May 17, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14221 total authorized strength of such units and ber of civilian personnel authorized for the in the same locality during the last preced­ by the total number of such individual Department of Defense by subsection (a) of ing calendar year elapsing before the start members. this section. The Secretary of Defense shall of the twelve-month period (beginning promptly notify the Congress of any authori­ July 1 of each year) in which the claim for TITLE V-ciVILIAN PERSONNEL zation to increase civilian personnel strength the payment is submitted/ '. SEc. 501. (a) For the fiscal year beginning under the authority of this subsection. (2) Section 1086 of such title is amended October 1, 1978, and ending September 30, TITLE VI-MILITARY TRAINING by adding at the end thereof the following 1979, the Department of Defense is author­ STUDENT LOADS new subsection: ized an end strengt h for civilian personnel " (f) The provisions of section 1079 (h) of 1,007,531. SEc. 601. For the fiscal year beginning Octo­ of this title shall apply to payments for (b ) The end strength for civilian person­ ber 1, 1978, and ending September 30, 1979, physician services under a plan contracted nel prescribed in subsection (a) of this sec­ each component of the Armed Forces is au­ thorized an average military training student for under subsection (a) .". tion shall be apportioned among the De­ (b) The amendments made by subsec­ load as follows: part ment of the Army, the Department of tion (a) shall apply with respect to claims the Navy, including the Marine Corps, the (1) The Army, 67,843; (2) The Navy, 58,086; submitted for payment for services pro­ Department of the Air Force, and the agen­ vided on or after the first day of the first cies of the Department of Defense (other (3) The Marine Corps, 21 ,324; (4) The Air Force, 44,917; calendar year beginning after the date of than the military departments) in such enactment of this Act. numbers as the Secretary of Defense shall (5) The Army National Guard of the United States, 11,793; By Mr. SKELTON: prescribe. The Secretary of Defense shall re­ TITLE VII-ciVIL DEFENSE port to the Congress within sixty days after (6) The Army Reserve, 5,959 : the date of enactment of this Act on the (7) The Naval Reserve, 991; On page 27, immediately after Line 23 in­ manner in which the initial allocation of (8) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,074; sert the following new section: civilian personnel is made among the mili­ (9) The Air National Guard of the United "SEc. 702. (a) From the sum authorized tary departments and agencies of the De­ States, 2,471 ; and to be appropriated to the Defense Civil Pre­ partment of Defense (other than the military (10 ) The Air Force Reserve, 1,184. paredness Agency pursuant to Section 701 departments) and shall include the rationale TITLE VII-DEFENSE CIVIL PREPARED­ of this act, the sum of $200,000 shall be used for each allocation. NESS AGENCY for a study of the special civil defense needs (c) In computing the authorized end of areas which contain significant elements SEc. 701. Funds are hereby authorized to be of the United States' strategic nuclear re­ strength for civilian personnel there shall appropriated during the fiscal year 1979 for be included all direct-hire and indirect-hire carrying out the purposes of the Federal Civil taliatory forces. civilian personnel employed to perform mili­ (b) The study provided for in subsection Defense Act of 1950, as amended, for the (a) of this section shall include, but not tary functions administered by the Depart­ Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, in the ment of Defense (other than those per­ be limited to, the following information: amount of $96,500,000. (1) An identification of areas in the formed by the National Security Agency) This Act may be cited as the "Department whether employed on a full-time, part-time, United States which because they contain of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act. significant elements of the United States' or intermittent basis, but excluding special 1979". employment categories for students and dis­ strategic nuclear retaliatory forces are prime By Mr. CORNWELL: targets in case of a nuclear attack. advantaged youth such as the stay-in-school TITLE V-CIVILIAN PERSONNEL campaign, the temporary summer aid pro­ (2) A determination of what civil defense gram and the Federal junior fellowship pro­ Page 24, line 18 : delete 1 ~ , and insert 2. evacuation and shelter plans and warning gram and personnel participating in the By Mr. HILLIS : systems are now available or are proposed worker-trainee opportunity program. When­ Page 38, after line 9, add the following new to be available to these areas. ever a function, power, or duty, or activity is section: (3) An evaluation of the effectiveness of these existing evacuation and shelter plans transferred or assigned to a department or CEILING FOR PAYMENTS TO PHYSICIANS and warning systems. agency of the Department of Defense from UNDER CHAMPUS a department or agency outside of the De­ SEc. 812. (a) (1) Section 1079 of title 10, (4) A determination of the feasibility of partment of Defense, or from another de­ United States Code, is amended by adding at establishing more effective evacuation and partment or agency within the Department the end thereof the following new subsection: shelter plans and warning systems for these of Defense, the civilian personnel end " (h) Payment of a charge for physician areas, and a determination of the potential strength authorized for such departments services for which a claim is submitted under costs and methods of financing. or agencies of the Department of Defense a plan contracted for under subsection (a) (5) A detailed analysis of the specific ef­ affected shall be adjusted to reflect any in­ may be denied because the charge is in ex­ fects of a nuclear attack on each of these creases or decreases in civilian personnel re­ cess of a predetermined charge level based areas. quired as a result of such transfer or assign­ up0n customary charges made for similar (6 ) A determination of the need for edu­ ment. services in the same locality only to the ex­ cating and the most effective methods of (d) When the Secretary of Defense deter­ tent that such charge is in excess of the educating the public in these areas on civil mines that sut::h action is necessary in the charge level that, on the basis of statistical defense matters. national interest, he may authorize the em­ dat a and methodology acceptable to the Sec­ (c) The study required by this section ployment of civilian personnel in excess of retary of Defens.-, in consultation with the shall be complete, and copies filed with the the number authorized in subsection (a) of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Committees on Armed Services of the Senate this section but such additional number may is P.quivalent to the 90th percentile of the and House of Representatives, before April 1, not exceed 1 ~ per centum of the total num- customary charges made for sirnilar services 1979. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WARPLANES PACKAGE SHOULD ously question the logic of this weapons the most influential voices in the Arab HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN sale at this time. world-and a country which has done The administration's contention, that little to promote peace in the Middle HON. BILL FRENZEL distributing advanced weaponry is con­ East. It has not joined the more radical ducive to peace, simply does not make Arab States in attacking the peace ef­ OF MINNESOTA sense. forts of President Sadat, but it has failed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES To make matters worse, the adminis­ to endorse openly President Sadat's ef­ Wednesday, May 17, 1978 tration has timed this sale at a time forts. Saudi Arabia's failure to com­ when peace negotiations are stalled. mend Sadat publicly has weakened e Mr. FRENZEL. Mr. Speaker, in my Egypts standing in the Arab world and judgment, the warplanes package ap­ Rather than offering an incentive to the proved by the Senate Monday is danger­ Egyptians to resume the discussions, the the chances for peace. ously flawed in conception, timing and administration, by submitting the war­ Even if the Saudis have supported structure. planes package at this time, is reward­ Sadat privately, this stands in sharp If our Government is really committed ing them for not negotiating. contrast to their public support of the to bringing about a just and lasting One must also question the timing of PLO. In 1976, Saudi Arabia provided in peace in the Middle East, one must seri- the plane sale to Saudi Arabia--one of excess of $40 million to the military arm Statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor will be identified by the use of a "bullet" symbol, i.e., • 14222 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 17, 1978 of the PLO. They have also provided as­ It may not be prudent to provide this surprising, as in the last year alone, Congress sistance to other branches of the ter­ advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia, a has seen eighteen di1Ierent national health rorist organization. Publicly, the Saudis insurance oroposals placed before it. The sys­ country who just 3 years ago had its teins proposed within this maelstrom of leg­ have praised PLO terrorist missions leader assassinated; a country where, ac­ islation range from total reconstruction of against civilians, including the March cording to former Army Counterintelli­ the health system in America to federal as­ 11 "Sabbath Massacre" in which 41 per­ gence Officer Tom Gervasi, "security is sistance for health expenses above $2,000.