HR 5408 IH

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

October 6, 2000

Mr. SPENCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, International Relations, the Judiciary, Resources, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Ways and Means, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001'.

(b) FINDINGS- Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Representative Floyd D. Spence of South Carolina was elected to the House of Representatives in 1970, for service in the 92d Congress, after serving in the South Carolina legislature for 10 years, and he has been reelected to each subsequent Congress.

(2) Representative Spence came to Congress as a distinguished veteran of service in the Armed Forces of the United States.

(3) Upon graduation from college in 1952, Representative Spence was commissioned as an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve. After entering active duty, he served with distinction aboard the USS CARTER HALL and the USS LSM-397 during the Korean War and later served as commanding officer of a Naval Reserve Surface Division and as group commander of all Naval Reserve units in Columbia, South Carolina. Representative Spence retired from the Naval Reserve in 1988 in the grade of captain, after 41 years of dedicated service.

(4) Upon election to the House of Representatives, Representative Spence became a member of the Committee on Armed Services of that body. During 30 years of service on that committee (4 years of which were served while the committee was known as the Committee on National Security), Representative Spence's contributions to the national defense and security of the United States have been profound and long lasting.

(5) Representative Spence served as chairman of that committee while known as the Committee on National Security during the 104th and 105th Congresses and serves as chairman of that committee for the 106th Congress. In addition, Representative Spence served as the ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services during the 103d Congress.

(6) Dozens of awards from active duty and reserve military, veterans service, military retiree, and industry organizations and associations have recognized the distinguished character of Representative Spence's service to the Nation.

(7) Representative Spence has been a leading figure in the debate over many of the most critical military readiness, health care, recruiting, and retention issues currently confronting the Nation's military. His concern for the men and women in uniform has been unwavering, and his accomplishments in promoting and gaining support for those issues that preserve the combat effectiveness, morale, and quality of life of the Nation's military personnel have been unparalleled.

(8) During his tenure as chairman of the Committee on National Security and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, Representative Spence has--

(A) led efforts to identify and reverse the effect that declining resources and rising commitments have had on military quality of life for service members and their families, on combat readiness, and on equipment modernization, with a direct result of those diligent efforts and of his willingness to be an outspoken proponent for America's military being that Congress has added nearly $50,000,000,000 to the President's defense budgets over the past 5 years;

(B) been a leading proponent of the need to expeditiously develop and field a national missile defense to protect American citizens and forward deployed military forces from growing ballistic missile threats;

(C) advocated reversing the growing disparity between actual military capability and the requirements associated with the National Military Strategy; and

(D) led efforts in Congress to reform Department of Defense acquisition and management headquarters and infrastructure and business practices.

(9) This Act is the 30th annual authorization bill for the Department of Defense for which Representative Spence has taken a major responsibility as a member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives (including 4 years while that committee was known as the Committee on National Security).

(10) In light of the findings in the preceding paragraphs, it is altogether fitting and proper that this Act be named in honor of Representative Floyd D. Spence of South Carolina, as provided in subsection (a).

SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) DIVISIONS- This Act is organized into three divisions as follows:

(1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations.

(2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations.

(3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; findings.

Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.

Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.

DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 101. Army.

Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.

Sec. 103. Air Force.

Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.

Sec. 105. Defense Inspector General.

Sec. 106. Defense Health Program.

Subtitle B--Army Programs

Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority.

Sec. 112. Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat munitions that may be acquired.

Sec. 113. Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation.

Subtitle C--Navy Programs

Sec. 121. CVNX-1 nuclear aircraft carrier program.

Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.

Sec. 123. Virginia class submarine program.

Sec. 124. Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in submarine force structure.

Sec. 125. ADC(X) ship program.

Sec. 126. Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Sec. 127. Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs.

Sec. 128. Helicopter support of FFG-7 frigates during fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 129. V-22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders.

Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

Sec. 131. Annual report on B-2 bomber.

Sec. 132. Report on modernization of Air National Guard F-16A units.

Subtitle E--Joint Programs

Sec. 141. Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter program.

Subtitle F--Chemical Demilitarization

Sec. 151. Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent and munitions destruction technologies.

Sec. 152. Report on assessment of need for Federal economic assistance for communities impacted by chemical demilitarization activities.

Sec. 153. Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical warfare material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility.

TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.

Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 211. Management of Space-Based Infrared System--Low.

Sec. 212. Joint Strike Fighter program.

Sec. 213. Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment.

Sec. 214. Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling.

Sec. 215. DD-21 class destroyer program.

Sec. 216. Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program.

Sec. 217. Joint biological defense program.

Sec. 218. Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development programs.

Sec. 219. Cost limitations applicable to F-22 aircraft program.

Sec. 220. Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat vehicles.

Sec. 221. Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.

Sec. 222. Army space control technology development.

Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense

Sec. 231. Funding for fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 232. Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea.

Sec. 233. Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture.

Sec. 234. Management of Airborne Laser program.

Subtitle D--High Energy Laser Programs

Sec. 241. Funding.

Sec. 242. Implementation of High Energy Laser Master Plan.

Sec. 243. Designation of senior official for high energy laser programs.

Sec. 244. Site for Joint Technology Office.

Sec. 245. High energy laser infrastructure improvements.

Sec. 246. Cooperative programs and activities.

Sec. 247. Technology plan.

Sec. 248. Annual report.

Sec. 249. Definition.

Sec. 250. Review of defense-wide directed energy programs.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 251. Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential use for certain purposes of technologies associated with that concept.

Sec. 252. Air Force science and technology planning.

Sec. 253. Enhancement of authorities regarding education partnerships for purposes of encouraging scientific study.

Sec. 254. Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval research efforts during the period from before World War II through the end of the Cold War.

TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.

Sec. 302. Working capital funds.

Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.

Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.

Sec. 305. Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams.

Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions

Sec. 311. Establishment of additional environmental restoration account and use of accounts for operation and monitoring of environmental remedies.

Sec. 312. Certain environmental restoration activities.

Sec. 313. Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program.

Sec. 314. Payment of fines and penalties for environmental compliance at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Sec. 315. Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental compliance violations at other Department of Defense facilities.

Sec. 316. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia.

Sec. 317. Necessity of military low-level flight training to protect national security and enhance military readiness.

Sec. 318. Ship disposal project.

Sec. 319. Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program.

Sec. 320. Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System.

Sec. 321. Sense of Congress regarding environmental restoration of former defense manufacturing site, Santa Clarita, California.

Subtitle C--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities

Sec. 331. Use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses of commissary stores.

Sec. 332. Adjustment of sales prices of commissary store goods and services to cover certain expenses.

Sec. 333. Use of surcharges for construction and improvement of commissary stores.

Sec. 334. Inclusion of magazines and other periodicals as an authorized commissary merchandise category.

Sec. 335. Use of most economical distribution method for distilled spirits.

Sec. 336. Report on effects of availability of slot machines on United States military installations overseas.

Subtitle D--Department of Defense Industrial Facilities

Sec. 341. Designation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and public-private partnerships to increase utilization of such centers.

Sec. 342. Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of United States arsenals.

Sec. 343. Arsenal support program initiative.

Sec. 344. Codification and improvement of armament retooling and manufacturing support programs.

Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources

Sec. 351. Inclusion of additional information in reports to Congress required before conversion of commercial or industrial type functions to contractor performance.

Sec. 352 Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and Army ammunition plants.

Sec. 353. Consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering of Department of Defense organizations, functions, or activities.

Sec. 354. Monitoring of savings resulting from workforce reductions as part of conversion of functions to performance by private sector or other strategic sourcing initiatives.

Sec. 355. Performance of emergency response functions at chemical weapons storage installations.

Sec. 356. Suspension of reorganization or relocation of Naval Audit Service.

Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education

Sec. 361. Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross employees for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico.

Sec. 362. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees.

Sec. 363. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities.

Sec. 364. Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of school facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees.

Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues

Sec. 371. Measuring cannibalization of parts, supplies, and equipment under readiness reporting system.

Sec. 372. Reporting requirements regarding transfers from high-priority readiness appropriations.

Sec. 373. Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness of military aircraft and equipment.

Sec. 374. Identification of requirements to reduce backlog in maintenance and repair of defense facilities.

Sec. 375. New methodology for preparing budget requests to satisfy Army readiness requirements.

Sec. 376. Review of AH-64 aircraft program.

Sec. 377. Report on Air Force spare and repair parts program for C-5 aircraft.

Subtitle H--Other Matters

Sec. 381. Annual report on public sale of certain military equipment identified on United States Munitions List.

Sec. 382. Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army.

Sec. 383. Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided at Johnston Atoll.

Sec. 384. Travel by Reserves on military aircraft.

Sec. 385. Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft.

Sec. 386. Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all in-transit end items and secondary items.

Sec. 387. Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft.

Sec. 388. Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire suppression.

Sec. 389. Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica reactivity.

Sec. 390. Demonstration project to increase reserve component internet access and services in rural communities.

Sec. 391. Additional conditions on implementation of Defense Joint Accounting System.

Sec. 392. Report on Defense Travel System.

Sec. 393. Review of Department of Defense costs of maintaining historical properties.

TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

Subtitle A--Active Forces

Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.

Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels.

Sec. 403. Adjustment to end strength flexibility authority.

Subtitle B--Reserve Forces

Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.

Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.

Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).

Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2001 limitation on non-dual status technicians.

Sec. 415. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the Reserves.

Subtitle C--Other Matters Relating to Personnel Strengths

Sec. 421. Authority for Secretary of Defense to suspend certain personnel strength limitations during war or national emergency.

Sec. 422. Exclusion from active component end strengths of certain reserve component members on active duty in support of the combatant commands.

Sec. 423. Exclusion of Army and Air Force medical and dental officers from limitation on strengths of reserve commissioned officers in grades below brigadier general.

Sec. 424. Authority for temporary increases in number of reserve component personnel serving on active duty or full-time national guard duty in certain grades.

Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 431. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.

TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy

Sec. 501. Eligibility of Army and Air Force Reserve colonels and brigadier generals for position vacancy promotions.

Sec. 502. Flexibility in establishing promotion zones for Coast Guard Reserve officers.

Sec. 503. Time for release of reports of officer promotion selection boards.

Sec. 504. Clarification of requirements for composition of active-duty list selection boards when reserve officers are under consideration.

Sec. 505. Authority to issue posthumous commissions in the case of members dying before official recommendation for appointment or promotion is approved by Secretary concerned.

Sec. 506. Technical corrections relating to retired grade of reserve commissioned officers.

Sec. 507. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and directors of National Guard components.

Sec. 508. Revision to rules for entitlement to separation pay for regular and reserve officers.

Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy

Sec. 521. Exemption from active-duty list for reserve officers on active duty for a period of three years or less.

Sec. 522. Termination of application requirement for consideration of officers for continuation on the reserve active-status list.

Sec. 523. Authority to retain Air Force Reserve officers in all medical specialties until specified age.

Sec. 524. Authority for provision of legal services to reserve component members following release from active duty.

Sec. 525. Extension of involuntary civil service retirement date for certain reserve technicians.

Subtitle C--Education and Training

Sec. 531. Eligibility of children of Reserves for Presidential appointment to service academies.

Sec. 532. Selection of foreign students to receive instruction at service academies.

Sec. 533. Revision of college tuition assistance program for members of Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program.

Sec. 534. Review of allocation of Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps units among the services.

Sec. 535. Authority for Naval Postgraduate School to enroll certain defense industry civilians in specified programs relating to defense product development.

Subtitle D--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations

Sec. 541. Limitation on award of Bronze Star to members in receipt of imminent danger pay.

Sec. 542. Consideration of proposals for posthumous or honorary promotions or appointments of members or former members of the Armed Forces and other qualified persons.

Sec. 543. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons.

Sec. 544. Addition of certain information to markers on graves containing remains of certain unknowns from the U.S.S. Arizona who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Sec. 545. Sense of Congress on the court-martial conviction of Captain Charles Butler McVay, Commander of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and on the courageous service of the crew of that vessel.

Sec. 546. Posthumous advancement on retired list of Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short, senior officers in command in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

Sec. 547. Commendation of citizens of Remy, France, for World War II actions.

Sec. 548. Authority for Award of the Medal of Honor to William H. Pitsenbarger for valor during the Vietnam War.

Subtitle E--Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters

Sec. 551. Recognition by States of military testamentary instruments.

Sec. 552. Policy concerning rights of individuals whose names have been entered into Department of Defense official criminal investigative reports.

Sec. 553. Limitation on Secretarial authority to grant clemency for military prisoners serving sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole.

Sec. 554. Authority for civilian special agents of military department criminal investigative organizations to execute warrants and make arrests.

Sec. 555. Requirement for verbatim record in certain special court-martial cases.

Sec. 556. Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Recruiting

Sec. 561. Army recruiting pilot programs.

Sec. 562. Enhancement of recruitment market research and advertising programs.

Sec. 563. Access to secondary schools for military recruiting purposes.

Sec. 564. Pilot program to enhance military recruiting by improving military awareness of school counselors and educators.

Subtitle G--Other Matters

Sec. 571. Extension to end of calendar year of expiration date for certain force drawdown transition authorities.

Sec. 572. Voluntary separation incentive.

Sec. 573. Congressional review period for assignment of women to duty on submarines and for any proposed reconfiguration or design of submarines to accommodate female crew members.

Sec. 574. Management and per diem requirements for members subject to lengthy or numerous deployments.

Sec. 575. Pay in lieu of allowance for funeral honors duty.

Sec. 576. Test of ability of reserve component intelligence units and personnel to meet current and emerging defense intelligence needs.

Sec. 577. National Guard Challenge Program.

Sec. 578. Study of use of civilian contractor pilots for operational support missions.

Sec. 579. Reimbursement for expenses incurred by members in connection with cancellation of leave on short notice.

TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances

Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 602. Additional restructuring of basic pay rates for enlisted members.

Sec. 603. Revised method for calculation of basic allowance for subsistence.

Sec. 604. Family subsistence supplemental allowance for low-income members of the Armed Forces.

Sec. 605. Basic allowance for housing.

Sec. 606. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2001 increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States.

Sec. 607. Equitable treatment of junior enlisted members in computation of basic allowance for housing.

Sec. 608. Eligibility of members in grade E-4 to receive basic allowance for housing while on sea duty.

Sec. 609. Personal money allowance for senior enlisted members of the Armed Forces.

Sec. 610. Increased uniform allowances for officers.

Sec. 611. Cabinet-level authority to prescribe requirements and allowance for clothing of enlisted members.

Sec. 612. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for members of precommissioning programs.

Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays

Sec. 621. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces.

Sec. 622. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists.

Sec. 623. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays.

Sec. 624. Revision of enlistment bonus authority.

Sec. 625. Consistency of authorities for special pay for reserve medical and dental officers.

Sec. 626. Elimination of required congressional notification before implementation of certain special pay authority.

Sec. 627. Special pay for physician assistants of the Coast Guard.

Sec. 628. Authorization of special pay and accession bonus for pharmacy officers.

Sec. 629. Correction of references to Air Force veterinarians.

Sec. 630. Career sea pay.

Sec. 631. Increased maximum rate of special duty assignment pay.

Sec. 632. Entitlement of members of the National Guard and other reserves not on active duty to receive special duty assignment pay.

Sec. 633. Authorization of retention bonus for members of the Armed Forces qualified in a critical military skill.

Sec. 634. Entitlement of active duty officers of the Public Health Service Corps to special pays and bonuses of health professional officers of the Armed Forces.

Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances

Sec. 641. Advance payments for temporary lodging of members and dependents.

Sec. 642. Additional transportation allowance regarding baggage and household effects.

Sec. 643. Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in less than average weights.

Sec. 644. Equitable dislocation allowances for junior enlisted members.

Sec. 645. Authority to reimburse military recruiters, Senior ROTC cadre, and military entrance processing personnel for certain parking expenses.

Sec. 646. Expansion of funded student travel for dependents.

Subtitle D--Retirement and Survivor Benefit Matters

Sec. 651. Exception to high-36 month retired pay computation for members retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade.

Sec. 652. Increase in maximum number of Reserve retirement points that may be credited in any year.

Sec. 653. Retirement from active reserve service after regular retirement.

Sec. 654. Same treatment for Federal judges as for other Federal officials regarding payment of military retired pay.

Sec. 655. Reserve component Survivor Benefit Plan spousal consent requirement.

Sec. 656. Sense of Congress on increasing Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for surviving spouses age 62 or older.

Sec. 657. Revision to special compensation authority to repeal exclusion of uniformed services retirees in receipt of disability retired pay.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 661. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan.

Sec. 662. Determinations of income eligibility for special supplemental food program.

Sec. 663. Billeting services for reserve members traveling for inactive-duty training.

Sec. 664. Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued leave and for retired pay.

Sec. 665. Additional benefits and protections for personnel incurring injury, illness, or disease in the performance of funeral honors duty.

Sec. 666. Authority for extension of deadline for filing claims associated with capture and internment of certain persons by North Vietnam.

Sec. 667. Back pay for members of the Navy and Marine Corps selected for promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World War II.

Sec. 668. Sense of Congress concerning funding for reserve components.

TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--Health Care Services

Sec. 701. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for CHAMPUS beneficiaries and certain former CHAMPUS beneficiaries.

Sec. 702. Chiropractic health care for members on active duty.

Sec. 703. School-required physical examinations for certain minor dependents.

Sec. 704. Two-year extension of dental and medical benefits for surviving dependents of certain deceased members.

Sec. 705. Two-year extension of authority for use of contract physicians at military entrance processing stations and elsewhere outside medical treatment facilities.

Sec. 706. Medical and dental care for Medal of Honor recipients.

Subtitle B--Senior Health Care

Sec. 711. Implementation of TRICARE senior pharmacy program.

Sec. 712. Conditions for eligibility for CHAMPUS and TRICARE upon the attainment of age 65; expansion and modification of medicare subvention project.

Sec. 713. Accrual funding for health care for medicare-eligible retirees and dependents.

Subtitle C--TRICARE Program

Sec. 721. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program.

Sec. 722. Additional beneficiaries under TRICARE Prime Remote program in the continental United States.

Sec. 723. Modernization of TRICARE business practices and increase of use of military treatment facilities.

Sec. 724. Extension of TRICARE managed care support contracts.

Sec. 725. Report on protections against health care providers seeking direct reimbursement from members of the uniformed services.

Sec. 726. Voluntary termination of enrollment in TRICARE retiree dental program.

Sec. 727. Claims processing improvements.

Sec. 728. Prior authorizations for certain referrals and nonavailability-of-health-care statements.

Subtitle D--Demonstration Projects

Sec. 731. Demonstration project for expanded access to mental health counselors.

Sec. 732. Teleradiology demonstration project.

Sec. 733. Health care management demonstration program.

Subtitle E--Joint Initiatives With Department of Veterans Affairs

Sec. 741. VA-DOD sharing agreements for health services.

Sec. 742. Processes for patient safety in military and veterans health care systems.

Sec. 743. Cooperation in developing pharmaceutical identification technology.

Subtitle F--Other Matters

Sec. 751. Management of anthrax vaccine immunization program.

Sec. 752. Elimination of copayments for immediate family.

Sec. 753. Medical informatics.

Sec. 754. Patient care reporting and management system.

Sec. 755. Augmentation of Army Medical Department by detailing Reserve officers of the Public Health Service.

Sec. 756. Privacy of Department of Defense medical records.

Sec. 757. Authority to establish special locality-based reimbursement rates; reports.

Sec. 758. Reimbursement for certain travel expenses.

Sec. 759. Reduction of cap on payments.

Sec. 760. Training in health care management and administration.

Sec. 761. Studies on feasibility of sharing biomedical research facility.

Sec. 762. Study on comparability of coverage for physical, speech, and occupational therapies.

TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations

Sec. 801. Department of Defense acquisition pilot programs.

Sec. 802. Multiyear services contracts.

Sec. 803. Clarification and extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects.

Sec. 804. Clarification of authority of Comptroller General to review records of participants in certain prototype projects.

Sec. 805. Extension of time period of limitation on procurement of ball bearings and roller bearings.

Sec. 806. Reporting requirements relating to multiyear contracts.

Sec. 807. Eligibility of small business concerns owned and controlled by women for assistance under the mentor-protege program.

Sec. 808. Qualifications required for employment and assignment in contracting positions.

Sec. 809. Revision of authority for solutions-based contracting pilot program.

Sec. 810. Procurement notice of contracting opportunities through electronic means.

Subtitle B--Information Technology

Sec. 811. Acquisition and management of information technology.

Sec. 812. Tracking and management of information technology purchases.

Sec. 813. Appropriate use of requirements regarding experience and education of contractor personnel in the procurement of information technology services.

Sec. 814. Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.

Sec. 815. Sense of Congress regarding information technology systems for Guard and Reserve components.

Subtitle C--Other Acquisition-Related Matters

Sec. 821. Improvements in procurements of services.

Sec. 822. Financial analysis of use of dual rates for quantifying overhead costs at Army ammunition plants.

Sec. 823. Repeal of prohibition on use of Department of Defense funds for procurement of nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign source.

Sec. 824. Extension of waiver period for live-fire survivability testing for MH-47E and MH-60K helicopter modification programs.

Sec. 825. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and products.

Sec. 826. Requirement to disregard certain agreements in awarding contracts for the purchase of firearms or ammunition.

Subtitle D--Studies and Reports

Sec. 831. Study on impact of foreign sourcing of systems on long-term military readiness and related industrial infrastructure.

Sec. 832. Study of policies and procedures for transfer of commercial activities.

Sec. 833. Study and report on practice of contract bundling in military construction contracts.

Sec. 834. Requirement to conduct study on contract bundling.

TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

Subtitle A--Duties and Functions of Department of Defense Officers

Sec. 901. Overall supervision of Department of Defense activities for combating terrorism.

Sec. 902. Change of title of certain positions in the Headquarters, Marine Corps.

Sec. 903. Clarification of scope of Inspector General authorities under military whistleblower law.

Sec. 904. Policy to ensure conduct of science and technology programs so as to foster the transition of science and technology to higher levels of research, development, test, and evaluation.

Sec. 905.. Additional components of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff annual report on combatant command requirements.

Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organizations

Sec. 911. Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.

Sec. 912. Department of Defense regional centers for security studies.

Sec. 913. Change in name of Armed Forces Staff College to Joint Forces Staff College.

Sec. 914. Special authority for administration of Navy Fisher Houses.

Sec. 915. Supervisory control of Armed Forces Retirement Home board by Secretary of Defense.

Sec. 916. Semiannual report on Joint Requirements Oversight Council reform initiative.

Sec. 917. Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Logistics Agency.

Sec. 918. Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Information Systems Agency.

Subtitle C--Information Security

Sec. 921. Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information Protection.

Sec. 922. Information security scholarship program.

Subtitle D--Reports

Sec. 931. Date of submittal of reports on shortfalls in equipment procurement and military construction for the reserve components in future-years defense programs.

Sec. 932. Report on number of personnel assigned to legislative liaison functions.

Sec. 933. Joint report on establishment of national collaborative information analysis capability.

Sec. 934. Network centric warfare.

Sec. 935. Report on Air Force Institute of Technology.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 941. Flexibility in implementation of limitation on major Department of Defense headquarters activities personnel.

Sec. 942. Consolidation of certain Navy gift funds.

Sec. 943. Temporary authority to dispose of a gift previously accepted for the Naval Academy.

TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--Financial Matters

Sec. 1001. Transfer authority.

Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex.

Sec. 1003. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2000.

Sec. 1004. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 1005. Limitation on funds for Bosnia and Kosovo peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 1006. Requirement for prompt payment of contract vouchers.

Sec. 1007. Plan for prompt recording of obligations of funds for contractual transactions.

Sec. 1008. Electronic submission and processing of claims for contract payments.

Sec. 1009. Administrative offsets for overpayment of transportation costs.

Sec. 1010. Interest penalties for late payment of interim payments due under Government service contracts.

Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards

Sec. 1011. Revisions to national defense features program.

Sec. 1012. Sense of Congress on the naming of the CVN-77 aircraft carrier.

Sec. 1013. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries.

Sec. 1014. Authority to consent to retransfer of alternative former naval vessel by Government of Greece.

Subtitle C--Counter-Drug Activities

Sec. 1021. Extension of authority to provide support for counter-drug activities of Colombia.

Sec. 1022. Report on Department of Defense expenditures to support foreign counter-drug activities.

Sec. 1023. Recommendations on expansion of support for counter-drug activities.

Sec. 1024. Review of riverine counter-drug program.

Sec. 1025. Report on tethered aerostat radar system.

Sec. 1026. Sense of Congress regarding use of Armed Forces for counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities.

Subtitle D--Counterterrorism and Domestic Preparedness

Sec. 1031. Preparedness of military installation first responders for incidents involving weapons of mass destruction.

Sec. 1032. Additional weapons of mass destruction civil support teams.

Sec. 1033. Authority to provide loan guarantees to improve domestic preparedness to combat cyberterrorism.

Sec. 1034. Report on the status of domestic preparedness against the threat of biological terrorism.

Sec. 1035. Report on strategy, policies, and programs to combat domestic terrorism.

Subtitle E--Strategic Forces

Sec. 1041. Revised nuclear posture review.

Sec. 1042. Plan for the long-term sustainment and modernization of United States strategic nuclear forces.

Sec. 1043. Modification of scope of waiver authority for limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems.

Sec. 1044. Report on the defeat of hardened and deeply buried targets.

Sec. 1045. Sense of Congress on the maintenance of the strategic nuclear triad.

Subtitle F--Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements

Sec. 1051. Management review of working-capital fund activities.

Sec. 1052. Report on submarine rescue support vessels.

Sec. 1053. Report on Federal Government progress in developing information assurance strategies.

Sec. 1054. Department of Defense process for decisionmaking in cases of false claims.

Subtitle G--Government Information Security Reform

Sec. 1061. Coordination of Federal information policy.

Sec. 1062. Responsibilities of certain agencies.

Sec. 1063. Relationship of Defense Information Assurance Program to Government-wide information security program.

Sec. 1064. Technical and conforming amendments.

Sec. 1065. Effective date.

Subtitle H--Security Matters

Sec. 1071. Limitation on granting of security clearances.

Sec. 1072. Process for prioritizing background investigations for security clearances for Department of Defense personnel and defense contractor personnel.

Sec. 1073. Authority to withhold certain sensitive information from public disclosure.

Sec. 1074. Expansion of authority to exempt geodetic products of the Department of Defense from public disclosure.

Sec. 1075. Expenditures for declassification activities.

Sec. 1076. Enhanced access to criminal history record information for national security and other purposes

Sec. 1077. Two-year extension of authority to engage in commercial activities as security for intelligence collection activities.

Sec. 1078. Coordination of nuclear weapons secrecy policies and consideration of health of workers at former Department of Defense nuclear facilities.

Subtitle I--Other Matters

Sec. 1081. Funds for administrative expenses under Defense Export Loan Guarantee program.

Sec. 1082. Transit pass program for Department of Defense personnel in poor air quality areas.

Sec. 1083. Transfer of Vietnam era TA-4 aircraft to nonprofit foundation.

Sec. 1084. Transfer of 19th century cannon to museum.

Sec. 1085. Fees for providing historical information to the public.

Sec. 1086. Grants to American Red Cross for Armed Forces emergency services.

Sec. 1087. Technical and clerical amendments.

Sec. 1088. Maximum size of parcel post packages transported overseas for Armed Forces post offices.

Sec. 1089. Sense of Congress regarding tax treatment of members receiving special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger.

Sec. 1090. Organization and management of Civil Air Patrol.

Sec. 1091. Additional duties for Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization.

Sec. 1092. Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry.

Sec. 1093. Drug addiction treatment.

TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL

Subtitle A--Civilian Personnel Management Generally

Sec. 1101. Employment and compensation of employees for temporary organizations established by law or Executive order.

Sec. 1102. Assistive technology accommodations program.

Sec. 1103. Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in force.

Sec. 1104. Electronic maintenance of performance appraisal systems.

Sec. 1105. Study on civilian personnel services.

Subtitle B--Demonstration and Pilot Programs

Sec. 1111. Pilot program for reengineering the equal employment opportunity complaint process.

Sec. 1112. Work safety demonstration program.

Sec. 1113. Extension, expansion, and revision of authority for experimental personnel program for scientific and technical personnel.

Sec. 1114. Clarification of personnel management authority under personnel demonstration project.

Subtitle C--Educational Assistance

Sec. 1121. Restructuring the restriction on degree training.

Sec. 1122. Student loan repayment programs.

Sec. 1123. Extension of authority for tuition reimbursement and training for civilian employees in the defense acquisition workforce.

Subtitle D--Other Benefits

Sec. 1131. Additional special pay for foreign language proficiency beneficial for United States national security interests.

Sec. 1132. Approval authority for cash awards in excess of $10,000.

Sec. 1133. Leave for crews of certain vessels.

Sec. 1134. Life insurance for emergency essential Department of Defense employees.

Subtitle E--Intelligence Civilian Personnel

Sec. 1141. Expansion of defense civilian intelligence personnel system positions.

Sec. 1142. Increase in number of positions authorized for the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service.

Subtitle F--Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay and Early Retirement Authority

Sec. 1151. Extension, revision, and expansion of authorities for use of voluntary separation incentive pay and voluntary early retirement.

Sec. 1152. Department of Defense employee voluntary early retirement authority.

Sec. 1153. Limitations.

TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS

Subtitle A--Matters Related to Arms Control

Sec. 1201. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities.

Sec. 1202. Support of consultations on Arab and Israeli arms control and regional security issues.

Sec. 1203. Furnishing of nuclear test monitoring equipment to foreign governments.

Sec. 1204. Additional matters for annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries and entities of concern.

Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Balkans

Sec. 1211. Annual report assessing effect of continued operations in the Balkans region on readiness to execute the national military strategy.

Sec. 1212. Situation in the Balkans.

Sec. 1213. Semiannual report on Kosovo peacekeeping.

Subtitle C--North Atlantic Treaty Organization and United States Forces in Europe

Sec. 1221. NATO fair burdensharing.

Sec. 1222. Repeal of restriction preventing cooperative airlift support through acquisition and cross-servicing agreements.

Sec. 1223. GAO study on the benefits and costs of United States military engagement in Europe.

Subtitle D--Other Matters

Sec. 1231. Joint data exchange center with Russian Federation on early warning systems and notification of ballistic missile launches.

Sec. 1232. Report on sharing and exchange of ballistic missile launch early warning data.

Sec. 1233. Annual report of Communist Chinese military companies operating in the United States.

Sec. 1234. Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers.

Sec. 1235. Increased authority to provide health care services as humanitarian and civic assistance.

Sec. 1236. Sense of Congress regarding the use of children as soldiers.

Sec. 1237. Sense of Congress regarding undersea rescue and recovery.

Sec. 1238. United States-China Security Review Commission.

TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

Sec. 1301. Specification of cooperative threat reduction programs and funds.

Sec. 1302. Funding allocations.

Sec. 1303. Prohibition on use of funds for elimination of conventional weapons.

Sec. 1304. Limitations on use of funds for fissile material storage facility.

Sec. 1305. Limitation on use of funds to support warhead dismantlement processing.

Sec. 1306. Agreement on nuclear weapons storage sites.

Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds for construction of fossil fuel energy plants; report.

Sec. 1308. Reports on activities and assistance under cooperative threat reduction programs.

Sec. 1309. Russian chemical weapons elimination.

Sec. 1310. Limitation on use of funds for elimination of weapons grade plutonium program.

Sec. 1311. Report on audits of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.

TITLE XIV--COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) ATTACK

Sec. 1401. Establishment of commission.

Sec. 1402. Duties of commission.

Sec. 1403. Reports.

Sec. 1404. Powers.

Sec. 1405. Commission procedures.

Sec. 1406. Personnel matters.

Sec. 1407. Miscellaneous administrative provisions.

Sec. 1408. Funding.

Sec. 1409. Termination of the commission.

TITLE XV--NAVY ACTIVITIES ON THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO

Sec. 1501. Assistance for economic growth on Vieques.

Sec. 1502. Conveyance of Naval Ammunition Support Detachment, Vieques Island.

Sec. 1503. Determination regarding continuation of Navy training.

Sec. 1504. Actions if training is approved.

Sec. 1505. Requirements if training is not approved or mandate for referendum is vitiated.

Sec. 1506. Certain properties exempt from conveyance or transfer.

Sec. 1507. Moratorium on improvements at Fort Buchanan.

Sec. 1508. Transfer and management of Conservation Zones.

TITLE XVI--GI BILL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND VETERANS CLAIMS ASSISTANCE

Subtitle A--Veterans Education Benefits

Sec. 1601. Additional opportunity for certain VEAP participants to enroll in basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill.

Sec. 1602. Modification of authority to pay tuition for off-duty training and education.

Subtitle B--Veterans Claims Assistance

Sec. 1611. Clarification of Department of Veterans Affairs duty to assist.

TITLE XVII--ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS

Sec. 1701. Firefighter assistance.

Sec. 1702. Volunteer fire assistance program.

Sec. 1703. Burn research.

Sec. 1704. Study and demonstration projects regarding cases of hepatitis C among certain emergency response employees.

Sec. 1705. Report on progress on spectrum sharing.

Sec. 1706. Sale or donation of excess defense property to assist firefighting agencies.

Sec. 1707. Identification of defense technologies suitable for use, or conversion for use, in providing fire and emergency medical services.

TITLE XVIII--IMPACT AID

Sec. 1801. Short title.

Sec. 1802. Purpose.

Sec. 1803. Payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property.

Sec. 1804. Payments for eligible federally connected children.

Sec. 1805. Maximum amount of basic support payments.

Sec. 1806. Basic support payments for heavily impacted local educational agencies.

Sec. 1807. Basic support payments for local educational agencies affected by removal of Federal property.

Sec. 1808. Additional payments for local educational agencies with high concentrations of children with severe disabilities.

Sec. 1809. Application for payments under sections 8002 and 8003.

Sec. 1810. Payments for sudden and substantial increases in attendance of military dependents.

Sec. 1811. Construction.

Sec. 1812. State consideration of payments in providing State aid.

Sec. 1813. Federal administration.

Sec. 1814. Administrative hearings and judicial review.

Sec. 1815. Forgiveness of overpayments.

Sec. 1816. Definitions.

Sec. 1817. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 1818. Effective date.

DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 2001. Short title.

TITLE XXI--ARMY

Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.

Sec. 2102. Family housing.

Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.

Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.

Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000 projects.

Sec. 2106. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1999 projects.

Sec. 2107. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project.

Sec. 2108. Authority to accept funds for realignment of certain military construction project, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

TITLE XXII--NAVY

Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.

Sec. 2202. Family housing.

Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.

Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.

Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997 project at Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia.

TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE

Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.

Sec. 2302. Family housing.

Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.

Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.

TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES

Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects.

Sec. 2402. Energy conservation projects.

Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.

Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1990 project.

TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.

Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.

TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES

Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.

Sec. 2602. Authority to contribute to construction of airport tower, Cheyenne Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law.

Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1998 projects.

Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects.

Sec. 2704. Effective date.

TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes

Sec. 2801. Joint use military construction projects.

Sec. 2802. Exclusion of certain costs from determination of applicability of limitation on use of funds for improvement of family housing.

Sec. 2803. Revision of space limitations for military family housing.

Sec. 2804. Modification of lease authority for high-cost military family housing.

Sec. 2805. Provision of utilities and services under alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing.

Sec. 2806. Extension of alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing.

Sec. 2807. Expansion of definition of armory to include readiness centers.

Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration

Sec. 2811. Increase in threshold for notice and wait requirements for real property transactions.

Sec. 2812. Enhancement of authority of military departments to lease non-excess property.

Sec. 2813. Conveyance authority regarding utility systems of military departments.

Sec. 2814. Permanent conveyance authority to improve property management.

Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment

Sec. 2821. Scope of agreements to transfer property to redevelopment authorities without consideration under the base closure laws.

Subtitle D--Land Conveyances

Part I--Army Conveyances

Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.

Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Galesburg, Illinois.

Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Charles Melvin Price Support Center, Illinois.

Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Winona, Minnesota.

Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Nike Site 43, Elrama, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 2839. Land exchange, Army Reserve Local Training Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Sec. 2840. Land exchange, Fort Hood, Texas.

Sec. 2841. Land conveyance, Fort Pickett, Virginia.

Sec. 2842. Land conveyance, Fort Lawton, Washington.

Sec. 2843. Land conveyance, Vancouver Barracks, Washington.

Part II--Navy Conveyances

Sec. 2846. Modification of land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California.

Sec. 2847. Modification of authority for Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme, California, to use certain Navy property.

Sec. 2848. Transfer of jurisdiction, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California.

Sec. 2849. Land exchange, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California.

Sec. 2850. Lease of property, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.

Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Reserve Center, Tampa, Florida.

Sec. 2852. Modification of land conveyance, Defense Fuel Supply Point, Casco Bay, Maine.

Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Cutler, Maine.

Sec. 2854. Modification of land conveyance authority, former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland.

Sec. 2855. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Sec. 2856. Land exchange, Naval Air Reserve Center, Columbus, Ohio.

Sec. 2857. Land conveyance, Naval Station, Bremerton, Washington.

Part III--Air Force Conveyances

Sec. 2861. Land conveyance, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.

Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Point Arena Air Force Station, California.

Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.

Sec. 2864. Land conveyance, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Sec. 2865. Modification of land conveyance, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

Sec. 2866. Land conveyance, Mukilteo Tank Farm, Everett, Washington.

Part IV--Other Conveyances

Sec. 2871Land conveyance, Army and Air Force Exchange Service property, Farmers Branch, Texas.

Sec. 2872Land conveyance, former National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 2881. Relation of easement authority to leased parkland, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California.

Sec. 2882. Extension of demonstration project for purchase of fire, security, police, public works, and utility services from local government agencies.

Sec. 2883. Acceptance and use of gifts for construction of third building at United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Sec. 2884. Development of Marine Corps Heritage Center at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.

Sec. 2885. Activities relating to greenbelt at Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada.

Sec. 2886. Establishment of World War II memorial on Guam.

Sec. 2887. Naming of Army missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll as the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll.

Sec. 2888. Designation of building at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in honor of Andrew T. McNamara.

Sec. 2889. Designation of Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, in honor of Bob Wilson, a former member of the House of Representatives.

Sec. 2890. Sense of Congress regarding importance of expansion of National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California.

Sec. 2891. Sense of Congress regarding land transfers at Melrose Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training Center, Washington.

DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS

Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations

Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management.

Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.

Sec. 3104. Defense environmental management privatization.

Sec. 3105. Defense nuclear waste disposal.

Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions

Sec. 3121. Reprogramming.

Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects.

Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects.

Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority.

Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design.

Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities.

Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy.

Sec. 3128. Availability of funds.

Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds.

Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 3131. Funding for termination costs of River Protection Project, Richland, Washington.

Sec. 3132. Enhanced cooperation between National Nuclear Security Administration and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.

Sec. 3133. Reprogramming of funds available for infrastructure upgrades or maintenance in certain accounts of the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sec. 3134. Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels for post-shipment verification reports on advanced supercomputer sales to certain foreign nations.

Sec. 3135. Modification of counterintelligence polygraph program.

Sec. 3136. Employee incentives for employees at closure project facilities.

Sec. 3137. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials.

Sec. 3138. Limitation on use of certain funds pending certification of compliance with Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program funding prohibition.

Sec. 3139. Conceptual design for Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Sec. 3140. Report on National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.

Sec. 3141. River Protection Project, Richland, Washington.

Sec. 3142. Report on tank waste remediation system, Hanford Reservation, Richland, Washington.

Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Management of National Nuclear Security Administration

Sec. 3151. Term of office of person first appointed as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy.

Sec. 3152. Membership of Under Secretary for Nuclear Security on the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council.

Sec. 3153. Organization plan for field offices of the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sec. 3154. Required contents of future-years nuclear security program.

Sec. 3155. Future-years nuclear security program for fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 3156. Engineering and manufacturing research, development, and demonstration by plant managers of certain nuclear weapons production plants.

Sec. 3157. Prohibition on individuals engaging in concurrent service or duties within National Nuclear Security Administration and outside that Administration but within Department of Energy.

Sec. 3158. Annual plan for obligation of funds of the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sec. 3159. Authority to reorganize National Nuclear Security Administration.

Subtitle E--National Laboratories Partnership Improvement

Sec. 3161. Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program.

Sec. 3162. Report on small business participation in National Nuclear Security Administration activities.

Sec. 3163. Study and report related to improving mission effectiveness, partnerships, and technology transfer at national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities.

Sec. 3164. Report on effectiveness of National Nuclear Security Administration technology development partnerships with non-Federal entities.

Sec. 3165. Definitions.

Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

Sec. 3171. Annual report on status of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting program.

Sec. 3172. Nuclear Cities Initiative.

Sec. 3173. Department of Energy nonproliferation monitoring.

Sec. 3174. Sense of Congress on the need for coordination of nonproliferation programs.

Sec. 3175. Limitation on use of funds for International Nuclear Safety Program.

Subtitle G--Other Matters

Sec. 3191. Extension of authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel.

Sec. 3192. Biennial report containing update on nuclear test readiness postures.

Sec. 3193. Frequency of reports on inadvertent releases of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data.

Sec. 3194. Form of certifications regarding the safety or reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile.

Sec. 3195. Authority to provide certificate of commendation to Department of Energy and contractor employees for exemplary service in stockpile stewardship and security.

Sec. 3196. Cooperative research and development agreements for government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories.

Sec. 3197. Office of Arctic Energy.

TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

Sec. 3201. Authorization.

TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE

Sec. 3301. Authorized uses of stockpile funds.

Sec. 3302. Increased receipts under prior disposal authority.

Sec. 3303. Disposal of titanium.

TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES

Sec. 3401. Minimum price of petroleum sold from certain naval petroleum reserves.

Sec. 3402. Repeal of authority to contract for cooperative or unit plans affecting Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1.

Sec. 3403. Disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2.

TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 3502.. Scrapping of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels.

Sec. 3503. Authority to convey National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel, Glacier.

Sec. 3504. Maritime intermodal research.

Sec. 3505. Maritime research and technology development.

Sec. 3506. Reporting of administered and oversight funds.

TITLE XXXVI--ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM

Sec. 3601. Short title.

Sec. 3602. Findings; sense of Congress.

Subtitle A--Establishment of Compensation Program and Compensation Fund

Sec. 3611. Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.

Sec. 3612. Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund.

Sec. 3613. Legislative proposal.

Sec. 3614. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B--Program Administration

Sec. 3621. Definitions for program administration.

Sec. 3622. Expansion of list of beryllium vendors.

Sec. 3623. Exposure in the performance of duty.

Sec. 3624. Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health.

Sec. 3625. Responsibilities of Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Sec. 3626. Designation of additional members of Special Exposure Cohort.

Sec. 3627. Separate treatment of chronic silicosis.

Sec. 3628. Compensation and benefits to be provided.

Sec. 3629. Medical benefits.

Sec. 3630. Separate treatment of certain uranium employees.

Sec. 3631. Assistance for claimants and potential claimants.

Subtitle C--Treatment, Coordination, and Forfeiture of Compensation and Benefits

Sec. 3641. Offset for certain payments.

Sec. 3642. Subrogation of the United States.

Sec. 3643. Payment in full settlement of claims.

Sec. 3644. Exclusivity of remedy against the United States and against contractors and subcontractors.

Sec. 3645. Election of remedy for beryllium employees and atomic weapons employees.

Sec. 3646. Certification of treatment of payments under other laws.

Sec. 3647. Claims not assignable or transferable; choice of remedies.

Sec. 3648. Attorney fees.

Sec. 3649. Certain claims not affected by awards of damages.

Sec. 3650. Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons.

Sec. 3651. Coordination with other Federal radiation compensation laws.

Subtitle D--Assistance in State Workers' Compensation Proceedings

Sec. 3661. Agreements with States.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.

For purposes of this Act, the term `congressional defense committees' means--

(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 101. Army.

Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.

Sec. 103. Air Force.

Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.

Sec. 105. Defense Inspector General.

Sec. 106. Defense Health Program.

Subtitle B--Army Programs

Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority.

Sec. 112. Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat munitions that may be acquired.

Sec. 113. Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation.

Subtitle C--Navy Programs

Sec. 121. CVNX-1 nuclear aircraft carrier program.

Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.

Sec. 123. Virginia class submarine program.

Sec. 124. Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in submarine force structure.

Sec. 125. ADC(X) ship program.

Sec. 126. Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Sec. 127. Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs.

Sec. 128. Helicopter support of FFG-7 frigates during fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 129. V-22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders.

Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

Sec. 131. Annual report on B-2 bomber.

Sec. 132. Report on modernization of Air National Guard F-16A units.

Subtitle E--Joint Programs

Sec. 141. Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter program.

Subtitle F--Chemical Demilitarization

Sec. 151. Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent and munitions destruction technologies.

Sec. 152. Report on assessment of need for Federal economic assistance for communities impacted by chemical demilitarization activities.

Sec. 153. Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical warfare material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility.

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 101. ARMY.

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Army as follows:

(1) For aircraft, $1,550,012,000.

(2) For missiles, $1,320,681,000.

(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $2,436,324,000.

(4) For ammunition, $1,179,916,000.

(5) For other procurement, $4,235,719,000.

(6) For chemical agents and munitions destruction, $980,100,000, for--

(A) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and

(B) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act.

SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

(a) NAVY- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Navy as follows:

(1) For aircraft, $8,394,338,000.

(2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,443,600,000.

(3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $12,826,919,000.

(4) For other procurement, $3,380,680,000.

(b) MARINE CORPS- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of $1,212,768,000.

(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $487,749,000.

SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:

(1) For aircraft, $9,923,868,000.

(2) For missiles, $2,863,778,000.

(3) For ammunition, $646,808,000.

(4) For other procurement, $7,711,647,000.

SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.

(a) AMOUNT AUTHORIZED- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,278,408,000.

(b) AMOUNT FOR NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE- Of the funds authorized to be appropriated in subsection (a), $74,530,000 shall be available for the National Missile Defense program.

SEC. 105. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $3,300,000.

SEC. 106. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS.

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount of $290,006,000.

Subtitle B--Army Programs

SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.

(a) M2A3 BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE- (1) Beginning with the fiscal year 2001 program year, the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into one or more multiyear contracts for procurement of M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles.

(2) The Secretary of the Army may execute a contract authorized by paragraph (1) only after--

(A) there is a successful completion of a M2A3 Bradley initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E); and

(B) the Secretary certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that the vehicle met all required test parameters.

(b) UTILITY HELICOPTERS- Beginning with the fiscal year 2002 program year, the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into one or more multiyear contracts for procurement of UH-60 Blackhawk utility helicopters and, acting as executive agent for the Department of the Navy, CH-60 Knighthawk utility helicopters.

SEC. 112. INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF BUNKER DEFEAT MUNITIONS THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED.

Section 116(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2682) is amended by striking `6,000' and inserting `8,500'.

SEC. 113. REPORTS AND LIMITATIONS RELATING TO ARMY TRANSFORMATION.

(a) SECRETARY OF THE ARMY REPORT ON OBJECTIVE FORCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS- The Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the process for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army. The report shall include the following:

(1) The operational environments envisioned for the objective force.

(2) The threat assumptions on which research and development efforts for transformation of the Army into the objective force are based.

(3) The potential operational and organizational concepts for the objective force.

(4) The operational requirements anticipated for the operational requirements document of the objective force.

(5) The anticipated schedule of Army transformation activities through fiscal year 2012, together with--

(A) the projected funding requirements through that fiscal year for research and development activities and procurement activities related to transition to the objective force; and

(B) a summary of the anticipated investments of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in programs designed to lead to the fielding of future combat systems for the objective force.

(6) A proposed plan for the comparison referred to in subsection (c).

If any of the information required by paragraphs (1) through (5) is not available at the time the report is submitted, the Secretary shall include in the report the anticipated schedule for the availability of that information.

(b) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT ON OBJECTIVE FORCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS- Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the process for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army. The report shall include the following:

(1) The joint warfighting requirements that will be supported by the fielding of the objective force, together with a description of the adjustments that are planned to be made in the war plans of the commanders of the unified combatant commands in relation to the fielding of the objective force.

(2) The changes in lift requirements that may result from the establishment and fielding of the combat brigades of the objective force.

(3) The evaluation process that will be used to support decisionmaking on the course of the Army transformation, including a description of the operational evaluations and experimentation that will be used to validate the operational requirements for the operational requirements document of the objective force.

If any of the information required by paragraphs (1) through (3) is not available at the time the report is submitted, the Secretary shall include in the report the anticipated schedule for the availability of that information.

(c) COSTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDIUM ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLES FOR THE INTERIM BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS- (1) The Secretary of the Army shall develop a plan for comparing--

(A) the costs and operational effectiveness of the infantry carrier variant of the interim armored vehicles selected for the infantry battalions of the interim brigade combat teams; and

(B) the costs and operational effectiveness of the troop-carrying medium armored vehicles currently in the Army inventory for the use of infantry battalions.

(2) The Secretary of the Army may not carry out the comparison described in paragraph (1) until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense approves the plan for that comparison developed under that paragraph.

(d) LIMITATION PENDING RECEIPT OF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY REPORT- Not more than 80 percent of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the procurement of armored vehicles in the family of new medium armored vehicles may be obligated until--

(1) the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees the report required under subsection (a); and

(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed from the date of the submittal of such report.

(e) LIMITATION PENDING COMPARISON AND CERTIFICATION- No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of the Army for any fiscal year may be obligated for acquisition of medium armored combat vehicles to equip a third interim brigade combat team until--

(1) the plan for a comparison of costs and operational effectiveness developed under subsection (c)(1), as approved under subsection (c)(2), is carried out;

(2) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees, after the completion of the comparison referred to in paragraph (1), a certification that--

(A) the Secretary approves of the obligation of funds for that purpose; and

(B) the force structure resulting from the acquisition and subsequent operational capability of interim brigade combat teams will not diminish the combat power of the Army; and

(3) a period of 30 days has elapsed from the date of the certification under paragraph (2).

(f) DEFINITIONS- In this section:

(1) The term `transformation', with respect to the Army, means the actions being undertaken to transform the Army, as it is constituted in terms of organization, equipment, and doctrine in 2000, into the objective force.

(2) The term `objective force' means the Army that has the organizational structure, the most advanced equipment that early twenty-first century science and technology can provide, and the appropriate doctrine to ensure that the Army is responsive, deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable for the full spectrum of the operations anticipated to be required of the Army during the early years of the twenty-first century following 2010.

(3) The term `interim brigade combat team' means an Army brigade that is designated by the Secretary of the Army as a brigade combat team and is reorganized and equipped with currently available equipment in a configuration that effectuates an evolutionary advancement toward transformation of the Army to the objective force.

Subtitle C--Navy Programs

SEC. 121. CVNX-1 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF SHIP- The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to procure the aircraft carrier to be designated CVNX-1.

(b) ADVANCE PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION- The Secretary may enter into one or more contracts for the advance procurement and advance construction of components for the ship authorized under subsection (a).

(c) AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $21,869,000 is available for the advance procurement and advance construction of components (including nuclear components) for the CVNX-1 aircraft carrier program.

SEC. 122. ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.

(a) ECONOMICAL MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED VESSELS AND ONE ADDITIONAL VESSEL- (1) Subsection (b) of section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2446), as amended by section 122(a) of Public Law 106-65 (113 Stat. 534), is further amended by striking `a total of 18 Arleigh Burke class destroyers' in the first sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of that sentence and inserting `Arleigh Burke class destroyers in accordance with this subsection and subsection (a)(4) at procurement rates not in excess of three ships in each of the fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998, and before October 1, 2005. The authority under the preceding sentence is subject to the availability of appropriations for such destroyers.'.

(2) The heading for such subsection is amended by striking `18'.

(b) ECONOMICAL RATE OF PROCUREMENT- It is the sense of Congress that, for the procurement of the Arleigh Burke class destroyers to be procured after fiscal year 2001 under multiyear contracts authorized under section 122(b) of Public Law 104-201, as amended by subsection (a)--

(1) the Secretary of the Navy should--

(A) achieve the most economical rate of procurement; and

(B) enter into such contracts for advance procurement as may be necessary to achieve that rate of procurement;

(2) the most economical rate of procurement would be achieved by procuring three of those vessels in each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003 and procuring another vessel in fiscal year 2004; and

(3) the Secretary has the authority under section 122(b) of Public Law 104-201 (110 Stat. 2446) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 122 of Public Law 106-65 (113 Stat. 534) to provide for procurement at the most economical rate, as described in paragraph (2).

(c) UPDATE OF 1993 REPORT ON DDG-51 CLASS SHIPS- (1) The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than November 1, 2000, a report that updates the information provided in the report of the Secretary of the Navy entitled the `Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) Class Industrial Base Study of 1993'. The Secretary shall transmit a copy of the updated report to the Comptroller General not later than the date on which the Secretary submits the report to the committees.

(2) The Comptroller General shall review the updated report submitted under paragraph (1) and, not later than December 1, 2000, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the Comptroller General's comments on the updated report.

SEC. 123. VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM.

(a) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $1,706,234,000 is available for the Virginia class submarine program.

(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY- (1) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into a contract for the procurement of up to five Virginia class submarines, including the procurement of material in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable, during fiscal years 2003 through 2006. The submarines authorized under the preceding sentence are in addition to the submarines authorized under section 121(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1648).

(2) A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose.

(c) SHIPBUILDER TEAMING- Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4) of section 121(b) of Public Law 105-85 apply to the procurement of submarines under this section.

(d) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY- If a contract entered into under this section is terminated, the United States shall not be liable for termination costs in excess of the total of the amounts appropriated for the Virginia class submarine program that remain available for the program.

(e) REPORT REQUIREMENT- At that same time that the President submits the budget for fiscal year 2002 to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Navy's fleet of fast attack submarines. The report shall include the following:

(1) A plan for maintaining at least 55 fast attack submarines in commissioned service through 2015, including, by 2015, 18 Virginia class submarines.

(2) Two assessments of the potential savings that would be achieved under the Virginia class submarine program if the production rate for that program were at least two submarines each fiscal year, as follows:

(A) An assessment if that were the production rate beginning in fiscal year 2004.

(B) An assessment if that were the production rate beginning in fiscal year 2006.

(3) An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various contracting strategies for the Virginia class submarine program, including one or more multiyear procurement strategies and one or more strategies for block buy with economic order quantity.

SEC. 124. LIMITATION DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001 ON CHANGES IN SUBMARINE FORCE STRUCTURE.

(a) LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF SUBMARINES- During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of the Navy may not retire from the active force structure of the Navy any Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine or any Ohio class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine unless the Secretary of the Navy certifies to Congress in writing that he cannot assure the continued safe and militarily effective operation of that submarine.

(b) REPORT- Not later than April 15, 2001, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the required force structure for nuclear-powered submarines, including attack submarines (SSNs), ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and cruise missile submarines (SSGNs), to support the national military strategy through 2020. The report shall include a detailed discussion of the acquisition strategy and fleet maintenance requirements to achieve and maintain that force structure through--

(1) the procurement of new construction submarines;

(2) the refueling of Los Angeles class attack submarines (SSNs) to achieve the maximum amount of operational useful service; and

(3) the conversion of Ohio class submarines that are no longer required for the strategic deterrence mission from their current ballistic missile (SSBN) configuration to a cruise-missile (SSGN) configuration.

SEC. 125. ADC(X) SHIP PROGRAM.

The Secretary of the Navy may procure the construction of all ADC(X) class ships in one shipyard if the Secretary determines that it is more cost effective to do so than to procure the construction of such ships from more than one shipyard.

SEC. 126. REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL PROGRAM OF THE U.S.S. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

(a) AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $698,441,000 is available for the commencement of the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) during fiscal year 2001. The amount made available in the preceding sentence is the first increment in the incremental funding planned for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of that vessel.

(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY- The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into a contract during fiscal year 2001 for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

(c) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS- A contract entered into under subsection (b) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2001 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for that later fiscal year.

SEC. 127. ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS.

(a) ALTERNATIVE FUNDING ANALYSIS- The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct an analysis on the potential benefits and risks associated with alternative funding mechanisms for the procurement of various classes of naval vessels and other naval capabilities beginning in fiscal year 2002.

(b) ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MECHANISMS- For purposes of this section, the term `alternative funding mechanism' means any of the following:

(1) The use of multiyear procurement.

(2) The use of advance procurement for block buys of materials in economic order quantities.

(3) The use of advance procurement and advance construction required in the number of years appropriate to minimize the cost of ship construction.

(4) The use of advance procurement and advance construction apportioned roughly evenly across some number of fiscal years.

(5) The use of resources from the National Defense Sealift Fund to budget for auxiliary ships and strategic lift ships.

(6) The use of the resources from the National Defense Sealift Fund to provide advance payments for national defense features to establish an active Ready Reserve Force.

(c) REPORT- The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report providing the results of the analysis under subsection (a). The report shall be submitted concurrently with the submission of the President's budget for fiscal year 2002, but in no event later than February 5, 2001. The report shall include the following:

(1) A detailed description of the funding mechanisms considered.

(2) The potential savings or costs associated with each such funding mechanism.

(3) The year-to-year effect of each such funding mechanism on production stability of other shipbuilding programs funded within the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, account, given the current acquisition plan of the Navy through fiscal year 2010.

(4) The variables and constants used in the analysis which should include economic, industrial base, and budget realities.

(5) A description and discussion of any statutory or regulatory restrictions that would preclude the use of any of the funding mechanisms considered.

SEC. 128. HELICOPTER SUPPORT OF FFG-7 FRIGATES DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001.

During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of the Navy shall operate one squadron of six SH-2G helicopters to provide organic helicopter assets for operational support of missions that are to be carried out by FFG-7 Flight I and Flight II frigates during that fiscal year.

SEC. 129. V-22 COCKPIT AIRCRAFT VOICE AND FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS.

The Secretary of Defense shall require that all V-22 Osprey aircraft be equipped with a state-of-the-art cockpit voice recorder and a state-of-the-art flight data recorder each of which meets, at a minimum, the standards for such devices recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

SEC. 131. ANNUAL REPORT ON B-2 BOMBER.

(a) IN GENERAL- (1) Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

`Sec. 2282. B-2 bomber: annual report

`Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the B-2 bomber aircraft. Each such report shall include the following:

`(1) Identification of the average full-mission capable rate of B-2 aircraft for the preceding fiscal year and the Secretary's overall assessment of the implications of that full-mission capable rate on mission accomplishment for the B-2 aircraft, together with the Secretary's determination as to whether that rate is adequate for the accomplishment of each of the missions assigned to the B-2 aircraft as of the date of the assessment.

`(2) An assessment of the technical capabilities of the B-2 aircraft and whether these capabilities are adequate to accomplish each of the missions assigned to that aircraft as of the date of the assessment.

`(3) Identification of all ongoing and planned development of technologies to enhance the capabilities of that aircraft.

`(4) Identification and assessment of additional technologies that would make that aircraft more capable or survivable against known and evolving threats.

`(5) A fiscally phased program for each technology identified in paragraphs (3) and (4) for the budget year and the future-years defense program, based on the following three funding situations:

`(A) The President's current budget.

`(B) The President's current budget and the current Department of Defense unfunded priority list.

`(C) The maximum executable funding for the B-2 aircraft given the requirement to maintain enough operationally ready aircraft to accomplish missions assigned to the B-2 aircraft.'.

(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

`2282. B-2 bomber: annual report.'.

(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED REPORTING REQUIREMENT- Section 112 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-189) is repealed.

SEC. 132. REPORT ON MODERNIZATION OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD F-16A UNITS.

The Secretary of the Air Force shall, not later than February 1, 2001, submit to Congress a plan to modernize and upgrade the combat capabilities of those Air National Guard units that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, are assigned F-16A aircraft so that those units can be deployed as part of Air Expeditionary Forces.

Subtitle E--Joint Programs

SEC. 141. STUDY OF FINAL ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT ALTERNATIVES FOR THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM.

(a) REPORT REQUIRED- Not later than 180 days after the date of the award of a contract for engineering and manufacturing development for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report providing the results of a study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for that aircraft.

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED- The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) Examination of alternative final assembly and checkout strategies for the program, including--

(A) final assembly and checkout of all aircraft under the program at one location;

(B) final assembly and checkout at dual locations; and

(C) final assembly and checkout at multiple locations.

(2) Identification of each Government and industry facility that is a potential location for such final assembly and checkout.

(3) Identification of the anticipated costs of final assembly and checkout at each facility identified pursuant to paragraph (2), based upon a reasonable profile for the annual procurement of that aircraft once it enters production.

(4) A comparison of the anticipated costs of carrying out such final assembly and checkout at each such location.

(c) COST COMPARISON- In identifying costs under subsection (b)(3) and carrying out the cost comparisons required by subsection (b)(4), the Secretary shall include consideration of each of the following factors:

(1) State tax credits.

(2) State and local incentives.

(3) Skilled resident workforce.

(4) Supplier and technical support bases.

(5) Available stealth production facilities.

(6) Environmental standards.

Subtitle F--Chemical Demilitarization

SEC. 151. PUEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOT CHEMICAL AGENT AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES.

(a) LIMITATION- In determining the technologies to be used for the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, whether under the assessment required by section 141(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 537; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note), the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, or any other assessment, the Secretary of Defense may consider only the following technologies:

(1) Incineration.

(2) Any technologies demonstrated under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment on or before May 1, 2000.

(b) ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ASSESSMENT DEFINED- As used in subsection (a), the term `Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment' means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note).

SEC. 152. REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR FEDERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION ACTIVITIES.

(a) REPORT REQUIRED- Not later than April 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a report on the impact of the Department of Defense chemical agents and munitions destruction program on the communities in the vicinity of the chemical weapons stockpile storage sites and associated chemical agent demilitarization activities at the following facilities:

(1) Anniston Chemical Activity, Alabama.

(2) Blue Grass Chemical Activity, Kentucky.

(3) Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah.

(4) Edgewood Chemical Activity, Maryland.

(5) Newport Chemical Activity, Indiana.

(6) Pine Bluff Chemical Activity, Arkansas.

(7) Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado.

(8) Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon.

(b) RECOMMENDATION- The Secretary shall include in the report a recommendation regarding whether Federal economic assistance for any or all of those communities to assist in meeting the impact of that program is needed and appropriate. If the Secretary's recommendation is that such economic assistance is needed and appropriate for any or all of such communities, the Secretary shall include in the report criteria for determining the amount of such economic assistance.

(c) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED IN ASSESSING IMPACT- In assessing the impact of the program referred to in subsection (a) for purposes of preparing the report required by that subsection and the recommendation required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall consider the following:

(1) The impact that any change in population as a result of chemical agent demilitarization activities would have on the community.

(2) The possible temporary nature of such a change in population and the long-range financial impact of such a change in population on the permanent residents of the community.

(3) The initial capitalization required for the services, facilities, or infrastructure to support any increase in population.

(4) The operating costs for sustaining or upgrading the services, facilities, or infrastructure to support any increase in population.

(5) The costs incurred by local government entities for improvements to emergency evacuation routes required by the chemical demilitarization activities.

(6) Such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.

SEC. 153. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISPOSAL OF NON-STOCKPILE CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIAL AT ANNISTON CHEMICAL STOCKPILE DISPOSAL FACILITY.

No funds authorized to be made available under this or any other Act may be used to facilitate the disposal using the chemical stockpile disposal facility at Anniston, Alabama, of any non-stockpile chemical warfare material that is not stored (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) at the Anniston Army Depot.

TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.

Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 211. Management of Space-Based Infrared System--Low.

Sec. 212. Joint Strike Fighter program.

Sec. 213. Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment.

Sec. 214. Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling.

Sec. 215. DD-21 class destroyer program.

Sec. 216. Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program.

Sec. 217. Joint biological defense program.

Sec. 218. Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development programs.

Sec. 219. Cost limitations applicable to F-22 aircraft program.

Sec. 220. Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat vehicles.

Sec. 221. Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.

Sec. 222. Army space control technology development.

Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense

Sec. 231. Funding for fiscal year 2001.

Sec. 232. Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea.

Sec. 233. Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture.

Sec. 234. Management of Airborne Laser program.

Subtitle D--High Energy Laser Programs

Sec. 241. Funding.

Sec. 242. Implementation of High Energy Laser Master Plan.

Sec. 243. Designation of senior official for high energy laser programs.

Sec. 244. Site for Joint Technology Office.

Sec. 245. High energy laser infrastructure improvements.

Sec. 246. Cooperative programs and activities.

Sec. 247. Technology plan.

Sec. 248. Annual report.

Sec. 249. Definition.

Sec. 250. Review of Defense-wide directed energy programs.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 251. Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential use for certain purposes of technologies associated with that concept.

Sec. 252. Air Force science and technology planning.

Sec. 253. Enhancement of authorities regarding education partnerships for purposes of encouraging scientific study.

Sec. 254. Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval research efforts during the period from before World War II through the end of the Cold War.

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:

(1) For the Army, $5,568,482,000.

(2) For the Navy, $8,715,335,000.

(3) For the Air Force, $13,779,144,000.

(4) For Defense-wide activities, $10,873,712,000, of which $192,060,000 is authorized for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.

(a) FISCAL YEAR 2001- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $4,557,188,000 shall be available for basic research and applied research projects.

(b) BASIC RESEARCH AND APPLIED RESEARCH DEFINED- For purposes of this section, the term `basic research and applied research' means work funded in program elements for defense research and development under Department of Defense category 6.1 or 6.2.

Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

SEC. 211. MANAGEMENT OF SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYSTEM--LOW.

Not later than October 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall direct that the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization shall have authority for program management for the ballistic missile defense program known on the date of the enactment of this Act as the Space-Based Infrared System--Low.

SEC. 212. JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM.

(a) REPORT- Not later than December 15, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program describing the criteria for exit of the program from the demonstration and validation phase, and entry of the program into the engineering and manufacturing development phase, of the acquisition process.

(b) CERTIFICATION- The Joint Strike Fighter program may not be approved for entry into the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the acquisition process until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that--

(1) the exit criteria established in the report submitted under subsection (a) have been accomplished;

(2) the technological maturity of key technologies for the program is sufficient to warrant entry of the program into the engineering and manufacturing development phase; and

(3) the short take-off, vertical-landing aircraft variant selected for engineering and manufacturing development has successfully flown at least 20 hours.

(c) TRANSFERS WITHIN THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER NAVY AND AIR FORCE ACCOUNTS- (1) The Secretary of Defense may, subject to established congressional notification and reprogramming procedures, transfer within the Joint Strike Fighter program the following amounts:

(A) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for PE 64800N, up to $100,000,000 to PE 63800N.

(B) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for PE 64800F, up to $100,000,000 to PE 63800F.

(2) The transfer authority authorized in paragraph (1) is in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001.

SEC. 213. FISCAL YEAR 2002 JOINT FIELD EXPERIMENT.

(a) REQUIREMENTS- The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a joint field experiment in fiscal year 2002. The Secretary shall ensure that the planning for the joint field experiment is carried out in fiscal year 2001.

(b) PURPOSE- The purpose of the joint field experiment is to explore critical war fighting challenges at the operational level of war that will confront United States joint military forces after 2010.

(c) PARTICIPATING FORCES- (1) The joint field experiment shall involve elements of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and shall include special operations forces.

(2) The forces designated to participate in the joint field experiment shall exemplify the concepts for organization, equipment, and doctrine that are conceived for the forces after 2010 under Joint Vision 2010 and Joint Vision 2020 (issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and the current vision statements of the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, including the following concepts:

(A) Army medium weight brigades.

(B) Navy Forward-From-The-Sea.

(C) Air Force expeditionary aerospace forces.

(d) REPORT- Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the concept plan for the joint field experiment required under subsection (a). The report shall include the following:

(1) The objectives of the experiment.

(2) The forces participating in the experiment.

(3) The schedule and location of the experiment.

(4) For each joint command, defense agency, and service component participating in the experiment, an identification of--

(A) the funding required for the experiment by that command, agency, or component; and

(B) any shortfall in the budget request for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2002 for that funding for that command, agency, or component.

SEC. 214. NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER DESIGN AND PRODUCTION MODELING.

(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED- The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of--

(1) converting design data for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier from non-electronic to electronic form; and

(2) developing an electronic, three-dimensional design product model for the CVNX class aircraft carrier.

(b) CONDUCT OF THE ASSESSMENT- The Secretary of the Navy shall carry out the assessment in a manner that ensures the participation of the nuclear aircraft carrier shipbuilding industry.

(c) REPORT- The Secretary of the Navy shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the assessment. The report shall include the results of the assessment and plans and funding requirements for developing the model specified in subsection (a)(2). The report shall be submitted with the submission of the budget request for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2002.

(d) FUNDING- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy, $8,000,000 shall be available to initiate the conversion and development of nuclear aircraft carrier design data into an electronic, three-dimensional product model.

SEC. 215. DD-21 CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.

(a) AUTHORITY- The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to pursue a technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD-21 destroyer that is based on the assumption of the following schedule:

(1) Award of a contract for advance procurement for construction of components for the DD-21 destroyer during fiscal year 2004.

(2) Delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2009.

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) there are compelling reasons for starting the program for constructing the DD-21 destroyer during fiscal year 2004 with available procurement funds and continuing with sequential construction of DD-21 class destroyers during the ensuing fiscal years until 32 DD-21 class destroyers have been constructed; and

(2) the Secretary of the Navy, in providing for the acquisition of DD-21 class destroyers, should consider that--

(A) the Marine Corps needs the surface fire-support capabilities of the DD-21 class destroyers as soon as possible in order to mitigate the inadequacies of the surface fire-support capabilities that are currently available;

(B) the Navy and Marine Corps need to resolve whether there is a requirement for surface fire-support missile weapon systems to be easily sustainable by means of replenishment while under way;

(C) the technology insertion approach has been successful for other ship construction programs and is being pursued for the CVNX aircraft carrier program and the Virginia class submarine program;

(D) the establishment of a stable configuration for the first 10 DD-21 class destroyers should enable the construction of those ships with the greatest capabilities at the lowest cost; and

(E) action to acquire DD-21 class destroyers should be taken as soon as possible in order to realize fully the cost savings that can be derived from the construction and operation of DD-21 class destroyers, including--

(i) savings in construction costs that would result from achievement of the Navy's target per-ship cost of $750,000,000 by the fifth ship constructed in each construction yard;

(ii) savings that would result from the estimated reduction of the crews of destroyers by 200 or more personnel for each ship; and

(iii) savings that would result from a reduction in the operating costs for destroyers by an estimated 70 percent.

(c) NAVY PLAN FOR USE OF TECHNOLOGY INSERTION APPROACH FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE DD-21 SHIP- The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a plan for pursuing a technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD-21 destroyer as authorized under subsection (a). The plan shall include estimates of the resources necessary to carry out the plan.

(d) REPORT ON ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR DD-21 CLASS SHIPS- The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a report on the Navy's plan for the acquisition and maintenance of DD-21 class destroyers. The report sha