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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 106TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106±162 "! NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 1401 together with ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND DISSENTING VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] MAY 24, 1999.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 1 106TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106±162 "! NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 1401 together with ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND DISSENTING VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] MAY 24, 1999.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 56±735 WASHINGTON : 1999 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FLOYD D. SPENCE, South Carolina, Chairman BOB STUMP, Arizona IKE SKELTON, Missouri DUNCAN HUNTER, California NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia JOHN R. KASICH, Ohio JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South Carolina HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah OWEN PICKETT, Virginia CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania LANE EVANS, Illinois JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi JIM SAXTON, New Jersey NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii STEVE BUYER, Indiana MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island JAMES TALENT, Missouri ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois TERRY EVERETT, Alabama SILVESTRE REYES, Texas ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland TOM ALLEN, Maine HOWARD ``BUCK'' MCKEON, California VIC SNYDER, Arkansas J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma JIM TURNER, Texas MAC THORNBERRY, Texas ADAM SMITH, Washington JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana LORETTA SANCHEZ, California SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas WALTER B. JONES, Jr., North Carolina CYNTHIA A. MCKINNEY, Georgia LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California JIM RYUN, Kansas ROBERT BRADY, Pennsylvania BOB RILEY, Alabama ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey JIM GIBBONS, Nevada BARON P. HILL, Indiana MARY BONO, California MIKE THOMPSON, California JOSEPH PITTS, Pennsylvania JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina STEVEN KUYKENDALL, California DONALD SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania ANDREW K. ELLIS, Staff Director (II) (II) C O N T E N T S Page Explanation of the Committee Amendments ........................................................ 1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 2 Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations .................................................. 2 Summary of Authorization in the Bill ................................................................... 2 Summary Table of Authorizations ...................................................................... 3 Rationale for the Committee Bill ........................................................................... 10 The Administration's Defense Budget Request ................................................. 11 The Committee Bill: Managing Risk .................................................................. 12 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 13 DIVISION AÐDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION .................... 13 TITLE IÐPROCUREMENT ................................................................................... 13 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 13 Aircraft Procurement, Army ............................................................................ 17 Overview ........................................................................................................ 17 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 21 AH±64 modifications ................................................................................. 21 Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) ................................................... 21 Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) modifications ........................... 22 CH±47 cargo helicopter modifications ..................................................... 22 Longbow ..................................................................................................... 22 UH±60 Blackhawk .................................................................................... 23 UH±60 modifications ................................................................................. 23 Utility/cargo airplane modifications ......................................................... 24 Missile Procurement, Army ............................................................................. 24 Overview ........................................................................................................ 24 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 27 Avenger modifications ............................................................................... 27 Avenger system summary ........................................................................ 27 Brilliant anti-armor (BAT) submunition ................................................. 27 Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) launcher systems .................... 27 Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army ............................................. 28 Overview ........................................................................................................ 28 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 32 Abrams upgrade program/heavy assault bridge (HAB) ......................... 32 Bradley base sustainment ........................................................................ 32 M113 carrier modifications ....................................................................... 33 M240 series medium machine gun .......................................................... 33 M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) .................................................... 33 MK19±3 grenade launcher ....................................................................... 33 Ammunition Procurement, Army .................................................................... 34 Overview ........................................................................................................ 34 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 38 Ammunition ............................................................................................... 38 Hydra 70 rockets ....................................................................................... 38 Provision of industrial facilities ............................................................... 38 Other Procurement, Army ............................................................................... 39 Overview ........................................................................................................ 39 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 51 Area common user system (ACUS) modification program ..................... 51 Army data distribution system (ADDS) .................................................. 51 Artillery accuracy equipment ................................................................... 51 Automated data processing equipment (ADPE) ..................................... 52 Combat support medical ........................................................................... 52 (III) IV Page Family of heavy tactical vehicles ............................................................. 53 General purpose vehicles .......................................................................... 53 High speed compactor ............................................................................... 53 Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) .................................................. 53 Information system security program (ISSP) ......................................... 54 Integrated family of test equipment (IFTE) ............................................ 54 Items less than $2.0 million (construction equipment) .......................... 54 Joint surveillance target attack radar system (Joint STARS) Common ground station (CGS) ............................................................................. 55 Lightweight video reconnaissance system (LVRS) ................................. 55 M56 smoke generator system ................................................................... 55 Modification of in-service equipment ....................................................... 56 Modification of in-service equipment (tactical surveillance) .................. 56 Night vision devices .................................................................................. 57 Nonsystem training devices ...................................................................... 57 Product improved (PI) combat vehicle crewman (CVC) headset ........... 58 Ribbon bridge
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