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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 Became Public Law No: 106-79. Armed Forces and National Security
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35Passed Senate amendedFeb 25, 2000
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (including a transfer of funds in each case), the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) overseas contingency operations (including a transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide (including a transfer of funds in each case); (4) environmental restoration at former defense sites (including a transfer of funds); (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (6) nuclear threat reduction programs with respect to republics of the former Soviet Union; and (7) renovation of the Pentagon. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for procurement by the armed forces and its reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for defense-wide procurement and for National Guard and reserve equipment. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Directors of Test and Evaluation and Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for: (1) the defense working capital funds; and (2) programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund (including a transfer of funds). Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) medical and health care programs; (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; (3) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (4) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense (including a transfer of funds); and (5) expenses and activities of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (2) expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account (including a transfer of funds); (3) authorized payments to the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund; and (4) national security scholarships, fellowships, and grants (using funds derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund). Title VIII: General Provisions - Department of Defense - Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds. (Sec. 8008) Authorizes procurement funds appropriated under this Act to be used for multiyear procurement contracts for the Longbow Apache helicopter, MLRS Rocket Launcher, Abrams M1A2 upgrade, Bradley M2A3 vehicle, F-A 18E-F aircraft, C-17 aircraft, and F-16 aircraft. (Sec. 8010) Prohibits during FY 2000 the management by end strengths of DOD civilian personnel. (Sec. 8019) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish with host governments of NATO-member countries an account for the deposit of residual value amounts negotiated in the return of U.S. military installations to such countries. (Sec. 8032) Authorizes DOD to incur up to $350 million in obligations for DOD personnel compensation, military construction projects, and supplies and services in anticipation of receipts of contributions from the Government of Kuwait. (Sec. 8033) Earmarks funds from this Act for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation. (Sec. 8034) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to establish a new DOD federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). Limits the Federal compensation to be paid to FFRDC members or consultants. Prohibits the use of FY 2000 FFRDC funds for new building construction, cost-sharing payments for projects funded by Government grants, absorption of cost overruns, or certain charitable contributions. Limits the staff years of technical effort that may be funded for FFRDCs from FY 2000 funds. (Sec. 8042) Directs the President to include within each fiscal year budget the amounts requested for administrative activities of DOD, the military departments, and the defense agencies. (Sec. 8050) Earmarks funds appropriated under this Act for the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from DOD activities. (Sec. 8053) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) by a DOD entity without compliance with the Buy American Act; (2) for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated for such purpose; (3) to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 1999, level; and (4) to transport chemical munitions to the Johnston Atoll for storage or demilitarization (with an exception and an authorized wartime waiver by the President). (Sec. 8057) Authorizes DOD to lease real and personal property at the Adak Naval Air Facility, Alaska. (Sec. 8058) Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts. (Sec. 8065) Prohibits the transfer to any other department or agency, except as specifically provided in an appropriations law, of funds available to DOD or the Central Intelligence Agency in any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. (Sec. 8072) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to specified congressional committees setting forth all costs incurred by DOD in implementing or supporting United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions. (Sec. 8073) Prohibits current fiscal year DOD funds from being obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or international organization defense articles or services for use in any UN peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation, or for any other international peacekeeping, peace enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation, unless specified congressional committees are given 15 days' advance notice. (Sec. 8074) Directs the Secretary, to the extent authorized by law, to issue loan guarantees in support of U.S. defense exports not otherwise provided for, with a contingent liability limit of $15 billion. Requires quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on such loan guarantees. (Sec. 8078) Authorizes the use of DOD O&M funds in support of U.S. missions and with eligible organizations and activities outside of DOD. (Sec. 8081) Directs the Secretary, upon the enactment of this Act, to make specified transfers between various DOD accounts. (Sec. 8083) Authorizes the Secretary, during the current fiscal year, to waive reimbursement of certain educational costs of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers and civilian officials of foreign countries if determined to be in the national security interest. (Sec. 8088) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to waive limitations on the procurement of defense items from a foreign country if: (1) the Secretary determines that such limitation would invalidate cooperative programs or reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items; and (2) such country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced in the United States for that country. Provides exceptions. (Sec. 8091) Reduces by $452.1 million the total amount appropriated in this Act to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions, to be allocated among various DOD accounts. (Sec. 8092) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to support any training program involving security forces of a foreign country if credible information exists that such country has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. Requires the monitoring of such information. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition under extraordinary circumstances. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees explaining any such waiver. (Sec. 8093) Authorizes the Secretary to distribute surplus DOD dental equipment to Indian health service facilities and federally-qualified health centers. (Sec. 8094) Reduces the total amount appropriated in this Act by: (1) $209.3 million, to reflect savings from the pay of civilian personnel; (2) $206.6 million, to reflect savings from favorable foreign currency fluctuations; and (3) $250.3 million, to reflect savings from reductions in the price of bulk fuel. Allocates such savings among various DOD O&M accounts. (Sec. 8098) Makes Navy-appropriated funds available for the replacement of certain lost and canceled checks. (Sec. 8099) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to waive payments for the lease of personal property to Federal, State, or local governments or youth or charitable organizations. (Sec. 8100) Provides authorized uses of funds appropriated for the Pacific Disaster Center. Authorizes the Secretary to enable the Center and its derivatives to enter into cooperative agreements for the delegation or implementation of all of its missions and to accept grants to carry out its activities. Prohibits the Center from accepting any remuneration or services that compromise national security. (Sec. 8101) Reduces by over $1.8 billion the total amount appropriated under this Act for military personnel, to reflect amounts appropriated in H.R. 1141, as enacted. (Sec. 8104) Earmarks specified O&M funds for combating terrorism inside and outside the United States. Requires each budget to separately state the amount requested for such activities. (Sec. 8106) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to negotiate leases for operational support aircraft. (Sec. 8107) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal a requirement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not begin to commence bidding for commercial licenses for certain reallocated frequency spectrum until after January 1, 2001. Directs the FCC to initiate such bidding during FY 1999 and to ensure that all proceeds of such bidding are deposited no later than September 30, 2000. Provides for the expedited assignment of such frequencies. Requires at least seven days' public notice prior to the granting of an application for an instrument of authorization for any such frequency. Requires two reports from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and from the FCC with respect to such bidding process. (Sec. 8108) Reduces by $3.1 billion the total amount appropriated under titles II and III of this Act, to reflect certain supplemental appropriations provided under Public Law 106-31. (Sec. 8109) Directs the Secretary to require that each disbursement by DOD in excess of $500,000 (currently $1 million) be matched to a particular obligation before the disbursement is made. (Sec. 8110) Appropriates funds for the Army Test Ranges and Facilities program element. (Sec. 8111) Transfers from the Navy to DOD the Joint Warfighting Experimentation Program. (Sec. 8112) Appropriates funds to DOD for a grant to the American Red Cross for armed forces emergency services. (Sec. 8113) Appropriates funds for U-2 cockpit modifications. (Sec. 8114) Directs the Army to conduct live-fire, side-by-side operational test of the air-to-air Starstreak and Stinger missiles from the AH-64D Longbow helicopter. (Sec. 8115) Earmarks appropriated funds for: (1) the 3-D advanced track acquisition and imaging system; (2) electronic propulsion systems; (3) a ground processing station to support a tropical remote sensing radar; (4) reducing pollution associated with industrial manufacturing waste systems; (5) depot overhaul of the Close In Weapon System; (6) prototyping and testing a water distributor for a certain Army pallet-loading system; (7) alternative missile engine source development; (8) the National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence Pollution Prevention Initiative; (9) a hot gas decontamination facility; (10) establishment of a DOD Center for Medical Informatics; (11) the K-Band Test Obscuration Pairing System; and (12) recombinant vaccine research against biological warfare agents. (Sec. 8127) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Bayonne, New Jersey, all rights and interest to certain firefighting equipment at Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne. (Sec. 8128) Earmarks appropriated funds for: (1) basic research on advanced composite materials processing; (2) information warfare vulnerability analysis; (3) the GEO High Resolution Space Object Imaging program; (4) research and development (R&D) of elastin-based artificial tissues and fusion techniques for healing internal injuries; (5) supersonic aircraft noise mitigation R&D; and (6) acquisition workforce training. (Sec. 8134) Authorizes the Center of Excellence for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, during the current fiscal year, to pay expenses of providing or facilitating education and training for foreign military and civilian personnel in disaster management and humanitarian assistance (requiring a report on such training). (Sec. 8135) Earmarks appropriated funds for: (1) the Manufacturing Technology Assistance pilot program; (2) visual display performance and environmental R&D; (3) the Information System Security Program; and (4) carrying out first-year actions under the DOD Strategy to Address Low-Level Exposures to Chemical Warfare Agents. (Sec. 8139) Expresses the sense of Congress praising the skill and professionalism displayed by the B-2 bomber personnel of Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, in carrying out Operation Allied Force bombings against Yugoslavia. (Sec. 8140) Earmarks appropriated funds for: (1) U-2 aircraft defensive system modernization; (2) R&D relating to Persian Gulf illnesses; (3) procurement of the F-15A-B data link for the Air National Guard; and (4) the MK-43 machine gun conversion program. (Sec. 8144) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to develop Ford Island, Hawaii, in a manner compatible with the Navy mission, as long as: (1) such Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees a master plan for such development; and (2) 30 calendar days have elapsed since such submission. Provides conveyance and lease authorities with respect to such development, requiring the same congressional notification and waiting period. Establishes in the Treasury the Ford Island Improvement Account for development and transaction costs. Prohibits such Secretary from using such funds to acquire, construct, or improve military housing or ancillary support facilities on such Island. Authorizes transfers to the Account from specified military housing funds. (Sec. 8145) Authorizes DOD to enter into agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs and federally-funded health agencies who provide services to Native Hawaiians to establish a partnership similar to the Alaska Federal Health Care Partnership in order to maximize Federal resources in the provision of health care services by federally-funded health agencies, applying telemedicine technologies. Requires DOD to develop a consultation policy with Native Hawaiians to further such goals. (Sec. 8146) Earmarks appropriated funds for: (1) R&D on polymer cased ammunition; and (2) a study at the Army Ammunition Plant, Wisconsin, evaluating the cost-effectiveness of various technologies for the demolition and cleanup of facilities contaminated with chemical residue during the production of weapons and ammunition. (Sec. 8148) Earmarks appropriated funds for: (1) a study of the costs and feasibility of a project to remove ordnance from the Toussaint River; and (2) C-5 aircraft modernization. (Sec. 8150) Prohibits funds from being made available for reconstruction activities in the Republic of Serbia as long as Slobodan Milosevic remains President of Yugoslavia. (Sec. 8151) Directs DOD's Office of Net Assessment and the United States Pacific Command to report to Congress addressing certain issues relating to the military balance between Taiwan and mainland China and its effects on U.S. military policy. (Sec. 8152) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) there should be a thorough investigation of the accidental death of a civilian employee of the Navy installation in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and the wounding of four other civilians during a live-ammunition weapons test there; (2) the Secretary should not authorize further live ammunition testing there until certain certifications are made to the defense committees with respect to safety and other aspects of such testing; and (3) the Secretary should advise and consult with the Governor of Puerto Rico on measures being taken to protect civilians in Vieques during such testing. (Sec. 8153) Earmarks appropriated funds for: (1) Army space control technology; (2) range reconfiguration to accommodate space launch vehicles; (3) the advanced integrated helmet system program; and (4) retrofitting and improving the current inventory of Patriot missiles. (Sec. 8155) Prohibits funds made available under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act from being used to implement a long-term regional program of development or reconstruction in Southeastern Europe except pursuant to specific statutory authorization. (Sec. 8158) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, a Base Efficiency Project to improve mission effectiveness and reduce the cost of providing quality installation support at such Base. Authorizes the Secretary, as part of such Project, to convert services currently performed by military personnel or civilian DOD employees to services performed by contract or otherwise. Provides lease and property disposal authority in connection with the Project. Establishes the Base Efficiency Project Fund for the deposit of rents, lease proceeds, and any other funds received under the Project. Provides authorized Fund uses. Requires annual reports from such Secretary to Congress on Base transactions. Terminates on September 30, 2004, the authority to enter into any lease or other agreement in connection with the Project. (Sec. 8159) Authorizes the Secretary to waive any domestic source or content requirement and thereby authorize procurements of items that are grown, reprocessed, reused, produced, or manufactured: (1) inside a foreign country the government of which is a party to a reciprocal defense memorandum of understanding with the Secretary; (2) inside the United States or its possessions; or (3) inside the United States or its possessions partly or wholly from components grown, reprocessed, reused, produced, or manufactured outside the United States or its possessions. Allows such a waiver only if the Secretary determines that: (1) the application of such requirement would impede the reciprocal procurement of defense items under an agreement between the United States and such country; and (2) such country does not discriminate against the United States to a greater degree than the United States discriminates against such country in the procurement of defense items. (Sec. 8160) Increases the amount appropriated for Air Force procurement under this Act for the procurement of four F-15E aircraft. Reduces by a corresponding amount certain other procurement accounts. (Sec. 8161) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States must continue the investigation of the bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 Air Force personnel and injured hundreds more, until every terrorist involved is identified and held accountable; (2) the FBI, which is conducting the investigation, should report to Congress on its status; and (3) once responsibility is established, the United States must take steps to punish the parties involved. Title IX: Military Land Withdrawals - Chapter 1: Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals - Military Lands Withdrawal Renewal Act of 1999 - Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws specified lands in: (1) Otero County, New Mexico; (2) the Big Delta and Granite Creek Areas, Alaska; and (3) the Fourth Judicial District, Alaska. Reserves all such withdrawn lands for specified military uses. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish and file maps and legal descriptions of the withdrawn lands. Directs such Secretary, through the Bureau of Land Management, to manage such withdrawn lands pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and related Acts. Allows the continuation of prevailing activities on such lands, but makes all nonmilitary uses subject to the military uses. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to close areas of such lands as necessary for military operations, public safety, or national security. Directs such Secretary to develop and implement a management plan for each withdrawn area. Requires the Secretary concerned to conduct an analysis of, and report to Congress on, the degree to which the management of such lands conforms to Federal land management laws. (Sec. 9006) Directs the Secretary concerned to provide for the environmental restoration of such lands. (Sec. 9007) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to relinquish all or any part of the lands withdrawn, after undertaking appropriate environmental decontamination. (Sec. 9008) Authorizes the delegation of the authority of the Secretary of the Interior or a military department for actions taken under this title. (Sec. 9009) Outlines provisions, with respect to the withdrawn lands, concerning: (1) water rights; (2) hunting, fishing, and trapping; and (3) mining and mineral leasing authority. Chapter 2: McGregor Land Withdrawal - McGregor Range Withdrawal Act - Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws specified lands in Otero County, New Mexico, and located within the McGregor Range. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to file maps and legal descriptions of the withdrawn lands. Directs the Secretary of the Army to manage the withdrawn lands and to use them for military training and testing. Authorizes such Secretary to close areas as appropriate to conduct such training and testing. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage all withdrawn and acquired mineral resources within the boundaries of the McGregor Range. Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Interior to: (1) jointly develop a natural resources management plan for lands withdrawn under this Chapter; and (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement this Chapter and the management plan. (Sec. 9057) Terminates such withdrawal 50 years after the date of enactment of this Act, but allows the Secretary of the Army to apply for an extension for continuing military purposes. Authorizes the relinquishment of such lands from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior during the authorized withdrawal period, requiring appropriate land decontamination and remediation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, under appropriate circumstances, to: (1) refuse acceptance of contaminated lands; or (2) revoke the withdrawal authorized under this Chapter. (Sec. 9059) Authorizes the delegation of the authority of the Secretaries of the Army and the Interior under this Chapter. Title X: Suspension of Certain Sanctions Against India and Pakistan - Suspends the application of certain nuclear proliferation sanctions that would otherwise arise under the Arms Export Control Act (contained in provisions concerning nuclear enrichment transfers, nuclear reprocessing transfers, illegal exports for nuclear explosive devices, transfers of nuclear explosive devices, and nuclear detonations) or the Export Import Bank Act of 1945 against India and Pakistan for a five-year period. Waives with respect to such countries the imposition of a specified sanction arising prior to enactment of this Act that would deny any license for the export of any dual-use article or technology that would not contribute directly to missile development or to a nuclear weapons program. Authorizes the waiver of restrictions on assistance to such countries mandated under the Arms Export Control Act if the President determines that such restrictions would not be in the national security interest. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) no waiver should be granted with respect to any party that initiates or supports activities that jeopardize peace and security in Jammu and Kashmir; (2) the broad application of export controls to nearly 300 Indian and Pakistani entities (entities) as part of the export control list is inconsistent with national security interests and needs refinement; and (3) export controls should be applied only to those entities that make direct and material contribution to weapons of mass destruction and missile programs and only to those items that can contribute to such programs. Requires a report from the President to the congressional foreign relations committees listing those entities whose activities contribute to such programs. Authorizes the President to renew the suspension of such sanctions after the five-year period, after certifying to such committees that it is in the national security interest to do so.
48Conference report filed in HouseFeb 3, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Military Personnel Title II: Operation and Maintenance Title III: Procurement Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Title V: Revolving and Management Funds Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs Title VII: Related Agencies Title VIII: General Provisions Title IX: Waiver of Certain Sanctions Against India and Pakistan Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (including a transfer of funds in each case), the Marine Corps, the defense agencies (including a transfer of funds), the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) overseas contingency operations (including a transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide (including a transfer of funds in each case); (4) environmental restoration at former defense sites (including a transfer of funds); (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (6) nuclear threat reduction programs with respect to republics of the former Soviet Union; (7) quality of life enhancements, defense; and (8) renovation of the Pentagon. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for procurement by the armed forces and its reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for defense-wide procurement (including a transfer of funds), National Guard and reserve equipment, and certain procurements under the Defense Production Act of 1950. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Directors of Test and Evaluation and Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for: (1) the defense working capital funds; and (2) programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund. Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) medical and health care programs; (2) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (3) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense (including a transfer of funds); and (4) expenses and activities of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (2) expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account (including a transfer of funds); (3) authorized payments to the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund; and (4) national security scholarships, fellowships, and grants (using funds derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund). Title VIII: General Provisions - Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds. (Sec. 8008) Authorizes procurement funds appropriated under this Act to be used for multiyear procurement contracts for the Longbow Apache helicopter, Javelin missile, Abrams M1A2 upgrade, F-A 18E-F aircraft, C-17 aircraft, and F-16 aircraft. (Sec. 8010) Prohibits during FY 2000 the management by end strengths of DOD civilian personnel. (Sec. 8019) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish with host governments of NATO-member countries an account for the deposit of residual value amounts negotiated in the return of U.S. military installations to such countries. (Sec. 8032) Authorizes DOD to incur up to $350 million in obligations for DOD personnel compensation, military construction projects, and supplies and services in anticipation of receipts of contributions from the Government of Kuwait. (Sec. 8033) Earmarks funds from this Act for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation. (Sec. 8034) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to establish a new DOD federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). Limits the Federal compensation to be paid to FFRDC members or consultants. Prohibits the use of FY 2000 FFRDC funds for new building construction, cost-sharing payments for projects funded by Government grants, absorption of cost overruns, or certain charitable contributions. Limits the staff years of technical effort that may be funded for FFRDCs from FY 2000 funds. (Sec. 8042) Directs the President to include within each fiscal year budget the amounts requested for administrative activities of DOD, the military departments, and the defense agencies. (Sec. 8050) Earmarks funds appropriated under this Act for the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from DOD activities. (Sec. 8053) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) by a DOD entity without compliance with the Buy American Act; (2) for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated for such purpose; (3) to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 1999, level; and (4) to transport chemical munitions to the Johnston Atoll for storage or demilitarization (with an exception and an authorized wartime waiver by the President). (Sec. 8057) Authorizes DOD to lease real and personal property at the Adak Naval Air Facility, Alaska. (Sec. 8058) Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts. (Sec. 8065) Prohibits the transfer to any other department or agency, except as specifically provided in an appropriations law, of funds available to DOD or the Central Intelligence Agency in any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. (Sec. 8073) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to specified congressional committees setting forth all costs incurred by DOD in implementing or supporting United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions. (Sec. 8074) Prohibits current fiscal year DOD funds from being obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or international organization defense articles or services for use in any UN peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation, or for any other international peacekeeping, peace enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation, unless specified congressional committees are given 15 days' advance notice. (Sec. 8075) Authorizes the Secretary, to the extent authorized by law, to issue loan guarantees in support of U.S. defense exports not otherwise provided for, with a contingent liability limit of $15 billion. Requires quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on such loan guarantees. (Sec. 8079) Authorizes the use of DOD O&M funds in support of U.S. missions and with eligible organizations and activities outside of DOD. (Sec. 8082) Directs the Secretary, upon the enactment of this Act, to make specified transfers between various DOD accounts. (Sec. 8083) Directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to submit to the defense committees a report identifying any activity for which the FY 2001 budget request was reduced because Congress appropriated funds above the President's budget request for that activity for FY 2000. (Sec. 8085) Authorizes the Secretary, during the current fiscal year, to waive reimbursement of certain educational costs of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers and civilian officials of foreign countries if determined to be in the national security interest. (Sec. 8086) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to permit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space-available, reimbursable basis. (Sec. 8090) Rescinds $452.1 million of the funds provided to various accounts under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions. (Sec. 8091) Requires the President's budget for FY 2001 and thereafter to separately identify all costs incurred by DOD to support NATO and all Partnership for Peace programs and initiatives. (Sec. 8092) Prohibits the use of funds for the license or sale of the F-22 advanced tactical aircraft to any foreign government. (Sec. 8093) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to waive limitations on the procurement of defense items from a foreign country if: (1) the Secretary determines that such limitation would invalidate cooperative programs or reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items; and (2) such country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced in the United States for that country. Provides exceptions. (Sec. 8097) Appropriates funds for the completion of the "Women in Military Service for America" memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. (Sec. 8098) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to support any training program involving security forces of a foreign country if credible information exists that such country has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. Requires the monitoring of such information. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition under extraordinary circumstances. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees explaining any such waiver. (Sec. 8099) Authorizes the Secretary to distribute surplus DOD dental equipment to Indian health service facilities and federally-qualified health centers. (Sec. 8100) Reduces the total amount appropriated in this Act by: (1) $123.2 million, to reflect savings from the pay of civilian personnel; and (2) $171 million, to reflect savings from favorable foreign currency fluctuations. Allocates such savings among various DOD O&M and military personnel accounts. (Sec. 8103) Makes: (1) Army O&M funds available for repairs and safety improvements of a portion of a road at Fort Irwin, California; and (2) Navy-appropriated funds available for the replacement of certain lost and canceled checks. (Sec. 8108) Reduces by $100 million the total amount of O&M funds appropriated under this Act, to reflect savings from reviews of DOD missions and functions conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76. (Sec. 8109) Directs the Secretary to submit a report which lists all instances since 1995 in which DOD missions and functions have been reviewed by DOD pursuant to the above Circular. Requires such report to also include those instances in which work performed by a contractor has been converted to performance by DOD civilian or military employees. Requires the Comptroller General to determine whether DOD has complied with such report requirements. (Sec. 8110) Requires the President's budget for FY 2001 and thereafter to include separate budget justifications for costs of U.S. military participation in contingency operations for the military personnel accounts, the procurement accounts, and the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund. (Sec. 8111) Appropriates funds to initiate and expand DOD activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to a terrorist attack in the United States involving weapons of mass destruction. (Sec. 8112) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees assessing the advantages or disadvantages of deploying a ground-based National Missile Defense system at more than one site. (Sec. 8113) Directs the Secretaries of the Navy and Air Force to submit to the defense committees a detailed description of the dedicated aggressor squadrons used to conduct combat flight training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force from 1990 through the present. (Sec. 8116) Prohibits remaining FY 1999 DOD RDT&E funds from being used for the Medium Extended Air Defense System or successor systems. (Sec. 8119) Provides for the crediting during the current fiscal year of certain refunds attributable to the use of Government travel cards and Government purchase cards. (Sec. 8121) Prohibits, after March 31, 2000, any appropriated funds from being used for a mission critical or mission essential information technology system that is not registered with the DOD Chief Information Officer. Prohibits a major automated information system from receiving a Milestone I, II, or III approval until such officer provides written notice that such system is being developed in accordance with certain requirements under the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. Requires certain other information to be included in such certification. (Sec. 8123) Requires charges for DOD administrative services in connection with the foreign military sales program to include recovery of DOD administrative expenses during FY 2000 that are attributable to: (1) salaries of military personnel; and (2) unfunded estimated costs of civilian retirement and other benefits. Makes funds from the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund available for the reimbursement of applicable military personnel accounts under (1), above. Reduces by specified amounts funds available under titles I and II to reflect amounts expected to be recovered for such administrative expenses. (Sec. 8124) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal a requirement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not commence bidding for commercial licenses for certain reallocated frequency spectrum until after January 1, 2001. Directs the FCC to initiate such bidding during FY 1999 and to ensure that all proceeds of such bidding are deposited no later than September 30, 2000. Provides for the expedited assignment of such frequencies. Requires at least seven days' public notice prior to the granting of an application for an instrument of authorization for any such frequency. Requires two reports each from the OMB Director and the FCC with respect to such bidding process. (Sec. 8125) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the conduct of Operations Desert Fox and Allied Force. (Sec. 8127) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to waive payments for the lease of personal property to Federal, State, or local governments or youth or charitable organizations. (Sec. 8128) Provides authorized uses of funds appropriated for the Pacific Disaster Center. Authorizes the Secretary to enable the Center and its derivatives to enter into cooperative agreements for the delegation or implementation of all of its missions and to accept grants to carry out its activities. Prohibits the Center from accepting any remuneration or services that compromise national security. (Sec. 8129) Reduces by over $1.8 billion the total amount appropriated under this Act for military personnel, to reflect amounts appropriated in the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. (Sec. 8133) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a multi-year pilot program for leasing aircraft for operational support purposes, including transportation for the combatant commanders in chief. Prohibits any such lease from being entered into after September 30, 2004. (Sec. 8134) Reduces by $100 million the total amount appropriated under titles II and III of this Act, to reflect certain supplemental appropriations provided under the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. (Sec. 8135) Directs the Secretary to require that each disbursement by DOD in excess of $500,000 (currently $1 million) be matched to a particular obligation before the disbursement is made. (Sec. 8136) Prohibits the obligation of funds for the Joint Warfighting Experimentation Program until the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reports to the defense committees on the role and participation of all unified and specified commands in the Program. (Sec. 8137) Appropriates funds to DOD for a grant to the American Red Cross for armed forces emergency services. (Sec. 8138) Directs the Army to conduct live-fire, side-by-side operational test of the air-to-air Starstreak and Stinger missiles from the AH-64D Longbow helicopter. (Sec. 8139) Authorizes the Center of Excellence for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, during the current fiscal year, to pay expenses of providing or facilitating education and training for foreign military and civilian personnel in disaster management and humanitarian assistance (requiring a report on such training). (Sec. 8140) Earmarks appropriated funds for carrying out first-year actions under the DOD Strategy to Address Low-Level Exposures to Chemical Warfare Agents. (Sec. 8141) Authorizes DOD to enter into agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs and federally-funded health agencies who provide services to Native Hawaiians to establish a partnership similar to the Alaska Federal Health Care Partnership in order to maximize Federal resources in the provision of health care services by federally-funded health agencies, applying telemedicine technologies. Requires DOD to develop a consultation policy with Native Hawaiians to further such goals. (Sec. 8142) Prohibits funds from being made available for reconstruction activities in the Republic of Serbia as long as Slobodan Milosevic remains President of Yugoslavia. (Sec. 8143) Earmarks specified O&M funds for a grant to the United Service Organizations. (Sec. 8144) Prohibits funds from this Act from being used to initiate a multiyear procurement contract for the M1A2 Tank upgrade program until 30 days after the Army has reported to Congress describing efforts to reduce program costs. (Sec. 8145) Requires a specified certification from the Secretary of the Air Force prior to the multi-year authority for the C-17 aircraft (granted in this Act). (Sec. 8146) Appropriates funds for the F-22 aircraft program, with specified limitations on the allocation of such funds within the program. Requires certain program certification. Prohibits any funds appropriated for Air Force research or procurement from being used to acquire more than 17 flight-capable test vehicles for such program. Requires certain testing and certification prior to the Secretary of the Air Force awarding a full funding contract for low-rate initial production of the F-22. (Sec. 8147) Appropriates funds for: (1) F-22 program termination liability or other program contractual requirements in lieu of termination liability; and (2) a grant to the High Desert Partnership in Academic Excellence Foundation, Inc., for a standards and performance based academic model at schools administered by the Department of Defense Education Activity. (Sec. 8149) Prohibits funds from this Act from being used to pay environmental fines or penalties imposed against DOD or a military department unless the payment has been specifically authorized by law. (Sec. 8151) Earmarks funds for assistance to public school systems that have unusually high concentrations of special needs military dependents enrolled. (Sec. 8155) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Indian tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota excess relocatable military housing units from Grand Forks and Minot Air Force Base. (Sec. 8156) Earmarks funds for: (1) certain costs under an agreement between DOD and the Israeli Ministry of Defense for the Arrow Deployability Program; and (2) a community retraining, reinvestment, and manufacturing initiative to be conducted by an academic consortia in conjunction with existing programs in manufacturing and retraining. (Sec. 8159) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the management of the chemical weapons demilitarization program. (Sec. 8160) Authorizes all military construction projects for which funds were appropriated under the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2000. (Sec. 8162) Establishes the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission to consider and formulate plans for a permanent memorial. Appropriates Commission funds. (Sec. 8163) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to accept contributions from the State of New York for a previously authorized military construction project at the Rome Research Site, Rome, New York. Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 to increase the amount authorized for such project. (Sec. 8165) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees assessing the requirements, plans, and resources needed to maintain, update, modernize, restore, and expand the DOD fleet of specialized aircraft and related equipment commonly described as low density, high demand assets. (Sec. 8166) Earmarks funds for: (1) a grant to the Chicago Public Schools for conversion and expansion of the former Eighth Regiment National Guard Armory (Bronzeville); and (2) construction of an Army aviation support facility at West Bend, Wisconsin. (Sec. 8168) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, a Base Efficiency Project to improve mission effectiveness and reduce the cost of providing quality installation support at such Base. Authorizes the Secretary, as part of such Project, to convert services currently performed by military personnel or civilian DOD employees to services performed by contract or otherwise. Provides lease and property disposal authority in connection with the Project. Establishes the Base Efficiency Project Fund for the deposit of rents, lease proceeds, and any other funds received under the Project. Provides authorized Fund uses. Requires annual reports from such Secretary to Congress on Base transactions. Terminates on September 30, 2004, the authority to enter into any lease or other agreement in connection with the Project. (Sec. 8169) Reduces by specified amounts the total amount appropriated in this Act, such reductions to be realized from reductions in various O&M and procurement accounts. Provides that, of the unobligated amounts made available under title II of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, corresponding amounts shall be made available only for: (1) depot level maintenance and repair; (2) spare and repair parts for the maintenance of weapons systems and related equipment; and (3) base operations support costs at DOD facilities. (Sec. 8172) Reduces by $356.4 million the total amount appropriated in this Act, to reflect savings available as a result of the increased procurement of munitions resulting from funds made available in title II of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. (Sec. 8173) Reduces by specified amounts funds available for specified O&M accounts under this Act, provided that the entire amount: (1) shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $7.2 billion, which includes designation of such amount as an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), is transmitted by the President to Congress; and (2) is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement. (Sec. 8174) Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise available by this Act from being used for the American Heritage Rivers Initiative. (Sec. 8175) Requires DOD to: (1) make progress payments within specified periods; and (2) make adjustments in payment procedures and policies to ensure that payments are made no less than 29 days after receipt of a proper invoice. Title IX: Waiver of Certain Sanctions Against India and Pakistan - Authorizes the President, in the national security interest, to waive the application of certain nuclear proliferation sanctions that would otherwise arise under the Arms Export Control Act (contained in provisions concerning nuclear enrichment transfers, nuclear reprocessing transfers, illegal exports for nuclear explosive devices, transfers of nuclear explosive devices, and nuclear detonations), the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 against India and Pakistan. Terminates such waiver authority with respect to either of such countries if that country detonates a nuclear explosive device after the date of enactment of this Act or otherwise takes an action reportable by the President under the above Acts. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the broad application of export controls to nearly 300 Indian and Pakistani entities (entities) as part of the export control list is inconsistent with national security interests and needs refinement; and (2) export controls should be applied only to those entities that make direct and material contribution to weapons of mass destruction and missile programs and only to those items that can contribute to such programs. Requires a report from the President to the appropriate congressional committees listing those entities whose activities contribute to such programs. Repeals, effective October 21, 1999, the India-Pakistan Relief Act.
00Introduced in HouseFeb 3, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Military Personnel Title II: Operation and Maintenance Title III: Procurement Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Title V: Revolving and Management Funds Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs Title VII: Related Agencies Title VIII: General Provisions Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (including a transfer of funds in each case), the Marine Corps, the defense agencies (including a transfer of funds), the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund (including a transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, and Air Force and defense-wide (including a transfer of funds in each case); (4) environmental restoration at formerly used defense sites (including a transfer of funds); (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid programs; (6) former Soviet Union threat reduction; and (7) quality of life enhancements, defense. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for procurement by the armed forces and reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) defense-wide procurement (including a transfer of funds); (2) National Guard and reserve equipment; and (3) certain procurements under the Defense Production Act of 1950. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Directors of Test and Evaluation and Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Defense Working Capital funds and programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund. Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Department of Defense (DOD) medical and health care programs; (2) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions (including a transfer of funds); (3) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense (including a transfer of funds); and (4) the Office of the Inspector General. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (2) the Intelligence Community Management Account (including a transfer of funds); (3) payment to the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund; and (4) national security scholarships, fellowships, and grants (using funds derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund). Title VIII: General Provisions - Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds. (Sec. 8010) Prohibits during FY 2000 the management by end strengths of DOD civilian personnel. (Sec. 8019) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish with host governments of NATO-member countries an account for the deposit of residual value amounts negotiated in the return of U.S. military installations to such countries. (Sec. 8032) Authorizes DOD to incur obligations of up to $350 million for DOD military personnel compensation, military construction projects, and supplies and services in anticipation of receipts of contributions from the Government of Kuwait. (Sec. 8033) Earmarks funds from this Act for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation. (Sec. 8034) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to establish a new DOD federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). Limits the Federal compensation to be paid to FFRDC members or consultants. Prohibits the use of FY 2000 FFRDC funds for new building construction, cost-sharing payments for projects funded by Government grants, absorption of cost overruns, or certain charitable contributions. Limits the staff years of technical effort that may be funded for FFRDCs from FY 2000 funds. (Sec. 8035) Provides Buy American requirements with respect to the DOD procurement of carbon, alloy or armor steel plating. (Sec. 8038) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the amount of DOD purchases from foreign entities in FY 2000. (Sec. 8042) Directs the President to include within each fiscal year budget the amounts requested for administrative activities of DOD, the military departments, and the defense agencies. (Sec. 8050) Earmarks funds appropriated under this Act for the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from DOD activities. (Sec. 8053) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) by a DOD entity without compliance with the Buy American Act; (2) to establish additional field operating agencies of DOD elements or to hire additional personnel for such agencies, except for those funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Program; (3) for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated for such purpose; (4) to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 1999, level; and (5) to transport chemical munitions to the Johnston Atoll for storage or demilitarization (with an exception and an authorized wartime waiver by the President). (Sec. 8057) Authorizes DOD to lease real and personal property at the Adak Naval Air Facility, Alaska. (Sec. 8058) Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts. (Sec. 8065) Prohibits the transfer to any other department or agency, except as specifically provided in an appropriations law, of funds available to DOD or the Central Intelligence Agency for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. (Sec. 8073) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to specified congressional committees on all costs incurred by DOD during the preceding quarter in implementing or supporting United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions. (Sec. 8074) Prohibits current fiscal year DOD funds from being obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or international organization defense articles or services for use in any UN peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation, or for any other international peacekeeping, peace enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation, unless specified congressional committees are given 15 days' advance notice. (Sec. 8075) Authorizes the Secretary, to the extent authorized by law, to issue loan guarantees in support of U.S. defense exports not otherwise provided for, with a contingent liability limit of $15 billion. Requires quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on such loan guarantees. (Sec. 8083) Directs the Secretary, upon the enactment of this Act, to make specified transfers between various DOD accounts. (Sec. 8084) Directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to submit to the defense committees a report identifying any activity for which the FY 2001 budget request was reduced because Congress appropriated funds above the President's budget request for that activity for FY 2000. (Sec. 8086) Authorizes the Secretary to waive reimbursement of certain educational costs of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers and civilian officials of foreign nations if determined to be in the national security interest. (Sec. 8087) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to permit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space-available, reimbursable basis. (Sec. 8091) Rescinds $452.1 million of the funds provided to various accounts under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions. (Sec. 8092) Requires the President's budget for FY 2001 and thereafter to separately identify all costs incurred by DOD to support NATO and all Partnership for Peace programs and initiatives. (Sec. 8093) Prohibits the use of funds for approving the license or sale of the F-22 advanced tactical aircraft to any foreign government. (Sec. 8094) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to waive limitations on the procurement of defense items from a foreign country if: (1) the Secretary determines that such limitation would invalidate cooperative agreements or reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items; and (2) such country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items procured in the United States for that country. Provides exceptions. (Sec. 8099) Appropriates funds for the completion of the "Women in Military Service for America" memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. (Sec. 8100) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to support a unit of the security forces of a foreign country if credible information exists that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. Requires the monitoring of such information. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition under extraordinary circumstances. (Sec. 8101) Reduces the total amount appropriated in this Act by $171 million, to reflect savings from favorable foreign currency fluctuations. (Sec. 8104) Makes Navy-appropriated funds available for the replacement of certain lost and canceled checks. (Sec. 8109) Reduces by $100 million the total amount of O&M funds appropriated under this Act, to reflect savings from reviews of DOD missions and functions conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76. (Sec. 8110) Directs the Secretary to submit a report which lists all instances since 1995 in which DOD missions or functions have been reviewed by DOD pursuant to the above Circular. Requires such report to also include those instances in which work performed by a contractor has been converted to performance by DOD civilian or military employees. Requires the Comptroller General to determine whether DOD has complied with such report requirements. (Sec. 8111) Requires the President's budget for FY 2001 and thereafter to include separate budget justifications for costs of U.S. military participation in contingency operations for the military personnel accounts, the procurement accounts, and the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund. (Sec. 8112) Appropriates funds to the Army National Guard for the procurement or lease of firefighting aircraft or systems. (Sec. 8113) Appropriates funds: (1) to initiate and expand DOD activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to a terrorist attack in the United States involving weapons of mass destruction; and (2) for programs to prevent non-authorized access to information technology and computer systems. (Sec. 8115) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a report assessing the advantages or disadvantages of deploying a ground-based National Missile Defense system at more than one site. (Sec. 8116) Directs the Secretaries of the Navy and Air Force to submit to the defense committees a detailed description of the dedicated aggressor squadrons used to conduct combat flight training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force from FY 1990 through the present. (Sec. 8119) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for certain development, risk reduction, operations, travel, or contributions relating to the Medium Extended Air Defense System. (Sec. 8123) Provides for the crediting during the current fiscal year of certain refunds attributable to the use of Government travel cards and Government Purchase cards. (Sec. 8125) Prohibits, after March 31, 2000, any appropriated funds from being used for an information technology system that is not registered with the DOD Chief Information Officer. Prohibits such a system from receiving a Milestone I, II, or III approval until such Officer provides written certification to the defense committees that such system is being developed in accordance with certain requirements under the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. Requires certain other information to be included in such certification. (Sec. 8127) Requires charges for DOD administrative services in connection with the foreign military sales program to include recovery of DOD administrative expenses during FY 2000 that are attributable to: (1) salaries of military personnel; and (2) unfunded estimated costs of civilian retirement and other benefits. Makes funds from the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund available for the reimbursement of applicable military personnel accounts under (1), above. Reduces by specified amounts funds available under titles I and II to reflect amounts expected to be recovered for such administrative expenses. (Sec. 8128) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal a requirement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not commence bidding for commercial licenses for certain reallocated frequency spectrum until after January 1, 2001. Directs the FCC to initiate such bidding during FY 1999 and to ensure that all proceeds of such bidding are deposited no later than September 30, 2000. Provides for the expedited assignment of such frequencies. Requires at least seven days' public notice prior to the granting of an application for an instrument of authorization for any such frequency. Requires two reports each from the OMB Director and the FCC with respect to such bidding process. (Sec. 8129) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the conduct of Operations Desert Fox and Allied Force.
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 87-11. Record Vote No: 326.(consideration: CR S12610)
Oct 14, 1999
Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 87-11. Record Vote No: 326. (consideration: CR S12610)
Oct 14, 1999
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 14, 1999
Presented to President.
Oct 14, 1999
Presented to President.
Oct 13, 1999
Rule H. Res. 326 passed House.
Oct 13, 1999
Mr. Lewis (CA) brought up conference report H. Rept. 106-371 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 326.
Oct 13, 1999
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
Oct 13, 1999
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Oct 13, 1999
Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 372 - 55 (Roll no. 494).(consideration: CR S9909-9921)
Oct 13, 1999
Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 13, 1999
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 372 - 55 (Roll no. 494). (consideration: CR S9909-9921)
Oct 13, 1999
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Oct 12, 1999
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 326 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 2561 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Waives points of order against the conference report and against its consideration.
Oct 8, 1999
Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 106-371 filed.(text of conference report: CR H9651-9821)
Oct 8, 1999
Conference report H. Rept. 106-371 filed. (text of conference report: CR H9651-9821)
Oct 7, 1999
Mr. Lewis (CA) asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on Oct. 8 to file a conference report on H.R. 2561. Agreed to without objection.
Oct 6, 1999
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Oct 6, 1999
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Sep 13, 1999
Mr. Lewis (CA) asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
Sep 13, 1999
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H8127)
Sep 13, 1999
Mr. Obey moved that the House instruct conferees.
Sep 13, 1999
Mr. Obey moved to instruct conferees to insist on Section 8113 of the House bill providing $50 million to enhance United States defense capabilities gainst domestic terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction, and on Section 8114 of the House bill providing $150 million to improve the protection of DoD computer systems from non-authorized access.
Sep 13, 1999
On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 13, 1999
The Speaker appointed conferees: Lewis (CA), Young (FL), Skeen, Hobson, Bonilla, Nethercutt, Istook, Cunningham, Dickey, Frelinghuysen, Murtha, Dicks, Sabo, Dixon, Visclosky, Moran (VA), and Obey.
Sep 13, 1999
On motion to Mr. Lewis of California moved, that the conference meetings between the House and the Senate on the bill H.R. 2561 be closed to the public when classified information is under consideration. Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 388 - 7 (Roll No. 405). (consideration: CR H8129)
Sep 13, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 29, 1999
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 28, 1999
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9460)
Jul 28, 1999
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1122 amended.
Jul 28, 1999
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1122 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 28, 1999
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1122 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 28, 1999
Senate insists on its amendment asks for a conference, appoints conferees Stevens; Cochran; Specter; Domenici; Bond; McConnell; Shelby; Gregg; Hutchison; Inouye; Hollings; Byrd; Leahy; Lautenberg; Harkin; Dorgan; Durbin. (CR S9460)
Jul 27, 1999
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Jul 22, 1999
Rule H. Res. 257 passed House.
Jul 22, 1999
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 257. (consideration: CR H6253-6295; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H6263; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H6263-6265; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H6265-6267; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H6267)
Jul 22, 1999
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2561 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
Jul 22, 1999
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS - Mr. Lewis of California asked unanimous consent that during consideration of H.R. 2561, in the Committee of the Whole: (1) all debate time on amendment no. 4 offered by Mr. Barr of Georgia and any amendment thereto be limited to 60 minutes, equally divided between Mr. Barr and an opponent; and (2) Mr. Barr be allowed to withdraw the amendment prior to action thereon. Agreed to without objection.
Jul 22, 1999
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 257 and Rule XXIII.
Jul 22, 1999
The Speaker designated the Honorable Dave Camp to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Jul 22, 1999
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2561.
Jul 22, 1999
DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous order of the House, the Committee is debating the amendment offered by Mr. Barr of Georgia for 60 minutes.
Jul 22, 1999
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2561.
Jul 22, 1999
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Jul 22, 1999
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Jul 22, 1999
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 379 - 45 (Roll no. 334).
Jul 22, 1999
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 379 - 45 (Roll no. 334).
Jul 22, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 21, 1999
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 257 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2561 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
Jul 20, 1999
Introduced in House
Jul 20, 1999
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 106-244, by Mr. Lewis (CA).
Jul 20, 1999
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 106-244, by Mr. Lewis (CA).
Jul 20, 1999
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 141.
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