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                                 Calendar No. 114                            


                      NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION                     

                         ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000                        


                                  REPORT                                 


                          [TO ACCOMPANY S. 1059]                         


                                    on                                   


  AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES
 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE
 ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS
 FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES       

                              TOGETHER WITH                              


                             ADDITIONAL VIEWS                            


                                                                           


                       COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES                       

                           UNITED STATES SENATE                          


                                                                         

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                          106 th Congress  1st Session                      

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                                      Report                                 

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                                 Calendar No. 114                            


                      NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION                     

                         ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000                        


                                  REPORT                                 


                          [TO ACCOMPANY S. 1059]                         


                                    on                                   


  AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES
 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE
 ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS
 FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES       

                              TOGETHER WITH                              


                             ADDITIONAL VIEWS                            


                                                                           


                       COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES                       

                           UNITED STATES SENATE                          



                                                                         

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                                COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES                       

                            (106th Congress, 1st Session)                      


                           JOHN WARNER, Virginia,  Chairman                    



          STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman  Emeritus                CARL LEVIN, Michigan

          JOHN  McCAIN,  Arizona                                            EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
          BOB SMITH, New Hampshire                                          JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
          JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma                                         ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
          RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania                                       CHARLES S. ROBB, Virginia
          OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine                                           JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
          PAT ROBERTS, Kansas                                               MAX CLELAND, Georgia
          WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado                                            MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana
          TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas                                          JACK REED, Rhode Island
          JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama                                            

        Les Brownlee,  Staff Director                                          

        David S. Lyles,  Staff Director for the Minority                       

                                            (II)                                  

   AEMD94 AF                                                             


                            C O N T E N T S                             
         Purpose of the Bill                                              1
         Committee Overview and Recommendations                           2
         Explanation of Funding Summary                                   13
         Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations                 21
         Title I--Procurement                                             21
            Explanation of tables                                         21
            Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations                   22

   Chemical Demilitarization Program (sec. 106)                            

        24                                                                      

          Subtitle B--Army Programs                                     

        25                                                                      

   Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs (sec. 111)    

        49                                                                      

   Close combat tactical trainer (sec. 112)                                

        49                                                                      

   Army aviation modernization (sec. 113)                                  

        50                                                                      

          Other Army Programs                                           

        52                                                                      

   Army Aircraft                                                           

        52                                                                      

   UH 60 Blackhawk                                                         

        52                                                                      

   CH 47 Cargo helicopter modifications                                    

        52                                                                      

   Longbow                                                                 

        52                                                                      

   UH 1 sustainment                                                        

        53                                                                      

   Aircraft survivability equipment modifications                          

        53                                                                      

   Aircraft survivability equipment infrared countermeasures               

        53                                                                      

   Army Missiles                                                           

        54                                                                      

   Patriot Anti-cruise Missile                                             

        54                                                                      

   Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles                                     

        54                                                                      

   Carrier modifications                                                   

        54                                                                      

   Bradley fighting vehicle series modifications                           

        54                                                                      

   Howitzer, self propelled, fully tracked 155mm M109A6                    

        55                                                                      

   Field artillery ammunition support vehicle                              

        55                                                                      

   Improved recovery vehicle                                               

        55                                                                      

   Heavy assault bridge system                                             

        55                                                                      

   Abrams upgrade program                                                  

        56                                                                      

   Mark 19 grenade launcher                                                

        56                                                                      

   Army Ammunition                                                         

        56                                                                      

   Army ammunition                                                         

        56                                                                      

   Other Army Procurement                                                  

        56                                                                      

   High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle                              

        56                                                                      

   Secure Mobile Antijam Reliable Tactical Terminal                        

        57                                                                      

   Army combat communications                                              

        57                                                                      

   Warfighter information network                                          

        57                                                                      

   Night vision devices                                                    

        57                                                                      

   Forward area air defense command and control                            

        58                                                                      

   Standard integrated command post system                                 

        58                                                                      

   Lightweight maintenance enclosure                                       

        58                                                                      

   Combat training centers support                                         

        59                                                                      

   Modification of in-service equipment                                    

        59                                                                      

   Construction equipment                                                  

        59                                                                      

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        60                                                                      

          Subtitle C--Navy Programs                                     

        61                                                                      

   LHD 8 advance procurement and advance construction (sec. 121)           

        88                                                                      

   DDG 51 multiyear procurement extension (sec. 122)                       

        88                                                                      

      Repeal of requirement for annual report from shipbuilders under      
   certain nuclear attack submarine program (sec. 123)                     
        89                                                                      

   Cooperative engagement capability (sec. 124)                            

        89                                                                      

   Multiyear procurement authority for the F/A 18E/F aircraft (sec. 125) vi

        89                                                                      

          Other Navy Programs                                           

        90                                                                      

   Navy Aircraft                                                           

        90                                                                      

   MV 22                                                                   

        90                                                                      

   CH 60 helicopters                                                       

        90                                                                      

   UC 35A                                                                  

        91                                                                      

   C 40A                                                                   

        91                                                                      

   KC 130J                                                                 

        91                                                                      

   EA 6B support jamming upgrade                                           

        91                                                                      

   F/A 18 aircraft modifications                                           

        91                                                                      

   AH 1 series                                                             

        92                                                                      

   H 1 series                                                              

        92                                                                      

   Maritime Surveillance Aircraft Programs                                 

        92                                                                      

   KC 130T avionics upgrades                                               

        92                                                                      

   AN/ALQ 165                                                              

        93                                                                      

   Navy Weapons                                                            

        93                                                                      

   Hellfire II                                                             

        94                                                                      

   Improved tactical air launched decoy                                    

        94                                                                      

   Weapons industrial facilities                                           

        94                                                                      

   Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition                                        

        94                                                                      

   Laser guided bombs and kits                                             

        94                                                                      

   Marine Corps ammunition                                                 

        94                                                                      

   Other Navy Procurement                                                  

        95                                                                      

   AN/WSN 7 inertial navigation system                                     

        95                                                                      

   Afloat force protection, maritime interdiction operations equipment     

        95                                                                      

   Integrated condition assessment system                                  

        95                                                                      

   AN/BPS 16H surface search radar for submarines                          

        96                                                                      

   Integration and test facility command and control initiative            

        96                                                                      

   Joint Engineering Data Management and Information Control System        

        96                                                                      

   Information Technology 21                                               

        97                                                                      

   Aviation life support                                                   

        97                                                                      

   NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system                                    

        97                                                                      

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        98                                                                      

          Marine Corps Procurement                                      

        98                                                                      

   Modification kits-tracked vehicles                                      

        98                                                                      

   Night vision equipment                                                  

        98                                                                      

   Communications and electronics infrastructure                           

        98                                                                      

   High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle                              

        98                                                                      

   Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force field medical equipment 

        99                                                                      

          Subtitle D--Air Force Programs                                

        100                                                                     


    22 aircraft program (sec. 131)                                         

        117                                                                     

          Other Air Force Programs                                      

        117                                                                     

   Air Force Aircraft                                                      

        118                                                                     

   EC 130J                                                                 

        118                                                                     

   C 130J                                                                  

        118                                                                     

   Joint primary aircrew training system                                   

        119                                                                     

    15 220E engine modification                                            

        119                                                                     

    16 aircraft modifications                                              

        119                                                                     

   T 43 terrain awareness and warning system                               

        120                                                                     

      C 20 terrain avoidance and warning system and global air traffic     
   management                                                              
        120                                                                     

   KC 135 global air traffic management                                    

        121                                                                     

   RC 135 re-engining                                                      

        121                                                                     

   U 2 upgrades                                                            

        121                                                                     

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        121                                                                     

   Air Force Ammunition                                                    

        122                                                                     

   Wind corrected munition dispenser                                       

        122                                                                     

   Air Force Missile                                                       

        122                                                                     

   Minuteman III guidance replacement program                              

        122vii                                                                  

   Other Air Force Procurement                                             

        122                                                                     

   High mobility vehicle                                                   

        122                                                                     

   Fuel trucks                                                             

        122                                                                     

   60K loader                                                              

        122                                                                     

   Base information infrastructure                                         

        123                                                                     

   Tactical communications-electronics equipment                           

        123                                                                     

   Aircrew laser eye protection                                            

        123                                                                     

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        123                                                                     

   Defense-Wide Programs                                                   

        123                                                                     

   Remote activation munition systems                                      

        130                                                                     

   Special operations forces rotary wing upgrades                          

        130                                                                     

   Special operations forces small arms and weapons                        

        130                                                                     

   Special operations forces demolition kits                               

        130                                                                     

   Chemical and Biological Defense Program                                 

        131                                                                     

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        131                                                                     

          Subtitle E-Other Matters                                      

        131                                                                     

      Extension of authority to carry out armament retooling and           
   manufacturing support initiative (sec. 141)                             
        131                                                                     

      Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and     
   services of certain army industrial facilities without regard to        
   availability from domestic sources (sec. 142)                           
        132                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        132                                                                     

   Army modernization overview                                             

        132                                                                     

   Bore erosion gauges                                                     

        133                                                                     

   C 130J                                                                  

        133                                                                     

   C 130J deployment plan                                                  

        134                                                                     

   C 20                                                                    

        135                                                                     

   Combat survivor evader locator radio                                    

        135                                                                     

   Digital facsimile machine                                               

        136                                                                     

   Maintaining a strong navy                                               

        136                                                                     

   National guard and reserve modernization                                

        137                                                                     

   Report on chartering special craft and tug services                     

        138                                                                     

   Unmanned aerial vehicle system                                          

        138                                                                     

   Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation                   

        141                                                                     

          Explanation of tables                                         

        141                                                                     

          Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations                   

        142                                                                     

   Amount for basic and applied research (sec. 202)                        

        143                                                                     

                    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and 
          Limitations                                                   
        144                                                                     

   Micro-satellite technology development program (sec. 212)               

        144                                                                     

   Space control technology (sec. 213)                                     

        144                                                                     

   Space Maneuver Vehicle (sec. 214)                                       

        145                                                                     

   Manufacturing technology program (sec. 215)                             

        145                                                                     

          Subtitle C--Ballistic Mississile Defense                      

        146                                                                     

   Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy (sec. 221)      

        146                                                                     

      Repeal of requirement to implement technical and price competition   
   for Theater High Altitude Area Defense system (sec. 222)                
        146                                                                     

   Space-based laser program (sec. 223)                                    

        146                                                                     

   Airborne Laser Program (sec. 224)                                       

        148                                                                     

                    Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term  
          Military Capabilities                                         
        150                                                                     

      Research and development for long-term military capabilities (secs.  
   231 239)                                                                
        150                                                                     

          Additional Matters of Interest                                

        153                                                                     

   Army                                                                    

        153                                                                     

   Basic research in counter-terrorism                                     

        163                                                                     

   Army After Next materials                                               

        163                                                                     

   Missile technology                                                      

        163                                                                     

   Humanitarian demining research                                          

        163                                                                     

   Combat vehicle and automotive technology                                

        163                                                                     

   Human factors engineering technology                                    

        163                                                                     

   Environmental quality technology                                        

        163                                                                     

   Virtual retinal eye display technology                                  

        164                                                                     

   Armor system modernization                                              

        164                                                                     

   Digital intelligence situation mapboard                                 

        166viii                                                                 

   Acoustic technology research                                            

        166                                                                     

   Radar power technology                                                  

        166                                                                     

   Tactical High Energy Laser                                              

        166                                                                     

   Weapons and munitions-advanced development                              

        166                                                                     

   Comanche                                                                

        167                                                                     

   Weapons and munitions-engineering and manufacturing development         

        167                                                                     

   Firefinder                                                              

        167                                                                     

   Directed energy testbed                                                 

        168                                                                     

   Multiple launch rocket system product improvement program               

        168                                                                     

   Combat vehicle improvement programs                                     

        168                                                                     


   Aircraft modifications/product improvement program                      

        168                                                                     

   Navy                                                                    

        170                                                                     

   Nontraditional defense operations                                       

        181                                                                     

      Communications, command, and control, intelligence, surveillance, and
   reconnaissance                                                          
        181                                                                     

   Carbon heatshield technology                                            

        181                                                                     

   Laser technologies                                                      

        181                                                                     

   Superconducting wave form generator                                     

        181                                                                     

   Power node control centers                                              

        181                                                                     

   Composite helicopter hangar                                             

        182                                                                     

   Virtual testbed for advanced electric systems                           

        182                                                                     

   Advanced technology demonstration                                       

        182                                                                     

   Ocean modeling for mine and submarine warfare                           

        183                                                                     

   Advanced technology transition program                                  

        183                                                                     

   Integrated combat weapons system for mine countermeasures ships         

        183                                                                     

   Advanced water-jet technology                                           

        183                                                                     

   Enhanced performance electric motor brush technology                    

        184                                                                     

   Standard for the exchange of product model data                         

        184                                                                     

   Trident SSGN design                                                     

        184                                                                     

   Navy common command and decision system                                 

        185                                                                     

   Advanced amphibious assault vehicle                                     

        185                                                                     

   Research in nonlethal weapons                                           

        185                                                                     

   Navy Collaborative Integrated Information Technology Initiative         

        185                                                                     

   Parametric Airborne Dipping Sonar                                       

        186                                                                     

   H 1 upgrades                                                            

        186                                                                     

   Multi-Purpose Processor                                                 

        186                                                                     

   Non-propulsion electronics system                                       

        187                                                                     

   Smart propulsor product model                                           

        187                                                                     

   Volume search radar                                                     

        187                                                                     

   NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system                                    

        187                                                                     

   Advanced Deployable System                                              

        188                                                                     

   Battle Force Tactical Training                                          

        188                                                                     

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        188                                                                     

   Air Force                                                               

        189                                                                     

   Materials research                                                      

        202                                                                     

   Solid state electric oxygen generation                                  

        202                                                                     

   Space science and engineering                                           

        202                                                                     

   Multi-spectral battlefield simulation                                   

        202                                                                     

   Variable displacement vane pump technology                              

        202                                                                     

   Applied research                                                        

        202                                                                     

   High frequency active auroral research                                  

        203                                                                     

   Laser remote optical sensing research                                   

        203                                                                     

   Aerospace structures                                                    

        203                                                                     

   Night vision technology                                                 

        204                                                                     

   Miniature Satellite Threat Reporting System                             

        204                                                                     

   Standard protocol interpreter for satellite data links                  

        204                                                                     

   Low altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night                

        204                                                                     

   Joint strike fighter                                                    

        204                                                                     

   Rocket Systems Launch Program                                           

        204                                                                     

   B 2 advanced technology bomber datalink                                 

        205                                                                     

   Electronic warfare development                                          

        205                                                                     

   Space Based Infrared System                                             

        206ix                                                                   

   Wind corrected munitions dispenser                                      

        207                                                                     

   Life support systems                                                    

        207                                                                     

      Composite payload dispenser development for the Evolved Expendable   
   Launch Vehicle                                                          
        207                                                                     

   Air Force test and evaluation support                                   

        207                                                                     

   Big Crow program office                                                 

        208                                                                     

   B 52 upgrades                                                           

        208                                                                     

    16 GOLDSTRIKE                                                          

        209                                                                     

   EC 130H Compass Call                                                    

        209                                                                     

   Airborne warning and control system                                     

        209                                                                     

   Joint surveillance/target attack radar system                           

        210                                                                     

   Theater Airborne Warning System                                         

        211                                                                     

    4B national airborne operations center                                 

        211                                                                     

   Endurance unmanned aerial vehicles                                      

        211                                                                     

   Airborne reconnaissance systems                                         

        212                                                                     

   RC 135 global air traffic management                                    

        212                                                                     

   Eagle Vision                                                            

        212                                                                     

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        212                                                                     

   Defense-Wide                                                            

        212                                                                     

   Recruitment and retention                                               

        223                                                                     

   University research initiative                                          

        223                                                                     

   Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding and programmatic guidance

        223                                                                     

   Support technology                                                      

        223                                                                     

   National missile defense                                                

        224                                                                     

   Theater high altitude area defense (THAAD) system                       

        224                                                                     

   Navy theater wide                                                       

        225                                                                     

   BMD technical operations                                                

        225                                                                     

   International cooperative programs                                      

        225                                                                     

   BMD targets                                                             

        225                                                                     

   Patriot PAC 3                                                           

        225                                                                     

   Boost-phase intercept                                                   

        226                                                                     

   Medical free electron laser                                             

        226                                                                     

   Computer security system development                                    

        227                                                                     

   Weapons of mass destruction related technologies                        

        227                                                                     

   Complex systems design                                                  

        227                                                                     

   Product data engineering tools                                          

        227                                                                     

   Joint warfighting program                                               

        227                                                                     

   High performance visualization program                                  

        228                                                                     

   Joint robotics program                                                  

        228                                                                     

   Integrated data environment technology                                  

        228                                                                     

   Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force detector technologies   

        228                                                                     

   Joint Mapping Tool Kit                                                  

        229                                                                     

   Strategic Technology Assessment Program                                 

        229                                                                     

   Special operations tactical system development                          

        229                                                                     

   Special operations operational enhancements                             

        229                                                                     

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        229                                                                     

          OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST                                       

        230                                                                     

   Advanced SEAL delivery system                                           

        230                                                                     

   Aerostructures                                                          

        230                                                                     


   Biological hazard research                                              

        230                                                                     

   Commercially Based Tactical Truck Program                               

        231                                                                     

   Computer Emergency Response Teams                                       

        231                                                                     

   Department of Defense support of commercial space sector                

        231                                                                     

   Focus: HOPE                                                             

        232                                                                     

   Inter-cooled recuperated gas turbine engine                             

        232                                                                     

   Integrated power systems                                                

        232                                                                     

   National Technology Alliance                                            

        233                                                                     

   Personnel safety and survivability                                      

        233                                                                     

   Precision strike and air defense technology                             

        234                                                                     

   Research in advanced optics                                             

        234                                                                     

   Robotics and intelligent machines                                       

        234                                                                     

   Smart ship manpower reduction initiative                                

        235                                                                     

   Space launch reliability assessment                                     

        235                                                                     

   Starstreak missile                                                      

        235                                                                     

   Maintaining a strong Navy                                               

        236                                                                     

   Title III--Operation and Maintenance                                    

        239                                                                     

   Explanation of tables                                                   

        239                                                                     

          Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations                   

        275                                                                     

   Armed Forces Retirement Home (sec. 303)                                 

        275                                                                     

                    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and 
          Limitations                                                   
        275x                                                                    

      Use of humanitarian and civic assistance funding for pay and         
   allowances of special operations command reserves furnishing demining   
   training and related assistance as humanitarian assistance (sec. 312)   
        275                                                                     

   National defense features (sec. 313)                                    

        275                                                                     

          Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions                          

        275                                                                     

   Environmental technology management (sec. 321)                          

        275                                                                     

      Establishment of environmental restoration accounts for installations
   closed or realigned under the base closure laws and for formerly used   
   defense sites (sec. 322)                                                
        276                                                                     

      Extension of limitation on payment of fines and penalties using funds
   in environmental restoration accounts (sec. 323)                        
        276                                                                     

      Modification of requirements for annual reports on environmental     
   compliance activities (sec. 324)                                        
        277                                                                     

      Modification of membership of the Strategic Environmental Research   
   and Development Program Council (sec. 325)                              
        277                                                                     

      Extension of the pilot program for sale of air pollution emission    
   reduction incentives (sec. 326)                                         
        277                                                                     

      Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with Fresno Drum       
   Superfund site, Fresno, California (sec. 327)                           
        278                                                                     

      Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under the CERCLA in         
   connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming (sec. 328)          
        278                                                                     

          Subtitle D--Other Matters                                     

        278                                                                     

   Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program (sec. 341)          

        279                                                                     

      Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor contract for   
   depot-level maintenance and repair is entered into (sec. 342)           
        279                                                                     

      Implementation of jointly approved changes in defense retail systems 
   (sec. 343)                                                              
        279                                                                     

      Eligibility to receive financial assistance available for local      
   educational agencies that benefit dependents of Department of Defense   
   personnel (sec. 345)                                                    
        279                                                                     

   Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of Defense (sec. 346)    

        280                                                                     

      Study on use of smart card as PKI authentication device carrier for  
   the Department of Defense (sec. 347)                                    
        281                                                                     

      Revision of authority to donate certain Army materiel for funeral    
   ceremonies (sec. 348)                                                   
        281                                                                     

          Additional Matters of Interest                                

        281                                                                     

   Base operations                                                         

        281                                                                     

   Depot maintenance                                                       

        282                                                                     

   Real property maintenance                                               

        282                                                                     

   Foreign currency fluctuation                                            

        283                                                                     

   Civilian personnel levels                                               

        283                                                                     

   Spares                                                                  

        283                                                                     

   Contract advisory, and assistance services                              

        284                                                                     

   Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism     

        284                                                                     

   Force protection                                                        

        285                                                                     

   Army                                                                    

        285                                                                     

   Adjustments to Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps                   

        285                                                                     

   Navy                                                                    

        285                                                                     

   Adjustments to Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps                   

        285                                                                     

   Marine Corps                                                            

        285                                                                     

   Adjustments to Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps                   

        285                                                                     

   United States Marine Corps initial issue                                

        285                                                                     

   Distance learning                                                       

        285                                                                     

   Air Force                                                               

        286                                                                     

   Adjustments to Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps                   

        286                                                                     

   Defense-Wide                                                            

        286                                                                     

   Mobility enhancements                                                   

        286                                                                     

   Jefferson Project                                                       

        286                                                                     

   Partnership for Peace Program (Warsaw Initiative)                       

        286                                                                     

   Partnership for Peace Information Management System (PIMS)              

        286                                                                     

   Guard and Reserve Components                                            

        287                                                                     

   Overseas deployment training                                            

        287                                                                     


   Reserve optempo                                                         

        287xi                                                                   

   Miscellaneous                                                           

        287                                                                     

   Overseas humanitarian demining and CINC emergency response activities   

        287                                                                     

   Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection (RAID) teams                     

        288                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        289                                                                     

   Cultural and historic activities                                        

        289                                                                     

      Commissary support for the 99th Regional Support Command, Pittsburgh,
   Pennsylvania                                                            
        289                                                                     

   Controlled humidity preservation program                                

        290                                                                     

   Expeditionary Aerospace Force                                           

        290                                                                     

   Pine Bluff Arsenal                                                      

        291                                                                     

      Research and development to support unexploded ordnance clearance,   
   active range unexploded ordnance clearance, and explosive ordnance      
   disposal                                                                
        291                                                                     

   Unfunded environmental requirements                                     

        293                                                                     

   Weapons Training Facility Vieques, Puerto Rico                          

        294                                                                     

   Excess inventory on order                                               

        294                                                                     

   Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations                             

        294                                                                     

          Subtitle A--Active Forces                                     

        297                                                                     

   End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)                              

        297                                                                     

   Revision in permanent end strength levels (sec. 402)                    

        197                                                                     

      Reduction of end strengths below levels for two major regional       
   contingencies (sec. 403)                                                
        297                                                                     

          Subtitle B--Reserve Forces                                    

        297                                                                     

   End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411)                           

        297                                                                     

      End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves 
   (sec. 412)                                                              
        298                                                                     

   End strengths for military technicians (sec. 413)                       

        299                                                                     

      Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on 
   active duty in support of the reserves (sec. 414)                       
        299                                                                     

          Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations                   

        299                                                                     

   Authorization of appropriations for military personnel (sec. 421)       

        299                                                                     

   Title V--Military Personnel Policy                                      

        300                                                                     

          Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy                          

        300                                                                     

      Extension of requirement for competition for joint 4-star officer    
   positions (sec. 501)                                                    
        300                                                                     

      Additional three-star officer positions for superintendents of       
   service academies (sec. 502)                                            
        300                                                                     

      Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to be on           
   active-duty list in frocked grade of brigadier general or rear admiral  
   (sec. 503)                                                              
        300                                                                     

      Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing nonselection for    
   promotion (sec. 504)                                                    
        302                                                                     

      Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards of inquiry     
   (sec. 505)                                                              
        302                                                                     

      Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion from below the   
   promotion zone (sec. 506)                                               
        302                                                                     

      Increase in threshold period of active duty for applicability of     
   restriction on holding of civil office by retired regular officers and  
   reserve officers (sec. 507)                                             
        302                                                                     

      Exemption of retiree council members from recalled retiree limits    
   (sec. 508)                                                              
        302                                                                     

          Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters                         

        303                                                                     

      Additional exemptions for reserve component general and flag officers
   from limitation on authorized strength of general and flag officers on  
   active duty (sec. 511)                                                  
        303                                                                     

   Duties of reserves on active duty in support of the reserves (sec. 512) 

        303                                                                     

      Repeal of limitation on number of reserves on full-time active duty  
   in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving       
   weapons of mass destruction. (sec. 513)                                 
        304                                                                     

      Extension of period for retention of reserve component majors and    
   lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion (sec.   
   514)                                                                    
        304                                                                     

      Continuation of officer on reserve active-status list for            
   disciplinary action (sec. 515)                                          
        304xii                                                                  

   Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67 (sec. 516)        

        304                                                                     

      Reserve credit for participation in health professions scholarship   
   and financial assistance program limited to reserve retirement credit   
   only (sec. 517)                                                         
        304                                                                     

      Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay from eligibility  
   for consideration for promotion (sec. 518)                              
        305                                                                     

      Exclusion of period of pursuit of professional education from        
   computation of years of service for reserve officers (sec. 519)         
        305                                                                     

      Correction of reference relating to crediting of satisfactory service
   by reserve officers in highest grade held (sec. 520)                    
        305                                                                     

   Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve (sec. 521)           

        305                                                                     

          Subtitle C--Military Education and Training                   

        305                                                                     

      Authority to exceed temporarily a strength limitation for the service
   academies (sec. 531)                                                    
        305                                                                     

      Repeal of limitation on amount of reimbursement authorized to be     
   waived for foreign students at service academies (sec. 532)             
        306                                                                     

      Expansion of foreign service programs of the service academies (sec. 
   533)                                                                    
        306                                                                     

      Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for graduate students (sec.
   534)                                                                    
        306                                                                     

      Authority for award of Master of Strategic Studies degree by the     
   United States Army War College (sec. 535)                               
        306                                                                     


      Minimum educational requirements for faculty of the Community College
   of the Air Force (sec. 536)                                             
        306                                                                     

   Conferral of graduate-level degrees by Air University (sec. 537)        

        307                                                                     

      Payment of tuition for education and training of members in the      
   defense acquisition workforce (sec. 538)                                
        307                                                                     

      Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by officer       
   candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program (sec. 539)     
        307                                                                     

          Subtitle D--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations            

        307                                                                     

      Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to       
   certain persons (sec. 551)                                              
        307                                                                     

          Subtitle E--Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice    

        307                                                                     

      Increase in sentencing jurisdiction of special courts-martial        
   authorized to adjudge a bad-conduct discharge (sec. 561)                
        307                                                                     

      Reduced minimum blood and breath alcohol levels for offense of       
   drunken operation or control of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel (sec.    
   562)                                                                    
        308                                                                     

          Subtitle F--Other Matters                                     

        308                                                                     

   Funeral honors details at funerals of veterans (sec. 571)               

        308                                                                     

      Increased authority to extend delayed entry period for enlistments of
   persons with no prior military service (sec. 572)                       
        308                                                                     

   Army college first pilot program (sec. 573)                             

        309                                                                     

      Reduction in required frequency of reporting on the Selected Reserve 
   educational assistance program under the Montgomery GI Bill (sec. 574)  
        309                                                                     

      Participation of members in management of organizations abroad that  
   promote international understanding (sec. 575)                          
        309                                                                     

      Forensic pathology investigations by armed forces medical examiner   
   (sec. 576)                                                              
        310                                                                     

      Nondisclosure of information on missing persons returned to United   
   States control (sec. 577)                                               
        310                                                                     

   Use of recruiting materials for public relations purposes (sec. 578)    

        310                                                                     

      Improvement and transfer of jurisdiction of Troops-to-Teachers       
   program (sec. 579)                                                      
        311                                                                     

      Support for expanded child care services and youth program services  
   for dependents (sec. 580)                                               
        311                                                                     

   Responses to domestic violence in the armed forces (sec. 581)           

        311                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        312                                                                     

   Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System 183                  

        312                                                                     

   Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps 184                               

        312                                                                     

   Recruiter access                                                        

        313                                                                     

   Air Force Reserve                                                       

        314                                                                     

      George C. Marshall Reserve Officer Training Corps Award and Seminar  
   program                                                                 
        314                                                                     

   Initiatives to enhance military recruiting                              

        315xiii                                                                 

   Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits                     

        317                                                                     

          Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances                                

        317                                                                     

   Fiscal year 2000 increase and restructuring of basic pay (sec. 601)     

        317                                                                     

   Pay increases for 2001 through 2006 (sec. 602)                          

        317                                                                     

   Special subsistence allowance for food stamp eligible members (sec. 603)

        317                                                                     

   Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a reenlistment (sec. 604)  

        318                                                                     

      Continuance of pay and allowances while in duty status ``whereabouts 
   unknown'' (sec. 605)                                                    
        318                                                                     

      Equitable treatment of class of 1987 of the Uniformed Services       
   University of the Health Sciences (sec. 606)                            
        318                                                                     

          Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special Incentive Pays                

        318                                                                     

      One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of certain     
   bonuses and special pays (sec. 611)                                     
        318                                                                     

      One-year extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for
   reserve forces (sec. 612)                                               
        319                                                                     

      One-year extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for
   nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists     
   (sec. 613)                                                              
        319                                                                     

      Amount of aviation career incentive pay for Air Battle Managers      
   formerly eligible for hazardous duty pay (sec. 614)                     
        319                                                                     

   Aviation career officer special pay (sec. 615)                          

        319                                                                     

   Career enlisted flyer incentive pay (sec. 616)                          

        319                                                                     

      Retention bonus for special warfare officers extending periods of    
   active duty (sec. 617)                                                  
        320                                                                     

      Retention bonus for surface warfare officers extending periods of    
   active duty (sec. 618)                                                  
        320                                                                     

      Additional special pay for board certified veterinarians in the armed
   forces and Public Health Service (sec. 619)                             
        320                                                                     

   Increase in rate of diving duty special pay (sec. 620)                  

        320                                                                     

      Increase in maximum amount authorized for reenlistment bonus for     
   active members (sec. 621)                                               
        320                                                                     

   Critical skills enlistment bonus (sec. 622)                             

        320                                                                     

   Selected Reserve enlistment bonus (sec. 623)                            

        320                                                                     

      Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve assigned to high  
   priority units of the Selected Reserve (sec. 624)                       
        321                                                                     

      Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in critical skill for   
   eligibility for enlistment bonus (sec. 625)                             
        321                                                                     


      Eligibility for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus upon
   attaining a critical skill (sec. 626)                                   
        321                                                                     

      Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers   
   (sec. 627)                                                              
        321                                                                     

      Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for foreign language     
   proficiency pay (sec. 628)                                              
        321                                                                     

          Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances              

        322                                                                     

      Payment of temporary lodging expenses to enlisted members making     
   their first permanent change of station (sec. 641)                      
        322                                                                     

      Destination airport for emergency leave travel to the continental    
   United States (sec. 642)                                                
        322                                                                     

      Clarification of per diem eligibility of certain military technicians
   (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United     
   States (sec. 643)                                                       
        322                                                                     

      Expansion and codification of authority for space required travel on 
   military aircraft for reserves performing inactive-duty training outside
   the continental United States (sec. 644)                                
        322                                                                     

      Reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by members of the armed    
   forces in connection with leave canceled for involvement in             
   Kosovo-related activities (sec. 645)                                    
        322                                                                     

                    Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and     
          Related Matters                                               
        323                                                                     

      Retired pay options for personnel entering uniformed services on or  
   after August 1, 1986 (sec. 651)                                         
        323                                                                     

   Participation in thrift savings plan (sec. 652)                         

        323                                                                     

   Special retention initiative (sec. 653)                                 

        324                                                                     

      Applicability of dual compensation limitation to reserve officers    
   retired after 20 years of service (sec. 654)                            
        324                                                                     

      Credit toward paid-up SBP coverage for months covered by make-up     
   premium paid by persons electing SBP coverage during special open       
   enrollment period (sec. 655)                                            
        324xiv                                                                  

      Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan   
   (sec. 656)                                                              
        325                                                                     

      Permanent authority for payment of annuities to certain military     
   surviving spouses (sec. 657)                                            
        325                                                                     

      Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former spouse when not      
   elected by reason of untimely death of retiree (sec. 658)               
        325                                                                     

          Subtitle E--Other Matters                                     

        325                                                                     

      Annual report on effects of initiatives on recruitment and retention 
   (sec. 671)                                                              
        325                                                                     

   Members under burdensome PERSTEMPO (sec. 672)                           

        325                                                                     

      Increased tuition assistance for members of the armed forces deployed
   in support of a contingency operation or similar operation (sec. 673)   
        326                                                                     

      Administration of selected reserve education loan repayment program  
   for Coast Guard Reserve (sec. 674)                                      
        326                                                                     

      Extension to all uniformed services of authority for presentation of 
   United States flag to members upon retirement (sec. 675)                
        326                                                                     

   Title VII--Health Care                                                  

        327                                                                     

          Subtitle A--TRICARE Program                                   

        327                                                                     

   Improvement of TRICARE benefits and management (sec. 701)               

        327                                                                     

      Expansion and revision of authority for dental programs for          
   dependents and Reserves (sec. 702)                                      
        327                                                                     

      Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of Medicare-eligible
   beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program (sec.   
   703)                                                                    
        328                                                                     

   TRICARE beneficiary advocates (sec. 704)                                

        328                                                                     

          Subtitle B--Other Matters                                     

        328                                                                     

      Care at former Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities for active    
   duty members stationed at certain remote locations (sec. 711)           
        328                                                                     

      One-year extension of chiropractic health care demonstration project 
   (sec. 712)                                                              
        329                                                                     

   Program year stability in health care benefits (sec. 713)               

        329                                                                     

   Best value contracting (sec. 714)                                       

        329                                                                     

      Authority to order reserve component members to active duty for      
   health surveillance studies (sec. 715)                                  
        329                                                                     

      Continuation of previously provided custodial care benefits for      
   certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries (sec. 716)                                
        330                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        330                                                                     

   Defense Health Program organizational structure                         

        330                                                                     

   Pre-deployment medical information for female service members           

        331                                                                     

   TriService Nursing Research Program                                     

        331                                                                     

      Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related  
   Matters                                                                 
        333                                                                     

                    Extension of test program for negotiation of        
          comprehensive small business subcontracting plans (sec. 801)  
        333                                                                     

          Mentor-protege program improvements (sec. 802)                

        333                                                                     

                    Report on transition of Small Business Innovation   
          Research Program activities into defense acquisition programs 
          (sec. 803)                                                    
        334                                                                     

          Authority to carry out certain prototype projects (sec. 804)  

        335                                                                     

          Pilot program for commercial services (sec. 805)              

        336                                                                     

                    Applicability of competition requirements to        
          purchases from a required source (sec. 806)                   
        337                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        338                                                                     

   Appropriate use of the government purchase card                         

        338                                                                     


   Implementation of commercial pricing requirements                       

        338                                                                     

      Inapplicability of certain procurement laws to commercially available
   off-the-shelf items                                                     
        339                                                                     

   Information management lessons learned from Year 2000 software problem  

        339                                                                     

   Software management improvements                                        

        340                                                                     

   Women-owned business participation in Department of Defense contracting 

        341                                                                     

   Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management             

        343                                                                     

          Subtitle A--general                                           

        343                                                                     

      Number of management headquarters and headquarters support activities
   personnel (sec. 901)                                                    
        343xv                                                                   

      Additional matters for annual reports on joint warfighting           
   experimentation (sec. 902)                                              
        343                                                                     

      Acceptance of guarantees in connection with gifts to the United      
   States Military Academy (sec. 903)                                      
        344                                                                     

   Management of the Civil Air Patrol (sec. 904)                           

        344                                                                     

      Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of Defense     
   strategic plan (sec. 905)                                               
        345                                                                     

   Permanent requirement for quadrennial defense review (sec. 906)         

        345                                                                     

                    Subtitle B--Commission to Assess United States      
          National Security Space Management and Organization           
        346                                                                     

      Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management
   and Organization (sec. 911 919)                                         
        346                                                                     

   Title X--General Provisions                                             

        349                                                                     

          Subtitle A--Financial Matters                                 

        349                                                                     

   Second biennial financial management improvement plan (sec. 1002)       

        349                                                                     

   Use of single payment date for invoices (sec. 1003)                     

        350                                                                     

      Authority to require use of electronic transfer of funds for         
   Department of Defense personnel payments (sec. 1004)                    
        350                                                                     

      Payment of foreign licensing fees out of proceeds of sales of maps,  
   charts, and navigation books (sec. 1005)                                
        350                                                                     

      Authority for disbursing officers to support use of automated teller 
   machines on naval vessels for financial transactions (sec. 1006)        
        351                                                                     

   Combating terrorism                                                     

        351                                                                     

   Central transfer account for combating terrorism (sec. 1007)            

        352                                                                     

   United States contributions to NATO common-funded budgets (sec. 1008)   

        353                                                                     

          Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards                       

        354                                                                     

      Sales of naval shipyard articles and services to nuclear ship        
   contractors (sec. 1011)                                                 
        354                                                                     

      Period of delay after notice of proposed transfer of vessel stricken 
   from naval vessel register (sec. 1012)                                  
        354                                                                     

          Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals     

        354                                                                     

   Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements (sec. 1021)      

        354                                                                     

   Annual report on combatant command requirements (sec. 1022)             

        355                                                                     

      Report on assessments of readiness to execute the national military  
   strategy (sec. 1023)                                                    
        355                                                                     

   Report on inventory and control of military equipment (sec. 1024)       

        356                                                                     

   Space technology guide (sec. 1025)                                      

        356                                                                     

      Report and regulations on Department of Defense policies on          
   protecting the confidentiality of communications with professionals     
   providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic  
   abuse (sec. 1026)                                                       
        357                                                                     

      Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of proposed changes
   in operation of storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions  
   (sec. 1027)                                                             
        357                                                                     

      Report on deployments of Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection teams
   across state boundaries (sec. 1028)                                     
        358                                                                     

      Report on Consequence Management Program Integration Office unit     
   readiness (sec. 1029)                                                   
        358                                                                     

      Analysis of relationship between threats and budget submission for   
   fiscal year 2001 (sec. 1030)                                            
        358                                                                     

   Report on NATO's defense capabilities initiative (sec. 1031)            

        358                                                                     

          Subtitle D--Other Matters                                     

        359                                                                     

      Limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear       
   delivery systems (sec. 1041)                                            
        359                                                                     

      Limitation on reduction in United States strategic nuclear forces    
   (sec. 1042)                                                             
        360                                                                     

   Counterproliferation Program Review Committee (sec. 1043)               

        361                                                                     

   Limitation regarding Cooperative Threat Reduction programs (sec. 1044)  

        362                                                                     

      Period covered by annual report on accounting for United States      
   assistance under Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (sec. 1045)       
        363                                                                     

      Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor   
   Iraqi weapons activities (sec. 1046)                                    
        363                                                                     

   Information assurance initiative (sec. 1047)                            

        364xvi                                                                  

      Defense Science Board Task Force on television and radio as a        
   propaganda instrument in time of military conflict (sec. 1048)          
        365                                                                     

   Military access to the frequency spectrum (secs. 1049 1050)             

        366                                                                     

      Repeal of limitation on amount of federal expenditures for the       
   National Guard Challenge Program (sec. 1051)                            
        366                                                                     

      Nondisclosure of information on personnel of overseas, sensitive, or 
   routinely deployable units (sec. 1052)                                  
        367                                                                     

      Nondisclosure of operational files of the National Imagery and       
   Mapping Agency (sec. 1053)                                              
        367                                                                     

      Nondisclosure of information of the National Imagery and Mapping     
   Agency having commercial significance (sec. 1054)                       
        368                                                                     

      Continued enrollment of dependents in Department of Defense domestic 
   dependent elementary and secondary schools after loss of eligibility    
   (sec. 1055)                                                             
        368                                                                     

      Unified school boards for all Department of Defense domestic         
   dependent schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Guam (sec.     
   1056)                                                                   
        368                                                                     

   Department of Defense STARBASE Program (sec. 1057)                      

        368                                                                     

   Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean war (sec. 1058)   

        369                                                                     

      Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act of 1950 (sec.
   1059)                                                                   
        369                                                                     

      Extension to naval aircraft of Coast Guard authority for interdiction
   activities (sec. 1060)                                                  
        369                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        370                                                                     

   Drug Interdiction & Counterdrug Activities, Operations and Maintenance  

        370                                                                     

   Narcotics Related Threat To Vital National Security Interests           

        370                                                                     

   Enhanced aerial reconnaissance                                          

        371                                                                     

   Regional counterdrug training                                           

        371                                                                     

   Ground based radars                                                     

        371                                                                     

   Forward operating locations                                             

        372                                                                     

   Department of Energy's financial management                             

        372                                                                     

   Submarine dismantlement                                                 

        372                                                                     

   Title XI--Department of Defense Civilian Personnel                      

        373                                                                     

      Accelerated implementation of voluntary early retirement authority   
   (sec. 1101)                                                             
        373                                                                     

      Deference to EEOC procedures for investigation of complaints of      
   sexual harassment made by employees (sec. 1102)                         
        373                                                                     

      Restoration of leave of emergency essential employees serving in a   
   combat zone (sec. 1103)                                                 
        373                                                                     

      Leave without loss of benefits for military reserve technicians on   
   active duty in support of combat operations (sec. 1104)                 
        374                                                                     

   Work schedules and premium pay of service academy faculty (sec. 1105)   

        374                                                                     

      Salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the   
   Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (sec. 1106)        
        374                                                                     

   Title XII--National Military Museum and Related Matters                 

        377                                                                     

          Subtitle A--Commission on National Military Museum            

        377                                                                     

   Commission on the National Military Museum (secs. 1201 1211)            

        377                                                                     

   Division B--Military Construction Authorizations                        

        379                                                                     

   Base closure and realignment accounts                                   

        401                                                                     

   Title XXI--Army                                                         

        407                                                                     

   Summary                                                                 

        407                                                                     


                    Authorized Army construction and land acquisition   
          projects (sec. 2101)                                          
        407                                                                     

          Family housing (sec. 2102)                                    

        407                                                                     

          Improvement to military family housing units (sec. 2103)      

        407                                                                     

          Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2104)             

        407                                                                     

   Title XXII--Navy                                                        

        409                                                                     

          Summary                                                       

        409                                                                     

   Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2201)  

        409                                                                     

   Family housing (sec. 2202)                                              

        409                                                                     

   Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2203)               

        409                                                                     

   Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2204)                       

        409                                                                     

      Technical modification of authority relating to certain fiscal year  
   1997 project (sec. 2205)                                                
        409                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        409                                                                     

   Improvements of military family housing, Navy                           

        409                                                                     

   Title XXIII--Air Force                                                  

        411                                                                     

          Summary                                                       

        411                                                                     

      Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects (sec.
   2301)                                                                   
        411xvii                                                                 

   Family housing (sec. 2302)                                              

        411                                                                     

   Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2303)               

        411                                                                     

   Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec. 2304)                  

        411                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        411                                                                     

   Improvements of military family housing, Air Force                      

        411                                                                     

   Title XXIV--Defense Agencies                                            

        413                                                                     

          Summary                                                       

        413                                                                     

      Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition        
   projects (sec. 2401)                                                    
        413                                                                     

   Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2402)               

        413                                                                     

   Military Family Housing Improvement Program (sec. 2403)                 

        413                                                                     

   Energy conservation projects (sec. 2404)                                

        413                                                                     

   Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies (sec. 2405)           

        413                                                                     

      Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1997      
   projects (sec. 2406)                                                    
        413                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        414                                                                     

      Authorization of military construction project for a forward         
   deployment site for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities       
        414                                                                     

      Title XXV--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment    
   Program                                                                 
        415                                                                     

          Summary                                                       

        415                                                                     

   Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2501)  

        415                                                                     

   Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502)                       

        415                                                                     

   Title XXVI--Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities                         

        417                                                                     

          Summary                                                       

        417                                                                     

      Authorized National Guard and Reserve construction and land          
   acquisition projects (sec. 2601)                                        
        417                                                                     

   Title XXVII--Expiration and Extension of Authorizations                 

        419                                                                     

                    Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to
          be specified by law (sec. 2701)                               
        419                                                                     

                    Extensions of authorizations of certain fiscal year 
          1997 projects (sec. 2702)                                     
        419                                                                     

                    Extensions of authorizations of certain fiscal year 
          1996 projects (sec. 2703)                                     
        419                                                                     

          Effective date (sec. 2704)                                    

        419                                                                     

   Title XXVIII--General Provisions                                        

        421                                                                     

                    Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and       
          Military Family Housing Program Changes                       
        421                                                                     

      Exemption from notice and wait requirements of military construction 
   projects supported by burden sharing funds undertaken for war or        
   national emergency (sec. 2801)                                          
        421                                                                     

      Prohibition on carrying out military construction projects funded    
   using incremental funding (sec. 2802)                                   
        421                                                                     

   Defense Chemical Demilitarization Construction Account (sec. 2803)      

        421                                                                     

      Limitation on authority regarding ancillary supporting facilities    
   under alternative authority for acquisition and construction of military
   housing (sec. 2804)                                                     
        422                                                                     

      Availability of funds for planning and design in connection with     
   acquisition of reserve component facilities (sec. 2805)                 
        422                                                                     

      Modification of limitations on reserve component facility projects   
   for certain safety projects (sec. 2806)                                 
        422                                                                     

          Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration       

        422                                                                     

      Extension of authority for leases of property for special operations 
   activities (sec. 2811)                                                  
        422                                                                     

   Enhancement of authority relating to utility privatization (sec. 2812)  

        423                                                                     

          Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment              

        423                                                                     

      Conveyance of property at installations closed or realigned under the
   base closure laws without consideration for economic development        
   purposes (sec. 2821)                                                    
        423                                                                     

          Subtitle D--Land Conveyances                                  

        424                                                                     

   Part I--Army Conveyances                                                

        424                                                                     

   Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bangor Maine (sec. 2831)          

        424                                                                     

   Part II--Navy Conveyances                                               

        424                                                                     

      Clarification of land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center       
   Portland, Maine (sec. 2841)                                             
        424xviii                                                                

   Land conveyance, Newport, Rhode Island (sec. 2842)                      

        424                                                                     

      Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387,     
   Dallas, Texas (sec. 2843)                                               
        424                                                                     

   Part III--Air Force Conveyances                                         

        425                                                                     

      Land conveyance, McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center, California (sec.
   2851)                                                                   
        425                                                                     

      Land conveyance, Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point, New Hampshire  
   (sec. 2852)                                                             
        425                                                                     

          Subtitle E--Other Matters                                     

        425                                                                     

      Acquisition of State-held inholdings, East Range of Fort Huachuca,   
   Arizona (sec. 2861)                                                     
        425                                                                     

   Development of Ford Island, Hawaii (sec. 2862)                          

        426                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        427                                                                     

      Family housing improvement plan for personnel assigned to the United 
   States Southern Command in Miami, Florida                               
        427                                                                     

      Military History Institute and Army Heritage Museum, Carlisle,       
   Pennsylvania                                                            
        427                                                                     

   Title XXIX--Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals                        

        429                                                                     

          Renewal of military land withdrawals (secs. 2901 2914)        

        429                                                                     

      Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and
   Other Authorizations                                                    
        431                                                                     

   Title XXXI--Department of Energy National Security Programs             

        431                                                                     

          Atomic energy defense activities                              

        431                                                                     

          Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations         

        431                                                                     

   Weapons activities (sec. 3101)                                          

        448                                                                     

   Stockpile Stewardship Programs                                          

        448                                                                     

   Technology Partnerships and Education                                   

        448                                                                     

   Stockpile Management Programs                                           

        448                                                                     

   Program Direction                                                       

        448                                                                     

      Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative and Stockpile Computing   
   Program                                                                 
        449                                                                     

   Tritium production                                                      

        450                                                                     

   Defense programs campaigns                                              

        450                                                                     

   Defense environmental restoration and waste management (sec. 3102)      

        450                                                                     

   Defense facility closure projects                                       

        450                                                                     

   Post 2006 completion                                                    

        451                                                                     

   Site and project completion                                             

        451                                                                     

   Technology development                                                  

        451                                                                     

   Program direction                                                       

        452                                                                     

   Off-site disposal of low level waste                                    

        452                                                                     

   HAMMER                                                                  

        452                                                                     

   Columbia River Corridor Initiative                                      

        452                                                                     

   Other defense activities (sec. 3103)                                    

        453                                                                     

   Nonproliferation and National Security                                  

        453                                                                     

   Security clearances                                                     

        453                                                                     

   Fissile materials control and disposition                               

        453                                                                     

   Worker and community transition                                         

        453                                                                     

   Environment, safety and health-defense                                  

        454                                                                     

   Counterintelligence                                                     

        454                                                                     

   Intelligence                                                            

        454                                                                     

   Naval reactors                                                          

        454                                                                     

   Defense nuclear waste disposal (sec. 3104)                              

        454                                                                     

   Defense environmental management privatization (sec. 3105)              

        454                                                                     

   Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program                          

        455                                                                     

          Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions                      

        455                                                                     

   Reprogramming (sec. 3121)                                               

        455                                                                     

   Limits on general plant projects (sec. 3122)                            

        455                                                                     

   Limits on construction projects (sec. 3123)                             

        455                                                                     

   Fund transfer authority (sec. 3124)                                     

        456                                                                     

   Authority for conceptual and construction design (sec. 3125)            

        456                                                                     

      Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities
   (sec. 3126)                                                             
        456                                                                     

      Funds available for all national security programs of the Department 
   of Energy (sec. 3127)                                                   
        456                                                                     

   Availability of funds (sec. 3128)                                       

        457                                                                     

   Transfers of defense environmental management funds (sec. 3129)         

        457                                                                     

                    Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions,   
          and Limitations                                               
        457                                                                     

      Prohibition on use of funds for certain activities under Formerly    
   Utilized Site Remedial Action Program (sec. 3131)                       
        457                                                                     

      Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy     
   nuclear materials (sec. 3132)                                           
        457                                                                     

   Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension program (sec. 3133)            

        457                                                                     

   Tritium production (sec. 3134)                                          

        458                                                                     

      Independent cost estimate of Accelerator Production of Tritium (sec. 
   3135)                                                                   
        458                                                                     

   Nonproliferation initiatives and activities (sec. 3136)                 

        458                                                                     

   Initiatives for proliferation prevention                                

        459                                                                     

   Nuclear cities initiative                                               

        460                                                                     

                    Subtitle D--Safeguards, Security, and               
          Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities        
        462                                                                     

      Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy
   Facilities (sec. 3151 3163)                                             
        462                                                                     

      Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at       
   Department of Energy Facilies                                           
        462                                                                     

      Background investigations of certain personnel at Department of      
   Energy facilities                                                       
        463                                                                     

      Plan for polygraph examinations of certain personnel at Department of
   Energy facilities                                                       
        463                                                                     

      Civil monetary penalties for violations of Department of Energy      
   regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of Restricted Data
        464                                                                     

      Moratorium on laboratory-to-laboratory and foreign visitors and      
   assignments programs                                                    
        464                                                                     

   Increased penalties for misuse of Restricted Data                       

        465                                                                     

      Organization of Department of Energy counterintelligence and         
   intelligence programs and activities                                    
        465                                                                     

      Counterintelligence activities at certain Department of Energy       
   facilities                                                              
        465                                                                     

   Whistleblower protection                                                

        465                                                                     

      Investigation and remediation of alleged reprisals for disclosure of 
   certain information to Congress                                         
        466                                                                     

      Notification to Congress of certain security and counterintelligence 
   failures at Department of Energy facilities                             
        466                                                                     

          Subtitle E--Other Matters                                     

        467                                                                     

      Maintenance of nuclear weapons expertise in the Department of Defense
   and Department of Energy (sec. 3171)                                    
        467                                                                     

      Modification of budget and planning requirements for Department of   
   Energy national security activities (sec. 3172)                         
        467                                                                     

      Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary      
   separation incentive payments (sec. 3173)                               
        468                                                                     

   Integrated fissile materials management plan (sec. 3174)                

        468                                                                     

      Authority of Department of Energy to accept loans from contractors   
   for closure projects at Department of Energy defense facilities (sec.   
   3175)                                                                   
        468xix                                                                  

      Pilot program for project management oversight regarding Department  
   of Energy construction projects (sec. 3176)                             
        468                                                                     

      Extension of review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico (sec. 
   3177)                                                                   
        469                                                                     

      Proposed schedule for shipments of waste from the Rocky Flats Plant, 
   Colorado, to the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, New Mexico (sec. 3178)  
        469                                                                     

          Other Items of Interest                                       

        469                                                                     

   Defense medical devices prototyping pilot                               

        469                                                                     

   Energy savings performance contracts                                    

        470                                                                     

   Natural resource damages at Department of Energy sites                  

        470                                                                     

   Real property maintenance and reinvestment                              

        471                                                                     

   Regional nonproliferation cooperative training                          

        471                                                                     

   Robotics and intelligent machines                                       

        471                                                                     

   Nuclear waste disposal demonstration test bed facility                  

        472                                                                     

   Title XXXII--Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board                    

        473                                                                     

          Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (sec. 3201)           

        473                                                                     

   Title XXXIII--National Defense Stockpile                                

        475                                                                     

          National defense stockpile (secs. 3301 3302)                  

        475                                                                     

   Title XXXIV--Panama Canal Commission                                    

        477                                                                     

          Short title (sec. 3401)                                       

        477                                                                     

          Authorization of expenditures (sec. 3402)                     

        477                                                                     

          Purchase of vehicles (sec. 3403)                              

        477                                                                     

          Expenditures only in accordance with treaties (sec. 3404)     

        477                                                                     

          Office of Transition Administration (sec. 3405)               

        477                                                                     

   Legislative Requirements                                                

        478                                                                     

   Departmental Recommendations                                            

        478                                                                     

   Committee Action                                                        

        478                                                                     

   Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate                               

        478                                                                     

   Regulatory Impact                                                       

        478                                                                     

   Defense Authorization                                                   

        478                                                                     

   Changes in Existing Law                                                 

        479                                                                     

   Additional Views of Senator John McCain                                 

        480                                                                     

   Additional Views of Senator Carl Levin                                  

        488                                                                     


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106 th Congress                                                         

Report                                                                  

                                                                            

                                                                             

SENATE                                                                  

1st Session                                                             

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        AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 FOR MILITARY        
    ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND 
    FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE        
    PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR  
    OTHER PURPOSES                                                          

                                                                         


 May  17  (legislative day, May  14), 1999.--Ordered to be printed       


                                                                         


  Mr. Warner , from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the       
 following                                                               

 REPORT                                                                  


 together with                                                           


 ADDITIONAL VIEWS                                                        


 [To accompany S. 1059]                                                  


      The Committee on Armed Services reports favorably an original bill to
   authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 2000 for military       
   activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
   for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe        
   personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the armed forces, and for  
   other purposes, and recommends that the bill do pass.                   
                                    PURPOSE OF THE BILL                           

   This bill would:                                                        

       (1) authorize appropriations for (a) procurement, (b) research,     
   development, test and evaluation, (c) operation and maintenance and the 
   revolving and management funds of the Department of Defense for fiscal  
   year 2000;                                                              
       (2) authorize the personnel end strengths for each military active  
   duty component of the armed forces for fiscal year 2000;                
       (3) authorize the personnel end strengths for the Selected Reserve  
   of each of the reserve components of the armed forces for fiscal year   
   2000;                                                                   
       (4) authorize the annual average military training student loads for
   the active and reserve components of the armed                          

          forces for fiscal year 2000;                                            

    (5) impose certain reporting requirements;                             

       (6) impose certain limitations with regard to specific procurement  
   and research, development, test and evaluation actions and manpower     
   strengths; provide certain additional legislative authority, and make   
   certain changes to existing law; 2                                      
       (7) authorize appropriations for military construction programs of  
   the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2000; and                     
       (8) authorize appropriations for national security programs of the  
   Department of Energy for fiscal year 2000.                              
            Committee overview and recommendations                                 

      The end of the Cold War brought about a new era of international     
   conflict. The current international security environment is replete with
   uncertainties and diffused threats. The Department of Defense (DOD)     
   fiscal year budget request and the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)  
   do not provide the level of funding necessary to meet those threats. As 
   a result, the committee believes that the administration should         
   establish a clear sense of priorities and a coherent strategy as it     
   allocates scarce resources to preserve national security and the        
   readiness of the armed forces for the next millennium.                  
      ``A review of world events during 1998 will dispel any misconception 
   that the world is now a less violent place,'' according to Admiral Jay  
   L. Johnson, Chief of Naval Operations. As the world remains a place of  
   violence and uncertainty, and as America's national interests are       
   challenged throughout the globe, it is incumbent upon our military to be
   prepared to act when necessary. Yet, in order for the military to       
   respond effectively, it must receive the resources necessary to train,  
   operate, and equip. Unfortunately, after years of declining budgets and 
   increasing deployments, the military services are beginning to show the 
   signs of a neglected force. Recruiting and retention problems have led  
   to shortfalls in key skills. Insufficient procurement budgets have left 
   our forces with equipment that is increasingly unreliable and costly to 
   maintain. Inadequate infrastructure funding has resulted in the         
   degradation of the facilities in which our military personnel work and  
   live. According to General Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of     
   Staff, ``Anecdotal and now measurable evidence indicates that our       
   current readiness is fraying and that the long-term health of the Total 
   Force is in jeopardy.''                                                 
      When the Joint Chiefs of Staff testified before the committee in     
   September 1998 and January 1999, General Shelton stated that the        
   readiness of the military services is lower today than it was six years 
   ago. The General informed the committee that our ability to carry out   
   the National Military Strategy has declined to the point that it would  
   ``.take us more time, and that time to victory would mean that we would 
   lose terrain that we subsequently would have to regain. It means that   
   the casualties to the U.S. would be higher.'' According to the latest   
   Quarterly Readiness Report: ``.there are currently 118 CINC-identified  
   readiness related deficiencies, of which 32 are designated category 1   
   deficiencies--ones which entail significant war fighting risk to        
   execution of the National Military Strategy and are key risk drivers for
   the [Major Theater War] scenarios.'' In light of General Shelton's      
   statements and the recent operations in the Balkans and Iraq, the       
   committee is concerned about the Department's ability to disengage from 
   the Balkans and deploy to Southwest Asia and the Korean Peninsula in the
   time-frames required to successfully execute the National Military      
   Strategy. If the readiness of the force is to be restored and maintained
   to protect 3American interests in the 21st Century, the national        
   leadership needs to take immediate and aggressive action. In the words  
   of General Reimer: ``The secret of future victories lies in what we do  
   today to prepare the force for the tasks ahead.''                       
      The most important part of our military capability is the men and    
   women who serve. To deal with the serious problem of recruiting and     
   retaining a qualified force, the committee moved aggressively to pass S.
   4, The Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen's and Marines' Bill of Rights Act of 
   1999. The act authorized a 4.8 percent pay raise, reformed the military 
   pay tables, and improved the military retirement system. It is the      
   committee's hope that sending such a strong signal of support to our    
   troops will help reverse the negative trends we have seen in recruiting 
   and retention.                                                          
      During the committee hearings held on September 29, 1998 and January 
   5, 1999, the Service Chiefs very clearly outlined the essential funding 
   requirements necessary to maintain the readiness of the armed forces.   
   General Shelton and the Joint Chiefs identified a series of problems    
   that, without additional funding of approximately $20.0 billion, would  
   continue to degrade our military requirements. In addition, testimony   
   from the Service Chiefs at both hearings established an annual          
   requirement of $17.5 billion to meet shortfalls in readiness and        
   modernization. This figure does not include the additional funding      
   necessary for contingency operations and increased pay and retirement   
   benefits necessary to address the serious problem in recruiting and     
   retention. The committee acknowledges that the administration's request 
   for additional funds is a positive development; however, the proposed   
   budget request for fiscal year 2000 falls more than $7.0 billion short  
   of meeting the Service Chief's minimum requirements.                    
      One of the noteworthy shortfalls within the fiscal year 2000 budget  
   request is the funding request for military construction, which included
   an advanced appropriation of $8.4 billion for the program, with only    
   $5.4 billion requested to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000. The     
   remaining amount would theoretically be appropriated in the fiscal year 
   2001. Such incremental funding would actually result in increased costs 
   and delays in the                                                       

                    construction of critical facilities. In addition, although the
          administration's fiscal year 2000 proposal represents an approximate    
          $500.0 million increase over the fiscal year 1999 budget request, it    
          does not adequately address the quality of life needs of our armed      
          forces. Based on concerns related to the potential adverse impact on    
          readiness and quality of life, the committee allocated an additional    
          $3.3 billion to fully fund the fiscal year 2000 military construction   
          and family housing programs, with emphasis on quality of life programs. 
      The committee recommends full funding for the military construction  
   and family housing programs to allow the Department to ensure that      
   important quality of life projects are not delayed in fiscal year 2000. 
   In turn, these funding increases allow the Department to provide an     
   additional $3.1 billion for important readiness requirements in other   
   accounts in fiscal year 2001.4                                          
            Personnel                                                              

      The committee focused on some of the most pressing DOD personnel     
   issues: recruiting and retention; pay and compensation, to include      
   reform of the military retirement system; and health care. These issues 
   have been identified in every survey, poll and informal gathering of    
   soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, as the areas that affect        
   decisions to join or continue to serve in the armed forces.             
      Recruiting and retention have been a committee priority for the last 
   three years. Despite herculean efforts by recruiters, military leaders, 
   the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Congress, there remains 
   a disturbing downward trend in both recruiting and retention. In order  
   to defend the Nation's vital world-wide interests, the Army, Navy, Air  
   Force, and Marine Corps must be able to recruit the best and brightest  
   young Americans to serve in the military. Once these young men and women
   have been trained, it is essential that the services continue to benefit
   from the experience of these future military leaders.                   
      The committee continued to focus on the need to improve military pay 
   and compensation, consistent with the committee's aggressive efforts to 
   move for passage of S. 4, The Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen's and Marines'
   Bill of Rights Act of 1999. The committee's recommendations include most
   of the pay and compensation elements of S. 4, as well as other          
   innovative proposals to enable military recruiters and retention        
   personnel to offer incentives to potential recruits and active duty     
   members.                                                                
      The committee also addressed the four difficult, but essential,      
   missions of the Military Health Care System: (1) soldiers, sailors,     
   airmen and marines must be medically fit and ready to deploy; (2)       
   medical forces must be ready to deploy to provide health care and       
   preventive medical services alongside the combat forces; (3) the system 
   must provide health care to the families of active duty personnel; and  
   (4) the system must provide health care to retired members and their    
   families. After the Cold War ended, budget reduction and downsizing made
   it almost impossible to successfully accomplish all of these four       
   missions. As a result, the DOD implemented a nation-wide managed care   
   system, TRICARE, in which the DOD partnered with the private sector to  
   deliver health care. Now, the Department is struggling to fully         
   implement TRICARE. The committee devoted a significant amount of time   
   and effort to reviewing TRICARE and determining potential improvements  
   and efficiencies.                                                       
      Overall, the committee primarily focused its deliberations on the    
   possible improvements and innovative actions related to recruiting and  
   retention. The committee recognized that unless the military services   
   recruit and retain qualified, well trained personnel, readiness will    
   continue to suffer. The committee believes that the proposals,          
   resources, and policies recommended in this bill will help the military 
   services to recruit and retain the numbers of quality personnel required
   to meet the National Military Strategy.                                 
            Readiness and management support                                       

      The subcommittee focused on the near-term and long-term readiness    
   capability of the force in relation to modernization, infrastruc5ture,  
   quality of life, management reform, and research and development.       
   Contingency operations in the Kosovo theater of operations, Bosnia, and 
   Haiti, have exacerbated readiness deficiencies. Through these           
   operations, already scarce resources have been drained and critical     
   assets diverted.                                                        
      The subcommittee also examined reports related to waste and          
   inefficiency within the Department of Defense. The committee has noted  
   the inconsistency associated with the Department's expressed commitment 
   to a world class force, and its tolerance for ineffective business      
   practices and systems. Although the size of the Department poses        
   understandable challenges, the committee is convinced that effective    
   modernization and sustained military readiness can only be achieved     
   through management efficiencies. In order to meet the ever increasing   
   threats posed by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles,       
   information warfare, and terrorism, within projected funding            
   constraints, the Department must maximize the return on its resource    
   investments through acquisition reform, effective financial and         
   information management.                                                 
      Over the past few years, great progress has been made in instituting 
   acquisition reforms within the Department, particularly for commercial  
   products and small purchases. More progress, however, is still needed to
   reduce the cost and time necessary to develop major weapons systems.    
   Moreover, even though the Department has a significant investment in    
   thousands of automated systems that support every facet of its          
   operations, many of the potential benefits of information technology    
   have not been fully realized.                                           
      The committee recognizes the linkage between financial management    
   reform and the savings associated with more streamlined DOD operations. 
   The General Accounting Office (GAO) recently testified that: ``DOD      
   acknowledges that the lack of a cost accounting system is the single    
   largest impediment to controlling and managing weapon systems costs,    
   including cost of acquiring, managing, and disposing of weapon          
   systems.'' The Department's financial systems currently cannot provide  
   financial information necessary to establish baseline costs. The GAO    
   further states that the Department's reform estimates are based on: ``. 
   . . either anecdotal information or data that may have important        
   limitations.'' In order to address this issue, Congress enacted section 
   1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998,    
   which directed the preparation of a biennial financial management plan  
   to assess departmental weaknesses.                                      
      In the committee's view, the Department must address and identify    
   specific problems with the reliability of system data and the interface 
   with finance and accounting systems to ensure proper control of physical
   assets and the cost of operations, and to maintain an accurate          
   accounting for records of disbursements. Equally important, the         
   Department must develop a plan to ensure the competency of financial    
   managers and effective internal controls for limited defense resources. 
   The committee will be looking for substantial progress to be made in the
   areas of acquisition reform, financial management, and information      
   management in the coming fiscal year.                                   
      Finally, the committee was deeply concerned that the DOD has         
   proposed, for the first time in a decade, an environmental budget 6that 
   leaves substantial cleanup and compliance requirements unfunded.        
   Insufficient funding to meet compliance requirements is a particularly  
   troubling issue since installation commanders may be susceptible to     
   criminal sanctions. While it has been suggested that installation       
   commanders will likely avoid fines and penalties by utilizing training  
   resources to pay for the compliance shortfalls, that approach is        
   unacceptable because of the impact on readiness. Furthermore, inadequate
   funding for environmental cleanup programs could result in threats to   
   human health and the environment, and increased regulatory scrutiny.    
      It is the committee's view that responsible environmental management 
   within the Department of Defense must include a level of funding        
   necessary to meet legal requirements. A continued failure to adequately 
   fund these requirements will invite public concern and unnecessary      
   operational impediments. Moreover, the committee expects the Department 
   to identify responsible solutions for the environmental funding         
   deficiencies in the fiscal year 2000 budget request and in the FYDP.    
            Emerging threats and capabilities                                      

      This year, the committee established the Subcommittee on Emerging    
   Threats and Capabilities to provide a focus for the Department of       
   Defense's efforts to counter new and emerging threats to vital national 
   security interests. The subcommittee                                    

                    has oversight over such threats as the proliferation of       
          weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism directed at U.S.   
          targets both at home and abroad, information warfare, and               
          narco-trafficking. In addition, the subcommittee has budgetary oversight
          of the defense technology base, which will provide for the development  
          of the technology necessary for the U.S. military to meet the challenges
          of the 21st Century. A key element of the subcommittee's                
          responsibilities is the changing role of the U.S. military in the new   
          threat environment, with an examination of emerging operational concepts
          and non-traditional military operations. In this connection, the        
          subcommittee has oversight of the procurement, and research and         
          development programs of the Special Operations Command.                 
      The risk of a terrorist threat to U.S. citizens, military and        
   civilian, is a very real and growing concern. In order to combat this   
   threat, the President announced in January 1999, a $10.0 billion        
   initiative. However, little, if any additional funding--beyond that     
   which was already planned to be requested for fiscal year 2000--was     
   added to the defense budget in fiscal year 2000. The committee notes    
   that the DOD has unique capabilities to respond to terrorist attacks    
   within the United States that involve weapons of mass destruction. As a 
   result, the committee supports the domestic preparedness role of the    
   National Guard and recommends increased funding for the National Guard's
   Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection (RAID) teams. The recommended    
   funding will support 17 new RAID teams in fiscal year 2000.             
      The committee remains concerned about the Department's failure to    
   provide a comprehensive accounting of the budget request related to     
   combating terrorism. The DOD has numerous programs to counter terrorist 
   threats, which are spread among a variety of different agencies and     
   departments. Apparently, diverse management 7and oversight of these     
   programs has resulted in a distinct lack of visibility and              
   accountability for DOD allocation of funds. In order to ensure adequate 
   oversight, the committee recommends the establishment of a central      
   transfer account to fund DOD programs that support programs to combat   
   terrorism, both at home and abroad.                                     
            Countering the threat of weapons of mass destruction                   

      The threat that U.S. military forces will encounter chemical or      
   biological warfare munitions or agents remains high. It is imperative   
   that the Department of Defense continue to pursue aggressive            
   modernization efforts to ensure military forces are capable of operating
   and fighting in a contaminated environment. The Department of Defense,  
   the Department of Energy, and the Intelligence Community are pursuing   
   initiatives in chem-bio defense technologies to field the most capable  
   equipment for U.S. military forces. The committee notes the investment  
   made in fiscal year 2000 for these programs--an increase of 18 percent  
   from fiscal year 1999. The committee added funding to accelerate        
   fielding of equipment that decreases physiological stress on military   
   personnel (more ``user-friendly'') thereby providing improved protection
   to our troops. Further, the committee believes that enhanced interagency
   coordination is needed to avoid redundancies and inefficiencies.        
   Therefore, provisions have been included to reauthorize and reinvigorate
   the Counter Proliferation Program Review Committee.                     
      Since preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is 
   critical to our nation's security, the committee has authorized over    
   $740.0 million for the nonproliferation programs of the Departments of  
   Defense and Energy that provide assistance to Russia and the other      
   states of the former Soviet Union. However, the committee is concerned  
   about the increased burden on the United States in funding these        
   programs and recommends initiatives to secure additional cooperation    
   from the recipients of U.S. funds and lessen the U.S. cost share of     
   these programs. In addition, the committee is concerned with the overall
   management and oversight of these programs and recommends several       
   initiatives that will allow for greater accountability and oversight.   
            Defending Information Infrastructure                                   

      Virtually every aspect of America's military activity has become     
   dependent on information systems and information based concepts.        
   Information superiority is a dominant theme in Joint Vision 2010, the   
   blueprint for the military force structure and strategy of the future.  
   In order to realize the promise of information superiority, however, the
   United States must be able to depend upon its information systems to    
   deliver information in a timely and secure manner. Without a high degree
   of information assurance, sophisticated information systems are a       
   weakness waiting to be exploited by numerous, faceless adversaries.     
      The committee notes the important steps taken by the administration  
   and the Department to secure critical information infrastructures. In   
   particular, DOD has established a Task Force for Computer Network       
   Defense, a Defense-wide Information Assurance Program, and an integrated
   working relationship with the National 8Infrastructure Protection Center
   at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Notwithstanding these positive  
   steps, significant funding deficiencies remain in the Department's      
   fiscal year 2000 budget request and the FYDP for information assurance  
   and related matters.                                                    
      During a hearing on March 16, 1999, the Assistant Secretary of       
   Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I)    
   stated that a $420.0 million increase to the fiscal year 2000 budget    
   request and a $1.9 billion increase to the FYDP would be required for   
   information assurance programs. These funding shortfalls are of great   
   concern to the committee. Therefore, the committee recommends additional
   funding in this area and a provision that would strengthen the          
   Department's information assurance program and provide for improved     
   congressional oversight.                                                
            Technology and future operational concepts                             

      Finally, the committee is deeply concerned that the Department's     
   science and technology program has dropped to its lowest funding level  
   since fiscal year 1986. The military services request for the technology
   base program (6.1 and 6.2 programs) is at a 25 year low, while industry 
   research and development has decreased by 50 percent. These funding     
   trends led the committee to question the Department's long-term ability 
   to develop and field technologies necessary to revolutionize military   
   capabilities over the next two decades. The committee has a high        
   priority to maintain a strong, stable investment in science and         
   technology in order to develop superior technology that permits the     
   United States to gain a military advantage today, provide flexible      
   options to future warfighters, and hedge against technological surprise.
      Joint Vision 2010, the Pentagon's vision for the future in force     
   dominance, depends on swift, decisive victory with minimal casualties by
   a smaller force. This will require more technological advantage--not    
   less. This will require a strong commitment and investment in the       
   defense science and technology program. The committee recommends that   
   the Secretary of Defense reexamine the department's commitment to       
   science and technology funding for future years and take appropriate    
   steps to ensure that such funding is adequate to meet the national      
   security needs of the next century. In addition, the committee is       
   dedicated to ensuring the capability of the Special Operations Command  
   and supporting the new requirements of non-traditional warfare. To this 
   end, the committee recommended an increase in funding for the Special   
   Operations Command, and science and technology programs.                
            Airland                                                                

      In its review of the fiscal year 2000 budget request, the committee  
   emphasized the need for funding that secures near-term core             
   requirements, and investments that achieve savings and support future   
   modernization. The committee primarily focused on a review of service   
   modernization programs--for both near- and long-term requirements--and  
   the degree to which these programs address the most likely threats that 
   will face the nation in the 21st Century. The subcommittee has concluded
   that the current DOD modernization plan falls short of what is necessary
   to adequately 9equip the armed forces. As a result, the committee       
   recommends increased funding to address the modernization shortfalls    
   identified by the military services.                                    
      In testimony before the Airland Subcommittee, experts expressed      
   concern about the declining state of tactical aviation. Although the    
   Nation's fleet of tactical aircraft remain the best in the world,       
   recapitalization efforts have not kept pace with                        

                    requirements. The committee is concerned about the rising     
          costs associated with new tactical aviation programs and the impact that
          the high costs for these fighters will have on the ability of the       
          services to replace existing aircraft and meet operational requirements.
      The committee supports the continued development of the F 22, F/A    
   18E/F, and the Joint Strike Fighter, however, cost growth issues        
   associated with the F 22 and Joint Strike Fighter must be closely       
   monitored. The committee remains concerned about proposals to restrict  
   or eliminate certain aircraft development activities, such as testing,  
   in order to meet cost limitations. The committee believes that testing  
   is planned and executed to ensure the safety and operational suitability
   of these aircraft and will not support any compromise in this area. The 
   state of the Nation's premier ground force is also a concern to the     
   committee. The Army is in the process of digitizing a heavy Corps, which
   will field an enhanced situational awareness capability and provide     
   soldiers with a significant advantage over any adversary. The need to   
   gain a tactical advantage on the battlefield, however, is only one of   
   many challenges for today's Army. The Army must address the significant 
   limitations related to its deployability and the fundamental problems   
   associated with moving and positioning a large, heavy force in order to 
   accomplish its assigned missions. That problem is compounded by the fact
   that the Army has declined to develop a total force modernization plan  
   designed to avoid escalating operation and support costs.               
      The committee supports the level of funding provided in the fiscal   
   year 2000 budget request for the reserve components. The Department     
   requested funding for reserve component modernization that exceeds prior
   year requests. The committee recognizes that funding shortfalls for both
   active and reserve components will likely continue; however, the fiscal 
   year 2000 budget request and subsequent identification of unfunded      
   requirements suggest that the military services have attempted to       
   address reserve component modernization shortfalls.                     
      Ongoing operations in Kosovo have offered some insight into the      
   future national defense challenges for tactical aviation and ground     
   forces. As the military departments identify program shortfalls, it is  
   essential that adequate funds be provided to ensure military response to
   the widening range of future threats. The committee will continue to    
   support the military departments' efforts to meet these future threats. 
            Seapower                                                               

      The committee held hearings that focused on the nation's ability to  
   maintain navigational freedom on the high seas, to conduct maritime     
   military operations that serve the vital interests of the United States,
   and to provide strategic air and sea lift in support 10of the regional  
   commanders-in-chief (CINCs). The committee hearings were structured to  
   review the ability to carry out the National Security Strategy of Shape,
   Respond, and Prepare in the 21st Century. In addition, the committee    
   reviewed ship acquisition programs and policies, and the projected ship 
   research and development activities.                                    
      The adverse impacts related to the continued delay of force          
   recapitalization and modernization were of particular interest to the   
   committee. The Navy and Marine Corps funding levels have not kept pace  
   with the costs associated with increased forward presence and           
   participation in contingency operations. In the past 50 years, naval    
   expeditionary forces have responded to over 250 crises worldwide. In the
   past 10 years, naval forces have responded to 45 operational            
   contingencies around the world. During the cold war, Marines were called
   upon to protect the national interests on an average of once every 15   
   weeks. Since 1990, Marines have responded once every five weeks.        
   Submarine strategic and tactical intelligence, surveillance, and        
   reconnaissance missions have doubled since the end of the cold war.     
   During the same period, the submarine force structure has been reduced  
   50 percent. Although the Quadrennial Defense Review directed an attack  
   submarine force level of 50 submarines, the Fleet commanders-in-chief   
   have validated peacetime requirements for 72 attack submarines.         
      Based on hearings and other information, the committee has determined
   that the Navy and Marine Corps must have the readiness capability to    
   meet near-term and long-term threats designed to disrupt or deny        
   maritime operations. It is the committee's view that future readiness   
   will be at risk if recapitalization and modernization continue to be    
   deferred. The design of more efficient ships and the reengineering of   
   existing systems provides a return on investment through reduced ship   
   operating and life cycle costs. Strategic sea and air lift are required 
   to support everyday operations overseas, emergent requirements, and     
   sustained military operations of a major theater war. In short,         
   recapitalization and modernization must include the right quantity and  
   quality of equipment, platforms, and weapons systems to support         
   near-term and long-term readiness of the Navy and Marine Corps,         
   particularly when there must be a capability to sustain simultaneous    
   naval operations in geographically dispersed areas.                     
            Strategic                                                              

      The committee has continued to review the adequacy of programs and   
   policies in the following areas: (1) ballistic and cruise missile       
   defense; (2) national security space; (3) strategic nuclear delivery    
   systems; (4) military intelligence; and (5) Department of Energy        
   activities regarding the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear waste       
   cleanup, and other defense activities.                                  
      On February 24, 1999, and March 11, 1999, the committee conducted    
   hearings on national and theater missile defense programs. Based on     
   these hearings, the committee concluded that the Department of Defense  
   continues to pursue a severely funding-constrained ballistic missile    
   defense (BMD) program. Although the committee is pleased by DOD's       
   decision to substantially increase funding for the National Missile     
   Defense (NMD) program, the committee found 11that a number of Theater   
   Missile Defense (TMD) and BMD technology programs remain severely       
   under-funded. For example, both the Patriot PAC 3 and Navy Area Defense 
   programs do not have sufficient funds in the FYDP to meet DOD's own     
   development and fielding schedules. The situation regarding the upper   
   tier TMD systems is even worse, particularly with regard to the Navy    
   Theater Wide system. DOD has established a new ``upper tier strategy''  
   that puts the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and the 
   Navy Theater Wide system into an unnecessary, funding-driven,           
   competition. As addressed elsewhere in this report, the committee has   
   serious reservations about this approach. In the area of advanced BMD   
   technology, the committee also determined that DOD's program is severely
   under-funded. In light of DOD's inadequate overall missile defense      
   budget, BMDO's focus on major acquisition programs has caused BMDO's    
   advanced technology programs to suffer. During 1998, the committee      
   raised serious concerns regarding the Air Force's Airborne Laser (ABL)  
   acquisition strategy. The committee has reviewed DOD's March 1999 ABL   
   report to Congress and is cautiously optimistic about progress to date. 
   The committee addresses this issue in detail elsewhere in this report.  
      On March 22, 1999, the committee conducted a hearing on national     
   security space issues at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. As a result 
   of this hearing and other information provided to the committee, the    
   committee remains concerned that DOD may not be properly organized to   
   manage national security space matters. Therefore, the committee        
   recommends the creation of an independent commission to evaluate        
   national security space management and organization. The committee also 
   identified a number of areas in which budget constraints have caused DOD
   to insufficiently fund key space programs and technologies. The recent  
   decision to delay the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) is the most   
   glaring example. Due to budget constraints, DOD delayed the SBIRS-High  
   program by two years, resulting in as much as $1.0 billion in           
   unnecessary program cost growth. The committee has also identified key  
   areas of space technology development that require additional support,  
   as addressed in detail elsewhere in this report.                        
      On April 14, 1999, the committee conducted a hearing on strategic    
   nuclear forces. The committee reviewed the Navy's decision to reduce the
   Trident submarine force from 18 to 14 submarines and the overarching    
   policy of remaining at force levels associated with the Strategic Arms  
   Reduction Treaty (START I) until START II enters into force. The        
   committee also reviewed the recommendations of the October 1998 Defense 
   Science Board (DSB) report on nuclear deterrence. The committee is      
   concerned by the lack of attention that DOD is giving to matters related
   to                                                                      

                    nuclear deterrence and strongly urges DOD to implement the    
          recommendations contained in the DSB report. Regarding the retirement of
          strategic nuclear delivery systems, the committee endorses the Navy's   
          plan to reduce the Trident submarine force structure, resulting in 14   
          modern boats all armed with the D 5 missile, but believes that DOD      
          should not act prematurely to retire other elements of the strategic    
          force structure. 12                                                     
            Department of Energy defense activities                                

      In weapons stewardship and management, the committee noted that the  
   Science-based Stockpile Stewardship program, will require continued     
   acquisition of costly new experimental facilities and massive new       
   computing capabilities to simulate and model the various phases of      
   nuclear detonation. The committee considers the science-based approach  
   to be speculative. It will likely take several years to confirm that    
   this approach is sufficient to enable the Department of Energy (DOE) to 
   certify the reliability and safety of U.S. nuclear warheads. Even if all
   of the new facilities and equipment perform as expected, the DOE may not
   be able to accurately predict the long-term reliability of the aging    
   warheads within the stockpile.                                          
      The committee remains concerned that the long-term investments of the
   DOE do not adequately balance the needs for experimental testing        
   facilities and the sustained manufacturing capability of the four       
   weapons production plants. The committee supports the continued         
   investment in the production plants because these facilities are        
   essential to the safety and viability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile. If 
   the weapons production plants are allowed to degrade due to a lack of   
   capitalization or modernization, there may be serious long-term national
   security ramifications associated with an aging and unreliable U.S.     
   nuclear stockpile.                                                      
      The committee remains concerned about the DOE tritium production     
   program. The committee notes that the DOE has failed to request         
   sufficient funds to complete its proposed dual track tritium production 
   strategy. The committee expects the Secretary of Energy to reestablish a
   U.S. tritium production capability by the dates required in the Nuclear 
   Weapons Stockpile Memorandum. The committee is further concerned that   
   the DOE does not have an adequate plan to remanufacture and replace     
   plutonium pits and high explosives necessary to maintain enduring       
   weapons systems. The committee has requested that the Secretary         
   establish a pit production strategic plan that is linked to the DOD     
   requirements.                                                           
      In the area of Environmental Management, the committee believes that 
   the DOE has made great progress in utilizing its resources to achieve   
   actual cleanup and closure. The committee notes that the DOE has finally
   issued an accelerated cleanup plan: ``Accelerating Cleanup--Pathways to 
   Closure.'' The plan describes the activities necessary to close each    
   site identified as surplus to the needs of the DOE.                     
      The committee remains concerned that the Department of Energy is not 
   allowing fair and open competition for the off-site disposal of low     
   level and mixed low level radioactive wastes. The committee questions   
   the DOE policy that promotes the use of on-site low level waste         
   disposal, as opposed to commercial options licensed by the Nuclear      
   Regulatory Commission.                                                  
            Summary                                                                

      The National Military Strategy of the United States envisioned that  
   the armed forces would be prepared to fight and win two nearly          
   simultaneous major theater wars, the most likely being the Persian Gulf 
   and the Korean peninsula. The strategy did not anticipate a third       
   theater of war, such as the operation in Kosovo, and 13involvement in   
   multiple, concurrent contingency operations. Strained by ongoing        
   day-to-day operations, the contingency operations in Bosnia and Iraq,   
   and the escalating conflict in Kosovo, it is anticipated that the       
   long-term and indirect military readiness, quality of life, and         
   modernization costs of these operations will be considerable. The United
   States is risking its ability to protect national interests in other    
   critical regions of the world. The committee is very concerned about the
   administration's failure to adequately address that significant risk    
   through policy, planning, and resource allocation. The committee looks  
   forward to a more meaningful resolution of these issues in future budget
   submissions and the FYDP.                                               
            Explanation of funding summary                                         

      The administration's budget request for the national defense function
   of the federal budget for fiscal year 2000 was $280.5 billion, of which 
   $280.8 billion was for programs that require specific funding           
   authorization.                                                          
      The following table summarizes both the direct authorizations and    
   equivalent budget authority levels for fiscal year 2000 defense         
   programs. The columns relating to the authorization request do not      
   include funding for the following items: military construction          
   authorizations provided in prior years; and other small portions of the 
   defense budget that are not within the jurisdiction of this committee or
   that do not require an annual authorization.                            
      Funding for all programs in the national defense function is         
   reflected in the columns related to the budget authority request and the
   total budget authority implication of the authorizations in this bill.  
   The committee recommends funding for national defense programs totaling 
   $288.8 billion in budget authority, which is consistent with the fiscal 
   year 2000 Budget Resolution.                                            

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                      DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS            

                                    TITLE I--PROCUREMENT                          

      The budget request included $53.0 billion for Department of Defense  
   procurement programs. While this level of requested funding represented 
   an overall increase in Department of Defense procurement funding, the   
   committee is concerned that the requested level of procurement funding  
   falls short of the $60.0 billion target established by the Joint Chiefs 
   of Staff in prior year testimony.                                       
      The committee continues to give priority to buying essential core    
   requirements, investing to achieve savings, and investing in the future.
   The committee has also worked to address primarily those modernization  
   shortfalls that were either: (1) highlighted in the services' unfunded  
   requirements lists, or (2) from the list of unfunded requirements, but  
   later validated by the services as meriting attention. It is clear,     
   however, that the current Department of Defense modernization plan, even
   with the best case projections of available research, development, and  
   acquisition funding, falls short of what is necessary to modernize the  
   armed forces adequately.                                                
      The committee continues to be pleased with the level of funding      
   provided in the budget request for the reserve components. In the fiscal
   year 2000 request, the Department has requested more adequate funding   
   for reserve component modernization than had been previously included in
   prior year requests. The committee recognizes that both active and      
   reserve component funding shortfalls are likely to continue, but        
   believes that the fiscal year 2000 budget request and subsequent service
   unfunded requirements lists reflect the efforts made by the services to 
   address reserve component modernization shortfalls. The committee       
   encourages both components to continue their collective efforts to meet 
   the common goal of ensuring our total force is prepared for a           
   challenging future.                                                     
            Explanation of tables                                                  

      The tables in this title display items requested by the              
   administration for fiscal year 2000 for which the committee either      
   increased or decreased the requested amounts. As in the past, the       
   administration may not exceed the amounts approved by the committee (as 
   set forth in the tables or, if unchanged from the administration        
   request, as set forth in the Department of Defense's budget             
   justification documents) without a reprogramming action in accordance   
   with established procedures. Unless noted explicitly in the report, all 
   changes are made without prejudice.                                     

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            Chemical demilitarization program (sec. 106)                           

      The budget request for the Army included $1,169.0 million for the    
   Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction (CAMD) program. The CAMD      
   request included $593.5 million for operation and maintenance, $241.5   
   million for procurement, and $334.0 million for research and            
   development.                                                            
      The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), it's resolution of            
   ratification and implementing legislation, established a time line for  
   the United States to complete chemical agent and munitions stockpile    
   destruction and related efforts. Programmatic issues, however, continue 
   to pose cost challenges and challenges to meeting time line             
   requirements.                                                           
      Program life cycle costs have risen dramatically. Original life cycle
   cost estimates compiled in the early 1980s for the destruction of the   
   U.S. chemical weapons stockpile were between $1.2 and $2.0 billion.     
   Current life cycle costs are expected to exceed $12.0 billion. Federal  
   and state permitting requirements, public safety concerns, and          
   evaluation of new destruction technologies have contributed to program  
   cost growth.                                                            
      In addition to presenting funding challenges, the search for new     
   destruction technologies may cause delays in meeting destruction time   
   lines. As a result of public concern and criticism surrounding the      
   baseline incineration process, programs for the evaluation,             
   demonstration, or implementation of alternative methods for the         
   destruction of bulk and assembled chemical agents and munitions were    
   initiated. Over 25 percent of the budget request for fiscal year 2000 is
   for demonstrating alternative destruction technologies to the baseline  
   incineration process. The committee continues to express concerns that  
   any evaluation and decision process must be thorough, yet expeditious,  
   in order to ensure appropriate destruction technologies are pursued in a
   timely manner.                                                          
      While many of these challenges may not have been anticipated when    
   chemical stockpile destruction began, Congress understood the magnitude 
   and complexity of the task of stockpile destruction. Accordingly,       
   budgeting responsibilities were directed to the Department of Defense   
   and not to a specific military service.                                 
      Section 1521(f) of title 50, United States Code, states that funds   
   for this program shall not be included in the budget accounts for any   
   military department. The committee is concerned that funds for this     
   program continue to be included in the Army budget accounts, despite the
   statutory requirement to the contrary. The committee expects that the   
   Department of Defense will comply with this provision and fund the CAMD 
   program accordingly. The committee recommends a provision that would    
   provide funding for chemical demilitarization in a Department of Defense
   budget line.                                                            

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            Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs (sec. 111)   

      The committee recommends a provision that would authorize the Army to
   enter into multiyear procurement contracts, beginning in fiscal year    
   2000, for the following programs:                                       
    (1) the M270A1 launcher;                                               

       (2) the family of medium tactical vehicles, except that period of a 
   multiyear contract may not exceed three years;                          
       (3) the command launch unit for the Javelin anti-tank missile       
   system, except that the period of a multiyear contract may not exceed   
   four years;                                                             
       (4) the missile for the Javelin anti-tank missile system; except    
   that the period of a multiyear contract may not exceed four years;      
    (5) the AH 64D Longbow Apache aircraft;                                

    (6) the Wolverine heavy assault bridge;                                

    (7) the system enhancement program for the M1A2 Abrams tank;           

       (8) the second generation forward looking infrared system for the   
   M1A2 Abrams tank;                                                       
       (9) the command and control vehicle, except that the period of a    
   multiyear contract may not exceed four years;                           
       (10) the second generation forward looking infrared system for the  
   Bradley A3 fighting vehicle, except that the period of a multiyear      
   contract may not exceed four years;                                     
       (11) the improved Bradley acquisition system for the Bradley A3     
   fighting vehicle, except that the period of the multiyear contract may  
   not exceed four years; and                                              
       (12) the Bradley A3 fighting vehicle, except that the period of a   
   multiyear contract may not exceed four years.                           
      The committee understands the rationale for Army efforts to enter    
   into multiyear contracts on as many as twelve different programs in     
   order to save scarce procurement dollars. The committee supports this   
   effort but was concerned that the Longbow Apache helicopter multiyear   
   request contained an unfunded requirement to address a processor        
   obsolescence issue. The committee recommended additional funding to     
   resolve this issue but the funding shortfall prompts additional         
   questions. The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to certify,  
   in writing to each of the congressional defense committees, that each   
   program identified in this provision clearly meets the criterion in     
   section 2306b of title 10, United States Code. The committee further    
   directs the Secretary to submit that certification prior to executing   
   the multiyear contracts in order to avoid unnecessary exposure of risk  
   to the government.                                                      
            Close combat tactical trainer (sec. 112)                               

      The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit the         
   expenditure of any funds for the close combat tactical trainer (CCTT)   
   program until 30 days after the congressional defense committees receive
   a report that outlines corrective actions taken to address reliability  
   issues. This provision further requires the Secretary of the Army to    
   certify that these devices meet established reliability requirements    
   prior to obligation of these funds. The budget request included $75.4   
   million to procure mobile and fixed 50site tank and Bradley             
   configuration CCTT. The committee is concerned about Army procurement   
   plans for these devices in view of continued reliability issues         
   associated with this program. The committee notes a recent memorandum   
   from the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, which describes CCTT
   as ``not suitable as tested.'' The committee believes it is important to
   understand what actions the Army has taken to resolve reliability       
   concerns prior to expenditure of any funds requested for these devices. 
            Army aviation modernization (sec. 113)                                 

      The committee believes it is necessary to establish basic guidelines 
   for a renewed look at Army aviation and recommends a provision that     
   would direct the Army to revise current aviation program modernization  
   plans to:                                                               
       (1) Restore the Apache Longbow program to reflect filling the       
   original objective of 747 aircraft and 227 fire control radars. The     
   program should include a plan to qualify and train reserve component    
   pilots as augmentation crews in the AH 64D Apache Longbow helicopters to
   insure 24- hour war fighting capability in deployed attack helicopter   
   units. The program should field the number of AH 64D aircraft in reserve
   component aviation units required to implement this objective. The      
   program should also include a plan to retire all AH 1 Cobra attack      
   helicopters still in service as soon as practicable.                    
       (2) Review the total requirements and acquisition objective for     
   Comanche. Provide a revised program that will field Comanche helicopters
   to the aviation force structure as it currently exists, reflecting the  
   restoration of the Apache Longbow program to original acquisition       
   quantities. The committee is concerned with the logic that calls for an 
   increase in force structure once these more capable aircraft are        
   fielded. The Army has decided to assume risk and field aviation units   
   with reduced numbers of current-capability reconnaissance aircraft. The 
   increased capability of the Comanche, fielded on a one-to-one           
   replacement basis, will significantly reduce that risk. It is unlikely  
   that a greater than one-to-one replacement is necessary or feasible. If 
   the total requirement for Comanche is reduced below what is currently   
   programmed, the Army should reorient program funding and fielding plans 
   to reflect program modifications.                                       
       (3) Establish a UH 60 Blackhawk modernization program to provide    
   required enhancements to existing aircraft.                             
       (4) Establish a UH 1 Huey modernization program to upgrade aging    
   aircraft. Total force requirements for UH 1 Huey utility helicopters    
   must be revised to reflect both war fighting support requirements and   
   state mission requirements for those aircraft utilized by the Army      
   National Guard. For requirements that cannot be met by UH 1 aircraft,   
   identify additional UH 60 requirements and acquisition strategy.        
       (5) Establish a Kiowa Warrior modernization program to ensure the   
   viability of these aircraft until they are retired from service.        
       (6) Maintain the schedule and funding for CH 47 Chinook helicopter  
   service life extension effort.51                                        
       (7) Provide a revised assessment of the Army's present and future   
   helicopter requirements and inventory, including the number of aircraft,
   average age of aircraft, availability of spare parts, flight hour costs,
   roles and functions assigned to the fleet as a whole and to its         
   individual types of aircraft, and the mix of active component aircraft  
   and reserve component aircraft in the fleet.                            
      In directing the Army to restore the Apache Longbow program to the   
   original plan, the committee believes that the Army did not consider    
   adequately the operational impact of the programmatic reduction at the  
   time the decision was made to reduce the acquisition objective for these
   aircraft. The committee is concerned about programmatic decisions based 
   exclusively on budgetary limitations and in the absence of a detailed   
   review of the operational effect of such a course of action. If the Army
   analysis determines that the requirement for Apache Longbow helicopters 
   is no longer valid, then the committee would be willing to reevaluate   
   the program guidance contained in this provision.                       
      The committee is also very concerned about the ability of the Army to
   maintain the fleet of rotary wing aircraft that is rapidly aging. The   
   committee notes a growing number of obsolescent parts that are affecting
   procurements of major end items, as well as procurements of spare parts.
   The committee was very concerned to note that the fiscal year 2000      
   multiyear procurement authority request for the Apache Longbow          
   helicopter required a congressional increase of $45.0 million to address
   parts obsolescence problems with subcontractors. The committee believes 
   this trend will continue and will certainly have an adverse impact on   
   aircraft that are over 20 years old. The committee directs the Army to  
   address how it intends to identify the extent of this problem over time,
   and address how the service will deal with this issue as technology     
   continues to evolve.                                                    
      Not more than 90 percent of the total of the amounts authorized to be
   appropriated pursuant to section 101, Aircraft Procurement, Army, may be
   obligated before the date that is 30 days after the date on which the   
   Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees a 
   revised comprehensive plan for the modernization of the Army's          
   helicopter fleet.                                                       
   The Secretary of the Army shall design the plan that is                 


          complete and will be fully funded in future budget submissions.         

      The committee continues to be concerned about the overall state of   
   Army aviation. Modernization plans are incomplete. The Army took recent 
   actions to provide cross-level funding from the Apache Longbow program  
   to the Comanche program, a step taken without completing a thorough     
   review of the impact that funding transfers would have on the           
   warfighting ability of combat aviation units. For the last two years,   
   the committee has tried to understand incomplete Army plans to modernize
   the aviation fleet and has required revisions to existing plans in an   
   effort to identify a viable program for this critical area.             
   Unfortunately, the Army has yet to provide a complete and funded program
   that adequately describes actions that would modernize, upgrade, or     
   retire the entire range of aircraft currently in the fleet, or provide  
   alternative fleet strategies 52that would bring current modernization   
   requirements down to a more affordable level.                           
      The committee understands that modernization funding limitations are 
   adversely affecting Army programs. However, unless the Army receives    
   large infusions of modernization resources beyond what is currently     
   budgeted, the committee believes that the service cannot continue to    
   merely identify a range of requirements and then fund only subsets of a 
   broader program. In fact, as troubling as the inadequate Army aviation  
   program remains, it is even more troubling to recognize that the revised
   plan still does not completely identify any affordable strategy to      
   modernize the utility helicopter fleet and ensure the operational       
   capability and safety of Army aircraft.                                 
                                     OTHER ARMY PROGRAMS                          

                                        ARMY AIRCRAFT                             

            UH 60 Blackhawk                                                        

      The budget request included $86.1 million to procure eight UH 60L    
   Blackhawk helicopters. The committee continues to be concerned about an 
   aging fleet of utility helicopters throughout the Army and inadequate   
   Army plans to address future utility helicopter requirements. The       
   committee acknowledges that there are outstanding requirements for      
   modernized and fully functional utility helicopters, and notes the Army 
   position that these aircraft provide increased lift and range, improved 
   safety features, and have higher mission capable rates than the UH 1    
   helicopters they are replacing. The committee supports procurement of   
   additional UH 60L Blackhawk helicopters and directs the Army to provide 
   a complete and comprehensive aviation modernization plan that identifies
   a program that will either replace or upgrade aging aircraft currently  
   in the fleet. The committee recommends an increase of $90.0 million to  
   procure an additional 9 UH 60L Blackhawk helicopters, for a total       
   authorization of $176.1 million.                                        
            CH 47 Cargo helicopter modifications                                   

      The budget request included $70.7 million to support engine and      
   operational modifications to fleet aircraft. The committee continues to 
   be concerned about the relative pace of modernization for the medium    
   lift CH 47 Chinook helicopter fleet. The committee believes that        
   modernization of these critical aircraft should be accelerated and notes
   the current budget does not support minimum economic procurement        
   quantities for engines and other required aircraft modifications.       
   Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $56.1 million, for a 
   total of $126.8 million, to procure an additional 72 engine conversion  
   and fielding kits, and sufficient airframe kits to upgrade 36 aircraft. 
            Longbow                                                                

      The budget request included $771.2 million to procure AH 64D Apache  
   Longbow helicopters. The committee was concerned to note that late last 
   year the Army and the helicopter manufacturer had identified a processor
   obsolescence problem associated with the sec53ond multi-year request for
   these aircraft. The committee was only recently informed that without a 
   program increase of $45.0 million, the multi-year contract could not be 
   executed as the processors utilized in the first multi-year contract    
   were no longer readily available. Unfortunately, this unfunded          
   requirement was not identified on the Army unfunded requirements list,  
   and only recently did the Army take action to inform the congressional  
   defense committees of this funding shortfall. Despite Army inaction on  
   this issue, the committee supports the Apache Longbow helicopter program
   and intends that the Army maintain a steady production of these aircraft
   until the total program procurement objective is achieved. Therefore,   
   the committee recommends an increase of $45.0 million to address the    
   processor obsolescence issue and to support successful initiation of the
   second multi-year procurement of AH 64D Apache Longbow helicopters.     
            UH 1 sustainment                                                       

      The budget request included $4.4 million to support UH 1 avionics    
   replacement requirements. The committee is very concerned about the age 
   of the UH 1 fleet and the absence of a funded program to upgrade or     
   replace these aircraft. The committee has directed the Army to revise   
   the existing modernization program to completely address modernization  
   requirements for the entire fleet of aircraft. The committee has also   
   supported a request by the Army for funding necessary to begin a UH 60  
   Blackhawk upgrade program. The committee notes an unfunded requirement  
   necessary to begin a refurbishment and sustainment program for UH 1     
   aircraft. The committee believes that this action should begin as soon  
   as possible and recommends an increase of $72.5 million for this        
   purpose.                                                                
            Aircraft survivability equipment modifications                         

      The budget request included no funding for aircraft survivability    
   equipment modifications. The committee notes an opportunity to complete 
   non-recurring engineering requirements necessary to provide advanced    
   threat infrared countermeasures/ common missile warning system          
   (ATIRCM/CMWS) installation A-kits into lot 7 production of Apache       
   Longbow attack helicopters. The committee believes that aircraft        
   survivability equipment is critical to ensure crews are able to operate 
   effectively in hostile environments. The committee, therefore,          
   recommends an increase of $8.1 million for this purpose.                
            Aircraft survivability equipment infrared countermeasures              

      The budget request included no funding for aircraft survivability    
   equipment modifications. The committee recognizes a requirement to      
   procure advanced threat infrared countermeasures B-kits necessary to    
   complete the insertion of this critical aircraft survivability equipment
   into lot 7 production of Apache Longbow attack helicopters. The         
   committee, therefore, recommends an increase of $6.6 million to support 
   the total requirement necessary to meet the initiation of lot 7         
   production for the Apache Longbow helicopter. 54                        
                                        ARMY MISSILES                             

            Patriot anti-cruise missile                                            

      The committee has supported development of the Patriot Anti- cruise  
   Missile (PACM) system, which includes an advanced seeker for use in     
   retrofitting older Patriot missiles that the Army plans to retain in the
   inventory for an extended period of time. The committee does not view   
   such a program as being in competition with the Patriot Guidance        
   Enhanced Missile (GEM) or the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC 3),    
   each of which satisfies a clearly established requirement. The committee
   notes the conclusion of the Army's April 1999 report to Congress, which 
   indicated that, based on extensive ground testing, ``the performance of 
   the PACM design has been demonstrated.'' Based on this conclusion, the  
   committee recommends an increase of $60.0 million in Missile            
   Procurement, Army, for long-lead materials and initiation of a low-rate 
   initial production program of 200 PACM modification kits. The committee 
   directs that none of these funds may be obligated for procurement of    
   PACM upgrades until successful completion of two flight tests.          
                             WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES                  


            Carrier modifications                                                  

      The budget request included $53.5 million to upgrade 198 M113 armored
   personnel carrier vehicles. The committee understands the Army has over 
   17,500 M113 armored personnel carriers in service today. The Army has   
   identified a critical requirement to accelerate the fielding of M113    
   vehicles that have been upgraded to the A3 configuration. These vehicles
   are required to support ongoing digitization efforts and to             
   significantly reduce the operations and support costs associated with   
   non-modernized vehicles. The committee recommends an increase of $25.0  
   million, for a total authorization of $78.5 million, to procure an      
   additional 165 upgrades and accelerate fielding to the 4th Infantry     
   Division.                                                               
            Bradley fighting vehicle series modifications                          

      The budget request included $7.1 million to support selective        
   modifications to Bradley fighting vehicles. The committee recognizes the
   importance of providing modern, digitized Bradley fighting vehicles to  
   support future Army warfighting requirements. The committee notes an    
   unfunded requirement to accelerate a Bradley A2 sustainment program     
   currently not scheduled to begin until fiscal year 2003. This effort is 
   a critical part of Army digitization fielding activities that will      
   result in the fielding of new, digitized Bradleys to the 4th Infantry   
   Division and III Corps with older A2 model Bradleys being cascaded down 
   to active and reserve component units throughout the rest of the force. 
   The older vehicles require a significant refurbishment to ensure        
   viability and the Army has established a program to extend the service  
   life of the vehicles. The committee recommends an increase of $74.2     
   million, for a total of $81.3 million, to accelerate the initiation of a
   Bradley A2 sustainment program. 55                                      
            Howitzer, self propelled, fully tracked 155mm M109A6                   

      The budget request included $6.3 million to fund the procurement of  
   approved modifications to M109A6 Paladin howitzers currently fielded.   
   The committee notes an outstanding requirement to complete fielding of  
   Paladin systems for Army National Guard artillery battalions and a      
   request for additional funding support on the Army's unfunded           
   requirements list. The committee recommends an increase of $20.0 million
   to modify additional Paladin equipment necessary to complete fielding of
   21 National Guard battalions.                                           
            Field artillery ammunition support vehicle                             

      The budget request included $200,000 to fund the procurement of      
   approved modifications to Army field artillery ammunition support       
   vehicles (FAASV). The committee notes an outstanding requirement to     
   complete fielding of FAASV systems for Army National Guard artillery    
   battalions and a request for additional support for the Army's unfunded 
   requirements list related to M109A6 howitzers. The committee recommends 
   an increase of $20.0 million for FAASV modification requirements        
   necessary to complete fielding of 21 National Guard battalions.         
            Improved recovery vehicle                                              

      The budget request included no funding for the Hercules Improved     
   Recovery Vehicle. The committee understands that the Army recently      
   canceled this program due to modernization funding limitations, despite 
   significant outstanding requirements for these critical recovery        
   vehicles. The committee notes the Army has identified a funding         
   shortfall for this vehicle as an unfunded priority and believes that    
   these vehicles must continue to be fielded to meet a significant        
   battlefield deficiency. The committee recommends an increase of $72.0   
   million to procure 24 Hercules vehicles and to meet requirements        
   associated with the traction enhancement effort. The committee expects  
   the Army to request funding for the shortfalls identified on the        
   unfunded requirements list in future year budget submissions.           
            Heavy assault bridge system                                            

      The budget request included $67.3 million to support procurement of  
   the Wolverine heavy assault bridge system. The committee notes that the 
   Army has identified an opportunity to achieve acquisition efficiencies  
   through a potential alignment of procurement for Wolverine heavy assault
   bridge systems with procurement for M1A2 Abrams tanks. The committee    
   recommends multi-year procurement authority for both Abrams and         
   Wolverine systems procurement. The committee understands that, with a   
   modest increase in Wolverine program funding to accelerate the program, 
   the Army could achieve a cost avoidance savings of approximately $3.5   
   million during the five-year multi-year procurement. The committee,     
   therefore, recommends an increase of $14.0 million, for a total         
   authorization of $81.3 million, to support advance procurement funding  
   requirements for the Wolverine systems. The committee understands that  
   this increase does not represent an increase in Wol56verine program     
   costs and that a corresponding reduction will take place in the fiscal  
   year 2001 budget request.                                               
            Abrams upgrade program                                                 

      The budget request included $685.9 million to fund the Abrams upgrade
   program. The committee is concerned about the rising costs associated   
   with gun tube procurements and increasing costs associated with ongoing 
   tactical internet software development. The committee understands the   
   importance of fielding the fully modernized M1 Abrams tanks as quickly  
   as possible. The committee, therefore, recommends an increase of $27.6  
   million necessary to address program cost increases and reduce the risk 
   of meeting the established fielding schedule.                           
            Mark 19 grenade launcher                                               

      The budget request included $18.3 million for Mark 19 grenade        
   launcher procurement. The committee understands that funding limitations
   will cause a break in the production of these weapons and that future   
   procurements will have production restart costs. The committee          
   recommends an increase of $18.3 million to procure an additional 704    
   weapons. These additional funds are necessary to maintain continuous    
   production and to avoid a 15 percent cost growth for future weapon      
   procurements.                                                           
                                       ARMY AMMUNITION                            

            Army ammunition                                                        

      The committee is concerned with the inadequate funding for ammunition
   procurement that was included in the budget request for fiscal year     
   2000. For the past several years, field commanders have expressed       
   concern regarding the inadequate stocks of ammunition to support        
   training requirements. The committee recommends the following           
   adjustments to the budget request for Army ammunition procurement:      

 Item:                                                                   

Millions                                                                

  25 mm                                                                   

 $2.0                                                                    

  40 mm                                                                   

 8.0                                                                     

  60 mm                                                                   

 9.0                                                                     

  105 mm M915                                                             

 10.0                                                                    

  120 mm M934                                                             

 4.0                                                                     

  Wide Area Munition                                                      

 10.0                                                                    

  Volcano                                                                 

 18.0                                                                    

                                                                          

  Subtotal                                                                

 61.0                                                                    


                                   OTHER ARMY PROCUREMENT                         

            High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle                             

      The budget request included $92.1 million for high mobility          
   multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV) for the Army. The committee notes 
   outstanding requirements for new HMMWV's for the reserve components and 
   an opportunity to achieve a minimum sustaining rate of production for   
   these critical vehicles. The committee recommends an increase of $17.0  
   million to procure an additional 400 vehicles to achieve the minimum    
   sustaining rate of production and improve the mobility of reserve       
   component units.                                                        

            Secure mobile antijam reliable tactical terminal                       

      The budget request included $61.8 million for the Secure Mobile      
   Antijam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART T), the Army's secure,        
   multi-channel satellite terminal used with the Milstar satellite system.
   According to a recent review by the Director, Operational Test and      
   Evaluation, operational effectiveness of the SMART T has not been       
   demonstrated. According to this review, ``the SMART T is not            
   operationally suitable due to numerous training, soldier efficiency, RAM
   [reliability, availability, and maintainability], and integrated support
   logistics issues.'' The report recommended that production of the SMART 
   T should be ``specifically limited to the first option (91) terminals'' 
   while additional testing and assessment proceeds. The Army has already  
   acquired in excess of this number of terminals. Therefore, the committee
   recommends a reduction of $10.0 million in Other Procurement, Army, for 
   SMART T terminals.                                                      
            Army combat communications                                             

      The budget request included $38.8 million to procure enhanced        
   position location reporting system (EPLRS) equipment necessary to meet  
   Army data distribution requirements. The committee notes an opportunity 
   to procure EPLRS devices at a more economic rate that would result in a 
   two for one return on investment. The committee recommends an increase  
   of $25.9 million, for a total authorization of $64.7 million, to procure
   EPLRS devices at a more economic rate and accelerate fielding by three  
   years.                                                                  
      The committee also notes an outstanding requirement for single       
   channel ground and airborne radio system (SINCGARS) to meet reserve     
   component system shortfalls. The budget request included $13.2 million  
   for SINCGARS radio requirements. The committee believes that effective  
   communications equipment is critical to future force viability and notes
   that the Army has identified a shortfall of SINCGARS radios necessary to
   ensure total force fielding. The committee recommends an increase of    
   $70.0 million, for a total authorization of $83.2 million, to procure an
   additional 6,500 SINCGARS radios.                                       
            Warfighter information network                                         

      The budget request included $109.1 million to procure components of  
   the warfighter information network necessary for the ongoing Army       
   digitization effort. The committee notes an opportunity to accelerate   
   the fielding of the block II upgrade by one year. This acceleration is  
   necessary to ensure existing systems are able to meet future            
   communications challenges anticipated with the volume of information    
   that will be transmitted across future battlefields. The committee      
   recommends an increase of $50.0 million, a total authorization of $159.1
   million, to accelerate block II fielding.                               
            Night vision devices                                                   

      The budget request included $21.0 million to procure essential night 
   vision devices. The committee recognizes the critical requirement to    
   field night vision devices that allow Army forces to fight at night and 
   has consistently supported night vision procurement programs. The       
   committee notes significant shortfalls still exist in the Army and      
   recommends an increase of $95.4 million, as follows: 58                 
    (1) an increase of $34.2 million for AN/PAS 13 Thermal Weapon Sights;  

       (2) an increase of $21.0 million for AN/AVS 5 Driver's Vision       
   Enhancer equipment for use on combat and tactical wheeled vehicles;     
       (3) An increase of $7.2 million to procure 4,485 AN/PEQ 2A infrared 
   aiming lights and the associated 19,000 rail grabbers, and 12,000 AN/PAQ
   4C infrared laser aiming devices and the associated 23,000 rail         
   grabbers.                                                               
       (4) an increase of $8.0 million for 5,517 AN/PVS 7D night vision    
   devices; and                                                            
       (5) an increase of $25.0 million for 6,502 generation III 25        
   millimeter image intensification tubes necessary to upgrade existing    
   AN/PVS 4 and AN/TVS 5 night vision devices.                             
      The committee recommends a total of $116.4 million for night vision  
   devices.                                                                
            Forward area air defense command and control                           

      The budget request included $10.6 million for forward area air       
   defense requirements. The committee recognizes the requirement for      
   additional air and missile defense workstations for the short range air 
   defense units assigned to combat divisions. The committee, therefore,   
   recommends an increase of $21.0 million necessary to procure additional 
   workstations, initial spares, and support software development. The     
   committee understands that these funds will accelerate the development  
   of block IV software by one year.                                       
            Standard integrated command post system                                

      The budget request included $30.7 million to procure command post    
   systems and related equipment required to support battlefield command   
   and control activities and Army digitization requirements. The committee
   understands that the Army has procured 1,546 modular command post       
   systems and has established a total requirement for 3,303 systems. The  
   committee believes that fielding these systems is critical to Army      
   digitization, and command and control requirements for increasingly     
   complex battlefields. The committee recommends an increase of $4.2      
   million for modular command post systems. Additionally, the Army has    
   identified unfunded requirements for other standard integrated command  
   post system component support. The committee understands that current   
   Army vehicular intercom equipment is ``. . . technologically outdated   
   and does not meet current or planned communications requirements.'' The 
   committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million to procure vehicle     
   intercom systems necessary to meet the complex communications challenges
   associated with current and projected command and control requirements. 
   The committee recommends a total authorization of $39.9 million for     
   command post procurements.                                              
            Lightweight maintenance enclosure                                      

      The budget request included $2.1 million to procure lightweight      
   maintenance enclosures (LME). The committee supports Army efforts to    
   lighten logistics requirements and notes an opportunity to 59procure    
   these shelters in sufficient quantities to meet force package three     
   requirements. The committee recommends an increase of $3.2 million for a
   total authorization of $5.3 million for LME requirements.               
            Combat training centers support                                        

      The budget request included $2.5 million for combat training center  
   support requirements. The committee supports all efforts within the     
   Department of Defense to promote military readiness and ensure the      
   combat effectiveness of our military forces. The committee notes an     
   ongoing effort to provide a force-on-force training instrumentation     
   system to improve the combat readiness of reserve component forces. The 
   committee understands the deployable force-on-force instrumentation     
   range system (DFIRST) is an emerging technology that will provide       
   training opportunities and training feedback not yet available with     
   existing training support systems. The committee believes that the Army 
   should establish a pilot program for the reserve components to explore  
   the capabilities and benefits of DFIRST systems and that this system    
   should be fielded as soon as practicable. The committee recommends an   
   increase of $7.0 million to establish a DFIRST pilot program. The       
   committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a report on the  
   results of the pilot program and the potential future use of DFIRST as a
   training enhancement for reserve component training requirements.       
            Modification of in-service equipment                                   

      The budget request included $24.9 million to conduct equipment       
   modifications to equipment that is in service in the Army. The committee
   is concerned about reports that the Firefinder radar system has suffered
   from high false alarm rates in urban environments during deployments in 
   Beirut, Somalia, Desert Storm, Bosnia and in data collection efforts at 
   Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The committee notes an opportunity to upgrade      
   existing                                                                

                    antenna equipment and provide the reliability that the ground 
          forces require to identify threat projectiles and execute counter       
          battery fire in response to enemy activity. In light of this newly      
          developed requirement and the current threats facing our ground forces, 
          the committee recommends an increase of $8.1 million to modify          
          in-service systems and improve system reliability.                      
            Construction equipment                                                 

      The budget request did not include any funding for construction      
   equipment. The committee notes an aging fleet of engineer construction  
   equipment found throughout the Army and understands modernization       
   requirements for this equipment often is deferred to support other      
   weapon system priorities within the service. The committee recommends an
   increase of $12.5 million to procure 50 new T9 bulldozers for engineer  
   units. The committee also recommends an additional $17.1 million for 84 
   heavy graders. The committee recommends a total increase of $29.6       
   million to replace obsolete engineer equipment. 60                      
            Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism    

      The committee recommends that $62.2 million be transferred from Other
   Procurement, Army to section 310(25), a newly-established central       
   transfer account for funds to combat terrorism.                         

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            LHD 8 advance procurement and advance construction (sec. 121)          

      The budget request included LHD 8 advance procurement in fiscal year 
   2004 and full funding in fiscal year 2005 as part of the Future Year    
   Defense Program (FYDP). As stated in the statement of managers          
   accompanying the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for  
   1999 (H. Rept. 105 736), Congress authorized $50.0 million for advance  
   procurement of long lead materials of the construction of LHD 8 in lieu 
   of a future service life extension program for LHA 1.                   
      The committee received information from the LHD shipbuilder that     
   indicates there will be substantial cost savings if funding is made     
   available for LHD 8 in fiscal year 2000 as compared to the FYDP plan of 
   funding advance procurement in fiscal year 2004 followed by funding the 
   full balance in fiscal year 2005. The cost savings anticipated will be a
   result of continuing the LHD production which will enable the           
   shipbuilder to retain specialized workers and maintain nationwide       
   suppliers of materials.                                                 
      The shipbuilder's estimate of savings of about $780.0 million in     
   procurement costs, and price of about $1.5 billion are encouraged by the
   committee. The committee realizes that actual cost savings and price    
   will be dependent on the final procurement funding profile. The         
   committee directs the Navy to structure any contract for LHD 8 to       
   maximize these potential savings and to report on same to the Congress. 
      The committee is concerned that the FYDP plan would cause an         
   unnecessary interruption of learning curve efficiencies and the loss of 
   long-term vendor pricing economies. This provision would authorize      
   construction of LHD 8 and advance construction of components for the LHD
   8 amphibious ship. The committee recommends an increase of $375.0       
   million for these purposes.                                             
            DDG 51 multiyear procurement extension (sec. 122)                      

      The budget request did not include a request to extend the DDG 51    
   multiyear procurement authorization contained in the National Defense   
   Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997. This provision would authorize  
   an extension of the 1997 multiyear authorization to include the fiscal  
   year 2002 and fiscal year 2003 DDG 51 procurement. The provision would  
   also increase the total number of ships authorized for multiyear        
   procurement from 12 to 18 and authorize $371.0 million for advance      
   procurement in fiscal year 2001 for the ships associated with the       
   extension of the multiyear procurement.                                 
      The committee received information which indicated $371.0 million    
   would be required in fiscal year 2001 if the Navy decides to propose    
   multiyear procurement for the fiscal year 2002 and fiscal year 2003 DDG 
   51 ships. For this reason, the committee authorizes fiscal year 2001    
   advance procurement of $371.0 million should the Navy decide to propose 
   DDG 51 multi-year procurement for the fiscal year 2002 and fiscal year  
   2003 Arleigh Burke-class ships.                                         
      The committee recognizes that the Department of Defense may decide to
   request reprogramming authority for advance procurement in fiscal year  
   2000 associated with the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 ships authorized for
   multiyear procurement in this provision. 89The decision to request      
   reprogramming authority may be based on vendor base issues and economic 
   order quantitiy issues which would be beneficial to the government. The 
   committee would be receptive to such a request from the Department of   
   Defense.                                                                
                       Repeal of requirement for annual report from shipbuilders   
           under certain nuclear attack submarine program (sec. 123)               
      The committee recommends a provision would eliminate the annual      
   report on design responsibility for the Virginia-class attack submarine 
   program by amending section 121(g) of the National Defense Authorization
   Act of Fiscal Year 1997.                                                
            Cooperative engagement capability (sec. 124)                           

      The budget request included $60.5 million for the procurement of     
   anti-air warfare cooperative engagement capability (CEC) equipment. Of  
   that amount, $21.9 million is for procurement of Cooperative Engagement 
   Transmitting/Processing System equipment. The CEC program was re-phased 
   late in fiscal year 1998 to direct additional funding to research and   
   development, with the intention of correcting a number of major         
   inter-operability technical problems.                                   
      The Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
   1999 added $98.6 million to PE 204229N and added $26.0 million to PE    
   603658N to address inter-operability software problems. In addition, the
   conferees directed the Secretary of the Navy to report at least         
   quarterly on CEC/combat direction system inter-operability problems and 
   planned solutions. The Navy has provided updates for the first two      
   quarters. It is evident from those updates that there has been a further
   delay in the program due to the delay in reaching agreement on how to   
   proceed with proposed solutions and additional problem identification.  
      The committee fully supports the Navy's efforts to focus the CEC     
   program on solutions for research, development, test and evaluation that
   must be done prior to fielding the system. The committee agreed to      
   procure equipment in fiscal year 1999 to outfit the test and evaluation 
   shore sites for the purpose of supporting the required development and  
   testing. In addition, it was agreed that the opportunity to install     
   equipment on new construction ships should not be missed because the    
   cost to backfit would not be in the best interest of the government.    
      Subsequent to the submission of the statement of managers            
   accompanying the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for  
   Fiscal Year 1999 (H. Report 105 736), $35.0 million was                 

                    added to the CEC equipment procurement program. These funds   
          are sufficient to fund new construction DDG 51 requiring the equipment. 
          Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $21.9 million for     
          procurement of Cooperative Engagement Transmitting/Processing System    
          equipment because this is not needed to support installation in new     
          construction ships.                                                     
            Multiyear procurement authority for the F/A 18E/F aircraft (sec. 125)  

      The committee recommends a provision that would authorize the Navy to
   enter into a multiyear procurement contract, for up to five 90years,    
   beginning in fiscal year 2000, for procurement of F/A 18E/F aircraft. In
   order to ensure that the multiyear criterion for design stability is    
   met, this authorization is contingent upon successful completion of     
   Operational Test and Evaluation (OPEVAL). Successful completion of      
   OPEVAL can be interpreted as findings of operationally effective and    
   operationally suitable in the final OPEVAL report. The committee        
   understands this action may be accomplished with existing funds for this
   program and that the multiyear authority will ultimately reduce program 
   costs. The budget request included $2.8 billion for procurement of 36   
   F/A 18E/F aircraft. The F/A 18E/F has accumulated over 4,000 flight test
   hours and is in limited production.                                     
      The Navy has requested a multiyear procurement of the F/A 18E/F. When
   compared to annual purchases, the Navy has estimated that starting a    
   multiyear procurement in fiscal year 2000 will result in savings that   
   exceed $700.0 million over the Future Years Defense Program. OPEVAL is  
   scheduled to begin in May 1999, and will not be complete until November 
   1999. Therefore, the committee had to weigh the potential benefits of a 
   multiyear procurement against the risks of problems arising during      
   OPEVAL. If the Congress were to wait until fiscal year 2001 to grant    
   multiyear procurement authority, OPEVAL results would be available.     
   However, the cost of waiting one year could be as much as $150.0 million
   in lost savings.                                                        
                                     OTHER NAVY PROGRAMS                          

                                        NAVY AIRCRAFT                             

            MV 22                                                                  

      The budget request included $850.3 million to procure 10 MV 22 Osprey
   aircraft. The MV 22 is a medium lift tiltrotor, vertical/short takeoff  
   and landing aircraft that delivers twice the speed, five times the      
   range, and three times the payload of the aging medium lift CH 46       
   helicopters it will replace. The committee understands that additional  
   MV 22 aircraft in fiscal year 2000 will facilitate a more efficient     
   fielding, transition, training, and deployment. Additional MV 22        
   aircraft are the number one priority on the Marine Corps unfunded       
   requirements list. The committee, therefore, recommends an increase of  
   $123.0 million for two additional MV 22 aircraft, a total authorization 
   of $973.3 million for 12 MV 22 aircraft.                                
            CH 60 helicopters                                                      

      The budget request included $234.5 million for procurement and $73.8 
   million for advance procurement of CH 60 helicopters. CH 60 helicopters 
   maintain forward deployed fleet sustainability through vertical         
   replenishment of ships and support operations through search and rescue.
   The committee recommends an increase of $67.0 million for procurement of
   three additional CH 60 helicopters. 91                                  
            UC 35A                                                                 

      The budget request included no funds for UC 35A aircraft. The UC 35A 
   is a fast, medium-range air transport aircraft. UC 35A aircraft are     
   included in the Future Years Defense Program, and three aircraft have   
   been included on the Marine Corps' unfunded priority list as            
   replacements for the aging CT 39 aircraft. The committee recommends an  
   increase of $18.0 million, a total authorization of $18.0 million, for  
   three UC 35A aircraft.                                                  
            C 40A                                                                  

      The budget request included $49.0 million for the procurement of one 
   C 40A aircraft. The C 40A is a replacement for the C 9B/DC 9 aircraft,  
   which has an average age of over 26 years. The C 40A is a long-range    
   aircraft used by the Navy Reserve to carry high priority cargo and      
   passengers, ensuring that units meet ships' movement and overseas       
   delivery of supplies. Additional C 40A aircraft are on the Navy unfunded
   requirements list. The committee recommends an increase of $54.0 million
   for the acquisition of one additional C 40A aircraft, a total           
   authorization of $103.0 million.                                        
            KC 130J                                                                

      The budget request included $12.3 million for logistics and support  
   for the seven KC 130J aircraft provided in the prior three fiscal years.
   The Marine Corps' active force KC 130F and KC 130R aircraft are         
   projected to exceed fatigue life by fiscal year 2009. Recent center wing
   fatigue life data indicates that tanker aircraft may have to be retired 
   earlier than planned, resulting in a KC 130 inventory shortfall as high 
   as 15 aircraft by fiscal year 2001. As a result, the Marine Corps has   
   included procurement of additional KC 130J aircraft on its unfunded     
   requirements list. The committee recommends an increase of $129.8       
   million to acquire two KC 130J aircraft, a total authorization of $142.1
   million.                                                                
            EA 6B support jamming upgrade                                          

      The budget request included $161.0 million for modifications to the  
   EA 6B Prowler airborne electronic warfare aircraft, with $32.4 million  
   allocated for the ALQ 99 pods, to include the modified Band 9/10        
   transmitters. These modified transmitters provide the EA 6B with the    
   ability to counter threat radar electronic protection techniques        
   installed in a widely exported threat systems in the Band 7/8 frequency 
   range. The committee recommends an increase of $25.0 million to         
   accelerate the acquisition of modified Band 9/10 transmitters, a total  
   authorization of $186.0 million.                                        
      The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense may be     
   overly optimistic in its estimate that the EA 6B Prowler will remain in 
   service until fiscal year 2015. The integration of electronic combat has
   become a basic tenet of the way power projection and interdiction forces
   operate. A solid roadmap for maintaining this capability is essential.  
   The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to deliver a report to   
   the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2000, that outlines a  
   notional schedule for analysis, demonstration, development, and         
   production of a follow-on support jammer. 92                            
            F/A 18 aircraft modifications                                          

      The budget request included $308.8 million for modifications to the  
   F/A 18 series aircraft. The committee recommends an overall increase of 
   $130.4 million in F/A 18 modifications, a total authorization of $439.2 
   million.                                                                
      The budget request included $35.1 million to upgrade Marine Corps'   
   F/A 18A aircraft with engineering change proposal (ECP) 583. ECP 583    
   consists primarily of avionics hardware upgrades, which will give the   
   F/A 18A the same capabilities as Lot 17 F/A 18C aircraft. The           
   commonality in weapons employment, communications, and sensors make the 
   modified F/A 18A a viable platform well into the next century. The      
   committee recommends an increase of $63.0 million for incorporation of  
   ECP 583 into an additional seven active and seven reserve Marine Corps  
   F/A 18A aircraft.                                                       
      The budget request included $42.2 million for the procurement of kits
   and installation of the AN/APG 73 radar, which replaces the less capable
   APG 65 radar. The Navy's unfunded requirements list included a request  
   to retrofit an additional 18 F/A 18C/Ds with the AN/APG 73. The         
   committee recommends an increase of $38.0 million for this purpose.     
      The budget request included $27.4 million for incorporation of the   
   multifunctional information distribution system (MIDS). This provides a 
   secure tactical datalink, secure communications, and navigational aids. 
   The Navy has requested additional funding for MIDS in its unfunded      
   requirements list to fully fund                                         

                    tri-service production requirements. The committee recommends 
          an increase of $29.4 million for F/A 18 MIDS.                           
            AH 1 series                                                            

      The budget request included $13.7 million to support procurement of  
   AH 1 equipment. The Marine Corps has identified an outstanding          
   requirement for 12 night targeting systems (NTS) for reserve component  
   AH 1W aircraft. The committee, therefore, recommends an additional $9.0 
   million to procure 12 AH 1W NTS devices for a total authorization of    
   $22.7 million.                                                          
            H 1 series                                                             

      The budget request included $6.3 million for H 1 series aircraft     
   requirements. The committee is concerned about limitations of currently 
   installed navigational thermal imaging systems for UH 1N aircraft.      
   Current equipment has limitations in range performance and image quality
   for detection, recognition, and identification of hazards, personnel and
   vehicle sized targets. The committee supports an existing effort to     
   upgrade this equipment and provide for enhanced safety for Marine Corps 
   aviators. The committee recommends an increase of $15.0 million to      
   complete upgrade requirements.                                          
            Maritime surveillance aircraft programs                                

      The budget request included $276.2 million for modifications to the P
   3 Orion aircraft. The committee recommends an overall increase of $138.6
   million, for a total authorization of $414.8 million. 93                
      The budget request included $106.0 million for Anti-Surface Warfare  
   (ASUW) Improvement Program (AIP). The P 3 Orion is a long-range maritime
   surveillance aircraft that performs anti-submarine and anti-surface     
   warfare in support of battle group and littoral operations. The ASUW    
   improvement program enables the P 3 to combat emerging third world,     
   limited operations, and surface, subsurface, and air threats with       
   simultaneous multi-mission capabilities. The budget request would allow 
   the Navy to install eleven kits and buy six additional kits in fiscal   
   year 2000. The committee understands that there is an existing          
   operational requirements document and that additional AIP kits are on   
   the Navy's unfunded requirements list. Therefore, the committee         
   recommends an increase of $72.6 million for the acquisition of eight    
   additional P 3C AIP kits.                                               
      The committee also understands that active P 3 aircraft need either a
   Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) or re-manufacture program to avoid
   being retired at the end of their fatigue life beginning in fiscal year 
   2010.                                                                   
      The course of action to be followed will be decided on as a result of
   an on-going aircraft roadmap study. The Navy's unfunded requirements    
   list included a request for funds to commence this activity in fiscal   
   year 2000. The committee recommends an increase of $66.0 for P 3        
   sustained readiness through initiation of a SLEP or re-manufacturing    
   program.                                                                
            KC 130T avionics upgrades                                              

      The budget request included $15.3 million for C 130 and KC 130       
   aircraft modifications, with no funds allocated for modernizing the     
   avionics suite. The KC 130T is the Marine Corps' theater aerial         
   refueling and tactical assault transport aircraft. The reserves operate 
   28 of these aircraft, providing nearly 40 percent of the Marine Corps'  
   total aerial refueling fleet. The avionics equipment currently installed
   in the KC 130T is out of production, rapidly approaching obsolescence,  
   and becoming unsupportable. The Marine Corps' unfunded requirements list
   has included a request to procure one prototype installation kit to     
   commence an avionics modernization initiative, allowing the Navy and    
   Marine Corps to capitalize on current Air Force efforts. The committee  
   recommends an increase of $16.8 million for KC 130T modernization       
   efforts, a total authorization of $32.1 million.                        
            AN/ALQ 165                                                             

      The budget request included $50.6 million for common electronic      
   countermeasure (ECM) modifications, with no funds allocated for the     
   procurement of AN/ALQ 165 defensive electronic countermeasure (DECM)    
   systems or spares. The AN/ALQ 165 is the primary DECM for the F 14D     
   aircraft, and is deployed on some F/A 18C/D aircraft on a contingency   
   basis. The committee strongly supports the continued development of the 
   follow-on system under development, the integrated defensive electronic 
   countermeasure (IDECM) system. However, the Navy has informed the       
   committee that there have been some technical delays in the fielding of 
   this system. The committee understands that there is an insufficient    
   number of replaceable assemblies in the AN/ALQ 165 logistics 94pipeline 
   to support currently deployed systems. The current operations tempo has 
   put a great strain on these limited assets. Therefore, the committee    
   recommends an increase of $16.0 million to purchase AN/ALQ 165 spares, a
   total authorization of $66.6 million.                                   
                                        NAVY WEAPONS                              

            Hellfire II                                                            

      The budget request did not include any funding for Hellfire missile  
   procurement. The committee is concerned about the inventory of Hellfire 
   missiles for Marine Corps attack helicopter requirements. The committee 
   understands that the Marine Corps inventory will be at 62 percent of the
   inventory requirement by the end of fiscal year 2002 and at 53 percent  
   by fiscal year 2005. The committee recommends an increase of $25.0      
   million to procure Hellfire II missiles and support critical training   
   requirements.                                                           
            Improved tactical air launched decoy                                   

      The budget request included no funds for the procurement of drones   
   and decoys. The improved tactical air launch decoy (ITALD) is used to   
   deceive and saturate an enemy's integrated air defense systems. The     
   committee understands that the Navy is well short of its ITALD inventory
   objective, and that this decoy greatly enhances aircrew survival and    
   probability of mission success. The committee recommends an increase of 
   $10.0 million to procure additional ITALD decoys, a total authorization 
   of $10.0 million.                                                       
            Weapons industrial facilities                                          

      The budget request included $20.2 million for various activities at  
   government-owned and contractor-operated weapons industrial facilities. 
   The committee recommends an increase of $7.7 million to accelerate the  
   facilities restoration program at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory.   
                              NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION                    

            Laser guided bombs and kits                                            

      The committee is concerned with the inadequate supplies of critical  
   munitions necessary to execute the National Military Strategy. Under the
   current programmed funding profile, inventories for laser guided bomb   
   kits and bomb bodies will be less than 50 percent of required levels.   
   This shortfall contributes to the risk associated with the execution of 
   two major theater wars. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase 
   of $28.0 million for the procurement of laser guided bomb kits and bomb 
   bodies.                                                                 

            Marine Corps ammunition                                                

      The committee is concerned with the inadequate funding for ammunition
   procurement that was included in the budget request for fiscal year     
   2000. Ammunition is an important contributor to military readiness--in  
   training and in anticipation of conflict. The committee recommends the  
   following adjustments to the budget request for Marine Corps ammunition 
   procurement:                                                            

 Item:                                                                   

Millions                                                                

  25 mm                                                                   

 $76.2                                                                   

  40 mm                                                                   

 1.4                                                                     

  60 mm                                                                   

 4.0                                                                     

  Fuze, hand grenade                                                      

 3.0                                                                     

  Demolition Munitions                                                    

 7.2                                                                     

  SMAW                                                                    

 9.0                                                                     

                                                                          

  Subtotal                                                                

 $30.8                                                                   


                                   OTHER NAVY PROCUREMENT                         

            AN/WSN 7 inertial navigation system                                    

      The budget request included $21.8 million for procurement of AN/WSN 7
   ring laser inertial navigation systems. The AN/WSN 7 continuously and   
   automatically determines and indicates a ship's position, attitude      
   (heading, roll, and pitch), and velocity. This system replaces three    
   legacy navigation systems, providing equipment commonality between      
   surface combatants, submarines, and aircraft carriers. The annual       
   operating cost of the AN/WSN 7 is projected to be only ten percent of   
   the cost of operating the legacy navigation systems it replaces.        
   Accelerated procurement of the AN/WSN 7 could produce a substantial     
   savings in maintenance costs.                                           
      The committee recommends an increase of $15.0 million to the budget  
   request for the procurement and installation of additional AN/WSN 7     
   navigation sets.                                                        
            Afloat force protection, maritime interdiction operations equipment    

      The budget request did not include procurement funds for equipment   
   required by sailors conducting maritime interdiction operations. After  
   submission of the budget request, the committee became aware that fleet 
   units conducting maritime interdiction operations in support of United  
   Nations sanctions did not have the proper equipment to conduct the      
   operations.                                                             
      A visit to a fleet unit in the Persian Gulf conducting the           
   interdiction operations confirmed that the sailors patched together     
   equipment to conduct the operations. Although bulletproof vests, life   
   jackets, walkie talkies, web belts, and passive restraint equipment are 
   available, the life jackets are bulky, bulletproof vests will not stop  
   advanced munitions, walkie talkies have insufficient range and are not  
   secure, and web belts and passive restraint gear are adapted from other 
   uses.                                                                   
      The committee recommends an increase of $24.4 million for afloat     
   force protection equipment for sailors to conduct maritime interdiction 
   operations.                                                             
            Integrated condition assessment system                                 

      The budget request included $17.4 million for integrated condition   
   assessment system (ICAS) for ships. The ICAS is a system that           
   electronically monitors the operating parameters of machinery and       
   electronic systems, thus reducing man-hours spent taking readings on    
   equipment. Mine countermeasure ships have not received the full         
   installation of ICAS equipment. The committee rec96ommends an increase  
   of $6.5 million for procurement and installation of ICAS equipment.     
             AN/BPS 16H surface search radar for submarines                        

      The budget request did not include funding for the procurement of    
   AN/BPS 15/16H submarine radar navigation sets. The Navy has been        
   procuring the AN/BPS 16H, a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) variant of  
   the AN/BPS 15 radar navigation set, and its associated mast assembly,   
   for installation on new construction submarines and for backfit on      
   submarines. Procurement of the COTS variant has produced a substantial  
   cost savings over a comparable system built to military specifications, 
   enhanced operational performance, and improved navigational safety. The 
   Navy established a new specification to eliminate the manpower-intensive
   requirement for paper navigation charts on ships. Instead of paper      
   charts, all ships will have the Electronic Chart Display Information    
   Systems (ECDIS N). Operating ECDIS N requires an upgrade to navigation  
   radar systems. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0  
   million for AN/BPS 16(H) software and hardware upgrades to bring them   
   into ECDIS N compliance.                                                
            Integration and test facility command and control initiative           

      The Navy is continuing an initiative to provide fully integrated and 
   supportable command, control, communications, computer, and intelligence
   (C4I) systems at its integration and test facilities. These facilities  
   are used for architecture design, systems engineering, integration, and 
   to provide life-cycle support for the fleet's C4I systems.              
      The committee learned that the Navy's East Coast in-service          
   engineering Space Warfare System Center (SWSC) began the operation of an
   integrated product center (IPC). This IPC has connected a variety of    
   Department of Defense laboratories and centers including the Joint      
   Battle Center and the Maritime Battle Center. Additional communication  
   nodes and terminal devices, as well as an increase in existing network  
   bandwidth to accommodate additional users, would permit the facility to 
   support the wide variety of operational protocols and physical          
   interfaces associated with new fleet tactical C4I systems.              
      The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million above the budget
   request for engineering design; hardware and software procurement; and  
   installation, testing, and documentation; and technical networking      
   infrastructure for continued development of the SWSC's IPC.             
            Joint Engineering Data Management and Information Control System       

      The budget request included no funds for Joint Engineering Data      
   Management and Information Control System (JEDMICS), the designated     
   Department of Defense standard system for management, control and       
   storage of engineering drawings. It is designed as                      

                    an open, client-server architecture and is nearing full       
          deployment for global access to the data in its repositories. The       
          committee recommends an increase of $9.0 for the continued security     
          system pro97curement, integration and accreditation surveys for the     
          JEDMICS system.                                                         
            Information Technology 21                                              

      The budget request included $474.9 million in ship communication     
   automation procurement. Of that amount, $228.1 million is for satellite 
   communications ship terminals, $196.4 million is for ship communications
   automation, $1.9 million is for ship communications items under $2.0    
   million, $6.2 million is for ship tactical communications, $19.0 million
   for Global Communications and Control System-Maritime (GCCS M) Afloat,  
   and $23.3 million for Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS). In 
   addition, the budget request included $64.1 million for procurement of  
   information systems security program equipment.                         
      The Navy recently re-phased Information Technology 21 (IT 21) fleet  
   installations to ensure equipment is installed in deploying carrier     
   battle groups and amphibious ready groups at least six months prior to  
   deployment. Fleet feedback on IT 21 equipment and resulting capabilities
   has been extremely positive. The IT 21 initiative is revolutionary in   
   enhancing the fleet's operational picture and situational awareness.    
      The committee fully supports the Navy's IT 21 initiative and         
   particularly the emphasis on pushing hardware to the fleet as a matter  
   of priority. The committee also supports the re-phasing of hardware     
   installations which ensures ships and command organizations learn to use
   the equipment and train with the equipment prior to ships making        
   overseas deployment. The committee recommends an increase of $30.7      
   million for the switching connectivity to make battle groups IT 21      
   capable, and $12.0 million for information systems security program     
   devices for the information assurance program.                          
            Aviation life support                                                  

      The budget request included $17.1 million to procure a variety of    
   Navy and Marine Corps requirements, including rotary wing aviation night
   vision equipment. The committee notes an opportunity to complete the    
   retrofit of night vision goggles for all Marine Corps rotary wing units 
   in fiscal year 2000. The committee recognizes a critical requirement to 
   field a night vision capability to both air and ground forces as quickly
   as possible to ensure the combat effectiveness of our forces in future  
   military operations. The committee, therefore, recommends an increase of
   $18.1 million, a total authorization of $35.2 million, to retrofit OMNI 
   IV/V night vision goggles in both the active and reserve components of  
   the Marine Corps.                                                       
            NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system                                   

      The budget request included $21.5 million for procurement and        
   installation of the NULKA anti-ship missile decoy program. NULKA is a   
   proven decoy against anti-ship missiles. The committee recommends an    
   increase of $15.3 million for the procurement of launcher systems and   
   decoys to outfit the fleet with this key self-defense equipment. 98     
            Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism    

      The committee recommends that $1.4 million be transferred from Other 
   Procurement, Navy to section 310(25), a newly-established central       
   transfer account for funds to combat terrorism.                         
                                  MARINE CORPS PROCUREMENT                        

            Modification kits-tracked vehicles                                     

      The budget request included $22.9 million to support modifications to
   Marine Corps tracked vehicles. The committee understands that the Marine
   Corps recently changed its strategy to begin procurement of M88A2       
   Hercules recovery vehicles in fiscal year 2003. The committee recognizes
   the need to provide a more capable recovery vehicle for MEF armor       
   systems and supports the revised strategy adopted by the Marine Corps.  
   Therefore, the committee recommends the following:                      
       (1) a decrease of $7.2 million in PE 026623M, Marine Corps ground   
   combat/supporting arms systems;                                         
       (2) a decrease of $3.9 million in the Marine Corps operation and    
   maintenance account, equipment maintenance M88A1; and                   
       (3) an increase of $60.5 million for modification kits-tracked      
   vehicles to procure 24 M88A2 Hercules vehicles. The committee recommends
   a total authorization of $83.4 million for modification kits-tracked    
   vehicles.                                                               
            Night vision equipment                                                 

      The budget request included $9.0 million to procure Marine Corps     
   night vision equipment. The committee notes an opportunity to buy out   
   acquisition objectives for generation (GEN) III night vision tubes and  
   AN/PEQ 2 infrared target pointing devices in fiscal year 2000. The      
   committee continues to support procurement of night vision equipment    
   and, therefore, recommends an increase of $8.5 million to buy out the   
   acquisition objectives for GEN III tubes and AN/PEQ 2 devices.          
            Communications and electronics infrastructure                          

      The budget request included $81.8 million for communications and     
   electronics infrastructure requirements. The committee supports Marine  
   Corps' effort to upgrade communications and electronics infrastructure  
   at Marine Corps installations, which is necessary to meet future        
   information support requirements. The committee recommends an increase  
   of $54.4 million, a total authorization of $136.2 million, to continue  
   this effort and to achieve upgrade objectives as soon as practicable.   
            High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle                             

      The budget request included $124.4 million to procure high mobility  
   multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV) for the Marine Corps. The         
   committee notes the HMMWV's throughout the Marine Corps are aging       
   rapidly and need to be replaced to improve safety, reliability,         
   maintainability, and durability. The committee rec99ommends an increase 
   of $40.0 million to accelerate procurement of an additional 668 new     
   vehicles.                                                               
            Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force field medical equipment

      The budget request included $2.5 million to procure equipment for the
   Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) to meet emerging
   mission requirements. The committee notes an outstanding requirement to 
   procure military medical evaluation tools necessary to allow first      
   response forces to manage and treat patients involved in a chemical or  
   biological incident. Shortfalls include military medical evaluation tool
   software, detection systems for nerve gas, blister agent and nuclear    
   material, and Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) outfitting and deployment 
   requirements. The committee, therefore, recommends an increase of $6.5  
   million to fill these requirements, a total authorization of $9.0       
   million.                                                                

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            F 22 aircraft program (sec. 131)                                       

      The committee recommends a provision that would require the Secretary
   of Defense to certify to the congressional defense committees, before   
   commencing low rate initial production of the F 22, that the test       
   program is adequate to determine its operational effectiveness and      
   suitability, and that the development and production programs are       
   executable within the cost caps. The budget request included $1.8       
   billion for F 22 procurement. The budget request also included $1.2     
   billion for F 22 engineering and manufacturing development (EMD). These 
   funds provide substantial building activity, including $689.7 million to
   complete assembly of EMD aircraft 3 through 6 and to continue assembly  
   of aircraft 7 through 9. The EMD request also includes $275.8 million   
   for avionics development, $140.1 million for engine development, and    
   $166.6 million for other government costs. The committee notes that     
   funds have not been taken from the program, and are available for       
   obligation once the Secretary of Defense provides the required          
   certifications.                                                         
      In response to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
   1998 (Public Law 105 85), the Comptroller General submitted an annual   
   report that assessed the progress of the EMD phase for the F 22 program 
   and the prospect of completion under the cost cap. The General          
   Accounting Office (GAO) report and recent program progress was the      
   subject of a hearing held by the Airland Subcommittee to review tactical
   aviation modernization issues. In the annual report and in testimony,   
   the GAO questioned whether EMD, as planned, can be completed within the 
   cost limitation. Cost reviews by the Air Force and the contractors in   
   calendar year 1998 identified a potential EMD program cost growth of    
   $667.0 million that, if not addressed, could increase program costs     
   above the limitation of $18.9 billion. Much of this potential cost      
   growth has been driven by projected late deliveries of EMD aircraft 3   
   through 6. These delays are caused by problems with the large titanium  
   castings that attach the wings to the aircraft fuselage. These casting  
   and machining problems have apparently been resolved, and the delivery  
   schedule has been revised.                                              
      The Air Force and the contractor have developed a plan to address    
   this potential cost growth, which includes streamlining some EMD        
   activities, and delaying some other activities until after production.  
   In testimony before the Airland Subcommittee, the Director of           
   Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) said he has not yet thoroughly  
   reviewed the revised test plans. DOT&E also raised concerns about the   
   thoroughness of the F 22 live fire test and evaluation plan. In         
   testimony before the Airland Subcommittee and the Committee on Armed    
   Services of the Senate, Air Force officials unanimously expressed the   
   opinion that, while challenging, the EMD program is achievable within   
   its cost limitations. A decision to authorize the Air Force to begin low
   rate initial production (LRIP) is scheduled in November, 1999.          
      The committee is pleased with the technical performance of the F 22  
   displayed in its first 200 hours of flight testing. The committee,      
   however, is concerned about the potential for EMD cost growth and the   
   temptation to dilute the flight test program to achieve program         
   completion within the cost cap. Before the scheduled LRIP Defense       
   Acquisition Board, the F 22 Test and Evalua118tion Master Plan (TEMP)   
   must be signed by DOT&E. The Cost and Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG) 
   of the Office of the Secretary of Defense must review executability of  
   the program within programmed funding. These assessments should form the
   basis of the required certifications.                                   
                                  OTHER AIR FORCE PROGRAMS                        

                                     AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT                           

            EC 130J                                                                

      The budget request included no funds for the EC 130J Commmando Solo  
   (CS) aircraft. Currently, the 193d Special Operations Wing is awaiting  
   delivery of three EC 130J aircraft. After delivery of the basic         
   aircraft, the airframe will be modified to the CS configuration. The    
   committee understands that there is only sufficient funding to modify   
   two of the airframes to the CS configuration and recommends an increase 
   of $30.0 million to fully configure the third aircraft.                 
            C 130J                                                                 

      The budget request included $30.6 million for spares and logistics   
   required for prior acquisitions of this aircraft. In the Strom Thurmond 
   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, the Secretary  
   of Defense was required to submit a report to the congressional defense 
   committees discussing planned versus completed testing and the program  
   cost and schedule status. This reporting requirement was delegated to   
   the Secretary of the Air Force.                                         
      Analysis of this report details significant testing and aircraft     
   delivery delays. The current test schedule indicates the contractor     
   Qualification Test and Evaluation will not be complete until June 2000. 
   A final report on the Qualification Operational Test and Evaluation will
   not be completed until November 2000. The initial aircraft deliveries   
   were scheduled for July 1997. However, delivery of the first two Air    
   Force C 130Js did not occur until February, 1999. The Air Force report  
   states that the schedule delays have not affected the user's operational
   capability, since acquisition to date of C 130J aircraft for the Air    
   Force has been earlier than required.                                   
      The committee is concerned that aircraft production has been         
   accelerating in advance of substantive testing for operational          
   effectiveness and suitability, and that required logistics support has  
   not been put in place. The Air Force has emphasized the budgeted level  
   of funding is insufficient to provide the required logistics support    
   through the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), and included a request 
   for $24.2 million in the Air Force unfunded requirements list for fiscal
   year 2000 to provide adequate support for the current buy profile. It   
   should be noted that the current buy profile in the FYDP includes no    
   additional aircraft acquisitions until fiscal year 2002. Therefore, the 
   committee recommends an increase of $24.2 million for C 130J logistics  
   and training, a total authorization of $54.8 million. 119               
            Joint primary aircrew training system                                  

      The budget request included $88.2 million for 21 Joint Primary       
   Aircrew Training System (JPATS) aircraft and associated support. The Air
   Force has included additional aircraft high on its unfunded requirements
   list. The committee agrees that this acceleration will allow the Air    
   Force to retire its aging T 37 training aircraft ahead of schedule,     
   resulting in net savings due to avoidance of rising operation and       
   support costs. The committee recommends an increase of $85.4 million for
   an additional 18 aircraft with associated simulators, courseware, and   
   the training integrated management systems, a total authorization of    
   $173.6 million.                                                         
            F 15 220E engine modification                                          

      The budget request included $263.5 million for F 15 modifications,   
   with $13.8 million dedicated to the 220E engine upgrade. The maintenance
   benefits derived from this transition from analog to digital technology,
   coupled with operational benefits, make this a program that merits      
   additional support. The committee recommends an increase of $20.0       
   million to further accelerate the fielding of the 220E upgrade, a total 
   authorization of $283.5 million.                                        
            F 16 aircraft modifications                                            

      The budget request included $249.5 million for modifications to the F
   16 aircraft. The committee recommends an overall increase of $130.3     
   million in F 16 modifications, a total authorization of $379.8 million. 
      The budget request did not include any funding for the High Speed    
   Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Targeting System (HTS) pods and Aircraft  
   Launcher Interface computers necessary to make the F 16 a viable        
   suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) platform. The Air Force is using
   the F 16 extensively against heavily defended, integrated air defense   
   networks, and has emphasized the importance of these SEAD modifications 
   through high placement on the service unfunded requirements list. As a  
   result, the committee recommends an increase of $13.9 million to acquire
   30 HTS pods and Aircraft Launcher Interface computers.                  
   The budget request included $47.8 million for F 16 precision            


                    targeting pods. Including the Air National Guard (ANG) and Air
          Force Reserve (AFRC) in the total force is critically important, given  
          the extremely high operational tempo of our tactical air forces. To     
          participate meaningfully, however, they must be capable of employing    
          precision guided munitions. The vast majority of the older block F 16   
          aircraft in the ANG and AFRC are currently unable to employ precision   
          guided munitions. The Air Force has recently selected the Litening II   
          pod system to provide this capability for these earlier block aircraft, 
          and identified this system as the number one ANG and AFRC funding       
          priority. The committee recommends an increase of $80.0 million for     
          acquisition of additional Litening II pods.                             
      The budget request did not include any fiscal year 2000 funding for  
   the continuing acquisition of the hardware associated with the digital  
   terrain system (DTS), although funding is included in the Future Years  
   Defense Program (FYDP). The next release of F 16 120software will       
   include this function, and will need the hardware to be functional. The 
   committee recommends an increase of $12.0 million to accelerate the     
   acquisition of DTS hardware.                                            
      In fiscal year 1999, the Air Force was projected to take delivery of 
   20 complete F 16 reconnaissance pod systems. Each pod would have        
   included a forward oblique camera in the front bay and a medium altitude
   electro-optic (MAEO) sensor in the middle bay. The committee understands
   that necessary engineering change proposals have caused the Air Force to
   scale back the scope of the contract, which now includes only five of   
   the 20 MAEO sensors. The lack of a medium altitude sensor would subject 
   a significant portion of reconnaissance missions to fly in riskier, low 
   altitude regimes. The committee recommends an increase of $13.5 million 
   to purchase the remaining 15 MAEO sensors to fully equip the            
   reconnaissance pods.                                                    
      In the past year, there has been a significant increase in the number
   of F 16 engine-related mishaps. The F 16 is a single engine aircraft. In
   February 1999, the Air Force held an engine summit to examine the causes
   of the mishaps and to identify the necessary fixes. The committee       
   believes the plan proposed by the engine summit must be initiated       
   quickly. The funding required to execute the plan, however, is not      
   included in the budget request. To allow the Air Force to initiate the  
   engine modification plan, the committee recommends an increase of $10.9 
   million.                                                                
            T 43 terrain awareness and warning system                              

      The budget request included $700,000 for T 43 modifications. It      
   included no funds for the terrain awareness and warning system          
   modification, although funding for this modification is included in the 
   Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). This is a fourth generation ground 
   proximity warning system that cross checks the aircraft's global        
   positioning system coordinates with a world-wide terrain database. The  
   committee recommends an increase of $3.1 million to accelerate by one   
   year the incorporation of the terrain avoidance and warning system on   
   the T 43, a total authorization of $3.8 million.                        
                       C 20 terrain avoidance and warning system and global air    
           traffic management                                                      
      The budget request included $3.5 million for modifications to the C  
   20 aircraft, with $3.1 million for incorporation of the terrain         
   avoidance and warning system. No funds were allocated for the           
   incorporation of the global air traffic management (GATM), although     
   funding is programmed in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). The   
   terrain avoidance and warning system is a ground proximity warning      
   system that cross checks the aircraft's global positioning system       
   coordinates with a world-wide terrain database, while GATM provides     
   communication, navigation, and surveillance improvements needed for     
   operation in oceanic airspace where reduced horizontal separations are  
   implemented. The committee recommends an increase of $4.8 million for   
   the terrain avoidance and warning system, and $7.4 million for GATM for 
   the C 20, a total authorization of $15.7 million. 121                   
            KC 135 global air traffic management                                   

      The budget request included $347.1 million for modifications to C 135
   and KC 135 aircraft including $29.6 million for the global air traffic  
   management (GATM) modification. The budget request included no funds to 
   procure GATM kits for the KC 135 aircraft, although the Air Force did   
   include these items on its unfunded requirements list. GATM adds the    
   communications, navigation, and surveillance equipment necessary for    
   operation in oceanic airspace where reduced horizontal separations are  
   implemented. The committee recommends an increase of $8.7 million for   
   the procurement of additional GATM kits, a total authorization of $355.8
   million.                                                                
            RC 135 re-engining                                                     

      The budget request included $138.4 million for reconnaissance        
   projects, with $60.0 million for more powerful, fuel efficient engines  
   for two RC 135 aircraft. The committee supports the acceleration of the 
   re-engining effort for the RC 135 aircraft, and recommends an increase  
   of $60.0 million to re-engine two additional RC 135 aircraft.           
      Other adjustments addressed elsewhere in this report amount to an    
   increase of $22.0 million, a total authorization of $220.4 million.     
            U 2 upgrades                                                           

      The U 2 aircraft, a manned high-altitude reconnaissance platform,    
   continues to be heavily utilized. Recent increases in operational tempo 
   have generated requirements for upgrades not included in the budget     
   request. The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in       
   Aircraft Procurement, Air Force (APAF), for the continued acquisition   
   and installation of the 29 F radar warning receiver and ``Band-Aid''    
   electronic countermeasures systems.                                     
      The committee understands the U 2 cockpit instrumentation,           
   navigation, and communication suite are sorely in need of modernization.
   Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $12.0 million in APAF
   to begin activities for U 2 cockpit modification.                       
      The committee also understands that the pre-planned product          
   improvement of the SYERS reconnaissance package will begin in fiscal    
   year 1999. A polarization feature which will aid in detection of        
   concealed and camouflaged objects was not included in this configuration
   because of technical risk and funding restraints. The committee         
   understands this technical risk has been mitigated, and recommends an   
   increase of $5.0 million in PE 35207F to incorporate the polarization   
   techniques in the SYERS pre-planned product improvement evaluation.     
            Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism    

      The committee recommends that $15.8 million be transferred from      
   Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force to section 310(25), a              
   newly-established central transfer account for funds to combat          
   terrorism. 122                                                          
                                    AIR FORCE AMMUNITION                          


            Wind corrected munition dispenser                                      


      The wind corrected munition dispenser (WCMD) program was started in  
   response to lessons learned in Desert Storm. The WCMD provides the      
   sensor fuzed weapon, combined effects munition, and the air delivered   
   Gator mine with the capability to be launched accurately from           
   medium-to-high altitudes, day or night, and in adverse weather.         
   Unfortunately, the development program for this system recently         
   experienced some technical difficulties that delayed production and will
   require some redesign of the fin lock mechanism. The committee          
   recommends an increase of $10.1 million to redesign the WCMD and restore
   its rate of production.                                                 

                                      AIR FORCE MISSILE                           


            Minuteman III guidance replacement program                             


      The committee continues to support the Minuteman III Guidance        
   Replacement Program (GRP). The committee is concerned by the Air Force  
   decision to reduce GRP production funding in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
   This decision will result in significant delay and cost growth. The     
   Minuteman III guidance systems are currently well beyond their original 
   design life of ten years, and must be replaced as soon as possible.     
   Equally important, the delay in the GRP impedes the Minuteman III       
   Propulsion Replacement Program and the ability to utilize the Mk 21     
   warhead once the Peacekeeper system is retired. The committee therefore 
   recommends an increase of $40.0 million in Missile Procurement, Air     
   Force, for GRP and urges the Secretary of the Air Force to seek         
   additional funds in fiscal year 2001 and beyond to establish a more     
   efficient and expeditious production program.                           

                                 OTHER AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT                      


            High mobility vehicle                                                  


      The budget request included $11.3 million for high mobility vehicles 
   (HMVs). The Air Force has included these and other special purpose      
   vehicles on its unfunded requirements list. The committee recommends an 
   increase of $7.0 million for HMVs, a total authorization of $18.3       
   million.                                                                

            Fuel trucks                                                            


      The budget request did not include any funds for R 11 fuel tank      
   trucks. The Air Force included a request for funding for these and other
   special purpose vehicles in its unfunded requirements list. The         
   committee recommends an increase of $18.0 million for acquisition of    
   these trucks.                                                           

            60K loader                                                             


      The budget request included $81.2 million for the procurement of 39  
   60K aircraft loaders. This air transportable loader operates on         
   airfields worldwide, and replaces less efficient loaders that are unable
   to interface with newer military and commercial cargo aircraft. In      
   recent testimony, the Unified Commanders in Chief em123phasized the     
   importance of strategic lift in meeting theater of war requirements.    
   Fast and efficient loading of airlifters is an essential element to     
   these lift requirements. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase
   of $12.5 million for the procurement of nine additional 60K loaders, a  
   total authorization of $93.7 million.                                   

            Base information infrastructure                                        


      The budget request included $122.8 million for base information      
   infrastucture (BII), which funds the combat information transport system
   program, network connectivity, and public key infrastructure. The Air   
   Force unfunded requirements list included a request for additional funds
   to procure hardware and software for computer network defense, along    
   with network management systems to enhance reliability of command and   
   control information system networks. The committee recommends an        
   increase of $34.0 million for BII.                                      

            Tactical communications-electronics equipment                          


      The budget request included $49.7 million for tactical               
   communications-electronics (C E) equipment. These advanced              
   communications systems are on the Air Force's unfunded priority list.   
   The committee recommends an overall increase of $40.1 million for two   
   elements of advanced tactical communications, a total authorization of  
   $89.8 million.                                                          
      The first element is theater deployable communications (TDC), a      
   lightweight compact system which consists of a satellite antenna that   
   can access both military and commercial satellites. The committee       
   recommends an increase of $13.9 million for TDC.                        
      The second element is the global combat support system (GCSS) for the
   Air Force. This program will support the modernization of aircraft      
   maintenance, supply, finance, personnel, and contracting legacy         
   automated information systems. The committee recommends an increase of  
   $26.2 million for GCSS.                                                 

            Aircrew laser eye protection                                           


      The budget request included $3.6 million for personal safety and     
   rescue equipment items less than $5.0 million, but included no funds for
   aircrew laser eye protection (ALEP). The use of laser-based systems on  
   the battlefield has increased, raising the risk of permanent vision     
   damage to aircrews from friendly or hostile forces. The Air Force plan  
   is to introduce ALEP in three distinct phases to take advantage of      
   evolving technologies, yet enable the Air Force to begin procurement of 
   operationally suitable devices in fiscal year 2002. The committee       
   believes it is important to get some capability to aircrews as quickly  
   as possible. In order to accelerate the procurement of phase one ALEP   
   devices, which use dielectric stack technology, the committee recommends
   an increase of $2.4 million, a total authorization of $6.0 million.     

            Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism    


      The committee recommends that $39.4 million be transferred from Other
   Procurement, Air Force to section 310(25), a newly-established central  
   transfer account for funds to combat terrorism.                         
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            Remote activation munition systems                                     

      The committee is aware of the shortfall in procurement funds for the 
   remote activation munition system (RAMS). RAMS is a radio frequency     
   controlled remote initiator. It provides the special operations         
   community with the capability to remotely control detonation of         
   demolition charges, or the remote operation of other items of equipment,
   such as beacons, laser markers, radios and weapons. The committee       
   understands that if an additional $4.0 million were provided for this   
   system in fiscal year 2000, the Special Operations Command would realize
   a 10 percent acquisition savings. Therefore, the committee recommends an
   increase of $4.0 million in line number 52, Special Operation Forces    
   ordnance acquisition, for the procurement of additional RAMS basic kits 
   and receivers.                                                          
            Special operations forces rotary wing upgrades                         

      The budget request included $41.2 million for rotary wing upgrades.  
   The committee understands that the Special Operations Command (SOCOM)   
   lost a MH 47E aircraft in a 1996 accident. As a result, SOCOM is having 
   to compensate for the lost aircraft by accumulating higher flight time  
   on the small fleet of remaining MH 47E aircraft. This places a          
   significant burden on operation and support funding as dynamic          
   components experience higher than planned degredation. The committee    
   recommends an increase of $42.0 million, a total authorization of $83.4 
   million, to replace the lost aircraft and restore the aircraft inventory
   to the proper level.                                                    
            Special operations forces small arms and weapons                       

      The budget request included $23.4 million for special operations     
   forces small arms and weapon requirements.                              
      The committee notes outstanding requirements for additional body     
   armor load carriage systems (BALCS). The committee believes this        
   equipment is vital to protect the special operations forces who respond 
   to the Nation's most challenging missions. The committee recommends an  
   increase of $9.8 million to procure an additional 3,600 BALCS systems.  
      The committee also understands that there is an outstanding          
   requirement for integrated night/day fire control observation devices   
   (INOD) necessary to provide optical scopes for special forces medium and
   heavy sniper rifles. The committee recommends an increase of $6.0       
   million to procure an additional 579 INOD systems.                      
      The committee recommends a total authorization of $39.2 million for  
   special operations forces small arms and weapons.                       
            Special operations forces demolition kits                              

      The committee is aware of the shortfall in the inventory objective   
   for demolition kits for war reserve and training to ensure readiness for
   conflict. The demolition kits, which replace the Army's 1950 generation 
   demo chest, provides the Special Operation Forces operator the          
   capability to tailor the demolition charges to the target providing     
   greater lethality and mission flexibility. The addition of $2.0 million 
   would allow Special Operation Command to meet its inventory objective of
   17 percent unit cost savings. Therefore, the committee recommends an    
   increase of $2.0 million. 131                                           
            Chemical and Biological Defense Program                                

      The budget request included $716.9 million for the Chemical and      
   Biological Defense Program (CBDP), a $71.5 million increase to the      
   program from fiscal year 1999. The request includes $377.4 million for  
   procurement and $339.5 million for research and development. The budget 
   also included $149.5 million for the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
   Agency (DARPA) biological warfare defense program (PE 62383E), a $61.1  
   million increase to the program from fiscal year 1999.                  
      The acquisition of chemical and biological agents continues to be    
   pursued aggressively by adversaries of the United States and its allies.
   Military personnel are increasingly at risk of exposure to chemical and 
   biological agents on the battlefield. Accordingly, the committee places 
   a priority on ``user friendly'' chemical and biological defense         
   equipment that can be used efficiently by military personnel without    
   degrading there readiness in combat.                                    
      The committee recommends an increase of $35.4 million for the        
   following chemical and biological defense program activities: $15.0     
   million in the Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology     
   program for the procurement of additional protective clothing; $3.9     
   million in the M45 General Aviation Mask program to procure additional  
   M45 masks to fill the Army acquisition shortfalls; $1.5 million in the  
   Modular Decontamination Systems program to procure additional units in  
   support of the Army acquisition objective; $5.0 million in PE 62384BP   
   for SAFEGUARD; and, $10.0 million in the M93 FOX NBC Reconnaissance     
   Vehicle program for the procurement of the Block I M93A1 upgrade.       
            Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism    

      The committee recommends that $110.9 million be transferred from     
   Procurement, Defense-wide to section 310(25), a newly- established      
   central transfer account for funds to combat terrorism.                 
                                  SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS                       

                       Extension of authority to carry out armament retooling and  
           manufacturing support initiative (sec. 141)                             
      The committee recommends a provision that would extend the authority 
   for the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support (ARMS) program     
   through fiscal year 2001.                                               
      The committee is aware that although the budget request includes $4.7
   million for the continuation of the ARMS program, this does not satisfy 
   all existing contractual agreements nor fund other proposals that would 
   reduce the operating costs of Army Ammunition plants. Therefore, the    
   committee recommends an increase of $14.0 million for this program. The 
   committee expects that these funds will be utilized in a manner that    
   will ensure preservation of these facilities, which will likely be used 
   to fulfill the military's need to support the National Military         
   Strategy. 132                                                           
                       Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles
           and services of certain army industrial facilities without regard to    
           availability from domestic sources (sec. 142)                           
      The committee recommends a provision that would extend authorization 
   for the pilot program for Army industrial facilities, which allows these
   facilities to sell to commercial entities articles or services that will
   ultimately be incorporated into weapon systems procured by the          
   Department of Defense.                                                  
      The committee is concerned that with the end of the Cold War and the 
   onset of reduced defense budgets, many of our military industrial       
   facilities are operating inefficiently due to a lack of work. The       
   committee understands that there are some cases in which the excess     
   capacity created by the lack of work can be utilized by allowing these  
   facilities to provide commercial entities with articles and services for
   inclusion in weapon systems that will ultimately be procured by the     
   Department of Defense. Utilizing this excess capacity would serve to    
   create a more efficient facility, provide private industry with quality 
   services, and maintain a critical work force.                           
                                   OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST                        

            Army modernization overview                                            

      The committee has reviewed Army modernization plans in an effort to  
   understand the relationship between the current service modernization   
   program and projected land force challenges. These projected challenges 
   have been identified through government assessments, as well as by a    
   variety of subject matter experts, to include the National Defense Panel
   members who provided thought-provoking testimony before the committee   
   over the last two years. In testimony before the committee earlier this 
   year, witnesses were asked to identify how current plans fit with       

                    future defense challenges. In some cases, it is unclear how   
          existing Army plans address critical future land force challenges,      
          especially rapid power projection into regions where staging areas are  
          not available.                                                          
      The committee believes it is critical that Army modernization        
   efforts, in procurement and research and development, be tied to        
   requirements established by the National Military Strategy to meet the  
   challenges that land forces will face in the 21st Century. The committee
   also notes that, while it has received some components of the overall   
   Army modernization plan, it has not received an overall plan that       
   provides a comprehensive Army vision. The committee directs the         
   Secretary of the Army to review existing modernization programs and     
   provide an assessment, not later than February 1, 2000, on how these    
   plans will meet the following future challenges:                        
    (1) airfield/port denial;                                              

    (2) mine warfare;                                                      

    (3) limited strategic lift;                                            

    (4) short reaction/build up time;                                      

    (5) rapidly moving forces/logistics challenges;                        

    (6) missile threat to forward deployed forces;                         

    (7) smaller scale contingency operations;                              

    (8) evolution of precision guided munitions; 133                       

    (9) operations in an urban environment;                                

    (10) joint operations;                                                 

    (11) weapons of mass destruction;                                      

    (12) homeland defense; and                                             

    (13) information warfare.                                              

      The Secretary's analysis shall include the operational capabilities  
   that are necessary for the Army to prevail against these threats, to    
   include the asymmetrical threats, and the key characteristics and       
   capabilities of the Army systems that will achieve these operational    
   capabilities. This analysis shall also address the research and         
   development funding necessary to achieve required technological         
   breakthroughs, and program, schedule, and funding projections associated
   with Army modernization program elements that address the land force    
   challenges listed above.                                                
            Bore erosion gauges                                                    

      The committee reviewed the report on the assessment of bore erosion  
   gauges required by the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act
   for fiscal year 1999. The Army report notes that extensive testing,     
   service analysis showed that the Gun Barrel Bore Gauge System assessed  
   has ``great potential for savings'' when used in conjunction with an    
   effective rounds counter device. The committee encourages the Army to   
   consider including funds for procurement of these devices in future     
   budget submissions to achieve the most efficient maintenance and use of 
   Bradley gun systems.                                                    
            C 130J                                                                 

      The committee understands that the C 130J contractor has presented   
   the Air Force and the Marine Corps with offers for multiyear procurement
   of C 130Js. The offer to the Air Force includes discounts on acquisition
   prices and on an initial support and training program. The offer to the 
   Marine Corps encompasses a discount on acquisition prices alone. The    
   contractor proposal links the procurement by the two services.          
      Such a proposal is worth evaluating, but there are several factors   
   that must be considered before entering into such a multiyear contract. 
   The criteria for approving a multiyear contract are established in      
   section 2306b of title 10, United States Code. These criteria include:  
   (1) a substantial savings; (2) an unchanging minimum need for the total 
   quantity of items contemplated in the multiyear program; (3) a stable   
   design; and (4) assurance that the head of the agency will request      
   funding for the contract throughout the contemplated contract period at 
   a level sufficient to avoid contract cancellation.                      
      The potential for changing need must be addressed. The committee has 
   been made aware of a recent study on tactical airlift modernization     
   alternatives. That study concludes that remanufacturing existing C 130E 
   and C 130H aircraft may be more cost effective than buying new C 130Js  
   in some cases. The committee believes that these conclusions merit a    
   more thorough evaluation by the Air Force.                              
      Although there has been progress in testing in the past year, the    
   question of having a stable design configuration must be addressed.     
   134The committee is well aware of the delays in achieving certification 
   with the Federal Aviation Administration. The C 130J program has also   
   had problems in the area of performance, logistics, and test and        
   evaluation, as reported in recent internal Defense acquisition reports. 
      The committee also notes that the Air Force budget request over the  
   past several years for C 130Js has been anything but stable. The Air    
   Force and Marine Corps could decide, through negotiations surrounding   
   the contractor's proposal, that the offer is attractive.                
      The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to
   the congressional defense committees on the C 130 modernization plan by 
   March 1, 2000. This report should include cost, schedule, and           
   performance status of the C 130J program, and the range of alternative  
   acquisition strategies the Department deems viable.                     
      The committee supports the pursuit of the most cost effective        
   approach in acquiring the equipment needed for our armed forces, once   
   established performance requirements are met. However, as a prerequisite
   for approving multiyear procurement authority, the committee would      
   expect that the military services would: (1) request such authority; (2)
   demonstrate substantial savings; (3) demonstrate sufficient testing     
   maturity to ensure a stable design; (4) show why the alternative of     
   remanufacturing existing C 130s is less attractive; and (5) ask for     
   funds in the budget request and in the Future Years Defense Program     
   sufficient to support such a request.                                   
            C 130J deployment plan                                                 

      The committee understands that, within the Air National Guard and the
   Air Force Reserve, there has been a relatively stable long-term plan to 
   modernize the existing tactical airlift force structure. In recent years
   within the Air National Guard, the first priority for receiving new     
   aircraft has been afforded to units operating older C 130E aircraft that
   were formerly held by active units in the Pacific Air Forces. The reason
   for having established this priority is that these aircraft are in much 
   poorer material condition than other C 130E aircraft of similar age     
   because of corrosion problems.                                          
      This year, the Air Force has provided the committee with a C 130J    
   deployment plan which represents overall priorities of the total Air    
   Force for deploying a notional force of 168 C 130J aircraft. Within that
   force, a total of nine aircraft are programmed for the training mission 
   in one Air Force Reserve training squadron. This Air Force deployment   
   plan has changed the order of replacement represented by previous       
   Reserve component plans. Older plans called for outfitting an Air Force 
   Reserve training squadron with only four aircraft, and waiting until    
   more aircraft had been fielded in operating units before increasing the 
   size of the training squadron. The new Air Force plan would delay       
   replacing some of these older C 130E aircraft. In the meantime, the plan
   would outfit the training squadron with eight aircraft to support a     
   total 24 C 130Js deployed in operating squadrons.                       
      The committee is not interested in legislating the priority of       
   replacement of the tactical airlift fleet. Doing this would set a       
   dan135gerous precedent, but the committee is interested in how the Air  
   Force established its priorities.                                       
      The committee directs the Secretary of Air Force to provide a report 
   to the congressional defense committees on the C 130 deployment plan by 
   March 1, 2000. This report should include: (1) the rationale for        
   establishing the priorities in current deployment plan; (2) the workload
   for qualifying new or transitioning pilots in the C 130J aircraft that  
   necessitates accelerating expansion of the C 130J training squadron; and
   (3) the reasons for delaying replacement of aircraft with particular    
   corrosion problems. The report should also identify any additional      
   actions that will be necessary to ensure that former Pacific Air Force C
   130E aircraft remain in safe operating condition.                       
            C 20                                                                   

      The committee understands that the Marine Corps' only C 20G was      
   extensively damaged during a storm in early February 1998, while parked 
   at an airfield. Congress appropriated $11.0 million in fiscal year 1999 
   to repair the aircraft. The aircraft has                                

                    been disassembled and moved to a repair facility, but no      
          repair contract has been awarded or negotiated. Approximately $10.5     
          million of appropriated funds remain unexpended. The committee is       
          concerned that there appears to be no executable plan to return this    
          aircraft to service or replace it with another aircraft. The committee  
          directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a letter to the            
          congressional defense committees by January 1, 2000, that outlines the  
          plan to restore this aircraft requirement through repair or replacement.
            Combat survivor evader locator radio                                   

      The budget request included $800,000 for the verification of         
   preproduction performance of combat survivor evader locator (CSEL)      
   radios. This program will lead to the eventual purchase of over 50,000  
   radios by the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and is of direct and vital     
   importance to military aircrews. The committee understands this program 
   will address long-standing deficiencies in the existing survival radio, 
   the PRC 90. An attempt was made to accelerate this effort after a pilot 
   was shot down in June 1995. The first lot of low-rate initial production
   radios has not yet been delivered, and the second lot is not expected to
   be ordered until fiscal year 2001. Although the interim radio, the PRC  
   112, is no longer subject to procurement, purchase of the CSEL appears  
   to be years away.                                                       
      The committee is concerned about the status of this program, which   
   should greatly increase the probability of survival and rescue of       
   military members in peace and war. The production budget for fiscal year
   2000 is a small fraction of the budget in fiscal years 1998 and 1999.   
   The committee notes that some combat aircrews have actually purchased   
   their own global positioning systems to enhance survivability. The      
   committee is concerned about the lack of support for this program.      
      The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a     
   report by March 1, 2000, on whether the requirements for this program   
   are still valid, and whether the acquisition strategy is op136timized to
   field this survival radio with aircrews in the most expeditious manner. 
            Digital facsimile machine                                              

      The budget request included no funds for digital facsimile machines  
   for the Army. The committee continues to be concerned about the         
   viability of tactical facsimile machines and the ability of existing    
   equipment to transmit high-resolution target quality imagery. Many      
   machines found throughout the military services today utilize 1960's    
   technology and are not capable of meeting the critical requirements     
   associated with existing imagery systems. The committee notes current   
   facsimile machine acquisitions are decentralized and there is no overall
   consolidated program to address obsolescence issues. The committee      
   encourages the Army to review this policy and determine whether a       
   consolidated procurement of these devices might provide an opportunity  
   to reduce costs and addressing obsolescence issues. The committee       
   directs the Secretary of the Army to report on these opportunities to   
   the congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 2000.     
            Maintaining a strong navy                                              

      The committee has been concerned for some time that the Department of
   Defense's shipbuilding program is creating a ship procurement problem   
   that could manifest itself in significant Navy ship force structure     
   problems in the second decade of the 21st Century. The Congressional    
   Research Service (CRS) reports that years of relatively low ship        
   procurement rates will result in a large ship procurement ``bow wave''  
   within the same time frame that many ships currently in service are     
   projected to reach the end of their service lives. CRS projects the     
   fleet will shrink to substantially less than 300 ships--the Navy's      
   stated planning goal--in the 2020s, if procurement rates of eight to ten
   ships are not sustained by the Department of Defense (DOD).             
      DOD witnesses testified that maintaining a 300-ship Navy over time   
   requires a steady state build rate of eight to ten ships per year. In   
   addition, and of greater concern to the committee, Navy witnesses       
   testified that even with the current 324 ships, the Navy and Marine     
   Corps are being strained to keep up with regional commander in chief    
   (CINC) requests for naval presence and National Command Authority       
   direction to respond to contingency operations.                         
      As a result of low procurement rates in previous years, it is        
   projected that the Navy will have a 28-ship deficit that will grow to a 
   53-ship deficit in 20 years if the build rate is not maintained at eight
   to ten ships per year. Unfortunately, DOD has provided few specifics on 
   the planned size of Navy force structure beyond calendar 2015 and how it
   intends to address the impending ship shortfall problem beyond ``new    
   ways of doing business,'' such as lowering acquisition costs or reducing
   the size of ships' crews.                                               
      The administration has acknowledged the shipbuilding shortfall by    
   recommending to Congress an increase of $6.1 billion for eight new      
   construction ships over the previously planned fiscal year 2000 budget  
   submission. Nevertheless, the Navy has testified that this is only a    
   step in the right direction. The committee is particularly concerned    
   that the budget increases required to buy-down the bow 137wave may make 
   it difficult, if not impossible, to maintain a 300-ship fleet. In short,
   the DOD plan to maintain a 300-ship Navy is becoming a visible symbol of
   the procurement shortfall that exists across all the services. At a time
   when naval forces are being called upon with increasing frequency, when 
   we are confronted with ever-changing and challenging capabilities of    
   potential adversaries, and when critical ocean areas are without        
   CINC-requested aircraft carrier battle groups, the risk of deferring a  
   commitment to a sustained                                               

                    shipbuilding rate needed to recapitalize the U.S. Navy of the 
          next century must be clearly understood.                                
      Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to       
   provide to the defense committees, along with the submission of the     
   budget request for fiscal year 2001 a report which:                     
       (1) details the Department's long-range shipbuilding plan through   
   fiscal year 2030;                                                       
       (2) describes the annual funding required to procure eight to ten   
   ships per year in the correct mix, beginning in fiscal year 2001 and    
   extending until fiscal year 2020, to maintain the force structure       
   verified in the Quadrennial Defense Review; and                         
       (3) addresses the implications and risks of not adhering to such a  
   long-range plan for shipbuilding.                                       
            National guard and reserve modernization                               

      The budget request included a $350.0 million increase in National    
   Guard and Reserve funding, a total of $1.69 billion. The committee is   
   pleased to note that the level of funding identified in service budget  
   requests for Guard and Reserve modernization has continued to rise above
   the levels achieved in previous budget requests. The committee notes    
   with great interest the testimony of Guard and Reserve leaders earlier  
   this year that acknowledged this support for reserve component          
   modernization requirements. The committee suggests a new level of       
   cooperation and effort to achieve collective modernization objectives.  
   It is understood that the budget request did not meet the range of      
   requirements necessary to effectively modernize the total force, and    
   that shortages still exist across all components. The committee, however
   is pleased to note the numerous priority modernization funding          
   requirements contained on service unfunded requirement lists for the    
   reserve components. The committee supports service efforts to indentify 
   unfunded requirements. The recommended program increases that will      
   benefit reserve component modernization deficiencies include the        
   following:                                                              
       (1) an increase of $90.0 million to procure an additional 9 UH 60   
   Blackhawk helicopters;                                                  
       (2) an increase of $40.0 million to procure additional Paladin      
   artillery systems;                                                      
       (3) an increase of $70.0 million to procure additional SINCGARS     
   radio equipment;                                                        
    (4) an increase of $25.9 million to procure additional EPLRS equipment;

       (5) an increase of $80.0 million for Litening II pods for F 16      
   aircraft;138                                                            
       (6) an increase of $12.0 million for digital terrain systems for F  
   16 aircraft;                                                            
       (7) an increase of $13.5 million for tactical air reconnaissance    
   systems for F 16 aircraft;                                              
    (8) an increase of $20.0 million for F 18 avionics upgrades;           

       (9) an increase of $8.0 million for tactical radio acquisition and  
   countermeasures subsystem for the EC 130H aircraft; and                 
    (10) an increase of $30.0 million for Commando Solo upgrades.          

      These recommended increases of nearly $400.0 million are only part of
   the modernization support provided for reserve component shortfalls in  
   fiscal year 2000. The committee expects the services to continue to     
   identify the range of requirements across all components.               
            Report on chartering special craft and tug services                    

      The Navy, through the Military Sealift Command, has competed         
   contracts for leasing special craft and tug services for ports in the   
   United States and overseas. The Navy is directed to submit a report to  
   the congressional defense committees no later than May 1, 2000, on the  
   Navy's experience with leasing special craft and tugs and the potential 
   for expanded use of such leases. The report will include a ten year     
   projection of non-combatant ship, special craft, and tug requirements   
   that could be economically accommodated through operating leases as     
   described in section 2401 of title 10.                                  
            Unmanned aerial vehicle system                                         

   The budget request included:                                            

       (1) $3.9 million in PE 305204A for research and development and     
   $45.9 million in Other Procurement, Army, to procure a tactical unmanned
   aerial vehicle (TUAV) system;                                           
       (2) $38.5 million in PE 304204N for development of a vertical       
   take-off and landing (VTOL) UAV (VTUAV) for the Navy;                   
       (3) $24.5 million in PE 304204N for development of the tactical     
   control system (TCS), a common ground control, and information          
   distribution system for UAVs;                                           
       (4) $4.0 million in PE 305205F for research and development and     
   $38.0 million in Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, to procure the        
   Predator medium altitude endurance UAV;                                 
       (5) $66.8 million in PE 305205F for research and development for    
   high altitude endurance UAVs.                                           
      Given the fact that UAV programs were devolved to the military       
   services, there is the possibility that service-unique or mission       
   specific aspects could creep into these programs. In disestablishing the
   Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO), Congress was seeking a   
   better way of managing reconnaissance development and acquisition       
   programs. The committee does not believe that ``better'' means a        
   departure from the common control systems and interfaces that should be 
   available under the TCS program. The Navy will use TCS as the control   
   system for VTUAV. The Army TUAV program has established a threshold     
   requirement that TCS be ``interoperable'' with the TUAV, which could    
   result in overlapping costs associated with developing another ground   
   control system and making it interoperable with TCS. The committee      
   continues to sup139port Army efforts to improve its ability to survey   
   the battlefield. However, the Army should understand that the committee 
   will not support a TUAV system that includes unnecessary duplication of 
   effort by developing and procuring a different ground control system.   
      The Air Force HAE and MAE programs remain unclear. Before the TCS    
   program began, the Navy had developed a ground control system for the   
   Predator, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was         
   developing a common ground segment for the HAE programs. Nevertheless,  
   to take full advantage of future payloads and to support deployed       
   forces, Predator must be able to achieve a significant level of         
   interoperability with TCS. Transition to TCS save life cycle costs.     
      The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to investigate the    
   costs and benefits of transitioning to TCS to support the Predator UAV, 
   and the extent to which TCS could be used to support HAE operations. The
   committee directs the Secretary to report the results of the review to  
   the congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2000.      

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

      The budget request included $34.4 billion for research, development, 
   test and evaluation (RDT&E), a decrease of $3.1 billion from the amount 
   provided for last's years program. The committee recommends an increase 
   of $1.5 billion, for a total authorization of $35.8 billion for RDT&E.  
      The committee remains concerned about the declining resources        
   provided by the Department of Defense for RDT&E. RDT&E provides the     
   foundation for future modernization. In an effort to balance the        
   competing demands of personnel, near-term readiness and modernization,  
   the Department cannot afford to neglect the need for sustained          
   investment in technology development.                                   
      The committee supports the concepts of transformation and revolution 
   espoused by the Department, but remains disappointed that this strategy 
   has not been translated into RDT&E programs. Further, the committee has 
   repeatedly expressed concern regarding the balancing of relative        
   near-term returns to the warfighter and ensuring technological          
   leadership through investment in long- term, high-risk research. The    
   committee notes that over 33 percent of the total RDT&E request is for  
   modifications to fielded systems, while accounts that lead to the       
   development of new capabilities were decreased by almost 25 percent.    
      In addition to increasing the budget request for RDT&E, the committee
   recommends legislation to address critical issues within the Department 
   of Defense RDT&E system. The legislation is intended to strengthen the  
   RDT&E program, provide incentives--and remove disincentives--for        
   innovation, and improve the efficiency of RDT&E operations.             
            Explanation of tables                                                  

      The tables in this title display items requested by the              
   administration for fiscal year 2000 for which the committee either      
   increased or decreased the requested amounts. As in the past, the       
   administration may not exceed the amounts approved by the committee (as 
   set forth in the tables or, if unchanged from the administration        
   request, as set forth in the Department of Defense's budget             
   justification documents) without a reprogramming action in accordance   
   with established procedures. Unless noted explicitly in the report, all 
   changes are made without prejudice.                                     

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            Amount for basic and applied research (sec. 202)                       

      The budget request included $4.1 billion for basic and applied       
   research, commonly known as the defense technology base. The committee  
   recommends authorization of $4.2 billion for the technology base for    
   fiscal year 2000, an increase of approximately $155.4 million.          
      The fiscal year 2000 budget request for the Department of Defense    
   science and technology program is cause for a number of concerns.       
   Overall, the defense science and technology is at its lowest funding    
   level since fiscal year 1986. The Services' request for funding of the  
   technology base (basic and applied research) is at a 25 year low. Not   
   surprisingly, industry research and development is also down by 50      
   percent. These trends raise serious questions about the Department's    
   long-term ability to develop and field technologies to achieve the      
   revolutionary capabilities our military will seek over the next 15 to 20
   years. It is a priority of this committee to maintain a strong, stable  
   investment in science and technology in order to develop superior       
   technology that permits the United States to gain military advantage    
   today, provides flexible options to future warfighters, and hedges      
   against technological surprise. The Joint Vision 2010, the Pentagon's   
   vision for force dominance, depends on a smaller force that achieves a  
   swift, decisive victory with minimal casualties. This will require more 
   technological advantage--not less--and a strong commitment and          
   investment in the defense science and technology program.               
      Section 214 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act 
   for Fiscal Year 1999 recognized the fundamental importance of the       
   Department's science and technology program in developing the           
   technologies that will be needed to meet future threats to national     
   security. As a result, section 214 expressed the sense of Congress that 
   science and technology programs should receive the same level of        
   priority and leadership in each military service as acquisition         
   programs. As a yardstick for measuring the Department's commitment to   
   this objective, section 214 established a goal of increasing the        
   Department's science and technology budget at a rate two percent above  
   the rate of inflation for fiscal year 2000 through 2008.                
      The committee is disappointed by the Department's failure to live up 
   to the goals expressed in section 214. Despite substantial overall      
   increases in the defense budget in the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP),
   the Department has proposed no increase to the science and technology   
   budget. As a result, the Department's proposed science and technology   
   budget is almost $100.0 million below the section 214 benchmark for     
   fiscal year 2000 and more than a billion dollars below the section 214  
   benchmark for fiscal year 2005. Over the course of the FYDP, the        
   administration budget falls short of the section 214 benchmarks for     
   science and technology funding by more than $4.0 billion.               
      The failure to provide adequate funding for science and technology   
   programs is particularly acute in the Air Force. Section 214 placed     
   special emphasis on the importance of science and technology funding in 
   the Air Force, requiring the Secretary to ``. . . take appropriate      
   measures to ensure that sufficient numbers of scientists and engineers  
   are maintained to address the techno144logical challenges faced in the  
   areas of air, space, and information technology.'' Yet, the Air Force   
   budget shows a $70.0 million reduction in the technology base for fiscal
   year 2000, and a change in the accounting for certain programs masks an 
   even larger cut in the science and technology program. In the words of  
   the Secretary of Defense: ``We cannot afford to mortgage our future by  
   making science and technology the billpayer for near term requirements. 
   Technological superiority has been and continues to be one of the       
   foundations of our national military strategy.'' The Air Force budget   
   request approved by the Department of Defense directly contradicts these
   statements. The committee expects the Secretary of the Air Force to take
   measures to ensure adequate funding for the Air Force science and       
   technology program in the future. The committee recommends an increase  
   of $70.4 million to the Air Force Applied Research accounts, as         
   described elsewhere in this report.                                     
      The committee urges the Secretary of Defense to reexamine the        
   Department's commitment to the science and technology funding for future
   years and take appropriate steps to ensure that such funding is adequate
   to meet the national security needs of the next century.                
               SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS    

            Micro-satellite technology development program (sec. 212)              

      The committee continues to support the Micro-satellite Technology    
   Program, which has produced an important partnership between the Air    
   Force Research Laboratory, the Naval Research Laboratory, the Lawrence  
   Livermore National Laboratory, and the National Aeronautics and Space   
   Administration. The committee understands that the Air Force and its    
   partners are evaluating a deep space experiment to demonstrate advanced 
   micro-satellite technologies in geo-synchronous orbit. The committee    
   supports such a demonstration as well as the ongoing XSS series of      
   flight experiments. Therefore, the committee recommends a provision that
   would increase funding for the Micro-satellite Technology Program by    
   $25.0 million to be executed by the Space Test Program (PE 65864F),     
   which is already extensively involved in ongoing micro-satellite        
   activity. The provision also requires the Secretary of Defense to       
   develop a micro-satellite technology development plan to guide          
   technology investment decisions and prioritize technology demonstration 
   activities, which shall be submitted to the congressional defense       
   committees by April 15, 2000.                                           

            Space control technology (sec. 213)                                    

      The committee has reviewed the Department of Defense Space Control   
   Technology Program presented at a hearing of the Strategic Subcommittee 
   on March 22, 1999. The committee believes that the Department has taken 
   an important step in developing a credible space control policy and     
   architecture. In particular, the committee commends the Deputy Secretary
   of Defense for his attention to this important matter, and the Air Force
   for establishing a dedicated program element to sustain the space       
   control technology effort started by Congress in fiscal year 1999. 145  
      In order to promote a more integrated approach to this program, the  
   committee recommends a provision that would increase funding in PE      
   63438F by $10.0 million for the Air Force executed space control        
   technology activity, and would establish a companion Army line item. The
   committee recommends an increase of $41.0 million for the Army for space
   control technology development. The commanding general of the U.S. Army 
   Space and Missile Defense Command may utilize such funds as necessary   
   for any or all of the following activities:                             
       (1) continued development of the Kinetic Energy Anti-satellite      
   technology (KE ASAT) program necessary to retain an option of conducting
   a flight test within two years of any decision to do so;                
       (2) technology development associated with the KE ASAT kill vehicle 
   to temporarily disrupt threatening satellite functions; and,            
       (3) cooperative technology development with the Air Force, pursuant 
   to the Department of Defense Space Control Technology Plan.             
      The committee believes that the first priority for the Army should be
   to sustain the KE ASAT on a path that would support a flight test within
   two years of any decision to do so. If additional funds are available   
   after satisfying this requirement, the committee also strongly supports 
   the other two activities specified above. The committee directs the     
   Secretary of the Army to establish a space control program element in   
   the fiscal year 2001 budget and to sustain funding in the outyears for  
   any efforts funded under this section.                                  
            Space Maneuver Vehicle (sec. 214)                                      

      The committee supports the Air Force and National Aeronautics and    
   Space Administration (NASA) partnership to develop and test a reusable  
   upper stage vehicle (NASA's X 37 program). The committee believes that  
   in order for NASA and the Air Force to accomplish the objectives of both
   organizations and address the unique requirements of each, the Air Force
   will be required to acquire a second ``tail number'' to support the     
   Space Maneuver Vehicle (SMV) effort. The committee recommends a         
   provision that would authorize the purchase of this second flight test  
   article and increase funding for this purpose by $35.0 million in PE    
   63401F.                                                                 
            Manufacturing technology program (sec. 215)                            

      The committee recommends a provision that would strike the mandatory 
   cost share requirements in the Manufacturing Technology (MANTECH)       
   program and emphasize the program's focus on high risk, defense         
   essential requirements as well as repair and re-manufacturing solutions 
   in support of depots, air logistics centers and shipyards. The committee
   remains supportive of cost sharing, where appropriate, and expects that 
   it will be a factor in the selection of future MANTECH projects. 146    
                            SUBTITLE C--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE                 

            Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy (sec. 221)     

      The committee does not support the Defense Department's proposed     
   change to the acquisition strategy for upper tier theater missile       
   defense (TMD) programs--the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)  
   system, and the Navy Theater Wide (Navy Upper Tier) system. Under the   
   proposed strategy, a decision would be made by December, 2000, to select
   a lead upper tier system so that funding for the two programs could be  
   concentrated on a lead system. The funding would be consolidated in a   
   single program element in fiscal year 2002. This approach contradicts   
   congressional guidance from previous years and puts the two upper tier  
   systems into an unnecessary competition for the same resources. The     
   committee notes that the statement of managers to the Strom Thurmond    
   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (H. Rept. 105   
   736) clearly stated that ``the THAAD missile and the Navy Upper Tier    
   missile should not be viewed as competing systems.'' Though overlapping 
   to a degree, the two upper tier systems serve fundamentally different   
   sets of equally valid requirements and do so with fundamentally         
   different technological approaches. The committee continues to believe  
   that the United States has valid requirements for both systems, and that
   both systems should be deployed as soon as practicable.                 
      For these and other reasons, the committee recommends a provision    
   that would require the Secretary of Defense to establish an acquisition 
   strategy for the Navy Theater Wide system and the Theater High Altitude 
   Area Defense system that:                                               
       (1) retains funding for both upper tier systems in separate,        
   independently managed program elements throughout the Future Years      
   Defense Program;                                                        
       (2) bases funding decisions and program schedules for each upper    
   tier system on the performance of those systems independent of one      
   another; and                                                            
       (3) seeks to accelerate the deployment of both upper tier systems to
   the maximum extent practicable.                                         
                       Repeal of requirement to implement technical and price      
           competition for Theater High Altitude Area Defense system (sec. 222)    
      The committee recommends a provision that would repeal subsection (a)
   of section 236 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act 
   for Fiscal Year 1999 relating to technical and price competition for the
   Theater High Altitude Area Defense system.                              
            Space-based laser program (sec. 223)                                   

      The committee has closely monitored the development of the Space     
   Based Laser (SBL) Integrated Flight Experiment (IFX) acquisition        
   strategy and is concerned by delays in getting a contracting team in    
   place and moving forward on an established baseline. The committee is   
   also troubled by an apparent desire on the part of the Air Force and the
   Office of the Secretary of Defense to 147use the IFX as the dominant, if
   not the exclusive, tool for retiring technical risk and defining an     
   operational design for an objective SBL system. This approach has caused
   the Department of Defense to significantly delay the launch date for the
   IFX, which was originally conceived as a near-term proof of principle   
   demonstration. The IFX, as now planned, is neither a near-term          
   demonstration nor a prototype of an operational system and, as such, may
   have become more a source of delay than of sound program management.    
      Notwithstanding these concerns, the committee is pleased that the Air
   Force and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization have, for the first
   time, fully funded a program plan that includes acquisition milestones  
   leading to an operational capability. The committee notes that an       
   independent review team recently reviewed and endorsed the Air Force's  
   revised SBL program. The committee does not question the Department's   
   desire to have an element of the SBL program oriented toward the        
   ultimate solution. The committee, however, does not believe that it is  
   necessary or appropriate to use the IFX as the vehicle for demonstrating
   extremely advanced and risky technology in hopes of thereby defining a  
   system that cannot yet be clearly envisioned. The committee believes    
   that a better approach is to partially separate the IFX activity from   
   those activities that are focused on the most advanced technologies,    
   which are also most subject to change. The IFX should be used as a proof
   of principle vehicle that can be operated in parallel with advanced     
   technology and architecture efforts. Such an approach would save money  
   and produce extremely important operational data in a more timely       
   manner, hence enhancing our ability to define the true needs of an      
   operational system. An IFX, thus configured, running in parallel with   
   advanced technology efforts, would then be able to support a better     
   informed, lower risk, and earlier SBL prototype                         

          development effort leading into a deployment capability.                

      The committee recommends a provision that would require the Secretary
   of Defense to structure the SBL program to include a near-term          
   integrated flight experiment, and an ongoing activity to develop an     
   objective system design, including the development, testing and         
   operation of a prototype system.                                        
      The provision would require the Secretary of Defense to structure the
   IFX to include the following:                                           
       (1) An objective of an early demonstration of the fundamental       
   end-to-end capability to detect, track, and destroy a boosting ballistic
   missile with a lethal laser from space.                                 
       (2) Utilization, to the maximum extent possible, of technology that 
   has been demonstrated in principle or can be developed in the near-term 
   with a low degree of risk.                                              
    (3) A goal of launching the experiment by 2006.                        

      In order to develop an objective system design suited to the         
   operational and technological environment that will exist at the time   
   when such a system can be deployed, the provision requires the Secretary
   of Defense to structure the SBL program schedule to include:            
       (1) Robust research and development on advanced technologies in     
   parallel with the development of the IFX.                               
       (2) Architecture studies to assess alternative space based laser    
   constellation and system performance characteristics. 148               
       (3) Planning for the development of a SBL prototype that utilizes   
   the lessons learned from the IFX, is supported by the ongoing           
   architecture and advanced technology research and development efforts,  
   and is scheduled to be launched approximately two years before the date 
   on which the objective SBL system design is to be completed.            
      The committee believes that the SBL program structure required by    
   this section is consistent with the joint venture contracting approach  
   and overall objective that the Department of Defense has established for
   the SBL program.                                                        
      Finally, the provision also recommends an increase of $25.0 million  
   for the SBL program in PE 63876F.                                       
      The committee commends the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization    
   (BMDO) and the Air Force for increasing funding in the fiscal year 2000 
   budget request for the SBL program, but notes that the additional funds 
   are required to begin design of an integrated test facility and to      
   implement the changes required by this section. The committee concurs   
   with the SBL Independent Review Team (IRT) recommendation that ``an     
   end-to-end integrated ground test is essential to the integration and   
   check-out efforts.'' Since the IRT found the existing facilities to be  
   inadequate for the integrated ground test of the IFX, the committee     
   directs the Secretary of the Air Force in coordination with the director
   of BMDO to begin design of the SBL test facility and recommends the use 
   of funds from the SBL budget as may be necessary for this purpose.      
      The committee notes that the Air Force has expressed strong support  
   for the development of deployable optics for the SBL system, but has    
   also indicated that such a development may require significant risk     
   reduction activities. The committee notes that additional investment may
   be required in the near-term to retire risk associated with such optics 
   development. The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force and   
   the director of BMDO to carefully assess this matter and revise         
   accordingly the investments needed during fiscal year 2000.             
            Airborne Laser Program (sec. 224)                                      

      The committee commends the Department of Defense (DOD) and the       
   Airborne Laser Independent Assessment Team (ABL IAT) for their thorough 
   and timely reviews of the Airborne Laser (ABL) program. The February 1, 
   1999, report of the ABL IAT, and the Secretary of Defense's March 9,    
   1999, report to Congress, identified the key technical and operational  
   issues facing the ABL program. These reports also identified corrective 
   actions that, once implemented, will place the ABL program on a much    
   sounder footing overall and allow the Department of Defense and Congress
   to ensure that the program demonstrates necessary technical performance 
   before advancing through successive acquisition milestones.             
      The committee also commends the Air Force for restructuring the ABL  
   program and beginning to implement several of the key recommendations of
   the ABL IAT. Nevertheless, many critical technical and operational      
   challenges remain ahead for the ABL program, and the Air Force will need
   to proceed deliberately to retire program risk at each stage of the     
   development program. Although the committee does not support unnecessary
   delay in advancing the 149ABL program through its acquisition schedule, 
   neither does the committee support an ABL schedule that includes        
   milestone decisions or authority-to-proceed decisions ahead of clear    
   demonstration of technical performance. The committee recognizes the    
   dilemma the Air Force faces in carefully managing risk and program      
   concurrency. If the Air Force and the DOD delay key decisions or actions
   needed to advance the program (such as ordering aircraft or modifying   
   such aircraft once ordered) the program may not be in a position to     
   exploit successful performance. If, on the other hand, such key         
   decisions or actions are initiated prior to successful performance, the 
   Air Force runs the risk of wasting large sums of money and damaging the 
   credibility of the program.                                             
      The committee believes that the Secretary of Defense must develop an 
   acquisition strategy for the ABL program that strikes an appropriate    
   balance in managing risk and concurrency. Therefore, the committee      
   recommends a provision that addresses risk and concurrency management   
   leading up to three critical decision points: (1) the decision to begin 
   modification of the Program Definition and Risk Reduction (PDRR)        
   aircraft (the first aircraft); (2) the decision to grant                
   Authority-to-Proceed-2 (ATP 2), which, among other things, would allow  
   the Air Force to order the Engineering and Manufacturing Development    
   (EMD) aircraft (the second aircraft); and (3) the Milestone II decision 
   governing entry into EMD. In developing this approach, the committee has
   drawn heavily on the findings and recommendations of the ABL IAT and the
   Department's March 1999 report to Congress.                             
      The provision directs the Secretary of the Air Force not to commence 
   modification of the PDRR aircraft until the Secretary of Defense        
   certifies to Congress that test and analysis results based on the       
   following activities justify commencement of the aircraft modification: 
    (1) The North Oscura Peak dynamic test program;                        

    (2) scintillometry data collection and analysis;                       

    (3) the lethality/vulnerability program;                               

    (4) the countermeasures test and analysis effort; and                  

    (5) reduction and analysis of other existing data.                     

      The provision also requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure that, 
   prior to approval of ATP 2, the Secretary of the Air Force has          
   developed, and the Secretary of Defense has approved, an appropriate    
   plan for resolving the technical challenges identified in the Secretary 
   of Defense's March 1999 report to Congress. The committee notes that the
   General Accounting Office, in its March 1999 report entitled DOD Efforts
   to Develop Laser Weapons for Theater Defense (GAO/NSIAD 99 50)          
   recommended that the Air Force reconsider its plan to order the second  
   ABL aircraft ``before flight testing of the ABL system developed during 
   the PDRR phase has demonstrated that the ABL concept is an achievable,  
   effective combat system.'' The committee agrees with the intention      
   behind this recommendation, but believes that the same result can be    
   achieved if the Air Force does not commence modification of the EMD     
   aircraft until flight testing demonstrates that it is appropriate to do 
   so.                                                                     
      The provision also requires the Secretary of Defense to restructure  
   the Milestone II exit criteria to ensure that prior to a decision       
   150approving entry into EMD: (1) modification of the EMD aircraft does  
   not commence; (2) the PDRR aircraft is utilized in a robust series of   
   flight tests that validates the technical maturity of the ABL program   
   and provides sufficient information regarding the performance of the    
   system across the full range of its validated operational requirements; 
   and (3) sufficient technical information is available to determine      
   whether adequate progress is being made in the ongoing effort to address
   the operational issues identified in the Secretary's March 9, 1999,     
   report to Congress. The committee notes that the Secretary's March 1999 
   report to Congress states that, once ordered, the ``green'' EMD aircraft
   ``could be sold before [the nominal modification date] if the PDRR      
   program failed to justify entry into EMD.'' Therefore, as long as DOD   
   conducts a robust review of the PDRR program, including the results from
   an expanded flight test program, prior to its Milestone II decision, the
   committee will not insist on delaying ATP 2 until after the Milestone II
   decision.                                                               

                SUBTITLE D--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR LONG-TERM MILITARY       
                                  CAPABILITIES                                    
                       Research and development for long-term military capabilities
           (secs. 231 239)                                                         
      The committee strongly supports the defense science and technology   
   program. The committee recognizes the importance of this in meeting the 
   needs of near-, mid- and long-term needs of the warfighter. In 1995, the
   committee established the requirement for the Joint Warfighting Science 
   and Technology Plan (JWSTP). The committee commends the Department's    
   dedication to this effort and recognizes the great strides that have    
   been made to identify key technologies for joint warfighting and to set 
   a strategic plan to meet the goals of Joint Vision 2010. The committee  
   is dedicated to maintaining a strong tie between the defense science and
   technology program and the warfighter. To address this concern and to   
   further strengthen the JWSTP process, the committee recommends a        
   provision, section 231, that would extend for an additional two years   
   the requirement for the Secretary of Defense to provide an annual report
   on emerging operational concepts, organizational concepts, and          
   acquisition strategies to address emerging technologies, emerging       
   capabilities, and changes in the international order. This provision    
   would require the Secretary to address the research and development     
   challenges that must be met, and the technological breakthroughs that   
   must be made, to ensure that we are prepared to meet future military    
   threats. The committee anticipates that the research and development    
   objectives identified by the Secretary will serve as a benchmark for    
   future science and technology investments, as provided in the JWSTP.    
      A key part of the JWSTP process is the technical area review and     
   assessment (TARA). These reviews are conducted by TARA teams. At least  
   two-thirds of the TARA team are from outside the Department of Defense. 
   Most TARA team members are recognized experts from the National Academy 
   of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of      
   Medicine, the Defense Science Board, and the scientific advisory boards 
   of the military, industry, 151and academia. TARA teams conduct reviews  
   of the defense technology area plans and provide feedback to the        
   Department. Section 232 would require the Secretary of Defense to       
   provide the congressional defense committees with a summary of each TARA
   review in conjunction with the JWSTP submission.                        
      In June 1998, a Defense Science Board task force on the Defense      
   Science and Technology Base for the 21st Century reported that there is 
   general satisfaction with the quality of program execution in both the  
   universities and in industry. The task force, however, echoed previous  
   studies in expressing significant concern about the quality of execution
   in many of the service laboratories. The task force also expressed      
   concern that an insufficient share of the Department's science and      
   technology program elements are devoted to revolutionary technology     
   initiatives. The committee recommends a series of provisions to address 
   the problems identified by the task force.                              
      Section 233 would require the Under Secretary of Defense for         
   Acquisition and Technology to report to the congressional defense       
   committees on actions that the Department will take to ensure           
   appropriate emphasis on revolutionary technology initiatives, sustain a 
   high-quality national research base, ensure the coordinated development 
   of joint technologies, identify and incorporate commercial technologies,
   effectively and efficiently manage the transition of new technologies   
   into production, and provide appropriate education and training in      
   technology issues to the Department's military leadership.              
      In an effort to provide incentives for defense laboratories to pursue
   high risk-high, high-payoff technologies, the committee recommended the 
   following provisions:                                                   
      Section 234 would require the Department to revise its contractor    
   profit guidelines to provide new incentives for the private sector to   
   participate in the development of revolutionary new defense             
   technologies.                                                           
      Section 235 would authorize the Defense Advanced Research Projects   
   Agency (DARPA) to award competitive prizes for the development of       
   advanced technologies for military applications. This program is        
   expected to open the field of participation to a wider range of research
   and industrial activity in a field.                                     
      To address the committee's continued concern with the efficiency and 
   effectiveness of the defense laboratories and test centers, the         
   committee recommends the following provisions:                          
      Section 236 would authorize a new pilot program to ensure that the   
   defense laboratories can attract a balanced workforce of permanent and  
   temporary personnel with an appropriate level of skills and experience, 
   and can effectively compete in hiring processes to obtain the finest    
   scientific talent.                                                      
      Section 237 would exempt the defense laboratories from arbitrary     
   supervisory ratios and employee ceilings that have limited their ability
   to attract and retain scientific talent. It would also provide the      
   laboratories with the direct hiring authority necessary for them to     
   compete with universities and the private sector for the most talented  
   young scientists.                                                       
      Section 238 would require the use of working capital funds for       
   financing in research, development, test and evaluation, to ensure      
   152that the Department's science and technology program is carried out  
   in a cost-effective manner. The committee expects the Department to     
   continue the use of the cost-based management tool (CBMT) required in   
   the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year   
   1999. The CBMT provides system for identifying and comparing costs among
   the military services' labs and test centers.                           
      Section 239 would require the Department to carry out an independent,
   cross-service analysis of the resources and capabilities of the defense 
   laboratories, to identify opportunities to consolidate responsibilities 
   by area or function, or by designating lead agencies or executive       
   agents. This section would also require the Department to develop a     
   single performance review process, applicable to all of the military    
   services, for rating the quality and relevance of the work performed by 
   the defense laboratories.                                               
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            Basic research in counter-terrorism                                    

      The committee held two hearings this year to receive testimony on the
   threat of terrorism and the steps taken by the Department of Defense to 
   combat this threat. The committee feels strongly that we must conduct   
   research and development not only for near-term solutions, but also for 
   investigating revolutionary approaches in science and technologies that 
   will provide next generation solutions for force protection and         
   terrorist threats. The committee recommends an additional $15.0 million 
   in the PE 61104A to initiate a basic research program to explore        
   technologies that deter, resolve, and mitigate terrorist acts, including
   physical structure and physical effects research.                       
            Army After Next materials                                              

      The committee supports the Army's efforts to develop advanced        
   affordable multi-functional materials to meet the needs of the Army     
   After Next (AAN). New materials technology represents one of the        
   necessary, cross-cutting technologies that will be a major enabler to   
   the Army After Next. The committee recommends an increase of $2.5       
   million in PE 62105A to support this important effort.                  
            Missile technology                                                     

      The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 62303A to 
   complete application studies and design of scramjet technologies for the
   advanced interceptor technology demonstration.                          
            Humanitarian demining research                                         

      The committee recommends an increase of $1.8 million in PE 62712A to 
   fund the Army's research on the application of acoustic/laser technology
   for possible use in mine detection. The committee believes that this    
   technology has the potential to diminish the threat that mines pose to  
   our troops and to innocent people around the world.                     
            Combat vehicle and automotive technology                               

      The committee recommends an increase of $6.5 million in PE 62601A,   
   the Army's combat vehicle and automotive technology account: $3.5       
   million for university partnering for operational support and $3.0 for  
   the National Automotive Center to conduct demonstrations for the ``smart
   truck'' initiative.                                                     
            Human factors engineering technology                                   

      The committee recommends an additional $1.8 million in PE 62716A for 
   Emergency Team Coordination (MedTeams). The additional funds in fiscal  
   year 2000 will complete the fixed facility and combat care research.    
            Environmental quality technology                                       

      The budget request included $12.7 million for environmental quality  
   technology, PE 62720A. The committee recommends an increase of $8.0     
   million in PE 62720A to continue to develop, demonstrate, and validate  
   the plasma energy pyrolysis system (PEPS) for the destruction of        
   hazardous waste, with the primary focus on 164achieving demonstration   
   and validation of a mobile system. The purpose of PEPS is to develop an 
   incineration process for hazardous waste disposition, which minimizes   
   toxic air emissions and the disposal of ash contaminated with heavy     
   metals.                                                                 
            Virtual retinal eye display technology                                 

      Virtual retinal eye display technology uses the human retina as the  
   focal plane for images beamed through electronic display eyeglasses into
   the eye. This technology allows for increased fidelity, full color, and 
   stereoscopic image directly onto the human visual system. The committee 
   recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 63002A for the Army to     
   pursue this technology.                                                 
            Armor system modernization                                             

      The committee has completed a review of the Department of the Army   
   armor system modernization plan required in the Strom Thurmond National 
   Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. The revised plan        
   includes significant changes to Army organization and the armor vehicle 
   fielding strategy necessary to meet future national defense challenges. 
   Specifically, the plan calls for the fielding of modern and             
   significantly more capable armored systems to III Corps at Fort Hood,   
   Texas in a ``pure fleet'' concept which concentrates those systems in   
   three divisions, rather than spreading them piecemeal throughout the    
   force. The committee supports this portion of the revised plan, however,
   remains concerned that resource limitations will prevent the fielding of
   these modernized systems to the 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment (ACR)      
   within III Corps. This is particularly troubling as the 3rd ACR,        
   assigned to III Corps, will likely be the first unit to make contact    
   with the enemy if III Corps units are ever deployed. Unfortunately, the 
   resource constraints that are preventing the modernization of the 3rd   
   ACR are not limited to III Corps but are symptomatic of a greater armor 
   system modernization problem.                                           
      The Army currently has over 7,600 M 1 Abrams tanks in the inventory. 
   The ongoing division redesign effort will result in this number         
   declining to approximately 6,800 tanks, with 2,760 of these tanks in the
   active component and the remaining tanks in                             

                    the Army National Guard. The current Army modernization       
          program will modernize only 17 percent of the total fleet. It will      
          provide 1,174 M1A2 System Enhancement Program (SEP) tanks, with the     
          remaining 5,610 tanks fielded in the M1A1 configuration. In support of  
          the Army digitization initiative, the Army will field digitization      
          applique devices to 1,135 M1A1 tanks, which will meet digitization      
          requirements for only 40 percent of the overall Abrams fleet.           
          Unfortunately, the plans and funding necessary to support any additional
          upgrades to the remainder of the force are unclear and if not           
          forthcoming, will likely result in a large, increasingly irrelevant     
          force of non-modernized armor.                                          
      In the context of tank modernization, it is significant to note that 
   the Army will terminate the M1A2SEP production effort in 2004, will     
   complete M1A1D (applique) upgrades in fiscal year 2005, and complete SEP
   retrofit activities by fiscal year 2009 with no additional tank upgrades
   programmed for 30 years. Similarly, the 165Army had to cut back on other
   armor modernization programs due to overall modernization funding       
   constraints.                                                            
      The Army cannot and should not try to modernize the entire range of  
   armored systems found in the Service today. The committee notes         
   recommendations made by the National Defense Panel members and the      
   Defense Science Board on joint operations superiority in the 21st       
   Century that called for lighter, more deployable systems. The committee 
   has also received numerous briefings that outline future challenges to  
   the Nation that will likely limit our ability to rapidly transport      
   formations of large, heavy Army vehicles. Strategic lift capabilities   
   will be limited, access to airfield and port facilities will likely be  
   impeded or denied by our adversaries, and the support requirements for  
   large, heavy formations may not be achievable. Future adversaries       
   learned from the Desert Storm conflict that they cannot hope to match   
   U.S. combat power on an open desert battlefield, such as we saw in the  
   Gulf. The committee believes the Army must reassess armor system        
   requirements and develop alternatives to meet the National Military     
   Strategy challenges in the 21st Century. The committee directs the Army 
   to reassess armor modernization plans and provide a report to the       
   congressional defense comittees, no later than March 1, 2000, that      
   addresses the following:                                                
       (1) alternative modernization schedule and funding strategies that  
   will reduce the number of armored vehicle combat systems in the         
   inventory to the level required to meet the national military strategy; 
       (2) an assessment of the strategic lift/preposition requirements    
   associated with each alternative strategy, such as requirements for     
   strategic lift technologies or capabilities not yet developed or        
   fielded;                                                                
       (3) the quantity of armored vehicles required for a strategic       
   reserve, and a schedule and funding plan for maintaining an appropriate 
   level of capability within the strategic reserve;                       
       (4) the most appropriate path to accelerate development of the      
   future combat vehicle necessary to meet 21st Century challenges, with   
   linkage between termination of existing armor system modernization      
   efforts and production, and fielding of the future combat system;       
       (5) the experimentation process the Army will follow to assess the  
   various alternatives, organizations, and operational concepts in order  
   to arrive at the optimum decision, to include proposed use scenarios,   
   the measures of effectiveness selected, and the measures of performance 
   that will be assessed, and the specific coordination requirements with  
   the other services;                                                     
       (6) program and funding requirements necessary to modernize and     
   ensure the viability of the remaining M1 tank fleet, to include the     
   requirement for new engines necessary to reduce operations and support  
   costs of the M1 tank; and                                               
       (7) for those units affected by the retirement of legacy M1 systems 
   not required to support the national military strategy, identify new    
   roles and functions and conversion requirements necessary to transition 
   these units to lighter, more mobile strike force configurations. 166    
      The committee understands that there is a recent initiative within   
   the Army to accelerate the maturation of technologies necessary to      
   develop and field a future combat vehicle. The committee supports this  
   initiative and believes it is necessary to establish a multi-mission    
   combat system demonstration program in collaboration with the Defense   
   Advanced Research Projects Agency. The committee directs the Secretary  
   of the Army to provide a plan to the congressional defense committees   
   that lays out the program strategy. The committee, therefore, recommends
   an increase of $10.0 million in PE 63005A necessary to begin the        
   acceleration of this effort.                                            
            Digital intelligence situation mapboard                                

      The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 63772A for
   the development and testing of a miniature digital intelligence         
   situation mapboard. This technology, compatible with the current system 
   used by mounted troops, will provide dismounted soldiers digital        
   situational awareness information in a small-screen display format.     
            Acoustic technology research                                           

      The committee is aware of research in acoustic technologies that     
   shows promising application for detection, identification and tracking  
   of cruise missiles and mobile missile launchers. The committee          
   recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 63308A to support continued
   effort in this area by the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command.    
            Radar power technology                                                 


      The committee is aware of advanced radar power technology development
   at the Army Missile Defense and Space Technology Center. The committee  
   recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 63308A to continue this    
   important research and development, especially in the area of fuel cells
   and other power generators, power control and distribution, heat        
   exchangers, and integrated radar systems.                               
            Tactical High Energy Laser                                             

      The budget request did not include funding for completion of testing 
   of the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) program. The committee         
   continues to support THEL and believes that the Army should complete    
   testing of the THEL system so that Israel can take over final testing,  
   deployment and operations in Israel. The committee recommends an        
   increase of $10.0 million in PE 63308A to support continued THEL testing
   and deployment activities.                                              
            Weapons and munitions-advanced development                             

      The budget request included $1.8 million for weapons and munitions   
   advanced development activities, PE 63802A. The committee notes that the
   Army had not requested any funding for the objective individual combat  
   weapon (OICW) in the program definition and risk reduction (PD&RR)      
   phase. Due to a restructuring of this program, the committee recommends 
   a transfer of $14.8 million from PE 64802A to PE 63802A to conduct the  
   PD&RR of the 167OICW. The committee directs OICW project D134 be        
   established in the PD&RR phase to execute the revised program.          
            Comanche                                                               

      The budget request included $427.1 million to continue development of
   the Comanche helicopter, PE 64233A. The committee continues to be       
   concerned about the slow pace of the Comanche helicopter effort and the 
   overall state of Army aviation modernization. There is particular       
   concern regarding the recent Army decision to terminate production of   
   the Apache Longbow helicopter in fiscal year 2005, to meet the funding  
   requirements of Comanche beginning in fiscal year 2006. While the       
   committee recognizes funding shortfalls across the broad range of Army  
   modernization efforts, it does not support budget driven cuts to other  
   fully funded programs without analysis of the impact of the program     
   modification. The committee supports the Comanche, and believes its     
   production should be accelerated, but not at the expense of the Apache  
   Longbow program, which will provide a level of combat power on future   
   battlefields not yet seen with rotary wing aviation. Therefore, the     
   committee recommends an increase of $56.0 million, for a total          
   authorization of $483.1 million in PE 64223A, to accelerate flight      
   testing of the second prototype aircraft and the development of the     
   mission equipment package for Comanche. The committee also directs the  
   Army to reconsider the Apache Longbow decision, as discussed elsewhere  
   in this committee report.                                               
            Weapons and munitions-engineering and manufacturing development        

      The budget request included $54.9 million for weapons and munitions  
   engineering and manufacturing development activities, PE 63802A. The    
   Army requested $14.8 million for the objective individual combat weapon 
   (OICW). The committee recommends a transfer of $14.8 million to PE      
   63802A to conduct the program definition and risk reduction phase of the
   OICW. This action was taken due to a restructuring of the program.      
            Firefinder                                                             

      The budget request included $32.4 million to support system          
   improvement research and development requirements for the Firefinder    
   radar, PE 64823A. The committee continues to be concerned about the     
   ballistic missile threat facing our soldiers on the battlefield. The    
   Army has been exploring alternative means to provide cueing information 
   on theater ballistic missiles to commanders within the target support   
   mission area. The Army has requested funding for fiscal year 2000 to    
   explore the ability of the Firefinder radar system to support early     
   warning and cueing requirements, and has also identified funding for    
   future year exploration of this concept. The Army has identified an     
   opportunity to accelerate this effort and save funding requirements for 
   future year activities. The committee believes this effort should be    
   accelerated and recommends an increase of $7.9 million, in PE 64823A,   
   for a total authorization of $40.3 million. 168                         
            Directed energy testbed                                                

      The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 65605A to 
   develop a directed energy testbed. The committee expects this testbed to
   be used to conduct experiments, modeling and simulations, and lethality 
   testing to accelerate the development of directed energy technologies as
   recommended in the Army's Directed Energy Master Plan which outlines a  
   comprehensive roadmap for exploiting directed energy technologies for   
   leap- ahead capabilities for future warfighting.                        
            Multiple launch rocket system product improvement program              

      The budget request included $36.5 million to support research and    
   development requirements for multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), PE   
   63778A product improvement activities. The committee continues to       
   support all efforts designed to produce a lighter, more deployable force
   that can quickly respond to future warfighting challenges. The Army     
   continues to develop the high                                           

                    mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) that will be        
          transportable by C 130 aircraft and capable of firing both rockets and  
          missiles associated with the MLRS system. The committee believes this   
          effort is critical to meet future defense challenges, and recommends an 
          increase of $30.6 million in PE 63778A to accelerate this effort and    
          field HIMARS more than two years ahead of schedule.                     
            Combat vehicle improvement programs                                    

      The budget request included $29.5 million to conduct technical system
   upgrades to tracked combat and tactical vehicles, PE 23735A. The        
   committee understands that there is an opportunity to complete the      
   engineering and manufacturing development effort associated with the    
   upgrade of the Bradley A3 vehicle and to complete development of A3     
   version software necessary to conduct test and evaluation of upgraded   
   vehicles. Additionally, the committee notes a requirement to pursue     
   electronic upgrades and to develop an obsolescence avoidance program    
   that will ensure the future operational readiness of Bradley fighting   
   vehicles. The committee, therefore, recommends an increase of $20.5     
   million, for a total of $50.0 million in PE 23735A, to support          
   completion of the A3 version software and related cabling requirements, 
   and to meet obsolescence avoidance objectives.                          
            Aircraft modifications/product improvement program                     

      The budget request included $51.7 million for aircraft modification  
   and research and development activities, PE 23744A. The committee notes 
   that the first UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter flew in 1978 and that these   
   aircraft have an average service life of 17 years. The committee        
   understands that the Army plans to begin service life extension         
   activities in fiscal year 2002 and has established a high priority      
   unfunded requirement to begin the research and development activity     
   necessary to execute the service life extension effort. The committee   
   recommends an increase of $31.4 million in PE 23744A, for a total       
   authorization of $83.1 million, to begin that research and development  
   effort. The committee expects 169the Army to fully fund any additional  
   requirements in future year budget submissions.                         

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            Nontraditional defense operations                                      

      The United States military forces in the 21st Century must be        
   prepared to face a wide range of security challenges, including those   
   that can not now be foreseen, but will likely emerge. As first          
   responders, the Marine Corps is at the forefront of this revolution in  
   military operations.                                                    
      The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 62131M to 
   explore innovative concepts for addressing non-traditional tactics and  
   operational challenges arising in the 21st Century. The committee       
   directs that all applicable competitive procedures be used in the award 
   of contracts or other agreements under this program.                    
      The committee further requires the Secretary of Defense to report to 
   the congressional defense committees on the feasibility and desirability
   of establishing an advanced technology transition program within the    
   Marine Corps to explore new and innovative operational concepts and     
   technologies that specifically focus on nontraditional military         
   operations.                                                             
                       Communications, command, and control, intelligence,         
           surveillance, and reconnaissance                                        
      The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE 62232N to 
   accelerate the introduction of fused hyperspectral, synthestic apperture
   radar and electronic intelligence.                                      
            Carbon heatshield technology                                           

      The Office of Naval Research has initiated the development of        
   potential heatshield replacements for the Trident reentry body, as well 
   as advanced carbon composites for hypersonic vehicles, which will       
   increase stand-off distances in defending Navy ships involved in theater
   wide defense. The committee recommends an additional $2.0 million to    
   accelerate testing of these carbon composite materials.                 
            Laser technologies                                                     

      The committee supports the recommendations made by the Center for    
   Naval Analysis (CNA) on laser technologies. Specifically, CNA           
   recommended that the Navy should explore alternative laser technologies 
   for defensive applications, including solid state and free electron     
   lasers. The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in PE     
   62227N to develop and demonstrate a 20 kilowatt free electron laser.    
            Superconducting wave form generator                                    

      The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE 62270N to 
   accelerate the development of a high temperature                        

                    superconducting sigma delta waveform generator. This          
          technology has the potential to greatly increase the capability for     
          cruise missile detection.                                               
            Power node control centers                                             

      The budget request did not include funding for power node control    
   centers (PNCCs). PNCCs have the potential to integrate all of the       
   shipboard power functions, such as switching, conversion,               
   dis182tribution and system operation and protection. This technology    
   supports present and future surface ship and submarine platforms as a   
   building block for increased use of electrical equipment. The committee 
   recommends an increase of $3.0 million to PE 603508N for PNCCs.         
            Composite helicopter hangar                                            

      The budget request included no funds for a composite helicopter      
   hangar initiative. This initiative is a program to design and fabricate 
   the outer shell of a DDG 51 helicopter hangar structure using composite 
   materials. The program will leverage enabling technologies that can lead
   to reduced radar signatures and cost and weight savings. The committee  
   recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 63508N to continue the     
   design and fabrication of the outer shell of a DDG 51 helicopter hangar 
   structure using composite materials.                                    
            Virtual testbed for advanced electric systems                          

      The budget request included no funds for a virtual testbed for       
   advanced electric systems for the reconfigurable ship. It is the Navy's 
   vision that future ships will move to more electrical devices to reduce 
   total ownership costs, and in some instances, reduce ship radiated      
   noise. Advanced electric systems for the reconfigurable ship will       
   integrate actual hardware so that this hardware can be performance      
   tested with advanced electrical control devices that are simulated to   
   prove system performance. The committee fully supports this simulation  
   and testing prior to committing to electrical system designs. The       
   committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 63508N for a     
   virtual testbed for advanced electric systems.                          
            Advanced technology demonstration                                      

      The budget request included $56.9 million in PE 63640M to support    
   ongoing Marine Corps advanced technology demonstrations. The committee  
   notes ongoing efforts by the Marine Corps warfighting laboratory to     
   identify new technologies that will provide lighter and more lethal     
   weapon systems than are currently fielded, which will provide maximum   
   advantage to the warfighter. The Marines have identified an unfunded    
   requirement to conduct an analysis as to the utility of developing an   
   advanced, lightweight grenade launcher (ALGL) for combat soldiers in    
   small, mobile tactical units. The committee recommends an increase of   
   $1.0 million to support the establishment of a ALGL program in the      
   Marine Corps and a corresponding experimentation phase in fiscal year   
   2000.                                                                   
      The committee also continues to support ongoing efforts to develop an
   unmanned vertical lift helicopter capable of delivering heavy supply    
   payloads to battlefield locations. The committee believes this effort   
   should be continued and notes a request for additional resources        
   necessary to carry this concept forward and support development and     
   experimentation. The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million   
   for this purpose.                                                       
      The committee is aware of Marine Corps' interest in the evaluation   
   and demonstration of a diesel-powered four-wheel-drive vehicle          
   183currently in production, which appears to meet restrictive helicopter
   transportable criteria. Accordingly, the committee recommends an        
   increase of $500,000 to evaluate and demonstrate the performance of the 
   vehicle, consistent with the Marine Corps' criteria and requirements.   
      The committee recommends a total authorization of $63.4 million in PE
   63640M for Marine Corps advanced technology demonstration activities.   
            Ocean modeling for mine and submarine warfare                          

      The budget request included $3.5 million for ocean modeling to       
   provide battle space products to the Office of the Naval Oceanographer  
   for promulgation to the war fighting commander in chiefs (CINCs).       
   Research and development of products critical to monitoring, modeling   
   and disseminating environmental data are key factors in battle space    
   awareness. Specifically, the databases and information regarding        
   environments and predictions in littoral regions require emphasis on the
   mine warfare mission area. Investigation, data analysis, and prediction 
   tools are required for current and eddy flow, bottom contour and        
   content, and thermal layer behavior, cold water phenomena and man-made  
   clutter. Effective mine and submarine warfare are dependent on correct  
   and timely environmental data. The committee recommends an increase of  
   $9.0 million in PE 603782N for ocean modeling.                          
            Advanced technology transition program                                 

      Low observable multi-function stack (LMS) advanced technology        
   demonstration project addresses surface ship radar and infrared         
   signature technology issues. The vectored thrust ducted propellor (VTDP)
   has been selected by the Navy as an organic countermine measure         
   alternative to the CH 60. Funding shortfalls in the Advanced Technology 
   Transition program have limited the scope of these two programs. The    
   committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million for LMS and an increase
   of $4.0 million for VTDP in PE 63792N to complete these two programs.   

            Integrated combat weapons system for mine countermeasures ships        

      The budget request did not include funding for an integrated combat  
   weapons system (ICWS) for mine countermeasures ships. The global        
   positioning system, autonomous mine-hunting neutralization, and mine    
   sweeping capabilities all contribute to a complex mine warfare          
   information battlefield in ICWS. The mine countermeasures ships have the
   responsibility of maintaining mine warfare tactical and operational     
   situations. At present, information from multiple sources is gathered   
   and plotted by slow and manpower-intensive methods. The committee       
   recommends an increase of $18.0 million in PE 6035029 for continuation  
   of ICWS for mine countermeasures ships which will automate key tactical 
   decision functions for mine countermeasures ships.                      
            Advanced water-jet technology                                          

      The budget request included no funds for advanced water-jet          
   technology. Advanced water-jet technology represents the type of        
   184technological improvement in ship propulsion which reduces both      
   acquisition and total ownership costs. In addition, critical war        
   fighting ship signatures could be reduced by applying water-jet         
   technology. The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE  
   63513N for advanced water-jet technology.                               
            Enhanced performance electric motor brush technology                   

      The budget request included no funds for enhanced performance        
   electric motor brush technology. Electric motors use monolithic carbon  
   brushes to transfer electricity from a stationary stator to a rotating  
   rotor. Carbon brushes wear down relatively quickly and must be          
   frequently inspected and replaced. A Navy funded small business         
   innovative research (SBIR) project recently demonstrated fiber metal    
   brushes that show significant wear and survivability improvements       
   compared to carbon brushes. Metal fiber electric motor brushes have the 
   potential to significantly reduce total ownership costs of ships and    
   increase the survivability and operational reliability of electric      
   motors. The committee recommends an increase of $2.3 million in PE      
   63561N for completion of design and testing of enhanced performance     
   electric motor brush technology.                                        
            Standard for the exchange of product model data                        

      The budget request included no funds for the development of a        
   standard for the exchange of product model data for use in              
   computer-aided engineering in shipbuilding. A neutral product model data
   bridge is required that links the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)    
   ship design, analysis, manufacturing, and in-service life cycle support 
   elements. The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE    
   63563N to develop application protocols for computer-aided engineering  
   for shipbuilding.                                                       
            Trident SSGN design                                                    

      The budget request included no funding for the design of the Trident 
   SSBN conversion to an SSGN-configuration. The statement of managers     
   accompanying the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for  
   1999 (H. Rept. 105 736) required the Secretary of Defense to report to  
   the congressional defense committees no later than March 1, 1999 on an  
   analysis of converting some of the Trident SSBNs to an                  
   SSGN-configuration.                                                     
      Although the committee has not received the required report,         
   testimony by Department of the Navy officials before the committee      
   stated, ``conversion of up to four Trident SSBNs to an SSGN             
   configuration represents a one-time, near-term opportunity which would  
   provide a platform with a high capacity precision strike capability and 
   which could function as a stealthy, long endurance, operating base for  
   sustained special operating forces campaigns. SSGN would also           
   significantly reduce the 11 year gap during which we would be below     
   desired Special Operations Command payload carrying capacity for special
   operating forces submarine insertion.''                                 
      The committee recognizes that the opportunity to commence design work
   on the SSGN capability must begin to meet the requirements for planning 
   coincidental with the refueling of the first available platform.        
   Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of 185$13.0 million in  
   PE 63563N to begin design activity for converting Trident SSBNs to an   
   SSGN-configuration                                                      
            Navy common command and decision system                                

      The budget request did not include funding for a common command and  
   decision system. The effort to develop a common command and decision    
   capability is a pre-planned product improvement (P3I) to the AEGIS      
   Weapon System and the Mk 2 Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) that would   
   replace the command and decision capability presently in these systems  
   with a common computer architecture. This effort will reduce future     
   life-cycle costs by reducing the number of computer programs that must  
   be maintained, by enabling the Navy to field new or modified warfighting
   capability much more quickly and at a lower cost, and by improving      
   warfighting capability by eliminating the redundant, conflicting        
   processing now inherent in these systems. The committee recommends an   
   increase of $5.0 million for continuation and completion of small       
   business innovative research (SBIR) project for the common command and  
   decision system.                                                        
            Advanced amphibious assault vehicle                                    

      The budget request included $94.8 million to support continued       
   development of the Marine Corps advanced amphibious assault vehicle     
   (AAAV). This self-deploying, high water-speed amphibious, armored       
   vehicle will meet critical requirements associated with ensuring the    
   Marine Corps is able to meet future                                     

                    defense challenges. The committee understands that this       
          program continues to meet cost and schedule objectives and has received 
          several awards for engineering and manufacturing development excellence.
          The Marine Corps has identified an opportunity to accelerate the initial
          operating capability for these vehicles from fiscal year 2006 to fiscal 
          year 2005. The committee recommends an increase of $26.4 million, a     
          total authorization of $121.2 million, for technical and schedule risk  
          mitigation and program acceleration of the initial operating capability 
          for these vehicles.                                                     
            Research in nonlethal weapons                                          

      The committee commends the work performed at the Marine Corps'       
   warfighting laboratory, but is concerned because the limited scope of   
   the technology development program results in heavy reliance on         
   commercial-off-the-shelf technologies. The committee recommends an      
   increase of $3.0 million in PE 63851M to establish a technology         
   innovation initiative within the Joint Nonlethal Weapons Directorate    
   that would allow the Marine Corps to pursue research and development of 
   new materials and technologies that offer the potential for use in      
   nonlethal weapons.                                                      
            Navy collaborative integrated information technology initiative        

      The committee continues to support the Navy Collaborative Integrated 
   Information Technology Initiative (NAVCIITI) to continue development in 
   reliable secure communications and advanced information technologies.   
   The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 64707N for   
   this purpose. 186                                                       
            Parametric airborne dipping sonar                                      

      The budget request included no funds for the Parametric Airborne     
   Dipping Sonar (PADS). The PADS program is the continuation of a small   
   business innovative research project that is designed to develop,       
   demonstrate, and evaluate the three dimensional, stabilized steerable   
   acoustic beams for mine avoidance and submarine detection in shallow    
   water. It is the only system that has the potential to provide airborne 
   active dipping sonar anti-submarine and anti-mine capabilities for      
   shallow water littoral operations.                                      
      The committee is encouraged with test results which demonstrated     
   anti-mine detection capability superior to present and other planned    
   systems. In addition, Navy analysis and present plans include the       
   possibility of PADS being a shallow water adjunct to the Airborne Low   
   Frequency Sonar (ALFS) system deployed on H 60 helicopters.             
   Demonstrations of its capability with the H 60 aircraft have thus far   
   been successful.                                                        
      The dual mine and submarine warfare potential of PADS makes it a     
   flexible and cost effective war fighting enhancement for two deficient  
   missions: mine location and diesel submarine detection. The Navy is     
   encouraged to continue the present testing and development of PADS with 
   a goal of providing three initial units which could be flown quickly to 
   an area of operations. The committee recommends an increase of $15.0    
   million in PE 64212N for the continued development of PADS.             
            H 1 upgrades                                                           

      The budget request included $157.7 million to fund engineering and   
   manufacturing development activities associated with the Marine Corps   
   four-bladed November/four-bladed Whiskey (4BN/4BW) helicopter upgrade   
   program. The committee notes with concern the reports of cost growth    
   associated with contractor overhead rates, emerging mission software    
   requirements, and an outstanding requirement to complete a full         
   logistics support analysis for these aircraft. The committee continues  
   to be concerned about safety and the aging rotary wing fleet found in   
   the Marine Corps, and believes the established schedule for the         
   operational evaluation and fleet fielding must be maintained. Therefore,
   the committee recommends an increase of $26.6 million necessary to      
   maintain the current development and fielding schedule for this critical
   program.                                                                
            Multi-purpose processor                                                

      The budget request included $40.0 million for submarine sonar        
   improvement. The Multi-Purpose Processor (MPP) is the result of a small 
   business innovative research (SBIR) initiative developed under the      
   sponsorship of the new nuclear attack submarine (NSSN) program. The MPP 
   provides a capability to easily transport new, advanced software to     
   existing hardware installations. It lies at the heart of the Navy's     
   Acoustic Rapid Commercial-off-the-shelf Insertion (ARCI) program. This  
   program is designed to permit the Los Angeles-class attack submarine    
   (SSN 688) to regain acoustic superiority over the diesel and nuclear    
   submarines of other navies. The committee recommends an increase of     
   $11.0 million in PE 64503N for continuation of the SBIR follow-on for   
   advanced devel187opment of MPP transportable software technology,       
   technology insertion, advanced processor software builds, and for       
   providing MPP units and training throughout the fleet and the Navy      
   research and development community.                                     
            Non-propulsion electronics system                                      

      The budget request included $241.5 million for New Attack Submarine  
   (NSSN) non-propulsion development. The purpose of the development is to 
   reduce life-cycle costs by investigating and incorporating open systems 
   architecture, commercial off-the-shelf software and hardware and        
   advanced ship construction techniques. The Non-propulsion Electronics   
   System (NPES) is comprised of 15                                        

                    subsystems required to perform warfare missions. The major    
          systems are sonar, combat control, exterior communications, electronic  
          support measures and interconnecting architectures. To attain the       
          possible life-cycle savings that could accrue, analysis and integration 
          to support the 15 subsystems development is required. The committee     
          recommends an increase of $10.0 million to PE 64558N for integration of 
          the 15 NPES subsystems.                                                 
            Smart propulsor product model                                          

      The budget request included no funding for continuation of the       
   development of a smart propulsor product model (SPPM) for DD 21. The    
   SPPM will provide a complete representation of the ship's requirements, 
   design and capabilities at each stage of the life-cycle. The SPPM       
   program is a proposed joint Navy-industry effort to develop software    
   that will bring together design, manufacturing, cost and capability     
   modeling for ship propulsion devices. This development will enable the  
   Navy to consider innovative propulsion concepts for future ships while  
   considering life-cycle costs and manufacturing techniques. The committee
   recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 64567N for the SPPM.       
            Volume search radar                                                    

      The budget request did not include funding for a new volume search   
   radar (VSR). The budget request did include funding for the             
   Multi-function Radar (MFR). The VSR will be required to complement the  
   MFR on future ships. The VSR has applicability to both DD 21 and CVN 77.
   The committee recommends an increase of $30.0 million to PE 64755N for  
   the development of a volume search radar.                               
            NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system                                   

      The budget request included $1.4 million for continued development   
   and testing of the NULKA active countermeasures decoy. Development of a 
   dual band, spatially distributed infrared signature payload is required 
   for defense against advanced heat-seeking anti-ship missiles (ASMs).    
      The NULKA decoy was developed to improve surface ship survivability  
   against ASMs. The ASM threat is growing rapidly. By the year 2000, an   
   estimated 100 nations will possess more than 40,000 ASMs. These missiles
   pose a potent threat to surface combatants and amphibious ships involved
   in littoral operations. 188                                             
      The committee recommends an increase of $4.4 million in PE 64755N to 
   complete the development and operational testing of the dual band,      
   spatially distributed infrared signature payload upgrade.               
            Advanced Deployable System                                             

      The budget request included $14.9 for Advanced Deployable System     
   (ADS) research and development. The original schedule for completion of 
   development and initial fielding of the system was delayed one-year due 
   to funding constraints within the program. The committee agrees that ADS
   will be a battle space awareness enabler. Consequently, the committee   
   recommends an increase of $22.0 million to complete development of the  
   ADS one year ahead of the schedule proposed in the budget request.      
            Battle Force Tactical Training                                         

      The budget request included $4.3 million for the Surface Tactical    
   Team Trainer (STTT). The STTT is designated to further develop an       
   existing system, the Battle Force Tactical Training (BFTT) system, so it
   will be able to provide joint warfare training. A highly successful     
   small business innovative research (SBIR) project, N96 111, leveraged   
   the capabilities of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) operating systems   
   and processors. The committee recommends an increase of $7.5 million in 
   PE 24571N for the purpose of SBIR phase III follow-on work to continue  
   the BFTT operating system conversion.                                   
            Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism    

      The committee recommends that $3.5 million be transferred from       
   Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy to section 310(25), a  
   newly-established central transfer account for funds to combat          
   terrorism.                                                              

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            Materials research                                                     

      The committee remains concerned about the Air Force's decreasing     
   budget for applied research in aerospace materials. The committee       
   recommends an increase of $7.2 million PE 62102F: $3.0 million for the  
   development of resin systems for Air Force engine applications; $2.2    
   million for titanium matrix composites for airframe structures; and,    
   $2.0 million to complete development of friction welding techniques for 
   aerospace applications.                                                 
            Solid state electric oxygen generation                                 

      Solid state electrolyte oxygen separation techniques can supply pure 
   oxygen at point-of-use. In addition to being easier to deploy and more  
   compact, it is less expensive than traditional oxygen generation. The   
   committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 62202F to        
   demonstrate the defense applications of this technology.                
            Space science and engineering                                          

      The Air Force Science Advisory Board has reported that one of the    
   critical science and technology issues of the day is a decline in the   
   present number and future supply of systems engineers that are trained  
   and educated in space science and systems. The committee recommends an  
   increase of $775,000 in PE 62203F to pursue a curriculum to address this
   critical need. The committee expects that such a program would provide  
   intensive instruction, as well as the ``hands-on'' experimentation in   
   advanced, next generation space science and engineering technologies to 
   meet immediate knowledge and skill needs of the current workforce of the
   Air Force, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other     
   space related agencies.                                                 
            Multi-spectral battlefield simulation                                  

      The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 62203F to 
   provide a multispectral synthetic battlespace simulation capability to  
   address the critical needs of Air Force's advanced air and space sensor 
   technologies.                                                           
            Variable displacement vane pump technology                             

      The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 62203F to 
   complete risk reduction for the variable displacement vane pump (VDVP). 
   The variable geometry features of the VDVP will simplify aircraft       
   thermal design and is expected to provide cost weight benefits to the KC
   135 aircraft.                                                           
            Applied research                                                       

      The Air Force reduced its science and technology budget by $94.6     
   million, which included a decrease of $70.0 million in the applied      
   research (``6.2'') program. This program is used to take the most       
   promising technologies from basic, or exploratory, research and apply   
   them to defense needs. Basic and applied research make up the defense   
   technology base which generates the legacy to tomorrow's warfighter. We 
   must maintain a stable technology base in order to develop options for  
   the truly long-term--beyond threats, situations, and budgets that we can
   predict. The committee rec203ommends a specific increase of $40.4       
   million for applied research. This increase addresses areas of critical 
   need in the science and technology program that were zeroed out in the  
   Air Force's fiscal year 2000 budget request. In order to restore        
   stablity to these particular accounts, the committee expects the funds  
   to be executed as planned in the program objective memorandum (POM) for 
   the fiscal year 1998 budget. The increase would be applied, as follows: 

In millions of dollars                                                  

  PE 62269F Hypersonic technology program                                 

 16.6                                                                    

 PE 62601F Phillips Laboratory:                                          

  Post-boost Control system                                               

 2.9                                                                     

  Missile propulsion technology                                           

 1.7                                                                     

  Tactical missile propulsion                                             

 3.0                                                                     

  Orbit Transfer Propulsion                                               

 3.0                                                                     

  Tropo-weather                                                           

 2.5                                                                     

  Space survivability                                                     

 0.6                                                                     

  HSI spectral sensing                                                    

 0.8                                                                     

 PE 62702F Command Control Communications Tech:                          

  Electromagnetic technology                                              

 9.3                                                                     


      The increase would be offset with reductions in the following        
   accounts: a decrease of $14.0 million from the operating budget of the  
   Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff; a decrease 
   of $5.8 million in PE 65808F for Developmental Planning; a decrease of  
   $1.6 million in PE 65807F for test and evaluation management support; a 
   decrease of $10.3 million in PE 35110F for research and development for 
   the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) and a decrease of $1.2  
   million in Other Procurement, Air Force for AFSCN; a decrease of $2.5   
   million in PE 33110F Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS); and
   a decrease of $5.0 million in PE 27161F for research and development    
   related to the AIM 9X air-to-air missile.                               
            High frequency active auroral research                                 

      The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in PE 62601F to
   continue experimentation in the high frequency active auroral research  
   program.                                                                
            Laser remote optical sensing research                                  


      Airborne remote sensing of chemical agents has potential to address a
   variety of military and intelligence missions including chemical weapons
   defense, information preparation of the battlefield, bomb damage        
   assessment, weapons of mass destruction inspections, and counterdrug    
   operations. The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE  
   62601F for the laser remote optical sensing research to provide         
   capability for real-time standoff detection through the exploitation of 
   light detection and ranging (lidar) technologies.                       
            Aerospace structures                                                   

      The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE 63211F for
   development work in polymeric foam core applications. This low cost,    
   damage tolerant material offers potential to reduce repair actions and  
   maintenance costs on Air Force weapons systems. The committee directs   
   the Air Force to pursue dual-use applications and industry cost sharing 
   to the maximum extent possible. 204                                     
            Night vision technology                                                

      The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million to complete the 
   technology development of panaramic night vision goggles. This          
   technology combines increased field of view with high resolution,       
   integrated symbology, and close-to-face center of gravity with human    
   effects improvements, such as reduced weight, reduced pilot fatigue, and
   ejection seat safety.                                                   
            Miniature Satellite Threat Reporting System                            

      The budget request did not include funds for the Miniature Satellite 
   Threat Reporting System (MSTRS). The committee supports MSTRS to develop
   the capability to protect satellites from uplink jamming, interference, 
   or intrusion. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0   
   million in PE 63401F for the MSTRS program.                             
            Standard protocol interpreter for satellite data links                 

      The Air Force has integrated a variety of commercial-off-the-shelf   
   (COTS) hardware and software products into systems for controlling and  
   communicating with satellites. In addition, the Air Force is evaluating 
   the possibility of utilizing COTS products for use in peripheral        
   equipment. The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE   
   63401F for development and testing of a standard protocol interpreter   
   for communications devices for use in the military satellite            
   communications network or other satellite networks.                     
            Low altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night               

      The budget request included $21.5 million in PE 63601F for the       
   development of conventional weapons technology. None of these funds were
   allocated to upgrade the existing support system for the low altitude   
   navigation and targeting infrared for night (LANTIRN) system. This      
   upgrade ranks third on the Air Force fiscal year 2000 unfunded          
   requirements list. The committee recommends an increase of $10.6 million
   to upgrade the LANTIRN support system.                                  
            Joint strike fighter                                                   

      The budget request included $476.6 million ($241.2 million in Navy   
   research and development and $235.4 million in Air Force research and   
   development) for continued development of the joint strike fighter      
   (JSF). Within that total, $33.0 million is included for the alternate   
   engine program. The committee remains concerned that development of an  
   alternate engine for the JSF will not proceed to a point where it       
   represents a viable alternative and reduces risk for the vertical and   
   short take off and landing (V/STOL) JSF variant. The committee          
   recommends an additional $15.0 million in PE 63800F to reduce risk and  
   accelerate development of the alternate engine, a total Air Force       
   authorization of $250.4 million.                                        
            Rocket Systems Launch Program                                          

      The committee has supported the Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) 
   and believes that this program provides an important means for utilizing
   excess strategic missile rocket motors. The com205mittee recommends an  
   increase of $19.2 million in PE 63851F (project 1023) to demonstrate    
   quick reaction launch capabilities.                                     
            B 2 advanced technology bomber datalink                                

      The budget request included $201.8 million for continued development 
   of the B 2 bomber, with no funds allocated for the initiation of an     
   effort to provide a datalink. The recently completed Air Force Bomber   
   Roadmap identifies the Link-16 datalink, displayed on a center          
   instrument display (CID), as a near-term modernization initiative for   
   the B 2. A datalink is required on the B 2 to provide situational       
   awareness to the flight crew, enhancing the capability to efficiently   
   plan and execute missions. This capability was included on the Air Force
   modernization unfunded priority list. The committee recommends an       
   increase of $37.0 million in PE 64240F to begin the integration of      
   Link-16/CID into the B 2, a total authorization of $238.8 million.      
      The committee understands considerable funding will be required to   
   complete this project. The committee expects the Air Force to provide   
   funding for the project in future budget requests.                      

            Electronic warfare development                                         

      The budget request included $90.3 million for consolidated           
   engineering development efforts related to Air Force electronic warfare 
   requirements. None of these funds were allocated for the precision      
   location and identification project (PLAID), which is transitioning from
   an advanced technology development (ATD) to an engineering and          
   manufacturing development (EMD) program. The committee understands that 
   test flights have continued to be very successful, and that the Air     
   Force is preparing to conduct a competition for EMD. The committee      
   recommends an increase of $7.0 million in PE 64270F to continue risk    
   reduction efforts and to preserve the knowledge gained through the ATD  
   until a contract is awarded.                                            
      In testimony before the committee, the Commander in Chief of the     
   Transportation Command (CINCTRANSCOM) highlighted threats that are faced
   by strategic airlift aircraft. The testimony indicated that one of the  
   highest CINCTRANSCOM priorities is to improve aircraft capability to    
   defend against the proliferating threat of shoulder-fired infrared (IR) 
   guided missiles. The Air Force activities in PE 64270F include large    
   aircraft advanced IR countermeasures (LAIRCM) activity. LAIRCM would    
   demonstrate an advanced directed laser countermeasures suite for large  
   signature aircraft as an engineering and manufacturing development (EMD)
   risk reduction.                                                         
      The budget request also included $8.9 million within PE 116404BB for 
   Special Operations Forces aircraft defensive systems, including $3.0    
   million to continue a joint U.S.-United Kingdom development effort for  
   the directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) program. DIRCM, which  
   is intended to protect larger multi-engine aircraft, is scheduled for a 
   milestone III decision later in fiscal year 1999. The committee believes
   that the Air Force should investigate the potential employment of DIRCM 
   on strategic airlift aircraft as a near-term opportunity to solve the   
   CINCTRANSCOM problem. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of
   $7.0 million in PE 64270F, a total authorization of 206$104.3 million.  
   The committee directs the Air Force to report the results of its        
   investigation to the congressional defense committees, not later than   
   March 1, 2000.                                                          
            Space Based Infrared System                                            

      The committee is concerned by the Air Force decision to delay the    
   first launch of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High and Low    
   systems by two years. The committee notes that by reducing the SBIRS    
   High budget by $395.0 million in fiscal year 2000, the Air Force will   
   cause substantial program cost growth, and delay the fielding of this   
   vital early warning and missile defense system. Especially in light of  
   the recent launch failure of Defense Support Program satellite-19 (DSP  
   19), the decision to delay the SBIRS program has potentially significant
   detrimental consequences for U.S. early warning and missile defense     
   capabilities.                                                           
      The committee notes that the administration has stated its intention 
   to submit an amended budget request to increase the SBIRS High program  
   by $92.0 million in fiscal year 2000. Therefore, the committee          
   recommends an increase of $92.0 million in PE 64441F to fully fund the  
   fiscal year 2000 portion of the revised SBIRS High program.             
   Notwithstanding this decision, the committee believes that the Secretary
   of Defense should assess the possibility of restoring at least a portion
   of the schedule delay in light of the DSP 19 launch failure. Therefore, 
   the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a             
   comprehensive review of the SBIRS High program, and to submit a revised 
   SBIRS High program that fully funds and, to the extent possible,        
   reverses delay in the program. The committee intends to closely monitor 
   the SBIRS High program and directs the Secretary to submit a report on  
   his review by February 15, 2000.                                        
      The committee is concerned that recent changes in Air Force          
   acquisition strategy for SBIRS Low will defer needed risk reduction     
   activities until Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) and    
   result in continued cost and schedule problems. These problems will     
   likely result in either failure to deploy in fiscal year 2006 (despite a
   two-year slip from last year's budget), or a prolonged delay in reaching
   system full operational capability. The committee is concerned that the 
   Air Force cancellation of the SBIRS Low flight demonstrations, after    
   years of justifying their critical role in risk reduction for the EMD   
   program, was driven by the low funding priority assigned to SBIRS Low,  
   and not by an objective re-evaluation of the flight demonstration's     
   utility.                                                                
      The committee strongly believes that SBIRS Low is essential to ensure
   that national and theater missile defense systems have the flexibility  
   and robustness to handle advanced threats and defend the largest        
   possible areas. The reliable mid-course technical intelligence provided 
   by SBIRS Low will also be critical for designing and updating           
   interceptor terminal seekers. Based on these priorities, the committee  
   believes the first constellation or block of SBIRS Low satellites should
   be designed for ballistic missile defense and mid-course technical      
   intelligence missions. All other requirements are secondary and should  
   not add technical risk, cost, and schedule delays to the program. 207   
      Given the above considerations, and the committee's general concern  
   over Air Force management of SBIRS Low, the committee directs the       
   Secretary of Defense to submit a report regarding the requirements for  
   SBIRS Low and how these relate to the technical risk and program        
   schedule. The report shall be submitted to the congressional defense    
   committees by February 15, 2000.                                        
            Wind corrected munitions dispenser                                     

      The budget request included no funds for development of the wind     
   corrected munitions dispenser (WCMD) in fiscal year 2000 because the    
   program should finish development and enter full-rate production in     
   fiscal year 1999. The Department of Defense has informed the committee  
   of a technical difficulty in the program, and has offered an offset for 
   additional development funding in fiscal year 2000. The committee       
   therefore recommends an increase of $3.9 million in PE 64600F to        
   complete WCMD development.                                              
            Life support systems                                                   

      The budget request included $6.1 million for life support systems    
   development. The committee recommends an overall increase $2.9 million, 
   a total authorization of $9.0 million.                                  
      $2.0 million of the budget request was allocated for the initial     
   engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the aircrew    
   laser eye protection (ALEP) program. Laser hazards to aircrew are       
   proliferating on the modern battlefield, and the committee recommends an
   increase of $0.4 million in PE 64706F to accelerate this development    
   effort.                                                                 
      The budget request did not include any funding for evaluating the use
   of inflatable restraint concepts during front line ejection equipment   
   tests. The inflatable restraint system has the potential to reduce      
   aircrew injuries during ejection by preventing limb flail. The committee
   recommends an increase of $2.5 million in PE 64706F for this program.   
                       Composite payload dispenser development for the Evolved     
           Expendable Launch Vehicle                                               
      The committee notes that the Air Force is developing a high stiffness
   composite payload dispenser for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle   
   program, but that insufficient funds exist in the budget request to     
   acquire the necessary tools. Therefore, the committee recommends an     
   increase of $4.5 million in PE 64853F to support this effort.           
            Air Force test and evaluation support                                  

      The budget request for Air Force Test and Evaluation support (PE     
   65807F) includes $392.1 million. The committee recommends a decrease of 
   $30.0 million in PE 65807F. The committee remains concerned about the   
   proportion of research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) funding 
   allocated to infrastructure and management support. This is especially  
   alarming in the Air Force test and evaluation centers where a           
   substantial portion of the operation costs are payed for through        
   Operations and Maintenance accounts. To address these concerns, the     
   committee directs the Comptroller General to review the financial       
   management practices used by the 208Services' test and evaluation       
   centers to identify areas in which improvements could be made and       
   determine the extent to which such efficiencies have been pursued and   
   achieved.                                                               
            Big Crow program office                                                


      The budget request did not specifically include funding for the Big  
   Crow Program Office (BCPO). The Department of Defense operates the BCPO 
   on a reimbursable basis. In the Strom Thurmond National Defense         
   Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, the conferees supported the need
   for a report on funding policy and management of the BCPO, as directed  
   by the Senate (S. Rept. 105 189). On March 1, when this report was due, 
   the committee was notified that the report was not yet complete, but    
   would be submitted by April 30, 1999. The report has still not been     
   submitted, even though the BCPO has been unable to generate enough      
   reimbursable funding to operate both of its flying laboratories.        
      The BCPO provides services to many customers, including the Navy's   
   Aegis program, the Ballistic Missile Defense Office, the Army Patriot   
   air defense program, E 3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS)   
   program, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the North American 
   Air Defense. The committee expects that the Department's investigation  
   into the BCPO organization, management, and funding forecasts, a        
   necessary result of the reporting requirement, will clearly determine   
   the right course of action for this program. The committee understands  
   that, with one aircraft platform scheduled for depot maintenance in     
   fiscal year 2002, the Department may only retain one flying laboratory  
   to provide this service.                                                
      The committee directs that both flying laboratories remain operable  
   for conduct of BCPO operations until 90 days after the Department       
   submits the report that outlines the plan. The committee recommends an  
   increase of $5.0 million to PE 65807F to allow for continued operations.
   The committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report 
   by March 1, 2000, which explores affordable alternatives to providing   
   the services that are available through the BCPO.                       
            B 52 upgrades                                                          

      The budget request included $64.3 million in PE 11113F for           
   operational system development of the B 52 aircraft. The Air Force      
   fiscal year 2000 unfunded requirements list includes three initiatives  
   to modernize the B 52. The committee recommends an overall increase of  
   $41.4 million, a total authorization of $105.7 million.                 
      The first initiative involves the ALR 20 threat warning receiver,    
   which was manufactured over 30 years ago. Many of the spare parts       
   vendors are no longer in business. The committee recommends an increase 
   of $13.0 million to start the development effort to replace the B 52    
   primary threat warning receiver.                                        
      The second initiative involves the integration of the six Milstar    
   communications vans (MCVs) into the mobile ground support system for the
   defense support program missile warning mission. This will ensure       
   continued endurable and survivable missile warning and launch detection.
   The committee recommends an increase of $2.4 million for MCV            
   integration. 209                                                        
      The third initiative involves the development of the global air      
   traffic management (GATM) system for the B 52. GATM is required to      
   maintain current oceanic access. The committee recommends an increase of
   $26.0 million for GATM.                                                 
            F 16 GOLDSTRIKE                                                        

      The budget request included $112.5 million for F 16 aircraft         
   modernization efforts, but included no funds for development of the     
   GOLDSTRIKE modification from a concept demonstrator to a combat-ready   
   system. This modification adds a video imagery module to the improved   
   data modem, allowing an aircraft to transmit and receive still target   
   imagery from other aircraft and tactical aircraft control parties. The  
   GOLDSTRIKE modification is ranked high on the Air Force unfunded        
   requirements list. The committee recommends an increase of $14.4 million
   in PE 27133F, a total authorization of $126.9 million.                  
            EC 130H Compass call                                                   

      The budget request included $4.9 million in PE 27253F for the        
   continued development of the tactical radio acquisition and             
   countermeasures subsystem (TRACS) for the EC 130H Compass Call aircraft.
   The Compass Call is a wide-area airborne offensive counter information  
   system. TRACS replaces the aging compressive receiver suite with a      
   digital, reprogrammable receiver. The program has been structured in two
   phases. The committee understands the second phase could now be         
   accelerated to complete a clip-in TRACS F capability in fiscal year     
   2002. The committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million, a total     
   authorization of $12.9 million.                                         
            Airborne warning and control system                                    

      The budget request included $33.4 million for E 3 aircraft airborne  
   warning and control system (AWACS) system modernization improvements.   
   None of these funds were allocated for development of the global air    
   traffic management (GATM), full integration of AWACS broadcast          
   intelligence (BI), or AWACS data link infrastructure (DLI)              
   modifications. These upgrades were all included on the Air Force        
   unfunded requirements list. The committee recommends an increase of     
   $22.4 million in PE 27417F for these developments, a total authorization
   of $55.8 million.                                                       
      GATM modifications are required to maintain current airspace access  
   on oceanic and continental routes in Europe. Rapid mobility and force   
   projection is imperative as international airspace agencies impose      
   tighter airspace restraints. The committee recommends an increase of    
   $5.3 million for E 3 GATM.                                              
      AWACS BI will re-host the software from a stand alone computer onto  
   the AWACS mission computer, which will show intelligence contact reports
   on all needed consoles to display ground threats and provide cueing of  
   air threats. AWACS DLI will reduce data latency from more than 40       
   seconds to less than one second, and greatly reduce annual maintenance  
   cost. The committee recommends an increase of $17.1 million for         
   development of AWACS BI and DLI. 210                                    
            Joint surveillance/target attack radar system                          

      The budget request included $316.2 million for the procurement of one
   E 8C Joint Surveillance/Targeting Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft 
   and associated support. The request also included $130.5 million in PE  
   27581F to continue various modernization efforts, with $37.2 million for
   continuation of the radar technology insertion program (RTIP). The      
   budget request does not include any funds for closing the JSTARS        
   production line.                                                        
      The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) recommended the inventory       
   objective for Air Force JSTARS aircraft be reduced from 19 to 13, with  
   the assumption that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would 
   buy four to six aircraft for the NATO airborne ground surveillance      
   program. NATO has not selected JSTARS for its requirement. The aircraft 
   in the budget request will be the 14th Air Force JSTARS produced. The   
   Air Force unfunded requirements list includes $41.7 million for         
   production line shutdown and last lot costs in fiscal year 2000. It is  
   estimated that $46.0 million would be required for long lead procurement
   should the Air Force decide that procurement of a 15th JSTARS aircraft  
   is necessary. Last year, Department of Defense (DOD) witnesses testified
   that a review would be conducted to decide how DOD would meet the       
   warfighting requirement that would have been met with 19 JSTARS         
   aircraft. The Department has indicated that this review has not yet been
   concluded.                                                              
      The committee, therefore, recommends an increase of $46.0 million, a 
   total procurement authorization of $362.2 million, to be used, at the   
   discretion of the Secretary of Defense, either for: (1) production line 
   shutdown and last lot costs; or (2) long lead funding for aircraft      
   number 15, if the Department reevaluates its need, and requests funding 
   for a 15th JSTARS aircraft in the fiscal year 2001 budget request.      
      The budget request for RTIP supports a development program that would
   complete testing in fiscal year 2008. The committee has strongly        
   supported the RTIP program and is interested in accelerating delivery of
   this capability. The Air Force believes that adding $48.0 million to the
   fiscal year 2000 budget request could save roughly $20.0 million, and   
   accelerate the program by six months. The committee understands that,   
   with additional funding in fiscal years 2001 to 2003, the Air Force     
   could accelerate the program by two years and save more than $140.0     
   million.                                                                
      The Air Force unfunded requirements list also included a request for 
   development of the global air traffic management (GATM) system in the E 
   8C, allowing it to maintain current access                              

          to oceanic routes and routes over continental Europe.                   

      The committee, therefore, recommends an addition of $48.0 million to 
   accelerate the development of RTIP and an increase of $7.2 million for  
   GATM in PE 27578F, a total development authorization of $185.7 million. 
      Numerous studies and real world operations have demonstrated that    
   ground moving target indicator (GMTI) technology can enhance            
   surveillance and reconnaissance capability. In addition to the JSTARS   
   program, the Air Force is also evaluating alternative ways to provide   
   GMTI data. These alternative approaches include the Discoverer II       
   program, a joint DARPA/Air Force/National Re211connaissance Office      
   program to demonstrate GMTI from space, and the potential application of
   GMTI capability to unmanned aerial vehicles. The committee believes that
   fielding the GMTI capability more widely will depend heavily on reducing
   both the recurring and the nonrecurring costs for different GMTI        
   applications. The technology for designing and building electronically  
   scanned antennas (ESAs) may have progressed to the point that it may be 
   reasonable to rely on a modular radar that could be scaled up or down,  
   depending on the particular platform. Therefore, the committee directs  
   the Secretary of Defense to investigate the potential for developing    
   such a modular, scalable ESA-based radar for various GMTI applications. 
   This examination should include a review of the potential life cycle    
   costs and benefits of applying such a modular radar to various          
   platforms, versus proceeding along different development and procurement
   paths for each system. The committee directs the Secretary to provide   
   this report to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2000.   
            Theater Airborne Warning System                                        

      The budget request included no funds for the Theater Airborne Warning
   System (TAWS). The committee has supported this program and continues to
   believe that it may offer a near-term means of augmenting Defense       
   Support Program infrared missile warning data. The committee notes the  
   conclusion of the Air Force's recent report on the TAWS demonstration   
   phase, which indicated that ``the test phase has been completed         
   successfully with the timeline/accuracy predictions validated.''        
   Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $17.3 million in PE  
   28060F to complete non-recurring engineering and to proceed with        
   implementation of the TAWS objective system.                            
            E 4B national airborne operations center                               

      The budget request included $12.7 million for modernization          
   development efforts for essential infrastructure and mission equipment  
   for the E 4B national airborne operations center (NAOC). The budget     
   request also included $20.0 million for E 4 B aircraft modifications.   
   The Air Force has included continued development and equipment          
   procurement and installation of the global air traffic management (GATM)
   system for the NAOC on its unfunded requirements list. This modification
   will be required to maintain current access to oceanic and continental  
   routes in Europe.                                                       
      The committee recommends an increase of $8.3 million in PE 32015F for
   E 4B GATM development, a total authorization of $21.0 million.          
      The committee recommends an increase of $6.9 million in Aircraft     
   Procurement, Air Force, for E 4B GATM procurement, a total authorization
   of $26.9 million.                                                       
            Endurance unmanned aerial vehicles                                     

      The budget request included $48.0 million for continuation of the    
   advanced concept technology demonstration (ACTD) of the Global Hawk and 
   Dark Star endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The Department      
   canceled the Dark Star UAV program in fiscal year 1999. The committee   
   believes that remaining fiscal year 1999 212funds are adequate for      
   program termination costs. The committee, therefore, recommends a       
   decrease of $6.0 million in PE 35205F programmed for the Dark Star      
   evaluation in fiscal year 2000. In fiscal year 1999, Global Hawk flying 
   quality flights were flown, and military utility flights were to        
   commence in April. In March, 1999, a Global Hawk vehicle, with its      
   sensors, went out of control and was destroyed. This crash has delayed  
   the Global Hawk military utility study at least two months, which should
   generate additional funds for carryover into fiscal year 2000. The      
   committee, therefore, recommends a decrease of $7.2 million in PE35205F,
   a total authorization of $34.8 million.                                 
            Airborne reconnaissance systems                                        

      The committee supports continued development of the joint signals    
   intelligence (SIGINT) avionics family--low band subsystem (JSAF LBSS).  
   This system will provide all future SIGINT payloads with a standard     
   architecture, thereby increasing SIGINT capability and reducing cost.   
   The committee understands that if the JSAF LBSS is to integrate next    
   generation commercial off-the-shelf technologies, additional funding is 
   required. The committee recommends an increase of $17.4 million in PE   
   35206F for JSAF LBSS.                                                   
            RC 135 global air traffic management                                   

      The budget request included no funds for development of the global   
   air traffic management (GATM) system modification for the RC 135        
   aircraft. This modification will allow continued access to oceanic and  
   continental routes in Europe, and is on the Air Force's unfunded        
   requirements list. The committee recommends an increase of $5.4 million 
   for development of the GATM modification in the RC 135.                 
            Eagle Vision                                                           

      The budget request included $12.8 million in PE 35209F for           
   distributed common ground systems, with $6.1 million for a deployable   
   commercial imagery collection and processing system, known as Eagle     
   Vision. Funded at a low level throughout the Future Year Defense Program
   (FYDP), additional funding would help to accelerate meeting the Air     
   Force requirement for commercial imagery direct-downlink. The committee 
   recommends an increase of $21.0 million for Eagle Vision, a total       
   authorization of $33.8 million.                                         
            Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism    

      The committee recommends that $7.7 million be transferred from       
   Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force to section        
   310(25), a newly-established central transfer account for funds to      
   combat terrorism.                                                       
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            Recruitment and retention                                              


      The committee notes with concern that all military services are      
   experiencing difficulties in the current recruiting environment. In view
   of expected continuing pressure on recruitment and to ensure the optimum
   use of military personnel, the committee recommends that of the funds   
   authorized to be appropriated in PE 61103D, $4.0 million be used to     
   expand the Navy initiative to address the ascension, selection, and     
   management of military personnel for all three services.                

            University research initiative                                         


      The committee commends the Department of Defense for including $10.0 
   million in the budget request to continue efforts under the Defense     
   Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) in     
   fiscal year 2000 to broaden the infrastructure for universities that    
   support national defense research. The committee recommends that in     
   addition to the $10.0 million provided in the budget request, an        
   additional $15.0 million of the funds authorized to be appropriated in  
   PE 61103D should be used for this merit-based program.                  

                       Ballistic missile defense organization funding and          
           programmatic guidance                                                   

      The budget request included approximately $3.3 billion for the       
   Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) for research, development,
   test, and evaluation (RDT&E), and procurement. The committee's          
   recommended funding allocations for BMDO are summarized in the following
   table. Additional programmatic and funding guidance is also provided    
   below.                                                                  

                             BMDO Funding Allocation                           
                             [Millions of dollars]                             

Program                     Request    Change     Recommendation  

Support Technology            239.0     +59.0              298.0  
THAAD                         611.6     -15.0              596.6  
Navy Area\1\                  323.4                        323.4  
Navy Theater Wide             329.8    +120.0              449.8  
MEADS                          48.6                         48.6  
NMD                           836.5                        836.5  
Joint TMD                     195.7      +5.0              200.7  
PAC 3\1\                      330.0    +212.0              542.0  
FOS E&I                       141.8                        141.8  
BMD Tech Ops                  190.6      +3.0              193.6  
Int'l Coop Programs            36.6     +15.0               51.6  
Threat/Countermeasures         16.5                         16.5  

\1\Procurement and RDT&E.                                                     


            Support technology                                                     


      The committee continues to support BMDO's wide bandgap electronics   
   material development program. Higher speed and higher temperature       
   operation afforded by wide bandgap electronic materials could enhance   
   the miniaturization and functionality of advanced sensors and processing
   systems for space-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) sensors and     
   ground-based radar systems. 224The committee recommends an increase of  
   $14.0 million in PE 62173C to support this important activity.          
      The committee has supported research and development activities in   
   the area of high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) technology and    
   recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 62173C to continue this    
   important effort.                                                       
      The committee continues to support the Atmospheric Interceptor       
   Technology (AIT) program to develop advanced interceptors with potential
   applications for a range of theater missile defense (TMD) programs. The 
   committee recommends an increase of $30.0 million in PE 63173C to       
   continue the AIT program and directs that, of this amount, $2.0 million 
   be utilized to develop advanced integrated missile structures and       
   airframes.                                                              
      The committee has supported BMDO's efforts to evaluate innovative and
   low cost launch concepts, especially those utilizing pressure-fed rocket
   engine technology. The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million 
   in PE 63173C to support the Scorpius concept and an increase of $5.0    
   million in PE 63173C to support the Excalibur concept.                  
            National missile defense                                               

      The committee is pleased that the administration has finally decided 
   to fully fund development and procurement of a limited National Missile 
   Defense (NMD) system. The committee commends the Secretary of Defense   
   for his leadership in securing the necessary funding increase and in    
   recognizing the fact that the threat is expected to justify deployment  
   of an NMD system. The committee believes that BMDO and the Navy should  
   also begin to evaluate options for supplementing the initial ground     
   based NMD architecture with sea-based assets, including an upgraded     
   version of the Navy's Theater Wide theater missile defense system. The  
   committee directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a follow-on study 
   to supplement the analysis that was included in the 1998 report entitled
   Utility of Sea-Based Assets to National Missile Defense. This report    
   shall address the engineering steps that would be needed to develop a   
   sea-based NMD system to supplement the ground-based NMD system. The     
   study should evaluate requirements, performance benefits, design        
   trade-offs, operational impacts, and refined cost estimates. The        
   committee directs the Secretary to provide a report to the congressional
   defense committees by March 15, 2000, on this follow-on effort.         
            Theater high altitude area defense (THAAD) system                      

      The budget request included $527.9 million for THAAD demonstration   
   and validation (Dem/Val) and $83.7 million for THAAD engineering and    
   manufacturing development (EMD). The committee continues to support the 
   development, production, and fielding of THAAD as a matter of highest   
   priority. As addressed elsewhere in this report, the committee does not 
   support BMDO's revised upper tier acquisition strategy. The committee   
   believes that decisions regarding the THAAD schedule and budget should  
   be determined based on the performance of the THAAD test program and not
   an artificial competition with the Navy Theater Wide system. The        
   committee remains concerned by what appears to be a 225continuing       
   pattern of quality control problems in the THAAD test program. The      
   committee believes that if these problems are not resolved quickly, the 
   entire THAAD program may be jeopardized. The committee notes that DOD   
   will be reimbursed $15.0 million by the THAAD contractor, pursuant to an
   agreement between DOD and the contractor, as a result of the last THAAD 
   flight failure. Therefore, the committee recommends a reduction of $15.0
   million in PE 63861C.                                                   
            Navy theater wide                                                      


      The committee continues to support the Navy Theater Wide (NTW)       
   program. The committee urges the Secretary of Defense to accelerate this
   important development program to the extent permitted by the pace of    
   technology development. The committee is concerned that necessary radar 
   improvements have not kept up with developments in the NTW interceptor  
   missile system. Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $50.0
   million for continuation of the Navy's competitive development of an    
   advanced radar for theater missile defense. The committee notes that,   
   despite being informed that the NTW program was fully funded in the     
   Fiscal Year 2000 budget request, neither the Navy nor BMDO requested    
   funding for the development of the radar necessary for the NTW system.  
   The committee expects future budget requests to include funding required
   for all aspects of the NTW program, including radar development. The    
   committee also recommends an increase of $70.0 million for NTW          
   acceleration, for an overall increase of $120.0 million in PE 63868C.   
            BMD technical operations                                               

      The committee supports the efforts being performed at the Army Space 
   and Strategic Defense Command's Advanced Research Center (ARC). The ARC 
   continues to be a valuable tool in support of the Army's development of 
   both theater and national missile defense systems. Therefore, the       
   committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE 63874C for       
   support of the ARC.                                                     
            International cooperative programs                                     

      The budget request included $36.6 million for BMDO's International   
   Cooperative Programs, which includes funding for the Arrow ballistic    
   missile defense system. The committee recommends an increase of $15.0   
   million in PE 63875C to support the Arrow Deployability Program.        
            BMD targets                                                            

      The committee is concerned that current TMD surrogate targets do not 
   sufficiently represent ballistic missile threats based on liquid fuel   
   engines. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to   
   begin development of a new liquid fueled target, or family of targets.  
   To support this effort, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0    
   million in PE 63872C.                                                   
            Patriot PAC 3                                                          

      The committee remains concerned by the cost growth and schedule      
   delays in the Patriot PAC 3 program, but understands that the           
   226technical difficulties that caused these problems have been resolved.
   The committee notes that the most recent flight test of the PAC 3 system
   was successful and that the program is scheduled to fly again shortly.  
   If the next flight test is successful, the PAC 3 system will be         
   authorized to proceed into low-rate initial production, assuming        
   sufficient funds are available. The committee has approved a            
   reprogramming of $60.0 million in fiscal year 1999 funds from           
   procurement to help offset funding problems in the EMD program. The     
   committee notes that even with this reprogramming, the EMD program      
   remains under-funded in the fiscal year 2000 budget request by $152.0   
   million. In addition, the fiscal year 1999 reprogramming has left a     
   $60.0 million shortfall in fiscal year 2000 budget request for          
   procurement, which would preclude commencement of low-rate initial      
   production during fiscal year 2000. Therefore, the committee recommends 
   an increase of $152.0 million in PE 64865C for PAC 3 EMD, and an        
   increase of $60.0 million in Procurement, Defensewide, for PAC 3        
   procurement.                                                            
            Boost-phase intercept                                                  

      The committee is aware that BMDO and the government of Israel have   
   examined options for boost-phase intercept (BPI) of ballistic missiles, 
   and the possibility of a joint U.S.-Israeli program using unmanned      
   aerial vehicles (UAVs) to defeat ballistic missiles in the boost-phase  
   or missile launchers following the launch of a missile. The committee   
   understands that to date there is no agreement between the two          
   governments on the potential merits of the options considered, nor has  
   agreement been reached on a joint program.                              
      Believing that the ability to defeat ballistic missiles before and   
   during their launch phase could significantly enhance the security of   
   the United States and its allies, the committee directs the Secretary of
   Defense to study the technical and operational feasibility of such a    
   joint program, and determine if the missile defense benefits would      
   justify initiating a joint U.S.-Israel BPI-attack operations program    
   employing UAVs. The study shall include an assessment of whether a      
   BPI-attack operations program can be developed that supports U.S. and   
   Israeli requirements, whether the United States would support a program 
   that is oriented primarily or exclusively toward satisfying Israeli     
   requirements, and whether DOD supports an attack operations UAV system  
   that does not include BPI capabilities. The committee directs the       
   Secretary to submit a report on these matters to the congressional      
   defense committees not later than February 15, 2000.                    
            Medical free electron laser                                            

      The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in PE 62227D to 
   ensure reasonable stability for the program in fiscal year 2000. The    
   committee notes that this program continues to make breakthroughs in a  
   number of areas of importance to military medicine, including soft      
   tissue surgery, thermal and chemical burn treatment, sepsis control, and
   wound healing. 227                                                      
            Computer security system development                                   

      The committee recommends an increase of $1.0 million in PE 62301E to 
   complete demonstrations underway at the Defense Advanced Research       
   Projects Agency (DARPA) on computer system concepts that utilize random 
   network paths and computer redundancy techniques to reduce the          
   vulnerability of military information technology systems.               
            Weapons of mass destruction related technologies                       

      The budget request included $203.5 million for weapons of mass       
   destruction related technologies (PE 62715BR) of the Defense Threat     
   Reduction Agency (DTRA). There continues to be a growing threat posed by
   critical military facilities within hardened, deeply buried tunnel      
   complexes. DTRA is pursuing technologies to detect, attack, and         
   neutralize hard and deeply buried underground facilities through the    
   Hard Target Defeat Program. The committee notes the continuing success  
   of the Deep Digger development program and supports an increase of $5.0 
   million to PE 62715BR for continued development and testing of Deep     
   Digger.                                                                 
            Complex systems design                                                 

      The Department of Defense currently employs a number of              
   computer-based synthesis and analysis tools that advance all phases of  
   the life cycle of complex defense systems. From concept design, through 
   development and production, and throughout life cycle ownership of a    
   complex system, these tools have dramatically improved the efficiency   
   and reduced the costs of each discrete phase. However, since each tool  
   employs its own unique data representation and data storage mechanism,  
   there exists, with few exceptions, no substantial interoperability      
   between tools at the semantic level for interchange of similar data     
   structures. This inability to collaborate results in a development      
   process that remains largely manual, with no means for even             
   semi-automated configuration management of the total project design.    
      The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 63704D to 
   pursue the devlopment of complex systems design program that would allow
   for an integrated digital environment for complex systems design. The   
   committee directs that all applicable competitive procedures be used in 
   the award of contracts or other agreements under this program.          
            Product data engineering tools                                         

      The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 63712S to 
   support the development of the on-demand electronic logistics support   
   toolset. This technology has the potential to substantially reduce the  
   cost and lead time for the acquisition of non-standard circuit cards    
   essential for operational readiness                                     

          and sustainability.                                                     

            Joint warfighting program                                              

      The budget request included $7.9 million to support joint warfighting
   program requirements. The committee strongly supports ongoing efforts   
   within the Department of Defense to focus more attention on joint       
   experimentation activities and commends 228the progress made in this    
   area. The committee believes that joint experimentation will continue to
   be a critical tool required to develop joint service warfighting        
   requirements, doctrinal improvements, and further promote the values and
   benefits of joint operations that are expected to be the focus of future
   warfighting and contingency operations. The committee understands there 
   are further opportunities for joint experimentation that could not be   
   supported within the resource limitations of the fiscal year 2000       
   budget. The committee believes the concepts associated with information 
   operations and homeland defense merit immediate attention through the   
   joint experimentation process. Therefore, the committee recommends an   
   increase of $10.0 million for the purposes of expanding projected joint 
   experimentation activities for fiscal year 2000.                        
            High performance visualization program                                 

      Advances in telecommunications, high performance computing, and      
   computer networking have created opportunities to overcome many of the  
   challenges of remote visualization, collaborative exploitation of high  
   performance computing modernization capabilities, and distance learning 
   expansion. The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE   
   63755D for the high performance visualization program to exploit these  
   advances. This program addresses the challenges of visually displaying  
   large amounts of data to warfighters and scientists who are physically  
   located away from the source of the data.                               
            Joint robotics program                                                 

      The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in PE 64709D to 
   complete engineering and manufacturing development efforts for the      
   Vehicle Teleoperation Capability. This technology has shown potential   
   for avoiding life cycle costs for a family of systems that are of       
   growing importance to the mission of the warfighters.                   
            Integrated data environment technology                                 

      The committee recommends an increase of $2.0 million in PE 63726D for
   the continuous acquisition life-cycle support initiative's integrated   
   data environment program. This technology addresses the critical issues 
   of life cycle costs and logistic support for the warfighter.            
            Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force detector technologies  

      The Marine Corps has a requirement for chemical and biological       
   detectors and analyzers with greater sensitivity than devices currently 
   fielded. The Chemical and Biological Individual Sampler (CBIS) program  
   is a research initiative to develop a sampler/analyzer to be worn by    
   individuals. The CBIS would be capable of monitoring low level          
   chemical/biological agent exposure. The Small Unit Biological Detector  
   (SUBD) program develops technologies for a man-portable biological      
   detector system. The committee supports the CBIS and SUBD research and  
   development initiatives and recommends an increase in PE 63384BP of $9.2
   million, to be distrib229uted as follows: $4.0 million for the CBIS     
   program to evaluate Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) technologies for    
   passive detection capabilities and to develop technologies to support a 
   real-time integrated sampler; and $5.2 million for the SUBD program to  
   complete phase I and II testing and provide an engineering prototype.   
   The committee expects that the full amount specified will be provided   
   for the CBIS and SUBD programs.                                         
            Joint mapping tool kit                                                 

      The committee has supported the development of the Joint Mapping Tool
   Kit (JMTK) by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). The       
   committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million in PE 35102BQ for      
   continued development of the JMTK and the NIMA viewer.                  
            Strategic technology assessment program                                

      The committee supports the Strategic Technology Assessment Program.  
   This program has produced significant results in tracking the effects of
   foreign technology development. The committee recommends an increase of 
   $5.0 million in PE 35190D8 for continuation of this program and urges   
   the Department of Defense to sustain this program in the future.        
            Special operations tactical system development                         

      The budget request included $106.7 million for special operations    
   tactical system development activities. The committee supports the      
   Special Operations Command CV 22 procurement program and recognizes the 
   increased capability these aircraft will provide. The committee is      
   concerned that the current plans call for the fielding of CV 22 aircraft
   for initial operating capability without aircraft survivability and     
   countermeasures equipment that are programmed to be retrofitted after   
   fielding. The committeee understands that there is an opportunity to    
   insert the wiring and structural changes into the production line in    
   time for production buildup, to provide for a more capable aircraft. The
   committee, therefore, recommends an increase of $9.0 million in PE      
   1160404BB, a total authorization of $115.7 million. This will result in 
   an ultimate savings of $15.0 million that would have been required for  
   expensive retrofit requirements.                                        
            Special operations operational enhancements                            

      The committee recommends an increase of $11.6 million for a          
   classified program.                                                     
            Transfer of funds to a central transfer account to combat terrorism    

      The committee recommends that $201.3 million be transferred from     
   Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide to section     
   310(25), a newly-established central transfer account for funds to      
   combat terrorism. 230                                                   
                                   OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST                        

            Advanced SEAL delivery system                                          

      The advanced SEAL delivery system (ASDS) is a mini-submarine designed
   to carry a Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) squad or other military services'   
   Special Operations Forces (SOF). The ASDS will eliminate exposure to    
   cold water inherent with in-service wet submersible swimmer delivery    
   vehicles. The ASDS will operate in a variety of environments, including 
   those that pose a mine warfare threat. The degaussing system on the ASDS
   is fully designed, but only partially installed. The program office has 
   indicated its plan to field ASDS without a fully operational degaussing 
   system and without conducting a shock test on the ASDS. The committee   
   evaluates the degaussing system as vital survivability equipment. Since 
   ASDS is a unique design with a number of hull penetrations and external 
   equipment not normally found on a manned submersible dry underwater     
   vehicle, the committee evaluates a shock test as a minimum requirement  
   for the program. Therefore, the committee directs the Special Operations
   Command to restrict ASDS operations to training operations only until   
   shock testing can be completed and the degaussing system is fully       
   operational.                                                            
            Aerostructures                                                         

      In recent years, the Department of Defense has pursued significant   
   cost reduction efforts in the development and production of polymer     
   matrix composites (PMC) structures for aerospace applications. The      
   improved performance of these PMC structures in military aircraft       
   applications has driven the manufacturing technology and process        
   programs to continue to look                                            

                    for affordability improvements. The committee has recently    
          become aware of collaborative efforts between the automotive industry   
          and the aluminum industry, which has resulted in significant improved   
          performance while reducing cost. With aircraft structure representing   
          approximately 25 percent of the cost of an aircraft, the committee      
          believes the Department should investigate these recent achievements    
          between the automotive and aluminum industries for potential long-term  
          applications for use in aerostructure manufacturing.                    
            Biological hazard research                                             

      The committee is concerned that there is insufficient knowledge of   
   the full impact and hazards to humans, animals, and plants from the     
   potential use of biological warfare agents. Besides the obvious lethal  
   effects on living organisms, biological warfare agents could have other 
   very serious long-term consequences that would require a dedicated      
   mitigation response or prophylaxis. The committee encourages the        
   Department of Defense to pursue research and development of the         
   technologies and methods for better measuring and understanding the full
   range of impacts of biological warfare hazards to people and other      
   living organisms, and thus improve our ability to develop suitable      
   preparations or responses to such hazards. In this effort, the          
   Department should seek to harness existing expertise in bio-logical     
   hazard research. 231                                                    
            Commercially based tactical truck program                              

      Commercially Based Tactical Truck Program (COMBATT) is a dual-use    
   applications program that is being executed by the National Automotive  
   Center in close partnership with the automotive industry. The goals of  
   the program are to demonstrate a commmercially based troop/cargo carrier
   variant of the High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), and 
   to demonstrate HMMWV remanufacture/modernization possibilities. The Army
   is expected to complete its initial evaluation of the prototypes        
   produced by this program in fiscal year 2000.                           
      While it would be premature to add additional funding before the     
   evaluation of the prototypes is complete, the committee is concerned    
   that the absence of funding in fiscal year 2000 could lead to a         
   discontinuity in the COMBATT program if the evaluation proves           
   successful. If the evaluation shows the technology to be promising, the 
   committee urges the Army to reprogram sufficient funds in fiscal year   
   2000 to continue the program for the balance of the fiscal year, and to 
   include any additional funding that may be appropriate in the fiscal    
   year 2001 budget submission.                                            
            Computer emergency response teams                                      

      The committee has followed the National Guard Computer Emergency     
   Response Team (CERT) pilot program, which currently includes five such  
   teams. The committee believes that there may be an advantage to         
   expanding this program to include additional teams. Therefore, the      
   committee directs the Secretary of Defense to evaluate whether it would 
   be cost effective to expand the National Guard CERT pilot program,      
   possibly to a nationwide effort covering 54 states and territories. The 
   committee directs the Secretary to submit a report to the congressional 
   defense committees on his findings and recommendations by February 15,  
   2000.                                                                   
            Department of Defense support of commercial space sector               

      In the past, dependance upon space assets was largely a requirement  
   of the national security community. Now, commercial dependance on space 
   assets is rapidly out-pacing that of the military. As a result, the     
   Department of Defense's (DOD) support of the commercial space program   
   has grown and will continue to do so in the future. This                
   support--subsidizing space launches today and protecting space assets in
   the future--will place an increasing burden on the DOD and military     
   services. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to review the  
   costs and responsibilities of the DOD that provide, or will in the      
   future provide, benefits to the commercial sector. The committee directs
   the Secretary to provide a report to the congressional defense          
   committees by March 15, 2000. The Secretary shall include in the report 
   any recommendations he may have on how to apportion such costs between  
   DOD and the private sector, an assessment of current and future threats 
   to U.S. satellites, and any recommendations for legislation or changes  
   to existing statutory authority the Secretary determines to be          
   necessary. 232                                                          
            Focus: HOPE                                                            

      Focus: HOPE's Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT) integrates      
   hands-on manufacturing training and academic learning within a          
   production setting and educates advanced manufacturing                  
   entineer-technologists at world-class levels. TEC Machining, Inc., which
   comprises the advanced manufacturing activities for the CAT, provides   
   rapid parts production and just-in-time deliveries of high precision    
   machined components and assemblies for the Department of Defense.       
   Earlier this year, TEC Machining, Inc. was commended by the Defense     
   Logistics Agency for contributing to the effectiveness of the Kosovo    
   mission by providing rapid manufacturing and delivery of brake shoes    
   that were needed to avoid delay in the shipment of trucks to the Kosovo 
   theater of operations. The committee urges the Department of Defense to 
   continue to work proactively with Focus: HOPE, the Center for Advanced  
   Technologies, and TEC Machining, Inc. to meet the Department's critical 
   needs.                                                                  
            Inter-cooled recuperated gas turbine engine                            


      The budget request included $17.7 million to complete the development
   portion of the ``Essential Program'' for the intercooled recuperated    
   (ICR) gas turbine engine program. At that time the program will be      
   transitioned to the United Kingdom and France for management of the     
   qualification portion of the program, with the United States remaining  
   engaged to ensure that qualification testing complies with U.S. Navy    
   requirements.                                                           
      The committee continues to support the ICR gas turbine engine as a   
   viable candidate for future ship propulsion.                            
            Integrated power systems                                               

      The budget request included $25.7 million for integrated power       
   systems (IPS) development. This program is designed to explore          
   technologies required to develop power systems that could provide       
   innovative means of generating, controlling, distributing, and using    
   electricity in future ships. Propulsion motor development is a central  
   focus of these explorations by the Navy and, independently, by          
   commercial entities.                                                    
      A recent Navy report entitled A Report to Congress on Navy Common    
   Integrated Electric Drive Systems, addressed electric drive alternatives
   for future submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft carriers. That  
   study reached several conclusions, to include: (1) the radial-gap       
   permanent magnet motor has the power density, acoustic performance, and 
   maturity of technology to be a viable propulsion motor common to the    
   broadest range of ships; and (2) superconducting homopolar motors are   
   not considered a viable solution for electric drive at this time. The   
   committee believes that broad application is an important aspect of     
   reducing life cycle costs to make the fleet of the future more          
   affordable.                                                             
      The committee understands that the Navy is considering an expansion  
   of the integrated power system program to include permanent magnet motor
   technology. The committee encourages the Navy to take this step,        
   however, the committee also expects the Navy to continue the technology 
   base investment in superconducting alternatives as well, despite the    
   fact that these tech233nologies will not be mature enough for immediate 
   applications such as DD 21.                                             
            National technology alliance                                           

      The National Technology Alliance (NTA) is a partnership of the       
   National Media Laboratory, the National Information Display Laboratory  
   and the National Center for Applied Technologies. The NTA has proven its
   ability to rapidly apply commercial technology to military applications 
   enhancing situational awareness and ensuring insertion of               
   state-of-the-art commercial hardware and software. The committee        
   encourages program managers to examine the following key technology     
   efforts by NTA for application to their programs:                       
       (1) design of command center sites to improve information flow with 
   full implementation of commercially-based technology solutions resulting
   in state-of-the-art technology insertion capability for the life of the 
   center;                                                                 
       (2) using visualization to help situational awareness: integration  
   of visualization capabilities into Naval intelligence, surveillance and 
   reconnaissance systems that can be deployed to a commander in chief     
   (CINC) command center, and three-dimensional (3 D) visualization        
   capabilities for command and control applications;                      
       (3) establishment of a digital video test bed program to assist     
   government agencies in selecting information technology formats for     
   battle space surveillance, target detection, and bomb damage assessment;
       (4) evaluation of efficacy of commercial communications systems for 
   military applications and demonstration of utility of self-configuring, 
   diagnosing, and fixing networks; and                                    
       (5) managing information transfer: application of multimedia ``data 
   models'' to facilitate rapid situational awareness and protection of    
   user information.                                                       
      The technologies and expertise of NTA are particularly suited to     
   information technology intensive activities and may enhance on-going    
   visualization and data base management efforts. New ship construction   
   programs and programs such as the Area Air Defense Commander Program are
   examples of programs that should consider NTA expertise and             
   off-the-shelf software and hardware.                                    
            Personnel safety and survivability                                     

      The Navy is developing systems that will use state-of-the art        
   technology to reduce manpower, improve quality of life, and enhance     
   situational awareness. One of these efforts has been described as a     
   sailor safety and survivability issue. However, the Navy is in the      
   process of determining requirements and conducting preliminary analysis 
   of systems that have potential to contribute to the situational         
   awareness aboard future ships. The committee supports enhancing         
   situational awareness and encourages the Navy to continue efforts       
   including consideration of man overboard indicator technologies. 234    
            Precision strike and air defense technology                            

      The budget request included $52.6 million for precision strike and   
   air defense technology, PE 63238N. The budget did not include any funds 
   for project R2266, mobile offshore basing (MOB). The committee          
   understands that an assessment of the technical feasibility of this     
   project through early engineering and design studies is nearly complete,
   but that an operational concept has not been refined. Information       
   provided to the committee indicates that $1.0 million of the $5.0       
   million appropriated in fiscal year 1999 is for the Department of       
   Defense to conduct a joint assessment of MOB, and that this assessment  
   has not yet been conducted. The committee cannot determine whether the  
   Department supports this project, and questions whether the program has 
   been placed in the appropriate organization for execution.              
            Research in advanced optics                                            

      The committee recognizes the work being performed at the Air Force's 
   Center for Advances Optics. Current research in the field of adaptive   
   optics is providing new capabilities and improvements in resolution and 
   image sharpness permitting precise location and identification of       
   threats and increasing the effectiveness of high energy weapons. The    
   committee expects the Air Force to continue to support this important   
   research.                                                               
      The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to initiate an        
   analysis of the operational utility of MOB, and report back to the      
   congressional defense committees by March 1, 2000. The analysis should  
   include the results of the technical feasibility studies, assessment of 
   the operational utility versus the life cycle cost of such a system, and
   a recommendation on whether or not to proceed with pre-development or   
   development activities. If the recommendation is to proceed, the        
   Department should designate an executive service with an estimate of    
   fiscally phased resources for project execution.                        
            Robotics and intelligent machines                                      

      The committee notes that the Department of Defense has an important  
   need for technologies involving robotics and intelligent machines across
   a wide variety of national defense applications, but no coherent long   
   range plan for developing this key enabling area. Fundamental and more  
   broad-range advances in robotics and intelligent machines are vital to  
   accomplish such defense missions as agile manufacturing techniques for  
   defense hardware, flexible systems for maintaining military equipment   
   with complex shapes, the development of small, ``smart'' robots for     
   battlefield applications, and advanced material handling systems for    
   improved defense logistics support.                                     
      The committee has noted in previous National Defense Authorization   
   Acts that the Department of Energy (DOE) has analogous needs for        
   robotics and intelligent machines for its defense missions. Under the   
   committee's direction, the DOE has produced both a technology roadmap   
   for robotics and intelligent machines and a draft program plan for      
   integrating its previously fragmented programs into a program capable of
   fundamental and more long-range advances. 235                           
      The committee directs the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency  
   (DARPA) to review the technology roadmap produced by the DOE and to     
   prepare an analogous roadmap for robotics and intelligent machines      
   technologies needed for DOD missions. The                               

                    committee encourages DARPA to work cooperatively with DOE and 
          other federal agencies in fostering better coordination and             
          communication among federal robotics and intelligent machines research  
          and development programs.                                               
            Smart ship manpower reduction initiative                               

      The budget request included no funding for research and development  
   of technologies which could lead to manpower reductions resulting from  
   altering food service operations on ships. Food service operations on   
   ships is manpower intensive in preparing and serving food, cleaning of  
   food service areas, and maintaining food service equipment. Civilian    
   cruise ships have developed technologies and methods of for food service
   operations at sea that may be applicable to Navy ships. The Navy is     
   encouraged to investigate methods of reducing manpower required for food
   service operations at sea, while maintaining quality and freshness of   
   meals.                                                                  
            Space launch reliability assessment                                    

      The committee is extremely concerned by the recent series of space   
   launch failures, including the loss of three Air Force Titan IV boosters
   and their associated payloads, and several commercial launch vehicles   
   and their associated payloads. The committee notes that there does not  
   appear to be a discernable pattern of technical failures that would     
   offer a clear explanation. Nonetheless, the committee is concerned that 
   the U.S. launch capability may be suffering from a system-wide erosion  
   of skill, quality control, and appropriate management. In many ways,    
   such an explanation would be more alarming than any specific technical  
   problem. Based on these concerns, the committee directs the Secretary of
   Defense to conduct a detailed review of U.S. space launch capabilities, 
   including management, quality control, and government oversight, and    
   possible ways that the system can be improved. The committee directs the
   Secretary to submit a report on the findings of his review to the       
   congressional defense committees by February 15, 2000. The committee    
   also directs the Secretary to evaluate all possible means of reducing   
   the likelihood of additional launch failures in the near-term, pending  
   the outcome of his review.                                              
            Starstreak missile                                                     

      The committee supports consideration of the Starstreak missile system
   as potential candidate for future Army rotary wing air-to-air missile   
   capability. The committee understands, however, that the Army has not   
   yet elected to pursue the procurement of a missile for rotary wing      
   aircraft self-protection due to a perceived near-term l