HR 4205 EAS
In the Senate of the United States,
July 13, 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4205) entitled `An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.', do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001'.
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) DIVISIONS- This Act is organized into three divisions as follows:
(1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations.
(2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations.
(3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 106. Chemical demilitarization program.
Sec. 107. Defense health programs.
Subtitle B--Army Programs
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for certain programs.
Sec. 112. Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation.
Sec. 113. Rapid intravenous infusion pumps.
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
Sec. 121. CVNX-1 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.
Sec. 123. Virginia class submarine program.
Sec. 124. ADC(X) ship program.
Sec. 125. Refueling and complex overhaul program of the CVN-69 nuclear aircraft carrier.
Sec. 126. Remanufactured AV-8B aircraft.
Sec. 127. Anti-personnel obstacle breaching system.
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
Sec. 131. Repeal of requirement for annual report on B-2 bomber aircraft program.
Sec. 132. Conversion of AGM-65 Maverick missiles.
Subtitle E--Other Matters
Sec. 141. Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent and munitions destruction technologies.
Sec. 142. Integrated bridge systems for naval systems special warfare rigid inflatable boats and high-speed assault craft.
Sec. 143. Repeal of prohibition on use of Department of Defense funds for procurement of nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign source.
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.
Sec. 203. Additional authorization for research, development, test, and evaluation on weathering and corrosion of aircraft surfaces and parts.
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
Sec. 211. Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment.
Sec. 212. Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling.
Sec. 213. DD-21 class destroyer program.
Sec. 214. F-22 aircraft program.
Sec. 215. Joint strike fighter program.
Sec. 216. Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.
Sec. 217. Unmanned advanced capability aircraft and ground combat vehicles.
Sec. 218. Army space control technology development.
Sec. 219. Russian American Observation Satellites program.
Sec. 220. Joint biological defense program.
Sec. 221. Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development programs.
Sec. 222. Technologies for detection and transport of pollutants attributable to live-fire activities.
Sec. 223. Acoustic mine detection.
Sec. 224. Operational technologies for mounted maneuver forces.
Sec. 225. Air logistics technology.
Sec. 226. Precision Location and Identification Program (PLAID).
Sec. 227. Navy Information Technology Center and Human Resource Enterprise Strategy.
Sec. 228. Joint Technology Information Center Initiative.
Sec. 229. Ammunition risk analysis capabilities.
Sec. 230. Funding for comparisons of medium armored combat vehicles.
Subtitle C--Other Matters
Sec. 241. Mobile offshore base.
Sec. 242. Air Force science and technology planning.
Sec. 243. Enhancement of authorities regarding education partnerships for purposes of encouraging scientific study.
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
Sec. 311. Impact aid for children with disabilities.
Sec. 312. Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams.
Sec. 313. Weatherproofing of facilities at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Sec. 314. Demonstration project for Internet access and services in rural communities.
Sec. 315. Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) sites.
Sec. 316. Mounted Urban Combat Training site, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Sec. 317. MK-45 overhaul.
Sec. 318. Industrial mobilization capacity at Government-owned, Government-operated Army ammunition facilities and arsenals.
Sec. 319. Close-in weapon system overhauls.
Sec. 320. Spectrum data base upgrades.
Subtitle C--Humanitarian and Civic Assistance
Sec. 321. Increased authority to provide health care services as humanitarian and civic assistance.
Sec. 322. 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.
Subtitle D--Department of Defense Industrial Facilities
Sec. 331. Codification and improvement of armament retooling and manufacturing support programs.
Sec. 332. Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence.
Sec. 333. Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and ammunition plants.
Sec. 334. Revision of authority to waive limitation on performance of depot-level maintenance.
Sec. 335. Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of United States arsenals.
Subtitle E--Environmental Provisions
Sec. 341. Environmental restoration accounts.
Sec. 342. Payment of fines and penalties for environmental compliance violations.
Sec. 343. Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program.
Sec. 344. Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental compliance violations at certain Department of Defense facilities.
Sec. 345. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia.
Sec. 346. Environmental restoration activities.
Sec. 347. Ship disposal project.
Sec. 348. Report on Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management program.
Sec. 349. Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System.
Subtitle F--Other Matters
Sec. 361. Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness of certain military aircraft and equipment.
Sec. 362. Realistic budgeting for readiness requirements of the Army.
Sec. 363. Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all in-transit end items and secondary items.
Sec. 364. Performance of emergency response functions at chemical weapons storage installations.
Sec. 365. Congressional notification of use of radio frequency spectrum by a system entering engineering and manufacturing development.
Sec. 366. Monitoring of value of performance of Department of Defense functions by workforces selected from between public and private workforces.
Sec. 367. Suspension of reorganization of Naval Audit Service.
Sec. 368. Investment of commissary trust revolving fund.
Sec. 369. Economic procurement of distilled spirits.
Sec. 370. Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army.
Sec. 371. Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica reactivity.
Sec. 372. Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft.
Sec. 373. Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided at Johnston Atoll.
Sec. 374. Review of costs of maintaining historical properties.
Sec. 375. Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire suppression.
Sec. 376. Overseas airlift service on civil reserve air fleet aircraft.
Sec. 377. Defense travel system.
Sec. 378. Review of AH-64 aircraft program.
Sec. 379. Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of school facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees.
Sec. 380. Postponement of implementation of Defense Joint Accounting System (DJAS) pending analysis of the system.
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A--Active Forces
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2001 limitation on non-dual status technicians.
Sec. 415. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves.
Subtitle C--Other Matters Relating to Personnel Strengths
Sec. 421. Suspension of strength limitations during war or national emergency.
Sec. 422. Exclusion of certain reserve component members on active duty for more than 180 days from active component end strengths.
Sec. 423. Exclusion of Army and Air Force medical and dental officers from limitation on strengths of reserve commissioned officers in grades below brigadier general.
Sec. 424. Authority for temporary increases in number of reserve personnel serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty in certain grades.
Sec. 425. Temporary exemption of Director of the National Security Agency from limitations on number of Air Force officers above major general.
Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 431. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy
Sec. 501. Eligibility of Army Reserve colonels and brigadier generals for position vacancy promotions.
Sec. 502. Promotion zones for Coast Guard Reserve officers.
Sec. 503. Time for release of officer promotion selection board reports.
Sec. 504. Clarification of authority for posthumous commissions and warrants.
Sec. 505. Inapplicability of active-duty list promotion, separation, and involuntary retirement authorities to reserve general and flag officers serving in certain positions designated for reserve officers by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Sec. 506. Review of actions of selection boards.
Sec. 507. Extension to all Air Force biomedical sciences officers of authority to retain until specified age.
Sec. 508. Termination of application requirement for consideration of officers for continuation on the Reserve Active-Status List.
Sec. 509. Technical corrections relating to retired grade of reserve commissioned officers.
Sec. 510. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and directors of National Guard components.
Sec. 511. Contingent exemption from limitation on number of Air Force officers serving on active duty in grades above major general.
Subtitle B--Joint Officer Management
Sec. 521. Joint specialty designations and additional identifiers.
Sec. 522. Promotion objectives.
Sec. 524. Length of joint duty assignment.
Sec. 525. Annual report to Congress.
Sec. 526. Multiple assignments considered as single joint duty assignment.
Sec. 527. Joint duty requirement for promotion to one-star grades.
Subtitle C--Education and Training
Sec. 541. Eligibility of children of Reserves for Presidential appointment to service academies.
Sec. 542. Selection of foreign students to receive instruction at service academies.
Sec. 543. Repeal of contingent funding increase for Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps.
Sec. 544. Revision of authority for Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class tuition assistance program.
Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Recruiting
Sec. 551. Army recruiting pilot programs.
Sec. 552. Enhancement of the joint and service recruitment market research and advertising programs.
Sec. 553. Access to secondary schools for military recruiting purposes.
Subtitle E--Military Voting Rights Act of 2000
Sec. 562. Guarantee of residency.
Sec. 563. State responsibility to guarantee military voting rights.
Subtitle F--Other Matters
Sec. 571. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to certain specified persons.
Sec. 572. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons.
Sec. 573. Ineligibility for involuntary separation pay upon declination of selection for continuation on active duty.
Sec. 574. Recognition by States of military testamentary instruments.
Sec. 575. Sense of Congress on the court-martial conviction of Captain Charles Butler McVay, Commander of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and on the courageous service of its crew.
Sec. 576. Senior officers in command in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
Sec. 577. Verbatim records in special courts-martial.
Sec. 578. Management and per diem requirements for members subject to lengthy or numerous deployments.
Sec. 579. Extension of TRICARE managed care support contracts.
Sec. 580. Preparation, participation, and conduct of athletic competitions and small arms competitions by the National Guard and members of the National Guard.
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances
Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 602. Corrections for basic pay tables.
Sec. 603. Pay in lieu of allowance for funeral honors duty.
Sec. 604. Clarification of service excluded in computation of creditable service as a Marine Corps officer.
Sec. 605. Calculation of basic allowance for housing.
Sec. 606. Eligibility of members in grade E-4 to receive basic allowance for housing while on sea duty.
Sec. 607. Personal money allowance for the senior enlisted members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 608. Increased uniform allowances for officers.
Sec. 609. Cabinet-level authority to prescribe requirements and allowance for clothing of enlisted members.
Sec. 610. Special subsistence allowance for members eligible to receive food stamp assistance.
Sec. 610A. Restructuring of basic pay tables for certain enlisted members.
Sec. 610B. Basic allowance for housing.
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces.
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists.
Sec. 613. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays.
Sec. 614. Consistency of authorities for special pay for reserve medical and dental officers.
Sec. 615. Special pay for physician assistants of the Coast Guard.
Sec. 616. Authorization of special pay and accession bonus for pharmacy officers.
Sec. 617. Correction of references to Air Force veterinarians.
Sec. 618. Entitlement of active duty officers of the Public Health Service Corps to special pays and bonuses of health professional officers of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 619. Career sea pay.
Sec. 620. Increased maximum rate of special duty assignment pay.
Sec. 621. Expansion of applicability of authority for critical skills enlistment bonus to include all Armed Forces.
Sec. 622. Entitlement of members of the National Guard and other reserves not on active duty to receive special duty assignment pay.
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances
Sec. 631. Advance payments for temporary lodging of members and dependents.
Sec. 632. Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in less than average weights.
Sec. 633. Expansion of funded student travel.
Sec. 634. Benefits for members not transporting personal motor vehicles overseas.
Subtitle D--Retirement Benefits
Sec. 641. Exception to high-36 month retired pay computation for members retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade.
Sec. 642. Automatic participation in reserve component Survivor Benefit Plan unless declined with spouse's consent.
Sec. 643. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan.
Sec. 644. Retirement from active reserve service after regular retirement.
Sec. 645. Same treatment for Federal judges as for other Federal officials regarding payment of military retired pay.
Sec. 646. Policy on increasing minimum survivor benefit plan basic annuities for surviving spouses age 62 or older.
Sec. 647. Survivor benefit plan annuities for survivors of all members who die on active duty.
Sec. 648. Family coverage under servicemembers' group life insurance.
Sec. 649. Fees paid by residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 650. Computation of survivor benefits.
Sec. 651. Equitable application of early retirement eligibility requirements to military reserve technicians.
Sec. 652. Concurrent payment to surviving spouses of disability and indemnity compensation and annuities under Survivor Benefit Plan.
Subtitle E--Other Matters
Sec. 661. Reimbursement of recruiting and ROTC personnel for parking expenses.
Sec. 662. Extension of deadline for filing claims associated with capture and internment of certain persons by North Vietnam.
Sec. 663. Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued leave and for retired pay.
Sec. 664. Eligibility of certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.
Sec. 665. Authority to pay gratuity to certain veterans of Bataan and Corregidor.
Sec. 666. Concurrent payment of retired pay and compensation for retired members with service-connected disabilities.
Sec. 667. Travel by reserves on military aircraft to and from locations outside the continental United States for inactive-duty training.
Sec. 668. Additional benefits and protections for personnel incurring injury, illness, or disease in the performance of funeral honors duty.
Sec. 669. Determinations of income eligibility for special supplemental food program.
Sec. 670. Modification of time for use by certain members of the Selected Reserve of entitlement to educational assistance.
Sec. 671. Recognition of members of the Alaska Territorial Guard as veterans.
Sec. 672. Clarification of Department of Veterans Affairs duty to assist.
Sec. 673. Back pay for members of the Navy and Marine Corps approved for promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World War II.
Subtitle F--Education Benefits
Sec. 682. Transfer of entitlement to educational assistance by certain members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 683. Participation of additional members of the Armed Forces in Montgomery GI Bill program.
Sec. 684. Modification of authority to pay tuition for off-duty training and education.
Sec. 685. Modification of time for use by certain members of Selected Reserve of entitlement to certain educational assistance.
Subtitle G--Additional Benefits For Reserves and Their Dependents
Sec. 691. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 692. Travel by Reserves on military aircraft.
Sec. 693. Billeting services for Reserve members traveling for inactive duty training.
Sec. 694. Increase in maximum number of reserve retirement points that may be credited in any year.
Sec. 695. Authority for provision of legal services to reserve component members following release from active duty.
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE
Subtitle A--Senior Health Care
Sec. 701. Conditions for eligibility for CHAMPUS upon the attainment of 65 years of age.
Subtitle B--TRICARE Program
Sec. 711. Additional beneficiaries under TRICARE Prime Remote program in CONUS.
Sec. 712. Elimination of copayments for immediate family.
Sec. 713. Improvement in business practices in the administration of the TRICARE program.
Sec. 714. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program.
Sec. 715. Enhancement of access to TRICARE in rural States.
Subtitle C--Joint Initiatives With Department of Veterans Affairs
Sec. 721. Tracking patient safety in military and veterans health care systems.
Sec. 722. Pharmaceutical identification technology.
Sec. 723. Medical informatics.
Subtitle D--Other Matters
Sec. 731. Permanent authority for certain pharmaceutical benefits.
Sec. 732. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for CHAMPUS beneficiaries.
Sec. 733. Medical and dental care for Medal of Honor recipients and their dependents.
Sec. 734. School-required physical examinations for certain minor dependents.
Sec. 735. Two-year extension of dental and medical benefits for surviving dependents of certain deceased members.
Sec. 736. Extension of authority for contracts for medical services at locations outside medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 737. Transition of chiropractic health care demonstration program to permanent status.
Sec. 738. Use of information technology for enhancement of delivery of administrative services under the Defense Health Program.
Sec. 739. Patient care reporting and management system.
Sec. 740. Health care management demonstration program.
Sec. 741. Studies of accrual financing for health care for military retirees.
Sec. 742. Augmentation of Army Medical Department by reserve officers of the Public Health Service.
Sec. 743. Service areas of transferees of former uniformed services treatment facilities that are included in the uniformed services health care delivery system.
Sec. 744. Blue ribbon advisory panel on Department of Defense policies regarding the privacy of individual medical records.
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS
Sec. 801. Improvements in procurements of services.
Sec. 802. Addition of threshold value requirement for applicability of a reporting requirement relating to multiyear contract.
Sec. 803. Planning for the acquisition of information systems.
Sec. 804. Tracking of information technology purchases.
Sec. 805. Repeal of requirement for contractor assurances regarding the completeness, accuracy, and contractual sufficiency of technical data provided by the contractor.
Sec. 806. Extension of authority for Department of Defense acquisition pilot programs.
Sec. 807. Clarification and extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects.
Sec. 808. Clarification of authority of Comptroller General to review records of participants in certain prototype projects.
Sec. 809. Eligibility of small business concerns owned and controlled by women for assistance under the Mentor-Protege Program.
Sec. 810. Navy-Marine Corps intranet acquisition.
Sec. 811. Qualifications required for employment and assignment in contracting positions.
Sec. 812. Defense acquisition and support workforce.
Sec. 813. Financial analysis of use of dual rates for quantifying overhead costs at Army industrial facilities.
Sec. 814. Revision of the organization and authority of the Cost Accounting Standards Board.
Sec. 815. Revision of authority for solutions-based contracting pilot program.
Sec. 816. Appropriate use of personnel experience and educational requirements in the procurement of information technology services.
Sec. 817. Study of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 process.
Sec. 818. Procurement notice through electronic access to contracting opportunities.
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 901. Repeal of limitation on major Department of Defense headquarters activities personnel.
Sec. 902. Overall supervision of Department of Defense activities for combating terrorism.
Sec. 903. National Defense Panel 2001.
Sec. 904. Quadrennial National Defense Panel.
Sec. 905. Inspector General investigations of prohibited personnel actions.
Sec. 906. Network centric warfare.
Sec. 907. Additional duties for the Commission To Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization.
Sec. 908. Special authority for administration of Navy Fisher Houses.
Sec. 909. Organization and management of the Civil Air Patrol.
Sec. 910. Responsibility for the National Guard Challenge Program.
Sec. 911. Supervisory control of Armed Forces Retirement Home Board by Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 912. Consolidation of certain Navy gift funds.
Sec. 913. Temporary authority to dispose of a gift previously accepted for the Naval Academy.
Sec. 914. Management of Navy research funds by Chief of Naval Research.
Sec. 915. United States Air Force Institute of Technology.
Sec. 916. Expansion of authority to exempt geodetic products of the Department of Defense from public disclosure.
Sec. 917. Coordination and facilitation of development of directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons.
TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Financial Matters
Sec. 1001. Transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 1003. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 1004. Annual OMB/CBO joint report on scoring of budget outlays.
Sec. 1005. Prompt payment of contract vouchers.
Sec. 1006. Repeal of certain requirements relating to timing of contract payments.
Sec. 1007. Plan for prompt posting of contractual obligations.
Sec. 1008. Plan for electronic submission of documentation supporting claims for contract payments.
Sec. 1009. Administrative offsets for overpayment of transportation costs.
Sec. 1010. Repeal of certain provisions shifting certain outlays from one fiscal year to another.
Sec. 1010A. Treatment of partial payments under service contracts.
Subtitle B--Counter-Drug Activities
Sec. 1011. Extension and increase of authority to provide additional support for counter-drug activities.
Sec. 1012. Recommendations on expansion of support for counter-drug activities.
Sec. 1013. Review of riverine counter-drug program.
Subtitle C--Strategic Forces
Sec. 1015. Revised nuclear posture review.
Sec. 1016. Plan for the long-term sustainment and modernization of United States strategic nuclear forces.
Sec. 1017. Correction of scope of waiver authority for limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems; authority to waive limitation.
Sec. 1018. Report on the defeat of hardened and deeply buried targets.
Sec. 1019. Sense of Senate on the maintenance of the strategic nuclear TRIAD.
Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements
Sec. 1021. Annual report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on combatant command requirements.
Sec. 1022. Semiannual report on Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
Sec. 1023. Preparedness of military installation first responders for incidents involving weapons of mass destruction.
Sec. 1024. Date of submittal of reports on shortfalls in equipment procurement and military construction for the reserve components in future-years defense programs.
Sec. 1025. Management review of Defense Logistics Agency.
Sec. 1026. Management review of Defense Information Systems Agency.
Sec. 1027. Report on spare parts and repair parts program of the Air Force for the C-5 aircraft.
Sec. 1028. Report on the status of domestic preparedness against the threat of biological terrorism.
Sec. 1029. Report on global missile launch early warning center.
Sec. 1030. Management review of working-capital fund activities.
Sec. 1031. Report on submarine rescue support vessels.
Sec. 1032. Reports on Federal Government progress in developing information assurance strategies.
Subtitle E--Information Security
Sec. 1041. Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information Protection.
Sec. 1042. Information security scholarship program.
Sec. 1043. Process for prioritizing background investigations for security clearances for Department of Defense personnel.
Sec. 1044. Authority to withhold certain sensitive information from public disclosure.
Sec. 1045. Protection of operational files of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Subtitle F--Other Matters
Sec. 1051. Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 1052. Technical corrections.
Sec. 1053. Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross employees for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico.
Sec. 1054. Grants to American Red Cross for Armed Forces emergency services.
Sec. 1055. Transit pass program for certain Department of Defense personnel.
Sec. 1056. Fees for providing historical information to the public.
Sec. 1057. Access to criminal history record information for national security purposes.
Sec. 1058. Sense of Congress on the naming of the CVN-77 aircraft carrier.
Sec. 1059. Donation of Civil War cannon.
Sec. 1060. Maximum size of parcel post packages transported overseas for Armed Forces post offices.
Sec. 1061. Aerospace industry Blue Ribbon Commission.
Sec. 1062. Report to Congress regarding extent and severity of child poverty.
Sec. 1063. Improving property management.
Sec. 1064. Sense of the Senate regarding tax treatment of members receiving special pay.
Sec. 1065. Department of Defense process for decisionmaking in cases of false claims.
Sec. 1066. Sense of the Senate concerning long-term economic development aid for communities rebuilding from Hurricane Floyd.
Sec. 1067. Authority to provide headstones or markers for marked graves or otherwise commemorate certain individuals.
Sec. 1068. Comprehensive study and support for criminal investigations and prosecutions by State and local law enforcement officials.
Sec. 1069. Student loan repayment programs.
Sec. 1070. Sense of the Senate on the modernization of Air National Guard F-16A units.
Sec. 1071. Two-year extension of authority to engage in commercial activities as security for intelligence collection activities.
Sec. 1072. Firefighter investment and response enhancement.
Sec. 1073. Breast cancer stamp extension.
Sec. 1074. Personnel security policies.
Sec. 1075. Additional matters for annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries and entities of concern.
Sec. 1076. National security implications of United States-China trade relationship.
Sec. 1077. Secrecy policies and worker health.
TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL POLICY
Sec. 1101. Computer/electronic accommodations program.
Sec. 1102. Additional special pay for foreign language proficiency beneficial for United States national security interests.
Sec. 1103. Increased number of positions authorized for the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service.
Sec. 1104. Extension of authority for tuition reimbursement and training for civilian employees in the defense acquisition workforce.
Sec. 1105. Work safety demonstration program.
Sec. 1106. Employment and compensation of employees for temporary organizations established by law or Executive order.
Sec. 1107. Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in force.
Sec. 1108. Electronic maintenance of performance appraisal systems.
Sec. 1109. Approval authority for cash awards in excess of $10,000.
Sec. 1110. Leave for crews of certain vessels.
Sec. 1111. Life insurance for emergency essential Department of Defense employees.
Sec. 1112. Civilian personnel services public-private competition pilot program.
Sec. 1113. Extension, expansion, and revision of authority for experimental personnel program for scientific and technical personnel.
Sec. 1114. Clarification of personnel management authority under a personnel demonstration project.
Sec. 1115. Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in force.
Sec. 1116. Extension, revision, and expansion of authorities for use of voluntary separation incentive pay and voluntary early retirement.
Sec. 1117. Department of Defense employee voluntary early retirement authority.
Sec. 1118. Restrictions on payments for academic training.
Sec. 1119. Strategic plan.
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS
Sec. 1201. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries.
Sec. 1202. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities.
Sec. 1203. Repeal of restriction preventing cooperative airlift support through acquisition and cross-servicing agreements.
Sec. 1204. Western Hemisphere Institute for Professional Education and Training.
Sec. 1205. Biannual report on Kosovo peacekeeping.
Sec. 1206. Mutual assistance for monitoring test explosions of nuclear devices.
Sec. 1207. Annual report on activities and assistance under Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
Sec. 1208. Limitation on use of funds for construction of a Russian facility for the destruction of chemical weapons.
Sec. 1209. Limitation on use of funds for Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Program.
Sec. 1210. Sense of Congress regarding the use of children as soldiers.
Sec. 1211. Support of consultations on Arab and Israeli arms control and regional security issues.
Sec. 1212. Authority to consent to retransfer of alternative former naval vessel by Government of Greece.
Sec. 1213. United States-Russian Federation joint data exchange center on early warning systems and notification of missile launches.
Sec. 1214. Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers.
TITLE XIII--NAVY ACTIVITIES ON THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO
Sec. 1301. Assistance for economic growth on Vieques.
Sec. 1302. Requirement for referendum on continuation of Navy training.
Sec. 1303. Actions if training is approved.
Sec. 1304. Requirements if training is not approved or mandate for referendum is vitiated.
Sec. 1305. Exempt property.
Sec. 1306. Moratorium on improvements at Fort Buchanan.
Sec. 1307. Property transferred to Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 1308. Live Impact Area.
TITLE XIV--GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SECURITY REFORM
Sec. 1402. Coordination of Federal information policy.
Sec. 1403. Responsibilities of certain agencies.
Sec. 1404. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 1405. Effective date.
TITLE XV--LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000
Sec. 1503. Definition of hate crime.
Sec. 1504. Support for criminal investigations and prosecutions by State and local law enforcement officials.
Sec. 1505. Grant program.
Sec. 1506. Authorization for additional personnel to assist State and local law enforcement.
Sec. 1507. Prohibition of certain hate crime acts.
Sec. 1508. Duties of Federal Sentencing Commission.
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XXI--ARMY
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2102. Family housing.
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000 projects.
Sec. 2106. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1999 projects.
Sec. 2107. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project.
Sec. 2108. Authority to accept funds for realignment of certain military construction project, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
TITLE XXII--NAVY
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2202. Family housing.
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.
Sec. 2205. Correction in authorized use of funds, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia.
TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2302. Family housing.
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.
TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2402. Energy conservation projects.
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.
Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1990 project.
TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.
TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES
Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2602. Authorization for contribution to construction of airport tower, Cheyenne Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law.
Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1998 projects.
Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects.
Sec. 2704. Effective date.
TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes
Sec. 2801. Joint use military construction projects.
Sec. 2802. Exclusion of certain costs from determination of applicability of limitation on use of funds for improvement of family housing.
Sec. 2803. Replacement of limitations on space by pay grade of military family housing with requirement for local comparability of military family housing.
Sec. 2804. Modification of lease authority for high-cost military family housing.
Sec. 2805. Applicability of competition policy to alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing.
Sec. 2806. Provision of utilities and services under alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing.
Sec. 2807. Extension of alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing.
Sec. 2808. Inclusion of readiness center in definition of armory for purposes of construction of reserve component facilities.
Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration
Sec. 2811. Increase in threshold for reports to Congress on real property transactions.
Sec. 2812. Enhancements of military lease authority.
Sec. 2813. Expansion of procedures for selection of conveyees under authority to convey utility systems.
Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Sec. 2821. Scope of agreements to transfer property to redevelopment authorities without consideration under the base closure laws.
Subtitle D--Land Conveyances
Part I--Army Conveyances
Sec. 2831. Land conveyance, Charles Melvin Price Support Center, Illinois.
Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Lieutenant General Malcolm Hay Army Reserve Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Colonel Harold E. Steele Army Reserve Center and Maintenance Shop, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Fort Lawton, Washington.
Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Vancouver Barracks, Washington.
Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Winona, Minnesota.
Part II--Navy Conveyances
Sec. 2851. Modification of land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California.
Sec. 2852. Modification of land conveyance, Defense Fuel Supply Point, Casco Bay, Maine.
Sec. 2853. Modification of land conveyance authority, former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland.
Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Cutler, Maine.
Sec. 2855. Modification of authority for Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme, California, to use certain Navy property.
Sec. 2856. Regarding land conveyance, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Part III--Air Force Conveyances
Sec. 2861. Modification of land conveyance, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.
Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Mukilteo Tank Farm, Everett, Washington.
Part IV--Defense Agencies Conveyances
Sec. 2871. Land conveyance, Army and Air Force Exchange Service property, Farmers Branch, Texas.
Part V--Other Conveyances
Sec. 2881. Land conveyance, former National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Subtitle E--Other Matters
Sec. 2891. Naming of Army missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll as the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll.
Sec. 2892. Acceptance and use of gifts for construction of third building at United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Sec. 2893. Development of Marine Corps Heritage Center at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.
Sec. 2894. Activities relating to the greenbelt at Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada.
Sec. 2895. Sense of Congress regarding land transfers at Melrose Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training Center, Washington.
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management.
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3104. Defense environmental management privatization.
Sec. 3105. Energy employees compensation initiative.
Sec. 3106. Defense nuclear waste disposal.
Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions
Sec. 3121. Reprogramming.
Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects.
Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects.
Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority.
Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design.
Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities.
Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy.
Sec. 3128. Availability of funds.
Sec. 3129. Transfer of defense environmental management funds.
Subtitle C--National Nuclear Security Administration
Sec. 3131. Term of office of person first appointed as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy.
Sec. 3132. Membership of Under Secretary for Nuclear Security on the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council.
Sec. 3133. Scope of authority of Secretary of Energy to modify organization of National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3134. Prohibition on pay of personnel engaged in concurrent service or duties inside and outside National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3135. Organization plan for field offices of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3136. Future-years nuclear security program.
Sec. 3137. Cooperative research and development of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3138. Construction of National Nuclear Security Administration operations office complex.
Subtitle D--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations
Sec. 3151. Processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials.
Sec. 3152. Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program.
Sec. 3153. Department of Energy defense nuclear nonproliferation programs.
Sec. 3154. Modification of counterintelligence polygraph program.
Sec. 3155. Employee incentives for employees at closure project facilities.
Sec. 3156. Conceptual design for Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Sec. 3157. Tank Waste Remediation System, Hanford Reservation, Richland, Washington.
Sec. 3158. Report on national ignition facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
Subtitle E--National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act
Sec. 3163. Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program.
Sec. 3164. Small business advocacy and assistance.
Sec. 3165. Technology partnerships ombudsman.
Sec. 3166. Studies related to improving mission effectiveness, partnerships, and technology transfer at National Laboratories.
Sec. 3167. Other transactions authority.
Sec. 3168. Conformance with NNSA organizational structure.
Sec. 3169. Arctic energy.
Subtitle F--Other Matters
Sec. 3171. Extension of authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel.
Sec. 3172. Updates of report on nuclear test readiness postures.
Sec. 3173. Frequency of reports on inadvertent releases of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data.
Sec. 3174. Form of certifications regarding the safety or reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
Sec. 3175. Engineering and manufacturing research, development, and demonstration by plant managers of certain nuclear weapons production plants.
Sec. 3176. Cooperative research and development agreements for Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories.
Sec. 3177. Commendation of Department of Energy and contractor employees for exemplary service in stockpile stewardship and security.
Sec. 3178. Adjustment of threshold requirement for submission of reports on advanced computer sales to Tier III foreign countries.
Subtitle G--Russian Nuclear Complex Conversion
Sec. 3193. Expansion and enhancement of Nuclear Cities Initiative.
Sec. 3194. Sense of Congress on the establishment of a National Coordinator for Nonproliferation Matters.
TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Sec. 3201. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
TITLE XXXIII--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
Sec. 3301. Minimum price of petroleum sold from the naval petroleum reserves.
Sec. 3302. Repeal of authority to contract for cooperative or unit plans affecting Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1.
Sec. 3303. Land transfer and restoration.
TITLE XXXIV--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE
Sec. 3401. Authorized uses of stockpile funds.
Sec. 3402. Increased receipts under prior disposal authority.
Sec. 3403. Disposal of titanium.
TITLE XXXV--ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION
Sec. 3502. Construction with other laws.
Sec. 3504. Expansion of list of beryllium vendors and means of establishing covered beryllium illnesses.
Subtitle A--Beryllium, Silicosis, and Radiation Compensation
Sec. 3511. Exposure to hazards in the performance of duty.
Sec. 3512. Advisory board on radiation and worker health.
Sec. 3513. Designation of additional members of the Special Exposure Cohort.
Sec. 3514. Authority to provide compensation and other assistance.
Sec. 3515. Alternative compensation.
Sec. 3516. Submittal of claims.
Sec. 3517. Adjudication and administration.
Subtitle B--Exposure to Other Toxic Substances
Sec. 3522. Agreements with States.
Subtitle C--General Provisions
Sec. 3531. Treatment of compensation and benefits.
Sec. 3532. Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons.
Sec. 3533. Limitation on right to receive benefits.
Sec. 3534. Coordination of benefits--State workers' compensation.
Sec. 3535. Coordination of benefits--Federal workers' compensation.
Sec. 3536. Receipt of benefits--other statutes.
Sec. 3537. Dual compensation--Federal employees.
Sec. 3538. Dual compensation--other employees.
Sec. 3539. Exclusivity of remedy against the United States, contractors, and subcontractors.
Sec. 3540 Election of remedy against beryllium vendors and atomic weapons employers.
Sec. 3541. Subrogation of the United States.
Sec. 3542. Energy Employees' Occupational Illness Compensation Fund.
Sec. 3543. Effective date.
Sec. 3544. Technical and conforming amendments.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.
For purposes of this Act, the term `congressional defense committees' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 101. ARMY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Army as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $1,749,662,000.
(2) For missiles, $1,382,328,000.
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $2,115,138,000.
(4) For ammunition, $1,224,323,000.
(5) For other procurement, $4,039,670,000.
SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
(a) NAVY- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Navy as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $8,685,958,000.
(2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,539,950,000.
(3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $12,900,076,000.
(4) For other procurement, $3,378,311,000.
(b) MARINE CORPS- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of $1,191,035,000.
(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $500,749,000.
SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $9,968,371,000.
(2) For ammunition, $666,808,000.
(3) For missiles, $3,005,915,000.
(4) For other procurement, $7,724,527,000.
SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,203,508,000.
SEC. 105. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $3,300,000.
SEC. 106. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 the amount of $1,003,500,000 for--
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act.
SEC. 107. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount of $290,006,000.
Subtitle B--Army Programs
SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.
(a) AUTHORITY- Beginning with the fiscal year 2001 program year, the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into multiyear contracts for procurement of the following:
(1) M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles.
(2) UH-60L Blackhawk helicopters.
(3) CH-60S Seahawk helicopters.
(b) LIMITATION FOR BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLES- The period for a multiyear contract entered into under subsection (a)(1) may not exceed the three consecutive program years beginning with the fiscal year 2001 program year.
(c) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY- Section 111 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 531) is amended by striking paragraph (2).
SEC. 112. REPORTS AND LIMITATIONS RELATING TO ARMY TRANSFORMATION.
(a) REPORT ON OBJECTIVE FORCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS- The Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the process for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army. The report shall include the following:
(1) The operational environments envisioned for the objective force.
(2) The threat assumptions on which research and development efforts for transformation of the Army into the objective force are based.
(3) The potential operational and organizational concepts for the objective force.
(4) The key performance parameters anticipated for the objective force and the operational requirements anticipated for the operational requirements document of the objective force.
(5) The schedule of Army transformation activities through fiscal year 2012, together with--
(A) the projected funding requirements through that fiscal year for the research and development activities and the procurement activities;
(B) the specific adjustments that are made for Army programs in the future-years defense program and in the extended planning program in order to program the funding necessary to meet the funding requirements for Army transformation; and
(C) a summary of the anticipated investments of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in programs designed to lead to the fielding of future combat systems for the objective force.
(6) The joint warfighting requirements that will be supported by the fielding of the objective force, together with a description of the adjustments that are planned to be made in the war plans of the commanders of the regional unified combatant commands in relation to the fielding of the objective force.
(7) The changes in lift requirements that result from the establishment and fielding of the combat brigades of the objective force.
(8) The evaluation process that will be used to support decisionmaking on the course of the Army transformation, including a description of the operational evaluations and experimentation that will be used to validate the key performance parameters associated with the objective force and the operational requirements for the operational requirements document of the objective force.
(b) REPORTS ON MEDIUM ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLES FOR THE INTERIM BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS- (1) The Secretary of the Army shall develop and carry out a plan for comparing--
(A) the costs and operational effectiveness of the medium armored combat vehicles selected for the infantry battalions of the interim brigade combat teams; and
(B) the costs and operational effectiveness of the medium armored vehicles currently in the Army inventory for the use of infantry battalions.
(2) The plan shall provide for the costs and operational effectiveness of the two sets of vehicles to be determined on the basis of the results of an operational analysis that involves the participation of at least one infantry battalion that is fielded with medium armored vehicles currently in the Army inventory and is similar in organization to the infantry battalions of the interim brigade combat teams.
(3) The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense shall review the plan developed under paragraph (1) and submit the Director's comments on the plan to the Secretary of the Army.
(4) Not later than February 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the plan developed under paragraph (1). The report shall include the following:
(B) The comments of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation on the plan.
(C) A discussion of how the results of the operational analysis are to be used to guide future decisions on the acquisition of medium armored combat vehicles for additional interim brigade combat teams.
(D) The specific adjustments that are made for Army programs in the future-years defense program and in the extended planning program in order to program the funding necessary for fielding the interim brigade combat teams.
(5)(A) Not later than March 1, 2002, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the comparison of costs and operational effectiveness of the two sets of medium armored combat vehicles under paragraph (1).
(B) The report under subparagraph (A) shall include a certification by the Secretary of Defense regarding whether the results of the comparison would support the continuation in fiscal year 2003 and beyond of the acquisition of the additional medium armored combat vehicles proposed to be used for equipping the interim brigade combat teams.
(c) LIMITATIONS- (1) Not more than 60 percent of the amount appropriated for the procurement of armored vehicles in the family of new medium armored vehicles pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 101(3) may be obligated until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits the report required under subsection (b)(4) to the congressional defense committees.
(2) Not more than 60 percent of the funds appropriated for the Army for fiscal year 2002 for the procurement of armored vehicles in the family of new medium armored combat vehicles may be obligated until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits the report required under subsection (b)(5) to the congressional defense committees.
(d) DEFINITIONS- In this section:
(1) The term `transformation', with respect to the Army, means the actions being undertaken to transform the Army, as it is constituted in terms of organization, equipment, and doctrine in 2000, into the objective force.
(2) The term `objective force' means the Army that has the organizational structure, the most advanced equipment that early twenty-first century science and technology can provide, and the appropriate doctrine to ensure that the Army is responsive, deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable for the full spectrum of the operations anticipated to be required of the Army during the early years of the twenty-first century following 2010.
(3) The term `interim brigade combat team' means an Army brigade that is designated by the Secretary of the Army as a brigade combat team and is reorganized and equipped with currently available equipment in a configuration that effectuates an evolutionary advancement toward transformation of the Army to the objective force.
SEC. 113. RAPID INTRAVENOUS INFUSION PUMPS.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 101(5)--
(1) $6,000,000 shall be available for the procurement of rapid intravenous infusion pumps; and
(2) the amount provided for the family of medium tactical vehicles is hereby reduced by $6,000,000.
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
SEC. 121. CVNX-1 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF SHIP- The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to procure the aircraft carrier to be designated CVNX-1.
(b) ADVANCE PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION- The Secretary may enter into one or more contracts for the advance procurement and advance construction of components for the ship authorized under subsection (a).
(c) AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $21,869,000 is available for the advance procurement and advance construction of components (including nuclear components) for the CVNX-1 aircraft carrier program.
SEC. 122. ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.
(a) ECONOMICAL MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED VESSELS AND ONE ADDITIONAL VESSEL- (1) Subsection (b) of section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2446), as amended by section 122(a) of Public Law 106-65 (113 Stat. 535), is further amended by striking `a total of 18 Arleigh Burke class destroyers' in the first sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of that sentence and inserting `Arleigh Burke class destroyers in accordance with this subsection and subsection (a)(4) at procurement rates not in excess of 3 ships in each of the fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998, and before October 1, 2005. The authority under the preceding sentence is subject to the availability of appropriations for such destroyers.'.
(2) The heading for such subsection is amended by striking `18'.
(b) ECONOMICAL RATE OF PROCUREMENT- It is the sense of Congress that, for the procurement of the Arleigh Burke class destroyers to be procured after fiscal year 2001 under multiyear contracts authorized under section 122(b) of Public Law 104-201--
(1) the Secretary of the Navy should--
(A) achieve the most economical rate of procurement; and
(B) enter into such contracts for advance procurement as may be necessary to achieve that rate of procurement;
(2) the most economical rate of procurement would be achieved by procuring 3 of the destroyers in each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003 and procuring another destroyer in fiscal year 2004; and
(3) the Secretary has the authority under section 122(b) of Public Law 104-201 (110 Stat. 2446) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 122 of Public Law 106-65 (113 Stat. 534) to provide for procurement at the most economical rate, as described in paragraph (2).
(c) UPDATE OF 1993 REPORT ON DDG-51 CLASS SHIPS- (1) The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than November 1, 2000, a report that updates the information provided in the report of the Secretary of the Navy entitled the `Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) Class Industrial Base Study of 1993'. The Secretary shall transmit a copy of the updated report to the Comptroller General not later than the date on which the Secretary submits the report to the committees.
(2) The Comptroller General shall review the updated report submitted under paragraph (1) and, not later than December 1, 2000, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the Comptroller General's comments on the updated report.
SEC. 123. VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM.
(a) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $1,711,234,000 is available for the Virginia class submarine program.
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY- (1) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into a contract for the procurement of up to five Virginia class submarines, including the procurement of material in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable, during fiscal years 2003 through 2006. The submarines authorized under the preceding sentence are in addition to the submarines authorized under section 121(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1648).
(2) A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall include a clause that states that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under this contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose.
(c) SHIPBUILDER TEAMING- Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4) of section 121(b) of Public Law 105-85 apply to the procurement of submarines under this section.
(d) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY- If a contract entered into under this section is terminated, the United States shall not be liable for termination costs in excess of the total of the amounts appropriated for the Virginia class submarine program that remain available for the program.
(e) REPORT REQUIREMENT- At that same time that the President submits the budget for fiscal year 2002 to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Navy's fleet of fast attack submarines. The report shall include the following:
(1) A plan for maintaining at least 55 fast attack submarines in commissioned service through 2015, including, by 2015, 18 Virginia class submarines.
(2) Two assessments of the potential savings that would be achieved under the Virginia class submarine program if the production rate for such program were at least two submarines each fiscal year, as follows:
(A) An assessment if that were the production rate beginning in fiscal year 2004.
(B) An assessment if that were the production rate beginning in fiscal year 2006.
(3) An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various contracting strategies for Virginia class submarine program, including one or more multiyear procurement strategies and one or more strategies for block buy with economic order quantity.
SEC. 124. ADC(X) SHIP PROGRAM.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy may procure the construction of all ADC(X) class ships in one shipyard if the Secretary determines that it is more cost effective to do so than to procure the construction of such ships from more than one shipyard.
SEC. 125. REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL PROGRAM OF THE CVN-69 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
(a) AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $703,441,000 is available for the commencement of the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the CVN-69 aircraft carrier during fiscal year 2001. The amount made available in the preceding sentence is the first increment in the incremental funding planned for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the CVN-69 aircraft carrier.
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY- The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into a contract during fiscal year 2001 for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the CVN-69 nuclear aircraft carrier.
(c) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS- A contract entered into under subsection (b) shall include a clause that states that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2001 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for that later fiscal year.
SEC. 126. REMANUFACTURED AV-8B AIRCRAFT.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(1)--
(1) $318,646,000 is available for the procurement of remanufactured AV-8B aircraft;
(2) $15,200,000 is available for the procurement of UC-35 aircraft;
(3) $3,300,000 is available for the procurement of automatic flight control systems for EA-6B aircraft; and
(4) $46,000,000 is available for engineering change proposal 583 for FA-18 aircraft.
SEC. 127. ANTI-PERSONNEL OBSTACLE BREACHING SYSTEM.
Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated under section 102(c), $4,000,000 is available only for the procurement of the anti-personnel obstacle breaching system.
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
SEC. 131. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON B-2 BOMBER AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.
Section 112 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-189; 103 Stat. 1373), as amended by section 141 of Public Law 104-106 (110 Stat. 213), is repealed.
SEC. 132. CONVERSION OF AGM-65 MAVERICK MISSILES.
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 103(3) for procurement of missiles for the Air Force is hereby increased by $2,100,000.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT- (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 103(3), as increased by subsection (a), $2,100,000 shall be available for In-Service Missile Modifications for the purpose of the conversion of Maverick missiles in the AGM-65B and AGM-65G configurations to Maverick missiles in the AGM-65H and AGM-65K configurations.
(2) The amount available under paragraph (1) for the purpose specified in that paragraph is in addition to any other amounts available under this Act for that purpose.
(c) OFFSET- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 103(1) for procurement of aircraft for the Air Force is hereby reduced by $2,100,000, with the amount of the reduction applicable to amounts available under that section for ALE-50 Code Decoys.
Subtitle E--Other Matters
SEC. 141. PUEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOT CHEMICAL AGENT AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) LIMITATION- In determining the technologies to be used for the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, whether under the assessment required by section 141(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 537; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note), the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, or any other assessment, the Secretary of Defense may consider only the following technologies:
(2) Any technologies demonstrated under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment on or before May 1, 2000.
(b) ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ASSESSMENT DEFINED- As used in subsection (a), the term `Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment' means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note).
SEC. 142. INTEGRATED BRIDGE SYSTEMS FOR NAVAL SYSTEMS SPECIAL WARFARE RIGID INFLATABLE BOATS AND HIGH-SPEED ASSAULT CRAFT.
(a) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION FOR PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 104 for procurement, Defense-wide, is hereby increased by $7,000,000.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 104, as increased by subsection (a), $7,000,000 shall be available for the procurement and installation of integrated bridge systems for naval systems special warfare rigid inflatable boats and high-speed assault craft for special operations forces.
(c) OFFSET- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 103(4), for other procurement for the Air Force, is hereby reduced by $7,000,000.
SEC. 143. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF NUCLEAR-CAPABLE SHIPYARD CRANE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE.
Section 8093 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-79; 113 Stat. 1253) is amended by striking subsection (d), relating to a prohibition on the use of Department of Defense funds to procure a nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign source.
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:
(1) For the Army, $5,501,946,000.
(2) For the Navy, $8,665,865,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $13,887,836,000.
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $11,275,202,000, of which $223,060,000 is authorized for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.
SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2001- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $4,702,604,000 shall be available for basic research and applied research projects.
(b) BASIC RESEARCH AND APPLIED RESEARCH DEFINED- For purposes of this section, the term `basic research and applied research' means work funded in program elements for defense research and development under Department of Defense category 6.1 or 6.2.
SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION ON WEATHERING AND CORROSION OF AIRCRAFT SURFACES AND PARTS.
(a) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) is hereby increased by $1,500,000.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS- The amount available under section 201(3), as increased by subsection (a), for research, development, test, and evaluation on weathering and corrosion of aircraft surfaces and parts (PE62102F) is hereby increased by $1,500,000.
(c) OFFSET- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) is hereby decreased by $1,500,000, with the amount of such decrease being allocated to Sensor and Guidance Technology (PE63762E).
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 211. FISCAL YEAR 2002 JOINT FIELD EXPERIMENT.
(a) REQUIREMENTS- The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a joint field experiment in fiscal year 2002. The Secretary shall ensure that the planning for the joint field experiment is carried out during fiscal year 2001.
(b) PURPOSE- The purpose of the joint field experiment is to explore the most critical war fighting challenges at the operational level of war that will confront United States joint military forces after 2010.
(c) PARTICIPATING FORCES- (1) The joint field experiment shall involve elements of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and shall include special operations forces.
(2) The forces designated to participate in the joint field experiment shall exemplify the concepts for organization, equipment, and doctrine that are conceived for the forces after 2010 under Joint Vision 2010 (issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and the current vision statements of the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, including the following concepts:
(A) Air Force expeditionary aerospace forces.
(B) Army medium weight brigades.
(C) Navy forward from the sea.
(d) FUNDING- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(2) for joint experimentation, $6,000,000 shall be available only for planning the joint field experiment required under this section.
SEC. 212. NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER DESIGN AND PRODUCTION MODELING.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(2) for the Navy for nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling, $10,000,000 shall be available for the conversion and development of nuclear aircraft carrier design data into an electronic, three-dimensional product model.
SEC. 213. DD-21 CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORITY- The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to pursue a technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD-21 destroyer on the following schedule:
(1) Commencement of construction during fiscal year 2004.
(2) Delivery of the completed vessel during fiscal year 2009.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) there are compelling reasons for starting the program for constructing the DD-21 destroyer in fiscal year 2004 and continuing with sequential construction of DD-21 class destroyers during the ensuing fiscal years until 32 DD-21 class destroyers are constructed; and
(2) the Secretary of the Navy, in providing for the acquisition of DD-21 class destroyers, should consider that--
(A) the Marine Corps needs the surface fire support capabilities of the DD-21 class destroyers as soon as possible in order to mitigate the inadequacies of the surface fire support capabilities that are currently available;
(B) the Navy and Marine Corps need to resolve whether there is a requirement for surface fire support missile weapon systems to be easily sustainable by means of replenishment while under way;
(C) the technology insertion approach has been successful for other ship construction programs and is being pursued for the CVN(X) and Virginia class submarine programs;
(D) the establishment of a stable configuration for the first 10 DD-21 class destroyers should enable the construction of the ships with the greatest capabilities at the lowest cost; and
(E) action to acquire DD-21 class destroyers should be taken as soon as possible in order to realize fully the cost savings that can be derived from the construction and operation of DD-21 class destroyers, including--
(i) savings in construction costs that would result from achievement of the Navy's target per-ship cost of $750,000,000 by the fifth ship constructed in each construction yard;
(ii) savings that will result from the estimated reduction of the crews of destroyers by 200 or more personnel for each ship; and
(iii) savings that will result from a reduction in the operating costs for destroyers by an estimated 70 percent.
(c) NAVY PLAN FOR USE OF TECHNOLOGY INSERTION APPROACH FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE DD-21 SHIP- The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a plan for pursuing a technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD-21 destroyer as authorized under subsection (a). The plan shall include estimates of the resources necessary to execute the plan.
(d) REPORT ON ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR DD-21 CLASS SHIPS- The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a report on the Navy's plan for the acquisition and maintenance of DD-21 class destroyers. The report shall include a discussion of each of the following matters:
(1) The technical feasibility of commencing construction of the DD-21 destroyer in fiscal year 2004 and achieving delivery of the completed ship to the Navy during fiscal year 2009.
(2) An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various contracting strategies for the construction of the first 10 DD-21 class destroyers, including one or more multiyear procurement strategies and one or more strategies for block buy in economic order quantity.
(3) The effects on the destroyer industrial base and on costs to other Navy shipbuilding programs of delaying the commencement of construction of the DD-21 destroyer until fiscal year 2005 and delaying the commencement of construction of the next DD-21 class destroyer until fiscal year 2007.
(4) The effects on the fleet maintenance strategies of Navy fleet commanders, on commercial maintenance facilities in fleet concentration areas, and on the administration of funds in compliance with section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, of awarding to a contractor for the construction of a DD-21 class destroyer all maintenance workloads for DD-21 class destroyers that are below depot-level maintenance and above ship-level maintenance.
SEC. 214. F-22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.
Section 217(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1660) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(3) With respect to the limitation in subsection (a), an increase by an amount that does not exceed one percent of the total amount of that limitation (taking into account the increases and decreases, if any, under paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, after consulting with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, determines that the increase is necessary in order to ensure adequate testing.'.
SEC. 215. JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM.
(a) REPORT- Not later than December 15, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the joint strike fighter program. The report shall contain the following:
(1) A description of the program as the program has been restructured before the date of the report, including any modified acquisition strategy that has been incorporated into the program.
(2) The exit criteria that have been established to ensure that technical risks are at levels acceptable for entry of the program into engineering and manufacturing development.
(b) TRANSFERS FROM OTHER NAVY AND AIR FORCE ACCOUNTS- (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary may transfer to the joint strike fighter program or within the joint strike fighter program amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 201 for a purpose other than the purpose of the authorization of appropriations to which transferred, as follows:
(A) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(2), up to $150,000,000.
(B) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(3), up to $150,000,000.
(2) The transfer authority under paragraph (1) is in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001.
SEC. 216. GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.
(a) CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION REQUIRED- The Secretary of Defense shall require and coordinate a concept demonstration of the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.
(b) PURPOSE OF DEMONSTRATION- The purpose of the concept demonstration is to demonstrate the capability of the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle to operate in an airborne surveillance mode, using available, non-developmental technology.
(c) TIME FOR DEMONSTRATION- The demonstration shall take place as early in fiscal year 2001 as the Secretary determines practicable.
(d) PARTICIPATION BY CINCS- The Secretary shall require the Commander in Chief of the United States Joint Forces Command and the Commander in Chief of the United States Southern Command jointly to provide guidance for the demonstration and otherwise to participate in the demonstration.
(e) SCENARIO FOR DEMONSTRATION- The demonstration shall be conducted in a counter-drug surveillance scenario that is designed to replicate factual conditions typically encountered in the performance of the counter-drug surveillance mission of the Commander in Chief of the United States Southern Command within that commander's area of responsibility.
(f) REPORT- Not later than 45 days after the concept demonstration is completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the demonstration. The report shall include the following:
(1) The Secretary's assessment of the technical feasibility of using the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle for airborne air surveillance.
(2) A discussion of the operational concept for the use of the vehicle for that purpose.
SEC. 217. UNMANNED ADVANCED CAPABILITY AIRCRAFT AND GROUND COMBAT VEHICLES.
(a) GOAL- It shall be a goal of the Armed Forces to achieve the fielding of unmanned, remotely controlled technology such that--
(1) by 2010, one-third of the operational deep strike aircraft of the Armed Forces are unmanned; and
(2) by 2015, one-third of the operational ground combat vehicles of the Armed Forces are unmanned.
(b) REPORT ON ADVANCED CAPABILITY GROUND COMBAT VEHICLES- Not later than January 31, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on each of the programs undertaken by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force jointly with the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate advanced capability ground combat vehicles. The report shall include the following for the program of each military department:
(1) A schedule for the program, including, in the case of the Army program, a schedule for the demonstration of the capability for unmanned, remotely controlled operation of advanced capability ground combat vehicles for the Army.
(2) An identification of the funding required for fiscal year 2002 and for the future-years defense program to carry out the program and, in the case of the Army program, for the demonstration described in paragraph (1).
(3) A description and assessment of the acquisition strategy for unmanned ground combat vehicles planned by the Secretary of the military department concerned, together with a complete identification of all operation, support, ownership, and other costs required to carry out such strategy through the year 2030.
(c) FUNDS- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for Defense-wide activities under section 201(4) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, $200,000,000 shall be available only to carry out the programs referred to in subsection (b).
SEC. 218. ARMY SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
(a) KINETIC ENERGY ANTI-SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM- Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(4), $20,000,000 shall be available for the kinetic energy anti-satellite technology program.
(b) OTHER ARMY SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT- Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(4), $5,000,000 shall be available for the development of space control technologies that emphasize reversible or temporary effects.
(c) LIMITATION- None of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) may be obligated until the funds provided for the kinetic energy anti-satellite technology program under subsection (a) have been released to the kinetic energy anti-satellite technology program manager.
SEC. 219. RUSSIAN AMERICAN OBSERVATION SATELLITES PROGRAM.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(4) for the Russian American Observation Satellites program may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress a report explaining how the Secretary plans to protect United States advanced military technology that may be associated with the Russian American Observation Satellites program.
SEC. 220. JOINT BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM.
(a) LIMITATION- Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for the procurement of a vaccine for the biological agent anthrax until the Secretary of Defense has submitted to the congressional defense committees the following:
(1) A written notification that the Food and Drug Administration has approved for production of the vaccine the manufacturing source from which the Department of Defense is procuring the vaccine as of the date of the enactment of this Act (hereafter in this section referred to as the `current manufacturer').
(2) A report on the contingencies associated with continuing to rely on the current manufacturer to supply anthrax vaccine.
(b) CONTENT OF REPORT- The report required under subsection (a)(2) shall include the following:
(1) Recommended strategies to mitigate the risk to the Department of Defense of losing the current manufacturer as a source of anthrax vaccine, together with a discussion of the criteria to be applied in determining whether to carry out any of the strategies and which strategy to carry out.
(2) Recommended strategies to ensure that the Department of Defense can procure from any source or sources an anthrax vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration that meets the requirements of the department if--
(A) the Food and Drug Administration does not approve the release of the anthrax vaccine available from the current manufacturer; or
(B) the current manufacturer terminates the production of anthrax vaccine permanently.
(3) A five-year budget to support each strategy recommended under paragraph (1) or (2).
SEC. 221. REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE VACCINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT- The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than February 1, 2001, a report on the acquisition of biological warfare defense vaccines for the Department of Defense.
(b) CONTENT OF REPORT- The report shall include the following:
(1) The Secretary's evaluation of the implications of reliance on the commercial sector to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense for biological warfare defense vaccines.
(2) A complete design for a facility at an alternative site determined by the Secretary that is designed to be operated under government ownership by a contractor for the production of biological warfare defense vaccines to meet the current and future requirements of the Department of Defense for biological warfare defense vaccines, together with--
(A) an estimation of the cost of contractor operation of such a facility for that purpose;
(B) a determination, developed in consultation with the Surgeon General of the United States, on the utility of such a facility to support civilian vaccine requirements and a discussion of the effects that the use of the facility for that purpose would have on the operating costs for vaccine production at the facility; and
(C) an analysis of the effects that international demand for vaccines would have on the operating costs for vaccine production at such a facility.
(c) BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE VACCINE DEFINED- In this section, the term `biological warfare defense vaccine' means a vaccine useful for the immunization of military personnel to protect against biological agents on the Validated Threat List issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whether such vaccine is in production or is being developed.
SEC. 222. TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETECTION AND TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO LIVE-FIRE ACTIVITIES.
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation Defense-wide is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4), as increased by subsection (a), the amount available for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (PE6034716D) is hereby increased by $5,000,000, with the amount of such increase available for the development and test of technologies to detect, analyze, and map the presence of, and transport of, pollutants and contaminants at sites undergoing the detection and remediation of constituents attributable to live-fire activities in a variety of hydrogeological scenarios.
(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT- Performance measures shall be established for the technologies described in subsection (b) for purposes of facilitating the implementation and utilization of such technologies by the Department of Defense.
(d) OFFSET- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide is hereby decreased by $5,000,000, with the amount of such decrease applied to Computing Systems and Communications Technology (PE602301E).
SEC. 223. ACOUSTIC MINE DETECTION.
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT- (1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $2,500,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1), as increased by paragraph (1), the amount available for Countermine Systems (PE602712A) is hereby increased by $2,500,000, with the amount of such increase available for research in acoustic mine detection.
(b) OFFSET- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation Defense-wide is hereby decreased by $2,500,000, with the amount of such decrease to be applied to Sensor Guidance Technology (PE603762E).
SEC. 224. OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR MOUNTED MANEUVER FORCES.
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT- (1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1), as increased by paragraph (1), the amount available for Concepts Experimentation Program (PE605326A) is hereby increased by $5,000,000, with the amount of such increase available for test and evaluation of future operational technologies for use by mounted maneuver forces.
(b) OFFSET- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation Defense-wide is hereby decreased by $5,000,000, with the amount of such decrease to be applied to Computing Systems and Communications Technology (PE602301E).
SEC. 225. AIR LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGY.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation Defense-wide, the amount available for Generic Logistics Research and Development Technology Demonstrations (PE603712S) is hereby increased by $300,000, with the amount of such increase available for air logistics technology.
(b) OFFSET- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4), the amount available for Computing Systems and Communications Technology (PE602301E) is hereby decreased by $300,000.
SEC. 226. PRECISION LOCATION AND IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM (PLAID).
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT- (1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force is hereby increased by $8,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3), as increased by paragraph (1), the amount available for Electronic Warfare Development (PE604270F) is hereby increased by $8,000,000, with the amount of such increase available for the Precision Location and Identification Program (PLAID).
(b) OFFSET- The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby decreased by $8,000,000, with the amount of the reduction applied to Electronic Warfare Development (PE604270A).
SEC. 227. NAVY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER AND HUMAN RESOURCE ENTERPRISE STRATEGY.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF INCREASED AMOUNT- (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2), for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy, $5,000,000 shall be available for the Navy Program Executive Office for Information Technology for purposes of the Information Technology Center and for the Human Resource Enterprise Strategy implemented under section 8147 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-262; 112 Stat. 2341; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
(2) Amounts made available under paragraph (1) for the purposes specified in that paragraph are in addition to any other amounts made available under this Act for such purposes.
(b) OFFSET- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2), the amount available for Marine Corps Assault Vehicles (PE603611M) is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
SEC. 228. JOINT TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION CENTER INITIATIVE.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(4)--
(1) $20,000,000 shall be available for the Joint Technology Information Center Initiative; and
(2) the amount provided for cyber attack sensing and warning under the information systems security program (account 0303140G) is reduced by $20,000,000.
SEC. 229. AMMUNITION RISK ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation Defense-wide, the amount available for Explosives Demilitarization Technology (PE603104D) is hereby increased by $5,000,000, with the amount of such increase available for research into ammunition risk analysis capabilities.
(b) OFFSET- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4), the amount available for Computing Systems and Communications Technology (PE602301E) is hereby decreased by $5,000,000.
SEC. 230. FUNDING FOR COMPARISONS OF MEDIUM ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLES.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(1), $40,000,000 shall be available for the advanced tank armament system program for the development and execution of the plan for comparing costs and operational effectiveness of medium armored combat vehicles required under section 112(b).
Subtitle C--Other Matters
SEC. 241. MOBILE OFFSHORE BASE.
(a) REPORT- Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the mobile offshore base concept.
(b) CONTENT OF REPORT- The report shall contain the following:
(1) A cost-benefit analysis of the mobile offshore base, using operational concepts that would support the National Military Strategy.
(2) A recommendation regarding whether to proceed with the mobile offshore base as a program and, if so--
(A) a statement regarding which of the Armed Forces is to be designated to have the lead responsibility for the program; and
(B) a schedule for the program.
SEC. 242. AIR FORCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PLANNING.
(a) REPORT- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the long-term challenges and short-term objectives of the Air Force science and technology program. The report shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the budgetary resources that are being used for fiscal year 2001 for addressing the long-term challenges and the short-term objectives.
(2) The budgetary resources that are necessary to address those challenges and objectives adequately.
(3) A course of action for any projected or ongoing Air Force science and technology programs that do not address either the long-term challenges or the short-term objectives.
(4) The matters required under subsection (b)(5) and (c)(6).
(b) LONG-TERM CHALLENGES- (1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish an integrated product team to identify high-risk, high-payoff challenges that will provide a long-term focus and motivation for the Air Force science and technology program over the next 20 to 50 years. The integrated product team shall include representatives of the Office of Scientific Research and personnel from the Air Force Research Laboratory.
(2) The team shall solicit views from the entire Air Force science and technology community on the matters under consideration by the team.
(A) shall select for consideration science and technology challenges that involve--
(i) compelling requirements of the Air Force;
(ii) high-risk, high-payoff areas of exploration; and
(iii) very difficult, but probably achievable, results; and
(B) should not include as a selected challenge any linear extension of an ongoing Air Force science and technology program.
(4) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering shall designate a technical coordinator and a management coordinator for each science and technology challenge identified pursuant to this subsection. Each technical coordinator shall have sufficient expertise in fields related to the challenge to be able to identify other experts and affirm the credibility of the program. The coordinator for a science and technology challenge shall conduct workshops within the relevant scientific and technological community to obtain suggestions for possible approaches to addressing the challenge, to identify ongoing work that addresses the challenge, to identify gaps in current work relating to the challenge, and to highlight promising areas of research.
(5) The report required by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, provide information on each science and technology challenge identified pursuant to this subsection and describe the results of the workshops conducted pursuant to paragraph (4), including any work not currently funded by the Air Force that should be performed to meet the challenge.
(c) SHORT-TERM OBJECTIVES- (1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a task force to identify short-term technological objectives of the Air Force science and technology program. The task force shall be chaired by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering and shall include representatives of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the specified combatant commands of the Air Force.
(2) The task force shall solicit views from the entire Air Force requirements community, user community, and acquisition community.
(3) The task force shall select for consideration short-term objectives that involve--
(A) compelling requirements of the Air Force;
(B) support in the user community; and
(C) likely attainment of the desired benefits within a 5-year period.
(4) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering shall establish an integrated product team for each short-term objective identified pursuant to this subsection. Each integrated product team shall include representatives of the requirements community, the user community, and the science and technology community with relevant expertise.
(5) The integrated product team for a short-term objective shall be responsible for--
(A) identifying, defining, and prioritizing the enabling capabilities that are necessary for achieving the objective;
(B) identifying gaps in the enabling capabilities that must be addressed if the short-term objective is to be achieved; and
(C) working with the Air Force science and technology community to identify science and technology projects and programs that should be undertaken to fill each gap in an enabling capability.
(6) The report required by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, describe each short-term science and technology objective identified pursuant to this subsection and describe the work of the integrated product teams conducted pursuant to paragraph (5), including any gaps identified in enabling capabilities and the science and technology work that should be undertaken to fill each such gap.
SEC. 243. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES REGARDING EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS FOR PURPOSES OF ENCOURAGING SCIENTIFIC STUDY.
(a) ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF PARTNERSHIPS- Subsection (b) of section 2194 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting `, and is encouraged to provide,' after `may provide';
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the following: `for any purpose and duration in support of such agreement that the director considers appropriate'; and
(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2):
`(2) notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) or any provision of law or regulation relating to transfers of surplus property, transferring to the institution any defense laboratory equipment (regardless of the nature of type of such equipment) surplus to the needs of the defense laboratory that is determined by the director