Congressional Documents
105 th Congress 1st Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
105 340
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 1119
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1997
105 th Congress 1st Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
105 340
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 1119
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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE 465
Summary Statement of Conference Action 465
Summary Table of Authorizations 465
Congressional Defense Committees 472
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 472
Title I--Procurement 472
Funding Explanations 478
UH 60 blackhawk
478
Kiowa warrior
478
Aircraft survivability equipment modifications
478
Aircraft survivability equipment
478
Training devices
478
Avenger
482
Hellfire
482
Multiple launch rocket system rocket
482
Multiple launch rocket system launcher
482
Brilliant anti-armor submunition
482
Bradley base sustainment
486
Field artillery ammunition support vehicle
486
M109A6 paladin howitzer
486
Improved recovery vehicle
486
MK 19 grenade launcher
507
Semitrailers
518
High mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle
518
Family of heavy tactical vehicles
518
Truck, tractor, line haul, M915/M916
518
Defense satellite communications system
519
Satellite terminals
519
NAVSTAR global positioning system
519
Army data distribution system
519
Area common user system modernization program
519
Information system security program
520
Ground based common sensors
520
Shortstop
520
Night vision
520
LOGTECH
521
Maneuver control system
521
Automated data processing equipment
521
Railway car, flat, 100 ton
521
Training devices, nonsystem
521
Close combat tactical trainers
522
AV 8B Harrier remanufacture
526
T 45TS Goshawk
526
EA 6 Series
526
P 3C anti-surface warfare improvement program
527
Power plant changes
527
Common Avionics Changes
527
Tactical Tomahawk
531
Joint Standoff Weapon
531
Penguin missile program
532
Hellfire II missiles
532
Close-in weapon system surface mode upgrade
532
Pioneer logistic support
532
LPD 18
492
Oceanographic survey ship
492
AN/WSN 7 inertial navigation system
501
Self-contained breathing apparatus
501
Pollution control equipment
501
AN/BPS 16 submarine navigation radar
501
Cooperative engagement capability
501
Information Technology-21
502
Sonobuoy procurement
502
Mobile remote emitter simulator
502
NATO sea sparrow missile system low light level television
503
AEGIS support equipment
503
Light tactical wheeled vehicle replacement
507
Chemical/biological incident response force equipment
507
15E
537
C 130J
537
Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
537
15 Modifications
537
16 modifications
538
Passenger safety and global air traffic management
538
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Program
538
Theater airborne warning system
539
AGM 130 Powered GBU 15
545
AGM 65 Maverick
545
Theater deployable communications
550
Automated document conversion system
555
Advanced SEAL delivery system
555
Night firing scopes
555
Overview
555
Legislative Provisions Adopted
559
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
559
Chemical agents and munitions destruction program (sec. 107)
559
Conduct of the chemical agents and munitions destruction program
559
Chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program (CSEPP)
560
Subtitle B--Army Programs
561
Army helicopter modernization plan (sec. 111)
561
Multiyear procurement authority for specified Army programs (sec. 112)
562
M113 vehicle modifications (sec. 113)
562
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
562
New Attack Submarine program (sec. 121)
562
CVN 77 nuclear aircraft carrier program (sec. 122)
563
Exclusion from cost limitation for Seawolf submarine program (sec. 123)
564
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
565
Authorization for B 2 bomber program (sec. 131)
565
ALR radar warning receivers (sec. 132)
565
Analysis of requirements for replacement of engines on military
aircraft derived from Boeing 707 aircraft (sec. 133)
565
Subtitle E--Other Matters
565
Pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of
certain army industrial facilities without regard to availability from
domestic sources (sec. 141)
565
NATO Joint Surveillance/Target Attack Radar System (sec. 142)
566
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
566
Limitation on obligation of funds for the Seawolf submarine program
566
Reduction in authorization of appropriations
566
Airborne self protection jammer
566
Prohibition on use of funds for acquisition or alteration of private
drydocks
567
Title II--Research, Development, Test, And Evaluation
567
Funding Explanations
580
University and industry research centers
580
Combat vehicle and automotive advanced technology
580
Plastic cased ammunition
580
Electronics and electronic devices
581
Bioremediation, education, science, and technology program
581
Plasma energy pyrolysis system
581
Radford Environmental Development and Management Program
582
Military engineering technology
582
Medical Advanced Technology
582
Combat vehicle and automotive advanced technology
582
Information systems technology, superiority, and security
583
Missile and rocket advanced technology
584
Landmine warfare and barrier advanced technology
584
Joint service small arms program
584
Armament enhancement initiative
584
Aviation advanced development
585
All source analysis system
585
Light tactical wheeled vehicles
585
Engineer mobility equipment development program
585
Automatic test equipment
585
Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
585
Combined arms tactical trainer
586
Landmine warfare/barrier-engineering development
586
Sense and destroy armament missile-engineering development
586
Fuel cells
587
Combat vehicle improvement program
588
Aircraft modification/product improvement program
588
Digitization
588
Missile/air defense product improvement program
589
Healthcare information protection demonstration
589
End item industrial preparedness activities
589
Defense research sciences
603
Marine mammal research program
603
Power electronic building blocks
603
Power node control centers
603
Second source for carbon fibers
604
Titanium processing technology
604
Arctic climate observations
604
National Oceanographic Partnership Program
604
Antisubmarine warfare technology
605
Composite helicopter hangar
605
Project ``M''
605
Marine Corps advanced technology demonstration
606
Freeze-dried blood research project
606
Littoral antisubmarine warfare technology demonstration
606
Beach and surf zone obstacle clearance
607
High frequency surface wave radar
607
Visualization architecture and technology
607
Antisubmarine warfare systems development
607
CV(X) carrier system development
608
Advanced submarine systems development
608
Cruiser conversion program design
609
Intercooled recuperated gas turbine engine
609
Automatic target recognition/optical correlation
609
Marine Corps assault vehicles
610
Marine Corps ground combat/support systems
610
Cooperative engagement capability
610
Composite engineered materials
611
Land attack systems technology
611
Nonlethal weapons and technologies of mass protection program
612
CH 60 helicopter development
613
Parametric airborne dipping sonar
613
P 3 maritime patrol aircraft modernization program
613
H 1 upgrades
613
Advanced ranging source
614
High Power Discriminator
614
Maritime fire support demonstrator/arsenal ship
614
Multi-purpose processor
616
Advanced submarine tactical electronic combat system
616
CVN 77 research and development
617
Ship self-defense system
617
Safety and survivability enhancements
618
2 eight-blade composite propeller system
618
Battle force tactical trainer
618
Joint tactical combat training system
619
Marine Corps communications systems
619
Marine Corps ground combat/supporting arms systems
620
Manufacturing technology programs
620
Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology
631
Military Spaceplane
631
Solar thermionics orbital transfer vehicle
631
Joint air-to-surface standoff missile/standoff land attack
missile-expanded response
632
Major test and evaluation investment
633
Smart monitoring system
633
Rocket Systems Launch Program
633
Cruise missile defense
633
University research initiatives
646
Next generation internet
646
Chemical and biological defense program
646
Tactical technology
649
Integrated command and control
649
Materials and electronics technology
649
Explosives demilitarization technology
650
Counterterror technical support program
651
Domestic emergency response to threats of terrorist use of weapons of
mass destruction
652
Counterproliferation support program
654
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding
655
Strategic environmental research and development program
660
Advanced electronics technologies
660
Electronic commerce resource centers
661
Land warfare technologies
661
Defense Reconnaissance Support Activities
662
Special operations tactical systems development
663
Special operations intelligence systems development
663
Items of Special Interest
663
Army research institute
663
Aviation advanced technology
664
BOL expendable dispenser system
664
Department of Defense science and technology program
664
High temperature superconductor power applications
664
Improving collaboration between the Department of Defense and the
Department of Energy laboratories
665
Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
665
Naval biodynamics laboratory data bank
665
Strategic systems industrial capabilities
666
Telemedicine
666
Legislative Provisions Adopted
667
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
667
Dual-use technology program (sec. 203)
667
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
667
Manufacturing technology program (sec. 211)
667
Report on operational field assessments program (sec. 212)
668
Joint Strike Fighter Program (sec. 213)
669
Kinetic energy tactical anti-satellite technology program (sec. 214)
669
Micro-satellite technology development program (sec. 215)
670
High altitude endurance unmanned vehicle program (sec. 216)
670
22 aircraft program (sec. 217)
670
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Programs
671
National Missile Defense Program (sec. 231)
671
Budgetary treatment of amounts for procurement for ballistic missile
defense programs (sec. 232)
671
Cooperative Ballistic Missile Defense program (sec. 233)
671
Annual report on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of
mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles (sec. 234)
671
Director of Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (sec. 235)
672
Repeal of required deployment dates for core theater missile defense
programs (sec. 236)
672
Subtitle D--Other Matters
672
Restructuring of National Oceanographic Partnership Program
Organization (sec. 241)
672
Maintenance and repair of real property at Air Force installations
(sec. 242)
672
Expansion of eligibility for the defense experimental program to
stimulate competitive research (sec. 243)
674
Bioassay testing of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during
military service (sec. 244)
674
Sense of Congress regarding Comanche program (sec. 245)
674
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
675
Strategic environmental research and development program
675
Tactical unmanned aerial vehicles
675
Land Attack Standard Missile
675
Tactical High Energy Laser program
676
Advanced anti-radiation guided missile program
676
Federally funded research and development centers
676
Department of Defense/Veterans Administration cooperative research
program
676
Multitechnology integration in mixed-mode electronics
677
Facial recognition technology program
677
Explosives demilitarization technology
677
Title III--Operation and Maintenance
678
Items of Special Interest
702
Arms control implementation
702
National Defense Sealift Fund (NDSF)
702
National imagery and mapping agency
703
Legislative Provisions Adopted
704
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
704
Fisher House trust funds (sec. 304)
704
Refurbishment of M1A1 Tanks (sec. 306)
705
Operation of prepositioned fleet, National Training Center, Fort
Irwin, California (sec. 307)
705
Refurbishment and installation of air search radar (sec. 308)
705
Contracted training flight services (sec. 309)
705
Procurement technical assistance programs (sec. 310)
705
Operation of Fort Chaffee, Arkansas (sec. 311)
706
Subtitle B--Military Readiness Issues
706
Monthly reports on allocation of funds within operation and
maintenance budget subactivities (sec. 321)
706
Expansion of scope of quarterly readiness report (sec. 322)
706
Semiannual reports on transfers from high-priority readiness
appropriations (sec. 323)
706
Annual report on aircraft inventory (sec. 324)
706
Administrative actions adversely affecting military training or other
readiness activities (sec. 325)
707
Common measurement of operations and personnel tempo (sec. 326)
707
Inclusion of Air Force depot maintenance as operation and maintenance
budget activity group (sec. 327)
707
Prohibition of implementation of tiered readiness system (sec. 328)
707
Report on military readiness requirements of the Armed Forces (sec.
329)
708
Assessment of cyclical readiness posture of the Armed Forces (sec. 330)
708
Report on military exercises conducted under certain training
exercise programs (sec. 331)
709
Report on overseas deployment (sec. 332)
709
Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions
709
Revision of membership terms for Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program Scientific Advisory Board (sec. 341)
709
Amendment to authority to enter into agreements with other agencies
in support of environmental technology certification (sec. 342)
710
Modifications of authority to store and dispose of non-defense toxic
and hazardous materials (sec. 343)
710
Annual report on payments and activities in response to fines and
penalties assessed under environmental laws (sec. 344)
710
Annual report on environmental activities of the Department of
Defense overseas (sec. 345)
711
Review of existing environmental consequences of the presence of the
United States Armed Forces in Bermuda (sec. 346)
711
Sense of Congress on deployment of United States Armed Forces abroad
for environmental preservation activities (sec. 347)
711
Recovery and sharing of costs of environmental restoration at
Department of Defense sites (sec. 348)
711
Partnerships for investment in innovative environmental technologies
(sec. 349)
712
Procurement of recycled copier paper (sec. 350)
713
Pilot program for the sale of air pollution emission reduction
incentives (sec. 351)
713
Subtitle D--Depot-Level Activities
713
Definition of Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair (sec. 355)
714
Core Logistics Capabilities of Department of Defense (sec. 356)
714
Increase in Percentage of Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair that may
be Contracted for Performance by Non-Government Personnel (sec. 357)
715
Annual Report on Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair (sec. 358)
715
Requirement for use of Competitive Procedures in Contracting for
Performance of Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair Workloads Formerly
Performed at Closed or Realigned Military Installations (sec. 359)
715
Clarification of Prohibition on Management of Depot Employees by
Constraints on Personnel Levels (sec. 360)
718
Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence (sec. 361)
718
Extension of Authority for Aviation Depots and Naval Shipyards to
Engage in Defense Related Production and Services (sec. 362)
719
Repeal of Conditional Repeal of Certain Depot-Level Maintenance and
Repair laws and a Related Reporting Requirement (sec. 363)
719
Personnel Reductions, Army Depots Participating in Army Workload and
Performance System (sec. 364)
719
Report on Allocation of Core Logistics Activities Among Department of
Defense Facilities and Private Sector Facilities (sec. 365)
720
Review of Use of Temporary Duty Assignments for Ship Repair and
Maintenance (sec. 366)
720
Sense of Congress Regarding Realignment of Performance of Ground
Communication-Electronic Workload (sec. 367)
720
Subtitle E--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund
720
Merchandise and pricing requirements for commissary stores (sec. 372)
720
Limitation on noncompetitive procurement of brand-name commercial
items for resale in commissary stores (sec. 373)
721
Treatment of revenues derived from commissary store activities (sec.
374)
721
Maintenance, repair, and renovation of Armed Forces Recreation
Center, Europe (sec. 375)
721
Plan for use of public and private partnerships to benefit morale,
welfare and recreation activities (sec. 376)
721
Instrumentalities
722
Subtitle F--Other Matters
722
Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of
members of the armed forces and Department of Defense civilian employees
(sec. 381)
722
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian
Assistance (sec. 382)
722
Applicability of Federal printing requirements to Defense Automated
Printing Service (sec. 383)
722
Study and notification requirements for conversion of commercial and
industrial type functions to contractor performance (sec. 384)
722
Collection and retention of cost information data on contracted out
services and functions (sec. 385)
723
Financial assistance to support additional duties assigned to Army
National Guard (sec. 386)
723
Competitive procurement of printing and duplication services (sec. 387)
723
Continuation and expansion of demonstration program to identify
overpayments made to vendors (sec. 388)
723
Standard forms regarding performance work statement and request for
proposal for conversion of services and functions at military
installations (sec. 389)
724
Base operations support for military installations on Guam (sec. 390)
724
Warranty claims recovery pilot program (sec. 391)
724
Program to investigate fraud, waste, and abuse within Department of
Defense (sec. 392)
724
Multitechnology automated reader card demonstration program (sec. 393)
725
Plan for reduction in overhead costs of inventory control points
(sec. 394)
725
Schedule for implementation of best inventory management practices at
Defense Logistic Agency (sec. 395)
725
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
726
Quarterly reports on execution of operation and maintenance
appropriations
726
Exclusion of Certain Large Maintenance and Repair Projects from
Percentage Limitation on Contracting for Depot-Level Maintenance
726
Revision of report requirement of Navy program to monitor ecological
effects of organotin
726
Pilot program to test an alternative technology for eliminating solid
and liquid waste emissions during ship operations
727
Transfer of jurisdiction over exchange, commissary, and morale,
welfare and recreation activities to Under sec.retary of Defense
Comptroller
727
Authorized use of appropriated funds for relocation of Navy Exchange
Service Command
727
Prohibition on use of Special Operations Command budget for base
operation support
728
Availability of funds for separation pay for defense acquisition
personnel
728
Competitive procurement of finance and accounting services
728
Competitive procurement of services to dispose of surplus defense
property
728
Competitive procurement of functions performed by Defense Information
Systems Agency
729
Competitive procurement of commercial and industrial type functions
by defense agencies
729
Consolidation of procurement technical assistance centers and
electronic commerce resource centers
729
Risk assessments under the defense environmental restoration program
729
Tagging system for identification of hydrocarbon fuels used by the
Department of Defense
729
Report on options for the disposal of chemical weapons and agents
730
Integration of military exchange services
730
Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations
730
Legislative Provisions Adopted
730
Subtitle A--Active Forces
730
End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)
730
Permanent end strength levels to support two major regional
contingencies (sec. 402)
731
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces
732
End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411)
732
End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves
(sec. 412)
733
End strengths for military technicians (dual status) (sec. 413)
734
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations
735
Authorization of appropriations for military personnel (sec. 421)
735
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
735
Increase in number of members in certain grades authorized to serve
on active duty in support of the reserves
735
Title V--Military Personnel Policy
736
Items of Special Interest
736
Personal Finance Training
736
Sequester of Department of Defense funds as a result of a prohibition
against military recruiting on campuses of Connecticut State colleges
and universities
736
Legislative Provisions Adopted
736
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy
736
Limitation on number of general and flag officers who may serve in
positions outside their own service (sec. 501)
736
Exclusion of certain retired officers from limitation on period of
recall to active duty (sec. 502)
737
Clarification of officers eligible for consideration by promotion
boards (sec. 503)
737
Authority to defer mandatory retirement for age of officers serving
as chaplains (sec. 504)
737
Increase in number of officers allowed to be frocked to grades of
colonel and Navy captain (sec. 505)
738
Increased years of commissioned service for mandatory retirement of
regular generals and admirals in grades above major general and rear
admiral (sec. 506)
738
Uniform policy for requirement of exemplary conduct by commanding
officers and others in authority (sec. 507)
738
Report on the command selection process for District Engineers of the
Army Corps of Engineers (sec. 508)
738
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters
739
Individual Ready Reserve activation authority (sec. 511)
739
Termination of Mobilization Income Insurance Program (sec. 512)
739
Correction of inequities in medical and dental care and death and
disability benefits for reserve members who incur or aggravate an
illness in the line of duty (sec. 513)
739
Authority to permit non-unit assigned officers to be considered by
vacancy promotion board to general officer grades (sec. 514)
739
Prohibition on use of Air Force Reserve AGR personnel for Air Force
base security functions (sec. 515)
739
Involuntary separation of reserve officers in an inactive status
(sec. 516)
740
Federal status of service by National Guard members as honor guards
at funerals of veterans (sec. 517)
740
Subtitle C--Military Technicians
740
Authority to retain on the reserve active-status list until age 60
military technicians in the grade of brigadier general (sec. 521)
740
Military technicians (dual status) (sec. 522)
741
Non-dual status military technicians (sec. 523)
741
Report on feasibility and desirability of conversion of AGR personnel
to military technicians (dual status) (sec. 524)
741
Subtitle D--Measures To Improve Recruit Quality and Reduce Recruit
Attrition
742
Reform of military recruiting systems (sec. 531)
742
Improvements in medical prescreening of applicants for military
service (sec. 532)
742
Improvements in physical fitness of recruits (sec. 533)
742
Subtitle E--Military Education and Training
743
Part I--Officer Education Programs
743
Requirement for candidates for admission to United States Naval
Academy to take oath of allegiance (sec. 541)
743
Service academy foreign exchange program (sec. 542)
743
Reimbursement of expenses incurred for instruction at service
academies of persons from foreign countries (sec. 543)
743
Continuation of support to senior military colleges (sec. 544)
743
Report on making United States nationals eligible for participation
in Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (sec. 545)
744
Coordination of establishment and maintenance of Junior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps units to maximize enrollment and enhance
efficiency (sec. 546)
744
Part II--Other Education Matters
744
United States Naval Postgraduate School (sec. 551)
744
Community College of the Air Force (sec. 552)
745
Preservation of entitlement to educational assistance of members of
the Selected Reserve serving on active duty in support of a contingency
operation (sec. 553)
745
Part III--Training of Army Drill Sergeants
745
Reform of Army drill sergeant selection and training process (sec. 556)
745
Training in human relations matters for Army drill sergeant trainees
(sec. 557)
745
Subtitle F--Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related Issues
746
Subtitle G--Military Decorations and Awards
746
Purple Heart to be awarded only to members of the Armed Forces (sec.
571)
746
Eligibility for Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for participation in
Operation Joint Endeavor or Operation Joint Guard (sec. 572)
746
Clarification of eligibility of members of Ready Reserve for award of
service medal for heroism (sec. 574)
747
One-year extension of period for receipt of recommendations for
decorations and awards for certain military intelligence personnel (sec.
575)
747
Eligibility of certain World War II military organizations for award
of unit decorations (sec. 576)
747
Retroactivity of Medal of Honor special pension (sec. 577)
747
Subtitle H--Military Justice Matters
747
Subtitle I--Other Matters
748
Sexual harassment investigations and reports (sec. 591)
748
Sense of the Senate regarding study of matters relating to gender
equity in the Armed Forces (sec. 592)
748
Authority for personnel to participate in management of certain
non-Federal entities (sec. 593)
748
Treatment of participation of members in Department of Defense civil
military programs (sec. 594)
748
Comptroller General study of Department of Defense civil military
programs (sec. 595)
749
Establishment of public affairs specialty in the Army (sec. 596)
749
Grade of defense attache AE1 in France (sec. 597)
749
Report on crew requirements of WC-130J aircraft (sec. 598)
749
Improvement of missing persons authorities applicable to Department
of Defense (sec. 599)
749
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
751
Time-in-grade requirements for reserve commissioned officers retired
during the drawdown period
751
Grade requirement for officers eligible to serve on involuntary
separation boards
751
Study of new decorations for injury or death in line of duty
751
Suspension of Temporary Early Retirement Authority
751
Treatment of educational accomplishments of National Guard ChalleNGe
program participants
751
Repeal of certain staffing and safety requirements for the Army
Ranger Training Brigade
751
Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits
752
Legislative Provisions Adopted
752
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances
752
Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 1998 (sec. 601)
752
Reform of basic allowance for subsistence (sec. 602)
752
Consolidation of basic allowance for quarters, variable housing
allowance, and overseas housing allowances (sec. 603)
752
Revision of authority to adjust compensation necessitated by reform
of subsistence and housing allowances (sec. 604)
753
Protection of total compensation of members while performing certain
duty (sec. 605)
753
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
753
One-year extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for
reserve forces (sec. 611)
753
One-year extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for
nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists
(sec. 612)
754
One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other
bonuses and special pays (sec. 613)
754
Increase in minimum monthly rate of hazardous duty incentive pay for
certain members (sec. 614)
755
Increase in aviation career incentive pay (sec. 615)
755
Modification of aviation officer retention bonus (sec. 616)
755
Availability of multiyear retention bonus for dental officers (sec. 617)
755
Increase in variable and additional special pays for certain dental
officers (sec. 618)
755
Availability of special pay for duty at designated hardship duty
locations (sec. 619)
756
Definition of sea duty for purposes of career sea pay (sec. 620)
756
Modification of Selected Reserve reenlistment bonus (sec. 621)
756
Modification of Selected Reserve enlistment bonus for former enlisted
members (sec. 622)
756
Expansion of reserve affiliation bonus to include Coast Guard Reserve
(sec. 623)
757
Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers
(sec. 624)
757
Provision of bonuses in lieu of special pay for enlisted members
extending tours of duty at designated locations overseas (sec. 625)
757
Increase in amount of family separation allowance (sec. 626)
757
Deadline for payment of Ready Reserve muster duty allowance (sec. 627)
757
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances
758
Travel and transportation allowances for dependents before approval
of member's court-martial sentence (sec. 631)
758
Dislocation allowance (sec. 632)
758
Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters
758
One-year opportunity to discontinue participation in Survivor Benefit
Plan (sec. 641)
758
Time in which change in survivor benefit coverage from former spouse
to spouse may be made (sec. 642)
758
Review of Federal former spouse protection laws (sec. 643)
759
Annuities for certain military surviving spouses (sec. 644)
759
Administration of benefits for so-called minimum income widows (sec.
645)
759
Subtitle E--Other Matters
759
Loan repayment program for commissioned officers in certain health
professions (sec. 651)
759
Conformance of NOAA commissioned officers separation pay to
separation pay for members of other uniformed services (sec. 652)
760
Eligibility of Public Health Service officers and NOAA commissioned
corps officers for reimbursement of adoption expenses (sec. 653)
760
Payment of back quarters and subsistence allowances to World War II
veterans who served as guerrilla fighters in the Philippines (sec. 654)
760
Subsistence of members of the Armed Forces above the poverty level
(sec. 655)
760
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
761
Space available travel for members of Selected Reserve
761
Implementation of Department of Defense Supplemental Food Program for
military personnel outside the United States
761
Paid-up coverage under Survivor Benefit Plan
761
Title VII--Health Care Provisions
761
Legislative Provisions Adopted
761
Subtitle A--Health Care Services
761
Expansion of retiree dental insurance plan to include surviving
spouse and child dependents of certain deceased members (sec. 701)
761
Provision of prosthetic devices to covered beneficiaries (sec. 702)
761
Study concerning the provision of comparative information (sec. 703)
762
Subtitle B--TRICARE Program
762
Addition of definition of TRICARE program to title 10 (sec. 711)
762
Plan for expansion of managed care option of TRICARE program (sec. 712)
762
Subtitle C--Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities
762
Implementation of designated provider agreements for Uniformed
Services Treatment Facilities (sec. 721)
762
Continued acquisition of reduced-cost drugs (sec. 722)
763
Subtitle D--Other Changes to Existing Laws Regarding Health Care
Management
763
Improvements in health care coverage and access for members assigned
to certain duty locations far from sources of care (sec. 731)
763
Dental insurance plan coverage for retirees of the Public Health
Service and NOAA (sec. 734)
764
Consistency between CHAMPUS and Medicare in payment rates for
services (sec. 735)
764
Use of personal services contracts for provision of health care
services and legal protection for providers (sec. 736)
765
Standard form and requirements regarding claims for payment for
services (sec. 738)
765
Chiropractic health care demonstration program (sec. 739)
766
Subtitle E--Other Matters
766
Continued admission of civilians as students in physician assistant
training program of Army Medical Department (sec. 741)
766
Payment for emergency health care overseas for military and civilian
personnel of the On-Site Inspection Agency (sec. 742)
766
Authority for agreement for use of medical resource facility,
Alamogordo, New Mexico (sec. 743)
766
Disclosures of cautionary information on prescription medications
(sec. 744)
767
Competitive procurement of certain ophthalmic services (sec. 745)
767
Comptroller General study of adequacy and effect of maximum allowable
charges for physicians under CHAMPUS (sec. 746)
767
Comptroller General study of Department of Defense pharmacy programs
(sec. 747)
767
Comptroller General study of Navy graduate medical education program
(sec. 748)
767
Study of expansion of pharmaceuticals by mail program to include
additional Medicare-eligible covered beneficiaries (sec. 749)
768
Comptroller General study of requirement for military medical
facilities in the National Capital Region (sec. 750)
768
Report on policies and programs to promote healthy lifestyles for
members of the Armed Forces and their dependents (sec. 751)
768
Sense of Congress regarding quality health care for retirees (sec. 752)
768
Subtitle F--Persian Gulf Illness
768
Plan for health care services for Persian Gulf veterans (sec. 762)
768
Comptroller General study of revised disability criteria for physical
evaluation boards (sec. 763)
769
Medical care for certain reserves who served in Southwest Asia during
the Persian Gulf War (sec. 764)
769
Improved medical tracking system for members deployed overseas in
contingency or combat operations (sec. 765)
769
Notice of use of investigational new drugs or drugs unapproved for
their applied use (sec. 766)
769
Sense of Congress regarding the deployment of specialized units for
detecting and monitoring chemical, biological, and similar hazards in a
theater of operations (sec. 768)
770
Sense of Congress concerning Gulf War illness (sec. 771)
770
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
770
Medical personnel conscience clause
770
Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related
Matters
771
Items of Special Interest
771
Cost accounting standards board
771
Legislative Provisions Adopted
771
Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities,
Procedures, and Limitations
771
Expansion of authority to enter into contracts crossing fiscal years
to all severable service contracts not exceeding a year (sec. 801)
771
Vesting of title in the United States under contracts paid under
progress payment arrangements or similar arrangements (sec. 802)
772
Restriction on undefinitized contract actions (sec. 803)
772
Limitation and report on payment of restructuring costs under defense
contracts (sec. 804)
772
Multiyear procurement contracts (sec. 806)
772
Audit of procurement of military clothing and clothing-related items
by military installations in the United States (sec. 807)
773
Limitation on allowability of compensation for certain contractor
personnel (sec. 808)
773
Elimination of certification requirement for grants (sec. 809)
773
Repeal of limitation on adjustment of shipbuilding contracts (sec. 810)
774
Item-by-item and country-by-country waivers of domestic source
limitations (sec. 811)
774
Subtitle B--Acquisition Assistance Programs
774
One-year extension of pilot mentor-prote AE1ge AE1 program (sec. 821)
774
Test program for negotiation of comprehensive subcontracting plans
(sec. 822)
774
Subtitle C--Administrative Provisions
775
Retention of expired funds during the pendency of contract litigation
(sec. 831)
775
Protection of certain information from disclosure (sec. 832)
775
Unit cost reports (sec. 833)
775
Plan for providing contracting information to general public and
small business (sec. 834)
775
Two-year extension of crediting of certain purchases toward meeting
subcontracting goals (sec. 835)
776
Subtitle D--Other Matters
776
Repeal of certain acquisition requirements and reports (sec. 841)
776
Use of major range and test facility installations by commercial
entities (sec. 842)
776
Requirement to develop and maintain list of firms not eligible for
defense contracts (sec. 843)
776
Sense of Congress regarding allowability of costs of employee stock
ownership plans (sec. 844)
777
Expansion of personnel eligible to participate in demonstration
project relating to acquisition workforce (sec. 845)
777
Time for submission of annual report relating to Buy American Act
(sec. 846)
777
Repeal of requirement for contractor guarantees on major weapon
systems (sec. 847)
778
Requirements relating to micro-purchases (sec. 848)
778
Promotion rate for officers in an acquisition corps (sec. 849)
778
Use of electronic commerce in federal procurement (sec. 850)
779
Conformance of policy on performance based management of civilian
acquisition programs with policy established for defense acquisition
programs (sec. 851)
779
Modification of process requirements for the solutions-based
contracting pilot program (sec. 852)
779
Guidance and standards for defense acquisition workforce training
requirements (sec. 853)
779
Study and report to Congress assessing dependence on foreign sources
for resistors and capacitors (sec. 854)
780
Department of Defense and Federal Prison Industries joint study (sec.
855)
780
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
780
Domestic source limitation amendments
780
Repeal of expiration of domestic source limitation for certain naval
vessel propellers
780
Availability of simplified procedures to commercial item procurements
781
Price preference for small and disadvantaged businesses
781
Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management
781
Legislative Provisions Adopted
781
Subtitle A--Department of Defense Positions and Organizations and
Other General Matters
781
Senior Representatives of the National Guard Bureau (sec. 901)
781
Use of CINC Initiative Fund for force protection (sec. 902)
783
Revision to required frequency for provision of policy guidance for
contingency plans (sec. 903)
783
Annual justification for Department of Defense advisory committees
(sec. 904)
783
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (sec. 905)
783
Termination of Armed Services Patent Advisory Board (sec. 906)
785
Coordination of Department of Defense criminal investigations and
audits (sec. 907)
785
Subtitle B--Department of Defense Personnel Management
786
Reduction in personnel assigned to management headquarters and
headquarters support activities (sec. 911)
786
Additional reduction in defense acquisition workforce (sec. 912)
786
Subtitle C--Department of Defense Schools and Centers
787
Professional military education schools (sec. 921)
787
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (sec. 922)
787
Correction to reference to George C. Marshall European Center for
Security Studies (sec. 923)
787
Subtitle D--Department of Defense Intelligence-Related Matters
787
Transfer of certain military department programs from TIARA budget
aggregation (sec. 931)
787
Report on coordination of access of commanders and deployed units to
intelligence collected and analyzed by the intelligence community (sec.
932)
788
Protection of imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial
information and data (sec. 933)
788
POW/MIA intelligence analysis (sec. 934)
788
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
788
Limitation on operation and support funds for the office of the
Secretary of Defense
788
Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs
789
White House Communications Agency
789
Personnel reductions in the United States Transportation Command
789
Commission on Defense Organization and Streamlining
790
Principal duty of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special
perations and Low Intensity Conflict
790
Title X--General Provisions
790
Items of Special Interest
790
Global Positioning System alternate master control station
790
Legislative Provisions Adopted
791
Subtitle A--Financial Matters
791
Transfer authority (sec. 1001)
791
Incorporation of classified annex (sec. 1002)
791
Authority for obligation of unauthorized fiscal year 1997 defense
appropriations (sec. 1003)
791
Authorization of prior emergency supplemental appropriations for
fiscal year 1997 (sec. 1004)
792
Increase in fiscal year 1996 transfer authority (sec. 1005)
792
Revision of authority for Fisher House trust funds (sec. 1006)
792
Flexibility in financing closure of certain outstanding contracts for
which a small final payment is due (sec. 1007)
792
Biennial financial management improvement plan (sec. 1008)
792
Estimates and requests for procurement and military construction for
the reserve components (sec. 1009)
792
Sense of Congress regarding funding for reserve component
modernization not requested in the President's budget (sec. 1010)
793
Management of working-capital funds (sec. 1011
793
Authority of Secretary of Defense to settle claims relating to pay,
allowances, and other benefits (sec. 1012)
794
Payment of claims by members for loss of personnel property due to
flooding in Red River Basin (sec. 1013)
794
Advances for payment of public services (sec. 1014)
794
United States Man and the Biosphere Program limitation (sec. 1015)
794
Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards
795
Procedures for sale of vessels stricken from the Naval Vessel
Register (sec. 1021)
795
Authority to enter into a long-term charter for a vessel in support
of the Surveillance Towed-Array Sensor (SURTASS) program (sec. 1022)
795
Transfer of two specified obsolete tugboats of the Army (sec. 1023)
795
Congressional review period with respect to transfer of the ex-U.S.S
Midway (CV 41) and ex.-U.S.S. Hornet (CV 12) (sec. 1024)
795
Transfers of naval vessels to certain foreign countries (sec. 1025)
795
Reports relating to export of vessels that may contain
polychlorinated biphenyls (sec. 1026)
796
Conversion of defense capability preservation authority to Navy
shipbuilding capability preservation authority (sec. 1027)
797
Subtitle C--Counter-Drug Activities
797
Use of National Guard for State drug interdiction and counterdrug
activities (sec. 1031)
799
Authority to provide additional support for counter-drug activities
of the government of Mexico (sec. 1032)
799
Authority to provide additional support for counter-drug activities
of Peru and Colombia (sec. 1033)
799
Annual report on development and deployment of narcotics detection
technology (sec. 1034)
800
Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals
800
Repeal of miscellaneous reporting requirements (sec. 1041)
800
Study of transfer of Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (sec. 1042)
800
Overseas infrastructure requirements (sec. 1043)
800
Additional matters for annual report on activities of the General
Accounting Office (sec. 1044)
801
Eye safety at small arms firing ranges (sec. 1045)
801
Reports on Department of Defense procedures for investigating
military aviation accidents and for notifying and assisting families of
victims (sec. 1046)
801
Subtitle E--Matters Relating to Terrorism
802
Oversight of counterterrorism and antiterrorism programs and
activities of the United States (sec. 1051)
802
Report on policies and practices relating to the protection of
members of the armed forces abroad from terrorist attack (sec. 1052)
802
Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Defense Property
803
Lease of nonexcess personal property of the military departments
(sec. 1061)
803
Lease of nonexcess property of defense agencies (sec. 1062)
803
Donation of excess chapel property to churches damaged or destroyed
by arson or other acts of terrorism (sec. 1063)
803