106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 106-162
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
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R E P O R T
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON
H.R. 1401
together with
ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND
DISSENTING VIEWS
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
May 24, 1999.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 106-162
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
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R E P O R T
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON
H.R. 1401
together with
ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND
DISSENTING VIEWS
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
56-735 WASHINGTON : 1999
May 24, 1999.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
One Hundred Sixth Congress
FLOYD D. SPENCE, South Carolina, Chairman
BOB STUMP, Arizona IKE SKELTON, Missouri
DUNCAN HUNTER, California NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia
JOHN R. KASICH, Ohio JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia Carolina
JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania OWEN PICKETT, Virginia
JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado LANE EVANS, Illinois
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
STEVE BUYER, Indiana NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam
JAMES TALENT, Missouri PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland SILVESTRE REYES, Texas
HOWARD ``BUCK'' McKEON, California TOM ALLEN, Maine
J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma VIC SNYDER, Arkansas
MAC THORNBERRY, Texas JIM TURNER, Texas
JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana ADAM SMITH, Washington
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut
JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
WALTER B. JONES, Jr., North CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas
Carolina CYNTHIA A. McKINNEY, Georgia
LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
JIM RYUN, Kansas ROBERT BRADY, Pennsylvania
BOB RILEY, Alabama ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
JIM GIBBONS, Nevada BARON P. HILL, Indiana
MARY BONO, California MIKE THOMPSON, California
JOSEPH PITTS, Pennsylvania JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina
STEVEN KUYKENDALL, California
DONALD SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
Andrew K. Ellis, Staff Director
(ii)
C O N T E N T S
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Page
Explanation of the Committee Amendments.......................... 1
Purpose.......................................................... 2
Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations.................. 2
Summary of Authorization in the Bill............................. 2
Summary Table of Authorizations................................ 3
Rationale for the Committee Bill................................. 10
The Administration's Defense Budget Request.................... 11
The Committee Bill: Managing Risk.............................. 12
Hearings......................................................... 13
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION.................. 13
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT............................................. 13
OVERVIEW....................................................... 13
Aircraft Procurement, Army................................... 17
Overview................................................... 17
Items of Special Interest.................................. 21
AH-64 modifications...................................... 21
Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE)................... 21
Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) modifications..... 22
CH-47 cargo helicopter modifications..................... 22
Longbow.................................................. 22
UH-60 Blackhawk.......................................... 23
UH-60 modifications...................................... 23
Utility/cargo airplane modifications..................... 24
Missile Procurement, Army.................................... 24
Overview................................................... 24
Items of Special Interest.................................. 27
Avenger modifications.................................... 27
Avenger system summary................................... 27
Brilliant anti-armor (BAT) submunition................... 27
Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) launcher systems.... 27
Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army.................... 28
Overview................................................... 28
Items of Special Interest.................................. 32
Abrams upgrade program/heavy assault bridge (HAB)........ 32
Bradley base sustainment................................. 32
M113 carrier modifications............................... 33
M240 series medium machine gun........................... 33
M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW)........................ 33
MK19-3 grenade launcher.................................. 33
Ammunition Procurement, Army................................. 34
Overview................................................... 34
Items of Special Interest.................................. 38
Ammunition............................................... 38
Hydra 70 rockets......................................... 38
Provision of industrial facilities....................... 38
Other Procurement, Army...................................... 39
Overview................................................... 39
Items of Special Interest.................................. 51
Area common user system (ACUS) modification program...... 51
Army data distribution system (ADDS)..................... 51
Artillery accuracy equipment............................. 51
Automated data processing equipment (ADPE)............... 52
Combat support medical................................... 52
Family of heavy tactical vehicles........................ 53
General purpose vehicles................................. 53
High speed compactor..................................... 53
Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)..................... 53
Information system security program (ISSP)............... 54
Integrated family of test equipment (IFTE)............... 54
Items less than $2.0 million (construction equipment).... 54
Joint surveillance target attack radar system (Joint
STARS) Common ground station (CGS)..................... 55
Lightweight video reconnaissance system (LVRS)........... 55
M56 smoke generator system............................... 55
Modification of in-service equipment..................... 56
Modification of in-service equipment (tactical
surveillance).......................................... 56
Night vision devices..................................... 57
Nonsystem training devices............................... 57
Product improved (PI) combat vehicle crewman (CVC)
headset................................................ 58
Ribbon bridge............................................ 58
Shortstop................................................ 59
Single channel ground and airborne radio systems
(SINCGARS) family...................................... 59
Small pusher tug......................................... 60
Standard teleoperating kit............................... 60
Super high frequency (SHF) terminal...................... 60
Vibratory self-propelled roller.......................... 61
Wheel-mounted 25-ton crane............................... 61
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army.............. 61
Overview................................................... 61
Item of Special Interest................................... 63
Chemical agents and munitions destruction................ 63
Aircraft Procurement, Navy................................... 63
Overview................................................... 63
Items of Special Interest.................................. 68
CH-60S................................................... 68
Common data link (CDL)................................... 68
Common ground equipment.................................. 68
E-2 modifications........................................ 68
EA-6B modifications...................................... 69
F-18 series modifications................................ 69
F/A-18E/F................................................ 69
Joint primary air training system (JPATS)................ 70
KC-130J.................................................. 70
Lightweight environmentally sealed parachute assembly
(LESPA)................................................ 71
MV-22.................................................... 71
P-3 series modifications................................. 71
T-45 training system (TS)................................ 72
UC-35.................................................... 72
Weapons Procurement, Navy.................................... 72
Overview................................................... 72
Items of Special Interest.................................. 76
Aerial targets........................................... 76
Evolved seasparrow missile (ESSM)........................ 76
Hellfire II missile...................................... 76
Joint stand-off weapon (JSOW)............................ 76
Rolling airframe missile................................. 77
Standard missile......................................... 77
Tomahawk missiles........................................ 78
Ammunition Procurement, Navy/Marine Corps.................... 78
Overview................................................... 78
Items of Special Interest.................................. 81
Navy ammunition.......................................... 81
Marine corps ammunition.................................. 81
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy............................ 81
Overview................................................... 81
Items of Special Interest.................................. 84
Attack submarine force level............................. 84
LHD-8 amphibious assault ship............................ 84
Strategic sealift........................................ 84
Other Procurement, Navy...................................... 85
Overview................................................... 85
Items of Special Interest.................................. 96
AN/BPS-16 submarine navigation radar upgrade............. 96
AN/SPS-73 (V) surface search radar....................... 96
AN/USC-42 mini-demand assigned multiple access (DAMA)
ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications
(SATCOM) terminals..................................... 96
Computer aided submode training (CAST) lesson authoring
system (CLASS)......................................... 97
Fire fighting equipment.................................. 97
Joint engineering data management and information control
system (JEDMICS)....................................... 97
Minesweeping equipment................................... 98
Mobile remote emitter simulator (MRES)................... 98
Other training equipment................................. 98
Shipboard display emulator (SDE) equipment............... 99
Sonobuoys................................................ 99
Surface sonar support equipment.......................... 99
WSN-7B ring laser gyro (RLG) and WQN-2 doppler sonar
velocity log (DSVL).................................... 100
Undersea Warfare support equipment....................... 100
Procurement, Marine Corps.................................... 100
Overview................................................... 100
Items of Special Interest.................................. 106
155 millimeter (mm) lightweight towed howitzer........... 106
Body armor............................................... 106
Communications and electronic infrastructure support..... 106
Marine corps air ground task force (MAGTF) command,
control, communications, computers, and intelligence
(C4I) modification kits................................ 107
Material handling equipment.............................. 107
Modification kits (tracked vehicles)..................... 107
Night vision equipment................................... 108
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.............................. 108
Overview................................................... 108
Items of Special Interest.................................. 114
Bomber modernization..................................... 114
C-17..................................................... 114
C-17A aircraft modifications............................. 114
C-130J................................................... 115
C-135 modifications...................................... 115
Defense airborne reconnaissance program (DARP)........... 115
E-8C joint surveillance and target attack radar system
(STARS)................................................ 116
F-15 modifications....................................... 116
F-16C.................................................... 117
F-16 improved avionics intermediate shop (IAIS).......... 117
F-16 modifications....................................... 117
F-22..................................................... 118
Predator unmanned aerial vehicle......................... 119
T-38 modifications....................................... 120
Terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS).............. 120
Ammunition Procurement, Air Force............................ 120
Overview................................................... 120
Items of Special Interest.................................. 123
Air Force ammunition..................................... 123
Laser guided bombs (LGB)................................. 123
Missile Procurement, Air Force............................... 123
Overview................................................... 123
Items of Special Interest.................................. 127
AGM-65 modifications..................................... 127
Minuteman III modifications.............................. 127
Spaceborne equipment..................................... 127
Titan.................................................... 128
Other Procurement, Air Force................................. 128
Overview................................................... 128
Items of Special Interest.................................. 135
60K a/c loader........................................... 135
Aircrew laser eye protection............................. 135
Automatic data processing equipment (ADPE)............... 135
Master crane............................................. 135
Military satellite communications terminals.............. 136
National eagle system.................................... 136
Radio equipment.......................................... 136
Supply asset tracking system (SATS)...................... 137
Tactical communications-electronics (CE) equipment....... 137
Theater air control system (TACSI)....................... 137
Procurement, Defense-Wide.................................... 138
Overview................................................... 138
Items of Special Interest.................................. 143
Automated document conversion system (ADCS).............. 143
Mentor protege........................................... 143
Nightstar binocular...................................... 143
National Guard and Reserve Equipment......................... 143
Overview................................................... 143
Items of Special Interest.................................. 145
National guard and reserve equipment..................... 145
Reconnaissance aircraft augmentation..................... 145
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense........... 146
Overview................................................... 146
Items of Special Interest.................................. 148
Chemical agents and munitions destruction................ 148
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 149
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 149
Sections 101-109--Authorization of Appropriations.......... 149
Subtitle B--Army Programs.................................... 149
Section 111--Multiyear Procurement Authority for Army
Program.................................................. 149
Section 112--Extension of Pilot Program on Sales of
Manufactured Articles and Services of Certain Army
Industrial Facilities Without Regard to Availability from
Domestic Sources......................................... 149
Section 113--Revision to Conditions for Award of a Second-
Source Procurement Contract for the Family of Medium
Tactical Vehicles...................................... 149
Subtitle C--Navy Programs.................................... 150
Section 121--F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Aircraft Program....... 150
Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program........... 150
Section 141--Destruction of Existing Stockpile of Lethal
Chemical Agents and Munitions............................ 150
Section 142--Alternative Technologies for Destruction of
Assembled Chemical Weapons............................. 151
Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 151
Section 151--Limitation on Expenditures for Satellite
Communications........................................... 151
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION............ 152
OVERVIEW....................................................... 152
Army RDT&E................................................... 155
Overview................................................... 155
Items Of Special Interest.................................. 164
Aircraft avionics........................................ 164
All source analysis system............................... 164
Alternative vehicle propulsion initiative................ 164
Armament enhancement initiative.......................... 164
Army aircrew coordination training program............... 165
Army technical test instrumentation and targets.......... 165
Comanche................................................. 165
Combat vehicle improvement programs...................... 165
Combined turbine diesel engine........................... 166
Combustion driven eye-safe laser......................... 166
Concepts experimentation program......................... 166
Defense healthcare information assurance program......... 166
Defense manufacturing technology program................. 167
Environmental quality technology......................... 168
Full spectrum active protection.......................... 168
Future combat vehicle.................................... 168
Geographic synthetic aperture radar...................... 170
Geo-positioning system--inertial measurement unit
integration............................................ 170
Heart rate variability technology........................ 170
High energy laser test facility.......................... 171
High mobility artillery rocket system.................... 172
Joint service small arms program......................... 172
Joint surveillance target attack radar system (Joint
STARS)................................................. 172
Kwajalein missile range modernization.................... 173
Lightweight x-band radar................................. 173
Medical materiel/medical biological defense equipment.... 173
MedTeams................................................. 174
Night vision advanced technology......................... 174
Panoramic night vision goggle............................ 174
Passive millimeter wave imaging.......................... 174
Patriot anti-cruise missile defense...................... 174
Plasma energy pyrolysis system........................... 175
Proximity fuzing for dual-purpose improved conventional
munition submunitions.................................. 175
Security and intelligence activities..................... 176
Self-destruct fuse....................................... 176
Semi-automated imagery processor......................... 177
Small arms fire control system........................... 177
Tactical voice control for maneuver control system....... 177
Trichloromelamine testing................................ 177
University and industrial research centers............... 178
Navy RDT&E................................................... 178
Overview................................................... 178
Items Of Special Interest.................................. 188
Advanced amphibious assault vehicle...................... 188
Advanced anti-radiation guided missile................... 188
Advanced waterjet propulsor demonstration program........ 188
Affordable advanced acoustical arrays.................... 189
Analysis of alternatives for follow-on support jammer.... 189
Aquifer vulnerability/contamination assessment........... 190
Aviation depot maintenance technology.................... 190
Beartrap nonlinear dynamics and environmental
characterization....................................... 190
C-2 eight-blade composite propeller system............... 191
Claymore marine.......................................... 191
Cooperative engagement capability........................ 191
Cruiser conversion....................................... 192
Distributed surveillance system.......................... 193
DP-2 thrust vectoring system proof-of-concept
demonstration.......................................... 193
E-2C radar modernization................................. 194
Electric drive propulsion for Navy ships................. 194
Electro-optical framing technologies..................... 195
Environmentally safe energetic materials................. 195
Extended range guided munition and projectile common
guidance............................................... 195
F/A-18C/D BOL chaff countermeasure....................... 196
Free electron laser...................................... 197
Hybrid fiberoptic/wireless communications system
technology............................................. 197
Hyper-spectral analysis.................................. 198
Improved software production management.................. 198
Intercooled recuperated gas turbine engine............... 199
Joint experimentation program............................ 200
Joint non-lethal weapons programs........................ 200
Joint tactical combat training system.................... 200
Lightweight 155MM howitzer............................... 201
Littoral warfare fast patrol craft....................... 201
Location of global positioning systems jammers........... 202
Marine Corps H-1 helicopter upgrade...................... 202
Marine mammal research................................... 203
Multi-function self-aligned gate technology.............. 203
Multipurpose processor................................... 203
National oceanographic partnership program............... 204
Navy aviation survivability.............................. 205
Navy land attack missile program......................... 205
Navy theater missile defense and fleet defense radar
upgrades............................................... 206
NSSN advanced submarine systems technology development
and insertion.......................................... 207
Optical correlation technology for automatic target
recognition............................................ 208
Optically fed and controlled phased array antenna........ 208
Optically multiplexed wideband radar beamformer.......... 208
P-3 maritime patrol aircraft combat systems research and
development............................................ 209
Parametric airborne dipping sonar........................ 209
Phased array weather radar............................... 210
Power electronic building blocks and power node control
centers................................................ 211
Project ``M''............................................ 211
S-3B surveillance system upgrade program................. 212
Ship survivability and personnel protection.............. 212
Silicon carbide semiconductor substrates................. 212
Smart propulsor product model............................ 213
SSGN conversion from Trident-class SSBN submarines....... 213
Superconducting waveform generator....................... 214
SWATH ship mine counter-measures demonstrator............ 214
Tactical control system.................................. 215
Tactical Tomahawk........................................ 215
Trajectory correctable munitions development............. 216
Ultra-high thermal conductivity fibers................... 217
Undersea warfare advanced technology..................... 217
Unmanned aerial vehicles................................. 217
Upgrading fleet systems.................................. 218
Vacuum electronics....................................... 218
Vectored thrust ducted propeller compound helicopter
demonstration.......................................... 218
Virtual test bed for advanced electrical ship systems.... 219
Air Force RDT&E.............................................. 219
Overview................................................... 219
Items Of Special Interest.................................. 229
Airborne Laser........................................... 229
Aircrew laser eye protection............................. 229
Air Force/National Reconnaissance Office partnership..... 230
Air Force science and technology funding................. 230
Automatic target recognition........................... 231
Crew technology........................................ 231
Friction stir welding.................................. 231
Hyperspectral imaging.................................. 231
Tactical missile propulsion............................ 232
Ballistic missile technology............................. 232
B-2 upgrades............................................. 232
B-52 squadrons........................................... 233
Combat training ranges................................... 233
Commercial standardized cockpit and crew seats........... 234
Common imagery processor................................. 234
Evolved expendable launch vehicle........................ 235
Global combat support system............................. 235
Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial
vehicle................................................ 235
Integrated satellite communications control.............. 235
Joint airborne SIGINT program............................ 236
Joint air-to-surface standoff missile.................... 236
Joint strike fighter..................................... 236
Kinetic energy anti-satellite............................ 237
Microsatellite technology................................ 237
Military spaceplane...................................... 238
Miniature satellite threat reporting system.............. 238
Miniaturized munitions capability........................ 238
National polar-orbiting operational environmental
surveillance system.................................... 239
Precision location and identification (PLAID) technology. 239
Satellite control network................................ 240
Simulation based forecasting decision support system
(SBFDSS)............................................... 240
Space-based infrared system-high......................... 240
Space-based infrared system-low.......................... 242
Space launch and spacelift ranges........................ 242
Spacetrack............................................... 244
Synthetic theater operations research model.............. 244
Defense Agencies RDT&E....................................... 244
Overview................................................... 244
Items of Special Interest.................................. 253
Advanced concept technology demonstration................ 253
Advanced moving target indicator radar................... 253
Aeronautical test facilities............................. 253
Airborne common sensor................................... 254
Ballistic missile defense................................ 255
Advanced technology development........................ 255
Applied research....................................... 256
Atmospheric interceptor technology..................... 256
Ballistic missile defense test targets................. 257
International cooperative programs..................... 257
Low cost launch technology............................. 257
Medium extended air defense system..................... 258
National missile defense............................... 258
Navy area defense...................................... 259
Patriot advanced capability-3 (PAC-3).................. 260
Space-based laser...................................... 261
Technical operations................................... 261
Theater high altitude area defense..................... 262
Upper tier............................................. 262
Biological warfare defense program....................... 263
Chemical-biological defense program...................... 264
Chemical and biological point detectors................ 265
Optical computing device materials for chemical sensors 265
Safeguard.............................................. 265
Small unit biological detector and chemical-biological
individual sampler................................... 266
Complex systems design................................... 266
Cryofracture disposal of anti-personnel landmines........ 267
CV-22 Osprey............................................. 267
Domestic preparedness for response to terrorism involving
weapons of mass destruction............................ 267
Facial recognition technology............................ 268
Flat panel displays...................................... 268
Forging lead time technology............................. 269
Ground-based common sensor/prophet....................... 269
Information systems technology, superiority, and security 269
Global networked information enterprise security....... 270
Information assurance.................................. 271
Information assurance for national critical
infrastructures...................................... 271
Report on information superiority...................... 271
Joint theater air and missile defense organization....... 272
Logistics sustainment technology......................... 272
Medical free electron laser.............................. 273
National technology alliance............................. 273
Pilot program for revitalizing the laboratories and test
and evaluation centers of the Department of Defense.... 274
Special operations forces reconnaissance................. 274
Special operations forces small boat improvements........ 274
Special operations tactical systems development.......... 275
Strategic environmental research program................. 275
Thermionics.............................................. 275
University research initiatives.......................... 276
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 276
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 276
Section 201--Authorization of Appropriations............... 276
Section 202--Amount For Basic and Applied Research......... 276
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations................................................ 276
Section 211--Collaborative Program To Evaluate And
Demonstrate Advanced Technologies For Advanced Capability
Combat Vehicles.......................................... 276
Section 212--Revisions in Manufacturing Technology Program. 277
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense........................ 277
Section 231--Additional Program Elements for Ballistic
Missile Defense Programs................................. 277
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 277
Section 241--Designation of the Secretary of the Army as
Executive Agent for High Energy Laser Technologies....... 277
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE............................. 277
OVERVIEW....................................................... 277
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 309
Budget Request Increases..................................... 309
Critical Readiness Accounts Increases...................... 309
Aircraft spare parts..................................... 309
Depot Maintenance........................................ 309
Training Accounts........................................ 309
Real property maintenance and base operations support.... 310
Miscellaneous unfunded requirements...................... 311
Mobility Enhancement Funding............................. 311
Modern Field Kitchen Burner Unit........................... 311
Army Cold Weather Clothing................................. 312
Budget Request Reductions.................................... 312
Administration and Support Accounts........................ 312
Advisory and Assistance Services........................... 313
Civilian Personnel Overstatement Reductions................ 313
Joint Chiefs of Staff Training Exercises................... 313
Other Items of Special Interest.............................. 314
Commercial Activity Studies................................ 314
Defense Fuel Surcharges.................................... 314
Information Technology..................................... 315
Environmental Issues......................................... 315
Alternative Technologies for Asbestos Treatment and
Disposal................................................. 315
Environmental Contamination in Watershed Surrounding the
Former Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant at
McGregor, Texas.......................................... 316
Navy Environmental Leadership Program...................... 316
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Issues....................... 316
Overview................................................... 316
Appropriated Fund Support of Morale, Welfare, and
Recreation Programs...................................... 316
Combined Stores at Closed Installations.................... 317
Commissary Surcharge Fund.................................. 317
Military Exchange Privileges for Disabled Veterans......... 318
Nonappropriated Fund Retirement Plans...................... 318
Restrictions on Patron Access to Overseas Commissaries and
Exchange Stores.......................................... 318
Sale of Value Brand Products in Commissary Stores.......... 319
Vendor Representatives Overseas............................ 319
Other Issues................................................. 319
Abrams Integrated Management Program....................... 319
Apache Helicopter Support.................................. 320
Army Battery Management Program............................ 321
Army Maintenance and Personnel Systems..................... 321
Automatic Document Conversion Technology................... 322
Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence--Public-
Private Partnerships..................................... 322
Civilian Marksmanship Program.............................. 322
Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities......... 323
Communicator Automated Emergency Notification System....... 323
Corrosion Prevention and Control Programs.................. 324
Department of Defense Dependent Schools.................... 324
Excess Military Property for Law Enforcement Agencies...... 325
Home Schooled Children Overseas............................ 325
Information Systems Security Education..................... 325
Joint Warfare Analysis Center.............................. 326
Military Affiliate Radio System............................ 326
Tugboat Operations......................................... 327
Urban Warfare Training..................................... 327
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 328
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 328
Section 301--Operation and Maintenance Funding............. 328
Section 302--Working Capital Funds......................... 328
Section 303--Armed Forces Retirement Home.................. 328
Section 304--Transfer From National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund......................................... 328
Section 305--Transfer to Defense Working Capital Funds to
Support Defense Commissary Agency........................ 328
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations................................................ 329
Section 311--Reimbursement of Navy Exchange Service Command
for Relocation Expenses.................................. 329
Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions......................... 329
Section 321--Remediation of Asbestos and Lead Based Paint.. 329
Subtitle D--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector
Sources.................................................... 329
Section 331--Expansion of Annual Report on Contracting for
Commercial and Industrial type Functions................. 329
Section 332--Congressional Notification of A-76 Cost
Comparison Waivers....................................... 329
Section 333--Improved Evaluation of Local Economic Effect
of Changing Defense Functions to Private Sector
Performance.............................................. 330
Section 334--Annual Report on Expenditures for Performance
of Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair Workloads by Public
and Private Sectors...................................... 330
Section 335--Applicability of Competition Requirement in
Contracting Out Workloads Performed by Depot-Level
Activities of Department of Defense...................... 330
Section 336--Treatment of Public Sector Winning Bidders for
Contracts for Performance of Depot-Level Maintenance and
Repair Workloads Formerly Performed at Certain Military
Installations............................................ 330
Section 337--Process for Modernization of Computer Systems
at Army Computer Centers................................. 330
Section 338--Evaluation of Total System Performance
Responsibility Program................................... 331
Section 339--Identification of Core Logistics Capability
Requirements for Maintenance and Repair of C-17 Aircraft. 331
Subtitle E--Defense Dependents Education..................... 332
Section 341--Assistance to Local Education Agencies that
Benefit Dependents of Members of the Armed Forces and
Department of Defense Civilian Employees................. 332
Section 342--Continuation of Enrollment at Department of
Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary
Schools.................................................. 332
Section 343--Technical Amendments to Defense Dependents'
Education Act of 1978.................................... 332
Subtitle F--Military Readiness Issues........................ 333
Section 351--Independent Study of Department of Defense
Secondary Inventory and Parts Shortages.................. 333
Section 352--Independent Study of Adequacy of Department
Restructured Sustainment and Reengineered Logistics
Product Support Practices................................ 333
Section 353--Independent Study of Military Readiness
Reporting System......................................... 334
Section 354--Review of Real Property Maintenance and its
Effect on Readiness...................................... 335
Section 355--Establishment of Logistics Standards for
Sustained Military Operations............................ 335
Subtitle G--Other Matters.................................... 336
Section 361--Discretionary Authority to Install
Telecommunication Equipment for Persons Performing
Voluntary Services....................................... 336
Section 362--Contracting Authority for Defense Working
Capital Funded Industrial Facilities..................... 336
Section 363--Clarification of Condition on Sale of Articles
and Services of Industrial Facilities to Persons Outside
Department of Defense.................................... 336
Section 364--Special Authority of Disbursing Officials
Regarding Automated Teller Machines on Naval Vessels..... 336
Section 365--Preservation of Historic Buildings and Grounds
at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of
Columbia................................................. 337
Section 366--Clarification of Land Conveyance Authority,
United States Soldiers' and Airman's Home................ 337
Section 367--Treatment of Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam in
Defense Household Goods Moving Programs.................. 337
MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERVIEW...................................... 338
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS...................... 342
Subtitle A--Active Forces.................................... 342
Section 401--End Strengths for Active Forces............... 342
Section 402--Revision in Permanent End Strength Minimum
Levels................................................... 342
Section 403--Appointments to Certain Senior Joint Officer
Positions................................................ 343
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces................................... 344
Section 411--End Strengths for Selected Reserve............ 344
Section 412--End Strengths for Reserves on Active Duty in
Support of the Reserves.................................. 344
Section 413--End Strengths for Military Technicians (Dual
Status).................................................. 345
Section 414--Increase in Number of Army and Air Force
Members in Certain Grades Authorized to Serve on Active
Duty in Support of the Reserves.......................... 346
Section 415--Selected Reserve End Strength Flexibility..... 346
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 346
Section 421--Authorization of Appropriations for Military
Personnel................................................ 346
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY............................... 348
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 348
Backlog in Requests for Replacement of Military Awards and
Decorations.............................................. 348
Commissioning of Ms. Ella E. Gibson........................ 348
Electronic Transmission of Certificates of Release or
Discharge from Active Duty............................... 349
Enlisted Promotions........................................ 349
Junior Reserve Officer Training Program (JROTC)............ 349
Merchant Marine Academy Midshipmen......................... 350
Recruiting................................................. 350
Senior Reserve Officers' Training Program (SROTC).......... 351
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 351
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy......................... 351
Section 501--Recommendations for Promotion by Selection
Boards................................................... 351
Section 502--Technical Amendments Relating to Joint Duty
Assignments.............................................. 352
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Reserve Components........... 352
Section 511--Continuation on Reserve Active Status List to
Complete Disciplinary Action............................. 352
Section 512--Authority to Order Reserve Component Members
to Active Duty to Complete a Medical Evaluation.......... 352
Section 513--Eligibility for Consideration for Promotion... 352
Section 514--Retention until Completion of 20 Years of
Service for Reserve Component Majors and Lieutenant
Commanders Who Twice Fail of Selection for Promotion..... 352
Section 515--Computation of Years of Service Exclusion..... 352
Section 516--Authority to Retain Reserve Component
Chaplains Until Age 67................................... 353
Section 517--Expansion and Codification of Authority for
Space-Required Travel for Reserves....................... 353
Section 518--Financial Assistance Program for Specially
Selected Members of the Marine Corps Reserve............. 353
Section 519--Options to Improve Recruiting for the Army
Reserve.................................................. 353
Subtitle C--Military Technicians............................. 354
Section 521--Revision to Military Technician (Dual Status)
Law...................................................... 354
Section 522--Civil Service Retirement of Technicians....... 354
Section 523--Revision to Non-Dual Status Technicians
Statute.................................................. 355
Section 524--Revision to Authorities Relating to National
Guard Technicians........................................ 355
Section 525--Effective Date................................ 355
Section 526--Secretary of Defense Review of Army Technician
Costing Process.......................................... 355
Section 527--Fiscal Year 2000 Limitation on Number of Non-
Dual Status Technicians.................................. 355
Subtitle D--Service Academies................................ 356
Section 531--Waiver of Reimbursement of Expenses for
Instruction at Service Academies of Persons from Foreign
Countries................................................ 356
Section 532--Compliance by United States Military Academy
with Statutory Limit on Size of Corps of Cadets.......... 356
Section 533--Dean of Academic Board, United States Military
Academy, and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force
Academy.................................................. 356
Section 534--Exclusion from Certain General and Flag
Officer Grade Strength Limitations for the
Superintendents of the Service Academies................. 356
Subtitle E--Education and Training........................... 357
Section 541--Establishment of a Department of Defense
International Student Program at the Senior Military
Colleges................................................. 357
Section 542--Authority for Army War College to Award Degree
of Master of Strategic Studies........................... 357
Section 543--Authority for Air University to Award
Graduate-Level Degrees................................... 357
Section 544--Correction of Reserve Credit for Participation
in Health Professional Scholarship and Financial
Assistance Program....................................... 357
Section 545--Permanent Expansion of ROTC Program to Include
Graduate Students........................................ 357
Section 546--Increase in Monthly Subsistence Allowance for
Senior ROTC Cadets Selected for Advanced Training........ 358
Section 547--Contingent Funding increase for Junior ROTC
Program.................................................. 358
Section 548--Change from Annual to Biennial Reporting under
the Reserve Component Montgomery GI Bill................. 358
Section 549--Recodification and Consolidation of Statutes
Denying Federal Grants and Contracts by Certain
Departments and Agencies to Institutions of Higher
Education that Prohibit Senior ROTC Units or Military
Recruiting on Campus..................................... 358
Subtitle F--Decorations and Awards........................... 358
Section 551--Waiver of Time Limitations for Award of
Certain Decorations to Certain Persons................... 358
Section 552--Sense of Congress Concerning Presidential Unit
Citation for Crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis............. 358
Subtitle G--Other Matters.................................... 359
Section 561--Revision in Authority to Order Retired Members
to Active Duty........................................... 359
Section 562--Temporary Authority for Recall of Retired
Aviators................................................. 359
Section 563--Service Review Agencies Covered by
Professional Staffing Requirement........................ 359
Section 564--Conforming Amendment to Authorize Reserve
Officers and Retired Regular Officers to Hold a Civil
Office while Serving on Active Duty for Not More than 270
Days..................................................... 359
Section 565--Revision to Requirement for Honor Guard
Details at Funerals of Veterans.......................... 360
Section 566--Purpose and Funding Limitations for National
Guard Challenge Program.................................. 361
Section 567--Access to Secondary School Students for
Military Recruiting Purposes............................. 361
Section 568--Survey of Members Leaving Military Service on
Attitudes Toward Military Service........................ 361
Section 569--Improvement in System for Assigning Personnel
to Warfighting Units..................................... 361
Section 570--Requirement for Department of Defense
Regulations to Protect the Confidentiality of
Communications Between Dependents and Professionals
Providing Therapeutic or Related Services Regarding
Sexual or Domestic Abuse................................. 362
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS.............. 363
OVERVIEW....................................................... 363
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 364
Tax Deferred Savings Plans................................... 364
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 364
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances............................... 364
Section 601--Fiscal Year 2000 Increase in Military Basic
Pay and Reform of Basic Pay Rates........................ 364
Section 602--Pay Increases for Fiscal Years after Fiscal
Year 2000................................................ 364
Section 603--Additional Amount Available for Fiscal year
2000 Increase in Basic Allowance for Housing Inside the
United States............................................ 365
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays........... 365
Section 611--Extension of Certain Bonuses and Special Pay
Authorities for Reserve Forces........................... 365
Section 612--Extension of Certain Bonuses and Special Pay
Authorities for Nurse Officer Candidates, Registered
Nurses, and Nurse Anesthetists........................... 365
Section 613--Extension of Authorities Relating to Payment
of Other Bonuses and Special Pays........................ 366
Section 614--Aviation Career Incentive Pay for Air Battle
Managers................................................. 366
Section 615--Expansion of Authority to Provide Special Pay
to Aviation Career Officers Extending Period of Active
Duty..................................................... 366
Section 616--Diving Duty Special Pay....................... 366
Section 617--Reenlistment Bonus............................ 366
Section 618--Enlistment Bonus.............................. 366
Section 619--Revised Eligibility Requirements for Reserve
Component Prior Service Enlistment Bonus................. 366
Section 620--Increase in Special Pay and Bonuses for
Nuclear-Qualified Officers............................... 367
Section 621--Increase in Authorized Monthly Rate of Foreign
Language Proficiency Pay................................. 367
Section 622--Authorization of Retention Bonus for Special
Warfare Officers Extending period of Active Duty......... 367
Section 623--Authorization of Surface Warfare Officer
Continuation Pay......................................... 367
Section 624--Authorization of Career Enlisted Flyer
Incentive Pay............................................ 367
Section 625--Authorization of Judge Advocate Continuation
Pay...................................................... 368
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances............. 368
Section 631--Provision of Lodging in Kind for Reservists
Performing Training Duty and Not Otherwise Entitled to
Travel and Transportation Allowances..................... 368
Section 632--Payment of Temporary Lodging Expenses for
Members Making their First Permanent Change of Station... 368
Section 633--Emergency Leave Travel Cost Limitations....... 368
Subtitle D--Retired Pay Reform............................... 368
Section 641-644--Redux Retired Pay System Applicable Only
to Members Electing New 15-Year Career Status Bonus...... 368
Subtitle E--Other Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits Matters.. 369
Section 651--Effective Date of Disability Retirement for
Members Dying in Civilian Medical Facilities............. 369
Section 652--Extension of Annuity Eligibility for Surviving
Spouses of Certain Retirement Eligible Reserve Members... 369
Section 653--Presentation of United States Flag to Retiring
Members of the Uniformed Services Not Previously Covered. 370
Section 654--Accrual Funding for Retirement System for
Commissioned Corps of National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration........................................... 370
Subtitle F--Other Matters.................................... 370
Section 671--Payments for Unused Accrued Leave as Part of
Reenlistment............................................. 370
Section 672--Clarification of Per Diem Eligibility for
Military Technicians Serving on Active Duty without Pay
Outside the United States................................ 370
Section 673--Overseas Special Supplemental Food Program.... 370
Section 674--Special Compensation for Severely Disabled
Uniformed Services Retirees.............................. 371
Section 675--Tuition Assistance for Members Deployed in a
Contingency Operations................................... 371
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE MATTERS................................... 372
OVERVIEW....................................................... 372
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 372
Automated Clinical Practice Guidelines..................... 372
Defense Health Program Unfunded Requirements............... 373
Report on Portability of TRICARE Prime Benefits............ 373
Report on Preventive Healthcare Services................... 373
Study on the Effect of TRICARE Cost Sharing on the
Financial Status of Enlisted Service Members in Pay
Grades E-1 Through E-4................................... 374
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 374
Subtitle A--Health Care Services............................. 374
Section 701--Provision of Health Care to Members on Active
Duty at Certain Remote Locations......................... 374
Section 702--Provision of Chiropractic Health Care......... 375
Section 703--Continuation of Provision of Domiciliary and
Custodial Care for Certain CHAMPUS Beneficiaries......... 375
Section 704--Removal of Restriction on Use of Funds for
Abortions in Cases of Rape or Incest..................... 376
Subtitle B--TRICARE Program.................................. 376
Section 711--Improvements to Claims Processing Under the
TRICARE Program.......................................... 376
Section 712--Authority to Waive Certain TRICARE Deductibles 376
Subtitle C--Other Matters.................................... 376
Section 721--Pharmacy Benefits Program..................... 376
Section 722--Improvements to third-Party Payer Collection
Program.................................................. 377
Section 723--Authority of Armed Forces Medical Examiner to
Conduct Forensic Pathology Investigations................ 378
Section 724--Trauma Training Center........................ 378
Section 725--Study on Joint Operations for the Defense
Health Program........................................... 378
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND
RELATED MATTERS.............................................. 379
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 379
Section 801--Sale, Exchange, and Waiver Authority for Coal
and Coke................................................. 379
Section 802--Extension of Authority to Issue Solicitations
for Purchases of Commercial Items in Excess of Simplified
Acquisition Threshold.................................... 379
Section 803--Expansion of Applicability of Requirement to
Make Certain Procurements From Small Arms Production
Industrial Base.......................................... 379
Section 804--Repeal of Termination of Provision of Credit
Towards Subcontracting Goals for Purchases Benefiting
Severely Handicapped Persons............................. 379
Section 805--Extension of Test Program for Negotiation of
Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans........ 379
Section 806--Facilitation of National Missile Defense
System................................................... 380
Section 807--Options for Accelerated Acquisition of
Precision Munitions...................................... 380
Section 808--Program to Increase Opportunity for Small
Business Innovation in Defense Acquisition Programs...... 380
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT...... 381
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 381
Section 901--Limitation on Amount Available for Contracted
Advisory and Assistance Services......................... 381
Section 902--Responsibility for Logistics and Sustainment
Functions of the Department of Defense................... 381
Section 903--Management Headquarters and Headquarters
Support Activities....................................... 382
Section 904--Further Reductions in Defense Acquisition and
Support Workforce........................................ 383
Section 905--Center for the Study of Chinese Military
Affairs.................................................. 383
Section 906--Responsibility Within Office of the Secretary
of Defense for Monitoring OPTEMPO and PERSTEMPO.......... 384
Section 907--Report on Military Space issues............... 385
Section 908--Employment and Compensation of Civilian
Faculty Members of Department of Defense African Center
for Strategic Studies.................................... 385
Section 909--Additional Matters for Annual Report on Joint
Warfighting Experimentation.............................. 385
TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS...................................... 386
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 386
Counter-Drug Activities........................................ 386
Overview..................................................... 386
Items of Special Interest.................................... 387
Air National Guard fighter operations...................... 387
Colombian detection and monitoring......................... 387
Joint interagency task force-West.......................... 388
Other joint military intelligence programs................. 388
Requirement for Report on Forward Operating Locations...... 388
Southwest border fence..................................... 389
Tethered aerostat radar system............................. 389
Transfer of military construction funding for forward
operating locations...................................... 389
Transit zone detection and monitoring...................... 389
Other Matters................................................ 390
Counterterrorism and Defense Against Weapons of Mass
Destruction.............................................. 390
Department of Defense Responsiveness to Congressional
Questions for the Record................................. 392
Illegal Immigration to Guam................................ 392
Pentagon Reservation Renovation Security Upgrades.......... 392
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 393
Subtitle A--Financial Matters................................ 393
Section 1001--Transfer Authority........................... 393
Section 1002--Incorporation of Classified Annex............ 393
Section 1003--Authorization of Prior Emergency Military
Personnel Appropriations................................. 393
Section 1004--Repeal of Requirement for Two-Year Budget
Cycle for the Department of Defense...................... 394
Section 1005--Consolidation of Various Department of the
Navy Trust and Gift Funds................................ 394
Section 1006--Budgeting for Operations in Yugoslavia....... 394
Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards...................... 396
Section 1011--Revision to Congressional Notice-and-Wait
Period Required Before Transfer of a Vessel Stricken from
Naval Vessel Register.................................... 396
Section 1012--Authority to Consent to Retransfer of Former
Naval Vessel............................................. 396
Section 1013--Report on Naval Vessel Force Structure
Requirements............................................. 396
Section 1014--Auxiliary Vessels Acquisition Program for the
Department of Defense.................................... 396
Section 1015--Authority to Provide Advance Payments for the
National Defense Features Program........................ 396
Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Counter Drug Activities...... 396
Section 1021--Support for Detection and Monitoring
Activities in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.................. 396
Section 1022--Condition on Development of Forward Operating
Locations for United States Southern Command Counter-Drug
Detection and Monitoring Flights......................... 397
Section 1023--United States Military Activities in Colombia 398
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 399
Section 1031--Identification in Budget Materials of Amounts
for Declassification Activities and Limitation on
Expenditures for Such Activities......................... 399
Section 1032--Notice to Congressional committees of
Compromise of Classified Information within Defense
Programs of the United States............................ 400
Section 1033--Revision to Limitation on Retirement or
Dismantlement of Strategic Nuclear Delivery Systems...... 400
Section 1034--Annual Report by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of
Staff on the Risks in Executing the Missions Called for
Under the National Military Strategy..................... 401
Section 1035--Requirement to Address Unit Operations Tempo
and Personal Tempo in Department of Defense Annual Report 402
Section 1036--Preservation of Certain Defense Reporting
Requirements............................................. 403
Section 1037--Technical and Clerical Amendments............ 403
Section 1038--Contributions for Spirit of Hope Endowment
Fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated....... 403
Section 1039--Chemical Defense Training Facility........... 403
TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL............... 404
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS....................................... 404
Section 1101--Increase of Pay Cap for Nonappropriated Fund
Senior Executive Employees............................... 404
Section 1102--Restoration of Leave for Certain Department
of Defense Employees who Deploy to a Combat Zone Outside
the United States........................................ 404
Section 1103--Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve Purposes for
which Leave under Section 6323 of Title 5, United States
Code, May be Used........................................ 404
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS..................... 405
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 405
Arms Control Implementation.................................. 405
Ballistic Missile Defense Discussions with Russia............ 406
Department of Defense Review of Satellite Licenses........... 406
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 407
Section 1201--Report on Strategic Stability Under START III 407
Section 1202--One Year Extension of Counterproliferation
Authorities for Support of United Nations Weapons
Inspection Regime in Iraq................................ 408
Section 1203--Military-to-Military contacts with Chinese
People's Liberation Army................................. 408
Section 1204--Report on Allied Capabilities to Contribute
to Major Theater Wars.................................... 410
Section 1205--Limitation on Funds for Bosnia Peacekeeping
Operations for Fiscal Year 2000.......................... 410
TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF FORMER
SOVIET UNION................................................. 411
OVERVIEW....................................................... 411
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 412
Arms Elimination Projects in Russia........................ 412
Arms Elimination Projects in Ukraine....................... 414
Biological Weapons Proliferation Prevention in Russia...... 414
Chemical Weapons Destruction in Russia..................... 415
Fissile Material Storage Facility.......................... 417
Nuclear Reactor Core Conversion............................ 418
Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement Processing in Russia......... 419
Nuclear Weapons Storage Security in Russia................. 419
Nuclear Weapons Transportation Security.................... 419
Other Support Programs..................................... 419
Prohibition of Specified Activities........................ 420
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 420
Section 1301--Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction
Programs and Funds....................................... 420
Section 1302--Funding Allocations.......................... 420
Section 1303--Prohibition on Use of Funds for Specified
Purposes................................................. 420
Section 1304--Limitation on Use of Funds for Fissile
Material Storage Facility................................ 420
Section 1305--Limitation on Use of Funds for Chemical
Weapons Destruction...................................... 421
Section 1306--Limitation on Use of Funds for Biological
Weapons Proliferation Prevention Activities.............. 421
Section 1307--Limitation on Use of Funds Until Submission
of Report and Multiyear Plan............................. 421
Section 1308--Requirement to Submit Report................. 421
Section 1309--Report on Expanded Threat Reduction
Initiative............................................... 421
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS................. 423
PURPOSE........................................................ 423
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW................................. 423
STRUCTURE OF THE BUDGET REQUEST................................ 424
TITLE XXI--ARMY.................................................. 444
SUMMARY........................................................ 444
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 444
Improvements to Military Family Housing.................... 444
Environmental Remediation at Volunteer Army Ammunition
Plant, Chattanooga, Tennessee............................ 444
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 444
Section 2101--Authorized Army Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 444
Section 2102--Family Housing............................... 445
Section 2103--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 445
Section 2104--Authorization of Appropriations, Army........ 445
TITLE XXII--NAVY................................................. 446
SUMMARY........................................................ 446
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 446
Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific.................. 446
Acquisition of Prepositioned Equipment Maintenance
Facilities, Blount Island Jacksonville, Florida.......... 446
Improvements to Military Family Housing.................... 447
Unspecified Minor Construction............................. 447
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 447
Section 2201--Authorized Navy Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 447
Section 2202--Family Housing............................... 447
Section 2203--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 447
Section 2204--Authorization of Appropriations, Navy........ 447
Section 2205--Authorization to Accept Electrical Substation
Improvements, Guam....................................... 447
Section 2206--Correction in Authorized Use of Funds, Marine
Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia..... 448
TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE........................................... 449
SUMMARY........................................................ 449
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 449
Section 2301--Authorized Air Force Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 449
Section 2302--Family Housing............................... 449
Section 2303--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 449
Section 2304--Authorization of Appropriations, Air Force... 449
TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES..................................... 450
SUMMARY........................................................ 450
ITEM OF SPECIAL INTEREST....................................... 450
Military Construction in Support of Base Closure and
Realignment Activities................................... 450
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 450
Section 2401--Authorized Defense Agencies Construction and
Land Acquisition Projects................................ 450
Section 2402--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 450
Section 2403--Military Housing Improvement Program......... 451
Section 2404--Energy Conservation Projects................. 451
Section 2405--Authorization of Appropriations, Defense
Agencies................................................. 451
Section 2406--Increase in Fiscal Year 1997 Authorization
for Military Construction Projects Pueblo Chemical
Activity, Colorado....................................... 451
Section 2407--Condition on Obligation of Military
Construction Funds for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug
Activities............................................... 451
TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION.................... 452
SUMMARY........................................................ 452
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 452
Section 2501--Authorized NATO Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 452
Section 2502--Authorization of Appropriations, NATO........ 452
TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES.................. 453
SUMMARY........................................................ 453
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 453
Section 2601--Authorized Guard and Reserve Construction and
Land Acquisition Projects................................ 453
TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS.......... 454
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 454
Section 2701--Expiration of Authorizations and Amounts
Required to be Specified by Law.......................... 454
Section 2702--Extensions of Authorizations of Certain
Fiscal Year 1997 Projects................................ 454
Section 2703--Extension of Authorizations of Certain Fiscal
Year 1996 Projects....................................... 454
Section 2704--Effective Date............................... 454
TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS................................. 455
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 455
Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family
Housing Changes.......................................... 455
Section 2801--Contributions for North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Security Investment......................... 455
Section 2802--Development of Ford Island, Hawaii........... 455
Section 2803--Restriction on Authority to Acquire or
Construct Ancillary Supporting Facilities for Housing
Units.................................................... 456
Section 2804--Planning and Design for Military Construction
Projects for Reserve Components.......................... 456
Section 2805--Limitation on Authority to Carry Out Small
Projects for Acquisition of Facilities for Reserve
Components............................................... 456
Section 2806--Expansion of Entities Eligible to participate
in Alternative Authority for Acquisition and Improvement
of Military Housing...................................... 456
Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration...... 457
Section 2811--Extension of Authority for Lease of Land for
Special Operations Activities............................ 457
Section 2812--Utility Privatization Authority.............. 457
Section 2813--Acceptance of Funds to Cover Administrative
Expenses Relating to Certain Real Property Transactions.. 457
Section 2814--Study and Report on Impacts to Military
Readiness of Proposed Land Management Changes on Public
Lands in Utah............................................ 457
Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment............. 458
Section 2821--Continuation of Authority to Use Department
of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for Activities
Required to Close or Realign Military Installations...... 458
Subtitle D--Land Conveyances................................. 458
Part I--Army Conveyances................................... 458
Section 2831--Transfer of Jurisdiction, Fort Sam Houston,
Texas.................................................... 458
Section 2832--Land Conveyance, Army Reserve Center,
Kankakee, Illinois....................................... 458
Section 2833--Land Conveyance, Fort Des Moines, Iowa....... 458
Section 2834--Land Conveyance, Army Maintenance Support
Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania... 458
Section 2835--Land Conveyance, Army Docks and Related
Property, Alaska......................................... 459
Section 2836--Land Conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona...... 459
Section 2837--Land Conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon
Falls, Minnesota......................................... 459
Section 2838--Land Conveyance, Nike Battery 80 Family
Housing Site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey.......... 459
Section 2839--Land Exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. 460
Section 2840--Modification of Land Conveyance, Joliet Army
Ammunition Plant, Illinois............................... 460
Section 2841--Land Conveyance, Twin Cities Army Ammunition
Plant, Minnesota......................................... 460
Part II--Navy Conveyances.................................. 460
Section 2851--Land Conveyance, Naval Weapons industrial
Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas..................... 460
Section 2852--Land Conveyance, Naval and Marine Corps
Reserve Center, Orange County, Texas..................... 461
Section 2853--Land Conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station,
Cherry Point, North Carolina............................. 461
Part III--Air Force Conveyances............................ 461
Section 2861--Conveyance of Fuel Supply Line, Pease Air
Force Base, New Hampshire................................ 461
Section 2862--Land Conveyance, Tyndall Air Force Base,
Florida.................................................. 461
Section 2863--Land Conveyance, Port of Anchorage, Alaska... 462
Section 2864--Land Conveyance, Forestport Test Annex, New
York..................................................... 462
Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 462
Section 2871--Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery..... 462
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATION
AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS..................................... 463
TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS...... 463
OVERVIEW....................................................... 463
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 476
Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative................. 476
Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative Construction
Projects................................................. 476
Arms Control and Nonproliferation.......................... 477
Commercializing Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention... 477
Commission to Review Nuclear Policy and Management......... 478
Comptroller General Audit of Department of Energy Contract
Management Practices..................................... 478
Construction Projects...................................... 479
Education.................................................. 479
Eligibility to Bid on Excess Department of Energy Equipment
at the Savannah River Site............................... 480
Environmental Management Science Program................... 480
Environmental Management Environmental, Safety, and Health. 480
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP)... 480
Hanford Site Tri-Party Agreement Compliance................ 481
Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant Deactivation............. 481
Hanford Reactor Decontamination and Decommissioning........ 481
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
(INEEL) Post 2006 Completion............................. 481
Inertial Confinement Fusion................................ 481
In-Tank Precipitation Process.............................. 482
International Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting 482
International Nuclear Safety............................... 482
Naval Reactors............................................. 483
Nuclear Weapons Industrial Complex......................... 483
Nuclear Weapons Personnel Reserve.......................... 483
Oak Ridge Operations Compliance Obligations................ 484
Office of Counterintelligence.............................. 484
Pit Production............................................. 484
Program Direction for Defense Programs..................... 485
Program Direction for Environmental Management............. 485
Records Declassification................................... 485
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site Closure Project.. 485
Savannah River Site Infrastructure Investment.............. 485
Security Investigations.................................... 486
Stockpile Management....................................... 486
Stockpile Management Fissile Material Storage and
Disposition.............................................. 487
Technology Partnerships.................................... 487
Worker and Community Transition............................ 488
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 488
Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorization......... 488
Section 3101--Weapons Activities........................... 488
Section 3102--Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste
Management............................................... 488
Section 3103--Other Defense Activities..................... 488
Section 3104--Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal............... 488
Section 3105--Defense Environmental Management
Privatization............................................ 489
Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions..................... 489
Section 3121--Reprogramming................................ 489
Section 3122--Limits on General Plant Projects............. 489
Section 3123--Limits on Construction Projects.............. 489
Section 3124--Fund Transfer Authority...................... 489
Section 3125--Authority for Conceptual and Construction
Design................................................... 489
Section 3126--Authority for Emergency Planning, Design and
Construction Activities.................................. 490
Section 3127--Funds Available for all National Security
Programs of the Department of Energy..................... 490
Section 3128--Availability of Funds........................ 490
Section 3129--Transfers of Defense Environmental Management
Funds.................................................... 490
Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations................................................ 490
Section 3131--Limitation on Use at Department of Energy
Laboratories of Funds Appropriated for the Initiatives
for Proliferation Prevention Program..................... 490
Section 3132--Prohibition on Use for Payment of Russian
Government Taxes and Customs Duties of Funds Appropriated
for the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Program. 491
Section 3133--Modification of Laboratory Directed Research
and Development to Provide Funds for Theater Ballistic
Missile Defense.......................................... 491
Section 3134--Support of Theater Ballistic Missile Defense
Activities of the Department of Defense.................. 492
Subtitle D--Commission on Nuclear Weapons Management......... 492
Section 3151-3159--Commission to Examine Nuclear Weapons
Policy Management and Oversight.......................... 492
Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 493
Section 3161--Procedures for Meeting Tritium Production
Requirements............................................. 493
Section 3162--Extension of Authority of Department of
Energy to Pay Voluntary Separation Payments.............. 493
Section 3163--Fellowship Program for Development of Skills
Critical to the Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons
Complex.................................................. 494
Section 3164--Department of Energy Records Declassification 494
Section 3165--Management of Nuclear Weapons Production
Facilities and National Laboratories..................... 494
Section 3166--Notice to Congressional Committees of
Compromise of Classified Information within Nuclear
Energy Defense Programs.................................. 495
TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD............. 496
LEGISLATIVE PROVISION.......................................... 496
Section 3201--Authorization................................ 496
TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE......................... 497
LEGISLATIVE PROVISION.......................................... 497
Section 3301--Definitions.................................. 497
Section 3302--Authorized Uses Of Stockpile Funds........... 497
Section 3303--Elimination of Congressionally Imposed
Disposal Restrictions on Specific Stockpile Materials.... 497
TITLE XXXIV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION............................. 498
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST...................................... 498
Great Lakes Maritime Academy............................... 498
Merchant Marine Academy.................................... 498
Repair and Maintenance of Maritime Administration Vessels.. 498
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 499
Section 3401--Short Title.................................. 499
Section 3402--Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal
Year 2000................................................ 499
Section 3403--Amendments to Title XI of the Merchant Marine
Act of 1936.............................................. 499
Section 3404--Extension of War Risk Insurance.............. 499
Section 3405--Ownership of the JEREMIAH O'BRIEN............ 500
TITLE XXXV--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION.............................. 501
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS......................................... 501
Section 3501--Short Title.................................. 501
Section 3502--Authorization of Expenditures................ 501
Section 3503--Purchase of Vehicles......................... 501
Section 3504--Office of Transition Administration.......... 501
Departmental Data................................................ 502
Department of Defense Authorization Request.................... 502
Military Construction Authorization Request.................... 502
Committee Position............................................... 503
Communications From Other Committees............................. 503
Fiscal Data...................................................... 511
Congressional Budget Office Estimate........................... 511
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate...................... 512
Authorization of Appropriations.............................. 512
Committee Cost Estimate........................................ 527
Oversight Findings............................................... 527
Constitutional Authority Statement............................... 527
Statement of Federal Mandates.................................... 527
Roll Call Votes.................................................. 528
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............ 534
Additional, Dissenting, and Supplemental Views................... 685
Additional views of Roscoe G. Bartlett, Gene Taylor, Joseph R.
Pitts........................................................ 685
Additional views of Patrick J. Kennedy......................... 687
Additional views of Loretta Sanchez, Robert A. Brady, Lane
Evans, Thomas H. Allen, Ellen O. Tauscher, Patrick J.
Kennedy, Neil Abercrombie, Rob R. Blagojevich, Mike Thompson. 688
Additional views of Ike Skelton................................ 689
Additional views of Ike Skelton, Norman Sisisky, John M.
Spratt, Jr., Solomon P. Ortiz, Owen Pickett, Lane Evans, Gene
Taylor, Neil Abercrombie, Martin T. Meehan, Robert A.
Underwood, Patrick J. Kennedy, Rod R. Blagojevich, Silvestre
Reyes, Thomas H. Allen, Jim Turner, Adam Smith, Loretta
Sanchez, James H. Maloney, Ellen O. Tauscher, Robert A.
Brady, Robert E. Andrews, Baron P. Hill, Mike Thompson, John
B. Larson.................................................... 690
Additional views of James M. Talent--Army Logistics
Modernization................................................ 692
Additional views of James M. Talent--Navy's F/A 18E/F Super
Hornet....................................................... 695
Additional views of Gene Taylor................................ 696
Additional views of Robert A. Underwood........................ 698
Additional views of Robert A. Underwood, Lane Evans, Norman
Sisisky, Thomas H. Allen, Solomon P. Ortiz, and Neil
Abercrombie.................................................. 700
Supplemental views of Ciro D. Rodriguez........................ 702
Dissenting views of Cynthia A. McKinney........................ 704
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 106-162
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
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May 24, 1999.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
_______________________________________________________________________
Mr. Spence, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1401]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1401) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2000 and 2001 for military activities of the Department of
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal
years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and
recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment strikes out all after the enacting clause of
the bill and inserts a new text which appears in italic type in
the reported bill.
The title of the bill is amended to reflect the amendment
to the text of the bill.
EXPLANATION OF THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
The committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a
substitute during the consideration of H.R. 1401. The title of
the bill is amended to reflect the amendment to the text of the
bill. The remainder of the report discusses the bill, as
amended.
PURPOSE
The bill would--(1) Authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2000 for procurement and for research, development, test
and evaluation (RDT&E); (2) Authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2000 for operation and maintenance (O&M) and for working
capital funds; (3) Authorize for fiscal year 2000: (a) the
personnel strength for each active duty component of the
military departments; (b) the personnel strength for the
Selected Reserve for each reserve component of the armed
forces; (c) the military training student loads for each of the
active and reserve components of the military departments; (4)
Modify various elements of compensation for military personnel
and impose certain requirements and limitations on personnel
actions in the defense establishment; (5) Authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military construction
and family housing; (6) Authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2000 for the Department of Energy national security
programs; (7) Modify provisions related to the National Defense
Stockpile; (8) Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000
for the operation of the Panama Canal Commission; and (9)
Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for the Maritime
Administration.
RELATIONSHIP OF AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATIONS
The bill does not generally provide budget authority. The
bill authorizes appropriations. Subsequent appropriation acts
provide budget authority. The bill addresses the following
categories in the Department of Defense budget: procurement;
research, development, test and evaluation; operation and
maintenance; working capital funds, military personnel; and
military construction and family housing. The bill also
addresses Department of Energy National Security Programs, the
Panama Canal Commission and the Maritime Administration.
Active duty and reserve personnel strengths authorized in
this bill and legislation affecting compensation for military
personnel determine the remaining appropriation requirements of
the Department of Defense. However, this bill does not provide
authorization of specific dollar amounts for personnel.
SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZATION IN THE BILL
The President requested budget authority of $280.5 billion
for the national defense budget function for fiscal year 2000.
Of this amount, the President requested $266.9 billion for the
Department of Defense (including $5.4 billion for military
construction and family housing) and $12.4 billion for
Department of Energy national security programs and the Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
The committee recommends an overall level of $288.8 billion
in budget authority. This amount is consistent with the
discretionary defense spending limitations imposed by the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and it represents an increase of
approximately $18.3 billion from the amount authorized for
appropriation by the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261). Overall, the committee's
recommendation is consistent with the amounts established in
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2000
for the national defense budget function.
SUMMARY TABLE OF AUTHORIZATIONS
The following table provides a summary of the amounts
requested and that would be authorized for appropriation in the
bill (in the column labeled ``Budget Authority Implication of
Committee Recommendation'') and the committee's estimate of how
the committee's recommendations relate to the budget totals for
the national defense function. For purposes of estimating the
budget authority implications of committee action, the table
reflects the numbers contained in the President's budget for
proposals not in the committee's legislative jurisdiction.
RATIONALE FOR THE COMMITTEE BILL
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
once again reflects the committee's efforts to address decade-
long concerns about the declining state of the U.S. armed
forces. The combination of reduced defense resources and
increased military commitments around the world has resulted in
a diminished quality of military life, a severe degradation in
the readiness of units to train for and execute their primary
combat missions, and an erosion of the technological advantages
enjoyed by U.S. forces on the battlefield as a result of
delayed equipment modernization.
Over the past several months, the challenges confronting
U.S. armed forces have been put into stark relief by the war in
the former Yugoslav republic of Kosovo. The unanticipated
strength of Serb resistance has resulted in a significant
expansion of the U.S. and NATO air war, to the point where the
number of aircraft involved in Operation Allied Force is
nearing levels anticipated in a major theater war. As a result,
the ability of U.S. armed forces to meet their worldwide
commitments is increasingly in question. From substantial gaps
in the regional deployment of aircraft carriers, to shortages
of cruise missiles and other precision munitions, to strains on
the fleets of specialized electronic warfare and tanker
aircraft, and even to stresses on the conventional fighter and
attack aircraft force, the air campaign over Yugoslavia has
revealed the extent to which today's U.S. military is
overextended.
Should current operations against Yugoslavia evolve into
ground combat or even peacekeeping operations involving U.S.
troops, the strains that such a ground operation would place on
U.S. forces worldwide would escalate rapidly. According to the
Administration, just a peacekeeping force in Kosovo would
require 50,000 to 60,000 NATO troops, with perhaps 20,000 U.S.
soldiers participating in what would likely become a long-term,
open-ended commitment. There should be no doubt that any future
requirement for the U.S. Army to sustain a force of such size
in the Balkans, on a rotational basis, will increase the
exposure of U.S. interests in other regions of the world to
challenge.
For years, the committee has highlighted the difficulties
U.S. armed forces would face in executing the National Military
Strategy's requirement to be capable of fighting nearly
simultaneous wars in the Persian Gulf and in Korea. The
unforeseen challenges and shortfalls revealed by the need to
wage a third ``major theater war'' in Europe--even absent the
deployment of U.S. ground forces--unfortunately affirms the
committee's long-standing concerns. Testifying earlier this
month about ongoing operations in the Balkans, Secretary of
Defense William Cohen admitted that ``we have a situation where
we have a smaller force and we have more missions, and so . . .
we are wearing out systems, wearing out people.'' These
problems are not new, and they are getting worse. The committee
hopes that the obvious strains being placed on the military
services as a result of Operation Allied Force will at least
compel some broader recognition of the shortfalls confronting
the nation's armed forces and lead to a sustained and
bipartisan commitment to revitalizing America's military.
The Administration's Defense Budget Request
In the context of mounting quality of life, readiness, and
modernization shortfalls, the committee once again believes the
Administration's defense budget request falls short. Earlier
this year, the President declared in his State of the Union
address that ``it is time to reverse the decline in defense
spending that began in 1985....My balanced budget calls for a
sustained increase over the next six years for readiness, for
modernization, and for pay and benefits for our troops and
their families.'' The President's words, following as they did
on the heels of last fall's testimony by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff (JCS) that the military services had critical unfunded
requirements of at least $150 billion over the next six years,
provided a degree of hope that the Administration had ``turned
the corner'' and recognized the need to substantially increase
defense spending. The unfortunate reality became apparent,
however, when the President unveiled his fiscal year 2000
budget request and six-year defense plan--a plan that relied
heavily on budgetary gimmicks and optimistic economic
assumptions and which provided increased funding sufficient to
address only about one half of the Joint Chiefs' identified
shortfalls in critical military requirements. Moreover, the
Administration conditioned even its ``50 percent solution'' on
the achievement of domestic political objectives involving
Social Security reform.
Earlier this year, the Joint Chiefs updated their estimates
of unfunded quality of life, readiness, and modernization
requirements. Even assuming the validity of the budget gimmicks
and optimistic assumptions contained in the Administration's
budget request, the Joint Chiefs testified that the six-year
defense plan still fell $46.7 billion short of their minimal
requirements. If the Administration's budget gimmicks and
optimistic economic assumptions are judged invalid, the six-
year defense plan falls at least $70 billion short of
addressing the services' shortfalls.
Even as the Administration was crafting its fiscal year
2000 budget request, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were concluding
that the ability of U.S. armed forces to execute the full range
of missions required by the National Military Strategy entailed
``moderate to high'' risk. Marine Commandant General Charles
Krulak summarized the JCS' assessment in testimony before the
committee, stating, ``In terms of risk to the [ability to
execute] the National Military Strategy, I think we've gone too
far; I think we're there now. If we don't do something about
this, we're going to be back into the hollow armed forces and
this nation can't have that, can't take that, because the world
is changing so rapidly, is so dangerous, that we need to stop
this now.''
During months of oversight hearings, the motto of the post-
Cold-War military--``doing more with less''--was once again the
predominant theme heard from all ranks and services. As Army
Chief of Staff General Dennis Reimer informed the committee in
January, ``Army leaders at all levels have been fighting to
meet expanding requirements with diminishing resources. Our
commanders are struggling to balance operational readiness--
supporting training and maintaining equipment--with base
operations expenses and maintaining soldiers' quality of
life.'' Likewise, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jay Johnson
expressed ``serious concerns'' about personnel, training, and
equipment maintenance problems that were creating an ``erosion
of readiness at home and even the beginning stages of
degradation in our deployed forces.'' A decade ago, Navy non-
deployed units reported high states of readiness nearly 70
percent of the time, while today the figure has slipped to
approximately 50 percent.
The Air Force is confronting similar problems. Air Combat
Command has suffered a 56 percent drop in readiness rates since
1996. The aging of the Air Force fleet and the resulting
increased costs and expanded maintenance workload caused by
aircraft fatigue, corrosion, and parts obsolescence underlies
the Air Force's worsening readiness problems. Under projected
budgets and modernization plans, the average Air Force aircraft
will be 20 years old by the turn of the century and 30 years
old by 2015. Air Force ``non-mission capable'' rates have
increased 53 percent since the Persian Gulf War while the rate
of ``cannibalization''--the practice of stripping parts from
one aircraft or system to replace broken parts on another--has
increased 75 percent.
The services' long-term quality of life, readiness, and
modernization problems seem to be worsening at an exponential
rate as the force shrinks, the equipment ages, and the pace of
operations mounts. The mismatch between military ends and means
is so large that the services' ability to conduct even smaller-
scale contingencies is at risk. In the committee's view, the
expanding and potentially open-ended mission in the Balkans not
only highlights these risks, but exacerbates them at the same
time.
The Committee Bill: Managing Risk
The committee's recommendations in the bill have been
shaped by the above concerns and guided in large part by the
priorities identified by the military service chiefs. The
committee's first step is to put the defense budget on somewhat
sounder fiscal footing. Thus, the committee bill increases the
President's budget request by $8.3 billion. Within this topline
increase, the committee has taken a number of steps to improve
the quality of military life, to improve the readiness of the
force, and to accelerate the pace of equipment modernization.
Major quality of life initiatives include a 4.8 percent
basic military pay raise, substantial pay table reform, and
reform of the military retirement system. The committee also
rejected the Administration's inexplicable $3.1 billion cut to
the already underfunded military construction accounts, instead
fully funding military construction at a level of $8.6 billion
to provide important improvements to the quality of military
life. The committee also increased spending on critical
readiness accounts by more than $2 billion, including
significant increases for real property maintenance and base
operations support, depot maintenance, aircraft spare parts,
combat training center operations, as well as more than $700
million for other unfunded readiness priorities identified by
the military service chiefs. The committee has also increased
funding for equipment modernization, adding approximately $4
billion to the President's underfunded budget request for
research, development, and procurement programs. Important
modernization initiatives include the addition of more than
$400 million to the Administration's request for missile
defense programs, and substantial increases to upgrade the B-2
bomber fleet, and for EA-6B, F-15, F-16, Joint Strike Fighter,
V-22, AH-64 Apache Longbow and Comanche helicopter programs.
Despite the substantial improvements this bill has made to
the President's budget request, the committee is under no
illusions concerning the rising level of risk U.S. armed forces
are facing. The committee does not believe that ``high risk''
in executing the core missions of our National Military
Strategy is acceptable. The nation is facing a dilemma that
Secretary Cohen recently articulated in testimony to the
Congress. The Secretary noted the multiple strains caused by
conducting Operation Allied Force simultaneously with having to
meet other important requirements, and commented that ``we've
got to find a way to either increase the size of our forces or
decrease the number of our missions.''
The committee believes that unless the nation fields the
forces and provides the resources required by the National
Military Strategy, the inevitable alternative is for the United
States to retreat from its global responsibilities and
interests. As it does with regard to the growing risk
confronting our military forces, the committee also believes it
is unacceptable for the United States to retreat from the
aggressive promotion and protection of our interests around the
world.
HEARINGS
Committee consideration of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 results from extensive
hearings that began on February 2, 1999 and that were completed
on March 25, 1999. The full committee conducted 6 sessions. In
addition, a total of 26 sessions were conducted by five
different subcommittees and two panels of the committee on
various titles of the bill.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
OVERVIEW
The President's $53.0 billion procurement budget request
for fiscal year 2000 represents a decrease of $1.1 billion
below the amount forecast in fiscal year 1999, $9.3 billion
below the amount first forecast in fiscal year 1996, and
continues the Department of Defense's delay in achieving the
Joint Chiefs of Staff goal of a $60.0 billion procurement
budget by three years (from fiscal year 1998 to fiscal year
2001). Even before the initiation of Operation Allied Force the
service chiefs of staff were lamenting a budget that leaves
them far short of attaining their modernization requirements,
despite Congress' having added over $15.0 billion to the
procurement accounts in the past four years. The ongoing
campaign in the Balkans has only exacerbated this situation.
For example, the Army Chief of Staff testified to the
committee that ``modernization is still underfunded. What I
don't think will be fixed out of this [referring to the funding
he expects to receive in fiscal year 2000] will be the
modernization. We'll have to defer that . . . further.''
Commenting on his inability to recapitalize the fleets of naval
ships and aircraft, the Chief of Naval Operations noted, ``We
continue to compensate [for readiness and personnel needs] by
shifting resources from modernization and recapitalization
accounts to operations and support accounts.'' Even more
critical of the current predicament, he was the Commandant of
the Marine Corps, who testified that, ``As I've said for years
[our problem] is long-term procurement. I have got very great
concerns about the cancer of modernization that I must
address.'' And the Air Force Chief of Staff declared that ``if
we don't modernize by replacing aircraft that are beyond their
useful life and revitalize those with life left in them, we can
expect significant additional maintenance requirements, reduced
reliability, and increased costs as these aircraft
deteriorate.''
In order to bring the modernization problem into focus, the
committee held a hearing on the Department's fleet of aging
equipment. The Department clearly acknowledged that reduced
modernization budgets, combined with increased deployments,
have taken their toll. Its inventory of weapons is not only
aging chronologically but also technologically, as older and
overworked weapons systems continue to drain resources because
of more frequent and more expensive maintenance. Equipment
expected to leave the inventory years ago is still operational
and, in some cases, approaching nearly double expected service
lives. Yet, despite this situation, the procurement budget
continues to receive low priority.
Although much has been touted by the Department concerning
a major increase in its budget in the next six fiscal years,
the procurement accounts are not the beneficiaries of any
largesse. As noted above, the fiscal year 2000 procurement
request actually declines from the amount forecast only one
year ago. The cumulative addition to these accounts over the
next four years is projected to be only $4.1 billion-hardly a
significant part of a proposed six-year $84.0 billion overall
increase.
Unfortunately, unless a sustained increase in procurement
funding is forthcoming, the aging equipment situation will only
get worse, as the impact of Operation Allied Force is felt.
With the United States shouldering the largest share of the
burden in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's air campaign
against Yugoslavia, inventories of key precision weapons are
being depleted at much faster rates than ever anticipated;
units deployed for combat are stripping vital supplies from
U.S.-based units, contributing to a dramatic drop in their
readiness ratings; and cannibalization rates are climbing
rapidly within deployed units because of spare parts shortages.
Even with the substantial amount of additional funding provided
by the Congress in fiscal year 1999 supplemental
appropriations, the process of ``getting well'' from this
ongoing operation will be slow and likely require substantial
additional funding in the future.
Against this backdrop, the committee successfully argued
for an increase to the funds allocated for national defense in
the fiscal year 2000 budget resolution and has applied much of
this additional money to procurement. This marks the fifth
consecutive year the committee has added funds to modernize the
Department's weaponry, including:
[In millions of dollars]
Army:
UH-60L helicopters............................................ 27.0
CH-47F upgrades............................................... 56.0
AH-64D upgrades............................................... 45.0
MLRS rocket launchers......................................... 56.0
Bradley fighting vehicles upgrades............................ 72.0
M113A3 carrier mods........................................... 25.0
Small arms.................................................... 48.0
Ammunition.................................................... 55.0
Night vision devices.......................................... 33.0
Shortstop..................................................... 40.0
Communications equipment...................................... 92.0
Combat support equipment...................................... 63.0
Construction equipment........................................ 33.0
Navy/Marine Corps:
KC-130J....................................................... 252.0
MV-22......................................................... 60.0
CH-60S........................................................ 38.0
UC-35......................................................... 18.0
E/A-6B upgrades............................................... 45.0
F/A-18 series modifications................................... 63.0
P-3 series modifications...................................... 75.0
Tomahawk missiles............................................. 300.0
Joint stand-off weapon........................................ 75.0
Hellfire missiles............................................. 52.0
Joint direct attack munition.................................. 48.0
Maritime prepositioning ship-advance procurement.............. 80.0
Base telecommunications upgrades.............................. 50.0
Improve & recovery vehicle.................................... 49.0
AH-1/UH-1 upgrades............................................ 27.0
Ammunition.................................................... 75.0
Air Force:
E-8C-advance procurement...................................... 46.0
B-2 upgrades.................................................. 187.0
F-15 upgrades................................................. 50.0
F-16 upgrades................................................. 47.0
C-135 upgrades................................................ 68.0
Defense airborne reconnaissance program....................... 40.0
Joint stand-off weapon........................................ 35.0
Minuteman III upgrades........................................ 40.0
AGM-65D Maverick upgrades..................................... 10.0
Joint direct attack munition.................................. 66.0
Ammunition.................................................... 75.0
Theater deployable communications............................. 35.0
Defense-Wide:
National guard/reserve miscellaneous equipment................ 60.0
Aircraft Procurement, Army
Overview
The budget request contained $1,229.9 million for Aircraft
Procurement, Army in fiscal year 2000. The committee recommends
authorization of $1,415.2 million for fiscal year 2000.
The committee recommends approval of the request except for
those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless
otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and
based on affordability considerations.
Items of Special Interest
AH-64 modifications
The budget request contained $22.6 million for AH-64
modifications, but included no funds for an oil debris
detection system (ODDS) or the continuation of the vibration
management enhancement program (VMEP).
The ODDS is an on-board detection system that alerts
aircrews to the presence of metal chips in engines and
propeller gear boxes, allowing flights to be terminated prior
to catastrophic failure of critical components. It also permits
the clearing of smaller particles that routinely accumulate in
engine oil and cause false impending engine failure alarms,
resulting in unnecessary termination of aircraft missions and
costly engine diagnostics.
The VMEP is an Army National Guard (ARNG) effort currently
directed toward resolving vibration management problems on the
ARNG's AH-64 Apache fleet, but the committee understands the
technology is also applicable to the UH-60 Blackhawk, the CH-47
Chinook, and the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. The committee continues
to support the VMEP because of its belief that such on-board
diagnostic capabilities contribute significantly to both
aircrew safety and improved aircraft reliability.
Since the ODDS, which has been successfully integrated into
many other Department of Defense aircraft, both reduces
aircraft maintenance costs and enhances aircrew safety, the
committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million to incorporate
the ODDS on AH-64 Apaches. The committee also recommends an
increase of $7.0 million to continue VMEP procurement for the
ARNG Apache fleet and to transition this technology to other
aircraft.
Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE)
The budget request contained $88,000 for ASE, but included
no funds for the procurement of upgrades to the Aircraft
Survivability Equipment Trainer (ASET) IV.
ASET IV is a ground-based, mobile aviation threat emitter
simulation and training system which enables both fixed and
rotary wing aviators to recognize surface-to-air-missile (SAM)
and anti-aircraft artillery threats in order to employ the
correct aircraft evasive maneuvers. ASET IV systems are
currently fielded at major training centers throughout the
United States and Germany and require that an aircraft have a
fully operational ASE suite of sensors on board for training.
The Congress added $7.4 million in fiscal year 1998 and
$6.4 million in fiscal year 1999 for ASET IV upgrades. However,
additional validated requirements exist and several systems in
their present configuration still lack the capability to
simulate the most current infrared (IR) and radio frequency
(RF) SAM threats, thereby limiting aircrew training against
older threats-a situation which is not representative of the
Army's ``train as you fight'' concept.
Consistent with past committee actions and based on the
Army's requirement for forces to train in realistic threat
environments, the committee recommends $18.2 million, an
increase of $18.1 million for upgrading ASET IV systems with
current IR and RF SAM threat simulators.
Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) modifications
The budget request contained $11.8 million for the
procurement of ASE modifications, but included no funds for AN/
AVR-2A laser detecting sets (LDS).
The LDS is the only device in the Army inventor