106 th Congress 2d Session
SENATE
Report
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Calendar No. 543
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
REPORT
[to accompany s. 2549]
on
AUTHORIZING 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
together with
ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
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2000
106 th Congress 2d Session
SENATE
Report
106 292
Calendar No. 543
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
REPORT
[to accompany s. 2549]
on
AUTHORIZING 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
together with
ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
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May 12, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of May 11, 2000
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
(106th Congress, 2d Session)
JOHN WARNER, Virginia, Chairman
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman Emeritus CARL LEVIN, Michigan
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
BOB SMITH, New Hampshire JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania CHARLES S. ROBB, Virginia
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas MAX CLELAND, Georgia
WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana
TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas JACK REED, Rhode Island
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
Les Brownlee, Staff Director
David S. Lyles, Staff Director for the Minority
(II)
C O N T E N T S
Purpose of the Bill 1
Committee Overview and Recommendations 2
Explanation of Funding Summary 14
Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations 21
Title I--Procurement 21
Explanation of tables 21
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations 22
Chemical demilitarization program (sec. 107)
24
Subtitle B--Army Programs
25
Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army and Navy programs
(sec. 111)
45
Army transformation (sec. 112)
45
Other Army Programs
49
Army Aircraft
49
Utility aircraft
49
UH 60 Blackhawk
50
Longbow
50
Kiowa Warrior
51
Avionics support equipment
51
Aircrew integrated systems
51
Army Missile
51
Army tactical missile system--system summary
51
Stinger modifications
51
Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles
52
Carrier modifications
52
Breacher system modification
52
Heavy assault bridge system modifications
52
Machine gun, squad automatic weapon
53
Mark 19 grenade launcher
53
M4 carbine modifications
53
Army Ammunition
53
Procurement of ammunition, Army
53
Armament retooling and manufacturing support initiative
53
Other Army Procurement
54
Family of medium tactical vehicles
54
Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams
54
Secure mobile anti-jam reliable tactical terminal
55
Army data distribution system
56
Area common user system modification program
56
Forward area air defense ground based sensor
56
Night vision
56
Forward area air defense command and control
57
Striker-command and control system
57
Standard integrated command post system
57
Lightweight maintenance enclosure
57
Roller, vibratory, self-propelled
57
Deployable universal combat earth mover
58
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
59
CVNX 1 nuclear aircraft carrier program (sec. 121)
83
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program (sec. 122)
83
Virginia-class submarine program (sec. 123)
84
ADC(X) ship program (sec. 124)
85
Refueling and Complex Overhaul Program of the CVN 69 nuclear aircraft
carrier (sec. 125)
85
Other Navy Programs
86
Navy Aircraft
86
Airborne low frequency sonar
86
SH 60 helicopters
86
CH 60 helicopters
86
UC 35 aircraft
86
C 40A aircraft
86
T 45 aircraft
87
Joint primary air training system
87
KC 130J
87
EA 6B aircraft automatic flight control system
87
AV 8B precision targeting pod
88
18 modifications
88
AH 1W series
88
H 1 series
88
P 3 aircraft modifications
89
Tactical aircraft moving map capability
89
Navy Weapons
90
Joint standoff weapon
90
Weapons industrial facilities
90
Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo modifications
90
Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition
90
Procurement of ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps
90
Laser-guided bomb components
90
Training ordnance
90
Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion
90
Shipbuilding overview
90
LHD 8 advance procurement
93
Other Navy Procurement
94
AN/WSN 7 inertial navigation system
94
Surveillance and security for military sealift ships
94
Integrated condition assessment system
95
AN/SPS 73(V) surface search radar
95
Side-scanning sonar for forward deployed minesweepers
95
Joint Engineering Data Management and Information Control System
95
Aviation life support
96
Gun fire control radar performance improvements
96
Cruiser smart ship
96
NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system
97
Civil engineering support equipment
97
Marine Corps Procurement
97
Night vision
97
Radio systems
97
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
98
Repeal of requirement for annual report on B 2 bomber aircraft
program (sec. 131)
114
Other Air Force Programs
114
Air Force Aircraft
114
EC 130J
114
Joint primary aircraft training system
114
Joint surveillance and target attack radar system
114
B 52H aircraft modifications
115
A 10 aircraft integrated flight and fire control computer
115
15 aircraft modifications
115
16 aircraft modifications
115
C 17 simulator
116
Defense airborne reconnaissance program aircraft modifications
116
ALE 50 towed decoys
116
Compass Call
117
Defense airborne reconnaissance program
117
Air Force Missile
117
Global Positioning System
117
Titan space boosters
117
Medium launch vehicle
118
Air Force Ammunition
118
Procurement of ammunition, Air Force
118
Other Air Force Procurement
118
Combat training ranges
118
Night vision goggles
118
Defense-Wide Programs
119
Advanced SEAL delivery system design enhancements
124
Special operations forces small arms and support equipment
124
Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Enhancement Kits
125
Communications assistance for law enforcement act
125
Subtitle E--Other Matters
125
Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent destruction technologies (sec. 141)
125
Other Items of Interest
126
Acquisition programs at the National Security Agency
126
Army aviation
126
C 5 aircraft upgrades
127
Electronic digital compass system
127
Single channel ground and airborne radio system
128
Soldier's portable on-system repair tool
128
Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
129
Explanation of tables
129
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
130
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, And
Limitations
131
Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment (sec. 211)
131
Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling (sec. 212)
132
DD 21 class destroyer program (sec. 213)
133
22 aircraft program (sec. 214)
136
Joint strike fighter (sec. 215)
137
Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (sec. 216)
139
Unmanned advanced capability aircraft and ground combat vehicles
(sec. 217)
141
Army space control technology (sec. 218)
142
Russian American Observation Satellites program (sec. 219)
143
Joint Biological Defense Program (sec. 220)
143
Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development
programs (sec. 221)
144
Subtitle C--Other Matters
145
Mobile offshore base (sec. 241)
145
Air Force science and technology planning (sec. 242)
145
Additional Matters of Interest
147
Army
147
Counter-terrorism basic research
156
Composite materials
156
Advanced missile composite components
156
Smart truck initiative
156
Portable hybrid electric power system
156
Thermoelectric power generation
156
Operational support
157
Equipment readiness
157
Fuel cell auxiliary power units
157
Big Crow program office
157
Army Space and Missile Defense Command Simulations
158
Aero-acoustics instrumentation
158
Acoustic technology research
158
Missile defense flight experiment
158
Radar power technology
158
Scramjet acoustic combustion enhancement
158
Space and missile defense battle lab
158
Supercluster distributed memory technology
159
Tactical High Energy Laser
159
Anti-malarial research
159
Electronic warfare development
159
Threat simulator development
159
Multiple launch rocket system product improvement program
159
Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor
160
Communications and networking technologies
160
Navy
161
Free electron laser
171
Biodegradable polymers
171
Bioenvironmental hazards research
171
Nontraditional warfare initiatives
171
Communications, command, and control, intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance
171
Cognitive research
172
Ceramic and carbon based composites
172
Nanoscale sensor research
172
Littoral area acoustic demonstrations
172
Computational engineering design
172
Advanced water-jet technology
173
Composite helicopter hangar door
173
Composite modules for ship hull construction
173
Laser welding and cutting
173
Supply chain best practices
174
Virtual test bed for reconfigurable ship
174
Ocean modeling for mine and submarine warfare
174
Marine Corps advanced technology transition
175
Integrated combat weapons system for mine countermeasures ships
175
Trident SSGN design
175
Enhanced performance electric motor brush technology
176
Submarine composite sail
176
Joint command and control ship
176
Shipboard simulators for Marine Corps operations
177
Navy common command and decision system
177
Advanced amphibious assault vehicle
178
Marine Corps ground combat/support system
178
Extended range guided munition
178
Nonlethal research and technology development
179
Navy collaborative integrated information technology initiative
179
Parametric airborne dipping sonar
179
Multi-mission helicopter upgrade development
180
Power node control centers
180
Ship manpower reduction initiative
180
SPY 3 and volume search radars
181
Acoustic rapid commercial-off-the-shelf insertion of multi-purpose
processor
181
Submarine antenna technology improvement
181
Submarine common architecture
182
Advanced tactical software for submarines
182
NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system
182
Navy single integrated human resources strategy
182
Marine Corps research university
183
Reentry system applications program
183
Joint tactical combat training system
183
14 tactical reconnaissance
183
Software interoperability process tools
184
Satellite communications systems integration initiative
184
Distributed engineering plant
184
Air Force
186
Laser processing tools
196
Resin systems for Air Force applications
196
Thermal protection systems
196
Aeronautical research
196
Polyphenylene benzobisoxozole membrane fuel cell
196
Variable displacement vane pump
197
High frequency active auroral research
197
Space survivability
197
Aluminum aerostructures
197
Hyperspectral research
197
Fiber optical control technology
197
Low cost launch technology
197
Micro-satellite technology
198
Miniature satellite threat reporting system
198
Next generation composite launch vehicle payload fairings and shrouds
198
Solar orbital transfer vehicle
198
Space maneuver vehicle
198
Upper stage flight experiment
198
Space Based Laser program
199
Airborne laser program
199
Rocket systems launch program
200
Wideband gapfiller military satellite communications
200
B 2 advanced technology bomber
200
Milstar satellite communications
200
15E squadrons
200
Hyperspectral system development
200
Extended range cruise missile
200
Joint surveillance and target attack radar system
201
Lighthouse cyber security
201
Dragon U 2
201
Defense-Wide
202
Advanced photonic composites research
211
Infrasound detection capability basic research
211
Personnel research initiative
211
Defense experimental program to stimulate competitive research
211
Chemical and biological defense basic research
211
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding and programmatic guidance
212
Bio-defense research
214
Hybrid sensor suite
214
High definition systems
214
Three dimensional structures research
215
Biological agent sensor technologies
215
Blast mitigation testing
215
Facial recognition access control technology
215
Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force detector technologies
215
Consequence Management Information System
216
Reactive materials
216
Complex systems design
216
Competitive sustainment initiative
216
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Attack-Effects-Response Assessment
capability at U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
217
Integrated data environment technology
217
Demonstration/validation of technology for the remediation of
unexploded ordnance at active, inactive, closing, transferred, and
transferring ranges
217
Next generation anthrax vaccine
218
Remote Ordnance Neutralization System
218
Cyber attack sensing and warning
218
Information Operations Technology Center
218
Trusted RUBIX
218
Virtual worlds initiative
218
Intelligent spatial technologies for smart mapping systems
219
Joint Mapping Tool Kit
219
Information assurance testbed
219
Joint course of action analysis and targeting support for information
operations
219
Advanced lightweight grenade launcher
219
Management reform for Department of Defense test and evaluation centers
220
Augmented reality fire-fighting training
221
Other Items of Interest
221
Aircraft carrier modernization
221
Advanced ship hull demonstrators
221
Crusader
222
Future ship technology research and development
222
Joint training and experimentation
223
Joint operational test bed system
224
Maritime patrol aircraft
224
Patriot theater missile defense
224
Prophylactic pharmaceuticals
225
Radiation hardened electronics investment strategy
225
Small arms fire control system
226
Transition of successful research projects into the acquisition system
226
Title III--Operation And Maintenance
227
Explanation of tables
227
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
228
Armed Forces Retirement Home (sec. 303)
261
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations
261
Impact aid for children with disabilities (sec. 311)
261
Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment Teams (sec. 312)
261
Subtitle C--Humanitarian and Civic Assistance
261
Increased authority to provide health care services as humanitarian
and civic assistance (sec. 321)
261
Use of humanitarian and civic assistance funding for pay and
allowances of special operations command reserves furnishing demining
training and related assistance as humanitarian assistance (sec. 322)
262
Subtitle D--Department of Defense Industrial Facilities
262
Codification and improvement of armament retooling and manufacturing
support programs (sec. 331)
263
Centers of industrial and technical excellence (sec. 332)
263
Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of centers of industrial and
technical excellence and ammunition plants (sec. 333)
264
Revision of authority to waive limitation on performance of
depot-level maintenance (sec. 334)
264
Subtitle E--Environmental Provisions
265
Environmental restoration accounts (sec. 341)
265
Payments of fines and penalties for environmental compliance
violations (sec. 342)
265
Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program (sec. 343)
267
Modification of authority for indemnification of transferees of
closing defense property (sec. 344)
267
Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental compliance
violations at certain Department of Defense facilities (sec. 345)
267
Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the former
Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia (sec. 346)
268
Environmental restoration activities (sec. 347)
268
Ship disposal project (sec. 348)
269
Report on the Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information
Management Program (sec. 349)
269
Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System (sec. 350)
269
Subtitle F--Other Matters
269
Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness of certain
military aircraft and equipment (sec. 361)
269
Realistic budgeting for readiness requirements of the Army (sec. 362)
270
Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all in-transit end
items and secondary items (sec. 363)
270
Performance of emergency response functions at chemical weapons
storage installations (sec. 364)
271
Congressional notification of use of radio frequency spectrum by a
system entering engineering and manufacturing development (sec. 365)
271
Monitoring of value of performance of Department of Defense functions
by workforces selected from between public and private workforces (sec.
366)
272
Suspension of reorganization of naval audit service (sec. 367)
272
Investment of commissary trust revolving fund (sec. 368)
272
Economic procurement of distilled spirits (sec. 369)
272
Resale of armor piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army (sec. 370)
273
Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica reactivity
(sec. 371)
273
Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use of landing
fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft
(sec. 372)
273
Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided at Johnston
Atoll (sec. 373)
273
Review of costs of maintaining historical properties (sec. 374)
273
Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire
suppression (sec. 375)
274
Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft (sec. 376)
274
Additional Matters of Interest
275
Army
275
Real property maintenance
275
Excess carryover-defense working capital fund activities
275
Foreign currency fluctuation
276
Civilian personnel pay in excess of requirements
276
Army equipment maintenance
277
Battlefield mobility enhancement system
277
Army aviation spares
277
Adjustments to Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
277
Navy
277
Navy spares
277
Ship depot maintenance
278
Oceanography
278
Training range upgrades
278
Adjustments to Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
278
Navy information technology center
278
US Navy Call Center
279
Marine Corps
279
USMC initial issue
279
USMC equipment maintenance
279
Adjustments to Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
279
Air Force
280
Air Force base operations
280
Adjustments to Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
280
Air Force readiness spares packages
280
Air Force nuclear, biological and chemical defense
280
Defense-Wide
281
Mobility enhancements
281
Mechanization of Contract Administration Service (MOCAS)
281
Partnership for Peace Program (Warsaw Initiative)
281
Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program
282
Domestic preparedness center
282
Cultural and historic activities
282
Defense Travel System
283
Command information superiority architecture program
283
Guard and Reserve Components
284
Air Force Reserve equipment maintenance
284
National Guard initial issue
284
Distributed mission trainer
284
Miscellaneous
284
Overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic affairs
284
Other Items of Interest
285
Charlestown Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Charlestown, Rhode Island
285
Commander-in-Chiefs Initiative Fund
286
Inventory of financial management and feeder systems
286
Joint computer-aided acquisition and logistics support (JCALS) program
287
Mechanization of Contract Administration Service
287
National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence
287
Pesticide contamination at the former Fort Devens, Devens,
Massachusetts, and other closed and active military installations
288
Revised requirements for report on Defense use of smart card as PKI
authentication device carrier
289
Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations
291
Subtitle A--Active Forces
291
End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)
291
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces
291
End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411)
291
End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves
(sec. 412)
292
End strengths for military technicians (dual status) (sec. 413)
292
Fiscal year 2001 limitation on non-dual status technicians (sec. 414)
292
Increase in number of members in certain grades authorized to be on
active duty in support of the reserves (sec. 415)
293
Subtitle C--Other Matters Relating to Personnel
Strengths
293
Suspension of strength limitations during war or national emergency
(sec. 421)
293
Exclusion of certain reserve component members on active duty for
more than 180 days from active component end strengths (sec. 422)
293
Exclusion of Army and Air Force medical and dental officers from
limitations on strengths of reserve commissioned officers in grades
below brigadier general (sec. 423)
293
Authority for temporary increases in number of reserve personnel
serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty in certain
grades (sec. 424)
293
Temporary exemption of Director of the National Security Agency from
limitations on number of Air Force officers above major general (sec.
425)
293
Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations
294
Authorization of appropriations for military personnel (sec. 431)
294
Title V--Military Personnel Policy
295
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy
295
Eligibility of Army Reserve colonels and brigadier generals for
position vacancy promotions (sec. 501)
295
Promotion Zones for Coast Guard Reserve Officers (sec. 502)
295
Time for release of officer promotion selection board reports (sec. 503)
295
Clarification of authority for posthumous commissions and warrants
(sec. 504)
295
Inapplicability of active-duty list promotion, separation, and
involuntary retirement authorities to reserve general and flag officers
serving in certain positions designated by the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff (sec. 505)
295
Review of actions of selection boards (sec. 506)
296
Extension to all Air Force biomedical sciences officers of authority
to retain until specified age (sec. 507)
297
Termination of application requirement for consideration of officers
for continuation on the Reserve Active-Status List (sec. 508)
297
Technical corrections relating to retired grade of reserve
commissioned officers (sec. 509)
297
Grade of chiefs of reserve components and directors of National Guard
components (sec. 510)
297
Subtitle B--Joint Officer Management
298
Joint officer management (sec. 521--528)
298
Subtitle C--Education and Training
298
Eligibility of children of reserves for Presidential appointment to
service academies (sec. 541)
298
Selection of foreign students to receive instruction at service
academies (sec. 542)
298
Repeal of contingent funding increase for Junior Reserve Officers
Training Corps (sec. 543)
298
Revision of authority for Marine Corps platoon leader class tuition
assistance program (sec. 544)
298
Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Recruiting
299
Army recruiting pilot programs (sec. 551)
299
Enhancement of the joint and service recruitment market research and
advertising programs (sec. 552)
299
Access to secondary schools for military recruiting purposes (sec. 553)
299
Subtitle E--Other Matters
300
Authority for award of Medal of Honor to certain specified persons
(sec. 561)
300
Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to
certain persons (sec. 562)
300
Ineligibility for involuntary separation pay upon declination of
selection for continuation on active duty (sec. 563)
300
Recognition by states of military testamentary instruments (sec. 564)
300
Sense of Congress on the court-martial conviction of Captain Charles
Butler McVay, Commander of the USS Indianapolis, and the courageous
service of its crew (sec. 565)
301
Other Items of Interest
301
Automated in- and out-processing of military personnel
301
Funeral honors for members of the uniformed services
302
Information related to alternatives to the Survivor Benefit Plan
302
Prevention of alcohol-related incidents
302
Study on the use of peyote by military personnel
303
Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits
305
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances
305
Increase in basic pay for Fiscal Year 2001 (sec. 601)
305
Corrections for basic pay tables (sec. 602)
305
Pay in lieu of allowance for funeral honors duty (sec. 603)
305
Clarification of service excluded in computation of creditable
service as a Marine Corps officer (sec. 604)
305
Calculation of Basic Allowance for Housing (sec. 605)
305
Eligibility of members in grade E 4 to receive basic allowance for
housing while on sea duty (sec. 606)
306
Personal money allowance for the senior enlisted members of the armed
forces (sec. 607)
306
Increased uniform allowances for officers (sec. 608)
306
Cabinet-level authority to prescribe requirements and allowance for
clothing of enlisted members (sec. 609)
306
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special Incentive Pays
306
Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve
forces (sec. 611)
306
Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse
officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists (sec. 612)
307
Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and
special pays (sec. 613)
307
Consistency of authorities for special pay for reserve medical and
dental officers (sec. 614)
307
Special pay for physician assistants of the Coast Guard (sec. 615)
307
Authorization of special pay and accession bonus for pharmacy
officers (sec. 616)
307
Corrections of references to Air Force veterinarians (sec. 617)
307
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. 618)
308
Career sea pay (sec. 619)
308
Increased maximum rate of special duty pay assignment pay (sec. 620)
308
Expansion of applicability of authority for critical skills
enlistment bonus to include all armed forces (sec. 621)
308
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances
308
Advance payments for temporary lodging of members and dependents
(sec. 631)
308
Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in less than
average weights (sec. 632)
309
Expansion of funded student travel (sec. 633)
309
Benefits for members not transporting personal motor vehicles
overseas (sec. 634)
309
Subtitle D--Retirement Benefits
309
Exception to high-36 month retired pay computation for members
retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade (sec. 641)
309
Automatic participation in Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan
unless declined with spouses' consent (sec. 642)
309
Participation in thrift savings plan (sec. 643)
310
Retirement from active reserve service after regular retirement (sec.
644)
310
Same treatment for federal judges as for other federal officials
regarding payment of military retired pay (sec. 645)
310
Subtitle E--Other Matters
310
Reimbursement of recruiting and ROTC personnel for parking expenses
(sec. 651)
310
Extension of deadline for filing claims associated with capture and
internment of certain persons by North Vietnam (sec. 652)
311
Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued leave and for
retired pay (sec. 653)
311
Eligibility of certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve for
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (sec. 654)
311
Authority to pay gratuity to certain veterans of Bataan and
Corregidor (sec. 655)
311
Other Items of Interest
311
Adjustments to the Basic Allowance for Housing
311
Title VII--Health Care
313
Subtitle A--Senior Health Care
313
Extension of TRICARE senior supplement demonstration program (sec. 701)
313
TRICARE senior prime demonstration program (sec. 702)
313
Extension and expansion of demonstration project for participation of
uniformed services personnel in the Federal Employee Health Benefit
program (sec. 703)
313
Implementation of redesigned pharmacy system (sec. 704)
MDBU314
Subtitle B--TRICARE Program
MDBU314
Additional beneficiaries under TRICARE prime remote program in CONUS
(sec. 711)
MDBU314
Elimination of copayments for immediate family (sec. 712)
MDBU314
Improvement in business practices in the administration of the
TRICARE program (sec. 713)
MDBU314
Subtitle C--joint Initiatives With Department of
Veterans Affairs
MDBU315
Tracking patient safety in military and veterans health care systems
(sec. 721)
MDBU315
Pharmaceutical identification technology (sec. 722)
MDBU315
Medical informatics (sec. 723)
MDBU315
Subtitle D--other Matters
MDBU315
Permanent authority for certain pharmaceutical benefits (sec. 731)
MDBU315
Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for CHAMPUS beneficiaries
(sec. 732)
Medical and dental care for medal of honor recipients and their
dependents (sec. 733)
MDBU316
School-required physical examinations for certain minor dependents
(sec. 734)
MDBU316
Two-year extension of dental and medical benefits for surviving
dependents of certain deceased members (sec. 735)
MDBU316
Extension of authority for contracts for medical services at
locations outside medical treatment facilities (sec. 736)
MDBU317
Transition of chiropractic health care demonstration program to
permanent status (sec. 737)
MDBU317
Use of information technology for enhancement of delivery of
administrative services under the Defense Health Program (sec. 738)
MDBU317
Patient care reporting and management system (sec. 739)
MDBU318
Health care management demonstration program (sec. 740)
MDBU318
Studies of accrual financing for health care for military retirees
(sec. 741)
MDBU318
Augmentation of Army Medical Department by reserve officers of the
Public Health Service Corps (sec. 742)
MDBU318
Other Items of Interest
MDBU319
Consultation with schools of pharmacy and nursing
MDBU319
Financial assistance for those beneficiaries requiring animal assistance
MDBU319
Health care benefits for retirees living overseas
MDBU319
Implementation of Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs
Department sharing initiatives
MDBU319
Notification of persons affected by unanticipated adverse outcomes of
medical care
MDBU320
Special pays for military health care professionals
MDBU320
Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and
MDBURelated Matters
MDBU321
Improvements in procurements of services (sec. 801)
MDBU321
Addition of threshold value requirement for applicability of a
reporting requirement relating to multiyear contract (sec. 802)
MDBU322
Planning for the acquisition of information systems (sec. 803)
MDBU322
Tracking of information technology purchases (sec. 804)
MDBU322
Repeal of requirement for contractor assurances regarding the
completeness, accuracy, and contractual sufficiency of technical data
provided by contractor (sec. 805)
MDBU323
Extension of authority for Department of Defense acquisition pilot
programs (sec. 806)
MDBU324
Clarification and extension of authority to carry out certain
prototype projects (sec. 807)
MDBU324
Clarification of authority of Comptroller General to review records
of participants in certain prototype projects (sec. 808)
MDBU325
Eligibility of small business concerns owned and controlled by women
for assistance under the mentor-prote AE1ge AE1 program (sec. 809)
MDBU325
Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (sec. 810)
MDBU325
Qualifications required for employment and assignment in contracting
positions (sec. 811)
MDBU326
Defense acquisition workforce (sec. 812)
MDBU327
Financial analysis of use of dual rate for quantifying overhead costs
at army industrial facilities (sec. 813)
MDBU328
Other Items of Interest
MDBU328
Application of Cost Accounting Standards to universities
MDBU328
Appropriate use of the government purchase card
MDBU329
Availability of contractor past performance information
MDBU329
Contracts for ancillary commercial services
MDBU330
Online auctioning
MDBU330
Performance goals and measures for quality of equipment and other
products
330
Polyacrylonitrile carbon fibers
331
Procurements from the small arms production industrial base
332
Risk management in the acquisition of major systems
332
Technical data rights for items developed exclusively at private expense
333
Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management
335
Repeal of limitation on major Department of Defense headquarters
activities personnel (sec. 901)
335
Overall supervision of Department of Defense activities for combating
terrorism (sec. 902)
335
National Defense Panel 2001 (sec. 903)
336
Quadrennial National Defense Panel (sec. 904)
337
Inspector General investigations of prohibited personnel actions
(sec. 905)
337
Network centric warfare (sec. 906)
338
Additional duties for the Commission to Assess United States National
Security Space Management and Organization (sec. 907)
340
Special authority for administration of Navy Fisher Houses (sec. 908)
340
Organization and management of the Civil Air Patrol (sec. 909)
340
Responsibility for the National Guard Challenge Program (sec. 910)
340
Supervisory control of Armed Forces Retirement Home Board by
Secretary of Defense (sec. 911)
340
Consolidation of certain Navy gift funds (sec. 912)
341
Temporary authority to dispose of a gift previously accepted for the
Naval Academy (sec. 913)
341
Title X--General Provisions
343
Subtitle A--Financial Matters
343
Authorization of prior emergency supplemental appropriations for
fiscal year 2000 (sec. 1002)
343
United States contributions to NATO common-funded budgets (sec. 1003)
343
Annual OMB/CBO joint report on scoring budget outlays (sec. 1004)
343
Prompt payment of contractor vouchers (sec. 1005)
343
The repeal of certain requirements relating to timing of contract
payments (sec. 1006)
344
Plan for prompt posting of contractual obligations (sec. 1007)
344
Plan for the electronic submission of documentation supporting claims
for contract payments (sec. 1008)
344
Administrative offsets for overpayment of transportation costs (sec.
1009)
344
Subtitle B--Counter-Drug Activities
344
Extension and increase of authority to provide additional support for
counter-drug activities (sec. 1011)
345
Recommendations on expansion of support for counter-drug activities
(sec. 1012)
345
Review of riverine counter-drug program (sec. 1013)
346
Subtitle C--Strategic Forces
347
Revised nuclear posture review (sec. 1015)
347
Plan for the long-term sustainment and modernization of United States
strategic nuclear forces (sec. 1016)
348
Correction of scope of waiver authority for limitation on retirement
or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery vehicles (sec. 1017)
348
Study and report on hardened and deeply buried targets (sec. 1018)
348
Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements
349
Annual report of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on
combatant command requirements (sec. 1021)
349
Joint Requirements Oversight Council (sec. 1022)
349
Preparedness of military installation first responders for incidents
involving weapons of mass destruction (sec. 1023)
350
Date of submittal of reports on shortfalls in equipment procurement
and military construction for reserve components in future years defense
programs (sec. 1024)
351
Management review of defense logistics agency (sec. 1025)
351
Management review of defense information systems agency (sec. 1026)
352
Subtitle E--Information Security
352
Institute for defense computer security and information protection
(sec. 1041)
352
Information security scholarship program (sec. 1042)
353
Process for prioritizing background investigations for security
clearances for Department of Defense personnel (sec. 1043)
354
Authority to withhold certain sensitive information from public
disclosure (sec. 1044)
355
Protection of operational files of the Defense Intelligence Agency
(sec. 1045)
356
Subtitle F--Other Matters
356
Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Uniform Code of
Military Justice (sec. 1051)
356
Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross employees for
enrollment in Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Schools in Puerto
Rico (sec. 1053)
356
Grants to American Red Cross for Armed Services Emergency Services
(sec. 1054)
356
Transit pass program for certain Department of Defense personnel
(sec. 1055)
356
Fees for providing historical information to the public (sec. 1056)
357
Access to criminal history record information for national security
purposes (sec. 1057)
357
Sense of Congress on the naming of the CVN 77 aircraft carrier (sec.
1058)
357
Donation of civil war cannon (sec. 1059)
358
Maximum size of parcel posts transported overseas for Armed Forces
Post Offices (sec. 1060)
358
Other Items of Interest
358
Department of Defense export control procedures
358
Firefighting equipment
358
Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile
359
Title XI--Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Policy
361
Computer/electronic accommodations program (sec. 1101)
361
Additional special pay for foreign language proficiency beneficial
for United States national security interests (sec. 1102)
361
Increased number of positions authorized for the defense intelligence
senior executive service (sec. 1103)
361
Extension of authority for tuition reimbursement and training for
acquisition personnel in shortage categories (sec. 1104)
361
Work safety demonstration program (sec. 1105)
361
Employment and compensation of employees for temporary organizations
established by law or executive order (sec. 1106)
362
Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in
force (sec. 1107)
362
Electronic maintenance of performance appraisal systems (sec. 1108)
362
Approval authority for cash awards in excess of $10,000 (sec. 1109)
362
Leave for crews of certain vessels (sec. 1110)
362
Life insurance for emergency essential Department of Defense
employees (sec. 1111)
363
Civilian personnel services public-private competition pilot program
(sec. 1112)
363
Extension, expansion, and revision of authority for experimental
personnel program for scientific and technical personnel (sec. 1113)
363
Title XII--Matters Relating to Other Nations
365
Transfers of naval vessels to foreign countries (sec. 1201)
365
Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor
Iraqi weapons activities (sec. 1202)
365
Repeal of restriction preventing cooperative airlift support through
acquisition and cross servicing agreements (sec.1203)
366
Western Hemisphere Institute for Professional Education and Training
(sec. 1204)
366
Biannual report on Kosovo peacekeeping (sec. 1205)
366
Mutual assistance for monitoring test explosions of nuclear devices
(sec. 1206)
367
Consolidated annual report on Cooperative Threat Reduction assistance
and activities (sec. 1207)
368
Limitation on use of funds for construction of a Russian facility for
the destruction of chemical weapons (sec. 1208)
368
Limitation on the use of funds for the Elimination of Weapons Grade
Plutonium Program (sec. 1209)
368
Title XIII--Navy Activities on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico
371
Navy activities on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico (secs. 1301 1308)
371
Division B--Military Construction Authorizations
373
Title XXI--Army
393
Summary
393
Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2101)
393
Family housing (sec. 2102)
393
Improvement to military family housing units (sec. 2103)
393
Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2104)
393
Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000
projects (sec. 2105)
394
Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1999
project (sec. 2106)
394
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project (sec.
2107)
394
Authority to accept funds for realignment of certain military
construction project, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (sec. 2108)
394
Other Items of Interest
395
Presidio Housing, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San
Francisco, California
395
Title XXII--Navy
397
Summary
397
Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2201)
397
Family housing (sec. 2202)
397
Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2203)
397
Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2204)
397
Correction in authorized use of funds, Marine Corps Combat
Development Command, Quantico, Virginia (sec. 2205)
397
Title XXIII--Air Force
399
Summary
399
Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects (sec.
2301)
399
Family housing (sec. 2302)
399
Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2303)
399
Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec. 2304)
399
Title XXIV--Defense Agencies
401
Summary
401
Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2401)
401
Energy conservation projects (sec. 2402)
401
Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies (sec. 2403)
401
Other Items of Interest
401
Certification of requirement for military construction projects,
Manta Air Base, Ecuador
401
Planning and design, Defense Intelligence Agency
402
Title XXV--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
403
Summary
403
Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2501)
403
Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502)
403
Title XXVI--Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities
405
Summary
405
Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2601)
405
Other Items of Interest
405
Support for Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams
405
Title XXVII--Expiration and Extension of Authorizations
407