[DOCID: f:hr265.105] From the House Reports Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] 105th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 105-265 _______________________________________________________________________ MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ September 23, 1997.--Ordered to be printed _______________________________________________________________________ Mr. Young of Florida, from the committee on conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H.R. 2266] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2266) ``making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes,'' having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, insert: That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, for military functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I MILITARY PERSONNEL Military Personnel, Army For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $20,452,057,000. Military Personnel, Navy For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $16,493,518,000. Military Personnel, Marine Corps For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $6,137,899,000. Military Personnel, Air Force For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $17,102,120,000. Reserve Personnel, Army For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $2,032,046,000. Reserve Personnel, Navy For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $1,376,601,000. Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $391,770,000. Reserve Personnel, Air Force For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $815,915,000. National Guard Personnel, Army For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $3,333,867,000. National Guard Personnel, Air Force For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; $1,334,712,000. TITLE II OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Operation and Maintenance, Army (including transfer of funds) For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $11,437,000, can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; $16,754,306,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, not less than $300,000,000 shall be made available only for conventional ammunition care and maintenance. Operation and Maintenance, Navy (including transfer of funds) For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $5,500,000, can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; $21,617,766,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law; $2,372,635,000. Operation and Maintenance, Air Force (including transfer of funds) For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $8,362,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; $18,492,883,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by law; $10,369,740,000, of which not to exceed $25,000,000 may be available for the CINC initiative fund account; and of which not to exceed $28,850,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes. Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; $1,207,891,000. Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; $921,711,000. Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; $116,366,000. Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; $1,632,030,000. Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including aircraft); $2,419,632,000: Provided, That not later than March 15, 1998, the Director of the Army National Guard shall provide a report to the congressional defense committees identifying the allocation, by installation and activity, of all base operations funds appropriated under this heading. Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for the training and administration of the Air National Guard, including repair of facilities, maintenance, operation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of things, hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air National Guard; and expenses incident to the maintenance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; $3,013,282,000. Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund (including transfer of funds) For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contingency Operations by United States military forces; $1,884,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds only to operation and maintenance accounts within this title, and working capital funds: Provided further, That the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the same purposes and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act. United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; $6,952,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 can be used for official representation purposes. Environmental Restoration, Army (including transfer of funds) For the Department of the Army, $375,337,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That not more than twenty-five per centum of funds provided under this heading may be obligated for environmental remediation by the Corps of Engineers under total environmental remediation contracts. Environmental Restoration, Navy (including transfer of funds) For the Department of the Navy, $275,500,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made availableto the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation. Environmental Restoration, Air Force (including transfer of funds) For the Department of the Air Force, $376,900,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation. Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide (including transfer of funds) For the Department of Defense, $26,900,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation. Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites (including transfer of funds) For the Department of the Army, $242,300,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation. Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 2547, and 2551 of title 10, United States Code); $47,130,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999. Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union, including assistance provided by contract or by grants, for facilitating the elimination and the safe and secure transportation and storage of nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for establishing programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons components, and weapon-related technology and expertise; for programs relating to the training and support of defense and military personnel for demilitarization and protection of weapons, weapons components and weapons technology and expertise; $382,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be available only to support the dismantling and disposal of nuclear submarines and submarine reactor components in the Russian Far East: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be available only for the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program. Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting from unfunded shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of real property of the Department of Defense (including military housing and barracks); $360,000,000, for the maintenance of real property of the Department of Defense (including minor construction and major maintenance and repair), which shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1999, as follows: Army, $100,000,000; Navy, $70,000,000; Marine Corps, $45,000,000; and Air Force, $145,000,000. TITLE III PROCUREMENT Aircraft Procurement, Army For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $1,346,317,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Missile Procurement, Army For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $762,409,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army For construction, procurement, production, and modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $1,298,707,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Procurement of Ammunition, Army For construction, procurement, production, and modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $1,037,202,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Other Procurement, Army For construction, procurement, production, and modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat vehicles; communications and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $2,679,130,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Aircraft Procurement, Navy For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $6,535,444,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Weapons Procurement, Navy For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and suchlands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $1,102,193,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps For construction, procurement, production, and modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $397,547,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows: For continuation of the SSN-21 attack submarine program, $153,444,000; NSSN, $2,314,903,000; NSSN (AP), $284,859,000; CVN-77 (AP), $50,000,000; CVN Refuelings, $1,615,003,000; CVN Refuelings (AP), $46,855,000; DDG-51 destroyer program, $3,411,200,000; DDG-51 destroyer program (AP), $157,806,000; LPD-17 amphibious transport dock ship (AP), $100,000,000; Oceanographic ship program (AP), $16,000,000; LCAC landing craft air cushion program, $20,000,000; and For craft, outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $137,521,000; In all: $8,235,591,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002: Provided, That additional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2002, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading for the construction or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the construction of major components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards. Other Procurement, Navy For procurement, production, and modernization of support equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase of not to exceed 194 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and the purchase of one vehicle required for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $232,340 per vehicle; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $3,144,205,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Procurement, Marine Corps For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of not to exceed 40 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecutedthereon prior to approval of title; $482,398,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Aircraft Procurement, Air Force For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground handling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things; $6,480,983,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $331,000,000 shall be available for long lead activities related to the procurement of additional B-2 bombers: Provided further, That if the President determines that no additional B- 2 bombers should be procured during this fiscal year, and he certifies to the Congress his decision, the funding described in the previous proviso shall be made available to modify and repair the existing fleet of B-2 bombers. Missile Procurement, Air Force For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor, ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things; $2,394,202,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force For construction, procurement, production, and modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized by section 2854, title 10, United States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $398,534,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Other Procurement, Air Force For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed 196 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; the purchase of one vehicle required for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $232,340 per vehicle; and expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $6,592,909,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. Procurement, Defense-Wide For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed 381 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor- owned equipment layaway; $2,106,444,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000. National Guard and Reserve Equipment For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, other weapons, and other procurement for the reserve components of the Armed Forces; $653,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the Chiefs of the Reserve and National Guard components shall, not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit to the congressional defense committees the modernization priority assessment for their respective Reserve or National Guard component. TITLE IV RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $5,156,507,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1999. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $8,115,686,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1999: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the V-22 may be used to meet unique requirements of the Special Operations Forces. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $14,507,804,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the funds made available in this paragraph, $4,000,000 shall be only for development of coal-derived jet fuel technologies. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $9,821,760,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1999: Provided, That not less than $409,898,000 of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be made available only for the Sea-Based Wide Area Defense (Navy Upper-Tier) program: Provided further, That funds appropriated for the Dual-Use Applications Program under section 5803 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208), shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1998. Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of independent activities of the Director, Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of developmental test and evaluation, including performance and joint developmental testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection therewith; $258,183,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1999. Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of operational test and evaluation, including initial operational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint operational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection therewith; $31,384,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1999. TITLE V REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS Defense Working Capital Funds For the Defense Working Capital Funds; $971,952,000. National Defense Sealift Fund For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, and activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744); $1,074,948,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph shall be used to award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of any of the following major components unless such components are manufactured in the United States: auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all shipboard services; propulsion system components (that is; engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, That the exercise of an option in a contract awarded through the obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not be considered to be the award of a new contract: Provided further, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for such procurement may waive these restrictions on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. TITLE VI OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS Defense Health Program For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense, as authorized by law; $10,369,075,000, of which $10,095,007,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed two per centum shall remain available until September 30, 1999, and of which $274,068,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000, shall be for Procurement. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, $600,700,000, of which $462,200,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, $72,200,000 shall be for Procurement to remain available until September 30, 2000, and $66,300,000 shall be for Research, development, test and evaluation to remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the funds available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be available until expended each year only for a Johnston Atoll off-island leave program: Provided further, That the Secretaries concerned shall, pursuant to uniform regulations, prescribe travel and transportation allowances for travel by participants in the off-island leave program. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense (including transfer of funds) For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for Operation and maintenance; for Procurement; and for Research, development, test and evaluation; $712,882,000: Provided, That the funds appropriated under this head shall be available for obligation for the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addition to any transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act. Office of the Inspector General For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended; $138,380,000, of which $136,580,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $500,000 is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; and of which $1,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000, shall be for Procurement. TITLE VII RELATED AGENCIES Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain proper funding level for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System; $196,900,000. Intelligence Community Management Account (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account; $121,080,000, of which $39,011,000 for the Advanced Research and Development Committee and the Environmental Intelligence and Applications Program shall remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $27,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice for the National Drug Intelligence Center to support the Department of Defense's counter-drug intelligence responsibilities, and of the said amount, $1,500,000 for Procurement shall remain available until September 30, 2000, and $3,000,000 for Research, development, test and evaluation shall remain available until September 30, 1999. Payment to Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund For payment to Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund, as authorized by law; $35,000,000, to remain available until expended. National Security Education Trust Fund For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102-183, $2,000,000, to be derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. TITLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress. Sec. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indirect hire foreign national employees of the Department of Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service national employees serving at United States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. Sec. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. Sec. 8004. No more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp training of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (transfer of funds) Sec. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $2,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for military functions (except military construction) between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request to the Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That of the authority provided under this section, not to exceed $65,000,000 shall be available to meet requirements for termination of the Reserve Mobilization Insurance Program, notwithstanding chapter 1214 of title 10 of the United States Code. (transfer of funds) Sec. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only suchamounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made between such funds: Provided further, That transfers may be made between working capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and Maintenance'' appropriation accounts in such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, except that such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a working capital fund to procure or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obligation. Sec. 8007. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used to initiate a special access program without prior notification 30 calendar days in session in advance to the congressional defense committees. Sec. 8008. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available to initiate (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000, or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the congressional defense committees have been notified at least thirty days in advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government's liability: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 10-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for multiyear procurement contracts as follows: Apache Longbow radar; AV-8B aircraft; and Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. (b) None of the funds provided in this Act and hereafter may be used to submit to Congress (or to any committee of Congress) a request for authority to enter into a contract covered by those provisions of subsection (a) that precede the first proviso of that subsection unless-- (1) such request is made as part of the submission of the President's Budget for the United States Government for any fiscal year and is set forth in the Appendix to that budget as part of proposed legislative language for appropriations bills for the next fiscal year; or (2) such request is formally submitted by the President as a budget amendment; or (3) the Secretary of Defense makes such request in writing to the congressional defense committees. Sec. 8009. Within the funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be reported to Congress on September 30 of each year: Provided, That funds available for operation and maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99-239: Provided further, That upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of medical services at such facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. Sec. 8010. (a) During fiscal year 1998, the civilian personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of anyend-strength, and the management of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. (b) The fiscal year 1999 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 1999 Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year 1999. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military (civilian) technicians. Sec. 8011. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by this Act shall be used by the Department of Defense to exceed, outside the fifty United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia, 125,000 civilian workyears: Provided, That workyears shall be applied as defined in the Federal Personnel Manual: Provided further, That workyears expended in dependent student hiring programs for disadvantaged youths shall not be included in this workyear limitation. Sec. 8012. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the Congress. Sec. 8013. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund pursuant to section 2006(g) of title 10, United States Code, representing the normal cost for future benefits under section 3015(c) of title 38, United States Code, for any member of the armed services who, on or after the date of enactment of this Act-- (1) enlists in the armed services for a period of active duty of less than three years; or (2) receives an enlistment bonus under section 308a or 308f of title 37, United States Code, nor shall any amounts representing the normal cost of such future benefits be transferred from the Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 2006(d) of title 10, United States Code; nor shall the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pay such benefits to any such member: Provided, That in the case of a member covered by clause (1), these limitations shall not apply to members in combat arms skills or to members who enlist in the armed services on or after July 1, 1989, under a program continued or established by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 1991 to test the cost-effective use of special recruiting incentives involving not more than nineteen noncombat arms skills approved in advance by the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That this subsection applies only to active components of the Army. (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward completion of a service commitment: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to those members who have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided further, That this subsection applies only to active components of the Army. Sec. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, is performed by more than ten Department of Defense civilian employees until a most efficient and cost-effective organization analysis is completed on such activity or function and certification of the analysis is made to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That this section shall not apply to a commercial or industrial type function of the Departmentof Defense that: (1) is included on the procurement list established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 25, 1938 (41 U.S.C. 47), popularly referred to as the Javits-Wagner- O'Day Act; (2) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with that Act; or (3) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified firm under 51 per centum Native American ownership. (transfer of funds) Sec. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be transferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2301 note), as amended, under the authority of this provision or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. Sec. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be available for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the United States from components which are substantially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section manufactured will include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this section substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manufactured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured outside the United States: Provided further, That when adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. Sec. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) shall be available for the reimbursement of any health care provider for inpatient mental health service for care received when a patient is referred to a provider of inpatient mental health care or residential treatment care by a medical or health care professional having an economic interest in the facility to which the patient is referred: Provided, That this limitation does not apply in the case of inpatient mental health services provided under the program for the handicapped under subsection (d) of section 1079 of title 10, United States Code, provided as partial hospital care, or provided pursuant to a waiver authorized by the Secretary of Defense because of medical or psychological circumstances of the patient that are confirmed by a health professional who is not a Federal employee after a review, pursuant to rules prescribed by the Secretary, which takes into account the appropriate level of care for the patient, the intensity of services required by the patient, and the availability of that care. Sec. 8018. Funds available in this Act may be used to provide transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United States, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. Sec. 8019. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may, by Executive Agreement, establish with host nation governments in NATO member states a separate account into which such residual value amounts negotiated in the return of United States military installations in NATO member states may be deposited, in the currency of the host nation, in lieu of direct monetary transfers to the United States Treasury: Provided, That such credits may be utilized only for the construction of facilities to support United States military forces in that host nation, or such real property maintenance and base operating costs that are currently executed through monetary transfers to such host nations: Provided further, That the Department of Defense's budget submission for fiscal year 1999 shall identify such sums anticipated in residual value settlements, and identify such construction, real property maintenance or base operating costs that shall be funded by the host nation through such credits: Provided further, That all military construction projects to be executed from such accounts must be previously approved in a prior Act of Congress: Provided further, That each such Executive Agreement with a NATO member host nation shall be reported to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate thirty days prior to the conclusion and endorsement of any such agreement established under this provision. Sec. 8020. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 Carbines, M-1 Garand rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M-1911 pistols. Sec. 8021. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay more than 50 per centum of an amount paid to any person under section 308 of title 37, United States Code, in a lump sum. Sec. 8022. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense committees that such a relocation is required in the best interest of the Government. Sec. 8023. A member of a reserve component whose unit or whose residence is located in a state which is not contiguous with another state is authorized to travel in a space required status on aircraft of the Armed Forces between home and place of inactive duty training, or place of duty in lieu of unit training assembly, when there is no road or railroad transportation (or combination of road and railroad transportation between those locations: Provided, That a member traveling in that status on a military aircraft pursuant to the authority provided in this section is not authorized to receive travel, transportation, or per diem allowances in connection with that travel. Sec. 8024. In addition to funds provided elsewhere in this Act, $8,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974, 25 U.S.C. 1544: Provided, That these payments shall be available only to contractors which have submitted subcontracting plans pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 637(d), and according to regulations which shall be promulgated by the Secretary of Defense within 90 days of the passage of this Act: Provided further, That contractors participating in the test program established by Section 854 of Public Law 101-189 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) shall be eligible for the program established by Section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544). Sec. 8025. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be used to procure or acquire (1) defensive handguns unless such handguns are the M-9 or M-11 9 mm Department of Defense standard handguns, or (2) offensive handguns except for the Special Operations Forces: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to handguns and ammunition for marksmanship competitions. Sec. 8026. During the current fiscal year, funds appropriated or otherwise available for any Federal agency, the Congress, the judicial branch, or the District of Columbia may be used for the pay, allowances, and benefits of an employee as defined by section 2105 of title 5 or an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia, permanent or temporary indefinite, who-- (1) is a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, as described in section 10101 of title 10, or the National Guard, as described in section 101 of title 32; (2) performs, for the purpose of providing military aid to enforce the law or providing assistance to civil authorities in the protection or saving of life or property or prevention of injury-- (A) Federal service under sections 331, 332, 333, or 12406 of title 10, or other provision of law, as applicable; or (B) full-time military service for his or her State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and (3) requests and is granted-- (A) leave under the authority of this section; or (B) annual leave, which may be granted without regard to the provisions of sections 5519 and 6323(b) of title 5, if such employee is otherwise entitled to such annual leave: Provided, That any employee who requests leave under subsection (3)(A) for service described in subsection (2) of this section is entitled to such leave, subject to the provisions of this section and of the last sentence of section 6323(b) of title 5, and such leave shall be considered leave under section 6323(b) of title 5. Sec. 8027. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to perform any cost study pursuant to the provisions of OMB Circular A-76 if the study being performed exceeds a period of twenty-four months after initiation of such study with respect to a single function activity or forty-eight months after initiation of such study for a multi-function activity. Sec. 8028. Funds appropriated by this Act for the American Forces Information Service shall not be used for any national or international political or psychological activities. Sec. 8029. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust wage rates for civilian employees hired for certain health care occupations as authorized for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States Code. Sec. 8030. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the levels funded in this Act. Sec. 8031. (a) Of the funds for the procurement of supplies or services appropriated by this Act, qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped shall be afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors and supplies in the performance of contracts let by the Department of Defense. (b) During the current fiscal year, a business concern which has negotiated with a military service or defense agency a subcontracting plan for the participation by small business concerns pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) shall be given credit toward meeting that subcontracting goal for any purchases made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped. (c) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ``qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped'' means a nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped that has been approved by the Committee for the Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-48). Sec. 8032. During the current fiscal year, net receipts pursuant to collections from third party payers pursuant to section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, shall be made available to the local facility of the uniformed services responsible for the collections and shall be over and above the facility's direct budget amount. Sec. 8033. During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obligations. Sec. 8034. Of the funds made available in this Act, not less than $26,247,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol, of which $22,702,000 shall be available for Operation and maintenance. Sec. 8035. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense (department) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-profit entities. (b) Limitation on Compensation--Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).--No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, may be compensated for his or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid consultant, except under the same conditions, and to the same extent, as members of the Defense Science Board: Provided, That a member of any such entity referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership duties. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds available to the department from any source during fiscal year 1998 may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for charitable contributions, for construction of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded by government grants, or for absorption of contract overruns. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds available to the department during fiscal year 1998, not more than 6,206 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That of the specific amount referred to previously in this subsection, not more than 1,105 staff years may be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense shall control the total number of staff years to be performed by defense FFRDCs during fiscal year 1998 so as to reduce the total amounts appropriated in titles II, III, and IV of this Act by $71,800,000: Provided, That the total amounts appropriated in titles II, III, and IV of this Act are hereby reduced by $71,800,000 to reflect savings from the use of defense FFRDCs by the department. (f) Within 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated by the department for each defense FFRDC during fiscal year 1998: Provided, That, after the submission of the report required by this subsection, the department may not reallocate more than five per centum of an FFRDC's staff years among other defense FFRDCs until 30 days after a detailed justification for any such reallocation is submitted to the congressional defense committees. (g) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the department's fiscal year 1999 budget request, submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year. (h) No part of the reductions contained in subsection (e) of this section may be applied against any budget activity, activity group, subactivity group, line item, program element, program, project, subproject or activity which does not fund defense FFRDC activities within each appropriation account, and the reductions in subsection (e) shall be allocated on a proportional basis. (i) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report listing the specific funding reductions allocated to each category listed in subsection (h) above pursuant to this section. Sec. 8036. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be available for the preparation of studies on-- (a) the cost effectiveness or feasibility of removal and transportation of unitary chemical weapons or agents from the eight chemical storage sites within the continental United States to Johnston Atoll: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to General Accounting Office studies requested by a Member of Congress or a Congressional Committee; and (b) the potential future uses of the nine chemical disposal facilities other than for the destruction of stockpile chemical munitions and as limited by section 1412(c)(2), Public Law 99-145: Provided, That this prohibition does not apply to future use studies for the CAMDS facility at Tooele, Utah. Sec. 8037. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property under the control of the Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the date of enactment of this Act. Sec. 8038. For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' means the National Security Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on National Security of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. Sec. 8039. During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components and other Defense-related articles, through competition between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military department or defense agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and private bids: Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this section. Sec. 8040. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign country. (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in that country. (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 1998. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement to which the United States is a party. (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American Act'' means title III of the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). Sec. 8041. The total amounts appropriated in titles II, III, and IV of this Act are hereby reduced by $300,000,000 to reflect savings from the use of advisory and assistance services by the Department of Defense: Provided, That the savings shall be applied to the following titles in the following amounts: Title II, Operation and Maintenance, $112,000,000; Title III, Procurement, $62,000,000; and Title IV, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, $126,000,000: Provided further, That the savings specified shall be applied only to funds budgeted to purchase advisory and assistance services: Provided further, That the savings shall be applied on a pro-rata basis to each program, project and activity which included budget funds for advisory and assistance services. Sec. 8042. Appropriations contained in this Act that remain available at the end of the current fiscal year as a result of energy cost savings realized by the Department of Defense shall remain available for obligation for the next fiscal year to the extent, and for the purposes, provided in section 2865 of title 10, United States Code. Sec. 8043. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amounts provided in all appropriation accounts in titles III and IV of this Act are reduced by 1.5 percent: Provided, That these reductions shall be applied on a pro-rata basis to each line item, program element, program, project, subproject, and activity within each appropriation account: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees listing the specific funding reductions allocated to each category listed in the preceding proviso pursuant to this section. (including transfer of funds) Sec. 8044. Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year to the special account established under 40 U.S.C. 485(h)(2) and to the special account established under 10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(1) are appropriated and shall be available until transferred by the Secretary of Defense to current applicable appropriations or funds of the Department of Defense under the terms and conditions specified by 40 U.S.C. 485(h)(2) (A) and (B) and 10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(1)(B), to be merged with and to be available for the same time period and the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred. Sec. 8045. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to the Department of Defense may be used to reimburse a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who is not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation allowances and who occupies transient government housing while performing active duty for training or inactive duty training: Provided, That such members may be provided lodging in kind if transient government quarters are unavailable as if the member was entitled to such allowances under subsection (a) of section 404 of title 37, United States Code: Provided further, That if lodging in kind is provided, any authorized service charge or cost of such lodging may be paid directly from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance of the reserve component of the member concerned. Sec. 8046. The President shall include with each budget for a fiscal year submitted to the Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, materials that shall identify clearly and separately the amounts requested in the budget for appropriation for that fiscal year for salaries and expenses related to administrative activities of the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the Defense Agencies. Sec. 8047. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available for ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense'' may be obligated for the Young Marines program. Sec. 8048. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total amount appropriated in title IV of this Act is hereby reduced by $474,000,000: Provided, That each program element, program, project, subproject, and activity funded in title IV of this Act shall be allocated a pro-rata share of any of the reductions made by this section: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees listing the specific fundingreductions allocated to each category listed in the preceding proviso pursuant to this section. Sec. 8049. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall be available until expended for the payments specified by section 2921(c)(2) of that Act. Sec. 8050. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, not more than $119,200,000 shall be available for payment of the operating costs of NATO Headquarters: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this section for Department of Defense support provided to NATO forces in and around the former Yugoslavia. Sec. 8051. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which are available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of not more than $100,000. Sec. 8052. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an investment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for procurement. (b) The fiscal year 1999 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 1999 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was classified as an end item and funded in a procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 1999 procurement appropriation and not in the supply management business area or any other area or category of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds. Sec. 8053. None of the funds provided in this Act and hereafter shall be available for use by a Military Department to modify an aircraft, weapon, ship or other item of equipment, that the Military Department concerned plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within five years after completion of the modification: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to safety modifications: Provided further, That this prohibition may be waived by the Secretary of a Military Department if the Secretary determines it is in the best national security interest of the United States to provide such waiver and so notifies the congressional defense committees in writing. Sec. 8054. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 1999. Sec. 8055. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used for the design, development, and deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program intelligence communications and intelligence information systems for the Services, the Unified and Specified Commands, and the component commands. Sec. 8056. Of the funds appropriated by the Department of Defense under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense- Wide'', not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available only for the mitigation of environmental impacts, including training and technical assistance to tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of information, documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense activities. Sec. 8057. Amounts collected for the use of the facilities of the National Science Center for Communications and Electronics during the current fiscal year pursuant to section 1459(g) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986, and deposited to the special account established under subsection 1459(g)(2) of that Act are appropriated and shall be available until expended for the operation and maintenance of the Center as provided for in subsection 1459(g)(2). Sec. 8058. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to fill the commander's position at any military medical facility with a health care professional unless the prospective candidate can demonstrate professional administrative skills. Sec. 8059. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term ``Buy American Act'' means title III of the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for theTreasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense. (c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products, provided that American-made equipment and products are cost-competitive, quality-competitive, and available in a timely fashion. Sec. 8060. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for a contract for studies, analysis, or consulting services entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement determines-- (1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work, or (2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific or technological promise, represents the product of original thinking, and was submitted in confidence by one source, or (3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of unique and significant industrial accomplishment by a specific concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of a specific concern is given financial support: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts in an amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to improvements of equipment that is in development or production, or contracts as to which a civilian official of the Department of Defense, who has been confirmed by the Senate, determines that the award of such contract is in the interest of the national defense. Sec. 8061. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may be used-- (1) to establish a field operating agency; or (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department who is transferred or reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or employee's place of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate that the granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the financial requirements of the department. (c) This section does not apply to field operating agencies funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Program. Sec. 8062. Funds appropriated by this Act for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 1998 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. Sec. 8063. Notwithstanding section 303 of Public Law 96-487 or any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to lease real and personal property at Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2667(f), for commercial, industrial or other purposes. (rescissions) Sec. 8064. Of the funds provided in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the specified amounts: ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'', $35,600,000; ``Other Procurement, Navy, 1996/1998'', $3,300,000; ``Aircraft Procurement, Army, 1997/1999'', $5,000,000; ``Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 1997/1999'', $5,000,000; ``Other Procurement, Army, 1997/1999'', $6,000,000; ``Other Procurement, Navy, 1997/1999'', $2,200,000; ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 1997/1999'', $24,000,000; ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 1997/1998'', $6,000,000; ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 1997/1998'', $40,000,000; ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 1997/1998'', $25,000,000; ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 1997/1998'', $24,000,000. Sec. 8065. None of the funds available in this Act may be used to reduce the authorized positions for military (civilian) technicians of the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military (civilian) technicians, unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure. Sec. 8066. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. Sec. 8067. During the current fiscal year, funds appropriated in this Act are available to compensate members of the National Guard for duty performed pursuant to a plan submitted by a Governor of a State and approved by the Secretary of Defense under section 112 of title 32, United States Code: Provided, That during the performance of such duty, the members of the National Guard shall be under State command and control: Provided further, That such duty shall be treated as full-time National Guard duty for purposes of sections 12602 (a)(2) and (b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. Sec. 8068. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Unified and Specified Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence support to Unified Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities and programs included within the General Defense Intelligence Program and the Consolidated Cryptologic Program: Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and National Guard personnel and training procedures. Sec. 8069. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 1997 level: Provided, That the Service Surgeons General may waive this section by certifying to the congressional defense committees that the beneficiary population is declining in some catchment areas and civilian strength reductions may be consistent with responsible resource stewardship and capitation-based budgeting. (including transfer of funds) Sec. 8070. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be transferred to or obligated from the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the total cost for the planning, design, construction and installation of equipment for the renovation of the Pentagon Reservation will not exceed $1,118,000,000. Sec. 8071. (a) None of the funds available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law. (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law. (transfer of funds) Sec. 8072. Appropriations available in this Act under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for increasing energy and water efficiency in Federal buildings may, during their period of availability, be transferred to other appropriations or funds of the Departmentof Defense for projects related to increasing energy and water efficiency, to be merged with and to be available for the same general purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred. Sec. 8073. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for such procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. Sec. 8074. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available to the Department of Defense shall be made available to provide transportation of medical supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to American Samoa: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available to the Department of Defense shall be made available to provide transportation of medical supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to the Indian Health Service when it is in conjunction with a civil-military project. Sec. 8075. None of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes that is not available from United States manufacturers. Sec. 8076. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Naval shipyards of the United States shall be eligible to participate in any manufacturing extension program financed by funds appropriated in this or any other Act. Sec. 8077. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each contract awarded by the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year for construction or service performed in whole or in part in a State which is not contiguous with another State and has an unemployment rate in excess of the national average rate of unemployment as determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall include a provision requiring the contractor to employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract in such State that is not contiguous with another State, individuals who are residents of such State and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of this section, on a case-by-case basis, in the interest of national security. Sec. 8078. During the current fiscal year, the Army shall use the former George Air Force Base as the airhead for the National Training Center at Fort Irwin: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be obligated or expended to transport Army personnel into Edwards Air Force Base for training rotations at the National Training Center. Sec. 8079. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit, on a quarterly basis, a report to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate setting forth all costs (including incremental costs) incurred by the Department of Defense during the preceding quarter in implementing or supporting resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, including any such resolution calling for international sanctions, international peacekeeping operations, and humanitarian missions undertaken by the Department of Defense. The quarterly report shall include an aggregate of all such Department of Defense costs by operation or mission. (b) The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quarterly reports all efforts made to seek credit against past United Nations expenditures and all efforts made to seek compensation from the United Nations for costs incurred by the Department of Defense in implementing and supporting United Nations activities. Sec. 8080. (a) Limitation on Transfer of Defense Articles and Services.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds available to the Department of Defense for the current fiscal year may be obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an international organization any defense articles or services (other than intelligence services) for use in the activities described in subsection (b) unless the congressional defense committees, the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. (b) Covered Activities.--This section applies to-- (1) any international peacekeeping or peace- enforcement operation under the authority of chapter VI or chapter VII of the United Nations Charterunder the authority of a United Nations Security Council resolution; and (2) any other international peacekeeping, peace- enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation. (c) Required Notice.--A notice under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or services to be transferred. (2) A statement of the value of the equipment, supplies, or services to be transferred. (3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equipment or supplies-- (A) a statement of whether the inventory requirements of all elements of the Armed Forces (including the reserve components) for the type of equipment or supplies to be transferred have been met; and (B) a statement of whether the items proposed to be transferred will have to be replaced and, if so, how the President proposes to provide funds for such replacement. Sec. 8081. To the extent authorized by subchapter VI of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall issue loan guarantees in support of U.S. defense exports not otherwise provided for: Provided, That the total contingent liability of the United States for guarantees issued under the authority of this section may not exceed $15,000,000,000: Provided further, That the exposure fees charged and collected by the Secretary for each guarantee, shall be paid by the country involved and shall not be financed as part of a loan guaranteed by the United States: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations, National Security and International Relations in the House of Representatives on the implementation of this program: Provided further, That amounts charged for administrative fees and deposited to the special account provided for under section 2540c(d) of title 10, shall be available for paying the costs of administrative expenses of the Department of Defense that are attributable to the loan guarantee program under subchapter VI of chapter 148 of title 10. Sec. 8082. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense shall be obligated or expended to make a financial contribution to the United Nations for the cost of a United Nations peacekeeping activity (whether pursuant to assessment or a voluntary contribution) or for payment of any United States arrearage to the United Nations. Sec. 8083. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee when-- (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated with a business combination. Sec. 8084. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to transport or provide for the transportation of chemical munitions or agents to the Johnston Atoll for the purpose of storing or demilitarizing such munitions or agents. (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any obsolete World War II chemical munition or agent of the United States found in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations. (c) The President may suspend the application of subsection (a) during a period of war in which the United States is a party. Sec. 8085. None of the funds provided in title II of this Act for ``Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction'' may be obligated or expended to finance housing for any individual who was a member of the military forces of the Soviet Union or for any individual who is or was a member of the military forces of the Russian Federation. Sec. 8086. During the current fiscal year, no more than $10,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in connection with support and services for eligible organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. Sec. 8087. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' shall be considered to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' appropriations in any prior year, and the one percent limitation shall apply to the total amount of the appropriation. Sec. 8088. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), not more than $14,000,000 appropriated under the heading ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'' in Public Law 102-396 which was available and obligated for the B-2 Aircraft Program shall remain available for expenditure and for adjusting obligations for such program until September 30, 2003. Sec. 8089. During the current fiscal year, in the case of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the period of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed under the provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any current appropriation account for the same purpose as the expired or closed account if-- (1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before the end of the period of availability or closing of that account; (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to any current appropriation account of the Department of Defense; and (3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department of Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101- 510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That in the case of an expired account, if subsequent review or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in the account, any charge to a current account under the authority of this section shall be reversed and recorded against the expired account: Provided further, That the total amount charged to a current appropriation under this section may not exceed an amount equal to one percent of the total appropriation for that account. (transfer of funds) Sec. 8090. Upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall make the following transfers of funds: Provided, That the amounts transferred shall be available for the same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred, and for the same time period as the appropriation from which transferred: Provided further, That the amounts shall be transferred between the following appropriations in the amount specified: From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1989/2000'': SSN-688 attack submarine program, $3,000,000; DDG-51 destroyer program, $1,500,000; LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $8,000,000; T-AO fleet oiler program, $3,453,000; AOE combat support ship program, $3,600,000; and For craft, outfitting, and post delivery, $2,019,000; To: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1989/2000'': SSN-21 attack submarine program, $21,572,000; From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1991/2001'': DDG-51 destroyer program, $1,060,000; LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $1,600,000; LSD-41 cargo variant ship program, $2,666,000; AOE combat support ship program, $7,307,000; and For craft, outfitting, and post delivery, $12,000,000; To: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1991/2001'': SSN-21 attack submarine program, $24,633,000; From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'': LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $5,592,000; To: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'': SSN-21 attack submarine program, $5,592,000; From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1994/1998'': LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $400,000; and DDG-51 destroyer program, $1,054,000; From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1995/1999'': For craft, outfitting, and post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $715,000; From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'': LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $17,513,000; and For craft, outfitting, and post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $878,000; From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1997/2001'': For craft, outfitting, and post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $3,600,000; To: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1997/2001'': DDG-51 destroyer program, $24,160,000; From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'': Fast Patrol Boat, $9,500,000; To: ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 1998/1999'', $9,500,000; From: Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1997/2001'': Oceanographic ship SWATH, $45,000,000; To: ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 1998/1999'', $45,000,000; From: ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1997/ 1999'', $73,531,000; To: ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 1997/1998'', $73,531,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, to facilitate a full and final settlement of all claims under contracts N00024-79-C-2614 and N00024-77-C-2031, the Secretary of the Navy may offset the amount of $1,660,680.84, owed by the Navy under contract N00024-79-C-2614 for the T-ARC- 7 against an equal amount, $1,660,680.84, owed to the Navy under contract N00024-77-C-2031 for the AD 43. Sec. 8091. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit to the congressional defense committees by February 1, 1998 a detailed report identifying, by amount and by separate budget activity, activity group, subactivity group, line item, program element, program, project, subproject, and activity, any activity for which the fiscal year 1999 budget request was reduced because Congress appropriated funds above the President's budget request for that specific activity for fiscal year 1998. Sec. 8092. (a) None of the funds available to the Department of Defense under this Act may be obligated or expended to reimburse a defense contractor for restructuring costs associated with a business combination of the defense contractor that occurs after the date of enactment of this Act unless-- (1) the auditable savings for the Department of Defense resulting from the restructuring will exceed the costs allowed by a factor of at least two to one; or (2) the savings for the Department of Defense resulting from the restructuring will exceed the costs allowed and the Secretary of Defense determines that the business combination will result in the preservation of a critical capability that might otherwise be lost to the Department; and (3) the report required by Section 818(e) of Public Law 103-337 to be submitted to Congress in 1997 is submitted. (b) Not later than April 1, 1998, the Comptroller General shall, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Labor, submit to Congress a report which shall include the following: (1) an analysis and breakdown of the restructuring costs paid by or submitted to the Department of Defense to companies involved in business combinations since 1993; (2) an analysis of the specific costs associated with workforce reductions; (3) an analysis of the services provided to the workers affected by business combinations; (4) an analysis of the effectiveness of the restructuring costs used to assist laid off workers in gaining employment; and (5) in accordance with section 818 of Public Law 103-337, an analysis of the savings reached from the business combination relative to the restructuring costs paid by the Department of Defense. (c) The report should set forth recommendations to make this program more effective for workers affected by business combinations and more efficient in terms of the use of Federal dollars. Sec. 8093. Funds appropriated in title II of this Act for supervision and administration costs for facilities maintenance and repair, minor construction, or design projects may be obligated at the time the reimbursable order is accepted by the performing activity: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, supervision and administration costs includes all in- house Government cost. Sec. 8094. The Secretary of Defense may waive reimbursement of the cost of conferences, seminars, courses of instruction, or similar educational activities of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers and civilian officials of foreign nations if the Secretary determines that attendance by such personnel, withoutreimbursement, is in the national security interest of the United States: Provided, That costs for which reimbursement is waived pursuant to this subsection shall be paid from appropriations available for the Asia-Pacific Center. Sec. 8095. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case basis. (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs associated with the use of equipment of the project under that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes without fiscal year limitation. Sec. 8096. Using funds available by this Act or any other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a determination under section 2690 of title 10, United States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for required heating facility modernization in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Republic of Germany: Provided, That in the City of Kaiserslautern such agreements will include the use of United States anthracite as the base load energy for municipal district heat to the United States Defense installations: Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat may be obtained from private, regional or municipal services, if provisions are included for the consideration of United States coal as an energy source. Sec. 8097. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and notwithstanding the provisions in section 7306 of title 10, United States Code, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or made available by this Act, $13,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of the Navy and shall be available only for a grant to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Foundation only for the refurbishment of the former U.S.S. Intrepid (CV 11). Sec. 8098. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, United States Code, the following obligated balance shall be exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and shall remain available for expenditure without fiscal year limitation: Funds obligated by the Economic Development Administration for EDA Project No. 04-49-04095 from funds made available in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-189). Sec. 8099. None of the funds provided by this Act may be used to pay costs of instruction for an Air Force officer for enrollment commencing during the 1998-1999 academic year in a postgraduate degree program at a civilian educational institution if-- (1) the degree program to be pursued by that officer is offered by the Air Force Institute of Technology (or was offered by that institute during the 1996-1997 academic year); (2) the officer is qualified for enrollment at the Air Force Institute of Technology in that degree program; and (3) the number of students commencing that degree program at the Air Force Institute of Technology during the first semester of the 1998-1999 academic year is less than the number of students commencing that degree program for the first semester of the 1996-1997 academic year. Sec. 8100. During the current fiscal year, the amounts which are necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Fisher Houses administered by the Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force are hereby appropriated, to be derived from amounts which are available in the applicable Fisher House trust fund established under 10 U.S.C. 2221 for the Fisher Houses of each such department. Sec. 8101. During the current fiscal year, refunds attributable to the use of the Government travel card by military personnel and civilian employees of the Department of Defense may be credited to operation and maintenance accounts of the Department of Defense which are current when the refunds are received. Sec. 8102. During the current fiscal year, not more than a total of $60,000,000 in withdrawal credits may be made by the Marine Corps Supply Management activity group of the Navy Working Capital Fund, Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, to the credit of current applicable appropriations of a Department of Defense activity in connection with the acquisition of critical low density repairables that are capitalized into the Navy Working Capital Fund. Sec. 8103. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3902, during the current fiscal year interest penalties may be paid by the Department of Defense from funds financing the operation of the military department or defense agency with which the invoice or contract payment is associated. Sec. 8104. At the time the President submits his budget for fiscal year 1999, the Department of Defense shall transmit to the congressional defense committees a budget justification document for the active and reserve Military Personnel accounts, to be known as the ``M-1'', which shall identify, at the budget activity, activity group, and subactivity group level, the amounts requested by the President to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for military personnel in any budget request, or amended budget request, for fiscal year 1999. Sec. 8105. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $100,000,000 to reflect savings due to excess inventory, to be distributed as follows: ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $40,000,000; ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $40,000,000; and ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $20,000,000. Sec. 8106. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total amount appropriated in title III of this Act is hereby reduced by $75,000,000 to reflect savings from repeal of section 2403 of title 10, United States Code. Sec. 8107. The Secretary of the Army may exchange or sell one Army C-20 aircraft and may apply the exchange allowance or sale proceeds in whole or in part payment for the acquisition of one C-37 aircraft: Provided, That in addition to such exchange allowance or sale proceeds, of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1998 for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, not more than $6,000,000 shall be made available for acquisition of the C-37 for the United States Army: Provided further, That in addition to such exchange allowance or sale proceeds, of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1997 for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, not more than $27,100,000 shall be made available for acquisition of the C-37 for the United States Army. Sec. 8108. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may award contracts for capital assets having a development or acquisition cost of not less than $100,000 of a Working Capital Fund in advance of the availability of funds in the Working Capital Fund for minor construction, automatic data processing equipment, software, equipment, and other capital improvements. Sec. 8109. From funds made available by this Act for the Maritime Technology Program up to $250,000 shall be made available to assist with a pilot project that will facilitate the transfer of commercial cruise ship shipbuilding technology and expertise to U.S. yards, utilize the experience and expertise of existing U.S.-flag cruise ship operators, and enable the operation of a U.S.-flag foreign-built cruise ship, and two newly-constructed U.S.-flag cruise ships: Provided, That a person (including a related person with respect to that person) who, within 18 months after the date of enactment, enters into a binding contract for construction in the United States of two cruise ships,which contract shall provide for the construction of two cruise ships of equal or greater size than the cruise ship being operated by such person on the date of enactment and shall require the delivery of the first cruise ship no later than January 1, 2005, and the second cruise ship no later than January 1, 2008, may document with a coastwise endorsement a cruise ship constructed pursuant to this section and a foreign-built cruise ship otherwise in compliance with 46 U.S.C. sections 289, 883 and 12106 until such date which is twenty-four (24) months after the delivery of the second cruise ship or any subsequently delivered cruise ship: Provided further, That a person (including a related person with respect to that person) within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. section 801 may not operate a U.S.-flag foreign-built cruise ship, or any other cruise ship, in coastwise trade between or among the islands of Hawaii, upon execution of the contract referred to in this section and continuing throughout the life expectancy (as that term is used in 46 U.S.C. App 1125) of a newly constructed U.S. flag cruise ship referred to in this section, unless the cruise ship is operated by a person (including a related person with respect to that person) that is operating a cruise ship in coastwise trade between or among the islands of Hawaii on the date of enactment, except if any cruise ship constructed pursuant to this section operates in regular service other than between or among the islands of Hawaii: Provided further, That for purposes of this section the term ``cruise ship'' means a vessel that is at least 10,000 gross tons (as measured under chapter 143 of title 46, United States Code) and has berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 275 passengers: Provided further, That for purposes of this section, unless otherwise defined in this section, the term ``person'' means a corporation, partnership or association the controlling interest of which is owned by citizens of the United States within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. section 802(b): Provided further, That for purposes of this section the term ``related person'' means with respect to a person (i) a holding company, subsidiary, affiliate or association of the person and (ii) an officer, director, or agent of the person or of an entity referred to in (i): Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be obligated for the tooling to construct or the construction of vessels addressed by this section. Sec. 8110. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees not later than November 15, 1997 an aviation safety plan outlining an appropriate level of navigational safety upgrades for all Department of Defense aircraft and the associated funding profile to install these upgrades in an expeditious manner. Sec. 8111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense shall obligate the funds provided for University Research Initiatives in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII under section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208) for the projects and in the amounts provided for in House Report 104-863 of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress, second session. Sec. 8112. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, not later than April 15, 1998, a report on alternatives for current theater combat simulations: Provided, That this report shall be based on a review and evaluation by the Defense Science Board of the adequacy of the current models used by the Department of Defense for theater combat simulations, with particular emphasis on the tactical warfare (TACWAR) model and the ability of that model to adequately measure airpower, stealth, and other asymmetrical United States warfighting advantages, and shall include the recommendations of the Defense Science Board for improvements to current models and modeling techniques. Sec. 8113. Effective on June 30, 1998, section 8106(a) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), is amended by striking out ``$3,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``$1,000,000''. Sec. 8114. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for operational training, operational use or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this restriction does not apply to programs funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national security interest to do so. Sec. 8115. It is the sense of the Congress that all member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should contribute their proportionate share to pay for the costs of the Partnership for Peace program and for any future costs attributable to the expansion of NATO. Sec. 8116. The budget of the President for fiscal year 1999 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105of title 31, United States Code, and each annual budget request thereafter, shall include budget activity groups (known as ``subactivities'') in the operation and maintenance accounts of the military departments and other appropriation accounts, as may be necessary, to separately identify all costs incurred by the Department of Defense to support the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1999, and subsequent fiscal years, shall provide complete, detailed estimates for the incremental costs of such expansion. Sec. 8117. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with a contractor that is subject to the reporting requirement set forth in subsection (d) of section 4212 of title 38, United States Code, but has not submitted the most recent report required by such subsection for 1997 or a subsequent year. Sec. 8118. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to approve or license the sale of the F-22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government. Sec. 8119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for the United States Man and the Biosphere Program, or related projects. Sec. 8120. Up to $4,500,000 of funds available to the Department of Defense may be available for the payment of claims for loss and damage to personal property suffered as a direct result of the flooding in the Red River Basin during April and May, 1997 by members of the Armed Forces residing in the vicinity of Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, without regard to the provisions of section 3721(e) of title 31, United States Code. Sec. 8121. Of the total amount appropriated under title II for the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy shall make $25,000,000 available for a program to demonstrate expanded use of multitechnology automated reader cards throughout the Navy and the Marine Corps, including demonstration of the use of the so-called ``smartship'' technology of the ship-to-shore work load/off load program. Sec. 8122. (a) Findings.--(1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, at the Madrid summit, decided to admit three new members, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. (2) The President, on behalf of the United States endorsed and advocated the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include three additional members. (3) The Senate will consider the ratification of instruments to approve the admissions of new members to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (4) The United States has contributed more than $20,000,000,000 since 1952 for infrastructure and support of the Alliance. (5) In appropriations Acts considered by the Congress for fiscal year 1998, $449,000,000 has been requested by the President for expenditures in direct support of United States participation in the Alliance. (6) In appropriations Acts considered by the Congress for fiscal year 1998, $9,983,300,000 has been requested by the President in support of United States military expenditures in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. (b) Report to Congress.--The Secretary of Defense shall identify and report to the congressional defense committees not later than October 1, 1997-- (1) the amounts necessary, by appropriation account, for all anticipated costs to the United States for the admission of the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for the fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002; and (2) any new commitments or obligations entered into or assumed by the United States in association with the admission of new members to the Alliance, to include the deployment of United States military personnel, the provision of defense articles or equipment, training activities and the modification and construction of military facilities. Sec. 8123. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case- by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with respect to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items entered into under section 2531 of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced in the United States for that country. (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to-- (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised after such date under contracts that are entered into before such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason other than the application of a waiver granted under subsection (a). (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding construction of warships, ball and roller bearings, and clothing or textile materials as defined by section 11 (chapters 50-65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and products classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, and 9404. Sec. 8124. It is the sense of Congress that should the Senate ratify NATO enlargement, that the proportional cost of the United States share of the NATO common budget should not increase, and that if any NATO member does not pay its share, the United States shall not pay either. Sec. 8125. Congress finds that the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission directed the transfer of only 10 electro-magnetic test environment systems from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Sec. 8126. (a) Findings.--(1) The Department of Defense budget is insufficient to fulfill all the requirements on the unfunded priorities lists of the military services and defense agencies; (2) the documented printing expenses of the Department of Defense amount to several hundred million dollars per year, and a similar amount of undocumented printing expenses may be included in external defense contracts; (3) printing in two or more colors generally increases costs; (4) the Joint Committee on Printing of the Congress of the United States has established regulations intended to protect taxpayers from extravagant Government printing expenses; (5) the Government Printing and Binding Regulations published by the Joint Committee on Printing direct that ``. . . it is the responsibility of the head of any department, independent office or establishment of the Government to assure that all multicolor printing shall contribute demonstrable value toward achieving a greater fulfillment of the ultimate end-purpose of whatever printed item in which it is included.''; (6) the Department of Defense publishes a large number of brochures, calendars, and other products in which the use of multicolor printing does not appear to meet the demonstrably valuable contribution requirement of the Joint Committee on Printing, but instead appears to be used primarily for decorative effect; and (7) the Department of Defense could save resources for higher priority needs by reducing printing expenses. (b) Sense of the Senate.--Therefore, it is the sense of the Senate that-- (1) the Secretary of Defense should ensure that the printing costs of the Department of Defense and military services are held to the lowest amount possible; (2) the Department of Defense should strictly comply with the Printing and Binding Regulations published by the Joint Committee on Printing of the Congress of the United States; (3) the Department of Defense budget submission for fiscal year 1999 should reflect the savings that will result from the stricter printing guidelines in paragraphs (1) and (2). (rescissions) Sec. 8127. Of the funds provided in title III of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104- 61), $62,000,000 are rescinded, and of the funds provided in title IV of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208), $38,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescissions shall not be made before July 1, 1998: Provided further, That not later than June 1, 1998, the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees listing the specific programs, projects and activities proposed for rescission subject to the provisions of this section. Sec. 8128. Section 303(e) of the 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia (Public Law 105-18; 111 Stat. 168) is struck and the following is inserted in lieu thereof: ``(e) Availability of Funds.--The Secretary may use funds available in the Defense Working Capital Fund for the payment of the costs of utilities, maintenance and repair, and improvements entered into under the lease under this section.''. Sec. 8129. Subject to amounts appropriated under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' in this Act for the New Attack Submarine Program, and notwithstanding any provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 and of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to the contrary, and notwithstanding section 2304(k) of title 10, United States Code, and the policy set forth in paragraph (1) of that section, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into a contract during fiscal year 1998 for the necessary procurement of four submarines under the New Attack Submarine Program with one of the two shipbuilders which are party to the Team Agreement between Electric Boat Corporation and Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company dated February 25, 1997, that was submitted to the Congress by the Secretary of the Navy on March 31, 1997, as the prime contractor on the condition such prime contractor enter into one or more subcontracts (under such prime contract) with the other shipbuilder which is a party to such Team Agreement as contemplated in such Team Agreement, with such contract providing for construction of the first submarine in fiscal year 1998 and for the advance construction and advance procurement of material for the second, third, and fourth submarines in fiscal year 1998: Provided, That such prime contract shall provide that if such contract is terminated, the United States shall not be liable for termination costs in excess of the total amount appropriated for the New Attack Submarine Program. Sec. 8130. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, $3,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ``Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', and shall be made available only for the establishment of the ``21st Century National Security Study Group'' (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Study Group''): Provided, That these funds may be obligated only upon the completion of a memorandum of agreement between the Secretary of Defense (after consultation with the President), the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate: Provided further, That this memorandum of agreement will set forth the scope of the Group's work, as well as its charter, composition, authorities, lifespan, and products to be generated: Provided further, That this memorandum of agreement shall be completed not later than December 15, 1997. Sec. 8131. (a) Panel To Review Long Range Air Power.--(1) There is hereby established an independent panel to evaluate the adequacy of current planning for United States long-range air power and the requirement for continued low-rate production of B-2 stealth bombers. (2) The panel shall be composed of nine members appointed as follows: (A) Two members shall be named by the President; (B) Two members shall be named by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (C) One member shall be named by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; (D) Two members shall be named by the majority leader of the Senate; (E) One member shall be named by the minority leader of the Senate; and (F) One member, will serve as chairman of the panel, shall be named by the President. (b) Functions of Panel.--(1) Not later than March 1, 1998, the panel shall submit to the President and Congress a report containing its conclusions and recommendations concerning the appropriate B-2 bomber force and specifically stating its recommendation on whether additional funds for the B-2 should be used for continued low-rate production of the B-2 or for upgrades to improve deployability, survivability and maintainability. (2) As part of its evaluation and review, the panel shall consider, but not be limited to, the following: (A) Scenarios involving no warning time and little warning time from potential adversaries; (B) The make-up of the current bomber fleet and expected attrition to that fleet over the next fifteen years; (C) The potential effect of additional B-2 bombers on deterrence; (D) The potential effect of additional B-2 bombers in the ``halt phase'' of a conflict; (E) The potential of a biological or chemical ``lock-out'' of tactical U.S. assets by future adversaries and the effect of additional B-2 bombers toward mitigating such a tactic; (F) Trade-offs between additional B-2 bombers and other programmed DOD assets in meeting the scenarios described in subsections (b)(2)(A) through (b)(2)(E) above; (G) The desirability of an increased rate of purchase of precision-guided munitions for aircraft in the existing B-2 fleet; (H) The desirability of improving the low observable characteristics of the existing B-2 fleet; and (I) The affordability of additional B-2 bombers in the context of projected levels of future defense funding. (c) Panel Administration.--(1) The members of the panel shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the panel. (2) Upon the request of the chairman of the panel, the Secretary of Defense may detail to the panel, on a nonreimbursable basis, personnel of the Department of Defense to assist the panel in carrying out its duties. The Secretary of Defense shall furnish to the panel such administrative and support services as may be requested by the chairman of the panel and shall ensure that all appropriate actions are taken to preserve the options of thePresident until the panel submits its report under subsection (b)(1). (d) Funding.--The Secretary of Defense shall, upon the request of the panel, make available to the panel such amounts as the panel may require to carry out its duties under this section. (e) Termination of the Panel.--The panel shall terminate 30 days after the date on which it submits its report under subsection (b)(1). Sec. 8132. None of the funds in this Act may be made available for the deployment of United States armed forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina after June 30, 1998, unless the President, after consultation with the bipartisan leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives, transmits to the Congress not later than May 15, 1998 a certification that the continued presence of United States armed forces is required in order to meet the national security interests of the United States: Provided, That such certification shall specify the following aspects of any deployment beyond June 30, 1998-- (1) The reasons why such deployment is in the national interest; (2) The number of United States military personnel to be deployed in and around the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia; (3) The expected duration of any such deployment; (4) The mission and objectives of United States military forces deployed in and around the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia; (5) The exit strategy for United States forces engaged in such deployment; (6) The costs associated with any deployment beyond June 30, 1998; and (7) The impact of such deployment on the morale, retention, and effectiveness of U.S. forces: Provided further, That, concurrent with said certification, the President shall submit a supplemental appropriations request for such amounts as are necessary for any continued deployment beyond June 30, 1998: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict the authority of the President under the Constitution to protect the lives of United States citizens. This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998''. And the Senate agree to the same. Bill Young, Joseph M. McDade, Jerry Lewis, Joe Skeen, David L. Hobson, Henry Bonilla, George R. Nethercutt, Jr., Ernest Istook, Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham, Bob Livingston, John P. Murtha, Norm Dicks (except on amendment dealing with the B-2 bomber.), W.G. Bill Hefner, Martin Olav Sabo, Julian C. Dixon, Peter J. Visclosky, Managers on the Part of the House. Ted Stevens, Thad Cochran, Arlen Specter, Pete Domenici, Christopher S. Bond, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, Judd Gregg, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Daniel K. Inouye, Robert Byrd, Patrick J. Leahy, Dale Bumpers, Frank R. Lautenberg, Byron L. Dorgan, Managers on the Part of the Senate. JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2266), making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report. The conference agreement on the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998, incorporates some of the provisions of both the House and Senate versions of the bill. The language and allocations set forth in House Report 105-206 and Senate Report 105-45 should be complied with unless specifically addressed in the accompanying bill and statement of the managers to the contrary. Senate Amendment: The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the enacting clause and inserted the Senate bill. The conference agreement includes a revised bill. Definition of Program, Project, and Activity The conferees agree that for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177) as amended by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-119) and by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), the term program, project, and activity for appropriations contained in this Act shall be defined as the most specific level of budget items identified in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998, the accompanying House and Senate Committee reports, the conference report and accompanying joint explanatory statement of the managers of the Committee of Conference, the related classified annexes and reports, and the P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents as subsequently modified by Congressional action. The following exception to the above definition shall apply: For the Military Personnel and the Operation and Maintenance accounts, the term ``program, project, and activity'' is defined as the appropriations accounts contained in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act. At the time the President submits his budget for fiscal year 1999, the conferees direct the Department of Defense to transmit to the congressional defense committees budget justification documents to be known as the ``M-1'' and ``O-1'' which shall identify, at the budget activity, activity group, and subactivity group level, the amounts requested by the President to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance in any budget request, or amended budget request, for fiscal year 1999. TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL The conferees agree to the following amounts and end strength totals for the Military Personnel accounts as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active personnel: Army........................................ $20,492,257 $20,445,381 $20,426,457 $20,452,057 Navy........................................ 16,501,118 16,504,911 16,508,218 16,493,518 Marine Corps................................ 6,147,599 6,141,635 6,148,899 6,137,899 Air Force................................... 17,145,556 17,044,874 17,206,056 17,102,120 Reserve personnel: Army........................................ 2,024,446 2,045,615 2,037,046 2,032,046 Navy........................................ 1,375,401 1,377,249 1,374,901 1,376,601 Marine Corps................................ 381,070 391,953 384,770 391,770 Air Force................................... 814,936 814,772 815,745 815,915 National Guard Personnel: Army........................................ 3,200,667 3,245,387 3,446,867 3,333,867 Air Force................................... 1,319,712 1,331,417 1,334,712 1,334,712 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Military Personnel............... 69,411,762 69,343,194 69,683,671 69,470,505 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- personnel understrength The conferees recommend a total reduction of $303,200,000 to the services military personnel accounts due to lower than estimated end strengths during fiscal year 1997. The conferees understand that the Services will begin fiscal year 1998 with fewer personnel on-board than originally budgeted, therefore, the requirements for pays and allowances of personnel are overstated. A summary of the understrength reductions is shown in the table below: [In thousands of dollars] Army.................................................... -$240,000 Navy.................................................... -10,000 Marine Corps............................................ -3,600 Air Force............................................... -44,600 Army Reserve............................................ -5,000 -------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total................................................. -303,200 force structure changes The fiscal year 1998 budget request included reductions in the size of Primary Aircraft Authorized (PAA) levels for Air Force B-52's, and Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard C- 130's units. The conferees recommend restoring these aircraft levels during fiscal year 1998. In addition, the conferees recommend adding funds to support the Air Force Reserve's WC- 130 Weather Reconnaissance mission, and Navy Reserve LAMPS squadrons. In total, the conferees recommend an additional $11,779,000 in the military personnel accounts and $64,373,000 in the services Operations and Maintenance accounts for personnel and support costs of these units. A summary of the funds provided follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military personnel O&M Procurement Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Force, B-52's............................... 4,500 42,400 10,400 57,300 Air Force Reserve, C-130's...................... 1,409 6,780 .............. 8,189 Air National Guard C-130's...................... 4,000 13,063 .............. 17,063 Air Force Reserve, WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance 170 830 .............. 1,000 Navy/Navy Reserve, Magic Lantern................ 1,700 1,300 .............. 3,000 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total..................................... 11,779 64,373 10,400 86,552 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- foreign currency savings The budget request reduces the active duty military personnel accounts by $62,000,000 for foreign currency savings due to favorable fluctuations in overseas exchange rates. The conferees understand that there are additional savings and recommend a further reduction of $16,000,000 to the personnel accounts, for a total foreign currency reduction of $78,000,000. contingency operations funding The fiscal year 1998 budget request recommended $213,600,000 for pay and allowances of military personnel in the ``Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund'', for cost of operations in Bosnia during fiscal year 1998. The conferees agree to the realignment of these funds into the Services military personnel accounts. temporary early retirement authority The conferees recommend a total of $126,902,000 for Army and Air Force Temporary Early Retirement Authority. Of this amount, the conferees agree to restore $36,902,000, the budget request, for Army separation payments. However, due to enlisted understrength projections, the conferees recommend $90,000,000, a reduction of $57,836,000 from the budget request, for Air Force separation payments. Active End Strength [Fiscal year 1998] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conference Budget Conference vs. budget ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Army................................ 495,000 495,000 .......... Navy................................ 390,802 390,802 .......... Marine Corps........................ 174,000 174,000 .......... Air Force........................... 371,577 371,699 +122 ----------------------------------- Total, Active Personnel....... 1,431,379 1,431,501 +122 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Army The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basic Allowance for Quarters........ 10,326 .......... .......... Foreign Currency Savings............ -4,000 .......... -9,000 Temporary Early Retirement Program.. -36,902 .......... .......... Service Academies Foreign Students.. -1,000 .......... -1,000 Personnel Understrength Savings..... -183,100 .......... -240,000 Family Separation Allowance......... 9,600 .......... 9,600 Contingency Operations Transfer-- Bosnia............................. 158,200 158,200 158,200 End Strength Reduction.............. .......... -266,000 .......... Additional Recruiting Support....... .......... 42,000 42,000 ----------------------------------- Total, Military Personnel, Army. -46,876 -65,800 -40,200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Navy The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basic Allowance for Quarters........ 9,393 .......... .......... Foreign Currency Savings............ -1,000 .......... -3,000 Service Academies Foreign Students.. -1,000 .......... -1,000 Personnel Understrength Savings..... -10,000 .......... -10,000 Unemployment Compensation Savings... -10,000 .......... -10,000 Family Separation Allowance......... 9,300 .......... 9,300 Contingency Operations Transfer- Bosnia............................. 7,100 7,100 7,100 ----------------------------------- Total, Military Personnel, Navy......................... 3,793 7,100 -7,600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Marine Corps The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basic Allowance for Quarters........ 2,736 .......... .......... Foreign Currency Savings............ .......... .......... -1,000 Personnel Understrength Savings..... -3,600 .......... -3,600 Family Separation Allowance......... -3,600 .......... -3,600 Unemployment Compensation Savings... -10,000 .......... -10,000 Contingency Operations Transfer- Bosnia............................. 1,300 1,300 1,300 ----------------------------------- Total, Military Personnel, Marine Corps................. -5,964 1,300 -9,700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Air Force The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basic Allowance for Quarters........ 8,654 .......... .......... Temporary Early Retirement Program.. -147,836 .......... -57,836 Foreign Currency Savings............ -1,000 .......... -3,000 Service Academies Foreign Students.. -1,000 .......... -1,000 Personnel Understrength Savings..... -18,000 .......... -44,600 Family Separation Allowance......... 2,500 .......... 2,500 Contingency Operations Transfer- Bosnia............................. 47,000 47,000 47,000 B-52 Force Structure................ .......... 4,500 4,500 ----------------------------------- Total, Military Personnel, Air Force........................ -109,682 51,500 -52,436 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard and Reserve Forces The conferees agree to provide $9,284,911,000 in Reserve personnel appropriations, $9,310,912,000 in Operation and maintenance appropriations, and $653,000,000 in the National Guard and Reserve Equipment appropriation. These funds support a Selected Reserve strength of 892,597 as shown below. Reserve Strengths ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal year 1998 -------------------------------------- Conference Budget Conference vs. Budget ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Selected Reserve: Army Reserve................. 208,000 208,000 ........... Navy Reserve................. 94,294 94,326 +32 Marine Corps Reserve......... 42,000 42,000 ........... Air Force Reserve............ 73,431 73,598 +167 Army National Guard.......... 366,516 366,516 ........... Air National Guard........... 107,377 108,157 +780 -------------------------------------- Total.................... 891,618 892,597 +979 ====================================== AGR/TARS: Army Reserve................. 11,500 11,500 ........... Navy Reserve................. 16,136 16,168 +32 Marine Corps Reserve......... 2,559 2,559 ........... Air Force Reserve............ 963 963 ........... Army National Guard.......... 22,310 22,310 ........... Air National Guard........... 10,616 10,671 +55 -------------------------------------- Total.................... 64,084 64,171 +87 ====================================== Technicians: Army Reserve................. 6,501 6,501 ........... Air Force Reserve............ 9,622 9,659 +37 Army National Guard.......... 25,250 25,250 ........... Air National Guard........... 22,968 23,068 +100 -------------------------------------- Total.................... 64,341 64,478 +137 -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Retention of Military Leave for Federal Employees The conferees reject the budget request proposal to eliminate military leave for those members of the Reserve components who are Federal employees. Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance program The conferees include language in section 8005 of the general provisions which provides the Department of Defense reprogramming authority to meet its financial obligations with respect to the termination of this program in the absence of a supplemental appropriation. Reserve Personnel, Army The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unit Readiness/Training.......... 8,000 ........... ........... Basic Allowance for Quarters..... 569 ........... ........... Reserve Duty Drill Pay........... 20,400 20,400 20,400 Health Scholarship Stipend....... -7,800 -7,800 -7,800 Personnel Understrength Savings.. ........... ........... -5,000 -------------------------------------- Total, Reserve Personnel, Army...................... 21,169 12,600 7,600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Navy The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basic Allowance for Quarters..... 648 ........... ........... Reserve Duty Drill Pay........... 8,500 8,500 8,500 Health Scholarship Stipend....... -9,000 -9,000 -9,000 Magic Lantern Aircraft........... 1,700 ........... 1,700 -------------------------------------- Total, Reserve Personnel, Navy...................... 1,848 -500 1,200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ navy reserve forces The conferees concur in the House direction regarding Navy Reserve Forces. Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Annual Training/School Tours............ 7,000 ........ 7,000 Basic Allowance for Quarters............ 183 ........ .......... Reserve Duty Drill Pay.................. 3,700 3,700 3,700 ------------------------------- Total, Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps............................ 10,883 3,700 10,700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Air Force The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basic Allowance for Quarters............ 266 ........ .......... Reserve Duty Drill Pay.................. 8,200 8,200 8,200 Health Scholarship Stipend.............. -8,800 -8,800 -8,800 WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance........... 170 ........ 170 C-130 Force Structure................... ........ 1,409 1,409 ------------------------------- Total, Reserve Personnel, Air Force............................ -164 809 979 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard Personnel, Army The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ School/Special Training................. 10,000 115,000 40,000 Basic Allowance for Quarters............ 1,520 ........ .......... Reserve Duty Drill Pay.................. 33,200 33,200 33,200 Annual Training......................... ........ 33,000 15,000 Inactive Duty Training.................. ........ 20,000 10,000 Initial Entry Training.................. ........ 35,000 30,000 Bonus/Transition Benefits............... ........ 10,000 5,000 ------------------------------- Total, National Guard Personnel, Army............................. 44,720 246,200 133,200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard Personnel, Air Force The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House Senate Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basic Allowance for Quarters............ 705 ........ .......... Reserve Duty Drill Pay.................. 11,000 11,000 11,000 C-130 Force Structure................... ........ 4,000 4,000 ------------------------------- Total, National Guard Personnel, Air Force........................ 11,705 15,000 15,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE II--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE A summary of the conference agreement on the items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500O&M. ARMY 17,049,484 17,078,218 16,913,473 16,754,306 50100 TRANSFER--STOCKPILE (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) 501O&M. NAVY 21,508,130 21,779,365 21,576,419 21,617,766 50200 TRANSFER--STOCKPILE (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) 502O&M. MARINE CORPS 2,301,345 2,598,032 2,328,535 2,372,635 503O&M. AIR FORCE 18,817,785 18,740,167 18,592,385 18,492,883 50350 TRANSFER--STOCKPILE (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) 504O&M. DEFENSEWIDE 10,390,938 10,053,956 10,399,638 10,639,740 505O&M. ARMY RESERVE 1,192,891 1,207,891 1,212,891 1,207,891 505O&M. NAVY RESERVE 834,711 924,711 834,211 921,711 506O&M. MARINE CORPS RESERVE 110,366 119,266 110,366 116,366 506O&M. AIR FORCE RESERVE 1,624,420 1,635,250 1,631,200 1,632,030 507O&M. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 2,258,932 2,313,632 2,449,932 2,419,632 507O&M. AIR NATIONAL GUARD 2,991,219 2,995,719 3,010,282 3,013,282 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 507OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER 1,467,500 1,855,400 1,889,000 1,884,000 FUND 508UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 6,952 6,952 6,952 6,952 ARMED FORCES 508ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 377,337 377,337 375,337 375,337 509ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 277,500 277,500 275,500 275,500 509ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 378,900 378,900 376,900 376,900 510ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 27,900 27,900 26,900 26,900 510ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED 202,300 202,300 242,300 242,300 DEFENSE SITES 512OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND 80,130 55,557 40,130 47,130 CIVIC AID 513FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION 382,200 284,700 382,200 382,200 514QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS, DEFENSE .............. .............. 100,000 360,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51600 GRAND TOTAL, O&M 82,280,940 82,912,753 82,774,551 82,895,461 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- real property maintenance The conferees are concerned about the extensive backlog of real property maintenance in the Department of Defense and the effect this has on the morale of U.S. service personnel. Accordingly, the conferees agree to provide a total of $724,620,000, of which $360,000,000 is provided in the Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense account. The conferees also agree that, of the funds for real property maintenance provided within Operation and Maintenance, Army that $15,000,000 shall be used for demolition requirements previously identified by the Department of the Army. In the case of real property maintenance funding provided directly to the services' Operation and maintenance accounts, the conferees agree the Department of Defense should provide written notification to the congressional defense committees for transfers of greater than $15,000,000 to or from the total real property maintenance amount provided to each service. operation and maintenance budget execution data The conferees support the position expressed in the House report accompanying the Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 1998 requiring the Department of Defense to provide the congressional defense committees with quarterly budget execution data. Such data should be provided not later than forty-five days past the close of each quarter of the fiscal year, and should provide data for each O-1 budget activity, activity group, and subactivity for each of the active, defense-wide, reserve and national guard components. These reports should also include: the budget request and actual obligations for each O-1 budget activity, activity group, and subactivity; the DoD distribution of any unallocated congressional adjustments to the budget request to each budget activity, activity group, and subactivity group; and, adjustments to each budget activity, activity group and subactivity group resulting from DoD reprogramming actions. operation and maintenance reprogramming The conferees agree that proposed transfers of funds between O-1 budget activities in excess of $15,000,000 are subject to normal, prior approval reprogramming procedures. The Department should also follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for the cumulative value of transfers in excess of $15,000,000 into or out of the following O-1 subactivity groups. Operation and maintenance, Army Depot maintenance. Operation and maintenance, Navy Aircraft depot maintenance, ship depot maintenance, and Intermediate maintenance. Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps Depot maintenance. The conferees further direct the Secretary of the Air Force to identify in separate budget subactivities depot maintenance for budget activity one and budget activity two in the fiscal year 1999 budget request and subsequent budget requests. In addition, due to continuing concerns about force readiness and the apparent diversion of Operation and maintenance funds, the conferees agree that the Department should provide written notification to the congressional defense committees for the cumulative value of any and all transfers in excess of $15,000,000 from or into the following budget activities and subactivity group categories: Operation and maintenance, Army Land Forces: Divisions, Corps combat forces, Corps support forces, Echelon above corps forces, Land forces operations support; Land Forces Readiness: Land forces depot maintenance. Operation and maintenance, Navy Air Operations: Mission and other flight operations; Fleet air training, Aircraft depot maintenance; Ship Operations: Mission and other ship operations, Ship operational support and training, Intermediate maintenance, Ship depot maintenance. Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps Expeditionary Forces: Operational forces, depot maintenance. Operation and maintenance, Air Force Air Operations: Primary combat forces, Primary combat weapons, Air operations training; Mobility Operations: Airlift operations, Payments to the transportation business area. Defense Computer Investigations Training Program computer forensics lab The conferees support the Department of Defense efforts to improve information security and investigative capabilities related to computer crimes. The conferees urge the Department of Defense to allocate $8,500,000 of the funds available in Operation and Maintenance, Navy and $2,700,000 available in Operation and Maintenance, Air Force to improve capabilities in this area. Further, the conferees direct that the Department of Defense fully fund these activities in the fiscal year 1999 budget request. chemical-biological defense funding The conferees recommend that the Department of Defense use existing facilities with explosives ranges capable of handling large blasts and existing instructional and research programs in response to blast, radiological, biological and chemical threats. distance education The conferees recognize that in recent nationwide surveys, one out of three homeless men identifies himself as a military veteran. The conferees further recognize that a significant percentage of the thousands of men and women leaving the armed forces each year are doing so without having earned either an associates or bachelors degree. This lack of formal education credentials may be making it more difficult for veterans to secure good jobs following their military service. Therefore, the conferees encourage the Department to explore distance education initiatives that could assist active duty personnel and their family members, DoD civilian employees and veterans in pursuing college-level degrees. These distance education degree-granting initiatives must be portable so that they can be pursued regardless of changes of duty station. environmentally safe fuel storage tanks The conferees support Department of Defense efforts to develop and install environmentally safe fuel storage tanks. Accordingly, the conferees direct that $2,000,000 of the funds in Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps, and $2,000,000 of the funds made available in Operation and Maintenance, Air Force be used to support such efforts. Northern Mariana Islands The conferees are aware of communications between the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Department of Defense concerning future development of certain lands on the island of Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under lease to the United States. Accordingly, the conferees believe the Secretary of Defense should consider a development plan approved by the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to be a ``Permitted Use'' within the meaning of Article 1, Subsection D of the Leaseback and Disposal Agreement between the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States of America dated August 4, 1994, provided that (1) such a plan has been approved by the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and (2) the plan does not preclude use of the land for urgent military purposes. Operation and Maintenance, Army The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES LAND FORCES DIVISIONS 1,221,794 1,267,007 1,161,494 1,173,494 CORPS COMBAT FORCES 350,942 350,942 327,242 332,942 CORPS SUPPORT FORCES 323,190 323,190 323,190 323,190 ECHELON ABOVE CORPS FORCES 440,542 440,542 440,542 440,542 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS 658,067 658,067 658,067 658,067 SUPPORT LAND FORCES READINESS FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS 898,356 898,356 898,356 898,356 SUPPORT LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS 346,651 346,651 346,651 346,651 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE 637,044 806,744 701,044 780,244 LAND FORCES READINESS SUPPORT BASE SUPPORT 2,417,712 2,441,712 2,417,712 2,440,712 MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 693,328 693,328 743,328 693,328 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL 130,012 130,012 131,212 131,212 HEADQUARTERS UNIFIED COMMANDS 70,620 70,620 63,620 52,620 MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES 179,864 185,264 179,864 179,864 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS, ................. ................. 1,800 ................. UNDISTRIBUTED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1045 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 8,368,122 8,612,435 8,394,122 8,451,222 1 ============================================================================= 1BUDGET ACTIVITY 2: MOBILIZATION 1MOBILITY OPERATIONS 1STRATEGIC MOBILIZATION 317,241 317,241 317,241 317,241 1WAR RESERVE ACTIVITIES 171,100 171,100 171,100 171,100 1INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 78,103 59,099 78,103 59,099 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1350 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 566,444 547,440 566,444 547,440 2 ============================================================================= 1BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING 1ACCESSION TRAINING 1OFFICER ACQUISITION 63,992 62,592 63,992 62,592 1RECRUIT TRAINING 12,620 12,620 12,620 12,620 1ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING 14,723 14,723 14,723 14,723 1RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING 113,128 113,128 113,578 113,578 CORPS (ROTC) 1BASE SUPPORT (ACADEMY ONLY) 72,470 72,470 72,470 72,470 1MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 28,123 28,123 28,123 28,123 (ACADEMY ONLY) 1BASIC SKILL/ADVANCE TRAINING 1SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING 217,202 217,202 217,202 217,202 1FLIGHT TRAINING 213,906 213,906 227,906 224,906 1PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 69,594 69,594 69,594 69,594 EDUCATION 2TRAINING SUPPORT 484,484 484,484 482,484 479,484 2BASE SUPPORT (OTHER TRAINING) 897,433 897,433 897,433 897,433 2MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 321,089 321,089 350,089 321,089 (OTHER TRAINING) 2RECRUITING/OTHER TRAINING 2RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 222,718 229,718 241,718 235,718 2EXAMINING 75,922 75,922 75,922 75,922 2OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY 94,364 94,364 94,364 94,364 EDUCATION 2CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND 81,481 78,629 81,481 81,481 TRAINING 2JUNIOR ROTC 73,439 74,189 73,439 74,189 2BASE SUPPORT (RECRUITING 163,010 163,010 163,010 163,010 LEASES) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2500 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3,219,698 3,223,196 3,280,148 3,238,498 3 ============================================================================= 2BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 2SECURITY PROGRAMS 2SECURITY PROGRAMS 366,085 366,085 366,085 366,085 2LOGISTICS OPERATIONS 2SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 531,326 531,326 531,326 531,326 2CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES 405,371 405,371 405,371 405,371 2LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 253,138 286,338 275,038 289,138 2AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT 369,407 369,407 369,407 369,407 2SERVICEWIDE SUPPORT 3ADMINISTRATION 294,972 246,971 294,972 246,372 3SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 620,825 620,825 632,925 626,825 3MANPOWER MANAGEMENT 152,437 152,437 152,437 152,437 3OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT 155,307 155,307 155,307 155,307 3OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT 593,446 595,446 529,485 531,485 3ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES 151,092 151,092 151,092 151,092 3REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT 63,526 63,526 63,526 63,526 3BASE SUPPORT 667,779 624,279 667,779 623,779 3MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 131,528 131,528 145,028 135,028 3SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS 3INTERNATIONAL MILITARY 270,413 270,413 255,413 255,413 HEADQUARTERS 3MISC SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS 34,568 34,568 34,568 34,568 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3700 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 5,061,220 5,004,919 5,029,759 4,937,159 4 ============================================================================= 3CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................. -6,895 ................. -6,895 UNDISTRIBUTED 3CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ................. -33,300 -131,000 -96,400 UNDERSTRENGTH 3GENERAL REDUCTION, NATIONAL -50,000 -50,000 -50,000 -50,000 DEFENSE STOCKPILE FUND 3FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATION/ -116,000 -135,000 -135,000 -167,000 BUDGET AMEND 3INFORMATION RESOURCE ................. -25,000 ................. -25,000 MANAGEMENT 3REAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ................. 232,000 ................. 98,812 3ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS ................. ................. -41,000 -41,000 3TDY EXPENSES ................. -19,930 ................. -22,930 3QDR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ................. -140,347 ................. -70,000 REDUCTIONS 3CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS ................. -80,300 ................. ................. TRANSFER--SWA 3NON-BRAC CARETAKER STATUS ................. -51,000 ................. -40,000 3MEMORIAL EVENTS ................. ................. ................. 400 ============================================================================= 4100 TOTAL, OPERATION AND 17,049,484 17,078,218 16,913,473 16,754,306 MAINTENANCE, ARMY 4TRANSFER (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4200 TOTAL FUNDING AVAILABLE (17,099,484) (17,128,218) (16,963,473) (16,804,306) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 250 Readiness Training--NTC Rotation Shortfall........... 30,000 250 Parachute Maintenance and Repair..................... 2,000 250 Contingency Operations Transfer...................... -80,300 300 Hunter UAV........................................... 12,000 300 Flying Hour Program.................................. -30,000 650 Depot Maintenance--Other............................. 143,200 750 Organizational Clothing and Equipment (Increment I).. 20,000 750 Range Safe System.................................... 1,700 750 Ft. Irwin, George AFB Airhead........................ 1,300 850 USARPAC Reserve Component Integration................ 1,200 900 JCS Exercises and Headquarters Reduction............. -18,000 Budget Activity 2: Mobilization: 1300 Industrial Preparedness-Nominal Growth.............. -19,004 Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting: 1500 Service Academies-Foreign Students.................. -1,400 1650 Army Air Battle Captain Program..................... 450 1900 Army Pilot Modernization Program.................... 11,000 2000 Training Infrastructure Reduction................... -5,000 2200 Recruiting-Enlisted Advertising..................... 7,000 2200 Recruiter Support................................... 3,500 2200 Recruiting-College Loan Repayment Program........... 2,500 Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities: 2400 Indiana University Northwest JROTC Mentoring Program 750 2850 Army Logistics Automation........................... 20,000 2850 Central Logistics--SSTS, Depot Maintenance, SDT..... 16,000 3000 Headquarters and Administrative Activity Reduction.. -48,600 3050 SBIS................................................ 6,000 3200 Army Conservation and Ecosystem Management.......... 3,000 3200 Eisenhower Center................................... 2,000 3200 Pentagon Reservation Transfer....................... -66,961 3350 Laser-Leveling...................................... 1,000 3350 FEMP................................................ -45,000 3400 Rock Island Arsenal Bridge.......................... 3,500 3600 International Military Headquarters................. -15,000 Undistributed: 3710 Classified Undistributed............................ -6,895 3715 Civilian Personnel Understrength.................... -96,400 3730 Foreign Currency Fluctuation........................ -51,000 3770 High Risk Automation Systems........................ -25,000 3785 Real Property Maintenance........................... 98,812 3787 Revised Economic Assumptions........................ -41,000 3790 TDY Expenses........................................ -22,930 3795 QDR--Civilian Personnel Reductions.................. -70,000 3815 Non-BRAC Caretaker Status........................... -40,000 3835 Capitol Memorial Events............................. 400 Depot Maintenance The conferees recommend increasing the Army depot maintenance funding by $143,200,000 above the budget request. In addition, $16,000,000 is provided in budget activity 4, Administration and Service-wide support to provide for transportation and warehousing costs associated with the increase in the funded depot maintenance program. The conferees remain concerned about backlogs in the repair and maintenance of communications and electronic equipment. Accordingly, $43,500,000 of the total depot maintenance increase is allocated to the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command Battlefield Communications Review program, for performance at Army depots, of the following workloads: $21,000,000 for repair/maintenance of Mobile Subscriber Equipment shelters, prime movers, and accessories or support equipment; $15,800,000 for the repair/maintenance of Non-Integrated Communications Secure and Integrated Communications Secure SINCGARS radios and accessories or support equipment; and $6,700,000 for the repair, maintenance or modification of the AN/TS-85 and AN/TSC- 93 Tactical Satellite Communications Terminals, associated antenna systems, accessories or support equipment. In addition, the conferees are concerned about the increasing backlog of depot maintenance workload associated with inventory drawdowns in support of contingency operations. Accordingly, the conferees recommend that the Army apply $30,000,000 of the total increase to this workload. Army Logistics Automation The House and Senate bills each addressed separate shortfalls totaling $46,900,000 in Army Logistics Automation. The conferees agree to provide $20,000,000 in Operations and Maintenance, Army and $10,000,000 in Other Procurement, Army (LOGTECH) to support both these critical efforts. Air Battle Captain Program The conferees concur with the funding provided for the continuation of the Air Battle Captain program, and direct that program continue to accept new students. Eisenhower Center The conferees have provided $2,000,000 only for the Eisenhower Center for military history and education efforts focusing on combat leadership, motivation, endurance and including historical exhibits, equipment, and the collection, transcribing, and cataloging of oral histories and written memoirs of combat veterans North Star Borough Landfill Of the funds provided in this account, the conferees direct the Department of the Army to provide $5,000,000 for developmental costs associated with the expansion of the North Star Borough landfill. Operation and Maintenance, Navy The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 43BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 43AIR OPERATIONS 44MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS 2,101,423 2,423,423 2,035,663 2,357,663 44FLEET AIR TRAINING 667,112 667,112 682,112 682,112 45INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE 58,087 58,087 58,087 58,087 45AIR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY SUPPORT 73,248 73,248 73,248 73,248 46AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE 716,300 865,300 1,012,094 782,094 46AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 21,575 21,575 21,575 21,575 47BASE SUPPORT 789,892 789,892 789,892 789,892 47MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 262,452 262,452 282,452 262,452 47JCS EXERCISES & HEADQUARTERS REDUCTION .............. .............. -7,500 -9,000 48SHIP OPERATIONS 48MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS 2,130,636 2,130,636 2,117,112 2,117,112 49SHIP OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING 735,660 735,660 735,660 735,660 49INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE 511,125 511,125 511,125 511,125 50SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE 2,040,690 2,115,690 2,040,690 2,100,690 50SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 786,021 786,021 785,817 785,817 51BASE SUPPORT 840,646 840,646 840,646 840,646 51MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 245,904 245,904 245,904 245,904 51JCS EXERCISES & HEADQUARTERS REDUCTION .............. .............. -7,500 -9,000 52COMBAT OPERATION/SUPPORT 52COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 210,776 210,776 210,776 210,776 53ELECTRONIC WARFARE 7,763 7,763 7,763 7,763 53SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE 136,869 136,869 136,869 136,869 54WARFARE TACTICS 125,892 125,892 125,892 125,892 54OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND 209,188 208,188 228,688 228,688 OCEANOGRAPHY 55COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES 383,830 383,830 383,815 383,815 55EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 177,708 178,208 176,906 177,406 56DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 908 908 908 908 56BASE SUPPORT 317,266 317,266 317,266 317,266 57MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 42,864 42,864 46,864 46,864 57CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS UNDISTRIBUTED ---- ---- 5,500 ---- 57WEAPONS SUPPORT 58CRUISE MISSILE 92,462 92,482 92,482 92,482 58FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE 811,451 811,451 811,451 811,451 59IN-SERVICE WEAPONS SYSTEMS SUPPORT 54,927 54,927 54,927 54,927 59WEAPONS MAINTENANCE 400,817 422,717 400,817 414,817 60BASE SUPPORT 71,540 71,540 71,540 71,540 60MAINTENANCE OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY 27,516 27,516 30,016 27,516 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6200 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 15,052,568 15,620,968 15,345,257 15,451,057 ================================================================= 62BUDGET ACTIVITY 2: MOBILIZATION 63READY RESERVE AND PREPOSITIONING FORCES 63SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE 455,030 455,030 454,948 454,948 64ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS 64AIRCRAFT ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS 3,081 3,081 3,081 3,081 65SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS 701,583 701,583 701,583 701,583 65MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS 66FLEET HOSPITAL PROGRAM 19,814 19,814 19,814 19,814 66INDUSTRIAL READINESS 29,196 703 29,196 15,196 67COAST GUARD SUPPORT 18,363 18,363 18,363 18,363 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6750 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2: 1,227,067 1,198,574 1,226,985 1,212,985 ================================================================= 68BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING 68ACCESSION TRAINING 69OFFICER ACQUISITIONS 69.274 67.874 69.274 67.874 69RECRUIT TRAINING 4,646 4,646 4,646 4,646 70RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) 67,795 67,795 67,695 67,795 70BASE SUPPORT 57,605 57,605 57,605 57,605 71MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 74,215 42,715 74,215 74,215 71BASIC SKILLS AND ADVANCED TRAINING 72SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING 236,487 236,487 218,487 216,987 72FLIGHT TRAINING 314,790 314,790 314,790 314,790 73PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 69,044 65,071 64,044 66,044 73TRAINING SUPPORT 135,051 137,051 122,051 122,551 74BASE SUPPORT 339,627 339,627 339,627 339,627 74MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 95,601 95,601 104,101 95,601 75RECRUITING AND OTHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION 75RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 122,454 129,454 122,454 125,454 76OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION 69,495 69,495 69,495 69,495 76CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING 29,198 28,176 29,198 29,198 77JUNIOR ROTC 23,642 23,642 23,642 23,642 77BASE SUPPORT 445 445 445 445 78MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 62 62 62 62 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 7850 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 1,709,431 1,680,536 1,681,931 1,676,031 79BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 79SERVICEWIDE SUPPORT 80ADMINISTRATION 574,305 535,225 545,494 497,194 80EXTERNAL RELATIONS 24,141 24,141 24,141 24,141 81CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSON MANAGEMENT 118,544 118,544 118,544 118,544 81MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSON MANAGEMENT 124,403 124,403 124,403 124,403 82OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT 199,446 199,446 199,446 199,446 82SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 260,056 260,056 259,749 259,749 83BASE SUPPORT 197,537 172,537 197,537 172,537 84MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 39,623 39,623 42,923 39,623 84LOGISTICS OPERATIONS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT 85SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 149,675 149,975 149,675 149,675 85PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 258,779 258,779 258,779 258,779 86ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 491,003 495,003 491,003 493,003 86AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT 271,149 271,149 271,149 271,149 87HULL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SUPPORT 46,904 46,904 46,904 46,904 87COMBAT/WEAPONS SYSTEMS 41,547 41,547 41,547 41,547 88SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS 70,344 70,344 70,344 70,344 88BASE SUPPORT 152,606 152,606 152,606 152,606 89MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 20,470 20,470 20,470 20,470 89SECURITY PROGRAMS 90SECURITY PROGRAMS 536,691 536,691 536,691 536,691 90BASE SUPPORT 6,886 6,886 6,886 6,886 91MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 1,520 1,520 1,520 1,520 91SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS 92INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND AGENCIES 6,435 6,435 6,435 6,435 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9350 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 3,592,064 3,531,984 3,568,246 3,491,646 ================================================================= 93CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS UNDISTRIBUTED .............. 1,902 .............. 4,902 93INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT .............. -19,000 .............. -19,000 93GENERAL REDUCTION, NATIONAL DEFENSE -50,000 -50,000 -50,000 -50,000 STOCKPILE FUND 93FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATION/BUDGET -23,000 -23,000 -21,000 -29,000 AMEND 93CIVILIAN PERSONNEL UNDERSTRENGTH .............. -108,300 -113,000 -16,000 94ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE .............. 5,500 .............. 3,300 94ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS .............. .............. -62,000 -62,000 94OTHER CONTRACTS .............. -29,719 .............. -29,719 94REAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE .............. 98,540 .............. 14,924 94TDY EXPENSES .............. -12,060 .............. -15,060 94QDR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS .............. -34,960 .............. -17,000 94ASBESTOS ERADICATION .............. 2,000 .............. .............. 94CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER--SWA .............. -84,900 .............. .............. 94MAGIC LANTERN .............. 1,300 .............. 1,300 ================================================================= 9750 TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 21,508,130 21,779,365 21,576,419 21,617,766 NAVY 98TRANSFER (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9850 TOTAL FUNDING AVAILABLE (21,558,130) (21,829,365) (21,626,419) (21,667,766) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 4400 Flying Hour Program Shortfalls...................... 322,000 4400 Contingency Operations Transfer..................... -65,760 4450 PMRF................................................ 15,000 4600 Depot Maintenance--Aviation Backlog................. 70,000 4600 Contingency Operations Transfer..................... -4,206 4760 JCS Exercises and Headquarters Reduction............ -9,000 4850 Contingency Operations Transfer..................... -13,524 5000 Depot Maintenance--Unfunded Ship Availabilities..... 60,000 5050 Contingency Operations Transfer..................... -204 5160 JCS Exercises and Headquarters Reduction............ -9,000 5450 Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command.......... 19,500 5500 Contingency Operations Transfer..................... -15 5550 Reverse Osmosis Desalinators--Refurbishment......... 500 5550 Contingency Operations Transfer..................... -802 5950 Gun Weapon Overhaul and Support, Louisville......... 12,000 5950 Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Equipment--Wallops Island.................................................. 2,000 Budget Activity 2: Mobilization: 6350 Contingency Operations Transfer..................... -82 6650 Industrial Preparedness--Nominal Growth............. -14,000 Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting: 6900 Service Academies--Foreign Students................. -1,400 7200 Training Infrastructure Reduction................... -19,500 7300 Naval Postgraduate School--Laboratory Improvements.. 2,000 7300 Training Infrastructure Reduction................... -5,000 7350 CNET--Distance Learning............................. 2,000 7350 Training Infrastructure Reduction................... -14,500 7550 Recruiting and Advertising.......................... 3,000 Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities: 8000 Pentagon Reservation Transfer....................... -28,811 8000 Headquarters and Administrative Activity Reduction.. -48,300 8250 Contingency Operations Transfer..................... -307 8300 FEMP................................................ -25,000 8600 ATIS................................................ 2,000 Undistributed: 9360 Classified Undistributed............................ 4,902 9365 DoD Software Program Managers Network............... 6,000 9365 High Risk Automation Systems........................ -25,000 9380 Foreign Currency Fluctuation........................ -6,000 9390 Civilian Personnel Understrength.................... -16,600 9415 Electrotechnologies................................. 3,300 9417 Revised Economic Assumptions........................ -62,000 9420 Other Contracts--Program Growth..................... -29,719 9425 Real Property Maintenance........................... 14,924 9430 TDY Expenses........................................ -15,060 9435 QDR--Civilian Personnel Reductions.................. -17,000 9450 Magic Lantern....................................... 1,300 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE The conferees agree to provide $2,100,690,000 for ship depot maintenance, and delete the language recommended by the Senate establishing a floor on ship depot maintenance funding. The conferees' recommendation will provide the fleet commanders flexibility in managing their operation and maintenance funds during the fiscal year, in recognition that emergencies can lead to funding shortfalls. However, the conferees strongly urge the Navy leadership to ensure that all funds provided for ship maintenance are used solely for that purpose except in the most unusual of circumstances. The conferees understand that the Navy will initiate a pilot program beginning on October 1, 1997 to study whether combining fleet intermediate facilities with Navy shipyards might yield economies of scale and allow maintenance managers to better balance workloads in the Navy shipyards. The conferees believe it will take at least two years before the Navy can determine whether this new arrangement is in fact cost effective and should be made permanent or expanded to other locations. Therefore, the conferees direct that the pilot program shall not be expanded until six months after the Navy reports to the Committees on Appropriations on its findings, and that such report shall be made on or after April 1, 1999. Further, the conferees direct that the Navy shall not make any changes to the workforce in terms of total numbers of employees and shall not change the name of the Navy activity involved or make any permanent changes until this pilot study has been completed and evaluated by the Congress. The conferees are hopeful that the study will lead to significant improvements in Navy maintenance functions and look forward to approving permanent changes throughout the Navy beginning in fiscal year 2000. 1998 WORLD EXPOSITION The conferees understand that the Navy has requested to participate as one of the United States Government sponsors of the U.S. exhibit focused on ocean research and technology at the 1998 World Exposition in Lisbon, Portugal. Should the Secretary of the Navy determine that Navy participation is beneficial to the interests of the service, the conferees agree that adequate funds should be made available from the Operation and maintenance account to assist in the creation and operation of the U.S. national pavilion. Funds shall be used to exhibit defense capabilities in global oceanography and environmental security to include interaction among NOAA and the appropriate entities of the Department of Defense. Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 99BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 100EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 100OPERATIONAL FORCES 345,077 404,577 364,077 378,077 101FIELD LOGISTICS 183,660 183,660 183,660 183,660 101DEPOT MAINTENANCE 121,339 146,339 121,339 133,339 102BASE SUPPORT 639,495 674,895 639,495 653,995 102MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 263,593 263,593 286,193 263,593 102JCS EXERCISES & HEADQUARTERS REDUCTION .............. .............. -5,000 -8,000 103USMC PREPOSITIONING 103MARITIME PREPOSITIONING 77,380 77,380 77,380 77,380 104NORWAY PREPOSITIONING 3,603 3,603 3,603 3,603 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10450 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 1,634,147 1,754,047 1,670,747 1,685,647 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 105BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING 105ACCESSION TRAINING 106RECRUIT TRAINING 9,098 9,098 9,098 9,098 106OFFICER ACQUISITION 282 282 282 282 107BASE SUPPORT 51,266 61,266 51,266 58,766 107MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 18,115 18,115 19,715 18,115 108BASIC SKILLS AND ADVANCED TRAINING 108SPECIALIZED SKILLS TRAINING 28,647 28,647 33,147 28,647 109FLIGHT TRAINING 156 156 156 156 109PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 5,803 5,803 5,803 5,803 110TRAINING SUPPORT 78,749 78,749 77,649 75,649 110BASE SUPPORT 54,557 64,557 54,557 62,057 111MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 25,051 25,051 27,251 25,051 111RECRUITING AND OTHER TRAINING EDUCATION 112RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 74,442 78,842 74,442 78,742 112OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION 15,063 15,063 15,063 15,063 113JUNIOR ROTC 9,006 9,006 9,006 9,006 113BASE SUPPORT 8,100 8,100 8,100 8,100 114MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 2,447 2,447 2,747 2,447 ----------------------------------------------------- 11450 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 380,782 405,182 388,282 396,982 ===================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 115SERVICEWIDE SUPPORT 116SPECIAL SUPPORT 219,312 219,312 207,102 207,102 117SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 30,617 30,617 30,617 30,617 117ADMINISTRATION 26,105 26,105 26,105 26,105 118BASE SUPPORT 12,370 12,370 12,370 9,870 118MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 2,012 2,102 2,312 2,012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 11900 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 290,416 290,416 278,506 275,706 ================================================================= 119FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATION/BUDGET -4,000 -4,000 -2,000 -4,000 AMEND 119REAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE .............. 154,100 .............. 30,500 119ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS .............. .............. -7,000 -7,000 119QDR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS .............. -1,713 .............. -1,000 119CIVILIAN PERSONNEL UNDEREXECUTION .............. .............. .............. -1,200 119TDY EXPENSES .............. .............. .............. -3,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12300 TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 2,301,345 2,598,032 2,328,535 2,372,635 MARINE CORPS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: [In thousands of dollars] Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces: 10050 Readiness Training--Operating Forces Training Support................................................. 25,000 10050 Initial Issue (Clothing/Body Armor/Bivouac gear)... 8,000 10150 Depot Maintenance Backlog Reduction................ 12,000 10200 Base Support....................................... 7,500 10200 Personnel Support Equipment........................ 7,000 10255 JCS Exercises and Headquarters Reduction........... -8,000 Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting: 10700 Base Support....................................... 7,500 11000 Training Infrastructure Reduction.................. -3,100 11050 Base Support....................................... 7,500 11200 Recruiting and Advertising......................... 4,300 Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities: 11650 Pentagon Reservation Transfer...................... -12,210 11800 Base Support....................................... 7,500 11800 FEMP............................................... -10,000 Undistributed: 11935 Real Property Maintenance.......................... 30,500 11937 Revised Economic Assumptions....................... -7,000 11940 QDR--Civilian Personnel Reductions................. -1,000 11960 Civilian Personnel Understrength................... -1,200 11965 TDY Expenses....................................... -3,000 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 124OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 125BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 125AIR OPERATIONS: 126PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES 2,719,301 3,020,301 2,571,801 2,572,801 126PRIMARY COMBAT WEAPONS 457,939 457,939 457,939 457,939 127COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES 253,099 253,099 256,199 256,199 127AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING 617,828 617,828 617,828 617,828 128COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 981,936 981,936 981,936 981,936 128BASE SUPPORT 1,758,461 1,786,261 1,758,461 1,770,561 129MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 576,409 576,409 626,009 576,409 129JCS EXERCISES & HEADQUARTERS ............... ............... -15,000 -18,000 REDUCTION 129CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS UNDISTRIBUTED ............... ............... 800 ............... 129COMBAT RELATED OPERATIONS: 130GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING 712,916 712,916 712,916 712,916 130NAVIGATION/WEATHER SUPPORT 131,608 131,608 131,608 131,608 131OTHER COMBAT OPS SUPPORT PROGRAMS 205,449 208,249 205,449 207,249 131JCS EXERCISES 45,306 45,306 45,306 45,306 132MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 113,400 113,400 113,400 113,400 132TACTICAL INTEL AND OTHER SPECIAL 231,411 234,411 231,411 232,911 ACTIVITIES 133SPACE OPERATIONS: 133LAUNCH FACILITIES 226,956 226,956 226,956 226,956 134LAUNCH VEHICLES 103,576 103,576 103,576 103,576 134SPACE CONTROL SYSTEMS 283,597 283,597 284,997 284,997 135SATELLITE SYSTEMS 42,235 42,235 42,235 42,235 135OTHER SPACE OPERATIONS 82,972 82,972 82,972 82,972 136BASE SUPPORT 310,370 310,370 310,370 310,370 136MAINT OF REAL PROPERTY 119,869 119,869 130,269 119,869 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 13700 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 9,974,638 10,309,238 9,877,438 9,830,038 ===================================================================== 137BUDGET ACTIVITY 2: MOBILIZATION 138MOBILITY OPERATIONS: 138AIRLIFT OPERATIONS 1,793,506 1,848,106 1,853,506 1,908,106 139AIRLIFT OPERATIONS C31 16,267 16,267 16,267 16,267 139MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS 145,868 140,763 145,868 140,763 140PAYMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS 514,000 514,000 514,000 514,000 AREA 140BASE SUPPORT 427,865 427,865 427,865 427,865 141MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 151,842 151,842 165,342 151,842 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 14150 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2 3,049,348 3,098,843 3,122,848 3,158,843 ===================================================================== 142BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING 142ACCESSION TRAINING: 143OFFICER ACQUISITION 51,605 50,205 51,605 50,205 143RECRUIT TRAINING 3,971 3,971 3,971 3,971 144RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS 47,611 47,611 47,611 47,611 (ROTC) 144BASE SUPPORT (ACADEMIES ONLY) 57,262 57,262 57,262 57,262 145MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 50,662 50,662 50,662 50,662 (ACADEMIES ONLY) 145BASIC SKILLS AND ADVANCED TRAINING: 146SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING 196,980 196,980 176,980 175,980 146FLIGHT TRAINING 394,075 394,075 394,075 394,075 147PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 88,682 68,216 76,682 75,682 147TRAINING SUPPORT 63,296 63,296 51,296 50,296 148BASE SUPPORT (OTHER TRAINING) 370,436 370,436 370,436 370,436 148MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY (OTHER 87,072 87,072 96,372 87,072 TRAINING) 149RECRUITING, AND OTHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION: 149RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 55,039 59,539 55,039 57,239 150EXAMINING 2,212 2,212 2,212 2,212 150OFF DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION 85,609 85,609 85,609 85,609 151CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING 67,183 64,832 67,183 67,183 151JUNIOR ROTC 26,052 26,052 26,052 26,052 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 15200 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 1,647,747 1,628,030 1,613,047 1,601,547 ===================================================================== 152BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 153LOGISTICS OPERATIONS: 153LOGISTICS OPERATIONS 788,680 793,680 788,680 788,680 154TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 390,267 390,267 390,267 390,267 154SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 236,372 236,372 236,372 236,372 155BASE SUPPORT 753,449 720,449 753,449 720,449 155MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 194,617 194,617 213,217 194,617 156 SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES: 156ADMINISTRATION 126,642 75,480 126,642 73,942 157SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 297,316 297,316 300,016 297,316 157PERSONNEL PROGRAMS 100,343 100,343 100,343 100,343 158RESCUE AND RECOVERY SERVICES 55,881 55,881 55,881 55,881 159ARMS CONTROL 29,565 29,565 29,565 29,565 159OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 524,545 525,045 494,945 495,445 160OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT 33,623 33,623 33,623 33,623 160CIVIL AIR PATROL CORPORATION 17,927 18,727 22,327 21,527 161BASE SUPPORT 155,791 155,791 155,791 155,791 161MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 10,728 10,728 12,828 10,728 162 SECURITY PROGRAMS: 162SECURITY PROGRAMS 510,046 510,046 482,846 510,046 163 SUPPORT TO OTHER NATIONS: 163INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT 13,260 13,260 13,260 13,260 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16400 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 4,239,052 4,161,190 4,210,052 4,127,852 ===================================================================== 164CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS UNDISTRIBUTED ............... 13,900 ............... 4,000 164CIVILIAN PERSONNEL UNDERSTRENGTH ............... -70,000 -82,000 -7,700 164GENERAL REDUCTION, NATIONAL DEFENSE -50,000 -50,000 -50,000 -50,000 STOCKPILE FUND 164FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATION/BUDGET -43,000 -53,000 -53,000 -67,000 AMEND 164INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ............... -16,000 ............... -16,100 164ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS ............... ............... -46,000 -46,000 164OTHER CONTRACTS ............... -93,981 ............... -93,981 164CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE--PACOM ............... 10,000 ............... 10,000 165CONTINGENCY OPERATION TRANSFER--SWA ............... -459,900 ............... ............... 165REAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ............... 358,200 ............... 100,384 165TDY EXPENSES ............... -20,000 ............... -23,000 165QDR--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS ............... -76,253 ............... -36,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16800 TOTAL, O&M, AIR FORCE 18,817,785 18,740,167 18,592,385 18,492,883 16850 TRANSFER (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16900 TOTAL FUNDING AVAILABLE (18,867,785) (18,790,167) (18,642,385) (18,542,883) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 12600 Flying Hour Program Shortfalls (AVDLR Shortfall)... 240,000 12600 B-52 Attrition Reserve............................. 42,400 12600 SR-71.............................................. 30,000 12600 Battle Labs........................................ 1,000 12600 Contingency Operations Transfer.................... -459,900 12700 NBC Defense Program................................ 3,100 12850 Force Protection-Base Physical Security............ 12,100 12905 JCS Exercises and Headquarters Reduction........... -18,000 13100 SIMVAL............................................. 1,800 13250 JFACC Situational Awareness System (JSAS).......... 1,500 13450 Spacetrack......................................... 1,400 Budget Activity 2: Mobilization: 13850 Flying Hour Program Shortfalls (AVDLR Shortfall)... 60,000 13850 Depot Maintenance-KC-135 DPEM...................... 54,600 13950 Industrial Preparedness-Nominal Growth............. -5,105 Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting: 14300 Service Academies-Foreign Students................. -1,400 14600 Training Infrastructure Reduction.................. -21,000 14700 Training Infrastructure Reduction.................. -13,000 14750 Training Infrastructure Reduction.................. -13,000 14950 Recruiting and Advertising......................... 2,200 Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities: 15500 FEMP............................................... -33,000 15650 Headquarters and Administrative Activity Reduction. -52,700 15950 CAMP............................................... 500 15950 Pentagon Reservation Transfer...................... -29,600 16050 Civil Air Patrol--Counterdrug Activities........... 2,800 16050 Civil Air Patrol Corporation....................... 800 Undistributed: 16410 Classified Undistributed........................... 4,000 16415 Civilian Personnel Under Strength.................. -7,700 16430 Foreign Currency Fluctuation....................... -24,000 16475 REMIS.............................................. -8,900 16475 High Risk Automation Systems....................... -25,000 16487 Revised Economic Assumptions....................... -46,000 16490 Other Contracts--Program Growth.................... -93,981 16495 Chemical/Biological Defense--PACOM................. 10,000 16505 Real Property Maintenance.......................... 100,384 16510 TDY Expenses....................................... -23,000 16515 QDR--Civilian Personnel Reductions................. -36,000 b-52s The conferees provide a total of $57,300,000 to fund attrition reserve B-52 aircraft: Operation and maintenance............................... $42,400,000 Aircraft procurement; mods.............................. 10,400,000 Military personnel...................................... 4,500,000 The conferees direct that this funding be used to operate and maintain the current force structure of 94 B-52s and to continue standard maintenance and upgrades on the attrition reserve aircraft. For the purposes of this procurement funding, the conferees direct the Air Force to treat all 94 B-52s now in the force structure as planes to be retained for the six-year period beginning October 1, 1997. william lehman aviation center The William Lehman Aviation Center at Florida Memorial College--a Historically Black College located in Miami, Florida--is well positioned to assist in the recruitment and training of minorities in military aviation. The conferees urge the Department of the Air Force to work closely with the College in fully utilizing and developing FMC's faculty, equipment, facilities and expertise. environmental quality responsibilities The conferees are concerned of potentially duplicative activities undertaken by the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) and other Departmental environmental centers. The conferees direct that the Air Force review this situation and take prompt action to ensure that the mission and responsibilities of the AFCEE fully conform to the commitments made by the Air Force when this center was first established and that its activities are focused on the mission for which it was established. Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 169OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 170BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 170JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 541,169 491,169 454,007 452,007 171SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 1,085,927 1,129,027 .............. 1,119,327 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17150 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 1,627,096 1,620,196 454,007 1,571,334 ================================================================= 172BUDGET ACTIVITY 2: MOBILIZATION 172DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 27,260 27,260 27,260 27,260 173BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING 174DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY 99,964 96,064 94,964 94,964 174AMERICAN FORCES INFORMATION SERVICE 11,586 11,586 11,586 11,586 175DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES FIELD ACTIVITY 14,200 14,200 14,200 14,200 175DEFENSE SPECIAL WEAPONS AGENCY 475 475 475 475 176SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 37,930 37,930 37,930 37,930 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17650 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 164,155 160,255 159,155 159,155 ================================================================= 177BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 177AMERICAN FORCES INFORMATION SERVICE 94,956 94,956 94,956 94,956 178CLASSIFIED AND INTELLIGENCE 3,490,397 3,392,136 3,461,797 3,450,966 179DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY 329,264 326,764 329,264 326,764 179DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE 91,654 .............. 91,654 70,654 180DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES FIELD ACTIVITY 124,735 122,735 124,735 122,735 180DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY 725,858 717,658 690,258 689,058 181DEFENSE INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE 186,661 186,661 186,661 186,661 181DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY 8,839 8,839 8,087 8,087 182DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 1,086,443 1,138,043 1,099,443 1,126,043 183DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE 14,195 14,195 14,195 14,195 183DEFENSE SPECIAL WEAPONS AGENCY 87,837 87,837 87,837 87,837 184DEFEBSE SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 69,270 69,270 69,270 69,270 184DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY 10,545 10,545 10,545 10,545 ADMINISTRATION 185DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPENDENTS 1,321,196 1,325,196 1,321,496 1,332,496 EDUCATION 185FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM .............. 15,000 .............. 15,000 186JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 128,561 126,561 113,661 117,561 186OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT 40,217 49,217 40,217 114,217 187OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 406,894 343,127 399,056 316,489 187CIVIL-MILITARY PROGRAMS .............. .............. 72,000 72,000 188ON SITE INSPECTION AGENCY 109,226 98,026 95,626 95,626 188SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 45,532 45,532 45,532 45,532 189WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICE 213,147 198,847 213,147 210,147 189CANADIAN CLEANUP .............. .............. -10,400 .............. 189REPAIRS TO FEDERALLY-FUNDED SCHOOLS .............. .............. 10,000 10,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18950 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 8,585,427 8,371,145 8,569,037 8,586,839 ================================================================= 189BUDGET ACTIVITY 5: SPECIAL OPERATIONS 189SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND .............. .............. 1,123,527 .............. 189LEGACY .............. .............. 10,000 10,000 189PENTAGON RENOVATION TRANSFERS .............. .............. 137,652 137,652 189CIVILIAN PERSONNEL UNDERSTRENGTH .............. -33,900 -42,000 -8,000 189FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATION/BUDGET -13,000 -13,000 -10,000 -16,000 AMEND 189IMPACT AID .............. 35,000 .............. .............. 189ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS .............. .............. -29,000 -29,000 190INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT .............. -15,000 .............. -15,000 190PENTAGON RENOVATION SWING SPACE .............. -9,500 .............. -9,500 190DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING SERVICE .............. -15,000 .............. -8,000 190CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE CHINESE .............. 5,000 .............. .............. MILITARY 190CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER--SWA .............. -9,500 .............. .............. 190QDR--6% REDUCTION .............. -72,000 .............. -37,000 190QDR--RESTRUCTURING RESERVE .............. 18,000 .............. .............. 191GENERAL REDUCTION .............. -15,000 .............. .............. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19350 TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 10,390,938 10,053,956 10,399,638 10,369,740 DEFENSE-WIDE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 17050 JCS Exercises...................................... -50,000 17050 Partnership for Peace.............................. -44,162 17050 Exercise Northern Edge............................. 5,000 17100 SOCOM--Readiness OPTEMPO........................... 28,530 17100 SOCOM--CP/WMD...................................... 11,270 17100 SOCOM--GORTEX/NOMEX Flight Suits................... 3,300 17100 Contingency Operations Transfer--SOCOM/SWA......... -3,200 17100 SOCOM--JCS Exercises............................... -6,500 Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting: 17400 DAU--Continuing Acquisition Education.............. -5,000 Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities: 17800 Contingency Operations Transfer.................... -2,700 17800 Classified and Intelligence........................ -36,731 17900 DCAA--Within Grade Increases....................... -2,500 17950 DFAS--Executive and Professional Training.......... -4,500 17950 DFAS--Property Accountability System............... -16,500 18000 DHRFA--Operations.................................. -2,000 18050 DISA--White House Communications Agency............ -8,200 18050 DISA--Contingency Operations Transfer.............. -28,600 18150 Defense Legal Services Agency...................... -752 18200 DLA--Security Locks................................ 25,000 18200 DLA--Automated Document Conversion................. 20,000 18200 DLA--Procurement Technical Assist. Program......... 17,000 18200 DLA--DPSC Demolition............................... 10,000 18200 DLA--Cargo Methods and Technologies................ 3,000 18200 DLA--Blankets...................................... -2,400 18200 DLA--Housing Improvement Fund Management........... -7,000 18200 DLA--DWCF Transfer................................. -26,000 18500 DoDDS--Guam Schools................................ 18,000 18500 DoDDS--Family Counseling and Crisis Services....... 3,000 18500 DoDDS--Math Teacher Leadership Development Project. 300 18500 DoDDS--Unobligated Balances........................ -10,000 18550 Federal Energy Management Program.................. 15,000 18600 JCS--Travel and Administrative Costs............... -11,000 18650 Monterey Institute Counter-Proliferation Analysis.. 9,000 18650 Industrial Modernization........................... 50,000 18650 Ford Ord Defense Conversion Center................. 7,500 18650 San Diego Coversion Center......................... 7,500 18700 OSD--Partnership for Peace Transfer................ 44,162 18700 OSD--Military Personnel Information System......... 5,000 18700 OSD--First Responder Training...................... 1,300 18700 OSD--C3I Mission and Analysis Fund................. -5,000 18700 OSD--Funding Transfer.............................. -17,000 18700 OSD--Administrative Savings........................ -20,000 18700 OSD--Civil Military Programs Transfer.............. -40,000 18700 OSD--Civil Military Programs....................... -58,867 18755 Civil Military Programs............................ 72,000 18800 OSIA--Treaty Requirements.......................... -10,000 18800 OSIA--Transfer to Contingency Operations........... -3,600 18900 WHS--TDY and Administrative Expenses............... -3,000 18920 Repairs to Federally Funded Schools................ 10,000 Undistributed: 18960 Legacy............................................. 10,000 18965 Pentagon Reservation Transfer...................... 137,652 18970 Civilian Personnel Understrength................... -8,000 18975 Foreign Currency Fluctuation....................... -3,000 18982 Revised Economic Assumptions....................... -29,000 19010 High Risk Automation Systems....................... -15,000 19030 Pentagon Renovation Fund--Swing Space Costs........ -9,500 19045 Defense Automated Printing Service................. -8,000 19090 QDR Defense Agency Reductions...................... -37,000 defense finance and accounting service The Department requested $91,654,000 for activities that the conferees believe are more properly funded through the Defense Working Capital Fund. The conferees therefore agree to a reduction of $21,000,000 and direct DFAS to budget for these activities within the Defense Working Capital Fund in future budget submissions. defense human resources field activity The conferees agree to provide $138,935,000 for the Defense Human Resources Field Activity, a reduction of $2,000,000 from the President's Budget. The conferees direct that none of this reduction be taken against the Department's very successful efforts with Operation Mongoose. defense logistics agency The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) budget included $42,900,000 for expenses that were in the Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF). Of these the conferees believe that $36,000,000, as identified in House Report 105-206, should have stayed within the DWCF and directs DLA to budget for these expenses within the DWCF in the future. national imagery and mapping agency The conferees agree to delete House language, but expect the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to abide by its commitment and recent Policy Directive 8600R1 that a qualifications based selection (QBS) process for mapping, charting and geodesy service contracts will be used and that NIMA will seek a revision to the Federal Acquisition Regulations to this effect. new parent support program The conferees agree that the New Parent Support Program complements and works in concert with all programs associated with violence prevention, child development and family advocacy. In recent years, funds have been provided for expansion of this program within all the Services. The conferees encourage the Department to continue funding this program at current levels during fiscal year 1998, and to budget sufficient resources in future budget submissions. industrial modernization The conference report includes $50,000,000 only for projects or programs to assist in the commercial reutilization and modernization of government industrial complexes no longer in service. The conferees direct that such funds be used to support no more than 10 percent of the total project cost, and be committed only for projects that are determined by the Secretary (1) to be financially self-sustaining over the long- term, and (2) to enhance the national defense. The conferees intend that these funds be used for grants for operational transition, planning, and training costs. reserve peacetime support to active duty and civilian activities The conferees agree to provide $10,000,000 for Reserve peacetime support to active duty and civilian activities. The conferees direct the Department of Defense to report to the Committees on Appropriations on how the fiscal year 1997 funding was allocated by theater, activities or exercises supported by this program, and the number of reservists by service who participated under this initiative. This report is to be provided not later than January 15, 1998. Civil Military Programs The conferees recommend a total of $72,000,000 for civil/ military programs for fiscal year 1998 as follows: [In thousands of dollars] Youth Challenge program....................................... 48,000 Innovative Readiness Training................................. 20,000 Starbase youth program........................................ 4,000 -------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total................................................... 72,000 on-site inspection agency The conferees have agreed to reduce funding for the On- Site Inspection Agency. If additional funds prove necessary to meet emergent requirements stemming from valid treaty obligations, the conferees expect the Department of Defense to submit a reprogramming request subject to normal, prior approval reprogramming procedures. travel reengineering The Department of Defense report on Travel Reengineering states that the Department spends approximately $3,000,000,000 annually on temporary duty travel. Of this amount, 15 to 30 percent is for management overhead costs. The Department believes that, through reengineering, they can reduce these costs by more than half, a savings of over $300,000,000 per year. The conferees are supportive of these goals, but remain concerned about how DoD will identify and capture these savings. The conferees therefore direct the Department to provide a detailed report, no later than January 1, 1998, of what savings it expects to result from implementing this program in Travel Region 6, where those savings will come from and how DoD intends to capture those savings in its future budget requests. The conferees also direct the Department to provide a similar report with respect to full implementation prior to expanding this program beyond Travel Region 6. legacy Of the funds appropriated for the Legacy program, the Committee directs that $100,000 be utilized to develop a management plan, in cooperation with the appropriate state and local entities, to preserve and protect the Revolutionary War gunboat that was recently discovered on the bottom of Lake Champlain. job placement program The Conferees direct the Department of Defense to provide at least $6,000,000 from within available funds for the implementation of a combined job placement and community outreach services program. This program should market and coordinate involvement of existing qualified service providers through the Job Training Partnership Act, facilitate municipal offering of community outreach services and provide data for the evaluation of federal job placement programs. This program should be implemented in communities where military bases have undergone downsizing. Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 195OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 195BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 196MISSION OPERATIONS 196BASE SUPPORT 309,446 309,446 309,446 309,446 197MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 85,255 90,255 85,255 90,255 197DEPOT MAINTENANCE 41,366 41,366 41,366 41,366 198TRAINING OPERATIONS 620,827 630,827 640,827 630,827 ----------------------------------------------------- 19900 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 1,056,894 1,071,894 1,076,894 1,071,894 ===================================================== 199BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 200ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 200INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 20,033 20,033 20,033 20,033 201PUBLIC AFFAIRS 489 489 489 489 201PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION 50,196 50,196 50,196 50,196 202STAFF MANAGEMENT 27,405 27,405 27,405 27,405 202RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 37,874 37,874 37,874 37,874 ----------------------------------------------------- 20300 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 135,997 135,997 135,997 135,997 ===================================================== 20700 TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 1,192,891 1,207,891 1,212,891 1,207,891 RESERVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 19700 Maintenance of Real Property....................... 5,000 19850 Training Operations/Ground OPTEMPO................. 10,000 -------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total adjustments....................................... +15,000 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 208OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 209BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 209RESERVE AIR OPERATIONS 210MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS 302,531 302,531 302,531 319,531 210FLEET AIR TRAINING 200 200 200 200 211INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE 17,528 17,528 17,528 17,528 211AIR OPERATION AND SAFETY SUPPORT 3,074 3,074 3,074 3,074 212AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE 58,053 68,053 58,053 65,053 212AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPS SUPPORT 315 315 315 315 213BASE SUPPORT 99,563 99,563 99,563 99,563 213MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 24,512 24,512 24,512 24,512 214 RESERVE SHIP OPERATIONS 214MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS 59,509 59,509 59,509 59,509 215SHIP OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING 638 638 638 638 215INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE 10,326 10,326 10,326 10,326 216SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE 68,324 68,324 68,324 68,324 216SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 1,487 1,487 1,487 1,487 217 RESERVE COMBAT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 218COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES 25,632 25,632 25,632 25,632 218BASE SUPPORT 38,503 38,503 38,503 38,503 219MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 9,220 9,220 9,220 9,220 219 RESERVE WEAPONS SUPPORT 220WEAPONS MAINTENANCE 4,136 4,136 4,136 4,136 ----------------------------------------------------- 22050 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 723,551 733,551 723,051 747,551 ===================================================== 221BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 221ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 222ADMINISTRATION 6,209 6,209 6,209 6,209 222CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 2,012 2,012 2,012 2,012 223MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 32,102 32,102 32,102 32,102 224SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 33,155 33,155 33,155 33,155 224BASE SUPPORT 26,692 26,692 26,692 26,692 225MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 5,051 5,051 5,051 5,051 225COMBAT/WEAPONS SYSTEMS 2,723 2,723 2,723 2,723 226GENERAL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM 511 511 511 511 226 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT 226AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT 2,705 2,705 2,705 2,705 ----------------------------------------------------- 22750 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 111,160 111,160 111,160 111,160 ===================================================== 227NSIPS ........... 43,500 ........... 43,500 227CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER--SWA ........... -500 ........... -500 227MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY ........... 37,000 ........... 20,000 ===================================================== 23150 TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 834,711 924,711 834,211 921,711 RESERVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 21000 Mission and Other Flight Operations/Flying Hours... 17,000 21200 Aircraft Depot Maintenance......................... 7,000 Other Adjustments: 22760 NSIPS.............................................. 43,500 22765 Contingency Operations Transfer--SWA............... -500 22770 Maintenance of Real Property....................... 20,000 -------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total adjustments....................................... +87,000 military personnel information systems The conferees have agreed to provide $69,000,000 only for Military Personnel Information Systems and support the direction in House Report 105-206 on management control and use of these programs and funds by the Commander, Naval Reserve Forces. Of the funds identified in the House report, only $11,500,000 is specifically for the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) and $5,000,000 is for the Joint Requirements and Integration Office. These funds are in addition to those already budgeted for these programs. The remaining funds are for all the related activities described in the House report, such as continuing the Navy central design activity consolidation and providing initial outfitting equipment and infrastructure support for information system facilities. The conferees direct the Navy and DoD to ensure that no other military personnel information system initiatives duplicate NSIPS or the DoD objective personnel system, now known as the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System (DIMHRS). The conferees also direct DoD and the services to identify and allocate acquisition certified personnel for the DIMHRS Joint Program Management Office no later than November 1, 1997 and to fully fund and budget for NSIPS and DIMHRS. Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 233OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 233BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 234MISSION FORCES 234TRAINING 14,559 18,459 14,559 17,559 235OPERATING FORCES 30,174 35,174 30,174 33,174 235BASE SUPPORT 16,309 16,309 16,309 16,309 236MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 6,898 6,898 6,898 6,898 236DEPOT MAINTENANCE 2,555 2,555 2,555 2,555 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 23700 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 70,495 79,395 70,495 76,495 ================================================================= 237BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 238ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 238RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 7,726 7,726 7,726 7,726 239SPECIAL SUPPORT 11,199 11,199 11,199 11,199 239SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 5,161 5,161 5,161 5,161 240ADMINISTRATION 7,039 7,039 7,039 7,039 240BASE SUPPORT 8,746 8,746 8,746 8,746 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 24200 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 39,871 39,871 39,871 39,871 24600 TOTAL, O&M, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 110,366 119,266 110,366 116,366 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 23450 Training/M1A1 Tank Training........................ 3,000 23500 Operating Forces/Initial Issue..................... 3,000 -------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total adjustments....................................... +6,000 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 247OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 248BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 248AIR OPERATIONS 249AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS 1,227,609 1,227,609 1,234,389 1,234,389 249MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS 39,482 39,482 39,482 39,482 250BASE SUPPORT 216,573 216,573 216,573 216,573 250MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 60,314 70,314 60,314 60,314 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25150 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 1,543,978 1,553,978 1,550,758 1,550,758 =========================================================================================================== 252BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 252ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 253ADMINISTRATION 46,363 46,363 46,363 46,363 253MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 19,262 19,262 19,262 19,262 254RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 7,966 7,966 7,966 7,966 254OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT 6,310 6,310 6,310 6,310 255AUDIOVISUAL 541 541 541 541 255WC-130 WEATHER RECONN ............ 830 ............ 830 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25550 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 80,442 81,272 80,442 81,272 =========================================================================================================== 25950 TOTAL, O&M, AIR FORCE RESERVE 1,624,420 1,635,250 1,631,200 1,632,030 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 24900 Aircraft Operations/C-130 Force Structure........... 6,780 Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities: 25510 WC-130 Weather Reconnasissance...................... 830 -------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total adjustments....................................... +7,610 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 261OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 261BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 262MISSION OPERATIONS 262TRAINING OPERATIONS 1,704,250 1,728,950 1,749,250 1,728,950 263MEDICAL SUPPORT 26,701 26,701 26,701 26,701 264DEPOT MAINTENANCE 53,824 58,824 63,824 61,324 264BASE SUPPORT 250,700 250,700 250,700 250,700 265MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 50,618 60,618 150,618 135,618 --------------------------------------------------------- 26550 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 2,086,093 2,125,793 2,241,093 2,203,293 ========================================================= 266BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 266ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 267INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 32,376 32,376 53,376 53,376 268PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION 62,082 62,082 62,082 62,082 268STAFF MANAGEMENT 45,190 45,190 45,190 45,190 269RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 33,191 33,191 33,191 33,191 269CHEM/BIO MISSION STUDIES ............ 10,000 ............ 10,000 269STOCK FUND SECONDARY ITEMS ............ ............ 15,000 7,500 269SOFTWARE ACQUISITION AND SECURITY TRAINING ............ 5,000 ............ 5,000 --------------------------------------------------------- 26950 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 172,839 187,839 208,839 216,339 ========================================================= 27350 TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 2,258,932 2,313,632 2,449,932 2,419,632 NAT. GUARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 26250 Training Operations/Ground Optempo................. 20,000 26250 Training Operations/Angel Gate Academy............. 4,200 26250 Training Operations/Laser Leveling................. 500 26400 Depot Maintenance.................................. 7,500 26500 Maintenance of Real Property....................... 85,000 Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities: 26700 Information Management............................. 21,000 26910 Chem/Bio Mission Studies........................... 10,000 26912 Stock Fund Secondary Items......................... 7,500 26915 Software Acquisition and Security Training......... 5,000 -------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total adjustments....................................... +160,700 maintenance of real property The conferees recommend $85,000,000 above the budget request for maintenance of real property for Army National Guard facilities. The conferees direct that these funds be used to reduce the growing backlog within the 54 Army National Guard organizations, not for studies or other administrative functions. chemical/biological defense and counter terrorism mission planning The conferees recommend $10,000,000 only to support efforts to develop the National Guard's domestic chemical/ biological counter terrorism mission. The conferees reiterate the directive in the House report and strongly endorse efforts to accelerate implementation of this important mission. The conferees expect the National Guard to develop a mission plan that is fully coordinated with all related plans and programs of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the active forces, and all other Reserve Components so as to leverage existing capabilities to the maximum extent possible. A mechanism for review and input from all relevant organizations must be an integral part of this planning effort. The conferees also intend that a portion of these funds may be used to conduct joint, interagency training for federal, state, and local responders with respect to counter terrorism operations and the defense against weapons of mass destruction and for testing and evaluating equipment related to the support of the chemical/ biological defense mission. home station mobilization The conferees support the expansion of Home Station Mobilization during fiscal year 1998, as a way to reduce mobilization costs and increase the availability of the Reserve Components. The conferees direct the Department of the Army to report to the congressional defense committees on how this program can be expanded in both the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve not later than January 15, 1998. The report should also provide a timetable to implement the results of this review during fiscal year 1998. It should address costs (both personnel and resources) associated with deploying from home station versus a mobilization station and recommendations regarding mission transfers to the Reserve Components. Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 275OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 275BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES 276AIR OPERATIONS 276AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS 2,243,510 2,245,010 2,262,573 2,262,573 277MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS 334,314 334,314 334,314 334,314 277BASE SUPPORT 296,196 296,196 296,196 296,196 278MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 77,879 77,879 77,879 77,879 278DEPOT MAINTENANCE 30,048 33,048 30,048 33,048 ----------------------------------------------------- 27900 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 2,981,947 2,986,447 3,001,010 3,004,010 ===================================================== 279BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 280SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 280ADMINISTRATION 3,073 3,073 3,073 3,073 281RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 6,199 6,199 6,199 6,199 ----------------------------------------------------- 28150 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 9,272 9,272 9,272 9,272 ===================================================== 28550 TOTAL, O&M, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 2,991,219 2,995,719 3,010,282 3,013,282 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adjustments to budget activities Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows: Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:of dollars] 27650 Aircraft Operations/159th Fighter Group............ 1,500 27650 Aircraft Operations/C-130 Force Structure 13,063 27650 Aircraft Operations/C-130 Operations............... 4,500 27850 Depot Maintenance.................................. 3,000 -------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total adjustments................................. +22,063 Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund The conferees agree to provide $1,884,000,000 for the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund. The conferees agree to realign funding for operations in Southwest Asia from the services' Operation and maintenance accounts into the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund. Accordingly, the conferees agree to transfer $416,500,000 into this account. United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces The conference agreement provides $6,952,000 for the United States Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces as requested in the budget. Environmental Restoration, Army The conferees agree to provide $375,337,000 for Environmental Restoration, Army. Environmental Restoration, Navy The conferees agree to provide $275,500,000 for Environmental Restoration, Navy. Environmental Restoration, Air Force The conferees agree to provide $376,900,000 for Environmental Restoration, Air Force. Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide The conferees agree to provide $26,900,000 for Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide. Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites The conferees agree to provide $242,300,000 for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites. newmark The conferees understand that both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the City of San Bernardino believe that the Newmark and Muscoy plume contamination in San Bernardino, CA is a direct result of industrial waste from a World War II depot and maintenance facility (Camp Ono). The report accompanying the fiscal year 1997 DoD Appropriations Act highlighted the urgency of this problem and requested prompt action by the Department of Defense. Because the Department has not adequately responded to last year's report language concerning this important issue, the conferees direct the DoD, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to provide a report to the congressional defense committees which fully explains the Department's current and future plans relating to its role in the cleanup of the Newmark/Muscoy site. Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid The conferees agree to provide $47,130,000 for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid. The conferees direct that none of the reduction should be taken against the Department's demining efforts. In addition, the conferees expect the Department of Defense to coordinate its efforts on the rehabilitation of land mine victims with other U.S. Government agencies performing similar activities, including any center devoted to these efforts within the Department of Education. Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction The conferees agree to provide $382,200,000, for the Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction program. Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense The conferees agree to provide a total of $360,000,000 for Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense. Given the substantial backlog of real property maintenance in the areas of barracks, dormitories and related facilities, the conferees direct that these funds be applied to workload for such projects. The conferees further direct the Secretaries of each of the Military Services to provide the congressional defense committees with a report on each additional project to be funded from funds available in this account prior to solicitation for these projects. This report shall include the location, estimated cost and projected commencement and completion dates for each project. TITLE III--PROCUREMENT The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ARMY: AIRCRAFT.................................... 1,029,459 1,541,217 1,356,959 1,346,317 TRANSFER................................ (133,000) .............. .............. .............. MISSILES.................................... 1,178,151 771,942 1,173,081 762,409 WEAPONS, TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES............ 1,065,707 1,332,907 1,156,506 1,298,707 AMMUNITION.................................. 890,902 1,062,802 1,042,602 1,037,202 OTHER....................................... 2,455,030 2,502,886 2,783,735 2,679,130 --------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ARMY............................... 6,619,249 7,211,754 7,512,883 7,123,765 =============================================================== NAVY: AIRCRAFT.................................... 5,951,965 6,753,465 6,312,937 6,535,444 TRANSFER................................ (134,000) .............. .............. .............. WEAPONS..................................... 1,136,293 1,175,393 1,138,393 1,102,193 AMMUNITION.................................. 336,797 423,797 344,797 397,547 SHIPS....................................... 7,438,158 7,628,158 8,510,458 8,235,591 OTHER....................................... 2,825,500 3,084,485 2,832,800 3,144,205 MARINE CORPS................................ 374,306 491,198 440,106 482,398 --------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, NAVY............................... 18,063,019 19,556,496 19,579,491 19,897,378 =============================================================== AIR FORCE: AIRCRAFT.................................... 5,684,847 6,386,479 6,390,847 6,480,983 TRANSFER................................ (133,000) .............. .............. .............. MISSILES.................................... 2,557,741 2,320,741 2,411,741 2,394,202 AMMUNITION.................................. 403,984 414,884 400,984 398,534 OTHER....................................... 6,561,253 6,588,939 6,653,053 6,592,909 --------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIR FORCE.......................... 15,207,825 15,711,043 15,856,625 15,866,628 =============================================================== DEFENSE-WIDE.................................... 1,695,085 2,186,669 1,753,285 2,106,444 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT............ .............. 850,000 653,000 653,000 =============================================================== TOTAL PROCUREMENT......................... 41,585,178 45,515.962 45,355,284 45,647,215 TRANSFER................................ (400,000) .............. .............. .............. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aircraft Procurement, Army The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY: C-XX (MEDIUM RANGE) AIRCRAFT............... ........... ........... 23,000 ........... 23,000 GUARDRAIL COMMON SENSOR (TIARA)............ 3,388 13,046 3,388 ........... 13,046 SHORT RANGE UAV............................ ........... 20,000 ........... ........... ........... UH-60 BLACKHAWK (MYP)...................... 183,231 309,231 310,531 28 272,231 UH-1 MODS.................................. 4,679 4,679 2,679 ........... 2,679 UH-60 MODS................................. 14,353 14,353 23,853 ........... 26,853 KIOWA WARRIOR.............................. 38,822 213,822 53,822 ........... 53,822 EH-60 QUICKFIX MODS........................ 38,140 44,640 38,140 ........... 44,640 ASE MODS................................... 4,578 19,078 12,678 ........... 19,078 AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT........... 905 15,705 905 ........... 8,305 TRAINING DEVICES........................... ........... 9,300 18,600 ........... 13,300 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS....................... ........... ........... -8,000 ........... -8,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U-H60 Blackhawk (MYP)........................... 183,231 309,231 310,531 272,231 Aircraft.................................... .............. +120,000 +127,300 +83,000 Q-kits for Active Army...................... .............. +6,000 .............. +6,000 (Note: Additional funds are to procure at least 10 additional aircraft. Procurement of the 28 new aircraft are to result in the fielding of 28 aircraft from the Army to the Army National Guard.) UH-60 MODS...................................... 14,353 14,353 23,853 26,853 Senate add.................................. .............. .............. +9,500 +9,500 UH-60L Blackhawk Fire Hawk kits............. .............. .............. .............. +3,000 (Note: UH-60L Fire Hawk kits are to be transferred to the Army National Guard.) Kiowa Warrior................................... 38,822 213,822 53,822 53,822 Aircraft.................................... .............. +157,177 .............. 0 Safety modifications........................ .............. +23,300 +15,000 +15,000 ASE Mods........................................ 4,578 19,078 12,678 19,078 Laser detection sets........................ .............. +7,000 .............. +7,000 Advanced threat infrared countermeasures.... .............. +7,500 +8,100 +7,500 Aircraft Survivability Equipment................ 905 15,705 905 8,305 ASET IV..................................... .............. +14,800 .............. +7,400 Common Ground Equipment......................... +0 +18,600 +9,300 +13,300 Geographic databases........................ .............. +18,600 +9,300 +13,300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missile Procurement, Army The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY: PATRIOT SYSTEM SUMMARY (MYP)............... 349,109 ........... 349,109 ........... ........... AVENGER SYSTEM SUMMARY..................... ........... ........... 13,000 ........... 7,400 HELLFIRE SYS SUMMARY....................... 279,687 228,287 268,987 1,200 248,987 MLRS ROCKET................................ 2,863 14,863 19,863 ........... 19,863 MLRS LAUNCHER SYSTEMS...................... 102,649 105,649 127,749 35 125,749 ARMY TACTICAL MSL SYS (ATACMS) (MYP)....... 97,814 97,814 87,044 153 97,814 BAT........................................ 85,208 45,208 45,208 40 ........... EFOG-M..................................... ........... ........... ........... ........... 13,300 PATRIOT MODS............................... 20,825 30,825 20,825 ........... 8,000 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS....................... ........... ........... -8,000 ........... -8,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patriot System Summary.......................................... 349,109 0 349,109 0 Transfer to Procurement, Defense Wide....................... .......... -349,109 .......... -349,109 Avenger System Summary.......................................... 0 0 13,000 7,400 Slew-to-cue................................................. .......... .......... 13,000 7,400 Hellfire System Summary......................................... 279,687 228,287 268,987 248,987 Unused prior year ECO funding............................... .......... -5,400 .......... 0 Reduce Longbow Hellfire production ramp-up.................. .......... -38,300 .......... -20,000 Reduce Longbow ramp-up tooling.............................. .......... -7,700 .......... 0 Unobligated prior year funds................................ .......... .......... -10,700 -10,700 MLRS Rocket..................................................... 2,863 14,863 19,863 19,863 MLRS-ER..................................................... .......... 12,000 17,000 17,000 MLRS Launcher System............................................ 102,649 105,649 127,749 125,749 Transfer to MLRS-ER rockets................................. .......... -12,000 .......... -12,000 Vehicular Intercommunication System (VIS) upgrades.......... .......... 15,000 .......... 10,000 Launcher upgrades........................................... .......... .......... 25,100 25,100 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)........................... 97,814 97,814 87,044 97,814 Contract savings............................................ .......... .......... -10,770 0 EFOG-M.......................................................... .......... .......... .......... 13,300 Transfer from research and development...................... .......... .......... .......... 13,300 Patriot Modifications........................................... 20,825 30,825 20,825 30,825 GEM +/-..................................................... .......... 10,000 .......... 8,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY BRADLEY BASE SUSTAINMENT....................... 125,591 240,591 187,991 ........... 220,591 FIELD ARTILLERY AMMUNITION SUPPORT VEH......... ........... 40,000 ........... 36 40,000 CARRIER, MOD................................... 20,244 28,644 40,244 ........... 40,244 HOWITZER, MED SP FT 155MM M109A6 (MOD)......... 18,706 74,706 18,706 36 74,706 IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88 MOD)............ 28,601 56,401 14,000 12 32,601 ARMOR MACHINE GUN, 7.62MM M240 SERIES.......... ........... 20,000 ........... ........... 15,000 GRENADE LAUNCHER, AUTO, 40MM, MK19-3........... ........... ........... 13,000 ........... 8,000 MEDIUM MACHINE GUNS (MODS)..................... ........... ........... 15,000 ........... ........... ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS........................... ........... ........... -5,000 ........... -5,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradley Base Sustainment.................................... 125,591 240,591 187,991 220,591 A0 to ODS variant for the National Guard................ ........... +115,000 ........... +95,000 Bradley base upgrades................................... ........... ........... +62,400 +0 Carrier, mod................................................ 20,244 28,644 40,244 40,244 M113 night vision driver viewers........................ ........... +8,400 ........... +5,000 Carrier modifications................................... ........... ........... +20,000 +15,000 (Note: $15,000,000 is only for the competitive procurement of reactive armor) ........... ........... ........... ........... Improved Recovery Vehicle................................... 28,601 56,401 14,000 32,601 IRV production.......................................... ........... +27,800 ........... 0 Program slip............................................ ........... ........... -14,601 0 Engineering change proposals............................ ........... ........... ........... +4,000 (Note: Senate provided additional funds for ECP's in RDT&E, A) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Procurement of Ammunition, Army The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY: CTG, 5.56MM, ALL TYPES..................... 63,588 65,988 63,588 ........... 64,988 CTG, 7.62MM, ALL TYPES..................... 1,136 7,136 1,136 ........... 4,136 CTG, .50 CAL. ALL TYPES.................... 19,977 20,177 19,977 ........... 20,177 CTG, 40MM, ALL TYPES....................... 26,203 26,203 33,203 ........... 31,203 CTG MORTAR 120MM FULL RANGE PRACTICE M931.. 24,432 34,432 24,432 59 32,432 CTG MORTAR 120MM HE M934 W/MO FUZE......... 29,908 38,908 44,908 32 38,908 CTG MORTAR 120MM ILLUM XM930 W/MTSQ FZ..... ........... 3,000 ........... ........... 3,000 CTG 120MM HEAT-MP-T M830A1................. ........... 10,000 ........... ........... 8,000 CTG TANK 120MM TPCSDS-T M865............... 111,653 124,453 124,353 184 119,353 CTG ARTY 105MM DPICM XM915................. ........... 20,000 10,000 ........... 10,000 PROJ ARTY 155MM HE M795.................... ........... 55,000 ........... ........... 36,000 FUZE MULTI OPTION.......................... ........... 20,000 20,000 ........... 15,000 MINE AT/AP M87 (VOLCANO)................... ........... ........... 20,000 ........... 17,000 BUNKER DEFEATING MUNITION (BDM)............ ........... 8,000 ........... ........... 8,000 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL TYPES................ 12,067 48,267 48,267 ........... 37,267 SIMULATORS, ALL TYPES...................... 4,573 5,073 4,573 ........... 4,573 PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES......... 45,857 24,857 45,857 ........... 24,857 CONVENTIONAL AMMO DEMILITARIZATION......... 106,118 96,118 93,118 ........... 93,118 ARMS INITIATIVE............................ 5,000 5,000 45,000 ........... 25,000 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS....................... ........... ........... -6,000 ........... -6,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuze, multi option........................................ 0 20,000 20,000 15,000 Electronic timed M767 fuze............................ ........... +20,000 +20,000 +15,000 Provision of Industrial Facilities........................ 45,857 24,857 45,857 24,857 Excess funds.......................................... ........... -21,000 ........... -21,000 Large caliber deep drawn cartridge.................... ........... (3,000) ........... (3,000) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kinetic Energy Tank Ammunition The conferees are concerned that there may be a break in production between the current 120mm kinetic energy round, the M829A2, and the follow-on round, the M829E3. The conferees direct the Army to maintain M829A2 future annual production at minimum sustaining levels and accelerate the development of the M829E3. The conferees direct the Army submit to the congressional defense committees their plan for funding M829A2 production and maintaining the capability to produce kinetic energy rounds no later than December 15, 1997. Other Procurement, Army The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY TACTICAL TRAILERS/DOLLY SETS................. 8,053 8,053 18,053 ......... 13,053 SEMITRAILER FB BB/CONT TRANS 22\1/2\ T....... 9,361 ........... 9,361 350 2,000 SEMITRAILER, TANK, 5000G..................... 7,581 3,000 7,581 74 3,000 SEMITRAILER, TANK, 7500G, BULKHAUL........... 10,408 2,000 10,408 231 3,000 HI MOB MULTI-PURP WHLD VEH (HMMWV) (MYP)..... 66,233 104,933 141,233 774 131,233 FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEH (MYP).......... 209,446 209,446 253,446 1,506 209,446 FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES (MYP)...... 9,071 87,071 137,071 ......... 114,071 ARMORED SECURITY VEHICLES (COMBAT SPT) TACTIC 9,470 10,970 9,470 25 10,970 DEFENSE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (SPAC)...................................... 87,643 83,143 87,643 ......... 85,643 SAT TERM, EMUT (SPACE)....................... 7,264 6,064 7,264 207 6,064 NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (SPACE).... 6,796 5,596 6,796 17 5,596 SCAMP (SPACE)................................ 4,305 10,405 16,605 ......... 16,605 GLOBAL BRDCST SVC--GBS....................... 4,967 ........... 4,967 ......... 4,967 ARMY DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (ADDS)......... 57,165 57,065 94,465 ......... 67,465 SINCGARS FAMILY.............................. 290,164 302,164 290,164 ......... 296,164 ACUS MOD PROGRAM (WIN-T/T)................... 82,391 82,391 115,391 ......... 105,391 COMBAT SURVIVOR EVADER LOCATOR (CSEL)........ 5,677 ........... 5,677 ......... 5,677 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROGRAM--ISSP.... 10,208 10,208 10,208 ......... 13,708 INFORMATION SYSTEMS.......................... 20,498 20,498 51,498 ......... 51,498 GENERAL DEFENSE INTELL PROG (GDIP)........... 18,856 19,756 18,856 ......... 19,356 ITEMS LESS THAN $2.0M (INTEL SPT)--TIARA..... ........... 2,800 ........... ......... 2,800 ALL SOURCE ANALYSIS SYS (ASAS) (TIARA)....... 7,772 26,959 7,772 ......... 23,459 JTT/CIBS-M (TIARA)........................... 11,438 11,438 6,438 56 11,438 SHORTSTOP.................................... ........... 6,000 ........... ......... 6,000 SENTINEL..................................... 41,014 51,014 61,214 12 61,214 NIGHT VISION DEVICES......................... 85,312 99,712 121,312 ......... 111,712 LOGTECH...................................... 3,358 3,358 3,358 ......... 13,358 STANDARD INTEGRATED CMD POST SYSTEM.......... 26,551 36,551 26,551 ......... 33,551 AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIP.............. 125,099 151,899 125,099 ......... 132,099 RESERVE COMPONENT AUTOMATION SYS (RCAS)...... 114,323 114,323 84,323 ......... 114,323 CALIBRATION SETS EQUIPMENT................... ........... ........... 25,000 ......... 15,000 INTEGRATED FAMILY OF TEST EQUIP (IFTE)....... ........... 29,000 ........... ......... 20,000 COMBAT SUPPORT MEDICAL....................... 11,808 11,808 18,808 ......... 18,808 ITEMS LESS THAN $2.0 MILLION (MAINT EQ)...... 1,167 5,167 1,167 ......... 4,167 CRANE, WHEEL MTD, 25T, \3/4\ CU YD, RT....... 6,055 6,055 6,055 22 14,055 RAILWAY CAR, FLAT, 100 TON................... 17,755 ........... 17,755 ......... ........... TRAINING DEVICES, NONSYSTEM.................. 49,668 53,668 59,668 ......... 53,668 SIMNET/CLOSE COMBAT TACTICAL TRAINING........ 92,968 ........... 71,468 ......... 54,600 BASE LEVEL COM'L EQUIPMENT................... 4,283 4,283 17,283 ......... 4,283 DEPOT MAINTENANCE OF OTHER END ITEMS......... 24,819 ........... 24,819 ......... ........... GUN LAYING POSITIONING SYSTEM................ ........... 6,000 ........... ......... 6,000 RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY................... ........... 2,900 ........... ......... 1,200 LIGHTWEIGHT LASER DESIGNATOR/RANGE FINDER.... ........... 2,800 ........... ......... ........... COMBAT SYNTHETIC TRAINING ASSESSMENT RANGE... ........... 5,400 ........... ......... ........... ARMY AIRBORNE COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEM....... ........... 11,100 ........... ......... ........... AVENGER SLEW TO CLUE......................... ........... 7,400 ........... ......... ........... PALLETIZED LOADING SYSTEM ENHANCED........... ........... 3,000 ........... ......... 3,000 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS......................... ........... ........... -18,000 ......... -18,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Army Data Distribution System............................... 57,165 57,065 94,465 67,465 EPLRS................................................... ........... +20,000 +37,400 +30,400 JTIDS--transfer to BMDO................................. ........... -20,100 ........... -20,100 Information Systems Security System......................... 10,208 10,208 10,208 15,780 KY-100 device........................................... ........... 0 0 +3,500 (Note: Earmarked in Senate bill for $5,500,000) All Source Analysis System.................................. 7,772 26,959 7,772 23,459 ASAS RWS................................................ ........... +13,500 ........... +10,000 CHATS................................................... ........... +5,687 ........... +5,687 Night Vision Devices........................................ 85,312 99,712 131,312 111,712 AN/PAS-13 thermal weapon sights......................... ........... +11,400 +10,000 +6,900 Lightweight video system................................ ........... +3,000 ........... +2,000 Infrared Aiming Lights (AN/PEQ-2)....................... ........... ........... +8,000 +5,500 AN/PVS-70 systems....................................... ........... ........... +17,000 +11,000 Bore lights............................................. ........... ........... +1,000 +1,000 MELIOS.................................................. ........... ........... ........... (5,000) (Note: Funds are only to procure MELIOS for the Army National Guard) LOGTECH..................................................... 3,358 3,358 3,358 13,358 Army Logistic Automation................................ ........... ........... ........... +10,000 (Note: Funds transferred from Automated Data Processing Equipment) Automated Data Processing Equipment......................... 125,099 151,899 125,099 132,099 SBIS.................................................... ........... +13,000 ........... +7,000 (Note: Funds transferred to O&M, Army) Army Logistics Automation............................... ........... +13,800 ........... 0 (Note: Funds transferred to LOGTECH) Crane, Wheel Mtd, 25T,\3/4\ CU YD, RT....................... 6,055 6,055 6,055 14,055 All terrain cranes...................................... ........... ........... ........... +8,000 (Note: Funds are only to procure all all-terrain cranes for the Army Reserve) Radio Frequency Technology.................................. 0 2,900 0 1,200 (Note: $1,700,000 transferred to Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) Lightweight designator/range finder......................... 0 2,800 0 0 (Note: Funds transferred to Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) Combat synthetic training assessment range.................. 0 5,400 0 0 (Note: Funds transferred to Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) Army Airborne Command & Control System...................... 0 11,100 0 0 (Note: Funds transferred to Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) (Note: Funds transferred to Missile Procurement, Army) Avenger Slew to Cue......................................... 0 7,400 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- family of medium tactical vehicles The conferees strongly support the Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) acquisition strategy. The conferees endorse the Army's plan to continue procuring FMTV's from the current producer while qualifying a second source in fiscal year 1998 and 1999. The conferees agree to provide the authority in Section 8008 to enter into a multiyear contract for the FMTV. commander's tactical terminal/joint tactical terminal The conferees agree that the amounts appropriated in fiscal year 1998 and prior year funds be used to re-award the Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT) contract and to procure only urgently needed Commander's Tactical Terminals (CTT) in fiscal year 1998 until the production under a new contract progresses sufficiently to minimize the fielding gap between these two terminals. direct support electrical systems test sets (dsests) The conferees encourage the Department of Defense to include DSESTS in the automatic test equipment family. Aircraft Procurement, Navy The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY: AV-8B (V/STOL) HARRIER....................... 277,648 310,648 283,890 12 283,890 AV-8B (V/STOL) HARRIER (AP-CY)............... 18,914 18,914 17,900 ......... 17,900 V-22 (MEDIUM LIFT)........................... 472,007 661,307 627,007 7 627,007 V-22 (MEDIUM LIFT) (AP-CY)................... 69,659 69,659 62,124 ......... 62,124 E-2C (EARLY WARNING) HAWKEYE................. 236,474 304,474 236,474 4 304,474 CH-60 HELICOPTER............................. ........... ........... ........... 2 30,400 CH-60 HELICOPTER (AP-CY)..................... 31,837 31,837 ........... ......... ........... T-45TS (TRAINER) GOSHAWK..................... 243,960 243,960 291,899 15 289,383 KC-130J...................................... ........... 179,700 ........... 2 120,000 EA-6 SERIES.................................. 86,783 169,783 126,783 ......... 116,783 F-14 SERIES.................................. 290,500 290,500 275,200 ......... 287,200 F-18 SERIES.................................. 156,213 156,213 140,713 ......... 164,713 H-53 SERIES.................................. 35,704 35,704 45,704 ......... 45,704 H-1 SERIES................................... 18,489 16,389 18,489 ......... 18,389 P-3 SERIES................................... 164,907 293,907 226,307 ......... 238,207 E-2 SERIES................................... 49,073 50,673 85,210 ......... 49,073 CARGO/TRANSPORT A/C SERIES................... 29,911 29,911 20,911 ......... 25,911 SPECIAL PROJECT AIRCRAFT..................... 16,527 16,527 23,527 ......... 23,527 POWER PLANT CHANGES.......................... 13,972 13,972 15,572 ......... 15,572 COMMON AVIONICS CHANGES...................... 131,599 130,599 117,439 ......... 130,399 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT...................... 287,114 274,114 287,114 ......... 274,114 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS......................... ........... ........... -44,000 ......... -44,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T-45........................................................ 243,960 243,960 291,899 289,383 Additional aircraft..................................... ........... ........... +96,600 +53,000 Multiyear procurement savings........................... ........... ........... -51,084 0 Peculiar training equipment............................. ........... ........... +10,000 0 Engineering change orders............................... ........... ........... -3,728 -3,728 Engine contract award savings........................... ........... ........... -3,849 -3,849 EA-6B Series................................................ 86,783 169,783 126,783 116,783 Center wing sections.................................... ........... +50,000 +25,000 +25,000 Late obligations........................................ ........... ........... -10,000 -10,000 Engine turbine blade.................................... ........... +18,000 0 0 USQ-113 receiver........................................ ........... +15,000 0 +15,000 Support jamming upgrade................................. ........... 0 +25,000 0 F-14 Series................................................. 290,500 290,500 275,200 287,200 Critical systems mod.................................... ........... ........... -3,300 -3,300 LANTIRN................................................. ........... ........... -12,000 0 F-18 Series................................................. 156,213 156,213 140,713 164,713 Late obligations........................................ ........... ........... -15,500 -15,500 Mods for Naval Reserve.................................. ........... ........... ........... +24,000 H-1 Series.................................................. 18,489 16,389 18,489 18,389 Transfer to R&D......................................... ........... -5,600 ........... -5,600 Internal rescue hoist................................... ........... +3,500 ........... +3,500 AN/AAQ-22............................................... ........... ........... ........... +2,000 P-3 Series.................................................. 164,907 293,907 226,307 238,207 SRP..................................................... ........... +35,100 +25,100 +25,000 AIP..................................................... ........... +56,600 +17,300 +17,300 SEI..................................................... ........... +18,500 0 +13,000 LESPA................................................... ........... +6,000 +11,000 +8,000 Replacement data storage system......................... ........... +12,800 +8,000 +10,000 Common Avionics Changes..................................... 131,599 130,599 117,439 130,399 AAW-13.................................................. ........... +9,000 ........... +6,000 Authorization reduction................................. ........... -10,000 ........... 0 Late obligations........................................ ........... ........... -10,000 -10,000 Ground proximity warning system......................... ........... ........... ........... +4,000 Systems engineering growth.............................. ........... ........... -1,200 -1,200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CH-60 Helicopters The conferees agree to provide $30,400,000 only to procure 2 CH-60 helicopters for the Naval Reserve. AV-8B Harrier Engines The conferees recognize the need to replace engines in AV-8B Harrier trainer aircraft, and would welcome a reprogramming request from the Department of Defense should it elect to address this requirement in fiscal year 1998. P-3 The conferees are disturbed by the Navy's approach to budgeting for the P-3 Sustained Readiness Program (SRP). The conferees direct the Navy to budget for the purchase of no less than 20 SRP kits and for the installation of 15 SRP kits in fiscal year 1999, in order to obtain best value for the Department of Defense in accordance with the Variation in Quantity contract signed by the Navy. Weapons Procurement, Navy The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty. Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEAPONS PROCURMENT, NAVY TRIDENT II........................................ 292,248 292,248 227,248 5 227,248 TRIDENT II (AP-CY)................................ 47,021 32,021 47,021 -- 47,021 TOMAHAWK.......................................... 51,820 51,820 71,820 65 51,820 ESSM.............................................. 15,529 5,529 15,529 -- 10,529 JSOW.............................................. 58,665 68,665 58,665 113 63,665 STANDARD MISSILE.................................. 196,492 181,092 196,492 127 181,092 PENGUIN........................................... -- -- 15,000 -- 7,500 AERIAL TARGETS.................................... 72,923 65,923 66,723 -- 65,923 HELLFIRE.......................................... -- 37,500 -- -- 20,000 STANDARD MISSILES MODS............................ 35,601 68,601 50,901 -- 50,901 WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES..................... 34,932 25,932 34,932 -- 30,432 CIWS MODS......................................... 9,990 29,990 24,990 -- 24,990 5/54 GUN MOUNT MODS............................... 241 241 13,241 -- 10,241 PIONEER........................................... 3,962 3,962 6,962 -- 6,962 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS........................... 26,943 21,943 26,943 -- 21,943 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.............................. -- -- -8,000 -- -8,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousand of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trident II...................................... 292,248 292,248 227,248 227,248 Missile reduction........................... .............. .............. -65,000 -65,000 Trident II (AP-CY).............................. 47,021 32,021 47,021 47,021 Excess long lead funding.................... .............. -15,000 .............. 0 ESSM............................................ 15,529 5,529 15,529 10,529 Premature tooling........................... .............. -10,000 .............. -5,000 JSOW............................................ 58,665 68,665 58,665 63,665 Additonal weapons........................... .............. 10,000 .............. 5,000 Standard Missile................................ 196,492 181,092 196,492 181,092 Transfer Navy Lower Tier to Procurement, DW. .............. -15,400 .............. -15,400 Aerial Targets.................................. 72,923 65,923 66,723 65,923 Reduced requirements........................ .............. -7,000 .............. -7,000 Reduction................................... .............. .............. -6,200 0 Standard Missile Mods........................... 35,601 68,601 50,901 50,901 SM-2 Block IIIB............................. .............. 33,000 15,300 15,300 CIWS Mods....................................... 9,990 29,990 24,990 24,990 Surface mode IB............................. .............. 20,000 .............. 15,000 Block I upgrade............................. .............. .............. 15,000 0 5/54 Gun Mount Mods............................. 241 241 13,241 10,241 Ordalt kits................................. .............. .............. 13,000 10,000 Pioneer......................................... 3,962 3,962 6,962 6,962 CARS........................................ .............. .............. 3,000 3,000 [Funds provided for logistics are intended to support all Common Automatic Recovery Systems (CARS) throughout DoD.] Spares and Repair Parts......................... 26,943 21,943 26,943 21,943 Unobligated prior year funds................ .............. -5,000 .............. -5,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tomahawk The budget request includes $51,820,000 to procure 65 Block III Tomahawk missiles in fiscal year 1998. The Navy has recently informed the conferees that it is working on a proposal to develop and produce a new variant of this missile, to be known as the Tactical Tomahawk or the Block IV+. It would be the Navy intention to forgo the procurement of the 65 Block III Tomahawks in fiscal year 1998 and use these funds, in part, for the accelerated development of the new Block IV+. While the conferees support a program to upgrade the capabilities of the Tomahawk missile and reducing the missile's unit cost, there remains many acquisition and funding issues to be resolved before favorable consideration of the proposed funding realignment can be granted. The conferees encourage the Navy to submit a reprogramming action once these issues are resolved. 5/54 gun mount modifications The conferees agree to provide $13,241,000 for the procurement of gun safety, shock hardening, and fire support Ordalts kits for the 5 inch MK-45 and MK-75 gun mounts. weapons industrial facilities The conferees agree to provide $30,432,000 for capital rehabilitation projects at government-owned, contractor operated plants for Navy missile systems, a reduction of $4,500,000 from the budget request. The conferees direct that none of the reduction may be applied to the amounts requested in the budget for facilities restoration at the Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory. Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty. Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY & MARINE CORPS PRACTICE BOMBS.............. 41,766 56,766 41,766 .............. 51,766 5 INCH/54 GUN AMMUNITION.... 27,669 60,169 27,669 .............. 50,169 20MM PGU-28................. .............. 3,500 .............. .............. 1,750 5.56 MM, ALL TYPES.......... 33,000 36,000 33,000 .............. 36,000 7.62 MM, ALL TYPES.......... 2,900 8,900 2,900 .............. 5,900 LINEAR CHARGES, ALL TYPES... 2,290 17,290 2,290 .............. 9,790 40 MM, ALL TYPES............ 5,701 10,701 5,701 .............. 7,201 FUZE, ET, XM762............. .............. 7,000 .............. .............. 3,500 ROCKETS, ALL TYPES.......... 15,047 15,047 25,047 .............. 25,047 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS........ .............. .............. -2,000 .............. -2,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty. Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIPBUILDING & CONVERSION, NAVY ADVANCED PROCUREMENT/ CONSTRUCTION CVN-77........ .............. .............. 345,000 .............. 50,000 CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS..... 1,615,003 1,628,403 1,615,003 1 1,615,003 CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS (AP- CY)........................ 92,855 46,855 92,855 .............. 46,855 DDG-51...................... 2,665,767 2,695,367 3,385,767 4 3,411,200 LPD-17 (AP-CY).............. .............. 185,000 .............. .............. 100,000 OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS (AP-CY). .............. .............. 73,000 .............. 16,000 LCAC LANDING CRAFT.......... .............. 24,000 17,300 .............. 20,000 OUTFITTING.................. 28,140 21,140 24,140 .............. 21,140 POST DELIVERY............... 90,177 81,177 83,177 .............. 81,177 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS........ .............. .............. -72,000 .............. -72,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cvn refueling overhauls The conferees agree to provide $1,615,003,000 for complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Nimitz (CVN-68). Within that amount, $20,000,000 is only for installation of the ship self-defense system. The conferees do not agree to bill language proposed by the House concerning overhaul of CVN-69, which is no longer necessary since the Navy has committed to include ship self- defense and cooperative engagement capability as part of the overhaul of the ship. ddg-51 The conferees agree to provide $3,411,200,000 for 4 ships. This includes: increases of $720,000,000 for another ship, $15,233,000 for acceleration of baseline 6 hardware and software for theater ballistic missile defense, and $14,000,000 only for installation of cooperative engagement capability on 1 ship; and a decrease of $3,800,000 resulting from saving due to foreign military sale of Aegis equipment. The conferees do not agree to bill language proposed by the House concerning theater ballistic missile defense, but direct the Navy to include cooperative engagement capability and theater ballistic missile defense capability on a significant number of the DDG-51 ships to be procured under a 14 ship multiyear contract. cruiser conversion The conferees agree to the House report language endorsing the Navy plan to compete conversion of its 27 Aegis cruisers. This direction does not supersede current Navy policy concerning homeport overhauls. lcac service life extension The conferees agree to provide $20,000,000 and concur with the House report language. Since this program will extend the original capital investment in these craft in lieu of replacement, the conferees direct the Navy to use Shipbuilding and Conversion for all elements of the service life extension program. Other Procurement, Navy The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY LM-2500 GAS TURBINE................................. 7,548 5,548 7,548 ......... 5,548 OTHER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT.......................... 31,552 39,052 49,552 ......... 42,052 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT.............................. 14,081 27,081 14,081 ......... 19,081 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT......................... 156,775 147,775 135,775 ......... 135,775 SUBMARINE BATTERIES................................. 9,043 8,443 9,043 ......... 8,443 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP.................... 6,435 21,435 6,435 ......... 21,435 REACTOR COMPONENTS.................................. 193,880 180,880 193,880 ......... 180,880 RADAR SUPPORT....................................... 1,708 23,708 10,708 ......... 23,708 AN/SQQ-89 SURF ASW COMBAT SYSTEM.................... 16,628 16,228 16,628 ......... 16,228 SSN ACOUSTICS....................................... 77,953 46,453 85,953 ......... 85,953 SURFACE SONAR WINDOWS AND DOME...................... ......... 6,000 ......... ......... 6,000 C-3 COUNTERMEASURES................................. 6,891 6,591 6,891 ......... 6,591 COMBAT DF........................................... 10,473 5,873 10,473 ......... 5,873 BATTLE GROUP PASSIVE HORIZON EXTEN.................. 50,221 47,421 50,221 ......... 47,421 NAVY TACTICAL DATA SYSTEM........................... 14,335 24,335 26,335 ......... 25,335 COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY................... ......... 114,800 ......... ......... 75,000 JMCIS AFLOAT........................................ 22,403 22,403 34,403 ......... 28,403 NAVAL TACTICAL COMMAND SUPPORT SYSTEM (NTCSS)....... 49,710 49,710 92,910 ......... 80,710 ATDLS............................................... 16,991 15,391 16,991 ......... 15,391 SHALLOW WATER MCM................................... ......... ......... 10,000 ......... 10,000 AUTOMATIC CARRIER LANDING SYSTEM.................... 13,200 12,200 13,200 ......... 12,200 ID SYSTEMS.......................................... 11,293 9,193 11,293 ......... 9,193 JMCIS TACTICAL/MOBILE............................... 2,888 47,888 2,888 ......... 37,888 CALIBRATION STANDARDS............................... 2,075 2,075 20,075 ......... 12,075 SHIP COMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION...................... 25,799 25,799 49,799 ......... 29,799 SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.................. 37,239 47,239 37,239 ......... 45,239 SATCOM SHIP TERMINALS (SPACE)....................... 107,608 107,608 122,808 ......... 109,608 NSIPS............................................... ......... 20,500 ......... ......... 20,500 JEDMICS............................................. ......... 5,000 ......... ......... 5,000 NAVAL SHORE COMMUNICATIONS.......................... 72,465 72,465 96,465 ......... 101,465 INFO SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM (ISSP)................ 31,667 31,667 39,667 ......... 34,667 AN/SSQ-36 (BT)...................................... 1,402 2,902 1,402 ......... 1,752 AN/SSQ-53 (DIFAR)................................... 28,382 49,382 47,382 ......... 47,382 AN/SSQ-57........................................... ......... 4,500 ......... ......... 500 AN/SSQ-62 (DISCASS)................................. 24,291 32,291 31,291 ......... 31,291 WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT..................... 4,858 14,358 4,858 ......... 10,858 AVIATION LIFE SUPPORT............................... 15,345 12,645 15,345 ......... 12,645 AIRBORNE MINE COUNTERMEASURES....................... 20,192 27,692 20,192 ......... 27,692 LAMPS MK III SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT.................... 5,805 4,560 5,805 ......... 4,560 NATO SEASPARROW..................................... 6,866 10,866 14,866 ......... 12,866 SHIP SELF DEFENSE SYSTEM............................ 5,841 17,841 5,841 ......... 17,841 AEGIS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT............................. 26,813 21,113 26,813 ......... 21,113 SURFACE TOMAHAWK SUPPORT EQUIPMENT.................. 65,502 65,302 65,502 ......... 65,302 STRATEGIC MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIP..................... 231,528 228,728 61,528 ......... 228,728 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE DECOY SYSTEM...................... 24,696 24,696 33,696 ......... 33.696 SURFACE TRAINING DEVICE MODS........................ 4,829 13,329 4,829 ......... 8,829 CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE EQUIP.................... 3,700 5,200 3,700 ......... 5,200 AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT................................ 6,233 11,233 6,233 ......... 9,233 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT......................... 28,650 25,080 25,050 ......... 25,050 COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT........................... 15,915 17,915 15,915 ......... 17,915 PORT SECURITY UNIT EQUIPMENT........................ ......... ......... 13,500 ......... 13,500 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT...................... 22,449 22,749 22,449 ......... 22,449 ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT..................... 15,678 15,678 21,678 ......... 21,678 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS................................ ......... ......... -19,000 ......... -19,000 UNDISTRIBUTED REDUCTION............................. ......... ......... -33,000 ......... .......... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Navigation Equipment......................................... 31,552 39,052 49,552 42,052 WSN-7.......................................................... ......... +9,000 +18,000 +12,000 Contract savings............................................... ......... -1,500 ......... -1,500 Navy Tactical Data System.......................................... 14,335 24,335 26,335 25,335 Emulators...................................................... ......... ......... +12,000 +6,000 UYQ-70/cruisers................................................ ......... +10,000 ......... +5,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Port Security Unit Equipment The conferees agree to provide $13,500,000 only for port security unit equipment for the Coast Guard. Joint U.S./U.K. SSTD Program The conferees note that the Department of Defense has commissioned an independent study to review the Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) program. The conferees note that a joint U.S./U.K. collaborative SSTD program has been under way since 1988 on a 50/50 cost share basis. Until the findings of the independent study are reported and acted upon, the conferees direct the Department of Defense to continue the joint U.S./ U.K. collaborative program. Choke Point Surveillance System The conferees understand that the Choke Point Surveillance System (CPSS), in conjunction with forces ashore and land attack missile capable ships, can provide a real-time integrated surveillance and targeting system. The conferees direct the Navy to investigate the possible funding and incorporation of CPSS into future weapon system plans and to provide a report to the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate prior to submission of the fiscal year 1999 budget on its recommendations regarding the CPSS program. Navy Tactical Data System The conferees agree to provide $25,000,000 for the Navy Tactical Data System. Within that amount $5,000,000 is only to install AN/UYQ-70 full production workstations on Aegis cruisers for execution only by the Navy's Tactical Embedded Computer Resources office. IT-21 The Secretary of the Navy shall report to the Committees on Appropriations that funds allocated for IT-21 implementation will be spent in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and meet the requirements for security, scalability, network management, real time processing, and reliability as outlined in the Joint Technical Architecture. JEDMICS The Joint Engineering Data Management Information and Control System (JEDMICS) requires the incorporation of a security solution in order to prevent unauthorized access, as required by National Security Policy and federal regulations. To meet near term and future requirements the security system must be a Ratings and Maintenance Phase derivative of a product evaluated at the National Security Agency (NSA) B2 level for Information Security; meet NSA's Communications Security requirements for encryption of information from user desktop to JEDMICS servers; provide true multilevel security at the network level; and be a product of US origin. Therefore, the conferees provide $5,000,000 in Other Procurement, Navy to be used only to procure and integrate into JEDMICS a security system meeting the above requirements. Due to the critical nature of JEDMICS, the conferees expect the Department to execute a contract as soon as practicable. Procurement, Marine Corps The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS ITEMS UNDER $2.0 MILLION (TRKD VEH)................. 99 1,999 99 ......... 1,999 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT...................... 16,413 21,805 16,413 ......... 21,805 GENERAL PURPOSE MECHANICAL TMDE..................... 2,179 2,179 22,179 ......... 17,179 NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT.............................. ......... ......... 7,000 ......... 7,000 COMM & ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT.................. 41,809 84,409 66,609 ......... 66,609 5/4T TRUCK HMMWV (MYP).............................. 696 40,696 696 ......... 30,696 FIELD MEDICAL EQUIPMENT............................. 1,081 11,081 1,081 ......... 11,081 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS................................ ......... ......... -3,000 ......... -3,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aircraft Procurement, Air Force The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE B-2A............................................ 174,086 505,286 157,786 .......... 331,000 ADVANCED TACTICAL FIGHTER (AP-CY)............... 80,864 74,864 .......... .......... 74,864 F-15A........................................... 159,000 159,000 259,800 5 226,300 F-16 C/D (MYP).................................. .......... 82,500 .......... 3 82,500 C-17 (MYP)...................................... 1,923,311 1,914,211 2,341,811 9 1,901,611 C-17 (MYP) (AP-CY).............................. 278,200 265,600 278,200 .......... 278,200 EC-130J......................................... .......... 49,900 .......... 1 49,900 C-130J.......................................... 49,928 49,928 48,000 .......... 24,000 WC-130J......................................... .......... .......... 177,000 2 132,850 CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C............................ 2,645 4,498 2,645 27 3,045 SMALL VCX (C-37)................................ .......... .......... 6,000 1 6,000 LARGE VCX (C-32A)............................... 190,116 190,116 .......... 2 190,116 E-8C............................................ 313,991 317,991 309,291 1 313,291 PREDATOR UAV.................................... 116,506 146,506 116,506 1 141,506 B-1B MODS....................................... 114,245 138,245 96,845 .......... 114,245 B-52 MODS....................................... 28,907 31,807 39,307 .......... 39,307 F-15 MODS....................................... 169,568 157,068 197,568 .......... 181,368 F-16 MODS....................................... 216,158 199,358 232,058 .......... 220,158 C-130 MODS...................................... 94,511 119,211 94,511 .......... 119,211 E-3 MODS........................................ 134,659 134,659 123,559 .......... 132,159 PASSENGER SAFETY MODIFICATIONS.................. .......... .......... 75,000 .......... 50,000 DARP MODS....................................... 67,136 139,136 163,736 .......... 150,136 F-15 POST PROD SUPP............................. 8,089 6,289 8,089 .......... 6,289 F-16 POST PROD SUPP............................. 22,402 22,402 22,402 .......... 38,402 WAR CONSUMABLES................................. 67,565 60,165 67,565 .......... 63,565 MISC PRODUCTION CHARGES......................... 275,804 269,583 267,012 .......... 275,804 DARP............................................ 141,493 146,493 141,493 .......... 170,493 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS............................ .......... .......... -37,000 .......... -37,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-2A.................................................. 174,086 505,286 157,786 331,000 Restart B-2 production............................ ............ 331,200 ............ .............. Increased other Government costs.................. ............ ............ -10,100 .............. Engineering Change Order growth................... ............ ............ -6,200 .............. Increase.......................................... ............ ............ ............ 156,914 F-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter (AP-CY)................ 80,864 74,864 0 74,864 Transfer OPP funds to RDTEAF...................... ............ -6,000 ............ -6,000 Delay F-22 production............................. ............ ............ -80,864 0 F-15A................................................. 159,000 159,000 259,800 226,300 Attrition reserve aircraft........................ ............ ............ 100,800 67,300 F-16 C/D (MYP)........................................ 0 82,500 0 82,500 Attrition reserve aircraft........................ ............ 82,500 ............ 82,500 C-17 (MYP)............................................ 1,923,311 1,914,211 2,341,811 1,901,611 Expiring funds.................................... ............ -9,100 ............ 0 Additional aircraft............................... ............ ............ 440,200 0 Late obligations and favorable contract negotiation...................................... ............ ............ -21,700 -21,700 C-17 (MYP)(AP-CY)..................................... 278,200 265,600 278,200 278,200 Contract savings.................................. ............ -12,600 ............ 0 C-130J................................................ 49,928 49,928 48,000 24,000 One C-130J (shifted to NGRE account).............. ............ ............ -49,928 -49,928 C-130J spares and logistics....................... ............ ............ 48,000 24,000 WC-130J............................................... ............ ............ 177,000 132,850 Additional Aircraft............................... ............ ............ 177,000 118,000 Spares/Support Equipment.......................... ............ ............ ............ 14,850 Large VCX (C-32A)..................................... 190,116 190,116 0 190,116 Convert 2 aircraft purchase to lease.............. ............ ............ -190,116 0 E-8C.................................................. 313,991 317,991 309,291 313,291 Rephased prior year requirements.................. ............ 16,000 ............ 16,000 Improved Data Modem............................... ............ 1,000 ............ 1,000 Excess Engineering Change Order funding........... ............ -13,000 ............ -13,000 Systems engineering growth........................ ............ ............ -4,700 -4,700 PREDATOR UAV.......................................... 116,506 146,506 116,506 141,506 Additional funding to purchase attrition vehicles and spare parts.................................. ............ 30,000 ............ 25,000 B-1B Mods............................................. 114,245 138,245 96,845 114,245 Link 16........................................... ............ 24,000 ............ 0 Block D modification concurrency.................. ............ ............ -17,400 0 B-52 Mods............................................. 28,907 31,807 39,307 39,307 Electro-optical viewing system.................... ............ 2,900 ............ 0 Increase.......................................... ............ ............ 10,400 10,400 F-15 Mods............................................. 169,568 157,068 197,568 181,368 Terminated upgrades............................... ............ -11,800 ............ -5,000 APG-63 radar upgrade pricing...................... ............ -13,500 ............ 0 [APG-63 radar funds provided without restriction or reporting requirements] Radar support equipment........................... ............ -10,000 ............ 0 F-100-220E engine upgrade......................... ............ 22,800 22,800 12,800 MIDS fighter data link terminals.................. ............ ............ 5,200 4,000 F-16 Mods............................................. 216,158 199,358 232,058 220,158 GPS............................................... ............ -13,000 ............ -13,000 Block 40 night vision imaging system.............. ............ -3,800 ............ 0 HARM targeting system upgrades.................... ............ ............ 3,500 3,000 600 gallon fuel tanks............................. ............ ............ 10,000 8,000 Late obligations.................................. ............ ............ -12,600 -6,000 Digital Terrain System............................ ............ ............ 15,000 12,000 OBOGS............................................. ............ ............ ............ (1,080) C-130 Mods............................................ 94,511 119,211 94,511 119,211 EC-130 mod........................................ ............ 24,700 ............ 24,700 E-3 Mods.............................................. 134,659 134,659 123,559 132,159 Extend sentry computers and display concurrency... ............ ............ -8,600 0 Offensive counter air change orders............... ............ ............ -2,500 -2,500 Passenger Safety Modifications........................ 0 0 75,000 50,000 Navigation safety................................. ............ ............ 75,000 32,500 GATM.............................................. ............ ............ ............ 17,500 [Conferees encourage use of COTS/NDI equipment to satisfy GATM requirements] H-1 Mods.............................................. 2,778 3,578 3,578 3,578 Oil debris detection system....................... ............ 800 800 800 DARP MODS............................................. 67,136 139,136 163,736 150,136 MWIR Trf.......................................... ............ 20,000 ............ 5,600 RJ Sensors........................................ ............ 0 ............ 35,000 RJ Reengining..................................... ............ 52,000 52,600 27,400 RJ Heaters........................................ ............ ............ 6,000 6,000 SR-71 Mods........................................ ............ ............ 9,000 9,000 U-2 Senior Glass.................................. ............ ............ 24,000 0 U-2 SYERS......................................... ............ ............ 5,000 0 F-16 Post Production Supp............................. 22,402 22,402 22,402 38,402 F-16 Improved Avionics Intermediate Shop for Air National Guard................................... ............ ............ ............ 16,000 F-15 Post Prod Supp................................... 8,089 6,289 8,089 6,289 F-15 tooling disposition.......................... ............ -1,800 ............ -1,800 War Consumables....................................... 67,565 60,165 67,565 63,565 Towed decoy engineering change orders............. ............ -7,400 ............ -4,000 Misc Production Charges............................... 275,804 269,583 267,012 275,804 Podded electro-optical camera systems............. ............ -6,221 ............ 0 Reduction......................................... ............ ............ -8,792 0 DARP.................................................. 141,493 146,493 141,493 170,493 U-2 Senior Glass.................................. ............ ............ ............ 24,000 U-2 SYERS......................................... ............ ............ ............ 5,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-2 The conferees provide $331,000,000 for B-2 procurement for long-lead activities related to the procurement of additional B-2s or for upgrades to the existing B-2 force to improve mission capabilities, deployability, and maintainability. The conferees recognize that significant disagreement exists on the question of continued low-rate production of additional B-2 stealth bombers. The conferees believe the question over whether to continue with low-rate B-2 production is a critical national security matter which must be decided on the basis of future national security requirements, projected threats, and affordability. Therefore, the conferees have included a general provision (Section 8131) establishing a panel to review and make recommendations on this matter. The panel shall report to the President and Congress no later than March 1, 1998 its conclusions and recommendations, including whether additional funds for the B-2 should be used for continued low-rate production of the B-2 or for upgrades to improve deployability, survivability and maintainability. F-22 The conferees agree with the House direction regarding F- 22 Out Of Production Parts (OPPs). The conferees further agree that the authority provided in that direction applies only to the F-22. The conferees direct the military departments to seek the prior approval of the congressional defense committees to gain similar authority for other programs. F-16 modifications The conferees direct that all new production F-16 aircraft shall include On-Board Oxygen Generating Systems (OBOGS), including the six aircraft approved in fiscal year (FY) 1997. The conferees further direct that $1,080,000 within the F-16 Modifications line shall be available only to make the necessary production changes to incorporate OBOGS in new production F-16's. The conferees support the Air Force's planned four-year OBOGS installation program for F-16's scheduled to start no later than fiscal year 2001, and the plan should include field installation. air combat training--rangeless (act-r) kadena interim training system (kits) The conferees are aware of a new air combat training capability recently delivered to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. The Kadena Interim Training System (KITS) provides a new rangeless or untethered capability allowing it to be used on aircraft for air combat training anywhere there is available training airspace over land or sea. The conferees believe that systems like KITS can provide improvements to the readiness of our forward deployed forces. The conferees direct the Air Force to review and evaluate KITS as it applies to immediate air combat training requirements throughout the active and reserve component air forces and to submit a report to the Appropriations Committees on its procurement and fielding plans for this system. Missile Procurement, Air Force The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty. Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISSILE PROCEDURE, AIR FORCE HAVE NAP................................... ........... ........... 39,000 ........... 25,000 JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON...................... 1,139 30,139 1,139 ........... 20,139 AMRAAM..................................... 117,768 107,168 76,668 173 107,168 AGM-130 POWERED GBU-15..................... 1,539 42,539 1,539 ........... 25,000 CONVENTIONAL ALCM.......................... ........... 15,300 ........... ........... ........... AGM-88A HARM............................... ........... ........... 9,600 ........... 9,600 AGM-65 MAVERICK............................ ........... 11,000 ........... ........... 8,000 GLOBAL POSITIONING (MYP) SPACE............. 163,837 122,137 163,837 3 163,837 TITAN SPACE BOOSTERS SPACE................. 555,304 473,304 455,304 ........... 464,304 MEDIUM LAUNCH VEHICLE SPACE................ 165,783 147,783 165,783 4 156,783 DEFENSE SUPPORT PROGRAM (MYP) SPACE........ 113,708 108,708 113,708 ........... 108,708 SPECIAL PROGRAMS........................... 773,400 597,400 737,900 ........... 658,400 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS....................... ........... ........... -18,000 ........... -18,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMRAAM...................................................... 117,768 107,168 76,668 107,168 Excess engineering change order funding................. ........... -10,600 ........... -10,600 Contractor overcharging................................. ........... ........... -41,100 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- global positioning system (gps) The conferees agree to provide $163,837,000 for the acquisition of three satellites in fiscal year 1998. The conferees agree that while the Air Force is procuring GPS satellites well in advance of their actual need, the total costs of modifying the present GPS multiyear contract are greater than the short term saving to be derived from deferring the acquisition of one GPS satellite. The conferees direct the Department of the Air Force to submit an acquisition plan to the Appropriations Committees for the next multiyear procurement of GPS satellites which more closely aligns the acquisition of satellites with actual launch need dates. The Air Force is also directed to submit a report which compares the total costs of procuring the next block of GPS satellites under the terms of a multiyear contract with the alternative of procuring the satellites under a base year contract with variable quantity options. These reports shall be submitted no later than March 31, 1998. Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE: 20MM PGU-28................................ ........... 3,500 ........... ........... 1,750 GBU-29 HARD TARGET PENETRATOR.............. ........... 16,800 ........... ........... 8,400 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION............... 61,307 61,307 61,307 2,673 56,307 WIND CORRECTED MUNITIONS DISPENSER......... 19,871 10,471 19,871 280 12,271 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS....................... ........... ........... -3,000 ........... -3,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Procurement, Air Force The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE: ITEMS LESS THAN $2,000,000................. 5,025 3,625 5,025 ........... 3,625 HMMWV, ARMORED............................. 24,181 7,781 24,181 125 24,181 ITEMS LESS THAN $2,000,000................. 6,738 6,194 6,738 ........... 6,194 60K A/C LOADER............................. 83,143 51,143 83,143 45 83,143 INTELLIGENCE DATA HANDLING SYS............. 20,739 24,339 20,739 ........... 24,339 WEATHER OBSERV/FORCAST..................... 18,013 22,013 18,013 ........... 22,013 STRATEGIC COMMAND AND CONTROL.............. 20,505 19,005 20,505 ........... 20,505 TAC SIGINT SUPPORT......................... 4,114 9,114 4,114 ........... 6,114 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMM NET....... 3,488 3,488 3,488 ........... 11,988 C3 COUNTERMEASURES......................... 14,904 13,004 14,904 ........... 13,004 BASE LEVEL DATA AUTO PROGRAM............... 46,778 46,778 55,678 ........... 46,778 BASE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE............ 88,945 136,945 88,945 ........... 112,945 AF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK SPACE......... 32,197 23,097 32,197 ........... 23,097 TACTICAL C-E EQUIPMENT..................... 16,968 16,968 54,968 ........... 34,968 RADIO EQUIPMENT............................ 12,844 19,344 12,844 ........... 19,344 ITEMS LESS THAN $2,000,000................. 8,960 6,160 8,960 ........... 8,960 NIGHT VISION GOGGLES....................... 2,371 13,271 2,371 ........... 2,371 FLOODLIGHTS SET TYPE NF2D.................. 7,696 4,696 7,696 ........... 6,196 MEDICAL/DENTAL EQUIPMENT................... 13,295 8,095 13,295 ........... 10,695 PRODUCTIVITY INVESTMENTS................... 5,980 5,980 10,980 ........... 10,980 INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION ACTIVITY........... 60,572 58,572 49,272 ........... 50,072 DARP RC135................................. 12,778 47,778 12,778 ........... 12,778 SELECTED ACTIVITIES........................ 5,003,960 4,994,490 5,080,160 ........... 5,016,060 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS....................... ........... ........... -25,000 ........... -25,000 CIVIL AIR PATROL........................... ........... ........... ........... ........... 500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEMS LESS THAN $2,000,000.................................. 5,025 3,625 5,025 3,625 Minor replacement items................................. ........... -1,400 ........... -1,400 HMMWV, Armored.............................................. 24,181 7,781 24,181 24,181 Duplicative force protection/anti-terrorist items....... ........... -16,400 ........... 0 Items less than $2,000,000.................................. 6,738 6,194 6,738 6,194 Contract savings and contingency funding................ ........... -544 ........... -544 60K A/C Loader.............................................. 83,143 51,143 83,143 83,143 Production ramp-up...................................... ........... -32,000 ........... 0 Intelligence Data Handling Sys.............................. 20,739 24,339 20,739 24,334 JSAS.................................................... ........... 3,600 ........... 3,600 Weather Observ/Forcast...................................... 18,013 22,013 18,013 22,013 ASOS.................................................... ........... 4,000 ........... 4,000 Strategic Command and Control............................... 20,505 19,005 20,505 20,505 Improved Technical Data System.......................... ........... -10,000 ........... 0 DIRECT (transfer to MEECN).............................. ........... 8,500 ........... 0 Tac Sigint Support.......................................... 4,114 9,114 4,114 6,114 Integrated Broadcast Service............................ ........... 5,000 ........... 2,000 MEECN....................................................... 3,488 3,488 3,488 11,988 DIRECT (transfer from Strategic Command and Control).... ........... ........... ........... 8,500 C3 Countermeasures.......................................... 14,904 13,004 14,904 13,004 Excess prior year funds................................. ........... -1,900 ........... -1,900 BASE LEVEL DATA AUTO PROGRAM................................ 46,778 46,778 55,678 46,778 REMIS................................................... ........... ........... 8,900 ........... [Conferees agree to provide $8,900,000 in O&M,AF for this purpose.] Base Information Infrastructure............................. 88,945 136,945 88,945 112,945 Security enhancements to base information systems....... ........... 48,000 ........... 24,000 AF Satellite Control Network Space.......................... 32,197 23,097 32,197 23,097 Cancellation of Military Satellite Communications system ........... -9,100 ........... -9,100 Tactical C-E Equipment...................................... 16,968 16,968 54,968 34,968 Theater deployable communications....................... ........... ........... 38,000 18,000 Radio Equipment............................................. 12,844 19,344 12,844 19,344 Scope Command........................................... ........... 6,500 ........... 6,500 ITEMS LESS THAN $2,000,000.................................. 8,960 6,160 8,960 8,960 Contract award delays................................... ........... -2,800 ........... 0 Night Vision Goggles........................................ 2,371 13,271 2,371 2,371 Accelerate procurement.................................. ........... 10,900 ........... 0 Floodlights Set Type NF2D................................... 7,696 4,696 7,696 6,196 Contract award delays................................... ........... -3,000 ........... -1,500 Medical/Dental Equipment.................................... 13,295 8,095 13,295 10,695 Prior year program savings.............................. ........... -5,200 ........... -2,600 Productivity Investments.................................... 5,980 5,980 10,980 10,980 Supply asset tracking systems........................... ........... ........... 5,000 5,000 Civil Air Patrol............................................ ........... ........... ........... 500 [Transfer from Aircraft Procurement, Air Force] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Procurement, Defense-Wide The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE: MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD....................... 104,601 114,601 104,601 ........... 114,601 DEFENSE AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM.... 14,380 44,955 14,380 ........... 14,380 ITEMS LESS THAN $2.0 MILLION............... 7,461 14,661 14,461 ........... 14,661 AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CONVERSION SYSTEM....... ........... 10,000 20,000 ........... 20,000 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DSPO...................... 19,334 14,334 19,334 ........... 19,334 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS....................... 46,847 46,847 36,847 ........... 36,847 PATRIOT PAC-3.............................. ........... 349,109 ........... 52 349,109 NAVY AREA TBDM PROGRAM..................... ........... 15,400 ........... ........... 15,400 BMC3....................................... ........... 20,100 ........... ........... 20,100 SOF ROTARY WING UPGRADES................... 36,042 36,042 76,542 ........... 36,042 PC, CYCLONE CLASS.......................... ........... 10,700 ........... ........... 10,700 ADVANCED SEAL DELIVERY SYSTEM (ASDS)....... 38,800 38,800 38,800 ........... 4,500 ADVANCED SEAL DELIVERY SYSTEM (ASDS) (AP- CY)....................................... 2,465 2,465 2,465 ........... 365 REMOTE ACTIVATION MUNITION SYSTEMS......... ........... ........... 2,000 ........... 1,000 SOF INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS................... 21,175 25,475 23,175 ........... 24,175 SOF SMALL ARMS & WEAPONS................... 10,269 10,269 12,669 ........... 11,269 SOLDIER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM................ ........... ........... 2,300 ........... 2,300 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS........................ 108,339 112,539 108,339 ........... 112,539 INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION...................... 64,855 74,855 64,855 ........... 79,855 COLLECTIVE PROTECTION...................... 17,316 37,316 17,316 ........... 27,316 CLASSIFIED PROGRAM......................... 354,289 359,289 358,289 ........... 355,039 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS....................... ........... ........... -12,000 ........... -12,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Operations Command Other Procurement: SOF Intelligence Systems.................... 21,175 25,475 23,175 24,175 ISP/MATTS............................... .............. +1,800 .............. +1,500 JTWS.................................... .............. +2,000 +2,000 +1,500 SOF Small Arms & Weapons.................... 10,269 10,269 12,669 11,269 Night Firing Scopes for M4A1 Carbines... .............. .............. +2,400 +1,000 Chemical/Biological Defense: Individual Protection....................... 64,855 74,855 64,855 79,855 JSLIST suits............................ .............. +10,000 .............. +5,000 JSLIST industrial production............ .............. .............. .............. +10,000 Collective Protection....................... 17,316 37,316 17,316 27,316 Collective Protection Shortfalls in Korea.................................. .............. +20,000 .............. +5,000 M17-LDS water sprayers.................. .............. .............. .............. +2,000 7 HMVV medical shelters................. .............. .............. .............. +3,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- secure terminal equipment The conferees direct that $17,000,000 of the funds appropriated for Procurement, Defense-wide be made available only for the procurement of the tactical Secure Terminal Equipment program. socom procurement of naval special warfare boats The recent acquisition strategy initiated by the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to procure new Naval Special Warfare 33 foot rib boat systems resulted in an initial procurement of boat systems that cost about $1,000,000 each, while other competitive designs being procured by other federal agencies were reportedly available for less than one-third that amount. The high initial cost for this procurement prompts the conferees to encourage SOCOM to conduct a fresh review of the field of competition on the next round of procurement for large (30 foot and above) rib boats. The conferees request that SOCOM keep the Congressional defense committees informed of its plans for future procurement of this type. advanced seal delivery system In response to a request from the Special Operations Command, the conferees have reduced the Advanced Seal Delivery System (ASDS) Procurement lines by $36,400,000 and added the same amount to the Special Operations Tactical Systems Development project in Title IV to complete the final stage of ASDS development. jslist production The conferees recommend an increase of $10,000,000 to the Marine Corps, specifically to cover the nonrecurring facilitation and equipment costs incurred by the three National Industries for the Severely Handicapped (NISH) affiliated community rehabilitation centers currently under contract that form Department of Defense Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suits (JSLIST) program industrial base. The Department may vest the title to the facilities and equipment with these three contractors. National Guard and Reserve Equipment The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty. Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL GUARD & RESERVE EQUIPMENT RESERVE EQUIPMENT ARMY RESERVE MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT......................... .......... 20,000 65,000 .......... 75,000 CH-47 D CARGO (CHINOOK)......................... .......... 65,000 .......... .......... .......... NAVY RESERVE MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT......................... .......... 5,000 40,000 .......... 80,000 C-9 REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT........................ .......... .......... 40,000 .......... .......... F-14A MODS...................................... .......... 34,000 .......... .......... .......... MAGIC LANTERN................................... .......... 7,500 .......... .......... .......... F/A-18 MODS..................................... .......... 58,000 .......... .......... .......... MARINE CORPS RESERVE MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT......................... .......... 25,000 40,000 .......... 65,000 CH-53 HELICOPTERS............................... .......... 64,000 .......... .......... .......... T-39 REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT....................... .......... 10,000 .......... .......... 10,000 AIR FORCE RESERVE MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT......................... .......... 45,000 40,000 .......... 50,000 LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR WC-130J.................... .......... .......... 29,700 .......... .......... C-5 SIMULATOR................................... .......... 27,000 .......... .......... .......... NATIONAL GUARD EQUIPMENT ARMY NATIONAL GUARD MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT......................... .......... 43,000 140,00 .......... 70,000 VIBRATION MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM........ .......... 3,000 .......... .......... .......... UH-60L.......................................... .......... 3,000 .......... .......... .......... LASER LEVELING.................................. .......... 1,000 .......... .......... .......... ENGAGEMENT SKILLS TRAINERS...................... .......... 3,000 .......... .......... .......... MELIOS, AN-PVS-6................................ .......... 5,000 .......... .......... .......... AIR NATIONAL GUARD MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT......................... .......... 5,000 40,000 .......... 25,000 C-130J.......................................... .......... 293,000 95,800 4 226,000 EC-130J......................................... .......... .......... 70,500 .......... .......... KC-135R ENGINE KITS............................. .......... 100,000 52,000 2 52,000 F-16 IMPROVED AVIONICS INTERMEDIATE SHOP........ .......... 32,000 .......... .......... .......... ULTIMATE BUILDING MACHINES...................... .......... 1,500 .......... .......... .......... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- miscellaneous equipment The conferees agree that each of the Chiefs of the Reserve and National Guard components should exercise control of modernization funds provided in this account including aircraft and aircraft modernization. The conferees further agree that separate submissions of a detailed assessment of its modernization priorities by each of the Guard and Reserve component commanders is required to be submitted to the defense committees. The conferees expect the component commanders to give priority consideration to the following items: CH-47D helicopters, F-14A modifications, magic lantern, F/A-18 modifications, C-9 replacement aircraft, CH-53 helicopters, C-5 simulators, vibration management enhancement program, UH-60L, laser leveling equipment, engagement skills trainers, MELIOS night vision devices, F-16 improved avionics intermediate shops, ultimate building machines, air defense alerting devices (ADAD), A-2 bradley upgrades, ALR-56 radar warning receiver, AN/TQM-41 MMS, avengers, theater deployable communication packages, dragon missile upgrades, multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), magic lantern spares, small arms simulators, senior scout modifications, field artillery ammunition support vehicles (FAASVs), KC-135R reengining, night vision devices and driver's night viewers, heavy equipment transport system (HETS), paladin, M-1A2 tanks, CH-47 FADEC, medium truck extended service programs (ESP), F-16 C/D onboard oxygen generating system field installation and evaluation by the Air National Guard, M-270 launcher mechanical systems (ILMS), high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles, LITENING targeting and navigation pods, all-terrain cranes, modular airborne fire fighting system units, CH-47 internal crash worthy fuel cells, back scatter truck inspection systems, night vision equipment, CH-47 ICH aircraft, commercial industrial equipment, high speed dirt compactors, AH-64 combat mission simulators, high mobility trailers for HMMWVs, palletized loading systems, heavy expanded mobility tactical truck wreckers, M109A6, automatic building machines, air defense alerting device systems, interactive simulators, master cranes, deployable universal combat earth movers, HEMTT wreckers, and AN/VRC-102 Radios. national guard and reserve aircraft The conferees agree to provide $288,000,000 specifically for the acquisition and modernization of the following aircraft to support Reserve and National Guard missions: T-39 replacement aircraft for the Marine Corps Reserves. $10,000,000 C-130J aircraft for the Air National Guard (4).......... 226,000,000 KC-135R engine kits for the Air National Guard.......... 52,000,000 TITLE IV--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RDTE, ARMY...................................... 4,510,843 4,686,427 4,984,083 5,156,507 RDTE, NAVY...................................... 7,611,022 7,907,837 7,532,846 8,115,686 RDTE, AIR FORCE................................. 14,451,379 14,313,456 14,127,873 14,507,804 RDTE, DEFENSE-WIDE.............................. 9,069,680 9,509,337 9,608,689 9,821,760 DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION............... 268,183 268,183 251,183 258,183 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION................. 23,384 32,684 31,384 31,384 --------------------------------------------------------------- GRAND TOTAL, RDTE......................... 35,934,491 36,717,924 36,536,058 37,891,324 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST & EVAL ARMY: IN-HOUSE LABORATORY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH.... 15,113 14,113 15,113 14,113 DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES................... 138,165 120,165 136,798 125,798 UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS.... 45,576 45,576 52,876 46,576 MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY........................ 9,811 9,811 13,811 12,811 SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC SURVIVABILITY........ 19,294 24,294 21,794 26,794 AVIATION TECHNOLOGY......................... 27,282 22,282 25,982 22,982 EW TECHNOLOGY............................... 16,528 16,528 19,528 19,528 MISSILE TECHNOLOGY.......................... 22,335 22,335 26,335 25,335 COMBAT VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY.... 33,112 40,112 58,112 62,112 BALLISTICS TECHNOLOGY....................... 33,317 38,317 33,317 41,317 CHEMICAL, SMOKE AND EQUIPMENT DEFEATING TECHNOLOGY................................. 4,739 2,739 4,739 3,739 JOINT SERVICE SMALL ARMS PROGRAM............ 4,786 9,286 7,786 9,286 WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY............ 26,980 26,980 30,876 30,876 ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES.......... 20,192 22,692 26,042 26,792 HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY........ 14,256 18,256 19,356 17,256 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY............ 17,519 42,219 58,419 61,919 MILITARY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY............. 36,422 43,922 47,422 58,422 LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGY........................ 17,689 19,689 17,689 18,689 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY.......................... 74,684 142,484 74,684 165,484 MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY................. 10,677 142,177 196,277 190,177 AVIATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY................ 31,330 53,830 34,330 92,330 WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY... 18,255 25,255 30,255 26,255 COMBAT VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY................................. 32,685 35,685 35,285 42,242 COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY................................. 19,688 19,688 28,688 26,688 TRACTOR HIKE................................ 14,350 .............. 14,350 14,350 TRACTOR ROSE................................ 9,204 9,204 11,204 11,204 MISSILE AND ROCKET ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY...... 117,139 59,439 120,139 93,839 LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY................................. 19,332 25,932 32,932 32,932 JOINT SERVICE SMALL ARMS PROGRAM............ 4,754 11,754 7,754 9,254 LINE-OF-SIGHT TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION...... 13,000 .............. 13,000 5,000 MILITARY ENGINEERING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.... 12,231 12,231 24,331 20,331 ARMY MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION (DEM/VAL).................................. 24,138 55,638 87,638 75,638 ARMAMENT ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE............. 40,313 60,313 33,313 38,313 NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT............... 13,168 .............. 13,168 9,168 AVIATION--ADV DEV........................... 7,132 15,132 12,132 14,132 ARTILLERY SYSTEMS--DEM/VAL.................. 324,380 324,380 301,321 324,380 EW DEVELOPMENT.............................. 66,212 86,524 67,712 87,024 ALL SOURCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM.................. 24,045 27,545 27,245 27,245 FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES........... .............. 5,000 .............. 5,000 ADVANCED COMMAND AND CONTROL VEHICLE (AC2V). 8,867 8,867 11,867 10,867 ENGINEER MOBILITY EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT..... 56,196 56,196 50,196 52,196 COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT..... 55,964 65,264 55,964 61,964 NON-SYSTEM TRAINING DEVICES--ENG DEV........ 76,749 76,749 81,749 80,249 AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, CONTROL AND INTELLIGENCE--ENG DE....................... 18,350 18,350 22,350 22,350 AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT........ 2,582 11,582 2,582 8,582 BRILLIANT ANTI-ARMOR SUBMUNITION (BAT)...... 202,302 202,302 187,302 237,302 COMBINED ARMS TACTICAL TRAINER (CATT)....... 2,823 13,323 2,823 13,323 WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS--ENG DEV.............. 3,577 3,577 5,077 5,077 LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER--ENG DEV........... 22,605 8,905 8,732 8,732 SENSE AND DESTROY ARMAMENT MISSILE--ENG DEV. 22,372 5,494 22,372 11,494 THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT................ 14,004 14,004 18,004 17,004 ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL........................ 138,769 138,769 124,769 124,769 DOD HIGH ENERGY LASER TEST FACILITY......... 14,952 30,952 29,952 29,952 MATERIAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS................... 29,707 14,707 29,707 29,707 SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL TESTING.............. 81,672 51,672 81,672 81,672 PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES...................... 86,208 66,208 82,208 82,208 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT................................ 1,581 1,581 .............. .............. MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY..................................... 6,317 9,317 6,317 11,417 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.................... 51,378 56,378 58,378 58,378 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR (RPM)--RDT&E......... 85,119 85,119 86,419 86,419 MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT)............................... 4,837 4,837 31,337 25,837 MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM............ 26,678 26,678 40,378 37,678 AEROSTAT JOINT PROJECT OFFICE............... 86,193 .............. 96,193 35,000 COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS......... 136,520 152,520 176,720 167,020 AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS/PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS................................... 2,609 22,609 32,609 22,609 DIGITIZATION................................ 156,960 75,560 120,043 71,560 MISSILE/AIR DEFENSE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.................................... 17,412 27,412 31,412 31,412 JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM................ 3,195 6,195 3,195 5,195 SPECIAL ARMY PROGRAM........................ 5,547 7,417 5,547 7,547 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM........ 9,647 12,147 9,647 12,147 SATCOM GROUND ENVIRONMENT (SPACE)........... 57,827 57,827 56,227 56,227 END ITEM INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES. 44,326 54,326 57,326 66,326 FORCE XXI INITIATIVE........................ .............. 38,900 .............. 38,900 STRIKER..................................... .............. 3,900 .............. 3,900 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL......................... .............. 10,000 .............. 10,000 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS........................ .............. .............. -17,000 -17,000 COUNTER MRL--TSPO........................... .............. 5,000 .............. 2,000 RADIO FREQUENCY............................. .............. .............. .............. 1,700 LIGHTWEIGHT LASER DESIGNATOR/RANGE FINDER... .............. .............. .............. 2,800 COMBAT SYNTHETIC TRAINING ASSESSMENT RANGE.. .............. .............. .............. 5,400 ARMY AIRBORNE COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEM...... .............. .............. .............. 11,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense Research Sciences....................... 138,165 120,165 136,798 125,798 Program growth.............................. .............. -18,000 .............. -10,000 Defense Information Warfare Initiative...... .............. (1,000) +3,500 +2,500 Scientific problems with military applications............................... .............. .............. -4,867 -4,867 University and Industry Research Centers........ 45,576 45,576 52,876 46,576 Federated Labs.............................. .............. .............. +2,300 (2,300) (Note: The conferees direct that within funds available, an additional $2,300,000 is to be used for the federated labs.) Hypervelocity physics project............... .............. .............. +1,000 +1,000 Electric Rail Gun........................... .............. .............. +4,000 0 (Note: Transferred to Ballistics Technology.) Sensors and Electronic Survivability............ 19,294 24,294 21,794 26,794 PDCUE....................................... .............. .............. +2,500 +2,500 Passive millimeter wave camera.............. .............. +5,000 .............. +5,000 Aviation Technology............................. 27,282 22,282 25,982 22,982 FY 1997 Freeze.............................. .............. -5,000 .............. -3,000 Budget correction........................... .............. .............. -1,300 -1,300 Combat vehicle and automotive technology........ 33,112 40,112 58,112 62,112 Voice Instructional Device.................. .............. +3,000 .............. +3,000 Tank and Vehicle Simulation Laboratory...... .............. +6,000 .............. +6,000 National Automotive Center.................. .............. .............. +4,000 +4,000 Joint Robotics Development Program on Ground vehicle survivability...................... .............. .............. +6,000 +4,500 Air Defense Alerting Device integration-- Bradley Stinger Vehicle.................... .............. .............. +5,000 +4,000 High-output diesel engine testing........... .............. (1,000) +1,000 +1,000 HMMWV 6.2L engine rebuild program........... .............. .............. +4,000 +4,000 Alternative vehicle propulsion systems...... .............. .............. +5,000 +2,500 Program termination......................... .............. -2,000 .............. 0 Ballistics technology........................... 33,317 38,317 33,317 41,317 Liquid propellant........................... .............. +5,000 .............. +4,000 Electric Rail Gun........................... 0 0 0 +4,000 (Note: Transferred from University & Research Centers.) Weapons and Munitions Technology................ 26,980 26,980 30,876 30,876 Budget correction........................... .............. .............. -1,104 -1,104 Plastic-cased ammunition.................... .............. .............. +5,000 +5,000 Electronics and electronic Devices.............. 20,192 22,692 26,042 +26,792 Thermophotovoltaic generators............... .............. +2,500 .............. +1,500 ``AA'' zinc battery......................... .............. .............. +1,500 +1,500 Low-cost reusable alkaline manganese zinc... .............. .............. +1,000 +1,000 Enzyme-based chemical & biological detection technology................................. .............. .............. +2,250 +1,500 Advanced nonmetallic rechargeable battery system..................................... .............. .............. +600 +600 Rechargeable coin cells..................... .............. .............. +500 +500 Environmental Quality Technology................ 17,519 42,219 58,419 61,919 Gallo Center................................ .............. +5,000 .............. +4,000 Natural Gas boiler demonstration--CERL...... .............. +2,000 .............. 0 Commercialization of Technologies to Lower Defense Cost Init.......................... .............. +5,000 .............. +5,000 Bioremediation Education, Science, & Technology Center.......................... .............. +4,000 +4,000 +4,000 Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System.............. .............. +8,700 +8,700 +6,000 Radford Environmental Development & Management Program......................... .............. .............. +6,000 +5,000 Environmental projects at the WETO facility. .............. .............. +8,800 +7,000 Small Business development program.......... .............. .............. +5,400 +5,400 Agriculturally based remediation in Pacific Island ecosystems.......................... .............. .............. +4,000 +4,000 Resource Recovery Technology Center......... .............. .............. +4,000 0 Computer based land management.............. .............. .............. .............. +4,000 Military Engineering Technology................. 36,422 43,922 47,422 58,422 Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab... .............. .............. +1,000 +1,000 Climate change fuel cells--U.S. Army........ .............. +7,500 .............. +7,500 Center for Geosciences Atmospheric Research. .............. .............. +10,000 +7,500 Molten carbonate fuel cells technology...... .............. .............. .............. +6,000 Medical Technology.............................. 74,684 142,484 74,684 165,484 Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment research...... .............. +25,000 .............. +25,000 Neurofibromatosis........................... .............. +9,800 .............. +9,800 Army nutrition research..................... .............. +3,500 .............. +3,500 Orthopedic implant research (Volumetrically controlled manufacturing).................. .............. +3,500 .............. +2,500 LSTAT....................................... .............. +6,000 .............. 0 Ovarian cancer.............................. .............. +10,000 .............. +10,000 Prostate cancer research.................... .............. +10,000 .............. +40,000 Medical Advanced Technology..................... 10,677 142,177 196,277 190,177 Army-managed peer-reviewed breast cancer research................................... .............. +100,000 +175,000 +135,000 MRE nutrition research...................... .............. .............. +3,600 0 Prostate cancer diagnostic imaging.......... .............. .............. +5,000 +5,000 National Medical Testbed.................... .............. +8,000 .............. +8,000 Intravenous membrane oxygenator tech........ .............. .............. +1,000 0 Mustard gas research........................ .............. .............. +1,000 +1,000 Walter Reed Lab upgrades.................... .............. +6,000 .............. +6,000 Advanced cancer detection................... .............. +3,500 .............. +3,500 Cooperative teleradiology................... .............. +3,000 .............. +3,000 Advanced trauma care........................ .............. +6,000 .............. +3,000 Artificial lung research.................... .............. +1,500 .............. +1,500 Emergency telemedicine...................... .............. +3,500 .............. +2,500 Volume Angiocat (VAC)....................... .............. .............. .............. +4,000 Periscopic minimally-invasive surgery....... .............. .............. .............. +3,000 Proton beam................................. .............. .............. .............. +4,000 Aviation Advanced Technology.................... 31,330 53,830 34,330 92,330 Short range UAV............................. .............. +5,000 .............. 0 Integrated manned and unmanned aerial vehicle study.............................. .............. +2,500 .............. +1,000 Stinger Universal launcher.................. .............. +11,600 .............. +11,600 Starstreak.................................. .............. +3,400 +3,000 +3,400 Outrider UAV................................ .............. .............. .............. +45,000 Weapons and Munitions Advanced Tech............. 18,255 25,255 30,255 26,255 Trajectory correctable munition............. .............. +5,000 +8,000 +6,000 Precision guided mortar munition............ .............. +2,000 +4,000 +2,000 Combat Vehicle and Automotive Adv Tech.......... 32,685 35,685 35,285 42,242 Composite armored vehicle technology transfer................................... .............. +3,000 .............. +2,000 Aluminum metal matrix composites............ .............. .............. +9,000 +6,500 Commercial derivative engine for the palletized load system..................... .............. .............. +3,600 +3,600 Program adjustment.......................... .............. .............. -10,000 -2,543 Command, Control, Communications--Adv Tech...... 19,688 19,688 28,688 26,688 Wavenet technology.......................... .............. .............. +4,000 +2,000 Field Laser Radar Demo (FLD) Data Analysis Center..................................... .............. .............. +5,000 +5,000 Missile and Rocket Advanced Technology.......... 117,139 59,439 120,139 93,839 EFOG-M...................................... .............. -57,700 .............. -26,300 Future missile technology integration....... .............. .............. +3,000 +3,000 Landmine Warfare and Barrier Adv. Tech.......... 19,332 25,932 32,932 32,932 Vehicular Mounted Mine Detection............ .............. +2,700 +2,700 +2,700 Stand off ground penetrating radar.......... .............. +3,900 +3,900 +3,900 Airborne standoff minefield detection system .............. .............. +7,000 +7,000 Joint Service Small Arms Program................ 4,754 11,754 7,754 9,254 OICW........................................ .............. +5,500 +3,000 +3,000 Adv. light antiarmor weapons system......... .............. +1,500 .............. +1,500 Military Engineering Advanced Technology........ 12,231 12,231 24,331 20,331 Rapidly installed breakwater technology..... .............. .............. +2,000 +2,000 Civil engineer assistance to forward deployed engineer forces................... .............. .............. +2,000 +2,000 Combat engineering systems logistics over shore...................................... .............. .............. +8,100 +4,100 Advanced light anti-armor weapons system.... .............. .............. (4,500) 0 Army Missile Defense Systems Integration........ 24,138 55,638 87,638 75,638 Battlefield Integration Center.............. .............. .............. +22,000 +17,000 THEL........................................ .............. +31,500 +41,500 +34,500 Armament Enhancement Initiative................. 40,313 60,313 33,313 38,313 TERM-KE-seeker development, lethality testing, & associated-hardware............. .............. +20,000 +10,000 +15,000 Smart-top attack............................ .............. .............. -17,000 -17,000 (Note: The conferees expect the Army to submit a reprogramming for appropriate close out and termination costs.) Aviation Adv Dev................................ 7,132 15,132 12,132 14,132 Integrated aircrew common helmet............ .............. +3,000 .............. +2,000 Retinal display technologies-integrated crew helmet..................................... .............. +5,000 +5,000 +5,000 EW Development.................................. 66,212 86,524 67,712 87,024 Force XXI lessons learned (GBCS)............ .............. +20,312 .............. +15,312 Suite of integrated countermeasures......... .............. .............. -6,000 0 ATIRCM...................................... .............. .............. +7,500 +5,500 Brilliant Anti-armor submunition................ 202,302 202,302 187,302 237,302 BAT P31..................................... .............. .............. -15,000 0 Transfer from procurement................... .............. .............. .............. +35,000 DoD High Energy Laser Test Facility............. 14,952 30,952 29,952 29,952 THEL testing at HELSTF...................... .............. +10,000 +10,000 +10,000 High energy solid state laser development... .............. +6,000 +5,000 +5,000 Munitions Standardization, Effectiveness & Safety......................................... 6,317 9,317 6,317 11,417 Blast chamber--Blue Grass Army Depot........ .............. +3,000 .............. +2,000 Blast chamber--Anniston Army Depot.......... .............. .............. .............. +2,000 (Note: Added by Senate in RDT&E, Defense- wide). Explosive waste incinerator................. .............. .............. .............. +1,100 Environmental compliance........................ 51,378 56,378 58,378 58,378 Climate Change Fuel Cell-CERL............... .............. +5,000 +5,000 +5,000 Natural gas boiler demonstration-CERL....... .............. .............. +2,000 +2,000 MLRS Product Improvement Program................ 26,678 26,678 40,378 37,678 Guided MLRS................................. .............. .............. +8,100 +7,000 MLRS improved launcher mechanical system (ILMS)..................................... .............. .............. +5,600 +4,000 Aerostate Joint Project Office.................. 86,193 0 96,193 35,000 Program reduction........................... .............. -86,193 .............. -51,193 Aerostat development........................ .............. .............. +10,000 0 Combat Vehicle Improvement Programs............. 136,520 152,520 176,720 167,020 M1 flat panel displays...................... .............. +12,000 +12,000 +12,000 AN/VVR-1 laser warming receiver............. .............. +4,000 +4,000 +4,000 Abrams SEP.................................. .............. .............. +8,000 +6,500 ADAD for Bradley Stinger fighting vehicle... .............. .............. +4,000 +4,000 M-7 Bradley fire support team (BFIST) vehicle test program sets.................. .............. .............. +3,000 +2,000 Bradley A3 Test Program sets................ .............. .............. +3,500 +2,000 Heavy recovery vehicle traction control system..................................... .............. .............. +5,700 0 Digitization.................................... 156,960 75,560 120,043 71,560 Force XXI................................... .............. -100,000 -36,917 -100,000 Tactical Personal Communications............ .............. +10,000 .............. +6,000 Applique.................................... .............. +2,600 .............. +2,600 Tactical Internet........................... .............. +6,000 .............. +6,000 (Note: The conferees do not agree with the House direction requiring the Army to establish a Battlefield Acquisition Program Office.) Missile/Air Defense Product Improvement......... 17,412 27,412 31,412 31,412 Patriot upgrade............................. .............. +10,000 +10,000 +10,000 Stinger target acquisition sensor study and Stinger Blk II pre-EMD efforts............. .............. .............. +4,000 +4,000 Joint Tactical Ground System.................... 3,195 6,195 3,195 5,195 Phase II P31................................ .............. .............. .............. .............. End Item Industrial Preparedness................ 44,326 54,326 57,326 66,326 M829E3 munitions development................ .............. +5,000 .............. +5,000 Munitions manufacturing technology.......... .............. +5,000 .............. +3,000 Instrumented Factory for Gears (INFAC)...... .............. .............. +4,000 +3,000 Total integration munitions engineering..... .............. .............. +5,000 +8,000 Electronic Circuit Board Manufacturing Development Center......................... .............. .............. +4,000 +3,000 Radio Frequency................................. 0 0 0 1,700 (Note: Funds have been transferred from Other Procurement, Army.) Lightweight laser designator range finder....... 0 0 0 2,800 (Note: Funds have been transferred from Other Procurement, Army.) Combat synthetic training assessment range...... 0 0 0 5,400 (Note: Funds have been transferred from Other Procurement, Army.) Army Airborne Command & Control................. 0 0 0 11,000 (Note: Funds have been transferred from Other Procurement, Army.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- army high performance computing research The conferees urge the Army to provide within the defense research sciences program element, $750,000 to hook up four historically-black colleges with the Army High Performance Computing Center in Minneapolis and $500,000 for work stations at these colleges to optimize the use of the new computing facilities which were made available through the fiscal year 1997 defense appropriations act. environmental quality technology The conferees agree to provide $4,000,000 in the Army Environmental Quality Technology line only to develop computer- based land management modeling projects designed to help reduce time and costs associated with recovery of military training areas. The conferees expect the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory to prudently manage this additional funding to achieve maximum results. medical technology volumetrically controlled manufacturing The conferees have provided $2,500,000 only for the development of a prototype artificial hip using multidimensional volumetrically controlled manufacturing of synthetic materials. medical advanced technology collaborative efforts in telemedicine The conferees recognize the need to continue establishment of collaborative efforts for design of a telemedicine trauma/emergency medical services system to provide necessary diagnostic and treatment interventions and improve medical outcomes. This effort should include participation by appropriate DoD agencies and public/ institutions. prostate diagnostic imaging The conferees are concerned about the quality and efficacy of prostate diagnostic imaging, and believe that prostate cancer detection and treatment would greatly benefit from more accurate and refined equipment and procedures. The conferees direct the Army to establish a public/private research project in coordination with appropriate Government agencies and private institutions to explore promising technologies for improvement of prostate diagnostic imaging. The conferees provide $5,000,000 only for this purpose in the Medical Advanced Technology line. The conferees expect funding management to be accomplished by Walter Reed Army Medical Center. diagnostic imaging technology The conferees recognize the excellent work being conducted at Walter Reed in diagnostic imaging technology and direct that a Diagnostic Imaging Technology Center of Excellence be established at Walter Reed Army Hospital and that the Army be the lead agent in this endeavor. All DoD efforts in this area should be coordinated with the center. In this vein, the conferees are extremely encouraged with the potential benefits of the Volume Angio CAT (VAC) and have provided an additional $4,000,000 to continue efforts on this promising imaging technology. periscopic minimally-invasive surgery The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 in the Army Medical Technology line only to pursue further development of minimally-invasive surgery techniques. The conferees believe greater understanding of this cutting-edge technology could result in significant benefits for US armed forces. aviation advanced technology outrider tuav The conferees agree to provide $45,000,000 to continue the development, testing and evaluation of the Outrider tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV). The conferees direct the Secretary of the Army submit an acquisition strategy to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate after the user-testing and evaluation are completed. munitions standardization, effectiveness and safety The conferees are aware of the need to close and clean up the open pit burning ground currently being used to dispose of explosive waste at Picatinny Arsenal. The Army has concluded that additional funds are needed to complete the construction of the Explosive Waste Incinerator and the conferees agree to provide $1,100,000 only to finish this project. mattracks The conferees urge the Army to begin development testing of the MATTRACKS track system within available research, development, test and evaluation funding. The MATTRACKS track system, which has been control tested by the Army and Marine Corps with excellent results, appears to have great value for military uses particularly mine clearing efforts. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST & EVAL NAVY: IN-HOUSE INDEPENDENT LABORATORY RESEARCH........................... 15,834 14,683 15,834 14,683 DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES.......................................... 366,283 336,463 366,283 334,463 SURFACE/AEROSPACE SURVEILLANCE AND WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY.............. 32,273 29,273 32,273 29,273 SURFACE SHIP TECHNOLOGY............................................ 46,859 53,859 52,859 50,359 AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY................................................ 23,590 25,390 23,590 25,390 COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.................... 65,566 59,566 56,566 56,566 READINESS, TRAINING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY.......... 31,762 47,362 31,762 39,362 MATERIALS, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY..................... 76,653 73,653 80,153 75,503 ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY...................................... 22,810 21,810 22,810 21,810 UNDERSEA SURVEILLANCE WEAPON TECHNOLOGY............................ 51,033 46,033 51,033 46,033 MINE COUNTERMEASURES, MINING AND SPECIAL WARFARE................... 42,737 42,737 21,600 42,737 OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC TECHNOLOGY........................... 48,211 77,711 66,961 73,711 UNDERSEA WARFARE WEAPONRY TECHNOLOGY............................... 35,736 31,736 43,736 37,736 AIR SYSTEMS AND WEAPONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY........................ 35,093 41,193 27,693 35,693 PRECISION STRIKE AND AIR DEFENSE................................... 43,320 44,320 43,320 44,320 ADVANCED ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY............................. 18,144 17,144 18,144 17,144 SHIP PROPULSION SYSTEM............................................. 39,737 34,737 49,737 49,737 MARINE CORPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD)............... 34,178 63,478 51,178 61,678 MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT................................................ 18,332 72,732 19,632 70,232 MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADV TECH DEV...................... 18,812 20,502 20,042 22,502 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND LOGISTICS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY............ 18,249 18,999 28,249 26,249 UNDERSEA WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY............................... 54,785 46,385 46,385 49,385 SHALLOW WATER MCM DEMOS............................................ 41,602 38,352 41,602 38,352 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION..................................... 87,285 73,052 72,285 76,285 C3 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY............................................. 23,768 22,368 23,768 22,368 AVIATION SURVIVABILITY............................................. 7,859 16,959 7,859 16,959 ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT............................................ 22,869 26,669 22,869 24,869 SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES..................... 58,231 71,131 76,431 73,631 ADVANCED SUBMARINE COMBAT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT...................... 61,122 62,422 61,122 62,422 CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT........................................ 98,587 10,187 115,587 20,587 SHIPBOARD SYSTEM COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT............................. 19,194 22,694 19,194 22,694 ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.............................. 59,067 162,067 59,067 114,000 SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & FEASIBILITY STUDIES...................... 38,682 38,682 63,682 53,682 ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS................................. 49,741 44,741 49,741 47,741 CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS............................................. 34,190 38,190 34,190 38,390 ADVANCED WARHEAD DEVELOPMENT (MK-50)............................... 2,012 ......... 2,012 .......... MARINE CORPS ASSAULT VEHICLES...................................... 60,134 70,134 60,134 68,134 MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM.......................... 36,464 40,064 36,464 40,064 COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT............................................. 139,229 223,229 149,229 213,229 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION........................................... 52,401 56,401 54,401 58,401 FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT............................................. 1,720 6,720 1,720 6,720 RETRACT ELM........................................................ 21,822 24,522 21,822 24,522 NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT...................................... 13,330 ......... 13,330 10,000 LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY............................................. 37,809 81,909 37,809 60,809 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF)--DEM/VAL................................ 448,855 448,855 476,855 463,855 SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) ARCHITECTURE/ENGINE............. 4,705 4,705 9,705 7,705 OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT............................................. 73,354 85,354 113,304 130,191 STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT.............................................. 36,297 40,297 38,297 38,297 S-3 WEAPON SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT...................................... 4,735 4,735 930 930 P-3 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.......................................... 3,191 3,191 15,191 13,191 TACTICAL COMMAND SYSTEM............................................ 31,518 41,518 31,518 36,518 H-1 UPGRADES....................................................... 80,735 86,335 80,735 86,335 ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS............................................ 16,947 20,947 16,947 18,947 AIR CREW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT....................................... 12,111 18,111 12,111 18,111 EW DEVELOPMENT..................................................... 101,803 104,603 91,127 99,127 SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING........................ 87,934 142,134 122,934 148,134 ARSENAL SHIP....................................................... 102,994 ......... 75,994 35,000 LPD-17 CLASS SYSTEMS INTEGRATION................................... 471 13,471 471 13,471 TRI-SERVICE STANDOFF ATTACK MISSILE................................ 9,644 ......... 5,456 5,456 VLA UPGRADE........................................................ ......... 12,000 ......... 9,000 AIRBORNE MCM....................................................... 16,503 19,503 16,503 18,503 SSN-688 AND TRIDENT MODERNIZATION.................................. 42,294 52,294 67,294 57,294 SUBMARINE COMBAT SYSTEM............................................ 23,701 2,366 23,701 18,701 NEW DESIGN SSN..................................................... 311,076 331,076 316,076 323,076 SSN-21 DEVELOPMENTS................................................ 49,542 12,332 49,542 49,542 SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/LIVE FIRE T&E................................. 75,713 64,713 100,713 92,713 NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES................................... 4,794 39,294 4,794 35,294 LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO DEVELOPMENT.................................... 17,290 19,302 17,290 19,302 NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM................................................ 2,088 2,088 4,588 2,088 JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON SYSTEMS...................................... 71,526 71,526 71,526 80,526 SHIP SELF DEFENSE--EMD............................................. 132,270 190,870 134,270 163,270 MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT................................................ 3,620 16,920 3,620 16,920 DISTRIBUTED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.................................... 33,048 43,448 23,048 43,448 TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT......................................... 48,308 45,408 45,308 45,408 MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT............................................... 33,236 39,236 33,236 36,236 STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT--NAVY................................. 8,755 6,679 8,755 6,679 TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES..................................... 8,763 763 8,763 3,263 RDT&E SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT............................ 57,591 55,961 57,591 55,961 TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT........................................ 263,934 235,908 251,934 246,934 MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE SUPPORT.................................. 8,207 12,707 8,207 12,707 F/A-18 SQUADRONS................................................... 316,976 207,776 290,976 293,976 TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK MISSION PLANNING CENTER (TMPC)............... 93,359 91,500 93,359 91,500 CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.......................... 58,956 36,456 63,956 68,956 HARM IMPROVEMENT................................................... 6,169 41,169 6,169 41,169 AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS.............................................. 60,025 51,025 60,025 51,025 NAVY SCIENCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.................................... ......... ......... 12,000 12,000 MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS................................ 38,296 45,296 40,296 45,296 MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS................. 12,568 14,668 12,568 14,668 DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM (SPACE)................... 3,165 1,198 3,165 1,198 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS............................................ ......... 55,000 54,000 55,000 CLASSIFIED PROGRAM................................................. 488,489 531,489 188,489 494,989 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS............................................... ......... ......... -18,000 -18,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 98 budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES.................................... 336,283 336,463 366,283 334,463 General reduction........................................ .......... -39,820 ........... -39,820 Molecular Design Institute............................... .......... 10,000 ........... 8,000 SURFACE SHIP TECHNOLOGY...................................... 46,859 53,859 52,859 50,359 General reduction........................................ .......... -5,000 ........... -5,000 Power electronic building blocks......................... .......... 6,000 6,000 6,000 Power node control centers............................... .......... 1,500 ........... 1,500 Micromechanical systems/damage tolerant networks......... .......... 2,500 ........... 0 Underwater vehicle derived control technology............ .......... 2,000 ........... 1,000 READINESS, TRAINING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECH.......... 31,762 47,362 31,762 39,362 General reduction........................................ .......... -3,000 ........... -3,000 JMLS ACTD for sea-state 3 lighterage..................... .......... 16,000 ........... 8,000 Smart aircrew integrated life support system............. .......... 2,600 ........... 2,600 MATERIALS, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY............... 76,653 73,653 80,153 75,503 General reduction........................................ .......... -7,000 ........... -10,000 Resin transfer molding/carbon fibers..................... .......... 2,000 2,000 2,000 Composite storage capsule................................ .......... 2,000 ........... 2,000 Vacuum electronics....................................... .......... ........... -4,000 -3,000 Photomagnetic research................................... .......... ........... 350 350 Plasma quench technology................................. .......... ........... 3,000 2,000 Advanced Material Intelligent Processing Center.......... .......... ........... 2,500 2,500 Terfenol-D............................................... .......... ........... ........... 3,000 OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC TECHNOLOGY..................... 48,211 77,711 66,961 73,711 Autonomous underwater vehicle/sensor development......... .......... 10,000 ........... 10,000 Ocean partnerships....................................... .......... 16,000 16,000 12,000 Naval Surface Warfare Center South Florida Test Facility. .......... 2,750 2,750 2,750 PM-10.................................................... .......... 750 750 750 Arctic research.......................................... .......... (2,000) ........... (2,000) UNDERSEA WARFARE WEAPONRY TECHNOLOGY......................... 35,736 31,736 43,736 37,736 General reduction........................................ .......... -4,000 ........... -4,000 COTS airgun as an acoustic source........................ .......... (5,000) ........... 0 6.25'' torpedo project................................... .......... ........... 4,000 ........... Undersea warfare and weapons technology.................. .......... ........... 4,000 3,000 AIR SYSTEMS AND WEAPONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.................. 35,093 41,193 27,693 35,693 Maritime avionics subsystems and technology.............. .......... 11,500 ........... 7,000 Integrated high payoff rocket technology................. .......... 2,000 ........... 1,000 General reduction........................................ .......... -7,400 ........... -7,400 Integrated HP turbine engine technology.................. .......... ........... -7,400 ........... SHIP PROPULSION SYSTEM....................................... 39,737 34,737 49,737 49,737 Active control of machinery rafts........................ .......... 5,000 ........... 5,000 General reduction........................................ .......... -10,000 ........... -5,000 Composite helicopter hanger.............................. .......... ........... 10,000 10,000 MARINE CORPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD)......... 34,178 63,478 51,178 61,678 Commandant's Warfighting Lab............................. .......... 20,300 15,000 17,500 SMAW-CS product improvement program...................... .......... 5,000 ........... 5,000 2 KW proton exchange membrane fuel cell.................. .......... 4,000 ........... 3,000 CARS..................................................... .......... ........... 2,000 2,000 Modeling/simulation...................................... .......... ........... (2,450) (2,450) MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT.......................................... 18,332 72,732 19,632 70,232 Bone marrow.............................................. .......... 34,000 ........... 34,000 National Biodynamics Lab................................. .......... 2,600 ........... 2,600 Biocide materials research............................... .......... 5,500 ........... 5,500 Freeze dried blood....................................... .......... 2,500 2,500 1,500 Dental research.......................................... .......... 4,000 ........... 2,000 Mobile medical monitor................................... .......... 4,000 ........... 2,000 Rural health............................................. .......... 3,000 ........... 3,000 Natural gas cooling/desiccant demonstration.............. .......... ........... ........... 2,500 Fleet health............................................. .......... -1,200 -1,200 -1,200 MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADV TECH DEV................ 18,812 20,502 20,042 22,502 Virtual reality environment/training research............ .......... 3,690 1,230 3,690 Center for integrated Manufacturing Studies.............. .......... ........... ........... 2,000 General reduction........................................ .......... -2,000 ........... -2,000 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND LOGISTICS ADVANCED TECH............ 18,249 18,999 28,249 26,249 250KW proton exchange membrane fuel cell................. .......... 1,750 1,750 1,750 Visualization of technical information................... .......... 1,000 2,000 2,000 General reduction........................................ .......... -2,000 ........... -2,000 Smart base............................................... .......... ........... 6,250 6,250 UNDERSEA WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY......................... 54,785 46,385 46,385 49,385 General reduction........................................ .......... -8,400 ........... 0 Shallow water surveillance technology.................... .......... ........... -3,000 -3,000 Beartrap advanced technology............................. .......... ........... -5,400 -5,400 COTS airgun as an acoustic source........................ .......... ........... ........... 3,000 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION............................... 87,285 73,052 72,285 76,285 General reduction........................................ .......... -18,233 -20,000 -20,000 High frequency surface wave radar........................ .......... 4,000 (4,000) 4,000 SWATH technology development............................. .......... ........... 5,000 5,000 Affordable array......................................... .......... ........... (4,900) (4,900) ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT...................................... 22,869 26,669 22,869 24,869 Geopositioning for the air deployable low frequency projector............................................... .......... 3,800 ........... 2,000 SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES............... 58,231 71,131 76,431 73,631 Remote minehunting system................................ .......... 7,900 7,900 7,900 Integrated combat weapon system.......................... .......... 5,000 10,300 7,500 ADVANCED SUBMARINE COMBAT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT................ 61,122 62,422 61,122 62,422 Lightweight wide aperture advanced array, fiber optic.... .......... 4,000 ........... 4,000 Savings identified by GAO................................ .......... -2,700 ........... -2,700 CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.................................. 98,587 10,187 115,587 20,587 CVX...................................................... .......... -88,400 ........... -78,000 CVN-77................................................... .......... ........... 17,000 0 SHIPBOARD SYSTEM COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT....................... 19,194 22,694 19,194 22,694 Direct carbonate fuel cell powerplant/ship electric service................................................. .......... 3,500 1,000 3,500 COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT....................................... 139,229 223,229 149,229 213,229 E-2/CEC integration...................................... .......... 20,000 ........... 10,000 TBMD/CEC integration..................................... .......... 15,000 ........... 15,000 Low cost common equipment set............................ .......... 15,000 ........... 15,000 Reduced schedule risk/logistics support.................. .......... 13,000 ........... 13,000 SSDE/CEC integration..................................... .......... 5,000 ........... 5,000 Hawk/CEC integration..................................... .......... 5,000 ........... 3,000 Design agent transfer.................................... .......... 5,000 ........... 0 Fleet exercises.......................................... .......... 3,000 ........... 3,000 LAMPS data link.......................................... .......... 3,000 ........... 0 Space.................................................... .......... ........... 10,000 10,000 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION..................................... 52,401 56,401 54,401 58,401 Resource recovery technology center...................... .......... 4,000 ........... 4,000 Asbestos removal......................................... .......... ........... 2,000 2,000 Hospital desiccant demonstration......................... .......... ........... (1,500) 0 FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT....................................... 1,720 6,720 1,720 6,720 Engineered lumber development............................ .......... 5,000 ........... 5,000 (NOTE: Funds for engineered lumber development are only to complete the ongoing effort already under contract by the Navy for cost-shared development and deployment of carbon fiber-reinforced, recycled thermoplastic engineered lumber which incorporates chemically treated waste-wood materials.) LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY....................................... 37,809 81,909 37,809 60,809 Extended range guided munition........................... .......... 15,100 ........... 8,000 MEMS guidance and control................................ .......... 5,000 ........... 2,000 Land attack Standard Missile............................. .......... 4,000 ........... 3,000 Navy ATACMS.............................................. .......... 20,000 ........... 10,000 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF)--DEM/VAL.......................... 448,855 448,855 476,855 463,855 Eddy current sensor/eddy current array sensor............ .......... (6,000) ........... (6,000) Engine turbine fan improvement........................... .......... (1,000) ........... (1,000) Alternative engine....................................... .......... ........... 28,000 15,000 (NOTE: Projects which are directed to be funded from within available funds may not be financed by decrements to DARPA programs.) OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT....................................... 73,354 85,354 113,304 130,191 SH-60R block II.......................................... .......... 7,000 25,000 15,000 Air interoperability center.............................. .......... 5,000 5,000 5,000 Parametric airborne dipping sonar........................ .......... ........... 10,000 5,000 CH-60 development........................................ .......... ........... ........... 31,837 (NOTE: CH-60 funds are transferred form Aircraft Procurement, Navy)...................................... STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT........................................ 36,297 40,297 38,297 38,297 Ground Proximity Warning System.......................... .......... 4,000 ........... 0 ICAS..................................................... .......... ........... 2,000 2,000 (NOTE: Funds for ground proximity warning system are funded in Aircraft Procurement, Navy)................... S-3 WEAPON SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT................................ 4,735 4,735 930 930 Common support aircraft.................................. .......... ........... -3,805 -3,805 (NOTE: Reduction to common support aircraft is made without prejudice.)..................................... EW DEVELOPMENT............................................... 101,803 104,603 91,127 99,127 Precision targeting...................................... .......... 2,800 ........... 2,000 Joint emitter targeting system........................... .......... ........... -2,000 -2,000 Common missile warning system............................ .......... ........... -6,000 0 ICAP III................................................. .......... ........... -2,676 -2,676 SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING.................. 87,934 142,134 122,934 148,134 TBMD/UYQ-70 architecture................................. .......... 43,000 ........... 38,000 Program shortfalls....................................... .......... 14,000 ........... 0 Postponed sea test....................................... .......... -2,800 ........... -2,800 High power discriminator................................. .......... ........... 35,000 25,000 NEW DESIGN SSN............................................... 311,076 331,076 316,076 323,076 ASTECS/integrated mast................................... .......... 17,000 ........... 8,000 Sonar domes.............................................. .......... 3,000 5,000 4,000 SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/LIVE FIRE T&E........................... 75,713 64,713 100,713 92,713 CVN-77................................................... .......... 17,000 ........... 17,000 DD-21.................................................... .......... -28,000 25,000 0 NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES............................. 4,794 39,294 4,794 35,294 UYQ-70 for submarines.................................... .......... 17,500 ........... 17,500 Virtual prototyping of electronic circuits............... .......... 10,000 ........... 6,000 UYQ-70 for USMC expeditionary force...................... .......... 7,000 ........... 7,000 NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM.......................................... 2,088 2,088 4,588 2,088 Natural gas cooling/desiccant demonstration.............. .......... ........... 2,500 0 (NOTE: Funds for natural gas cooling/desiccant demonstration are provided in Medical Development)...... SHIP SELF DEFENSE--EMD....................................... 132,270 190,870 134,270 163,270 QRCC..................................................... .......... 19,000 ........... 10,000 Test ship................................................ .......... 12,000 ........... 6,000 Wallops Island test operatIons........................... .......... 8,600 ........... 4,000 SPQ-9B................................................... .......... 9,000 ........... 5,000 IRST..................................................... .......... 10,000 ........... 4,000 Nulka.................................................... .......... ........... 2,000 2,000 DISTRIBUTED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.............................. 33,048 43,448 23,048 43,448 AODS integration into ADS................................ .......... 7,800 ........... 7,800 ADS algorithms........................................... .......... 2,600 ........... 2,600 General reduction........................................ .......... ........... -10,000 0 TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT................................... 48,308 45,408 45,308 45,408 Non-cooperative airborne vector scorer................... .......... -2,900 ........... -2,900 General reduction........................................ .......... ........... -3,000 0 TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT.................................. 263,934 235,908 251,934 246,934 General reduction........................................ .......... -30,026 -12,000 -18,000 Safety items............................................. .......... 2,000 ........... 1,000 F/A-18 SQUADRONS............................................. 316,976 207,776 290,976 293,976 Management reserves...................................... .......... -114,200 -26,000 -26,000 TARPS.................................................... .......... 5,000 ........... 3,000 CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.................... 58,956 36,456 63,956 68,956 JTCTS.................................................... .......... -27,500 ........... 0 BFTT..................................................... .......... 5,000 ........... 5,000 PMRF sensors............................................. .......... ........... 5,000 5,000 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS...................................... 0 55,000 54,000 55,000 General increase......................................... .......... 55,000 50,000 ........... Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies.............. .......... ........... 4,000 0 (NOTE: Funds for the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies is provided in Manpower, Personnel, and Training Advanced Technology Development.)....................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aircraft technology The conferees direct that the Navy Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) compound helicopter program focus the current VTDP technology development program on utilization of the H-60 helicopter as the demonstration platform. The conferees further direct that from within available funds $200,000 is only for the Navy's H-60 program office (PMA-299) to manage the VTDP program and all current and prior year funds appropriated for this program. materials, electronics, and computer technology The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 for Terfenol-D, which is used in Navy sonar programs. The conferees direct that this amount shall be available only to allow the Navy to achieve further cost reductions in the application of a magnetostrictive, iron/terbium/dysprosium alloy for new high performance sonar systems. The conferees further direct that such effort shall be undertaken through a partnership between an entity which has made a financial commitment and has experience in the production of such an alloy and the National Center for Excellence in Metal Working Technology. navy aircrew ejection seats The conferees believe the Navy must place greater emphasis on aircrew protection and safety, a problem that is of growing concern with the introduction of lighter-weight crew members. In fiscal year 1997, the Congress appropriated an additional $5,000,000 to initiate Phase II of the Navy Aircrew Escape System (NACES) P3I program. The conferees are disappointed that this effort has not yet begun, particularly in light of technological advancements in propulsive stabilization and sensors that could substantially decrease the technical risk of resolving the safety shortcomings of the NACES. These same advances may also be applicable to making needed safety improvements in the GRU-7 seat flying in the EA- 6B aircraft. The conferees are aware of Navy plans to restructure the NACES P3I program. While voicing no objection at this time, the conferees expect that the restructured effort be conducted in a manner to include a flight demonstration of the life-saving benefits of these technologies to existing ejection seats, and that EMD planning for introduction to the fleet be completed. The conference agreement includes an additional $6,000,000 only to accelerate the NACES P3I program to include demonstrated propulsive stabilization solutions. non-magnetic, stainless steel advanced double hull warship design The conferees note the technical challenge that the Navy faces in the design and manufacture of very large and complex structural systems that have historically been made of traditional steel materials but are now incorporating the use of more advanced materials like non-magnetic steels. The joining of the advanced double hull concept with non-magnetic steel offers the potential to reduce acquisition and operation costs and to improve survivability. The conferees direct the Navy to study this design on the DD-21 and to explore the opportunities available with existing Centers of Excellence that have capability in non-magnetic, stainless steel advanced double hull warship design. distributed surveillance system The conferees agree to provide $43,448,000, of which $7,800,000 shall be for the testing and packaging of the all- optical deployable system into an advanced deployable system (ADS) and at least $7,000,000 shall be for the development of signal processing and detection algorithms for the ADS. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST & EVAL AF:................ DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES........................... 226,832 183,332 222,249 207,249 MATERIALS........................................... 70,224 73,224 71,224 73,224 ARMSTRONG LAB EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT............... 76,102 76,102 79,102 76,102 AEROSPACE PROPULSION................................ 69,303 69,303 60,577 60,577 AEROSPACE AVIONICS.................................. 69,401 68,061 66,484 64,144 HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM....................... 9,840 9,840 12,840 9,840 PHILLIPS LAB EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT................ 111,136 131,636 112,009 127,259 COMMAND CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS.................. 86,067 89,067 86,067 88,567 ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS............... 20,596 26,596 30,096 28,096 AEROSPACE PROPULSION SUBSYSTEMS INTEGRATION......... 30,564 28,318 27,031 24,785 AEROSPACE STRUCTURES................................ 15,032 10,423 15,032 10,423 AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER TECHNOLOGY........... 37,014 37,014 35,183 35,183 CREW SYSTEMS AND PERSONNEL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY.... 17,204 26,204 17,204 26,204 FLIGHT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION............... 7,795 6,423 7,795 6,423 ELECTRONIC COMBAT TECHNOLOGY........................ 25,621 30,871 24,121 34,371 SPACE AND MISSILE ROCKET PROPULSION................. 16,247 30,047 16,247 18,147 BALLISTIC MISSILE TECHNOLOGY........................ ............ 8,000 ............ 8,000 ADVANCED SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY...................... 40,846 72,846 100,846 98,346 CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY..................... 26,227 28,227 23,187 24,687 ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY......................... 41,238 56,238 59,238 55,238 C3 ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT............................. 12,897 12,897 13,897 13,647 ADVANCED MILSATCOM (SPACE).......................... 41,448 41,000 41,448 41,000 POLAR ADJUNCT (SPACE)............................... 29,585 ............ 29,585 15,000 NATIONAL POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SAT................................................ 51,504 26,504 51,504 34,004 SPACE BASED INFRARED ARCHITECTURE (SPACE)--DEM/VAL.. 222,401 217,401 222,401 217,401 NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT....................... 13,433 ............ 13,433 11,000 INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE--DEM/VAL......... 32,837 49,337 32,837 49,337 GLOBAL BROADCAST SERVICE............................ 56,977 46,977 56,977 56,977 VARIABLE STABILITY IN-FLIGHT SIMULATOR TEST AIRCRAFT ............ ............ 8,000 6,000 INTEGRATED AVIONICS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT........ 16,494 12,994 16,494 16,494 B-1B................................................ 216,886 222,886 216,886 220,886 SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE PILOT TRAINING............ 80,238 77,238 80,238 72,238 F-22 EMD............................................ 2,071,234 2,077,234 1,858,234 2,077,234 EW DEVELOPMENT...................................... 78,465 65,965 82,308 80,465 MUNITIONS DISPENSER DEVELOPMENT..................... 18,076 15,900 18,076 19,676 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION........................ 19,553 15,353 19,553 24,553 LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS................................ 3,726 5,726 3,726 4,726 COMPUTER RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION (CRTT)...... 1,459 6,459 1,459 4,459 JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM)....... 203,321 ............ 107,021 128,000 JSLAM............................................... ............ 63,000 ............ 43,021 THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT........................ 51,846 50,346 56,746 54,346 MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT................................ 47,336 62,136 41,336 56,336 TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT......................... 389,348 386,348 389,348 387,848 DEVELOPMENT PLANNING................................ 6,049 6,049 4,549 4,549 POLLUTION PREVENTION................................ 5,880 5,880 10,880 9,880 ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE)............... 8,013 33,013 8,013 28,013 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR (RPM)--RDT&E................. 55,200 55,200 58,000 56,000 ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM)... 50,781 33,781 50,781 43,781 AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM....... 93,122 115,122 93,122 103,122 AGM-86C CONVENTIONAL AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE SYS ............ 3,500 3,500 ............ AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM (AWACS)......... 46,807 47,807 46,807 46,807 ADVANCED PROGRAM TECHNOLOGY......................... 95,056 95,056 71,556 100,056 THEATER BATTLE MANAGEMENT (TBM) C4I................. 24,013 24,013 28,013 27,013 JOINT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM... 119,189 123,189 124,189 126,189 ADVANCED PROGRAM EVALUATION......................... 214,011 224,011 205,219 223,019 WORLD-WIDE MILITARY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS..... 6,820 7,820 6,820 7,820 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, APPROACH, AND LANDING SYSTEM... 6,571 6,571 13,471 13,471 SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES............... 530 1,530 530 3,530 TITAN SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES (SPACE)................. 82,384 67,384 82,384 74,884 DEFENSE AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM............. ............ 14,990 ............ 14,990 SPACETRACK (SPACE).................................. 28,573 28,573 36,073 43,073 C-17 AIRCRAFT....................................... 113,605 113,605 113,605 110,605 AIR CARGO MATERIAL HANDLING (463-L) (NON-IF)........ 7,947 3,447 7,947 5,947 PRODUCTIVITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, MAINTAIN PRO................................................ 1,032 12,032 11,032 19,032 NATO JOINT STARS.................................... 36,061 18,061 23,061 26,061 COBRA BALL (FLD).................................... ............ ............ 12,000 12,000 CLASSIFIED PROGRAM.................................. 4,684,348 4,633,315 4,640,248 4,648,415 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS................................ ............ ............ -76,000 -76,000 GENERAL REDUCTION................................... ............ -2,000 ............ ............ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense Research Sciences................................ 226,832 183,332 222,249 207,249 Reduction............................................ ........... -48,500 ............ -18,000 Center for Adaptive Optics........................... ........... 5,000 ............ 3,000 Sacramento Peak Observatory.......................... ........... (650) (650) (650) Math and computer science............................ ........... ............ -2,755 -2,755 Electronics.......................................... ........... ............ -1,828 -1,828 Materials................................................ 70,224 73,224 71,224 73,224 Composite shelters................................... ........... 3,000 ............ 2,000 Inorganic/organic optical limiters................... ........... ............ 1,000 1,000 Aerospace Propulsion..................................... 69,303 69,303 60,577 60,577 Turbine engine technology............................ ........... ............ -6,861 -6,861 High thermal stability hydrocarbon fuel.............. ........... ............ -1,865 -1,865 Aerospace Avionics....................................... 69,401 68,061 66,484 64,144 Reduction............................................ ........... -1,340 ............ -1,340 Photonic and A-to-D Technology....................... ........... ............ -2,701 -2,701 Intertial navigation unit components................. ........... ............ -3,216 -3,216 Environmental laser mapping.......................... ........... ............ 3,000 2,000 Hypersonic Technology Program............................ 9,840 9,840 12,840 9,840 Hypersonic wind tunnel design study.................. ........... ............ 3,000 0 Phillips Lab Exploratory Development..................... 111,136 131,636 112,009 127,259 Phase III terabit fiber optic technology............. ........... 8,000 ............ 6,000 Mightysat............................................ ........... 10,000 ............ 5,000 IHPRPT............................................... ........... 7,500 2,000 4,750 Tactical missile propulsion.......................... ........... ............ -3,127 -3,127 Coherent laser diode arrays.......................... ........... ............ -3,000 -1,500 HAARP................................................ ........... ............ 5,000 5,000 Command Control and Communications....................... 86,067 89,067 86,067 88,567 Protein memory....................................... ........... 3,000 ............ 2,500 Advanced Materials for Weapon Systems.................... 20,596 26,596 30,096 28,096 IR signature suppresion coatings..................... ........... 6,000 6,000 5,000 Electrochemical fatigue sensing with mechanical stimulation for turbines............................ ........... ............ 3,500 2,500 Aerospace Propulsion Subsystems Integration.............. 30,564 28,318 27,031 24,785 Reduction............................................ ........... -2,246 ............ -2,246 Aircraft propulsion subsystem........................ ........... ............ -3,533 -3,533 Aerospace Structures..................................... 15,032 10,423 15,032 10,423 Reduction............................................ ........... -4,609 ............ -4,609 Aerospace Propulsion and Power Technology................ 37,014 37,014 35,183 35,183 Advanced turbine engine gas generator................ ........... ............ -1,831 -1,831 Crew Systems and Personnel Protection Technology......... 17,204 26,204 17,204 26,204 Ejection seat technology............................. ........... 5,000 ............ 5,000 Helmet display technology............................ ........... 3,000 ............ 3,000 Laser eye protection................................. ........... 1,000 ............ 1,000 Flight Vehicle Technology Integration.................... 7,795 6,423 7,795 6,423 Reduction............................................ ........... -1,372 ............ -1,372 Electronic Combat Technology............................. 25,621 30,871 24,121 34,371 CLIRCM............................................... ........... 5,250 ............ 3,750 Laser based IR countermeasures....................... ........... ............ -1,500 0 ALR-69 PLAID......................................... ........... ............ ............ 5,000 Space and Missile Rocket Propulsion...................... 16,247 30,047 16,247 18,847 IHPRPT............................................... ........... 3,800 ............ 1,900 Scorpius............................................. ........... 10,000 ............ 0 Ballistic Missile Technology............................. 0 8,000 0 8,000 Radiation hardened electronics....................... ........... 8,000 ............ 3,200 Missile Technology Demonstration (MTD) flight testing ........... ............ ............ 4,800 Advanced Spacecraft Technology........................... 40,846 72,846 100,846 98,346 Military spaceplane.................................. ........... 15,000 ............ 10,000 Solar thermionics orbital transfer vehicle........... ........... 10,000 10,000 7,500 Miniature threat satellite reporting system.......... ........... 7,000 ............ 5,000 Clementine........................................... ........... ............ 50,000 30,000 Scorpius (transfer from Space and Missile Rocket Propulsion)......................................... ........... ............ ............ 5,000 Conventional Weapons Technology.......................... 26,227 28,227 23,187 24,687 Optical correlator technology........................ ........... 2,000 ............ 1,500 Next generation air to air threats................... ........... ............ -3,040 -3,040 Advanced Weaons Technology............................... 41,238 56,238 59,238 55,238 Geo space object imaging............................. ........... 10,000 15,000 10,000 LIME................................................. ........... 5,000 ............ 0 High energy laser technology......................... ........... ............ -3,000 -2,000 Field LADAR Demonstrator (FLD) upgrades.............. ........... ............ 6,000 6,000 C3 Advanced Development.................................. 12,897 12,897 13,897 13,647 Survivable asynchronous transfer mode................ ........... ............ 1,000 750 Advanced MILSATCOM (SPACE)............................... 41,448 41,000 41,448 41,000 Program management................................... ........... -448 ............ -448 National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environment.......... 51,504 26,504 51,504 34,004 Schedule delays...................................... ........... -25,000 ............ -17,500 Space and Missile Rocket Propulsion...................... 222,401 217,401 222,401 217,401 Program management and FFRDC......................... ........... -5,000 ............ -5,000 NATO Research and Development............................ 13,433 0 13,433 11,000 Reduction............................................ ........... -13,433 ............ -2,433 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile--DEMVAL............... 32,837 49,337 32,837 49,337 Conventional ballistic missle........................ ........... 16,500 ............ 16,500 Global Broadcast Service................................. 56,977 46,977 56,977 56,977 Schedule delays...................................... ........... -10,000 ............ 0 Integrated Avionics Planning and Development............. 16,494 12,994 16,494 16,494 JHMCS EMD Award...................................... ........... -3,500 ............ 0 B-1B..................................................... 216,886 222,886 216,886 220,886 ECOs................................................. ........... -7,000 ............ -4,000 JSOW/JSLAM Integration............................... ........... 13,000 ............ 8,000 Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training................. 80,238 77,238 80,238 72,238 T-38 schedule delays................................. ........... -3,000 ............ -3,000 JPATS GBTS contract savings.......................... ........... ............ ............ -5,000 F-22 EMD................................................. 2,071,234 2,077,234 1,858,234 2,077,234 Out of Production Parts (OPP) redesign............... ........... 6,000 ............ 6,000 Termination liability................................ ........... ............ -213,000 0 EW Development........................................... 78,465 65,965 82,308 80,465 F-15 IDECM delay..................................... ........... -6,000 ............ -3,000 F-15 CMWS............................................ ........... -6,500 ............ -2,000 CMWS................................................. ........... ............ -6,157 0 Advanced flares for the C-17 and B-1................. ........... ............ 10,000 7,000 Munitions Dispenser Development.......................... 18,076 15,900 18,076 19,676 WCMD Contract Savings................................ ........... -1,300 ............ -1,300 WCMD operational assets.............................. ........... -862 ............ -862 Transfer savings from procurement account............ ........... ............ ............ 3,762 Joint Direct Attack Munition............................. 19,553 15,353 19,553 24,553 Excess funds......................................... ........... -4,200 ............ 0 Transfer from procurement............................ ........... ............ ............ 5,000 Life Support Systems..................................... 3,726 5,726 3,726 4,726 Ejection seats....................................... ........... 2,000 ............ 1,000 Computer Resource Technology Transition (CRTT)........... 1,459 6,459 1,459 4,459 NPLACE/PLAS.......................................... ........... 5,000 ............ 3,000 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile--EMD.................. 137,944 152,944 152,944 152,944 MK-21 Guidance Replacement Program................... ........... 15,000 15,000 15,000 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)............ 203,321 0 107,021 128,000 Cancel program....................................... ........... -203,321 ............ 0 Weapon system development............................ ........... ............ -18,200 0 Test support......................................... ........... ............ -49,400 0 Program office/mission support....................... ........... ............ -10,900 0 Aircraft integration costs........................... ........... ............ -17,800 0 Alternate engine source study........................ ........... ............ (5000) 1,000 Reduction pending AOA decision....................... ........... ............ ............ -76,321 JSLAM.................................................... 0 63,000 0 43,021 Threat Simulator Development............................. 51,846 50,346 56,746 54,346 SADS-2b/f............................................ ........... -1,500 ............ -1,500 Digital integrated air defense system................ ........... ............ 2,400 2,000 Digital IADS integration with ECIT................... ........... ............ 2,000 1,500 Airborne radar maintenance........................... ........... ............ 500 500 Major T&E Investment..................................... 47,336 62,136 41,336 56,336 Modernization of Eglin range C4I capabilities........ ........... 14,800 ............ 10,000 Reduction............................................ ........... ............ -6,000 -3,000 Hypersonic wind tunnel design study (transfer from 0602269F)........................................... ........... ............ ............ 2,000 Test and Evaluation Support.............................. 389,348 386,348 389,348 387,848 Unjustified aircraft support growth.................. ........... -3,000 ............ -1,000 Prior year unobligated funds......................... ........... -8,000 ............ -6,500 South Base Birk flight test facility................. ........... 8,000 ............ 6,000 Development Planning..................................... 6,049 6,049 4,549 4,549 Reduction............................................ ........... ............ -1,500 -1,500 Pollution Prevention..................................... 5,880 5,880 10,880 9,880 E-SMART.............................................. ........... ............ 5,000 4,000 Maintenance and Repair (RPM)--RDT&E...................... 55,200 55,200 58,000 56,000 Landing gear life extension.......................... ........... ............ 6,000 4,000 Infrastructure support............................... ........... ............ -3,200 -3,200 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)........ 50,781 33,781 50,781 43,781 Rephased upgrade efforts............................. ........... -14,000 ............ -4,000 P3I Phase III........................................ ........... -3,000 ............ -3,000 AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile......... 0 3,500 3,500 0 Hard target penetrator variant....................... ........... 3,500 3,500 0 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS).............. 46,807 47,807 46,807 46,807 Extend Sentry........................................ ........... 1,000 ............ 0 Theater Battle Management (TBM) C4I...................... 24,013 24,013 28,013 27,013 Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS)....... ........... ............ 4,000 3,000 Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System........ 119,189 123,189 124,189 126,189 Improved Data Modem.................................. ........... 4,000 ............ 4,000 Cruise missile defense technology.................... ........... ............ 5,000 3,000 World-Wide Military Command and Control Systems.......... 6,820 7,820 6,820 7,820 Integration of JSAS into GCCS........................ ........... 1,000 ............ 1,000 Air Traffic Control, Approach, and Landing System........ 6,571 6,571 13,471 13,471 Air traffic control simulators....................... ........... ............ 6,900 6,900 Security and Investigative Activities.................... 530 1,530 530 3,530 AFOSI computer crime investigations program.......... ........... 1,000 ............ 1,000 Defensive Information Warfare and Critical Infrastructure Protection........................... ........... ............ ............ 2,000 SPACETRACK (SPACE)....................................... 28,573 28,573 36,073 43,073 AEOS development and integration with MSSS........... ........... ............ 7,500 7,500 Have Stare upgrade to support missile defense testing ........... ............ ............ 7,000 Air Cargo Material Handling.............................. 7,947 3,447 7,947 5,947 Next Generation Small Loader test funding requirements........................................ ........... -4,500 ............ -2,000 Industrial Preparedness.................................. 48,429 48,429 48,429 48,429 National Technology Transfer Center.................. ........... (1000) ............ 0 Productivity, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Program................................................. 1,032 12,032 11,032 19,032 Aging aircraft improvements.......................... ........... 11,000 ............ 10,000 Blade repair facility................................ ........... ............ 10,000 8,000 NATO JSTARS.............................................. 36,061 18,061 23,061 26,061 Lack of NATO decision................................ ........... -18,000 ............ 0 Phase II proposal preparation........................ ........... ............ -3,000 -3,000 Interim logistics support long lead.................. ........... ............ -10,000 -7,000 COBRA BALL (FLD)......................................... 0 0 12,000 12,000 Advanced Airborne Sensor............................. ........... ............ 12,000 12,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- advanced spacecraft technology The conferees recommend a Solar Thermionic Orbital Transfer Vehicle program that balances designing the flight demonstrator with further development of key technologies including thermionics, high temperature materials for power and propulsion, and direct gain propulsion utilizing lightweight inflatable collectors. national polar-orbiting operations environmental satellite system (npoess) The conferees agree to provide $34,004,000 for the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), a decrease of $17,500,000. The conferees direct the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Space (DUSD (Space)) to conduct an architectural review of the defense space-based meteorological mission area as part of the fiscal year 1998 program plan. DUSD (Space) is further directed to submit to the conferees a report detailing its plans to conduct the review no later than January 1, 1998. space based infrared system (SBIRS) The conferees are concerned that the Air Force has retained the present developer of the SBIRS high component as the overall system of systems engineer for the entire program. The conferees believe that the potential exists for conflict of interest since the SBIRS high component developer will compete for the SBIRS low component of the program. While the Air Force has taken certain measures to attempt to ensure the fairness of the SBIRS low competition, the conferees believe that it would be appropriate for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to review any Air Force implementation plan formulated to avoid conflicts of interest in the SBIRS low component competition. The conferees therefore, direct the USD (A&T) to certify to the congressional defense committees that the Air Force's ``SBIRS Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan for the SBIR Low Component Program'' adequately safeguards the objectivity of the competition for the SBIR Low program. If it is determined that the Air Force's risk mitigation plan does not ensure a fair competition, the congressional defense committees shall be notified and provided such recommendations as the USD (A&T) determines are necessary to ensure a fair competition, protect proprietary data, and mitigate potential SBIR high component program developer bias. The certification shall be provided no later than March 31, 1998. The conferees further direct that the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Space, DUSD (Space), review any final allocation of requirements between the SBIRS high and low component to determine whether such allocations are justified on the basis of cost and performance. The conferees direct that the results of this review be provided to the congressional defense committees. evolved expendable launch vehicle (eelv) The conferees note that the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program is an important step in reducing the Department of Defense's space launch costs, and that two industry teams are now competing for a contract to develop an EELV. The conferees believe that the Air Force should require that a successful bidder share in the development cost of the EELV, system. In addition the conferees expect that the Air Force will recognize the commercial requirements of the EELV and allow industry to develop system solutions to meet these needs. Therefore, the conferees agree to the House language which directs the Air Force to include as significant factors in the EELV acquisition the degree to which the competitive proposals include the commercial needs of the U.S. launch vehicle industry as well as government compensation and cost recoupment offers from the EELV competitors. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology is also directed to provide the congressional defense committees not later than June 1, 1998, a revised EELV Single Acquisition and Management Plan (SAMP) that addresses these concerns. joint air-to-surface standoff missile joint standoff land attack missile The conferees have provided a total of $171,021,000 for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)/Joint Standoff Land Attack Missile (JSLAM) program. Within the JASSM program element, the conferees direct that the first priority for the available funds shall be to maintain competition on the program and to avoid an early decision to select a single contractor. The funds within this program element are provided to continue the JASSM program through completion of the Analysis of Alternatives (AOA). The conferees have also provided $43,021,000 in a JSLAM program element. The conferees direct that none of the JSLAM funds may be obligated until the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense committees regarding the acquisition strategy the Defense Department chooses to pursue based on the results of the JASSM AOA. The conferees direct that the JSLAM program element funds shall be available for the option recommended by the Secretary of Defense. cruise missile defense The conferees are concerned about the growing threat posed by advanced air-launched and surface-launched cruise missiles and urge the Department to pursue an enhanced capability on the AWACS to detect, track, and identify cruise missiles. The conferees direct the Air Force to provide a report on their specific schedule and funding plans for continued development of this needed capability. nato jstars The conferees agree that none of the funds can be reprogrammed out of the NATO JOINT STARS program element without the prior approval of the congressional defense committees. The conferees agree to place no further restrictions on these funds. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST & EVAL DEFWIDE IN-HOUSE LABORATORY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH.... 2,169 .............. 2,169 1,569 DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES................... 76,009 70,000 76,009 70,000 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES............. 237,788 215,212 251,788 230,788 GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY COSPONSORSHIP OF UNIV RESEARCH................................... 14,713 .............. 9,713 7,713 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM..... 25,190 28,690 25,190 27,190 NEXT GENERATION INTERNET.................... 40,000 50,000 10,000 42,000 SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES--APPLIED RESEARCH...... 101,932 141,932 115,932 113,932 LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM......... 20,474 13,730 20,474 18,474 COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY................................. 341,752 325,057 344,252 327,557 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE.................. 61,600 61,600 55,100 59,600 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM..... 60,023 75,323 66,023 73,023 TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY......................... 157,329 126,244 158,329 151,329 INTEGRATED COMMAND AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY... 37,000 39,000 55,000 49,000 MATERIALS AND ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY........ 192,192 208,192 224,692 237,692 DEFENSE SPECIAL WEAPONS AGENCY.............. 211,971 200,593 226,971 212,593 DEMINING.................................... 7,663 7,663 18,063 16,663 COUNTERTERROR TECHNICAL SUPPORT............. 34,863 34,863 40,863 40,863 COUNTERPROLIFERATION SUPPORT--ADV DEV....... 58,264 67,264 61,264 68,264 SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES--ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT................................ 147,557 147,557 351,957 311,557 JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT................................ 16,141 16,141 17,700 17,700 AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION................ 4,789 5,989 4,789 6,789 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM-- ADVANCED DEV............................... 41,223 50,773 41,233 41,223 SPECIAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT................... 11,750 9,750 14,750 11,750 VERFICATION TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION........ 83,370 69,070 73,370 84,370 GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS............................. 17,267 23,867 24,867 22,267 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM.... 54,874 61,874 57,874 61,874 JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM................... 14,172 14,172 9,172 9,172 AGILE PORT DEMONSTRATION.................... .............. .............. 10,000 5,000 ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES........... 277,044 285,044 295,044 299,044 ADVANCED CONCEPT TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS.. 121,076 61,076 101,076 81,076 COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY INSERTION PROGRAM..... 47,889 .............. 20,000 20,000 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESOURCE CENTERS........ 14,972 47,972 14,972 47,972 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.................................... 126,211 124,880 151,211 149,880 COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 163,800 163,800 153,800 157,800 SENSOR AND GUIDANCE TECHNOLOGY.............. 166,855 154,855 162,855 169,555 LAND WARFARE TECHNOLOGY..................... 82,580 89,180 81,980 82,980 DUAL USE APPLICATIONS PROGRAMS.............. 225,000 100,000 125,000 125,000 JOINT WARGAMING SIMULATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE 71,338 59,968 66,338 64,338 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT................. 31,553 18,676 31,553 18,676 JOINT ROBOTICS PROGRAM...................... 23,196 23,196 32,196 28,196 ADVANCED SENSOR APPLICATIONS PROGRAM........ 15,379 15,379 18,379 18,379 CALS INITIATIVE............................. 1,916 5,916 5,916 9,916 NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT............... 13,584 .............. 13,584 8,584 ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM...................... 15,164 15,164 20,164 15,164 THEATER HIGH-ALTITUDE AREA DEFENSE SYSTEM-- TMD--DEM/.................................. 294,647 238,647 353,427 406,127 NAVY THEATER WIDE MISSILE DEFENSE--DEM/VAL.. 194,898 444,898 274,898 409,898 BOOST PHASE INTERCEPT THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE ACQUISIT........................... 12,885 .............. 17,885 16,385 JOINT THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE--DEM/VAL...... 542,619 542,619 612,619 605,419 ASAT........................................ .............. .............. 50,000 37,500 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM--EMD 120,535 138,535 120,535 130,535 THEATER HIGH-ALTITUDE AREA DEFENSE SYSTEM-- TMD--EMD................................... 261,480 261,480 .............. .............. NAVY AREA THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE--EMD...... 267,822 289,822 267,822 289,822 TECHNICAL STUDIES, SUPPORT AND ANALYSIS..... 38,376 31,248 30,376 30,376 JOINT THEATER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION............................... 23,100 23,100 12,900 16,100 CLASSIFIED PROGRAM USD(P)................... 5,979 5,979 5,979 9,079 DEFENSE SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.................. 5,992 7,492 8,992 8,992 MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT)............................... 39,193 34,469 39,193 36,193 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM........ 258,593 258,593 258,593 253,593 DEFENSE IMAGERY AND MAPPING PROGRAM......... 109,430 134,430 109,430 119,430 DEFENSE RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITIES (SPACE).................................... 49,403 41,003 57,403 52,503 TACTICAL UAVS............................... 122,004 60,007 34,507 54,507 ENDURANCE UAVS.............................. 216,712 192,812 216,712 192,722 AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS............. 212,961 193,961 201,790 196,961 MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS............... 27,784 51,784 27,784 27,784 DARP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT..................... 21,543 7,543 21,543 7,543 COUNTERDRUG INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT............ .............. 2,500 .............. .............. MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (AUXILIARY FORCES).. 1,926 1,926 7,626 1,926 PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE ACTIVITIES............ 1,993 1,993 .............. .............. SPECIAL OPERATIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT................................ 8,009 9,009 8,009 9,009 SPECIAL OPERATIONS TACTICAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT................................ 73,073 73,073 75,773 109,473 SPECIAL OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT................................ 4,914 13,914 8,914 10,914 SOF OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS................ 26,357 32,937 17,757 23,937 CERP........................................ .............. 12,000 .............. 10,000 CLASSIFIED PROGRAM.......................... 995,689 1,054,970 1,036,689 1,068,589 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS........................ .............. .............. -49,000 -49,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- University Research Initiatives................... 237,788 215,212 251,788 230,788 DEPSCOR....................................... ............ +10,000 +10,000 +10,000 Program reduction............................. ............ -32,576 .............. -20,000 Southern Observatory for Astronomical Research ............ .............. +4,000 +3,000 CARE.......................................... ............ (3,000) .............. (3,000) Chemical and Biological Defense Program........... 25,190 28,690 25,190 27,190 Non-antibiotic therapies...................... ............ +1,500 .............. .............. Novel agent research.......................... ............ +2,000 .............. +2,000 Support Technologies--Applied Research............ 101,932 141,932 115,932 113,932 AIT........................................... ............ +30,000 .............. .............. Wide bandgap electronics...................... ............ +10,000 +14,000 +12,000 Computing Systems and Communications Technology... 341,752 325,057 344,252 327,557 Program reduction............................. ............ -16,695 .............. -16,695 Reuse Technology Adoption Program (RTAP)...... ............ (7,500) +2,500 +2,500 Chemical and Biological Defense Program........... 60,023 75,323 66,023 +73,023 Medical Biological Research................... ............ +9,500 .............. .............. SAFEGUARD..................................... ............ +5,800 +6,000 +3,000 Joint Service Chem/Bio Point Detection Sensor. ............ .............. (1,500) (1,500) Chemical agent sensor technology.............. ............ .............. .............. +10,000 Tactical Technology............................... 157,329 126,244 158,329 151,329 Simulation based design (Gulf Coast Region Maritime Ctr)................................ ............ +3,000 .............. +3,000 Program reduction............................. ............ -34,085 .............. -10,000 Compact lasers................................ ............ .............. -3,000 -3,000 Chemically specific detection................. ............ .............. -3,000 -3,000 Center of Excellence for Researching in Ocean Sciences..................................... ............ .............. +7,000 +7,000 Facial recognition technology................. ............ .............. (3,000) (3,000) Integrated Command and Control Technology......... 37,000 39,000 55,000 49,000 High definition camera........................ ............ +2,000 .............. .............. High definition display systems............... ............ (4,000) .............. (4,000) Flat Panel Display............................ ............ .............. +18,000 +12,000 High-definition optoelectric digital camera... ............ .............. (2,000) (2,000) Materials and Electronics Technology.............. 192,192 208,192 224,692 237,692 Defense Microelectronics Activity............. ............ +10,000 .............. +10,000 Nanofabrication Laboratory.................... ............ +6,000 .............. +6,000 Seamless high-off chip connectivity........... ............ .............. +7,500 +6,000 Hard carbon based coatings.................... ............ .............. +1,000 +1,000 Multitechnology integration in mixed mode electronics.................................. ............ .............. +9,000 +7,500 Life support trauma and transport............. ............ .............. +4,000 +4,000 3-D multi-chip module electronics............. ............ .............. +5,000 +5,000 Cryogenic electronics......................... ............ .............. +6,000 +6,000 Defense Special Weapons Agency.................... 211,971 200,593 226,971 212,593 Bioenvironmental research..................... ............ +5,000 .............. +5,000 Program reduction............................. ............ -16,378 .............. -16,378 Nuclear weapons effects core competencies..... ............ .............. +15,000 +12,000 Explosive Demilitarization........................ 12,259 12,259 12,259 12,259 Cryogenic washout program..................... ............ (2,000) .............. (2,000) Demining.......................................... 7,663 7,663 18,063 16,663 Humanitarian demining technologies............ ............ .............. +10,400 +9,000 Mechanical clearance support.................. ............ .............. (1,000) (1,000) Remote area disassembly vehicle............... ............ .............. (3,000) (2,000) Counterterror Technical Support................... 34,863 34,863 40,863 40,863 PFNA.......................................... ............ .............. +3,000 +3,000 Antibiological device (ABD)................... ............ .............. +3,000 +3,000 Counterproliferation Support...................... 58,264 67,264 61,264 68,264 Counterproliferation Analysis and Planning Systems (CAPS)............................... ............ +9,000 .............. +7,000 HAARP......................................... ............ .............. +3,000 +3,000 Support Technologies--Advanced Technology Development...................................... 147,557 147,557 341,957 311,557 Advanced intercept technology................. ............ .............. +40,000 +30,000 Space-based laser............................. ............ .............. +118,000 +98,000 Midcourse space experiment.................... ............ .............. +6,400 +5,000 APEX Program.................................. ............ .............. +10,000 +8,000 Russian-American observational satellites (RAMOS)...................................... ............ .............. +15,000 +13,000 Photo conduction on active pixel sensor technology................................... ............ .............. +5,000 +5,000 Scorpius...................................... ............ .............. +10,000 +5,000 Automatic Target Recognition...................... 4,789 5,989 4,789 6,789 Optical correlators........................... ............ +1,200 .............. .............. Hyperspectral IPT............................. ............ .............. .............. +2,000 Chemical and Biological Defense Program........... 41,223 50,773 41,223 41,223 Medical biological programs................... ............ +6,700 .............. .............. Joint Service Integrated Suit (JSLIST)........ ............ +2,850 .............. .............. Special Technical Support......................... 11,750 9,750 14,750 +11,750 Program reduction............................. ............ -2,000 .............. -2,000 Evaluate maritime combatant craft............. ............ .............. +3,000 +2,000 Verification Technology........................... 83,370 69,070 73,370 84,370 Industry-based program to accelerate nuclear detection.................................... ............ +5,000 .............. +5,000 Enhanced segregated-surface solid state detectors.................................... ............ +3,000 .............. +3,000 Russian monitoring technologies............... ............ +3,000 .............. +3,000 Program reduction............................. ............ -25,300 .............. -10,000 Nuclear monitoring technologies (explosion seismology).................................. ............ (7,100) .............. (7,100) Hydroacoustics................................ ............ (700) .............. (700) Program reduction............................. ............ .............. -10,000 .............. Caribbean radiation early warning system (CREWS)...................................... ............ .............. (3,000) .............. Strategic Environmental Research Program.......... 54,874 61,874 57,874 61,874 Environmental clean-up workers health and safety program............................... ............ +2,000 .............. +2,000 Risk-based toxic chemicals research........... ............ +2,000 .............. +2,000 Green energetics.............................. ............ +3,000 +3,000 +3,000 Advanced Electronics Technologies................. 277,044 285,044 295,044 299,044 Center for Advanced Microstructures Devices (CAMD)....................................... ............ +3,000 .............. .............. Cryoelectronics............................... ............ +5,000 .............. .............. Flat Panel Displays........................... ............ (18,000) .............. .............. Lithographic & Alternative Semiconductor Processing (LAST)............................ ............ .............. +23,000 +18,000 Point Source x-ray lithography................ ............ .............. +3,000 +3,000 MT-06 program reduction....................... ............ .............. -3,000 .............. Defense Techlink rural technology transfer.... ............ .............. +1,000 +1,000 Center for Advanced Microstructures Devices (CAMD)....................................... ............ .............. +4,000 +4,000 MAFET......................................... ............ .............. -10,000 -4,000 Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing. ............ .............. (4,000) (4,000) Laser plasma x-ray source technology.......... ............ .............. .............. (5,000) High Performance Computing Modernization Program.. 126,211 124,880 151,211 149,880 Program reduction............................. ............ -1,331 .............. -1,331 Operation, maintenance, and upgrade of supercomputers purchased with DoD RDT&E funds ............ .............. +25,000 +25,000 Sensor and Guidance Technology.................... 166,855 154,855 162,855 169,555 GEOSAR........................................ ............ +13,000 .............. +10,700 GPS Guidance Package.......................... ............ (6,000) .............. (6,000) Program reduction............................. ............ -25,000 .............. -5,000 Large Millimeter Wave Telescope............... ............ .............. +3,000 +3,000 Tactical Radar Program........................ ............ .............. -7,000 -6,000 Marine Technology................................. 69,143 21,943 21,943 21,943 Arsenal Ship.................................. ............ -47,200 -47,200 -47,200 Smart anti-submarine warfare and sonar STAP... ............ (6,000) .............. (4,000) Land Warfare Technology........................... 82,580 89,180 81,980 82,980 Active structural control..................... ............ +6,600 +4,400 +5,400 Small unit operations......................... ............ .............. -5,000 -5,000 CALS Initiative................................... 1,916 5,916 5,916 9,916 Integrated Data Environment (IDE)............. ............ +4,000 +4,000 +4,000 RAMP.......................................... ............ .............. .............. +4,000 Joint Theater Missile Defense--Dem/Val............ 542,619 542,619 612,619 605,419 Extended air defense testbed.................. ............ .............. +9,600 +7,800 Advanced Research Center (ARC)................ ............ .............. +7,000 +7,000 ARROW......................................... ............ .............. +15,000 +12,000 Kauai test facility........................... ............ .............. +5,000 +5,000 Upgrades for theater missile defense (PMRF)... ............ .............. +33,400 +31,000 Chemical and Biological Defense Program--EMD...... 120,535 138,535 120,535 130,535 Joint vaccine program......................... ............ +8,000 .............. +5,000 Decontamination technology.................... ............ +10,000 .............. +5,000 Defense Imagery and Mapping Program............... 109,430 134,430 109,430 119,430 SAR imagery................................... ............ +25,000 .............. +5,000 USIGS Improv.................................. ............ .............. .............. +5,000 Defense Reconnaissance Support Activities (Space). 49,403 41,003 57,403 52,503 Program reduction............................. ............ -8,400 .............. -4,900 Pacific Disaster Center....................... ............ .............. +8,000 +8,000 Tactical UAVS..................................... 122,004 60,007 34,507 54,507 Outrider...................................... ............ -87,497 -87,497 -87,497 TCS for the Predator.......................... ............ +11,500 .............. +8,000 MSAG.......................................... ............ +4,000 .............. +4,000 Vertical takeoff and landing.................. ............ +10,000 .............. +8,000 Endurance UAVS.................................... 216,712 192,812 216,712 192,722 Predator transfer............................. ............ -14,900 .............. -14,900 HAE Ground Support............................ ............ -9,000 .............. -9,000 Airborne Reconnaissance Systems................... 212,961 193,961 201,790 196,961 JMTE Advanced Technology...................... ............ +8,000 .............. .............. E-O Framing technology........................ ............ +15,000 .............. +7,000 ABIT System Test and Evaluation............... ............ +3,000 .............. +1,000 JASA Standards................................ ............ -3,000 .............. -3,000 HFE Development............................... ............ -3,000 .............. -3,000 Global Hawk SIGINT............................ ............ -16,200 -16,200 -16,200 JSAF high band subsystem...................... ............ -25,800 +5,000 -1,800 High Data Rate Lasercom Sys................... ............ +3,000 .............. .............. Special Operations Tactical Systems Development... 73,073 73,073 75,773 109,473 Remote act munitions.......................... ............ .............. +1,000 .............. Helmet........................................ ............ .............. +1,700 .............. Advanced Seal Delivery System................. ............ .............. .............. +36,400 Special Operations Intelligence Systems Development...................................... 4,914 13,914 8,914 10,914 Enhancements for Special Ops Intelligence Vehicle...................................... ............ +5,000 .............. +3,000 Joint Threat Warning System (JTWS)............ ............ +4,000 +4,000 +3,000 SOF Operational Enhancements...................... 26,357 32,937 17,757 23,937 Special Tech Assault Craft.................... ............ +5,800 .............. +5,800 Classified.................................... ............ +780 .............. +780 .50 calibre ball ammo......................... ............ .............. +400 .............. Program reduction............................. ............ .............. -9,000 -9,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- missile feasibility assessments The conferees note the past success achieved by the Countermeasures Hands-On Program (CHOP) and Hands-On Threat Demonstration (HTD) programs in assessing the feasibility of countermeasures to ballistic missile defense programs and cruise missile threats to the United States. The conferees believe a similar program to assess the feasibility of the development of long-range ballistic missile capabilities by rogue or other states will be useful in assessing potential missile threats to the United States. Accordingly, the conferees provide $2,400,000 to the CHOP program from the amount provided for National Missile Defense for the initiation of an effort to demonstrate the feasibility of building and testing a long-range ballistic missile using open source literature and materials likely to be available to potential rogue nations. The effort shall be conducted using the same approach employed by the CHOP and HTD programs. Furthermore, of the amount provided for National Missile Defense Demonstration and Validation (Program Element 0603871C), not less than $150,000 shall be provided to the HTD Program for completion of cruise missile flight testing. electronic commerce resource centers (ecrc's) The conferees direct that the establishment of additional ECRC sites shall be based on a Department of Defense analysis of regional needs, with priority given to States not currently having such a facility already established. ecrc performance measures The conferees believe that significant cost saving benefits will be derived from the government adopting and using electronic commerce (EC) and electronic data interchange (EDI) in its business functions. The conferees view Electronic Commerce Resource Centers as a key element in advancing the Department's process of transferring its business process from a paper to electronic medium, especially as this process is implemented with small and medium size businesses. The conferees are aware that it has proven difficult to assess how effective the ECRC concept has been given the many variables that affect the pace and efficiency at which DoD and the rest of the federal government convert from paper-based management functions to EC/EDI. Nevertheless, the conferees believe better program performance measures must be established for the ECRC program to help implement a policy of making the ECRC's essentially self-sustaining over a five-year period, to measure their comparative value to DoD, and to evaluate methods to improve EC outreach, education and training, and technical support to both government and industry. The Department is directed to work with the ECRC integrators to develop a set of performance indicators (metrics) for the ECRCs that (1) focus on their ability to become self-sustaining, (2) prove their value in the market place, (3) encourage them to support and aid the government effort to develop FACENET or other forms of electronic commerce, (4) measure their value to DoD relative to one another, (5) keep their operating costs low, (6) track the number of instances in which a customer adopts or expands use of EC/EDI, and (7) measure customer satisfaction. atmospheric research The conferees understand that the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization has expressed interest in the development of a pan-oceanic environmental and atmospheric research laboratory. The conferees would encourage the Defense Department to allocate funding within BMDO to initiate this program during fiscal year 1998. The conferees expect to address additional funding for this program in fiscal year 1999. materials and electronics technology The conferees have provided $5,000,000 to be used only for 3-D multi-chip module (MCM) electronics. Thee funds will be used to develop and demonstrate key technologies behind a packaging concept that uses a stacked MCM approach to reduce interconnect length and increase physical connectivity between layers of electronics. support technologies--bmdo The conferees direct that the $13,000,000 provided for the Russian-American Observational Satellites (RAMOS) program shall be available only for the RAMOS program. vtol uav technology The conferees agree to provide $8,000,000 to continue the development of a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and to initiate a demonstration program of future VTOL UAV technology, which should include demonstrating a stopped rotor, high speed, and reaction driven concept. The development and acquisition strategy for this demonstration program should be coordinated with the Navy Science and Technology Requirements Office. endurance UAVS The conferees agree to a $9,000,000 reduction for HAE support. This reduction shall not be applied against the development and testing for the two HAE common ground segments. university affiliated research centers (UARCS) The conferees believe that a UARC should be defined as a university receiving more than $10,000,000 in sole source non- competitive contracts. institute for defense analyses The conferees do not agree to place restrictions on funds for the Institute for Defense Analyses proposed by the House, since the Defense Department has recently indicated its willingness to provide classified tactical aircraft IDA studies to the Appropriations Committees. Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENTAL TEST & EVAL. DEFENSE: CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT (CT.. 131,353 131,353 116,353 123,353 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.................................... ........... ........... -2,000 -2,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE: CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION INVESTMENT.................. 131,353 131,353 116,353 123,353 PROGRAM REDUCTION................................... ........... ........... -15,000 -8,000 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS................................ ........... ........... -2,000 -2,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- national assessment group (nag) The conferees recognize the critical requirement for this activity and its mission as outlined in its charter, and direct that, at the beginning of fiscal year 1998, $4,654,973 in Defense, Test and Evaluation Program Element 0605804D be transferred to Assessment and Evaluation Program Element 0604942D. This transfer is required to establish the National Assessment Group as a fully operational and autonomous organization. It is directed that outyear funding for NAG be included in PE 0604942D. Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION, DEFENSE: OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION......................... 13,187 13,187 21,187 17,187 LIVE FIRE TESTING....................................... 10,197 19,497 10,197 14,197 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operational Test and Evaluation............................. 13,187 13,187 21,187 17,187 Operational field testing............................... ........... ........... +8,000 +4,000 Live fire testing........................................... 10,197 19,497 10,197 14,197 Simulation and modeling................................. ........... +9,300 ........... +4,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- operational test and evaluation The conferees agree to provide $4,000,000 for operational field assessments. However, the conferees are concerned about the widely differing views within the Department of Defense on this issue. To clarify this situation, the conferees direct the Joint Staff Director for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment (J-8) to conduct a thorough review of all aspects of operational field assessments. The review should assess past and current efforts, potential duplication of existing assessment capabilities, users of the assessment program, and the roles of possible participants, to include OT&E, the Services, NRO, DIA, and others as appropriate. The report is to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations by March 30, 1998. The conferees direct that the funds provided for operational field assessments shall not be obligated until the required report is provided to Congress. TITLE V--REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS The conferees agree to the following amounts for Revolving and Management Funds programs: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense Working Capital Funds................... 33,400 971,952 871,952 971,952 Military Commissary Fund, Defense............... 938,552 .............. .............. .............. National Defense Sealift Fund................... 1,191,426 1,199,926 516,126 1,074,948 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Revolving and Management Funds..... 2,163,378 2,171,878 1,388,078 2,046,900 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense Working Capital Funds The conferees agree to provide $971,952,000 for the Defense Working Capital Fund. The conferees agree to merge funding for operations of the Defense Commissary Agency into the Defense working capital fund rather than including such funding in a separate account. National Defense Sealift Fund The conferees agree to provide $1,074,948,000. This includes reductions of $131,000,000 for cost adjustments on previous LMSR conversion ships which can be deferred until fiscal year 1999 and $478,000 of excess advance procurement funds for new LMSR construction. The agreement also includes $15,000,000 only for procurement of lighterage. TITLE VI--OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense Health.................................. 10,301,650 10,309,750 10,317,675 10,369,075 Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense........................................ 620,700 595,700 609,700 600,700 Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense........................................ 652,582 713,082 691,482 712,882 Office of the Inspector General................. 138,380 142,980 135,380 138,380 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Other Department of Defense Programs................................. 11,713,312 11,761,512 11,754,237 11,821,037 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- defense health program EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medical Programs, O&M....................................... ........... +8,100 +16,025 +67,425 Breast Cancer (military programs)........................... ........... +25,000 ........... +25,000 Head Injury................................................. ........... +1,000 ........... +1,000 Air Force Neuroscience...................................... ........... +4,900 ........... +4,900 Diabetes Research........................................... ........... +4,000 ........... +4,000 Epidermolysis Bullosa....................................... ........... +1,000 ........... +1,000 Medical Imaging............................................. ........... +4,700 ........... +3,500 Tissue Engineering.......................................... ........... +4,700 ........... +3,500 HIV......................................................... ........... +15,000 ........... +15,000 Minimally Invasive Research................................. ........... +13,000 ........... +13,000 Lab Upgrades................................................ ........... +8,000 ........... +8,000 Nervous System Studies...................................... ........... +4,500 ........... +4,500 Gulf War Illness............................................ ........... +4,500 ........... +4,500 PACMEDNET................................................... ........... +1,000 ........... +10,000 High risk automation systems................................ ........... -20,000 ........... -20,000 HPSP Tax Liability.......................................... ........... -70,800 -70,800 -70,800 Economic Adjustment......................................... ........... -1,400 ........... ........... Hepatitis A Vaccine......................................... ........... ........... +25,000 +17,000 Military Health Information Services........................ ........... ........... +10,000 +7,000 USUHS....................................................... ........... ........... +13,000 +13,000 Pacific Island Health Care Program.......................... ........... ........... +5,000 +5,000 Brown Tree Snakes........................................... ........... ........... +1,000 +1,000 Cancer Control Program...................................... ........... ........... +8,925 +8,925 Army Research Institute..................................... ........... ........... +5,400 +5,400 Committee Increase.......................................... ........... ........... +1,500 ........... Military Nursing Research................................... ........... ........... +5,000 +5,000 Disaster Management Training................................ ........... ........... +5,000 +5,000 Holloman Air Force Base..................................... ........... ........... +7,000 +5,000 Restoration of Army O&M (VAC)............................... ........... ........... ........... +8,000 Economic Adjustment......................................... ........... ........... ........... -20,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- breast cancer The conferees have provided a total of $160,000,000 only for breast cancer research and related treatment. Of that amount $135,000,000 is for the Army's peer-reviewed research program. The conferees are very encouraged with the administration of this program and with the composition of, and strategy developed by the program's peer review panel and believe this should be maintained. The remaining $25,000,000 is to be used to improve access to care for military members and their families. telemedicine The conferees agree that pursuant to the GAO report ``Telemedicine: Federal Strategy is Needed to Guide Investments'', DoD Health Affairs should contract with an outside organization, which has previously demonstrated the ability to assess and plan strategic telehealth initiatives, to enumerate current telehealth efforts and recommend coordination activities among the tri-services to prevent duplication and enhance ``dual use'' telecommunications for health care delivery, education and related public sector applications. This assessment should also include the worldwide computer- based patient record as a necessary component of telehealth. The resulting report and recommendations shall be provided to the congressional defense committees by April 1, 1998. national rehabilitation hospital The conferees are pleased with the success of the cooperative effort between the Department of the Army and the National Rehabilitation Hospital at the Assistive Technology Research Center. Through its efforts, individuals with disabilities are benefiting from technology advances previously limited to the military. The conferees urge that this effort be continued. military retiree health care The conferees are encouraged by the recent decision to implement the Medicare subvention demonstration, to provide health care for Medicare-eligible military retirees who are not currently covered under TRICARE. The conferees believe a properly tailored subvention demonstration, coupled with continued assessment of the TRICARE program, is essential to develop the data needed to evaluate the success, and adequacy, of military managed care programs. The conferees understand the Department is focusing its efforts in the first phase of the Medicare subvention demonstration on rapid implementation. However, this emphasis may not provide a true picture of the relative merits of the subvention program, as it may preclude analysis of a representative sampling of beneficiary populations (such as those in rural areas, or in regions with a high density retiree population). The conferees believe the Department should rapidly move towards a second phase Medicare subvention demonstration, which takes into account such factors and will give the Department a more diverse sampling of data and one more representative of the actual challenges facing the military heath care delivery system. The Department is directed to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 1998, on its plans for phase one of the Medicare subvention demonstration as well as its plans regarding subsequent demonstration phases. While encouraged by the advent of the subvention effort, the conferees note that alternative options, such as providing the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) to Medicare- eligible military retirees, exist and could serve to further ameliorate the problems caused by TRICARE ``lock-out.'' In response to a directive in last year's Defense Appropriations Act to assess the FEHBP option, the Department indicated there may be some merit in conducting a limited FEHBP demonstration program. The conferees believe such an effort, if analyzed in conjunction with TRICARE and the Medicare subvention options, would provide the Department of Defense, other affected Federal agencies, and Congress with a more complete picture of the potentially available means for providing health care for the over-65 military beneficiary population. Therefore, the conferees direct the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, to submit a legislative proposal for Congressional consideration next year to implement a limited FEHBP demonstration program. The program plan should cover only Medicare-eligible beneficiaries and include cost estimates that are based on current beneficiary participation data. dna data bank The conferees strongly support Department of Defense policies that protect information in its ``DNA Data Bank'' for soldiers, as outlined in its April 2, 1996 policy memorandum. Because this pool of genetic data is one of the largest in the country, the conferees are concerned about the possibility for health, life, and disability insurers to use this data for inappropriate and discriminator purposes. The conferees direct the Department of Defense to continue to promote policies that provide the utmost protection of the genetic information in the ``Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains.'' Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Qty Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEM AGENTS & MUNITION DESTRUCTION, DEF CHEM DEMILITARIZATION--O&M................. 472,200 472,200 467,200 ........... 462,200 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION--PROC................ 82,200 67,200 77,200 ........... 72,200 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION-- RDTE............... 66,300 56,300 70,300 ........... 66,300 ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS....................... ........... ........... -5,000 ........... ........... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense The conference agreement is as follows: [In thousand of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dismantling Cartels......................................... 54,306 ........... ........... 54,306 Source Nation Support....................................... 166,763 ........... ........... 174,963 National Imagery & Mapping Agency....................... 8,374 7,574 8,374 7,574 LEA Support (1004)...................................... 3,585 18,585 3,585 3,585 Riverine Interdiction Initiative........................ ........... ........... 4,200 9,000 Detection and Monitoring.................................... 124,686 ........... ........... 124,686 Law Enforcement Agency Support.............................. 223,589 ........... ........... 275,189 Gulf States Counterdrug Initiative...................... 3,366 16,166 10,066 16,166 Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force......................... 2,047 6,047 2,047 6,047 Southwest Border Information System..................... ........... 5,000 ........... 4,000 Civil Air Patrol........................................ 1,175 3,975 1,175 1,175 National Interagency Counter-drug Institute............. ........... 3,000 ........... ........... Southwest Border Fence.................................. ........... 7,000 ........... 4,000 Optionally Piloted Air Vehicle.......................... ........... 2,500 ........... ........... HIDTA Crack House Demolition............................ ........... 2,300 ........... 2,300 C-26 Aircraft Photo Reconnaissance Upgrade.............. ........... 11,000 ........... 4,500 Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems RDT&E.................. 16,013 11,413 16,013 16,013 National Guard.......................................... 132,358 132,358 157,358 149,358 Regional Police Information System...................... ........... ........... 3,000 3,000 Demand Reduction............................................ 83,238 ........... ........... 83,738 Young Marines Program................................... 500 1,000 500 1,000 --------------------------------------------------- Total................................................. 652,582 713,082 691,482 712,882 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gulf states initiative The conferees agree with the direction contained in House report 105-206 and provide $16,166,000 for the Gulf States Initiative (GSI). The conferees have funded this program in the Drug Interdiction account, but direct that management of this program, with the exception of the Regional Counter-drug Training Academy, be transferred to the Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP). The conferees direct the Coordinator for Drug Enforcement Policy and Support to provide $13,135,000 to the JMIP to manage and operate the GSI in fiscal year 1998. civil air patrol The conferees agree to provide $2,800,000 above the budget request for the Civil Air Patrol, but have provided those funds in the Operation and Maintenance Title. hidta crack house demolition The conferees agree to provide $2,300,000 as recommended by the House for Crack House Demolition and related missions. The conferees are concerned about the physical protection of National Guard personnel during demolition missions and expect the Guard and local law enforcement agencies to arrange for protection prior to the execution of these missions. The conferees are also concerned about the status of the properties to be demolished. The conferees understand that the National Guard intends to require legal certification from the lead public agency that titles to the structures to be demolished are controlled by the public agency, that hazardous materials are not present and that the appropriate law enforcement agency has certified the sites as drug distribution centers. Office of the Inspector General The conferees agree to provide $138,380,000 for the Office of the Inspector General. Of this amount, $136,580,000 shall be for operation and maintenance activities and $1,800,000 shall be for procurement. TITLE VII--RELATED AGENCIES The conferees agree to the following amounts for Related Agencies: [In Thousands of Dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Request House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intelligence Community Management Account................... 122,580 125,580 122,580 121,080 National Security Education Trust Fund...................... 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund....................................................... 196,900 196,900 196,900 196,900 Payment to Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund............................. 10,000 10,000 10,000 35,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- intelligence community management account Details of the adjustments to this account are addressed in the classified annex accompanying this report. TITLE VIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS The conference agreement incorporates general provisions of the House and Senate versions of the bill which were not amended. Those general provisions that were amended in conference follow: The conferees included a general provision (Section 8005) which amends Senate language concerning transfer authority and which provides $65,000,000 for termination costs of the Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Program. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8008) providing multiyear procurement authority for certain programs. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8024) which amends Senate language earmarking funds for Indian Financing Act Incentives and extends eligibility to contractors participating in the test program established by Section 854 of Public Law 101-89. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8034) earmarking funds for the Civil Air Patrol. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8035) governing the activities of defense federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). The conferees included a general provision (Section 8043) which amends a Senate provision offsetting funds provided to meet flying hour shortfalls. The conference agreement contains significant increases over the budget request to meet shortfalls in flying hour and spare parts funding, depot maintenance, and other readiness requirements of both the Active and Reserve components. Section 8043 provides offsets for these critical readiness programs through reductions, on a pro-rata basis, to each activity funded in titles III and IV of the conference agreement. The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8048) which offsets funding provided for National Missile Defense (NMD). In title IV, the conference agreement includes an additional $474,000,000 over the President's request for NMD, responding to a request from the Secretary of Defense after significant shortfalls were discovered in programmed funding. Section 8048 offsets the additional funds provided in the conference agreement for NMD by a like reduction, on a pro- rata basis, to each activity funded in title IV. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8056) which amends Senate language regarding the mitigation of environmental impact of DoD activities on Indian lands. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8061) which amends House language concerning the increase or transfer of DoD personnel assigned to headquarters activities and field operating agencies. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8062) which amends Senate language authorizing intelligence activities. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8064) which amends House and Senate language recommending rescissions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- House Senate Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISCAL YEAR 1996 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY: AFS Ship.............................................. -35,600,000 0 -35,600,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ -35,600,000 0 -35,600,000 ===================================================== OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY: SHINCOM............................................... -3,300,000 0 -3,300,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ -3,300,000 0 -3,300,000 ===================================================== Total fiscal year 1996.............................. -38,900,000 0 -38,900,000 ===================================================== FISCAL YEAR 1997 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY: Blackhawk Advance Procurement......................... -5,000,000 0 -5,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ -5,000,000 0 -5,000,000 ===================================================== PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY: Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support............................................... -5,000,000 0 -5,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ -5,000,000 0 -5,000,000 ===================================================== OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY: Maneuver Control System............................... -6,000,000 0 -6,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ -6,000,000 0 -6,000,000 ===================================================== AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY: F/A-18E/F (Fighter) Hornet (AP-CY).................... -24,000,000 0 -24,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ -24,000,000 0 -24,000,000 ===================================================== OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY: SHINCOM............................................... -2,200,000 0 -2,200,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ -2,200,000 0 -2,200,000 ===================================================== RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY: Armored System Modernization-Adv Development.......... 0 0 -6,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ 0 0 -6,000,000 ===================================================== RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY: Classified programs................................... 0 0 -40,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ 0 0 -40,000,000 ===================================================== RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE: Classified programs................................... 0 -25,000,000 -25,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ 0 -25,000,000 -25,000,000 ===================================================== RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE: Tactical UAV Outrider................................. 0 -20,000,000 -20,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Follow-on-TMD Airborne sensors for ballistic missile tracking............................................. 0 -9,700,000 -4,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------- Subtotal............................................ 0 -29,700,000 -24,000,000 ===================================================== Total fiscal year 1997.............................. -42,200,000 -54,700,000 -137,200,000 ===================================================== Grand total......................................... -81,000,000 -54,700,000 -176,100,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The conferees have rescinded a portion of the fiscal year 1997 funds provided for the Airborne Sensors for Ballistic Missile Tracking project. The conferees direct that the first priority for the remaining funds shall be to accomplish any valid technology transfer to Airborne Laser (ABL) program. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8086) which amends Senate language making funds available for Reserve peacetime support to active duty and civilian activities. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8090) which amends House language for ship cost adjustments requested by the Navy and program adjustments for the F-22. It also includes transfer of funds formerly for prior year ship construction projects to the RDT&E appropriation. The conferees direct that $9,500,000 within the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy appropriation be used only in the Advanced Transition Technology program for the integration of advanced propulsion technology within a composite structure and mission capable communications to be used for multi-mission patrol craft. The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8097) to provide funding for the refurbishment of the USS Intrepid. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8105) which amends House language reducing funding provided to the Operation and Maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to compensate for excess inventory. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8106) which amends House language concerning savings from changes to law proposed by the House National Security Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committees on warranties in contracts for the acquisition of defense weapon systems. The conferees agree to a reduction of $75,000,000 rather than $50,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8109) which amends Senate language concerning a pilot project within the Maritime Technology Program to make technical corrections. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8114) which amends House language restricting the use of Research and Development funding for the procurement of end-items. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8117) which prohibits the Department from entering into or renewing a contract with an entity unless the contractor has submitted an annual report to the Department of Labor concerning the employment of veterans. The conferees express their understanding that under current regulations, the annual report for 1997 must be submitted not later than September 30, 1998. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8121) which amends Senate language earmarking funds to demonstrate expanded use of multi-technology automated reader cards. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8122) which amends Senate language requiring a report on all anticipated costs to the United States for the admission of the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary to NATO. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8123) which amends Senate language concerning reciprocal trade agreements and the conditions under which the Secretary of Defense may issue waivers to the Buy America Act. The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8127) which rescinds $100,000,000 from funds appropriated in previous Defense Department Appropriations Acts which are expected to expire at the end of fiscal year 1998. The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8128) which allows the Secretary of Defense to provide funds for operational costs associated with the Lexington Bluegrass facility. The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8129) to facilitate contractor teaming for construction of submarines. It is required by the Navy in order to implement the President's budget request and appropriation in this Act for funding for the New Attack Submarine. The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8130) establishing the National Security Strategy Study Group. The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8131) establishing a panel to review the need for continued production of the B-2 bomber. The conferees included a general provision (Section 8132) which amends House language restricting the use of funds for the U.S. military deployment in Bosnia after June 30, 1998. The amended provision denies the use of funds in the Defense Appropriations Act, 1998, for the deployment of U.S. armed forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina after June 30, 1998, unless the President, after consultation with the bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives, transmits to the Congress not later than May 15, 1998 a certification that the continued presence of United States armed forces is required in order to meet the national security interests of the United States. Any such certification shall specify the following aspects of any deployment beyond June 30, 1998: (1) The reasons why such deployment is in the national interest; (2) The number of United States military personnel to be deployed in and around the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia; (3) The expected duration of any such deployment; (4) The mission and objectives of United States military forces deployed in and around the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia; and (5) The exit strategy for United States forces engaged in such deployment; (6) The costs associated with any deployment beyond June 30, 1998; and (7) The impact of such deployment on the morale, retention, and effectiveness of U.S. forces: Pursuant to Section 8132, concurrent with the submission of any such certification, the President shall submit to the Congress a fiscal year 1998 supplemental appropriations request for such amounts as are necessary for any continued deployment beyond June 30, 1998. Conference Total--With Comparisons The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year 1998 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the fiscal year 1997 amount, the 1998 budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1998 follow: New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1997...$242,389,726,000 Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1998........................................... 243,923,541,000 House bill, fiscal year 1998............................ 248,335,303,000 Senate bill, fiscal year 1998........................... 247,184,859,000 Conference agreement, fiscal year 1998.................. 247,708,522,000 Conference agreement compared with:..................... New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1997.......................................... +5,318,796,000 Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1998................... +3,784,981,000 House bill, fiscal year 1998.................... -626,781,000 Senate bill, fiscal year 1998................... +523,663,000 Bill Young, Joseph M. McDade, Jerry Lewis, Joe Skeen, David L. Hobson, Henry Bonilla, George R. Nethercutt, Jr., Ernest Istook, Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham, Bob Livingston, John P. Murtha, Norm Dicks, (Except on amendment dealing with the B-2 bomber), W.G. Bill Hefner, Martin Olav Sabo, Julian C. Dixon, Peter J. Visclosky, Managers on the Part of the House. Ted Stevens, Thad Cochran, Arlen Specter, Pete Domenici, Christopher S. Bond, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, Judd Gregg, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Daniel K. Inouye, Robert Byrd, Patrick J. Leahy, Dale Bumpers, Frank R. Lautenberg, Byron L. Dorgan, Managers of the Part of the Senate. <greek-d>