increase of $3.0 million for Army Corps of Engineers' Construction Research Laboratory collaboration with the ESL. Collaboration in biotechnology research The budget request contained $69.1 million in PE 61104A for university and industry research, including federated laboratories. The committee notes that the federated laboratories program is a very successful peer reviewed program. The committee is aware that biotechnology is increasingly important and offers many potential applications in support of the Army's transition to the objective force, such as casualty reduction, improved nutrition, protection from infectious diseases, and chemical/biological agents. The committee supports effective collaboration between the government, industry and academia and recommends $79.1 million in PE 61104A, an increase of $10.0 million for biotechnology collaborative research. Combat ready food safety The budget request contained $27.1 million in PE 62786A for warfighter technology, and included $5.0 million for joint service combat feeding technology. The committee notes that continued improvement in food processing is important to ensure the safety of ready-to-eat meals. The committee recommends $30.1 million in PE 62786A, an increase of $3.0 million for research and development of improved meal ready-to-eat processing. Combustion-driven eye safe laser The budget request contained $20.6 million in PE 62709A for night vision, but included no funds for combustion-driven eye-safe laser. The committee is aware that eye-safe lasers are important for military applications, and that the combustion-driven eye-safe laser has potential to meet requirements for several applications. The committee recommends $22.6 million in PE 2709A, an increase of $2.0 million to complete development of the combustion-driven eye-safe laser. Comanche The budget request contained $787.9 million in PE 64223A for Comanche. The committee notes that the Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter is the only new Army aviation system under development. The committee further notes that Comanche will provide key capability for the objective force with its state-of-the-art stealthy platform, multiple sensors, and advanced weapons. The committee continues to support Comanche and recommends the budget request and increases described elsewhere in this report. Combat vehicle and automotive advanced technology The budget request contained $193.9 million in PE 63005A for combat vehicle and automotive advanced technology, but included no funds for standardized exchange of product data, document conversion, or the medium brigade composite bridge. The committee notes that standardized exchange of product data has the potential to increase efficiency and reduce costs of parts, and is aware that the National Automotive Center standardized exchange of product data (N STEP) initiative is intended to fill this void. The committee is aware that many existing documents require conversion to 2 dimension/3 dimension computer aided design format. The committee is aware of the need for a lightweight bridge for medium brigades. The committee recommends $201.9 million in PE 63005A, an increase of $7.0 million for N STEP, an increase of $9.0 million for Army medium brigade composite bridge, an increase of $2.0 million for conversion of technical manuals, and an undistributed decrease of $10.0 million. Crusader The budget request contained $447.9 million in PE 63854A for Crusader. The committee is aware that the Army considers the Crusader self-propelled howitzer an essential war fighting capability as it transforms itself to a lighter, more lethal, and more logistically efficient force. The committee notes that developmental firing testing has clearly demonstrated a significantly increased capability. The committee further notes that many attributes such as the high degree of automation, imbedded diagnostics, and improved mobility are clearly technology carriers for future autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. The committee is concerned that funds allocated to management appear to be excessive, and directs that $17.9 million of the funds allocated within the program for management be redirected within the Crusader program to develop technology, in particular, to reduce Crusader weight and production costs. The committee strongly supports continued Crusader development and recommends the budget request. Dismounted situational awareness system The budget request contained $29.3 million for digitization in PE 23758A, but included no funds for the dismounted situational awareness system. The committee is aware that situational awareness is critical for dismounted soldiers. The committee notes that the dismounted situational awareness system (DISM), the result of a very successful commercial-off-the-shelf technology-based small business innovative research effort, is being transitioned to the Army's force XXI battle command brigade and below (FBCB2) as a dismounted extension of the vehicle based system. The committee recommends $31.3 million in PE 23758A, an increase of $2.0 million, for full scale testing of DISM. Electronics and electronic devices The budget request contained $27.8 million in PE 62705A for electronics and electronic devices. The committee notes that hybrid power systems and other fuel cell applications have the potential to provide more cost effective portable power for future military systems. The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 62705A for hybrid battery-fuel cell and other fuel cell power sources. Electronic warfare (EW) development The budget request contained $57.0 million in PE 64270A for the development of EW equipment, of which $43.8 million was for continued development of the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common Missile Warning System (ATIRCM/CMWS). The ATIRCM system integrates defensive infrared (IR) countermeasures into currently fielded aircraft for more effective protection against a greater number of IR-guided missiles than is provided by currently fielded technology. The CMWS provides warning of a threat IR-guided missile on a variety of tactical aircraft and helicopters. The committee is aware of a critical requirement to upgrade Army test facilities in order to perform effective tests on integrated helicopter self-protection systems installed on the AH 64D Apache Longbow against multi-mode missile seekers. Accordingly, the committee recommends $66.0 million for PE 64270A, an increase of $9.0 million, for this purpose. Environmental quality technology The budget request contained $7.5 million in PE 63779A for environmental quality technology, but included no funds for either an asbestos removal pilot project or the Porta Bella environmental cleanup technology demonstration. The committee is aware that asbestos remediation remains a problem within the Department of Defense and notes the need for research to find better, more cost-effective means of remediation, including asbestos conversion. The committee also notes that while the cleanup of ordnance and explosive wastes at the Porta Bella site is important to the Army and the local community, it has much broader potential benefits because the new technology developed under this pilot program can be used at similar sites elsewhere. The committee recommends $14.0 million in PE 63779A, an increase of $2.0 million for asbestos conversion research and technology development, an increase of $7.0 million for completion of the Porta Bella environmental cleanup technology demonstration, and a general decrease of $2.5 million. Full authority digital engine control The budget request contained $13.0 million in PE 23752A for aircraft engine component improvement, including $11.0 million for improvements to the T700 engine family. The committee notes that full authority digital engine control (FADEC) improves capability and reliability of aircraft engines. The committee further notes that development of a dual-channel FADEC will improve engine reliability and aircraft safety. The committee recommends $21.0 million in PE 23752A, an increase of $8.0 million for completion of FADEC development. Funding transfers to support transformation The committee is concerned that the largest area of growth in Army research and development investments has occurred in the category of fielded system development and other mature technologies. While these programs are important, the committee does not believe they support the highest priority efforts directly related to Army transformation. Therefore, the committee recommends the following decreases to Army accounts, to be transferred to other programs within the Army that support higher transformation priorities: 63003A $9,000,000 63639A 2,986,000 63747A 3,482,000 63774A 2,756,000 63782A 5,000,000 65103A 3,000,000 65326A 10,000,000 65801A 9,000,000 65803A 5,000,000 23735A 12,000,000 23744A 5,000,000 23802A 6,000,000 78045A 10,000,000 High energy laser--low aspect target tracking The budget request contained no funds for the high energy laser--low aspect target tracking HEL LATT program. The committee is aware of the Navy's interest in high energy laser weapons systems for ship self defense. This application is particularly challenging because the inbound target presents a low aspect view to the defender, and the weapons system must track the target in the presence of intense laser reflection. The program will use an existing megawatt class high energy laser and beam director at the Department of Defense high energy laser test facility, and full size targets to verify that a small cross section low altitude target can be simultaneously engaged and tracked. The committee recommends a $10.0 million increase to PE 65605A and a $10.0 million increase to PE 63114N to support this new start. Hybrid track technology The budget request contained $89.0 million in PE 65712A for support of operational testing, but included no funds for testing hybrid track technologies. The committee is aware that the MATTRACKS program is a commercial version of a technologically advanced independent rubber track system. The committee notes MATTRACKS is a simple bolt-in-place replacement for wheels for vehicles, including the HMMWV, that provides increased traction. The committee recommends $99.0 million in PE 65712A, an increase of $10.0 million for continued testing and evaluation of hybrid track technology. Hyperspectral long-wave imager for the tactical environment The budget request included $6.9 million for Airborne Reconnaissance Operational Systems Development in PE 35206A, but included no funds for hyperspectral long wave imager. The committee notes the potential benefits of imagery intelligence, measurement and signature intelligence applications, and supports further development of hyperspectral sensors for these uses. The committee is aware of the unique day/night, all-terrain capability offered by the hyperspectral long wave imagery, and supports additional development of enhanced target detection algorithms and improved target detection hardware. The committee further notes the potential tactical applications of long wave infrared and medium wave infrared hyperspectral technology as a means for augmenting U 2 and Global Hawk platforms. Accordingly, the committee authorizes $14.9 million in PE 35206A, an increase of $8 million for hyper-spectral long wave imager. Infantry support weapons The budget request contained no funds in PE 64601A for the development of infantry support weapons. The XM303 prototype is a lightweight, multi-shot, magazine-fed, semi-automatic delivery system that attaches under both M 16 series and M 4 carbine barrels and launches a variety of non-lethal blunt-force, dye-marking, malodorant, or illuminating projectiles. The committee understands that this system was initially developed by the Marine Corps, the Department of Defense's executive agent for non-lethal weapons development, but that the Army is now interested in the system's capabilities. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 64601A for accelerated development of the XM303 for Army units and so that it may enter into low-rate initial production sooner. International medical program global satellite system The budget request contained $15.5 million in PE 63807A medical systems, and included $1.6 million for telemedicine. The committee is aware that the International Medical Program Global Satellite System (IMPGSS) successfully demonstrated the medical education component of its program in the Republic of Georgia. The integration of commercially reliable telecommunication capabilities, particularly `spot-casting', with the education component, however, has yet to be proven. As a result, the committee recommends $18.5 million in PE 63807A, an increase of $3.0 million for IMPGSS integrated development and delivery concept in at least two countries and strongly recommends that IMPGSS continue to be managed by the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Landmine warfare/barrier engineering development The budget request contained $89.2 million in PE 64808A for landmine warfare/barrier engineering development, of which $21.2 million was for non-self-destruct anti-personnel landmine alternatives (NSD A). The committee understands that the Army does not plan to obligate $37.2 million of fiscal year 2001 NSD-A funds prior to the beginning of fiscal year 2002. As a result, the committee believes that these funds can be used to meet fiscal year 2002 requirements. Accordingly, the committee recommends $69.2 million in PE 64808A for fiscal year 2002, a decrease of $20.0 million. Lightweight x-band radar antenna The budget request contained $30.4 million in PE 12419A for the Aerostat Joint Project, but included no funds for micro-mechanical electronics systems (MEMS) based lightweight radar antenna. The committee is aware that development of a lightweight, MEMS based, electronically steerable x-band radar antenna has the potential to improve performance while reducing weight and power requirements for the joint elevated netted sensor (JLENS). The committee recommends $32.4 million in PE 12419A, an increase of $2.0 million for design of a lightweight, MEMS based, and electronically steerable antenna. Medical advanced technology The budget request contained $17.5 million in PE 63002A for medical advanced technology, but included no funds for special operations medical diagnostic system (SOMDS), or volumetrically controlled manufacturing (VCM). The committee is aware that the clinical assessment and recording environment (CARE) is being adapted to support special operations forces. The committee notes that the first SOMDS, a beta version of CARE, has undergone successful testing. The committee also notes that VCM offers the potential to eliminate the current mode of failure in composites, de-lamination, and polymer-fiber interface breakdown, and may also improve composite applications in aerospace and other manufacturing The committee recommends $23.5 million in PE 63002A, an increase of $1.0 million for SOMDS, and an increase of $5.0 million for VCM. The committee further recommends an increase of $3.5 million in PE 63313A for aerospace applications of VCM. Medical technology The budget request contained $82.5 million in PE 62787A for medical technology, but included no funds for hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier. The committee notes that the military has identified a need for an oxygen carrier capability that is both readily and easily employed in the treatment of combat casualties, and stable at room temperature. The committee is aware that a recent Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General audit of the Armed Services Blood program indicated that the DOD blood program cannot currently meet its stated requirements, and noted specifically that a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier would minimize or eliminate the storage and transportation problems identified in the report. The committee is also aware that unlike human blood, a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier has an extended life, making it more adaptive to a wide range of military deployment conditions. The committee believes that a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier offers significant potential benefits for the military. The committee is also aware that a need exists to develop technologies that would permit the long-term storage of cells and tissues needed to treat battlefield casualties. The committee recommends $91.5 million in PE 62787A, an increase of $7.0 million for room temperature stable oxygen therapeutic drugs, in particular hemoglobin-based oxygenated carriers, and an increase of $2.0 million for metabolically engineered tissues for trauma care. MedTeams The budget request contained $16.5 million in PE 62716A for human factors engineering, but included no funds for the Emergency Team Coordination program (MedTeams). The committee notes that the Army MedTeams research in emergency departments showed an 80 percent reduction in clinically significant errors. The committee recognizes that MedTeams research has significant life saving potential in a broader base of medical settings. The committee recommends an increase of $7.8 million in PE 62716A for MedTeams. Missile and rocket advanced technology The budget request contained $59.5 million in PE 63313A for missile and rocket advanced technology, but included no funds for the Army composites manufacturing program. The committee notes that many existing weapon systems are being extended beyond their planned life. The committee is aware of new manufacturing and materials technologies that are being developed that have potential use to cost-effectively extend existing systems lives. The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 63313A for composites manufacturing and maintenance technology. Missile technology The budget request contained $40.1 million in PE 62303A for missile technology, including funds for integrated guidance systems, but no funds for short-range missile defense with optimized radar distribution (SWORD). The committee notes that the Army has initiated a competitive development program for highly integrated, jam-proof, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) based inertial measurement unit-geo positioning systems (IMU GPS) that is essential to achieving the goal of affordable precision weapons. The committee also notes that development of these technologies including deep integration have the potential to reduce the cost of precision weapons and other devices, thereby saving billions of dollars for the Department of Defense. The committee is also aware that the Army over the last ten years has investigated interferometry to develop a highly accurate radar system. The committee notes that the current SWORD concept uses this technology to support the counter air munitions defense mission to protect against saturation attacks. Therefore, the committee recommends $65.1 million in PE 62303A, an increase of $20.0 million for continued development of a fully integrated IMU GPS, and an increase of $5.0 million for continued evaluation of SWORD. Night vision advanced technology The budget request contained $37.1 million in PE 63710A for night vision. The committee notes that superiority in night vision is fundamental to successful warfighting. The committee is aware that recent advances in digital fusion of image intensification and infrared have been demonstrated to significantly improve night vision. The committee is also aware that the Army prototype helmet mounted infrared sensor has direct applicability to Department of Defense and civilian firefighting personnel, and increases safety in smoke and other obscurants. The committee recommends $49.1 million in PE 63710A, an increase of $9.0 million for continued development of digital night vision fusion technology, and an increase of $3.0 million for helmet mounted infrared sensor. Passive millimeter-wave imaging The budget request contained $25.8 million in PE 62120A for sensors and electronic survivability, but included no funds for passive millimeter-wave (PMW) imaging. The committee is aware that PMW imaging has demonstrated the potential to improve airborne remote sensing capability in the dark and obscurant environments such as smoke and fog. The committee notes that terrain and obstacle avoidance benefits have also been demonstrated. The committee recommends $30.8 million in PE 62120A, an increase of $5.0 million for continued development of PMW advanced imaging technology. Silent sentry surveillance test The budget request contained $27.8 million in PE 65604A for survivability/lethality analysis, but included no funds for Silent Sentry, a passive medium range surveillance technology that exploits commercial radio and television signals. The committee recommends $32.8 million in PE 65604A, an increase of $5.0 million for Silent Sentry surveillance testing. Soldier-centered design tools for the Army transformation The budget request included $16.5 million for Human Factors Engineering Technology in PE 62716A, but included no funding for the Army's manpower and personnel integration (MANPRINT) program. The committee views MANPRINT modeling technologies as an excellent initiative for reducing the Department's operations and maintenance costs through improvements in weapon systems design integrated of manpower, personnel, training, health hazard, safety, human factors and soldier survivability concerns. The committee further believes that MANPRINT modeling successes on the Comanche weapon system can serve as a basis for optimizing the performance of the Army's anticipated objective force. The committee encourages the Army to examine the full potential of MANPRINT's soldier-centered design that may enhance and improve objective force performance during a wider range of operations and in extreme environments. Therefore, the committee recommends $19.5 million in PE 62716A, an increase of $3.0 million for MANPRINT. Survival radios The budget request contained $9.1 million in PE 63801A for aviation system improvement, but included no funds to continue improvement of survival radios. The committee notes that the combat survivor evader locator (CSEL) is not yet fielded. The committee is aware that until CSEL is operational, the PRC 112 survival radio capability must be maintained to support the warfighter. The committee supports the Army's Sustainment Center program to provide reliability, supportability, and commercial technology insertion enhancements to improve the functionality of the PRC 112 survival radio until the replacement is fully fielded. The committee therefore recommends $19.1million in PE 63801A, an increase of $10.0 million for the PRC 112 survival radio. Tactical high energy laser The budget request included no funds to the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL), a high energy chemical laser system jointly developed by the United States and Israel, and designed to demonstrate the feasibility of defeating short range rockets using directed energy. The committee is aware of THEL test activities at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, which have recently culminated in the simultaneous engagement of two targets. The committee understands that the original scope of work for THEL is complete, but believes options to develop a mobile version should be explored. The committee recommends a $10.0 million increase to PE 65605A for THEL in fiscal year 2002, and urges the Secretary of Defense to continue cooperative development efforts with Israel for this important new capability. Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle The budget request contained $38.2 million in PE 35204A for tactical unmanned aerial vehicles. The committee notes that despite a thorough competitive selection of a commercial-off-the-shelf tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV), development has been slowed by a series of seemingly unrelated mishaps. The committee is aware that an independent review panel, created to assess the program, is expected to make recommendations soon, and a six-month to a year delay in fielding is expected. Therefore the committee recommends $18.2 million in PE 35204A, a reduction of $20 million, without prejudice. Weapons and munitions The budget request contained $7.0 million in PE 64802A for the development of weapons and munitions but included no funds for airworthiness testing and development and flight safety certification of M240D helicopter door-mounted machine guns. The committee understands that the Army has a new requirement for M240D door guns for UH 60 Blackhawks. The committee also understands that the cost to complete the necessary airworthiness and flight safety certifications for the ``D'' variant to enter into low rate initial production is $3.5 million, and that without these funds a three to four year delay in fielding this weapon could occur. In order to complete flight testing, airworthiness certification, and begin procuring new M240D helicopter door-mounted machine guns at low-rate initial production sooner, the committee recommends $10.5 million in PE 64802A, an increase of $3.5 million. Weapons and munitions advanced technology The budget request contained $29.7 million in PE 63004A for weapons and munitions advanced technology, but included no funds for a large caliber training round or the trajectory correctable munition. The committee is aware that past efforts to develop large caliber training rounds with reduced explosive charges has been difficult due to production costs for small quantities of such rounds. The committee believes that new technology may offer a potential solution to this problem. The committee is aware that the trajectory correctable munition being developed through the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Sweden has made significant progress and met key milestones. The committee notes that precision weapons are essential for the objective force. The committee recommends $51.7 million in PE 63004A, an increase of $5.0 million in PE 63004A for development of affordable, low explosive 120mm and 155mm training rounds and an increase of $17.0 million for TCM. NAVY RDT&E OVERVIEW The budget request contained $11,123.4 million for Navy RDT&E. The committee recommends authorization of $10,863.3 million, an increase of $128.4 million, and the transfer of $388.5 million for missile defense programs from Navy RDT&E to Defense-wide RDT&E. The committee recommendations for the fiscal year 2002 Navy RDT&E program are identified in the table below. Major changes to the Navy request are discussed following the table. 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The committee understands that AARGM test firings indicate substantial progress to date and that four additional test firings in 2001 will complete the demonstration program. The committee further understands that the AARGM program will compete for funding and entry into the system design and development phase in the Navy's fiscal year 2003 program objective memorandum. The committee has strongly supported the development and demonstration of AARGM and believes that this Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program and the Quick Bolt Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program utilizing AARGM both offer the potential to satisfy critical military requirements for lethal SEAD and attack of time-critical targets. The committee recommends $23.6 million in PE 25601N, an increase of $10.0 million for continuation of the risk reduction and productibility phase of the AARGM program. Advanced composite sail phase II The budget request contained $110.8 million in PE 63561N for advanced submarine system development, demonstration, and validation, including $6.1 million for continued development of the advanced composite sail. The committee notes that the Navy's technology insertion plan for the Virginia class submarine includes installation of an advanced sail on the seventh Virginia class submarine. The advanced sail program is intended to provide substantial additional payload capacity and stealth improvements over conventional submarine sails. Program milestones include completion of advanced composite sail development and transition of the project to the Virginia class submarine program. The committee understands that the results of the program and lessons learned from other Navy composites programs have identified the need for a phase II advanced composite sail development program that will incorporate full-scale design features and meet the complete spectrum of full-scale load specifications that were not addressed in phase I of the program. The committee recommends an increase of $15.0 million in PE 63561N for Phase II of the Advanced Composite Sail development program. Advanced multi-band surveillance systems The budget request contained $29.2 million in PE 35207N for manned reconnaissance systems operational systems development. The committee recommends $34.2 million in PE 35207N, an increase of $5.0 million to accelerate the development of advanced multi-band surveillance systems as discussed in the classified annex. Aegis combat systems engineering The budget request contained $262.0 million in PE 64307N for Aegis combat systems engineering, of which $345 thousand was included for continued development of the operational readiness test system (ORTS) on Aegis combat systems. The ORTS is the primary testing and condition assessment system for the Aegis SPY 1 radar and the Aegis Mk99 fire control radar system. The committee also notes the need for system engineering and development of equipment upgrades and replacements for major Aegis weapon system computer peripheral subsystems. For example, Aegis Baselines 1 6, Phase III, utilize several types and variants of obsolete peripheral equipment to upload computer programs to the critical UYK 7 and UYK 43 tactical computers used for command and decision, weapons control, and fire control processing. The committee believes that technology refreshment and consolidation of this peripheral equipment will ensure the continued operational integrity of the Aegis weapon system, as well as reduce its ownership cost. Therefore, the committee recommends $276.9 million in PE 64307N, an increase of $6.0 million to accelerate ORTS upgrades for the Aegis SPY 1 radar and Mk99 fire control radar system, and an increase of $8.9 million for additional computer peripheral technology refreshment and consolidation in the Aegis weapon system. In total, the committee recommends an increase of $14.9 million for Aegis combat systems engineering. Aviation-shipboard information technology initiative The budget request contained $16.4 million in PE 64512N for shipboard aviation systems development but included no funds for development of the integrated aviation-shipboard information technology initiative (IAS/ITI), which would upgrade and integrate aircraft carrier information systems to improve the effectiveness of carrier aircraft launch and recovery operations. The committee notes that the Navy views the IAS/ITI as a promising technology for both its next-generation aircraft carriers and those currently in service which can enhance accuracy and minimize latency of information, distribute information where required, improve shipboard aircraft sortie rates and safety, and reduce carrier operating costs. Accordingly, the committee recommends $21.4 million in PE 64512N, an increase of $5.0 million, for development of the IAS/ITI. Combat systems integration The budget request contained $42.9 million in PE 63582N for combat systems integration demonstration and validation. Common command and decision system The common command and decision (CC&D) program is a pre-planned product improvement (P3I) to the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) and the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Mk2 that replaces the command and decision capability presently in these systems with a common set of application computer programs and associated supporting software infrastructure which will perform selected command and decision functions in an identical manner across multiple Surface Navy ships. The committee report on H.R. 4205 (H. Rept. 106 616) directed the Secretary of the Navy to report to the congressional defense committees on the Navy's program plan and funding for the CC&D P3I program. The committee notes that the Navy has established a collaborative development program involving the AWS and SSDS Mk 2 combat systems integrators, innovative small business experts in the use of middleware, and Navy combat system development experts all working together in an integrated process team. The phased program will build on the Advanced Processor Build techniques developed and proven in the Submarine Acoustic Rapid Commercial-off-the-shelf Insertion (A RCI) program. The program of record would result in initial introduction of the CC&D system in the fleet in 2010. The Secretary's report, however, notes that it is technically and programmatically possible to develop an executable CC&D capability by early calendar year 2005 but funding constraints do not currently support this timeline. The committee strongly believes that the Navy should accelerate the program for upgrade and insertion of advanced technology in combat systems of legacy surface ships of the battle fleet. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $25.9 million in PE 63582N to accelerate development of the CC&D system. Wideband optically multiplexed beam-forming architecture The committee notes that Congress previously provided funds for a cooperative program for research, development, and demonstration of a prototype optically multiplexed, wideband, radar beam-forming array that uses optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). The committee also notes that the use of optical WDM is expected to reduce hardware complexity and system cost in a wideband electronically-steered active radar antenna that has high instantaneous bandwidth and the resolution necessary for theater ballistic missile defense and ship self defense in a littoral environment. The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 63582N to complete the demonstration project for the wideband optically multiplexed beam-forming architecture. Common picture applied research The budget request contained $83.6 million in PE 62235N for common picture applied research. Hybrid fiber optic wireless communication The committee notes the progress in the development of an advanced hybrid fiber optic/wireless communication system with very high bandwidth, mobility, and low probability of intercept. The overall goal of the program is to develop a versatile, mobile, secure communication system for military and commercial use, which combines the most desirable features of fiber optic and wireless communications technologies. The first year effort resulted in production of critical components of the system and a proof of concept demonstration. The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 62235N to continue the program for applied research in hybrid fiber optic wireless communications. SEADEEP The committee recognizes that integration of the submarine into emerging naval tactical missions requires a rapid transfer of large volumes of data that is not currently available to submarines operating at speed and depth in the ocean. This limitation severely constrains the submarine's tactical operational role in support of expeditionary and strike operations. The committee believes that the advent of new technology and new communications architectures presents the opportunity to revisit the concept of submarine laser communications. The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE 62235N for SEADEEP, a project to develop a system concept of operations and demonstrate the feasibility of high-speed data transmission using laser communications between a high altitude aircraft and submarine. 2/C 2 eight-blade composite propeller The budget request contained $20.6 million in PE 24152N for E 2 squadrons operational systems development, including $7.1 million for E 2C improvements, but included no funds for completion of an eight-blade composite propeller for E 2C and C 2A aircraft. The committee notes that the Navy is seeking solutions to operational limitations encountered with the propeller systems used on E 2C and C 2A aircraft. In response to directions contained in the committee report on H.R. 1110 (H. Rept. 105 132) the Navy began a program for design, development, test, and production of the eight-blade composite propeller for the E 2C and C 2A. Congress provided an additional $4.0 million for the program in fiscal year 2001 to flight test the new propeller system on the C 2A aircraft sequentially with the E 2C flight test program. The committee recommends $30.6 million in PE 24152N, an increase of $10.0 million to complete the program for development and evaluation of an eight bladed composite propeller system for the E 2C and C 2A aircraft. Electronic warfare (EW) development The budget request contained $112.5 million in PE 64270N for electronic warfare development, but included no funds to evaluate the location of global positioning system interferers (LOCO GPSI) system in fleet operations or for follow-on support jamming aircraft pre-engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) risk reduction activities. LOCO GPSI is a state-of-the-art precision surveillance and targeting system for location of global positioning systems interferers that is designed to protect global positioning system-guided weapons against jamming and interference. The committee understands that naval operational fleet commanders have requested that the LOCO GPSI system participate in several fleet exercises in fiscal year 2002 to demonstrate and evaluate the military utility of this system. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million to evaluate LOCO GPSI capabilities in fleet operations. The committee understands that the Airborne Electronic Attack Analysis of Alternatives is scheduled to be complete in December 2001 and believes that this analysis will conclude that development of a follow-on support jamming aircraft will be required to replace the aging EA 6B. To accelerate the development of an EA 6B successor, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million for pre-EMD risk reduction activities. In total, the committee recommends $126.5 million in PE 64270N, an increase of $14.0 million. Electro optical framing reconnaissance The budget request contained $5.7 million in PE 35206N for airborne reconnaissance, but included no funds for electro-optical (EO) framing. The committee is aware of developmental EO framing processing techniques that will provide real-time precision strike targeting capability. The committee recommends an increase of $9.5 million in PE 35206N for continuation of F 14 TARPS/CD precision strike hardware development, continued development of integrated electronic shutter upgrade to SHARP sensors, and evaluation and systems engineering of cellular neural network technology in support of EO framing processing techniques. Embedded software engineering research initiative The budget request contained $66.3 million in PE 62114N for power projection applied research. The committee notes that a majority of all current computer applications are embedded systems and almost all defense systems have one or more embedded computers. While embedded software is becoming increasingly large and complex, advances in technology for development of embedded software systems is lagging, resulting in high development costs, long development cycles, and error-prone products. The committee recommends $70.3 million in PE 62114N, an increase of $4.0 million to begin an initiative in Embedded Software Engineering Research, focused on the development of structured design and manufacturing capabilities for the deployment, control, integration and utilization of embedded software systems. Expeditionary warfare testbed--supporting arms technology insertion The budget request contained $24.4 million in PE 24413N for amphibious tactical support units operational systems development. The committee recognizes the need for better integration and interoperability of expeditionary forces. Force commanders have identified the need for additional development and integration in the supporting arms coordinating center (SACC) of the force headquarters. The committee understands that the Naval Sea Systems Command's expeditionary warfare test bed will be used to develop applications of new technologies and refine technology requirements for SACC systems used in expeditionary operations. To support this initiative the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in PE 24413N for supporting arms technology insertion in the expeditionary warfare testbed. The committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) to oversee and guide this expeditionary warfare program and to use the Navy's National Technology Alliance in support of technology development. Extending the littoral battlespace The budget request contained $48.6 million in PE 63235N for common picture advanced technology development, including $1.0 million for the extended littoral battlespace project. The committee notes that the Office of Naval Research sponsored the Extending The Littoral Battlespace Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ELB ACTD) to provide command, control, communications and intelligence in an extended littoral battlespace. The ELB ACTD integrates commercial-off-the-shelf and government-furnished technology in a military setting to showcase the benefits of advanced networking, global positioning systems, and other information technology applications. The committee notes that the budget request supports the transition of technologies, hardware, and software to the military user; demonstration/post-demonstration analysis and assessment of the military utility of the ELB system concept; and residual support of equipment fielded with the Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit that participated in the ACTD. The committee recommends $50.6 million in PE 63235N, an increase of $2.0 M for support and upgrade/technical refreshment of the ELB ACTD equipment fielded with the ARG/MEU. F/A 18 improvements The budget request contained $253.3 million in PE 24136N for F/A 18 squadrons operational systems development. Fuel cell second source The committee understands that the Navy currently has only a single vendor that is qualified to manufacture polyurethane fuel cells for the F/A 18 aircraft. Due to the increased demand for fuel cells for the aircraft and insufficient production capacity, the Navy is not able to meet all operational requirements and is investigating additional manufacturing capability for F/A 18 fuel cells. The committee recommends an increase of $1.0 million in PE 24136N for qualification of an additional production source for F/A 18 fuel cells. Joint helmet mounted cueing system (JHMCS) The budget request included $0.4 million to complete development of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System. The committee notes that the joint helmet mounted cueing system, when combined with state of the art missile systems currently in development provides a significant improvement in air-to-air combat capability and survivability. The committee is also aware that this improved capability is essential to the success of the Navy's F/A 18 E/F strike fighter aircraft currently being deployed. For fiscal year 2001, Congress provided $3.5 million for continued development of the joint helmet mounted cueing systems for the F/A 18C/D fighter. The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in PE 24136N to accelerate the completion of development, evaluation, and fielding of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System for the F/A 18 and other aircraft. Force protection advanced technology The budget request contained $85.3 million in PE 63123N for force protection advanced technology development. Advanced water jet AWJ 21 The committee notes that the advanced waterjet propulsor (AWJ 21) was originally developed in a three-year industry/government cost-shared project under the Maritime Technology (MARITECH) program. The committee also notes that potential applications of the advanced water jet propulsor technology are being considered for the Navy's small combat craft program. The committee understands that the AWJ 21 has the potential for being a low-cost/high-performance propulsor option for future ships that require reduced signature and increased operational maneuverability. The committee also understands that additional testing at a one-fourth-scale level demonstrator at sea and testing in the large cavitation tunnel will be required to validate analytical predictions of critical performance parameters. The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in PE 63123N for continuation of the AWJ 21 development and demonstration project. DC Homopolar Motor The budget request included $60.3 million for advanced development of surface ship and submarine hull, mechanical, and electrical technology that includes the development of superconducting and permanent magnetic ship-propulsion electric motors. The committee understands that the Office of Naval Research has initiated a project for development of a 5000 shaft-horsepower superconducting, direct current, homopolar motor that may be used in the experimental littoral support craft program. The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 63123N to complete development and at-sea testing of the DC homopolar motor. Direct ship service fuel cell The committee recommends an increase of $7.0 million in PE 63123N for development of a direct ship service fuel cell technology demonstrator for technology validation and training of ship systems engineers, designers, system integrators, operators and engineering students. Electric propulsion/ship power systems distributed test bed The committee notes that the Navy's next generation surface combatants will rely heavily on the use of electrical power and its applications to naval ship systems including integrated power systems, electric drive, and configurable zonal systems. New technologies, manufacturing processes, innovative approaches, techniques and method, and advanced materials will be on the critical path for the development and integration of these high power, electricity-based systems. The committee notes that an understanding of these factors and the interactions of the various components, and the ability to design and evaluate the performance of the system, both in simulation and with hardware-in-the-loop will be critical to the design of efficient and cost-effective electrical propulsion systems that meet naval requirements and of the all-electric ship itself. As a part of the Navy's program leading to the development of an all-electric ship, the committee continues to support the development of a virtual, distributed test bed which will provide the software and hardware modeling tools for shipboard machinery design and allow government and industry ship designers and engineers to evaluate machinery alternatives in a virtual prototype before committing to full-scale development. The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in PE 63123N to continue the program for advanced development of a distributed test bed for electric propulsion and ship power systems. Littoral support craft--experimental The budget request in PE 63123N contained $85.3 million for force protection advanced technology development, including $20.0 million for the development and demonstration of experimental craft for littoral support operations. The committee notes progress made by the Office of Naval Research in the development of designs and operational concepts for a littoral support craft: a fast (above 40 knots), high performance, low cost platform that could be an effective adjunct to the major surface combatant and carrier battle group. The craft would be compliant with the Navy concept for operations in the littoral and would fulfill fleet requirements for providing supporting command, control, communications and combat systems in the region from the shore to other surface combatants operating 75 miles or greater from the shore. The committee also notes the progress that ONR has made in the development and evaluation of important components and sub-systems that might be used on a littoral support craft. The committee strongly supports ONR proposals for a phased program for development of an experimental littoral support craft demonstrator (LSC X) that would provide the basis for operational experiments on the contribution that such a craft and its variants could make to naval operations in the littoral. Accordingly, the committee recommends a total of $39.0 million in PE 63123N for development and demonstration of the LSC X, including an increase of $19.0 million to the ONR program for development and demonstration of experimental craft for littoral support operations. SEALs Mark V patrol craft modification The committee report on H.R. 4205 (H. Rept. 106 616) directed the Secretary of the Navy to report to the congressional defense committees on the Navy's plan for transition of Project M (an active noise and vibration cancellation system developed in the advanced submarine technology program) from the Navy's science and technology base to potential applications in Navy propulsion and other machinery systems. Subsequently, the Office of Naval Research advised the committee that a project had been established to evaluate the ability of Project M technology to mitigate the high shock and vibration experienced by the Navy SEALs Mark V patrol craft crew and passengers in high-speed special operations. The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in PE 63123N for continuation of the program for application of Project M technology to mitigate physical shock to crew and passengers in the Mark V patrol craft. Funding transfers to support transformation The committee is concerned that the largest area of growth in Navy research and development investments has occurred in the category of fielded system development and other mature technologies. While these programs are important, the committee does not believe they support the highest priority efforts directly related to Navy transformation. In light of the delay in the program down-select decision, the committee also notes its concerns about the ability of the Navy to execute the DD 21 land attack destroyer. Finally, the committee notes that no justification was provided for an apparent new program start in PE 63237N. Therefore, the committee recommends the following decreases to Navy accounts to be transferred to other programs within the Navy that support higher transformation priorities. 62235N $1,912,000 62805N 8,000,000 63114N 10,000,000 63123N 5,297,000 63236N 5,000,000 63271N 15,000,000 63216N 17,900,000 63237N 50,000,000 63382N 3,458,000 63513N 25,000,000 63561N 10,457,000 63563N 1,949,000 63564N 10,000,000 63570N 2,100,000 63582N 4,900,000 63611M 23,066,000 63851M 10,000,000 64262N 100,000,000 65152N 2,679,000 65853N 3,000,000 65864N 7,414,000 11402N 4,205,000 24136N 50,000,000 24163N 10,900,000 24229N 2,222,000 24413N 10,000,000 24575N 2,300,000 25604N 7,700,000 25620N 3,900,000 27163N 1,000,000 33109N 10,000,000 35160N 1,900,000 35188N 13,618,000 72207N 4,972,000 Land attack standard missile The budget request contained $131.0 million in PE 63795N for Land Attack Technology, including $34.5 million for development of the Land Attack Standard Missile (LASM). The committee recommends the budget request for LASM. As addressed elsewhere in this report, the committee notes that the Department of Defense has decided to endorse the Navy's proposal to acquire LASM as an interim capability for the Navy land attack mission and to develop an Advanced Land Attack Missile (ALAM) as soon as possible for the DD 21 land attack destroyer and for other Navy combatants. LASM, an adaptation of the Navy's Standard Missile, entered engineering and manufacturing development in July 2000, completed a preliminary design review in December 2000, and also conducted a successful warhead test in February 2001. Initial operational capability for LASM is planned in fiscal year 2004. The committee also notes a number of informal proposals for development of more advanced warheads for LASM. The committee has strongly supported the LASM program, as well as the development of ALAM. Elsewhere in this report, the committee has recommended a legislative provision (Sec. 212) that would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a competitive program for the development of ALAM, would provide $20.0 million for that program, and would require the Secretary to report the program plan, schedule, and funding required for the Advanced Land Attack Missile program to the congressional defense committees with the submission of the fiscal year 2003 budget request. The committee directs that the Secretary also provide a report that describes the operational requirement for LASM and the program plan, schedule, and funding for development and acquisition of LASM with the submission of the fiscal year 2003 budget request. Laser aim scoring system (LASS) The budget request contained $64.4 million in PE 64212N for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and other helicopter development but included no funds for the sea-target LASS. The sea-target LASS would be mounted on a Navy remote-controlled target boat, which, when lased by a pilot practicing delivery of a Hellfire missile, would provide immediate aiming feedback to the pilot that would inform where the missile would have hit or why it would have missed. The committee understands that combat delivery of the Hellfire missile requires considerable pilot laser aiming skill since it is conducted in a moving helicopter and directed at a moving at-sea target. The committee further understands that the Navy's SH 60 and HH 60 pilots have limited proficiency in this skill since Hellfire pilot laser aiming training is accomplished in a ground-based flight trainer which lacks the both the helicopter and target motion and the ability to determine why a missile would have been ineffective against its intended target. The committee notes that Army helicopter pilots maintain Hellfire laser aiming proficiency by using a stationary LASS on their target practice ranges, and believes that a similar sea-target LASS could address the Navy training deficiency by allowing in-flight practice laser designation against a moving at-sea target while also providing immediate laser aiming result feedback to the pilot. Accordingly, the committee recommends $66.4 million in 64212N, an increase of $2.0 million, to develop the sea-target LASS. Laser welding and cutting The budget request contained $62.1 million in PE 62271N for radio frequency systems applied research. The committee understands that the technology of laser welding and cutting applied to ship construction is anticipated to reduce ship construction costs significantly and afford greater design flexibility. The committee encourages the development of laser welding technologies that have demonstrated the potential to provide higher quality and lower costs for building Navy ships. The committee recommends an increase of $4.3 million in PE 62271N for the development and application to naval ship construction of laser welding and cutting technology and techniques. Marine Corps ground combat/support system The budget request contained $26.0 million in PE 63635M combat supporting arms systems and included $18.2 million for the lightweight 155mm towed howitzer, but no funds for the Marine Corps urban environmental laboratory for low observable signature ejection technology. The committee continues to support development of the lightweight 155mm towed howitzer for the Marine Corps and Army. The committee is aware that a Marine Corps urban environmental laboratory has been established to provide assessment, analysis and remediation of capabilities to ensure predictable and minimum environmental damage from traditional and non-traditional capabilities used in urban missions. The committee also notes that the Marine Corps needs weapons with low observable ejection signatures. The committee recognizes that the Marine Corps will require a capability non-explosive fire from enclosures in order to operate effectively in military operations in urbanized terrain engagements. Innovative standoff door-breaching munition (ISOD) technology will enable forces engaged in the urban battleground to breach doors and other similar structures from a standoff distance of up to 100 meters without exposing Marines to direct hostile fire. The committee is encouraged by the Marine Corps' pursuit of this technology and supports the Marine Corps' efforts to examine the broad application of ISOD to both regular and special operations forces. The committee requests that the Commandant of the Marine Corps keep the defense committees informed of the progress of this initiative. The committee recommends $41.0 million in PE 63635M, an increase of $5.0 million for the lightweight 155mm towed howitzer, an increase of $5.0 million for the urban environmental laboratory, and an increase of $5.0 million for low observable signature ejection technology. Metrology projects The budget request contained $120.6 million in PE 64215N for standards development, but included no funds for the Navy metrology program. The budget request also included $1.5 million in PE 72207F for Air Force metrology program research and development. The metrology program develops new measurement standards and capabilities to support the development, test, evaluation, and maintenance of the leading-edge technology deployed in emerging military systems. The committee understands that shortfalls in metrology budgets have led to the erosion of critical calibration standards development and measurement services and that this situation negatively affects the development and support of new weapons systems. Consequently, the committee recommends $127.1 million in PE 64215N, an increase of $6.5 million for the Navy metrology program. The committee also recommends $5.5 million in PE 72207F, an increase of $4.0 million for the Air Force metrology program. Multipurpose processor The budget request contained $43.7 million in PE 64503N for submarine system equipment development, including $36.0 million for submarine sonar improvements that also included the acoustic rapid commercial-off-the-shelf insertion (A RCI) program. The A RCI program upgrades current submarine sonar systems with open architecture commercial-off-the-shelf computer technology that uses advanced processing builds (APB) and multipurpose processor (MPP) middleware architecture developed under small business innovative research to provide continued upgrades as technology develops. Full implementation is currently planned for fiscal year 2008, but conversion of all submarines can be accelerated to fiscal year 2004 with additional funds. The committee notes that the Chief of Naval Operations identified $225.0 million in fiscal year 2002 unfunded requirements for A RCI in submarine sonar systems. The committee believes that this technology upgrade is essential for the submarine fleet and, therefore, recommends $68.7 million in PE 64503N, an increase of $25.0 million to accelerate the A-RCI program for application of the APB/MPP technology insertion process in submarine and other naval sonar systems. Navy's intelligent agent security module The budget request contained $20.9 million in PE 33140N for the Navy's information systems security program. The committee notes the progress being made in the development of intelligent agent security modules (IASM) in the Navy's information systems security program, but also notes the need to improve IASM system capability to identify and respond to attacks on the information network. The Navy has stated that the IASM is intended for deployment at the tactical network operations center, shipboard, and at the fleet information warfare center. The IASM will enhance network security by correlating information from multiple security products; derive a concise, accurate assessment of malicious actions and unauthorized use; and recommend actions to respond to and terminate an attack to network administrators. Accordingly, the committee recommends $45.9 million in PE 33140N, an increase of $25.0 million to increase the capability of the IASM system to identify and respond to attacks on the network, expand the period through which attack trends can be assessed, and provide enhanced countermeasures to respond to a specific type of attack. Navy logistics productivity The budget request contained $11.7 million in PE 63739N for Navy logistics productivity demonstration and validation. Compatible processor upgrade program The committee understands that compatible processor upgrade program (CPUP) system-on-a-chip processor products are used to modernize existing computer systems while preserving legacy software and infrastructure, adapt commercial designs for high radiation environments, and optimize system designs. Congress provided $3.5 million in fiscal year 2001 to initiate a program for the development of application-specific CPUP processors to upgrade the capability of the Navy's AN/AYK 14, AN/AYK 44, and AN/UYK 20 computers at a fraction of the cost and time required to reengineer legacy software for new computer systems. The committee recommends an increase of $6.5 million in PE 63739N for continuation of the compatible processor upgrade program (CPUP). Rapid retargeting The committee notes that, within the logistics productivity program, the Navy has implemented a rapid retargeting project to address obsolete designs in electronic systems. The project provides the technology to eliminate obsolete components and reduce multiple electronic modules to single programmable designs. The committee understands that the rapid retargeting process is also being employed to replace different types of standard electronic modules with programmable commercial-off-the-shelf components, thereby reducing the requirements for spare parts on board naval vessels. The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 63739N to continue the rapid retargeting project. Non-acoustic anti-submarine warfare The budget request contained $76.5 million in PE 62747N for undersea warfare applied research and $56.3 million in PE 63747N for undersea warfare advanced technology development. The committee recommends $86.5 million in PE 62747N, an increase of $10.0 million for applied research in non-acoustic anti-submarine warfare technology and $66.3 million in PE 63747N, an increase of $10.0 million for advanced development in non-acoustic anti-submarine warfare technology. Elsewhere in this report the committee has recommended an increase of $10.0 million to investigate the ability of the JSTARS radar to image the ocean surface. Oceanographic survey of continental shelf beyond U.S. exclusive economic zone The committee notes that Articles 76 and 77 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea secure coastal States' sovereign rights over the natural resources of the continental shelf and establish a formula for determining whether and how a State may claim an outer shelf limit beyond the State's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has established guidelines on the scientific and technical evidence, including undersea bathymetric and seismic data from the continental shelf, that will be considered with respect to coastal State submissions. The outer limits based on the commission's recommendations will be final and binding under the Convention. The committee also notes that, although the United States is not now a party to the Convention, should it accede to the treaty in the future, it should be able to establish final and binding limits to two areas adjacent to its EEZ off the coast of Alaska, the Chukchi Cap and part of the Donut Hull, and smaller areas in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The committee believes that the United States should have the data available that would be necessary to determine whether claims from other coastal States might overlap with potential U.S. claims. The committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy, in conjunction with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to identify the scope of the bathymetric, seismic, and other data that would need to be gathered to support United States' claims for establishment of outer shelf limits under the Convention, develop a plan for gathering that data, and determine the surface and subsurface oceanographic survey resources that would need to be committed to the effort. Organ transfer technology The budget request contained $17.7 million in PE 63729N for warfighter protection advanced technology development. The committee notes developments in immune therapies by investigators at the Naval Medical Research Center that have been shown to prevent the rejection of tissue and organ transplants without the need for continuous use of immunosuppressive drugs. The committee believes that the ability to transplant massive tissue segments without rejection could revolutionize the treatment of combat casualties who suffer significant tissue loss or organ damage from blast, missile fragments, or burns. In fiscal year 2001, the Chief of Naval Research initiated a program to capitalize on these newly developed methods of treatment and Congress provided $3.0 million to initiate a clinical trials program. The committee recommends $21.7 million in PE 63729N, an increase of $4.0 million to continue the program for clinical trials in organ transplant and transfer technology. The committee urges the Chief of Naval Research to include funding for completion of the clinical trials program in future budget requests. Photovoltaic energy savings initiative The budget request contained $1.7 million in PE 63725N for demonstration and validation of improvements in naval facilities. The committee notes that rising energy costs and increased concerns among the military services about the effect of gaseous emissions on the environment have sparked greater interest in developing renewable energy sources. The committee understands that proposals have been made for development of a multi-megawatt photovoltaic energy park on naval installations to generate electricity from the sun for this purpose. Under the proposal, a cooperative agreement would be established between industry and the federal government that would result in fuel savings under the federally funded share of the program being returned to the federal government. The committee recommends $4.1 million in PE 63725N, including an increase of $2.4 million in PE 63725N for demonstration of the photovoltaic energy savings initiative. Power projection advanced technology The budget request contained $76.4 million in PE 63114N for power projection advanced technology development. Affordable weapon The Office of Naval Research (ONR) affordable weapons program is an advanced technology demonstration to design, develop and build a 600 mile range, 200lbs. payload, precision strike missile with global positioning system/inertial navigation system guidance and control and a data link. The missile is built using commercial-off-the-shelf components (COTS) and will have an estimated cost in production of approximately $30,000 per missile and fly within two years of contract initiation. The objective of the ONR program is to demonstrate the breakthroughs in (1) technology and systems integration that permit the development of a low-cost, precision guided missile using primarily COTS components and (2) acquisition reform that permits definition of costs within the first ten production units and manufacturing changes that can be accomplished at low cost with small unit buys. The committee notes that ONR initiated the program in July 1999 and accomplished air vehicle first flight in September 2000. The committee believes that, if successful, the ONR affordable missile program will establish a new paradigm for the development and production of precision strike missile systems. The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in PE 63114N for advanced technology development and demonstration of the affordable weapon. DP 2 thrust vectoring system concept demonstration The budget request contained no funds for continuation of the DP 2 thrust vectoring system proof-of-concept demonstration. DP 2 is a proof-of-concept program to demonstrate the use of thrust vector control to achieve vertical takeoff and conventional takeoff capabilities in a one-half scale flight test vehicle. The technology offers the potential for a low cost, medium range aircraft of advanced composite construction. The committee notes the progress to date in the DP 2 program in the design and fabrication of large, precise composite structures, the design of the flight control system, and ground test of the system leading to the initial hover test in June 2001. The committee also notes technical issues that were encountered during the hover test that will necessitate additional analysis and potential redesign before a successful hover test can be accomplished. The committee believes that the potential of the DP 2 proof-of-concept program justifies these efforts. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million in PE 63114N to continue the project for development and demonstration of the DP 2 thrust vectoring system in an affordable airframe. Precision targeting systems modernization and enhancement The budget request contained $4.5 million in PE 35208N for distributed ground systems operational systems development. The committee notes that the Joint Service Imagery Processing System--Navy (JSIPS N), the Navy's portion of the distributed common ground system, is being installed on aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, selected fleet flagships, and shore sites to receive and exploit imagery reports from multiple sensors and assist strike and amphibious operations planners and tactical aviators in planning the delivery of precision weapons. The committee understands that the digital imagery workstation suite (DIWS) component of JSIPS N should be upgraded to provide a state-of-the-art targeting capability, smaller equipment footprint aboard ship, and increased reliability. The committee recommends $5.5 million in PE 35208N, an increase of $1.0 million to accelerate the program for development, testing, and integration of the upgraded DIWS. Project Bear Trap The budget request contained $12.9 million in PE 63254N for anti-submarine warfare systems demonstration and validation, including support for Project Bear Trap. The budget request supports hardware and software development for the rapid prototyping of advanced capability acoustic and non-acoustic ASW sensors, as well as data collection and analysis for threat assessment and environmental characterization. The committee notes the progress being made in the evaluation and development of the phenomena of nonlinear dynamics and stochastic resonance (NDSR) for acoustic, magnetic, and other ASW sensor and signal processing applications. The committee recommends $17.9 million in PE 63254N, an increase of $5.0 million for Project Beartrap to continue the development, demonstration, and evaluation of NDSR technology for ASW applications and to continue the Beartrap environmental characterization program. Radiation-hardened electronics applications The budget request contained $43.3 million in PE 11221N for strategic submarine and weapons systems support. Radiation-hardened integrated circuits are necessary for systems such as the guidance system for the Trident missile. The radiation-hardened electronics application program (RHEAP) is a Navy-sponsored initiative to improve the efficiency of production of critical, radiation-hardened integrated circuits through the use of advanced simulation and modeling tools. The program addresses the transition between the science and technology that develops more capable integrated circuit chips and the commercial production of those next generation chips. Benefits of RHEAP include improving the return on the science and technology investment in the development of advanced microelectronics, reducing the cost of production by commercial laboratories, and reducing the time and effort required to mature a research and development semi-conductor wafer prototype to a production-ready product The committee recommends $53.1 million in PE 11221N, including an increase of $9.8 million for development of advanced RHEAP tools for modeling, simulation and fabrication of radiation-hardened circuits. SPAWAR enhanced modeling and simulation initiatives The budget request contained $7.8 million in PE 38601N for support of Navy modeling and simulation. The committee notes continued advances in modeling and simulation for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. These advances demonstrate the use of efficient systems engineering and business practices and leverage simulation-based acquisition applied to the assessment, planning, testing, and technology insertion for C4ISR systems. The committee also notes continuing progress in modeling and simulation systems engineering initiatives that aid operations analysis, and engineering assessment. The committee supports the development and understanding of new modeling and simulation tools that will assist in more effective decision-making and in the design of C4ISR systems and information architectures. Accordingly, the committee recommends $10.8 million in PE 38601N, an increase of $3.0 million to continue initiatives for the development of improvements in C4ISR modeling and simulation. Submarine electrical power The budget request contained $117.1 million in PE 62123N for force protection applied research. The committee notes that some nuclear submarines, which are nearing the end of their hull service life and being decommissioned may still have significant life remaining in the submarine nuclear reactor core that could, with appropriate modification to the steam generating system, provide a source of power for on-shore activities when connected to the on-shore power grid. Such a capability would be useful in augmenting the power grid in an area where there is a submarine basing and support capability. The committee recommends $117.4 million in PE 62123N, an increase of $300 thousand to initiate a study on the potential utility and application of submarine-generated steam and electrical power for augmentation of on-shore power grids. Supply chain best practices The budget request contained $1.0 million in PE 65804N for technical information services that support cooperative advanced technology initiatives between the Navy and U.S. industry with the goals of improving affordability and reducing life cycle costs of new and modernized Navy systems. The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in PE 654804N to continue the program for development and adoption of industrial and logistical best business and management practices among government and industry in support of defense systems. The committee expects that the Office of Naval Research will include funding for this program in future Navy budgets. Surface navy integrated undersea tactical technology The budget request contained $135.3 million in PE 63502N for surface and shallow water mine countermeasures systems demonstration and validation. The committee understands that in order to effectively conduct the Navy's core anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and mine warfare (MIW) missions, naval forces must be able to reliably detect, locate, and target mines and enemy submarines, respond rapidly and decisively to these hostile contacts, and provide all commanders with a common picture of the undersea battlespace. The committee notes the need for development of a common undersea picture that would incorporate input data from existing and enhanced undersea warfare systems. The committee recommends $147.3 million in PE 63502N, an increase of $12.0 million for the Surface Navy Integrated Undersea Tactical Technology project. The committee expects that this effort will be coordinated with other Navy and joint programs for development of technology and systems to provide a common picture of the tactical undersea battlespace. Surface ship torpedo defense The budget request contained $4.8 million in PE 63506N for surface ship torpedo defense (SSTD) demonstration and validation. The committee understands that the fiscal year 2002 plan for the SSTD program includes continued development of the tripwire torpedo defense system for large deck ships and DDG 51 Flight IIA ships and continued development of the anti-torpedo torpedo countermeasure for surface ships. The committee recommends $9.8 million in PE 63506N, an increase of $5.0 million to accelerate the program for development and fielding of SSTD systems to the fleet. Telemedicine for minimally invasive surgery The committee notes the progress made in the application of telemedicine to surgical procedures that allow an experienced surgeon to perform a procedure from a remote location using telecommunications technology and sophisticated robotic systems. The committee believes that the technology has the potential to increase significantly the availability of specialized surgical skills to deployed military personnel and the civilian community throughout the world. The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to review the telemedicine program and consider the establishment of a pilot project for further application of telemedicine technology to minimally invasive surgical procedures. The committee believes that such a project would provide valuable data on human subject outcomes, equipment use and set-up, the quality of data transmission for remote applications, and the infrastructure required to support such telesurgery. The committee directs that the Secretary of the Navy report the results of the review and recommendations regarding the establishment of such a pilot project with the submission of the fiscal year 2003 budget request. Titanium watertight door and hatch cover The budget request contained $130.4 million in PE 64567N for ship contract design/live fire test and evaluation but included no funds for evaluating a watertight door or hatch cover made from titanium. The committee is concerned about the continuing high cost to maintain weather decks of surface combatants and notes that the use of titanium, rather than steel, to construct these decks could produce potentially significant life-cycle cost savings, since titanium is lighter, stronger, and easier to maintain than steel, as well non-corrosive in seawater. Therefore, from within the funds requested, which the committee recommends, the committee strongly urges the Secretary of the Navy to use $1.0 million to initiate a pilot program, using titanium, to produce a watertight door and hatch cover on a flight 2A DDG 51 destroyer. Torpedo rapid COTS insertion The budget request contained $17.1 million in PE 25632N for MK 48 Advanced Capability Torpedo operational systems development, but included no funding for insertion of advanced commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology into the Mk 48 ADCAP torpedo. The committee is concerned that the performance of the MK 48 submarine-launched torpedo in littoral waters is far less than desired. The committee is that the advanced rapid COTS insertion (A RCI) program, which uses advanced processing builds (APB) and a multi-purpose processor (MPP) hardware architecture developed under small business innovative research, has successfully and very cost effectively improved the performance of submarine sonar systems. The committee believes that a similar A RCI program for the MK 48 torpedo, which leverages the experience gained in the submarine sonar program, could have significant potential to cost effectively improve performance of the MK 48 torpedo in the demanding littoral waters sonar environment. Therefore, the committee recommends $27.1 million in PE 25632N, an increase of $10.0 million to extend the application of the advanced processing build/multipurpose processor technology insertion process to the MK 48 ADCAP torpedo. Vacuum electronics The budget request contained $62.1 million in PE 62271N for applied research in radio frequency technology, including $6.5 million for vacuum electronics; and $76.9 million in PE 63271N for radio frequency advanced technology development. The committee report on H.R. 1402 (H. Rept. 106 162) noted the committee's support for a robust vacuum electronics research and development program in the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The committee has reviewed the results of the Secretary of the Navy's recent report to Congress on the DOD vacuum electronics program and the DOD's April 2001 Technology Area Review and Assessment (TARA) on creating a balanced tri-service investment strategy for RF vacuum electronics and solid state power technologies. The committee endorses the TARA views on the criticality of support for both vacuum electronics and solid-state power technologies. The committee notes the TARA review's recommendations for increased funding in the tri-service vacuum electronics program and for establishment of a combined tri-service initiative to rapidly advance wide bandgap semiconductor device technology to enable advanced military radar and other systems requiring power electronics in the mid-to-long term. The committee recommends $16.5 million in PE 62271N for applied research in vacuum electronics, an increase of $10.0 million; and an increase of $5.0 million in PE 63271N for vacuum electronics advanced technology development. The committee has recommended a legislative provision (Section 244) that would accelerate the program for development of advanced solid state, wide bandgap semiconductor technology. The committee expects the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) through the Director of Defense Research and Engineering to ensure a balanced investment strategy for vacuum electronics and solid state power technologies that will meet DOD requirements for current and future systems that use radio frequency power electronics. VECTOR study and analysis The budget request contained $11.6 million in PE 63790N for the cooperative NATO research and development program. The committee is aware that a funding shortfall has developed in the VECTOR program, which is due in large part to a lower-than-expected contribution provided by the Federal Republic of Germany for fiscal year 2002. The committee is concerned with the numerous executability problems experienced in this program and remains concerned about the feasibility and follow-on applications of this technology. The committee recommends that the Secretary of the Navy review VECTOR's technological feasibility, assess its potential follow-on applications in accordance with the Navy's future force structure plans, and examine in particular the possible incorporation of VECTOR technology applied to manned and unmanned naval aircraft in the inventory. The committee recommends $11.6 million in PE 63790 N, including $1.0 million for the VECTOR study and analysis program. Warfighter sustainment advanced technology The budget request contained $48.6 million in PE 63236N for warfighter sustainment advanced technology development. Naval environmental compliance operations monitoring system The committee understands that proposals have been made for establishment of a naval environmental compliance operations monitoring system (NECOSM), a two-pronged effort to increase capabilities for situational awareness and pollution prevention. The first effort would involve implementing monitoring and control technology modules that were identified during a previously funded baseline survey and cost analysis. The second effort would use environmental analysis, cost, and compliance driven needs assessment to identify high priority projects for implementation of NECOSM. The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in PE 63236N for development and application of advanced technology leading to a Naval Environmental Compliance Operations Monitoring System. Real time heart rate variability monitor The committee understands that real time heart rate variability technology has the potential for enhancing on-site assessment of disease and trauma by enabling physiological measurement of nervous system functioning and balance. The committee believes that improvements in these areas can lead to improved treatment and victim survivability. The committee also believes that the technology may permit the early detection and treatment of the effects of weapons of mass destruction. The committee recommends an increase of $8.9 million in PE 63236N for advanced development and demonstration of applications for real time heart rate variability technology. Warfighter sustainment applied research The budget request contained $71.3 million in PE 62236N for warfighter sustainment applied research. Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) carbon fiber qualification The committee notes that Navy and other DOD aircraft and weapons systems must use a high-priced carbon fiber available only from a single source to reinforce composite structures. As a result of the development of a new qualification protocol, the Navy and the Joint Strike Fighter program now have the means to qualify new commercially available fibers for use in advanced composite structures. The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 62236N for qualification of commercially available carbon fibers for aircraft and missile applications. Detection and identification of human pathogens Recent advances and maturing of design and technology have enabled portable, cost-effective fabrication and demonstration of high-sensitivity, high spectral-resolution sensors for the detection and identification of spectral signatures emitted by pathogens. The committee believes that such sensors provide the potential for the development of active, high-resolution, broadband spectral sensing instruments for real-time in vivo detection and identification of human pathogens. The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 62236N for applied research in the detection and identification of human pathogens. Formable aligned carbon thermo sets The committee understands that a new composite technology known as formable aligned carbon thermo sets (FACTS) has the potential for markedly reducing the cost of composites and for enabling the production of more complex composite structures in aircraft structures and other applications where flexibility in design and fabrication of the structure is needed. Successful development of the technology will lead to reductions in the cost of production of existing composite structures, increase the percentage of composites in the system design, and significantly reduce operations and maintenance costs. The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 62236N to accelerate the Navy's program research and development program in formable aligned carbon thermo sets. Knowledge-based ship system diagnosis and repair The committee notes the establishment by the Navy of a collaborative program for the development of a new system to remotely monitor Navy ships and enable off-board technical experts to assist on-board technicians that are part of the ship's crew in ship maintenance and repair. The committee believes that successful development and implementation of this new approach to knowledge-based system diagnosis and repair could be increasingly important as the Navy make the transition to ships with reduced number of personnel and as electronic equipment and other ships systems continues to be more complex and powerful. The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE 62236N for applied research in knowledge-based ship system diagnosis and repair. AIR FORCE RDT&E OVERVIEW The budget request contained $14,344.0 million for Air Force RDT&E. The committee recommends authorization of $14,455.6 million, an increase of $111.7 million. The committee recommendations for the fiscal year 2002 Air Force RDT&E program are identified in the table below. Major changes to the Air Force request are discussed following the table. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Access to space The budget request included $26.3 million for the demonstration and transition of Aerospace Structures in PE 63211F. The committee recognizes the growing significance of space operational capability and that dependable and low-cost access to space may require the use of highly-specialized aerospace vehicles and structures. To address these evolving challenges, the committee urges the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a joint program office with Army and Navy representation to define required technology investments for access-to-space, to perform current and future Air Force capability assessments, to develop an integrated plan for low-cost access to space, and initiate studies and development activities in support of such a plan. Further, the committee strongly urges coordination between the Aeronautical Systems Center, the Space and Missile Center, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Accordingly, the committee authorizes $28.3 million in PE 63211F, an increase of $2.0 million to address this access-to-space priority. Advanced aerospace sensors The budget request contained $55.8 million in PE 63203F for advanced aerospace sensors. The committee believes that advanced sensors are essential to support future warfighter requirements and therefore recommends $60.8 million in PE 63203F, an increase of $5.0 million for advanced aerospace sensors. Aerospace propulsion The budget request contained $149.2 million in PE 62203F for aerospace propulsion. The committee notes the recent efforts by the Department of Defense to ensue adequate funding in this critical Air Force applied research account. The committee is aware of a small business innovative research effort, the Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE), which has been in development for several years and appears ready for fabrication and test of a flight-worthy PDE. The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in PE 62203F to contain PDE efforts. The committee also continues to support Air Force investments in Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) and recommends an increase of $9.5 million in PE 62203F and an increase of $6.5 million on PE 63302F for continued investments in IHPRPT. Aging landing gear life extension (ALGLE) program The budget request contained $20.1 million in PE 65011F for development of products and services to improve the performance of aging aircraft systems but included no funds for the ALGLE program. The ALGLE program addresses the operational, safety and maintenance consequences of increased mishaps resulting from landing gear failures as well as unacceptable mission incapable rates for KC 135, C 130, C 5 and F 16 aircraft that are attributable to either unavailable or unreliable landing gear assets. The committee notes that the ALGLE program is prototyping new landing gear component modifications, developing new repair techniques, and exploiting new technologies. The committee understands that these efforts have already resulted in life cycle cost reductions of over $46.0 million and believes that this program should continue to address the Air Force's aging landing gear problems in fiscal year 2002 and in subsequent years. Accordingly, the committee recommends $35.1 million in PE 65011F, an increase of $15.0 million, for continuation of the ALGLE program. Airborne reconnaissance system The budget request contained $77.8 million in PE 35206F for airborne systems, but included no funds for theater airborne reconnaissance system (TARS) or Combat Sent passive airborne ranging. The committee recommends $97.3 million in PE 35206F, an increase of $4.5 million for Combat Sent passive airborne ranging and an increase of $15.0 million for TARS development. Assessment relating to gasoline and diesel engine fuel systems The committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to assess the potential for developing a program that would require all military services to maintain gasoline and diesel engine fuel systems using engine decarbonizing systems. The assessment should address the costs and benefits of a requirement that the equipment and cleaning agents used in decarbonizing engines be tested and approved by entities such as the Management and Equipment Evaluation Program (MEEP) of the Department of the Air Force or similar testing entities in the other military services. Consideration should be given to requirements that cleaning agents are non-carcinogenic, non-flammable, and non-hazardous, as documented by the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and that the use of transmission fluid exchange equipment that is capable of exchanging virtually all contaminated automatic transmission fluid (ATF) with new ATF. Bipolar wafer cell nickel-metal hydride battery The budget request contained $53.8 million in PE 78011F for the Air Force's manufacturing technology program. The committee notes that the Air Force has been developing a bipolar wafer-cell nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) replacement battery for the F 16 aircraft that has the potential to provide significantly higher power than nickel-cadmium batteries. The committee understands that the use of bipolar wafer-cell NiMH batteries could lead to significant savings from reduced procurement and maintenance of existing nickel-cadmium batteries. The committee recommends an increase of $2.5 million in PE 78011F for to complete manufacturing technology development and testing of a bipolar wafer-cell NiMH battery for the F 16 aircraft. Commercial imagery strategy The committee believes that the United States should prioritize the use of commercial remote sensing as envisioned in Presidential Decision Directive 23. Moreover, the committee believes that allocating certain imagery requirements to the U.S. commercial remote sensing industry will permit National Technical Means to focus on high priority intelligence requirements. Thus, the committee continues to support use of commercial satellite imagery and geo-spatial products and services to satisfy the non-time-critical low and medium resolution requirements of the Secretary of Defense, including the regional Commanders-in-Chief, and the Intelligence Community. The committee also understands that the Administration is developing a commercial imagery strategy to support these requirements and strongly endorses the development and implementation of such a strategy. The committee believes, however, that the U.S. government must become a reliable, long-term customer of commercial imagery if the strategy is to be successful. The committee recognizes that there are budgetary and contract authority issues, but does not believe they are beyond solution. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence, to plan and carry out a program to purchase a majority of their non-time-critical low and medium resolution imagery requirements from the U.S. commercial remote sensing industry by 2005. Free electron laser The budget request contained $77.2 million in PE 62102F for Materials, but included no funds for free electron laser. The committee notes the progress achieved in Navy free electron laser (FEL) development and urges the Secretary of the Air Force to continue collaborative efforts including the addition of ultra violet capability to the Navy's FEL demonstration to examine aerospace applications. The committee recommends an increase of $5.5 million in PE 62102F for FEL. Funding transfers to support transformation The committee is concerned that the largest area of growth in Air Force research and development (R&D) investments has occurred in the category of fielded system development and other mature technologies. Other areas included increases greater than previously forecast, apparently excessive management funding, or un-obligated prior year funding. The committee believes that the highest priority for R&D investments should be to fund efforts directly related to transformation and future capabilities. Therefore, the committee recommends the following decreases to Air Force accounts, to be transferred to other programs within the Air Force that support transformation and future system development: 62204F $14,100,000 62605F 5,700,000 62702F 5,200,000 63605F 5,000,000 63430F 27,000,000 63432F 5,000,000 63438F 10,000,000 63850F 3,000,000 63856F 4,433,000 63859F 2,688,000 65101F 5,000,000 65807F 13,600,000 99980F 10,000,000 27028F 29,400,000 27133F 30,000,000 27134F 25,500,000 27138F 15,100,000 27268F 25,500,000 27277F 1,961,000 27410F 10,000,000 35910F 20,000,000 41119F 30,000,000 41134F 22,500,000 GPS jammer detection and location system The budget request contained $10.8 million in 27247F for Air Force tactical exploitation of national capabilities, but included no funds for GPS jammer detection and location system (GPS JLOC). The committee notes that mission planning tools, tactics, and procedures must be developed for countering jamming of GPS. The committee is aware that a GPS jammer detection and location system has been developed under a Phase II small business innovative research (SBIR) program and further notes that GPS JLOC appears ready to transition to an operational capability under SBIR Phase III. The committee recommends $3.8 million in PE 27247F, an increase of $3.0 million for GPS JLOC. High accuracy network demonstration system The budget program included $50.5 million in PE 65864F for the Space Test Program (STP). The committee supports the STP initiative as an effort for advancing space technology and enabling future U.S. space superiority in a cost effective manner. The committee is aware of an orbit-identification and determination capability that may reduce errors and costs in the current space-object maintenance catalog. The technology may improve ephemeris determination for Defense Support Program satellites by as much as 50 percent through the use of highly accurate angular observations from a family of low-cost optical sensors called the High Accuracy Network Determination System (HANDS). The committee notes the expected low-cost nature of HANDS and encourages the Air Force to pursue opportunities in this area. Accordingly, the committee authorizes $55.5 million in PE 65864F for HANDS, an increase of $5.0 million over the request. Joint precision approach landing system The budget request contained $9.6 million in PE 63860F for joint precision approach landing systems (JPALS). The committee is aware that the basic requirement for joint precision approach landing system is to provide a rapidly deployable, adverse weather and terrain, survivable, maintainable, interoperable precision approach and landing system for land and sea. The committee notes that JPALS will replace existing, obsolete landing systems in the fleet and ashore. The committee recommends $14.6 million in PE 63860F for JPALS. Joint STARS multi-platform radar technology insertion program The budget request contained $147.8 million in PE 27581F for Joint STARS system development, but contained no funds for Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (RTIP). The committee notes the tremendous contributions of Joint STARS aircraft to ground warfare and warfighter situational awareness and fully supports the planned improvements inherent in the RTIP effort that will enhance ground surveillance, precision targeting, and battlefield coordination. However, the committee is concerned with the operational limitations experienced by the Joint STARS fleet refurbished airframes and believes that the Air Force should thoroughly assess utilization of RTIP technology on other, more modern, airframes. Therefore, the committee recommends $246.8 million in PE 27581F, an increase of $89.0 million for Multi-Platform RTIP and an increase of $10.0 million for Joint STARS ocean surveillance capability testing. Joint strike fighter (JSF) alternate engine The budget request contained $769.5 million in PE 64800F to begin the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the JSF program, but included no funds to reduce development schedule risk of the alternate engine common hardware components. The JSF program will develop and field a family of aircraft that meets the needs of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and allies with commonality among the variants to minimize life cycle costs. The committee notes that the JSF joint program office (JPO) has encouraged two engine manufacturers to work together on the co-development of propulsion components which are common to both the JSF's current F 119 engine and the F 120 alternate engine and understands that this effort will develop two interchangeable propulsion systems while preserving the proprietary interests of each manufacturer. The committee also understands that the JPO supports production of the F 120 alternate engine as part of the low-rate initial JSF production scheduled for fiscal year 2009 but believes that increased funding in fiscal year 2002 is required to reduce development schedule risk of the common hardware components. Accordingly, the committee recommends $779.5 million in PE 64800F, an increase of $10.0 million, to reduce development schedule risk of the JSF alternate engine common hardware components. Low cost autonomous attack system The budget request contained $37.6 million in PE 63601F, including $8.0 million for the Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (LOCAAS). The committee supports continued development of precision guided munitions (PGMs) such as LOCAAS and notes that the LOCAAS program is preparing for final development to address the PGM requirements for area search weapons not addressed by the Air Force Small Diameter Bomb development program. The committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million in PE 63601F to continue LOCAAS development. Low cost launch technology The budget request contained $54.5 million in PE 63401F for advanced spacecraft technology, but included no funds for low cost launch technology. The committee is aware of several low cost launch concepts and technologies that offer the potential to reduce space launch costs tremendously. The committee notes that the Scorpius program has successfully demonstrated reduced cost launch capabilities. The committee recommends $69.5 million in PE 63401F, an increase of $15.0 million for low cost launch technologies, including Scorpius. Major T&E investment The budget request contained $49.9 million in PE 64759F for test & evaluation investments, but included no funds for the Propulsion Wind Tunnel (PWT) Upgrade project or the Laser Induced Surface Improvement (LISI) project. The committee notes that previous year budget requests by the Air Force included funding to initiate the PWT Upgrade project, but sufficient funding has not yet been committed to complete this project. The committee also notes that the Air Force has explored the cost savings and improved wear and corrosion resistance demonstrated by components treated with the LISI process. Therefore, the committee recommends $59.9 million in PE 64759F, an increase of $4.0 million, for completion of the PWT Upgrade project and an increase of $6.0 million for continued development of the LISI project. Materials technologies for aging aircraft The budget request included $32.7 million in PE 63112F for Advanced Materials for Weapon Systems. The committee recognizes that future aeronautical capability will largely depend on significant improvements in advanced materials technologies that promise to extend the lifespan and reduce the total life cycle costs of future aerospace vehicles. While the committee notes that the Air Force has experienced some success in developing and implementing new aging aircraft technologies, it encourages the service to increase overall effort in this area. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 63112F to address this priority. Missile Technology demonstration-3B The budget request contained $8.5 million in PE 65860F for rocket systems launch programs, but included no funds for the Missile Technology Demonstration (MTD) 3B. The committee notes that the MTD effort represents the primary high-speed weapon system technology platform within the Department of Defense and urges the Secretary of the Air Force to reassess funding priorities giving full weight to the importance of the MTD program. The committee recommends an increase of $11.0 million to PE 65860F for continued support of MTD 3B. Non-space SIGINT architecture The committee notes that the programs that make up the Joint SIGINT Architecture Family (JSAF) continue to experience significant programmatic setbacks despite the efforts of program officials and their industry partners. The Low Band Subsystem (LBSS) program was recently terminated after a seemingly endless series cost, schedule and performance difficulties and the High Band Subsystem program is reportedly facing similar difficulties with eventual termination possible. Moreover, the reported ability of the JSAF programs to allow full interoperability within emerging Department of Defense command, control, communications and intelligence architectures as originally envisioned was never realized and was not even possible without coordinated wide-band communications improvements throughout all the ISR platforms. The committee is concerned that the JSAF efforts have drained funding from reasonable alternatives for the near term. The committee believes the JSAF program has failed with respect to its original objectives. The committee believes that this is not just another case of poor program performance, but indeed, this was a management approach failure that has denied the Department an achievable joint SIGINT architecture and the very objectives it was to solve. As a result, an adequate joint SIGINT architecture is still not available, critical SIGINT modernization efforts have not occurred, and interoperability is limited. The committee is convinced a joint architecture, replete with the ability to share system upgrades is achievable. But, it will have to be done by the platform program offices working together in a collaborative set of efforts. The committee believes that this cannot be realized by a program office independent of the platform developers, nor can it be done without a plan for achieving system-level interoperability. Accordingly, the committee directs that Secretary of the Air Force, as principal acquisition executive for JSAF programs, to develop a comprehensive, non-space SIGINT system architecture plan for the post 2007 time frame. This plan shall provide for a digital, open architecture that uses only non-proprietary commercial standards and standardized, well-defined interfaces. Further, the systems in this architecture must include the ability to be reprogrammed through software changes to be periodically upgraded as well as to meet emerging time-critical requirements. The non-space SIGINT architecture plan shall be provided to the congressional defense and intelligence committees not later than May 31, 2002. Precision location and identification (PLAID) The budget request contained $41.3 million in PE 64270F for electronic warfare (EW) development, of which $1.8 million was included for the PLAID technology program. The PLAID technology program will enhance aircrew situational awareness by providing accurate ground emitter location and unambiguous identification. The committee understands that the Air Force plans to conduct a competition to advance the engineering manufacturing and development (EMD) phase of the PLAID technology program and further understands that, upon completion of the EMD phase, the PLAID upgrade will be installed on over 1,800 Air Force aircraft. Due to its successful flight and ground test evaluations, the committee believes that the PLAID technology EMD phase should be accelerated. Therefore, the committee recommends $54.6 million in PE 64270F, an increase of $13.3 million, to accelerate the PLAID technology EMD phase. Satellite planning information network (SPIN) The budget request contained $232.1 million in PE 64479F for development of the military strategic and tactical relay (MILSTAR) communications satellite, but included no funds for the SPIN development. The SPIN is a web-based satellite communications management technology that utilizes the Department's existing secret internet protocol router to expand the flexibility and efficiency of military satellite communications. The committee notes that the demand for military satellite communications continues to rise, and believes that development efforts of programs such as the SPIN should be undertaken to more efficiently use these resources. Consequently, the committee recommends $238.6 million in PE 64479F, an increase of $6.5 million, to develop the SPIN technology. Space and missile rocket propulsion The budget request contained no funds in PE 63302F for Space and Missile Rocket Propulsion. The committee notes the importance of continued investments in advanced space and missile propulsion technology and recommends an increase of $12.6 million in PE 63302F to modernize Air Force Research Laboratory large rocket test stands for higher pressure requirements and improved instrumentation. Special aerospace metals and manufacturing processes The budget request contained $77.2 million in PE 62102F for applied research and $32.7 million in PE 63122F for advanced development of materials technologies for aerospace systems and $53.8 million in PE 78011F for the Air Force's manufacturing technology program. The committee continues to support the need for advances in special aerospace metals and metal alloys for aircraft and space vehicle structures, propulsion, components, and weapon systems. The Department of Defense needs materials that are lightweight, high strength, high performance, and capable of withstanding the stressing environments that are experienced by terrestrial and aerospace systems, and for the development and optimization of manufacturing processes for these materials. The committee recommends increases of $4.5 million in PE 62102F, $4.5 million in PE 63112F, and $3.5 million in PE 78011F to continue the program for the development and demonstration of special aerospace materials and materials manufacturing processes. Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model The budget request included $25.3 million in PE 27601F for Modeling and Simulation, but included no funding for the Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM). The committee supports the Air Force Modeling and Simulation program and recognizes the potential savings and enhanced training levels associated with these initiatives. As training costs escalate, the committee continues to encourage alternative cost-saving training techniques particularly as potential threats continue to evolve. The committee is aware that STORM, a program in its fifth year of development, is a next generation simulation designed specifically to meet needs for a greater understanding of the impact of information technology on force structure and operational concepts. Therefore, the committee recommends $27.3 million in PE 27601F, an increase of $2.0 million for the continued development of STORM. Texas regional institute for environmental studies The budget request contained no funds in PE 63723F for environmental engineering technology. The committee continues to support the ongoing Texas regional institute for environmental studies (TRIES) research and development demonstration program, and recommends $3.0 million in PE 63723F for a joint TRIES--Brooks Air Force Base Institute of Environment, Safety and Occupational Health Risk environmental demonstration program addressing environmental issues unique to the southwest border region. DEFENSE-WIDE RDT&E OVERVIEW The budget request contained $15,050.8 million for Defense-Wide RDT&E. The committee recommends authorization of $15,374.6 million, a decrease of $245.2 million and the transfer of $569.2 million for missile defense programs from Army and Navy RDT&E to Defense-wide RDT&E. The committee recommendations for the fiscal year 2002 Defense-Wide RDT&E program are identified in the table below. Major changes to the Defense-Wide request are discussed following the table. [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] [Graphic Image Not Available] ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Aircraft affordability initiative The budget request contained $10.8 million in PE 64805D8Z for the Department of Defense Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative (COSSI). The committee notes that the stated goal of COSSI is to adapt commercial technologies to reduce operations and support (O&S) costs and improve overall weapons systems performance. The committee is aware of a promising technology for improving electronic warfare (EW) performance and reducing the overall cost of future and existing aircraft. Initiated in fiscal year 2001, the digital EW product improvement program (EW PIP) has utilized recent technological advancements to permit the conversion of analogue-based EW receivers to digital electronics. The committee understands that digital receivers will substantially decrease the supportability cost and risk of an aircraft's EW system and simultaneously increase combat performance. The committee further understands that if introduced to the F 22 fighter, the digital EW PIP should reduce aircraft weight by more than 30 pounds and power consumption by more than 600 watts. The committee is encouraged by these anticipated gains and improvements and urges the Department to also consider the introduction of digital EW PIP on other aircraft, such as the Joint Strike Fighter, F 15s, and as well as other military and space platforms. The committee recommends $17.0 million in PE 6480D8Z to complete requisite systems software development and to design, build, and bench-test the F 22 RW/DF Digital Receiver and two associated modules. Backscatter mobile truck system The budget request contained $33.5 million in PE 63228D8Z for demonstration and validation of physical security equipment. The committee notes the requirement for deployed forces to be capable of detecting explosives, weapons, or other systems or items of potential use in acts of terrorism. The committee also notes that there are commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) mobile truck-mounted systems capable of detecting organic materials in confused and cluttered operational environments using both backscatter and standard transmission x-ray technology, that, if successful and cost-effective in comparison to other cargo screening and surveillance systems, could be used to improve the anti-terrorism posture of U.S. military bases and forces. The committee recommends $49.5 million in PE 63228D8Z, an increase of $16.0 million to test and evaluate COTS mobile truck-mounted cargo screening and surveillance systems that employ backscatter and standard transmission x-ray technology. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) The budget request contained $7,036.5 million for the RDT&E program elements of BMDO. The committee recommends $7,470.7 million, an increase of $434.2 million. The increase results from disapproving the requested transfer of RDT&E activities for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC 3), Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), and Navy Area to the military departments. Technology The budget request contained $112.0 million in PE 63175C for advanced technology development. The committee recommends the budget request for technology. The committee strongly believes that a robust technology development program is the key to enhanced future capabilities to counter more sophisticated threats. The committee notes that BMDO investment in technology is only 1.5 percent of the total budget request, and strongly recommends significantly increasing this investment in future budget cycles. Ballistic missile defense system The budget request contained $779.6 million in PE 63880C for ballistic missile defense (BMD) system development. The committee recommends $754.6 million, a decrease of $25.0 million. The committee believes that two systems engineering and integration fourth quarter starts, for updates to the manufacturing technology program and the threat systems engineering library, can be deferred to fiscal year 2003. The committee notes that the BMD system segment consolidates activities conducted under a number of program elements in previous years. They include battle management command and control development, family of systems integration activities, threat representative target development, and countermeasures programs. The committee is especially encouraged by the increased priority given to assessment of countermeasures, and specifically the Hercules project, which provides a venue for vetting potential countermeasures against projected system capabilities. The committee observes that this program element, which includes target development and countermeasures assessment, is essential to the implementation of an operationally realistic test capability. Terminal defense segment The budget request contained $988.2 million in PE 63881C for the terminal defense segment. The committee recommends $1,577.4 million, an increase of $589.2 million. This increase reflects incorporation of RDT&E activities for PAC 3, MEADS, and Navy Area into this program element as a result of the committee's recommendation to disapprove the transfer of those programs to the services. The committee also recommends an increase of $30.0 million to accelerate development of the Arrow System Improvement Program to counter advanced threats to the national security of Israel posed by emerging systems, as represented by the Shahab series of ballistic missiles. The committee believes that technical development of missile defense by the Department of Defense benefits from continued cooperation with the government of Israel. The budget request included $73.6 million for MEADS in Army research and development. The committee recommends transfer of MEADS back to BMDO, but supports the objective of providing a mobile theater defense capability for the U.S. and the allies, and encourages greater participation in the program by the members of North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The committee is concerned by the significant projected cost overrun and schedule slip recently announced in the Navy Area program. Production delivery of the Navy Area interceptor appears to be delayed by approximately 20 months until fiscal year 2007. The committee notes that Navy Area is the Navy's ``first to field'' antiballistic missile capability and first unit equipped was to have closely followed the fielding schedule of PAC 3. Further, the committee is disturbed by the absence of Navy commitment to vigorously pursue this effort given other demands on its budget, and disapproves the transfer of Navy Area from BMDO to the Navy. The committee recommends a decrease of $10.0 million for this program. Midcourse defense segment The budget request contained $3,940.5 million in PE 63882C for the midcourse defense segment. The committee recommends $3,910.5 million for the midcourse defense segment, including a decrease of $30.0 million to the sea-based midcourse project. Within the sea-based mid-course project, the committee recommends the budget request of $260.0 million for the Aegis LEAP Interceptor demonstration program, the precursor to a Navy theater wide capability to defeat ballistic missiles. The committee recommends $30.0 million, a decrease of $30.0 million, for concept definition studies related to a new sea-based midcourse capability against intermediate and long range threats. The committee believes that ongoing, competitive radar development activities will greatly influence the course this effort will take. The committee recommends $3,230.7 million, the budget request, for the ground based midcourse project, including $786.5 million for the fiscal year 2004 Pacific missile defense test bed, including infrastructure upgrades and construction at Fort Greely, Kodiak Island, Shemya Island, and Kwajelein Atoll. The committee believes that such improvements to the infrastructure that add operational realism to testing, coupled with an aggressive test program, are crucial to the expeditious development and demonstration of a viable ground-based midcourse defense. The committee notes that the upgraded test infrastructure will also, in the near term, support testing of sea-based and integrated ``family of systems'' concepts. Boost defense segment The budget request contained $685.4 million in PE 63883C for the boost phase defense segment. The committee recommends $610.4 million, a decrease of $75.0 million, for this program element. The committee recommends $25.0 million, a decrease of $25.0 million, for the sea-based boost project, reflecting the committee's view that concept definition and operational assessment should precede hardware design, development, and testing. The committee recommends $400.0 million for the air-based boost project (airborne laser), a decrease of $10.0 million. The block 2008 full power optics for the airborne laser are not required for the fiscal year 2003 half power shoot down demonstration, which the committee sees as a critical indicator of the continued viability of the effort. The committee recommends $152.0 million, a decrease of $38.0 million, for the space-based boost defense project. The committee is concerned that the space-based laser (SBL) integrated flight experiment, has requested funding of $200 million this year, with the experiment a decade or more out. The committee recommends a decrease of $28.0 million to hold SBL to the level of the original fiscal year 2002 program of record, and suggests that BMDO consider other, more near term space-based demonstrations. The committee recommends $5.0 million for space-based kinetic energy boost phase intercept concept definition, a decrease of $10.0 million, and believes $2.0 million in savings can be found in program operations savings in this program element. Sensors segment The budget request contained $495.6 million in PE 63884C for sensor development. The committee recommends $470.6 million, a decrease of $25.0 million from the budget request. The committee notes that the Space-based Infrared System-low (SBIRS) has experienced significant growth over the level forecast for fiscal year 2001. The committee fully supports SBIRS-low, but places lower near term priority on SBIRS than other elements in the budget request as the first satellites will not be available to begin supporting test activities until fiscal year 2007. The committee recommends the budget request of $75.3 million to complete detailed design for the Russian-American Observation Satellite program. The committee believes that cooperative threat reduction should include missile defense activities that reduce the risk of an undetected launch event. Chemical/biological defense research, development, test and evaluation program The budget request contained a total of $507.7 million for chemical/biological defense, including $39.1 million in PE 61384BP for basic research, $125.5 million in PE 62384BP for applied research, $69.2 million in PE 63384BP for advanced technology development, $82.6 million in PE 63884BP for demonstration/validation, $159.9 million in PE 64384BP for engineering and manufacturing development, and $31.3 million in PE 65384BP for RDT&E management support. The budget request also contained $140.1 million in PE 62383E for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) biological defense research program. The committee recommends a total of $502.7 million for chemical/biological defense RDT&E, a decrease of $5.0 million to the budget request. The committee also recommends a total of $150.1 million in PE 62383E for the DARPA biological warfare defense program, an increase of $10.0 million. Elsewhere in this report the committee has recommended an increase of $13.0 million for the procurement of collective protection shelters, and has also provided guidance regarding the contracts for procurement of anthrax vaccine. In order to insure an integrated chemical/biological defense program within the Department of Defense (DOD), section 1793 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103 160) mandated the coordination and integration of all DOD chemical/biological defense programs and the funding of these programs in a defense-wide account, separate from the accounts of the military departments. The committee believes that the Department has made considerable progress in improving cooperation among the military departments. The committee has previously noted a growing tendency to fund individual chemical/biological defense projects within the military services and again emphasizes that this practice violates the intent and purpose of Congress in establishing the consolidated program. The committee also emphasizes the necessity for the objectives of the DARPA biological defense program to be coordinated closely and integrated with the overall Department of Defense chemical and biological defense program, and expects the Secretary of Defense to ensure that such an integrated program is established and maintained. The committee continues to support initiatives for research, development, and demonstration of advanced chemical and biological defense technologies and systems. These initiatives should compete for funding within the appropriate program elements of the joint chemical and biological defense program and the DARPA biological defense program on the basis of technical merit and the anticipated ability of the technology or system to meet joint and service unique needs. Research in percutaneous, optical, and pulmonary effects of mustard agent The committee notes that the United States concentrated its research in the effects of mustard agent on the human body on the percutaneous effects of mustard on the skin, while U.S. allies focused on the effects of mustard agent and agent vapors on the eyes and on the pulmonary system. The committee understands that the research activities of U.S. allies in these areas have been reduced and that the U.S. research program in the effects of mustard agent now focuses on all three areas: percutaneous, optical, and pulmonary. The committee encourages a balanced, threat-focused research effort on the effects of mustard and other chemical agents on the human body and the identification and development of promising technologies for protection and treatment against such agents. Optical computing device materials for chemical sensors The committee recommends $41.1 million in PE 61384BP, an increase of $2.0 million to continue the basic research program in organic and inorganic optical computing device materials for use in standoff sensors for detection and identification of chemical agents. Chemical/biological regenerative air filtration systems The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 62384BP to accelerate the program for applied research in chemical/biological regenerative air filtration technology. Chemical and biological mass spectrometer The committee understands that the Army's Chemical and Biological Mass Spectrometer (CBMS II) upgrade project will provide the capability to detect and identify chemical and biological warfare agents in very low concentrations. The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in PE 63884BP to continue the capability assessment, system optimization, and enhanced field-testing the chemical and biological agent mass spectrometer upgrade. Mobile chemical agent detector The committee notes the progress made in the development of a mobile chemical agent detector (MCAD) for the Marine Corps' Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) and the recent testing of the system. The committee also notes the Marine Corps Systems Command's efforts to integrate, test and develop concepts for an aerial chemical agent detection system for manned and unmanned air platforms in support of the CBIRF and strongly recommends that the technology be assessed for application to the operational requirements for standoff chemical and biological agent detectors for all the military services as an integral part of the Defense-wide chemical/biological defense program. The committee recommends an increase of $9.0 million in PE 63884BP for continued development, demonstration, and validation of the MCAD for support of the Marine Corps CBIRF and for the other military services.