Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 Became Public Law No: 101-510. Armed Forces and National Security
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Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 Became Public Law No: 101-510. Armed Forces and National Security
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for the defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, the reserve components for procurement, and for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons under the chemical demilitarization program. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to use funds appropriated for FY 1991 to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for specified defense programs. Repeals certain procurement and research and development (R&D) authorizations under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989. Part B: B-2 Aircraft Programs - Limits the amount of Air Force procurement funds under this Act that may be obligated for procurement of B-2 aircraft. Part C: Other Strategic Programs - Prohibits FY 1991 Air Force procurement funds from being obligated for the SRAM II missile program until the Secretary of Defense makes certain certifications to the Congress concerning the testing of such program. Prohibits funds appropriated pursuant to this or any other Act from being obligated or expended for site preparation or construction for the Ground-Wave Emergency Network until the Secretary undertakes a certain study and follow-up report with recommendations with respect to such system. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the estimate date of the air defense penetration capabilities of the Soviet Union. Prohibits FY 1990 Air Force missile procurement funds from being obligated or expended for the MX Rail Garrison program. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on alternative MX missile test plans. Limits the amount of Air Force missile procurement funds that may be available for advance procurement of the Advanced Cruise Missile until the Defense Acquisition Board and the Secretary make certain determinations and certifications. Limits the obligation of funds for the KC-135R tanker aircraft re-engining modification program until the Secretary conducts a reassessment of such program and reports his results to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees). Part D: Army Programs - Places certain limitations on the following Army programs: (1) the ADATS air missile defense program; (2) the M-1 Abrams tank program; and (3) procurement of AHIP Scout helicopters. Directs the Secretary of the Army to provide 24 CH-47 aircraft to the Army National Guard. Part E: Navy and Marine Corps Programs - Earmarks specified Navy funds for the following programs: (1) the A-12 aircraft; (2) the V-22 aircraft; (3) procurement of M1A1 main battle tanks; (4) MH-53 minesweeper helicopters; (5) AH-1W helicopters; and (6) laboratory equipment for Navy industrial-funded activities. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to establish an A-12 review committee to submit quarterly reports concerning such program. Part F: Nonstrategic Air Force Programs - Earmarks specified Air Force funds for the C-17 aircraft program (with specified limitations) and for the re-engining of certain Air Force reconnaissance aircraft. Prohibits any funds from being obligated for: (1) the TACIT Rainbow system; and (2) the procurement of the chemical-biological collective protection systems. Part G: Chemical Munitions - Requires certain new assessments and estimates to be included in an annual report on the safety of the chemical weapons stockpile (the chemical weapons demilitarization program). Authorizes the Secretary, in connection with the chemical weapons stockpile disposal program, to make grants to assist States and local governments in carrying out functions related to emergency preparedness and response in connection with such disposal. Directs the Secretary to develop and report to the defense committees a plan of the steps the Department of Defense (DOD) would take if the chemical weapons stockpile of the United States began an accelerated rate of deterioration before a full-scale disposal capability is developed. Part H: Other Programs - Terminates the 155-millimeter nuclear projectile program and the Follow-on-to-Lance program. Limits the use of funds, requires certain production decisions, and requires a modernization program with respect to electronic warfare procurement. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for R&D. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for basic research and exploratory development projects. Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks specified R&D funds for the V-22 Osprey aircraft program. Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) establish a technical demonstration program for Army combat helicopters; and (2) prescribe an acquisition plan for the procurement of an armored gun system. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to complete certain phases and processes in connection with the Advanced Tactical Fighter. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to retire certain fleet electronic warfare support aircraft and acquire certain replacement aircraft for such support. Authorizes the use of Air Force funds for an additional Titan IV launch facility only if used to convert an existing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a plan for a system other than, and in place of, the current MILSTAR communications satellite system in order to meet requirements for an advanced communications satellite relay system. Provides funding limitations and certain transfer authorities. Prohibits the Secretary from testing the Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser transmitter and associated optics against an object in space during 1991 unless specifically authorized by law. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - States that funds may be obligated or expended for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) for only the following program elements: (1) Phase I defenses; (2) limited protection systems; (3) theater and ATBM defenses; (4) follow-on systems; and (5) research and support activities. Outlines programs, projects, and activities to be included in each program element. Provides funding limitations for each element. Outlines limitations on the use of DOD funds for FY 1991 or earlier for the development and testing of anti-ballistic missile systems or components. Prohibits the use of such funds for a strategic defense system or a program, project, or activity of SDI. Prohibits the use of FY 1991 R&D funds for full-scale development of the Boost Surveillance and Tracking System. Directs the Secretary to transfer such system to the Air Force. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified FY 1991 SDI funds should be utilized to develop anti-tactical ballistic missile systems to counter threats against U.S. air defenses. Requires the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps to be involved in developmental programs in this regard. Endorses a current cooperative R&D program between the United States and Israel to develop the Arrow Tactical Missile Program. Obligates specified funds for such Program and the Patriot II ATBM Development Program. Part D: Strategic Programs - Limits FY 1991 DOD funding for the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program and the MX Rail garrison and the small ICBM program under the ICBM program. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to such programs. Commends the President for proposing a restraint on the flight testing of depressed trajectory and other short-time ballistic missiles and expresses disappointment that the Soviet Union has not agreed to do so. Urges the President to continue such restraint. Part E: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to submit annually to the Congress a report on R&D conducted by DOD with respect to biological defense. Earmarks specified R&D funds for the construction of a facility for collaborative research and training for medical personnel within DOD. Outlines fund use requirements. Earmarks specified R&D funds for: (1) establishing an institute for advanced science and technology; and (2) support of advanced research projects. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a review of competitive procedures used in procuring computers and software for use in DOD to determine if such solicitations provide any barriers to full and open competition for U.S. computer suppliers. Requires study results to be reported to the defense committees. Establishes the Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of various means to improve the operation of DOD laboratories. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to: (1) identify actions which DOD can take to increase the capabilities of U.S. educational institutions in scientific, mathematics, and engineering skills necessary to meet the long-term national defense needs of the United States; and (2) establish and conduct programs to carry out such actions. Requires the Secretary to designate an individual to assist the Secretary in carrying out such responsibilities. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program for awarding grants to students enrolled or accepting enrollment as undergraduates or graduate students in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of DOD. Directs the Secretary to give priority in the awarding of such grants to women and minority students. Requires the Secretary to establish no less than two programs for awarding grants to public colleges or universities for the improvement of undergraduate or graduate education in scientific disciplines critical to the national security functions of DOD. Requires the Secretary to give priority to programs which stimulate interest of women and minorities in such areas or educational endeavor. Authorizes each defense laboratory director to enter into one or more education partnership agreements with public school systems, colleges, and universities to encourage and enhance study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. Outlines partnership agreement provisions. Requires the directors to establish, in association with such programs, cooperative work-education programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Outlines work-education program provisions. Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy the Secretary's determinations regarding actions which DOD may take to improve education in the scientific, mathematics and engineering skills necessary to meet the long-term national defense needs. Directs the Secretary to establish a DOD office in Japan to facilitate a cooperative effort for the development of technologies of interest to DOD. Earmarks specified funds for making grants for studies and analyses by emigrants from the Soviet Union, the countries of Eastern Europe, and Cuba regarding political, social, and economic developments in those countries. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance expenses for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves and National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities--defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration--defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs and those necessitated as the result of inflation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital within DOD. States as the purpose of the humanitarian assistance program to provide transportation and humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing such assistance. Requires transportation for such assistance, by the most economical means possible, to be under the direction of the Secretary of State. Earmarks some of the funds provided for the 1990 Goodwill Games for the Winter World Series Torch Run and the 1991 Freestyle World Championships. Authorizes the use of Army operation and maintenance funds for the acquisition of clothing under the extended cold weather clothing system. Part B: Limitations - Prohibits the Secretary from incurring obligations against DOD stock funds in FY 1991 in excess of 80 percent of the sales from such funds during that fiscal year, except in cases of national security needs. Prohibits the management of DOD civilian personnel by end strengths during FY 1991. Part C: Changes to Existing Law - Provides military commissary privileges for: (1) Ready Reservists who perform annual training in either a pay or non-pay status; and (2) reservists who have completed all the requirements for receipt of retired pay at age 60, but who are no longer in the Selected Reserve. Authorizes the latter to use all morale, welfare, and recreational facilities of DOD available to active-duty personnel. Requires the Secretary to establish guidelines for future reductions in the number of DOD civilian employees who are employed by industrial- or commercial-type activities. Requires each agency or component of DOD to include in its budget submission a five-year master plan concerning such employees, as well as certain other information. Allows deviations from the master plan in cases of national security. Prohibits a DOD agency or component that employs such individuals from implementing involuntary reductions or furloughs of such personnel until a congressional notification requirement has been met. Requires the Secretary to issue a single, uniform policy on the management of inventory items of DOD. Requires personnel evaluations for acquisition personnel within DOD to include consideration of efforts to eliminate wasteful practices and achieve cost savings in the acquisition and management of inventory items. Expands the types of food that may be donated by DOD to charitable organizations to include dining hall food, ready-to-eat meals, and other food that would otherwise be destroyed as unusable. (Currently, only commissary store food is authorized.) Expands the authority of the Secretary of a military department to exchange items not needed by the armed forces to include exchanges in return for search, salvage, and restoration services which benefit the historical collections of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations allowing unified combatant commanders to provide government transportation to military and civilian personnel and their dependents in areas outside the United States when public or private transportation is unsafe or unavailable. Authorizes the commercial sale of recordings of military bands and the crediting of such to appropriations used to pay band expenses. Prohibits funds from being appropriated for expenses connected with any program conducted by the Army to promote marksmanship among civilians. Provides, in lieu, that funds may be provided to pay the costs of such program, but must be fully recovered through the use of fees charged to civilians participating in the program. Abolishes the Army's role in the construction of rifle ranges for civilian rifle practice. Requires the sales of Army rifles and ammunition to civilians to be for fair market value. Eliminates the annual authorization of appropriations for incidental expenses of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Allows all current rifle ranges constructed with funds provided by the United States to be used jointly by military and civilian individuals. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the sale of goods and services from ships' stores to members of the naval service and to such other persons as provided by law. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress reviewing the operation of all ships' stores and recommending appropriate improvements. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to fund and operate the Inter-American Air Forces Academy. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to expand the homeowners' assistance program under such Act to include employees of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality adversely affected by military base or installation closures. Includes in such coverage civilian employees serving overseas and entitled to reemployment with the Government due to a base or installation closure. Part D: Environmental Provisions - Expands DOD's reporting requirements with respect to environmental compliance to include a listing of funding and personnel requirements, the budget request for such activities, and a five-year projection of funding and personnel requirements for such activities at each military installation. Expands the annual environmental budget report to include funding levels and personnel required by DOD to comply with applicable environmental requirements at overseas military installations. Requires the Secretary to develop a policy for determining applicable environmental compliance at overseas military installations and to report such to the Congress with the FY 1991/1993 budget request. Extends to March 1, 1991, the date for completion of a waste recycling study under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to educate DOD personnel in environmental management. Outlines program requirements and provides FY 1991 funding for such program. Directs the Secretary to recommend to the defense committees whether such program should continue after FY 1991. Requires the CFC Advisory Committee (established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991) to study the use of specified ozone-depleting substances within DOD, together with the costs and feasibility of using alternative compounds to such substances. Requires the Secretary to provide the Committee with certain information on the use of such ozone-depleting substances within DOD. Extends to June 30, 1991, a deadline under such Act for the submission of a final report on the use of chlorofluorocarbons within DOD. Prohibits FY 1991 funds from being obligated for the purchase of performance bonds and similar guaranties for the performance of any direct function by DOD. Part E: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to carry out the mission of hurricane reconnaissance during FY 1991 unless another Federal agency assumes such responsibility and has adequate funding. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to operate and maintain an Army Reliability Centered-Inspect and Repair Only as Necessary Program at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama. Validates payments made before the enactment of this Act under a contract between a military department and a unit of local government for the provision of police, fire, or other municipal service. Requires the Secretary of each military department to ensure that each installation under his jurisdiction during FY 1991 is provided with firefighting and other emergency services through personnel and facilities of that installation. Directs the Secretary of Defense to increase the size of the permanent staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. Requires an equivalent reduction in the size of the permanent staff of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Directs the Secretary to assess and report to the Congress on the staff needs of the Assistant Secretary. Directs the Secretary to initiate discussions between military and civilian DOD personnel and appropriate Federal, State, and local officials in order to plan security and logistical support for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) funds appropriated to DOD should not be used to transfer to Europe any military equipment that would have to be destroyed as a result of anticipated arms control agreements on conventional forces in Europe; and (2) DOD should make every effort to avoid transferring to Europe any military equipment that would have to be returned to the United States after a short time as a result of further withdrawals of U.S. military personnel from Europe. Part F: Studies and Reports - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to contract for the lease of aircraft for initial entry helicopter pilot training to determine if the cost of leasing, operating, and maintaining such aircraft is less than the projected cost of operating and maintaining such aircraft of the Army for the same purpose. Requires the Secretary of Defense to undertake a study concerning the long-term leasing of such aircraft for such purpose. Expresses the sense of the Congress that flexible readiness has significant potential. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the extent to which flexible readiness could be implemented by the Secretary. Requires a report from the Secretary of the: (1) Navy on establishing a new Naval Reserve Training Center at Newport, Rhode Island; and (2) Army on safety aspects concerning the removal and transportation to Johnston Island of chemical weapons stored in the Federal Republic of Germany. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991 and 1995. Prohibits a member of the armed forces from being involuntarily separated unless the Secretary of the military department concerned has made certain certifications to the defense committees and followed certain procedures with respect to military force reduction actions. Defines those military personnel to be covered under such prohibition as those who: (1) are serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty; (2) have six or more years of active service in the armed forces; (3) if involuntarily separated, would not be immediately eligible for retired or retainer pay; and (4) if involuntarily separated, would be eligible for separation pay. Specifies limits on the authorized strength for general and flag officers on active duty effective FY 1991 and 1995. Reduces through FY 1992 the current authorized number of active-duty Air Force colonels. Exempts certain three-star generals and flag officer positions from fiscal year strength level limitations. Authorizes the President to designate not more than six such positions as exempted. Prohibits the delegation of such presidential authority. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to reduce the end strength under such Act for military personnel assigned to Europe. Authorizes the President to waive such force limitations in the national interest as long as the Congress is notified. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for members of the Selected Reserve for FY 1991. Prescribes end strength reductions or increases based on the number of units of the Selected Reserve component on active duty. Authorizes the end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves for FY 1991. Prescribes the authorized end strengths for FY 1992 through 1997 for Army reserves serving on full-time active duty or full-time National Guard duty for organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Army reserve components. Prohibits reservists serving in such manner from being involuntarily separated. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Part D: Other Personnel Strength Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the defense committees evaluating the cadre concept for both active-duty and reserve component divisions. Title V: Military Personnel - Part A: Personnel Readjustment Benefits - Authorizes the payment of separation pay to regular officers and enlisted personnel denied reenlistment or involuntarily discharged after a period of service of more than six, but less than 20, years. Requires, as a condition of receiving such pay, that the person enter into a written agreement with the Secretary concerned to serve in the Ready Reserve for not less than three years following such discharge or reenlistment denial. Provides a new package of benefits and services to members of the armed forces or full-time National Guard members who are involuntarily separated from, or denied reenlistment in, the armed forces or National Guard. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide for individual preseparation counseling of such members. Requires the Secretary concerned, in the case of a member being separated or discharged for medical reasons, to ensure that a copy of the member's service medical record is transmitted to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide to such denied or discharged members a certification of any job skills or experience acquired that may have application to employment in the civilian sector. Directs the Secretary to establish permanent employment assistance centers at appropriate military installations. Requires information aiding the employment of such members to be released by the Secretary to appropriate employment departments and agencies. Gives such members and their dependents a preference in hiring by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of DOD. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish and maintain a program to furnish counseling, assistance in identifying employment and training opportunities, and other related information and services to members denied reenlistment or involuntarily discharged, together with their spouses. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and of Veterans Affairs to cooperate with the Secretary of Labor in carrying out such program and to enter into an agreement to do so. Outlines program elements. Authorizes the Secretaries to use all appropriate individuals, personnel, representative, and agencies in carrying out the program. Provides transitional medical and dental care and other health benefits for members involuntarily separated with less than six years of active duty (such transitional period being 60 days) and for members involuntarily separated with six or more years of active service (120 days of coverage). Directs the Secretary to inform each member being so discharged of the availability for purchase of a conversion health policy which provides health care for members and their dependents for a period of one year after release or discharge, or for a preexisting condition for which health care is not provided under the policy solely because it is a preexisting condition. Allows the Secretary concerned to consider authorizing on an individual basis in cases of hardship the provision of health care for a member who is separated from the armed forces during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1990, and who is ineligible for transitional health care or does not obtain a conversion health policy. Provides additional benefits and services for such involuntarily discharged or released members and their dependents in the form of: (1) commissary and exchange benefits for a two-year period following such separation; and (2) the continued use of military family housing for 180 days after such separation (while still requiring a reasonable rental). Directs the Secretary to develop a program specifically to assist members of the armed forces stationed overseas who are preparing for discharge or release from active duty (and their dependents) in readjusting to civilian life. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to grant to a member being involuntarily separated such excess leave (not in excess of 30 days) as required to facilitate the member's necessary relocation activities, unless to allow such would interfere with military missions. Gives a person involuntarily separated from the armed forces during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1990: (1) preference for membership in a National Guard or Reserve unit over other equally qualified individuals for a period of one year following such separation; (2) certain travel and transportation allowances for expenses related to the involuntary separation; and (3) continuation of enrollment of any dependents currently enrolled in a school of the defense dependents' education system until the end of the school year. Part B: Defense Officer Personnel Management Policies - Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned, over the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1990, to take specified actions designed to enhance the early retirement incentives for officer personnel. Authorizes the convening of early retirement selection boards for such purpose. Limits the number of officers that can be selected for early retirement in a fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce from three to two years the time-in-grade required for an officer to retain such grade upon a voluntary retirement effective during such five-year period. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary concerned, during such five-year period, to reduce the required period of active service as a commissioned officer before retirement from at least ten years to no less than eight years. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and desirability of initially appointing all commissioned officers in the armed forces as reserve officers; and (2) the appropriate active-duty service obligation for graduates of the service academies. Part C: Officer Education and Training - Requires entering classes of the military service academies beginning in 1991 to be reduced by 100 from the previous year in order to reduce the total of such entrants by 1,000 by FY 1995. Repeals the authority of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate candidates and midshipmen for appointment to the service academies. Modifies the ten-year service obligation for graduates of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to allow a combination of active and reserve duty for such graduates who do not perform ten full years of active duty, while still requiring a minimum of seven years of active duty. Allows the Secretary concerned to recoup advanced educational assistance given to a member under the armed forces educational assistance program when such member fails to fulfill any term or condition of the educational assistance agreement. Part E (sic): Military Justice Amendments - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to add certain clarifying provisions to court martial procedures and the qualifications for appointment to the Court of Military Appeals. Part F (sic): Miscellaneous - Includes civilian attorneys acting as legal assistance officers in the list of officials authorized to perform the duties of public notaries. Extends to the Secretary of Transportation when operating the Coast Guard the current authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide facilities for, and prescribe regulations governing, the identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of military personnel who are dependent on alcohol or drugs. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to recommend procedural protections for members of the armed forces referred for mental health evaluations or involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. Requires reports and regulations in connection with such procedures. Amends the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act to: (1) state that a court may not treat retired pay as property in any proceeding to divide marital property between a member of the armed forces and a spouse or former spouse if a final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or separation was issued before June 25, 1981, and at the time did not treat any amount of retired pay as property for purposes of a division of marital property; and (2) revise the computation of the amount of disposable retired pay that is subject to marital property division after the effective date of such Act. Permits military officers to seek and hold nonpartisan civil office on an independent school board that is located exclusively on a military reservation. Authorizes the President to prescribe the components and quantities for Navy rations and to replace any such rations with other articles if economy and the health and comfort of naval personnel require such action. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the desirability of requiring active-duty officers to serve a minimum of two years in support of a National Guard or Reserve unit as a condition of eligibility for consideration for promotion to certain grades. Prohibits certain members of the reserves serving on full-time active duty in support of the reserve components, after the end of FY 1991, from being assigned to duty with any unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Program. Part F: Montgomery GI Bill - Amends the veterans' educational assistance program to allow individuals about to be involuntarily discharged from the armed forces to participate in the educational benefits provided under the Montgomery GI Bill, even if such individuals had made an election during active service not to participate in the GI Bill program. Requires a $1,200 reduction in basic pay for such individuals who elect to participate in such program after being informed of their involuntary discharge. Makes clarifying amendments to the Montgomery GI Bill active-duty program. Includes as eligible for benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill active-duty program members of the National Guard who organize, administer, train, instruct, or recruit for the National Guard. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay consistent with the FY 1991 adjustment in the General Schedule of the Government, providing instead a 4.1 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence, effective January 1, 1991. Prohibits the monthly rate of the variable housing allowance from being reduced to the extent that such pay, combined with other military pay and allowances, would total below the month preceding the most recent increase in the rate of basic pay. Part B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pay - Authorizes the payment of a retention bonus to a medical officer in the armed forces who executes a written agreement with the Secretary concerned to remain on active duty for between two and four years after the completion of any other active-duty service commitment. Provides yearly bonus limits and describes eligible officers. Requires refunds of such bonus in a pro rata amount for any agreed upon period of added active duty service not served. Allows officers to terminate an existing bonus program in order to enter into such multiyear bonus program. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on implementation of the bonus program. Increases the variable special pay for medical officers in pay grades 0-7 and above. Extends through FY 1992 the following programs: (1) the nurse accession bonus; (2) incentive special pay for nurse anesthetists; and (3) the nurse candidate program. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the special pay provided to nurse anesthetists to officers serving in a nursing specialty that is designated as critical and requires post baccalaureate education and training. Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to terminate the bonus installments normally due to a member who does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1993 (currently 1990) the authority for the payment of special pay for critically short wartime health services specialists in the Selected Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the payment of a retention bonus of up to $6,000 per year to optometrists who have completed their initial active duty service obligation. Requires an implementing report from the Secretary to the defense committees. Authorizes the Secretary to provide board certification special pay for nonphysician health care providers in the armed forces with a post-baccalaureate professional degree. Requires an implementing report. Part C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 which terminated the authority for the payment of costs of labor furnished in connection with the transportation of baggage and household goods. Authorizes a specified baggage and household goods weight allowance for cadets and midshipmen in connection with a change of temporary or permanent station. Part D: Miscellaneous - Amends the Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 1989 to delay the effective date under such Act of the enrollment period for the optional high-tier Survivor Benefit Plan coverage. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Part A: Health Care Services - Authorizes the coverage of pap smears and mammograms under CHAMPUS if provided on a diagnostic or preventive basis. Includes the payments to certified marriage and family therapists as a covered medical expense under CHAMPUS. Limits CHAMPUS coverage for inpatient psychiatric care to 30 days per year for adults and 45 days for adolescents under 19 years of age. Waives such limitation in certain cases. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a plan for reducing the costs incurred by DOD in providing mental health services under CHAMPUS. Part B: Health Care Management - Prohibits any reduction in the number of military and civilian DOD medical personnel below the number serving on September 30, 1989, unless the Secretary certifies to the Congress that the number being reduced is excess to the current and projected needs of the military and that such reduction would not increase CHAMPUS costs. Increases the outpatient per-individual and per-family CHAMPUS annual deductibles required of military personnel and their covered beneficiaries. Authorizes the United States to recover from third party insurance providers the reasonable costs for health care services (currently, only inpatient hospital care) provided in military medical facilities for retired military personnel and their dependents. Authorizes the payment of special and incentive pay and bonuses for direct health care providers employed by DOD under a personal services contract (currently limited to basic pay and allowances). Requires the Secretary to make certain cost-effectiveness certifications to the Congress before the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative underway in the States of California and Hawaii may proceed. Prohibits the closure of a military medical treatment facility, or a reduction in the level of care provided there other than as a result of a base closure, until the Secretary complies with specified congressional notification requirements. Authorizes the limited use of the composite health care system when the Secretary certifies such system as operationally functional, cost-effective, and needed to replace outdated existing systems. Extends the existence of uniformed services treatment facilities (formerly Public Health Service hospitals) through December 31, 1993. Places an FY 1991 funding cap for such facilities. Requires such facilities and the Secretary to complete agreement on, and begin implementation of, a managed care delivery and reimbursement model by September 30, 1991. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Part A: Acquisition Management Improvement - Directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to establish under the sponsorship of the Defense Systems Management College an advisory panel on streamlining and codifying defense acquisition laws. Requires reports. Revises the authority governing the operation of working-capital funded activities within DOD. Establishes procedures for the awarding of defense contracts without discussions when technical factors are more important than cost for purposes of selecting a contractor. Requires the evaluation factors and subfactors to be listed in the contract solicitation in their relative order of importance. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the certified cost or pricing data threshold. Requires the Inspector General to report on the effect of such change. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations for procurements below the $500,000 threshold. Repeals a Federal provision requiring contractors to submit a certification concerning the pricing of spare and repair parts. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that, before full-scale development of a major defense program is initiated, there is an acquisition strategy that includes a plan for the use of competitive alternative sources for such program and each major subsystem of such program if use of two or more sources: (1) would likely result in reduced costs and would not result in unacceptable delays; and (2) is otherwise in the national security interest of the United States. Redefines the "small purchase threshold" (the price at which a purchase will still be considered a small purchase for purposes of defense acquisition policies and regulations) as $25,000, adjusted on October 1 of each year divisible by five to the amount equal to $25,000 in constant FY 1990 dollars (rounded to the nearest $1,000). Makes conforming changes to such amount in various Federal provisions and Acts concerning Government procurement generally, as well as to the Small Business Act. Authorizes the Under Secretary to designate an official no lower than an Assistant Secretary to represent DOD on the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council. Calls for the use of multiyear defense acquisition contracts if their use will result in substantial savings of total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to determine the potential for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process in major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs). Authorizes the Secretary to designate not more than six MDAPs for participation in the pilot program and to designate such chosen MDAPs as a defense enterprise program. Authorizes the waiver of certain defense acquisition rules and regulations in the case of defense enterprise programs chosen for participation in the pilot program. Requires congressional notification. Terminates as of September 30, 1992, the authority to waive the application of any laws or regulations in the case of such programs. Requires DOD, before the acquisition of commercial products, to conduct market research to determine whether nondevelopmental items are available or could be modified to meet agency needs. Part B: Modifications to Existing Law - Declares that advertising firms are included in the minority business contracting program developed under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987. Includes first-tier subcontracts under a Federal provision which prohibits prime contractors from hiring individuals convicted of fraud and other related felonies. Requires subcontractors to disclose to their contractors whether the subcontractor has been debarred or suspended from Government contracting or subcontracting. Authorizes the use of DOD funds for administrative costs in connection with expansion of the procurement technical assistance program. Revises provisions concerning the effect of, or suspension of, certain post-employment restrictions on former Federal employees under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as they related to former defense acquisition employees. Part C: Defense Industrial and Technology Base - Requires DOD to include in each Defense Critical Technologies Plan an identification of all program elements which support development of one or more critical technologies within that program element, the allocation of funds to individual technologies within those program elements, and a comparison of such allocations to prior-year funding. Establishes the Critical Technologies Institute (Institute) as a federally-funded research and development center operated via a nonprofit membership corporation. Requires the Institute to: (1) survey private and Government views on each critical technology identified in the most recent report of the National Critical Technologies Panel, as well as each technology that the Institute considers critical; (2) on the basis of such surveys, identify national objectives for the research, development, and production capability of the United States with respect to such technologies, as well as the preparation of possible strategies for achieving the identified objectives; and (3) publish reports discussing such national strategies as well as their implementation. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to sponsor the Institute to enter into an agreement with the Institute's Board of Directors to perform such functions as the Director may specify, and to permit the Institute to perform functions for member agencies of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy that are consistent with their functions. Provides deadlines and funding. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, to: (1) provide centralized DOD policy guidance and direction to the military departments and defense agencies on all matters relating to manufacturing technology; and (2) direct the development and implementation of DOD plans and policies promoting the development and application of advanced technologies to manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan (Plan) to provide such guidance and policy for defense manufacturing, as well as assure its implementation by defense agencies and other related Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to enhance basic research in scientific disciplines relating to manufacturing technology by promoting research and creating technology transfer in such field. Directs the Secretary to promote the use of computer-integrated manufacturing in order to improve manufacturing quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and reduce production lead times. Directs the Secretary to enhance DOD use of concurrent engineering practices in the design and development of weapons systems. Directs the Secretary to promote the improvement of the subtier defense industry through specified programs and concepts. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing the payment by DOD of independent research and development costs or bid and proposal costs. Requires that, when such costs exceed $7,000,000 to a person in a fiscal year, the Secretary and such person shall enter into an advance agreement regarding the manner and extent to which DOD may pay such costs. Authorizes changes to such price limitation to reflect changing economic indices. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees annually on the defense industrial base of the United States, actions taken to improve such base, and the effects of defense budgets on the ability of the base to meet national security needs. Requires inclusion of the Under Secretary's analysis of the ability of U.S. businesses to conduct research, apply technologies, and maintain and expand such industrial base when necessary. Directs the Secretary to monitor the capability of, and provide an annual report on, the domestic textile and apparel industrial base to support defense mobilization requirements. Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to authorize the director of a Federal laboratory or the contracting officer of a federally funded R&D center to enter into contracts for a partnership intermediary to perform services which increase the likelihood of success in conducting cooperative or joint activities of such laboratories or R&D centers with small business firms. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop model programs for national defense laboratories. Part D: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to establish a Mentor-Protege Program in order to provide incentives to major DOD contractors (mentors) to help disadvantaged small businesses (proteges) perform as subcontractors and suppliers under DOD and other Government contracts. Outlines eligibility requirements for Program participants. Requires an agreement between the mentor and the protege regarding the assistance to be furnished. Outlines agreement provisions and the forms of assistance to be provided, including general business management and engineering and technical assistance. Allows the noncompetitive awarding of subcontracts to the protege, progress payments, loans, and other assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide for the reimbursement of a mentor for the total amount of any progress payment made under the Program, as well as for advance payments and other assistance. Provides credits to mentors for costs incurred on behalf of a protege that are not reimbursed. Prohibits a mentor from requiring a business concern to enter into a mentor-protege agreement as a condition to the awarding of a contract or subcontract. Requires the Program to be conducted between October 1, 1991, and September 30, 1994. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out the Program. Requires the General Accounting Office to evaluate the implementation of the Program and to provide interim and final reports on such implementation to specified congressional committees. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 to direct the Secretary to establish a specific goal for the award of prime contracts and subcontracts to historically Black colleges and universities and minority institutions in order to increase participation of such colleges and universities in defense research programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) furnish technical and infrastructure assistance to such colleges and universities; and (2) carry out such programs at institutions that agree to bear a substantial portion of the cost associated with the program. Prohibits the procurement of C-23 Sherpa aircraft with FY 1991 Army aircraft funds unless the Secretary of the Army secures a commitment from the contractor in support of equal employment opportunities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that professional and technical services are acquired on the basis of the task to be performed rather than on the number of hours of service provided. Increases the threshold limits concerning the authorized use of master agreements as provided under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Directs the Secretary to require that only domestically manufactured carbonyl iron powders are used in systems or items procured by DOD. Directs a defense agency remedy coordination official to recommend that a defense agency head reduce or suspend further payments to a defense contractor in any case in which the official finds substantial evidence that the request of such contractor for advance, partial, or a progress payment is based on fraud. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations containing requirements and provisions considered necessary to prohibit a defense contractor from taking any discriminatory action against any employee who communicates to a Government official information concerning a defense contract which the employee reasonably believes evidences a violation of law or regulations relating to DOD procurement or of the subject matter of the defense contract. Outlines procedures for: (1) complaint and investigation; and (2) review and enforcement. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Matters - Part A: General Management Matters - Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress for FY 1992 through 1994 a national military strategy. Requires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS Chairman) to participate fully in the development of each such report. Repeals a statutory cap on the staff size of the JCS. Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a U.S. Army Reserve Command under the Chief of Army Reserve to be a major subordinate command of Forces Command. Provides for the assignment of forces and provides a two-year test period for such Command. Requires reports by the Secretary of the Army to the defense committees. Prohibits the expenditure of DOD funds for investigations by DOD or any other Federal agency for a security clearance if a current, complete investigation has been or is being conducted by another department or agency. Requires a 20 percent reduction in the defense acquisition workforce by FY 1995. Reduces by four percent per year for FY 1991 through 1995 the number of personnel employed in management headquarters activities and headquarters support activities. Requires the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to conduct a joint review of all intelligence-related activities under certain national and foreign intelligence programs. Reduces the number of personnel assigned or detailed to such intelligence programs. Establishes for FY 1991 a special account to be managed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and used to provide funds to commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the U.S. Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for listed activities. Provides funding amounts and limitations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine mobility requirements for the armed forces and to develop an integrated plan to meet those requirements. Requires reports. Eliminates the statutory position of the Chief of Naval Research. Part B: Professional Military Education - Requires the Secretary, with the advice and assistance of the JCS Chairman, to promulgate a uniform cost accounting system for use by the Secretaries of the military departments in preparing budget requests for the operation of the professional military education schools. Requires the Secretaries concerned to carefully consider the views of the JCS Chairman in proposing such military education budget requests. Authorizes the President of the Naval War College, upon the recommendation of its faculty, to confer the degree of master of arts in national security and strategic studies upon graduates of the college. Part C: Contracting Out - Extends through FY 1991 the authority of military base commanders over the commercial activities contracting-out program. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a depot maintenance workload competition pilot program during FY 1991. Requires a report. Title X: Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities - Earmarks specified DOD drug interdiction and counter-drug activities funds for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) procurement; (3) National Guard pay and allowances; and (4) R&D. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to examine the need for an over-the-horizon radar in the central United States directed toward Mexico. Requires the Secretary to report on the study's results to the defense committees. Earmarks specified funds provided for such radar for procurement of a commercial test bed facility to serve as an interim facility until such study is completed. Limits the obligation of other funds provided for such radar program until the Secretary makes certain certifications to the Congress. Earmarks specified operation and maintenance funds to the Secretary to pay expenses incurred by the Civil Air Patrol in conducting drug surveillance flights. Authorizes the Secretary, during FY 1991, to provide support for the counter-drug activities of any other Federal, State, or foreign department or agency or law enforcement agency if such support is requested. Outlines types of support authorized and authorizes the Secretary to contract for services or equipment in providing such support. Authorizes the Secretary to plan and execute military training or operations for the purpose of aiding civilian law enforcement agencies. Makes specified operation and maintenance funds available for the provision of such support. Directs the Secretary to review the availability of equipment resulting from the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe and Asia in order to identify excess equipment that may be suitable for drug enforcement activities for transfer to Federal, State, and local civilian law enforcement authorities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary and the JCS Chairman must continue to emphasize DOD's commitment to combating illegal drugs so that the entire chain of command ensures that available funds are utilized fully and effectively to maximize the military's contribution to the national counter-drug efforts. Requires a report from the Comptroller General to specified bodies examining the counter-drug budget and expenditures of DOD. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the feasibility and effectiveness of using military scout helicopters for aerial surveillance missions related to drug smuggling along the southwest border of the United States. Requires the Secretaries of State and Defense to report to the Congress detailing current U.S. policies with respect to counter-drug enforcement activities and associated training programs of the United States in the Andean countries of Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should call for international negotiations for discussing the establishment of an international strike force to counter international drug traffickers. Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to establish within the Office of National Drug Control Policy the Counter-Narcotics Technology Assessment Center to serve as the central counter-drug enforcement research and development organization of the Government. Makes the Chief Scientist of Counter-Drug Technology the head of the Center. Requires, beginning with the FY 1992 budget, the President to submit a separate and detailed request relating to those Federal departments and agencies having responsibility for counter-drug enforcement research and development programs. Title XI: Operation Desert Shield - Part A: Funding Matters - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for costs incurred in FY 1990 in connection with Operation Desert Shield. Requires the Secretary to maintain separate financial and cost records for such Operation. Part B: Military Personnel Matters - Authorizes the payment of the following in connection with Operation Desert Shield: (1) imminent danger pay for members assigned to duty in the Persian Gulf area; (2) a variable housing allowance for reserve and retired members called to active duty; and (3) special pay for reserve medical and dental officers called to active duty in connection with such Operation. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should order at least one Army National Guard combat brigade to active Federal service for deployment in the Persian Gulf region in connection with Operation Desert Shield. Authorizes free mailing privileges for video recordings (currently only sound recordings) for members of the armed forces participating in Operation Desert Shield. Authorizes personnel deployed in Operation Desert Shield to participate in a special savings program and to receive payments for certain unused leave. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on options for reforming the basic allowance for subsistence entitlement. Authorizes the Secretary to exceed current authorized active-duty end strengths if the Secretary certifies to the defense committees that the additional end strength is necessary to accommodate operational requirements for Operation Desert Shield. Part C: Procurement Matters - Permits the use of simplified procurement procedures for contracts to be awarded and performed outside the United States in support of Operation Desert Shield if the value of the contract or purchases is $100,000 or less. Title XII: Defense Acquisition Workforce - Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act - Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to provide for a Defense Acquisition Workforce. Directs the Secretary to establish uniform procedures for the effective management of persons serving in acquisition positions in DOD. Provides general authorities and responsibilities for various officers and personnel assigned to positions in the Workforce. Requires the Secretary of each military department to establish acquisition career program boards for advice in managing the accession, training, education, and career development of military and civilian personnel in the acquisition workforce. Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate in regulations those positions in DOD that are to be considered acquisition positions. Directs the Secretary to ensure that appropriate career paths for civilian and military personnel who wish to pursue careers in acquisition are identified in terms of the education, training, experience, and assignments necessary for the most senior acquisition positions. Directs the Secretary to establish education, training, and experience requirements for each acquisition position based on the level of complexity of duties carried out in the position. Provides qualification requirements for persons wishing to serve as contracting officers in acquisition positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the small purchase threshold. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to approve all such requirements. Directs the Secretary to ensure establishment of an Acquisition Corps for each of the military departments and for the other components of DOD. Outlines eligibility and selection criteria for membership in the Acquisition Corps. Requires that after October 1, 1993, a critical acquisition position may only be filled by a member of an Acquisition Corps. Provides for the designation of critical acquisition positions. Provides career development procedures for persons assigned to critical acquisition positions through an Acquisition Corps after October 1, 1993. Directs the Secretary to establish specified education, training, and experience for program managers, executive officers, general and flag officers and civilians in equivalent positions, and senior contracting officials employed in critical acquisition positions. Directs the Secretary to establish policies and procedures for the establishment and implementation of the education and training programs authorized. Provides an intern program, a cooperative education program, and a scholarship program for aspiring acquisition personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to provide tuition reimbursement and training and to repay student loans in connection with an acquisition training program. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that military departments and defense agencies establish a management information system capable of providing standardized information to the Secretary on persons serving in acquisition positions. Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to report to the Secretary on the status of the defense acquisition workforce. Provides for the reassignment of the authority of the Under Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary, within a specified six-year period, to prescribe different minimum experience requirements for appointment to an acquisition position. Authorizes the payment of special pay to officers in critical acquisition positions who sign a written agreement to extend their period of active duty in such position. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the amount of such bonus, its payment, and the required period of commitment. Directs the Secretary, no later than October 1, 1991, to prescribe regulations for the initial structure of a defense acquisition university. Requires an implementation plan for such structure to be submitted to the defense committees. Amends Federal employment provisions to authorize the provision of degree training and student loan repayments (up to a specified limit) of loans made under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for qualified personnel in areas or occupations involving critical skills. Outlines pay authority provisions for persons occupying critical positions in the Government. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct and report to the defense committees on an independent evaluation of actions taken by the Secretary of Defense to carry out the requirements of this title and the amendments made by this title. Outlines certain transition provisions for personnel currently employed in defense acquisition positions in order to effectuate the changes made by this title. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to implement this title and its changes within one year after the enactment of this Act. Title XIII: Reduction in Reporting Requirements - Part A: Repeal of Existing Report Requirements - Repeals various reporting requirements under Federal armed forces and military pay and allowances provisions. Repeals specified reports and notifications required under various national defense authorization Acts, as well as under the Defense Industrial Reserve Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Military Selective Service Act. Part B: Modifications to Existing Report Requirements - Modifies specified reports currently required under Federal armed forces provisions and under specified annual defense authorization Acts. Part C: Report Provisions Previously Terminated by Goldwater-Nichols Act - Repeals certain reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, military pay and allowances provisions, and specified military authorization Acts which were terminated by a provision of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Restores one reporting requirement previously terminated by such Act. Repeals the reports termination section of such Act. Part D: Clerical Amendments - Makes clerical amendments to Federal armed forces provisions. Title XIV: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer amounts of authorizations made available to DOD in Division A of this Act between any authorizations contained therein for FY 1991. Provides transfer limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress an annual multiyear defense program in lieu of a five-year plan annually. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to submit to specified congressional committees annually a multiyear national foreign intelligence program reflecting estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations required to support such program. Revises provisions concerning the formats for presentation of DOD matters in the annual budget submitted to the President and the Congress. Revises procedures concerning the availability and control of appropriation accounts available for a definite period, closing such accounts on the last day of the fifth fiscal year after the period of availability ends. Provides that, after such an account is closed, it shall remain available for recording, adjusting, and liquidating obligations properly chargeable to that account. Outlines further provisions concerning charges made to such appropriation accounts. Requires obligations from such accounts in excess of specified amounts to be made only if the agency head involved has made certain certifications to the Congress. Provides that any audit requirement, limitation on obligations, or reporting requirement that is applicable to an appropriation account shall remain applicable after the end of the period of availability of that account. Requires the head of each Federal agency to provide a report to the President and the Department of the Treasury on the unliquidated obligations, unobligated balances, and adjustments made to such accounts during the completed fiscal year. Provides that an appropriation account available for an indefinite period shall be closed and remaining obligated or unobligated balances shall be canceled and shall not be available for any purpose: (1) when the head of the agency concerned or the President decides that the purposes for which the appropriation was made have been carried out; and (2) when no disbursement is made against the appropriation for two consecutive fiscal years. Requires the Comptroller General to make certain reports concerning both types of appropriation accounts (accounts available for definite or indefinite periods). Restores certain unobligated amounts and cancels certain unobligated and obligated balances from specified accounts. Requires an audit of the obligated balances in the merged accounts of DOD. Deobligates certain obligations that are no longer valid. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the audit results. Extends the requirement that DOD provide life-cycle cost information as part of the Selected Acquisition Report for major defense acquisition programs that have reached full-scale engineering development to programs which reached that stage before FY 1985. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 from the Defense Cooperation Account for programs, projects, and activities of DOD. States that the Classified Annex prepared by the Conference Committee to accompany the conference report on this bill shall have force and effect as if enacted into law. Part B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - Prohibits the Secretary, except under specified circumstances, from procuring air circuit breakers for naval vessels unless they were produced in the United States. Restores the ability of the Secretary of the Navy to permit short-term repairs for west coast Reserve ships to be solicited only in the homeport area if adequate competition exists. Requires a report on the use of Mayport Naval Station, Jacksonville, Florida, as a homeport for nuclear aircraft carriers. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to establish a program for the construction and operation of cargo vessels that incorporate features essential for military use. Outlines program requirements and requires reports to the Congress. Authorizes naval shipyards and military aviation depots, during FY 1991 and subject to the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, to compete for contracts for the production of defense-related articles and for the provision of services related to defense programs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the next guided missile destroyer to be named after enactment of this Act should be named the U.S.S. Samuel S. Stratton, in honor of a former New York congressman. Revises procedures for the review of certain naval vessel transfers to delete a provision that has been ruled unconstitutional. Part C: Guard and Reserve Initiative - Expresses the sense of the Congress: (1) that utilization of the reserve components of the armed forces should increase in the future; (2) regarding the importance of the Ready Reserve; (3) commending and stating the importance of the National Guard and reserves; and (4) on the importance of the U.S. armored forces in the active and reserve components and the need to maintain the U.S. Army Armor Center as the center for training, education, doctrine, and combat development for U.S. armored forces. Preserves through FY 1991 the force structure of the National Guard and reserves at the level that existed on January 1, 1990. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure, through the transfer of aircraft from regular to reserve squadrons, that the average number of aircraft assigned to aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard or the Air Reserve is equal to aircraft squadron amounts in the active duty components of the Air Force. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily waive such requirement if its implementation would be detrimental to the national security interest. Provides similar requirements for the Secretary of the Navy, requiring the average number of aircraft assigned to a P-3 aircraft squadron in the Naval Reserve to be equal to such number assigned in the regular Navy. Provides similar waiver authority. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assign the tactical airlift mission of DOD to the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the transfer of all tactical airlift transport aircraft to the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard at the earliest practicable date and to submit such plan to the defense committees by June 1, 1991. Prohibits any funds appropriated for fiscal years after FY 1996 from being used to operate or maintain OV-1 aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Army to retire such aircraft on a gradual basis from September 30, 1991, through September 30, 1996. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to provide each military department with flight training, fleet support, and depot maintenance with respect to all A-10 aircraft assigned to each such department. Part D: Arms Control Matters - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the addition of more nuclear risk reduction measures. Commends the Presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union for their joint statements on the pursuit of additional nuclear confidence-building measures. Asks the President to invite the Soviet Union to conduct reviews and enter into discussions in order to agree on additional roles and functions that could be assigned to the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers to lessen the risks of the accidental outbreak of nuclear war. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should pursue stabilizing strategic arms reduction agreements while maintaining a vigorous research and development and modernization program for strategic forces; and (2) before the conclusion of a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union, the President should provide the Congress with a classified and unclassified report on whether the SS-23 INF missiles of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Krasnoyarsk radar constitute violations of the INF or ABM Treaties and whether such weapon or system will be destroyed or dismantled. Part E: Matters Relating to Allies and Other Nations - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with NATO nations or other nations allied with the United States for reciprocal logistical support. Authorizes the Secretary to accept the use of real property, services, and supplies from foreign countries in connection with mutual defense agreements and occupational arrangements. Requires quarterly reports on such arrangements and annual audits by the Comptroller General. Directs the Secretary to designate an official within DOD to act as ombudsman within DOD on behalf of foreign governments who are parties to defense agreements with the United States. Includes reciprocal defense procurement agreements among the international defense agreements to be reviewed by the Secretary of Commerce. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should strengthen their cooperation with regard to technology that would contribute to the security of both countries; (2) technological cooperation between the two countries should be based upon an equitable mutual sharing of the costs and benefits of such cooperation; and (3) the Secretary should improve the staffing, funding, and organization of activities within DOD which are responsible for implementing and overseeing technological cooperation with Japan. Requests the President and directs the Secretary to pursue such technological cooperation, especially in those technologies that have both commercial and military application (known as "dual use" technologies). Earmarks specified FY 1991 R&D funds for pursuing such cooperation through the use of a memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with Japan. Provides funding conditions. Limits the authority of the Secretary to delegate certain authority required pursuant to such actions. Prohibits the use of any earmarked R&D funds for R&D under SDI. Urges the Secretary to increase staffing in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Programs to provide oversight of the joint R&D projects of the United States and Japan under this part. Recognizes that Japan has made a substantial pledge of financial support to the effort to support the U.N. Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all countries, especially Japan, that share the benefits of international security should, commensurate with their national capabilities, share in the responsibility for maintaining that security and stability. Directs the President to enter into negotiations with Japan to achieve an agreement under which Japan offsets all direct costs incurred by the United States related to the presence of all U.S. military personnel assigned to Japan. Limits the costs to be incurred by the United States during FY 1991 for paying salaries and other expenses of foreign nationals who are employed at U.S. military installations outside the United States. Directs the President to report to specified congressional committees on U.S. security arrangements with, and commitments to, other nations. Authorizes restrictions on imports to the United States from any nation in violation of the economic sanctions against Iraq. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should provide appropriate forms of humanitarian assistance for Lithuania and that the Administrator of the Agency for International Development should facilitate the gathering and dispatching of such assistance. Part F: Miscellaneous Matters - Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees whenever a change is planned in the classification of a DOD special access (classified) program, or when classified information concerning a special access program is to be made public. Includes the Appropriations Committees as defense committees for purposes of this provision. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) complete the development of weapons and weapon systems having standoff attack capabilities and employing sensor-fused devices; (2) proceed with production of such weapons and systems; and (3) provide that such production take place at facilities selected during the development stage of such weapons and systems. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse North American Van Lines and the Church of God for certain damages caused during Operation Just Cause. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through January 3, 1993, the deadline by which fixed wing close air support must be integrated into the instrumentation system at the National Training Center. Allows, subject to specified exceptions, contracts awarded under the Overseas Workload Program to be performed in the theater in which the equipment is normally located or in the country in which the contractor is located. Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate the Thomas Hawkins Johnson Visiting Scholar Program at the United States Military Academy. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the Thomas Hawkins Johnson Lecture Series at the National Defense University. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly conduct a study of, and report to specified congressional committees on, allowing civilian commercial aircraft access to restricted military air space in the mid-Atlantic region in order to enhance commercial aviation safety, improve air traffic control, and reduce the impact of aviation noise on populated areas. Authorizes the Ranch Hand Advisory Committee (a Committee studying possible long-term health effects of exposure to phenoxy herbicides and contaminants) to consult directly with, and provide information and recommendations to, Department of the Air Force scientists conducting the Ranch Hand Study. Requires annual reports. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should provide for an annual presentation to congressional defense leaders on the national military strategy of the United States. Part G: Congressional Findings, Policies, and Commendations - Recommends and commends the efforts of the Battle of the Bulge Historical Foundation to provide for the installation of a special gallery at the U.S. Army Museum at Fort Meade, Maryland, devoted to the collection, preservation, and exhibition of military artifacts relating to such battle. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the earthquake relief assistance provided by U.S. military forces to the Philippine people following a July, 1990 earthquake has played an essential role in their recovery from such incident; and (2) the military personnel and dependents who have provided such assistance should be commended by the Congress. Part H: Codification of Certain Provisions of Law and Technical Amendments - Codifies certain defense appropriations provisions. Makes technical amendments to Federal provisions concerning annual manpower strength authorizations, annual manpower requirement reports, and annual reports concerning National Guard and reserve procurement. Part I: Congressional Medals - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike a Congressional Gold Medal for presentation to General Matthew B. Ridgeway in honor of his extraordinary service as a military commander and leader during World War II and the Korean Conflict. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike commemorative medals: (1) for military personnel who participated in combat against Japanese forces during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; and (2) in honor of the centennial of Yosemite National Park. Title XV: Armed Forces Retirement Home - Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 - Part A: Establishment and Operation of Retirement Home - Incorporates the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home into an independent establishment in the executive branch to be known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home to provide a residence and related services for certain retired and former members of the armed forces. Defines persons eligible to be residents of the Home. Defines services to be provided to Home residents, including: (1) care authorized by the Retirement Home Board; and (2) the overall health care needs of residents, including medical, dental, and hospital care. Requires monthly fees to be collected from each resident for the provision of such care. States the manner in which the amount of the monthly fee will be determined for current residents of the Naval Home and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, as well as for new residents. Establishes the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board to exercise policy oversight over the Retirement Home and oversee the activities of any local boards of trustees. States that each establishment of the Retirement Home shall have a board of trustees to exercise operational oversight over the facility and provide reports to the Home Board at least twice annually. Requires the Retirement Home Board to be responsible for the overall operation of the Retirement Home. Requires the Board to report annually to the Secretary, for transmittal to the Congress, on the financial and other affairs of the Home for that fiscal year. Provides for qualifications, appointments, and terms of directors and staff for each facility of the Retirement Home. Requires the Inspector General of DOD to conduct inspections of the Home and its records through the Inspectors General of the various military departments concerned and to make specified reports on the results of such inspections, together with recommendations. Establishes in the Treasury the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, to be used solely for the operation of the Retirement Home. Requires the directors of each facility of the Retirement Home to safeguard and dispose of the effects of a deceased person delivered to the Retirement Home under specified will or devising procedures. Authorizes the sale of such effects if no heir or legal representative can be found within three years from the date of death, with proceeds from such sale deposited into the Fund. Part B: Transitional Provisions - Transfers to the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund all monies in current funds of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home. Repeals Federal provisions referring to either such Home under current law. Makes conforming amendments. Part C: Effective Date and Authorization of Appropriations - Provides effective dates. Authorizes appropriations for the Retirement Home for FY 1991. Title XVI: Charter for 82nd Airborne Division Association, Incorporated - Grants a Federal charter to the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Incorporated, a nonprofit Illinois corporation. States the powers, objects, and purposes of the Corporation, including: (1) perpetuating the memory of members of the 82nd who fought and died for our nation; (2) providing educational assistance to qualified children of current and former members; (3) promoting civic and patriotic activities; and (4) promoting the indispensable role of airborne defense in our national security. Title XVII: Missile Technology Controls - States the policy of the United States with respect to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) (controlling the acquisition by other countries of missile technology, materials, or weapons of mass destruction). Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 (EAA) to state that the Secretary of State shall be responsible for negotiations with other countries regarding their cooperation in restricting the export of missile technology and materials. Directs the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a list of those items to be considered controlled items of missile technology materials. Required validated export licenses to be issued by the Secretary of State to individuals desiring to export such controlled items. Outlines licensing procedures and requires consultation between the Secretaries of State and Defense in the determination for approval of such export licenses. Requires the Secretary of State to establish a procedure for information sharing with appropriate officials of the intelligence community and other appropriate Government agencies that will ensure effective monitoring of transfers of MTCR equipment or technology or other missile technology. Amends the EAA to provide for the imposition of applicable sanctions against U.S. or foreign persons found to have violated MTCR policies, rules, or regulations, including denial of all export licenses controlled under such Act (not limited to missile technology control items). Provides for the waiver of sanctions in the interest of national security or with respect to MTCR adherents which take enforcement action against violators. Provides other waivers and exceptions and requires reports by the President to the Congress for granted waivers. Amends the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) to direct the Secretary of State to establish and maintain, as part of the United States Munitions List, a list of all items in the MTCR Annex the export of which is not controlled by provisions of the EAA. Provides for similar joint determination by the Secretaries of State and Defense in the case of an export license for items on the MTCR Annex List, as well as for appropriate information-sharing between Government agencies. Provides similar sanctions under the AECA as applied under the EAA, in each case to be applied by the President when appropriate waivers do not apply. Provides such sanctions for both U.S. and foreign persons found to have transferred such technology items in violation of the AECA. Provides additional waivers and exceptions and requires reports by the President to the Congress for granted waivers. Directs the President to report semiannually to the Congress on: (1) international transfers of aircraft which the Secretary of State has reason to believe may be intended for use in the delivery of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons; and (2) international transfers of MTCR equipment or technology to any country that is not an MTCR adherent and that is seeking to acquire such equipment or technology, other than specified countries. Title XVIII: Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program to: (1) address environmental concerns in the Departments of Defense and Energy; (2) identify research, technologies, and other information developed by the Departments that would be useful to governmental and private organizations in addressing environmental concerns; and (3) provide information on such concerns and technology development. Establishes a Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council to prescribe policies and procedures to implement the Program and to enter into contracts, prepare environmental research and development plans, promote the exchange of information, and ensure the nonduplication of efforts with other Federal programs. Requires Council reports and a five-year strategic environmental research and development plan. Places an Executive Director at the head of the Council, to be responsible for the management of the Program and to enter into appropriate contracts. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly appoint a Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Scientific Advisory Board. Requires the Council to refer to the Board each proposed strategic environmental research and development project in excess of $1,000,000. Requires the Board to review and make recommendations to the Council with respect to the efficacy and justification of each such project and budget proposal. Requires annual Board reports. Provides due dates for Council and Board reports. Earmarks specified R&D funds authorized under this Act for the Program and its activities. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title XXI(sic): Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military familyhousing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, military family housing functions, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to make advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXIII: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Prohibits the expenditure of any funds appropriated under this title for construction of support facilities for the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, until after a expiration of a congressional notification period. Earmarks specified funds to purchase a certain facility at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a building on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for an R&D facility. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to terminate the authorization of appropriations under such Act for a military construction project at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Directs the Secretary to designate the installation to receive the last operational upgrade for the Minuteman II missile system. Places certain restrictions on the relocation or realignment of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing at the Tonopah Research Site, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities constructed under prior law, and military family housing functions within DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the appropriate use of NATO Infrastructure Program funds. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of, and report to the Congress on, the possible use by NATO forces of military installations in the United States being closed by DOD. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces, in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXV of this Division on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title XVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Construction, Leasing, Improvements, Disposal, and Utilization of Military Installations and Facilities - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the practice of dual basing (stationing forces permanently at U.S. military installations with rotating short-term assignments at military installations outside the United States for training or international security purposes) has significant potential as an effective and efficient basing option. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the manner in which dual basing could be implemented, along with costs, benefits, and obstacles. Prohibits the expenditure of DOD funds for the relocation of U.S. military activities from Torrejon Air Base, Spain, to Crotone Air Base, Italy, until the Secretary makes a certain certification to the defense committees. Prohibits DOD or any of its instrumentalities from entering into a lease agreement for administrative space in the National Capital Region in excess of a maximum area specified until the Secretary submits to the Congress a comprehensive long-term plan for DOD leasing space needs in the Region. Prohibits DOD, after FY 1990, from leasing any space in the area known as Buzzard's Point in Washington, D.C. Transfers jurisdiction, custody, operation, and control of the Pentagon Reservation (the Pentagon building and its surrounding facilities and parking lots) to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel to perform law enforcement or security functions on the Reservation. Establishes in the Treasury the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund for real property management, operation, construction, repair, alteration, and related activities for the Reservation. Transfers funds to the Revolving Fund. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that if the Secretary of a military department determines that land under control of such department is excess property, the Secretary of Defense shall make such property available to another military department or, in the alternative, to the Administrator of General Services for disposal in accordance with the Surplus Property Act of 1944. Requires the Administrator to deposit proceeds of any such property sales in a special account. Requires the Secretary to provide the defense committees with an accounting of each transfer or disposal and the use of its proceeds. Provides authorized uses for money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by the Secretary of a military department in the leasing of DOD assets. Directs the Secretary to provide the defense committees with an explanation of each lease from which money rentals will be received together with estimated leasing amounts and expenditures of such amounts. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should not issue a moratorium on military construction during calendar year 1991. Part B: Military Construction Program Changes - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend through FY 1991 the military housing rental guarantee program. Limits such program to six family housing projects. Raises the per-unit cost limitation threshold on military family housing improvements to $50,000 per unit. Authorizes the waiver of such limitation in specified circumstances. Part C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey a certain parcel of land at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Huntsville, Alabama. Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) release to the University of Arkansas all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property in Arkansas currently leased by the United States from the University; and (2) convey to the University all interests to improvements on such land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to sell to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District a specified portion of the Naval Weapons Station in Concord, California. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to lease to the city of San Francisco a specified portion of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture administrative jurisdiction of certain real property at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, for inclusion in the Commanche National Grassland. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands in order to preserve the paleontological, archeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the state of Delaware all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of real property at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to the city of Valparaiso, Florida, all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to sell Outlying Landing Field in Whitehouse, Florida, and to use the proceeds for specified purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the city of Columbus, Georgia, all rights and interest of the United States to a specified portion of Fort Benning, Georgia, in exchange for a tract of land to be conveyed to the United States and located adjacent to the southern boundary of Fort Benning. Provides for monetary consideration if the fair market value of the lands exchanged are found to be unequal. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to sell a specified portion of Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and to use the proceeds for specified purposes. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the state of Hawaii all right and interest of the United States in certain lands at the Dillingham Army Airfield, Hawaii. Requires Hawaii to agree to joint civilian and military use of the property as an airfield. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Civic Foundation, Incorporated, or to South Bend, Indiana, all rights and interest of the United States in the Northside Army Reserve Training Center in South Bend in exchange for specified real property and improvements. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to St. Mary's County, Maryland, all rights and interest of the United States in two parcels of real property at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Kansas City, Missouri, all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property near the family housing area of the Marine Corps Finance Center, Kansas City, together with improvements. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release to the state of Oregon its reversionary interest in two parcels of real property at Camp Withycombe, Oregon, in exchange for real property comprising Camp Rilea, Oregon. Directs the Secretary to convey to the University of Utah all rights and interest of the United States in the land comprising Fort Douglas, Utah, in exchange for the waiver by the University of certain entitlements. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Burlington, Vermont, all rights and interest of the United States in real property comprising the Naval Reserve Center in Burlington. Authorizes the Secretary to use the proceeds to construct a new naval reserve center facility. Deems "Barracks K" in Arlington, Virginia, as excess property, and authorizes the Administrator of General Services to transfer such property to the Secretary of the Navy. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the state of Virginia all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of land located at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Requires Virginia to use such land for the construction and operation of a regional correctional facility. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Seattle, Washington, all rights and interest of the United States to a specified portion of the Department of the Navy Fort Lawton family housing area, in return for replacement military family housing within the Pudget Sound area. Part D: Department of Defense Energy Savings - Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate an energy performance goal for DOD for the years 1991 through 2000 for energy savings at military installations. Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan to identify and accomplish energy conservation measures to achieve maximum cost-effective energy savings. Provides uses for funds saved through the energy savings program, to be divided between additional energy savings programs and improvements at the installation where such energy savings took place. Directs the Secretary to develop a simplified method of contracting for shared energy savings contract services that will accelerate the use of such contracts with respect to military installations and reduce administrative costs on the part of DOD as well as the private sector. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress on the energy savings program. Substitutes the life-cycle cost methods contained in the National Energy Conservation Policy Act for current life-cycle cost methods used to determine whether solar or renewable energy systems are cost effective in certain military construction projects. Part E: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to pay Florida a specified amount solely to assist such State in relocating the Florida Solar Energy Center from Cape Canaveral Air Station to a new site in Florida not on federally-owned land. Modifies a statutory avigation easement at Okaloosa Island, Florida, to permit the construction of a water tower. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to increase the authorized square footage of a facility being constructed at Henderson Hall, Virginia. Authorizes DOD to enter into lease purchase agreements for facilities serving as classrooms and laboratories. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to extract and sell embedded rock and gravel aggregate from the Naval Station, Mirimar, California, and to use the proceeds for specified purposes. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly complete a study of, and report to specified congressional committees on, the desirability and feasibility of converting military airfields to civilian use or to joint military and civilian use. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Defense to negotiate with the State of Hawaii for an agreement under which the Air Force facilities at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii, would be jointly used for civilian and military purposes. Extends through FY 1993 the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to complete a certain land conveyance and boundary settlement determination at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Title XXIX: Defense Base Closures and Realignments - Part A: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission - Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 - Establishes the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to oversee the timely closure and realignment of military installations inside the United States. Terminates such Commission on December 31, 1995. Directs the Secretary of Defense, as part of the budget justification of DOD for FY 1994, 1995, and 1996, to include a force structure plan for the armed forces based on an assessment by the Secretary of the probable threats to national security during the six-year period beginning with the fiscal year for which the budget request is made and of the anticipated levels of funding that will be available for national defense purposes during such period. Requires each force structure plan to be submitted to the Commission. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the defense committees the criteria proposed to be used by DOD in making recommendations for the closure or realignment of military installations in the United States, as well as final criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to publish and inform the congressional defense committees of military installations recommended to be closed or realigned on the basis of the force structure plan. Directs the Commission, after receiving the Secretary's recommendations, to conduct public hearings on such recommendations and to report to the President on its findings and conclusions. Authorizes the Commission to change such recommendations, but to include justifications for such changes. Requires the President to transmit to the Commission and the Congress his approval or disapproval of the Commission's recommendations. Directs the Secretary to undertake all approved closures and realignments within specified periods after receiving notice of such approval, unless a joint congressional resolution is enacted disapproving any such closure or realignment. Authorizes the Secretary to take specified action in implementing any base closure or realignment. Directs the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary certain real property management and disposal authority in order to effectuate such base closures and realignments. Outlines the applicability of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to actions taken by the President, the Commission, and DOD under this title. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for the deposit of funds for use in activities connected with authorized base closures and realignments. Requires reports on the use of Account funds, on a schedule of base closures and realignments, and a description of military installations to which military functions are to be transferred due to other base closures or realignments. Outlines provisions concerning the congressional consideration of Commission reports and the legislative procedure for consideration of a joint resolution disapproving a recommended base closure or realignment. States that, during the period beginning on the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 1995, this part shall be the exclusive authority for selecting for closure or realignment a military installation inside the United States. Places certain restrictions on other base closure authorities. Part B: Other Provisions Relating to Defense Base Closures and Realignments - Expresses the sense of the Congress with regard to the closure of U.S. military installations outside the United States. Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Congress an estimate of the fair market value of improvements made by the United States at each such installation. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for deposits of payments made to the United States for the residual value of real property or improvements used by civilian or military DOD personnel. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to broaden the scope of a report required under such Act from the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account for environmental restoration at military installations closed or realigned by law. Establishes an environmental response task force to make findings and recommendations to improve interagency coordination and streamline procedures with respect to environmental restoration activities at closed or realigned military facilities. Requires the Secretary to ensure that, in selecting military installations for closure or realignment, special consideration be given to any official statement from a unit of local government adjacent to or within the installation requesting such action. Precludes the Air Force, until September 30, 1995, from relocating from Norton Air Force Base, California, any functions of the Ballistic Missile Office that existed on that site on the date that the Secretary transmitted to the Congress his endorsement of the recommendations of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure. Requires the Secretary to direct the Secretaries of each military department to proceed with the closure and realignments recommended by such Commission. Directs the Secretary to establish a model program to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the base closure environmental restoration program. Designates the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment as the Administrator of the model program. Outlines program requirements and requires a report on the implementation of program goals. Division C: Other National Defense Authorizations - Title XXXI(sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1991 for operating expenses incurred and for plant and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) verification and control technology; (4) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development program; (5) security investigations; (6) new production reactors; (7) naval reactors development; and (8) capital equipment not related to construction. Authorizes appropriations to DOE for FY 1991 for carrying out the environmental restoration and waste management programs necessary for national security programs. Provides funding limitations, out of funds appropriated to DOE, for the following: (1) payment of the second installment of a specified Federal litigation settlement; and (2) the defense inertial confinement fusion program. Prohibits DOE funds from being used for: (1) the design or construction of a special isotope separation facility; or (2) security clearance investigations unless the Secretary of Energy makes certain determinations. Part B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy specified DOD R&D funds for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Directs the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform emergency construction planning and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Part C: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress a report on remanufacture of nuclear stockpile weapons that will require replacement at the end of their stockpile life. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing the government-owned and contractor-operated laboratories that are funded by DOE national security programs to engage in independent laboratory-directed research and development programs. Provides funding. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the defense committees on DOE's compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on how the environmental restoration and waste management funds for defense activities of DOE were expended during the preceding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to develop, and report to the Congress on, a five-year plan for the management of environmental restoration and waste management activities at facilities under the jurisdiction of DOE. Extends through FY 1992 the authority of the Secretary to loan personnel and facilities to community development organizations near the Hanford Reservation (a nuclear power site), Washington. Directs the Secretary to identify single-shell waste tanks at the Hanford Reservation that may have a serious potential for release of high-level waste due to uncontrolled increases in temperature or pressure, to monitor such tanks, and to prepare a report on the safety actions taken with respect to such tanks. Directs the Secretary to provide funding to the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho to develop and implement programs to benefit persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation between 1944 and 1972. Requires reports from such States to the Secretary. Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to expand the scope of eligibility for benefits coverage to include those persons who were on-site participants in atmospheric nuclear tests. (Currently, coverage includes only those who were in designated affected areas downwind and certain employees of nearby uranium mines who were exposed to radiation and contracted specified cancers.) Revises provisions of such Act with respect to claims and amounts of coverage, as well as offsets for compensation already received as a result of such exposure. Provides that remedies available against the United States for injury, loss of property, personal injury, or death shall apply to any civil action brought against a contractor for exposure to radiation in carrying out an atomic weapons testing program under a contract with the United States. States that such Federal civil action remedy shall be exclusive of all other remedies in determining civil liability. Outlines civil action procedures. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States shares a special responsibility with the Soviet Union to continue the bilateral Nuclear Testing Talks aimed at achieving further limitations on nuclear testing, including the achievement of a verifiable comprehensive test ban. Part D: International Fissile Material and Warhead Control - Urges the President and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to: (1) cease production by the Soviet Union of plutonium; and (2) maintain the cessation in production by the Soviet Union of highly-enriched uranium for weapons. Urges the President of the United States, if future international agreements provide for dismantlement of nuclear warheads and a ban on further production of fissile materials for weapons, to establish with the Soviet Union a joint technical working group to examine and demonstrate cooperative technical monitoring and inspection arrangements. Requires the President to prepare a technical report on such verification matters. Directs the President, in order to prepare such report, to establish a Technical Advisory Committee on Verification of Fissile Material and Nuclear Warhead Controls. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to use FY 1991 DOE national security program funds to develop and demonstrate a means for verifiable dismantlement of nuclear warheads. Part E: Department of Energy Science Education Programs - Department of Energy Science Education Enhancement Act - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to provide as a mission of such Act that DOE continue current support of mathematics, science, and engineering education programs by using personnel, facilities, equipment, and resources of DOE and by working with State and local education agencies, institutions of higher education, and business and industry. Authorizes the Secretary to establish programs to enhance the quality of mathematics, science, and engineering education. Outlines further programs and activities to be established or supported by the Secretary in order to support such programs. Allows the Secretary to authorize each DOE research and development facility to enter into education partnership agreements with U.S. educational institutions for the purpose of encouraging and enhancing study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. Authorizes appropriations. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the establishment and operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Board to fix the rates of pay of scientific and technical personnel of the Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the President to barter material in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) in order to finance the upgrading, refining, or processing of NDS material. Allows the contract value of bartered materials to be applied toward the total value of materials authorized to be disposed of from the NDS during that fiscal year, and to be treated as an acquisition for purposes of satisfying any requirement imposed on the NDS Manager to enter into obligations during that fiscal year. Authorizes the transfer of specified funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund in order to improve the quality and availability of materials in the NDS or for the development of new materials for the NDS. Title XXXIV: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures and contracts and commitments as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal, earmarking specified administrative expenses. Authorizes funds to be made available for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel across the Canal. Authorizes funds to be obligated to permit the payment of pay increases to officers and employees of the Commission to the extent authorized by administrative action. Revises the compensation level for certain Board members of the Commission, as well as certain expenses to be paid for the Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineers of such Commission. Provides retirement annuity eligibility for certain persons who were employed by the Commission between September 30, 1979, and January 1, 2000. Amends the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Act of 1988 to provide that payments made in the form of workers' compensation to Commission employees shall be made directly from the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund. (Currently, amounts from such Fund are transferred to the Employee Compensation Fund for such payments.) Provides for discontinuance of the Commission Compensation Fund upon a finding by the Secretary of Labor that no further liability exists for workers' compensation benefits for Commission employees. Division D: Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization - Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 - Prohibits the Economic Adjustment Committee, as established by executive order, from being terminated or its duties from being altered unless specifically authorized by a law. Requires the Committee to: (1) coordinate and facilitate cooperative efforts among Federal agencies to implement economic adjustment programs; (2) serve as an information clearinghouse for and between Federal, State, and local entities regarding their defense economic adjustment efforts; and (3) prepare and submit to the President and the Congress annual reports concerning such programs and activities. Title XLI(sic): Economic Adjustment Planning - Directs the Chairman of the Economic Adjustment Council to establish procedures to ensure that the heads of appropriate Federal agencies promptly notify the appropriate official or party with respect to any community, business, or group of workers that may be substantially and seriously affected as the result of: (1) the annual budget of the President and any long-term guidance document of the Secretary of Defense; (2) an announcement of a realignment or closure of a military installation or defense facility; or (3) the cancellation or curtailment of a major defense contract. Outlines notice requirements. Provides that any substantially and seriously affected community shall be eligible for economic adjustment planning assistance through the DOD Office of Economic Adjustment. Requires the community, in order to be eligible for such assistance, to suffer the loss of: (1) 2,500 or more employee positions, in the case of a metropolitan or major city area; (2) 1,000 or more positions, in the case of a labor market area outside of a Metropolitan Statistical Area; or (3) one percent of the total number of civilian jobs in that area. Allows communities that have been determined to be a substantially and seriously affected community to be eligible for economic adjustment assistance authorized under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, subject to the availability of appropriations and to meeting the eligibility requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title XLII: Adjustment Assistance for Employees - Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) provide timely information to the Secretary of Labor with respect to the closure or realignment of military installations or cancellation or reduction in defense contracts if any such actions will have a substantial impact on employment; (2) when feasible, identify the location of the planned action; and (3) provide the Secretary with information with respect to such proposed closure, cancellation, or reduction. Directs the Secretary of Labor to notify the Governor of States affected. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to States and other officials and representatives to provide training, adjustment assistance, and employment services to eligible employees adversely affected by reductions in defense expenditures or by closures or realignment of military facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such entities for developing demonstration projects aimed at encouraging and promoting innovative responses to the dislocation resulting from defense expenditure reductions or the closure or realignment of military installations. Authorizes appropriations, limiting the amount of administrative expenses to be paid. Title XLIII: Expansion of Business Capital Assistance Programs - Directs the President to transmit to the Congress recommendations regarding ways that assistance provided pursuant to the business loan program under the Small Business Act may be used to respond to the consequences of defense budget reductions. Authorizes the Economic Development Administration (in the case of assistance under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965) and the Office of Economic Adjustment (in the case of planning assistance under Federal armed forces provisions) to award planning assistance under such programs to any substantially and seriously affected community, business, or group of workers if such funds are determined necessary by the agency on a case-by-case basis. Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. businesses undergoing a transition from defense production to nondefense production will need assistance in seizing export markets overseas. States that the annual direct lending authority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States should be increased in order to provide financial support for such businesses. Requires the President to report to the Congress assessing the feasibility and desirability of a program for increasing the amount of such direct loan authority. Requires the Bank to consider the effect on such businesses of the transition from defense to nondefense production. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, in determining whether to provide financial or other assistance under the Small Business Act or other appropriate programs, to take into account the fact that such product or service is produced or provided by any business or group of workers which: (1) has been substantially and seriously affected by defense budget reductions; and (2) is in transition from defense to nondefense production. Requires coordination of activities and assistance with other Federal agencies. Requires reports from the Bank and the Administrator regarding the provision of any assistance. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the SBA to provide any business affected by defense budget reductions with a complete description of available programs which provide any business with any planning assistance, financial, technical, or managerial assistance, workers retraining assistance, or other authorized assistance. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to ensure the timeliness of the provision of such information.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for the defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, the reserve components for procurement, and for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons under the chemical demilitarization program. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to increase or decrease the authorizations for various procurement programs and to increase the authorizations for specified research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) programs. Earmarks specified FY 1990 Marine Corps funds for procurement of M1A1 main battle tanks. Prohibits the further procurement of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for any fiscal year including FY 1991, other than those submarines currently authorized by law. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense committees on the need to maintain competition in submarine construction. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend a deadline for full integration of fixed-wing aircraft into the range instrumentation system of the National Test Center. Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being obligated or expended for the procurement of the Airborne Self Protection Jammer or any of its components. Prohibits proceeding with low-rate production of such Jammer before the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has made certain certifications to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) concerning such testing. Part B: B-2 Bomber Program - Limits the obligation of FY 1991 funds for procurement and advance procurement of B-2 aircraft. Places additional limitations on the procurement of two new production B-2 aircraft during FY 1991. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) it is not prudent or possible at this time to produce B-2 aircraft beyond the number authorized by this and prior Acts; and (2) before a commitment is made to procure additional B-2 aircraft, the Secretary of Defense must resolve issues associated with cost, schedule, performance, and financial integrity of such program and certify specified findings on such issues to the defense committees. Places additional restrictions on the obligation of funds for new B-2 aircraft, including a full performance matrix requirement for the two new B-2 aircraft authorized to be procured during FY 1991. Part C: Program Terminations - Terminates the following programs as of the beginning of FY 1991: (1) the 155 millimeter nuclear projectile program; (2) the Air Defense Heavy Missile system; (3) the Follow-On to Lance program; and (4) the Milstar Satellite program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for R&D. Requires such R&D funds to be available for the Strategic Relocatable Target Attack project and the Earth Penetrating Weapons project. Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary of the Army to prescribe an acquisition plan for the acquisition of an armored gun system for use on nondevelopmental item vehicles. Prohibits FY 1991 Army acquisition funds from being used for such system except in accordance with such acquisition plan. Places certain restrictions on the armored systems modernization program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to use certain prior-year unobligated funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program, subject to specified conditions and prohibitions. Provides certain FY 1991 funds for R&D in connection with the Special Operations variant of such aircraft. Prohibits the obligation of funds after the date of enactment of this Act for procurement of V-22 Osprey aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to complete certain R&D work with respect to the advanced tactical fighter of the Air Force. Directs the Secretary of the Army to complete certain R&D work with respect to the Army light helicopter program. Prohibits funds from FY 1991 from being obligated for full-scale development of the Army advanced tank cannon program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to acquire aircraft for the Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group to replace certain other aircraft. Authorizes the use of funds to convert the existing space launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for use as a Titan IV launch facility. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - Earmarks specified R&D funds of FY 1991 for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding certain limitations on the SDI program, with priority under such program to be given to research on a defense system that would protect against an accidental missile launch against the United States and would not be in violation of the 1972 ABM Treaty. States that SDI should continue support for those critical technology efforts that have both civilian and military applications in areas other than ballistic missile defense systems. Limits the R&D funding from funds appropriated under this Act for various programs under SDI. Requires the Secretary to include certain information for each program within the budget request for such program. Describes certain limitations on the development and testing of antiballistic missile systems or components and on the use of funding for such purposes. Prohibits the obligation of funding for operational test and evaluation in support of a strategic defense system or a program, project, or activity of SDI. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance expenses for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves and National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities--defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration--defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs and those necessitated as the result of inflation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital within DOD. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds authorized in this title for training and operations of the military services to ensure that high priority military forces are maintained at appropriate readiness levels. States as the purpose of the humanitarian assistance program to provide transportation and humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing such assistance. Requires transportation for such assistance, by the most economical means possible, to be under the direction of the Secretary of State. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the operation of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Part B: Program Changes and Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the authority governing the operation of working-capital funded activities within DOD. Repeals: (1) a restriction on the contracting-out of core logistics functions; and (2) prohibitions on the use of competitions among defense maintenance activities in the selection of entities to perform depot maintenance work loads. Authorizes naval shipyards and naval aviation depots to compete during FY 1991 for contracts for the production of defense related articles and for the provision of services related to defense programs. Requires successful bids under such contracts to include all direct and indirect cost factors. Requires the Secretary to issue a single, uniform policy on the management of inventory items of DOD. Requires personnel evaluations for acquisition personnel within DOD to include consideration of efforts to eliminate wasteful practices and achieve cost savings in the acquisition and management of inventory items. Lifts a certain naval homeporting restriction in the case of voyage repairs. Extends to March 1, 1991, the date for completion of a waste recycling study under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to carry out the mission of hurricane reconnaissance during FY 1991 unless another Federal department or agency assumes such responsibility and has adequate funding. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for certain oversight expenses associated with environmental response actions at DOD facilities. Prohibits FY 1991 funds from being obligated for the purchase of performance bonds and similar guaranties for the performance of any direct function by DOD. Validates payments made before the enactment of this Act under a contract between a military department and a unit of local government for the provision of police, fire, or other municipal service to such military department. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to educate DOD personnel in environmental management. Outlines program requirements and provides FY 1991 funding for such program. Directs the Secretary to recommend to the defense committees whether such program should continue after FY 1991. Requires the CFC Advisory Committee (established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990) to study the use of specified ozone-depleting substances within DOD, together with the costs and feasibility of using alternative compounds to such substances. Requires the Secretary to provide the Committee with certain information on the use of such ozone-depleting substances within DOD. Extends to June 30, 1991, a deadline under such Act for the submission of a final report on the use of chlorofluorocarbons within DOD. Prohibits the Secretary from incurring obligations against DOD stock funds during FY 1991 in excess of 80 percent of the sales from such stock funds during that fiscal year, with specified exceptions. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991 and 1995. Prohibits a member of the armed forces from being involuntarily separated unless the Secretary of the military department concerned has made certain certifications to the defense committees and followed certain procedures with respect to military force reduction actions. Defines those military personnel to be covered under such prohibition as those who: (1) are serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty; (2) have five or more years of active service in the armed forces; (3) if involuntarily separated, would not be immediately eligible for retired or retainer pay; and (4) if involuntarily separated, would be eligible for employment transition assistance under specified Federal provisions. Specifies limits on the authorized strength for general and flag officers on active duty effective FY 1991 and 1995. Reduces the current authorized number of active-duty Air Force colonels. Exempts certain three-star generals and flag officer positions from fiscal year strength level limitations. Authorizes the President to designate not more than six such positions as exempted. Prohibits the delegation of such presidential authority. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1991. Prescribes end strength reductions or increases based on the number of units of the Selected Reserve component on active duty. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate the reserve forces in order to meet national security requirements. Prescribes the number of personnel authorized to be on active duty in support of reserve personnel for fiscal years 1992 and 1993. Authorizes the Secretary to assign active component members to reserve units to meet the requirements of the reserve components. Provides that, in implementing reductions in end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves, no reserve member serving in such capacity may be involuntarily separated. Authorizes the Secretary to exceed end strengths, as determined necessary. Limits to two percent of the reserve forces serving during a fiscal year the number of reserve personnel authorized to be serving in support of the reserves. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to repeal an increase under such Act in the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Part D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to DOD for military personnel. Part E: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes end strengths for civilian personnel of DOD for FY 1991. Outlines provisions regarding the counting of such personnel within such end strengths (including or excluding certain personnel categories from such limitations). Authorizes the Secretary to exceed such end strength limitation when determined necessary for the national interest. Directs the Secretary to reduce the number of senior level civilian DOD employees, such reduction to be phased in gradually over five years beginning in FY 1992. Title V: Military Personnel - Part A: Personnel Management Matters - Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned, over the five-year period beginning October 1, 1990, to take specified actions designed to enhance the early retirement incentives for officer personnel. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce from three to two years the time-in-grade required for an officer to retain such grade upon a voluntary retirement effective during such five-year period. Requires the maximum number of officers in the grade in which an officer was retired under such provision to be reduced whenever the Secretary approves such reduction in time-in-grade. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary concerned, during such five-year period, to reduce the required period of active service as a commissioned officer before retirement from at least ten years to no less than eight years. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and desirability of initially appointing all commissioned officers in the armed forces as reserve officers; and (2) the appropriate active duty service obligation for graduates of the service academies. Part B: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning Navy rations to authorize the President to prescribe the components and quantities of such ration and to replace any such rations with other articles if economy and the health and comfort of naval personnel require such action. Repeals the authority of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate cadets and midshipmen for appointment to the service academies. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay consistent with the FY 1991 adjustment in the General Schedule of the Federal Government, providing instead a 3.5 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence effective January 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for funding permanent change of station moves in FY 1991. Part B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pay - Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to terminate the bonus installments normally due to a member who does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid or who ceases to perform in the specialty for which a bonus was paid under the selective reenlistment bonus program. Increases the monthly special pay authorized for optometrists in the armed forces. Authorizes the payment of incentive pay for qualified intensive-care nurses and certified nurse-midwives. Authorizes special pay for officers in the armed forces or the Public Health Service Corps who have been awarded a Certificate as a Diplomate in a special area of practice approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Provides the yearly rate of such special pay based on years of creditable service. Part C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Revises provisions concerning travel and transportation allowances for persons discharged or released from active duty to authorize (current law requires) such allowances even if such a member is not entitled to separation or readjustment pay. Provides an allowance for dependents and baggage and household goods for members who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or who are not accepted for an additional tour of duty. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 which terminated the authority for the payment of costs of labor furnished in connection with the transportation of baggage and household goods. Authorizes the Secretary to authorize the commander of a unified combatant command to use Government owned or leased vehicles to provide transportation in an area outside the United States for civilian and military personnel and their dependents when public or private transportation in such area is unsafe or unavailable. Authorizes a specified baggage and household goods weight allowance for cadets and midshipmen in connection with a change of temporary or permanent station. Part D: Other Benefits - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. LImits such reimbursement to $2,000 per adoption and $5,000 per year. Provides identical provisions for members of the Coast Guard. Part E: Transition Assistance for Persons Involuntarily Discharged or Released from Active Duty - Authorizes the payment of separation pay for a regular enlisted member of the armed forces who is discharged involuntarily or as the result of a denial of reenlistment, who has completed five or more, but less than 20, years of active service, and who is serving on at least a second enlistment. Repeals certain current limitations on the amount of separation pay authorized. Directs the Secretary concerned to pay the premiums for health insurance provided on a voluntary basis to a member of the uniformed services upon discharge or release from active duty for the month in which such member is discharged or released and the six months after such release or discharge in the case of any member who is involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and who has completed two or more years of continuous service. Covers the member and his or her dependents. Covers preexisting health conditions for one year following such discharge or release. Provides an exception for coverage of premiums if the Secretary determines that conditions under which the person was discharged or released do not warrant such benefits. Terminates such authority after September 30, 1995. Provides eligibility for basic educational assistance under the armed forces or veterans' educational assistance programs for persons involuntarily discharged or released from active duty. Provides conditions and limitations to such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, to conduct a program to furnish employment, education, and other information and services to members of the armed forces during the 180 days before such members are involuntarily separated from the armed forces. Requires such services to assist such members in assimilating to civilian life. Outlines services and activities to be provided under such program. Requires the Secretary, within the 180-day period prior to such discharge or release, to: (1) notify the member of the date of separation; and (2) brief such member on the availability of the benefits and services provided under the information program. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, veterans' employment representatives, other employment services personnel, and representatives of veterans' services organizations to furnish the employment and training information and services under the program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to provide such program. Requires coordination of such program with similar veterans' programs. Provides that, in the preparation for discharge or release from active duty of members stationed outside the United States whose dependents accompanied them, the Secretary shall to the extent feasible reassign the member and their dependents to the United States for the final three to six months of such member's tour of active duty. Urges and requests the President to establish a special committee to report to the Congress, the President, and the Secretary regarding effective and practical ways of encouraging civilian employers to cooperate with and assist the Government in providing employment training and job placement services to members being involuntarily discharged or released from the armed forces. Repeals current Federal law which: (1) prohibits a Federal employee from being entitled to unemployment compensation before the fifth week after discharge or release; and (2) limits the aggregate amount of compensation payable on the basis of Federal service in any benefit year. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Prohibits a reduction in the number of medical personnel serving on active duty or in the reserve components of the armed forces below the number serving on September 30, 1989, unless the Secretary: (1) certifies to the defense committees that the number being reduced is excess; and (2) includes in the certification certain information concerning current and projected requirements of medical personnel in the armed forces. Authorizes the United States to recover from third party insurance providers the reasonable costs for health care services (currently, only inpatient hospital care) provided in military medical facilities for retired military personnel and their dependents. Repeals a provision of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) which denies as a covered medical expense the services of pastoral counselors, family and child counselors, and marital counselors. Extends through 1994 (currently, 1990) a demonstration program under which health care is furnished to military personnel and their dependents in certain Public Health Service hospitals as part of a cost-comparison study. Authorizes the provision of pap smears and mammograms under CHAMPUS when provided on a diagnostic or preventive basis. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy and Management - Part A: Defense Industrial and Technology Base - Requires the inclusion in the annual critical technologies plan of information on each program element for which funds are budgeted for the support of the development of any critical technology identified. Establishes the Critical Technologies Institute (Institute) as a federally-funded research and development center operated via a nonprofit membership corporation. Requires the Institute to: (1) survey private and Government views on each critical technology identified in the most recent report of the National Critical Technologies Panel, as well as each technology that the Institute considers critical; (2) on the basis of such surveys, identify national objectives for the research, development, and production capability of the United States with respect to such technologies, as well as the preparation of possible strategies for achieving the identified objectives; and (3) publish reports discussing such national strategies as well as their implementation. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to sponsor the Institute to enter into an agreement with the Institute's Board of Directors to perform such functions as the Director may specify, and to permit the Institute to perform functions for member agencies of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy that are consistent with their functions. Provides deadlines and funding. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, to: (1) provide centralized DOD policy guidance and direction to the military departments and defense agencies on all matters relating to manufacturing technology; and (2) direct the development and implementation of DOD plans and policies promoting the development and application of advanced technologies to manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan (Plan) to provide such guidance and policy for defense manufacturing, as well as assure its implementation by defense agencies and other related Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to establish within DOD a consolidated Joint Manufacturing Technology Project, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for the planning and execution of all DOD activities relating to manufacturing technology except those activities specifically delegated to another agency. Requires the Secretary to enhance basic research in scientific disciplines relating to manufacturing technology by promoting research and creating technology transfer in such field. Directs the Secretary to promote the use of computer-integrated manufacturing in order to improve manufacturing quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and reduce production lead times. Directs the Secretary to use manufacturing extension programs to help small manufacturers to disseminate DOD manufacturing concepts. Provides that, if the the Secretary of Commerce undertakes to develop model programs for national defense laboratories, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall assist such Secretary in the development and implementation of such programs. Provides, with respect to the the development and implementation of national defense laboratories, for: (1) covered model programs and their participants; (2) cooperative and joint activities by the directors of such laboratories; and (3) the use of partnership intermediaries for the performance of laboratory services. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary of Commerce for expenses incurred by such Secretary regarding such model programs, with a fiscal year limitation of $50,000. States that provisions of a contract to operate a Government-owned laboratory under a cooperative research and development agreement for the purpose of technology transfer: (1) may only include provisions specifically required or demmed necessary by the head of the agency involved; (2) cannot condition such agreements upon the issuance of agency waivers of rights to inventions and other intellectual property discovered during the research; and (3) may not operate to discourage other provisions of Federal law intended to foster technology transfer. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing the payment by DOD of independent research and development costs or bid and proposal costs. Requires that, when such costs exceed $7,000,000 to a person in a fiscal year, the Secretary and such person shall enter into an advance agreement regarding the manner and extent to which DOD may pay such costs. Authorizes changes to such price limitation to reflect changing economic indices. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees annually on the defense industrial base of the United States, actions taken to improve such base, and the effects of defense budgets on the ability of the base to meet national security needs. Requires inclusion of the Under Secretary's analysis of the ability of U.S. businesses to conduct research, apply technologies, and maintain and expand such industrial base when necessary. Part B: Acquisition Streamlining Initiatives - Calls for the use of multiyear defense acquisition contracts if their use will result in substantial savings of total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts. Requires multiyear contracts to be used unless the Secretary finds the use of annual contracts to be in the national interest. Requires DOD to conduct market research to determine whether nondevelopmental items (commercial products not uniquely designed for other purposes) are available or could be easily modified to meet the needs of the procuring military department or defense agency. Directs the Secretary to prescribe streamlined procedures for the acquisition of commercial products which will enhance the ability of DOD to take advantage of the competitive marketplace, short delivery time, market-driven efficiency and innovation, and high-value products that are available in the commercial market. Requires offerors of commercial products to demonstrate that their products have achieved a suitable level of market acceptance, have been satisfactorily supplied, and otherwise meet criteria prescribed by public notice and solicitation. Requires the use of past performance of products and sources as a factor in award decisions. Directs the Secretary to conduct a test program to determine the feasibility and desirability of using two sets of procedures for the procurement of commercial products by DOD. Outlines requirements of the test program. Requires each participating component to publish each list of commercial products that may be procured under the procedures established. Authorizes the participating component to solicit participation by interested persons in a list of sources to be prescribed under the test program. Requires the Secretary to prescribe procedures for a source to protest a decision not to be placed on such source list. Requires such regulations to prescribe the minimum number of qualified sources that must be included on a source list. Provides for a participating component to issue solicitations for the procurement of commercial products from the sources appearing on the list. Provides solicitation rules and procedures. Requires the Comptroller General to report to various congressional committees an evaluation of the test program. Requires the head of any participating component to make available to the Comptroller General data on contracts awarded under the test program. Requires interim and final regulations covering actions under the test program to be proposed and published by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress proposed legislation regarding any provision of law that the Secretary considers an unnecessary restriction on the acquisition of commercial items. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require that the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act ensures that: (1) requirements of executive agencies with respect to the procurement of supplies are stated so that nondevelopmental items (commercially available, and not specially-made) may be procured; and (2) executive agencies conduct market research to determine whether nondevelopmental items are available or could be modified to meet agency needs. Requires the Regulation to include a simplified contract for the acquisition of commercial items by Federal agencies. Requires that such simplified contract be utilized to the maximum extent possible. Outlines simplified uniform contract provisions and requirements. Directs the Regulation to require contractors and subcontractors offering commercial items to submit certified cost or pricing data only when necessary to determine price reasonableness. Outlines issues to be addressed or items to be included in the revised Federal Acquisition Regulation with respect to the acquisition of nondevelopmental or commercially-available items for defense agencies. Directs the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to issue guidelines for the training by executive agencies of contracting officers, program managers, and other appropriate acquisition personnel in the acquisition of nondevelopmental items. Requires the promotion of nondevelopmental item acquisition. Requires regulations and reports in conjunction with the provisions of this section. Redefines the "small purchase threshold" (the price at which a purchase will still be considered a small purchase for purposes of defense acquisition policies and regulations) as $25,000, adjusted on October 1 of each year divisible by five to the amount equal to $25,000 in constant FY 1990 dollars (rounded to the nearest $1,000). Makes conforming changes to such amount in various Federal provisions and Acts concerning Government procurement generally, as well as to the Small Business Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Authorizes an Assistant Secretary of Defense performing acquisition responsibilities to serve on, and attend meetings of, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council in place of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that, before full-scale development of a major defense program is initiated, there is an acquisition strategy that includes a plan for the use of competitive alternative sources for such program and each major subsystem of such program if use of two or more sources: (1) would likely result in reduced costs and would not result in unacceptable delays; and (2) is otherwise in the national security interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to authorize the head of a defense agency to consider life-cycle costs as a factor in determining the lowest overall cost with respect to contracts awarded without discussions. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the certified cost or pricing data threshold. Directs the Secretary to require a review on the reasonableness of the contract, subcontract, or pricing adjustment when cost or pricing data is not required because the expected price is not expected to exceed $500,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to determine the potential for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process in major defense acquisition programs. Authorizes the Secretary to designate no more than six major defense acquisition programs for participation in the pilot program. Directs the Secretary to designate each participating program as a defense enterprise program. Directs the Secretary to publish proposed regulations to implement the pilot program and an invitation for public comment on the proposed regulations. Prescribes procedures for the waiver or limitation of certain acquisition laws or requirements with respect to programs participating in the pilot program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense committees of each major defense acquisition program proposed to be designated by the Secretary for participation in the pilot program, as well as any laws or requirements to be waived with respect to such major defense acquisition program under the pilot program. Limits the waiver authority with respect to each program. Terminates such waiver authority as of the end of FY 1992. Establishes in the legislative branch the Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Laws to: (1) review U.S. acquisition laws with a view toward streamlining the Federal acquisition process; (2) recommend the repeal or amendment of appropriate acquisition laws; and (3) prepare a proposed code of Federal acquisition laws. Requires the Panel to secure from DOD and other departments and agencies necessary information to carry out its responsibilities. Terminates the Panel 90 days after it submits its final report to each House of the Congress and the President. Earmarks specified FY 1991 amounts appropriated to the defense agencies under this Act for the Panel's use. Authorizes the payment of overseas severance pay as an allowable defense contractor cost when it is determined that such pay is: (1) necessary to comply with laws in effect on the date of the contract award and generally applicable to businesses of such country; and (2) in the national interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that professional and technical services are acquired on the basis of the task to be performed rather than on the basis of the number of hours of services to be provided. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain task order limitations on a case-by-case basis. Limits the effect of such waiver on task order increases under master agreements of a contracting activity. Part C: Acquisition Workforce - Authorizes the head of an executive agency, upon a finding that it is difficult to recruit qualified persons for appointment to a particular scientific, engineering, professional, or managerial position, to request from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) a waiver of penalties for continued Government service after retirement to any person appointed to such a position. Limits such waiver authority to 1,500 executive personnel. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the management of the acquisition workforce of DOD. Allows the payment of certain expenses related to the death of employees reassigned from their home of record pursuant to a mandatory mobility agreement which was executed as a condition of employment. Authorizes the Director of OPM, in order to recruit and retain employees for executive branch positions for which there is a current or anticipated shortage of qualified personnel, especially in the critical skills areas, to establish a program for the heads of executive agencies to furnish financial assistance to enable an agency employee to obtain: (1) an academic degree necessary to qualify educationally for appointment to a particular position; or (2) an academic degree which would enhance the employee's ability to serve the Federal Government. Outlines financial assistance provisions and conditions. Terminates the authority for entering into such agreements after September 30, 1993. Provides an optional performance rating exclusion for certain temporary DOD employees. Repeals certain restrictions on the appointment of retired military personnel to positions in DOD. Authorizes increases in the special pay payable to DOD employees on the basis of duty performed at remote worksites. Authorizes the Director of OPM, in order to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel for scientific, engineering, and professional positions in DOD, to establish a program under which the head of an executive agency repays the student loan of a DOD employee who enters into an agreement with the agency head to remain in the employ of DOD for a specified period (minimum of three years). Limits the student loan repayment to $6,000 in a calendar year and $40,000 total per student. Requires reimbursement by the employee of any loan paid for which the applicable period of employment agreed upon was not served. Waives such reimbursement in certain instances. Outlines other loan repayment conditions. Requires that, in selecting employees for such student loan repayment program, the agency head shall attempt to achieve a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minorities are appropriately represented in Government service. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the exercise of the degree training or student loan repayment authority. Authorizes the Director of OPM to allocate and reallocate among the executive departments and agencies critical-position pay authority for not to exceed a Government-wide total of 800 positions. Limits the Executive Schedule rating that any such critical position may be given by the head of an agency. Directs the agency head, in determining whether a position is critical, to consider the extent to which: (1) the position requires a high level of expertise; (2) additional compensation is necessary to recruit or retain exceptionally qualified individuals; and (3) the position is critical to the agency's successful accomplishment of an important mission. Requires OPM to establish a Critical Position Advisory Panel to make recommendations on criteria of, and qualifications for, critical positions. Amends the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 to extend the suspension of certain post-employment restrictions regarding Federal procurement until May 31, 1991. Requires the Director of OPM to: (1) designate one or more agencies to conduct one or more demonstration programs for evaluating alternative personnel management systems for scientific, engineering, technical support, and managerial positions in national laboratories of the Federal Government; (2) jointly develop each demonstration program with the head of the appropriate agency; and (3) require the appropriate agency head to implement such demonstration program. Requires the agency head to designate: (1) the laboratories that are to be involved in the demonstration programs; and (2) the positions to be covered by the alternative personnel management system. Outlines demonstration program conditions and requirements. Requires the classification of employee positions in occupational groups. Provides pay ranges for each occupational group. Requires the agency head to prescribe the criteria for establishing the initial rate of basic pay for employees appointed to a position covered by the alternative personnel management system and for increasing such rate of pay within such range. Requires each alternative system to provide for differential pay for managerial and supervisory personnel within such system. Provides for the payment of cash awards for meritorious service, recruitment and retention bonuses, and reasonable travel expenses for new appointees and prospective candidates. Provides application and appointment procedures. Requires performance evaluations of each employee chosen under such system. Limits program costs for personnel costs incurred under each alternative system. Requires program and project reviews and reports. Part D: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the acquisition and disposal authority of the National Defense Stockpile Manager under such Act. Repeals the authority of the Manager to make certain stockpile disposals during FY 1991. Directs the Secretary to transfer certain unobligated funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to an account established for the purpose of supporting advanced defense research projects provided for in cooperative agreements. Makes moneys available in the Fund available for managing and maintaining stockpile materials. Part E: Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should strengthen their cooperation with regard to technology that would contribute to the security of both countries; (2) technological cooperation between the two countries should be based upon an equitable mutual sharing of the costs and benefits of such cooperation; and (3) the Secretary should improve the staffing, funding, and organization of activities within DOD which are responsible for implementing and overseeing technological cooperation with Japan. Requests the President and directs the Secretary to pursue such technological cooperation, especially in those technologies that have both commercial and military application (known as "dual use" technologies). Earmarks specified FY 1991 R&D funds for pursuing such cooperation through the use of a memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with Japan. Provides funding conditions. Limits the authority of the Secretary to delegate certain authority required pursuant to such actions. Prohibits the use of any earmarked R&D funds for R&D under SDI. Urges the Secretary to increase staffing in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Programs to provide oversight of the joint R&D projects of the United States and Japan under this part. Establishes the Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of various means to improve the operation of DOD laboratories. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to: (1) identify actions which DOD can take to increase the capabilities of U.S. educational institutions in scientific, mathematics, and engineering skills necessary to meet the long-term national defense needs of the United States; and (2) establish and conduct programs to carry out such actions. Requires the Secretary to designate an individual to assist the Secretary in carrying out such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to establish no less than two programs for awarding grants to public colleges or universities for the improvement of undergraduate or graduate education in scientific disciplines critical to the national security functions of DOD. Requires the Secretary to give priority to programs which stimulate interest of women and minorities in such areas of educational endeavor. Requires each defense laboratory director to enter into one or more education partnership agreements with public school systems, colleges, and universities to encourage and enhance study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. Outlines partnership agreement provisions. Authorizes the directors to establish, in association with such programs, cooperative work-education programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Outlines work-education program provisions. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to establish programs and award grants to enhance mathematics, science, and engineering education of students in elementary, secondary, and higher education classes. Directs an agency head, in any case where it is determined that the request of a contractor for advance, partial, progress, or other payment under a contract awarded by that agency is fraudulent, to suspend further payments under such contract unless such suspension would unduly interfere with or jeopardize a law enforcement investigation. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a branch office of the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Japan. Outlines functions of such branch office. Requires the Secretary to issue a regulation to provide that mass transit costs incurred by contractor employees in commuting to a place of performance of a DOD contract may be treated in the same manner as parking costs of contractor employees under such a contract. Limits the amount of such transit costs covered. Directs the Secretary to establish a Mentor-Protege Pilot Program in order to provide incentives to major DOD contractors (mentors) to furnish assistance to help disadvantaged small businesses (proteges) perform as contractors and suppliers under DOD contracts. Outlines program conditions and requirements. Requires an agreement between the mentor and the protege regarding the assistance to be furnished. Outlines agreement provisions and forms of assistance, including general business management and engineering and technical matters assistance. Allows the noncompetitive awarding of subcontracts to the protege, progress payments, loans, and other assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide for the reimbursement of a mentor for the total amount of any progress payment made under the pilot program, as well as for advance payments and the costs of other assistance. Provides credit to mentors for costs incurred on behalf of a protege that are not reimbursed. Prohibits a mentor from requiring a business concern to enter into a mentor-protege agreement as a condition to the awarding of a contract or subcontract. Requires the pilot program to be conducted between October 1, 1991, and September 30, 1995. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Matter - Part A: Force Structure - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to reduce the end strength under such Act for military personnel assigned to duty in Europe. Authorizes the President to waive such force limitations in the national interest as long as the Congress is notified. Requires the Secretary to reduce by four percent per year for FY 1991 through 1995 the number of DOD acquisition workforce employees, as well as the number of military and civilian employees assigned to management headquarters activities and headquarters support activities. Requires the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to conduct a joint review of all intelligence-related activities under certain national and foreign intelligence programs. Reduces the number of personnel assigned or detailed to such intelligence programs. Establishes for FY 1991 a special account to be managed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and used to provide funds to commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the U.S. Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for listed activities. Provides funding amounts and limitations. Part B: General Management Matters - Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine mobility requirements for the armed forces and to develop an integrated plan to meet those requirements. Requires a report. Eliminates the statutory position of the Chief of Naval Research. Title X: Strategic Environmental Research Program - Directs the Secretary to establish the Strategic Environmental Research Program to address environmental concerns in the Departments of Defense and Energy, identify energy and environmental technologies, and provide information on such concerns and technology development. Establishes a Joint Strategic Environmental Research Program Council to prescribe policies and procedures to implement the Program and to enter into contracts, prepare research plans, promote the exchange of information, and ensure nonduplication of efforts with other Federal programs. Requires Council reports and a five-year strategic environmental research plan. Places an Executive Director at the head of the Council. Requires such Director to be responsible for the management of the Program and to enter into appropriate contracts. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly appoint a Strategic Environmental Research Program Scientific Advisory Board. Requires the Council to refer to the Board each proposed environmental research project and each budget proposal for R&D of technologies related to such activities which are in excess of $1,000,000. Requires the Board to then make recommendations with respect to the efficacy and justification of each such project and budget proposal. Requires Board reports. Provides due dates for Council and Board reports. Earmarks specified R&D funds authorized under this Act for the Program and its activities. Provides that whenever a DOD facility is proposed to be listed on the National Priorities List pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for a procedural framework and a schedule for developing, implementing, and monitoring appropriate environmental response actions in accordance with such Act. Title XI: Drug Interdiction - Earmarks specified drug interdiction and counter drug activities funds authorized under this Act for drug interdiction and counter drug activities for FY 1991 in the following areas: (1) operations and maintenance; (2) procurement; (3) National Guard Bureau pay and allowances; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (5) minor construction. Authorizes the Secretary to provide support to such activities in other Federal departments and agencies if requested and if funds are available. Provides purposes and activities for which such funding is to be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary to plan and execute otherwise valid military training or operations in order to aid civilian agencies in drug interdiction and counter drug activities. Directs the Secretary to review the availability of equipment resulting from the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe and Asia in order to identify excess equipment that may be suitable for drug enforcement activities for transfer to State and local civilian law enforcement authorities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff must continue to emphasize DOD's commitment to combating illegal drugs so that the entire chain of command ensures that available funds are utilized fully and effectively to maximize the military's contribution to the national counter-drug efforts. Requires a report from the General Accounting Office to the defense committees on DOD's counternarcotics budget. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the feasibility and effectiveness of utilizing OH-58D Scout helicopters for detecting, monitoring, and conducting surveillance of the ground movements of drug smugglers along the southwest border of the United States. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service in conducting such study. Requires the Secretaries of State and Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to report to the Congress detailing current U.S. policies, anti-narcotics enforcement activities, and associated training programs in the region of the Andes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should call for international negotiations for the purpose of agreeing on the establishment of an international strike force to counter major international drug traffickers, as proposed by Prime Minister Manley of Jamaica. Title XII: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer amounts of authorizations made available to DOD in Division A of this Act between any authorizations contained therein for FY 1991. Provides transfer limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY 1991 for military personnel, operations, and maintenance. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress a six-year defense program in lieu of a five-year plan. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to submit to specified congressional committees annually the current five-year foreign intelligence program reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations required to support such program. Allows the Director to submit a six-year plan in lieu of the five-year plan. Revises provisions concerning the formats for presentation of DOD matters in the annual budget submitted to the President and the Congress. Authorizes additional appropriations to: (1) the Army for FY 1991 for procurement of the Nuclear Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance System; (2) the Navy for procurement of the Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System; (3) the Air Force for missile procurement and for additional R&D; and (4) the defense agencies for R&D for single-pulse excimer laser technology. Revises procedures concerning the availability and control of appropriation accounts available for a definite period, closing such accounts on the last day of the fifth fiscal year after the period of availability ends. Provides that, after such an account is closed, it shall remain available for recording, adjusting, and liquidating obligations properly chargeable to that account. Outlines further provisions concerning charges made to such appropriation accounts. Requires obligations from such accounts in excess of specified amounts to be made only if the agency head involved has made certain certifications to the Congress. Provides that any audit requirement, limitation on obligations, or reporting requirement that is applicable to an appropriation account shall remain applicable after the end of the period of availability of that account. Requires the head of each Federal agency to provide a report to the President and the Department of the Treasury on the unliquidated obligations, unobligated balances, and adjustments made to such accounts during the completed fiscal year. Provides that an appropriation account available for an indefinite period shall be closed and remaining obligated or unobligated balances shall be canceled and shall not be available for any purpose: (1) when the head of the agency concerned or the President decides that the purposes for which the appropriation was made have been carried out; and (2) when no disbursement is made against the appropriation for two consecutive fiscal years. Requires the Comptroller General to make certain reports concerning both types of appropriation accounts (accounts available for definite or indefinite periods). Restores certain unobligated amounts and cancels certain unobligated and obligated balances from specified accounts. Part B: Miscellaneous Matters - Requires the President to report on U.S. security arrangements and commitments worldwide. Revises reporting requirements with respect to special access (classified) programs of DOD. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the addition of more nuclear risk reduction measures. Commends the Presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union for their joint statements on the pursuit of additional nuclear confidence-building measures. Asks the President to invite the Soviet Union to conduct reviews and enter into discussions in order to agree on additional roles and functions that could be assigned to the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers to lessen the risks of the accidental outbreak of nuclear war. Earmarks specified R&D funds for making a grant for the support of research by emigrants from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Cuba regarding political, economic, social, and other developments in those countries. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment of DOD, to: (1) identify each community likely to experience significant economic dislocation as a result of reductions in programs, projects, and activities of DOD; (2) transmit to the governments of each such community advance notification of the planned reductions, including an estimate of the number of jobs that will be lost; (3) transmit to the President a list of such communities; and (4) make community planning assistance grants to such communities to assist them in planning for economic diversification likely to minimize the adverse economic effects of such DOD reductions. Requires such communities to be identified in DOD budget proposals for FY 1992 and thereafter. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to furnish similar community adjustment assistance under the Public Works and Economic Development Act to communities receiving such notification. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to furnish assistance to small businesses that derive a significant portion of their gross revenues from the direct and indirect furnishing of goods and services to DOD and that are adversely affected by DOD reductions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to furnish retraining, job placement, and relocation assistance to workers affected by such reductions pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act. Requires the President to include funding levels for all such activities in the budget submitted to the Congress, together with justifications. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in order to ensure that such programs are carried out effectively, the President should: (1) direct the President's Economic Adjustment Committee to carry out coordinating and oversight activities with respect to budget requests and the furnishing of assistance under such programs; and (2) implement a systematic, continuous procedure to collect and analyze information necessary to evaluate the adequacy and sources of industrial capacity and capability essential to national security strategy. Authorizes appropriations. States that the Air Force should complete development of weapons and weapon systems having stand off attack capability (the ability to attack highly defended targets while minimizing risk to U.S. forces) and, upon completion of their development, proceed with production of such weapons. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985, providing for Federal claims against defense contractors for liability for injury or loss of property arising out of atomic weapons testing programs. Provides that, if current statutes of limitations have run against the filing of claims, such actions shall not be barred if brought within one year after enactment of this Act. Provides that the United States will indemnify and guarantee payment to any claimant receiving a favorable judgment in cases brought within the time limitation and decided in favor of such claimant. Indemnifies and guarantees payment to any contractor successful in defending such an action against a claimant. Directs the Secretary to transmit to the defense committees, as part of the request for authorizations of appropriations for FY 1992, a report of an analysis of the merits of utilizing as a dedicated NATO training facility a military installation in the United States which would otherwise be subject to closure or realignment. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to replace or restore property of a contractor which was lost or damaged during Operation Just Cause if such losses or damages were caused by U.S. military activities there. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 to direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a specific goal for the award of prime contracts and subcontracts to historically Black colleges and universities and minority institutions in order to increase participation of such colleges and universities in defense research programs. Directs the Secretary to furnish technical and infrastructure assistance to such colleges and universities. Directs the Secretary to carry out such programs at institutions that agree to bear a substantial portion of the cost associated with the programs. States that, as of the enactment of this Act, all responsibilities and activities of the Secretary of Energy and his department with respect to medical and environmental programs in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be managed, controlled, and conducted through the Office of Environment, Safety and Health of DOE. Authorizes the President to restrict the importation of goods and services to the United States from any nation which continues to maintain economic relations with Iraq. Establishes the Presidential Advisory Committee for Policy Toward Cuba to provide advice and recommendations relating to all aspects of U.S. policy toward Cuba. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Committee three years after enactment of this Act. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to state that the Congress recognizes the need for U.S. action caused by the Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania which has caused great suffering among the Lithuanian people, especially with regard to a severe shortage of medical supplies and the basic necessities of life. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to furnish humanitarian assistance for the Lithuanian people, solicit private donations for such assistance, and cooperate with private relief agencies attempting to provide such aid. Authorizes the Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Transportation Command to provide airlift and sealift to transport such humanitarian supplies on a regular basis. Authorizes appropriations. Urges the President to begin negotiations with countries surrounding Lithuania regarding the importation of critical humanitarian assistance. Makes it unlawful for any person to make, with intent to influence, any oral or written communication on behalf of any person other than the United States to any department, agency, court, House of Congress, or Commission of the United States for compensation if such compensation has knowingly been made dependent upon action by the Congress, the securing of an award, or securing or denying Federal assistance. Provides civil and criminal penalties for violations of such prohibition. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring appropriate suits to enforce such prohibition. Part C: Miscellaneous Studies and Reports - Directs the Secretary to conduct studies to determine the feasibility and desirability of: (1) permitting NATO to utilize military installations of the United States being closed for training and exercise purposes; and (2) permitting civilian commercial aircraft to have access to restricted military airspace in order to enhance commercial aviation safety, improve air traffic control efficiency, and reduce the impact of aviation noise on populated areas. Requires reports in connection with both studies. Authorizes the Ranch Hand Advisory Committee (a Committee studying possible long-term health effects of exposure to phenoxy herbicides and contaminants) to consult directly with, and provide information and recommendations to, Department of the Air Force scientists conducting the Ranch Hand Study. Requires annual reports. Part D: Congressional Findings; Policies; and Commendations - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should provide for certain key congressional representatives to be given an annual overview presentation of U.S. top-level military strategy and its implementation by strategic forces, including the impact on targeting requirements, resources, and force structure. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should pursue stabilizing strategic arms reduction agreements while maintaining a vigorous research and development and modernization program for strategic forces; and (2) before the conclusion of a proposed Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union, the President should provide a special classified and unclassified report to the Senate on whether the SS-23 INF missiles of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Krasnoyarsk radar constitute violations of the INF or ABM Treaties and whether such weapon or system will be destroyed or dismantled. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the proliferation in developing countries of ballistic missiles and chemical and nuclear weapons technology are potentially destabilizing, a threat to U.S. security commitments, and a threat to U.S. friends and allies; (2) specified SDI funds should be earmarked for the development of anti-tactical ballistic missiles (ATBM) to counter such threats to U.S. forward deployed and projected forces; (3) the SDI Organization should ensure that the Navy and Marine Corps are involved in developmental programs for future ATBM systems; (4) the ARROW ATBM system should be continued; (5) specified Army R&D funds should be used to test the PATRIOT II system; and (6) the Army should establish a vigorous program to develop and rapidly test a rapidly deployable ATBM capability for U.S. units. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary of Defense should make public any recommendations regarding the closure of U.S. military installations outside the United States; and (2) the closure of such installations should be accomplished at the discretion of the Secretary at the earliest opportunity. Expresses the sense of the Senate that DOD should consult closely with authorities in the Republic of Germany with a view to closing U.S. facilities located in municipal areas with high property values. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the earthquake relief assistance provided by U.S. military forces to the Philippine people following a July 16, 1990 earthquake has played an essential role in their recovery from such incident; and (2) U.S. military personnel and their dependents who have assisted in Philippine earthquake relief should be commended by the U.S. Senate. Recognizes and commends the efforts of the Battle of the Bulge Historical Foundation to provide for the installation of a special gallery at the U.S. Army Museum at Fort Meade, Maryland, devoted to the collection, preservation, and exhibition of military artifacts relating to such battle. Expresses the sense of the Congress that General Matthew Bunker Ridgeway receive the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his extraordinary service as a military commander and leader during World War II and the Korean Conflict. Part E: 82nd Airborne Division Association Incorporated - Grants a Federal charter to the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Incorporated, a nonprofit Illinois corporation. States the powers, objects, and purposes of the Corporation, including: (1) perpetuating the memory of members of the 82nd who fought and died for our nation; (2) providing educational assistance to qualified children of current and former members; (3) promoting civic and patriotic activities; and (4) promoting the indispensable role of airborne defense in our national security. Requires an annual report from the Corporation to the Congress. Part F: Missile Technology - Missile Technology Control Act of 1990 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to set forth measures the United States shall take to improve the control and reduce the proliferation of missiles and missile technology and equipment. Directs the President to deny Government contracts and licenses to any domestic or foreign firm or entity that has transferred missile equipment or technology in violation of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions in the interest of national security, if the President makes certain certifications to the Congress. Prohibits the U.S. Government from assisting any missile program of the People's Republic of China or permitting the export or shipment of U.S. satellites for launch on Chinese space launch vehicles unless the President certifies to the Congress that China has not supplied missiles, missile equipment and technology, or chemical or biological weapons to specified Mideast countries and has provided reasonable assurances that no future such sales are planned. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress biennially on: (1) international transfers of aircraft which the Secretary believes may be intended to be used for the delivery of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons; and (2) international transfers of missiles and missile technology and equipment to specified Mideast countries and other countries seeking to acquire such equipment or technology in violation of MTCR principles, with specified exceptions. Directs the President to deny all export licenses for the transfer of munitions or missile equipment and technology to a country that attempts to acquire missile equipment and technology that contribute materially to the development of missile systems capable of delivering at least a 500-kilogram payload to a range of at least 300 kilometers. Authorizes the President to waive or remove such sanctions in specified circumstances. Title XIII: Elimination and Modification of Reports Required By Law - Part A: Repeal of Existing Report Requirements - Repeals various reporting requirements under Federal armed forces and military pay and allowances provisions. Repeals specified reports and notifications required under various national defense authorization Acts, as well as under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Industrial Reserve Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Part B: Modifications to Existing Report Requirements - Modifies specified reports currently required under Federal armed forces provisions and under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Part C: Report Provisions Previously Terminated by Goldwater-Nichols Act - Repeals certain reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, military pay and allowances provisions, and specified military authorization Acts which were terminated by a provision of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Restores one reporting requirement previously terminated by such Act. Repeals the reports termination section of such Act. Part D: Technical and Clerical Amendments - Makes technical and clerical amendments to Federal armed forces provisions. Title XIV: Guard and Reserve Initiative - Part A: Utilization of Reserve Components - Declares that: (1) the structure and strength of the current reserve components should be preserved; (2) the equipment levels in such components should be increased to match their active-duty counterparts; (3) selective missions of active duty forces should be transferred to the reserve components; (4) equipment available to the reserves should be modernized; and (5) integration of active and reserve components should be promoted. Part B: Force Structure - Directs the Secretary to ensure that the force structure of the Selected Reserve components during FY 1991 is equivalent to the force structure of such components on January 1, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to change the present force structure of the Selected Reserve in the interests of national security. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure, through the transfer of aircraft from regular to reserve squadrons, that the average number of aircraft assigned to aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard or the Air Reserve is equal to aircraft squadron amounts in the active duty components of the Air Force. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily waive such requirement if its implementation would be detrimental to the national security interest. Provides similar requirements for the Secretary of the Navy, requiring the average number of aircraft assigned to a P-3 aircraft squadron in the Naval Reserve to be equal to such number assigned in the regular Navy. Provides similar waiver authority. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assign the tactical airlift mission of DOD to the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the transfer of all tactical airlift transport aircraft to the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard at the earliest practicable date and to submit such plan to the defense committees by June 1, 1991. Prohibits any funds appropriated for fiscal years after FY 1996 from being used to operate or maintain OV-1 aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Army to retire such aircraft on a gradual basis from September 30, 1991, through September 30, 1996. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to provide each military department with flight training, fleet support, and depot maintenance with respect to all A-10 aircraft assigned to each such department. Part C: Military Personnel - Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding use of, and funding for, the annual muster to inform Ready Reserve personnel of their continuing obligation for immediate service in the active military forces in the event of a war or national emergency. Requires members of the Ready Reserve, as a condition of eligibility for certain military-to-civilian transitional assistance provided under current law and certain provisions of this Act, to enter into a written agreement with the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve in the Ready Reserve for three years following the person's discharge or release from active duty. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees regarding the desirability of requiring active-duty officers to serve a minimum of two years in support of a National Guard or Reserve unit as a condition of eligibility for consideration for promotion to certain grades. Prohibits certain members of the reserves serving on full-time active duty in support of the reserve components, after the end of FY 1991, from being assigned to duty with any unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program (ROTC). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1993 (currently 1990) the authority for the payment of special pay for critically short wartime health services specialists in the Selected Reserve. Provides special pay for reserve medical officers serving in military medical facilities. Authorizes a member of a military department who would be eligible for retired pay except for the fact that such member is under 60 years of age to have commissary privileges in DOD facilities for 12 days each year. Authorizes for such members and members of the Selected Reserve in good standing and their dependents unrestricted use of military morale, welfare, and recreational facilities on the same basis as active-duty personnel. Part D: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for procurement by the reserve components of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment. Directs the Secretary of the Army to distribute not less than 24 CH-47 aircraft to the Army National Guard under a plan devised by such Secretary in which CH-54 aircraft are retired gradually through FY 1993 to make room for the CH-47s. Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for: (1) MH-53 mine sweeper helicopters; and (2) AH-1W helicopters. Part E: Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the U.S. Army should take timely and necessary steps to enhance the capabilities of reserve component armored forces; (2) the U.S. Army Armor Center will remain the center for training, education, doctrine, and combat development for U.S. armored forces; and (3) the Center should ensure that reserve component armored forces are adequately prepared for the increased reliance that will be placed on their greater role. Acknowledges and commends the valuable work of the National Guard and the reserves in our nation's security and national defense. Title XV: Counter-Narcotics Technology Center - Counter-Narcotics Technology Act of 1990 - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to establish within the Office of National Drug Control Policy the Counter-Narcotics Technology Assessment Center to serve as the central counter-narcotics enforcement research and development organization of the Government. Makes the Chief Scientist of Counter-Narcotics Technology the head of the Center. Requires, beginning with the FY 1992 budget, that the Director of National Drug Control Policy submit a separate appropriations request for expenses relating to all Federal agencies for counter-narcotics enforcement research and development programs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that private industry providers of electronic communications services and manufacturers of electronic communications equipment should cooperate with law enforcement agencies to ensure that communications systems permit law enforcement agencies to obtain the plain text content of voice, data, and other communications when appropriately authorized by law. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Title XXI(sic): Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, military family housing functions, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXIII: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a building on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for a R&D facility. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities constructed under prior law, and military family housing functions within DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces, in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXV of this Division on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Military Construction Program Changes - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend through FY 1991 the military housing rental guarantee program. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option to acquire or lease (currently, only acquire) a parcel of real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law, if it is considered suitable and needed by his Department. Waives a certain per-unit expenditure limitation for improvements to military family housing units if the Secretary complies with certain congressional notification requirements. Transfers jurisdiction, custody, operation and control of the Pentagon Reservation (the Pentagon building and its surrounding facilities and parking lots) to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel to perform law enforcement and security functions on the Reservation. Establishes in the Treasury the Pentagon Maintenance Revolving Fund for real property management, operation, construction, repair and related activities at the Reservation. Transfers funds to the Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) take such actions as necessary to close or realign any military installation chosen to be so closed or realigned; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance to any community located near a military installation being closed or realigned; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to civilian DOD employees of military installations being closed or realigned. Provides funding for each such purpose. Directs the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority to utilize or dispose of real property with respect to excess and surplus real property located at a military installation being closed or realigned. Outlines other conditions concerning such transfer and disposal authority, including a requirement that the Secretary consult with the Governor and the heads of local government of the State involved in a property disposal or transfer for the purpose of considering any plan for the use of such property by the local community concerned. States the applicability and inapplicability of certain laws to any action taken by the Secretary with respect to a base realignment or closure. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Account to be used by the Secretary for base closure and realignment activities. Provides that when funds from the Account are used for such purposes and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor military construction project, the Secretary must notify the appropriate congressional committees of the nature of, and the justification for, the expenditure of such sum. Provides for the transfer of certain funds for the homeowners assistance program. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to entitle a Federal employee who is entitled to reemployment as a result of the closure or realignment of an overseas U.S. military installation to all benefits provided under such Act to employees currently employed at such installations. Provides that, in the case of a publicly-announced planned reduction in DOD spending, the cancellation or termination of a DOD contract, or the failure to proceed with a previously approved major defense acquisition program, community planning assistance may be provided if the reduction, cancellation, termination, or failure will have a direct and significant impact on a community and will result in the loss of: (1) not less than 2,500 jobs, in the case of an urban area; (2) not less than 1,000 jobs, in the case of a rural area; or (3) one percent or more of the labor force in either such area. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that if the Secretary of Defense determines land under DOD control is excess property, the Secretary shall request the Administrator of GSA to dispose of such land under provisions of such Act. Provides for the deposit and authorized uses of funds derived from such disposal. Provides authorized uses for money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by the Secretary of a military department in the leasing of DOD assets. Requires at least 50 percent of such funds received to be made available for maintenance and repair or for environmental restoration expenses at such facilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the case of any military facility outside the United States released in whole or in part to a host nation, the United States should be the lead official in determining the residual value of such facility and should only be required to pay for the percentage of environmental cleanup required at such facility that is based on the determined residual value. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for the collection of the residual value of any property of DOD released to host nations. Allows such funds to be used for maintenance, repair, and environmental restoration at such released facilities. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to modify the reporting requirements of the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities with respect to possible use of such facilities as Federal confinement or correctional facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly conduct a study to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of converting airfields under the jurisdiction of each military department: (1) to civilian use; or (2) in the case of any air field which continues to be used for military purposes, to joint military and civilian use. Provides study funding. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Land Transactions - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) release to the University of Arkansas all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property in Arkansas leased by the United States to the University; and (2) convey to the University all interest in all improvements constructed on such land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Huntsville, Alabama, all rights and interest to a parcel of real property at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, that is currently being leased to the Authority. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain real property at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands so as to preserve the paleontological, archaeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. Outlines other permissible uses for such area, including research activities and livestock grazing. Prohibits such area from being used for the storage or processing of any type of waste. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for such area. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Delaware all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of real property at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. Requires reversion to the United States if such property is used for any purpose other than for public park or recreational use. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to pay Florida a specified amount solely to assist such State in relocating the Florida Solar Energy Center from Cape Canaveral Air Station to a new site in Florida other than on federally-owned land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Columbus, Georgia, all rights and interest to a specified portion of Fort Benning, Georgia, in exchange for a tract of land to be conveyed to the United States and located adjacent to the southern boundary of Fort Benning. Provides for monetary consideration if the fair market value of the lands exchanged is not found to be equal. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with Hawaii providing that the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, be used for general civilian aviation and military purposes jointly. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Hawaii all rights and interest to a portion of Dillingham Military Reservation, Mokuleia, Hawaii, on the condition that such property be used for joint military and civilian use as an air field by the State and the Army. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Civic Foundation, Incorporated, a nonprofit Indiana corporation, the property in South Bend, Indiana, known as the Northside Army Reserve Training Center, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Kansas City, Missouri, all rights and interest to a parcel of land located near the family housing area of the Marine Corps Finance Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release to Oregon the reversionary interest of the United States in two parcels of land at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County, Oregon, in exchange for Oregon agreeing to convey to the United States a contingent interest in land comprising Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the University of Utah all rights and interest of the United States in and to the land comprising Fort Douglas, Utah, under specified conditions. Requires such conveyance to be made within one year of enactment of this section. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with such University which would provide for joint use between the University and the Army Reserve of existing utility facilities at Fort Douglas and equitable sharing of the cost of such utilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Burlington, Vermont, all rights and interest to specified real property comprising the Naval Reserve Center, Burlington, Vermont. Terminates the authority for such conveyance if not made by January 1, 1992. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Northern Virginia Regional Correctional Commission all rights and interest to specified land located at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Requires reversion of such property to the United States if such property is used for purposes other than the construction and operation of a regional correctional facility. Prohibits such facility from housing Federal prisoners or prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia unless written consent of the government of the county of the facility is obtained. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI(sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1991 for operating expenses incurred and for plant and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) environmental restoration and management of defense waste and transportation; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development program; (6) security investigations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors development; (9) safeguards and security construction; (10) site management construction; and (11) capital equipment not related to construction. Earmarks specified DOE operating expenses funds for payment of the second installment of a settlement entered into by DOE in a specified court suit. Prohibits the reprogramming of funds appropriated to DOE for FY 1991 for atomic energy defense activities if such reprogramming would reduce the amount made available to DOE for the defense inertial confinement fusion program for FY 1991. Limits the manner in which funds authorized for special isotope separation may be used to program phaseout only. Part B: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy specified DOD R&D funds for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Directs the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform emergency construction planning and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Requires the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit a report on the remanufacture of nuclear stockpile weapons as directed under a prior Senate report. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prescribe regulations authorizing the government-owned and contractor-operated laboratories that are funded by DOE national security programs to engage in independent laboratory-directed research and development programs. Provides funding. Earmarks specified DOE R&D funds for inertial confinement fusion. Department of Energy Science and Education Enhancement Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize use of the facilities, equipment, personnel, and other resources of DOE to the fullest extent possible to enhance educational opportunities in science, mathematics, and engineering for U.S. students and educators to improve U.S. scientific literacy and competitiveness. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, to the extent appropriate, to establish programs to be operated at or through the support of each DOE facility that will use fully the unique scientific resources of DOE to promote: (1) transfers of federally owned or originated technology to State and local governments, private industry, and universities, or other nonprofit organizations, to enhance prospects for commercialization of such technology; (2) activities enhancing the quality of mathematics, science, and engineering education throughout the Nation; and (3) research, development, and other activities to enhance the health and quality of life, particularly in areas pertaining to environmental improvement and biomedical research. Requires such programs to supplement and to be coordinated with, but not to supplant, current activities of the Department. Makes funds available. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to develop DOE-originated technologies, directed at the stage of technology development beyond basic research, that have significant promise for commercial and public benefit to the Nation, to the point where private industry will undertake further scientific and commercial development. Authorizes the Secretary to require, as a condition for supporting specific projects, a private sector commitment to future, wholly non-Federal funding of commercial development of particular technologies. Requires all technology development programs of DOE to be coordinated. Makes funds available. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to establish Laboratory Cooperative Science Centers at national laboratories operating under DOE's authority. Requires the Centers to coordinate both laboratory-based and offsite programs to advance the purposes of this Act. Sets forth required activities of the Center. Makes funds available. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to coordinate and sponsor university-based programs directed at encouraging more students, particularly women and minority students, to pursue energy-related scientific and technical careers. Requires such programs to include a pre-freshman engineering program in which middle-school students attend summer workshops on mathematics, science, and engineering conducted by universities on their campuses. Makes funds available. Part C: Environment, Safety, and Management - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1992 (currently 1990) the authority of the Secretary of Energy to allow DOE contractors and subcontractors carrying out certain activities at the Hanford Reservation, Washington, to loan personnel and facilities to community development organizations near the Reservation (a DOE center for national security programs). Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit to the defense committees on a quarterly basis during FY 1991 and 1992 reports on DOE compliance with provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 concerning the environmental impact of proposed DOE actions. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from transferring to any other Federal department or agency his authority with respect to site management, control, or oversight of environmental remediation and restoration activities at any DOE facility. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for oversight expenses borne by such agency with regard to environmental response actions at DOD facilities conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Empowers EPA with the authority and full-time equivalent ceiling to carry out such oversight activities. Directs the Secretary of Energy to make available to the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho specified funds authorized to be appropriated to DOE in this title: (1) to implement programs to register and monitor persons who may have been exposed to radio nuclides released from the DOE Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Hanford, Washington, between the years of 1944 and 1972; and (2) to develop procedures for notifying each such individual of the potential adverse health effects of such exposure and any recommended course of medical action. Part D: International Fissile Material and Warhead Control - Urges the President and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to: (1) cease production by the Soviet Union of plutonium; and (2) maintain the cessation in production by the Soviet Union of highly-enriched uranium for weapons. Urges the President of the United States, if future international agreements provide for dismantlement of nuclear warheads and a ban on further production of fissile materials for weapons, to establish with the Soviet Union a joint technical working group to examine and demonstrate cooperative technical monitoring and inspection arrangements. Requires the Secretary of Energy to prepare a technical report on such verification matters. Directs the Secretary, in order to prepare such report, to establish a Technical Advisory Committee on Verification of Fissile Material and Nuclear Warhead Controls. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to use FY 1991 DOE national security program funds to develop and demonstrate a means for verifiable dismantlement of nuclear warheads. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the establishment and operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures and contracts and commitments as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal, earmarking specified administrative expenses. Authorizes funds to be made available for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel across the Canal. Authorizes funds to be obligated to permit the payment of pay increases to officers and employees of the Commission to the extent authorized by administrative action. Revises the compensation level for certain Board members of the Commission, as well as certain expenses to be paid for the Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineers of such Commission. Provides retirement annuity eligibility for certain persons who were employed by the Commission between September 30, 1979, and January 1, 2000. Amends the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Act of 1988 to provide that payments made in the form of workers' compensation to Commission employees shall be made directly from the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund. (Currently, amounts from such Fund are transferred to the Employee Compensation Fund for such payments.) Provides for discontinuance of the Commission Compensation Fund upon a finding by the Secretary of Labor that no further liability exists for workers' compensation benefits for Commission employees. Division D: National Energy Security - Title XLI: National Energy Security - National Energy Security Act of 1990 - States as the purpose of this title to establish an emergency national energy security plan to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil supplies to a level which does not pose an unacceptable threat to the national security. Establishes a national oil import ceiling (ceiling level) of foreign crude and oil product imports at 50 percent of U.S. consumption. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress a national oil security projection which: (1) forecasts the domestic oil and natural gas demand and production and imports of crude and oil products for the subsequent year; and (2) indicates the likelihood of the ceiling level being exceeded during the next year and the actions the President will take not to exceed such ceiling. Directs the President to monitor the level of foreign crude and oil product imports as a share of U.S. oil consumption and, at any time that the ceiling level has been found to have been exceeded, to submit an Energy Production and Security Action Plan to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. Requires the Action Plan to indicate specific actions to be taken to reduce crude and oil product imports below the ceiling level. Requires the Action Plan to be immediately implemented upon congressional approval by way of joint resolution.
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for: (1) the defense agencies for procurement; (2) the reserves for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment; (3) the Defense Inspector General; and (4) the chemical demilitarization program (the destruction of lethal chemical weapons in accordance with the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986). Transfers certain FY 1990 Army appropriations for the M-1 tank program. Transfers certain FY 1990 Air Force appropriations for the F-15 aircraft program. Title II: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation. Earmarks funds authorized to the defense agencies for: (1) the Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering; and (2) the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves, the National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital funds for the armed forces and the defense agencies. Title IV: Personnel Authorization for Fiscal Year 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1991. Permits such end strengths to vary no more than two percent. Authorizes end strength reductions for the Selected Reserve for such fiscal year. Authorizes such end strength to be increased whenever members of the Selected Reserve are released from active duty. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1991 for members of the reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Increases the number of certain enlisted and officer personnel of the armed forces authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes and specifies average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Repeals: (1) the current Federal requirement of a separate budget request for the procurement of equipment for the reserve components; (2) the requirement of a separate authorization of civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (DOD) by end strength; (3) the requirement for reductions in, and the permanent ceiling on, employees in headquarters and nonmanagement headquarters activities and support activities; (4) required reports on unobligated balances within DOD and on budgeting for inflation; and (5) a report on annual defense outlays as required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 101-510.
Became Public Law No: 101-510.
Conference report considered in Senate.
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-17. Record Vote No: 320.
Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-17. Record Vote No: 320.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Rule H. Res. 522 passed House.
Mr. Aspin brought up conference report H.Rept. 101-923 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 521.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ninety minutes of debate on the conference report.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Mr. Dickinson moved to recommit to the conference committee.
On motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by voice vote.
Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 271 - 156 (Roll no. 517).
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 271 - 156 (Roll no. 517).
Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 101-923 filed.
Conference report H. Rept. 101-923 filed.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 522 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 4739. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider the conference report on the bill, and all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration shall be waived. The conference report shall be considered as having been read when called up for consideration.
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate.
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Conference held.
Mr. Aspin asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
Mr. Dickinson moved that the House instruct conferees.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct managers on the part of the House to insist on the House position, which fully funds the research and development, procurement, and operation and maintenance budget request for the Military Strategic and Tactical Relay Satellite.
On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
The Chair, by unanimous consent reserved the right to appoint conferees at a later time.
Mr. Aspin moved that the conference committee meetings between the House and the Senate on the bill be closed to the public at such times as classified national security information is under consideration, provided that any sitting Member of Congress shall have the right to attend any closed or open meeting.
On motion that the conference committee meetings between the House and the Senate on the bill be closed to the public at such times as classified national security information is under consideration. Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 410 - 2 (Roll No. 428).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of the entire House bill, the entire Senate amendment (except division D), and modifications committed to conference: Aspin, Bennett, Montgomery, Dellums, Schroeder, Byron, Mavroules, Hutto, Skelton, Leath (TX), McCurdy, Foglietta, Hertel, Sisisky, Ray, Spratt, McCloskey, Ortiz, Darden, Evans, Bilbray, McNulty, Browder, Dickinson, Spence, Stump, Courter, Hopkins, Davis, Hunter, Martin (NY), Kasich, Bateman, Blaz, Ireland, Rowland (CT), and Kyl.
The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of division D of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Aspin, Bennett, Dellums, Schroeder, Mavroules, Skelton, McCurdy, Hertel, Spratt, Evans, Montgomery, Byron, Hutto, Leath (TX), Foglietta, Sisisky, Ray, McCloskey, Ortiz, Dickinson, Spence, Stump, Courter, Davis, Hunter, Hansen, Kyl, Spence, Hopkins, Martin (NY), Kasich, Bateman, and Blaz.
The chair appointed additional conferees from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee under clause 2 of Rule XLVIII: Beilenson, Kastenmeier, and Hyde.
The chair appointed additional conferees from the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, for consideration of secs. 324, 335, and 356 and division D of the House bill, and secs. 1216, 1249, and 2806 through 2808 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Gonzalez, Oakar, Vento, Torres, Neal (MA), Wylie, Shumway, and Roth.
The chair appointed additional conferees from the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of sec. 504 and division D of the House bill, and secs. 854, 1216, and 3130B of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hawkins, Ford (MI), Williams, Martinez, Sawyer, Goodling, Coleman (MO), and Gunderson.
The chair appointed additional conferees from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of secs. 341, 345, 2834(c), 2851, 2852, 3134, 3135, and 3201 of the House bill, and secs. 319, 813(f), 1003, 1222, 2821, 2824, 3130B, 3133, 3134, 3201, and 3202 and division D of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Dingell, Thomas Luken, Sharp, Swift, Eckart, Lent, Moorhead, and Whittaker.
The chair appointed conferees Provided that Mr. Markey is appointed in place of Mr. Eckart for consideration of secs. 2851 and 2852 of the House bill.
The chair appointed additional conferees from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of secs. 226, 232, 303, 332, 352, 1037, 1331(a), 1346, 1347, 1401 through 1408, 3133, and 3141 through 3144 of the House bill, and secs. 304, 852, 1106, 1107, 1211, 1213 through 1215, 1224, 1225, 1242 through 1244, 1246, 1271 through 1275, 1304(d), 2811, 2812, and 3141 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Fascell, Hamilton, Yatron, Solarz, Smith (FL), Broomfield, Gilman, and Lagomarsino.
The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs for consideration of division D of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Udall, Miller (CA), Vento, Markey, Levine (CA), Vucanovich, Marlenee, and Craig.
The chair appointed additional conferees from the Committee on Government Operations, for consideration of secs. 227, 802, 803, 804, 807, 835, 1302, 1303, and 2822 of the House bill, and secs. 811, 812(f), 813(a), 813(c), 813(d), 816, 817, 818, 819, 833(a), 1205, 1207, 2804, 2805, and 2809 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Conyers, Collins, Wise, Boxer, Kleczka, Horton, Kyl, and Shays.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of sections 352, 552, 822, and 1343 of the House bill, and sections 804A, 833(a), 1102, 1218, 1226, 1251 through 1266, and 1503 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Brooks, Kastenmeier, Frank, Staggers, Bryant, Fish, Moorhead, and James.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries for consideration of sections 329(d), 553, 1324, and 2831 of the House bill, and sections 522, 631(b), 2805, 3132, and 3401 through 3407 and division D of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Jones (NC), Studds, Hubbard, Tauzin, Dyson, Young (AK), Lent, and Shumway.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service for consideration of sections 361(c), 902, 905, 906, and 1217(b) of the House bill, and sections 831, 832, 834, 1001(a), 1502, 3202, and 3404 through 3406 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Ford (MI), Clay, Sikorski, Oakar, Ackerman, Gilman, Horton, and Morella.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Public Works and Transportation for consideration of section 2803 and division D of the House bill, and sections 1216, 1232, 2804, and 2814 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Anderson, Roe, Oberstar, Bosco, Savage, Hammerschmidt, Petri, and Packard.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for consideration of sections 802, 804, 804A, 1001, 1002, 1501, 1502, and 3130B of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Roe, Scheuer, Lloyd, Valentine, Mineta, Walker, Schneider, and Boehlert.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Small Business for consideration of section 813(e) of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: LaFalce and McDade.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of section 1223 and division D of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to conference: Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Jenkins, Downey, Pease, Archer, Vander Jagt, and Crane.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of section 645 of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to conference: Rostenkowski, Ford (TN), Downey, Pease, Matsui, Archer, Vander Jagt, and Crane.
The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Agriculture for consideration of sec. 2823 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Volkmer, Johnson (SD), Harris, Olin, Campbell (CO), Robert Smith (OR), Combest, and Marlenee.
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Conference held.
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Conference held.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate appointed conferees Nunn; Exon; Levin; Kennedy; Bingaman; Dixon; Glenn; Gore; Wirth; Shelby; Byrd; Warner; Thurmond; Cohen; Wilson; McCain; Wallop; Gorton; Lott; Coats.
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 2884 amended.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2884 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2884 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference.
Considered as unfinished business.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with twenty minutes of debate on the en bloc amendment offered by Mr. Aspin.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Aspin Budget Adjustment amendment.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4739.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Dickinson moved to recommit with instructions to Armed Services.
Debate - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Dickinson motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions require the insertion of a new section which would adjust the size of the reduction in the fiscal year 1991 Army end strength from 68,500 to 40,000; and, require the insertion of another new section which would change the period for which selected reserve may be ordered to active duty from 180 days to 360 days.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 156 - 254 (Roll No. 351).
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 256 - 155 (Roll no. 352).
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 256 - 155 (Roll no. 352).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4739.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 457 and Rule XXIII.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Richard J. Durbin to act as Chairman of the Committee.
DEBATE - Pursuant to an earlier unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the provisions of the bill related to the B-2 Bomber.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 457, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the amendent.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 457, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 457, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the amendments.
CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION - Mr. Aspin asked unanimous consent that, during further consideration of H.R. 4739, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may in his discretion postpone recorded votes on the economic conversion amendments until a later time on the same legislative day, to occur as 15-minute votes preceding postponed votes on Part 2 amendments, all of which may be conducted as 5-minute votes. Agreed to without objection.
Considered as unfinished business.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
POSTPONED ROLL CALLS - A recorded vote was requested and ordered on the Hopkins substitute amendment. Pursuant to an earlier unanimous consent agreement, further consideration of the Mavroules amendment and the Hopkins substitute was postponed until after 8:00 p.m. today.
A recorded vote was requested on the Fazio amendment. Pursuant to the earlier unanimous consent agreement, the vote was postponed until after 8:00 p.m. today.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 461, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the amendment.
A recorded vote was requested on the Bosco amendement. Pursuant to the earlier unanimous consent agreement, the vote was postponed until after 8 p.m.
A recorded vote on the Boxer amendment was postponed until later in the day.
A recorded vote on the Frank amendment was postponed until later in the day.
A recorded vote on the Hopkins amendment was postponed until later in the day.
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