National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) reserve procurements; (3) the Defense Inspector General; (4) the chemical demilitarization program; and (5) Department of Defense (DOD) health care programs. Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear procurement contracts, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, for the Javelin missile system, the M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicle, the AH-64D Apache longbow attack helicopters, and the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank upgrade program combined with the Heavy Assault Bridge program. (Sec. 112) Revises conditions for the award of any procurement contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Repeals an inconsistent provision of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a comprehensive plan for the modernization of the Army's helicopter forces. Provides an Army spending limitation until such plan is submitted. (Sec. 114) Earmarks Army funds for certain tools and technologies used under the Army multiple launch rocket system. (Sec. 115) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to their availability from domestic sources. Extends the deadline for a report from the Defense Inspector General under such program. (Sec. 116) Amends the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Act of 1992 to extend through FY 2001 the authority of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for the F-A 18E-F aircraft. Prohibits such Secretary from entering into such contract until a specified certification is made to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 122) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) increase from 12 to 18 the number of Arleigh Burke class destroyers authorized to be procured under multiyear procurement contracts; (2) extend through FY 2003 the authorized period for such contracting program (authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to enter into contracts for advance procurement of such destroyers for FY 2001 and to earmark other Navy funds for such procurement); and (3) repeal the requirement for annual reports from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. (Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to procure the amphibious assault ship LD-8. Earmarks funds authorized under this title for advance procurement and construction of components for such program. (Sec. 125) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees concerning the D-5 missile program. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from awarding a contract for low-rate initial production under the F-22 program until the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) makes a certain certification to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the test plan and engineering and manufacturing development of such program. (Sec. 132) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to study and report to the defense committees on replacement options for conventional air-launched cruise missiles. (Sec. 133) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a program to procure firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. (Sec. 134) Exempts funds authorized under this Act for F-16 tactical manned reconnaissance aircraft from certain limitations imposed under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997. Subtitle E: Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program - Directs the Secretary to conduct an assessment of the current program for the destruction of the U.S. chemical agents and munitions stockpile in order to reduce significantly the cost of such program, ensure completion of the program under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and maintain maximum protection of the general public, the personnel involved in the demilitarization program, and the environment. Authorizes the Secretary, following such assessment, to take necessary actions to achieve such purpose. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to prohibit facilities constructed to carry out such demilitarization from being used for any other purpose, with an exception. Requires the Comptroller General to review the U.S. demilitarization program and report review results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 142) Requires a report from the Comptroller General to the defense committees on the anticipated effect of the proposal to reduce the Federal civilian workforce involved in the operation of eight storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). (Sec. 202) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for basic and applied research projects. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary to establish and carry out a program to provide for the evaluation and competitive demonstration of concepts for advanced capability combat vehicles for the Army. Requires a report from the Secretary of the Army and the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to the defense and appropriations committees on program implementation. Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for such program. (Sec. 212) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary has failed to comply with the funding objective for the Defense Science and Technology Program, thus jeopardizing the stability of the defense technology base and technological superiority in future weapons systems. Calls for an increase in such program budgeting for each of FY 2001 through 2009. Requires a certification from the Secretary to Congress concerning a budget justification for such program. (Sec. 213) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for: (1) continued implementation of the micro-satellite technology program under a prior national defense authorization Act; (2) space control technology development; and (3) the space maneuver vehicle program. (Sec. 216) Amends the defense manufacturing technology program to: (1) establish as the overall program purpose the development and application of advanced manufacturing technologies and processes to reduce acquisition and support costs, and manufacturing repair and cycle times, for defense weapons systems; (2) require participation of the prospective users of the technology in the establishment of program requirements and program review; (3) require each project to include an implementation plan for the transition of such technology or process to its prospective user; (4) revise factors to be considered when considering program cost-sharing proposals; and (5) require the program's five-year plan to include plans for the implementation of the advanced manufacturing technologies and processes being developed under the program. (Sec. 217) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to authorize the procurement of up to two (currently, not any) endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - Designates as ballistic missile defense the primary mission of the Space Based Infrared System Low. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to obtain the approval of the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization before taking certain actions with respect to such System. Transfers System management and funding budget activities from the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities budget to a nonintelligence budget activity of the Air Force. Requires System technical requirements to be defined no later than July 1, 2000. (Sec. 232) Directs the Secretary to establish an acquisition strategy for the upper tier missile defense system with specified requirements. (Sec. 233) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to: (1) direct the Secretary to ensure the continued independent review of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense Program; (2) require (currently authorizes) the coordination of the development of system elements; and (3) revise a limitation on entering the manufacturing and development phase for the interceptor missile under the Program. (Sec. 234) Directs the Secretary to structure the space-based laser program to include: (1) a near-term integrated flight experiment; and (2) an ongoing activity for developing an objective system design. Requires a revised program baseline for the integrated flight experiment. Earmarks funds for such flight experiment. Outlines requirements for an objective system design (and provides funding). Requires annual reports, from 2000 through 2002, from the Secretary to the defense committees on the space- based laser program. (Sec. 235) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from making any modification under the Airborne Laser program until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that such modification is justified on the basis of certain test and analysis. Outlines related program requirements. (Sec. 236) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for adequate future-years funding for ballistic missile defense technology. (Sec. 237) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress concerning a two-site deployment of a ground-based national missile defense system. Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long- Term Military Capabilities - Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees every four years on emerging operational concepts. Requires each report to set forth the military capabilities necessary for meeting national security requirements over the next two to three decades. (Sec. 242) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to require the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a summary of each technology area review and assessment conducted by DOD in support of the joint warfighting science and technology plan. (Sec. 243) Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to report to the defense and appropriations committees on necessary actions to ensure that the armed forces have the military capabilities necessary to meet national security requirements over the next two to three decades. (Sec. 244) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, to carry out a program to award cash prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research technology development, and prototype development, that have the potential for application to the performance of the DOD military missions. Provides program total and per- award amount limits. Requires an annual program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. Terminates such award authority on September 30, 2003. (Sec. 245) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate improved efficiency in the performance of DOD RDT&E functions. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such program at each selected laboratory for three years beginning no later than March 1, 2000. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to develop a unified DOD plan for development of laser technology for potential weapons application. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Requires the Secretary to recommend an executive agent to coordinate, implement, and oversee plan elements relating to solid state lasers. Provides funds. (Sec. 252) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to report to Congress on the Air Force Distributed Mission Training program. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the transfer of up to $150 million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to specified military O&M accounts for FY 2000. (Sec. 305) Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to transfer specified O&M funds within their departments to defense working capital funds to fund operations of the Defense Commissary Agency. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks specified O&M funds for: (1) the American Red Cross to fund the Armed Forces Emergency Services; and (2) replacement of nontactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. (Sec. 313) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to procure the large medium-speed roll-on roll-off ship, subject to the availability of appropriations. Earmarks specified O&M funds for the advance procurement and construction of components for such ship. (Sec. 314) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to the United Services Organizations (USO), Inc., to contribute funds for the USO's Spirit of Hope Endowment Fund. Provides grant funds from O&M funds authorized under this title. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Extends through FY 2010 a current limitation on the payment of environmental fines and penalties from the Environmental Restoration Account, Defense, or environmental restoration accounts of the military departments. (Sec. 322) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on progress made in carrying out activities under the environmental quality programs of DOD and the military departments. (Currently, an annual report concerning environmental compliance is required.) (Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the defense technology planning process provides for an investment control process for the selection, prioritization, management, and evaluation of environmental technologies by DOD, the military departments, and the defense agencies. Requires related planning and evaluation. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on progress made by DOD in achieving objectives and goals of its environmental technology program. (Sec. 324) Replaces the Director of Defense Research and Engineering with the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology among the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. (Sec. 325) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program for the sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. (Sec. 326) Authorizes the Secretary, using specified military environmental restoration account funds, to pay to the Fresno Drum Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund specified amounts to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for environmental response activities undertaken at the Fresno Industrial Supply, Inc., site in Fresno, California. (Sec. 327) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, using Air Force environmental restoration account funds, to pay certain stipulated environmental civil penalties assessed against F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. (Sec. 328) Directs the Secretary to give appropriate consideration to existing contract vehicles to provide for the remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint at military installations within the United States, requiring the Secretary to select the most cost-effective means. (Sec. 329) Directs the Secretary, upon request by a government of a foreign country from which U.S. troops were withdrawn in 1992, to release to such country information regarding any environmental contamination at former U.S. military installations in that country. (Sec. 330) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to the defense and appropriations committees concerning, the removal of ordnance infiltrating the Federal navigation channel and adjacent shorelines of the Toussaint River in Ottawa County, Ohio. Limits study costs. Subtitle D: Depot-Level Activities - Authorizes the Secretary to waive commercial nonavailability conditions in connection with the sale of articles and services of DOD industrial facilities to purchasers outside of DOD if the Secretary determines that such waiver is necessary for national security reasons and notifies Congress. (Sec. 332) Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to use working capital-funded industrial facilities of that department to sell engineering services provided by such facilities to persons outside of DOD, under a DOD contract or subcontract. (Sec. 333) Adds additional reporting requirements with respect to fiscal year expenditures for the performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by the public and private sector. (Sec. 335) Prohibits the Secretary or the Secretary concerned from imposing on a public entity awarded a contract for the performance of any depot- level maintenance and repair workload any requirement regarding management systems, reviews, oversight, or reporting different from that normally required to perform and manage such workloads by such entities, unless specifically provided in the solicitation for that contract or necessary to ensure compliance with contract terms. (Sec. 336) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide additional matters to be included in a reporting requirement before prime vendor contracts for depot-level maintenance and repair are entered into. Subtitle E: Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources - Requires an evaluation of the impact on local economies and communities of decisions to convert the performance of functions being performed by 50 (currently 75) Federal employees to private sector performance. (Sec. 342) Directs the Secretary, within ten days after a decision to waive a certain cost comparison study in connection with the conversion to contractor performance of any DOD commercial activity, to report to Congress describing the commercial activity subject to the waiver and the rationale therefor. (Sec. 343) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress describing the use during the previous fiscal year of non-Federal entities to provide services to DOD. (Sec. 344) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to Congress an evaluation of Air Force programs that are managed under the Total System Performance Responsibility Program. Requires the Comptroller General to review and evaluate such report. (Sec. 345) Expresses the sense of Congress that any modernization of Army computer services in St. Louis, Missouri, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, should have as a primary goal the sustainment of military readiness. Outlines related requirements concerning readiness sustainment in such systems. Subtitle F: Defense Dependents Education - Earmarks specified defense-wide O&M funds for providing assistance to local educational agencies that benefit military or Federal employee dependents under the defense domestic dependents elementary and secondary schools program. Authorizes the continued enrollment of such dependents at participating schools for the remainder of a school year, notwithstanding a change in the status of such member or employee that would otherwise terminate the eligibility of the dependent under the program. (Sec. 352) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a single school board for all domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico and a single school board for all such schools in Guam. Subtitle G: Military Readiness Issues - Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study of requirements for a comprehensive readiness reporting system for DOD as required under current law. (Sec. 362) Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study of DOD secondary inventory and parts shortages affecting readiness. (Sec. 363) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the inventory and control of DOD military equipment as of the end of FY 1999. Requires DOD Inspector General review and comments. (Sec. 364) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices within DOD to determine whether such practices would be able to provide adequate sustainment supplies to military units and installations should it ever be necessary to execute the National Military Strategy prescribed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). (Sec. 365) Directs the Comptroller General to review the impact that the consistent lack of adequate funding for real property maintenance of military installations during the five-year period ending on December 31, 1998, has had on readiness, the quality of life of military personnel and their dependents, and the infrastructure on military installations. (Sec. 366) Directs the military department Secretaries to establish logistics standards for sustained military operations. Requires such standards to be considered in establishing annual DOD funding requirements. Subtitle H: Information Technology Issues - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to install telephone lines and other necessary telecommunications equipment in the private residences of designated persons providing voluntary services, and to pay charges for the use of such equipment. Requires the Comptroller General to review the exercise of such authority and report to Congress. (Sec. 372) Authorizes DOD disbursing officials to provide operating funds to automated teller machines on naval vessels and to accept transfers of funds made through such machines. (Sec. 373) Designates the Department of the Navy as the lead agency for the development and implementation of a Smart Card (a credit card-size device containing certain personal identifying information and technology) program for DOD. Requires the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force to each establish Smart Card project offices within their departments, and to coordinate their activities with the lead agency. Directs the Secretary to establish a senior coordinating group to develop and implement DOD-wide interoperability standards for the use of Smart Card technology and a plan to use such technology to enhance readiness and improve business processes. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to establish a business plan to implement the use of Smart Cards in one major naval region of the United States in the area of the U.S. Atlantic Command and one in the area of the U.S. Pacific Command. Earmarks funds authorized under this title for the increased use of such cards and for system conversion to meet such technology. Repeals a provision of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 requiring the establishment of an Automated Identification Technology Office. (Sec. 374) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress evaluating the option of DOD using the Smart Card as a Public-Private Key Infrastructure authentication device carrier. Subtitle I: Other Matters - Extends to military honor guards and law enforcement agencies (currently, only veterans' organizations) the authority of the Secretary of the Army to lend M-1 rifles (currently, obsolete or condemned rifles). Directs the Comptroller General to review the exercise of such authority and report review findings to Congress. (Sec. 382) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend: (1) through FY 2000 a pilot program of using commercial sources to improve the collection of DOD claims under aircraft engine warranties; and (2) the reporting dates under such program. (Sec. 383) Authorizes the Chairman of the Retirement Home Board and the Director of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home to apply for and accept a direct grant from the Secretary of the Interior under the National Historic Preservation Act for maintaining, repairing, and preserving the historic buildings and grounds of such Home that are included on the National Register of Historic Places. (Sec. 384) Authorizes the above Board to lease (currently, only to sell) certain real property in the District of Columbia near the Home. Provides additional terms and conditions for such sale or lease. (Sec. 385) Prohibits Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam from being considered as a point of origin in any test or demonstration program of DOD regarding the moving of household goods of military personnel. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2000. Revises such minimum end strength levels. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for military technicians (dual status). (Sec. 414) Increases the number of certain officers and enlisted personnel authorized to serve on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Authorizes the Secretary concerned, during FY 1999 through 2002, to recall to active duty any retired officer having expertise as an aviator to fill staff positions normally filled by active-duty aviators. Requires release from such active duty period after one year. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the use of such authority. (Sec. 502) Increases from 35 to 55 the number of officers authorized to be frocked (to wear the insignia of a higher grade after selection for promotion to such grade but before the promotion date). (Sec. 504) Requires active-duty or retired officers serving on boards of inquiry to be serving in a grade above major or lieutenant commander, or, in the case of the senior officer of such board, in a grade above lieutenant colonel or commander, and to be senior to the grade of any officer being considered. Excludes retired officers serving on such boards from general and flag officer limitations. Requires officers serving on retention boards for reserve active status officers to hold the same grades as above and to be: (1) in the same armed force as the officer being considered; and (2) senior in rank to such officer. (Sec. 505) Authorizes a promotion selection board to recommend for promotion an officer from below the promotion zone for that position when the number of officers recommended is less than one. (Sec. 506) Prohibits civil employment for regular and reserve officers serving on active duty under a call or order for a period in excess of 270 (currently 180) days. (Sec. 507) Exempts Retiree Council members from recalled retiree limitations. (Sec. 509) Extends through FY 2003 certain provisions concerning a required competitive selection procedure for the designation of joint four-star officers. Revises, as a result of such extension, limitations on the authorized number of active-duty generals and flag officers. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Personnel Policy - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to delay the separation or retirement of a reserve officer until the completion of court-martial disciplinary proceedings; and (2) order a reserve member to active duty, with his or her consent, to receive authorized medical care, to be medically evaluated for disability or other purposes, or to complete a required DOD health care study. (Sec. 513) Makes ineligible for promotion a reserve officer serving in an educational delay status in order to attend an approved educational institution in order to receive advanced training, when such training is subsidized by the military department concerned. Makes such provision retroactive with respect to promotion boards convened before the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 514) Requires a major or lieutenant commander who has twice failed to be selected for promotion to be removed from the reserve active status list on the later of the first day of the month after such member completes 20 years of service (current law) or seven months after the President approves the report of the board which considered such officer for the second time. (Sec. 515) Excludes from the computation of creditable years of service for a reserve officer service performed as a reserve commissioned officer while in a program of advanced education to receive the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment within various military medical specialties, or as a chaplain or judge advocate, provided such service occurs before the officer commences initial active or reserve service in the specialty resulting from such degree. (Sec. 516) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to retain reserve officer chaplains until age 67 (currently age 60). (Sec. 517) Authorizes reserve personnel to travel in a space required status on military aircraft between the member's home and place of inactive-duty training outside the United States when there is no available road or rail transportation. Subtitle C: Military Technicians - Authorizes the Secretary to continue to pay compensation to a military technician (dual status) for up to 12 months (currently six months) after such individual loses membership in the Selected Reserve if such loss was not due to the failure to meet military standards. (Sec. 522) Requires military technicians (dual status) of the Army and Air Reserve who lose such dual status to either: (1) be separated from duty, if eligible for an unreduced annuity at the time; or (2) apply for either a return to dual status or employment in a civil service position that is not a technician position. Provides restrictions for a technician who continues employment as a non-dual status technician. Requires non-dual status technicians so employed who are eligible for an unreduced annuity to be separated from service within six months after enactment of this section. Requires technicians who are not eligible for an unreduced annuity to apply for either a dual status position or a civil service position that is not a technician position. Entitles to a retirement annuity an employee who was hired: (1) as a military reserve technician on or before February 10, 1996, and who is separated from such service after becoming 50 years of age and completing 25 years of service by reason of being separated from the Selected Reserve or ceasing to hold the military grade specified by the Secretary concerned for such position; or (2) as a military technician (dual status) after such date and who is separated from such service or ceases to hold the necessary military grade after completing 25 years of service as a dual status technician or reaching 50 years of age and completing 20 years of such service. Entitles such personnel to appropriate disability retirement. (Sec. 523) Revises provisions concerning non-dual status technicians to: (1) define such a technician, among other things, as an individual who, when hired, was not required to maintain membership in the Selected Reserve; (2) prohibit, as of October 1, 2007, the total number of such technicians employed by the Army and Air Force Reserve from exceeding 175; and (3) prohibit, as of October 1, 2001, the total number of such technicians employed by the National Guard from exceeding 1,950. (Sec. 524) Revises provisions relating to National Guard technicians to: (1) require persons so employed to be dual status technicians and to hold the military grade specified for that position; (2) allow a person to be employed as a non-dual status technician if the position occupied has been designated to be filled only by a non-dual status technician; (3) implement the ceiling on such positions as established in the previous section; (4) provide for the prompt separation of persons who lose their dual status or cease to hold the necessary military grade; and (5) prohibit the Secretary concerned from prescribing a qualification applicable to such technicians (for Federal recognition purposes) that is not applicable to other members of the National Guard in the same grade, branch, position, and type of unit or organization involved. (Sec. 526) Directs the Secretary to review the Army process for developing estimates of the annual authorizations and appropriations required for civilian personnel of the Army generally and for National Guard and Army Reserve technicians in particular. Requires appropriate revision to such process. (Sec. 527) Sets forth the end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for civilian employees who are non-dual status technicians of the Army or Air Force Reserve and National Guards. Subtitle D: Service Academies - Requires the Secretary of the Army to take necessary action to ensure that the U.S. Military Academy is in compliance with the cadet end strength limitation not later than the day before the last day of the 2000-2001 academic year. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to vary such cadet limitation by: (1) up to five percent for the 1999-2000 year; and (2) up to two and one-half percent for the 2000-2001 year. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive a cadet or midshipman end strength limitation by up to one percent in any academic year. (Sec. 532) Directs the Secretary concerned to retire a military academy superintendent within that department upon the termination of a detail to such position. Requires those accepting a superintendent position to agree to accept retirement at the end of their detail. Excludes all officers serving as such superintendents from annual limits on three- and four-star generals or flag officers. (Sec. 533) Provides the authorized military grade for persons serving as Dean of the Academic Board at the U.S. Military Academy and Dean of Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy. (Sec. 534) Increases from: (1) 35 to 50 percent the amount of reimbursement authorized to be waived by the Secretary concerned for educational costs of foreign students at U.S. service academies; and (2) five to 20 the number of such students for whom all such costs may be waived. (Sec. 535) Authorizes up to 24 (currently ten) cadets or midshipmen from each service academy to participate in a service academy foreign exchange program. Increases from $50,000 to $120,000 the authorized fiscal year expenditures for each academy under such program. Subtitle E: Education and Training - Directs the Secretary to establish a program to facilitate the enrollment and instruction at senior military colleges of persons from foreign countries (the DOD international student program). Directs the Secretary to recommend students to such colleges. Requires the student to pay instruction costs. Provides FY 2000 funding for other program costs. (Sec. 542) Authorizes the Commandant of the United States Army War College to confer the degree of master of strategic studies. (Sec. 543) Authorizes the Commander of the Air University to confer the degrees of master of strategic studies and master of military operational art and science. (Sec. 544) Revises generally provisions concerning the award of reserve service credit for participation in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. (Sec. 545) Makes permanent (currently terminates September 30, 1999) the authority of the Secretary concerned to allow graduate students to receive financial assistance under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. (Sec. 546) Increases the monthly subsistence allowance for senior ROTC cadets selected for advanced training. (Sec. 547) Makes yearly amounts for the National Guard Challenge Program in excess of $62.5 million available for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (Sec. 548) Requires the report from the Secretary to Congress concerning operation of the Selected Reserve educational assistance program under the Montgomery GI Bill to be submitted biennially (currently, annually). (Sec. 549) Prohibits the availability of DOD and certain other funding to a covered educational entity if the Secretary determines that such entity has a policy or practice that either prohibits or prevents access to such campus for military recruitment purposes. Provides exceptions. Directs the Secretary to publish, every six months, a list of educational institutions currently ineligible for contracts or grants due to such determination. (Sec. 550) Includes the Coast Guard within armed forces provisions concerning funding for educational assistance benefits. Subtitle F: Reserve Component Management - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide up to $5,200 yearly in financial assistance to certain members of the Marine Corps Reserve for completion of: (1) baccalaureate degree requirements in an educational program that takes less than five years to complete; or (2) doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws degree requirements in programs that take no more than three years to complete. Outlines eligibility requirements, including selection as an officer candidate in the Marine Corps Platoon Leader's Class Program and completion of at least six weeks of military training. Requires graduates to serve at least five years of active duty upon graduation. Prohibits more than 1,200 individuals from participating in such program in any academic year. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to waive the period of obligated service for members unqualified for service due to a physical or mental condition that was not the result of misconduct or grossly negligent conduct. Provides for the computation of creditable service for officers serving in such positions. (Sec. 552) Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct a review of the manner, process, and organization used by the Army to recruit new members for the Army Reserve. (Sec. 553) Authorizes the JCS Chairman to designate up to ten general and flag officer positions within the unified and specified combatant commands as positions to be held only by reserve officers who are in a general or flag officer grade below lieutenant general or vice admiral. Considers each such position to be a joint duty assignment position. States that an officer serving in such position under a call or order to active duty that does not specify a period of 180 days or less shall not be counted against general and flag officer limitations. Outlines procedures for filling vacancies in such positions. (Sec. 554) Revises the authorized grades for the chiefs of the various reserve components and the directors of the Army and Air National Guard. Authorizes a higher grade for such individuals who are recommended by the Secretary of their military department and determined to have significant joint duty experience. Includes the officers serving in the higher grade within the numerical limitations for general and flag officers. Authorizes the Secretary, until October 1, 2002, to waive the joint duty experience requirements for such officers on a case-by-case basis, for the good of the service. (Sec. 555) Specifies the operations support and other duties authorized for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Directs the Secretary to review the use of such reserves and to report review results to the defense committees. (Sec. 556) Repeals a limitation on the number of reserves authorized to serve on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. (Sec. 557) Establishes within the Coast Guard an Office of the Coast Guard Reserve, to be headed by a Director who: (1) has at least ten years of commissioned service; (2) is in a grade above captain; and (3) has been recommended by the Secretary of Transportation. Requires the Director to report annually to such Secretary and the Secretary of Defense on the state of the Coast Guard Reserve. (Sec. 558) Requires the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to report to the Secretary on the feasibility and desirability of using National Guard facilities and electronic infrastructure to support the provision of services to veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Requires the Secretary to transmit such report to Congress, with comments. Subtitle G: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations - Waives certain time limitations with respect to the award of the: (1) Distinguished Flying Cross to certain individuals recognized by the Secretary of the Navy for service during World War II or Korea; and (2) Coast Guard Commendation Medal to Mark H. Freeman of Seattle, Washington, for heroic achievements during a rescue operation in September, 1956. (Sec. 562) Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. (Sec. 563) Directs the Secretary to eliminate the backlog of requests made to DOD for the issuance or replacement of military decorations for current or former military personnel. Requires a backlog status report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 564) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to award the Navy Combat Ribbon for participation in ground or surface combat during any period after December 6, 1941, and before March 1, 1961, if a member has not been previously recognized for such participation. (Sec. 565) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should award a Presidential Unit Citation to the crew of the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS in recognition of courage and skill throughout World War II. Subtitle H: Matters Relating to Recruiting - Requests each local educational agency to provide to DOD the same access to secondary school students and related enrollment information as is generally provided to post-secondary educational institutions or prospective employers. (Sec. 572) Increases from 180 to 365 days the period during which a potential recruit may be extended in the delayed entry program. (Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to assess whether the Army could increase the number and level of qualifications of Army inductees by encouraging recruits to pursue higher education or vocational or technical training before their induction. Authorizes under the program a delayed entry of up to two years in order to pursue such education or training, with a monthly allowance of $150 for persons enlisted in the Individual Ready Reserve during such time. Authorizes the program from October 1, 1999, to September 30, 2004. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 574) Authorizes the use for public relations purposes of advertising materials developed for military recruitment and retention. Subtitle I: Matters Relating to Missing Persons - Prohibits the disclosure of the contents of a record of a debriefing, made by an authorized U.S. official, of a missing person returned to U.S. control during the period beginning on July 8, 1959, and ending on February 10, 1996. (Sec. 576) Directs the Secretary to make every reasonable effort to search for, recover, and identify the remains of U.S. servicemen lost while engaged in flight operations in the Pacific theater of operations (including in New Guinea) during World War II. Authorizes the Secretary of State to provide diplomatic intervention in countries of such area, if requested by the Secretary. Subtitle J: Other Matters - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to authorize special courts-martial to adjudicate and execute punishments which include confinement for up to one year (currently, six months). (Sec. 578) Allows two or more persons (currently, no less than three) to perform honor guard detail duty at funerals of veterans. Requires at least two members of such detail to be military personnel, and at least one member to be of the same service branch as the deceased veteran. Revises honor guard detail requirements (renaming it a funeral honors detail). Requires such detail, at a minimum, to perform the folding and presentation of the flag and the playing of Taps (requiring a recorded version of such song when no bugler is present). Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide certain support services to such details. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any requirements of this section to meet the requirements of war, national emergency, a contingency operation, or other military requirements (requiring notification to the defense committees). Includes decedents who were members of the Selected Reserve (currently, only veterans) among those eligible for such a funeral. Authorizes the acceptance of voluntary services of veterans support organizations with respect to such details. Authorizes members of the Army or Air National Guard to be ordered to perform such duty, with their consent and the consent of the governor or other appropriate official of the State involved. Requires a minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive service credit and any authorized allowance. Authorizes members of the Ready Reserve to be ordered to such duty, with their consent, with the appropriate service crediting when performing a minimum of two hours on such detail. Authorizes medical treatment and disability benefits for any illness or injury incurred by a member during, or while traveling to or from, such detail. Authorizes a $50 allowance for members on such detail. (Sec. 579) Requires the National Guard Challenge Program to include at least a 22-week residential program and a 12-month post-residential monitoring period. Increases the annual funding limit for such program. (Sec. 580) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct through the military departments a science, mathematics, and technology education improvement program known as the Department of Defense STARBASE Program in order to improve the knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in such subject areas. Requires the establishment of at least 25 academies under the program, with specified academic requirements. (Sec. 581) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a survey on attitudes toward military service by members who are discharged from such service or transfer to a reserve component during the period between January 1 and June 30, 2000. (Sec. 582) Requires the Navy Council of Personnel Boards to be professionally staffed by the Secretary of the Navy. (Sec. 583) Adds to the military welfare societies authorized to provide services to overseas U.S. military personnel certain overseas entities that promote understanding and tolerance between U.S. military personnel and the people of the host nation. (Sec. 584) Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to an eligible civilian provider of child care or youth program services that furnishes such services for military personnel and Federal employees if the Secretary determines that providing such assistance: (1) is in DOD's best interest; (2) enables supplementation or expansion of the furnishing of such services for military installations while not supplanting or replacing such services; and (3) ensures compliance with DOD standards for furnishing such care. Outlines provider eligibility requirements. Authorizes the use of any DOD-appropriated O&M funds to provide such assistance. Allows the Secretary to authorize participation in such programs by children and youth under 19 years of age who are not military or Federal employee dependents. (Sec. 585) Requires the Comptroller General to study the policies, procedures, and practices of the military departments for protecting the confidentiality of communications between a military dependent who is a victim or perpetrator of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or intrafamily abuse and his or her therapist, counselor, or other person providing professional services. Requires a report from the Comptroller General to Congress and the Secretary on the study's results, and a report from the Secretary to Congress on actions taken to provide the maximum possible protection of such confidentiality. (Sec. 586) Requires the lowest-ranking general or flag officer in the chain of command of a member to manage such member's deployment when the total number of days in which such member has been deployed out of the preceding 365 days is 182 or more. Limits such deployment to 220 out of the preceding 365 days unless a general or admiral in such chain of command approves a longer deployment. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe a definition of deployment other than that prescribed under this section, allowing such definition to take effect 90 days after notification of the defense committees. Requires the Secretary concerned to pay a $100 per diem allowance for members deployed in excess of 250 days out of the preceding 365 days (with a national security waiver of such allowance). Subtitle K: Domestic Violence - Directs the Secretary to establish the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence, requiring the Task Force to submit to the Secretary a long-term strategic plan to more effectively address matters relating to domestic violence within the military. Requires the Task Force to undertake certain reviews concerning such domestic violence and to report annually to the Secretary on its activities and the activities of the military departments in response to such violence. (Sec. 592) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to provide funds and other incentives to commanders of military installations to: (1) coordinate efforts between military and civilian law enforcement authorities for improving policies, training, and responses to, and tracking of, cases involving military domestic violence; (2) improve court procedures for cases involving such violence; (3) develop, enlarge, and implement victims' services programs and primary prevention programs; and (4) improve the response of health care providers to incidents of domestic violence. (Sec. 593) Directs the Secretary to prescribe standard guidelines (and related requirements) to be used by the Secretaries of the military departments for negotiating agreements with civilian law enforcement authorities relating to acts of domestic violence within the military. (Sec. 594) Directs the Secretary to establish a central database of information on the incidence of domestic violence involving military personnel. Requires the Secretaries concerned to maintain and report annually to the administrator of such database certain information concerning reported incidents. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives any FY 2000 pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for Government employees. Increases by 4.8 percent, effective January 1, 2000, the rates of basic pay for military personnel. Revises, effective July 1, 2000, the rates of such pay for commissioned and warrant officers within specified grades. Requires increases in basic pay for each of FY 2001 through 2006 by a specified percentage based on the Economic Cost Index. (Sec. 603) Earmarks specified military personnel funds authorized under this Act for a FY 2000 increase in the basic allowance for military housing inside the United States. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Extends through 2000 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 1999 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. (Sec. 614) Requires air battle managers entitled to aviation career incentive pay to receive the higher of such pay or the amount they were receiving prior to such entitlement. (Sec. 615) Revises provisions authorizing special pay to certain aviation career officers agreeing to extend their period of active duty to: (1) include officers below pay grade O- 7 (currently O-6); (2) remove the requirement that such officers be in a critical aviation specialty and have completed at least six but less that 13 years of active duty; (3) repeal the lower alternative amount of such bonus for officers agreeing to serve for three additional years or less; (4) allow the term of the agreement to be extended so long as it does not extend beyond the period on which the officer would complete 25 years of aviation service (currently, 14 years of commissioned service); and (5) repeal certain content requirements for an annual report from the Secretaries concerned on such special pay authority. (Sec. 616) Authorizes additional special pay for veterinarians in the armed forces and the Public Health Service who have been awarded a diploma in a specialty recognized by the American Veterinarian Medical Association. (Sec. 617) Increases: (1) the rate of diving duty special pay; (2) the reenlistment bonus for active-duty personnel (lowering from 21 to 17 months the required minimum period of active duty before eligibility for such bonus); and (3) the critical skills enlistment bonus (authorizing the lump-sum payment of such bonus). (Sec. 620) Amends provisions authorizing the payment of a Selected Reserve enlistment bonus to: (1) eliminate the six-year minimum period required to receive such bonus; and (2) increase such bonus from $5,000 to $8,000. (Sec. 621) Authorizes special pay for Coast Guard reserve personnel assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. (Sec. 622) Reduces from three to two years the minimum period of Army enlistment in a critical skill area before eligibility for an enlistment bonus. (Sec. 623) Authorizes payment of a prior service enlistment bonus to certain members of the Selected Reserve attaining or occupying positions designated as critically short. (Sec. 624) Increases: (1) certain special pay and authorized bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers; and (2) the foreign language proficiency special pay. (Sec. 626) Authorizes special pay for certain special warfare officers who agree to remain on active duty in such service for at least one additional year. Limits such payment to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete 14 years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 627) Authorizes the payment of special pay of up to $50,000 for surface warfare officers who agree to remain on active duty to complete one or more tours of duty to which such officer may be ordered to serve as a department head on a surface ship. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 628) Authorizes the payment of career enlisted flyer incentive pay to enlisted personnel who: (1) are entitled to basic pay or inactive duty training pay; (2) hold or are training for a career enlisted occupational or flyer specialty; and (3) are qualified for aviation service. Outlines operational flying duty requirements. Provides for the monthly amounts of such pay, which increases with the years of creditable aviation service performed. Prohibits such pay for members already receiving either hazardous duty incentive pay or diving duty special pay. (Sec. 629) Authorizes the payment of judge advocate continuation pay for judge advocates who have completed their prior service commitment and agree to remain on active duty in such service for an additional period. Limits such pay to $60,000. Requires the pro rata repayment of such pay for periods not served. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the need for additional incentives to improve the recruitment and retention of judge advocates. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Authorizes the Secretary concerned, if transient Government housing is not available, to provide lodging-in-kind to reserve personnel performing training duty and not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation allowances. (Sec. 632) Authorizes the payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of duty station. (Sec. 633) Authorizes the use of any airport in the United States at which travel can be arranged at the same or lower cost in connection with emergency leave travel for military personnel. (Currently, only travel from the closest airport is authorized.) Subtitle D: Retired Pay Reform - Limits the application of a reduction in retired pay currently required for individuals who first became members of the armed forces after July 31, 1986, and retired with less than 30 years of creditable service to only those who have elected to receive a bonus added by this section. Makes eligible for such bonus those members who became members after the above date, have 15 years or more of active duty, and execute written agreements to complete at least five more years of continuous active duty service. Makes such bonus a lump-sum payment of $30,000. Subtitle E: Other Matters Relating to Military Retirees and Survivors - Repeals a Federal provision limiting the amount of retired pay a retired officer may receive while employed in a civilian position. (Sec. 652) Extends authority for the presentation of the U.S. flag upon retirement to: (1) reserve personnel transferred from an active status or discharged after completion of eligibility for reserve retired pay; and (2) commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Sec. 653) Provides disability retirement or separation for members with at least eight years of active service for pre-existing conditions incurred before the member became entitled to basic pay in such member's current period of active duty. Provides a special rule for Selected Reserve members with physical disabilities not incurred in the line of duty. (Sec. 654) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide a credit toward Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage for months covered by premium payments made during an SBP open enrollment period for persons not previously participating in the SBP. (Sec. 655) Prohibits as of October 1, 2008, the reduction in military retired pay for persons electing to participate in a military annuity program for any month after the later of: (1) 30 years during which such retired pay is reduced; or (2) the month during which the annuitant reaches 70 years of age. (Sec. 656) Extends eligibility for an annuity for the surviving spouses of certain deceased former reserve personnel to those surviving spouses of individuals who died before March 21, 1974, while entitled to retired pay (current law) or who were members of a reserve component before October 1,1978 (currently, during the period between September 21, 1972, and October 1, 1978) and who would have been entitled to retired pay but for the fact of being under 60 years of age. Makes permanent (currently terminates on September 30, 2001) the authority for the payment of such annuities. (Sec. 657) Provides for the effectuation of an intended SBP annuity to a former spouse when not accomplished by a member due to his or her death within 21 days after entering into an agreement incident to a divorce to elect such annuity. (Sec. 658) Directs the Secretary concerned to pay the following monthly amounts to disabled military retirees who completed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable service: (1) $300 for any month for which the retiree has a service-connected disability rated as total; (2) $200 for months in which such rating is 90 percent; and (3) $100 for months in which such rating is 80 or 70 percent. Subtitle F: Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan - Authorizes participation in the Federal Thrift Savings Plan for Ready Reserve members of any pay status. Authorizes all active- duty military personnel to participate in such Plan and to contribute participatory amounts to the Thrift Savings Fund, limiting the maximum annual contribution to five percent of the member's basic pay, as well as any special or incentive pay received. Prohibits matching agency contributions. Adds a representative of the armed forces to the Employee Thrift Advisory Council. (Sec. 662) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into an agreement with a member to make Fund contributions if such member: (1) is in a critical specialty; and (2) commits to continue to serve on active duty in that specialty for six years. (Sec. 663) Authorizes the Secretary to postpone the authority under this Subtitle if the Secretary determines that permitting such members to so participate would place an excessive burden on the administrative capacity of the Thrift Savings Board to accommodate participants. Makes the effectiveness of this Subtitle contingent on the President proposing, and Congress enacting, legislation which would offset the cost of such member participation. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Authorizes the lump-sum payment of accrued unused annual leave upon a member's reenlistment into the armed forces. (Sec. 672) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, under certain circumstances, to pay a per diem allowance to certain military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. (Sec. 673) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress assessing the effect that additional pay and benefits have had on military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 674) Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to carry out a supplemental food benefits program for members on duty at stations outside the United States and eligible civilians accompanying such personnel. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, if requested by the Secretary, to provide technical assistance in carrying out the program. (Sec. 675) Makes inapplicable to members deployed in a contingency operation or similar operational mission a required limitation on the amount of tuition costs that will be paid for education or training during off-duty periods. (Sec. 676) Includes within the educational loan repayment program members of the Selected Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 677) Expresses the sense of Congress that military personnel receiving special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger should receive the same tax treatment as members serving in combat zones. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Subtitle A: Health Care Services - Directs the Secretary, after specified consultation, to establish in DOD a pharmacy benefits program which shall include a uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents, and to begin implementing such formulary no later than October 1, 2000. Requires such program to assure the availability of clinically appropriate pharmaceutical agents to military personnel, including, if appropriate, agents not included on the formulary. Directs the Secretary to establish a: (1) Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to develop the formulary, review it, and make recommendations concerning appropriate formulary changes; and (2) Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel to review and comment on formulary development. Directs the Secretary, by April 1, 2000, to implement the use of the Pharmacy Data Transaction Service. Provides deadlines and report requirements. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on a design for a comprehensive pharmacy benefit for covered beneficiaries of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) who are entitled to benefits under Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act). (Sec. 702) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 with respect to the chiropractic health care demonstration program to: (1) remove its demonstration program designation; (2) direct the Secretary, during FY 2000, to furnish the same chiropractic care in the designated military medical treatment facilities as furnished during the demonstration program; (3) revise certain reporting and related requirements; and (4) require a report from the Secretary to the defense committees if the Secretary determines that chiropractic health care services should be offered either in military medical facilities or as part of the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program). (Sec. 703) Authorizes the Secretary, upon determining that discontinuation of payment for domiciliary or custodial care services or transition to provision of care under the individual case management program would be inadequate to medical needs or unjust to the beneficiary, to continue payment under CHAMPUS for domiciliary or custodial care services to covered beneficiaries who would otherwise be excluded from such care under certain implementing regulations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a survey of federally and State funded programs for the medical care and management of persons whose care is considered to be custodial in nature. (Sec. 704) Authorizes dental benefits provided to military retirees to be comparable to that provided to active-duty military personnel under CHAMPUS. (Sec. 705) Authorizes a member to be ordered to active duty, or to continue on active duty, for more than 30 days in order to be treated for or to recover from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated during inactive duty training. Authorizes medical and dental care for such members. (Sec. 706) Provides for the health care at former military medical treatment facilities of active-duty personnel stationed at certain remote locations. (Sec. 707) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to direct the Secretary to conduct, from October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2001, a program under which covered CHAMPUS beneficiaries are permitted to enroll at any time in a managed care plan offered by a designated provider which is consistent with enrollment requirements for the TRICARE Prime option. Subtitle B: TRICARE Program - Requires the Secretary to establish voluntary enrollment dental plans for members of the Selected Reserve (current law) and Individual Ready Reserve, and authorizes such plans for other reserves, active-duty dependents, and Ready Reserve dependents. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to establish such plans for dependents of military personnel who are on active duty for more than 30 days.) Provides for: (1) plan administration; (2) types of care authorized; (3) premiums and premium sharing plans; (4) copayments; (5) dental care provided outside the United States; and (6) a waiver of plan requirements for dependents of personnel who die while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing plan benefits until notice to the defense committees followed by a one-year waiting period. (Sec. 712) Directs the Secretary to minimize the authorization and certification requirements imposed on covered beneficiaries under TRICARE Prime as a condition of access to benefits. Requires a nonavailability of health care statement prior to the receipt of certain outpatient gynecological care under such program. (Sec. 713) Directs the Secretary to implement a system for processing claims under the TRICARE program under which: (1) 95 percent of all clean claims (mistake-free and requiring no special treatment) are processed within 30 days; and (2) 100 percent of all clean claims are processed within 100 days. Authorizes the Secretary to require that interest be paid on all claims not processed within 30 days. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a contractor to begin providing managed care support under the TRICARE program until at least nine months after the award of the contract. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on claims backlogs and managed care support contracts. (Sec. 714) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain required deductibles under the TRICARE program for an eligible dependent of a reserve member on active duty or a National Guard member on full-time duty under a call or order for a period of less than one year. (Sec. 715) Provides for the designation and authorized services of TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators, requiring such designation no later than January 15, 2000. (Sec. 716) Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse health care providers under the TRICARE program at rates higher than the reimbursement rates otherwise authorized if the Secretary determines that application of the higher rates is necessary to ensure the availability of an adequate number of health care providers under that program. Provides reimbursement limits. Authorizes military medical facilities to collect from third-party providers the reasonable costs of health care provided in such facilities. (Sec. 717) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees comparing health care coverage under TRICARE with coverage available under similar Federal health benefits plans. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Authorizes the Armed Forces Medical Examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations, including an autopsy, to determine the cause or manner of death of persons under certain circumstances, including those who die while imprisoned in a military installation or from an injury or illness incurred during active duty or military training. Subjects such authority to the primary jurisdiction of any State or local government or any foreign country for which there is an international agreement with the United States. (Sec. 722) Requires CHAMPUS contracts to be awarded to offerors that will provide the best value consistent with high-quality care in a manner that protects the fiscal and other interests of the United States. (Sec. 723) Directs the Secretary to establish a DOD program for medical infomatics and data collection to accelerate efforts to automate, capture, and exchange controlled clinical data and present providers with clinical guidance using a personal identification carrier, clinical lexicon, or digital patient record. Requires the Secretary to establish a Medical Infomatics Advisory Committee. Requires an annual report from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to Congress on the quality of health care furnished under DOD health care programs. (Sec. 724) Authorizes the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 1999, to carry out joint demonstration projects of the feasibility and practicability of using telecommunications to provide health care and pharmacy services. (Sec. 725) Requires TRICARE contracts to be administered so as to implement all changes in benefits and administration on a quarterly basis (but authorizes the Secretary to implement a change sooner if it would significantly improve services to eligible beneficiaries). (Sec. 726) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a study identifying areas within the Defense Health Program for which joint operations might be increased. (Sec. 728) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for the automatic authorization for enrollment into the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program of persons already enrolled in a DOD managed care program. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1984 to authorize Comptroller General review of DOD prototype projects of more than $5 million. Prohibits such review with respect to a party or entity that has not entered into any other agreement that provides for audit access in the year prior to the agreement. (Sec. 802) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to make cost accounting standards under such Act inapplicable to certain contracts or subcontracts: (1) awarded on the basis of adequate price competition; and (2) with a value of less than $7.5 million (with certain other conditions). Authorizes Federal agencies to waive such standards: (1) for contracts of less than $15 million with companies that primarily sell commercial items; and (2) for contracts of more than such amount in exceptional circumstances when necessary to meet the needs of the agency. Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to revise specified rules to raise the threshold for the implementation of such standards to include contracts of $50 million (currently $25 million) or more. Requires such Administrator to report to Congress on the three types of cost accounting standards coverages and to include recommendations on whether such types should be consolidated or revised. (Sec. 803) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain defense contracting procedures for the acquisition of coal or coke (currently, only for petroleum and natural gas). (Sec. 804) Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to provide guidance to agencies on the appropriate use of task order and delivery order contracts. Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress an evaluation of agency compliance with such regulations. (Sec. 805) Includes within the definition of commercial items under the Federal Procurement Policy Act certain installation, maintenance, repair, and training services in support of such items. (Sec. 806) Amends the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 to extend through 2001 a test program for the use of specified acquisition procedures for the purchase of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Requires a report from the Comptroller General to Congress evaluating the test program. (Sec. 807) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY 1999) the authority for small business concerns to credit toward certain small business subcontracting goals purchases made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped. (Sec. 808) Extends through FY 2003 a certain goal for participation in DOD contracts and subcontracts by small disadvantaged businesses and certain minority higher education institutions. (Sec. 809) Prohibits the head of an agency from entering into or extending a multiyear contract until the Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees a report that provides total obligational authority information for such contract for the period of the future-years defense program involved. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 relating to the Mentor-Protege program (a program to provide incentives to major DOD contractors to award subcontracts to disadvantaged small businesses) to: (1) provide a program participation term of not more than three years, while allowing up to five years in unusual circumstances; (2) authorize (currently, requires) the Secretary to reimburse a mentor for the total amount of progress or advance payments made to a subcontractor under the program, as well as certain support costs; (3) make determinations made in a mentor firm's annual performance review a major factor in determining reimbursement amounts; (4) limit such total reimbursement amount in a fiscal year to $1 million, with an exception; (5) extend such program through FY 2005; (6) require specified reports from the mentor firm, the protege firm, and the Secretary; (7) require the Secretary to conduct, and report to Congress on, an annual performance review of each mentor- protege agreement; and(8) require the Comptroller General to review such program and report review results to the defense committees. (Sec. 812) Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish in the Federal Register a plan to provide for increased innovative technology for acquisition programs of DOD from commercial private entities, including small businesses; (2) implement such plan by March 1, 2001; and (3) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the status of the Small Business Innovation Research program rapid transition plan required under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 813) Directs the Secretary to review and report to Congress on the profit guidelines established in the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to consider whether appropriate modifications would provide an increased profit incentive for contractors to develop and produce complex and innovative new technologies. (Sec. 814) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to treat procurements of commercial services as procurements of commercial items under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Limits such program to a five-year period. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress on the program; and (2) collect and analyze information on price trends for all services covered by the program. (Sec. 815) States that if the Secretary of the Army determines it necessary to protect the small arms industrial base, the Secretary shall procure M-2 and M-60 machine guns from such base. (Sec. 816) Expresses the sense of Congress that any DOD entity, in expending funds for the purchase of equipment or products, should fully comply with the Buy American Act. Authorizes the Secretary to debar from participation in DOD contracts any person convicted of intentionally affixing a "Made in America" label to any product not so made. (Sec. 817) Amends the: (1) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 2005 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans; and (2) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to extend until October 1, 2004, an interim reporting rule for certain procurements of less than $100,000. (Sec. 819) Directs the DOD Inspector General to investigate whether DOD purchases of free weight strength training equipment are being made in compliance with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 820) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on DOD requirements for precision munitions under the National Military Strategy and DOD's capability to conduct two nearly simultaneous major theater wars. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Department of Defense Strategic Planning - Directs the Secretary, every four years, to conduct a comprehensive examination of the national defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and related elements of defense programs and policies with a view toward determining and expressing the U.S. defense strategy and establishing a revised defense plan for the next 20 years. Directs the JCS Chairman to prepare and submit to the Secretary the Chairman's assessment of risk in connection with the defense strategy. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct any new President to submit to Congress a national defense strategy. (Sec. 902) Repeals the requirement that the DOD strategic plan be updated and revised at least every three years. Subtitle B: Department of Defense Organization - Redesignates the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Establishes the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness for advice and recommendations concerning DOD logistics and materiel readiness. (Sec. 912) Establishes the Technology Security Directorate within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, with specified technology security functions. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees setting forth the personnel and budget resources of the Directorate as of specified dates, as well as those planned for FY 2000 and 2001. (Sec. 913) Directs the Secretary to convene a panel of independent experts to conduct an analysis of the resources and capabilities of all DOD laboratories and test and evaluation facilities, including those of the military departments. Requires the panel to report its findings to the Secretary and Congress. Directs the Secretary to develop an appropriate performance review process for rating the quality and relevance of work performed by DOD laboratories. (Sec. 914) Directs the Secretary to establish a Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs as part of the National Defense University. Requires the Center to study and inform policymakers of the national goals and strategic posture of the People's Republic of China and the ability of such nation to develop, field, and deploy an effective military instrument in support of its strategic objectives. Requires the Center to be established no later than March 1, 2000. Requires an implementation report from the University's President to the Secretary, who shall submit such report to the defense committees, with comments. (Sec. 915) Authorizes the Secretary to accept foreign gifts or donations to defray the costs of, or enhance the operation of, the Asia- Pacific Center, under certain conditions. Requires the Secretary to notify Congress if such donations and gifts exceed $2 million in any fiscal year. Subtitle C: Personnel Management - Provides that, as of October 1, 2002, the number of major headquarters activities personnel may not exceed 85 percent of the number of such personnel as of October 1, 1999. Requires a reduction of five percent per fiscal year, beginning with FY 2000, to achieve such reduction. (Sec. 922) Directs the Secretary during FY 2000 to implement reductions in the defense acquisition and support workforce in a number not less than the number by which such workforce is programmed to be reduced during that fiscal year in the President's budget. Authorizes a smaller reduction in the national security interest. (Sec. 923) Makes the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness responsible for monitoring the operations and personnel tempo (deployments and deployment tracking) of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary to include in his annual budget report a description of such operations and tempo. (Sec. 924) Authorizes the Secretary to designate the Secretary of the Navy as the DOD executive agent for carrying out the defense reform initiative enterprise pilot program for military manpower and personnel information established under prior law. (Sec. 925) Excludes members of the armed forces within the defense acquisition workforce from a limitation on the amount of reimbursement that may be received for tuition and training expenses. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Outlines additional matters to be included within annual reports concerning joint warfighting experimentation. (Sec. 932) Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the defense and appropriations committees identifying all programs and activities of the DOD combating terrorism program; (2) submit to Congress with the annual DOD budget presentation a consolidated budget justification display concerning such program; and (3) report semiannually to the defense and appropriations committees on the obligation and expenditure of DOD funds for the program. (Sec. 933) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations governing the use and control of credit cards and convenience checks issued to DOD personnel for official use, including regulations setting forth controls on the alteration of remittance addresses. (Sec. 934) Expresses the sense of Congress that no major change to the governing structure of the Civil Air Patrol should be mandated by Congress until a review of potential improvements in the management and oversight of Patrol operations is conducted. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct such review and report results to the defense and appropriations committees. Directs the DOD Inspector General to review the financial and management operations of the Patrol and report review results to such committees. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2 billion of authorizations made available in this Division for FY 2000 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. (Sec. 1002) Incorporates into this Act the Classified Annex prepared to accompany this conference report and transmitted to the President. (Sec. 1003) Adjusts the FY 1999 authorization of appropriations under the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 by the amount by which appropriations were increased or decreased in the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, with a limitation with respect to a pending defense contingent emergency supplemental appropriation. (Sec. 1004) Requires the President to submit to Congress a supplemental appropriations request for DOD if he determines it to be in the national security interest to conduct combat or peacekeeping operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during FY 2000. (Sec. 1005) Provides the U.S. contribution for the common-funded budgets of NATO in FY 2000. (Sec. 1006) Limits the amount of authorized O&M funds that may be used for the incremental costs of U.S. armed forces for Bosnia peacekeeping operations. Authorizes the waiver of such limitation upon a certification from the President to Congress containing specified assurances. (Sec. 1007) Outlines matters to be included by the Secretary in the second biennial DOD financial management improvement plan, including a description of each major procurement action, a financial management competency plan, and a plan for improving the internal controls and review processes of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. (Sec. 1008) Authorizes the Secretary to require the use of electronic funds transfers for the pay, allowances, retired or retainer pay, and any other payments out of funds available to DOD for current and former military personnel, DOD employees or former employees, or dependents. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on such transfers. (Sec. 1009) Allows a contract for the procurement of subsistence items entered into under the prime vendor program of the Defense Logistics Agency to specify a single payment date applicable to an invoice for such items, but prohibits such date to be more than ten days after invoice receipt. (Sec. 1010) Authorizes the Secretary to pay, out of proceeds of sales of maps, charts, and other publications of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), any NIMA foreign data acquisition fee. Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - Requires congressional notification followed by a 30- day waiting period prior to the transfer of a vessel which has been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. (Sec. 1012) Authorizes the President to consent to the transfer by the Government of Greece of the ex-USS Bowman County to the USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., for museum-related purposes. (Sec. 1013) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on naval vessel force structure requirements. (Sec. 1014) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into contracts with private U.S. shipyards for the construction of new surface vessels for long- term lease to the United States for use by: (1) the Navy combat logistics or strategic sealift force; or (2) other auxiliary support vessels for DOD. Requires such contracts to be authorized by law. Outlines contract requirements. (Sec. 1015) Authorizes the head of any Federal agency to enter into a contract for the installation and maintenance of national defense features in one or more commercial vessels owned and controlled by the offeror in accordance with the purposes of the National Defense Sealift Fund. Authorizes advance payments for such features. (Sec. 1016) Waives certain transfer restrictions if a sale of naval shipyard articles or services is made to a DOD nuclear ship contractor in order to facilitate the contractor's fulfillment of the contract. (Sec. 1017) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Government of Thailand the coastal patrol craft CYCLONE or a craft with a similar hull. Directs such Secretary, as a condition of such transfer, to require any necessary repair or refurbishment of such ship to be performed in a U.S. Navy shipyard or other shipyard within the United States. Terminates such transfer authority two years after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 1018) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer, on either a grant or sale basis, specified tank landing ships, frigates, or floating dry dock vessels to the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Mexico, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey. Makes inapplicable to such transfers certain annual limitations on the aggregate value of transferred excess defense articles. Requires, as a transfer condition, that any necessary repair or refurbishment of such vessels be performed in a U.S. shipyard, including a Navy shipyard. Terminates the transfer authority two years after the enactment of this Act. Subtitle C: Support for Civilian Law Enforcement and Counter Drug Activities - Extends to naval aircraft with one or more Coast Guard members on board and operating from a surface naval vessel the authority to engage, through September 30, 2001, in certain drug interdiction activities. Requires, before the exercise of such authority, a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on DOD's plan for the safe and effective execution of such authority. (Sec. 1023) Authorizes the Secretary, during FY 1999 through 2004, to provide assistance to civilian authorities in response to an act of terrorism, including one involving a weapon of mass destruction, upon a determination that such assistance is necessary and critical and will not adversely affect military preparedness. Limits assistance funding to $10 million per fiscal year. Provides personnel use restrictions. (Sec. 1024) Prohibits the use of funds for improving the physical infrastructure at any proposed forward operating locations outside the United States from which the U.S. Southern Command may conduct counter-drug detection and flight monitoring until a formal agreement regarding the use of such a location is executed between the United States and the host nation. (Sec. 1025) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and foreign relations committees on the deployment of U.S. military personnel in Columbia. (Sec. 1026) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees an evaluation of the effectiveness of specified radar systems and facilities in maritime, air, and land counter-drug detection and monitoring. (Sec. 1027) Directs the Secretary to prepare a plan for assigning military personnel to assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service or U.S. Customs Service should the President determine, and either the Attorney General or Secretary of the Treasury certify, that such personnel are required to respond to a threat to national security posed by the entry into the United States of terrorists or drug traffickers. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals - Makes a specified provision of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act calling for the elimination of certain periodic reporting requirements inapplicable to specified reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, prior military or defense authorization Acts, and related Acts. (Sec. 1032) Repeals certain reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, prior defense authorization Acts, and the Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988. (Sec. 1033) Directs the JCS Chairman to report annually to the Secretary the Chairman's assessment of the strategic and military risks associated with executing missions under the current National Military Strategy. (Sec. 1034) Directs the Secretary to report to: (1) Congress on airlift, sealift, and surface transportation requirements to support the National Military Strategy through 2005; (2) the defense committees assessing the effect of continued U.S. military operations in the Balkans region on the ability to meet other regional contingencies and to execute the National Military Strategy; and (3) Congress on DOD's plans for establishing and deploying rapid assessment and initial detection teams for responding to incidents involving a weapon of mass destruction. (Sec. 1037) Directs the Secretary to include in quarterly readiness reports an assessment of the readiness, training status, and future funding requirements of all active and reserve units that are considered assets of the Consequence Management Program Integration Office of DOD. Requires the Secretary to prepare a decontamination readiness plan for such Office. (Sec. 1038) Requires the Secretary to report to the: (1) defense and appropriations committees on the relationship between the defense budget and current and emerging threats to national security; and (2) defense and foreign relations committees on implementation of the Defense Capabilities Initiative by NATO countries. (Sec. 1040) Directs the Secretary of the Army to review, and report to the defense committees on, the incidence during FY 1999 of violations of motor vehicle laws by operators of official Army motor vehicles Subtitle E: Information Security - Requires the Secretary to include in annual budget justification materials specific identification of amounts required to carry out records declassification activities pursuant to executive order. Limits to $51 million the amount authorized for FY 2000 for such activities. (Sec. 1042) Directs the Secretary to notify the defense committees of each security or counterintelligence failure or compromise of classified information relating to any defense operation, system, or technology of the United States that the Secretary considers likely to cause significant harm to U.S. national security interests. (Sec. 1043) Directs the Secretary to carry out a defense (electronic) information assurance program, develop a program strategy, report annually to Congress on such program, and develop an information assurance testbed within DOD. (Sec. 1044) Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to exempt from Federal disclosure requirements information concerning military personnel or DOD or Coast Guard employees assigned to overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. (Sec. 1045) Authorizes the Secretary to exempt from such disclosure requirements certain NIMA operational files maintained by the National Photographic Interpretation Center. Subtitle F: Memorial Objects and Commemorations - Prohibits the President, from the date of enactment of this Act until September 30, 2001, from transferring a veterans memorial object to a foreign country or entity controlled by a foreign government unless specifically authorized by law. (Sec. 1052) Requires the Secretary's program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War to run during FY 2000 through 2004. Provides program funding during such period through Army O&M funds. (Sec. 1053) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should issue a proclamation for the people of the United States to observe the victory in the Cold War. Authorizes the use of O&M funds for military participation of such celebration in Washington, D.C. Requires a report from the President to Congress on such proclamation and a plan for appropriate ceremonies and activities. Establishes the Commission on Victory in the Cold War to make recommendations on such celebration. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to establish a task force of the Defense Science Board to examine the use of radio and television broadcasting as a propaganda instrument and the adequacy of the U.S. armed forces to deal with propaganda situations such as the conflict in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (Sec. 1062) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to convene an interagency review and assessment of: (1) progress made in the implementation of national spectrum planning; (2) reallocation of Federal Government spectrum to non-Federal use; and (3) the implications for such reallocations to the affected Federal agencies, with particular attention to critical military and intelligence capabilities. Provides conditions on the surrender of current DOD-assigned spectrum. Directs the President to reclaim for DOD use certain frequency bands recommended for such reassignment under provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. (Sec. 1063) Reauthorizes and extends through FY 2000 the Defense Production Act of 1950. (Sec. 1064) Amends the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1998 to state that certain assistance provided to Federal, State, and local agencies under such Act shall include the performance by the Department of Justice of assessments of the threat and risk of terrorist employment of weapons of mass destruction against cities and other local areas. (Sec. 1065) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the Attorney General those quantities of lethal chemical agents required to support training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness at Fort McClellan, Alabama, for domestic preparedness associated with potential terrorist incidents involving the use of lethal chemical weapons or agents. (Sec. 1067) Amends specified Federal provisions, defense authorization Acts, and other Acts to reflect the name change of the House Committee on National Security to the Committee on Armed Services. Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel - Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to change to October 1, 1999 (currently October 1, 2000) the effective date of revisions made to the voluntary early retirement program. (Sec. 1102) Continues, notwithstanding certain Federal pay limitations, the authority of the Secretaries of Defense or a military department to fix the pay of civilian employees paid with nonappropriated funds, with a limitation. (Sec. 1103) Provides for the restoration of earned but unused annual leave in the case of DOD emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Authorizes the Secretaries of Defense or a military department to make such designation, following specified criteria. Makes employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities eligible for such designation. (Sec. 1104) Extends until October 1, 2003, the authority to provide lump-sum severance pay for DOD employees in connection with defense workforce reductions and restructuring. (Sec. 1105) Provides leave protection for dual-status military technicians participating in combat as well as noncombat operations outside the United States. (Sec. 1106) Authorizes the use of Federal annual leave for the performance of inactive-duty training for Guard and reserve personnel. (Sec. 1107) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish work schedules and premium pay or compensatory time off provisions for civilian faculty members of the military service academies. (Sec. 1108) Provides that certain Federal pay rate and total compensation limitations shall not apply to the authority of the Secretary to prescribe salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (Sec. 1109) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to exempt defense laboratory employees covered by a personnel demonstration project carried out under such Act from certain defense workforce management personnel restrictions. Title XII: Matters Relating to Other Nations - Subtitle A: Matters Relating to the People's Republic of China - Prohibits the Secretary from authorizing any military-to-military exchange or contact with the People's Liberation Army of the Republic of China if such exchange or contact would create a national security risk. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to search and rescue or humanitarian exercises. Requires the Secretary to certify annually to the defense committees whether any such exchange or contact was conducted. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the current state of such exchanges and contacts. Requires a one-time report on past military exchanges and contacts between the United States and China. (Sec. 1202) Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the current and future military strategy of China. Subtitle B: Matters Relating to the Balkans - Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the conduct of military operations conducted as part of Operation Allied Force and associated relief operations. (Sec. 1212) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for vigorous prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in Kosovo and the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Subtitle C: Matters Relating to NATO and Other Allies - Directs the President to determine and certify to Congress whether the new strategic concept of NATO imposes any new commitment or obligation on the United States and, if so, to submit such concept to the Senate as a treaty for the Senate's advice and consent. Directs the President to report to Congress an analysis of the potential threats facing NATO in the first decade of the next millennium. (Sec. 1222) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the current military capabilities of allied nations to contribute to the successful conduct of major theater wars as anticipated in the Quadrennial Defense Review of 1997. (Sec. 1223) Directs the Secretary of each military department to give due consideration to according a high priority to the attendance of military personnel of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (new NATO member nations) at professional military education schools and training programs at U.S. service academies. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Directs the President, upon the use of U.S. military forces in hostilities against any foreign country, to: (1) seek to establish a multinational economic embargo against the foreign country involved; (2) seek the seizure of its foreign financial assets; and (3) report to Congress within 20 days setting forth actions taken to achieve steps (1) and (2). (Sec. 1232) Prohibits after May 31, 2000, the use of any FY 2000 DOD funds for the continuous deployment of U.S. armed forces in Haiti. Requires a report from the President to Congress on any deployment undertaken after such date. (Sec. 1233) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and foreign relations committees on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. (Sec. 1234) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should use all diplomatic means possible to prevent the UN Security Council from lifting certain sanctions imposed against Libya as a result of Libya's refusal to allow the extradition of two Libyan agents suspected in the bombing of a Pan American flight in December 1988. (Sec. 1235) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) U.S. military readiness to execute the national security strategy is being eroded from a combination of declining defense budgets and expanded missions; and (2) there may be missions to which the United States is supplying troops from which it can begin disengaging. Requires a report from the President to the defense and appropriations committees prioritizing the ongoing global missions to which the United States is contributing forces. Title XIII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - Specifies the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) programs to be funded by O&M funds authorized under this Act. (Sec. 1302) Allocates CTR funds among various CTR programs and activities, prohibiting the use of such funds for any other purpose until 30 days after the Secretary reports such purpose to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to obligate amounts in excess of those stated for such purposes, but prohibits the total amount obligated from exceeding 115 percent of the amount authorized. (Sec. 1303) Prohibits the use of CTR funds for FY 2000 and thereafter for: (1) peacekeeping activities with Russia; (2) housing; (3) environmental restoration assistance; (4) job retraining assistance; (5) defense conversion assistance to Russia or any other state of the former Soviet Union; or (6) the elimination of conventional weapons or delivery vehicles of such weapons. (Sec. 1304) Prohibits the use of FY 2000 CTR funds for the construction of a certain fissile material storage facility in Russia until 15 days after the Secretary notifies Congress that the two countries have signed an agreement allowing the United States to ensure that material stored at such facility is of weapons origin. Requires certain additional verification before any CTR funds may be used for such construction. (Sec. 1305) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of CTR funds for FY 2000 and thereafter for planning, design, and construction of a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia. (Sec. 1306) Prohibits more than 50 percent of FY 2000 CTR funds from being obligated or expended until the Secretary reports to Congress: (1) whether DOD is the appropriate agency to carry out the program involved; and (2) if not, a plan for migrating such responsibility to the appropriate agency. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than ten percent of such funds until the Secretary submits to Congress an updated version of the multiyear plan for FY 2000 as required under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 1308) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress: (1) an explanation of DOD strategy for encouraging states of the former Soviet Union that receive CTR funds to contribute financially to the threat reduction effort; and (2) on the Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. (Sec. 1310) Prohibits remaining FY 1999 CTR funds from being made available for any country under the CTR program until the President resubmits to Congress an updated certification as required under specified prior Acts. (Sec. 1312) Outlines required information to be included in each annual report concerning Russian tactical nuclear warheads mandated under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996. Title XIV: Proliferation and Export Controls - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should take appropriate action to obtain a bilateral agreement with China to adhere to the Missile Technology Control Regime and related Annex; and (2) China should not be permitted to join such Regime without having demonstrated a sustained and verified commitment to missile and missile technology nonproliferation and adopted an effective export control system for implementing Regime guidelines. Requires a report from the President to Congress on China's compliance with such Regime and actions taken by the United States to encourage such compliance. (Sec. 1402) Requires an annual report from the President to Congress on transfers to countries and entities of concern of the most significant categories of U.S. technologies and technical information with potential military applications. (Sec. 1403) Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that, in any fiscal year, adequate resources are allocated to the Office of Trade Defense Controls for the review and processing of export license applications. Requires similar allocations by the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. (Sec. 1404) Outlines specified requirements, to be enforced by the Secretary of State, as conditions of the export license for any satellite to be launched outside the United States. (Sec. 1405) Directs the Secretary to require that DOD space launch monitors assigned to monitor launches in China maintain records of all information authorized to be transmitted to China. Directs the Secretary to ensure transmission of such information to other authorized Federal agencies. (Sec. 1406) Directs the President to review and report to the defense committees on the national security implications of exporting high-performance computers to China. (Sec. 1407) Directs the President to seek to enter into an agreement with China for the revision of existing verification systems for the export to China of high-performance computers. (Sec. 1408) Directs the President to seek to establish new binding international controls on technology transfers that threaten international peace and U.S. national security. (Sec. 1409) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing additional activities by personnel of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in connection with the monitoring of satellite launch campaigns overseas. (Sec. 1410) Directs the Secretary of State to prescribe regulations to provide timely notice to the manufacturer of a commercial satellite of U.S. origin of the final determination of the application decision for a license involving the overseas launch of such satellite. Directs the Secretaries of State and Defense to consult with the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) throughout the review of such an application in order to ensure that the launch of the satellite, if the license is approved, will meet requirements necessary to protect U.S. national security interests. Requires the DCI to establish within the intelligence community an advisory group to provide information and analysis to Congress and other appropriate Federal departments and agencies on the national security implications of granting such licenses. (Sec. 1412) Directs the President to notify the appropriate congressional committees whenever an investigation by the Department of Justice indicates an alleged violation of U.S. export control laws by U.S. satellite manufacturers. Requires such notification when a waiver of such requirements is granted under provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Provides an exception to such notification requirements when the President determines that such notification would jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation. Title XV: Arms Control and Counterproliferation Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to prohibit DOD funds from being used to retire or dismantle B-52H bomber aircraft below a level of 76 (currently 71). States that the current funding limit of 18 Trident ballistic missile submarines may be reduced upon a certain certification from the President to Congress. (Sec. 1502) Expresses the sense of Congress that, in negotiating the START III Treaty (or any other arms reduction agreement) with the Russian Federation: (1) the nuclear forces of China and every other nation should be taken into account; and (2) any U.S. nuclear force reductions should not be to such an extent as to impede U.S. ability to respond militarily to a threat posed by China. (Sec. 1503) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the strategic stability between the United States and Russia and other potential nuclear forces. (Sec. 1504) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to extend through FY 2004 the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Provides for an executive secretary to such Committee and revises certain report deadlines. (Sec. 1505) Limits to $15 million the total amount of FY 2000 U.S. assistance in support of UN-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. Title XVI: National Security Space Matters - Subtitle A: Space Technology Guide; Reports - Directs the Secretary to develop, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, a detailed guide for investment in space science and technology, demonstrations of space technology, and planning and development for space technology systems. Requires such guide to include: (1) two alternative technology paths; and (2) a micro-satellite technology development plan. (Sec. 1602) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the current and potential vulnerabilities of U.S. national security and commercial space assets. (Sec. 1603) Directs the Secretary to report to the President and the defense, intelligence, and appropriations committees on the factors involved in the three recent failures of the Titan IV space launch vehicle and the reforms being implemented to minimize future failures of such vehicle and future launch systems. (Sec. 1604) Directs the Secretary, using the Defense Science Board, to study and report to the defense and appropriations committees on space launch requirements and shortcomings. Subtitle B: Commercial Space Launch Services - Expresses the sense of Congress calling for: (1) increased U.S.-Russian cooperation in commercial space launch services; (2) stimulating and encouraging the expansion of a commercial space launch capacity in the United States; and (3) reexamining current U.S. policy of permitting the export of U.S. commercial satellites to China for launch. Subtitle C: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization - Establishes the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization to conduct a review of such management and organization. Funds the Commission from defense- wide O&M funds for FY 2000. Title XVII: Troops-To-Teachers Program - Troops-To-Teachers Program Act of 1999 - Authorizes the administering Secretary (Secretary of Defense with respect to the armed forces and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard) to carry out a program to provide financial assistance to separated military or Coast Guard personnel in order to obtain certification as teachers or teacher's aides (the troops-to- teachers program). Requires the administering Secretary to identify: (1) local educational agencies experiencing teacher shortages; and (2) those States having alternative certification or licensing requirements. Prohibits more than five percent of program funds from being used for program management infrastructure. Makes eligible for such assistance military personnel who: (1) during the period beginning October 1, 1990, and ending September 30, 1999, were involuntarily discharged due to a reduction in force after at least six years of continuous active duty; (2) applied and were qualified for the current teacher placement program; or (3) on or after October 1, 1999, become entitled to military retired or retainer pay. Outlines provisions concerning required educational background and the selection of participants (requiring a participation agreement). Provides a participant stipend of $5,000, and a $10,000 bonus to each participant who agrees to accept a full-time elementary, secondary, vocational, or technical teacher position for not less than four years in a high need school. Limits to 1,000 the total amount of such bonuses that may be paid in a fiscal year. Requires pro-rata reimbursement from participants who fail to complete the program or the required teaching period (with an exception for individuals who become permanently and totally disabled). (Sec. 1706) Authorizes the administering Secretary to make grants to States or a consortia of States in order to operate offices to recruit eligible individuals for program participation. (Sec. 1707) Terminates the current teacher placement program. Directs the administering Secretaries and the Secretary of Education to provide for the transfer to the latter Secretary of such program no later than October 1, 2000. (Sec. 1708) Directs the Secretary of Education and the Comptroller General to report on the effectiveness of the program in the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel by local educational agencies. (Sec. 1709) Provides program funds from FY 2000 O&M funds. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - 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 family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. (Sec. 2206) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to accept from the Guam Power Authority various improvements to certain electrical transformers in Guam. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. (Sec. 2403) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for deposit into the Department of Defense Family Housing Fund. (Sec. 2404) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. (Sec. 2405) Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2406) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. (Sec. 2407) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of drug interdiction and counter-drug activities funds authorized under this title until 30 days after the Secretary describes in detail to Congress the purposes for which such funds will be obligated for the development of forward operating locations for U.S. Southern Command counter-drug detection and flight monitoring. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the NATO Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2002, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2003, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Exempts from certain congressional notification (and waiting period) requirements military construction projects carried out using defense burdensharing contributions and undertaken under a declaration of war or national emergency. Requires that, after the decision to carry out the project is made, the Secretary shall notify the defense committees of such action and its estimated cost. (Sec. 2802) Authorizes the Secretary to exercise appropriate authority to develop Ford Island, Hawaii, in a manner compatible with the Navy mission, as long as such Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees a master plan for such development and 30 days have since elapsed. 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 supporting facilities on such Island. Authorizes transfers to such Account from specified military housing funds. (Sec. 2803) Expands the entities (currently, only private persons) eligible to participate in a DOD program to acquire or construct military family or unaccompanied housing units on or near military installations to include a corporation, firm, partnership, company, State or local government, or State or local housing authority. Allows such entities to participate in direct loans and loan guarantees, rental guarantees, and differential lease payments under the program. (Sec. 2804) Limits the type of ancillary facility that may be included in the acquisition or construction of military family housing units to those which would not be in direct competition with any military resale facility, activity, or service. (Sec. 2805) Authorizes the use of available funds for design (currently, only planning) in connection with the acquisition of reserve facilities. (Sec. 2806) Authorizes the use of unspecified minor construction funds for construction projects costing less than $3 million and intended to correct deficiencies that are a threat to life, health, or safety. (Sec. 2807) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should request an amount for each proposed military construction project sufficient to produce a complete and usable facility or a complete and usable improvement to an existing facility. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - Extends through FY 2000 the authority of the Secretary to lease property for special operations activities. (Sec. 2812) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, in connection with the conveyance of a utility system, to enter into a contract for utility services for a period not to exceed 50 years. Authorizes the use of military construction project funds to facilitate such conveyances. (Sec. 2813) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to accept funds from a person or entity to cover administrative expenses relating to the disposal of real property for which such Secretary will be the disposal agent. (Sec. 2814) Provides authorized uses of lease proceeds in connection with the operation of the Naval Academy Dairy Farm. (Sec. 2815) Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on an evaluation of the impact upon military training, testing, and readiness of any proposed changes in land management of certain Utah lands which are adjacent to or near the Utah Test and Training Range. (Sec. 2816) Designates the newly constructed missile intelligence building at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as the Richard C. Shelby Center for Missile Intelligence. Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to authorize the transfer of a former military installation to a local redevelopment authority (RA), without consideration, if such RA's reuse plan provides for the property to be used for at least the next seven years for the economic benefit or redevelopment of the installation. Authorizes the Secretary to modify earlier transfer agreements to incorporate such authority. (Sec. 2822) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to provide authority for the continued use of the Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for activities required to close or realign military installations. Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part 1: Army Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a portion of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for use as a national cemetery; (2) Moline, Illinois, a portion of the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois; (3) Bangor, Maine, the Army Reserve Center in Bangor; (4) Kankakee, Illinois, the Stefaninch Army Reserve Center in Kankakee; (5) the Cannon Falls Area Schools, Minnesota Independent School District Number 252, the Army Reserve Center in Cannon Falls, for educational uses; (6) the Borough of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, the Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84 in Marcus Hook, for economic development purposes; (7) Juneau, Alaska, the Juneau National Guard Dock, for navigation-related commerce; (8) the Department of Veterans' Services of the State of Arizona a portion of Fort Huachuca, Arizona, for a State-run veterans cemetery; (9) the Township Council of East Hanover, New Jersey, the Nike Battery 80 family housing site in East Hanover, for housing and recreational purposes; (10) Arden Hills, Minnesota, a portion of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, for construction of a city hall complex; and (11) the Central Utah Water Conservancy District the Red Butte Dam and Reservoir in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Sec. 2842) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to add certain landfill restrictions to a land conveyance involving the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Part II: Navy Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to: (1) Dallas, Texas, the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387 in Dallas; (2) the State of North Carolina a portion of the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, for development and educational purposes; (3) Newport, Rhode Island, the Connell Manor housing area at the Newport Naval Station; and (4) the Commonwealth of Virginia certain property on or near the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Virginia. Directs such Secretary to convey to Orlando, Florida, the Naval Training Center and McCoy Annex Areas in Florida. (Sec. 2855) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy, for one year, from obligating or expending any funds to demolish the three southeastern most naval radio transmitting towers at the Naval Station in Annapolis, Maryland. Authorizes such Secretary to transfer such towers to the State of Maryland or Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Sec. 2857) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the authorized square footage for a naval reserve center in Meridian, Mississippi. Part III: Air Force Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to: (1) the Pease Development Authority the Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point in Newington, New Hampshire; (2) Panama City, Florida, the military housing project for Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida; (3) the town of Ohio, New York, the Forestport Test Annex, for economic and municipal purposes; and (4) the Regents of the University of California the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center in California. (Sec. 2863) Authorizes the Secretaries of the Air Force and the Interior to convey to the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, certain land adjacent to the Port of Anchorage Marine Industrial Park. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to accept from a donor a qualified guarantee for the completion of a major project (cost of at least $1 million) for the benefit of a military service academy. Allows funds for such a project to be obligated and expended without regard to whether they are sufficient to pay for project completion. Requires a qualified account control agreement between the Secretary concerned, the donor, and a major U.S. investment management firm in order to ensure the availability of sufficient funds to pay the guaranteed amount (along with related assurances and requirements). Prohibits the Secretary concerned from accepting a qualified guarantee until 30 days after such Secretary submits to Congress a report of the facts concerning such guarantee. (Sec. 2872) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire by eminent domain all rights and interest of such State to certain unimproved Arizona trust lands in the Fort Huachuca East Range, Cochise County, Arizona. Allows such lands to be withdrawn and reserved for use by the Secretary of the Army for military training and testing. (Sec. 2873) Authorizes the Secretary, in conjunction with the Pentagon Reservation Program, to design and construct secure secretarial office and support facilities and security-related changes to the bus and subway station entrance at the Pentagon. Requires information on estimated costs to be included in a currently-required annual report from the Secretary to the defense and public works committees concerning Pentagon renovations. Subtitle F: Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery - Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the Army certain parcels of the Navy Annex in Arlington, Virginia, for incorporation into Arlington National Cemetery. Directs the Secretary to establish a master plan for the use of such property, and authorizes the Secretary to implement such plan any time after it is submitted to Congress. Directs the Secretary of the Army to modify the boundaries of the Cemetery to include certain land situated in Fort Myer, Virginia. Title XXIX: Commission on National Military Museum - Establishes the Commission on the National Military Museum to conduct a study and make recommendations to Congress regarding authorization for the construction of a national military museum in the National Capital Area. Title XXX: Military Land Withdrawals - Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 - Subtitle A: Withdrawals Generally - Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws specified lands and land interests within: (1) the Naval Air Station Fallon Ranges, Nevada, to be used by the Secretary of the Navy for specified military purposes; (2) the Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada, to be used by the Secretary of the Air Force for specified military purposes (but directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Desert National Wildlife Refuge within such Range); (3) the Fort Greely and Fort Wainwright Training Ranges in Alaska, to be used by the Secretary of the Army for specified military purposes; and (4) the McGregor Range of Fort Bliss, New Mexico. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish and file maps and legal descriptions of all such withdrawn lands. (Sec. 3013) Terminates after November 6, 2001, the withdrawals made by the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986. (Sec. 3014) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the lands withdrawn under this Subtitle, subject to the military uses. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to close areas of lands withdrawn as necessary for military operations, public safety, or national security. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for management of the nonmilitary portions of the withdrawn lands, and to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary concerned to implement such plan. (Sec. 3015) Specifies termination dates of the withdrawal and reservation of lands under this Subtitle. (Sec. 3016) Directs the Secretary concerned, at least three years prior to such withdrawal termination, to notify Congress and the Secretary of the Interior whether the military department will have a continuing military need, beyond the termination date, of any part of the withdrawn lands and, if so, to file an application for an extension of the withdrawal period. Directs the Secretary concerned to notify the Secretary of the Interior of the intention to relinquish any or all of such withdrawn lands during the withdrawal period. (Sec. 3017) Requires the Secretary concerned, for the duration of the withdrawal period, to maintain a program of decontamination of such lands consistent with applicable Federal and State law. Outlines decontamination procedures. (Sec. 3018) Authorizes the delegation of the authority of the Secretaries of Defense, the Interior, and the military departments for actions taken under this Subtitle. (Sec. 3019) Provides, with respect to the withdrawn lands, for: (1) water rights; (2) hunting, fishing, and trapping; (3) mining and mineral leasing (holding the United States harmless for injuries or damages occurring during such activities); and (4) use of mineral materials. Subtitle B: Withdrawals in Arizona - Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws all lands and land interests within the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona. Reserves such lands for use by the Secretaries of the Air Force (East Range) and Navy (West Range) for specified military purposes. Provides a conditional termination date of certain Arizona lands withdrawn by the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of certain East Range lands withdrawn under this Subtitle which have been declared unnecessary for military use in order to determine the appropriate management of such lands following their relinquishment by the Secretary of the Air Force. Requires the appropriate Secretary to manage the lands withdrawn for military purposes. Authorizes each Secretary to close areas of such lands withdrawn as necessary for military operations, public safety, or national security. Directs such Secretaries and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly prepare an integrated natural resources management plan for the withdrawn lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy and Air Force to enter into memoranda of understanding with the Secretary of the Interior or other appropriate Federal, State, or local agencies, Indian tribes, or other public or private organizations or institutions as necessary to implement such plan. Requires joint reports from the three Secretaries concurrent with each plan review describing changes in the condition of the withdrawn lands. Directs such Secretaries to establish an intergovernmental executive committee for exchanging views, information, and advice relating to the management of natural and cultural resources on such lands. Authorizes the retransfer to the Secretary of the Interior of management responsibility over such withdrawn lands if: (1) the Secretary of the Interior determines that such lands are not being used for military purposes and that such failure is resulting in significant degradation of the natural and cultural resources on such lands; (2) the Secretary of the Navy or Air Force is notified of, and given a reasonable period of time to correct, such deficiencies; and (3) the Secretary of the Interior determines that such deficiencies have not been corrected within such period. Makes the Secretaries of the Navy and Air Force responsible for all applicable environmental requirements on such withdrawn lands during the withdrawal period, including any required remediation. Terminates the withdrawal and reservation under this Subtitle 25 years after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretaries of the Navy and Air Force, at least three years prior to such withdrawal termination, to notify Congress and the Secretary of the Interior whether the Navy or Air Force will have a continuing need, beyond the termination date, of any part of the withdrawn lands and, if so, to file an application for an extension of the withdrawal period. Directs the Secretary of the Navy or Air Force to notify the Secretary of the Interior of the intention to relinquish any or all of such withdrawn lands during the withdrawal period due to the lack of continuing military need for such lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to then accept jurisdiction over such lands, under certain conditions. Authorizes the delegation of the authority of the Secretaries of the Navy, Air Force, and the Interior for actions taken under this Subtitle. (Sec. 3032) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and the Cabeza Prieta Wilderness (together, Cabeza Prieta) for purposes for which such refuge and wilderness were established, and to support current and future military aviation training needs consistent with a 1994 Memorandum of Understanding between the Departments of the Interior and Air Force. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior, Navy, and Air Force to extend such Memorandum for a period that coincides with the duration of the withdrawal and reservation of the Barry M. Goldwater Ranges under this Subtitle. Requires the Memorandum to be amended to meet future military aviation training needs of the Navy and Air Force. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy or Air Force to close areas of such lands withdrawn as necessary for military operations, public safety, or national security. Directs each such Secretary, during the duration of the Goldwater Ranges withdrawal, to carry out a program of decontamination on the portions of Cabeza Prieta used for military training purposes at least at the level of cleanup currently achieved on such lands. (Sec. 3033) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to publish and file a map and legal description of the lands withdrawn under this Subtitle. (Sec. 3034) Provides, with respect to the withdrawn lands, for: (1) water rights; (2) hunting, fishing, and trapping; and (3) the use of mineral materials (holding the United States harmless for injuries or damages occurring during mining or mineral leasing activities). Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI (sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2000 for operating expenses, capital equipment, and plant projects necessary in carrying out the following activities for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (3) other defense activities; (4) defense nuclear waste disposal; and (5) defense environmental management privatization activities. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 110 percent of the program authorization or $1 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress until the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this Division) transmits to the defense and appropriations committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have since expired. (Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Requires congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits. (Sec. 3124) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOE- authorized funds: (1) to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which such funds were authorized; or (2) between authorizations within DOE, to be merged with and available for the same purposes. Requires notification to the defense committees of any such transfers. (Sec. 3125) Directs the Secretary, before submitting a funding request for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program, to complete a conceptual design for such project. Requires a separate funding request for designs for which the estimated cost exceeds $3 million. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for the design does not exceed $600,000. Requires specific authorization by law for designs exceeding such amount. (Sec. 3126) Authorizes the use of DOE funds for planning, design, and construction activities for any DOE national security program that must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the needs of national defense, or protect property. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees when funds are so used. Makes funds for management and support and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. (Sec. 3129) Directs the Secretary, during FY 2000, to empower each DOE field office manager with the authority to transfer defense environmental management funds from a program or project under such office's jurisdiction to another program or project in order to address a risk to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of such funds at that field office. Limits such transfers to a total of $5 million per fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress within 30 days after any such transfer. Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act or any Act authorizing appropriations to DOD or DOE for military activities for fiscal years after 2000 for treatment, storage, or disposal activities at any site designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program. (Sec. 3132) Directs the Secretary to continue operations and maintain a high state of readiness at the F- and H-canyon facilities at the Savannah River site and to provide technical staff to operate and maintain such facilities. (Sec. 3133) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program for extending the effective life of weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile; and (2) develop a long-term plan for such extension. Requires the Comptroller General to submit to the defense committees an independent assessment of the plan. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should include in each annual budget sufficient amounts to fund such activities. (Sec. 3134) Directs the Secretary to produce new tritium to meet the requirements of the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum at the Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar or Sequoyah nuclear power plants. Requires the Secretary, in connection with such production, to design and construct a new tritium extraction facility in the H-Area of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. (Sec. 3135) Directs the Secretary to obtain, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, an independent cost estimate of the accelerator production of tritium. (Sec. 3136) Prohibits more than 35 percent of the funds available in any fiscal year after 1999 for the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program from being obligated or expended by DOE national laboratories to carry out or provide oversight of any activities under that program. Prohibits any of such funds from being: (1) used to increase or supplement the pay or benefits of a scientist or engineer currently engaged in activities leading to the design, development, production, or testing of chemical or biological weapons or a missile system to deliver such weapons; or (2) made available to an institute that engages in such activities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe procedures for the review of projects under the program and to report to Congress on such procedures. Prohibits amounts authorized for the Nuclear Cities Initiative from being obligated or expended for its purposes until the Secretary certifies to Congress that Russia has agreed to close some of the facilities engaged in work on weapons of mass destruction. Provides related limitations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the potential economic effects of each commercial program proposed under the Initiative before providing assistance for conducting the program; (2) report to Congress on the participation in or contribution to such Initiative of each Federal department or agency; and (3) report to the defense committees on such Initiative. (Sec. 3137) Earmarks specified funds authorized under this title for research, development, and demonstration activities to support the mission of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization of DOD. Requires a memorandum of understanding between the Secretaries of Energy and Defense in using national laboratories for such purpose. Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence - Department of Energy Facilities Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 1999 - Establishes the Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities to review the safeguards, security, and counterintelligence activities at DOE facilities in order to: (1) determine the adequacy of such activities against threats to the disclosure of sensitive information, processes, and activities; and (2) make recommendations for appropriate action to ensure that such security is achieved and maintained. Terminates the Department of Energy Security Management Board authorized under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 3143) Requires background investigations of any DOE employee or contractor employee at a national laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility who: (1) carries out duties or responsibilities in or around a location where restricted data is present; or (2) has or may have regular access to such a location. (Sec. 3144) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to empower the FBI to conduct security clearances for individuals employed in a Special Access Program or a Personnel Security and Assurance Program. (Sec. 3145) Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that all DOE employees and contractor employees participating in laboratory-to-laboratory cooperative exchange activities are fully trained in matters relating to the protection of classified information and to potential espionage and counterintelligence threats; and (2) establish a pool of employees who are trained to counter threats of espionage and intelligence-gathering by foreign nationals against DOE employees and contractor employees who travel abroad for exchange activities on behalf of DOE. (Sec. 3146) Prohibits the Secretary from admitting to a national laboratory facility, other than to areas accessible to the general public, any individual who is a citizen or agent of a nation named on the current sensitive countries list unless the Secretary first completes a background review of such individual. Provides a moratorium on any such admissions pending certification that the foreign visitors program at the national laboratories: (1) includes all appropriate measures to prevent espionage or intelligence-gathering activities by a sensitive nation; (2) complies with certain orders, regulations, and directives concerning counterintelligence and safeguards and security matters; (3) includes certain protections against the release of restricted data or national security information; and (4) does not represent an undue risk to U.S. national security. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition on a case-by- case basis, requiring a report to the defense and intelligence committees any time such waiver is exercised. Provides a moratorium exception with respect to: (1) activities relating to cooperative threat reduction with states of the former Soviet Union; and (2) the DOE materials protection control and accounting program. Expresses the sense of Congress that required background reviews be completed within 15 days. (Sec. 3147) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) provide civil penalties for violations of DOE regulations regarding security of classified or sensitive information or data; and (2) increase the penalties for the misuse of restricted data. (Sec. 3149) Directs the Secretary and the Archivist of the United States to develop, and submit to the defense committees and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, a plan for the declassification of restricted data and formerly restricted data. (Sec. 3150) Directs the Secretary to notify the defense committees of each significant nuclear defense intelligence loss within 30 days after its occurrence. (Sec. 3151) Directs the President to report annually to Congress on steps being taken by relevant Federal agencies to respond to espionage and other intelligence activities by China. (Sec. 3152) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. (Sec. 3153) Requires the National Counterintelligence Policy Board to report annually to the Secretary and the FBI Director on security vulnerabilities of computers of national laboratories. (Sec. 3154) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of Counterintelligence, to carry out a counterintelligence polygraph program for DOE defense- related activities (a program for providing polygraph examinations to DOE or contractor employees having access to high-risk programs). Subtitle E: Matters Relating to Personnel - Authorizes DOE to pay voluntary separation incentive payments to qualifying employees who voluntarily separate before January 1, 2003. (Sec. 3162) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 relating to a DOE fellowship program for the development of skills critical to the DOE nuclear weapons complex mission to: (1) remove provisions authorizing the Secretary to employ individuals at certain DOE facilities to assist in the development of such skills; (2) require individuals participating in such program to be U.S. citizens; (3) include the Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia national laboratories as participants in the program; (4) require participants to agree, after such participation, to serve in a full-time DOE position for at least one year, if a position is offered; (5) require the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for program administration; and (6) provide program funding. (Sec. 3163) Provides for the appointment of an interim staff director for the Office of Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs until the position of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for such Programs is filled. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly submit to the defense committees a plan to revitalize the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council established under prior law. Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to ensure the continued capability of DOD to carry out its nuclear deterrent mission. Directs both Secretaries to submit to the defense committees a plan for retaining core scientific, engineering, and technical skills and capabilities within their departments and contractors in order to maintain indefinitely the U.S. nuclear deterrent force. (Sec. 3164) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to ensure that DOE and contractor employees engaged in defense activities are not discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for making protected disclosures (disclosures made to certain authorized congressional or Federal representatives of a violation of law or regulation, gross mismanagement, waste, or abuse, or false statements to Congress on an issue of material fact). Provides for: (1) assistance and guidance to individuals wishing to make a disclosure; (2) notice to such individuals of their rights and protections; and (3) a complaint procedure for individuals against whom reprisal actions have been taken. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on improving the reprogramming processes relating to DOE defense activities. (Sec. 3172) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to the defense and appropriations committees a long-term plan for the integrated management of fissile materials. (Sec. 3173) Directs the Secretary to include in annual budget justification materials specific identification of amounts required to carry out declassification activities pursuant to executive order or to comply with any statutory requirements to declassify Government records. Prohibits DOE records that have not been reviewed for declassification from being declassified until certification by the Secretary to Congress that such declassification would not harm national security. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on DOE efforts relating to the declassification of classified records under DOE control. (Sec. 3174) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for: (1) consistency of national laboratory technology transfer policies and procedures with respect to patenting, licensing, and commercialization; and (2) appropriate training of laboratory personnel responsible for such activities. (Sec. 3175) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program on the use of project management oversight services for DOE construction projects of not less than $25 million. (Sec. 3176) Directs the Secretary, through September 30, 2002, to carry out a pilot program to use prior-year unobligated balances in the defense environment management accounts to meet accelerated cleanup schedule milestones for the closure project at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. (Sec. 3177) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a proposed schedule for shipments of waste from the Rocky Flats Plant to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. (Sec. 3178) Requires the Comptroller General to report to the defense committees assessing progress in the closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. (Sec. 3179) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend for five additional one-year periods the Environmental Evaluation Group for review of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. Title XXXII: National Nuclear Security Administration - National Nuclear Security Administration Act - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within DOE the position of Under Secretary for National Security to serve as the Administrator for National Security under the National Nuclear Security Administration Act. (Sec. 3203) Makes the Secretary responsible for: (1) establishing policy for the National Nuclear Security Administration; and (2) developing and promulgating the security, counterintelligence, and intelligence policies of DOE. Establishes within DOE an Office of Counterintelligence, to be headed by a Director to be responsible for establishing policy for: (1) counterintelligence programs and activities at DOE facilities to reduce the threat of disclosure or loss of classified and other sensitive information; and (2) DOE personnel assurance programs. Requires an annual report from the Director to specified officials and committees on the effectiveness of such programs and activities. Requires the director of each DOE national laboratory to certify to the Director their compliance (or lack thereof) with all departmental security requirements Establishes in DOE an Office of Intelligence, to be headed by a Director. Subtitle A: Establishment and Organization - Establishes within DOE the National Nuclear Security Administration to: (1) enhance U.S. national security through the military application of nuclear energy; (2) maintain the safety, reliability, and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile; (3) provide the Navy with safe, military effective propulsion plants; (4) promote international nuclear safety and nonproliferation; (5) reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction; and (6) support U.S. leadership in science and technology. Places at the head of such Administration the Administrator for Nuclear Security. (Sec. 3213) Provides for the employment status of Administration personnel and Administration contract personnel within DOE. (Sec. 3214) Establishes the positions, with appropriate responsibilities and duties, of Deputy Administrator for: (1) Defense Programs; (2) Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; and (3) Naval Reactors. Establishes a General Counsel of the Administration. (Sec. 3218) Provides Administration staff. Subtitle B: Matters Relating to Security - Directs the Administrator to establish procedures to ensure: (1) the maximum protection of classified information of the Administration; and (2) prompt reporting to the Administrator of any significant problem, abuse, violation of law or executive order, or deficiency relating to the management of classified information by Administration personnel. (Sec. 3232) Establishes within the Administration the Offices of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence and Defense Nuclear Security, each to be headed by a Chief with specified duties relating to defense nuclear counterintelligence and security. (Sec. 3233) Requires the Administrator, at each national security laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility, to establish and maintain a counterintelligence program adequate to protect national security information. Requires an employee of the Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence to be responsible for assessing counterintelligence matters at other Administration facilities at which restricted data is located. (Sec. 3234) Requires the Administrator to establish appropriate procedures to prohibit individuals from having unescorted access to any classified area or access to classified information unless they have been verified to hold the appropriate security clearances. (Sec. 3235) Directs the Administrator to establish procedures to govern access to information on Administration computers. States that no user of an Administration computer shall have any expectation of privacy in such use. (Sec. 3236) Directs the Administrator to report annually to the defense and appropriations committees on Administration special access programs. Requires the Administrator to report to such committees any planned changes in the classification of special access programs or any declassification of information concerning a special access program (with an authorized waiver for national security purposes). Prohibits the initiation of a new special access program until 30 days have elapsed since notification of the defense and appropriations committees. Subtitle C: Matters Relating to Personnel - Authorizes the Administrator to establish up to 300 scientific, engineering, and technical positions, to hire qualified personnel to fill such positions, and to set appropriate compensation levels. (Sec. 3242) Authorizes voluntary early retirement for Department employees who have completed 25 years of service, or 20 years of service at age 50, and are separated voluntarily due to a major DOE reorganization resulting from establishment of the Administration. Limits such authority to no more than 600 DOE employees, and terminates the authority on September 30, 2003. (Sec. 3243) Authorizes the Secretary to pay severance pay in a lump-sum to DOE employees entitled to such pay as a result of establishment of the Administration. (Sec. 3244) Authorizes the Secretary to continue to pay DOE's share of health insurance premiums of DOE employees who are involuntarily separated due to the establishment of the Administration. Subtitle D: Budget and Financial Management - Requires the President to submit the Administration budget separately within the amounts requested for DOE. (Sec. 3252) Requires the Administration to establish a sound planning, programming, and budgeting process for Administration activities using funds available for a limited number of years. (Sec. 3253) Directs the Administrator to submit annually to Congress a future-years nuclear security program reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations included in that budget. Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Administrator to: (1) ensure that the Administration complies with all applicable environmental, safety, and health statutes and substantive requirements; (2) ensure that Administration missions and programs are executed in full compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and (3) provide for the sharing of technology, technical capability, and expertise between the Administration and DOD to further national security objectives. (Sec. 3264) Directs the Secretary to provide for the use of the capabilities of the national security laboratories by elements of DOE not within the Administration, other Federal agencies, and other appropriate entities, including the use of capabilities to support efforts to defend against weapons of mass destruction. Subtitle F: Definitions - Defines terms for purposes of this title. Subtitle G: Amendatory Provisions, Transition Provisions, and Effective Dates - Transfers, upon enactment of this Act, DOE national security functions to the Administration. Allows the Secretary to transfer environmental and waste management activities to other DOE elements, in consultation with the Administrator and Congress. (Sec. 3292) Provides for the transfer of appropriate funds and employees in connection with the above transfer. (Sec. 3293) Establishes the compensation levels for the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and the Deputy Administrators. (Sec. 3294) Provides conforming amendments, transition provisions, and effective dates. Title XXXIII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIV: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY 2000, to obligate up to $78.7 million of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposal of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amounts 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations. (Sec. 3402) Authorizes the President to dispose of specified amounts of certain NDS materials. Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 which provide certain disposal restrictions. (Sec. 3403) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to prohibit the President from disposing of NDS materials in excess of that needed to achieve certain revenue requirements contained therein. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and administration of the Panama Canal for the period from October 1 through noon of December 31, 1999 (after which Canal ownership reverts to the Republic of Panama), with specified funding limits. (Sec. 3503) Requires Commission funds to be made available for the purchase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of passenger motor vehicles, with a per vehicle cost limit of $26,000. (Sec. 3504) Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to authorize the Office of Transition Administration, until October 1, 2004, to obligate and expend funds from the Panama Canal Commission Dissolution Fund for authorized Canal ownership transition purposes. Directs the Commission to enter into an agreement with the head of a Federal department or agency to supervise the close-out of Commission affairs with respect to the Canal and to certify the completion of such functions. Title XXXVI: Maritime Administration - Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Administration. (Sec. 3603) Extends through June 30, 2005, the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to provide war risk insurance and reinsurance.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) reserve procurements; (3) the Defense Inspector General; (4) the chemical demilitarization program; (5) Department of Defense (DOD) health care programs; and (6) the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program. Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes the use of multiyear procurement contracts for specified Army missiles, aircraft, vehicles, and programs. Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from entering into such a contract until the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) provides specified information to the Senate and House defense and appropriations committees regarding the total obligational authority for such program. (Sec. 112) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to their availability from domestic sources. Extends the deadline for a report from the Defense Inspector General under such pilot program. (Sec. 113) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to revise conditions for the award of a second-source procurement contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for the F-A 18E-F aircraft. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from entering into such a contract until the Secretary provides specified information to the defense and appropriations committees regarding the total obligational authority for such program and a related certification. Subtitle D: Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program - Directs the Secretary to conduct an assessment of the current program for the destruction of the U.S. chemical agents and munitions stockpile in order to reduce significantly the cost of such program, ensure completion of the program under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and maintain maximum protection of the general public, the personnel involved in the demilitarization program, and the environment. Authorizes the Secretary, following such assessment, to take necessary actions to achieve such purposes. Requires a report to Congress. Prohibits facilities constructed to carry out such demilitarization from being used for any other purpose, with an exception. (Sec. 142) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to require the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army to jointly submit to Congress a plan for the transfer of oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program from the Under Secretary to such Secretary. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Prohibits the Secretary from obligating any funds after the end of FY 2000 to buy or lease a commercial satellite communications system or service unless the Secretary determines that such system or service has been proven through independent testing to be safe and not interfere with or disrupt the use of commercial or military Global Positioning System receivers used by DOD. (Sec. 152) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a program to procure firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. (Sec. 153) Provides for the installation of cooperative engagement equipment into Navy vessels, shore facilities, and aircraft in order to ensure the fielding of a battle group with fully functional cooperative engagement capability by FY 2003. Provides funding. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). (Sec. 202) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for basic and applied research projects. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary to establish and carry out a program to provide for the evaluation and competitive demonstration of concepts for advanced capability combat vehicles for the Army. Requires a report from the Secretary of the Army and the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to the defense and appropriations committees on program implementation. Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for such program. (Sec. 212) Requires the defense manufacturing technology program to address broad defense-related manufacturing inefficiencies and requirements. (Sec. 213) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary has failed to comply with the funding objective for the Defense Science and Technology Program, thus jeopardizing the stability of the defense technology base and technological superiority in future weapons systems. Calls for an increase in such Program budgeting for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009. Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - Requires additional program elements for ballistic missile defense programs. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to designate the Secretary of the Army as the DOD executive agent for oversight of RDT&E of certain high energy laser technologies. Requires such function to be carried out through the Army Space and Missile Command at the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the transfer of up to $150 million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to specified military O&M accounts for FY 2000. (Sec. 305) Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to transfer specified O&M funds within their department to defense working capital funds to fund operations of the Defense Commissary Agency. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Makes specified defense-wide O&M funds available for reimbursing the Navy Exchange Service Command for costs incurred to relocate to Virginia Beach, Virginia, and to lease headquarters space there. (Sec. 312) Earmarks Army O&M funds for the replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. (Sec. 313) Authorizes appropriations for the O&M of Air Force space launch facilities. Makes a corresponding reduction in other Air Force O&M funds. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of space launch ranges and requirements and report results to the defense and appropriations committees. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Directs the Secretary to use certain Army Corps of Engineers contracts for the remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint at U.S. military installations within the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirement on a case-by-case basis. Subtitle D: Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources - Directs the Secretary to include in an annual report concerning contracting for commercial and industrial type functions a summary of the number of work year equivalents performed by private contractor employees in providing services to DOD and the total value of the contracted services. (Sec. 332) Directs the Secretary, within ten days after a decision to waive a certain cost comparison study in connection with the conversion to contractor performance of any DOD commercial activity, to report to Congress describing the commercial activity subject to the waiver and the rationale for such waiver. (Sec. 334) Adds additional reporting requirements with respect to fiscal year expenditures for the performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by the public and private sector. (Sec. 336) Prohibits the Secretary and the Secretary of the military department concerned from imposing on a public entity awarded a contract for the performance of any depot-level maintenance and repair workload any requirements regarding management systems, reviews, oversight, or reporting different from that normally required to perform and manage such workloads by such entity, unless specifically provided in the solicitation for that contract. (Sec. 337) Directs the Secretary of the Army, before selecting an entity to develop and implement a new computer system for the Army Material Command to perform functions currently performed by Army computer centers in St. Louis, Missouri, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to provide such centers with an opportunity to establish their most efficient organization, which must be in place no later than May 31, 2001. (Sec. 338) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to Congress an evaluation of Air Force programs that are managed under the Total System Performance Responsibility Program. Requires the Comptroller General (CG) to review and evaluate such report. (Sec. 339) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to report to Congress identifying the core logistics capability requirements for depot-level maintenance and repair for the C-17 aircraft. Requires CG review. Subtitle E: Defense Dependents Education - Earmarks specified defense-wide O&M funds for providing assistance to local educational agencies that benefit military or Federal employee dependents under the defense domestic dependents elementary and secondary schools program. Authorizes the continued enrollment of such dependents at participating schools for the remainder of a school year, notwithstanding a change in the status of such member or employee that would otherwise terminate the eligibility of the dependent under the program. Subtitle F: Military Readiness Issues - Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study of DOD secondary inventory and inventory shortages affecting readiness. Requires the study entity to prepare a timetable for the disposal of excess inventory over a period not to exceed three years. Outlines report requirements. (Sec. 352) Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study of restructured sustainment and engineered logistics product support practices within DOD to determine whether such practices would be able to provide adequate sustainment supplies to military units and installations should it ever be necessary to execute the National Military Strategy prescribed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Outlines report requirements. (Sec. 353) Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study by the Rand Corporation of requirements for a comprehensive readiness reporting system for DOD as provided under the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. Outlines report requirements. (Sec. 354) Directs the Secretary to review the impact that the consistent lack of adequate funding for real property maintenance of military installations during the five-year period ending on December 31, 1998, has had on readiness, the quality of life of military personnel and their dependents, and the infrastructure on military installations. Requires a report. (Sec. 355) Directs the Secretary to establish logistics standards for sustained military operations. Requires such standards to be considered in establishing annual DOD funding requirements. Requires a report. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to install telephone lines and other necessary telecommunications equipment in the private residences of designated persons providing voluntary services, and to pay charges for the use of such equipment. (Sec. 362) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to use working capital-funded industrial facilities of that department to sell engineering services provided by such facilities to persons outside of DOD, under a DOD contract or subcontract. (Sec. 364) Authorizes DOD disbursing officials to provide operating funds to automated teller machines on naval vessels and to accept transfers of funds made through such machines. (Sec. 365) Authorizes the Chairman of the Retirement Home Board and the Director of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home to apply for and accept a direct grant from the Secretary of the Interior under the National Historic Preservation Act for maintaining, repairing, and preserving the historic buildings and grounds of such Home that are included on the National Register of Historic Places. (Sec. 366) Authorizes the above Board to lease (currently, only to sell) certain real property in the District of Columbia near the Home. Provides additional terms and conditions for such sale or lease. (Sec. 367) Prohibits Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam from being included as a point of origin in any test or demonstration program of DOD regarding the moving of household goods of military personnel. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2000. Revises such minimum end strength levels. (Sec. 403) Makes permanent: (1) the exemption from general and flag officer grade limitations appointments to certain senior joint officer positions; and (2) the requirement for the Secretaries concerned to each make one recommendation for a joint four-star officer position. Revises generally certain limitations on the authorized number of active duty generals and admirals for each armed force. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for military technicians (dual status). (Sec. 414) Increases the number of certain officers and enlisted personnel authorized to serve on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 415) Authorizes the end strengths of any reserve component of the Selected Reserve to be varied by up to two percent. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Authorizes a promotion selection board to recommend for promotion an officer from below the promotion zone for that position when the number of officers recommended is less than one. Subtitle B: Matters Relating to Reserve Components - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to: (1) delay the separation or retirement of a reserve officer until the completion of court-martial disciplinary proceedings; and (2) order a reserve member to active duty, with their consent, to receive authorized medical care, to be medically evaluated for disability or other purposes, or to complete a required DOD health care study. (Sec. 513) Makes ineligible for promotion a reserve officer serving in an educational delay status in order to attend an approved educational institution to receive advanced training, when such training is subsidized by the military department concerned. Makes such provision retroactive with respect to promotion boards convened before the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 514) Requires a major or lieutenant commander who has twice failed to be selected for promotion to be removed from the reserve active status list on the later of the first day of the month after such member completes 20 years of service (current law) or seven months after the President approves the report of the board which considered such officer for the second time. (Sec. 515) Excludes from the computation of creditable years of service for a reserve officer service performed as a reserve commissioned officer while in a program of advanced education to receive the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment within various military medical specialties, or as a chaplain or judge advocate, provided such service occurs before the officer commences initial active or reserve service in the specialty resulting from such degree. (Sec. 516) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to retain reserve component chaplains until age 67 (currently 60). (Sec. 517) Authorizes reserve personnel to travel in a space required status on military aircraft between the member's home and place of inactive-duty training, or place of duty in lieu of unit training assembly, when there is no available road or rail transportation. (Sec. 518) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide up to $5,200 yearly in financial assistance to certain members of the Marine Corps Reserve for completion of: (1) baccalaureate degree requirements in an educational program that takes less than five years to complete; or (2) doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws degree requirements in programs that take no more than three years to complete. Outlines eligibility requirements, including selection as an officer candidate in the Marine Corps Platoon Leader's Class Program and completion of at least six weeks of military training. Requires graduates to serve at least five years of active duty upon graduation. Prohibits more than 1, 200 individuals from participating in such program at any one time. Provides for the computation of creditable service for officers serving in such positions. (Sec. 519) Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct a review of the manner, process, and organization used by the Army to recruit new members for the Army Reserve. Requires a report. Subtitle C: Military Technicians - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to continue to pay compensation to a military technician (dual status) for up to 12 months (currently six months) after such individual loses membership in the Selected Reserve if such membership loss was not due to the failure to meet military standards. (Sec. 522) Requires military technicians (dual status) of the Army or Air Force Reserve who lose such dual status to either: (1) be separated from duty, if eligible for an unreduced annuity at the time; or (2) apply for either a return to dual status or employment in a civil service position that is not a technician position. Provides restrictions for a technician that continues employment as a non-dual status technician. Requires non-dual status technicians so employed who are eligible for an unreduced annuity to be separated from service within six months after enactment of this section. Requires technicians who are not eligible for an unreduced annuity to apply for either a dual status position or a civil service position that is not a technician position. Prohibits the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force, until October 1, 2004, from approving during any fiscal year more than 25 mandatory retirements under this section. Entitles to a retirement annuity an employee who was hired: (1) as a military reserve technician on or before February 10, 1996, and who is separated from such service after becoming 50 years of age and completing 25 years of service by reason of being separated from the Selected Reserve or ceasing to hold the military grade specified by the Secretary concerned for such position; or (2) as a military technician (dual status) after such date and who is separated from service or ceases to hold the necessary military grade after completing 25 years of service as a dual status technician or reaching 50 years of age and completing 20 years of such service. Entitles such personnel to appropriate disability retirement. (Sec. 523) Revises provisions concerning non-dual status technicians to: (1) define such a technician, among other things, as an individual who, when hired, was not required to maintain membership in the Selected Reserve; (2) prohibit, as of October 1, 2007, the total number of such technicians employed by the Army and Air Force Reserve from exceeding 175; and (3) prohibit, as of October 1, 2001, the total number of such technicians employed by the National Guard from exceeding 1,950. (Sec. 524) Revises provisions relating to National Guard technicians to: (1) require persons so employed to be dual status technicians and to hold the military grade specified for that position; (2) allow a person to be employed as a non-dual status technician if the position occupied has been designated to be filled only by a non-dual status technician; (3) implement the ceiling on such positions as established in the previous section; (4) provide for the prompt separation of persons who lose their dual status or cease to hold the necessary military grade; and (5) prohibit the Secretary concerned from prescribing a qualification applicable to such technicians (for Federal recognition purposes) that is not applicable to other members of the National Guard in the same grade, branch, position, and type of unit or organization involved. (Sec. 526) Directs the Secretary to review the Army process for developing estimates of the annual authorizations and appropriations required for civilian personnel of the Army generally and for National Guard and Army Reserve technicians in particular. Requires appropriate revision to such process, and a report to the defense committees. (Sec. 527) Sets forth the end strength as of the end of FY 2000 for civilian employees who are non-dual status technicians of the Army or Air Force Reserve or National Guard. Subtitle D: Service Academies - Increases from: (1) 35 to 50 percent the amount of reimbursement authorized to be waived by the Secretary concerned for educational costs of foreign students at U.S. service academies; and (2) five to 20 the number of such students for whom all such costs may be waived. (Sec. 532) Requires the Secretary of the Army to take necessary action to ensure that the U.S. Military Academy is in compliance with the cadet end strength limit not later than the day before the last day of the 2000-2001 academic year. Requires each department Secretary to enforce its maximum of 4,000 cadets or midshipmen as of the last day of any academic year. (Sec. 533) Provides the authorized military grade for persons serving as Dean of the Academic Board at the U.S. Military Academy and Dean of Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy. (Sec. 534) Excludes from general and flag officer grade limitations persons serving as a superintendent of a service academy. Subtitle E: Education and Training - Directs the Secretary to establish a program to facilitate the enrollment and instruction at senior military colleges of persons from foreign countries (the DOD international student program). Directs the Secretary to recommend students to such colleges. Requires the student to pay instruction costs. Provides FY 2000 funding for other program costs. (Sec. 542) Authorizes the Commandant of the U.S. Army War College to confer the degree of master of strategic studies. (Sec. 543) Authorizes the Commander of the Air University to confer the degree of master of strategic studies and master of military operational art and science. (Sec. 544) Revises generally provisions concerning the award of reserve service credit for participation in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. (Sec. 545) Makes permanent (currently terminates September 30, 1999) the authority of the Secretary concerned to allow graduate students to receive financial assistance under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. (Sec. 546) Increases the monthly subsistence allowance for senior ROTC cadets selected for advanced training. (Sec. 547) Makes yearly amounts available for the National Guard Challenge Program in excess of $62.5 million available for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (Sec. 548) Changes from annually to biennially a required report from the Secretary to Congress concerning operation of the educational assistance program under the Montgomery GI Bill. (Sec. 549) Prohibits the availability of DOD and certain other funding to a covered educational entity if the Secretary determines that such entity has a policy or practice that either prohibits or prevents access to such campus for military recruitment purposes. Provides exceptions. Subtitle F: Decorations and Awards - Waives time limitations with respect to the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to certain individuals recognized by the Secretary of the Navy for service during World War II or Korea. (Sec. 552) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should award a Presidential Unit Citation to the crew of the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS in recognition of courage and skill throughout World War II. (Sec. 553) Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Increases to up to 36 of the following 48 (currently 12 of the following 24) months the authorized period that the Secretary concerned may order to active duty certain retired members of the regular and reserve armed forces. Increases to 150 (currently 25) the number of officers of any one service authorized to be so ordered. Excludes from general and flag officer limitations officers assigned to a military retiree council. (Sec. 562) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, during FY 1999 through 2002, to recall to active duty any retired officer having expertise as an aviator to fill staff positions normally filled by active-duty aviators. Requires release from such active duty period after one year. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the use of such authority. (Sec. 563) Requires the Navy Council of Personnel Boards to be professionally staffed by the Secretary of the Navy. (Sec. 564) Prohibits civil employment for regular and reserve officers serving on active duty under a call or order for a period in excess of 270 (currently 180) days. (Sec. 565) Revises provisions concerning the provision of honor guard details at funerals of veterans to: (1) require such detail to consist of at least two (currently three) members; (2) require one detail member to be of the same armed force as the deceased veteran; (3 require the Secretary concerned to provide material, equipment, and training to support nongovernmental organizations in supporting such details; (4) revise generally procedures for coordinating and responding to requests for such details; (5) authorize the Secretary to waive any requirements for honor guard details because of a contingency operation or when necessary to meet military requirements (requiring waiver notification to the defense committees); (6) include decedents who were members of the Selected Reserve among those eligible for such details; and (7) authorize the acceptance of voluntary services of veterans support organizations with respect to such a detail. Authorizes a member of the Army or Air National Guard or Ready Reserve to be ordered to such duty, with such member's consent. Requires a minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive service credit and any authorized compensation. Treats such duty as inactive-duty training for purposes of creditable service and benefits entitlement. Authorizes reimbursement for travel and transportation expenses incurred in conjunction with such duty when performed 50 miles or more from the member's residence. Prohibits performance of such duty by a reserve member from being considered a period of drill or training. Provides for the crediting of such service for retirement purposes. Authorizes a member of the Ready Reserve to be paid an allowance of $50 for such duty, at the discretion of the Secretary concerned. (Sec. 566) Requires the National Guard Challenge Program to include at least a 22-week residential program and a 12-month post-residential monitoring period. Increases to $62.5 million the annual funding limit for such program. (Sec. 567) Requests each local educational agency to provide to DOD the same access to secondary school students and related enrollment information as is generally provided to post-secondary educational institutions or prospective employers. (Sec. 568) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a survey on attitudes toward military service by members who are discharged from such service or transfer to a reserve component during the period between January 1 and June 30, 2000. Requires a report. (Sec. 569) Directs the Secretary of each military department to review their military personnel system to identify those policies that prevent warfighting units from being fully manned, and to appropriately revise such policies. Requires a report. (Sec. 570) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to provide the maximum possible protection for the confidentiality of communications between a military dependent who is a victim or perpetrator of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or intrafamily abuse and their therapist, counselor, or other person providing professional services. Requires a study by the CG and a report to the Secretary and Congress on study results. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives any FY 2000 military pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for Government employees. Increases by 4.8 percent, effective January 1, 2000, the rates of basic pay for military personnel. Revises, effective July 1, 2000, the rates of such pay for commissioned and warrant officers within specified grades. Requires increases in such pay for fiscal years after 2000 by a specified percentage based on the Economic Cost Index. (Sec. 603) Earmarks specified military personnel funds authorized under this Act for a FY 2000 increase in the basic allowance for military housing inside the United States. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Extends through 2000 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 1999 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. (Sec. 614) Requires air battle managers entitled to aviation career incentive pay to receive the higher of such pay or the amount they were receiving prior to such entitlement. (Sec. 615) Revises provisions authorizing special pay to certain aviation career officers agreeing to extend their period of active duty to: (1) include officers below pay grade O-7 (currently O-6); (2) remove the requirement that such officers be in a critical aviation specialty and have completed at least six but less than 13 years of active duty; (3) repeal the lower alternative amount of such bonus for officers agreeing to serve for three additional years or less; (4) allow the term of the agreement to be extended so long as it does not extend beyond the period on which the officer would complete 25 years of aviation service (currently, 14 years of commissioned service); and (5) repeal certain content requirements for an annual report from the Secretaries concerned on such special pay authority. (Sec. 616) Increases: (1) the rate of diving duty special pay; (2) the reenlistment bonus for active-duty personnel; and (3) the critical skills enlistment bonus (authorizing the lump-sum payment of such bonus). (Sec. 619) Authorizes payment of a prior service enlistment bonus to certain members of the Selected Reserve attaining positions designated as critically short. (Sec. 620) Increases: (1) certain special pay and authorized bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers; and (2) the foreign language proficiency special pay. (Sec. 622) Authorizes special pay for certain special warfare officers who agree to remain on active duty in such service for at least one additional year. Limits such payment to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete 14 years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 623) Authorizes the payment of special pay of up to $50,000 for surface warfare officers who agree to remain on active duty to complete one or more tours of duty to which such officer may be ordered to serve as a department head on a surface ship. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 624) Authorizes the payment of career enlisted flyer incentive pay to enlisted personnel who: (1) are entitled to basic pay or inactive duty training pay; (2) hold or are training for a career enlisted occupational or flyer specialty; and (3) are qualified for aviation service. Outlines operational flying duty requirements. Provides for the monthly amounts of such pay which increases with the years of creditable aviation service performed. Prohibits such pay for members already receiving either hazardous duty incentive pay or diving duty special pay. (Sec. 625) Authorizes the payment of judge advocate continuation pay for judge advocates who have completed their prior service commitments and agree to remain on active duty in such service for an additional period. Limits such pay to $60,000. Requires the pro rata repayment of such pay for periods not served. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the need for additional incentives to improve the recruitment and retention of judge advocates. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Authorizes the Secretary concerned, if transient Government housing is not available, to provide lodging-in-kind for reserve personnel performing training duty and not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation allowances. (Sec. 632) Authorizes the payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of duty station. (Sec. 633) Authorizes the use of any airport in the United States at which travel can be arranged at the same or lower cost in connection with emergency leave travel for military personnel. (Currently, only travel from the closest airport is authorized.) Subtitle D: Retired Pay Reform - Limits the application of a reduction in retired pay currently required for individuals who first became members of the armed forces after July 31, 1986, and retired with less than 30 years of creditable service only to those who have elected to receive a bonus under this section. Makes eligible for such bonus those members who became members after such date, have 15 years or more of active duty, and execute written agreements to complete at least five more years of continuous active duty service. Makes such bonus a lump-sum amount of $30,000. Requires the Secretary concerned to notify eligible individuals of such bonus. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. Subtitle E: Other Retired Pay and Survivor Benefit Matters - Authorizes the Secretary concerned, solely for allowing disability retirement eligibility for members dying in civilian medical facilities, to specify a date and time of death that is later than the time and death determined by the attending physician in such facility. Provides limitations. Makes such authority retroactive to persons dying on or after January 1, 1998. (Sec. 652) Extends eligibility for an annuity for the surviving spouses of certain deceased former reserve personnel to those surviving spouses of individuals who died before March 21, 1974, while entitled to retired pay (current law) or was a member of a reserve component before October 1, 1978 (currently, during the period between September 21, 1972, and October 1, 1978) and would have been entitled to retired pay but for the fact of being under 60 years of age. (Sec. 653) Extends authority for the presentation of the U.S. flag upon retirement to: (1) reserve personnel transferred from an active status or discharged after completion of eligibility for reserve retired pay; and (2) commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (PHS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (Sec. 654) Includes NOAA officers in the DOD Military Retirement Fund. Requires Department of Commerce contributions to the Fund for such officers. Includes the Secretary of Commerce or the Department of Commerce within certain reporting requirements relating to such Fund. (Sec. 655) Provides disability retirement or separation for members with at least eight years of active service for pre-existing conditions incurred before the member became entitled to basic pay in such member's current period of active duty. Provides a special rule for Selected Reserve members with physical disabilities not incurred in the line of duty. Subtitle F: Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan - Authorizes a member performing active service of more than 30 days to elect to contribute a portion of basic pay (not to exceed five percent) or a portion of any special or incentive pay to the Thrift Savings Fund. Prohibits matching contributions. Adds a representative of such members to the Employee Thrift Advisory Council. Makes such authority effective one year after the enactment of this Act or July 1, 2000, whichever is later, and makes such authority contingent upon offsetting legislation proposed by the President for FY 2001. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Authorizes the lump-sum payment of accrued unused annual leave upon a member's reenlistment into the armed forces. (Sec. 672) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, under certain circumstances, to pay a per diem allowance to certain military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. (Sec. 673) Requires (currently authorizes) the Secretary to carry out a supplemental food benefits program for members on duty at stations outside the United States, and eligible civilians accompanying such personnel. Repeals a provision requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to make available to the Secretary for such program payments and commodities made for a supplemental food program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1976. Revises generally program administration. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, if requested by the Secretary, to provide technical assistance in carrying out the program. (Sec. 674) Directs the Secretary concerned to pay to each eligible disabled military retiree a monthly amount, such amount being $300 for a disability rated as total, $200 for a disability rated at 90 percent, and $100 for one rated at 80 or 70 percent. Makes eligible for such payments retirees who have completed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable service and have a service-connected disability. (Sec. 675) Makes inapplicable to members deployed in a contingency operation or similar operational mission a required limitation in the amount of tuition costs that will be paid for education or training during off-duty periods. Title VII: Health Care Matters - Subtitle A: Health Care Services - Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with designated health care providers to provide health care services in or through managed care plans to an eligible member of the armed forces who resides within the service area of the provider. (Sec. 702) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 with respect to the chiropractic health care demonstration program to: (1) remove its demonstration program designation; (2) direct the Secretary, during FY 2000, to furnish the same chiropractic care in the designated military medical treatment facilities as furnished during the demonstration program; (3) revise certain reporting and related requirements; and (4) require a report from the Secretary to the defense committees if the Secretary determines that chiropractic health care services should be offered in military medical facilities or as part of the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program). (Sec. 703) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to continue payment under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) for domiciliary or custodial care services to covered beneficiaries who, prior to the effective date of final regulations implementing the individual case management program, were provided such care. (Sec. 704) Removes the prohibition on the use of DOD funds to perform abortions in the case in which pregnancy is the result of forcible rape or incest which has been reported to a law enforcement agency. Subtitle B: TRICARE Program - Directs the Secretary, within six months after enactment of this Act, to implement a system for processing claims under the TRICARE program under which: (1) 95 percent of all mistake-free claims are processed within 30 days; and (2) 100 percent of such claims are processed within 100 days. Authorizes the Secretary to require that interest be paid on all claims not processed within 30 days. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a contractor to begin providing managed care support under the TRICARE program until at least nine months after the award of the contract. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on claims backlogs and managed care support contracts. (Sec. 712) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain required deductibles under the TRICARE program for an eligible dependent of a reserve member on active duty, or National Guard member on full-time duty, under a call or order for a period of less than one year. (Sec. 713) Authorizes the electronic processing of claims under the TRICARE Program. (Sec. 714) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a study of how rates under CHAMPUS and Medicare compare to usual and customary commercial insurance rates; and (2) a proposal for an increase in CHAMPUS and Medicare rates. (Sec. 715) Directs the Secretary to require that all new TRICARE Prime contracts include a requirement that the TRICARE Prime Remote network provide health care to members and their dependents in geographically separate units outside the catchment area of a military medical treatment facility. Requires an implementation report. (Sec. 716) Provides that, in the case of a covered TRICARE eligible beneficiary who is not enrolled in TRICARE Prime, the Secretary may not require under any new health care contract that such beneficiary obtain a nonavailability statement or preauthorization in order to receive such services from a civilian provider or facilities outside the 200-mile radius of a military medical treatment facility. Provides exceptions. (Sec. 717) Provides reimbursement of certain costs incurred by covered TRICARE Prime beneficiaries when referred for care to a provider or facility more than 100 miles outside the local catchment area of a military treatment facility. (Sec. 718) Directs the Secretary to eliminate requirements in certain cases under TRICARE Prime that network primary care managers preauthorize covered beneficiaries to receive certain preventive health care services within the managed care support contract network without preauthorization from a primary care manager. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary, after specified consultation, to establish in DOD a pharmacy benefits program which shall include a uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents, and to begin implementing such formulary no later than October 1, 2000. Requires such program to assure the availability of clinically appropriate pharmaceutical agents to military personnel, including, if appropriate, agents not included on the formulary. Directs the Secretary to establish a: (1) pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee to develop the formulary, review it, and make recommendations concerning appropriate formulary changes; and (2) Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel to review and comment on formulary development. Directs the Secretary, by April 1, 2000, to implement the Pharmacy Data Transaction Service. Provides deadlines and report requirements. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on a design for a comprehensive pharmacy benefit for covered CHAMPUS beneficiaries who are enrolled and entitled to benefits under Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act). (Sec. 722) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the administration of the collection from third party insurers of the costs of care provided in military health care facilities to covered beneficiaries of such insurers. (Sec. 723) Authorizes the Armed Forces Medical Examiner to conduct forensic pathology examinations, including an autopsy, to determine the cause or manner of death of persons under certain circumstances, including those who die while imprisoned in a military installation or from an injury or illness incurred during active duty or military training. Subjects such authority to the primary jurisdiction of any State or local government, or foreign country in which there is an international agreement with the United States. (Sec. 724) Earmarks specified O&M funds for start-up costs for a Trauma Training Center to enhance the Army's capability to train forward surgical teams. (Sec. 725) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a study identifying areas within the Defense Health Program for which joint operations might be increased. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain defense contracting procedures for the acquisition of coal or coke (currently, only for petroleum and natural gas). (Sec. 802) Amends the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 to extend through 2001 DOD's authority to issue solicitations for purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. (Sec. 803) Includes the M2 and M60 machine guns within the authority of the Secretary to make procurements from the small arms production industrial base. (Sec. 804) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY 1999) the authority for small business concerns to credit toward certain small business subcontracting goals purchases made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped. (Sec. 805) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 2003 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. (Sec. 806) Authorizes the Secretary to proceed with production of a national missile defense system without regard to whether initial operational testing and evaluation of such system has been completed. Requires such testing and evaluation to be completed as soon as practicable, and before system deployment. Directs the Secretary to notify the defense committees when such authority is exercised. (Sec. 807) Requires certain reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the procurement of a sufficient amount of precision munitions to carry out two major theater wars. (Sec. 808) Directs the Secretary to implement a program to provide increased opportunities for small businesses to provide innovative technology for DOD acquisition programs. Requires a report. (Sec. 809) Prohibits funds authorized under this Act from being expended without compliance with the Buy American Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that any DOD entity, in expending funds authorized by this Act, should purchase only American-made equipment and products. Authorizes the Secretary to debar from participation in DOD contracts any person convicted of intentionally affixing a "Made in America" label to any product not so made. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Prohibits the total amount obligated during FY 2000 for contracted and advisory assistance services from exceeding the amount specified in the President's budget for such services in such fiscal year, reduced by $100 million. (Sec. 902) Redesignates the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Establishes the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness for advice and recommendations concerning DOD logistics and materiel readiness. (Sec. 903) Directs the Secretary to issue a revision to the current directive for DOD management headquarters and headquarters support activities that incorporate: (1) a threshold specified by command; (2) a definition of such activities that is based upon function and includes any activity that reports directly to such an activity; and (3) uniform application of such revisions throughout DOD. (Sec. 904) Directs the Secretary to reduce during FY 2000 defense acquisition and support personnel so that the total number of such personnel by October 1, 2000, is at least 25,000 less than such number as of October 1, 1999. (Sec. 905) Directs the Secretary to establish a Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs as part of the National Defense University. Requires the Center to study the national goals and strategic posture of the People's Republic of China and the ability of such nation to develop, field, and deploy an effective military instrument in support of its strategic objectives. Requires the Center's core faculty to be scholars capable of providing diverse perspectives on Chinese political, strategic, and military thought. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress a timetable and organizational plan for establishing the Center. (Sec. 906) Makes the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness responsible for monitoring the operations and personnel tempo (deployments and deployment tracking) of the armed forces. (Sec. 907) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on U.S. military space policy. (Sec. 908) Authorizes the Secretary to employ and compensate civilian faculty members of the African Center for Strategic Studies. (Sec. 909) Provides additional matters to be included in an annual report on joint warfighting experimentation. (Sec. 910) Directs the Secretary to establish the Technology Security Directorate of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency as a separate defense agency named the Defense Technology Security Agency to advise on policy issues related to the transfer of specified strategically sensitive technology. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2 billion of authorizations made available in this Division for FY 2000 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. (Sec. 1002) Incorporates into this Act the Classified Annex prepared to accompany this Act and transmitted to the President. (Sec. 1003) Authorizes appropriations in the amount that was appropriated to DOD for military personnel accounts specified in the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. (Sec. 1004) Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to repeal the requirement for a two-year DOD budget cycle. (Sec. 1005) Revises provisions concerning the acceptance of gifts and bequests for the benefit of the U.S. Naval Academy to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to accept such gifts for the Naval Academy Museum. Repeals the Naval Academy Museum Fund and the Naval Historical Center Fund, requiring amounts from such Funds to be deposited into the United States Naval Academy Gift and Museum Fund. (Sec. 1006) Requires the President to transmit to Congress a supplemental appropriations request for DOD if he determines it to be in the national security interest to conduct combat or peacekeeping operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during FY 2000. Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - Requires congressional notification followed by a 30-day waiting period prior to the transfer of a vessel which has been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. (Sec. 1012) Authorizes the President to consent to the transfer of the ex-USS BOWMAN COUNTY to the USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., for museum-related purposes. (Sec. 1013) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on naval vessel force structure requirements. (Sec. 1014) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into contracts with private U.S. shipyards for the construction of new surface vessels for long-term lease to the United States for use by: (1) the Navy combat logistics or strategic sealift force; or (2) other auxiliary support vessels for DOD. Requires such contracts to be authorized by law. Outlines contract requirements. (Sec. 1015) Authorizes the Secretary, after a determination of economic soundness for a proposed offer, to provide advance payments to a contractor for specified costs associated with inclusion or incorporation of defense features in a commercial vessel. Requires the contractor to provide a security interest for such payments. Subtitle C: Matters Relating to Counter Drug Activities - Earmarks specified O&M funds authorized under this Act for conducting the counter-drug operation known as Caper Focus, which targets the maritime movement of cocaine on vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for conversion to operational status of a specified wide aperture radar facility in Southern California. Directs the Secretary, as part of such conversion, to evaluate the facility's ability to detect and track high-speed vessels typically used in the water transportation of illegal drugs. Requires a report. (Sec. 1022) Prohibits the use of funds for proposed forward operating locations outside the United States from which the U.S. Southern Command may conduct counter-drug detection and flight monitoring until a formal agreement regarding the use of such a location is executed between the United States and the host nation. (Sec. 1023) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to direct the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the deployment of U.S. military personnel in Columbia. (Sec. 1024) Authorizes the Secretary, upon written request from the Attorney General (AG) or Secretary of the Treasury, to assign members of the armed forces to assist: (1) the Immigration and Naturalization Service in preventing the entry of terrorists and drug traffickers into the United States; and (2) the U.S. Customs Service in inspection activities at ports of entry to prevent the entry of weapons of mass destruction and their related components, prohibited narcotics or drugs, or other terrorist or drug trafficking items. Provides for a training program for such personnel. Requires a civilian law enforcement officer from the agency concerned to accompany any member assigned. Terminates such authority after September 30, 2002. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Requires the Secretary to include in annual budget justification materials specific identification of amounts required to carry out records declassification activities pursuant to executive order. Limits to $20 million the amount authorized for FY 2000 for such activities. (Sec. 1032) Directs the Secretary to notify the defense committees of information received with respect to the compromise of classified information concerning defense programs. (Sec. 1033) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to prohibit DOD funds from being used to retire or dismantle B-52H bomber aircraft below a level of 76 (currently 71). States that all such strategic nuclear force limitations contained therein shall cease to apply upon a specified certification from the President to Congress. Requires a minimum level of strategic nuclear delivery systems if the President submits such certification. (Sec. 1034) Directs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to report to the Secretary the Chairman's assessment of the strategic and military risks associated with executing missions under the current national military strategy. (Sec. 1035) Directs the Secretary to include in his annual budget report a description of the operations and personnel tempo of the armed forces. (Sec. 1036) Makes a specified provision of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act calling for the elimination of certain reporting requirements inapplicable to specified reporting requirements contained in certain Federal armed forces provisions, prior military or national defense authorization Acts, and related Acts. (Sec. 1038) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to the United Service Organizations, Inc (USO)., to contribute funds for the USO's Spirit of Hope Endowment Fund. Provides grant funds from O&M funds authorized under this Act. (Sec. 1039) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the AG quantities of non-stockpile lethal chemical agents required to support training at the Chemical Defense Training Facility in Fort McClellan, Alabama, against terrorist use of lethal chemical weapons or agents. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on such transfers. (Sec. 1040) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain costs for the education of foreign military officers and civilian officials at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies if determined to be in the national security interest. Authorizes the Secretary to accept gifts and donations to offset such costs, under certain conditions. Requires the Secretary to notify Congress if such donations and gifts exceed $2 million in any fiscal year. (Sec. 1041) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress describing the effect of continued U.S. military operations in the Balkans region on the ability of the United States to successfully engage in a major contingency or two simultaneous major theater wars. (Sec. 1042) Directs the Secretary to report to the President and the defense, intelligence, and appropriations committees on the factors involved in the three recent failures of the Titan IV space launch vehicle and the reforms that the Secretary is implementing to minimize future failures of such vehicle and future launch systems. Requires an interim report. (Sec. 1043) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on airlift requirements to support the U.S. national military strategy. (Sec. 1044) Provides authorized uses of lease proceeds in connection with the operation of the Naval Academy Dairy Farm. (Sec. 1045) Directs the DOD Inspector General to investigate whether DOD purchases of free weight strength training equipment are being made in compliance with the Buy American Act. Requires the report to be transmitted to the Secretary and then to Congress. (Sec. 1046) Amends the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1999 to state that certain assistance provided to Federal, State, and local agencies under such Act shall include the performance by the Department of Justice of assessments of the threat and risk of terrorist employment of weapons of mass destruction against cities and other local areas. Provides for a related pilot test by the Attorney General. Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel - Continues, notwithstanding certain Federal pay limitations, the authority of the Secretaries of Defense or a military department to fix the pay of civilian employees paid from nonappropriated funds, with a limitation. (Sec. 1102) Provides for the restoration of earned but unused annual leave in the case of DOD emergency essential employees deployed to a combat zone outside the United States. (Sec. 1103) Authorized the use of Federal annual leave for the performance of inactive-duty training for Guard and reserve personnel. (Sec. 1104) Entitles to early retirement and separation incentives a DOD civilian employee who: (1) has been continuously employed by DOD for 30 days; (2) is serving under an appointment that is not time-limited; (3) is not in receipt of a notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable performance; (4) is separated voluntarily; (5) has completed 25 years of service or is at least 50 years old and has completed 20 years of service; and (6) retires before October 1, 2000. Requires additional DOD contributions to Federal retirement funds to cover such incentives. Provides additional eligibility requirements. (Sec. 1105) Extends through specified conditional dates the temporary authority to continue health insurance coverage for certain DOD employees. Offsets the costs of such continued authority through certain O&M funds authorized under this Act. Title XII: Matters Relating to Other Nations - Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the strategic stability between the United States and Russia and other potential nuclear adversaries. (Sec. 1202) Amends the Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act of 1992 to extend through FY 2000 the use of certain counterproliferation authorities for the support of U.S. weapons inspection activities in Iraq. (Sec. 1203. Prohibits the Secretary from authorizing specified military-to-military exchanges or contacts with representatives of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic of China. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to search and rescue or humanitarian exercises. Requires the Secretary to certify to the defense committees whether any such exchange or contact has taken place. Requires an annual report on the current state of contacts with the People's Liberation Army. (Sec. 1204) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the current military capabilities of allied nations to contribute to the successful conduct of major theater wars as anticipated in the Quadrennial Defense Review of 1997. (Sec. 1205) Limits the amount of authorized O&M funds that may be used for the incremental costs of U.S. armed forces for Bosnia peacekeeping operations. Authorizes the waiver of such limitation upon a certification from the President to Congress containing specified assurances. (Sec. 1206) Prohibits, with limited exceptions, any funds available to DOD from being used for the deployment of U.S. armed forces in Haiti. Requires a report. (Sec. 1207) Outlines U.S. goals for the conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (Sec. 1208) Requires a report from the Secretary to the foreign relations committees on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. (Sec. 1209) Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on the current and future military strategy and capabilities of the People's Republic of China (China). Title XIII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - Specifies the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) programs to be funded by O&M funds authorized under this Act. Allocates CTR funds among various CTR programs and activities, prohibiting the use of such funds for any other purpose until 30 days after the Secretary reports such purpose to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to obligate amounts in excess of those stated for such purposes, but prohibits the total amount obligated from exceeding the amount authorized. Requires congressional notification followed by a 15-day waiting period when the Secretary exercises such authority. (Sec. 1303) Prohibits the use of CTR funds for FY 2000 and thereafter for: (1) peacekeeping activities with Russia; (2) housing; (3) environmental restoration assistance; (4) job retraining assistance; (5) defense conversion assistance to Russia or any other state of the former Soviet Union; or (6) the elimination of conventional weapons or the delivery vehicles of such weapons. (Sec. 1304) Prohibits the use of FY 2000 CTR funds for the construction of a certain fissile material storage facility in Russia until 15 days after the Secretary notifies Congress that the two countries have signed an agreement allowing the United States to verify the weapons origin of the material stored. Requires certain additional verifications before any CTR funds may be used for such construction. (Sec. 1305) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY 2000 CTR funds for: (1) planning, design, or construction of a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia; (2) biological weapons proliferation prevention activities in Russia until a specified report is submitted; and (3) any activity until the Secretary reports to Congress on a multiyear plan for the use of CTR funds. (Sec. 1308) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress: (1) an explanation of DOD strategy for encouraging states of the former Soviet Union that receive CTR funds to contribute financially to the threat reduction effort; (2) a prioritization of DOD projects carried out under CTR programs; and (3) an identification of any limitations that the United States has or will seek to impose on the level of assistance provided by the United States for each of such projects. (Sec. 1309) Directs the President to report to Congress on the Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. Title XIV: Proliferation and Export Control Matters - Requires a report from the President to Congress on compliance with the Missile Technology Control Regime by China and any actual or suspected transfer by Russia or any other country of missile technology to China in violation of such Regime. (Sec. 1402) Requires an annual report from the President to Congress on transfers of military technology to China. (Sec. 1403) Requires the President to report to Congress on implementation of a required transfer of satellites and related items from the Commerce Control List of dual-use items to the United States Munitions List. (Sec. 1404) Outlines specified requirements, to be enforced by the Secretary of State, as conditions of the export license for any satellite to be launched outside the United States. (Sec. 1405) Directs the Secretary to require that DOD space launch monitors assigned to monitor launches in China maintain records of all information authorized to be transmitted to China. Directs the Secretary to ensure transmission of such information to other authorized Federal agencies. (Sec. 1406) Directs the Secretaries of Energy, Defense, and State to review and report to Congress on the national security implications of exporting high-performance computers to China. (Sec. 1407) Directs the President to seek to enter into an agreement with China for the revision of existing verification systems for the export to China of high-performance computers. (Sec. 1408) Directs the President to recommend to Congress procedures for the review of the export of controlled technologies and items which are of greatest national security concern. (Sec. 1409) Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require notification to the President of a proposed merger, acquisition, or takeover by foreign firms of U.S. firms engaged in national security industries. (Sec, 1410) Requires a report to Congress by the inspectors general of specified Federal agencies on the adequacy of current export controls and counterintelligence measures to protect against the acquisition by China of military sensitive U.S. technology. (Sec. 1411) Directs the President to establish new binding international controls on technology transfers that threaten international peace and U.S. national security. Establishes in DOD an Office of Technology Security for such purposes. (Sec. 1412) Requires annual audits by the inspectors general of DOD and Energy of policies and procedures concerning the export of technology to China. (Sec. 1413) Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that, in any fiscal year, adequate resources are allocated to the Office of Trade Defense Controls for the review and processing of export license applications. Requires similar allocations by the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. (Sec. 1414) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress assessing the cumulative impact of individual licenses granted by the United States for exports, goods, or technology to certain countries of concern. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - 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 family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under Title XXI. (Sec. 2205) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) accept from the Guam Power Authority various improvements to certain electrical transformers in Guam; and (2) carry out a military construction project involving infrastructure development at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Virginia. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. (Sec. 2305) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to report to Congress a plan for the completion of multi-phase efforts to consolidate research and technology development activities conducted at the Rome Research Site in Rome, New York. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. (Sec. 2403) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for deposit into the Department of Defense Family Housing Fund. (Sec. 2404) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. (Sec. 2405) Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2406) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. (Sec. 2407) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of drug interdiction and counter-drug activities funding authorized under this title until 30 days after the Secretary describes in detail to Congress the purposes for which such funds will be obligated for the development of forward operating locations for U.S. Southern Command counter-drug detection and flight monitoring. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2002, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2003, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Allows contributions made under title XXV, above, to be used for support for implementation of a military operations plan approved by the North Atlantic Council. (Sec. 2802) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to exercise appropriate authority to develop Ford Island, Hawaii, in a manner compatible with the Navy mission, as long as such Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees a master plan for such development and 30 days have since elapsed. 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 supporting facilities on such Island. Authorizes transfers to such Account from specified military housing funds. (Sec. 2803) Limits the type of ancillary supporting facility that may be included in the acquisition or construction of military family housing units to those that would not be in direct competition with any military resale activities conducted for military morale, welfare, and recreation purposes. (Sec. 2804) Authorizes the use of available funds for design (currently, only planning) in connection with the acquisition of reserve facilities. (Sec. 2805) Authorizes the use of unspecified minor construction funds for construction projects costing less than $3 million and intended to correct deficiencies that are a threat to life, health, or safety. (Sec. 2806) Expands the entities (currently, only private persons) eligible to participate in a DOD program to acquire or construct military family or unaccompanied housing units on or near military installations to include a corporation, firm, partnership, company, State or local government, or State or local housing authority. Allows such entities to participate in direct loans and loan guarantees, rental guarantees, and differential lease payments under the program. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - Extends through FY 2005 the authority of the Secretary to lease property for special operations activities. (Sec. 2812) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, in connection with the conveyance of a utility system, to enter into a contract for utility services for a period not to exceed 50 years. Authorizes the use of military construction project funds to facilitate such conveyances. (Sec. 2813) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to accept funds from a person or entity to cover administrative expenses relating to the disposal of real property for which such Secretary will be the disposal agent. (Sec. 2814) Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on an evaluation of the impact upon military readiness of any proposed changes in land management of certain Utah lands which are adjacent to or near the Utah Test and Training Range. Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to provide authority for the continued use of the Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for activities required to close or realign military installations. Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part I: Army Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a portion of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for use as a national cemetery; (2) Kankakee, Illinois, the Stefaninch Army Reserve Center in Kankakee; (3) the Fort Des Moines Black Officers Memorial, Inc., a chapel and building at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, for memorial and educational purposes; (4) the Borough of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, the Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84 in Marcus Hook, for economic development purposes; (5) Juneau, Alaska, the Juneau National Guard Dock; (6) the Veterans Services Commission of the State of Arizona a portion of Fort Huachuca, Arizona, for a State-run veterans cemetery; (7) the Cannon Falls Area Schools, Minnesota Independent School District Number 252, the Army Reserve Center in Cannon Falls, for educational uses; (8) the Township Council of East Hanover, New Jersey, the Nike Battery 80 family housing site in East Hanover, for housing and recreational purposes; (9) Moline, Illinois, a portion of the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois; and (10) Arden Hills, Minnesota, a portion of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, for construction of a city hall complex. (Sec. 2840) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to add certain landfill restrictions to a land conveyance involving the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Part II: Navy Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to: (1) Dallas, Texas, the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387 in Dallas; (2) the Orange County Navigation and Port District, Texas, a portion of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Orange, Texas; and (3) the State of North Carolina a portion of the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, for development for educational purposes. Part III: Air Force Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to: (1) the redevelopment authority for Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, a deactivated fuel supply line at such Base; (2) Panama City, Florida, the military housing project for Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida; (3) the town of Ohio, New York, the Forestport Test Annex, for economic and municipal purposes; and (4) the Regents of the University of California the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center in California. (Sec. 2863) Authorizes the Secretaries of the Air Force and the Interior to convey to the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, certain land adjacent to the Port of Anchorage Marine Industrial Park. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the Army certain parcels of real property in Arlington, Virginia, for the expansion of Arlington National Cemetery. Directs the Secretary of the Army to modify the boundary of such Cemetery to include certain lands situated in Fort Myer, Virginia. Provides transfer deadlines and requires a report concerning additional lands in Fort Myer that may be suitable for expansion of such Cemetery. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI (sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2000 for operating expenses, capital equipment, and plant projects necessary in carrying out the following activities for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (3) other defense activities; (4) defense nuclear waste disposal; and (5) defense environmental management privatization activities. (Sec. 3106) Increases amounts authorized under this title for Counterintelligence Cyber Security programs. Requires an offsetting reduction of funds available for contractor travel expenses. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 110 percent of the program authorization or $1 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress until the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this Division) transmits to the defense and appropriations committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have since expired. (Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Requires congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits. (Sec. 3124) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOE-authorized funds: (1) to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which such funds were authorized; or (2) between authorizations within DOE, to be merged with and available for the same purposes. Requires notification to the defense committees of any such transfers. (Sec. 3125) Directs the Secretary, before submitting a funding request for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program, to complete a conceptual design for such project. Requires a separate funding request for designs for which the estimated cost exceeds $3 million. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for the design does not exceed $600,000. Requires specific authorization by law for designs exceeding such amount. (Sec. 3126) Authorizes the use of DOE funds for planning, design, and construction activities for any DOE national security program that must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the needs of national defense, or protect property. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees when funds are so used. Makes funds for management and support and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. (Sec. 3129) Directs the Secretary, during FY 2000, to empower each DOE field office manager with the authority to transfer defense environmental management funds from a program or project under such office's jurisdiction to another program or project in order to assess a risk to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of such funds at that field office. Limits such transfer to a total of $5 million per fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress within 30 days after any such transfer. Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - Prohibits: (1) more than 25 percent of funds appropriated after fiscal year 1999 for the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Program from being spent at DOE laboratories; and (2) any such funds from being used to pay any tax or customs duty levied by the government of the Russian Federation. (Sec. 3133) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the national laboratories carry out theater ballistic missile defense development programs pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. Provides funding for such laboratories for such program, earmarking funds for the development and test of advanced kinetic energy ballistic missile defense warheads based on advanced explosive technology. Requires that, of the funds provided to such laboratories for national security activities, no more than three (currently six) percent of such funds may be used for laboratory-directed research and development. (Sec. 3134) Earmarks specified funds authorized under this title for research, development, and demonstration activities to support the mission of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization of DOD. Requires a memorandum of understanding between the above Secretaries in using national laboratories for such purpose. Subtitle D: Commission on Nuclear Weapons Management - Establishes the Commission on Nuclear Weapons Management to examine the DOD and DOE organizational and management structures responsible for research, development, manufacture, operation and maintenance, and related activities pertaining to nuclear weapons. Requires a Commission interim and final report to Congress on its findings and conclusions. Terminates the Commission 60 days after the final report. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees an accelerator production plan to meet requirements of the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum relating to tritium production by expediting the completion of the design and initiating construction of a particle accelerator for such production. Requires the Secretary to designate particle accelerator technology as the primary technology for such production, and light water reactor technology as the backup technology, if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not grant to the Tennessee Valley Authority certain amended licenses for the operation of commercial light water reactors in Tennessee. (Sec. 3162) Authorizes DOE to pay voluntary separation incentive payments to qualifying employees who voluntarily separate before January 1, 2002. Requires a report. (Sec. 3163) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 relating to a DOE fellowship program for the development of skills critical to the DOE nuclear weapons complex mission to: (1) remove provisions authorizing the Secretary to employ individuals at certain DOE facilities to assist in the development of such skills; (2) require individuals participating in such program to be U.S. citizens; (3) include the Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia national laboratories as participants in the program; (4) require participants to agree, after such participation, to serve in a full-time DOE position for at least one year, if a position is offered; (5) require the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for program administration; and (6) provide program funding. (Sec. 3164) Directs the Secretary to include in annual DOE budget justification materials the specific identification of amounts necessary for DOE records declassification activities pursuant to executive order. Limits to $8.5 million the FY 2000 DOE funds that may be used for such purpose. (Sec. 3165) Directs the Secretary, in assigning functions at DOE nuclear facilities, to assign direct authority over, and responsibility for, the nuclear weapons production facilities and national laboratories in all matters relating to national security to the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs. Outlines covered functions. Provides authorized delegation of authority by such Assistant Secretary, requiring the head of an operations office to which a function is delegated to report directly to such Assistant Secretary. (Sec. 3166) Directs the Secretary to notify the defense committees of information concerning the compromise of classified information concerning DOE nuclear energy defense programs. (Sec. 3167) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide civil penalties for violations of DOE regulations regarding security of classified or sensitive information or data. (Sec. 3168) Directs the Secretary to carry out a counterintelligence polygraph program for DOE defense-related activities. Prohibits the Secretary from allowing a covered person to have any access to any high-risk program or information unless such person first consents to and undergoes a counterintelligence polygraph examination. Requires such testing at least every five years. (Sec. 3169) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on counterintelligence and security practices at DOE national laboratories. (Sec. 3170) Directs the Secretary to take certain steps to ensure consistency of technology transfer policies and procedures within and among DOE national laboratories. Subtitle F: Protection of National Security Information - National Security Information Protection Improvement Act - Directs the President to report semiannually to Congress on steps being taken by relevant Federal agencies to respond to espionage and other intelligence activities by China. (Sec. 3183) Directs the President to report to Congress on possible alternatives to the current arrangement for controlling U.S. nuclear weapons development, testing, and maintenance within DOE, including the reestablishment of the Atomic Energy Commission as an independent nuclear agency. (Sec. 3184) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within DOE an Office of Foreign Intelligence, headed by a Director responsible for DOE programs and activities relating to the analysis of intelligence relating to nuclear weapons and materials, other nuclear matters, and energy security. Establishes the Office of Counterintelligence, headed by a Director who shall carry out all DOE counterintelligence relating to defense activities. (Sec. 3185) Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain at each DOE national laboratory a counterintelligence program for defense-related activities. (Sec. 3186) Directs the Secretary to assign an individual to assess security and counterintelligence matters at each DOE facility at which restricted data is located (other than a national laboratory). (Sec. 3187) Directs the Secretary to carry out a counterintelligence polygraph program for the defense activities of DOE. (Sec. 3188) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) provide civil penalties for violations of DOE regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data; and (2) increase the penalties for the misuse of restricted data. (Sec. 3190) Prohibits the Secretary from admitting to any facility of a DOE national laboratory any individual who is a citizen or agent of a nation named on the current sensitive countries list unless the Secretary first completes a background review of such individual. Provides a moratorium on any such admissions pending certification that all appropriate security measures are in place to prevent espionage or intelligence gathering by or for a sensitive country. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the moratorium on a case-by-case basis, requiring waiver notification to the defense and intelligence committees. Provides moratorium exceptions. Expresses the sense of Congress that required background reviews be completed within 15 days. (Sec. 3191) Prohibits the Secretary from allowing unescorted access to any classified area or classified information of any DOE facility engaged in defense activities to any citizen of a foreign nation unless the Secretary or the foreign government completes a security clearance of such individual. (Sec. 3192) Directs the Secretary to report annually to the defense and intelligence committees on security and counterintelligence standards at DOE national laboratories and facilities engaged in defense activities. (Sec. 3193) Directs the National Counterintelligence Policy Board to prepare a report on security vulnerabilities of DOE computers. Requires such reports to be transferred to the Secretary and the FBI Director and then forwarded to the defense and intelligence committees. (Sec. 3194) Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to govern access to classified information on DOE defense-related computers. States that no user of such a computer shall have any expectation of privacy in its use. (Sec. 3195) Defines the DOE national laboratories, as used in this title, as the Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Sandia, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY 2000, to obligate up to $78.7 million of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposal of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amounts 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations. (Sec. 3303) Repeals specified provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 which provide disposal limits for chromite and manganese ores and electrolytes and manganese ferro. Title XXXIV: Maritime Administration - Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Administration. (Sec. 3403) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to accept and hold in escrow proceeds of an obligation guaranteed by the Secretary, if such proceeds are to be used to finance the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of a vessel that will serve as security for the guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary to establish in the Treasury a deposit fund to hold cash belonging to an obligor which serves as collateral for a loan guarantee, requiring the Secretary and the obligor to enter into an agreement governing the deposit, withdrawal, retention, use, and reinvestment of cash held in the fund. (Sec. 3404) Extends through June 30, 2005, the authority of such Secretary to provide war risk insurance and reinsurance. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and administration of the Panama Canal for the period from October 1 through December 31, 1999 (after which Canal ownership reverts to the Republic of Panama), with specified funding limits. (Sec. 3503) Requires Commission funds to be made available for the purchase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of passenger motor vehicles, with a per vehicle cost limit of $26,000. (Sec. 3504) Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to authorize the Office of Transition Administration to obligate and expend funds from the Panama Canal Commission Dissolution Fund for authorized Canal ownership transition purposes. Makes such provision effective on and after the termination of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations Title I: Procurement Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Army Programs Subtitle C: Navy Programs Subtitle D: Air Force Programs Subtitle E: Other Matters Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities Subtitle E: Other Matters Title III: Operation and Maintenance Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions Subtitle D: Other Matters Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Subtitle A: Active Forces Subtitle B: Reserve Forces Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations Title V: Military Personnel Policy Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters Subtitle C: Military Education and Training Subtitle D: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Subtitle E: Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice Subtitle F: Other Matters Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances Subtitle D: Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters Subtitle E: Montgomery GI Bill Benefits and Other Education Benefits Subtitle F: Other Matters Title VII: Health Care Subtitle A: TRICARE Program Subtitle B: Other Matters Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Subtitle A: General Subtitle B: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Title X: General Provisions Subtitle A: Financial Matters Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals Subtitle D: Other Matters Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Title XII: National Military Museum and Related Matters Subtitle A: Commission on National Military Museum Subtitle B: Related Matters Title XIII: Military Voting Rights Act of 1999 Division B: Military Construction Authorizations Title XXI (sic): Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Subtitle D: Land Conveyances Subtitle E: Other Matters Title XXIX: Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations Title XXXI (sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle D: Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities Subtitle E: Other Matters Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the chemical demilitarization program; and (4) the Defense Health Program. Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear procurement contracts, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, for specified Army programs. (Sec. 112) Prohibits Army procurement funds from being used for certain procurements under the close combat tactical trainer program until the Secretary of the Army has reported to the Senate and House defense and appropriations committees concerning the correction of deficiencies under such program, and 30 days have elapsed since such report. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to such committees a comprehensive plan for modernization of the Army's helicopter forces. Provides a funding limitation on the procurement of Army missiles until such report is received. (Sec. 114) Earmarks Army funds for certain tools and technologies used under the Army multiple launch rocket system. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to procure the amphibious dock ship LHD-8. Earmarks funds authorized under this title for advance procurement and construction of components for such program. (Sec. 122) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) increase from 12 to 18 the number of Arleigh Burke class destroyers authorized to be procured under multiyear procurement contracts; (2) extend through FY 2003 the authorized period for such contracting program (authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to enter into contracts for advance procurement of such destroyers for FY 2001, and to earmark other Navy funds for such procurement); and (3) repeal the requirement for annual reports from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. (Sec. 124) Requires operational test and evaluation before the installation of cooperative engagement equipment under the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability program. (Sec. 125) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for F-A 18E-F aircraft, with a certification requirement. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - Requires certain certifications from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense and appropriations committees before awarding the contract for low-rate rate initial production under the F-22 aircraft program. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Amends the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Act of 1992 to extend through FY 2001 the authority of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. (Sec. 142) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to their availability from domestic sources. Extends the deadline for a report from the Defense Inspector General under such pilot program. (Sec. 143) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees concerning the D-5 missile program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). (Sec. 202) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for basic and applied research projects. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks funds authorized under this title for: (1) contributions for the common-funded civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); (2) continued implementation of the micro-satellite technology program under a prior defense authorization Act (requiring the Secretary to develop a plan and submit a report with respect to such program); (3) space control technology development; and (4) the space maneuver vehicle program. (Sec. 215) Amends the defense manufacturing technology program to: (1) strike as a program purpose the promotion of dual-use manufacturing processes; and (2) add as a program purpose the development and application of technologies that involve repair and remanufacturing in support of the operations of system commands, depots, air logistics centers, and shipyards. Requires the Secretary to have manufacturing technology projects selected principally on the basis of the extent to which the projects satisfy such new program purpose, above, as determined by a panel established to review the projects and make selections. Requires the competitive procedures used for selecting projects to include the extent to which a proposal provides for the prospective contract recipient to share in defraying project costs. (Sec. 216) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for the testing of airblast and improvised explosives. Reduces by a corresponding amount funds provided for sensor and guidance technology. Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - Directs the Secretary to establish an acquisition strategy for the upper tier missile defense system, with specified requirements. (Sec. 222) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to repeal the requirement to implement technical and price competition for the Theater High Altitude Area Defense System. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to structure the space-based laser program to include: (1) a near-term integrated flight experiment; and (2) an ongoing activity for developing an objective system design. Expresses the sense of Congress that the structure required be consistent with the joint venture contracting approach and overall objective established by the Department of Defense (DOD) for the space-based laser program. Requires a revised program baseline. Earmarks program funds. (Sec. 224) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from making any modification under the Airborne Laser program until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that such modification is justified on the basis of certain test and analysis. Outlines related program requirements. (Sec. 225) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for adequate future-years funding for ballistic missile defense technology. (Sec. 226) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress concerning a two-site deployment of a ground-based national missile defense system. (Sec. 227) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to study and report to the defense committees on options for conventional air launched cruise missiles once such missiles' inventory is depleted. Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) extend through 2002 a required report from the Secretary on emerging operational concepts; and (2) provide additional matters to be included in such reports after 1999. Amends provisions of such Act relating to an annual joint warfighting science and technology plan to require the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a summary of each technology area review and assessment conducted by DOD in support of that plan. (Sec. 233) Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to report to the defense and appropriations committees on necessary actions to ensure that the armed forces have the military capabilities necessary to meet national security requirements over the next two to three decades. (Sec. 234) Requires the modification of certain DOD profit guidelines to place increased emphasis on technical risk as a factor for determining appropriate profit margins and to provide an increased profit incentive for contractors to develop and produce complex and innovative new technologies rather than mature technologies with low technical risk. (Sec. 235) Authorizes the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to carry out a program to award prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype development that have the potential for application to the performance of DOD military missions. Requires a competitive process to be used for the selection of participants. Limits to $10 million the amount that may be awarded in a fiscal year. Requires an annual report from the Director to the defense committees on program administration. (Sec. 236) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate improved cooperative relationships with universities and other private sector entities for the performance of research and development functions. Requires the Secretary to consider laboratories where innovative management techniques have been demonstrated. Allows the Secretary to carry out such program at each selected laboratory for three years beginning no later than March 1, 2000. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 237) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to exempt defense laboratory employees covered by a personnel demonstration project carried out under such Act from certain defense workforce management personnel restrictions. (Sec. 238) Provides for the use of defense working capital funds for financing RDT&E activities and programs of the military departments. Requires implementation status reports from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to the defense committees. (Sec. 239) Directs the Secretary to convene a panel of independent experts to conduct an analysis of the resources and capabilities of all DOD laboratories and test and evaluation facilities, including those of the military departments. Requires the panel to report its findings to the Secretary and Congress. Directs the Secretary to develop an appropriate performance review process for rating the quality and relevance of work performed by DOD laboratories. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to report to Congress on the Air Force Distributed Mission Training program. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the transfer of up to $150 million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to specified military O&M accounts for FY 2000. (Sec. 305) Earmarks specified O&M funds for: (1) operational meteorology and oceanography and UNOLS; and (2) the American Red Cross to fund the Armed Forces Emergency Services. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks Army O&M funds for contributions for the common-funded NATO military budget. (Sec. 312) Authorizes the use of humanitarian and civic assistance funds for the pay and allowances of reserve personnel of the Special Operations Command furnishing education and training on the detection and clearance of landmines or related technical assistance. (Sec. 313) Authorizes the head of any Federal agency to enter into a contract for the installation and maintenance of national defense features in one or more commercial vessels owned or controlled by the offeror in accordance with the purposes of the National Defense Sealift Fund. Authorizes advance payments for such features. Requires the vessel to be operated for DOD after the installation of such features and for the contract term. (Sec. 314) Earmarks specified O&M funds for certain drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, including Operation Caper Focus. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Directs the Secretary to provide for the management of projects for the research, development, and evaluation of environmental technologies for DOD and the military departments. Outlines related responsibilities of the Secretary in connection with such projects. Requires the appropriate DOD officials to establish, at the beginning of each fiscal year, a performance plan for the environmental technology program within that department or agency. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on the environmental technology program of DOD during the preceding fiscal year. (Sec. 322) Establishes the: (1) Environmental Restoration Account, Army, Formerly Used Defense Sites; and (2) Environmental Restoration Account, Defense Base Closure and Realignment. Requires funds in the latter Account to be used only for carrying out environmental restoration required as the result of the closure or realignment of a military installation pursuant to a base closure law. Directs the Secretary to transfer funds to the latter Account from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Provides for the funding of administrative expenses and technical assistance in connection with such environmental restoration activities. (Sec. 323) Extends through FY 2010 a current limitation on the payment of environmental fines and penalties from the Environmental Restoration Account, Defense, or environmental restoration accounts of the military departments. (Sec. 324) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on progress made in carrying out activities under the environmental quality programs of DOD and the military departments. (Currently, an annual report concerning environmental compliance is required.) (Sec. 325) Replaces the Director of Defense Research and Engineering with the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology among the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. (Sec. 326) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program for the sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. (Sec. 327) Authorizes the Secretary, using specified military environmental restoration account funds, to pay to the Fresno Drum Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund specified amounts to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for environmental response activities undertaken at the Fresno Industrial Supply, Inc. site in Fresno, California. (Sec. 328) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, using Air Force environmental restoration account funds, to pay certain stipulated environmental civil penalties assessed against F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. (Sec. 329) Directs the Secretary to publicly disclose existing information relevant to a foreign nation's determination of the nature and extent of environmental contamination, if any, at a site in such nation where the United States operated a military installation that has since been closed. Requires the Secretary to present Congress with a list of information made public. Waives such requirement for national security purposes. (Sec. 330) Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified committees on long-term solutions and costs related to the removal of ordnance in the Toussaint River, Ohio. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the: (1) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2000 a pilot program of using commercial sources to improve the collection of DOD claims under aircraft engine warranties; (2) Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide additional matters to be included in a reporting requirement before prime vendor contracts for depot-level maintenance and repair are entered into; and (3) latter Act to allow certain changes in defense retail systems to be implemented if approved by all of the military department Secretaries (currently, implementation is permitted only if specifically authorized by law). (Sec. 344) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain conditions in connection with the sale of articles and services of DOD industrial facilities to purchasers outside of DOD if the Secretary determines that such waiver is necessary for national security reasons and notifies Congress of such reasons. (Sec. 346) Directs the Secretary to designate the Department of the Navy as the lead agency for the development and implementation of a Smart Card (a credit card-size device containing certain personal identifying information and technology) program for DOD. Requires the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force to establish Smart Card project offices within their departments, and to coordinate their activities with the lead agency. Directs the Secretary to establish a senior coordinating group to develop and implement DOD-wide interoperability standards for the use of Smart Card technology and a plan to use such technology to enhance readiness and improve business processes. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to establish a business plan to implement the use of Smart Cards in one major naval region of the United States in the area of the U.S. Atlantic Command and one in the area of the U.S. Pacific Command. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the increased use of Smart Cards and for demonstration programs. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on progress made by the senior coordinating group in implementing this section. Repeals a provision of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 requiring the establishment of an Automated Identification Technology Office. (Sec. 347) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to the defense committees on, potential DOD benefits from the use of the Smart Card for addressing DOD needs for a public-private key infrastructure authentication device carrier. (Sec. 348) Extends to military honor guards and law enforcement agencies (currently, only veterans' organizations) the authority of the Secretary of the Army to lend M-1 rifles (currently, obsolete or condemned rifles). (Sec. 350) Authorizes the Secretary to settle claims arising from deaths caused by the accident involving a Marine Corps aircraft on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy. Outlines payment sources and limitations. (Sec. 351) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of Germany should promptly settle with the families of certain members of the Air Force who were killed in a collision between an Air Force aircraft and a German aircraft off the coast of Namibia in September of 1997; and (2) the United States should not make any payments to citizens of Germany as settlement for claims arising from deaths of German individuals in Cavalese, Italy, on February 3, 1998, until a settlement is reached with the German Government with respect to (1), above. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2000. Revises such minimum end strength levels. Revises generally the conditions under which such end strengths may be reduced below the level needed to support two simultaneous major regional contingencies. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for military technicians (dual status) and military technicians (non-dual status). (Sec. 414) Increases the number of certain officers and enlisted personnel authorized to serve on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Extends through FY 2003 certain provisions concerning a required competitive selection procedure for the designation of joint four-star officers. (Sec. 502) Excludes from three-star officer grade limitations those officers serving as a superintendent of a military academy. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to retire a superintendent within that department upon the termination of detail to such position. Requires those accepting the position of superintendent to agree to accept retirement at the end of their detail. (Sec. 503) Increases from 35 to 55 the number of officers authorized to be frocked (to wear the insignia of a higher grade after selection for promotion to such grade but before the promotion date). (Sec. 505) Requires active-duty or retired officers serving on boards of inquiry to be serving in a grade above major or lieutenant commander, or, in the case of the president of such board, in a grade above lieutenant colonel or commander. Excludes retired officers serving on such boards from general and flag officer limitations. Requires officers serving on retention boards for reserve active status officers to hold the same grades as above and to be: (1) in the same armed force as the officer being considered; and (2) senior in rank to such officer. (Sec. 506) Authorizes a promotion selection board to recommend for promotion an officer from below the promotion zone for that position when the number of officers recommended is less than one. (Sec. 507) Prohibits civil employment for regular and reserve officers serving on active duty under a call or order for a period in excess of 270 (currently 180) days. (Sec. 508) Exempts Retiree Council members from recalled retiree limitations. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters - Exempts from active-duty general and flag officer limitations up to 25 reserve general and flag officers serving on active duty at any one time under calls or orders specifying periods of 180 days or more. (Sec. 512) Specifies the operations support and other duties authorized for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Directs the Secretary to review the use of such reserves and to report review results to the defense committees. (Sec. 513) Repeals a limitation on the number of reserves authorized to serve on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. (Sec. 514) Requires a major or lieutenant commander who has twice failed for promotion to be removed from the reserve active status list on the later of the first day of the month after such member completes 20 years of service (current law) or seven months after the President approves the report of the board which considered such officer for the second time. (Sec. 515) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to: (1) delay the separation or retirement of a reserve officer until the completion of court-martial disciplinary proceedings; and (2) retain reserve officer chaplains until age 67 (currently 60). (Sec. 517) Revises generally provisions concerning the award of reserve service credit for participation in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. (Sec. 518) Makes ineligible for promotion a reserve officer serving in an educational delay status in order to attend an approved educational institution to receive advanced training, when such training is subsidized by the military department concerned. Makes such provision retroactive with respect to promotion boards convened before the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 519) Excludes from the computation of creditable years of service for a reserve officer service as a reserve commissioned officer while in a program of advanced education to receive the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment within various military medical specialties, or a chaplain or judge advocate, provided such service occurs before the officer commences initial active or reserve service in the specialty that results from such degree. (Sec. 521) Establishes within the Coast Guard an Office of the Coast Guard Reserve, headed by a Director. Requires the Director to report annually to the Secretaries of Transportation and Defense on the state of the Coast Guard Reserve and its ability to meet mission requirements. (Sec. 522) Revises the authorized grades for the Chiefs of the various reserve components and the general officers assigned to the National Guard Bureau. Excludes such officers from numerical limitations for general and flag officers. Subtitle C: Military Education and Training - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to authorize the Secretary concerned to exceed the annual military academy class limitations by not more than five percent (requiring a justification of such increase to the defense committees). (Sec. 532) Repeals current limitations on the amount of reimbursement authorized to be waived for educational costs of foreign students at U.S. service academies. (Sec. 533) Authorizes up to 24 (currently ten) cadets or midshipmen from each service academy to participate in a service academy foreign exchange program. Increases from $50,000 to $120,000 the authorized fiscal year expenditures for each academy under such program. (Sec. 534) Makes permanent (currently terminates September 30, 1999) the authority of the Secretary concerned to allow graduate students to receive financial assistance under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. (Sec. 535) Authorizes the Commandant of the United States Army War College to confer the degree of master of strategic studies. (Sec. 536) Authorizes the commander of the: (1) Air Education and Training Command to establish minimum educational requirements for Community College of the Air Force professors and instructors; and (2) Air University to confer the degrees of master of strategic studies and master of military operational art and science. (Sec. 538) Excludes members of the armed forces within the defense acquisition workforce from a limitation on the amount of reimbursement that may be received for tuition and training expenses. (Sec. 539) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide up to $5,200 yearly in financial assistance to certain members of the Marine Corps Reserve for completion of: (1) baccalaureate degree requirements in an educational program that takes less than five years to complete; or (2) doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws degree requirements in programs that take no more than three years to complete. Outlines eligibility requirements, including selection as an officer candidate in the Marine Corps Platoon Leader's Class Program and completion of at least six weeks of military training. Requires graduates to serve at least five years of active duty upon graduation. Prohibits more than 1,200 individuals from participating in such program at any one time. Provides for the computation of creditable service for officers serving in such positions. Subtitle D: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations - Waives certain time limitations with respect to the award to Mark H. Freeman of Seattle, Washington, of the Coast Guard Commendation Medal for heroic achievements during a rescue operation in September, 1956. (Sec. 552) Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for acts of valor as an Army medic in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. (Sec. 553) Directs the Secretary to provide funds and resources to ensure the elimination of the backlog of unsatisfied requests for the issuance or replacement of military decorations for former military personnel. Requires a backlog status report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 554) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to award the Navy Combat Ribbon for participation in ground or surface combat during any period after December 6, 1941, and before March 1, 1961, if a member has not been previously recognized for such participation. Subtitle E: Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to authorize special courts-martial to adjudicate and execute punishments which include confinement for up to one year (currently six months). (Sec. 562) Reduces from 0.10 to 0.08 the level of blood-alcohol content for determining the UCMJ offense of drunken operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Includes decedents who were members of the Selected Reserve (currently, only veterans) among those eligible for honor guard details at their funerals. Revises honor guard detail requirements (renaming it as a funeral honors detail). Requires such detail, at a minimum, to perform the folding and presentation of the flag, and to play Taps (requiring a recorded version of such song when no bugler is present). Requires at least one detail member to be of the same service branch as the deceased. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide certain support services to such details. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any requirements of this section to meet the requirements of war, national emergency, a contingency operation, or other military requirements (requiring notification to the defense committees). Authorizes the acceptance of voluntary services of veterans support organizations with respect to such a detail. Provides the duty status for reserve personnel serving on such details. Authorizes members of the Army or Air National Guard to be ordered to perform such duty, with their consent and the consent of the governor or other appropriate official of the State involved. Requires a minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive service credit and any authorized allowances. Authorizes members of the Ready Reserve to be ordered to such duty, with their consent, with the appropriate service crediting when performing a minimum of two hours on such detail. Authorizes medical treatment for any illness or injury incurred by a member during, or while traveling to or from, such detail. Authorizes a $50 stipend for members on such detail. (Sec. 572) Increases from 180 to 365 days the period during which a potential recruit may be extended in the delayed entry program. (Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to assess whether the Army could increase the number and level of qualifications of Army inductees by encouraging recruits to pursue higher education or vocational or technical training before their induction. Authorizes under the program a delayed entry of up to two years in order to pursue such education or training, with a monthly allowance of $150 for persons enlisted in the Individual Ready Reserve during such time. Authorizes the pilot program from October 1, 1999, to September 30, 2004. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 574) Reduces from annually to every two years a required report from the Secretary to Congress concerning operation of the Selected Reserve educational assistance program under the Montgomery GI Bill. (Sec. 575) Adds to the military welfare societies authorized to provide services to overseas U.S. military personnel certain overseas entities that promote understanding between U.S. military personnel and the people of the host nation. (Sec. 576) Authorizes the Armed Forces Medical Examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations, including an autopsy, to determine the cause or manner of death of persons under certain circumstances, including those who die while imprisoned in a military installation or from an injury or illness incurred during active duty or military training. Subjects such authority to the primary jurisdiction of any State or local government, or foreign country in which there is an international agreement with the United States. (Sec. 577) Prohibits the disclosure of the contents of a record of a debriefing, made by an authorized U.S. official, of a missing person returned to U.S. control during the period beginning on July 8, 1959, and ending on February 10, 1996. (Sec. 578) Authorizes the use for public relations purposes of advertising materials developed for military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 579) Revises provisions providing financial assistance to separated military personnel to obtain certification as teachers or teachers' aides (the troops-to-teachers program) to place administration of the program in the hands of the Secretary of Defense, for the armed forces, and the Secretary of Transportation, for the Coast Guard, but to transfer such jurisdiction to the Secretary of Education, such transfer to be completed by October 1, 2001. Requires the administering Secretary to periodically identify local educational agencies for program participation. Makes retired military personnel eligible for such assistance. Revises generally provisions concerning outreach information provided to eligible individuals and the selection of participants. Authorizes the provision of a $10,000 bonus (in lieu of the regular stipend of $5,000) to each participant who agrees to accept full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher or vocational or technical teacher for not less than four years in a high need school. Deletes provisions requiring the administering Secretary to pay specified amounts of the base salary of teachers hired under the program to the local educational agencies involved. Provides additional exceptions to required reimbursement for a participant's failure to complete the agreed-upon period of service as a teacher or aide. Authorizes the administering Secretary to make grants (with grant limits) to States or a consortia of States in order to operate offices to recruit eligible individuals for program participation. Prohibits the administering Secretary from using more than five percent of program funds to establish and maintain program management infrastructure. Provides for the transfer of program administration to the Secretary of Education. Requires such Secretary and the Comptroller General (CG), after such transfer, to report to Congress on program effectiveness. (Sec. 580) Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to an eligible civilian provider of child care or youth program services that furnishes such services for military personnel and Federal employees if the Secretary determines that providing such assistance: (1) is in DOD's best interest; (2) enables supplementation or expansion of the furnishing of such services for military installations; and (3) ensures that the provider complies with DOD standards for furnishing such care. Outlines provider requirements. Authorizes the use of any DOD funds to provide such assistance. Requires a biennial report from the Secretary to Congress. Allows the Secretary to authorize participation in such programs by children and youth under 19 years of age who are not military or Federal employee dependents. Requires a biennial report on the exercise of such authority. (Sec. 581) Directs the Secretary to establish a Military-Civilian Task Force on Domestic Violence, requiring the Task Force to submit an annual report to Congress concerning responses to domestic violence in the military, pending research on domestic violence, and recommendations for improving the military response to such violence. Requires the Secretary to establish a central database of information on cases of domestic violence involving military personnel. (Sec. 582) Expresses the sense of Congress that the late Husband E. Kimmel, Rear Admiral, Navy, and the late Walter C. Short, Major General, Army, performed their duties competently and professionally during the period which included the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December, 1941, and that losses incurred there were not a result of dereliction of duty on the part of such individuals. (Sec. 583) Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a survey on attitudes toward military service by military personnel who voluntarily separate or transfer from a regular to a reserve component during the period of January 1 through June 30, 2000. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on survey results. (Sec. 584) Directs the Secretary to designate the Secretary of the Navy as the lead agent for carrying out the defense reform initiative enterprise pilot program for military manpower and personnel information established under prior law. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives any FY 2000 military pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for Government employees. Increases by 4.8 percent, effective on January 1, 2000, the rates of basic pay for military personnel. Revises, effective July 1, 2000, the rates of such pay for commissioned and warrant officers within specified grades. Requires increases in basic pay for each of FY 2001 through 2006 by a specified percentage based on the Economic Cost Index. (Sec. 603) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay a monthly special subsistence allowance to military personnel in pay grades E-5 or below who are eligible for food stamp assistance, with conditions and limitations, including a monthly limit of $180 and termination of such assistance if paid for 12 consecutive months. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2004. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 604) Authorizes the lump-sum payment of accrued unused annual leave upon a member's reenlistment into the armed forces. (Sec. 605) Requires the continuation of authorized pay and allowances for a member listed under a "whereabouts unknown" duty status. (Sec. 606) Provides for the identical treatment, for purposes of pay determination and years of service credit, for officers who completed instruction at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1987 and those who graduated in 1986. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Extends through 2000 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 1999 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. (Sec. 614) Requires air battle managers entitled to aviation career incentive pay to receive the higher of such pay or the amount they were receiving prior to such entitlement. (Sec. 615) Extends through 2004 the bonus authority for aviation career officers agreeing to extend their period of duty for at least one year. Repeals the requirement that such officers must have completed at least six, but less than 13 years of active duty in order to be eligible for the bonus. Repeals the lower alternative amount of such bonus for officers agreeing to serve three additional years or less. Allows such an agreement to extend until the officer has completed up to 25 years of aviation service (currently, 14 years of commissioned service). (Sec. 616) Authorizes the payment of career enlisted flyer incentive pay to enlisted personnel who: (1) are entitled to basic pay or inactive duty training pay; (2) hold or are training for a career enlisted occupational or flyer specialty; and (3) are qualified for aviation service. Outlines operational flying duty requirements. Provides for the monthly amounts of such pay, such amount increasing with the years of creditable aviation service performed. Prohibits such pay for members already receiving either hazardous duty incentive pay or diving duty special pay. (Sec. 617) Authorizes special pay for certain special warfare officers who agree to remain on active duty in such service for at least one additional year. Limits such payment to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement term from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete 14 years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 618) Authorizes the payment of a retention bonus for surface warfare officers who agree to: (1) remain on active duty for at least two years and through the tenth year of active commissioned service; and (2) complete tours of duty to which the officer may be ordered during such period as a department head afloat. Limits such amount to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement term from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete ten years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 619) Authorizes additional special pay for veterinarians in the armed forces and the Public Health Service who have been awarded a diploma in a specialty recognized by the American Veterinarian Medical Association. (Sec. 620) Increases: (1) the rate of diving duty special monthly pay; (2) the reenlistment bonus for active-duty personnel; and (3) the critical skills enlistment bonus (authorizing the lump-sum payment of such bonus). (Sec. 623) Amends provisions authorizing the payment of a Selected Reserve enlistment bonus to: (1) eliminate the six-year minimum period required to receive such bonus; and (2) increase such bonus from $5,000 to $8,000. (Sec. 624) Authorizes special pay for Coast Guard reserve personnel assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. (Sec. 625) Reduces from three to two years the minimum period of Army enlistment in a critical skill area before eligibility for an enlistment bonus. (Sec. 626) Authorizes payment of a prior service enlistment bonus to certain members of the Selected Reserve attaining or occupying positions designated as critically short. (Sec. 627) Increases: (1) certain special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers; and (2) the monthly foreign language proficiency special pay. (Sec. 629) Expresses the sense of the Senate that military personnel receiving special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger should receive the same tax treatment as members serving in combat zones. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Authorizes the payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of duty station. (Sec. 642) Authorizes the use of any airport in the United States at which travel can be arranged at a lower cost in connection with emergency leave travel for military personnel. (Currently, only travel from the closest airport is authorized.) (Sec. 643) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, under certain circumstances, to pay a per diem allowance to certain military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. (Sec. 644) Authorizes reserve personnel to travel in a space required status on military aircraft between the member's home and place of inactive-duty training outside the United States when there is no available road or rail transportation. (Sec. 645) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reimburse a member for travel expenses incurred in connection with approved leave which is canceled to meet an exigency in connection with U.S. participation in Operation Allied Force. Subtitle D: Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters - Limits the application of a reduction in retired pay currently required for individuals who first became members of the armed forces after July 31, 1986, and retired with less than 30 years of creditable service to only those who have elected to receive a bonus added by this section. Makes eligible for such bonus those members who became members after the above date, have 15 years or more of active duty, and execute written agreements to complete at least five more years of continuous active duty service. Makes such bonus a lump-sum amount of $30,000. (Sec. 652) Authorizes participation in the Federal Thrift Savings Plan for Ready Reserve members of any pay status. Authorizes all active-duty military personnel to participate in such Plan and to contribute participatory amounts to the Thrift Savings Fund, limiting the maximum annual contribution to five percent of the member's basic pay, as well as any special or incentive pay received. Prohibits matching agency contributions. Adds a representative of the armed forces to the Employee Thrift Advisory Council. Authorizes such participation and contribution as of July 1, 2000, unless postponed by the Secretary under certain circumstances. (Sec. 653) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into an agreement with a member to make contributions to the Fund if such member: (1) is in a critical specialty; and (2) commits to continue to serve on active duty in that specialty for six years. (Sec. 654) Repeals a Federal provision limiting the amount of retired pay a retired officer may receive while employed in a civilian position. (Sec. 655) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide a credit toward Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage for months covered by premium payments made during an SBP open enrollment period for persons not previously participating in the SBP. (Sec. 656) Prohibits as of October 1, 2008, the reduction in military retired pay for persons electing to participate in a military annuity program for any month after the later of: (1) 30 years for which such retired pay is reduced; or (2) the month during which the annuitant reaches 70 years of age. (Sec. 657) Makes permanent (currently terminates on September 30, 2001) the authority for the payment of annuities to the surviving spouses of certain reserve personnel. (Sec. 658) Provides for the effectuation of an intended SBP annuity to a former spouse when not accomplished by a member due to his or her death within 21 days after entering into an agreement incident to a divorce to elect such annuity. (Sec. 659) Directs the Secretary concerned, subject to the availability of appropriations, to pay the following monthly amounts to disabled military retirees who completed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable service: (1) $300, for any month for which the retiree has a service-connected disability rated as total; (2) $200, for months in which such rating is 90 percent; and (3) $100, for months in which such rating is 80 or 70 percent. (Sec. 660) Revises the computation of basic annuity for a spouse, former spouse, or child of deceased military personnel to increase such amount for months beginning after the enactment of this Act and before October 1, 2004, with an added increase for months beginning after such latter date. Makes similar adjustments for the computation of supplemental annuities and in the recomputation of annuity amounts required as a result of such increases. Subtitle E: Montgomery GI Bill Benefits and Other Education Benefits - Part I: Montgomery GI Bill Benefits - Revises provisions concerning the provision of basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to: (1) increase the rates of such assistance for the pursuit of an educational program on a full-time basis; (2) repeal a provision requiring a reduction in monthly pay for members of the Selected Reserve electing to receive such educational assistance; and (3) authorize the payment of such assistance on an accelerated basis, upon request, under certain conditions. (Sec. 674) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, in order to enhance recruiting and retention, to permit individuals who so request to transfer their educational assistance entitlement to a spouse or family member, or combination thereof. Prohibits any child from using such entitlement after attaining 26 years of age. (Sec. 675) Authorizes the use of basic educational assistance for preparatory courses for tests that are required for admission to college or graduate school. Part II: Other Educational Benefits - Authorizes the accelerated payment of educational assistance benefits to members of the Selected Reserve when determined appropriate by the Secretary concerned or the chief of the reserve component concerned. (Sec. 682) Revises a time limitation with respect to the use of basic educational assistance by certain members of the Selected Reserve. Part III: Report - Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees assessing the effects of the provisions and amendments made under this Subtitle on the recruitment and retention of military personnel. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress assessing the effect that additional pay and benefits have had on military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 692) Requires the first general or flag officer in the chain of command of a member to manage such member's deployment when the total number of days of which such member has been deployed out of 365 consecutive days is in excess of 180 days. Limits such deployment to 200 out of 365 consecutive days unless a general or admiral in such chain of command approves a continued deployment. Provides for the waiver of such limitations by the Secretary for national security purposes. Authorizes a $100 per diem allowance for members deployed in excess of 220 out of 365 consecutive days (with a national security waiver of such allowance). Makes such provisions inapplicable to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 693) Makes inapplicable to members deployed in a contingency operation or similar operational mission a required limitation in the amount of tuition costs that will be paid for education or training during off-duty periods. (Sec. 694) Includes within the educational loan repayment program members of the Selected Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 695) Extends to the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the authority for the presentation of the U.S. flag upon retirement. (Sec. 696) Entitles to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill program certain active duty members who are either: (1) participating in the veterans' educational assistance program; or (2) disenrolled from such program or electing not to participate in such program. Outlines additional requirements. Requires a reduction in the basic pay of members choosing to participate in the GI Bill program. Expresses the sense of Congress that any law enacted which terminates or reduces contributions made by military personnel for veterans' basic educational assistance should also terminate or reduce by an identical amount such contributions under the GI Bill program. (Sec. 697) Authorizes the provision of veterans' educational assistance during periods between school terms if the period between such terms does not exceed eight weeks, and both the term preceding and following such period are not shorter than the period between terms. (Sec. 698) Directs (currently authorizes) the Secretary to carry out a program to provide supplemental foods and nutrition education. Directs the Secretary to use only DOD funds for such program. Makes eligible for such program those already certified for participation in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children under the Child Nutrition Act of 1996. Title VII: Health Care - Subtitle A: TRICARE Program - Amends the Civilian Heath and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to require the Secretary to ensure that health care coverage available through TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) is substantially similar to coverage available under similar health benefits plans offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. Directs the Secretary to minimize the authorization or certification requirements of covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program as a condition of access to program benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse health care providers under the TRICARE program at higher rates (with limits) if such rates are necessary to ensure the availability of an adequate number of qualified health care providers. Authorizes collection by military medical treatment facilities of health care costs incurred on behalf of a covered beneficiary of another insurer. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 702) Requires the Secretary to establish voluntary enrollment dental plans for members of the Selected Reserve (current law) and Individual Ready Reserve, and authorizes such plans for other reserves, active duty dependents, and Ready Reserve dependents. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to establish such plans for dependents of military personnel who are on active duty for more than 30 days.) Provides for: (1) plan administration; (2) types of care authorized; (3) premiums and premium sharing plans; (4) copayments; (5) dental care provided outside the United States; and (6) a waiver of plan requirements for dependents of personnel on active duty for more than 30 days. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing plan benefits until notice to the defense committees followed by a one-year waiting period. (Sec. 703) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for the automatic authorization for enrollment into the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program of persons already enrolled in a DOD managed care program. (Sec. 704) Provides for the designation and services of TRICARE beneficiary advocates, requiring such designation no later than January 15, 2000. (Sec. 705) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to direct the Secretary to conduct, from October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2001, a program under which covered CHAMPUS beneficiaries are permitted to enroll at any time in a managed care plan offered by a designated provider which is consistent with enrollment requirements for the TRICARE Prime option. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Provides for the health care at former military medical treatment facilities of active-duty personnel stationed at certain remote locations. (Sec. 712) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to extend through FY 2000 the chiropractic health care demonstration program. (Sec. 713) Directs the Secretary, in the administration of health care contracts, to implement program benefit and administrative changes at the start of each fiscal year rather than throughout the year, except when the Secretary determines that such changes would significantly improve health services to eligible beneficiaries or result in more effective provision of such care. (Sec. 714) Requires CHAMPUS contracts to be awarded to offerors that will provide the best value consistent with high-quality care in a manner that protects the fiscal and other interests of the United States. (Sec. 715) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, with the consent of the member, to order a reserve member to active duty to complete a health surveillance study. (Sec. 716) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to continue payment under CHAMPUS for domiciliary or custodial care services to covered beneficiaries who, prior to the effective date of final regulations implementing the individual case management program, were provided such care. (Sec. 717) Authorizes dental benefits provided to military retirees to be comparable to that provided to active-duty military personnel under CHAMPUS. (Sec. 718) Authorizes a member to be ordered to active duty, or to continue on active duty, for more than 30 days in order to be treated for or recover from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated during inactive duty training. Authorizes medical and dental care for such members. (Sec. 719) Directs the Secretary to establish a Department of Defense Center for Medical Informatics to serve as a primary DOD resource for matters concerning the capture, processing, and dissemination of data on DOD health care quality. Requires the establishment of the Medical Informatics Council to coordinate such activities and to report annually to Congress. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to report annually to Congress on the quality of health care furnished under DOD health care programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 720) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 1999, to carry out joint demonstration projects for evaluating the feasibility and practicability of providing health care and pharmacy services by means of telecommunications. Requires a joint report to Congress on project results. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 2005 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. (Sec. 802) Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 relating to the Mentor-Protege program (a program to provide incentives to major DOD contractors to award subcontracts to disadvantaged small businesses) to: (1) provide a program participation term of not more than three years, while allowing up to five years in unusual circumstances; (2) authorize (currently require) the Secretary to reimburse a mentor for the total amount of progress or advance payments made to a subcontractor under the program, as well as certain support costs; (3) state that determinations made in a mentor firm's annual performance review shall be a major factor in determining appropriate reimbursement amounts; (4) limit such total reimbursement amount in a fiscal year to $1 million, with an exception; (5) extend such program through FY 2004; (6) require specified reports from the mentor firm, the protege firm, and the Secretary; (7) require an annual performance review of each mentor-protege agreement; and (8) repeal a provision that limits the provision of funding to the end of FY 1999. (Sec. 803) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress the implementation status of the Small Business Innovation Research program transition plan developed under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 804) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to provide for CG review of records concerning prototype projects carried out by the Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Sec. 805) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to treat procurements of certain commercial services as procurements of commercial items under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Limits such program to a five-year period. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress on the program; and (2) collect and analyze information on price trends for all services covered by the program. (Sec. 806) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to make certain cost accounting standards under such Act inapplicable to a contractor or subcontractor for a fiscal year in which the total value of all contracts and subcontracts covered by such standards in the previous or current fiscal year was less than $50 million. Provides exceptions. Authorizes the head of an executive agency to waive such standards for a contract or subcontract of less than $10 million if such official determines that the contractor or subcontractor: (1) is primarily engaged in the sale of commercial items; and (2) would not otherwise be subject to such standards. Authorizes such agency head to also waive such standards under extraordinary circumstances when necessary to meet agency needs. (Sec. 807) Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to provide guidance to agencies on the appropriate use of task order and delivery order contracts. Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to consult with the Administrator of General Services to assess the effectiveness of the Federal Supply Schedules program. (Sec. 808) Includes within the definition of commercial items under the Federal Procurement Policy Act certain installation, maintenance, repair, and training services in support of commercial items. (Sec. 809) Amends the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 to extend through 2001 a test program for the use of special simplified acquisition procedures for the purchase of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Requires a report from the CG to Congress evaluating the test program. (Sec. 810) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to extend until October 1, 2004, an interim reporting rule for certain procurements of less than $100,000. (Sec. 811) Extends through FY 2003 a certain goal for participation in DOD contracts and subcontracts by small disadvantaged businesses and certain minority higher education institutions. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: General - Provides that, as of October 1, 2002, the number of DOD management headquarters and headquarters support personnel may not exceed 65 (currently 75) percent of such number as of October 1, 1989. Repeals provisions requiring a phased reduction of such number. (Sec. 902) Outlines additional matters to be included within annual reports concerning joint warfighting experimentation. (Sec. 903) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to accept from a donor a qualified guarantee for the completion of a major project (cost of at least $1 million) for the benefit of the U.S. Military Academy. Allows funds for such a project to be obligated and expended without regard to whether they are sufficient to pay for project completion. Requires a qualified account control agreement to be set up between such Secretary, the donor, and a major U.S. investment management firm in order to ensure the availability of sufficient funds to pay the guaranteed amount (along with related assurances and requirements). (Sec. 904) Expresses the sense of Congress that no major change to the governing structure of the Civil Air Patrol should be mandated by Congress until a review of potential improvements in the management and oversight of Patrol operations is conducted. Requires the CG to conduct such review and report results to the defense and appropriations committees. Directs the DOD Inspector General to review the financial and management operations of the Patrol and to report review results to such committees. Prohibits a member of the regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard serving in such position from receiving compensation for such service other than the pay and allowances provided to military personnel in such positions. (Sec. 905) Repeals the requirement that the DOD strategic plan be updated and revised at least every three years. (Sec. 906) Directs the Secretary, in each year in which a President is inaugurated, to conduct a comprehensive examination of the defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and related elements of defense programs and policies with a view toward determining and expressing the U.S. defense strategy and establishing a revised defense plan for the ensuing ten years and a revised defense plan for the ensuing 20 years. Requires during such time the consideration of reports of the National Defense Panel (established herein). Directs the Secretary to report on such review to the defense committees every year such review is conducted. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Defense Panel (nonpartisan and independent) to make certain assessments and recommendations concerning appropriate changes to U.S. defense strategy and to identify the most dangerous threats to U.S. national security during such upcoming periods. Requires the Panel to submit to the Secretary and the defense committees an interim and final report containing appropriate recommendations. Terminates the Panel after submission of its final report. Subtitle B: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization - Establishes the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization to conduct a review of such management and organization and report to Congress its findings and conclusions. Funds the Commission from defense-wide O&M funds for FY 2000. Terminates the Commission 60 days after its report. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2 billion of authorizations made available in this Division for FY 2000 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. (Sec. 1002) Outlines matters to be included in the second biennial DOD financial management improvement plan. (Sec. 1003) Allows a contract for the procurement of subsistence items entered into under the prime vendor program of the Defense Logistics Agency to specify a single payment date applicable to an invoice for such items, but prohibits such date to be more than ten days after invoice receipt. (Sec. 1004) Authorizes the Secretary to require the use of electronic funds transfer for the pay, allowances, retired or retainer pay, and any other payments out of funds available to DOD for current and former military personnel, DOD employees or former employees, or dependents. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on such transfers. (Sec. 1005) Authorizes the Secretary to pay, out of the proceeds of sales of maps, charts, and other publications of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), any licensing or other fees imposed by foreign countries or international organizations for the acquisition or use of data or products by NIMA. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes DOD disbursing officials to provide operating funds to automated teller machines on naval vessels and to accept transfers of funds made through such machines. (Sec. 1007) Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for DOD missions relating to combating terrorism. Requires the DOD budget for fiscal years after 2000 to set forth separately the amounts requested for such purpose. (Sec. 1008) Provides for U.S. contribution for the common-funded budgets of NATO for FY 2000. (Sec. 1009) Makes the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) responsible for ensuring that DOD financial statements are in a condition to receive an unqualified audit opinion and that such opinion is obtained for such statements. Requires the Under Secretary to prescribe regulations: (1) governing the use and control of all credit cards and convenience checks issued to DOD personnel for official use; and (2) setting forth controls on alteration of remittance addresses. (Sec. 1010) Adjusts the amount authorized to be appropriated in the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 by the amounts by which appropriations pursuant to such authorizations were increased or decreased in the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - Waives certain transfer restrictions if a sale of naval shipyard articles or services is made to a DOD contractor for a nuclear ship in order to facilitate the contractor's fulfillment of the contract. (Sec. 1012) Requires congressional notification followed by a 60-day waiting period prior to the transfer of a vessel which has been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. (Sec. 1013) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Government of Thailand the coastal patrol craft CYCLONE or a craft with a similar hull. Directs such Secretary, as a condition of such transfer, to require any necessary repair or refurbishment of such ship to be performed in a U.S. Navy shipyard or other shipyard within the United States. Terminates such transfer authority two years after the enactment of this Act. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals - Preserves certain defense reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, prior national defense and military construction Acts, and related Acts, as listed in the report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the Speaker of the House on January 5, 1993. (Sec. 1022) Requires a report from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the defense and appropriations committees on the requirements of the combatant commands. (Sec. 1023) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) assessments of the readiness of the United States to execute the national military strategy; and (2) the inventory and control of DOD military equipment as of the end of FY 1999. (Sec. 1025) Directs the Secretary to develop, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, a detailed guide for investment in space science and technology, demonstrations of space technology, and planning and development for space technology systems. Requires such guide to include two alternative technology paths. (Sec. 1026) Requires the CG to study the policies, procedures, and practices of the military departments for protecting the confidentiality of communications between a military dependent who is a victim or perpetrator of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or intrafamily abuse and their therapist, counselor, or other person providing professional services. Requires a report from the CG to Congress and the Secretary on the study's results, and a report from the Secretary to Congress on actions taken after such study. (Sec. 1027) Requires a report from the CG to Congress on the anticipated effect of the proposal to reduce the Federal civilian workforce involved in the operation of eight storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. (Sec. 1028) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the deployment across State boundaries of rapid assessment and initial detection teams used to respond to incidents involving a weapon of mass destruction. (Sec. 1029) Directs the Secretary to include in quarterly readiness reports an assessment of the readiness, training status, and future funding requirements of all active and reserve units that are considered assets of the Consequence Management Program Integration Office of DOD. Requires the Secretary to prepare a decontamination readiness plan for such Office. (Sec. 1030) Requires the Secretary to report to the: (1) defense and appropriations committees on the relationship between the defense budget and current and emerging threats to national security; and (2) defense committees on implementation of the Defense Capabilities Initiative by NATO nations. (Sec. 1032) Directs the Secretary to review, and report to Congress on, the incidence of violations of State and local motor vehicle laws applicable to the operation and parking of Army motor vehicles during FY 1999. (Sec. 1033) Requires the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to report to the Secretary on the feasibility and desirability of using National Guard facilities and electronic infrastructure to support the provision of services to veterans by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to transmit such report to Congress, with comments. (Sec. 1034) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on military-to-military contacts between the United States and the People's Republic of China, including Chinese visits to U.S. military installations. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2000 a prohibition on the retirement or dismantlement of specified strategic nuclear delivery systems. Prohibits funds from being obligated for retiring or dismantling: (1) B-52H bomber aircraft below a minimum of 76 (currently 71); and (2) Trident ballistic missile submarines below 14 (currently 18). (Sec. 1042) Prohibits any FY 2000 funds from being used to reduce the number of U.S. strategic nuclear forces below the maximum number currently permitted the United States under the START II Treaty unless the President reports to Congress an assessment that such reductions would not impede U.S. capability to respond militarily to a significant challenge posed by nuclear weapons modernization programs of the People's Republic of China or any other nation. (Sec. 1043) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to extend through FY 2004 the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Provides for an executive secretary to such Committee, and revises certain report deadlines. (Sec. 1044) Prohibits funds authorized under this Act from being obligated or expended for assistance for a country under any Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program until the President makes certain certifications to Congress with respect to arms control compliance and related actions of such country. (Sec. 1045) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to revise the period covered by an annual report on accounting for U.S. assistance under CTR programs. (Sec. 1046) Limits to $15 million the total amount of FY 2000 U.S. assistance in support of UN-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. (Sec. 1047) Directs the Secretary to carry out an (defense electronic) information assurance program, to report annually to Congress on such program, and to prepare a DOD information assurance guide for the development of appropriate organizational structures and technologies for information assurance (protection) under the program. Requires development of an information assurance testbed. Provides funding from amounts authorized under this Act. (Sec. 1048) Directs the Secretary to establish a task force of the Defense Science Board to examine the use of radio and television broadcasting as a propaganda instrument and the adequacy of the capabilities of U.S. armed forces to deal with propaganda situations such as the conflict in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Requires a report from the task force to the Secretary, and from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 1049) Requires a non-DOD entity operating a communication system, device, or apparatus on any portion of the frequency spectrum used by DOD to ensure noninterference with DOD communications operated therein. Provides an exception with respect to frequency reserved exclusively for nongovernmental use. Makes such entity liable for any required redesign or rebuilding of a DOD communication system as a result of such interference. (Sec. 1050) Prohibits the use of any funds to enter into any contract with or issue any broadcast or other license to any entity that broadcasts from outside the United States into the United States on any frequency that is reserved to or used by DOD, unless such broadcasting is authorized by law. (Sec. 1051) Repeals a provision that limits to $50 million in a fiscal year the Federal expenditure for the National Guard civilian youth opportunities program. (Sec. 1052) Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to exempt from Federal disclosure requirements information concerning military personnel or DOD or Coast Guard employees assigned to overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. (Sec. 1053) Authorizes the Secretary to exempt from such disclosure requirements: (1) certain operational files of NIMA; and (2) NIMA information having commercial significance. (Sec. 1055) Authorizes the Secretary to continue the enrollment in the DOD domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools program of a military or Federal employee dependent who would otherwise lose their eligibility under such program. (Sec. 1056) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a single school board for all domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico and a single school board for all such schools in Guam. (Sec. 1057) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct through the military departments a science, mathematics, and technology education improvement program known as the Department of Defense STARBASE Program in order to improve the knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in such subject areas. Requires the establishment of at least 25 academies under the program, with specified academic requirements. Requires an annual program report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 1058) Requires the Secretary's program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War to run during FY 2000 through 2004. Provides program funding during such period through Army O&M funds. (Sec. 1059) Reauthorizes and extends through FY 2000 the Defense Production Act of 1950. (Sec. 1060) Extends to naval aircraft on which one or more Coast Guard members are assigned the authority to engage in certain drug interdiction activities. (Sec. 1061) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for vigorous prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in Kosovo and the former Republic of Yugoslavia. (Sec. 1062) Includes lung and colon cancer and tumors of the brain and central nervous system among those diseases presumed to be service-connected for radiation-exposed veterans, and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation. (Sec. 1063) Directs the President to determine and certify to the Senate whether the new strategic concept of NATO imposes any new commitment or obligation on the United States and, if so, to submit such concept to the Senate as a treaty for the Senate's advice and consent. Directs the President to report to the Senate an analysis of the potential threats facing NATO in the first decade of the next millennium. (Sec. 1064) Directs the President to: (1) seek to establish a multinational economic embargo against any country with which the United States is engaged in an armed conflict; (2) seek the seizure of such country's foreign financial assets; and (3) report to Congress within 20 days after the commencement of such conflict setting forth actions taken to achieve steps (1) and (2). (Sec. 1065) Revises a condition on the lending of rifles and blank ammunition for use at veterans' ceremonies and funerals. (Sec. 1066) Prohibits the President from transferring a veterans memorial object to a foreign country or entity controlled by a foreign government unless specifically authorized by law. (Sec. 1067) Authorizes the Secretary, during FY 2000, to provide assistance to civilian authorities in response to an act of terrorism, including one involving a weapon of mass destruction, upon a determination that such assistance is necessary and critical and will not adversely affect military preparedness. Limits assistance funding to $10 million per fiscal year. Provides personnel use restrictions. (Sec. 1068) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should use all diplomatic means possible to prevent the UN Security Council from lifting certain sanctions imposed against Libya as a result of their refusal to allow the extradition of two Libyan agents suspected in the bombing of a Pan American flight in December 1998. (Sec. 1070) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing additional activities by personnel of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in connection with the monitoring of satellite launch campaigns overseas. Requires such Secretary and the Secretary of State to report annually on the implementation of certain satellite technology safeguards. (Sec. 1071) Directs the Secretary of State to prescribe regulations providing timely notice to the manufacturer of a commercial satellite of U.S. origin of the reasons for denial of a license application involving the overseas launch of such satellite. Directs such Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to consult with the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) throughout the review of such an application in order to assure that the launch of the satellite, if the license is approved, will meet requirements necessary to protect U.S. national security interests. Requires the DCI to: (1) establish within the intelligence community an advisory group to provide launch information and analysis to Congress; and (2) report annually to Congress and appropriate executive officials on the efforts of foreign governments and entities to acquire sensitive U.S. technology and technical information. (Sec. 1073) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should take appropriate action to obtain a bilateral agreement with China to adhere to the Missile Technology Control Regime and related Annex; and (2) China should not be permitted to join such Regime without having demonstrated a sustained and verified commitment to missile and missile technology nonproliferation and adopted an effective export control system for implementing Regime guidelines. (Sec. 1074) Expresses the sense of Congress for stimulating and encouraging the expansion of a commercial space launch capacity in the United States and for reexamining current U.S. policy of permitting the export of U.S. commercial satellites to China for launch. (Sec. 1075) Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the security situation in the Taiwan Strait. (Sec. 1076) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to require the page-by-page review of certain records for restricted or formerly restricted data, unless such records have been determined to be highly unlikely to contain such data. (Sec. 1077) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) U.S. military readiness to execute the national strategy is being eroded from a combination of declining defense budgets and expanded missions; and (2) there may be missions to which the Unites States is supplying troops from which it can begin disengaging. Requires a report from the President to the defense and appropriations committees prioritizing the ongoing global missions to which the United States is contributing troops. (Sec. 1078) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States, as a member of NATO, should not negotiate with Slobodan Milosevic, an indicted war criminal, or any other indicted war criminal for an end to the conflict in Yugoslavia. (Sec. 1079) Includes the Coast Guard within armed forces provisions concerning funding for educational assistance benefits. (Sec. 1081) Directs the Secretary of each military department to give due consideration to according a high priority to the attendance of military personnel of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (new NATO member nations) at professional military education schools and training programs in U.S. service academies. (Sec. 1082) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for increased U.S.-Russian cooperation in commercial space launch services. (Sec. 1083) Directs the Secretary of the Army to make every reasonable effort for, and place a high priority upon, the search, recovery, and identification of the remains of U.S. servicemen of aircraft lost in the Pacific theater of operations during World War II, including in New Guinea. (Sec. 1084) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the Attorney General those quantities of lethal chemical agents required to support training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Fort McClellan, Alabama, for domestic preparedness associated with potential terrorist incidents involving the use of lethal chemical weapons or agents. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress regarding such disposition. (Sec. 1085) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for Russian implementation of the Presidential Nuclear Initiatives which calls for reductions in both the United States and Russia in the inventory of tactical nuclear weapons. Requires information concerning Russia's arsenal of such weapons to be included in a currently-required annual report on CTR programs. (Sec. 1086) Designates November 9, 1999, as "Victory in the Cold War Day." Authorizes the award of an appropriate decoration to all individuals who served honorably in the U.S. armed forces during the Cold War (the period between August 15, 1945, and November 9, 1989). Earmarks funds authorized under this Act, with a limit of $15 million, for the cost of military participation in a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the end of the Cold War to be held in Washington, D.C., on November 9, 1999. Establishes the Commission on Victory in the Cold War to review and approve the expenditure of such funds and to design and award appropriate medals and decorations. Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel - Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to change to October 1, 1999 (currently October 1, 2000) the effective date of revisions made to the voluntary early retirement program. (Sec. 1102) Repeals a provision which authorized the investigation of a complaint of sexual harassment made by a civilian employee under the supervision of a commanding officer or officer in charge of a military unit, vessel, facility, or area (thereby requiring such employees to follow Federal sexual harassment investigatory procedures). (Sec. 1103) Provides for the restoration of earned but unused annual leave in the case of DOD emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary of a military department to make such designation, following specified criteria. Makes employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities eligible for such designation. (Sec. 1104) Provides leave protection for dual-status military technicians participating in combat as well as noncombat operations outside the United States. (Sec. 1105) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish work schedules and premium pay or compensatory time off provisions for civilian faculty members of the military service academies. (Sec. 1106) Provides that certain Federal pay rate and total compensation limitations shall not apply to the authority of the Secretary to prescribe salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (Sec. 1107) Extends until October 1, 2003, the authority to provide lump-sum severance pay for DOD employees in connection with defense workforce reductions and restructuring. Title XII: National Military Museum and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Commission on National Military Museum - Establishes the Commission on the National Military Museum to conduct a study and make recommendations to Congress regarding authorization for the construction of a national military museum in the National Capital area. Requires, after one year, a report to Congress on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 60 days after such report. Subtitle B: Related Matters - Prohibits any transfer of Navy Annex property until two years after the later of: (1) the date of submission of a study on the expansion of Arlington National Cemetery (required under a prior joint explanatory statement); or (2) the date of the report of the Commission, above. Title XIII: Military Voting Rights Act of 1999 - Military Voting Rights Act of 1999 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide that, for voting rights purposes, a person absent from a State in compliance with military orders shall not be deemed to have: (1) lost a residence in that State; or (2) acquired a residence in, or become a resident of, another State. (Sec. 1303) Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act to require each State, in elections for State and local offices, to: (1) permit absentee military personnel to use absentee voter procedures to vote in such State elections; and (2) accept and process military absentee voter registration applications if received at least 30 days before such election. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - 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 family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. (Sec. 2305) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to accept contributions from the State of New York for a construction project for Rome Laboratory, New York. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. (Sec. 2403) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for deposit into the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund. (Sec. 2404) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. (Sec. 2405) Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2406) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the NATO Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2002, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2003, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Program Changes - Exempts from certain congressional notification (and waiting period) requirements military construction projects carried out using defense burdensharing contributions and undertaken under a declaration of war or national emergency. Requires that, after the decision to carry out the project is made, the Secretary shall notify the defense committees of such action and its estimated cost. (Sec. 2802) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should request sufficient amounts to fully fund each military construction and family housing project proposed for authorization in a fiscal year; and (2) Congress should authorize and appropriate sufficient amounts to fully fund such projects. Prohibits the Secretary or military department Secretaries from obligating or expending funds for such projects unless the total amount of appropriations allocated for the projects are sufficient, without additional (incremental) funding. (Sec. 2803) Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Chemical Demilitarization Construction Account for use in carrying out military construction projects authorized by law in support of DOD chemical demilitarization activities. (Sec. 2804) Limits the type of ancillary facility that may be included in the acquisition or construction of military family housing units to those that would not be in direct competition with any military resale facility, activity, or service. (Sec. 2805) Authorizes the use of available funds for design (currently, only planning) in connection with the acquisition of reserve facilities. (Sec. 2806) Authorizes the use of unspecified minor construction funds for construction projects costing less than $3 million and intended to correct deficiencies that are a threat to life, health, or safety. (Sec. 2807) Expands the entities (currently only private persons) eligible to participate in a DOD program for acquiring or constructing military family or unaccompanied housing units on or near military installations to include a corporation, firm, partnership, company, State or local government, or State or local housing authority. Allows such entities to participate in direct loans and loan guarantees, rental guarantees, and differential lease payments under the program. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - Extends through FY 2005 the authority of the Secretary to lease property for special operations activities. (Sec. 2812) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, in connection with the conveyance of a utility system, to enter into a contract for utility services for a period not to exceed 50 years. Authorizes the use of military construction project funds to facilitate such conveyances. Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to authorize the transfer of a former military installation to a local redevelopment authority (RA), without consideration, if such RA's reuse plan provides for the property to be used for the economic benefit or redevelopment of the installation and surrounding community. Authorizes the Secretary to modify earlier transfer agreements to incorporate such authority. Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part I: Army Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) Bangor, Maine, the Army Reserve Center in Bangor; (2) Arden Hills, Minnesota, a portion of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant; and (3) the Central Utah Water Conservancy District the Red Butte Dam and Reservoir in Salt Lake City, Utah. Part II: Navy Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to: (1) Newport, Rhode Island, the Ranger Road site in Newport; and (2) Dallas, Texas, the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387 in Dallas. Directs such Secretary to convey to Orlando, Florida, the Naval Training Center and McCoy Annex Areas in Orlando. Part III: Air Force Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to: (1) the Regents of the University of California the McLellan Nuclear Radiation Center in California; and (2) the Pease Development Authority the Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point in Newington, New Hampshire. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire by eminent domain all rights and interests of such State to certain unimproved Arizona trust lands in the Fort Huachuca East Range, Cochise County, Arizona. Allows such lands to be withdrawn and reserved for use by the Secretary of the Army for military training and testing. (Sec. 2862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to exercise appropriate authority 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 has 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 supporting facilities on such Island. Authorizes transfers to the Account from specified military housing funds. (Sec. 2863) Authorizes the Secretary, in conjunction with the Pentagon Reservation Program, to design and construct secure secretarial office and support facilities and security-related changes to the METRO entrance at the Pentagon. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 2864) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from obligating or expending any funds for the demolition of the three southeastern-most naval radio transmitting towers at the Naval Station in Annapolis, Maryland, during the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes such Secretary to transfer such towers to the State of Maryland or Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Sec. 2865) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to accept funds from the University of Utah or the State of Utah for costs associated with the relocation to such University of a portion of Fort Douglas, Utah. Title XXIX: Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior should jointly prepare a comprehensive legislative proposal to renew certain public land withdrawals in Arizona and Alaska and transmit such proposal to Congress no later than July 1, 1999; (2) it is vital to the national interest that the withdrawals in Arizona, which would otherwise expire in 2001, be renewed in 1999; (3) the renewed withdrawal of the Arizona lands is critical to meet military training requirements; (4) the armed forces currently carry out environmental stewardship of such lands; and (5) a continuation in high-quality management of U.S. natural and cultural resources is required if the United States is to preserve its national heritage. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI (sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2000 for operating expenses, capital equipment, and plant projects necessary in carrying out the following activities for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (3) other defense activities; (4) defense nuclear waste disposal; and (5) defense environmental management privatization activities. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 110 percent of the program authorization or $1 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress until the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this Division) transmits to the defense and appropriations committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have since expired. (Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Requires congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits. (Sec. 3124) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOE-authorized funds: (1) to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which such funds were authorized; or (2) between authorizations within DOE, to be merged with and available for the same purposes. Requires notification to the defense committees of any such transfers. (Sec. 3125) Directs the Secretary, before submitting a funding request for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program, to complete a conceptual design for such project. Requires a separate funding request for designs for which the estimated cost exceeds $3 million. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for the design does not exceed $600,000. Requires specific authorization by law for designs exceeding such amount. (Sec. 3126) Authorizes the use of DOE funds for planning, design, and construction activities for any DOE national security program that must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the needs of national defense, or protect property. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees when funds are so used. Makes funds for management and support and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. (Sec. 3129) Directs the Secretary, during FY 2000, to empower each DOE field office manager with the authority to transfer defense environmental management funds from a program or project under such office's jurisdiction to another program or project in order to address a risk to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of such funds at that field office. Limits such transfers to a total of $5 million per fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress within 30 days after any such transfer. Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act, or any Act authorizing appropriations for DOD or DOE military activities for fiscal years after 2000, from being used for treatment, storage, or disposal activities at any site designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program. (Sec. 3132) Directs the Secretary to continue operations and maintain a high state or readiness at the F- and H-canyon facilities at the Savannah River site and to provide technical staff to operate and maintain such facilities. (Sec. 3133) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for extending the effective life of weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a long-term plan for such extension; and (2) report annually to the defense committees (requiring plan updates as appropriate). Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should include in each annual budget sufficient amounts to fund such activities. (Sec. 3134) Directs the Secretary to produce new tritium to meet the requirements of the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum at the Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar or Sequoyah nuclear power plants. Requires the Secretary, in connection with such production, to design and construct a new tritium extraction facility in the H-Area of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. (Sec. 3135) Directs the Secretary to secure an independent cost estimate of the Accelerator Production of Tritium. (Sec. 3136) Prohibits more than 40 percent of the post-FY 1999 funds available for the Initiative for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) program from being obligated or expended by DOE national laboratories to: (1) carry out or provide oversight of activities under that program; or (2) increase or otherwise supplement the pay or benefits of a scientist or engineer engaged in activities relating to the development, production, or testing of chemical or biological weapons or a missile system when such engineer was not formerly engaged in such activities. Prohibits any such funds from being made available to an institution or other scientist engaged in such activities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe procedures for the review of projects under the IPP program to ensure their nonmilitary use, and to report to Congress on such procedures. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should enter into negotiations with the Russian Government to conclude an agreement to provide for the permanent exemption from taxation by the Russian Government of DOE nonproliferation activities under the IPP program. Prohibits amounts authorized for the Nuclear Cities Initiative from being obligated or expended until the Secretary certifies to Congress that Russia has agreed to close some of its facilities engaged in work on weapons of mass destruction. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of potential economic effects of each commercial program proposed under such Initiative before providing assistance. Requires a report from the Secretary: (1) to Congress on participation in or contribution to the Initiative of each Federal department or agency; and (2) to the defense committees on the IPP program and the Initiative. Subtitle D: Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities - Department of Energy Facilities Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 1999 - Establishes the Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities to review the safeguards, security, and counterintelligence activities at DOE facilities in order to: (1) determine the adequacy of such activities against threats to the disclosure of sensitive information, processes, and activities; and (2) make recommendations for appropriate action to ensure that such security is achieved and maintained. Requires an annual Commission activities report to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates the Department of Energy Security Management Board authorized under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 3153) Requires background investigations of any DOE employee, or contractor employee, at a DOE facility who: (1) carries out duties or responsibilities in or around a location where restricted data is or may be present; or (2) has or may have regular access to such a location. (Sec. 3154) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for conducting periodic polygraph examinations of each DOE employee (or contractor employee) at a DOE facility who has or may have access to restricted data or sensitive compartmented information. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 50 percent of the amount authorized for DOE travel expenses until such plan is submitted. (Sec. 3155) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide civil monetary penalties of $100,000 per violation for violations of DOE regulations regarding the security of classified or sensitive information or data. (Sec. 3156) Requires the Secretary and the Directors of Central Intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (officials) to jointly submit to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees a certification that cooperative programs carried out between DOE and the People's Republic of China, and independent state of the former Soviet Union, or any nation designated as sensitive by the Secretary of State meet specified conditions regarding the safeguarding and security of sensitive information. Prohibits the use of DOE weapons and other defense activities funds for FY 2000 until 30 days after such certification. (Sec. 3157) Increases the penalties for the unauthorized communication or receipt of restricted data. (Sec. 3158) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within DOE an Office of Counterintelligence, headed by a Director who shall develop and implement security and counterintelligence programs and activities at DOE facilities in order to reduce the threat of disclosure or loss of classified and other sensitive information. Requires such Director to submit to the above officials an annual status report on the effectiveness of measures taken. Establishes within DOE the Office of Intelligence, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for DOE programs and activities relating to the analysis of intelligence with respect to nuclear weapons and materials, other nuclear matters, and energy security. (Sec. 3159) Directs the Secretary to assign to each DOE facility at which restricted data is located an individual to assess security and counterintelligence protection measures at such facility. (Sec. 3160) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to ensure that a DOE employee or contractor employee may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing information relating to a possible violation against the protection of classified information to: (1) members of a congressional committee having appropriate oversight responsibilities; (2) staff members of such committees having appropriate security clearance; or (3) the Inspector General, FBI, or any other Federal entity authorized to receive such information. (Sec. 3161) Provides for investigation and appropriate remedial action of alleged reprisals against DOE or contractor employees disclosing such information. (Sec. 3162) Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a notification of each serious security or counterintelligence failure at a DOE facility that is likely to cause significant harm or damage to U.S. national security interests. Requires such notification within 30 days after its discovery. Requires the House and Senate to establish procedures to protect classified and other sensitive information furnished under this section. (Sec. 3163) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to empower the FBI (currently, the Civil Service Commission) to conduct security clearances for personnel at nuclear facilities or facilities where restricted or sensitive data is located. Requires the FBI Director to: (1) assume such responsibilities within one year after the enactment of this Act; and (2) submit an implementation report to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees. (Sec. 3164) Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that all DOE employees and contractor employees participating in laboratory-to-laboratory cooperative exchange activities are fully trained in matters relating to the protection of classified information and to potential espionage and counterintelligence threats; and (2) establish a pool of employees who are trained to counter threats of espionage and intelligence-gathering by foreign nationals against DOE employees and contractor employees who travel abroad for exchange activities on behalf of DOE. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Provides for the appointment of an interim staff director for the Office of Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs until the position of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for such Programs is filled. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly submit to the defense committees a plan to revitalize the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council established under prior law. Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) report annually to the defense committees on Council activities; and (2) develop and implement a plan to ensure the continued capability of DOD to carry out its nuclear deterrent mission. Directs both Secretaries to submit to the defense committees a plan for retaining core scientific, engineering, and technical skills and capabilities within their departments and contractors in order to maintain indefinitely the U.S. nuclear deterrent force. (Sec. 3172) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to revise required budget and planning elements for DOE national security activities. Directs the Secretary to include in annual budget materials a description of DOE weapons activities funding impacts on the nuclear weapons stockpile. (Sec. 3173) Authorizes DOE to pay voluntary separation incentive payments to qualifying employees who separate before January 1, 2003. (Sec. 3174) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to the defense and appropriations committees a long-term plan for the integrated management of fissile materials. (Sec. 3175) Authorizes the Secretary to use amounts authorized for award fees for DOE closure projects to conduct additional cleanup activities at the project site, under certain conditions. Requires a report to the defense and appropriations committees on the exercise of such authority. (Sec. 3176) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program on the use of project management oversight services for DOE construction projects of not less than $25 million. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 3177) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 to extend for five additional one-year periods the Environmental Evaluation Group for review of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. (Sec. 3178) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a proposed schedule for the commencement of shipments of waste from the Rocky Flats Plant, Colorado, to the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, New Mexico. (Sec. 3179) Directs the CG to report to the defense committees assessing progress in the closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY 2000, to obligate up to $78.7 million of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposal of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amounts 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations. (Sec. 3302) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to prohibit the President from disposing of NDS materials in excess of that needed to achieve certain revenue requirements contained therein. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and administration of the Panama Canal for the period from October 1 through December 31, 1999 (after which Canal ownership reverts to the Republic of Panama), with specified funding limits. (Sec. 3403) Requires Commission funds to be made available for the purchase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of passenger motor vehicles, with a per vehicle cost limit of $26,000. (Sec. 3404) Requires expenditures authorized under this title to be in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any laws implementing those treaties. (Sec. 3405) Authorizes the Office of Transition Administration to obligate and expend funds from the Panama Canal Commission Dissolution Fund for authorized Canal ownership transition purposes. Requires the Commission to enter into an agreement with the head of a Federal department or agency to supervise the close-out of Commission affairs with respect to the Canal and to certify the completion of such functions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations Title I: Procurement Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Army Programs Subtitle C: Navy Programs Subtitle D: Air Force Programs Subtitle E: Other Matters Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities Title III: Operation and Maintenance Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions Subtitle D: Other Matters Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Subtitle A: Active Forces Subtitle B: Reserve Forces Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations Title V: Military Personnel Policy Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters Subtitle C: Military Education and Training Subtitle D: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Subtitle E: Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice Subtitle F: Other Matters Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances Subtitle D: Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters Subtitle E: Other Matters Title VII: Health Care Subtitle A: TRICARE Program Subtitle B: Other Matters Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Subtitle A: General Subtitle B: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Title X: General Provisions Subtitle A: Financial Matters Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals Subtitle D: Other Matters Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Title XII: National Military Museum and Related Matters Subtitle A: Commission on National Military Museum Subtitle B: Related Matters Division B: Military Construction Authorizations Title XXI: Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Program Changes Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Subtitle D: Land Conveyances Subtitle E: Other Matters Title XXIX: Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle D: Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities Subtitle E: Other Matters Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the chemical demilitarization program; and (4) the Defense Health Program. Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear procurement contracts, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, for specified Army programs. (Sec. 112) Prohibits Army procurement funds from being used for certain procurements under the close combat tactical trainer program until the Secretary of the Army has reported to the Senate and House defense and appropriations committees concerning the correction of deficiencies under such program, and 30 days have elapsed since such report. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to such committees a comprehensive plan for modernization of the Army's helicopter forces. Provides a funding limitation on the procurement of Army missiles until such report is received. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to procure the amphibious dock ship LHD-8. Earmarks funds authorized under this title for advance procurement and construction of components for such program. (Sec. 122) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) increase from 12 to 18 the number of Arleigh Burke class destroyers authorized to be procured under multiyear procurement contracts; (2) extend through FY 2003 the authorized period for such contracting program (authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to enter into contracts for advance procurement of such destroyers for FY 2001); and (3) repeal the requirement for annual reports from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. (Sec. 124) Requires operational test and evaluation before the installation of cooperative engagement equipment under the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability program. (Sec. 125) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for F-A 18E-F aircraft, with a certification requirement. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - Requires certain certifications from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense and appropriations committees before awarding the contract for low-rate initial production under the F-22 aircraft program. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Amends the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Act of 1992 to extend through FY 2001 the authority of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. (Sec. 142) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to their availability from domestic sources. Extends the deadline for a report from the Defense Inspector General under such pilot program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). (Sec. 202) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for basic and applied research projects. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks funds authorized under this title for: (1) contributions for the common-funded civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); (2) continued implementation of the micro-satellite technology program under a prior defense authorization Act (requiring the Secretary to develop a plan and submit a report with respect to such program); (3) space control technology development; and (4) the space maneuver vehicle program. (Sec. 215) Amends the defense manufacturing technology program to: (1) strike as a program purpose the promotion of dual-use manufacturing processes; and (2) add as a program purpose the development and application of technologies that involve repair and remanufacturing in support of the operations of system commands, depots, air logistics centers, and shipyards. Requires the Secretary to have manufacturing technology projects selected principally on the basis of the extent to which the projects satisfy such new program purpose, above, as determined by a panel established to review the projects and make selections. Requires the competitive procedures used for selecting projects to include the extent to which a proposal provides for the prospective contract recipient to share in defraying project costs. Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - Directs the Secretary to establish an acquisition strategy for the upper tier missile defense system with specified requirements. (Sec. 222) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to repeal the requirement to implement technical and price competition for the Theater High Altitude Area Defense System. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to structure the space-based laser program to include: (1) a near-term integrated flight experiment; and (2) an ongoing activity for developing an objective system design. Expresses the sense of Congress that the structure required be consistent with the joint venture contracting approach and overall objective established by the Department of Defense (DOD) for the space-based laser program. Requires a revised program baseline. Earmarks program funds. (Sec. 224) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from making any modification under the Airborne Laser program until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that such modification is justified on the basis of certain test and analysis. Outlines related program requirements. Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) extend through 2002 a required report from the Secretary on emerging operational concepts; and (2) provide additional matters to be included in such reports after 1999. Amends provisions of such Act relating to an annual joint warfighting science and technology plan to require the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a summary of each technology area review and assessment conducted by DOD in support of that plan. (Sec. 233) Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to report to the defense and appropriations committees on necessary actions to ensure that the armed forces have the military capabilities necessary to meet national security requirements over the next two to three decades. (Sec. 234) Requires the modification of certain DOD profit guidelines to place increased emphasis on technical risk as a factor for determining appropriate profit margins and to provide an increased profit incentive for contractors to develop and produce complex and innovative new technologies rather than mature technologies with low technical risk. (Sec. 235) Authorizes the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to carry out a program to award prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype development that have the potential for application to the performance of DOD military missions. Requires a competitive process to be used for the selection of participants. Limits to $10 million the amount that may be awarded in a fiscal year. Requires an annual report from the Director to the defense committees on program administration. (Sec. 236) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate improved cooperative relationships with universities and other private sector entities for the performance of research and development functions. Requires the Secretary to consider laboratories where innovative management techniques have been demonstrated. Allows the Secretary to carry out such program at each selected laboratory for three years beginning no later than March 1, 2000. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 237) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to exempt defense laboratory employees covered by a personnel demonstration project carried out under such Act from certain defense workforce management personnel restrictions. (Sec. 238) Provides for the use of defense working capital funds for financing RDT&E activities and programs of the military departments. Requires implementation status reports from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to the defense committees. (Sec. 239) Directs the Secretary to convene a panel of independent experts to conduct an analysis of the resources and capabilities of all DOD laboratories and test and evaluation facilities, including those of the military departments. Requires the panel to report its findings to the Secretary and Congress. Directs the Secretary to develop an appropriate performance review process for rating the quality and relevance of work performed by DOD laboratories. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the transfer of up to $150 million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to specified military O&M accounts for FY 2000. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks Army O&M funds for contributions for the common-funded NATO military budget. (Sec. 312) Authorizes the use of humanitarian and civic assistance funds for the pay and allowances of reserve personnel of the Special Operations Command furnishing education and training on the detection and clearance of landmines or related technical assistance. (Sec. 313) Authorizes the head of any Federal agency to enter into a contract for the installation and maintenance of national defense features in one or more commercial vessels owned or controlled by the offeror in accordance with the purposes of the National Defense Sealift Fund. Authorizes advance payments for such features. Requires the vessel to be operated for DOD after the installation of such features and for the contract term. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Directs the Secretary to provide for the management of projects for the research, development, and evaluation of environmental technologies for DOD and the military departments. Outlines related responsibilities of the Secretary in connection with such projects. Requires the appropriate DOD officials to establish, at the beginning of each fiscal year, a performance plan for the environmental technology program within that department or agency. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on the environmental technology program of DOD during the preceding fiscal year. (Sec. 322) Establishes the: (1) Environmental Restoration Account, Army, Formerly Used Defense Sites; and (2) Environmental Restoration Account, Defense Base Closure and Realignment. Requires funds in the latter Account to be used only for carrying out environmental restoration required as the result of the closure or realignment of a military installation pursuant to a base closure law. Directs the Secretary to transfer funds to the latter Account from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Provides for the funding of administrative expenses and technical assistance in connection with such environmental restoration activities. (Sec. 323) Extends through FY 2010 a current limitation on the payment of environmental fines and penalties from the Environmental Restoration Account, Defense, or environmental restoration accounts of the military departments. (Sec. 324) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on progress made in carrying out activities under the environmental quality programs of DOD and the military departments. (Currently, an annual report concerning environmental compliance is required.) (Sec. 325) Replaces the Director of Defense Research and Engineering with the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology among the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. (Sec. 326) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program for the sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. (Sec. 327) Authorizes the Secretary, using specified military environmental restoration account funds, to pay to the Fresno Drum Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund specified amounts to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for environmental response activities undertaken at the Fresno Industrial Supply, Inc. site in Fresno, California. (Sec. 328) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, using Air Force environmental restoration account funds, to pay certain stipulated environmental civil penalties assessed against F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the: (1) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2000 a pilot program of using commercial sources to improve the collection of DOD claims under aircraft engine warranties; (2) Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide additional matters to be included in a reporting requirement before prime vendor contracts for depot-level maintenance and repair are entered into; and (3) latter Act to allow certain changes in defense retail systems to be implemented if approved by all of the military department Secretaries (currently, implementation is permitted only if specifically authorized by law). (Sec. 344) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain conditions in connection with the sale of articles and services of DOD industrial facilities to purchasers outside of DOD if the Secretary determines that such waiver is necessary for national security reasons and notifies Congress of such reasons. (Sec. 346) Directs the Secretary to designate the Department of the Navy as the lead agency for the development and implementation of a Smart Card (a credit card-size device containing certain personal identifying information and technology) program for DOD. Requires the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force to establish Smart Card project offices within their departments, and to coordinate their activities with the lead agency. Directs the Secretary to establish a senior coordinating group to develop and implement DOD-wide interoperability standards for the use of Smart Card technology and a plan to use such technology to enhance readiness and improve business processes. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to establish a business plan to implement the use of Smart Cards in one major naval region of the United States in the area of the U.S. Atlantic Command and one in the area of the U.S. Pacific Command. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the increased use of Smart Cards and for demonstration programs. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on progress made by the senior coordinating group in implementing this section. Repeals a provision of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 requiring the establishment of an Automated Identification Technology Office. (Sec. 347) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to the defense committees on, potential DOD benefits from the use of the Smart Card for addressing DOD needs for a public-private key infrastructure authentication device carrier. (Sec. 348) Extends to military honor guards and law enforcement agencies (currently, only veterans' organizations) the authority of the Secretary of the Army to lend M-1 rifles (currently, obsolete or condemned rifles). Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2000. Revises such minimum end strength levels. Revises generally the conditions under which such end strengths may be reduced below the level needed to support two simultaneous major regional contingencies. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for military technicians (dual status) and military technicians (non-dual status). (Sec. 414) Increases the number of certain officers and enlisted personnel authorized to serve on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for military personnel. Title V: Military Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Extends through FY 2003 certain provisions concerning a required competitive selection procedure for the designation of joint four-star officers. (Sec. 502) Excludes from three-star officer grade limitations those officers serving as a superintendent of a military academy. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to retire a superintendent within that department upon the termination of detail to such position. Requires those accepting the position of superintendent to agree to accept retirement at the end of their detail. (Sec. 503) Increases from 35 to 55 the number of officers authorized to be frocked (to wear the insignia of a higher grade after selection for promotion to such grade but before the promotion date). (Sec. 505) Requires active-duty or retired officers serving on boards of inquiry to be serving in a grade above major or lieutenant commander, or, in the case of the president of such board, in a grade above lieutenant colonel or commander. Excludes retired officers serving on such boards from general and flag officer limitations. Requires officers serving on retention boards for reserve active status officers to hold the same grades as above and to be: (1) in the same armed force as the officer being considered; and (2) senior in rank to such officer. (Sec. 506) Authorizes a promotion selection board to recommend for promotion an officer from below the promotion zone for that position when the number of officers recommended is less than one. (Sec. 507) Prohibits civil employment for regular and reserve officers serving on active duty under a call or order for a period in excess of 270 (currently 180) days. (Sec. 508) Exempts Retiree Council members from recalled retiree limitations. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters - Exempts from active-duty general and flag officer limitations up to 25 reserve general and flag officers serving on active duty at any one time under calls or orders specifying periods of 180 days or more. (Sec. 512) Specifies the operations support and other duties authorized for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Directs the Secretary to review the use of such reserves and to report review results to the defense committees. (Sec. 513) Repeals a limitation on the number of reserves authorized to serve on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. (Sec. 514) Requires a major or lieutenant commander who has twice failed for promotion to be removed from the reserve active status list on the later of the first day of the month after such member completes 20 years of service (current law) or seven months after the President approves the report of the board which considered such officer for the second time. (Sec. 515) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to: (1) delay the separation or retirement of a reserve officer until the completion of court-martial disciplinary proceedings; and (2) retain reserve officer chaplains until age 67 (currently 60). (Sec. 517) Revises generally provisions concerning the award of reserve service credit for participation in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. (Sec. 518) Makes ineligible for promotion a reserve officer serving in an educational delay status in order to attend an approved educational institution to receive advanced training, when such training is subsidized by the military department concerned. Makes such provision retroactive with respect to promotion boards convened before the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 519) Excludes from the computation of creditable years of service for a reserve officer service as a reserve commissioned officer while in a program of advanced education to receive the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment within various military medical specialties, or a chaplain or judge advocate, provided such service occurs before the officer commences initial active or reserve service in the specialty that results from such degree. (Sec. 521) Establishes within the Coast Guard an Office of the Coast Guard Reserve, headed by a Director. Requires the Director to report annually to the Secretaries of Transportation and Defense on the state of the Coast Guard Reserve and its ability to meet mission requirements. Subtitle C: Military Education and Training - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to authorize the Secretary concerned to exceed the annual military academy class limitations by not more than five percent (requiring a justification of such increase to the defense committees). (Sec. 532) Repeals current limitations on the amount of reimbursement authorized to be waived for educational costs of foreign students at U.S. service academies. (Sec. 533) Authorizes up to 24 (currently ten) cadets or midshipmen from each service academy to participate in a service academy foreign exchange program. Increases from $50,000 to $120,000 the authorized fiscal year expenditures for each academy under such program. (Sec. 534) Makes permanent (currently terminates September 30, 1999) the authority of the Secretary concerned to allow graduate students to receive financial assistance under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. (Sec. 535) Authorizes the Commandant of the United States Army War College to confer the degree of master of strategic studies. (Sec. 536) Authorizes the commander of the: (1) Air Education and Training Command to establish minimum educational requirements for Community College of the Air Force professors and instructors; and (2) Air University to confer the degrees of master of strategic studies and master of military operational art and science. (Sec. 538) Excludes members of the armed forces within the defense acquisition workforce from a limitation on the amount of reimbursement that may be received for tuition and training expenses. (Sec. 539) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide up to $5,200 yearly in financial assistance to certain members of the Marine Corps Reserve for completion of: (1) baccalaureate degree requirements in an educational program that takes less than five years to complete; or (2) doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws degree requirements in programs that take no more than three years to complete. Outlines eligibility requirements, including selection as an officer candidate in the Marine Corps Platoon Leader's Class Program and completion of at least six weeks of military training. Requires graduates to serve at least five years of active duty upon graduation. Prohibits more than 1, 200 individuals from participating in such program at any one time. Provides for the computation of creditable service for officers serving in such positions. Subtitle D: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations - Waives certain time limitations with respect to the award to Mark H. Freeman of Seattle, Washington, of the Coast Guard Commendation Medal for heroic achievements during a rescue operation in September, 1956. Subtitle E: Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to authorize special courts-martial to adjudicate and execute punishments which include confinement for up to one year (currently six months). (Sec. 562) Reduces from 0.10 to 0.08 the level of blood-alcohol content for determining the UCMJ offense of drunken operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Includes decedents who were members of the Selected Reserve (currently, only veterans) among those eligible for honor guard details at their funerals. Revises honor guard detail requirements (renaming it as a funeral honors detail). Requires such detail, at a minimum, to perform the folding and presentation of the flag, and to play Taps (requiring a recorded version of such song when no bugler is present). Requires at least one detail member to be of the same service branch as the deceased. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide certain support services to such details. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any requirements of this section to meet the requirements of war, national emergency, a contingency operation, or other military requirements (requiring notification to the defense committees). Authorizes the acceptance of voluntary services of veterans support organizations with respect to such a detail. Provides the duty status for reserve personnel serving on such details. Authorizes members of the Army or Air National Guard to be ordered to perform such duty, with their consent and the consent of the governor or other appropriate official of the State involved. Requires a minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive service credit and any authorized allowances. Authorizes members of the Ready Reserve to be ordered to such duty, with their consent, with the appropriate service crediting when performing a minimum of two hours on such detail. Authorizes medical treatment for any illness or injury incurred by a member during, or while traveling to or from, such detail. Authorizes a $50 stipend for members on such detail. (Sec. 572) Increases from 180 to 365 days the period during which a potential recruit may be extended in the delayed entry program. (Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to assess whether the Army could increase the number and level of qualifications of Army inductees by encouraging recruits to pursue higher education or vocational or technical training before their induction. Authorizes under the program a delayed entry of up to two years in order to pursue such education or training, with a monthly allowance of $150 for persons enlisted in the Individual Ready Reserve during such time. Authorizes the pilot program from October 1, 1999, to September 30, 2004. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 574) Reduces from annually to every two years a required report from the Secretary to Congress concerning operation of the Selected Reserve educational assistance program under the Montgomery GI Bill. (Sec. 575) Adds to the military welfare societies authorized to provide services to overseas U.S. military personnel certain overseas entities that promote understanding between U.S. military personnel and the people of the host nation. (Sec. 576) Authorizes the Armed Forces Medical Examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations, including an autopsy, to determine the cause or manner of death of persons under certain circumstances, including those who die while imprisoned in a military installation or from an injury or illness incurred during active duty or military training. Subjects such authority to the primary jurisdiction of any State or local government, or foreign country in which there is an international agreement with the United States. (Sec. 577) Prohibits the disclosure of the contents of a record of a debriefing, made by an authorized U.S. official, of a missing person returned to U.S. control during the period beginning on July 8, 1959, and ending on February 10, 1996. (Sec. 578) Authorizes the use for public relations purposes of advertising materials developed for military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 579) Revises provisions providing financial assistance to separated military personnel to obtain certification as teachers or teachers' aides (the troops-to-teachers program) to place administration of the program in the hands of the Secretary of Defense, for the armed forces, and the Secretary of Transportation, for the Coast Guard, but to transfer such jurisdiction to the Secretary of Education, such transfer to be completed by October 1, 2001. Requires the administering Secretary to periodically identify local educational agencies for program participation. Makes retired military personnel eligible for such assistance. Revises generally provisions concerning outreach information provided to eligible individuals and the selection of participants. Authorizes the provision of a $10,000 bonus (in lieu of the regular stipend of $5,000) to each participant who agrees to accept full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher or vocational or technical teacher for not less than four years in a high need school. Deletes provisions requiring the administering Secretary to pay specified amounts of the base salary of teachers hired under the program to the local educational agencies involved. Provides additional exceptions to required reimbursement for a participant's failure to complete the agreed-upon period of service as a teacher or aide. Authorizes the administering Secretary to make grants (with grant limits) to States or a consortia of States in order to operate offices to recruit eligible individuals for program participation. Prohibits the administering Secretary from using more than five percent of program funds to establish and maintain program management infrastructure. Provides for the transfer of program administration to the Secretary of Education. Requires such Secretary and the Comptroller General (CG), after such transfer, to report to Congress on program effectiveness. (Sec. 580) Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to an eligible civilian provider of child care or youth program services that furnishes such services for military personnel and Federal employees if the Secretary determines that providing such assistance: (1) is in DOD's best interest; (2) enables supplementation or expansion of the furnishing of such services for military installations; and (3) ensures that the provider complies with DOD standards for furnishing such care. Outlines provider requirements. Authorizes the use of any DOD funds to provide such assistance. Requires a biennial report from the Secretary to Congress. Allows the Secretary to authorize participation in such programs by children and youth under 19 years of age who are not military or Federal employee dependents. Requires a biennial report on the exercise of such authority. (Sec. 581) Directs the Secretary to establish a Military-Civilian Task Force on Domestic Violence, requiring the Task Force to submit an annual report to Congress concerning responses to domestic violence in the military, pending research on domestic violence, and recommendations for improving the military response to such violence. Requires the Secretary to establish a central database of information on cases of domestic violence involving military personnel. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives any FY 2000 military pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for Government employees. Increases by 4.8 percent, effective on January 1, 2000, the rates of basic pay for military personnel. Revises, effective July 1, 2000, the rates of such pay for commissioned and warrant officers within specified grades. Requires increases in basic pay for each of FY 2001 through 2006 by a specified percentage based on the Economic Cost Index. (Sec. 603) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay a monthly special subsistence allowance to military personnel in pay grades E-5 or below who are eligible for food stamp assistance, with conditions and limitations, including a monthly limit of $180 and termination of such assistance if paid for 12 consecutive months. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2004. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 604) Authorizes the lump-sum payment of accrued unused annual leave upon a member's reenlistment into the armed forces. (Sec. 605) Requires the continuation of authorized pay and allowances for a member listed under a "whereabouts unknown" duty status. (Sec. 606) Provides for the identical treatment, for purposes of pay determination and years of service credit, for officers who completed instruction at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1987 and those who graduated in 1986. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Extends through 2000 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 1999 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. (Sec. 614) Requires air battle managers entitled to aviation career incentive pay to receive the higher of such pay or the amount they were receiving prior to such entitlement. (Sec. 615) Extends through 2004 the bonus authority for aviation career officers agreeing to extend their period of duty for at least one year. Repeals the requirement that such officers must have completed at least six, but less than 13 years of active duty in order to be eligible for the bonus. Repeals the lower alternative amount of such bonus for officers agreeing to serve three additional years or less. Allows such an agreement to extend until the officer has completed up to 25 years of aviation service (currently, 14 years of commissioned service). (Sec. 616) Authorizes the payment of career enlisted flyer incentive pay to enlisted personnel who: (1) are entitled to basic pay or inactive duty training pay; (2) hold or are training for a career enlisted occupational or flyer specialty; and (3) are qualified for aviation service. Outlines operational flying duty requirements. Provides for the monthly amounts of such pay, such amount increasing with the years of creditable aviation service performed. Prohibits such pay for members already receiving either hazardous duty incentive pay or diving duty special pay. (Sec. 617) Authorizes special pay for certain special warfare officers who agree to remain on active duty in such service for at least one additional year. Limits such payment to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement term from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete 14 years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 618) Authorizes the payment of a retention bonus for surface warfare officers who agree to: (1) remain on active duty for at least two years and through the tenth year of active commissioned service; and (2) complete tours of duty to which the officer may be ordered during such period as a department head afloat. Limits such amount to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement term from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete ten years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 619) Authorizes additional special pay for veterinarians in the armed forces and the Public Health Service who have been awarded a diploma in a specialty recognized by the American Veterinarian Medical Association. (Sec. 620) Increases: (1) the rate of diving duty special monthly pay; (2) the reenlistment bonus for active-duty personnel; and (3) the critical skills enlistment bonus (authorizing the lump-sum payment of such bonus). (Sec. 623) Amends provisions authorizing the payment of a Selected Reserve enlistment bonus to: (1) eliminate the six-year minimum period required to receive such bonus; and (2) increase such bonus from $5,000 to $8,000. (Sec. 624) Authorizes special pay for Coast Guard reserve personnel assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. (Sec. 625) Reduces from three to two years the minimum period of Army enlistment in a critical skill area before eligibility for an enlistment bonus. (Sec. 626) Authorizes payment of a prior service enlistment bonus to certain members of the Selected Reserve attaining or occupying positions designated as critically short. (Sec. 627) Increases: (1) certain special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers; and (2) the monthly foreign language proficiency special pay. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Authorizes the payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of duty station. (Sec. 642) Authorizes the use of any airport in the United States at which travel can be arranged at a lower cost in connection with emergency leave travel for military personnel. (Currently, only travel from the closest airport is authorized.) (Sec. 643) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, under certain circumstances, to pay a per diem allowance to certain military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. (Sec. 644) Authorizes reserve personnel to travel in a space required status on military aircraft between the member's home and place of inactive-duty training outside the United States when there is no available road or rail transportation. (Sec. 645) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reimburse a member for travel expenses incurred in connection with approved leave which is canceled to meet an exigency in connection with U.S. participation in Operation Allied Force. Subtitle D: Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters - Limits the application of a reduction in retired pay currently required for individuals who first became members of the armed forces after July 31, 1986, and retired with less than 30 years of creditable service to only those who have elected to receive a bonus added by this section. Makes eligible for such bonus those members who became members after the above date, have 15 years or more of active duty, and execute written agreements to complete at least five more years of continuous active duty service. Makes such bonus a lump-sum amount of $30,000. (Sec. 652) Authorizes participation in the Federal Thrift Savings Plan for Ready Reserve members of any pay status. Authorizes all active-duty military personnel to participate in such Plan and to contribute participatory amounts to the Thrift Savings Fund, limiting the maximum annual contribution to five percent of the member's basic pay, as well as any special or incentive pay received. Prohibits matching agency contributions. Adds a representative of the armed forces to the Employee Thrift Advisory Council. Authorizes such participation and contribution as of July 1, 2000, unless postponed by the Secretary under certain circumstances. (Sec. 653) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into an agreement with a member to make contributions to the Fund if such member: (1) is in a critical specialty; and (2) commits to continue to serve on active duty in that specialty for six years. (Sec. 654) Includes reserve retired officers who are employed with the Federal Government on a full-time basis under provisions limiting the amount of military retired pay they may receive during such employment. (Sec. 655) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide a credit toward Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage for months covered by premium payments made during an SBP open enrollment period for persons not previously participating in the SBP. (Sec. 656) Prohibits as of October 1, 2008, the reduction in military retired pay for persons electing to participate in a military annuity program for any month after the later of: (1) 30 years for which such retired pay is reduced; or (2) the month during which the annuitant reaches 70 years of age. (Sec. 657) Makes permanent (currently terminates on September 30, 2001) the authority for the payment of annuities to the surviving spouses of certain reserve personnel. (Sec. 658) Provides for the effectuation of an intended SBP annuity to a former spouse when not accomplished by a member due to his or her death within 21 days after entering into an agreement incident to a divorce to elect such annuity. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress assessing the effect that additional pay and benefits have had on military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 672) Requires the first general or flag officer in the chain of command of a member to manage such member's deployment when the total number of days of which such member has been deployed out of 365 consecutive days is in excess of 180 days. Limits such deployment to 200 out of 365 consecutive days unless a general or admiral in such chain of command approves a continued deployment. Provides for the waiver of such limitations by the Secretary for national security purposes. Authorizes a $100 per diem allowance for members deployed in excess of 220 out of 365 consecutive days (with a national security waiver of such allowance). Makes such provisions inapplicable to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 673) Makes inapplicable to members deployed in a contingency operation or similar operational mission a required limitation in the amount of tuition costs that will be paid for education or training during off-duty periods. (Sec. 674) Includes within the educational loan repayment program members of the Selected Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 675) Extends to the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the authority for the presentation of the U.S. flag upon retirement. Title VII: Health Care - Subtitle A: TRICARE Program - Amends the Civilian Heath and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to require the Secretary to ensure that health care coverage available through TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) is substantially similar to coverage available under similar health benefits plans offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. Directs the Secretary to minimize the authorization or certification requirements of covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program as a condition of access to program benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse health care providers under the TRICARE program at higher rates (with limits) if such rates are necessary to ensure the availability of an adequate number of qualified health care providers. Authorizes collection by military medical treatment facilities of health care costs incurred on behalf of a covered beneficiary of another insurer. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 702) Requires the Secretary to establish voluntary enrollment dental plans for members of the Selected Reserve (current law) and Individual Ready Reserve, and authorizes such plans for other reserves, active duty dependents, and Ready Reserve dependents. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to establish such plans for dependents of military personnel who are on active duty for more than 30 days.) Provides for: (1) plan administration; (2) types of care authorized; (3) premiums and premium sharing plans; (4) copayments; (5) dental care provided outside the United States; and (6) a waiver of plan requirements for dependents of personnel on active duty for more than 30 days. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing plan benefits until notice to the defense committees followed by a one-year waiting period. (Sec. 703) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for the automatic authorization for enrollment into the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program of persons already enrolled in a DOD managed care program. (Sec. 704) Provides for the designation and services of TRICARE beneficiary advocates, requiring such designation no later than January 15, 2000. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Provides for the health care at former military medical treatment facilities of active-duty personnel stationed at certain remote locations. (Sec. 712) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to extend through FY 2000 the chiropractic health care demonstration program. (Sec. 713) Directs the Secretary, in the administration of health care contracts, to implement program benefit and administrative changes at the start of each fiscal year rather than throughout the year, except when the Secretary determines that such changes would significantly improve health services to eligible beneficiaries or result in more effective provision of such care. (Sec. 714) Requires CHAMPUS contracts to be awarded to offerors that will provide the best value consistent with high-quality care in a manner that protects the fiscal and other interests of the United States. (Sec. 715) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, with the consent of the member, to order a reserve member to active duty to complete a health surveillance study. (Sec. 716) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to continue payment under CHAMPUS for domiciliary or custodial care services to covered beneficiaries who, prior to the effective date of final regulations implementing the individual case management program, were provided such care. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 2005 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. (Sec. 802) Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 relating to the Mentor-Protege program (a program to provide incentives to major DOD contractors to award subcontracts to disadvantaged small businesses) to: (1) provide a program participation term of not more than three years, while allowing up to five years in unusual circumstances; (2) authorize (currently require) the Secretary to reimburse a mentor for the total amount of progress or advance payments made to a subcontractor under the program, as well as certain support costs; (3) state that determinations made in a mentor firm's annual performance review shall be a major factor in determining appropriate reimbursement amounts; (4) limit such total reimbursement amount in a fiscal year to $1 million, with an exception; (5) extend such program through FY 2004; (6) require specified reports from the mentor firm, the protege firm, and the Secretary; (7) require an annual performance review of each mentor-protege agreement; and (8) repeal a provision that limits the provision of funding to the end of FY 1999. (Sec. 803) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress the implementation status of the Small Business Innovation Research program transition plan developed under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 804) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to provide for CG review of records concerning prototype projects carried out by the Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Sec. 805) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to treat procurements of certain commercial services as procurements of commercial items under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Limits such program to a five-year period. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress on the program; and (2) collect and analyze information on price trends for all services covered by the program. (Sec. 806) Requires the Secretary, before purchasing a product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Industries catalog, to conduct market research to determine whether such product is comparable in price, quality, and delivery time to products available from the private sector, and, if not comparable, to use competitive procedures for the procurement of such product. Provides exemptions, including for the procurement of national security systems. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: General - Provides that, as of October 1, 2002, the number of DOD management headquarters and headquarters support personnel may not exceed 65 (currently 75) percent of such number as of October 1, 1989. Repeals provisions requiring a phased reduction of such number. (Sec. 902) Outlines additional matters to be included within annual reports concerning joint warfighting experimentation. (Sec. 903) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to accept from a donor a qualified guarantee for the completion of a major project (cost of at least $1 million) for the benefit of the U.S. Military Academy. Allows funds for such a project to be obligated and expended without regard to whether they are sufficient to pay for project completion. Requires a qualified account control agreement to be set up between such Secretary, the donor, and a major U.S. investment management firm in order to ensure the availability of sufficient funds to pay the guaranteed amount (along with related assurances and requirements). (Sec. 904) Mandates that the Civil Air Patrol is a nonmilitary, voluntary civilian auxiliary of the Air Force, to be administered by a Chief of Staff under the direction of the Secretary of the Air Force. Requires Patrol headquarters to perform command, control, and administrative functions. Outlines Patrol organizational requirements, including an Executive Director, Safety Officer, and Inspector General. Prohibits a member of the regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard serving in such position from receiving compensation for such service other than the pay and allowances provided to military personnel in such positions. (Sec. 905) Repeals the requirement that the DOD strategic plan be updated and revised at least every three years. (Sec. 906) Directs the Secretary, in each year in which a President is inaugurated, to conduct a comprehensive examination of the defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and related elements of defense programs and policies with a view toward determining and expressing the U.S. defense strategy and establishing a revised defense plan for the ensuing ten years and a revised defense plan for the ensuing 20 years. Requires during such time the consideration of reports of the National Defense Panel (established herein). Directs the Secretary to report on such review to the defense committees every year such review is conducted. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Defense Panel (nonpartisan and independent) to make certain assessments and recommendations concerning appropriate changes to U.S. defense strategy and to identify the most dangerous threats to U.S. national security during such upcoming periods. Requires the Panel to submit to the Secretary and the defense committees an interim and final report containing appropriate recommendations. Terminates the Panel after submission of its final report. Subtitle B: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization - Establishes the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization to conduct a review of such management and organization and report to Congress its findings and conclusions. Funds the Commission from defense-wide O&M funds for FY 2000. Terminates the Commission 60 days after its report. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2 billion of authorizations made available in this Division for FY 2000 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. (Sec. 1002) Outlines matters to be included in the second biennial DOD financial management improvement plan. (Sec. 1003) Allows a contract for the procurement of subsistence items entered into under the prime vendor program of the Defense Logistics Agency to specify a single payment date applicable to an invoice for such items, but prohibits such date to be more than ten days after invoice receipt. (Sec. 1004) Authorizes the Secretary to require the use of electronic funds transfer for the pay, allowances, retired or retainer pay, and any other payments out of funds available to DOD for current and former military personnel, DOD employees or former employees, or dependents. (Sec. 1005) Authorizes the Secretary to pay, out of the proceeds of sales of maps, charts, and other publications of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), any licensing or other fees imposed by foreign countries or international organizations for the acquisition or use of data or products by NIMA. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes DOD disbursing officials to provide operating funds to automated teller machines on naval vessels and to accept transfers of funds made through such machines. (Sec. 1007) Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for DOD missions relating to combating terrorism. Requires the DOD budget for fiscal years after 2000 to set forth separately the amounts requested for such purpose. (Sec. 1008) Provides for U.S. contribution for the common-funded budgets of NATO for FY 2000. Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - Waives certain transfer restrictions if a sale of naval shipyard articles or services is made to a DOD contractor for a nuclear ship in order to facilitate the contractor's fulfillment of the contract. (Sec. 1012) Requires congressional notification followed by a 60-day waiting period prior to the transfer of a vessel which has been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals - Preserves certain defense reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, prior national defense and military construction Acts, and related Acts, as listed in the report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the Speaker of the House on January 5, 1993. (Sec. 1022) Requires a report from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the defense and appropriations committees on the requirements of the combatant commands. (Sec. 1023) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) assessments of the readiness of the United States to execute the national military strategy; and (2) the inventory and control of DOD military equipment as of the end of FY 1999. (Sec. 1025) Directs the Secretary to develop, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, a detailed guide for investment in space science and technology, demonstrations of space technology, and planning and development for space technology systems. Requires such guide to include two alternative technology paths. (Sec. 1026) Requires the CG to study the policies, procedures, and practices of the military departments for protecting the confidentiality of communications between a military dependent who is a victim or perpetrator of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or intrafamily abuse and their therapist, counselor, or other person providing professional services. Requires a report from the CG to Congress and the Secretary on the study's results, and a report from the Secretary to Congress on actions taken after such study. (Sec. 1027) Requires a report from the CG to Congress on the anticipated effect of the proposal to reduce the Federal civilian workforce involved in the operation of eight storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. (Sec. 1028) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the deployment across State boundaries of rapid assessment and initial detection teams used to respond to incidents involving a weapon of mass destruction. (Sec. 1029) Directs the Secretary to include in quarterly readiness reports an assessment of the readiness, training status, and future funding requirements of all active and reserve units that are considered assets of the Consequence Management Program Integration Office of DOD. Requires the Secretary to prepare a decontamination readiness plan for such Office. (Sec. 1030) Requires the Secretary to report to the: (1) defense and appropriations committees on the relationship between the defense budget and current and emerging threats to national security; and (2) defense committees on implementation of the Defense Capabilities Initiative by NATO nations. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2000 a prohibition on the retirement or dismantlement of specified strategic nuclear delivery systems. Prohibits funds from being obligated for retiring or dismantling: (1) B-52H bomber aircraft below a minimum of 76 (currently 71); and (2) Trident ballistic missile submarines below 14 (currently 18). (Sec. 1042) Prohibits any FY 2000 funds from being used to reduce the number of U.S. strategic nuclear forces below the maximum number currently permitted the United States under the START II Treaty unless the President reports to Congress an assessment that such reductions would not impede U.S. capability to respond militarily to a significant challenge posed by nuclear weapons modernization programs of the People's Republic of China or any other nation. Requires other nations' modernization programs to be taken into account when negotiating the START II Treaty with the Russian Federation. (Sec. 1043) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to extend through FY 2004 the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Provides for an executive secretary to such Committee, and revises certain report deadlines. (Sec. 1044) Prohibits funds authorized under this Act from being obligated or expended for assistance for a country under any Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program until the President makes certain certifications to Congress with respect to arms control compliance and related actions of such country. (Sec. 1045) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to revise the period covered by an annual report on accounting for U.S. assistance under CTR programs. (Sec. 1046) Limits to $15 million the total amount of FY 2000 U.S. assistance in support of UN-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. (Sec. 1047) Directs the Secretary to carry out an (defense electronic) information assurance program, to report annually to Congress on such program, and to prepare a DOD information assurance guide for the development of appropriate organizational structures and technologies for information assurance (protection) under the program. Requires development of an information assurance testbed. Provides funding from amounts authorized under this Act. (Sec. 1048) Directs the Secretary to establish a task force of the Defense Science Board to examine the use of radio and television broadcasting as a propaganda instrument and the adequacy of the capabilities of U.S. armed forces to deal with propaganda situations such as the conflict in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Requires a report from the task force to the Secretary, and from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 1049) Requires a non-DOD entity operating a communication system, device, or apparatus on any portion of the frequency spectrum used by DOD to ensure noninterference with DOD communications operated therein. Makes such entity liable for any required redesign or rebuilding of a DOD communication system as a result of such interference. (Sec. 1050) Prohibits the use of any funds to enter into any contract with or issue any broadcast or other license to any entity that broadcasts from outside the United States into the United States on any frequency that is reserved to or used by DOD, unless such broadcasting is authorized by law. (Sec. 1051) Repeals a provision that limits to $50 million in a fiscal year the Federal expenditure for the National Guard civilian youth opportunities program. (Sec. 1052) Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to exempt from Federal disclosure requirements information concerning military personnel or DOD or Coast Guard employees assigned to overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. (Sec. 1053) Authorizes the Secretary to exempt from such disclosure requirements: (1) certain operational files of NIMA; and (2) NIMA information having commercial significance. (Sec. 1055) Authorizes the Secretary to continue the enrollment in the DOD domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools program of a military or Federal employee dependent who would otherwise lose their eligibility under such program. (Sec. 1056) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a single school board for all domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico and a single school board for all such schools in Guam. (Sec. 1057) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct through the military departments a science, mathematics, and technology education improvement program known as the Department of Defense STARBASE Program in order to improve the knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in such subject areas. Requires the establishment of at least 25 academies under the program, with specified academic requirements. Requires an annual program report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 1058) Requires the Secretary's program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War to run during FY 2000 through 2004. Provides program funding during such period through Army O&M funds. (Sec. 1059) Reauthorizes and extends through FY 2000 the Defense Production Act of 1950. (Sec. 1060) Extends to naval aircraft on which one or more Coast Guard members are assigned the authority to engage in certain drug interdiction activities. Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel - Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to change to October 1, 1999 (currently October 1, 2000) the effective date of revisions made to the voluntary early retirement program. (Sec. 1102) Repeals a provision which authorized the investigation of a complaint of sexual harassment made by a civilian employee under the supervision of a commanding officer or officer in charge of a military unit, vessel, facility, or area (thereby requiring such employees to follow Federal sexual harassment investigatory procedures). (Sec. 1103) Provides for the restoration of earned but unused annual leave in the case of DOD emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary of a military department to make such designation, following specified criteria. Makes employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities eligible for such designation. (Sec. 1104) Provides leave protection for dual-status military technicians participating in combat as well as noncombat operations outside the United States. (Sec. 1105) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish work schedules and premium pay or compensatory time off provisions for civilian faculty members of the military service academies. (Sec. 1106) Provides that certain Federal pay rate and total compensation limitations shall not apply to the authority of the Secretary to prescribe salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Title XII: National Military Museum and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Commission on National Military Museum - Establishes the Commission on the National Military Museum to conduct a study and make recommendations to Congress regarding authorization for the construction of a national military museum in the National Capital area. Requires, after one year, a report to Congress on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 60 days after such report. Subtitle B: Related Matters - Prohibits any transfer of Navy Annex property until two years after the later of: (1) the date of submission of a study on the expansion of Arlington National Cemetery (required under a prior joint explanatory statement); or (2) the date of the report of the Commission, above. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - 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 family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. (Sec. 2403) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for deposit into the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund. (Sec. 2404) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. (Sec. 2405) Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2406) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the NATO Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2002, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2003, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Program Changes - Exempts from certain congressional notification (and waiting period) requirements military construction projects carried out using defense burdensharing contributions and undertaken under a declaration of war or national emergency. Requires that, after the decision to carry out the project is made, the Secretary shall notify the defense committees of such action and its estimated cost. (Sec. 2802) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should request sufficient amounts to fully fund each military construction and family housing project proposed for authorization in a fiscal year; and (2) Congress should authorize and appropriate sufficient amounts to fully fund such projects. Prohibits the Secretary or military department Secretaries from obligating or expending funds for such projects unless the total amount of appropriations allocated for the projects are sufficient, without additional (incremental) funding. (Sec. 2803) Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Chemical Demilitarization Construction Account for use in carrying out military construction projects authorized by law in support of DOD chemical demilitarization activities. (Sec. 2804) Limits the type of ancillary facility that may be included in the acquisition or construction of military family housing units to those that would not be in direct competition with any military resale facility, activity, or service. (Sec. 2805) Authorizes the use of available funds for design (currently, only planning) in connection with the acquisition of reserve facilities. (Sec. 2806) Authorizes the use of unspecified minor construction funds for construction projects costing less than $3 million and intended to correct deficiencies that are a threat to life, health, or safety. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - Extends through FY 2005 the authority of the Secretary to lease property for special operations activities. (Sec. 2812) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, in connection with the conveyance of a utility system, to enter into a contract for utility services for a period not to exceed 50 years. Authorizes the use of military construction project funds to facilitate such conveyances. Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to authorize the transfer of a former military installation to a local redevelopment authority (RA), without consideration, if such RA's reuse plan provides for the property to be used for the economic benefit or redevelopment of the installation and surrounding community. Authorizes the Secretary to modify earlier transfer agreements to incorporate such authority. Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part I: Army Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Bangor, Maine, the Army Reserve Center in Bangor. Part II: Navy Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to: (1) Newport, Rhode Island, the Ranger Road site in Newport; and (2) Dallas, Texas, the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387 in Dallas. Part III: Air Force Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to: (1) the Regents of the University of California the McLellan Nuclear Radiation Center in California; and (2) the Pease Development Authority the Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point in Newington, New Hampshire. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire by eminent domain all rights and interests of such State to certain unimproved Arizona trust lands in the Fort Huachuca East Range, Cochise County, Arizona. Allows such lands to be withdrawn and reserved for use by the Secretary of the Army for military training and testing. (Sec. 2862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to exercise appropriate authority 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 has 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 supporting facilities on such Island. Authorizes transfers to the Account from specified military housing funds. Title XXIX: 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) Maricopa, Pima, and Yuma Counties, Arizona (redesignating the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range as the Barry M. Goldwater Range); (2) Otero County, New Mexico; (3) the Big Delta and Granite Creek Areas, Alaska; and (4) 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 concerned to close areas of such lands as necessary for military operations, public safety, or national security. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a management plan for each withdrawn area. Directs such Secretary and the Secretary of the appropriate military department to enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement the management plan. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense on the management of lands withdrawn under this title. (Sec. 2905) States that neither the withdrawals nor any other provisions of this title shall be construed to affect the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. (Sec. 2906) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior to jointly conduct and report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a national park from all or portions of land withdrawn under this title. (Sec. 2907) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, ten years after the enactment of this Act and every ten years thereafter, to conduct a land management analysis of withdrawn lands under their jurisdiction. Limits the authorized cost for each analysis. Requires an analysis report from such Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 2908) Requires the Secretary concerned to conduct ongoing environmental restoration of lands withdrawn for their use (requiring a report to specified congressional committees on such activities). (Sec. 2909) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to relinquish any lands used by such Secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, after notification and appropriate decontamination activities. (Sec. 2910) Authorizes delegation of the functions of the Secretaries of Defense or a military department under this title. (Sec. 2911) Provides for the continuation of current water rights, and hunting, fishing, and trapping, on such withdrawn lands (with an exception for lands in the Cabeza Prieta Refuge). (Sec. 2913) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act and at least every five years thereafter, to determine, with the concurrence of the appropriate military department Secretary, which withdrawn lands are suitable for opening to mining and mineral leasing. Requires the publication of such determination and the opening of such lands. Authorizes the subsequent closure of such lands for national defense or security reasons. (Sec. 2914) Provides Federal immunity from injuries or damages to persons or property suffered in the course of any mining, mineral, or geothermal leasing activity conducted on the withdrawn lands. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI (sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2000 for operating expenses, capital equipment, and plant projects necessary in carrying out the following activities for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (3) other defense activities; (4) defense nuclear waste disposal; and (5) defense environmental management privatization activities. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 110 percent of the program authorization or $1 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress until the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this Division) transmits to the defense and appropriations committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have since expired. (Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Requires congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits. (Sec. 3124) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOE-authorized funds: (1) to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which such funds were authorized; or (2) between authorizations within DOE, to be merged with and available for the same purposes. Requires notification to the defense committees of any such transfers. (Sec. 3125) Directs the Secretary, before submitting a funding request for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program, to complete a conceptual design for such project. Requires a separate funding request for designs for which the estimated cost exceeds $3 million. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for the design does not exceed $600,000. Requires specific authorization by law for designs exceeding such amount. (Sec. 3126) Authorizes the use of DOE funds for planning, design, and construction activities for any DOE national security program that must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the needs of national defense, or protect property. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees when funds are so used. Makes funds for management and support and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. (Sec. 3129) Directs the Secretary, during FY 2000, to empower each DOE field office manager with the authority to transfer defense environmental management funds from a program or project under such office's jurisdiction to another program or project in order to address a risk to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of such funds at that field office. Limits such transfers to a total of $5 million per fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress within 30 days after any such transfer. Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act, or any Act authorizing appropriations for DOD or DOE military activities for fiscal years after 2000, from being used for treatment, storage, or disposal activities at any site designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program. (Sec. 3132) Directs the Secretary to continue operations and maintain a high state or readiness at the F- and H-canyon facilities at the Savannah River site and to provide technical staff to operate and maintain such facilities. (Sec. 3133) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for extending the effective life of weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a long-term plan for such extension; and (2) report annually to the defense committees (requiring plan updates as appropriate). Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should include in each annual budget sufficient amounts to fund such activities. (Sec. 3134) Directs the Secretary to produce new tritium to meet the requirements of the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum at the Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar or Sequoyah nuclear power plants. Requires the Secretary, in connection with such production, to design and construct a new tritium extraction facility in the H-Area of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. (Sec. 3135) Directs the Secretary to secure an independent cost estimate of the Accelerator Production of Tritium. (Sec. 3136) Prohibits more than 40 percent of the post-FY 1999 funds available for the Initiative for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) program from being obligated or expended by DOE national laboratories to: (1) carry out or provide oversight of activities under that program; or (2) increase or otherwise supplement the pay or benefits of a scientist or engineer engaged in activities relating to the development, production, or testing of chemical or biological weapons or a missile system when such engineer was not formerly engaged in such activities. Prohibits any such funds from being made available to an institution or other scientist engaged in such activities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe procedures for the review of projects under the IPP program to ensure their nonmilitary use, and to report to Congress on such procedures. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should enter into negotiations with the Russian Government to conclude an agreement to provide for the permanent exemption from taxation by the Russian Government of DOE nonproliferation activities under the IPP program. Prohibits amounts authorized for the Nuclear Cities Initiative from being obligated or expended until the Secretary certifies to Congress that Russia has agreed to close some of its facilities engaged in work on weapons of mass destruction. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of potential economic effects of each commercial program proposed under such Initiative before providing assistance. Requires a report from the Secretary: (1) to Congress on participation in or contribution to the Initiative of each Federal department or agency; and (2) to the defense committees on the IPP program and the Initiative. Subtitle D: Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities - Department of Energy Facilities Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 1999 - Establishes the Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities to review the safeguards, security, and counterintelligence activities at DOE facilities in order to: (1) determine the adequacy of such activities against threats to the disclosure of sensitive information, processes, and activities; and (2) make recommendations for appropriate action to ensure that such security is achieved and maintained. Requires an annual Commission activities report to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates the Department of Energy Security Management Board authorized under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 3153) Requires background investigations of any DOE employee, or contractor employee, at a DOE facility who: (1) carries out duties or responsibilities in or around a location where restricted data is or may be present; or (2) has or may have regular access to such a location. (Sec. 3154) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for conducting periodic polygraph examinations of each DOE employee (or contractor employee) at a DOE facility who has or may have access to restricted data or sensitive compartmented information. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 50 percent of the amount authorized for DOE travel expenses until such plan is submitted. (Sec. 3155) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide civil monetary penalties of $100,000 per violation for violations of DOE regulations regarding the security of classified or sensitive information or data. (Sec. 3156) Requires the Secretary and the Directors of Central Intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (officials) to jointly submit to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees a certification that cooperative programs carried out between DOE and the Republic of China, an independent state of the former Soviet Union, or any nation designated as sensitive by the Secretary of State meet specified conditions regarding the safeguarding and security of sensitive information. Prohibits the use of DOE weapons and other defense activities funds for FY 2000 until 30 days after such certification. (Sec. 3157) Increases penalties for the unauthorized communication or receipt of restricted data. (Sec. 3158) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within DOE an Office of Counterintelligence, headed by a Director who shall develop and implement security and counterintelligence programs and activities at DOE facilities in order to reduce the threat of disclosure or loss of classified and other sensitive information. Requires such Director to submit to the above officials an annual status report on the effectiveness of measures taken. Establishes within DOE the Office of Intelligence, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for DOE programs and activities relating to the analysis of intelligence with respect to nuclear weapons and materials, other nuclear matters, and energy security. (Sec. 3159) Directs the Secretary to assign to each DOE facility at which restricted data is located an individual to assess security and counterintelligence protection measures at such facility. (Sec. 3160) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to ensure that a DOE employee or contractor employee may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing information relating to a possible violation against the protection of classified information to: (1) members of a congressional committee having appropriate oversight responsibilities; (2) staff members of such committees having appropriate security clearance; or (3) the Inspector General, FBI, or any other Federal entity authorized to receive such information. (Sec. 3161) Provides for investigation and appropriate remedial action of alleged reprisals against DOE or contractor employees disclosing such information. (Sec. 3162) Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a notification of each serious security or counterintelligence failure at a DOE facility that is likely to cause significant harm or damage to U.S. national security interests. Requires such notification within 30 days after its discovery. Requires the House and Senate to establish procedures to protect classified and other sensitive information furnished under this section. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Provides for the appointment of an interim staff director for the Office of Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs until the position of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for such Programs is filled. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly submit to the defense committees a plan to revitalize the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council established under prior law. Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) report annually to the defense committees on Council activities; and (2) develop and implement a plan to ensure the continued capability of DOD to carry out its nuclear deterrent mission. Directs both Secretaries to submit to the defense committees a plan for retaining core scientific, engineering, and technical skills and capabilities within their departments and contractors in order to maintain indefinitely the U.S. nuclear deterrent force. (Sec. 3172) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to revise required budget and planning elements for DOE national security activities. Directs the Secretary to include in annual budget materials a description of DOE weapons activities funding impacts on the nuclear weapons stockpile. (Sec. 3173) Authorizes DOE to pay voluntary separation incentive payments to qualifying employees who separate before January 1, 2003. (Sec. 3174) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to the defense and appropriations committees a long-term plan for the integrated management of fissile materials. (Sec. 3175) Authorizes the Secretary to accept loans from DOE contractors carrying out closure projects at DOE defense facilities. (Sec. 3176) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program on the use of project management oversight services for DOE construction projects of not less than $25 million. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 3177) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 to extend for five additional one-year periods the Environmental Evaluation Group for review of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. (Sec. 3178) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a proposed schedule for the commencement of shipments of waste from the Rocky Flats Plant, Colorado, to the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, New Mexico. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY 2000, to obligate up to $78.7 million of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposal of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amounts 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations. (Sec. 3302) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to prohibit the President from disposing of NDS materials in excess of that needed to achieve certain revenue requirements contained therein. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and administration of the Panama Canal for the period from October 1 through December 31, 1999 (after which Canal ownership reverts to the Republic of Panama), with specified funding limits. (Sec. 3403) Requires Commission funds to be made available for the purchase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of passenger motor vehicles, with a per vehicle cost limit of $26,000. (Sec. 3404) Requires expenditures authorized under this title to be in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any laws implementing those treaties. (Sec. 3405) Authorizes the Office of Transition Administration to obligate and expend funds from the Panama Canal Commission Dissolution Fund for authorized Canal ownership transition purposes. Requires the Commission to enter into an agreement with the head of a Federal department or agency to supervise the close-out of Commission affairs with respect to the Canal and to certify the completion of such functions.