1 Calendar No. 145 104TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1026 [Report No. 104±112] A BILL To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activi- ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. JULY 12 (legislative day JULY 10), 1995 Read twice and placed on the calendar II Calendar No. 145 104TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1026 [Report No. 104±112] To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 12 (legislative day JULY 10), 1995 Mr. THURMOND from the Committee on Armed Services, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar A BILL To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Depart- ment of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1 2 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Au- 3 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996''. 4 SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 5 CONTENTS. 6 (a) DIVISIONS.ÐThis Act is organized into three divi- 7 sions as follows: 8 (1) DIVISION AÐDepartment of Defense Au- 9 thorizations. 10 (2) DIVISION BÐMilitary Construction Author- 11 izations. 12 (3) DIVISION CÐDepartment of Energy Na- 13 tional Security Authorizations and Other Authoriza- 14 tions. 15 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.ÐThe table of contents for 16 this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined. DIVISION AÐDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE IÐPROCUREMENT Subtitle AÐAuthorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force. Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. Sec. 105. Reserve components. Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program. Sec. 108. Defense health program. Subtitle BÐArmy Programs •S 1026 PCS 3 Sec. 111. AH±64D Longbow Apache attack helicopter. Sec. 112. OH±58D AHIP Scout helicopter. Sec. 113. Hydra 70 rocket. Subtitle CÐNavy Programs Sec. 121. Seawolf and New Attack Submarine programs. Sec. 122. Repeal of prohibition on backfit of Trident submarines. Sec. 123. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program. Sec. 124. Split funding for construction of naval vessels. Subtitle DÐOther Programs Sec. 131. Tier II predator unmanned aerial vehicle program. Sec. 132. Pioneer unmanned aerial vehicle program. TITLE IIÐRESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Subtitle AÐAuthorization of Appropriations Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Amount for basic research and exploratory development. Subtitle BÐProgram Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 211. A/F117X long-range, medium attack aircraft. Sec. 212. Navy mine countermeasures program. Sec. 213. Marine Corps shore fire support. Sec. 214. Space and missile tracking system program. Sec. 215. Precision guided munitions. Sec. 216. Defense Nuclear Agency programs. Sec. 217. Counterproliferation support program. Sec. 218. Nonlethal weapons program. Sec. 219. Federally funded research and development centers. Sec. 220. States eligible for assistance under Defense Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research. Sec. 221. National defense technology and industrial base, defense reinvest- ment, and conversion. Sec. 222. Revisions of Manufacturing Science and Technology Program. Sec. 223. Preparedness of the Department of Defense to respond to military and civil defense emergencies resulting from a chemical, bio- logical, radiological, or nuclear attack. Subtitle CÐMissile Defense Sec. 231. Short title. Sec. 232. Findings. Sec. 233. Missile defense policy. Sec. 234. Theater missile defense architecture. Sec. 235. National missile defense system architecture. Sec. 236. Cruise missile defense initiative. Sec. 237. Policy regarding the ABM Treaty. Sec. 238. Standard for assessing compliance with the ABM Treaty. Sec. 239. Ballistic Missile Defense program elements. Sec. 240. ABM Treaty defined. Sec. 241. Repeal of missile defense provisions. •S 1026 PCS 4 TITLE IIIÐOPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle AÐAuthorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. Sec. 302. Working capital funds. Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home. Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Subtitle BÐDepot-Level Maintenance and Repair Sec. 311. Policy regarding performance of depot-level maintenance and repair for the Department of Defense. Sec. 312. Extension of authority for aviation depots and naval shipyards to en- gage in defense-related production and services. Subtitle CÐEnvironmental Provisions Sec. 321. Revision of requirements for agreements for services under environ- mental restoration program. Sec. 322. Discharges from vessels of the Armed Forces. Sec. 323. Revision of authorities relating to restoration advisory boards. Subtitle DÐCivilian Employees Sec. 331. Minimum number of military reserve technicians. Sec. 332. Exemption of Department of Defense from personnel ceilings for ci- vilian personnel. Sec. 333. Wearing of uniform by National Guard technicians. Sec. 334. Extension of temporary authority to pay civilian employees with re- spect to the evacuation from Guantanamo, Cuba. Sec. 335. Sharing of personnel of Department of Defense domestic dependent schools and Defense Dependents' Education System. Sec. 336. Revision of authority for appointments of involuntarily separated military reserve technicians. Sec. 337. Cost of continuing health insurance coverage for employees volun- tarily separated from positions to be eliminated in a reduction in force. Sec. 338. Elimination of 120-day limitation on details of certain employees. Sec. 339. Repeal of requirement for part-time career opportunity employment reports. Sec. 340. Authority of civilian employees of Department of Defense to partici- pate voluntarily in reductions in force. Sec. 341. Authority to pay severance payments in lump sums. Sec. 342. Holidays for employees whose basic workweek is other than Monday through Friday. Sec. 343. Coverage of nonappropriated fund employees under authority for flexible and compressed work schedules. Subtitle EÐDefense Financial Management Sec. 351. Financial management training. Sec. 352. Limitation on opening of new centers for Defense Finance and Ac- counting Service. Subtitle FÐAssistance for Civilian Activities •S 1026 PCS 5 Sec. 361. Department of Defense funding for National Guard participation in joint disaster and emergency assistance exercises. Sec. 362. Office of Civil-Military Programs. Sec. 363. Revision of authority for Civil-Military Cooperative Action Program. Sec. 364. Office of Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs. Subtitle GÐOperation of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Activities Sec. 371. Disposition of excess morale, welfare, and recreation funds. Sec. 372. Elimination of certain restrictions on purchases and sales of items by exchange stores and other morale, welfare, and recreation fa- cilities. Sec. 373. Repeal of requirement to convert ships' stores to nonappropriated fund instrumentalities. Subtitle HÐOther Matters Sec. 381. National Defense Sealift Fund: availability for Ready Reserve compo- nent of the Ready Reserve Fleet. Sec. 382. Limitation on contracting with same contractor for construction of additional new sealift ships. Sec. 383. Availability of recovered losses resulting from contractor fraud. Sec. 384. Permanent authority for use of proceeds from the sale of certain lost, abandoned, or unclaimed property. Sec. 385. Sale of military clothing and subsistence and other supplies of the Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 386. Conversion of Civilian Marksmanship Program to nonappropriated fund instrumentality and activities under program. Sec. 387. Report on efforts to contract out certain functions of Department of Defense. Sec. 388. Impact aid. TITLE IVÐMILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS Subtitle AÐActive Forces Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Sec. 402. Temporary variation in DOPMA authorized end strength limitations for active duty Air Force and Navy officers in certain grades. Sec. 403. Certain general and flag officers awaiting retirement not to be count- ed. Subtitle BÐReserve Forces Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Sec. 413. Increase in number of members in certain grades authorized to serve on active duty in support of the reserves. Sec. 414. Reserves on active duty in support of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs not to be counted. Sec. 415. Reserves on active duty for military-to-military contacts and com- parable activities not to be counted. Subtitle CÐMilitary Training Student Loads Sec. 421. Authorization of training student loads. •S 1026 PCS 6 Subtitle DÐAuthorization of Appropriations Sec. 431. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel. TITLE VÐMILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY