Housing

James C. Kenny, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships for the term expiring October 27, 1993, vice James Coles, term expired.

United States · United States Senate · 22 July 1991

Military Construction Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991

Military Construction Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 - Title XXI: (SIC) Army - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into long-term contracts for the construction, management, and operation of facilities pursuant to authorized architectural and engineering services and construction design in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Housing Rental Guaranty Program of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, defense access roads, military family housing functions within the Department, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at Fort Riley, Kansas. Extends certain FY 1989 and 1990 military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make a direct grant to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the construction of a public elementary school facility sufficient to accommodate dependents of DOD personnel assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Limits the maximum authorized grant and provides fund sources. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, military family housing functions of the Department, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into long-term contracts for the construction, management, and operation of facilities pursuant to authorized architectural and engineering services and construction design in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Housing Rental Guaranty Program of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, defense access roads, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for a military construction project at the Silverdale Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific. Specifies the type of military construction authorized for the Marine Corps Reserve Support Activity, Kansas City, Missouri, under the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing units; and (2) enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and defense access roads. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends certain FY 1989 and 1990 military construction projects. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to terminate the authority to carry out certain military construction projects in Alaska. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into a contract for the construction of any facility related to the permanent basing of B-2 aircraft until 180 days after the Secretary has supplied the Congress with specified information concerning the basing of such aircraft. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on certain cost comparisons with respect to such aircraft. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire one military family housing unit and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, certain base closure and realignment activities, an energy conservation program, conforming storage facilities, and military family housing functions of DOD. Authorizes prior-year unobligated funds to be made available for military construction projects authorized in this title. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Authorizes the Secretary, in advance of appropriations, to contract for the design and construction of a military construction project at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for certain Special Operations Command centers in North Carolina and other classified locations. Earmarks specified funds appropriated under this Act for the construction of a headquarters facility for a special operations battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out a military construction project at a specified installation in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for such contributions. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the NATO Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for such contributions. Authorizes the use of excess NATO Infrastructure funds for military construction projects authorized by this or any other Act. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and reserve forces in specified amounts. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and reserve forces in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Division on October 1, 1994, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1995, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Terminates the approval of military construction projects in this Division at military installations which are closed or realigned pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to terminate the process by which military installations are selected for closure or realignment under such Act if the President does not transmit to the Congress by certain dates in 1993 and 1995 the nominations for appointment to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (Commission). Adds provisions relating to the employment and detailing of Commission staff employees. Revises certain notification and publication dates with respect to selection criteria utilized in making recommendations for base closures and realignments and recommendations made by DOD and the Commission. Prohibits funds appropriated to DOD for environmental restoration and management from being used for such activities at military installations closed or realigned under such Act. Applies Federal whistleblower protection for military personnel making certain disclosures to communications made to the Commission. Provides that in the case of each military installation considered for closure or realignment by the Commission, the Secretary shall ensure that the amount of the authorization requested by DOD for each military construction project in each of FY 1992 through 1999 for the following fiscal year does not exceed the estimate of the cost of the project that was provided to the Commission by DOD. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the reasons for any differences between the requested amount and the estimated cost of any such project. Requires the DOD Inspector General to investigate each project for which the Secretary is required to submit an explanation and report his findings to the Secretary. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to make eligible for certain homeowners assistance benefits provided under such Act DOD civilian employees and members of the armed forces who were employed or assigned to a military installation at the time of public announcement of its closure or transferred from such installation before such public announcement. Part B: Military Construction Program Changes - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make grants to States to acquire or construct facilities for the joint use of two or more components of the reserves. Increases from $200,000 to $300,000 the maximum amount for an authorized project for the acquisition or construction of such facilities that may be carried out with funds available for operation and maintenance. Repeals a Federal provision prohibiting the Secretary concerned from entering into more than five long-term construction contracts for the construction of certain military support facilities (child care, troop housing, hospital or medical facilities) at or near a military installation. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into a contract for the procurement of services (currently, may only contract for construction, management, or operation of such facilities) in connection with such facilities. Requires all such projects to be authorized by law. Adds provisions to such contracts with respect to their being subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Extends through FY 1993 the authority to enter into such contracts. Allows the Secretary concerned, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing to be constructed or rehabilitated to residential use on or near a military installation in which there is a deficit of such housing only if specifically authorized by law and subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Extends through FY 1993 the authority to enter into such leases. Repeals Federal provisions which: (1) prohibit the Secretary concerned from entering into more than three contracts per fiscal year for authorized military construction projects using one-step turn-key selection procedures; and (2) terminate the use of such procedures for such contracts on October 1, 1991. Increases to $1,500,000 the cost limitation threshold for a military construction project to be considered a minor construction project. Increases to $300,000 the maximum amount authorized to be spent from operation and maintenance funds by the Secretary concerned for such minor construction projects. Provides an increased maximum square footage allowance for military family housing located where harsh climatological conditions severely restrict outdoor activity for a significant part of each year, as determined by the Secretary concerned. Makes permanent (currently expires September 30, 1991) the authority to obligate certain funds from the DOD Base Closure Account to the homeowners assistance program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to carry out a military construction project not otherwise authorized by law when such project is vital to the protection of health, safety, or quality of the environment. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to acquire options for the lease of real property (currently, such Secretaries may only acquire options on a purchase) when such property is required for military construction projects. Provides the monetary consideration for such lease options. Requires the Secretary concerned, before exercising either type of option, to review the most recent inventory of real property assets published by the Resolution Trust Corporation to determine whether any such property is suitable for such construction projects. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 with respect to the military housing rental guarantee program to allow the Secretary concerned (or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard) to enter into agreements for military housing rental guaranty projects only when such projects are specifically authorized by law and subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Requires budget materials submitted to the Congress to include proposed rental guaranty projects. Extends the rental guaranty program through FY 1993. Authorizes the Secretary concerned who compensates a landlord for breach of lease or damages by a member of the armed forces under the military housing rental guaranty program to withhold from the pay of such member an amount equal to the amount of such compensation. Revises provisions with respect to the authority of the Secretaries concerned to lease certain nonexcess property. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any leasehold interest in real property considered necessary for national security purposes to facilitate special operations forces activities. Sets a maximum rental cost of any property so acquired at $500,000. Allows facilities acquired to be modified to facilitate such activities. Terminates the authority to enter into such contracts as of the end of FY 1992. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees concerning leasehold interests so acquired. Empowers law enforcement authorities employed at the Pentagon Reservation with the same powers as sheriffs and constables upon such property. Part C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the New Mexico State Armory Board all rights and interests in real property in Santa Fe, New Mexico, currently used as a U.S. Army Reserve Center, under specified terms and conditions, including the construction by the Board of a Reserve Center replacement facility. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Saint Clair County, Illinois, all rights and interests in the Cardinal Creek Housing Complex, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, under specified terms and conditions. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to revise the sale payment amount with respect to the conveyance to Burlington, Vermont, of the Naval Reserve Center located there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to release a reversionary interest held on certain real property within Berrien County, Michigan. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire by fee simple real property located at Outlying Landing Field Barin, Baldwin County, Alabama. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to New Bedford, Massachusetts, all rights and interests to certain parcels of real property in such city. Requires the city to conduct any remedial action necessary to prevent the release of any oil or other hazardous material contained there and to indemnify the United States against all claims arising with respect to such parcels of land. Requires the Secretary to permit city officials to enter upon such property to prepare the area for construction of a waste water treatment plant.

Military Personnel Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991

Military Personnel Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 - Title IV: (SIC) Military Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense in FY 1992 from requiring the involuntary separation of active-duty members who have completed their initial period of obligated service but are ineligible to retire with retired or retainer pay. Excepts certain separations from such prohibition. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the prescribed end strengths when necessary to prevent personnel imbalances that would impair long-term combat readiness. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to reduce the authorized permanent end strength of U.S. military personnel assigned to permanent duty in Europe. Reduces the number of permanent active-duty Air Force colonels. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Allows such end strengths to vary by up to two percent. Authorizes reductions for the Selected Reserve components for each such fiscal year. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1992 and 1993 for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) adjust the authorized number of personnel assigned to the Army Reserve and Army National Guard; and (2) extend such authorized end strengths through FY 1998 (currently, 1997). Increases the number of active-duty officers assigned to full-time support and training of Army National Guard personnel. Increases the authorized number of certain enlisted and officer personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1992 and 1993. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Part A: General Matters - Prohibits an individual from receiving an original appointment as a commissioned officer in the regular armed forces until such individual has served at least one year on active duty as a commissioned officer in a reserve component. Reduces from 90 to 30 the number of days certain general and flag officers awaiting retirement shall continue to hold such grade, such period beginning on the date when such officer is relieved from duty. Excludes from a list of officers submitted to a selection board for consideration for early retirement any officer of that grade and competitive category who has been approved for retirement during the fiscal year in which the selection board is convened, or, if different, for retirement in the fiscal year in which any officer selected for retirement by the selection board is required to retire. Provides an alternate retirement date for officers not considered by a selection board under such exception, unless the Secretary of the military department concerned approves a modification to such date in order to prevent a personal hardship for the officer or for other humanitarian reasons. Provides a temporary early retirement selection authority for officers holding a regular grade below the grade of lieutenant colonel or commander who will become eligible for retirement before being retired by a selection board and whose names are not on an officer promotion list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive a current prohibition on certain reserve service with the ROTC program if such Secretary determines that the removal of such member from such assignment will cause a financial hardship for such member. Authorizes the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps to be retired in the highest grade in such service in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (currently, in the discretion of the President alone). Removes the requirement that each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy must have served at least one year as an enlisted member. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board to review the administration of the athletics programs of the military academies and to determine ways in which the administration of such programs can serve as a model for civilian institutions of higher education. Establishes the position of Academic Dean and Provost at the Naval Academy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to waive the current service academy maximum appointment age of 22 in the case of persons who became 22 while serving in the Persian Gulf or who were candidates for admission but were prevented from being admitted due to being called to duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War. Extends through FY 1995: (1) the effective date of an amendment which states that, for purposes of determining years of service of a commissioned officer for mandatory retirement, any time of service before appointment as a commissioned officer shall not be counted; (2) the current determination for original appointment grades of Medical Corps Reserve officers; (3) the current determination for the promotion of reserve commissioned officers on active duty but not on the active duty list; and (4) the authority of the Secretary concerned to repay educational loans of certain health professionals in the Selected Reserve. Makes permanent (currently ends on September 30, 1992) the authority for temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Directs the Secretary to prescribe uniform regulations governing information furnished to selection boards convened for determining promotions, separations, and involuntary retirements of officers on the active-duty list. Requires the Secretary to approve any supplements to such regulations proposed by the Secretaries of any of the military departments. Requires each communication made to such a selection board to be made to each member and made a part of the record. Outlines specific information authorized to be received by a selection board, prohibiting any other types. Directs the Secretary concerned to provide that the officer to be placed before a selection board: (1) is notified that information will be presented to the board; and (2) is afforded a reasonable opportunity to comment on such information. Provides that recommendations of a selection board may be disclosed only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary and in no event may such recommendation be disclosed to any person who is not a member of the board until each board member has signed the written report of the recommendation. Prohibits a Secretary convening a selection board, or any officer exercising authority over any member of a board, from: (1) censuring, reprimanding, or admonishing such board member with respect to a recommendation or the exercise of any board function; or (2) attempting to coerce or influence any action of a selection board or any of its members. Provides that if the Secretary or Secretary concerned recommends that the name of an officer be removed from a report of a selection board and the recommendation includes information that was not presented to that board, such officer shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for comment on such information to the recommending officials and the officials reviewing such recommendation. Revises provisions concerning the inclusion of officers to be considered for promotion by a selection board from below the promotion zone. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries concerned to preclude from consideration by selection boards for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or real admiral (lower half) officers in the grade of colonel or Navy captain who: (1) have been considered but not selected for promotion to such grades by at least two selection boards; and (2) are determined as not being exceptionally well qualified for promotion. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the supervision, management, and administration of the reserve components of the armed forces. Part B: Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces - Establishes the Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces to study all matters relating to the assignment of women in the armed forces and to make findings on: (1) the implications on combat readiness of permitting women to be assigned to all combat positions; (2) the social and cultural implications of such position assignments; (3) the advisability of permitting only voluntary assignments of women to combat positions and of permitting involuntary assignments; (4) the advisability of requiring women to register and be drafted under the Military Selective Service Act; (5) the legal and policy implications of permitting women to qualify for assignment to combat positions; (6) the extent of the need to modify facilities, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other equipment to accommodate women assigned to combat positions, as well as the costs of such action and its practicality; and (7) the effects of existing laws relating to the recruitment, assignment, and promotion of women in the armed forces on combat readiness, opportunities for women in the armed forces, and the quality of personnel in the armed forces. Directs the Commission to transmit a final report to the President by November 15, 1992. Requires the President, by December 15, 1992, to transmit such report to the defense committees, along with comments and recommendations. Outlines administrative provisions concerning Commission powers, procedures, personnel matters, and expenses. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Provides that a retired officer ordered back to active duty shall serve at either the member's retired grade (current law) or any higher grade in which the member satisfactorily served on active duty, as determined by the Secretary. Entitles a retired officer recalled to active duty and later released from such duty to be placed on the retired list in the highest of: (1) the member's original retired grade; (2) the highest grade in which the member satisfactorily served for at least 180 days (current law); or (3) the highest grade in which the member served on active duty satisfactorily as determined by the Secretary for at least three years, including the recalled tour of duty. Allows a member of the armed forces whose certification for foreign language proficiency pay was interrupted by an assignment to duty in connection with a contingency operation (an operation involving the possibility of military action or intervention against a hostile force) to be paid such special pay for the duration of such duty. Allows such member 180 days following such duty to obtain such necessary certification and authorizes the Secretary concerned to extend such period in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives during FY 1992 a required pay increase for military personnel in conformity with the annual GS-level increase for the Federal Government. Increases by 4.2 percent the rates of basic pay, basic subsistence allowance, and basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) on January 1, 1992. Limits the amount of BAQ in the case of a member of the armed forces who is authorized such allowance solely by reason of the member's payment of child support pursuant to a court order. Requires each member of the armed forces claiming entitlement to: (1) a BAQ to annually certify to the Secretary concerned the dependency status of each dependent of such member; and (2) a variable housing allowance (VHA) to annually certify to the Secretary the member's housing costs. Part B: Miscellaneous Pay and Benefits Matters - Entitles aviation cadets of the armed forces to the lowest pay grade rate prescribed for grade E-4, unless any such cadet is entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade. Entitles a senior noncommissioned officer who completes his or her service and is placed on terminal leave pending retirement to the rate of basic pay authorized for the senior enlisted member of that armed force. Allows the Secretary concerned to provide reimbursement or a travel allowance for the dependents of a member assigned to a vessel under construction for the travel of such dependents from the designated home port of the ship or the residence of the member's dependents (currently, only from the home port of the ship). Authorizes the payment of a travel and transportation allowance to a member who: (1) performs duty under emergency circumstances at a location within the limits of a member's station; and (2) uses overnight accommodations because of such duty. Revises the definition of a "dependent" for purposes of eligibility for benefits as a military dependent to include dependent parents-in-law, dependent children whose custody is granted to a member by a court order or decree, and other dependent minors who reside in the member's household. Revises hazardous duty pay provisions for parachute jumping to include all free fall operations involving jumper deployed parachute openings. Extends the authority for the payment of the following bonuses and special pay: (1) the aviator retention bonus, through FY 1993; (2) special pay for enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to high-priority units, through FY 1993; (3) the accession bonus for nurse officer candidates, through FY 1994; (4) special pay for nurse anesthetists, through FY 1993; (5) the reenlistment bonus for regular military personnel and the enlistment bonus for extended active duty, through FY 1997; and (6) the enlistment and reenlistment bonus for reservists as well as the bonus pay for affiliation with the Selected Reserve, through FY 1995. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Provides identical provisions for reimbursement of adoption expenses for members of the Coast Guard. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to transport (or pay the cost of such transport) the remains of dependents of retired military personnel for burial when such dependents die in a military medical facility. (Currently, such transportation is provided only to the retired decedents.) Authorizes the use of appropriated funds (currently nonappropriated funds only) for reimbursement of incidental expenses of persons providing voluntary services for programs operated by a military department or the Coast Guard. Authorizes travel and transportation allowances permitted for members performing consecutive tours of duty to be deferred for up to one year after the member begins the consecutive tour at the same duty station or another. Entitles Federal employees assigned to a post at Johnstown Island in the Pacific Ocean to a separate maintenance allowance during the period of assignment if the head of the department or agency responsible for such assignment designates such duty as remote duty and finds it necessary for the employee to maintain his or her spouse or dependents at a location other than the Island. Allows a person to choose a base amount for a supplemental spouse annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan of between five and 20 percent of the base amount under the plan. Waives a required reduction in military retired pay for persons returning to employment in the case of persons employed in the legislative branch for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified employees. Authorizes the payment of a military survivor annuity to a representative of: (1) a person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has been appointed; or (2) a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has not been appointed. Increases from $500 to $2500 the amount of a claim of the United States against a Federal employee, member of the military, or member of the Coast Guard for overpayment of pay, allowances, or expenses which is authorized to be waived by the department head or Secretary concerned when the collection of such claim would be against equity and good conscience or otherwise not in the best interests of the United States. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Defines a "contingency operation" as one in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions against an enemy or opposing military force, or which results in a call or order to, or retention on, active duty during a war or national emergency. Provides for the payment of accrued leave to the survivors of members who die as a result of an injury or illness incurred while serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation. Allows the 60-day ceiling on the accumulation of accrued leave to be exceeded, by up to 30 additional days, in the case of members assigned to active duty in support of a contingency operation during a fiscal year. Repeals the current $10,000 limit applicable to a savings deposit program in the case of members of the armed forces serving in a contingency operation. Allows the Secretary to authorize a member serving on temporary duty outside the United States in support of a contingency operation to make deposits of unallotted pay and allowances during such duty. Provides for the payment of a BAQ for reserve members without dependents who are called to active duty in support of a contingency operation when such active duty makes the member unable to occupy his or her primary residence or rental housing. Entitles reserve or retired members recalled to active duty who are not authorized transportation of household goods from their residence to their place of assignment to a VHA in lieu of such allowance. Provides for special pay for: (1) reserve medical officers on active duty under a call or order for more than 30 days but less than one year; (2) a health care officer who is involuntarily retained on or recalled to active duty for more than 30 days; and (3) a medical officer who voluntarily agrees to remain on active duty for less than one year at a time when such officers are being involuntarily retained or when the Secretary determines that such pay is justified. Increases: (1) the hazardous duty incentive pay for duty performed under conditions of imminent danger; (2) the authorized monthly family separation allowance from $60 to $75; and (3) the death gratuity to a standard $6,000 for members of all grades. Allows a reserve member to be paid a VHA for active duty service of less than 140 days (currently, at least 140 days is required) when the call or order to duty is in support of a contingency operation. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to extend from August 1, 1990 (currently, November 5, 1990) to 180 days after the end of such conflict the period for the authorization of special pay for reserve, recalled, or retained medical officers in the armed forces.

Omnibus National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991

Omnibus National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons and tracked combat vehicles; (4) ammunition; (5) shipbuilding and conversion; and (6) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1992 and 1993 for the defense agencies; (2) FY 1992 for the Defense Inspector General; (3) FY 1992 and 1993 for the reserves and National Guard; and (4) FY 1992 and 1993 for the chemical demilitarization program. Amend the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to: (1) change from April 30, 1997, to July 31, 1999, the deadline for the destruction of stockpiled lethal chemical agents and munitions of the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funds to assist State and local governments in reviewing applications for permits or licenses required for the construction and operation of facilities to be used to destroy the lethal weapons stockpile. Authorizes the use of funds appropriated for FY 1992 for entering into multiyear procurement contracts for specified Army and Navy systems and programs. Part B: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Army to obligate specified funds appropriated to the Army for FY 1991 and 1992 for the M1A2 tank program. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified FY 1991 research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) funds for the procurement of Navy aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer unobligated FY 1991 Navy funds for shipbuilding and conversion in connection with the sealift program established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991. Earmarks specified FY 1992 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for the air cushion landing craft program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) before funds may be obligated for such program. Provides that restrictions on the construction or repair of U.S. vessels in foreign shipyards shall not apply to inflatable boats as defined by the Secretary of the Navy. Prohibits FY 1992 or 1993 Navy funds from being obligated for the production or installation of upgrades in the MK-92 fire control system until the successful completion of operational testing of such system has been certified. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer unobligated FY 1991 procurement funds for the procurement during FY 1992 of Trident missiles. Earmarks specified FY 1992 Air Force procurement funds for procurement of the B-2 bomber aircraft program. Requires certain performance and compliance certification requirements to be met by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) before such funds may be obligated. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, upon the completion of all testing with respect to the B-1B bomber aircraft, including software changes, to review all flight test data related to the electronic countermeasures system of such aircraft and report the results to the defense committees. Requires: (1) an independent analysis of such report by a panel established under prior law; (2) a report review, evaluation, and report by the Comptroller General; and (3) a B-1B modification plan and certification of necessity for FY 1993 through 1999 by the Secretary. Provides FY 1992 funding for B-1B modifications and repeals a provision providing funding for the B-1B avionics and modifications. Prohibits FY 1992 funding for the C-17 aircraft program until the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense committees concerning such program. Places further limitations on FY 1993 funds for such program, other than funds for advance procurement. Earmarks funds made available from the sale of F-15 aircraft for the procurement of replacement F-15 aircraft and for support equipment for such aircraft. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to prohibit the obligation of funds for the AMRAAM missile program until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation reports to the defense committees on its effectiveness and suitability for combat. Repeals a Federal provision requiring certain budgeting report information for the procurement of common weapon systems (systems procured by more than one military department). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering, and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for research, development, test, and evaluation. Part B: Strategic Defense Initiative - Directs the Secretary to aggressively pursue the development of a range of advanced theater missile defenses (TMDs), with the option of selecting and deploying such systems by the mid-1990s. Directs the Secretary, by FY 1996, to develop for deployment an effective and ABM Treaty-compliant anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system at a single site to protect the United States against limited ballistic missile threats, including accidental or unauthorized launches or Third World attack. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a deployment plan for TMDs and an ABM system which meet such guidelines. Urges the President to immediately pursue negotiations to amend the ABM Treaty to permit completion of the ABM system as described and to adopt a new negotiating strategy to reach agreements with the Soviet Union with respect to sites, interceptors, and the development and testing of space-based missile defenses and ballistic missile defenses. States that increased funding for follow-on ABM technologies is currently required as part of U.S. defense policy, including the Brilliant Pebbles technology. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on issues associated with the option of deploying space-based interceptors, including Brilliant Pebbles, for providing global defenses against ballistic missile attacks. Prohibits obligation of more than 50 percent of FY 1992 funding for the Brilliant Pebbles program until 45 days after submission of the Secretary's report. Defines the following exclusive program elements of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): (1) the limited defense system; (2) theater missile defenses; (3) space-based interceptors; (4) other follow-on systems; and (5) research and support activities. States that such elements shall be the only program elements referred to in support of SDI budget submissions after FY 1992. Provides the R&D program funding for SDI and earmarks specific amounts for each of the program elements. Earmarks specified amounts for an environmental impact statement and related studies, surveys, assessments, and analyses related to the program elements. Requires a report from the Secretary on the FY 1992 allocation of funding for SDI. Provides certain funds transfer authority, with limitations. Directs the President and the Congress, as single-site ABM deployment nears its target date of FY 1996, to review the progress in the ABM Treaty amendments negotiations. Requires an interim report on the progress of such negotiations. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY 1992 funding for the development and testing of ABM systems or components except as consistent with the development and testing described in the May 1991 SDIO Report, or for the acquisition of materials or equipment used as part of such development and testing except as consistent with such Report, with an exception. Part C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer certain FY 1991 funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program. Prohibits the FY 1992 or 1993 obligation or expenditure of such funds until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has made certain evaluations and assessments to the Secretary with respect to such program. Earmarks certain funds authorized to the defense agencies under this Act for R&D in connection with the special operations variant of the V-22. Prohibits the obligation on or after January 1, 1992, of FY 1992 or 1993 Navy funds for developing and testing Navy mine countermeasures systems unless primary responsibility for such testing is transferred to the Research, Development, and Acquisition Command of the Marine Corps. Prohibits the obligation of the same funds on or after the same date for R&D in non-acoustic anti-submarine warfare unless the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense committees. Prohibits the obligation of funds for any anti-submarine stand-off weapon system until 45 days after the Secretary of the Navy has made certain certifications to the defense committees. Limits the obligation of funds for the Submarine Tactical Warfare System program until the Secretary of the Navy reports to the defense committees on the Navy's requirements for ship-to-shore fire support. Limits the FY 1992 funding for the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program, earmarking specified sums for specific parts of such program. Transfers certain unobligated FY 1991 R&D funds for obligation in FY 1992 for the procurement of MX missiles. Prohibits such funds from being used to conduct certain flight testing of such missile and limits the obligation of funding until the Secretary certifies to the defense committees that no such funds will be used for such flight testing. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should rescind its previous designation (made for purposes of START negotiations) of the MX ICBM as a mobile ICBM system. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for the medical component of the Biological Defense Research Program of DOD. Limits the obligation of such funds to the product development or for R&D of medical countermeasures against a validated biowarfare threat agent or a long-term biowarfare threat agent. Earmarks specified amounts of such funds for R&D against long-term biowarfare threats only. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for R&D under the University Research Initiative program of DOD, with amounts earmarked for specific projects of such program. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for R&D projects conducted jointly by the United States and Japan as part of a prior cooperative technology R&D agreement. Directs the Secretary, as part of annual defense budget documents required to be submitted by the President, to set forth the proposed amount of DOD funding for each federally-funded research and development center for the fiscal year. Prohibits funds made available to DOD for FY 1992 from being obligated at any of specified centers for work performed in excess of a specified amount of man-hours. Limits the FY 1992 DOD funds to be obligated for the center known as MITRE. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitations upon certain congressional notifications and determinations regarding the essentiality of such work to the national security. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on FY 1992 funding levels of such centers. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components of the armed forces, the National Guard, the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, and humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for working capital funds of the armed forces and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. States that funds authorized under this Act for humanitarian assistance shall be used to provide transportation for humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Earmarks specified sums for noncombatants at or near the border between Thailand and Cambodia. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified sums to the Secretary of State for FY 1992 for providing such humanitarian assistance, requiring the Secretary of State to use the most economical commercial or military transportation possible. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to specified congressional committees on specified dates on the provision of such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide logistical support and personnel services in connection with the: (1) 1993 World University Games in New York State; and (2) 1996 games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, Georgia. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Other Matters - Limits the incurring of obligations against DOD stock funds during 1992 to 80 percent of the sales from such funds during such fiscal year, with a waiver of such limitation for national security reasons. Makes funds available to DOD for a fiscal year available for contracts for the maintenance and operation of equipment (currently, only for tools, facilities, and depot maintenance). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1992 a depot maintenance workload competition pilot program conducted by the Secretary. Repeals a current prohibition on such competitions. Repeals a Federal provision which empowers the commander of a military installation to contract for the performance of commercial activities on such installation. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1992 the authority for aviation depots and naval shipyards to engage in defense-related production and services. Prohibits funds made available to DOD during FY 1992 or 1993 from being obligated or expended for the purchase of surety bonds or other guaranties of financial responsibility in order to guarantee the performance of any direct function of DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grant assistance during FY 1992 to Nye County, Nevada, for impact assistance relating to capital improvements made by such county to accommodate military personnel and dependents and other personnel of DOD and the Department of Energy (DOE) supporting the mission of the Tonapah Research Center. Directs the Secretary to take necessary action to prevent the inadvertant introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam to Hawaii in aircraft and vessels transporting personnel or cargo for DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to donate not more than 15 tons of cruise missile scrap to the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. States that, if it is necessary for a contractor to furnish a performance surety bond for any contract under the defense environmental restoration program, the provisions of the Miller Act (an Act requiring contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work to be accompanied by a performance bond protecting the United States) shall apply. Entitles the surety on such a bond to any indemnification or limitation of liability to which its principal is entitled under the contract or other applicable law. Prohibits any person other than the obligee named in the bond from having a right of action on any performance bond so furnished. Outlines liability limits for a performance bond surety in a defense environmental restoration program contract. Repeals the requirement for the authorization of civilian DOD personnel by end strength. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Prohibits the Secretary in FY 1992 from requiring the involuntary separation of active-duty members who have completed their initial period of obligated service but are ineligible to retire with retired or retainer pay. Excepts certain separations from such prohibition. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the prescribed end strengths when necessary to prevent personnel imbalances that would impair long-term combat readiness. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to reduce the authorized permanent end strength of U.S. military personnel assigned to permanent duty in Europe. Reduces the number of permanent active-duty Air Force colonels. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Allows such end strengths to vary by up to two percent. Authorizes reductions for the Selected Reserve components for each such fiscal year. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1992 and 1993 for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) adjust the authorized number of personnel assigned to the Army Reserve and Army National Guard; and (2) extend such authorized end strengths through FY 1998 (currently, 1997). Increases the number of active-duty officers assigned to full-time support and training of Army National Guard personnel. Increases the authorized number of certain enlisted and officer personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1992 and 1993. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Part A: General Matters - Prohibits an individual from receiving an original appointment as a commissioned officer in the regular armed forces until such individual has served at least one year on active duty as a commissioned officer in a reserve component. Reduces from 90 to 30 the number of days certain general and flag officers awaiting retirement shall continue to hold such grade, such period beginning on the date when such officer is relieved from duty. Excludes from a list of officers submitted to a selection board for consideration for early retirement any officer of that grade and competitive category who has been approved for retirement during the fiscal year in which the selection board is convened, or, if different, for retirement in the fiscal year in which any officer selected for retirement by the selection board is required to retire. Provides an alternate retirement date for officers not considered by a selection board under such exception, unless the Secretary of the military department concerned approves a modification to such date in order to prevent a personal hardship for the officer or for other humanitarian reasons. Provides a temporary early retirement selection authority for officers holding a regular grade below the grade of lieutenant colonel or commander who will become eligible for retirement before being retired by a selection board and whose names are not on an officer promotion list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive a current prohibition on certain reserve service with the ROTC program if such Secretary determines that the removal of such member from such assignment will cause a financial hardship for such member. Authorizes the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps to be retired in the highest grade in such service in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (currently, in the discretion of the President alone). Removes the requirement that each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy must have served at least one year as an enlisted member. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board to review the administration of the athletics programs of the military academies and to determine ways in which the administration of such programs can serve as a model for civilian institutions of higher education. Establishes the position of Academic Dean and Provost at the Naval Academy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to waive the current service academy maximum appointment age of 22 in the case of persons who became 22 while serving in the Persian Gulf or who were candidates for admission but were prevented from being admitted due to being called to duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War. Extends through FY 1995: (1) the effective date of an amendment which states that, for purposes of determining years of service of a commissioned officer for mandatory retirement, any time of service before appointment as a commissioned officer shall not be counted; (2) the current determination for original appointment grades of Medical Corps Reserve officers; (3) the current determination for the promotion of reserve commissioned officers on active duty but not on the active duty list; and (4) the authority of the Secretary concerned to repay educational loans of certain health professionals in the Selected Reserve. Makes permanent (currently ends on September 30, 1992) the authority for temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Directs the Secretary to prescribe uniform regulations governing information furnished to selection boards convened for determining promotions, separations, and involuntary retirements of officers on the active-duty list. Requires the Secretary to approve any supplements to such regulations proposed by the Secretaries of any of the military departments. Requires each communication made to such a selection board to be made to each member and made a part of the record. Outlines specific information authorized to be received by a selection board, prohibiting any other types. Directs the Secretary concerned to provide that the officer to be placed before a selection board: (1) is notified that information will be presented to the board; and (2) is afforded a reasonable opportunity to comment on such information. Provides that recommendations of a selection board may be disclosed only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary and in no event may such recommendation be disclosed to any person who is not a member of the board until each board member has signed the written report of the recommendation. Prohibits a Secretary convening a selection board, or any officer exercising authority over any member of a board, from: (1) censuring, reprimanding, or admonishing such board member with respect to a recommendation or the exercise of any board function; or (2) attempting to coerce or influence any action of a selection board or any of its members. Provides that if the Secretary or Secretary concerned recommends that the name of an officer be removed from a report of a selection board and the recommendation includes information that was not presented to that board, such officer shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for comment on such information to the recommending officials and the officials reviewing such recommendation. Revises provisions concerning the inclusion of officers to be considered for promotion by a selection board from below the promotion zone. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries concerned to preclude from consideration by selection boards for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or real admiral (lower half) officers in the grade of colonel or Navy captain who: (1) have been considered but not selected for promotion to such grades by at least two selection boards; and (2) are determined as not being exceptionally well qualified for promotion. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the supervision, management, and administration of the reserve components of the armed forces. Part B: Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces - Establishes the Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces to study all matters relating to the assignment of women in the armed forces and to make findings on: (1) the implications on combat readiness of permitting women to be assigned to all combat positions; (2) the social and cultural implications of such position assignments; (3) the advisability of permitting only voluntary assignments of women to combat positions and of permitting involuntary assignments; (4) the advisability of requiring women to register and be drafted under the Military Selective Service Act; (5) the legal and policy implications of permitting women to qualify for assignment to combat positions; (6) the extent of the need to modify facilities, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other equipment to accommodate women assigned to combat positions, as well as the costs of such action and its practicality; and (7) the effects of existing laws relating to the recruitment, assignment, and promotion of women in the armed forces on combat readiness, opportunities for women in the armed forces, and the quality of personnel in the armed forces. Directs the Commission to transmit a final report to the President by November 15, 1992. Requires the President, by December 15, 1992, to transmit such report to the defense committees, along with comments and recommendations. Outlines administrative provisions concerning Commission powers, procedures, personnel matters, and expenses. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Provides that a retired officer ordered back to active duty shall serve at either the member's retired grade (current law) or any higher grade in which the member satisfactorily served on active duty, as determined by the Secretary. Entitles a retired officer recalled to active duty and later released from such duty to be placed on the retired list in the highest of: (1) the member's original retired grade; (2) the highest grade in which the member satisfactorily served for at least 180 days (current law); or (3) the highest grade in which the member served on active duty satisfactorily as determined by the Secretary for at least three years, including the recalled tour of duty. Allows a member of the armed forces whose certification for foreign language proficiency pay was interrupted by an assignment to duty in connection with a contingency operation (an operation involving the possibility of military action or intervention against a hostile force) to be paid such special pay for the duration of such duty. Allows such member 180 days following such duty to obtain such necessary certification and authorizes the Secretary concerned to extend such period in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives during FY 1992 a required pay increase for military personnel in conformity with the annual GS-level increase for the Federal Government. Increases by 4.2 percent the rates of basic pay, basic subsistence allowance, and basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) on January 1, 1992. Limits the amount of BAQ in the case of a member of the armed forces who is authorized such allowance solely by reason of the member's payment of child support pursuant to a court order. Requires each member of the armed forces claiming entitlement to: (1) a BAQ to annually certify to the Secretary concerned the dependency status of each dependent of such member; and (2) a variable housing allowance (VHA) to annually certify to the Secretary the member's housing costs. Part B: Miscellaneous Pay and Benefits Matters - Entitles aviation cadets of the armed forces to the lowest pay grade rate prescribed for grade E-4, unless any such cadet is entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade. Entitles a senior noncommissioned officer who completes his or her service and is placed on terminal leave pending retirement to the rate of basic pay authorized for the senior enlisted member of that armed force. Allows the Secretary concerned to provide reimbursement or a travel allowance for the dependents of a member assigned to a vessel under construction for the travel of such dependents from the designated home port of the ship or the residence of the member's dependents (currently, only from the home port of the ship). Authorizes the payment of a travel and transportation allowance to a member who: (1) performs duty under emergency circumstances at a location within the limits of a member's station; and (2) uses overnight accommodations because of such duty. Revises the definition of a "dependent" for purposes of eligibility for benefits as a military dependent to include dependent parents-in-law, dependent children whose custody is granted to a member by a court order or decree, and other dependent minors who reside in the member's household. Revises hazardous duty pay provisions for parachute jumping to include all free fall operations involving jumper deployed parachute openings. Extends the authority for the payment of the following bonuses and special pay: (1) the aviator retention bonus, through FY 1993; (2) special pay for enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to high-priority units, through FY 1993; (3) the accession bonus for nurse officer candidates, through FY 1994; (4) special pay for nurse anesthetists, through FY 1993; (5) the reenlistment bonus for regular military personnel and the enlistment bonus for extended active duty, through FY 1997; and (6) the enlistment and reenlistment bonus for reservists as well as the bonus pay for affiliation with the Selected Reserve, through FY 1995. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Provides identical provisions for reimbursement of adoption expenses for members of the Coast Guard. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to transport (or pay the cost of such transport) the remains of dependents of retired military personnel for burial when such dependents die in a military medical facility. (Currently, such transportation is provided only to the retired decedents.) Authorizes the use of appropriated funds (currently nonappropriated funds only) for reimbursement of incidental expenses of persons providing voluntary services for programs operated by a military department or the Coast Guard. Authorizes travel and transportation allowances permitted for members performing consecutive tours of duty to be deferred for up to one year after the member begins the consecutive tour at the same duty station or another. Entitles Federal employees assigned to a post at Johnstown Island in the Pacific Ocean to a separate maintenance allowance during the period of assignment if the head of the department or agency responsible for such assignment designates such duty as remote duty and finds it necessary for the employee to maintain his or her spouse or dependents at a location other than the Island. Allows a person to choose a base amount for a supplemental spouse annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan of between five and 20 percent of the base amount under the plan. Waives a required reduction in military retired pay for persons returning to employment in the case of persons employed in the legislative branch for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified employees. Authorizes the payment of a military survivor annuity to a representative of: (1) a person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has been appointed; or (2) a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has not been appointed. Increases from $500 to $2500 the amount of a claim of the United States against a Federal employee, member of the military, or member of the Coast Guard for overpayment of pay, allowances, or expenses which is authorized to be waived by the department head or Secretary concerned when the collection of such claim would be against equity and good conscience or otherwise not in the best interests of the United States. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Defines a "contingency operation" as one in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions against an enemy or opposing military force, or which results in a call or order to, or retention on, active duty during a war or national emergency. Provides for the payment of accrued leave to the survivors of members who die as a result of an injury or illness incurred while serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation. Allows the 60-day ceiling on the accumulation of accrued leave to be exceeded, by up to 30 additional days, in the case of members assigned to active duty in support of a contingency operation during a fiscal year. Repeals the current $10,000 limit applicable to a savings deposit program in the case of members of the armed forces serving in a contingency operation. Allows the Secretary to authorize a member serving on temporary duty outside the United States in support of a contingency operation to make deposits of unallotted pay and allowances during such duty. Provides for the payment of a BAQ for reserve members without dependents who are called to active duty in support of a contingency operation when such active duty makes the member unable to occupy his or her primary residence or rental housing. Entitles reserve or retired members recalled to active duty who are not authorized transportation of household goods from their residence to their place of assignment to a VHA in lieu of such allowance. Provides for special pay for: (1) reserve medical officers on active duty under a call or order for more than 30 days but less than one year; (2) a health care officer who is involuntarily retained on or recalled to active duty for more than 30 days; and (3) a medical officer who voluntarily agrees to remain on active duty for less than one year at a time when such officers are being involuntarily retained or when the Secretary determines that such pay is justified. Increases: (1) the hazardous duty incentive pay for duty performed under conditions of imminent danger; (2) the authorized monthly family separation allowance from $60 to $75; and (3) the death gratuity to a standard $6,000 for members of all grades. Allows a reserve member to be paid a VHA for active duty service of less than 140 days (currently, at least 140 days is required) when the call or order to duty is in support of a contingency operation. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to extend from August 1, 1990 (currently, November 5, 1990) to 180 days after the end of such conflict the period for the authorization of special pay for reserve, recalled, or retained medical officers in the armed forces. Title VII: Health Care Services - Authorizes the Secretary to establish one or more supplemental dental benefit plans for members (and their spouses and dependents) already enrolled in basic dental benefit plans. Requires a monthly premium to be paid by the member for such additional coverage. Outlines copayment requirements under such supplemental plan. Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to authorize the provision under such Program of palliative care and support services in connection with hospice care to a terminally ill patient who chooses such hospice care rather than continuing hospitalization or other health care services for treatment of the patient's terminal illness. Authorizes the provision of such services for dependents of military personnel under contracts for medical care through other medical care providers. Allows contracts providing for inpatient mental health services to include provisions for partial hospitalization services in connection with such psychiatric care. Defines "partial hospitalization services" as items and services that are: (1) prescribed for and provided to a patient by a physician; (2) reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of the patient's condition; and (3) not provided on an overnight hospitalization basis. Outlines the items and services to be included as part of such care, including various types of therapy, services of trained staff, and therapeutic drugs that cannot be self-administered. Includes as part of authorized medical care at military medical facilities well-baby care that includes one screening of an infant to determine the level of lead in the blood. Repeals a Federal provision which authorizes the payment of a multiyear retention bonus to general and flag officers serving as practicing physicians in military medical facilities. Expands the eligibility for coverage under CHAMPUS to include those persons entitled to hospital insurance benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or who would be entitled to such benefits if under 65 years of age. Prevents CHAMPUS benefits from being paid to the extent that a person is entitled to the same benefits under either title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or under Medicare. Authorizes the commanding officer of a military health care facility, in determining whether to issue a nonavailability of health care statement for any person entitled to health care in such facility, to consider the availability of such services for such person pursuant to any contract or agreement entered into for the provision of such services within the area served by such facility. Requires each provider of services under CHAMPUS to submit claims for payment for such services directly to the claims processing office designated pursuant to joint regulations prescribed by the administering Secretaries. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through October 1, 1993, the deadline for the issuance of regulations relating to the use of diagnosis-related groups for the allocation of resources to military health care facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to designate any facility owned or operated by the Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities that is authorized to provide medical or dental care for persons eligible to receive such care in military health care facilities as a facility of the uniformed services for purposes of the provision of services under CHAMPUS. Sets forth facility reimbursement provisions. Authorizes the provision of transitional medical and dental care under CHAMPUS for: (1) members of the reserves called to active duty in support of a contingency operation; (2) active-duty personnel retained on active duty for such support; and (3) active-duty personnel voluntarily agreeing to remain on active duty for such support for less than one year. Limits the extent of such coverage to 30 days after the contingency operation is concluded or until the person is covered by another plan, whichever is earlier. Provides exclusions. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Part A: Industrial and Technology Base Initiatives - Directs the Secretary to conduct a program providing for the establishment of cooperative arrangements (partnerships) between DOD and certain entities in order to encourage and provide for R&D of dual-use critical technologies (technologies having both military and nonmilitary commercial applications). Allows such entities (at least two participating jointly with DOD) to include one or more Federal laboratories, institutions of higher education, State governmental agencies, and other appropriate participants, as determined by the Secretary. Requires the joint participants to have a lead institution other than DOD to direct the activities of the partnership. Requires the non-DOD participants to contribute at least 50 percent of the total cost of the partnership activities. Provides for the protection of information disclosed concerning the R&D activities of the participants. Requires the Secretary to evaluate proposals for partnerships on a merit basis using a competitive selection process. Outlines selection criteria. Directs the Secretary, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a program to provide assistance for the activities of eligible regional critical technology application centers (centers) in the United States. Outlines provisions concerning eligible centers, program participants, and assistance authorized, including financial and technical assistance for authorized center activities. Limits such assistance period to six years. Requires: (1) the sponsoring agency of a center to pay at least 30 percent of the total costs incurred for center activities; and (2) the eligible firms participating in a center to pay at least 40 percent of such costs. Requires a center to operate under a management plan that requires participating firms to have the primary responsibility for directing the activities of the center and to exercise such responsibility through majority voting membership of such firms on the board of directors of the center. Outlines provisions concerning program administration as well as selection criteria for centers receiving such assistance. Establishes within the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering the Clearinghouse of Foreign Defense Technology Monitoring and Assessment (Clearinghouse) to: (1) maintain within DOD a central library for the compilation and dissemination of information and assessments regarding significant foreign activities in the R&D and applications of defense critical technologies; (2) establish and maintain data bases on such information and assessments; (3) perform certain liaison activities; (4) provide for public availability of such information and assessments; and (5) cooperate with the Department of Commerce in the dissemination of information and assessments regarding defense critical technologies having potential commercial uses. Directs the Secretary to establish a foreign critical technology monitoring and assessment grant program for the awarding of grants to particpating organizations for the establishment of foreign critical technology monitoring and assessment offices in Europe, Pacific Ocean border foreign countries, and other countries as considered appropriate by the Secretary. Makes eligible for such grants any nonprofit industrial or professional organization that has economic and scientific interests in R&D and applications of commercial critical technologies. Requires each grantee to collect, evaluate, and disseminate to its organization and to the Departments of Defense and Commerce assessments of significant activities in R&D and applications of critical technologies that are conducted in the geographic area in which the office is located. Provides funding for FY 1992 and 1993 for critical technology programs and activities. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress at least biennially a multiyear strategic road map for each critical technology. Requires each road map to: (1) cover at least four fiscal years; (2) provide an assessment of current strengths and weaknesses in the national capability to develop and apply the technologies covered in the road map, and the sources of such strengths and weaknesses which enhance or hinder the development and application of such technologies; (3) ensure that results of federally-funded and conducted R&D of national critical technologies covered by the road map are appropriately disseminated to U.S. industry; and (4) include a discussion of the achievements of the activities conducted pursuant to the road map. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish one or more national critical technologies advisory committees. Directs the President to establish a schedule for the submission of such road maps at regular intervals between the enactment of this Act and October 1, 1996. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements (partnerships) with certain entities to encourage and provide for R&D of advanced manufacturing technologies with the potential for having a broad range of applications. Requires each partnership to be composed of participants from two or more eligible firms. Allows the inclusion of one or more Federal laboratories, institutions of higher education, State entities, and other participants as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. Outlines provisions concerning program administration and participant selection criteria. Requires the Secretary to establish three or more partnerships within one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such partnerships. Directs the Secretary to establish a program: (1) to support manufacturing extension programs of States, local governments, and private, non-profit organizations; (2) to promote the development of a broad range of such extension programs, including programs that provide for productivity and quality improvement activities; and (3) to increase the involvement of appropriate segments of the private sector in such programs. Establishes a Council on Manufacturing Extension to: (1) prescribe policies and procedures for the implementation of the program; (2) serve as a means for coordinating such program with related programs conducted by various Federal departments and agencies; and (3) develop a long-range strategic plan for the manufacturing extension activities of the Federal Government. Outlines application procedures for persons wishing to receive financial assistance for participation in the program, as well as criteria for choosing program participants. Limits the amount of financial assistance awarded to 50 percent of the cost of the program for the period in which the assistance is provided. Provides such assistance for at least five years, unless it is terminated earlier for good cause as determined by the Secretary. Allows a program participant to reapply after a terminated period of assistance. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Directors of the National Science Foundation (NSC) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to establish a program for making grants to institutions of higher education to support the: (1) enhancement of existing programs in manufacturing engineering education that are conducted by grantee institutions and meet specified requirements; and (2) establishment of new programs in manufacturing engineering education that meet such requirements. Requires at least one-third of the grants to be awarded for the latter purpose. Directs the Secretary to avoid geographical concentration of such awards. Directs the Secretary and the Director of NSC to enter into an agreement for carrying out the grant program. Outlines grant program requirements. Directs the Secretary to solicit from institutions of higher education proposals for grants to be awarded for the support of programs of manufacturing engineering education. Requires applications to be evaluated on a merit basis under competitive procedures. Outlines grantee selection criteria. Limits the Federal contribution of such assistance to 50 percent of the estimated cost of the activities involved. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a program to support specified activities of one or more manufacturing managers and experts at the institution of higher education involved. Outlines provisions concerning program administration and applicant selection criteria. Limits the Federal support of such program to 50 percent of the costs of activities to be supported by such assistance. Requires the Secretary to award at least ten such grants within one year after enactment of this Act. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to enter into cooperative agreements and other transactions for advanced research projects. (Currently, only the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is authorized to enter into such agreements or transactions.) Makes permanent (currently expires September 30, 1991) the authority to enter into such agreements. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan for collecting and assessing information on the extent to which the defense industrial base of the United States: (1) procures weapon systems, subsystems, and components of such systems from foreign sources; and (2) is dependent upon such foreign sources for such procurement. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan for the removal of barriers to the effective integration of the commercial and defense sectors of the U.S. industrial base. Requires the Secretary to designate an official within his Office to develop the plan. Requires annual development and submission to the Congress by the Secretary of a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan. Places FY 1992 and 1993 funding limitations on manufacturing technology-related R&D not specifically included in such annual Plan. Directs the Secretary to conduct a program for the development and use of advanced flexible computer integrated manufacturing capabilities in each of the military departments and the U.S. defense industrial base. Requires the continued development of Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts technologies and applications as part of such program. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such program, with a specified capabilities-duplication prohibition within the military departments. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (Under Secretary), to establish a program to award grants on a competitive basis to U.S. institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations for the conduct of programs for U.S. scientists, engineers, and managers to learn Japanese language and culture. Directs the Secretary, at the same time as the submission of the President's budget to the Congress, to submit to the Congress a plan for providing DOD support for science, mathematics, and engineering education at all levels of education in the United States for such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to award grants to programs that are conducted on a national basis for the improvement of science and mathematics education in primary and secondary schools. Requires any program receiving such a grant to derive at least 50 percent of its funding and other resources from non-Federal sources. Requires a report. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding. Part B: Other Acquisition Policy Matters - Earmarks specified FY 1992 and 1993 funds authorized under this Act for the mentor-protege program established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (a program which provides incentives for DOD contractors to employ and use small and disadvantaged businesses and historically Black colleges and universities in defense contracts and related activities). Earmarks funds for the same fiscal years for infrastructure assistance to historically Black colleges and universities for defense research activities under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987. Authorizes the continued one-year extensions on research and development contracts awarded by a military department, requiring the Secretary to give the Congress advance notice of any such contract extensions. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for manpower (currently, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition) to carry out all the powers, functions, and duties of the Secretary with respect to the defense acquisition workforce in DOD. Extends from October 1, 1991, to October 1, 1993, the time after which there must be a measurable (currently, substantial) increase in the proportion of civilians serving in critical acquisition positions and in division head positions. Authorizes the Secretary to postpone the effectiveness of any requirement established in or pursuant to specified Federal provisions relating to the defense acquisition workforce for up to one year if the Secretary provides the defense committees with 45 days' notice. Earmarks specified funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act for FY 1992 and 1993 for the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program for specified programs within such program. Repeals specified Federal provisions concerning post-employment restrictions on certain DOD and Department of Energy defense procurement and contracting personnel. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 1993 a program under which certain bonding requirements are waived in order to aid small and disadvantaged business concerns in obtaining military construction contracts. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to use such bond waiver authority (as provided under the Small Business Act) in the awarding of Air Force construction contracts to participants in the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Requires protection bonds provided to DOD in compliance with the Miller Act (an Act requiring a construction bond to be posted in connection with any construction of Federal buildings or public works) to be made available upon request to any potential subcontractor or supplier of a contractor. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to revise provisions relating to the certified cost and pricing data threshold for subcontracts of DOD contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to waive a Federal provision prohibiting severance pay paid to foreign nationals from being included as an allowable defense contractor cost under specified circumstances. Prohibits such waiver from applying with respect to a contractor that is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by citizens or nationals of a foreign country. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to continue to conduct a specified personnel demonstration project at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, and at the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California. Repeals the requirement of a manpower estimate report before the Secretary may approve the full-scale engineering development, or the production and deployment, of a major defense acquisition program. Revises from October 1, 1994, to October 1, 1992, the date after which the Secretary may terminate in the national interest a Buy American restriction with respect to the acquisition of carbonyl iron powders. Requires the Secretary, no later than June 1, 1992, to prescribe final regulations defining the legitimate interest of the United States and its contractor or subcontractor in technical data pertaining to an item or process. Requires the Secretary, 30 days before implementing such regulations, to notify the defense committees and publish such regulations in the Federal Register. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the final regulations. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Secretary on proposed regulations and legislation. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Part A: General Matters - Includes the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) within the JCS. Establishes within DOD a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Directs the Secretary to credit an officer performing combat duty in the Persian Gulf theater that provided significant experience in joint matters or involved frequent professional interaction with either members of another military department or with an allied armed force as having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment for purposes of promotion due to joint duty experience. Makes inapplicable to such crediting certain Federal reporting and policy requirements. Requires information on the use of such crediting authority to be included in an annual report required for FY 1992 on expenditures, work, and accomplishments of DOD. Continues for FY 1992 and 1993 the separate budget account in DOD known as the CINC Initiative Fund, allowing the Chairman of JCS to use such account to provide funds to the commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the commander of the U.S. element of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for certain authorized activities. Requires the Chairman to give funding priority to activities that would enhance the warfighting capability, readiness, and sustainability of the forces assigned to the commander requesting the funds. Limits CINC Fund spending for each fiscal year. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1993 the authorization for certain support provided to other Federal departments and agencies for counter-drug activities. Extends the provision of such support to State, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies. Cites the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the principal civilian adviser to the Secretary on special access (secret or classified) programs, and, after the Secretary, as the principal special access programs official within the senior management of DOD. Requires the Deputy Secretary to carry out all the responsibilities of the Secretary relating to special access programs for all such programs within DOD. Requires the Deputy Secretary to supervise the management of, prescribe the policies, standards, and procedures for, and approve the establishment of, all special access programs. Provides for the Deputy Secretary a Principal Assistant for Special Access Programs, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended for such special access programs until certain congressional oversight requirements have been met. Provides for the designation of access to information regarding such programs within the Congress. Includes one representative each from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard within the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. Part B: Intelligence Matters - Reorganizes the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Requires the DIA Director to be the senior military intelligence adviser to the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the Director of the CIA. Requires the DIA Director to report directly to such officials on all matters concerning military intelligence. Outlines Director duties. Requires the Director to take certain steps to strengthen the roles and authorities of functional managers within the DIA. Requires the Secretary to maintain within the District of Columbia a single and joint intelligence center for the armed forces. Outlines provisions with respect to functions and management of such center. Requires the center to be fully responsive to the intelligence needs of the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the commanders of the combatant commands. Requires the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the combatant command commanders to regularly and periodically exercise the use of the national intelligence collection systems as defined in the classified annex. Requires the Secretary and the Director of the CIA to report to specified congressional committees describing the use of such collection systems. Requires the Secretary to assign to the CIA Director the responsibility of managing all imagery intelligence processing, exploitation, and dissemination activities witihin DOD. Allows the CIA Director to delegate the performance of routine imagery intelligence management functions to appropriate functional managers. Outlines manager functions with respect to such imagery intelligence matters. Requires the Secretary and the CIA Director to: (1) consider establishing a joint imagery planning and procurement committee; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on joint decisions made concerning the establishment of such a committee. Title X: Supplemental Authorization of Appropriations for Operation Desert Storm - Extends through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations to the Defense Cooperation Account (Account) and the Persian Gulf Working Capital Account for payment of costs associated with Operation Desert Storm (the Operation). Renames the Persian Gulf Working Capital Fund the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund (Fund). Authorizes supplemental appropriations to DOD for FY 1991 and 1992 in the form of current and future balances in the Account and the Fund for incremental costs associated with the Operation and for replenishment of the Fund by transfer from the Account. Authorizes additional appropriations for: (1) FY 1991 and 1992 for procurement; (2) FY 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation; and (3) FY 1991 and 1992 for operation and maintenance and working capital funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for military personnel, Army National Guard. Provides additional transfer authority from other appropriation accounts. Requires amounts expended from the Fund to be replenished to the extent possible from amounts available in the Account. Requires monthly reports concerning such transfers. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to include Operation Provide Comfort within the definition of Operation Desert Storm for purposes of eligibility for appropriations under such Act. Title XI: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts of authorizations made available in this Division for any fiscal year between any such authorizations for such fiscal year. Limits the total fiscal year amounts that may be so transferred. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress of any transfers made. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the annual due date of a joint OMB/CBO outlay report. Requires the Director of OMB, for each of FY 1991 through 1996, to report to the Congress on the effect on the Federal deficit of payments and adjustments made with respect to Federal appropriation accounts, with separate estimates for each Federal agency. Eliminates the permanent requirement for such report. Part B: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the obsolete naval aircraft carrier Oriskany to a certain foundation for cultural and educational purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the obsolete research vessel Gyre to Texas A&M University for educational and research purposes. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on developments in the transfer of weapons, technology, and materials that can be used to deliver, manufacture, or weaponize nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons (NBC weapons) to any country that is not a Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) adherent, with specified exceptions, or any other missile system that the Secretary has reason to believe may be used to deliver NBC weapons. Prohibits funds available to DOD before FY 1994 from being used to deactivate specified Naval Reserve helicopter mine countermeasures squadrons. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) repeal a provision requiring the transfer of certain aircraft to the Air Force Reserve; and (2) terminate the requirement to replace Marine Corps OV-10 aircraft with Air Force A-10 aircraft. Provides that whenever the United States participates in a cooperative project with any friendly foreign country or NATO on a cost-sharing basis, any contribution from such country or NATO to meet its share of project costs may be credited to appropriations available to an appropriate military department or defense agency, as determined by the Secretary. Outlines payments for which such amounts are made available. Authorizes the Secretary to accept cash contributions from the Republic of Korea in return for the costs of: (1) compensation for local national employees of DOD; and (2) DOD military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide certain supplies and services relating to equipment, vessels, and aircraft to foreign countries (currently only to "friendly" foreign countries) if similar supplies and services are provided to the United States by the foreign country. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make permanent (currently authorized during FY 1987 through 1991) the authority to transfer excess defense equipment to certain nations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Italian air defense agreements and to provide articles and services to Italy as specified in the agreements. Outlines provisions concerning administration of the agreements. Allows the Secretary to enter into contracts under such agreements only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. Authorizes the commander of any unified or specified combatant command to pay, or authorize payment for, the expenses of training or deploying special operations forces being trained or deployed with forces of a friendly foreign country. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to use funds appropriated to DOD to transfer technical data packages, or to provide technical data assistance, to a friendly foreign country. (Currently, such transfer is authorized for a member nation of NATO or a country designated as a major non-NATO ally.) Authorizes the side-by-side testing of conventional weapons and nondevelopmental items by the United States and other friendly foreign countries (currently authorized for the U.S. and its major allies). Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Title XXI: (SIC) Army - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into long-term contracts for the construction, management, and operation of facilities pursuant to authorized architectural and engineering services and construction design in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Housing Rental Guaranty Program of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, defense access roads, military family housing functions within the Department, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at Fort Riley, Kansas. Extends certain FY 1989 and 1990 military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make a direct grant to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the construction of a public elementary school facility sufficient to accommodate dependents of DOD personnel assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Limits the maximum authorized grant and provides fund sources. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, military family housing functions of the Department, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into long-term contracts for the construction, management, and operation of facilities pursuant to authorized architectural and engineering services and construction design in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Housing Rental Guaranty Program of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, defense access roads, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for a military construction project at the Silverdale Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific. Specifies the type of military construction authorized for the Marine Corps Reserve Support Activity, Kansas City, Missouri, under the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing units; and (2) enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and defense access roads. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends certain FY 1989 and 1990 military construction projects. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to terminate the authority to carry out certain military construction projects in Alaska. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into a contract for the construction of any facility related to the permanent basing of B-2 aircraft until 180 days after the Secretary has supplied the Congress with specified information concerning the basing of such aircraft. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on certain cost comparisons with respect to such aircraft. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire one military family housing unit and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, certain base closure and realignment activities, an energy conservation program, conforming storage facilities, and military family housing functions of DOD. Authorizes prior-year unobligated funds to be made available for military construction projects authorized in this title. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Authorizes the Secretary, in advance of appropriations, to contract for the design and construction of a military construction project at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for certain Special Operations Command centers in North Carolina and other classified locations. Earmarks specified funds appropriated under this Act for the construction of a headquarters facility for a special operations battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out a military construction project at a specified installation in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for such contributions. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the NATO Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for such contributions. Authorizes the use of excess NATO Infrastructure funds for military construction projects authorized by this or any other Act. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and reserve forces in specified amounts. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and reserve forces in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Division on October 1, 1994, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1995, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Terminates the approval of military construction projects in this Division at military installations which are closed or realigned pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to terminate the process by which military installations are selected for closure or realignment under such Act if the President does not transmit to the Congress by certain dates in 1993 and 1995 the nominations for appointment to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (Commission). Adds provisions relating to the employment and detailing of Commission staff employees. Revises certain notification and publication dates with respect to selection criteria utilized in making recommendations for base closures and realignments and recommendations made by DOD and the Commission. Prohibits funds appropriated to DOD for environmental restoration and management from being used for such activities at military installations closed or realigned under such Act. Applies Federal whistleblower protection for military personnel making certain disclosures to communications made to the Commission. Provides that in the case of each military installation considered for closure or realignment by the Commission, the Secretary shall ensure that the amount of the authorization requested by DOD for each military construction project in each of FY 1992 through 1999 for the following fiscal year does not exceed the estimate of the cost of the project that was provided to the Commission by DOD. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the reasons for any differences between the requested amount and the estimated cost of any such project. Requires the DOD Inspector General to investigate each project for which the Secretary is required to submit an explanation and report his findings to the Secretary. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to make eligible for certain homeowners assistance benefits provided under such Act DOD civilian employees and members of the armed forces who were employed or assigned to a military installation at the time of public announcement of its closure or transferred from such installation before such public announcement. Part B: Military Construction Program Changes - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make grants to States to acquire or construct facilities for the joint use of two or more components of the reserves. Increases from $200,000 to $300,000 the maximum amount for an authorized project for the acquisition or construction of such facilities that may be carried out with funds available for operation and maintenance. Repeals a Federal provision prohibiting the Secretary concerned from entering into more than five long-term construction contracts for the construction of certain military support facilities (child care, troop housing, hospital or medical facilities) at or near a military installation. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into a contract for the procurement of services (currently, may only contract for construction, management, or operation of such facilities) in connection with such facilities. Requires all such projects to be authorized by law. Adds provisions to such contracts with respect to their being subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Extends through FY 1993 the authority to enter into such contracts. Allows the Secretary concerned, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing to be constructed or rehabilitated to residential use on or near a military installation in which there is a deficit of such housing only if specifically authorized by law and subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Extends through FY 1993 the authority to enter into such leases. Repeals Federal provisions which: (1) prohibit the Secretary concerned from entering into more than three contracts per fiscal year for authorized military construction projects using one-step turn-key selection procedures; and (2) terminate the use of such procedures for such contracts on October 1, 1991. Increases to $1,500,000 the cost limitation threshold for a military construction project to be considered a minor construction project. Increases to $300,000 the maximum amount authorized to be spent from operation and maintenance funds by the Secretary concerned for such minor construction projects. Provides an increased maximum square footage allowance for military family housing located where harsh climatological conditions severely restrict outdoor activity for a significant part of each year, as determined by the Secretary concerned. Makes permanent (currently expires September 30, 1991) the authority to obligate certain funds from the DOD Base Closure Account to the homeowners assistance program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to carry out a military construction project not otherwise authorized by law when such project is vital to the protection of health, safety, or quality of the environment. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to acquire options for the lease of real property (currently, such Secretaries may only acquire options on a purchase) when such property is required for military construction projects. Provides the monetary consideration for such lease options. Requires the Secretary concerned, before exercising either type of option, to review the most recent inventory of real property assets published by the Resolution Trust Corporation to determine whether any such property is suitable for such construction projects. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 with respect to the military housing rental guarantee program to allow the Secretary concerned (or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard) to enter into agreements for military housing rental guaranty projects only when such projects are specifically authorized by law and subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Requires budget materials submitted to the Congress to include proposed rental guaranty projects. Extends the rental guaranty program through FY 1993. Authorizes the Secretary concerned who compensates a landlord for breach of lease or damages by a member of the armed forces under the military housing rental guaranty program to withhold from the pay of such member an amount equal to the amount of such compensation. Revises provisions with respect to the authority of the Secretaries concerned to lease certain nonexcess property. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any leasehold interest in real property considered necessary for national security purposes to facilitate special operations forces activities. Sets a maximum rental cost of any property so acquired at $500,000. Allows facilities acquired to be modified to facilitate such activities. Terminates the authority to enter into such contracts as of the end of FY 1992. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees concerning leasehold interests so acquired. Empowers law enforcement authorities employed at the Pentagon Reservation with the same powers as sheriffs and constables upon such property. Part C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the New Mexico State Armory Board all rights and interests in real property in Santa Fe, New Mexico, currently used as a U.S. Army Reserve Center, under specified terms and conditions, including the construction by the Board of a Reserve Center replacement facility. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Saint Clair County, Illinois, all rights and interests in the Cardinal Creek Housing Complex, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, under specified terms and conditions. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to revise the sale payment amount with respect to the conveyance to Burlington, Vermont, of the Naval Reserve Center located there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to release a reversionary interest held on certain real property within Berrien County, Michigan. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire by fee simple real property located at Outlying Landing Field Barin, Baldwin County, Alabama. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to New Bedford, Massachusetts, all rights and interests to certain parcels of real property in such city. Requires the city to conduct any remedial action necessary to prevent the release of any oil or other hazardous material contained there and to indemnify the United States against all claims arising with respect to such parcels of land. Requires the Secretary to permit city officials to enter upon such property to prepare the area for construction of a waste water treatment plant. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: (SIC) Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1992 for operating expenses incurred, and for plant and capital equipment necessary, in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) verification and control technology; (4) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development programs; (5) security investigations; (6) Office of Security evaluations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors and naval reactors development; and (9) capital equipment not related to construction. Authorizes appropriations to DOE for FY 1992 for carrying out environmental restoration and waste management programs necessary for national security programs in the following areas: (1) operating expenses; (2) plant projects; and (3) capital equipment. Earmarks specified FY 1992 funding for the defense inertial confinement fusion program. Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to use FY 1992 and 1993 DOE funds to reimburse specified Colorado cities for costs incurred in implementing a required water management program. Provides reimbursement amounts for each such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make available to the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho specified FY 1992 through 1994 DOE funds for implementing and operating the Hanford Health Information Network. Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOE for FY 1992 from being used for modifying the W-79 atomic fired artillery projectile. Reduces the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this Part. Part B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for the costs of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is less, or for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary transmits to the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $2,000,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary specified FY 1992 DOD R&D funds for the performance of work on SDI. Authorizes an additional transfer for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to notify the defense committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction planning and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Part C: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to conduct a scholarship and fellowship program to enable individuals to qualify for employment in environmental restoration and waste management (ERW) positions in DOE. Requires the Secretary to award at least 20 each of scholarships (for undergraduates) and fellowships (for graduate students) during FY 1992. Outlines eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary and any such recipient to enter into an agreement under which the Secretary agrees to provide the participant with educational assistance for a specified number of school years in return for the participant's agreement to complete the educational program and to serve full-time as a DOD employee in an ERW position for 12 months for each school year in which such educational assistance was provided. Outlines provisions concerning repayment of such educational assistance by the participant if he or she does not complete such education or work the required period thereafter. Requires such repayment within a specified period. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such payment recovery if found to be against equity and good conscience or contrary to the best interests of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary, in awarding such scholarshps and fellowships, to give a preference to individuals who are entitled to or accepted for enrollment in an educational institution that has a cooperative education program with DOE. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on activities under the program. Provides funding for such program from ERW funds authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to carry out the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program under which the Secretary carries out ERW activities at DOE nuclear facilities. Establishes in DOE the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management through which the Secretary shall carry out the Program. Directs the Secretary to issue annually a five-year plan for ERW activities to be conducted at DOE nuclear facilities under the Program. Requires such plans to be submitted to the President and the Congress, published in the Federal Register, and made available to the public. Outlines matters to be included in each five-year plan. Requires preliminary plans to be provided to affected States and Indian tribes for coordination, review, and comment. Requires the first five-year plan to be issued in 1992. Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Account for the deposit of sums used to carry out the Program. Requires the President to include in his annual budget submission to the Congress certain information with respect to the Program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, affected States and Indian tribes to assist their participation in the development of the five-year plans. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract for the procurement of products and services that are determined to be necessary to support waste cleanup and modernization activities at DOE facilities. Authorizes such contract to extend for up to 30 years, with two ten-year contract extension options. Outlines contract requirements. Directs the Secretary, in awarding such contract, to: (1) use competitive procedures; (2) encourage the development of new and innovative technologies; and (3) enter into contracts with diverse contractors. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the termination of such a contract, to pay the balance of the cost of any special facility acquired or constructed if the acquisition or construction constitutes a significant portion of the investment by the contractor under the contract. Authorizes the Secretary to lease Federal lands at a DOE facility in connection with a contract. Provides authorized lease periods. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into such contracts until the Secretary submits to the Congress a justification and analysis and complies with a notification requirement. Terminates the authority to enter into such contracts on September 30, 1996. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Secretary to conduct a program in DOE to encourage the career development of non-Federal employees of DOE national laboratories. Makes eligible for such program employees who have demonstrated exceptional talent or skill in their positions and whose service in positions considered critical to the national defense or national energy security would likely result in professional contributions beneficial to such activities in DOE. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the name, position, and duties of each individual serving in such program. Prohibits the Secretary from resuming plutonium operations at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, Golden, Colorado, until the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) has determined that the Secretary has responded to specified Board recommendations relating to the Rocky Flats plant. Requires certain congressional notification and certification requirements to be met before the resumption of warhead production activities except at one specified building at the plant. Requires the Defense Science Board and the Nuclear Weapons Council to report to the defense committees jointly on each type of warhead proposed to be produced at Rocky Flats. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to both certify to the defense committees that production of recommended types of warheads at such plant is necessary in the national security interest before production may resume. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to award grants to certain non-profit organizations to: (1) provide training and education to persons whose duties are or include response to hazardous substance releases or similar emergencies at DOE nuclear weapons facilities; and (2) develop curricula for such training and education. Makes eligible for such grants nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated significant capabilities in: (1) implementing and conducting training and education programs relating to the general health and safety of workers; (2) identifying groups of workers whose duties include response to hazardous substances releases or similar emergencies; and (3) conducting effective training programs for such workers. Requires the Secretary to give grant award preference to organizations and programs that are grant recipients under a specified provision of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties against any DOE contractor who employs individuals to respond to hazardous substance releases or other similar emergencies at DOE nuclear weapons facilities and fails to provide for such training or to certify to DOE that such employees are adequately trained by other means. Provides FY 1992 funding for such program from funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements with participants from two or more eligible firms and one or more DOE laboratories (allows inclusion of institutions of higher education) in order to encourage and provide for the conduct of R&D of dual-use (both commercial and military applications) critical technologies selected by the Secretary, to be known as Department of Energy Critical Technology Partnerships. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements with the same type of participants for R&D and utilization of advanced manufacturing technologies potentially having a broad range of applications, to be known as Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Technology Partnerships. Directs the Secretary to establish four or more Advanced Materials Processing, Synthesis, and Commercialization Partnerships in order to facilitate the development and commercialization of advanced materials processing, synthesis, and technology in the United States. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the operations of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) allow the Board to employ up to 150 full-time employees (currently 100); and (2) give the Board access to any information on atomic weapons within DOE that is necessary for the Board to carry out its functions. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Part A: Changes in Stockpile Amounts - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager to dispose of specified materials and to obligate out of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) specified amounts for the acquisition of materials and for R&D programs of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Part B: Programmatic Changes - Amends such Act to allow moneys from the Fund to be used for materials development and research. Revises the conditions under which the President may make changes in the quantity of any material in the NDS. Removes a prohibition on disposals from the NDS which would result in an unobligated balance in the Fund in excess of $100,000,000. Extends until expended (currently two fiscal years) the availability of funds appropriated for the transportation, processing, refining, storage, security, maintenance, rotation, and disposal of materials contained in or acquired for the NDS. Authorizes the rotation of stockpile materials in order to prevent technological obsolescence. Authorizes expenditures from the Fund for the maintenance and disposal of materials. Changes from semiannually to annually the required frequency for a report on stockpile operations. Repeals a provision prohibiting stockpile disposals when there is a vacancy in the position of NDS Manager or when the authority of the President under such Act has not been delegated to that position. Title XXXIV: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for carrying out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission (Commission) to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for FY 1992. Limits the amount of funds available to the Commission for FY 1992 that may be expended for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes the use of FY 1992 Commision funds for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel of the Commission across the Isthmus of Panama, without regard to vehicle price limitations. Authorizes FY 1992 Commission funds to be obligated for authorized pay increases for Commission officers and employees. Allows such pay increases to be made only in accordance with specified Federal law. Places the Administrator of the Commission at Level IV of the Executive Schedule.

Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991

Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons and tracked combat vehicles; (4) ammunition; (5) shipbuilding and conversion; and (6) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1992 and 1993 for the defense agencies; (2) FY 1992 for the Defense Inspector General; (3) FY 1992 and 1993 for the reserves and National Guard; and (4) FY 1992 and 1993 for the chemical demilitarization program. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to: (1) change from April 30, 1997, to July 31, 1999, the deadline for the destruction of stockpiled lethal chemical agents and munitions of the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funds to assist State and local governments in reviewing applications for permits or licenses required for the construction and operation of facilities to be used to destroy the lethal weapons stockpile. Authorizes the use of funds appropriated for FY 1992 for entering into multiyear procurement contracts for specified Army and Navy systems and programs. Part B: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Army to obligate specified funds appropriated to the Army for FY 1991 and 1992 for the M1A2 tank program. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified FY 1991 research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) funds for the procurement of Navy aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer unobligated FY 1991 Navy funds for shipbuilding and conversion in connection with the sealift program established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991. Earmarks specified FY 1992 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for the air cushion landing craft program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) before funds may be obligated for such program. Provides that restrictions on the construction or repair of U.S. vessels in foreign shipyards shall not apply to inflatable boats as defined by the Secretary of the Navy. Prohibits FY 1992 or 1993 Navy funds from being obligated for the production or installation of upgrades in the MK-92 fire control system until the successful completion of operational testing of such system has been certified. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer unobligated FY 1991 procurement funds for the procurement during FY 1992 of Trident missiles. Earmarks specified FY 1992 Air Force procurement funds for procurement of the B-2 bomber aircraft program. Requires certain performance and compliance certification requirements to be met by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) before such funds may be obligated. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, upon the completion of all testing with respect to the B-1B bomber aircraft, including software changes, to review all flight test data related to the electronic countermeasures system of such aircraft and report the results to the defense committees. Requires: (1) an independent analysis of such report by a panel established under prior law; (2) a report review, evaluation, and report by the Comptroller General; and (3) a B-1B modification plan and certification of necessity for FY 1993 through 1999 by the Secretary. Provides FY 1992 funding for B-1B modifications and repeals a provision providing funding for the B-1B avionics and modifications. Prohibits FY 1992 funding for the C-17 aircraft program until the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense committees concerning such program. Places further limitations on FY 1993 funds for such program, other than funds for advance procurement. Earmarks funds made available from the sale of F-15 aircraft for the procurement of replacement F-15 aircraft and for support equipment for such aircraft. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to prohibit the obligation of funds for the AMRAAM missile program until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation reports to the defense committees on its effectiveness and suitability for combat. Repeals a Federal provision requiring certain budgeting report information for the procurement of common weapon systems (systems procured by more than one military department). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering, and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for research, development, test, and evaluation. Part B: Strategic Defense Initiative - Directs the Secretary to aggressively pursue the development of a range of advanced theater missile defenses (TMDs), with the option of selecting and deploying such systems by the mid-1990s. Directs the Secretary, by FY 1996, to develop for deployment an effective and ABM Treaty-compliant anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system at a single site to protect the United States against limited ballistic missile threats, including accidental or unauthorized launches or Third World attack. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a deployment plan for TMDs and an ABM system which meet such guidelines. Urges the President to immediately pursue negotiations to amend the ABM Treaty to permit completion of the ABM system as described and to adopt a new negotiating strategy to reach agreements with the Soviet Union with respect to sites, interceptors, and the development and testing of space-based missile defenses and ballistic missile defenses. States that increased funding for follow-on ABM technologies is currently required as part of U.S. defense policy, including the Brilliant Pebbles technology. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on issues associated with the option of deploying space-based interceptors, including Brilliant Pebbles, for providing global defenses against ballistic missile attacks. Prohibits obligation of more than 50 percent of FY 1992 funding for the Brilliant Pebbles program until 45 days after submission of the Secretary's report. Defines the following exclusive program elements of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): (1) the limited defense system; (2) theater missile defenses; (3) space-based interceptors; (4) other follow-on systems; and (5) research and support activities. States that such elements shall be the only program elements referred to in support of SDI budget submissions after FY 1992. Provides the R&D objectives for each element. Limits the FY 1992 R&D program funding for SDI and earmarks specific amounts for each of the program elements. Earmarks specified amounts for an environmental impact statement and related studies, surveys, assessments, and analyses related to the program elements. Requires a report from the Secretary on the FY 1992 allocation of funding for SDI. Provides certain funds transfer authority, with limitations. Directs the President and the Congress, as single-site ABM deployment nears its target date of FY 1996, to review the progress in the ABM Treaty amendments negotiations. Requires an interim report on the progress of such negotiations. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY 1992 funding for the development and testing of ABM systems or components except as consistent with the development and testing described in the May 1991 SDIO Report, or for the acquisition of materials or equipment used as part of such development and testing except as consistent with such Report, with an exception. Part C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer certain FY 1991 funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program. Prohibits the FY 1992 or 1993 obligation or expenditure of such funds until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has made certain evaluations and assessments to the Secretary with respect to such program. Earmarks certain funds authorized to the defense agencies under this Act for R&D in connection with the special operations variant of the V-22. Prohibits the obligation on or after January 1, 1992, of FY 1992 or 1993 Navy funds for developing and testing Navy mine countermeasures systems unless primary responsibility for such testing is transferred to the Research, Development, and Acquisition Command of the Marine Corps. Prohibits the obligation of the same funds on or after the same date for R&D in non-acoustic anti-submarine warfare unless the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense committees. Prohibits the obligation of funds for any anti-submarine stand-off weapon system until 45 days after the Secretary of the Navy has made certain certifications to the defense committees. Limits the obligation of funds for the Submarine Tactical Warfare System program until the Secretary of the Navy reports to the defense committees on the Navy's requirements for ship-to-shore fire support. Limits the FY 1992 funding for the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program, earmarking specified sums for specific parts of such program. Transfers certain unobligated FY 1991 R&D funds for obligation in FY 1992 for the procurement of MX missiles. Prohibits such funds from being used to conduct certain flight testing of such missile and limits the obligation of funding until the Secretary certifies to the defense committees that no such funds will be used for such flight testing. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should rescind its previous designation (made for purposes of START negotiations) of the MX ICBM as a mobile ICBM system. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for the medical component of the Biological Defense Research Program of DOD. Limits the obligation of such funds to the product development or for R&D of medical countermeasures against a validated biowarfare threat agent or a long-term biowarfare threat agent. Earmarks specified amounts of such funds for R&D against long-term biowarfare threats only. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for R&D under the University Research Initiative program of DOD, with amounts earmarked for specific projects of such program. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for R&D projects conducted jointly by the United States and Japan as part of a prior cooperative technology R&D agreement. Directs the Secretary, as part of annual defense budget documents required to be submitted by the President, to set forth the proposed amount of DOD funding for each federally-funded research and development center for the fiscal year. Prohibits funds made available to DOD for FY 1992 from being obligated at any of specified centers for work performed in excess of a specified amount of man-hours. Limits the FY 1992 DOD funds to be obligated for the center known as MITRE. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitations upon certain congressional notifications and determinations regarding the essentiality of such work to the national security. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on FY 1992 funding levels of such centers. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components of the armed forces, the National Guard, the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, and humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for working capital funds of the armed forces and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. States that funds authorized under this Act for humanitarian assistance shall be used to provide transportation for humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Earmarks specified sums for noncombatants at or near the border between Thailand and Cambodia. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified sums to the Secretary of State for FY 1992 for providing such humanitarian assistance, requiring the Secretary of State to use the most economical commercial or military transportation possible. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to specified congressional committees on specified dates on the provision of such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide logistical support and personnel services in connection with the: (1) 1993 World University Games in New York State; and (2) 1996 games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, Georgia. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Other Matters - Limits the incurring of obligations against DOD stock funds during 1992 to 80 percent of the sales from such funds during such fiscal year, with a waiver of such limitation for national security reasons. Makes funds available to DOD for a fiscal year available for contracts for the maintenance and operation of equipment (currently, only for tools, facilities, and depot maintenance). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1992 a depot maintenance workload competition pilot program conducted by the Secretary. Repeals a current prohibition on such competitions. Repeals a Federal provision which empowers the commander of a military installation to contract for the performance of commercial activities on such installation. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1992 the authority for aviation depots and naval shipyards to engage in defense-related production and services. Prohibits funds made available to DOD during FY 1992 or 1993 from being obligated or expended for the purchase of surety bonds or other guaranties of financial responsibility in order to guarantee the performance of any direct function of DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grant assistance during FY 1992 to Nye County, Nevada, for impact assistance relating to capital improvements made by such county to accommodate military personnel and dependents and other personnel of DOD and the Department of Energy (DOE) supporting the mission of the Tonapah Research Center. Directs the Secretary to take necessary action to prevent the inadvertant introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam to Hawaii in aircraft and vessels transporting personnel or cargo for DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to donate not more than 15 tons of cruise missile scrap to the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. States that, if it is necessary for a contractor to furnish a performance surety bond for any contract under the defense environmental restoration program, the provisions of the Miller Act (an Act requiring contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work to be accompanied by a performance bond protecting the United States) shall apply. Entitles the surety on such a bond to any indemnification or limitation of liability to which its principal is entitled under the contract or other applicable law. Prohibits any person other than the obligee named in the bond from having a right of action on any performance bond so furnished. Outlines liability limits for a performance bond surety in a defense environmental restoration program contract. Repeals the requirement for the authorization of civilian DOD personnel by end strength. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Prohibits the Secretary in FY 1992 from requiring the involuntary separation of active-duty members who have completed their initial period of obligated service but are ineligible to retire with retired or retainer pay. Excepts certain separations from such prohibition. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the prescribed end strengths when necessary to prevent personnel imbalances that would impair long-term combat readiness. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to reduce the authorized permanent end strength of U.S. military personnel assigned to permanent duty in Europe. Reduces the number of permanent active-duty Air Force colonels. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Allows such end strengths to vary by up to two percent. Authorizes reductions for the Selected Reserve components for each such fiscal year. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1992 and 1993 for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) adjust the authorized number of personnel assigned to the Army Reserve and Army National Guard; and (2) extend such authorized end strengths through FY 1998 (currently, 1997). Increases the number of active-duty officers assigned to full-time support and training of Army National Guard personnel. Increases the authorized number of certain enlisted and officer personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1992 and 1993. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Part A: General Matters - Prohibits an individual from receiving an original appointment as a commissioned officer in the regular armed forces until such individual has served at least one year on active duty as a commissioned officer in a reserve component. Reduces from 90 to 30 the number of days certain general and flag officers awaiting retirement shall continue to hold such grade, such period beginning on the date when such officer is relieved from duty. Excludes from a list of officers submitted to a selection board for consideration for early retirement any officer of that grade and competitive category who has been approved for retirement during the fiscal year in which the selection board is convened, or, if different, for retirement in the fiscal year in which any officer selected for retirement by the selection board is required to retire. Provides an alternate retirement date for officers not considered by a selection board under such exception, unless the Secretary of the military department concerned approves a modification to such date in order to prevent a personal hardship for the officer or for other humanitarian reasons. Provides a temporary early retirement selection authority for officers holding a regular grade below the grade of lieutenant colonel or commander who will become eligible for retirement before being retired by a selection board and whose names are not on an officer promotion list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive a current prohibition on certain reserve service with the ROTC program if such Secretary determines that the removal of such member from such assignment will cause a financial hardship for such member. Authorizes the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps to be retired in the highest grade in such service in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (currently, in the discretion of the President alone). Removes the requirement that each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy must have served at least one year as an enlisted member. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board to review the administration of the athletics programs of the military academies and to determine ways in which the administration of such programs can serve as a model for civilian institutions of higher education. Establishes the position of Academic Dean and Provost at the Naval Academy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to waive the current service academy maximum appointment age of 22 in the case of persons who became 22 while serving in the Persian Gulf or who were candidates for admission but were prevented from being admitted due to being called to duty in connection with the Persin Gulf War. Extends through FY 1995: (1) the effective date of an amendment which states that, for purposes of determining years of service of a commissioned officer for mandatory retirement, any time of service before appointment as a commissioned officer shall not be counted; (2) the current determination for original appointment grades of Medical Corps Reserve officers; (3) the current determination for the promotion of reserve commissioned officers on active duty but not on the active duty list; and (4) the authority of the Secretary concerned to repay educational loans of certain health professionals in the Selected Reserve. Makes permanent (currently ends on September 30, 1992) the authority for temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Directs the Secretary to prescribe uniform regulations governing information furnished to selection boards convened for determining promotions, separations, and involuntary retirements of officers on the active-duty list. Requires the Secretary to approve any supplements to such regulations proposed by the Secretaries of any of the military departments. Requires each communication made to such a selection board to be made to each member and made a part of the record. Outlines specific information authorized to be received by a selection board, prohibiting any other types. Directs the Secretary concerned to provide that the officer to be placed before a selection board: (1) is notified that information will be presented to the board; and (2) is afforded a reasonable opportunity to comment on such information. Provides that recommendations of a selection board may be disclosed only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary and in no event may such recommendation be disclosed to any person who is not a member of the board until each board member has signed the written report of the recommendation. Prohibits a Secretary convening a selection board, or any officer exercising authority over any member of a board, from: (1) censuring, reprimanding, or admonishing such board member with respect to a recommendation or the exercise of any board function; or (2) attempting to coerce or influence any action of a selection board or any of its members. Provides that if the Secretary or Secretary concerned recommends that the name of an officer be removed from a report of a selection board and the recommendation includes information that was not presented to that board, such officer shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for comment on such information to the recommending officials and the officials reviewing such recommendation. Revises provisions concerning the inclusion of officers to be considered for promotion by a selection board from below the promotion zone. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries concerned to preclude from consideration by selection boards for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) officers in the grade of colonel or Navy captain who: (1) have been considered but not selected for promotion to such grades by at least two selection boards; and (2) are determined as not being exceptionally well qualified for promotion. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the supervision, management, and administration of the reserve components of the armed forces. Part B: Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces - Establishes the Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces to study all matters relating to the assignment of women in the armed forces and to make findings on: (1) the implications on combat readiness of permitting women to be assigned to all combat positions; (2) the social and cultural implications of such position assignments; (3) the advisability of permitting only voluntary assignments of women to combat positions and of permitting involuntary assignments; (4) the advisability of requiring women to register and be drafted under the Military Selective Service Act; (5) the legal and policy implications of permitting women to qualify for assignment to combat positions; (6) the extent of the need to modify facilities, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other equipment to accommodate women assigned to combat positions, as well as the costs of such action and its practicality; and (7) the effects of existing laws relating to the recruitment, assignment, and promotion of women in the armed forces on combat readiness, opportunities for women in the armed forces, and the quality of personnel in the armed forces. Directs the Commission to transmit a final report to the President by November 15, 1992. Requires the President, by December 15, 1992, to transmit such report to the defense committees, along with comments and recommendations. Outlines administrative provisions concerning Commission powers, procedures, personnel matters, and expenses. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Provides that a retired officer ordered back to active duty shall serve at either the member's retired grade (current law) or any higher grade in which the member satisfactorily served on active duty, as determined by the Secretary. Entitles a retired officer recalled to active duty and later released from such duty to be placed on the retired list in the highest of: (1) the member's original retired grade; (2) the highest grade in which the member satisfactorily served for at least 180 days (current law); or (3) the highest grade in which the member served on active duty satisfactorily as determined by the Secretary for at least three years, including the recalled tour of duty. Allows a member of the armed forces whose certification for foreign language proficiency pay was interrupted by an assignment to duty in connection with a contingency operation (an operation involving the possibility of military action or intervention against a hostile force) to be paid such special pay for the duration of such duty. Allows such member 180 days following such duty to obtain such necessary certification and authorizes the Secretary concerned to extend such period in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives during FY 1992 a required pay increase for military personnel in conformity with the annual GS-level increase for the Federal Government. Increases by 4.2 percent the rates of basic pay, basic subsistence allowance, and basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) on January 1, 1992. Limits the amount of BAQ in the case of a member of the armed forces who is authorized such allowance solely by reason of the member's payment of child support pursuant to a court order. Requires each member of the armed forces claiming entitlement to: (1) a BAQ to annually certify to the Secretary concerned the dependency status of each dependent of such member; and (2) a variable housing allowance (VHA) to annually certify to the Secretary the member's housing costs. Part B: Miscellaneous Pay and Benefits Matters - Entitles aviation cadets of the armed forces to the lowest pay grade rate prescribed for grade E-4, unless any such cadet is entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade. Entitles a senior noncommissioned officer who completes his or her service and is placed on terminal leave pending retirement to the rate of basic pay authorized for the senior enlisted member of that armed force. Allows the Secretary concerned to provide reimbursement or a travel allowance for the dependents of a member assigned to a vessel under construction for the travel of such dependents from the designated home port of the ship or the residence of the member's dependents (currently, only from the home port of the ship). Authorizes the payment of a travel and transportation allowance to a member who: (1) performs duty under emergency circumstances at a location within the limits of a member's station; and (2) uses overnight accommodations because of such duty. Revises the definition of a "dependent" for purposes of eligibility for benefits as a military dependent to include dependent parents-in-law, dependent children whose custody is granted to a member by a court order or decree, and other dependent minors who reside in the member's household. Revises hazardous duty pay provisions for parachute jumping to include all free fall operations involving jumper deployed parachute openings. Extends the authority for the payment of the following bonuses and special pay: (1) the aviator retention bonus, through FY 1993; (2) special pay for enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to high-priority units, through FY 1993; (3) the accession bonus for nurse officer candidates, through FY 1994; (4) special pay for nurse anesthetists, through FY 1993; (5) the reenlistment bonus for regular military personnel and the enlistment bonus for extended active duty, through FY 1997; and (6) the enlistment and reenlistment bonus for reservists as well as the bonus pay for affiliation with the Selected Reserve, through FY 1995. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Provides identical provisions for reimbursement of adoption expenses for members of the Coast Guard. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to transport (or pay the cost of such transport) the remains of dependents of retired military personnel for burial when such dependents die in a military medical facility. (Currently, such transportation is provided only to the retired decedents.) Authorizes the use of appropriated funds (currently nonappropriated funds only) for reimbursement of incidental expenses of persons providing voluntary services for programs operated by a military department or the Coast Guard. Authorizes travel and transportation allowances permitted for members performing consecutive tours of duty to be deferred for up to one year after the member begins the consecutive tour at the same duty station or another. Entitles Federal employees assigned to a post at Johnstown Island in the Pacific Ocean to a separate maintenance allowance during the period of assignment if the head of the department or agency responsible for such assignment designates such duty as remote duty and finds it necessary for the employee to maintain his or her spouse or dependents at a location other than the Island. Allows a person to choose a base amount for a supplemental spouse annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan of between five and 20 percent of the base amount under the plan. Waives a required reduction in military retired pay for persons returning to employment in the case of persons employed in the legislative branch for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified employees. Authorizes the payment of a military survivor annuity to a representative of: (1) a person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has been appointed; or (2) a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has not been appointed. Increases from $500 to $2500 the amount of a claim of the United States against a Federal employee, member of the military, or member of the Coast Guard for overpayment of pay, allowances, or expenses which is authorized to be waived by the department head or Secretary concerned when the collection of such claim would be against equity and good conscience or otherwise not in the best interests of the United States. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Defines a "contingency operation" as one in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions against an enemy or opposing military force, or which results in a call or order to, or retention on, active duty during a war or national emergency. Provides for the payment of accrued leave to the survivors of members who die as a result of an injury or illness incurred while serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation. Allows the 60-day ceiling on the accumulation of accrued leave to be exceeded, by up to 30 additional days, in the case of members assigned to active duty in support of a contingency operation during a fiscal year. Repeals the current $10,000 limit applicable to a savings deposit program in the case of members of the armed forces serving in a contingency operation. Allows the Secretary to authorize a member serving on temporary duty outside the United States in support of a contingency operation to make deposits of unallotted pay and allowances during such duty. Provides for the payment of a BAQ for reserve members without dependents who are called to active duty in support of a contingency operation when such active duty makes the member unable to occupy his or her primary residence or rental housing. Entitles reserve or retired members recalled to active duty who are not authorized transportation of household goods from their residence to their place of assignment to a VHA in lieu of such allowance. Provides for special pay for: (1) reserve medical officers on active duty under a call or order for more than 30 days but less than one year; (2) a health care officer who is involuntarily retained on or recalled to active duty for more than 30 days; and (3) a medical officer who voluntarily agrees to remain on active duty for less than one year at a time when such officers are being involuntarily retained or when the Secretary determines that such pay is justified. Increases: (1) the hazardous duty incentive pay for duty performed under conditions of imminent danger; (2) the authorized monthly family separation allowance from $60 to $75; and (3) the death gratuity to a standard $6,000 for members of all grades. Allows a reserve member to be paid a VHA for active duty service of less than 140 days (currently, at least 140 days is required) when the call or order to duty is in support of a contingency operation. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to extend from August 1, 1990 (currently, November 5, 1990) to 180 days after the end of such conflict the period for the authorization of special pay for reserve, recalled, or retained medical officers in the armed forces. Title VII: Health Care Services - Authorizes the Secretary to establish one or more supplemental dental benefit plans for members (and their spouses and dependents) already enrolled in basic dental benefit plans. Requires a monthly premium to be paid by the member for such additional coverage. Outlines copayment requirements under such supplemental plan. Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to authorize the provision under such Program of palliative care and support services in connection with hospice care to a terminally ill patient who chooses such hospice care rather than continuing hospitalization or other health care services for treatment of the patient's terminal illness. Authorizes the provision of such services for dependents of military personnel under contracts for medical care through other medical care providers. Allows contracts providing for inpatient mental health services to include provisions for partial hospitalization services in connection with such psychiatric care. Defines "partial hospitalization services" as items and services that are: (1) prescribed for and provided to a patient by a physician; (2) reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of the patient's condition; and (3) not provided on an overnight hospitalization basis. Outlines the items and services to be included as part of such care, including various types of therapy, services of trained staff, and therapeutic drugs that cannot be self-administered. Includes as part of authorized medical care at military medical facilities well-baby care that includes one screening of an infant to determine the level of lead in the blood. Repeals a Federal provision which authorizes the payment of a multiyear retention bonus to general and flag officers serving as practicing physicians in military medical facilities. Expands the eligibility for coverage under CHAMPUS to include those persons entitled to hospital insurance benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or who would be entitled to such benefits if under 65 years of age. Prevents CHAMPUS benefits from being paid to the extent that a person is entitled to the same benefits under either title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or under Medicare. Authorizes the commanding officer of a military health care facility, in determining whether to issue a nonavailability of health care statement for any person entitled to health care in such facility, to consider the availability of such services for such person pursuant to any contract or agreement entered into for the provision of such services within the area served by such facility. Requires each provider of services under CHAMPUS to submit claims for payment for such services directly to the claims processing office designated pursuant to joint regulations prescribed by the administering Secretaries. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal years 1990 and 1991 to extend through October 1, 1993, the deadline for the issuance of regulations relating to the use of diagnosis-related groups for the allocation of resources to military health care facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to designate any facility owned or operated by the Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities that is authorized to provide medical or dental care for persons eligible to receive such care in military health care facilities as a facility of the uniformed services for purposes of the provision of services under CHAMPUS. Sets forth facility reimbursement provisions. Authorizes the provision of transitional medical and dental care under CHAMPUS for: (1) members of the reserves called to active duty in support of a contingency operation; (2) active-duty personnel retained on active duty for such support; and (3) active-duty personnel voluntarily agreeing to remain on active duty for such support for less than one year. Limits the extent of such coverage to 30 days after the contingency operation is concluded or until the person is covered by another plan, whichever is earlier. Provides exclusions. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Part A: Industrial and Technology Base Initiatives - Directs the Secretary to conduct a program providing for the establishment of cooperative arrangements (partnerships) between DOD and certain entities in order to encourage and provide for R&D of dual-use critical technologies (technologies having both military and nonmilitary commercial applications). Allows such entities (at least two participating jointly with DOD) to include one or more Federal laboratories, institutions of higher education, State governmental agencies, and other appropriate participants, as determined by the Secretary. Requires the joint participants to have a lead institution other than DOD to direct the activities of the partnership. Requires the non-DOD participants to contribute at least 50 percent of the total cost of the partnership activities. Provides for the protection of information disclosed concerning the R&D activities of the participants. Requires the Secretary to evaluate proposals for partnerships on a merit basis using a competitive selection process. Outlines selection criteria. Directs the Secretary, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a program to provide assistance for the activities of eligible regional critical technology application centers (centers) in the United States. Outlines provisions concerning eligible centers, program participants, and assistance authorized, including financial and technical assistance for authorized center activities. Limits such assistance period to six years. Requires: (1) the sponsoring agency of a center to pay at least 30 percent of the total costs incurred for center activities; and (2) the eligible firms participating in a center to pay at least 40 percent of such costs. Requires a center to operate under a management plan that requires participating firms to have the primary responsibility for directing the activities of the center and to exercise such responsibility through majority voting membership of such firms on the board of directors of the center. Outlines provisions concerning program administration as well as selection criteria for centers receiving such assistance. Establishes within the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering the Clearinghouse of Foreign Defense Technology Monitoring and Assessment (Clearinghouse) to: (1) maintain within DOD a central library for the compilation and dissemination of information and assessments regarding significant foreign activities in the R&D and applications of defense critical technologies; (2) establish and maintain data bases on such information and assessments; (3) perform certain liaison activities; (4) provide for public availability of such information and assessments; and (5) cooperate with the Department of Commerce in the dissemination of information and assessments regarding defense critical technologies having potential commercial uses. Directs the Secretary to establish a foreign critical technology monitoring and assessment grant program for the awarding of grants to particpating organizations for the establishment of foreign critical technology monitoring and assessment offices in Europe, Pacific Ocean border foreign countries, and other countries as considered appropriate by the Secretary. Makes eligible for such grants any nonprofit industrial or professional organization that has economic and scientific interests in R&D and applications of commercial critical technologies. Requires each grantee to collect, evaluate, and disseminate to its organization and to the Departments of Defense and Commerce assessments of significant activities in R&D and applications of critical technologies that are conducted in the geographic area in which the office is located. Provides funding for FY 1992 and 1993 for critical technology programs and activities. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress at least biennially a multiyear strategic road map for each critical technology. Requires each road map to: (1) cover at least four fiscal years; (2) provide an assessment of current strengths and weaknesses in the national capability to develop and apply the technologies covered in the road map, and the sources of such strengths and weaknesses which enhance or hinder the development and application of such technologies; (3) ensure that results of federally-funded and conducted R&D of national critical technologies covered by the road map are appropriately disseminated to U.S. industry; and (4) include a discussion of the achievements of the activities conducted pursuant to the road map. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish one or more national critical technologies advisory committees. Directs the President to establish a schedule for the submission of such road maps at regular intervals between the enactment of this Act and October 1, 1996. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements (partnerships) with certain entities to encourage and provide for R&D of advanced manufacturing technologies with the potential for having a broad range of applications. Requires each partnership to be composed of participants from two or more eligible firms. Allows the inclusion of one or more Federal laboratories, institutions of higher education, State entities, and other participants as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. Outlines provisions concerning program administration and participant selection criteria. Requires the Secretary to establish three or more partnerships within one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such partnerships. Directs the Secretary to establish a program: (1) to support manufacturing extension programs of States, local governments, and private, non-profit organizations; (2) to promote the development of a broad range of such extension programs, including programs that provide for productivity and quality improvement activities; and (3) to increase the involvement of appropriate segments of the private sector in such programs. Establishes a Council on Manufacturing Extension to: (1) prescribe policies and procedures for the implementation of the program; (2) serve as a means for coordinating such program with related programs conducted by various Federal departments and agencies; and (3) develop a long-range strategic plan for the manufacturing extension activities of the Federal Government. Outlines application procedures for persons wishing to receive financial assistance for participation in the program, as well as criteria for choosing program participants. Limits the amount of financial assistance awarded to 50 percent of the cost of the program for the period in which the assistance is provided. Provides such assistance for at least five years, unless it is terminated earlier for good cause as determined by the Secretary. Allows a program participant to reapply after a terminated period of assistance. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Directors of the National Science Foundation (NSC) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to establish a program for making grants to institutions of higher education to support the: (1) enhancement of existing programs in manufacturing engineering education that are conducted by grantee institutions and meet specified requirements; and (2) establishment of new programs in manufacturing engineering education that meet such requirements. Requires at least one-third of the grants to be awarded for the latter purpose. Directs the Secretary to avoid geographical concentration of such awards. Directs the Secretary and the Director of NSC to enter into an agreement for carrying out the grant program. Outlines grant program requirements. Directs the Secretary to solicit from institutions of higher education proposals for grants to be awarded for the support of programs of manufacturing engineering education. Requires applications to be evaluated on a merit basis under competitive procedures. Outlines grantee selection criteria. Limits the Federal contribution of such assistance to 50 percent of the estimated cost of the activities involved. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a program to support specified activities of one or more manufacturing managers and experts at the institution of higher education involved. Outlines provisions concerning program administration and applicant selection criteria. Limits the Federal support of such program to 50 percent of the costs of activities to be supported by such assistance. Requires the Secretary to award at least ten such grants within one year after enactment of this Act. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to enter into cooperative agreements and other transactions for advanced research projects. (Currently, only the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is authorized to enter into such agreements or transactions.) Makes permanent (currently expires September 30, 1991) the authority to enter into such agreements. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan for collecting and assessing information on the extent to which the defense industrial base of the United States: (1) procures weapon systems, subsystems, and components of such systems from foreign sources; and (2) is dependent upon such foreign sources for such procurement. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan for the removal of barriers to the effective integration of the commercial and defense sectors of the U.S. industrial base. Requires the Secretary to designate an official within his Office to develop the plan. Requires annual development and submission to the Congress by the Secretary of a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan. Places FY 1992 and 1993 funding limitations on manufacturing technology-related R&D not specifically included in such annual Plan. Directs the Secretary to conduct a program for the development and use of advanced flexible computer integrated manufacturing capabilities in each of the military departments and the U.S. defense industrial base. Requires the continued development of Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts technologies and applications as part of such program. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such program, with a specified capabilities-duplication prohibition within the military departments. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (Under Secretary), to establish a program to award grants on a competitive basis to U.S. institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations for the conduct of programs for U.S. scientists, engineers, and managers to learn Japanese language and culture. Directs the Secretary, at the same time as the submission of the President's budget to the Congress, to submit to the Congress a plan for providing DOD support for science, mathematics, and engineering education at all levels of education in the United States for such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to award grants to programs that are conducted on a national basis for the improvement of science and mathematics education in primary and secondary schools. Requires any program receiving such a grant to derive at least 50 percent of its funding and other resources from non-Federal sources. Requires a report. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding. Part B: Other Acquisition Policy Matters - Earmarks specified FY 1992 and 1993 funds authorized under this Act for the mentor-protege program established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (a program which provides incentives for DOD contractors to employ and use small and disadvantaged businesses and historically Black colleges and universities in defense contracts and related activities). Earmarks funds for the same fiscal years for infrastructure assistance to historically Black colleges and universities for defense research activities under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987. Authorizes the continued one-year extensions on research and development contracts awarded by a military department, requiring the Secretary to give the Congress advance notice of any such contract extensions. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for manpower (currently, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition) to carry out all the powers, functions, and duties of the Secretary with respect to the defense acquisition workforce in DOD. Extends from October 1, 1991, to October 1, 1993, the time after which there must be a measurable (currently, substantial) increase in the proportion of civilians serving in critical acquisition positions and in division head positions. Authorizes the Secretary to postpone the effectiveness of any requirement established in or pursuant to specified Federal provisions relating to the defense acquisition workforce for up to one year if the Secretary provides the defense committees with 45 days' notice. Earmarks specified funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act for FY 1992 and 1993 for the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program for specified programs within such program. Repeals specified Federal provisions concerning post-employment restrictions on certain DOD and Department of Energy defense procurement and contracting personnel. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 1993 a program under which certain bonding requirements are waived in order to aid small and disadvantaged business concerns in obtaining military construction contracts. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to use such bond waiver authority (as provided under the Small Business Act) in the awarding of Air Force construction contracts to participants in the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Requires protection bonds provided to DOD in compliance with the Miller Act (an Act requiring a construction bond to be posted in connection with any construction of Federal buildings or public works) to be made available upon request to any potential subcontractor or supplier of a contractor. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to revise provisions relating to the certified cost and pricing data threshold for subcontracts of DOD contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to waive a Federal provision prohibiting severance pay paid to foreign nationals from being included as an allowable defense contractor cost under specified circumstances. Prohibits such waiver from applying with respect to a contractor that is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by citizens or nationals of a foreign country. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to continue to conduct a specified personnel demonstration project at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, and at the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California. Repeals the requirement of a manpower estimate report before the Secretary may approve the full-scale engineering development, or the production and deployment, of a major defense acquisition program. Revises from October 1, 1994, to October 1, 1992, the date after which the Secretary may terminate in the national interest a Buy American restriction with respect to the acquisition of carbonyl iron powders. Requires the Secretary, no later than June 1, 1992, to prescribe final regulations defining the legitimate interest of the United States and its contractor or subcontractor in technical data pertaining to an item or process. Requires the Secretary, 30 days before implementing such regulations, to notify the defense committees and publish such regulations in the Federal Register. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the final regulations. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Secretary on proposed regulations and legislation. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Part A: General Matters - Includes the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) within the JCS. Establishes within DOD a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Directs the Secretary to credit an officer performing combat duty in the Persian Gulf theater that provided significant experience in joint matters or involved frequent professional interaction with either members of another military department or with an allied armed force as having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment for purposes of promotion due to joint duty experience. Makes inapplicable to such crediting certain Federal reporting and policy requirements. Requires information on the use of such crediting authority to be included in an annual report required for FY 1992 on expenditures, work, and accomplishments of DOD. Continues for FY 1992 and 1993 the separate budget account in DOD known as the CINC Initiative Fund, allowing the Chairman of JCS to use such account to provide funds to the commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the commander of the U.S. element of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for certain authorized activities. Requires the Chairman to give funding priority to activities that would enhance the warfighting capability, readiness, and sustainability of the forces assigned to the commander requesting the funds. Limits CINC Fund spending for each fiscal year. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1993 the authorization for certain support provided to other Federal departments and agencies for counter-drug activities. Extends the provision of such support to State, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies. Cites the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the principal civilian adviser to the Secretary on special access (secret or classified) programs, and, after the Secretary, as the principal special access programs official within the senior management of DOD. Requires the Deputy Secretary to carry out all the responsibilities of the Secretary relating to special access programs for all such programs within DOD. Requires the Deputy Secretary to supervise the management of, prescribe the policies, standards, and procedures for, and approve the establishment of, all special access programs. Provides for the Deputy Secretary a Principal Assistant for Special Access Programs, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended for such special access programs until certain congressional oversight requirements have been met. Provides for the designation of access to information regarding such programs within the Congress. Includes one representative each from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard within the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. Part B: Intelligence Matters - Reorganizes the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Requires the DIA Director to be the senior military intelligence adviser to the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the Director of the CIA. Requires the DIA Director to report directly to such officials on all matters concerning military intelligence. Outlines Director duties. Requires the Director to take certain steps to strengthen the roles and authorities of functional managers within the DIA. Requires the Secretary to maintain within the District of Columbia a single and joint intelligence center for the armed forces. Outlines provisions with respect to functions and management of such center. Requires the center to be fully responsive to the intelligence needs of the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the commanders of the combatant commands. Requires the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the combatant command commanders to regularly and periodically exercise the use of the national intelligence collection systems as defined in the classified annex. Requires the Secretary and the Director of the CIA to report to specified congressional committees describing the use of such collection systems. Requires the Secretary to assign to the CIA Director the responsibility of managing all imagery intelligence processing, exploitation, and dissemination activities within DOD. Allows the CIA Director to delegate the performance of routine imagery intelligence management functions to appropriate functional managers. Outlines manager functions with respect to such imagery intelligence matters. Requires the Secretary and the CIA Director to: (1) consider establishing a joint imagery planning and procurement committee; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on joint decisions made concerning the establishment of such a committee. Title X: Supplemental Authorization of Appropriations for Operation Desert Storm - Extends through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations to the Defense Cooperation Account (Account) and the Persian Gulf Working Capital Account for payment of costs associated with Operation Desert Storm (the Operation). Renames the Persian Gulf Working Capital Fund the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund (Fund). Authorizes supplemental appropriations to DOD for FY 1991 and 1992 in the form of current and future balances in the Account and the Fund for incremental costs associated with the Operation and for replenishment of the Fund by transfer from the Account. Authorizes additional appropriations for: (1) FY 1991 and 1992 for procurement; (2) FY 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation; and (3) FY 1991 and 1992 for operation and maintenance and working capital funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for military personnel, Army National Guard. Provides additional transfer authority from other appropriation accounts. Requires amounts expended from the Fund to be replenished to the extent possible from amounts available in the Account. Requires monthly reports concerning such transfers. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to include Operation Provide Comfort within the definition of Operation Desert Storm for purposes of eligibility for appropriations under such Act. Title XI: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts of authorizations made available in this Division for any fiscal year between any such authorizations for such fiscal year. Limits the total fiscal year amounts that may be so transferred. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress of any transfers made. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the annual due date of a joint OMB/CBO outlay report. Requires the Director of OMB, for each of FY 1991 through 1996, to report to the Congress on the effect on the Federal deficit of payments and adjustments made with respect to Federal appropriation accounts, with separate estimates for each Federal agency. Eliminates the permanent requirement for such report. Part B: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the obsolete naval aircraft carrier Oriskany to a certain foundation for cultural and educational purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the obsolete research vessel Gyre to Texas A&M University for educational and research purposes. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on developments in the transfer of weapons, technology, and materials that can be used to deliver, manufacture, or weaponize nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons (NBC weapons) to any country that is not a Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) adherent, with specified exceptions, or any other missile system that the Secretary has reason to believe may be used to deliver NBC weapons. Prohibits funds available to DOD before FY 1994 from being used to deactivate specified Naval Reserve helicopter mine countermeasures squadrons. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) repeal a provision requiring the transfer of certain aircraft to the Air Force Reserve; and (2) terminate the requirement to replace Marine Corps OV-10 aircraft with Air Force A-10 aircraft. Provides that whenever the United States participates in a cooperative project with any friendly foreign country or NATO on a cost-sharing basis, any contribution from such country or NATO to meet its share of project costs may be credited to appropriations available to an appropriate military department or defense agency, as determined by the Secretary. Outlines payments for which such amounts are made available. Authorizes the Secretary to accept cash contributions from the Republic of Korea in return for the costs of: (1) compensation for local national employees of DOD; and (2) DOD military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide certain supplies and services relating to equipment, vessels, and aircraft to foreign countries (currently only to "friendly" foreign countries) if similar supplies and services are provided to the United States by the foreign country. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make permanent (currently authorized during FY 1987 through 1991) the authority to transfer excess defense equipment to certain nations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Italian air defense agreements and to provide articles and services to Italy as specified in the agreements. Outlines provisions concerning administration of the agreements. Allows the Secretary to enter into contracts under such agreements only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. Authorizes the commander of any unified or specified combatant command to pay, or authorize payment for, the expenses of training or deploying special operations forces being trained or deployed with forces of a friendly foreign country. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to use funds appropriated to DOD to transfer technical data packages, or to provide technical data assistance, to a friendly foreign country. (Currently, such transfer is authorized for a member nation of NATO or a country designated as a major non-NATO ally.) Authorizes the side-by-side testing of conventional weapons and nondevelopmental items by the United States and other friendly foreign countries (currently authorized for the U.S. and its major allies).

National Defense Multiyear Authorization Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991

National Defense Multiyear Authorization Act of 1991 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons and tracked combat vehicles; (4) ammunition; (5) shipbuilding and conversion; and (6) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1992 and 1993 for the defense agencies; (2) FY 1992 for the Defense Inspector General; (3) FY 1992 and 1993 for the reserves and National Guard; and (4) FY 1992 and 1993 for the chemical demilitarization program. Amend the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to: (1) change from April 30, 1997, to July 31, 1999, the deadline for the destruction of stockpiled lethal chemical agents and munitions of the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funds to assist State and local governments in reviewing applications for permits or licenses required for the construction and operation of facilities to be used to destroy the lethal weapons stockpile. Authorizes the use of funds appropriated for FY 1992 for entering into multiyear procurement contracts for specified Army and Navy systems and programs. Part B: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Army to obligate specified funds appropriated to the Army for FY 1991 and 1992 for the M1A2 tank program. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified FY 1991 research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) funds for the procurement of Navy aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer unobligated FY 1991 Navy funds for shipbuilding and conversion in connection with the sealift program established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991. Earmarks specified FY 1992 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for the air cushion landing craft program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) before funds may be obligated for such program. Provides that restrictions on the construction or repair of U.S. vessels in foreign shipyards shall not apply to inflatable boats as defined by the Secretary of the Navy. Prohibits FY 1992 or 1993 Navy funds from being obligated for the production or installation of upgrades in the MK-92 fire control system until the successful completion of operational testing of such system has been certified. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer unobligated FY 1991 procurement funds for the procurement during FY 1992 of Trident missiles. Earmarks specified FY 1992 Air Force procurement funds for procurement of the B-2 bomber aircraft program. Requires certain performance and compliance certification requirements to be met by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) before such funds may be obligated. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, upon the completion of all testing with respect to the B-1B bomber aircraft, including software changes, to review all flight test data related to the electronic countermeasures system of such aircraft and report the results to the defense committees. Requires: (1) an independent analysis of such report by a panel established under prior law; (2) a report review, evaluation, and report by the Comptroller General; and (3) a B-1B modification plan and certification of necessity for FY 1993 through 1999 by the Secretary. Provides FY 1992 funding for B-1B modifications and repeals a provision providing funding for the B-1B avionics and modifications. Prohibits FY 1992 funding for the C-17 aircraft program until the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense committees concerning such program. Places further limitations on FY 1993 funds for such program, other than funds for advance procurement. Earmarks funds made available from the sale of F-15 aircraft for the procurement of replacement F-15 aircraft and for support equipment for such aircraft. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to prohibit the obligation of funds for the AMRAAM missile program until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation reports to the defense committees on its effectiveness and suitability for combat. Repeals a Federal provision requiring certain budgeting report information for the procurement of common weapon systems (systems procured by more than one military department). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering, and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for research, development, test, and evaluation. Part B: Strategic Defense Initiative - Directs the Secretary to aggressively pursue the development of a range of advanced theater missile defenses (TMDs), with the option of selecting and deploying such systems by the mid-1990s. Directs the Secretary, by FY 1996, to develop for deployment an effective and ABM Treaty-compliant anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system at a single site to protect the United States against limited ballistic missile threats, including accidental or unauthorized launches or Third World attack. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a deployment plan for TMDs and an ABM system which meet such guidelines. Urges the President to immediately pursue negotiations to amend the ABM Treaty to permit completion of the ABM system as described and to adopt a new negotiating strategy to reach agreements with the Soviet Union with respect to sites, interceptors, and the development and testing of space-based missile defenses and ballistic missile defenses. States that increased funding for follow-on ABM technologies is currently required as part of U.S. defense policy, including the Brilliant Pebbles technology. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on issues associated with the option of deploying space-based interceptors, including Brilliant Pebbles, for providing global defenses against ballistic missile attacks. Prohibits obligation of more than 50 percent of FY 1992 funding for the Brilliant Pebbles program until 45 days after submission of the Secretary's report. Defines the following exclusive program elements of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): (1) the limited defense system; (2) theatre missile defenses; (3) space-based interceptors; (4) other follow-on systems; and (5) research and support activities. States that such elements shall be the only program elements referred to in support of SDI budget submissions after FY 1992. Provides the R&D program funding for SDI and earmarks specific amounts for each of the program elements. Earmarks specified amounts for an environmental impact statement and related studies, surveys, assessments, and analyses related to the program elements. Requires a report from the Secretary on the FY 1992 allocation of funding for SDI. Provides certain funds transfer authority, with limitations. Directs the President and the Congress, as single-site ABM deployment nears its target date of FY 1996, to review the progress in the ABM Treaty amendments negotiations. Requires an interim report on the progress of such negotiations. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY 1992 funding for the development and testing of ABM systems or components except as consistent with the development and testing described in the May 1991 SDIO Report, or for the acquisition of materials or equipment used as part of such development and testing except as consistent with such Report, with an exception. Part C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer certain FY 1991 funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program. Prohibits the FY 1992 or 1993 obligation or expenditure of such funds until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has made certain evaluations and assessments to the Secretary with respect to such program. Earmarks certain funds authorized to the defense agencies under this Act for R&D in connection with the special operations variant of the V-22. Prohibits the obligation on or after January 1, 1992, of FY 1992 or 1993 Navy funds for developing and testing Navy mine countermeasures systems unless primary responsibility for such testing is transferred to the Research, Development, and Acquisition Command of the Marine Corps. Prohibits the obligation of the same funds on or after the same date for R&D in non-acoustic anti-submarine warfare unless the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense committees. Prohibits the obligation of funds for any anti-submarine stand-off weapon system until 45 days after the Secretary of the Navy has made certain certifications to the defense committees. Limits the obligation of funds for the Submarine Tactical Warfare System program until the Secretary of the Navy reports to the defense committees on the Navy's requirements for ship-to-shore fire support. Limits the FY 1992 funding for the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program, earmarking specified sums for specific parts of such program. Transfers certain unobligated FY 1991 R&D funds for obligation in FY 1992 for the procurement of MX missiles. Prohibits such funds from being used to conduct certain flight testing of such missile and limits the obligation of funding until the Secretary certifies to the defense committees that no such funds will be used for such flight testing. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should rescind its previous designation (made for purposes of START negotiations) of the MX ICBM as a mobile ICBM system. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for the medical component of the Biological Defense Research Program of DOD. Limits the obligation of such funds to the product development or for R&D of medical countermeasures against a validated biowarfare threat agent or a long-term biowarfare threat agent. Earmarks specified amounts of such funds for R&D against long-term biowarfare threats only. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for R&D under the University Research Initiative program of DOD, with amounts earmarked for specific projects of such program. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for R&D projects conducted jointly by the United States and Japan as part of a prior cooperative technology R&D agreement. Directs the Secretary, as part of annual defense budget documents required to be submitted by the President, to set forth the proposed amount of DOD funding for each federally-funded research and development center for the fiscal year. Prohibits funds made available to DOD for FY 1992 from being obligated at any of specified centers for work performed in excess of a specified amount of man-hours. Limits the FY 1992 DOD funds to be obligated for the center known as MITRE. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitations upon certain congressional notifications and determinations regarding the essentiality of such work to the national security. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on FY 1992 funding levels of such centers. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components of the armed forces, the National Guard, the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, and humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for working capital funds of the armed forces and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. States that funds authorized under this Act for humanitarian assistance shall be used to provide transportation for humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Earmarks specified sums for noncombatants at or near the border between Thailand and Cambodia. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified sums to the Secretary of State for FY 1992 for providing such humanitarian assistance, requiring the Secretary of State to use the most economical commercial or military transportation possible. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to specified congressional committees on specified dates on the provision of such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide logistical support and personnel services in connection with the: (1) 1993 World University Games in New York State; and (2) 1996 games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, Georgia. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Other Matters - Limits the incurring of obligations against DOD stock funds during 1992 to 80 percent of the sales from such funds during such fiscal year, with a waiver of such limitation for national security reasons. Makes funds available to DOD for a fiscal year available for contracts for the maintenance and operation of equipment (currently, only for tools, facilities, and depot maintenance). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1992 a depot maintenance workload competition pilot program conducted by the Secretary. Repeals a current prohibition on such competitions. Repeals a Federal provision which empowers the commander of a military installation to contract for the performance of commercial activities on such installation. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through 1992 the authority for aviation depots and naval shipyards to engage in defense-related production and services. Prohibits funds made available to DOD during FY 1992 or 1993 from being obligated or expended for the purchase of surety bonds or other guaranties of financial responsibility in order to guarantee the performance of any direct function of DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grant assistance during FY 1992 to Nye County, Nevada, for impact assistance relating to capital improvements made by such county to accommodate military personnel and dependents and other personnel of DOD and the Department of Energy (DOE) supporting the mission of the Tonapah Research Center. Directs the Secretary to take necessary action to prevent the inadvertant introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam to Hawaii in aircraft and vessels transporting personnel or cargo for DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to donate not more than 15 tons of cruise missile scrap to the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. States that, if it is necessary for a contractor to furnish a performance surety bond for any contract under the defense environmental restoration program, the provisions of the Miller Act (an Act requiring contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work to be accompanied by a performance bond protecting the United States) shall apply. Entitles the surety on such a bond to any indemnification or limitation of liability to which its principal is entitled under the contract or other applicable law. Prohibits any person other than the obligee named in the bond from having a right of action on any performance bond so furnished. Outlines liability limits for a performance bond surety in a defense environmental restoration program contract. Repeals the requirement for the authorization of civilian DOD personnel by end strength. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Prohibits the Secretary in FY 1992 from requiring the involuntary separation of active-duty members who have completed their initial period of obligated service but are ineligible to retire with retired or retainer pay. Excepts certain separations from such prohibition. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the prescribed end strengths when necessary to prevent personnel imbalances that would impair long-term combat readiness. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to reduce the authorized permanent end strength of U.S. military personnel assigned to permanent duty in Europe. Reduces the number of permanent active-duty Air Force colonels. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Allows such end strengths to vary by up to two percent. Authorizes reductions for the Selected Reserve components for each such fiscal year. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1992 and 1993 for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) adjust the authorized number of personnel assigned to the Army Reserve and Army National Guard; and (2) extend such authorized end strengths through FY 1998 (currently, 1997). Increases the number of active-duty officers assigned to full-time support and training of Army National Guard personnel. Increases the authorized number of certain enlisted and officer personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1992 and 1993. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Part A: General Matters - Prohibits an individual from receiving an original appointment as a commissioned officer in the regular armed forces until such individual has served at least one year on active duty as a commissioned officer in a reserve component. Reduces from 90 to 30 the number of days certain general and flag officers awaiting retirement shall continue to hold such grade, such period beginning on the date when such officer is relieved from duty. Excludes from a list of officers submitted to a selection board for consideration for early retirement any officer of that grade and competitive category who has been approved for retirement during the fiscal year in which the selection board is convened, or, if different, for retirement in the fiscal year in which any officer selected for retirement by the selection board is required to retire. Provides an alternate retirement date for officers not considered by a selection board under such exception, unless the Secretary of the military department concerned approves a modification to such date in order to prevent a personal hardship for the officer or for other humanitarian reasons. Provides a temporary early retirement selection authority for officers holding a regular grde below the grade of lieutenant colonel or commander who will become eligible for retirement before being retired by a selection board and whose names are not on an officer promotion list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive a current prohibition on certain reserve service with the ROTC program if such Secretary determines that the removal of such member from such assignment will cause a financial hardship for such member. Authorizes the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps to be retired in the highest grade in such service in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (currently, in the discretion of the President alone). Removes the requirement that each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy must have served at least one year as an enlisted member. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board to review the administration of the athletics programs of the military academies and to determine ways in which the administration of such programs can serve as a model for civilian institutions of higher education. Establishes the position of Academic Dean and Provost at the Naval Academy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to waive the current service academy maximum appointment age of 22 in the case of persons who became 22 while serving in the Persian Gulf or who were candidates for admission but were prevented from being admitted due to being called to duty in connection with the Persin Gulf War. Extends through FY 1995: (1) the effective date of an amendment which states that, for purposes of determining years of service of a commissioned officer for mandatory retirement, any time of service before appointment as a commissioned officer shall not be counted; (2) the current detrmination for original appointment grades of Medical Corps Reserve officers; (3) the current determination for the promotion of reserve commissioned officers on active duty but not on the active duty list; and (4) the authority of the Secretary concerned to repay educational loans of certain health professionals in the Selected Reserve. Makes permanent (currently ends on September 30, 1992) the authority for temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Directs the Secretary to prescribe uniform regulations governing information furnished to selection boards convened for determining promotions, separations, and involuntary retirements of officers on the active-duty list. Requires the Secretary to approve any supplements to such regulations proposed by the Secretaries of any of the military departments. Requires each communication made to such a selection board to be made to each member and made a part of the record. Outlines specific information authorized to be received by a selection board, prohibiting any other types. Directs the Secretary concerned to provide that the officer to be placed before a selection board: (1) is notified that information will be presented to the board; and (2) is afforded a reasonable opportunity to comment on such information. Provides that recommendations of a selection board may be disclosed only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary and in no event may such recommendation be disclosed to any person who is not a member of the board until each board member has signed the written report of the recommendation. Prohibits a Secretary convening a selection board, or any officer exercising authority over any member of a board, from: (1) censuring, reprimanding, or admonishing such board member with respect to a recommendation or the exercise of any board function; or (2) attempting to coerce or influence any action of a selection board or any of its members. Provides that if the Secretary or Secretary concerned recommends that the name of an officer be removed from a report of a selection board and the recommendation includes information that was not presented to that board, such officer shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for comment on such information to the recommending officials and the officials reviewing such recommendation. Revises provisions concerning the inclusion of officers to be considered for promotion by a selection board from below the promotion zone. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries concerned to preclude from consideration by selection boards for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or real admiral (lower half) officers in the grade of colonel or Navy captain who: (1) have been considered but not selected for promotion to such grades by at least two selection boards; and (2) are determined as not being exceptionally well qualified for promotion. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the supervision, management, and administration of the reserve components of the armed forces. Part B: Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces - Establishes the Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces to study all matters relating to the assignment of women in the armed forces and to make findings on: (1) the implications on combat readiness of permitting women to be assigned to all combat positions; (2) the social and cultural implications of such position assignments; (3) the advisability of permitting only voluntary assignments of women to combat positions and of permitting involuntary assignments; (4) the advisability of requiring women to register and be drafted under the Military Selective Service Act; (5) the legal and policy implications of permitting women to qualify for assignment to combat position; (6) the extent of the need to modify facilities, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other equipment to accommodate women assigned to combat positions, as well as the costs of such action and its practicality; and (7) the effects of existing laws relating to the recruitment, assignment, and promotion of women in the armed forces on combat readiness, opportunities for women in the armed forces, and the quality of personnel in the armed forces. Directs the Commission to transmit a final report to the President by November 15, 1992. Requires the President, by December 15, 1992, to transmit such report to the defense committees, along with comments and recommendations. Outlines administrative provisions concerning Commission powers, procedures, personnel matters, and expenses. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Provides that a retired officer ordered back to active duty shall serve at either the member's retired grade (current law) or any higher grade in which the member satisfactorily served on active duty, as determined by the Secretary. Entitles a retired officer recalled to active duty and later released from such duty to be placed on the retired list in the highest of: (1) the member's original retired grade; (2) the highest grade in which the member satisfactorily served for at least 180 days (current law); or (3) the highest grade in which the member served on active duty satisfactorily as determined by the Secretary for at least three years, including the recalled tour of duty. Allows a member of the armed forces whose certification for foreign language proficiency pay was interrupted by an assignment to duty in connection with a contingency operation (an operation involving the possibility of military action or intervention against a hostile force) to be paid such special pay for the duration of such duty. Allows such member 180 days following such duty to obtain such necessary certification and authorizes the Secretary concerned to extend such period in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives during FY 1992 a required pay increase for military personnel in conformity with the annual GS-level increase for the Federal Government. Increases by 4.2 percent the rates of basic pay, basic subsistence allowance, and basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) on January 1, 1992. Limits the amount of BAQ in the case of a member of the armed forces who is authorized such allowance solely by reason of the member's payment of child support pursuant to a court order. Requires each member of the armed forces claiming entitlement to: (1) a BAQ to annually certify to the Secretary concerned the dependency status of each dependent of such member; and (2) a variable housing allowance (VHA) to annually certify to the Secretary the member's housing costs. Part B: Miscellaneous Pay and Benefits Matters - Entitles aviation cadets of the armed forces to the lowest pay grade rate prescribed for grade E-4, unless any such cadet is entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade. Entitles a senior noncommissioned officer who completes his or her service and is placed on terminal leave pending retirement to the rate of basic pay authorized for the senior enlisted member of that armed force. Allows the Secretary concerned to provide reimbursement or a travel allowance for the dependents of a member assigned to a vessel under construction for the travel of such dependents from the designated home port of the ship or the residence of the member's dependents (currently, only from the home port of the ship). Authorizes the payment of a travel and transportation allowance to member who: (1) performs duty under emergency circumstances at a location within the limits of a member's station; and (2) uses overnight accommodations because of such duty. Revises the definition of a "dependent" for purposes of eligibility for benefits as a military dependent to include dependent parents-in-law, dependent children whose custody is granted to a member by a court order or decree, and other dependent minors who reside in the member's household. Revises hazardous duty pay provisions for parachute jumping to include all free fall operations involving jumper deployed parachute openings. Extends the authority for the payment of the following bonuses and special pay: (1) the aviator retention bonus, through FY 1993; (2) special pay for enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to high-priority units, through FY 1993; (3) the accession bonus for nurse officer candidates, through FY 1994; (4) special pay for nurse anesthetists, through FY 1993; (5) the reenlistment bonus for regular military personnel and the enlistment bonus for extended active duty, through FY 1997; and (6) the enlistment and reenlistment bonus for reservists as well as the bonus pay for affiliation with the Selected Reserve, through FY 1995. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Provides identical provisions for reimbursement of adoption expenses for members of the Coast Guard. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to transport (or pay the cost of such transport) the remains of dependents of retired military personnel for burial when such dependents die in a military medical facility. (Currently, such transportation is provided only to the retired decedents.) Authorizes the use of appropriated funds (currently nonappropriated funds only) for reimbursement of incidental expenses of persons providing voluntary services for programs operated by a military department or the Coast Guard. Authorizes travel and transportation allowances permitted for members performing consecutive tours of duty to be deferred for up to one year after the member begins the consecutive tour at the same duty station or another. Entitles Federal employees assigned to a post at Johnstown Island in the Pacific Ocean to a separate maintenance allowance during the period of assignment if the head of the department or agency responsible for such assignment designates such duty as remote duty and finds it necessary for the employee to maintain his or her spouse or dependents at a location other than the Island. Allows a person to choose a base amount for a supplemental spouse annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan of between five and 20 pecent of the base amount under the plan. Waives a required reduction in military retired pay for persons returning to employment in the case of persons employed in the legislative branch for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified employees. Authorizes the payment of a military survivor annuity to a representative of: (1) a person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has been appointed; or (2) a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has not been appointed. Increases from $500 to $2500 the amount of a claim of the United States against a Federal employee, member of the military, or member of the Coast Guard for overpayment of pay, allowances, or expenses which is authorized to be waived by the department head or Secretary concerned when the collection of such claim would be against equity and good conscience or otherwise not in the best interests of the United States. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Defines a "contingency operation" as one in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions against an enemy or opposing military force, or which results in a call or order to, or retention on, active duty during a war or national emergency. Provides for the payment of accrued leave to the survivors of members who die as a result of an injury or illness incurred while serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation. Allows the 60-day ceiling on the accumulation of accrued leave to be exceeded, by up to 30 additional days, in the case of members assigned to active duty in support of a contingency operation during a fiscal year. Repeals the current $10,000 limit applicable to a savings deposit program in the case of members of the armed forces serving in a contingency operation. Allows the Secretary to authorize a member serving on temporary duty outside the United States in support of a contingency operation to make deposits of unallotted pay and allowances during such duty. Provides for the payment of a BAQ for reserve members without dependents who are called to active duty in support of a contingency operation when such active duty makes the member unable to occupy his or her primary residence or rental housing. Entitles reserve or retired members recalled to active duty who are not authorized transportation of household goods from their residence to their place of assignment to a VHA in lieu of such allowance. Provides for special pay for: (1) reserve medical officers on active duty under a call or order for more than 30 days but less than one year; (2) a health care officer who is involuntarily retained on or recalled to active duty for more than 30 days; and (3) a medical officer who voluntarily agrees to remain on active duty for less than one year at a time when such officers are being involuntarily retained or when the Secretary determines that such pay is justified. Increases: (1) the hazardous duty incentive pay for duty performed under conditions of imminent danger; (2) the authorized monthly family separation allowance from $60 to $75; and (3) the death gratuity to a standard $6,000 for members of all grades. Allows a reserve member to be paid a VHA for active duty service of less than 140 days (currently, at least 140 days is required) when the call or order to duty is in support of a contingency operation. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to extend from August 1, 1990 (currently, November 5, 1990) to 180 days after the end of such conflict the period for the authorization of special pay for reserve, recalled, or retained medical officers in the armed forces. Title VII: Health Care Services - Authorizes the Secretary to establish one or more supplemental dental benefit plans for members (and their spouses and dependents) already enrolled in basic dental benefit plans. Requires a monthly premium to be paid by the member for such additional coverage. Outlines copayment requirements under such supplemental plan. Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to authorize the provision under such Program of palliative care and support services in connection with hospice care to a terminally ill patient who chooses such hospice care rather than continuing hospitalization or other health care services for treatment of the patient's terminal illness. Authorizes the provision of such services for dependents of military personnel under contracts for medical care through other medical care providers. Allows contracts providing for inpatient mental health services to include provisions for partial hospitalization services in connection with such psychiatric care. Defines "partial hospitalization services" as items and services that are: (1) prescribed for and provided to a patient by a physician; (2) reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of the patient's condition; and (3) not provided on an overnight hospitalization basis. Outlines the items and services to be included as part of such care, including various types of therapy, services of trained staff, and therapeutic drugs that cannot be self-administered. Includes as part of authorized medical care at military medical facilities well-baby care that includes one screening of an infant to determine the level of lead in the blood. Repeals a Federal provision which authorizes the payment of a multiyear retention bonus to general and flag officers serving as practicing physicians in military medical facilities. Expands the eligibility for coverage under CHAMPUS to incude those persons entitled to hospital insurance benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or who would be entitled to such benefits if under 65 years of age. Prevents CHAMPUS benefits from being paid to the extent that a person is entitled to the same benefits under either title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or under Medicare. Authorizes the commanding officer of a military health care facility, in determining whether to issue a nonavailbility of health care statement for any person entitled to health care in such facility, to consider the availability of such services for such person pursuant to any contract or agreement entered into for the provision of such services within the area served by such facility. Requires each provider of services under CHAMPUS to submit claims for payment for such services directly to the claims processing office designated pursuant to joint regulations prescribed by the administering Secretaries. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fisal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through October 1, 1993, the deadline for the issuance of regulations relating to the use of diagnosis-related groups for the allocation of resources to military health care facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to designate any facility owned or operated by the Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities that is authorized to provide medical or dental care for persons eligible to receive such care in military health care facilities as a facility of the uniformed services for purposes of the provision of services under CHAMPUS. Sets forth facility reimbursement provisions. Authorizes the provisioin of transitional medical and dental care under CHAMPUS for: (1) members of the reserves called to active duty in support of a contingency operation; (2) active-duty personnel retained on active duty for such support; and (3) active-duty personnel voluntarily agreeing to remain on active duty for such support for less than one year. Limits the extent of such coverage to 30 days after the contingency operation is concluded or until the person is covered by another plan, whichever is earlier. Provides exclusions. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Part A: Industrial and Technology Base Initiatives - Directs the Secretary to conduct a program providing for the establishment of cooperative arrangements (partnerships) between DOD and certain entities in order to encourage and provide for R&D of dual-use critical technologies (technologies having both military and nonmilitary commercial applications). Allows such entities (at least two participating jointly with DOD) to include one or more Federal laboratories, institutions of higher education, State governmental agencies, and other appropraite participants, as determined by the Secretary. Requires the joint participants to have a lead institution other than DOD to direct the activities of the partnership. Requires the non-DOD participants to contribute at least 50 percent of the total cost of the partnership activities. Provides for the protection of information disclosed concerning the R&D activities of the participants. Requires the Secretary to evaluate proposals for partnerships on a merit basis using a competitive selection process. Outlines selection criteria. Directs the Secretary, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a program to provide assistance for the activities of eligible regional critical technology application centers (centers) in the United States. Outlines provisions concerning eligible centers, program participants, and assistance authorized, including financial and technical assistance for authorized center activities. Limits such assistance period to six years. Requires: (1) the sponsoring agency of a center to pay at least 30 percent of the total costs incurred for center activities; and (2) the eligible firms participating in a center to pay at least 40 percent of such costs. Requires a center to operate under a management plan that requires participating firms to have the primary responsibility for directing the activities of the center and to exercise such responsibility through majority voting membership of such firms on the board of directors of the center. Outlines provisions concerning program administration as well as selection criteria for centers receiving such assistance. Establishes within the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering the Clearinghouse of Foreign Defense Technology Monitoring and Assessment (Clearinghouse) to: (1) maintain within DOD a central library for the compilation and dissemination of information and assessments regarding significant foreign activities in the R&D and applications of defense critical technologies; (2) establish and maintain data bases on such information and assessments; (3) perform certain liaison activities; (4) provide for public availability of such information and assessments; and (5) cooperate with the Department of Commerce in the dissemination of information and assessments regarding defense critical technologies having potential commercial uses. Directs the Secretary to establish a foreign critical technology monitoring and assessment grant program for the awarding of grants to particpating organizations for the establishment of foreign critical technology monitoring and assessment offices in Europe, Pacific Ocean border foreign countries, and other countries as considered appropriate by the Secretary. Makes eligible for such grants any nonprofit industrial or professional organization that has economic and scientific interests in R&D and applications of commercial critical technologies. Requires each grantee to collect, evaluate, and disseminate to its organization and to the Departments of Defense and Commerce assessments of significant activities in R&D and applications of critical technologies that are conducted in the geographic area in which the office is located. Provides funding for FY 1992 and 1993 for critical technology programs and activities. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress at least biennially a multiyear strategic road map for each critical technology. Requires each road map to: (1) cover at least four fiscal years; (2) provide as assessment of current strengths and weaknesses in the national capability to develop and apply the technologies covered in the road map, and the sources of such strengths and weaknesses which enhance or hinder the development and application of such technologies; (3) ensure that results of federally-funded and conducted R&D of national critical technologies covered by the road map are appropriately disseminated to U.S. industry; and (4) include a discussion of the achievements of the activities conducted pursuant to the road map. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish one or more national critical technologies advisory committees. Directs the President to establish a schedule for the submission of such road maps at regular intervals between the enactment of this Act and October 1, 1996. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements (partnerships) with certain entities to encourage and provide for R&D of advanced manufacturing technologies with the potential for having a broad range of applications. Requires each partnership to composed of participants from two or more eligible firms. Allows the inclusion of one or more Federal laboratories, institutions of higher education, State entities, and other participants as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. Outlines provisions concerning program administration and participant selection criteria. Requires the Secretary to establish three or more partnerships within one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such partnerships. Directs the Secretary to establish a program: (1) to support manufacturing extension programs of States, local governments, and private, non-profit organizations; (2) to promote the development of a broad range of such extension programs, including programs that provide for productivity and quality improvement activities; and (3) to increase the involvement of appropriate segments of the private sector in such programs. Establishes a Council on Manufacturing Extension to: (1) prescribe policies and procedures for the implementation of the program; (2) serve as a means for coordinating such program with related programs conducted by various Federal departments and agencies; and (3) develop a long-range strategic plan for the manufacturing extension activities of the Federal Government. Outlines application procedures for persons wishing to receive financial assistance for participation in the program, as well as criteria for choosing program participants. Limits the amount of financial assistance awarded to 50 percent of the cost of the program for the period in which the assistance is provided. Provides such assistance for at least five years, unless it is terminated earlier for good cause as determined by the Secretary. Allows a program participant to reapply after a terminated period of assistance. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Directors of the National Science Foundation (NSC) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to establish a program for making grants to institutions of higher education to support the: (1) enhancement of existing programs in manufacturing engineering education that are conducted by grantee institutions and meet specified requirements; and (2) establishment of new programs in manufacturing engineering education that meet such requirements. Requires at least one-third of the grants to be awarded for the latter purpose. Directs the Secretary to avoid geographical concentration of such awards. Directs the Secretary and the Director of NSC to enter into an agreement for carrying out the grant program. Outlines grant program requirements. Directs the Secretary to solicit from institutions of higher education proposals for grants to be awarded for the support of programs of manufacturing engineering education. Requires applications to be evaluated on a merit basis under competitive procedures. Outlines grantee selection criteria. Limits the Federal contribution of such assistance to 50 percent of the estimated cost of the activities involved. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a program to support specified activities of one or more manufacturing managers and experts at the institution of higher education involved. Outlines provisions concerning program administration and applicant selection criteria. Limits the Fedeal support of such program to 50 percent of the costs of activities to be supported by such assistance. Requires the Secretary to award at least ten such grants within one year after enactment of this Act. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to enter into cooperative agreements and other transactions for advanced research projects. (Currently, only the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is authorized to enter into such agreements or transactions.) Makes permanent (currently expires September 30, 1991) the authority to enter into such agreements. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan for collecting and assessing information on the extent to which the defense industrial base of the United States: (1) procures weapon systems, subsystems, and components of such systems from foreign sources; and (2) is dependent upon such foreign sources for such procurement. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan for the removal of barriers to the effective integration of the commercial and defense sectors of the U.S. industrial base. Requires the Secretary to designate an official within his Office to develop the plan. Requires annual development and submission to the Congress by the Secretary of a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan. Places FY 1992 and 1993 funding limitations on manufacturing technology-related R&D not specifically included in such annual Plan. Directs the Secretary to conduct a program for the development and use of advanced flexible computer integrated manufacturing capabilities in each of the military departments and the U.S. defense industrial base. Requires the continued development of Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts technologies and applications as part of such program. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such program, with a specified capabilities-duplication prohibition within the military departments. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (Under Secretary), to establish a program to award grants on a competitive basis to U.S. institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations for the conduct of programs for U.S. scientists, engineers, and managers to learn Japanese language and culture. Directs the Secretary, at the same time as the submission of the President's budget to the Congress, to submit to the Congress a plan for providing DOD support for science, mathematics, and engineering education at all levels of education in the United States for such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to award grants to programs that are conducted on a national basis for the improvement of science and mathematics education in primary and secondary schools. Requires any program receiving such a grant to derive at least 50 percent of its funding and other resources from non-Federal sources. Requires a report. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding. Part B: Other Acquisition Policy Matters - Earmarks specified FY 1992 and 1993 funds authorized under this Act for the mentor-protege program established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (a program which provides incentives for DOD contractors to employ and use small and disadvantaged businesses and historically Black colleges and universities in defense contracts and related activities). Earmarks funds for the same fiscal years for infrastructure assistance to historically Black colleges and universities for defense research activities under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987. Authorizes the continued one-year extensions on research and development contracts awarded by a military department, requiring the Secretary to give the Congress advance notice of any such contract extensions. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for manpower (currently, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition) to carry out all the powers, functions, and duties of the Secretary with respect to the defense acquisition workforce in DOD. Extends from October 1, 1991, to October 1, 1993, the time after which there must be a measurable (currently, substantial) increase in the proportion of civilians serving in critical acquisition positions and in division head positions. Authorizes the Secretary to postpone the effectiveness of any requirement established in or pursuant to specified Federal provisions relating to the defense acquisition workforce for up to one year if the Secretary provides the defense committees with 45 days' notice. Earmarks specified funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act for FY 1992 and 1993 for the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program for specified programs within such program. Repeals specified Federal provisions concerning post-employment restrictions on certain DOD and Department of Energy defense procurement and contracting personnel. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 1993 a program under which certain bonding requirements are waived in order to aid small and disadvantaged business concerns in obtaining military construction contracts. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to use such bond waiver authority (as provided under the Small Business Act) in the awarding of Air Force construction contracts to participants in the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Requires protection bonds provided to DOD in compliance with the Miller Act (an Act requiring a construction bond to be posted in connection with any construction of Federal buildings or public works) to be made available upon request to any potential subcontractor or supplier of a contractor. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1991 to revise provisions relating to the certified cost and pricing data threshold for subcontracts of DOD contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to waive a Federal provision prohibiting severance pay paid to foreign nationals from being included as an allowable defense contractor cost under specified circumstances. Prohibits such waiver from applying with respect to a contractor that is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by citizens or nationals of a foreign country. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to continue to conduct a specified personnel demonstration project at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, and at the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California. Repeals the requirement of a manpower estimate report before the Secretary may approve the full-scale engineering development, or the production and deployment, of a major defense acquisition program. Revises from October 1, 1994, to October 1, 1992, the date after which the Secretary may terminate in the national interest a Buy American restriction with respect to the acquisition of carbonyl iron powders. Requires the Secretary, no later than June 1, 1992, to prescribe final regulations defining the legitimate interest of the United States and its contractor or subcontractor in technical data pertaining to an item or process. Require the Secretary, 30 days before implementing such regulations, to notify the defense committees and publish such regulations in the Federal Register. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the final regulations. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Secretary on proposed regulations and legislation. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Part A: General Matters - Includes the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) within the JCS. Establishes within DOD a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Directs the Secretary to credit an officer performing combat duty in the Persian Gulf theater that provided significant experience in joint matters or involved frequent professional interaction with either members of another military department or with an allied armed force as having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment for purposes of promotion due to joint duty experience. Makes inapplicable to such crediting certain Federal reporting and policy requirements. Requires information on the use of such crediting authority to be included in an annual report required for FY 1992 on expenditures, work, and accomplishments of DOD. Continues for FY 1992 and 1993 the separate budget account in DOD known as the CINC Initiative Fund, allowing the Chairman of JCS to use such account to provide funds to the commanders of the unified and specified combatent commands and the commander of the U.S. element of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for certain authorized activities. Requires the Chairman to give funding priority to activities that would enhance the warfighting capability, readiness, and substainability of the forces assigned to the commander requesting the funds. Limits CINC Fund spending for each fiscal year. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1993 the authorization for certain support provided to other Federal departments and agencies for counter-drug activities. Extends the provision of such support to State, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies. Cites the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the principal civilian adviser to the Secretary on special access (secret or classified) programs, and, after the Secretary, as the principal special access programs, and, after the Secretary, as the principal special access programs official within the senior management of DOD. Requires the Deputy Secretary to carry out all the responsibilities of the Secretary relating to special access programs for all such programs within DOD. Requires the Deputy Secretary to supervise the management of, prescribe the policies, standards, and procedures for, and approve the establishment of, all special access programs. Provides for the Deputy Secretary a Principal Assistant for Special Access Programs, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended for such special access programs until certain congressional oversight requirements have been met. Provides for the designation of access to information regarding such programs within the Congress. Includes one representative each from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard within the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. Part B: Intelligence Matters - Reorganizes the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Requires the DIA Director to be the senior military intelligence adviser to the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the Director of the CIA. Requires the DIA Director to report directly to such officials on all matters concerning military intelligence. Outlines Director duties. Requires the Director to take certain steps to strengthen the roles and authorities of functional managers within the DIA. Requires the Secretary to maintain within the District of Columbia a single and joint intelligence center for the armed forces. Outlines provisions with respect to functions and management of such center. Requires the center to be fully responsive to the intelligence needs of the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the commanders of the combatant commands. Requires the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the combatant command commanders to regularly and periodically exercise the use of the national intelligence collection systems as defined in the classified annex. Requires the Secretary and the Director of the CIA to report to specified congressional committees describing the use of such collection systems. Requires the Secretary to assign to the CIA Director the responsibility of managing all imagery intelligence processing, exploitation, and dissemination activities witihin DOD. Allows the CIA Director to delegate the performance of routine imagery intelligence management functions to appropriate functional managers. Outlines manager functions with respect to such imagery intelligence matters. Requires the Secretary and the CIA Director to: (1) consider establishing a joint imagery planning and procurement committee; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on joint decisions made concerning the establishment of such a committee. Title X: Supplemental Authorization of Appropriations for Operation Desert Storm - Extends through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations to the Defense Cooperation Account (Account) and the Persian Gulf Working Capital Account for payment of costs associated with Operation Desert Storm (the Operation). Renames the Persian Gulf Working Capital Fund the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund (Fund). Authorizes supplemental appropriations to DOD for FY 1991 and 1992 in the form of current and future balances in the Account and the Fund for incremental costs associated with the Operation and for replenishment of the Fund by transfer from the Account. Authorizes additional appropriations for: (1) FY 1991 and 1992 for procurement; (2) FY 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation; and (3) FY 1991 and 1992 for operation and maintenance and working capital funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for military personnel, Army National Guard. Provides additional transfer authority from other appropriation accounts. Requires amounts expended from the Fund to be replenished to the extent possible from amounts available in the Account. Requires monthly reports concerning such transfers. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to include Operation Provide Comfort within the definition of Operation Desert Storm for purposes of eligibility for appropriations under such Act. Title XI: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts of authorizations made available in this Division for any fiscal year between any such authorizations for such fiscal year. Limits the total fiscal year amounts that may be so transferred. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress of any transfers made. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the annual due date of a joint OMB/CBO outlay report. Requires the Director of OMB, for each of FY 1991 through 1996, to report to the Congress on the effect on the Federal deficit of payments and adjustments made with respect to Federal appropriation accounts, with separate estimates for each Federal agency. Eliminates the permanent requirement for such report. Part B: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the obsolete naval aircraft carrier Oriskany to a certain foundation for cultural and educational purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the obsolete research vessel Gyre to Texas A&M University for educational and research purposes. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on developments in the transfer of weapons, technology, and materials that can be used to deliver, manufacture, or weaponize nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons (NBC weapons) to any country that is not a Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) adherent, with specified exceptions, or any other missile system that the Secretary has reason to believe may be used to deliver NBC weapons. Prohibits funds available to DOD before FY 1994 from being used to deactivate specified Naval Reserve helicopter mine countermeasures squadrons. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) repeal a provision requiring the transfer of certain aircraft to the Air Force Reserve; and (2) terminate the requirement to replace Marine Corps OV-10 aircraft with Air Force A-10 aircraft. Provides that whenever the United States participates in a cooperative project with any friendly foreign country or NATO on a cost-sharing basis, any contribution from such country or NATO to meet its share of project costs may be credited to appropriations available to an appropriate military department or defense agency, as determined by the Secretary. Outlines payments for which such amounts are made available. Authorizes the Secretary to accept cash contributions from the Republic of Korea in return for the costs of: (1) compensation for local national employees of DOD; and (2) DOD military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide certain supplies and services relating to equipment, vessels, and aircraft to foreign countries (currently only to "friendly" foreign countries) if similar supplies and services are provided to the United States by the foreign country. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make permanent (currently authorized during FY 1987 through 1991) the authority to transfer excess defense equipment to certain nations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Italian air defense agreements and to provide articles and services to Italy as specfied in the agreements. Outlines provisions concerning administration of the agreements. Allows the Secretary to enter into contracts under such agreements only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. Authorizes the commander of any unified or specified combatant command to pay, or authorize payment for, the expenses of training or deploying special operations forces being trained or deployed with forces of a friendly foreign country. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to use funds appropriated to DOD to transfer technical data packages, or to provide technical data assistance, to a friendly foreign country. (Currently, such transfer is authorized for a member nation of NATO or a country designated as a major non-NATO ally.) Authorizes the side-by-side testing of conventional weapons and nondevelopmental items by the United States and other friendly foreign countries (currently authorized for the U.S. and its major allies). Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Title XXI: (SIC) Army - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into long-term contracts for the construction, management, and operation of facilities pursuant to authorized architectural and engineering services and construction design in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Housing Rental Guaranty Program of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, defense access roads, military family housing functions within the Department, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at Fort Riley, Kansas. Extends certain FY 1989 and 1990 military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make a direct grant to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the construction of a public elementary school facility sufficient to accommodate dependents of DOD personnel assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Limits the maximum authorized grant and provides fund sources. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, military family housing functions of the Department, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into long-term contracts for the construction, management, and operation of facilities pursuant to authorized architectural and engineering services and constructioin design in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Housing Rental Guaranty Program of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, defense access roads, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for a military construction project at the Silverdale Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific. Specifies the type of military construction authorized for the Marine Corps Reserve Support Activity, Kansas City, Missouri, under the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing units; and (2) enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and defense access roads. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends certain FY 1989 and 1990 military construction projects. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to terminate the authority to carry out certain military construction projects in Alaska. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into a contract for the construction of any facility related to the permanent basing of B-2 aircraft until 180 days after the Secretary has supplied the Congress with specified information concerning the basing of such aircraft. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on certain cost comparisons with respect to such aircraft. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire one military family housing unit and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, certain base closure and realignment activities, an energy conservation program, conforming storage facilities, and military family housing functions of DOD. Authorizes prior-year unobligated funds to be made available for military construction projects authorized in this title. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Authorizes the Secretary, in advance of appropriations, to contract for the design and construction of a military construction project at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for certain Special Operations Command centers in North Carolina and other classified locations. Earmarks specified funds appropriated under this Act for the construction of a headquarters facility for a special operations battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out a military construction project at a specified installation in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for such contributions. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the NATO Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for such contributions. Authorizes the use of excess NATO Infrastructure funds for military construction projects authorized by this or any other Act. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and reserve forces in specified amounts. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and reserve forces in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Division on October 1, 1994, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1995, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Terminates the approval of military construction projects in this Division at military installations which are closed or realigned pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to terminate the process by which military installations are selected for closure or realignment under such Act if the President does not transmit to the Congress by certain dates in 1993 and 1995 the nominations for appointment to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (Commission). Adds provisions relating to the employment and detailing of Commission staff employees. Revises certain notification and publication dates with respect to selection criteria utilized in making recommendations for base closures and realignments and recommendations made by DOD and the Commission. Prohibits funds appropriated to DOD for environmental restoration and management from being used for such activities at military installations closed or realigned under such Act. Applied Federal whistleblower protection for military personnel making certain disclosures to communications made to the Commission. Provides that in the case of each military installation considered for closure or realignment by the Commission, the Secretary shall ensure that the amount of the authorization requested by DOD for each military construction project in each of FY 1992 through 1999 for the following fiscal year does not exceed the estimate of the cost of the project that was provided to the Commission by DOD. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the reasons for any differences between the requested amount and the estimated cost of any such project. Requires the DOD Inspector General to investigate each project for which the Secretary is required to submit an explanation and report his findings to the Secretary. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to make eligible for certain homeowners assistance benefits provided under such Act DOD civilian employees and members of the armed forces who were employed or assigned to a military installation at the time of public announcement of its closure or transferred from such installation before such public announcement. Part B: Military Construction Program Changes - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make grants to States to acquire or construct facilities for the joint use of two or more components of the reserves. Increases from $200,000 to $300,000 the maximum amount for an authorized project for the acquisition or construction of such facilities that may be carried out with funds available for operation and maintenance. Repeals a Federal provision prohibiting the Secretary concerned from entering into more than five long-term construction contracts for the construction of certain military support facilities (child care, troop housing, hospital or medical facilities) at or near a military installation. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into a contract for the procurement of products services (currently, may only contract for construction, management, or operation of such facilities) in connection with such facilities. Requires all such projects to be authorized by law. Adds provisions to such contracts with respect to their being subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Extends through FY 1993 the authority to enter into such contracts. Allows the Secretary concerned, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing to be constructed or rehabilitated to residential use on or near a military installation in which there is a deficit of such housing only if specifically authorized by law and subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Extends through FY 1993 the authority to enter into such leases. Repeals Federal provisions which: (1) prohibit the Secretary concerned from entering into more than three contracts per fiscal year for authorized military construction projects using one-step turn-key selection procedures; and (2) terminate the use of such procedures for such contracts on October 1, 1991. Increases to $1,500,000 the cost limitation threshold for a military construction project to be considered a minor construction project. Increases to $300,000 the maximum amount authorized to be spent from operation and maintenance funds by the Secretary concerned for such minor construction projects. Provides an increased maximum square footage allowance for military family housing located where harsh climatological conditions severely restrict outdoor activity for a significant part of each year, as determined by the Secretary concerned. Makes permanent (currently expires September 30, 1991) the authority to obligate certain funds from the DOD Base Closure Account to the homeowners assistance program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to carry out a military construction project not otherwise authorized by law when such project is vital to the protection of health, safety, or quality of the environment. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to acquire options for the lease of real property (currently, such Secretaries may only acquire options on a purchase) when such property is required for military construction projects. Provides the monetary consideration for such lease options. Requires the Secretary concerned, before exercising either type of option, to review the most recent inventory of real property assets published by the Resolution Trust Corporation to determine whether any such property is suitable for such construction projects. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 with respect to the military housing rental guarantee program to allow the Secretary concerned (or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard) to enter into agreements for military housing rental guaranty projects only when such projects are specifically authorized by law and subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Requires budget materials submitted to the Congress to include proposed rental guaranty projects. Extends the rental guaranty program through FY 1993. Authorized the Secretary concerned who compensates a landlord for breach of lease or damages by a member of the armed forces under the military housing rental guaranty program to withhold from the pay of such member an amount equal to the amount of such compensation. Revises provisions with respect to the authority of the Secretaries concerned to lease certain nonexcess property. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any leasehold interest in real property considered necessary for national security purposes to facilitate special operations forces activities. Sets a maximum rental cost of any property so acquired at $500,000. Allows facilities acquired to be modified to facilitate such activities. Terminates the authority to enter into such contracts as of the end of FY 1992. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees concerning leasehold interests so acquired. Empowers law enforcement authorities employed at the Pentagon Reservation with the same powers as sheriffs and constables upon such property. Part C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the New Mexico, State Armory Board all rights and interests in real property in Santa Fe, New Mexico, currently used as a U.S. Army Reserve Center, under specified terms and conditions, including the construction by the Board of a Reserve Center replacement facility. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Saint Clair County, Illinois, all rights and interests in the Cardinal Creek Housing Complex, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, under specified terms and conditions. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to revise the sale payment amount with respect to the conveyance to Burlington, Vermont, of the Naval Reserve Center located there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to release a reversionary interest held on certain real property within Berrien County, Michigan. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire by fee simple real property located at Outlying Landing Field Barin, Baldwin County, Alabama. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to New Bedford, Massachusetts, all rights and interests to certain parcels of real property in such city. Requires the city to conduct any remedial action necessary to prevent the release of any oil or other hazardous material contained there and to indemnify the United States against all claims arising with respect to such parcels of land. Requires the Secretary to permit city officials to enter upon such property to prepare the area for construction of a waste water treatment plant. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: (SIC) Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1992 for operating expenses incurred, and for plant and capital equipment necessary, in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) verification and control technology; (4) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development programs; (5) security investigations; (6) office of Security evaluations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors and naval reactors development; and (9) capital equipment not related to construction. Authorizes appropriations to DOE for FY 1992 for carrying out environmental restoration and waste management programs necessary for national security programs in the following areas: (1) operating expenses; (2) plant projects; and (3) capital equipment. Earmarks specified FY 1992 funding for the defense inertial confinement fusion program. Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to use FY 1992 and 1993 DOE funds to reimburse specified Colorado cities for costs incurred in implementing a required water management program. Provides reimbursement amounts for each such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make available to the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho specified FY 1992 through 1994 DOE funds for implementing and operating the Hanford Health Information Network. Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOE for FY 1992 from being used for modifying the W-79 atomic fired artillery projectile. Reduces the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this Part. Part B: Recruiting General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for the costs of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is less, or for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary transmits to the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $2,000,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary specified FY 1992 DOD R&D funds for the performance of work on SDI. Authorizes an additional transfer for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to notify the defense committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated cost exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction planning and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Part C: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to conduct a scholarship and fellowship program to enable individuals to qualify for employment in environmental restoration and waste management (ERW) positions in DOE. Requires the Secretary to award at least 20 each of scholarships (for undergraduates) and fellowships (for graduate students) during FY 1992. Outlines eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary and any such recipient to enter into an agreement under which the Secretary agrees to provide the participant with educational assistance for a specified number of school years in return for the participant's agreement to complete the educational program and to serve full-time as a DOD employee in an ERW position for 12 months for each school year in which such educational assistance was provided. Outlines provisions concerning repayment of such educational assistance by the participant if he or she does not complete such education or work the required period thereafter. Requires such repayment within a specified period. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such payment recovery if found to be against equity and good conscience or contrary to the best interests of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary, in awarding such scholarships and fellowships, to give a preference to individuals who are entitled to or accepted for enrollment in an educational institution that has a cooperative education program with DOE. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on activities under the program. Provides funding for such program from ERW funds authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to carry out the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program under which the Secretary carries out ERW activities at DOE nuclear facilities. Establishes in DOE the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management through which the Secretary shall carry out the Program. Directs the Secretary to issue annually a five-year plan for ERW activities to be conducted at DOE nuclear facilities under the Program. Requires such plans to be submitted to the President and the Congress, published in the Federal Register, and made available to the public. Outlines matters to be included in each five-year plan. Requires preliminary plans to be provided to affected States and Indian tribes for coordination, review, and comment. Requires the first five-year plan to be issued in 1992. Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Account for the deposit of sums used to carry out the Program. Requires the President to include in his annual budget submission to the Congress certain information with respect to the Program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, affected States and Indian tribes to assist their participation in the development of the five-year plans. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract for the procurement of products and services that are determined to be necessary to support waste cleanup and modernization activities at DOE facilities. Authorizes such contract to extend for up to 30 years, with two ten-year contract extension options. Outlines contract requirements. Directs the Secretary, in awarding such contract, to: (1) use competitive procedures; (2) encourage the development of new and innovative technologies; and (3) enter into contracts with diverse contractors. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the termination of such a contract, to pay the balance of the cost of any special facility acquired or constructed if the acquisition or construction constitutes a significant portion of the investment by the contractor under the contract. Authorizes the Secretary to lease Federal lands at a DOE facility in connection with a contract. Provides authorized lease periods. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into such contracts until the Secretary submits to the Congress a justification and analysis and complies with a notification requirement. Terminates the authority to enter into such contracts on September 30, 1996. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Secretary to conduct a program in DOE to encourage the career development of non-Federal employees of DOE national laboratories. Makes eligible for such program employees who have demonstrated exceptional talent or skill in their positions and whose service in positions considered critical to the national defense or national energy security would likely result in professional contributions beneficial to such activities in DOE. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the name, position, and duties of each individual serving in such program. Prohibits the Secretary from resuming plutonium operations at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapon Plant, Golden, Colorado, until the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) has determined that the Secretary has responded to specified Board recommendations relating to the Rocky Flats plant. Requires certain congressional notification and certification requirements to be met before the resumption of warhead production activities except at one specified building at the plant. Requires the Defense Science Board and the Nuclear Weapons Council to report to the defense committees jointly on each type of warhead proposed to be produced at Rocky Flats. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to both certify to the defense committees that production of recommended types of warheads at such plant is necessary in the national security interest before production may resume. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to award grants to certain non-profit organizations to: (1) provide training and education to persons whose duties are or include response to hazardous substance releases or similar emergencies at DOE nuclear weapons facilities; and (2) develop curricula for such training and education. Makes eligible for such grants nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated significant capabilities in: (1) implementing and conducting training and education programs relating to the general health and safety of workers; (2) identifying groups of workers whose duties include response to hazardous substances releases or similar emergencies; and (3) conducting effective training programs for such workers. Requires the Secretary to give grant award preference to organizations and programs that are grant recipients under a specified provision of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties against any DOE contractor who employs individuals to respond to hazardous substance releases or other similar emergencies at DOE nuclear weapons facilities and fails to provide for such training or to certify to DOE nuclear weapons facilities and fails to provide for such training or to certify to DOE that such employees are adequately trained by other means. Provides FY 1992 1992 funding for such program from funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements with participants from two or more eligible firms and one or more DOE laboratories (allows inclusion of institutions of higher education) in order to encourage and provide for the conduct of R&D of dual-use (both commercial and military applications) critical technologies selected by the Secretary, to be known as Department of Energy Critical Technology Partnerships. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements with the same type of participants for R&D and utilization of advanced manufacturing technologies potentially having a broad range of applications, to be known as Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Technology Partnerships. Directs the Secretary to establish four or more Advanced Materials Processing, Synthesis, and Commercialization Partnerships in order to facilitate the development and commercialization of advanced materials processing, synthesis, and technology in the United States. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the operations of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) allow the Board to employ up to 150 full-time employees (currently 100); and (2) give the Board access to any information on atomic weapons within DOE that is necessary for the Board to carry out its functions. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Part A: Changes in Stockpile Amounts - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager to dispose of specified materials and to obligate out of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) specified amounts for the acquisition of materials and for R&D programs of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act. Part B: Programmatic Changes - Amends such Act to allow moneys from the Fund to be used for materials development and research. Revises the conditions under which the President may make changes in the quantity of any material in the NDS. Removes a prohibition on disposals from the NDS which would result in an unobligated balance in the Fund in excess of $100,000,000. Extends until expended (currently two fiscal years) the availability of funds appropriated for the transportation, processing, refining, storage, security, maintenance, rotation, and disposal of materials contained in or acquired for the NDS. Authorizes the rotation of stockpile materials in order to prevent technological obsolescence. Authorizes expenditures from the Fund for the maintenance and disposal of materials. Changes from semiannually to annually the required frequency for a report on stockpile operations. Repeals a provision prohibiting stockpile disposals when there is a vacancy in the position of NDS Manager or when the authority of the President under such Act has not been delegated to that position. Title XXXIV: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for carrying out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission (Commission) to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for FY 1992. Limits the amount of funds available to the Commission for FY 1992 that may be expended for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes the use of FY 1992 Commision funds for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel of the Commission across the Isthmus of Panama, without regard to vehicle price limitations. Authorizes FY 1992 Commission funds to be obligated for authorized pay increases for Commission officers and employees. Allows such pay increases to be made ony in accordance with specified Federal law. Places the Administrator of the Commission at Level IV of the Executive Schedule.

Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation and Pension Improvement Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991

Title I: Short Title and References - Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation and Pension Improvement Act of 1991. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Equalization - Amends Federal provisions relating to the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) to the surviving spouses of veterans to prescribe as the minimum amount of such payments: (1) for FY 1992, the rate provided for the surviving spouse of a veteran whose pay grade was E-2; (2) for FY 1993, E-3; (3) for FY 1994, E-4; (4) for FY 1995, E-5; and (5) effective October 1, 1995, E-6. Provides that, for DIC awards based on deaths occurring after October 1, 1991, or on or after 90 days after the termination of the Persian Gulf War, whichever is later, the monthly rate shall be the above rates, with the condition that if the pay grade of the person whose death entitlement is predicated exceeds E-6, then the DIC shall be payable at the E-6 level as the maximum amount. Title III: Pension Provisions - Amends Federal provisions regarding the pensions for veterans for wartime service to require generally 180 days of service (currently 90) to qualify for a non-service-connected disability pension. Provides a savings clause for claims filed before October 1, 1991. Provides that the monthly pension of a veteran whose pension has been reduced because of Department of Veterans Affairs-provided hospital, domiciliary, or nursing home care, and who is readmitted for such care within six months of discharge, would have a cap of $90 per month (currently, $60). Provides that when an award of pension has been deferred or paid based on anticipated income, the effective date of an entitlement or increase in pension shall be in accordance with the facts found if evidence is received before the expiration of the next year (currently, next calendar year). Title IV: Miscellaneous Compensation Provisions - Revises the definition of "radiation-exposed veteran" for purposes of eligibility for payment of veterans' disability compensation to: (1) delete the current requirement that participation in a radiation-risk activity must have taken place while serving on active duty; and (2) provide that onsite participation in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device can include the detonation of such devices by nations other than the United States. Provides that the disease of leukemia arising at any time after service (currently, must arise within a 30-year manifestation period) and associated with participation in the testing of nuclear devices while in service will be considered service-connected for purposes of coverage under Department benefits provisions. Provides that no adjustment in the schedule for the ratings of veterans' disabilities shall result in a reduction of individual evaluations or the severance of service-connected presumption in the absence of: (1) a demonstrable improvement in a physical or mental condition; or (2) a finding of clear and unmistakable error. Provides that, where an incompetent veteran having neither spouse nor child is being furnished hospital treatment or institutional or domiciliary care at government expense, payments of pension or compensation or certain retired pay will be suspended when the veteran's estate equals or exceeds $4,500 (currently, $1,500) and continue until such estate is reduced to $1,500 (currently $500). Title V: Repeal of Certain Sunset Provisions - Makes permanent (currently ends September 30, 1992) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain from the Secretaries of the Treasury and Health and Human Services certain information needed to determine the eligibility of veterans for certain needs-based compensation and benefits. Makes permanent (currently ends September 30, 1992) a provision which limits the monthly pension payments for Medicaid-eligible recipients of veterans' pensions who have no dependents and are in nursing homes participating in Medicaid. Title VI: Manila Regional Office - Extends through FY 1996 the authority to operate a regional office of the Department in the Philippines.

Veterans' Loan Asset Sale Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991

Veterans' Loan Asset Sale Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on certificates evidencing an interest in a pool of mortgages made in connection with the sale of properties acquired by the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Department's housing loan guaranty program.

Medicare and Medicaid Chronic Care Amendments Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991

Medicare and Medicaid Chronic Care Amendments Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement that the coinsurance rate for Medicare post-hospital extended care services equal 1/8th of the inpatient hospital deductible; (2) set the Medicare coinsurance amount for such services at $65.00 a day beginning in calendar year 1992; and (3) maintain such amount until the coinsurance rate equals 20 percent of the national average per diem cost recognized under Medicare for such services. Covers up to 42 consecutive days of nursing and home health aide services. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the impact of eliminating the three-day prior hospitalization requirement for Medicare coverage of post-hospital extended care services. Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into agreements with at least three peer review organizations to review the prior hospital stay requirement; and (2) report to the Congress on review results. Authorizes five five-year demonstration projects under the Medicaid program (title XIX of the Social Security Act) to provide for the operation of adult day care centers located in elderly housing facilities financed under the Housing Act of 1959 in order to reduce the risk of institutionalization and provide respite to families who care for the elderly at home. Outlines project requirements, project application contents, individual eligibility criteria, financing and other provisions concerning such projects. Requires the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of each demonstration project and submit a report summarizing the evaluation to specified congressional committees.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1991

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons and tracked combat vehicles; (4) ammunition; (5) shipbuilding and conversion; and (6) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1992 and 1993 for the defense agencies; (2) FY 1992 for the Defense Inspector General; (3) FY 1992 and 1993 for the reserves and National Guard; and (4) FY 1992 and 1993 for the chemical demilitarization program. Amend the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to: (1) change from April 30, 1997, to July 31, 1999, the deadline for the destruction of stockpiled lethal chemical agents and munitions of the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funds to assist State and local governments in reviewing applications for permits or licenses required for the construction and operation of facilities to be used to destroy the lethal weapons stockpile. Authorizes the use of funds appropriated for FY 1992 for into multiyear procurement contracts for specified Army and Navy systems and programs. Part B: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Army to obligate specified funds appropriated to the Army for FY 1991 and 1992 for the M1A2 tank program. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified FY 1991 research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) funds for the procurement of Navy aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer unobligated FY 1991 Navy funds for shipbuilding and conversion in connection with the sealift program established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991. Earmarks specified FY 1992 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for the air cushion landing craft program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) before funds may be obligated for such program. Provides that restrictions on the construction or repair of U.S. vessels in foreign shipyards shall not apply to inflatable boats as defined by the Secretary of the Navy. Prohibits FY 1992 or 1993 Navy funds from being obligated for the production or installation of upgrades in the MK-92 fire control system until the successful completion of operational testing of such system has been certified. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer unobligated FY 1991 procurement funds for the procurement during FY 1992 of Trident missiles. Earmarks specified FY 1992 Air Force procurement funds for procurement of the B-2 bomber aircraft program. Requires certain performance and compliance certification requirements to be met by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) before such funds may be obligated. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, upon the completion of all testing with respect to the B-1B bomber aircraft, including software changes, to review all flight test data related to the electronic countermeasures system of such aircraft and report the results to the defense committees. Requires: (1) an independent analysis of such report by a panel established under prior law; (2) a report review, evaluation, and report by the Comptroller General; and (3) a B-1B modification plan and certification of necessity for FY 1993 through 1999 by the Secretary. Provides FY 1992 funding for B-1B modifications and repeals a provision providing funding for the B-1B avionics and modifications. Prohibits FY 1992 funding for the C-17 aircraft program until the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense committees concerning such program. Places further limitations on FY 1993 funds for such program, other than funds for advance procurement. Earmarks funds made available from the sale of F-15 aircraft for the procurement of replacement F-15 aircraft and for support equipment for such aircraft. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to prohibit the obligation of funds for the AMRAAM missile program until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation reports to the defense committees on its effectiveness and suitability for combat. Repeals a Federal provision requiring certain budgeting report information for the procurement of common weapon systems (systems procured by more than one military department). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering, and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for research, development, test, and evaluation. Part B: Strategic Defense Initiative - Directs the Secretary to aggressively pursue the development of a range of advanced theater missile defenses (TMDs), with the option of selecting and deploying such systems by the mid-1990s. Directs the Secretary, by FY 1996, to develop for deployment an effective and ABM Treaty-compliant anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system at a single site to protect the United States against limited ballistic missile threats, including accidental or unauthorized launches or Third World attack. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a deployment plan for TMDs and an ABM system which meet such guidelines. Urges the President to immediately pursue negotiations to amend the ABM Treaty to permit completion of the ABM system as described and to adopt a new negotiating strategy to reach agreements with the Soviet Union with respect to sites, interceptors, and the development and testing of space-based missile defenses and ballistic missile defenses. States that increased funding for follow-on ABM technologies is currently required as part of U.S. defense policy, including the Brilliant Pebbles technology. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on issues associated with the option of deploying space-based interceptors, including Brilliant Pebbles, for providing global defenses against ballistic missile attacks. Prohibits obligation of more than 50 percent of FY 1992 funding for the Brilliant Pebbles program until 45 days after submission of the Secretary's report. Defines the following exclusive program elements of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): (1) the limited defense system; (2) theatre missile defenses; (3) space-based interceptors; (4) other follow-on systems; and (5) research and support activities. States that such elements shall be the only program elements referred to in support of SDI budget submissions after FY 1992. Provides the R&D program funding for SDI and earmarks specific amounts for each of the program elements. Earmarks specified amounts for an environmental impact statement and related studies, surveys, assessments, and analyses related to the program elements. Requires a report from the Secretary on the FY 1992 allocation of funding for SDI. Provides certain funds transfer authority, with limitations. Directs the President and the Congress, as single-site ABM deployment nears its target date of FY 1996, to review the progress in the ABM Treaty amendments negotiations. Requires an interim report on the progress of such negotiations. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY 1992 funding for the development and testing of ABM systems or components except as consistent with the development and testing described in the May 1991 SDIO Report, or for the acquisition of materials or equipment used as part of such development and testing except as consistent with such Report, with an exception. Part C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer certain FY 1991 funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program. Prohibits the FY 1992 or 1993 obligation or expenditure of such funds until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has made certain evaluations and assessments to the Secretary with respect to such program. Earmarks certain funds authorized to the defense agencies under this Act for R&D in connection with the special operations variant of the V-22. Prohibits the obligation on or after January 1, 1992, of FY 1992 or 1993 Navy funds for developing and testing Navy mine countermeasures systems unless primary responsibility for such testing is transferred to the Research, Development, and Acquisition Command of the Marine Corps. Prohibits the obligation of the same funds on or after the same date for R&D in non-acoustic anti-submarine warfare unless the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense committees. Prohibits the obligation of funds for any anti-submarine stand-off weapon system until 45 days after the Secretary of the Navy has made certain certifications to the defense committees. Limits the obligation of funds for the Submarine Tactical Warfare System program until the Secretary of the Navy reports to the defense committees on the Navy's requirements for ship-to-shore fire support. Limits the FY 1992 funding for the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program, earmarking specified sums for specific parts of such program. Transfers certain unobligated FY 1991 R&D funds for obligation in FY 1992 for the procurement of MX missiles. Prohibits such funds from being used to conduct certain flight testing of such missile and limits the obligation of funding until the Secretary certifies to the defense committees that no such funds will be used for such flight testing. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should rescind its previous designation (made for purposes of START negotiations) of the MX ICBM as a mobile ICBM system. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for the medical component of the Biological Defense Research Program of DOD. Limits the obligation of such funds to the product development or for R&D of medical countermeasures against a validated biowarfare threat agent or a long-term biowarfare threat agent. Earmarks specified amounts of such funds for R&D against long-term biowarfare threats only. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for R&D under the University Research Initiative program of DOD, with amounts earmarked for specific projects of such program. Earmarks specified FY 1992 R&D funds for R&D projects conducted jointly by the United States and Japan as part of a prior cooperative technology R&D agreement. Directs the Secretary, as part of annual defense budget documents required to be submitted by the President, to set forth the proposed amount of DOD funding for each federally-funded research and development center for the fiscal year. Prohibits funds made available to DOD for FY 1992 from being obligated at any of specified centers for work performed in excess of a specified amount of man-hours. Limits the FY 1992 DOD funds to be obligated for the center known as MITRE. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitations upon certain congressional notifications and determinations regarding the essentiality of such work to the national security. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on FY 1992 funding levels of such centers. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components of the armed forces, the National Guard, the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, and humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for working capital funds of the armed forces and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. States that funds authorized under this Act for humanitarian assistance shall be used to provide transportation for humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Earmarks specified sums for noncombatants at or near the border between Thailand and Cambodia. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified sums to the Secretary of State for FY 1992 for providing such humanitarian assistance, requiring the Secretary of State to use the most economical commercial or military transportation possible. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to specified congressional committees on specified dates on the provision of such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide logistical support and personnel services in connection with the: (1) 1993 World University Games in New York State; and (2) 1996 games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, Georgia. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Other Matters - Limits the incurring of obligations against DOD stock funds during 1992 to 80 percent of the sales from such funds during such fiscal year, with a waiver of such limitation for national security reasons. Makes funds available to DOD for a fiscal year available for contracts for the maintenance and operation of equipment (currently, only for tools, facilities, and depot maintenance). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1992 a depot maintenance workload competition pilot program conducted by the Secretary. Repeals a current prohibition on such competitions. Repeals a Federal provision which empowers the commander of a military installation to contract for the performance of commercial activities on such installation. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through 1992 the authority for aviation depots and naval shipyards to engage in defense-related production and services. Prohibits funds made available to DOD during FY 1992 or 1993 from being obligated or expended for the purchase of surety bonds or other guaranties of financial responsibility in order to guarantee the performance of any direct function of DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grant assistance during FY 1992 to Nye County, Nevada, for impact assistance relating to capital improvements made by such county to accommodate military personnel and dependents and other personnel of DOD and the Department of Energy (DOE) supporting the mission of the Tonapah Research Center. Directs the Secretary to take necessary action to prevent the inadvertent introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam to Hawaii in aircraft and vessels transporting personnel or cargo for DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to donate not more than 15 tons of cruise missile scrap to the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. States that, if it is necessary for a contractor to furnish a performance surety bond for any contract under the defense environmental restoration program, the provisions of the Miller Act (an Act requiring contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work to be accompanied by a performance bond protecting the United States) shall apply. Entitles the surety on such a bond to any indemnification or limitation of liability to which its principal is entitled under the contract or other applicable law. Prohibits any person other than the obligee named in the bond from having a right of action on any performance bond so furnished. Outlines liability limits for a performance bond surety in a defense environmental restoration program contract. Repeals the requirement for the authorization of civilian DOD personnel by end strength. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Prohibits the Secretary in FY 1992 from requiring the involuntary separation of active-duty members who have completed their initial period of obligated service but are ineligible to retire with retired or retainer pay. Excepts certain separations from such prohibition. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the prescribed end strengths when necessary to prevent personnel imbalances that would impair long-term combat readiness. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to reduce the authorized permanent end strength of U.S. military personnel assigned to permanent duty in Europe. Reduces the number of permanent active-duty Air Force colonels. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1992 and 1993. Allows such end strengths to vary by up to two percent. Authorizes reductions for the Selected Reserve components for each such fiscal year. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1992 and 1993 for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) adjust the authorized number of personnel assigned to the Army Reserve and Army National Guard; and (2) extend such authorized end strengths through FY 1998 (currently, 1997). Increases the number of active-duty officers assigned to full-time support and training of Army National Guard personnel. Increases the authorized number of certain enlisted and officer personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1992 and 1993. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Part A: General Matters - Prohibits an individual from receiving an original appointment as a commissioned officer in the regular armed forces until such individual has served at least one year on active duty as a commissioned officer in a reserve component. Reduces from 90 to 30 the number of days certain general and flag officers awaiting retirement shall continue to hold such grade, such period beginning on the date when such officer is relieved from duty. Excludes from a list of officers submitted to a selection board for consideration for early retirement any officer of that grade and competitive category who has been approved for retirement during the fiscal year in which the selection board is convened, or, if different, for retirement in the fiscal year in which any officer selected for retirement by the selection board is required to retire. Provides an alternate retirement date for officers not considered by a selection board under such exception, unless the Secretary of the military department concerned approves a modification to such date in order to prevent a personal hardship for the officer or for other humanitarian reasons. Provides a temporary early retirement selection authority for officers holding a regular grade below the grade of lieutenant colonel or commander who will become eligible for retirement before being retired by a selection board and whose names are not on an officer promotion list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive a current prohibition on certain reserve service with the ROTC program if such Secretary determines that the removal of such member from such assignment will cause a financial hardship for such member. Authorizes the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps to be retired in the highest grade in such service in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (currently, in the discretion of the President alone). Removes the requirement that each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy must have served at least one year as an enlisted member. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board to review the administration of the athletics programs of the military academies and to determine ways in which the administration of such programs can serve as a model for civilian institutions of higher education. Establishes the position of Academic Dean and Provost at the Naval Academy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to waive the current service academy maximum appointment age of 22 in the case of persons who became 22 while serving in the Persian Gulf or who were candidates for admission but were prevented from being admitted due to being called to duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War. Extends through FY 1995: (1) the effective date of an amendment which states that, for purposes of determining years of service of a commissioned officer for mandatory retirement, any time of service before appointment as a commissioned officer shall not be counted; (2) the current determination for original appointment grades of Medical Corps Reserve officers; (3) the current determination for the promotion of reserve commissioned officers on active duty but not on the active duty list; and (4) the authority of the Secretary concerned to repay educational loans of certain health professionals in the Selected Reserve. Makes permanent (currently ends on September 30, 1992) the authority for temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Directs the Secretary to prescribe uniform regulations governing information furnished to selection boards convened for determining promotions, separations, and involuntary retirements of officers on the active-duty list. Requires the Secretary to approve any supplements to such regulations proposed by the Secretaries of any of the military departments. Requires each communication made to such a selection board to be made to each member and made a part of the record. Outlines specific information authorized to be received by a selection board, prohibiting any other types. Directs the Secretary concerned to provide that the officer to be placed before a selection board: (1) is notified that information will be presented to the board; and (2) is afforded a reasonable opportunity to comment on such information. Provides that recommendations of a selection board may be disclosed only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary and in no event may such recommendation be disclosed to any person who is not a member of the board until each board member has signed the written report of the recommendation. Prohibits a Secretary convening a selection board, or any officer exercising authority over any member of a board, from: (1) censuring, reprimanding, or admonishing such board member with respect to a recommendation or the exercise of any board function; or (2) attempting to coerce or influence any action of a selection board or any of its members. Provides that if the Secretary or Secretary concerned recommends that the name of an officer be removed from a report of a selection board and the recommendation includes information that was not presented to that board, such officer shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for comment on such information to the recommending officials and the officials reviewing such recommendation. Revises provisions concerning the inclusion of officers to be considered for promotion by a selection board from below the promotion zone. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries concerned to preclude from consideration by selection boards for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or real admiral (lower half) officers in the grade of colonel or Navy captain who: (1) have been considered but not selected for promotion to such grades by at least two selection boards; and (2) are determined as not being exceptionally well qualified for promotion. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the supervision, management, and administration of the reserve components of the armed forces. Part B: Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces - Establishes the Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces to study all matters relating to the assignment of women in the armed forces and to make findings on: (1) the implications on combat readiness of permitting women to be assigned to all combat positions; (2) the social and cultural implications of such position assignments; (3) the advisability of permitting only voluntary assignments of women to combat positions and of permitting involuntary assignments; (4) the advisability of requiring women to register and be drafted under the Military Selective Service Act; (5) the legal and policy implications of permitting women to qualify for assignment to combat positions; (6) the extent of the need to modify facilities, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other equipment to accommodate women assigned to combat positions, as well as the costs of such action and its practicality; and (7) the effects of existing laws relating to the recruitment, assignment, and promotion of women in the armed forces on combat readiness, opportunities for women in the armed forces, and the quality of personnel in the armed forces. Directs the Commission to transmit a final report to the President by November 15, 1992. Requires the President, by December 15, 1992, to transmit such report to the defense committees, along with comments and recommendations. Outlines administrative provisions concerning Commission powers, procedures, personnel matters, and expenses. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Provides that a retired officer ordered back to active duty shall serve at either the member's retired grade (current law) or any higher grade in which the member satisfactorily served on active duty, as determined by the Secretary. Entitles a retired officer recalled to active duty and later released from such duty to be placed on the retired list in the highest of: (1) the member's original retired grade; (2) the highest grade in which the member satisfactorily served for at least 180 days (current law); or (3) the highest grade in which the member served on active duty satisfactorily as determined by the Secretary for at least three years, including the recalled tour of duty. Allows a member of the armed forces whose certification for foreign language proficiency pay was interrupted by an assignment to duty in connection with a contingency operation (an operation involving the possibility of military action or intervention against a hostile force) to be paid such special pay for the duration of such duty. Allows such member 180 days following such duty to obtain such necessary certification and authorizes the Secretary concerned to extend such period in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives during FY 1992 a required pay increase for military personnel in conformity with the annual GS-level increase for the Federal Government. Increases by 4.2 percent the rates of basic pay, basic subsistence allowance, and basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) on January 1, 1992. Limits the amount of BAQ in the case of a member of the armed forces who is authorized such allowance solely by reason of the member's payment of child support pursuant to a court order. Requires each member of the armed forces claiming entitlement to: (1) a BAQ to annually certify to the Secretary concerned the dependency status of each dependent of such member; and (2) a variable housing allowance (VHA) to annually certify to the Secretary the member's housing costs. Part B: Miscellaneous Pay and Benefits Matters - Entitles aviation cadets of the armed forces to the lowest pay grade rate prescribed for grade E-4, unless any such cadet is entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade. Entitles a senior noncommissioned officer who completes his or her service and is placed on terminal leave pending retirement to the rate of basic pay authorized for the senior enlisted member of that armed force. Allows the Secretary concerned to provide reimbursement or a travel allowance for the dependents of a member assigned to a vessel under construction for the travel of such dependents from the designated home port of the ship or the residence of the member's dependents (currently, only from the home port of the ship). Authorizes the payment of a travel and transportation allowance to a member who: (1) performs duty under emergency circumstances at a location within the limits of a member's station; and (2) uses overnight accommodations because of such duty. Revises the definition of a "dependent" for purposes of eligibility for benefits as a military dependent to include dependent parents-in-law, dependent children whose custody is granted to a member by a court order or decree, and other dependent minors who reside in the member's household. Revises hazardous duty pay provisions for parachute jumping to include all free fall operations involving jumper deployed parachute openings. Extends the authority for the payment of the following bonuses and special pay: (1) the aviator retention bonus, through FY 1993; (2) special pay for enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to high-priority units, through FY 1993; (3) the accession bonus for nurse officer candidates, through FY 1994; (4) special pay for nurse anesthetists, through FY 1993; (5) the reenlistment bonus for regular military personnel and the enlistment bonus for extended active duty, through FY 1997; and (6) the enlistment and reenlistment bonus for reservists as well as the bonus pay for affiliation with the Selected Reserve, through FY 1995. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Provides identical provisions for reimbursement of adoption expenses for members of the Coast Guard. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to transport (or pay the cost of such transport) the remains of dependents of retired military personnel for burial when such dependents die in a military medical facility. (Currently, such transportation is provided only to the retired decedents.) Authorizes the use of appropriated funds (currently nonappropriated funds only) for reimbursement of incidental expenses of persons providing voluntary services for programs operated by a military department or the Coast Guard. Authorizes travel and transportation allowances for members performing consecutive tours of duty to be deferred for up to one year after the member begins the consecutive tour at the same duty station or another. Entitles Federal employees assigned to a post at Johnstown Island in the Pacific Ocean to a separate maintenance allowance during the period of assignment if the head of the department or agency responsible for such assignment designates such duty as remote duty and finds it necessary for the employee to maintain his or her spouse or dependents at a location other than the Island. Allows a person to choose a base amount for a supplemental spouse annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan of between five and 20 percent of the base amount under the plan. Waives a required reduction in military retired pay for persons returning to employment in the case of persons employed in the legislative branch for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified employees. Authorizes the payment of a military survivor annuity to a representative of: (1) a person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has been appointed; or (2) a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has not been appointed. Increases from $500 to $2500 the amount of a claim of the United States against a Federal employee, member of the military, or member of the Coast Guard for overpayment of pay, allowances, or expenses which is authorized to be waived by the department head or Secretary concerned when the collection of such claim would be against equity and good conscience or otherwise not in the best interests of the United States. Part C: Matters Related to Contingency Operations - Defines a "contingency operation" as one in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions against an enemy or opposing military force, or which results in a call or order to, or retention on, active duty during a war or national emergency. Provides for the payment of accrued leave to the survivors of members who die as a result of an injury or illness incurred while serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation. Allows the 60-day ceiling on the accumulation of accrued leave to be exceeded, by up to 30 additional days, in the case of members assigned to active duty in support of a contingency operation during a fiscal year. Repeals the current $10,000 limit applicable to a savings deposit program in the case of members of the armed forces serving in a contingency operation. Allows the Secretary to authorize a member serving on temporary duty outside the United States in support of a contingency operation to make deposits of unallotted pay and allowances during such duty. Provides for the payment of a BAQ for reserve members without dependents who are called to active duty in support of a contingency operation when such active duty makes the member unable to occupy his or her primary residence or rental housing. Entitles reserve or retired members recalled to active duty who are not authorized transportation of household goods from their residence to their place of assignment to a VHA in lieu of such allowance. Provides for special pay for: (1) reserve medical officers on active duty under a call or order for more than 30 days but less than one year; (2) a health care officer who is involuntarily retained on or recalled to active duty for more than 30 days; and (3) a medical officer who voluntarily agrees to remain on active duty for less than one year at a time when such officers are being involuntarily retained or when the Secretary determines that such pay is justified. Increases: (1) the hazardous duty incentive pay for duty performed under conditions of imminent danger; (2) the authorized monthly family separation allowance from $60 to $75; and (3) the death gratuity to a standard $6,000 for members of all grades. Allows a reserve member to be paid a VHA for active duty service of less than 140 days (currently, at least 140 days is required) when the call or order to duty is in support of a contingency operation. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to extend from August 1, 1990 (currently, November 5, 1990) to 180 days after the end of such conflict the period for the authorization of special pay for reserve, recalled, or retained medical officers in the armed forces. Title VII: Health Care Services - Authorizes the Secretary to establish one or more supplemental dental benefit plans for members (and their spouses and dependents) already enrolled in basic dental benefit plans. Requires a monthly premium to be paid by the member for such additional coverage. Outlines copayment requirements under such supplemental plan. Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to authorize the provision under such Program of palliative care and support services in connection with hospice care to a terminally ill patient who chooses such hospice care rather than continuing hospitalization or other health care services for treatment of the patient's terminal illness. Authorizes the provision of such services for dependents of military personnel under contracts for medical care through other medical care providers. Allows contracts providing for inpatient mental health services to include provisions for partial hospitalization services in connection with such psychiatric care. Defines "partial hospitalization services" as items and services that are: (1) prescribed for and provided to a patient by a physician; (2) reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of the patient's condition; and (3) not provided on an overnight hospitalization basis. Outlines the items and services to be included as part of such care, including various types of therapy, services of trained staff, and therapeutic drugs that cannot be self-administered. Includes as part of authorized medical care at military medical facilities well-baby care that includes one screening of an infant to determine the level of lead in the blood. Repeals a Federal provision which authorizes the payment of a multiyear retention bonus to general and flag officers serving as practicing physicians in military medical facilities. Expands the eligibility for coverage under CHAMPUS to include those persons entitled to hospital insurance benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or who would be entitled to such benefits if under 65 years of age. Prevents CHAMPUS benefits from being paid to the extent that a person is entitled to the same benefits under either title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or under Medicare. Authorizes the commanding officer of a military health care facility, in determining whether to issue a nonavailability of health care statement for any person entitled to health care in such facility, to consider the availability of such services for such person pursuant to any contract or agreement entered into for the provision of such services within the area served by such facility. Requires each provider of services under CHAMPUS to submit claims for payment for such services directly to the claims processing office designated pursuant to joint regulations prescribed by the administering Secretaries. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through October 1, 1993, the deadline for the issuance of regulations relating to the use of diagnosis-related groups for the allocation of resources to military health care facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to designate any facility owned or operated by the Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities that is authorized to provide medical or dental care for persons eligible to receive such care in military health care facilities as a facility of the uniformed services for purposes of the provision of services under CHAMPUS. Sets forth facility reimbursement provisions. Authorizes the provision of transitional medical and dental care under CHAMPUS for: (1) members of the reserves called to active duty in support of a contingency operation; (2) active-duty personnel retained on active duty for such support; and (3) active-duty personnel voluntarily agreeing to remain on active duty for such support for less than one year. Limits the extent of such coverage to 30 days after the contingency operation is concluded or until the person is covered by another plan, whichever is earlier. Provides exclusions. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Part A: Industrial and Technology Base Initiatives - Directs the Secretary to conduct a program providing for the establishment of cooperative arrangements (partnerships) between DOD and certain entities in order to encourage and provide for R&D of dual-use critical technologies (technologies having both military and nonmilitary commercial applications). Allows such entities (at least two participating jointly with DOD) to include one or more Federal laboratories, institutions of higher education, State governmental agencies, and other appropriate participants, as determined by the Secretary. Requires the joint participants to have a lead institution other than DOD to direct the activities of the partnership. Requires the non-DOD participants to contribute at least 50 percent of the total cost of the partnership activities. Provides for the protection of information disclosed concerning the R&D activities of the participants. Requires the Secretary to evaluate proposals for partnerships on a merit basis using a competitive selection process. Outlines selection criteria. Directs the Secretary, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a program to provide assistance for the activities of eligible regional critical technology application centers (centers) in the United States. Outlines provisions concerning eligible centers, program participants, and assistance authorized, including financial and technical assistance for authorized center activities. Limits such assistance period to six years. Requires: (1) the sponsoring agency of a center to pay at least 30 percent of the total costs incurred for center activities; and (2) the eligible firms participating in a center to pay at least 40 percent of such costs. Requires a center to operate under a management plan that requires participating firms to have the primary responsibility for directing the activities of the center and to exercise such responsibility through majority voting membership of such firms on the board of directors of the center. Outlines provisions concerning program administration as well as selection criteria for centers receiving such assistance. Establishes within the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering the Clearinghouse of Foreign Defense Technology Monitoring and Assessment (Clearinghouse) to: (1) maintain within DOD a central library for the compilation and dissemination of information and assessments regarding significant foreign activities in the R&D and applications of defense critical technologies; (2) establish and maintain data bases on such information and assessments; (3) perform certain liaison activities; (4) provide for public availability of such information and assessments; and (5) cooperate with the Department of Commerce in the dissemination of information and assessments regarding defense critical technologies having potential commercial uses. Directs the Secretary to establish a foreign critical technology monitoring and assessment grant program for the awarding of grants to participating organizations for the establishment of foreign critical technology monitoring and assessment offices in Europe, Pacific Ocean border foreign countries, and other countries as considered appropriate by the Secretary. Makes eligible for such grants any nonprofit industrial or professional organization that has economic and scientific interests in R&D and applications of commercial critical technologies. Requires each grantee to collect, evaluate, and disseminate to its organization and to the Departments of Defense and Commerce assessments of significant activities in R&D and applications of critical technologies that are conducted in the geographic area in which the office is located. Provides funding for FY 1992 and 1993 for critical technology programs and activities. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress at least biennially a multiyear strategic road map for each critical technology. Requires each road map to: (1) cover at least four fiscal years; (2) provide an assessment of current strengths and weaknesses in the national capability to develop and apply the technologies covered in the road map, and the sources of such strengths and weaknesses which enhance or hinder the development and application of such technologies; (3) ensure that results of federally-funded and conducted R&D of national critical technologies covered by the road map are appropriately disseminated to U.S. industry; and (4) include a discussion of the achievements of the activities conducted pursuant to the road map. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish one or more national critical technologies advisory committees. Directs the President to establish a schedule for the submission of such road maps at regular intervals between the enactment of this Act and October 1, 1996. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements (partnerships) with certain entities to encourage and provide for R&D of advanced manufacturing technologies with the potential for having a broad range of applications. Requires each partnership to be composed of participants from two or more eligible firms. Allows the inclusion of one or more Federal laboratories, institutions of higher education, State entities, and other participants as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. Outlines provisions concerning program administration and participant selection criteria. Requires the Secretary to establish three or more partnerships within one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such partnerships. Directs the Secretary to establish a program: (1) to support manufacturing extension programs of States, local governments, and private, non-profit organizations; (2) to promote the development of a broad range of such extension programs, including programs that provide for productivity and quality improvement activities; and (3) to increase the involvement of appropriate segments of the private sector in such programs. Establishes a Council on Manufacturing Extension to: (1) prescribe policies and procedures for the implementation of the program; (2) serve as a means for coordinating such program with related programs conducted by various Federal departments and agencies; and (3) develop a long-range strategic plan for the manufacturing extension activities of the Federal Government. Outlines application procedures for persons wishing to receive financial assistance for participation in the program, as well as criteria for choosing program participants. Limits the amount of financial assistance awarded to 50 percent of the cost of the program for the period in which the assistance is provided. Provides such assistance for at least five years, unless it is terminated earlier for good cause as determined by the Secretary. Allows a program participant to reapply after a terminated period of assistance. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Directors of the National Science Foundation (NSC) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to establish a program for making grants to institutions of higher education to support the: (1) enhancement of existing programs in manufacturing engineering education that are conducted by grantee institutions and meet specified requirements; and (2) establishment of new programs in manufacturing engineering education that meet such requirements. Requires at least one-third of the grants to be awarded for the latter purpose. Directs the Secretary to avoid geographical concentration of such awards. Directs the Secretary and the Director of NSC to enter into an agreement for carrying out the grant program. Outlines grant program requirements. Directs the Secretary to solicit from institutions of higher education proposals for grants to be awarded for the support of programs of manufacturing engineering education. Requires applications to be evaluated on a merit basis under competitive procedures. Outlines grantee selection criteria. Limits the Federal contribution of such assistance to 50 percent of the estimated cost of the activities involved. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a program to support specified activities of one or more manufacturing managers and experts at the institution of higher education involved. Outlines provisions concerning program administration and applicant selection criteria. Limits the Federal support of such program to 50 percent of the costs of activities to be supported by such assistance. Requires the Secretary to award at least ten such grants within one year after enactment of this Act. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to enter into cooperative agreements and other transactions for advanced research projects. (Currently, only the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is authorized to enter into such agreements or transactions.) Makes permanent (currently expires September 30, 1991) the authority to enter into such agreements. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan for collecting and assessing information on the extent to which the defense industrial base of the United States: (1) procures weapon systems, subsystems, and components of such systems from foreign sources; and (2) is dependent upon such foreign sources for such procurement. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan for the removal of barriers to the effective integration of the commercial and defense sectors of the U.S. industrial base. Requires the Secretary to designate an official within his Office to develop the plan. Requires annual development and submission to the Congress by the Secretary of a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan. Places FY 1992 and 1993 funding limitations on manufacturing technology-related R&D not specifically included in such annual Plan. Directs the Secretary to conduct a program for the development and use of advanced flexible computer integrated manufacturing capabilities in each of the military departments and the U.S. defense industrial base. Requires the continued development of Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts technologies and applications as part of such program. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding for such program, with a specified capabilities-duplication prohibition within the military departments. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (Under Secretary), to establish a program to award grants on a competitive basis to U.S. institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations for the conduct of programs for U.S. scientists, engineers, and managers to learn Japanese language and culture. Directs the Secretary, at the same time as the submission of the President's budget to the Congress, to submit to the Congress a plan for providing DOD support for science, mathematics, and engineering education at all levels of education in the United States for such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to award grants to programs that are conducted on a national basis for the improvement of science and mathematics education in primary and secondary schools. Requires any program receiving such a grant to derive at least 50 percent of its funding and other resources from non-Federal sources. Requires a report. Provides FY 1992 and 1993 funding. Part B: Other Acquisition Policy Matters - Earmarks specified FY 1992 and 1993 funds authorized under this Act for the mentor-protege program established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (a program which provides incentives for DOD contractors to employ and use small and disadvantaged businesses and historically Black colleges and universities in defense contracts and related activities). Earmarks funds for the same fiscal years for infrastructure assistance to historically Black colleges and universities for defense research activities under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987. Authorizes the continued one-year extensions on research and development contracts awarded by a military department, requiring the Secretary to give the Congress advance notice of any such contract extensions. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for manpower (currently, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition) to carry out all the powers, functions, and duties of the Secretary with respect to the defense acquisition workforce in DOD. Extends from October 1, 1991, to October 1, 1993, the time after which there must be a measurable (currently, substantial) increase in the proportion of civilians serving in critical acquisition positions and in division head positions. Authorizes the Secretary to postpone the effectiveness of any requirement established in or pursuant to specified Federal provisions relating to the defense acquisition workforce for up to one year if the Secretary provides the defense committees with 45 days' notice. Earmarks specified funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act for FY 1992 and 1993 for the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program for specified programs within such program. Repeals specified Federal provisions concerning post-employment restrictions on certain DOD and Department of Energy defense procurement and contracting personnel. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 1993 a program under which certain bonding requirements are waived in order to aid small and disadvantaged business concerns in obtaining military construction contracts. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to use such bond waiver authority (as provided under the Small Business Act) in the awarding of Air Force construction contracts to participants in the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Requires protection bonds provided to DOD in compliance with the Miller Act (an Act requiring a construction bond to be posted in connection with any construction of Federal buildings or public works) to be made available upon request to any potential subcontractor or supplier of a contractor. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1991 to revise provisions relating to the certified cost and pricing data threshold for subcontracts of DOD contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to waive a Federal provision prohibiting severance pay paid to foreign nationals from being included as an allowable defense contractor cost under specified circumstances. Prohibits such waiver from applying with respect to a contractor that is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by citizens or nationals of a foreign country. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to continue to conduct a specified personnel demonstration project at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, and at the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California. Repeals the requirement of a manpower estimate report before the Secretary may approve the full-scale engineering development, or the production and deployment, of a major defense acquisition program. Revises from October 1, 1994, to October 1, 1992, the date after which the Secretary may terminate in the national interest a Buy American restriction with respect to the acquisition of carbonyl iron powders. Requires the Secretary, no later than June 1, 1992, to prescribe final regulations defining the legitimate interest of the United States and its contractor or subcontractor in technical data pertaining to an item or process. Requires the Secretary, 30 days before implementing such regulations, to notify the defense committees and publish such regulations in the Federal Register. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the final regulations. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Secretary on proposed regulations and legislation. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Part A: General Matters - Includes the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) within the JCS. Establishes within DOD a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Directs the Secretary to credit an officer performing combat duty in the Persian Gulf theater that provided significant experience in joint matters or involved frequent professional interaction with either members of another military department or with an allied armed force as having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment for purposes of promotion due to joint duty experience. Makes inapplicable to such crediting certain Federal reporting and policy requirements. Requires information on the use of such crediting authority to be included in an annual report required for FY 1992 on expenditures, work, and accomplishments of DOD. Continues for FY 1992 and 1993 the separate budget account in DOD known as the CINC Initiative Fund, allowing the Chairman of JCS to use such account to provide funds to the commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the commander of the U.S. element of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for certain authorized activities. Requires the Chairman to give funding priority to activities that would enhance the warfighting capability, readiness, and sustainability of the forces assigned to the commander requesting the funds. Limits CINC Fund spending for each fiscal year. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1993 the authorization for certain support provided to other Federal departments and agencies for counter-drug activities. Extends the provision of such support to State, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies. Cites the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the principal civilian adviser to the Secretary on special access (secret or classified) programs, and, after the Secretary, as the principal special access programs official within the senior management of DOD. Requires the Deputy Secretary to carry out all the responsibilities of the Secretary relating to special access programs for all such programs within DOD. Requires the Deputy Secretary to supervise the management of, prescribe the policies, standards, and procedures for, and approve the establishment of, all special access programs. Provides for the Deputy Secretary a Principal Assistant for Special Access Programs, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended for such special access programs until certain congressional oversight requirements have been met. Provides for the designation of access to information regarding such programs within the Congress. Includes one representative each from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard within the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. Part B: Intelligence Matters - Reorganizes the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Requires the DIA Director to be the senior military intelligence adviser to the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the Director of the CIA. Requires the DIA Director to report directly to such officials on all matters concerning military intelligence. Outlines Director duties. Requires the Director to take certain steps to strengthen the roles and authorities of functional managers within the DIA. Requires the Secretary to maintain within the District of Columbia a single and joint intelligence center for the armed forces. Outlines provisions with respect to functions and management of such center. Requires the center to be fully responsive to the intelligence needs of the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the commanders of the combatant commands. Requires the Secretary, the JCS Chairman, and the combatant command commanders to regularly and periodically exercise the use of the national intelligence collection systems as defined in the classified annex. Requires the Secretary and the Director of the CIA to report to specified congressional committees describing the use of such collection systems. Requires the Secretary to assign to the CIA Director the responsibility of managing all imagery intelligence processing, exploitation, and dissemination activities within DOD. Allows the CIA Director to delegate the performance of routine imagery intelligence management functions to appropriate functional managers. Outlines manager functions with respect to such imagery intelligence matters. Requires the Secretary and the CIA Director to: (1) consider establishing a joint imagery planning and procurement committee; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on joint decisions made concerning the establishment of such a committee. Title X: Supplemental Authorization of Appropriations for Operation Desert Storm - Extends through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations to the Defense Cooperation Account (Account) and the Persian Gulf Working Capital Account for payment of costs associated with Operation Desert Storm (the Operation). Renames the Persian Gulf Working Capital Fund the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund (Fund). Authorizes supplemental appropriations to DOD for FY 1991 and 1992 in the form of current and future balances in the Account and the Fund for incremental costs associated with the Operation and for replenishment of the Fund by transfer from the Account. Authorizes additional appropriations for: (1) FY 1991 and 1992 for procurement; (2) FY 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation; and (3) FY 1991 and 1992 for operation and maintenance and working capital funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for military personnel, Army National Guard. Provides additional transfer authority from other appropriation accounts. Requires amounts expended from the Fund to be replenished to the extent possible from amounts available in the Account. Requires monthly reports concerning such transfers. Amends the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 to include Operation Provide Comfort within the definition of Operation Desert Storm for purposes of eligibility for appropriations under such Act. Title XI: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts of authorizations made available in this Division for any fiscal year between any such authorizations for such fiscal year. Limits the total fiscal year amounts that may be so transferred. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress of any transfers made. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the annual due date of a joint OMB/CBO outlay report. Requires the Director of OMB, for each of FY 1991 through 1996, to report to the Congress on the effect on the Federal deficit of payments and adjustments made with respect to Federal appropriation accounts, with separate estimates for each Federal agency. Eliminates the permanent requirement for such report. Part B: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the obsolete naval aircraft carrier Oriskany to a certain foundation for cultural and educational purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the obsolete research vessel Gyre to Texas A&M University for educational and research purposes. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on developments in the transfer of weapons, technology, and materials that can be used to deliver, manufacture, or weaponize nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons (NBC weapons) to any country that is not a Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) adherent, with specified exceptions, or any other missile system that the Secretary has reason to believe may be used to deliver NBC weapons. Prohibits funds available to DOD before FY 1994 from being used to deactivate specified Naval Reserve helicopter mine countermeasures squadrons. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) repeal a provision requiring the transfer of certain aircraft to the Air Force Reserve; and (2) terminate the requirement to replace Marine Corps OV-10 aircraft with Air Force A-10 aircraft. Provides that whenever the United States participates in a cooperative project with any friendly foreign country or NATO on a cost-sharing basis, any contribution from such country or NATO to meet its share of project costs may be credited to appropriations available to an appropriate military department or defense agency, as determined by the Secretary. Outlines payments for which such amounts are made available. Authorizes the Secretary to accept cash contributions from the Republic of Korea in return for the costs of: (1) compensation for local national employees of DOD; and (2) DOD military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide certain supplies and services relating to equipment, vessels, and aircraft to foreign countries (currently only to "friendly" foreign countries) if similar supplies and services are provided to the United States by the foreign country. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make permanent (currently authorized during FY 1987 through 1991) the authority to transfer excess defense equipment to certain nations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Italian air defense agreements and to provide articles and services to Italy as specified in the agreements. Outlines provisions concerning administration of the agreements. Allows the Secretary to enter into contracts under such agreements only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. Authorizes the commander of any unified or specified combatant command to pay, or authorize payment for, the expenses of training or deploying special operations forces being trained or deployed with forces of a friendly foreign country. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to use funds appropriated to DOD to transfer technical data packages, or to provide technical data assistance, to a friendly foreign country. (Currently, such transfer is authorized for a member nation of NATO or a country designated as a major non-NATO ally.) Authorizes the side-by-side testing of conventional weapons and nondevelopmental items by the United States and other friendly foreign countries (currently authorized for the U.S. and its major allies). Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Title XXI: (SIC) Army - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into long-term contracts for the construction, management, and operation of facilities pursuant to authorized architectural and engineering services and construction design in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Housing Rental Guaranty Program of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, defense access roads, military family housing functions within the Department, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at Fort Riley, Kansas. Extends certain FY 1989 and 1990 military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make a direct grant to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the construction of a public elementary school facility sufficient to accommodate dependents of DOD personnel assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Limits the maximum authorized grant and provides fund sources. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, military family housing functions of the Department, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into long-term contracts for the construction, management, and operation of facilities pursuant to authorized architectural and engineering services and construction design in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Housing Rental Guaranty Program of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, defense access roads, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for a military construction project at the Silverdale Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific. Specifies the type of military construction authorized for the Marine Corps Reserve Support Activity, Kansas City, Missouri, under the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing units; and (2) enter into rental guaranty agreements for military family housing under the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and defense access roads. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends certain FY 1989 and 1990 military construction projects. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to terminate the authority to carry out certain military construction projects in Alaska. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into a contract for the construction of any facility related to the permanent basing of B-2 aircraft until 180 days after the Secretary has supplied the Congress with specified information concerning the basing of such aircraft. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on certain cost comparisons with respect to such aircraft. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installatioins and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire one military family housing unit and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, certain base closure and realignment activities, an energy conservation program, conforming storage facilities, and military family housing functions of DOD. Authorizes prior-year unobligated funds to be made available for military construction projects authorized in this title. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Authorizes the Secretary, in advance of appropriations, to contract for the design and construction of a military construction project at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for certain Special Operations Command centers in North Carolina and other classified locations. Earmarks specified funds appropriated under this Act for the construction of a headquarters facility for a special operations battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out a military construction project at a specified installation in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for such contributions. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the NATO Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for such contributions. Authorizes the use of excess NATO Infrastructure funds for military construction projects authorized by this or any other Act. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Part A: Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after 1991 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and reserve forces in specified amounts. Part B: Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after 1992 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and reserve forces in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Division on October 1, 1994, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1995, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Terminates the approval of military construction projects in this Division at military installations which are closed or realigned pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to terminate the process by which military installations are selected for closure or realignment under such Act if the President does not transmit to the Congress by certain dates in 1993 and 1995 the nominations for appointment to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (Commission). Adds provisions relating to the employment and detailing of Commission staff employees. Revises certain notification and publication dates with respect to selection criteria utilized in making recommendations for base closures and realignments and recommendations made by DOD and the Commission. Prohibits funds appropriated to DOD for environmental restoration and management from being used for such activities at military installations closed or realigned under such Act. Applies Federal whistleblower protection for military personnel making certain disclosures to communications made to the Commission. Provides that in the case of each military installation considered for closure or realignment by the Commission, the Secretary shall ensure that the amount of the authorization requested by DOD for each military construction project in each of FY 1992 through 1999 for the following fiscal year does not exceed the estimate of the cost of the project that was provided to the Commission by DOD. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the reasons for any differences between the requested amount and the estimated cost of any such project. Requires the DOD Inspector General to investigate each project for which the Secretary is required to submit an explanation and report his findings to the Secretary. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to make eligible for certain homeowners assistance benefits provided under such Act DOD civilian employees and members of the armed forces who were employed or assigned to a military installation at the time of public announcement of its closure or transferred from such installation before such public announcement. Part B: Military Construction Program Changes - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make grants to States to acquire or construct facilities for the joint use of two or more components of the reserves. Increases from $200,000 to $300,000 the maximum amount for an authorized project for the acquisition or construction of such facilities that may be carried out with funds available for operation and maintenance. Repeals a Federal provision prohibiting the Secretary concerned from entering into more than five long-term construction contracts for the construction of certain military support facilities (child care, troop housing, hospital or medical facilities) at or near a military installation. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into a contract for the procurement of products or services (currently, may only contract for construction, management, or operation of such facilities) in connection with such facilities. Requires all such projects to be authorized by law. Adds provisions to such contracts with respect to their being subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Extends through FY 1993 the authority to enter into such contracts. Allows the Secretary concerned, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to enter into contracts for the leasing of military family housing to be constructed or rehabilitated to residential use on or near a military installation in which there is a deficit of such housing only if specifically authorized by law and subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Extends through FY 1993 the authority to enter into such leases. Repeals Federal provisions which: (1) prohibit the Secretary concerned from entering into more than three contracts per fiscal year for authorized military construction projects using one-step turn-key selection procedures; and (2) terminate the use of such procedures for such contracts on October 1, 1991. Increases to $1,500,000 the cost limitation threshold for a military construction project to be considered a minor construction project. Increases to $300,000 the maximum amount authorized to be spent from operation and maintenance funds by the Secretary concerned for such minor construction projects. Provides an increased maximum square footage allowance for military family housing located where harsh climatological conditions severely restrict outdoor activity for a significant part of each year, as determined by the Secretary concerned. Makes permanent (currently expires September 30, 1991) the authority to obligate certain funds from the DOD Base Closure Account to the homeowners assistance program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to carry out a military construction project not otherwise authorized by law when such project is vital to the protection of health, safety, or quality of the environment. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to acquire options for the lease of real property (currently, such Secretaries may only acquire options on a purchase) when such property is required for military construction projects. Provides the monetary consideration for such lease options. Requires the Secretary concerned, before exercising either type of option, to review the most recent inventory of real property assets published by the Resolution Trust Corporation to determine whether any such property is suitable for such construction projects. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 with respect to the military housing rental guarantee program to allow the Secretary concerned (or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard) to enter into agreements for military housing rental guaranty projects only when such projects are specifically authorized by law and subject to the availability of specific appropriations for such purpose. Requires budget materials submitted to the Congress to include proposed rental guaranty projects. Extends the rental guaranty program through FY 1993. Authorizes the Secretary concerned who compensates a landlord for breach of lease or damages by a member of the armed forces under the military housing rental guaranty program to withhold from the pay of such member an amount equal to the amount of such compensation. Revises provisions with respect to the authority of the Secretaries concerned to lease certain nonexcess property. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any leasehold interest in real property considered necessary for national security purposes to facilitate special operations forces activities. Sets a maximum rental cost of any property so acquired at $500,000. Allows facilities acquired to be modified to facilitate such activities. Terminates the authority to enter into such contracts as of the end of FY 1992. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees concerning leasehold interests so acquired. Empowers law enforcement authorities employed at the Pentagon Reservation with the same powers as sheriffs and constables upon such property. Part C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the New Mexico State Armory Board all rights and interests in real property in Santa Fe, New Mexico, currently used as a U.S. Army Reserve Center, under specified terms and conditions, including the construction by the Board of a Reserve Center replacement facility. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Saint Clair County, Illinois, all rights and interests in the Cardinal Creek Housing Complex, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, under specified terms and conditions. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to revise the sale payment amount with respect to the conveyance to Burlington, Vermont, of the Naval Reserve Center located there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to release a reversionary interest held on certain real property within Berrien County, Michigan. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire by fee simple real property located at Outlying Landing Field Barin, Baldwin County, Alabama. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to New Bedford, Massachusetts, all rights and interests to certain parcels of real property in such city. Requires the city to conduct any remedial action necessary to prevent the release of any oil or other hazardous material contained there and to indemnify the United States against all claims arising with respect to such parcels of land. Requires the Secretary to permit city officials to enter upon such property to prepare the area for construction of a waste water treatment plant. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: (SIC) Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1992 for operating expenses incurred, and for plant and capital equipment necessary, in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) verification and control technology; (4) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development programs; (5) security investigations; (6) Office of Security evaluations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors and naval reactors development; and (9) capital equipment not related to construction. Authorizes appropriations to DOE for FY 1992 for carrying out environmental restoration and waste management programs necessary for national security programs in the following areas: (1) operating expenses; (2) plant projects; and (3) capital equipment. Earmarks specified FY 1992 funding for the defense inertial confinement fusion program. Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to use FY 1992 and 1993 DOE funds to reimburse specified Colorado cities for costs incurred in implementing a required water management program. Provides reimbursement amounts for each such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make available to the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho specified FY 1992 through 1994 DOE funds for implementing and operating the Hanford Health Information Network. Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOE for FY 1992 from being used for modifying the W-79 atomic fired artillery projectile. Reduces the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this Part. Part B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for the costs of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is less, or for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary transmits to the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $2,000,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary specified FY 1992 DOD R&D funds for the performance of work on SDI. Authorizes an additional transfer for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to notify the defense committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated cost exceeds $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction planning and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Part C: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to conduct a scholarship and fellowship program to enable individuals to qualify for employment in environmental restoration and waste management (ERW) positions in DOE. Requires the Secretary to award at least 20 each of scholarships (for undergraduates) and fellowships (for graduate students) during FY 1992. Outlines eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary and any such recipient to enter into an agreement under which the Secretary agrees to provide the participant with educational assistance for a specified number of school years in return for the participant's agreement to complete the educational program and to serve full-time as a DOD employee in an ERW position for 12 months for each school year in which such educational assistance was provided. Outlines provisions concerning repayment of such educational assistance by the participant if he or she does not complete such education or work the required period thereafter. Requires such repayment within a specified period. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such payment recovery if found to be against equity and good conscience or contrary to the best interests of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary, in awarding such scholarships and fellowships, to give a preference to individuals who are entitled to or accepted for enrollment in an educational institution that has a cooperative education program with DOE. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on activities under the program. Provides funding for such program from ERW funds authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to carry out the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program under which the Secretary carries out ERW activities at DOE nuclear facilities. Establishes in DOE the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management through which the Secretary shall carry out the Program. Directs the Secretary to issue annually a five-year plan for ERW activities to be conducted at DOE nuclear facilities under the Program. Requires such plans to be submitted to the President and the Congress, published in the Federal Register, and made available to the public. Outlines matters to be included in each five-year plan. Requires preliminary plans to be provided to affected States and Indian tribes for coordination, review, and comment. Requires the first five-year plan to be issued in 1992. Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Account for the deposit of sums used to carry out the Program. Requires the President to include in his annual budget submission to the Congress certain information with respect to the Program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, affected States and Indian tribes to assist their participation in the development of the five-year plans. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract for the procurement of products and services that are determined to be necessary to support waste cleanup and modernization activities at DOE facilities. Authorizes such contract to extend for up to 30 years, with two ten-year contract extension options. Outlines contract requirements. Directs the Secretary, in awarding such contract, to: (1) use competitive procedures; (2) encourage the development of new and innovative technologies; and (3) enter into contracts with diverse contractors. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the termination of such a contract, to pay the balance of the cost of any special facility acquired or constructed if the acquisition or construction constitutes a significant portion of the investment by the contractor under the contract. Authorizes the Secretary to lease Federal lands at a DOE facility in connection with a contract. Provides authorized lease periods. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into such contracts until the Secretary submits to the Congress a justification and analysis and complies with a notification requirement. Terminates the authority to enter into such contracts on September 30, 1996. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Secretary to conduct a program in DOE to encourage the career development of non-Federal employees of DOE national laboratories. Makes eligible for such program employees who have demonstrated exceptional talent or skill in their positions and whose service in positions considered critical to the national defense or national energy security would likely result in professional contributions beneficial to such activities in DOE. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the name, position, and duties of each individual serving in such program. Prohibits the Secretary from resuming plutonium operations at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, Golden, Colorado, until the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) has determined that the Secretary has responded to specified Board recommendations relating to the Rocky Flats plant. Requires certain congressional notification and certification requirements to be met before the resumption of warhead production activities except at one specified building at the plant. Requires the Defense Science Board and the Nuclear Weapons Council to report to the defense committees jointly on each type of warhead proposed to be produced at Rocky Flats. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to both certify to the defense committees that production of recommended types of warheads at such plant is necessary in the national security interest before production may resume. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to award grants to certain non-profit organizations to: (1) provide training and education to persons whose duties are or include response to hazardous substance releases or similar emergencies at DOE nuclear weapons facilities; and (2) develop curricula for such training and education. Makes eligible for such grants nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated significant capabilities in: (1) implementing and conducting training and education programs relating to the general health and safety of workers; (2) identifying groups of workers whose duties include response to hazardous substances releases or similar emergencies; and (3) conducting effective training programs for such workers. Requires the Secretary to give grant award preference to organizations and programs that are grant recipients under a specified provision of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties against any DOE contractor who employs individuals to respond to hazardous substance releases or other similar emergencies at DOE nuclear weapons facilities and fails to provide for such training or to certify to DOE that such employees are adequately trained by other means. Provides FY 1992 funding for such program from funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements with participants from two or more eligible firms and one or more DOE laboratories (allows inclusion of institutions of higher education) in order to encourage and provide for the conduct of R&D of dual-use (both commercial and military applications) critical technologies selected by the Secretary, to be known as Department of Energy Critical Technology Partnerships. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements with the same type of participants for R&D and utilization of advanced manufacturing technologies potentially having a broad range of applications, to be known as Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Technology Partnerships. Directs the Secretary to establish four or more Advanced Materials Processing, Synthesis, and Commercialization Partnerships in order to facilitate the development and commercialization of advanced materials processing, synthesis, and technology in the United States. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the operations of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) allow the Board to employ up to 150 full-time employees (currently 100); and (2) give the Board access to any information on atomic weapons within DOE that is necessary for the Board to carry out its functions. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Part A: Changes in Stockpile Amounts - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager to dispose of specified materials and to obligate out of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) specified amounts for the acquisition of materials and for R&D programs of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act. Part B: Programmatic Changes - Amends such Act to allow moneys from the Fund to be used for materials development and research. Revises the conditions under which the President may make changes in the quantity of any material in the NDS. Removes a prohibition on disposals from the NDS which would result in an unobligated balance in the Fund in excess of $100,000,000. Extends until expended (currently two fiscal years) the availability of funds appropriated for the transportation, processing, refining, storage, security, maintenance, rotation, and disposal of materials contained in or acquired for the NDS. Authorizes the rotation of stockpile materials in order to prevent technological obsolescence. Authorizes expenditures from the Fund for the maintenance and disposal of materials. Changes from semiannually to annually the required frequency for a report on stockpile operations. Repeals a provision prohibiting stockpile disposals when there is a vacancy in the position of NDS Manager or when the authority of the President under such Act has not been delegated to that position. Title XXXIV: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for carrying out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1992 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission (Commission) to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for FY 1992. Limits the amount of funds available to the Commission for FY 1992 that may be expended for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes the use of FY 1992 Commission funds for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel of the Commission across the Isthmus of Panama, without regard to vehicle price limitations. Authorizes FY 1992 Commission funds to be obligated for authorized pay increases for Commission officers and employees. Allows such pay increases to be made only in accordance with specified Federal law. Places the Administrator of the Commission at Level IV of the Executive Schedule.

Supportive Services in Housing Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1991

Supportive Services in Housing Act of 1991 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a demonstration program of supportive services for older persons in federally assisted housing. Authorizes appropriations.

Housing Ombudsman Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1991

Housing Ombudsman Act of 1991 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a housing ombudsman demonstration program for older individuals. Authorizes appropriations.

Lead-Based Paint Hazard Abatement Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1991

Lead-Based Paint Hazard Abatement Act - Title I: Abatement of Lead-Based Paint Hazards - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of formula allotments to States and city and urban entities for abatement of lead-based paint hazards. Sets requirements for annually increasing matching funds. Describes grant purposes, including inspection of residential and child day-care structures for lead hazards, removal of hazards, housing for displaced occupants, and counseling on lead poisoning. Allows grant abatement expenditures only if the income of a residential structure's occupants is 80 percent or less of the median income of the geographic area; or, for other eligible structures, only if a public health service agency has determined the structure is a significant-hazard structure. Prescribes rulemaking procedures for the issuance of program standards, requiring the use of specified regulations of the State of Massachusetts if a final rule is not issued within one year. Requires the establishment of an advisory council to supply advice on the administration of the program. Sets forth additional standards regarding authorized grant activities, planning requirements, annual reports, and allotment reallocations. Title II: Lead Abatement Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on lead removed from any U.S. smelter and imported lead and lead products of 75 cents per pound for primary lead and 37 cents per pound for secondary lead. Terminates the tax after ten years. Establishes the Lead Abatement Trust Fund in the Treasury. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth the effective dates for the formula grants and the imposition of the excise tax.

Rural Older Americans Act Amendments of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1991

Rural Older Americans Act Amendments of 1991 - Title I: Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish in the Administration on Aging an Office on Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs headed by an Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Services who shall serve as the Federal advocate on behalf of older individuals who reside in long-term care facilities. Directs the Administration to establish and operate the National Ombudsman Resource Center to assist State Long-Term Care Ombudsmen and the representatives of the Ombudsmen in carrying out State long-term care programs. Directs the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to establish a National Center on Elder Abuse to: (1) compile an annual summary of recently conducted research on elder abuse; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs for the prevention and treatment of such abuse; (3) compile training materials for personnel engaged in elder abuse prevention; (4) provide technical assistance for the planning and implementation of programs relating to the problems of elder abuse; and (5) conduct research and demonstration projects regarding the causes and national incidence of elder abuse. Authorizes the Commissioner to operate such Center directly or through a grant or contract. Extends the deadline for the annual Administration report to the Congress on complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities. Requires a Commission study of the effectiveness of State long-term care ombudsman programs. Adds a new title VII under which the Commissioner is directed to establish and carry out a program for making allotments to States to pay for the Federal share of carrying out elder rights activities under the following new parts of title VII: (1) part B (Ombudsman Programs); (2) part C (Programs for Prevention of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation); (3) part D (State Elder Rights and Legal Assistance Development Program); and (4) part E (Outreach, Counseling, and Assistance Program). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1995 to carry out such parts. Requires States, in order to be eligible to receive allotments under title VII, to submit a plan to the Commissioner with assurances that the State will establish the programs listed above in accordance with specified requirements outlined in this title. Authorizes State agencies to enter into agreements with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out activities under such programs to protect the rights of the vulnerable elderly who reside in long-term care facilities. Reauthorizes and extends ombudsman and advocacy demonstration projects under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986. Directs the Commissioner to award grants to eligible State agencies to establish housing ombudsman demonstration programs to protect the rights of older individuals who are residents in publicly assisted housing programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Health Care and Transportation - Directs the Commissioner to: (1) establish three demonstration projects to encourage providers of health care, supportive services, and transportation services to coordinate services to older individuals; and (2) award grants to eligible agencies to pay for the costs of carrying out the projects. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Housing Options for Older Individuals - Directs the Commissioner to conduct a study of various methods of increasing the housing options that are available to rural older adults and provide greater independence than nursing homes. Authorizes up to ten demonstration projects to assess housing options for older individuals, with not less than 50 percent of the grants awarded for carrying out the projects going to entities for projects in rural areas. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Health Care and Nutrition - Requires providers of nutrition services to coordinate with health care providers to establish projects to provide special menus upon request to older individuals with special dietary or nutritional needs. Title V: Coordination Between Area Agencies on Aging and Community Action Agencies - Identifies community action agencies as alternative resource centers for providing services to older individuals. Requires demonstration projects to assist outreach programs and the grants awarded to eligible agencies to cover project costs to be used by the agency to establish programs that identify individuals eligible for assistance under this Act, particularly low-income and rural elderly. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Native Americans - Mandates disqualification of area agencies on aging which do not target services provided under the Act for older individuals to individuals with the greatest economic need and minority individuals, including Indians. Directs the Director of the National Institute on Aging to make grants or enter into contracts with eligible entities to establish and operate a National Indian Health Data Base. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Rural Older Individuals - Defines "rural older individual" as an older individual who resides in any place with a population of less than 2,500. Ensures that rural older individuals are recognized when State and area plans are made.

Government-Sponsored Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1991

Government-Sponsored Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1991 - Title I: Supervision and Regulation of FNMA and FHLMC - Subtitle A: Establishment of Financial Safety and Soundness Regulator - Establishes the Office of Secondary Market Examination and Oversight (the Office) within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to be managed by a presidentially appointed Director and a Deputy Director. Delineates the Director's scope of exclusive authority, which shall not be subject to the approval of the Secretary of HUD (the Secretary). Authorizes the Director to establish and collect from the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and their affiliates (the enterprises) charges sufficient to provide for all costs and expenses of the Office of Secondary Market Examination and Oversight, including examination expenses. Establishes in the Treasury the Secondary Market Examination and Oversight Fund (to be funded by such fees and charges) which shall be used to implement this Act and the Director's responsibilities. Requires the Director to submit an annual status report to the Congress, including the financial condition of the enterprises. Subtitle B: Amendments to Other Acts - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to bring them within the purview of this Act, including: (1) prohibiting, without prior written approval, dividend payments that would decrease the regulatory capital of the enterprises to an amount less than the risk-based capital level established for them under this Act; (2) authorizing the Director to require the enterprises to report before paying any dividend; and (3) requiring the enterprises to establish affordable housing goals according to prescribed guidelines. Subtitle C: Implementation - Directs the Secretary and the Director to promulgate final regulations implementing this Act by a specified deadline. Title II: Required Capital Levels for FNMA and FHLMC And Special Enforcement Powers - Requires the Director to establish risk-based capital levels for each enterprise according to statutory guidelines. Establishes minimum capital levels, critical capital levels, and enforcement levels. Sets forth mandatory supervisory actions for the enterprises at various capital levels, including the mandatory appointment of a conservator, and the contents of capital restoration plans. Subjects the Director's actions to judicial review. Mandates an annual financial condition examination of each enterprise. Sets forth civil money penalties for enterprise failure to report, or the filing of false reports. Title III: Cease and Desist Orders Against FNMA and FHLMC - Outlines the conditions for the issuance of either cease and desist orders or temporary cease and desist orders upon the Director's determination that an enterprise is about to engage in a rapid capital depletion activity. Subjects such orders to judicial review procedures. Authorizes enforcement actions by the Attorney General upon the Director's request. Grants the Director subpoena authority. Title IV: Primary of Financial Safety and Soundness for the Federal Housing Finance Board - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to declare that the primary duty of the Federal Housing Finance Board is to ensure that the Federal Home Loan Banks operate in a financially safe and sound manner.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the advantages of providing veterans in nursing homes with treatment and services to maintain or reactivate living function in those veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1991

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness and advantages of furnishing care to elderly veterans in nursing homes in order to treat and reactivate or maintain day-to-day living functions in those veterans. Authorizes the Secretary to set a daily rate of reimbursement for such care. Authorizes appropriations for five fiscal years for increased costs of reimbursement of non-Department of Veterans Affairs nursing homes under such program. Requires the Secretary to submit interim and final reports to the Congress concerning the effectiveness of the pilot program.

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Amendments Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1991

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Amendments Act of 1991 - Amends the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 to allow a State system for the protection and advocacy of the rights of persons with developmental disabilities to use its allotment under specified provisions to provide representation to individuals with mental illness in Federal facilities. Defines "facilities" to include hospitals, nursing homes, community facilities for individuals with mental illness, board and care homes, homeless shelters, and jails and prisons. Modifies requirements concerning: (1) the rights of representatives of such individuals; (2) the circumstances in which the system is accorded access to all the records of certain individuals; (3) the composition and chair of the system's advisory council; (4) availability of the system's grievance procedure to individuals who have received mental health services, family members, and representatives; (5) the composition of the system's governing authority; and (6) the training of system staff. Authorizes appropriations.

Vulnerable Elders' Rights Protection Amendments of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991

Vulnerable Elders' Rights Protection Amendments of 1991 - Title I: Elder Rights Services - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish in the Administration on Aging an Office on Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs headed by an Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Services who shall serve as the Federal advocate on behalf of older individuals who reside in long-term care facilities. Directs the Administration to establish and operate the National Ombudsman Resource Center to assist State Long-Term Care Ombudsmen and the representatives of the Ombudsmen in carrying out State long-term care programs. Directs the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to establish a National Center on Elder Abuse to: (1) compile an annual summary of recently conducted research on elder abuse; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs for the prevention and treatment of such abuse; (3) compile training materials for personnel engaged in elder abuse prevention; (4) provide technical assistance for the planning and implementation of programs relating to the problems of elder abuse; and (5) conduct research and demonstration projects regarding the causes and national incidence of elder abuse. Authorizes the Commissioner to operate such Center directly or through a grant or contract. Extends the deadline for the annual Administration report to the Congress on complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities. Requires a Commission study of the effectiveness of State long-term care ombudsman programs. Adds a new title VII under which the Commissioner is directed to establish and carry out a program for making allotments to States to pay for the Federal share of carrying out elder rights activities under the following new parts of title VII: (1) part B (Ombudsman Programs); (2) part C (Programs for Prevention of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation); (3) part D (State Elder Rights and Legal Assistance Development Program); and (4) part E (Outreach, Counseling, and Assistance Program). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1995 to carry out such parts. Requires States, in order to be eligible to receive allotments under title VII, to submit a plan to the Commissioner with assurances that the State will establish the programs listed above in accordance with specified requirements outlined in this title. Authorizes State agencies to enter into agreements with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out activities under such programs to protect the rights of the vulnerable elderly who reside in long-term care facilities. Reauthorizes and extends ombudsman and advocacy demonstration projects under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986. Directs the Commissioner to award grants to eligible State agencies to establish housing ombudsman demonstration programs to protect the rights of older individuals who are residents in publicly assisted housing programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effective dates of this Act.

A bill to develop Federal Government performance standards and goals plans, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991

Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to promulgate regulations requiring each department and agency to establish a performance standards and goals plan for each major expenditure category of the budget of such department or agency. Requires OMB to: (1) review and adjust such plans and establish an overall performance standards and goals plan for the Federal Government; and (2) monitor the implementation by each agency of its performance standards and goals and correction of other identified program problems or material weaknesses. Provides that it shall not be in order for either House of Congress to consider any bill or resolution which provides for the authorization of appropriations or for the appropriation of funds, unless it specifies performance standards and goals for such authorization or appropriation. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to direct each Inspector General to: (1) determine in each audit conducted, supervised, or coordinated whether any material weakness exists; and (2) investigate allegations of fraud or misrepresentation in reports by Federal managers. Applies such requirements to any Inspector General to whom the provisions of such Act do not apply. Requires each audit by the Comptroller General of an agency to include a determination of whether any material weakness exists. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require each Inspector General to include in immediate reports on serious or flagrant problems information regarding: (1) a failure to meet established policy objectives and the performance standards discussed above; and (2) any problem, abuse, or deficiency causing a material loss to the Government. Requires the semiannual reports submitted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to include a statement of the goals for each program under the Department and the measure of the effectiveness with which the Department has obtained such goals during the reporting period, together with an assessment of actions to be taken to achieve the goals.

A bill to establish an Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to create an Assistant Secretary for Administration in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 3-year extension of the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the low-income housing credit for three years from applicable terminating dates. Allows housing credit agencies to collect a reasonable fees for compliance monitoring. Requires such agencies to take into account project developer fees when determining the financial feasibility of a housing project and the credit to be allocated to such project.

FHA Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991

FHA Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 1991 - Amends the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide mortgage financing incentives for energy efficiency housing subject to mortages insured under such Act. Obligates specified funding for the promotion of such program. Increases mortgage limits for energy efficiency improvements.

Vulnerable Elders' Rights Protection Amendments of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1991

Vulnerable Elders' Rights Protection Amendments of 1991 - Title I: Elder Rights Services - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish in the Administration on Aging an Office on Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs headed by an Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Services who shall serve as the Federal advocate on behalf of older individuals who reside in long-term care facilities. Directs the Administration to establish and operate the National Ombudsman Resource Center to assist State Long-Term Care Ombudsmen and the representatives of the Ombudsmen in carrying out State long-term care programs. Directs the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to establish a National Center on Elder Abuse to: (1) compile an annual summary of recently conducted research on elder abuse; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs for the prevention and treatment of such abuse; (3) compile training materials for personnel engaged in elder abuse prevention; (4) provide technical assistance for the planning and implementation of programs relating to the problems of elder abuse; and (5) conduct research and demonstration projects regarding the causes and national incidence of elder abuse. Authorizes the Commissioner to operate such Center directly or through a grant or contract. Extends the deadline for the annual Administration report to the Congress on complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities. Requires a Commission study of the effectiveness of State long-term care ombudsman programs. Adds a new title VII under which the Commissioner is directed to establish and carry out a program for making allotments to States to pay for the Federal share of carrying out elder rights activities under the following new parts of title VII: (1) part B (Ombudsman Programs); (2) part C (Programs for Prevention of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation); (3) part D (State Elder Rights and Legal Assistance Development Program); and (4) part E (Outreach, Counseling, and Assistance Program). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1995 to carry out such parts. Requires States, in order to be eligible to receive allotments under title VII, to submit a plan to the Commissioner with assurances that the State will establish the programs listed above in accordance with specified requirements outlined in this title. Authorizes State agencies to enter into agreements with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out activities under such programs to protect the rights of the vulnerable elderly who reside in long-term care facilities. Reauthorizes and extends ombudsman and advocacy demonstration projects under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986. Directs the Commissioner to award grants to eligible State agencies to establish housing ombudsman demonstration programs to protect the rights of older individuals who are residents in publicly assisted housing programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title III: Board and Care Facility Quality - National Commission on Board and Care Facility Quality Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange for the establishment of a National Commission on Board and Care Facility Quality to: (1) examine existing quality, health, and safety requirements for board and care facilities and the enforcement of such requirements for their adequacy and effectiveness; (2) examine and make recommendations with respect to the appropriate role of Federal, State, and local governments in assuring the health and safety of residents of board and care facilities; and (3) make specific recommendations to the Congress and the Secretary concerning the establishment of minimum national standards for the health and safety of residents of such facilities and the enforcement of such standards. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effective dates of this Act.

A bill to amend section 21A of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to extend the period applicable to single family property in the Affordable Housing Program.

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1991

Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to extend from three months to six months the period during which Resolution Trust Corporation held single family homes shall be available to low-income purchasers under the affordable housing program.

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1991

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 - Title I: Department of State - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the Department of State for: (1) the administration of foreign affairs; (2) the diplomatic security program; (3) international organizations and conferences; (4) international commissions; (5) migration and refugee assistance; (6) assistance for refugees resettling in Israel; (7) assistance to displaced ethnic Armenians resettling in Armenia; (8) assistance to unaccompanied minor children and other cases of special humanitarian concern that have been referred to special committees pursuant to the Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees in first asylum countries in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong; (9) humanitarian assistance to displaced Burmese; (10) bilateral science and technology agreements; (11) Soviet-East European research and training; (12) Near and Middle East research and training; and (13) the Asia Foundation. Part B: Department of State Authorities and Activities - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to use funds to pay obligations arising under international agreements, conventions, and binational contracts. Requires Federal agencies that obtain administrative services from the Department of State to make full and prompt payment for such services through an advance of funds or reimbursement. Directs the Secretary to terminate services to agencies that have not made payment within a specified deadline. Waives such suspension or termination as necessary to protect life and Government property. Authorizes the transfer into the Buying Power Maintenance account of unobligated balances from accounts for the administration of foreign affairs. Prohibits the balance of such account from exceeding $100 million. Permits funds appropriated for the Department of State in any account funded in the Department of State Appropriations Act to be transferred to any other appropriations account in an emergency situation (provided the annual budget deficit is not increased and the transfer does not violate the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990). Prohibits an account from being increased by more than 15 percent (five percent for the salaries and expenses account and the acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad account). Exempts transfers to the emergencies in the consular and diplomatic service appropriation for evacuation purposes from such limitation. Prohibits an account from being increased by more than ten percent. Treats such transfers as a reprogramming of funds. Prohibits, unless the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are notified, the reprogramming of Department of State funds in excess of $500,000 (currently, $250,000). Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants to child care facilities at certain posts abroad. Redesignates the Office of Munitions Control of the Department of State as the Office of Defense Trade Controls and increases the amount of registration fees collected by the Office that is required to be credited to a Department of State account. Permits funds received by the Department of State in connection with Blair House (currently, funds received during FY 1990 and 1991) to be credited to the appropriate Department of State account. Prohibits the denial of, or limitations on, a passport because of any belief or activity which, if held or conducted in the United States, would be protected by the first amendment to the Constitution. Authorizes the Secretary to pay the expenses of any international meeting or conference in the United States that is hosted by the U.S. Government. Amends the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 to raise the limit on the amount of a lease authorized to be entered into by the Secretary for Foreign Service buildings abroad. Permits the Secretary to make advance payments for long-term leases and lease-purchase agreements. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to increase the amount authorized to be made available for the construction of Foreign Service Institute training facilities. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to classify as a nonimmigrant an alien coming to the United States at the request of a Government agency for employment, subject to certain conditions and numerical limitations. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees each time a visa is denied to an alien for security reasons. Prohibits the Secretary from including in the Automated Visa Lookout System or in any system that maintains information about the excludability of aliens the name of any alien who is not excludable under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Requires the Secretary to correct such systems by deleting the names of aliens who are not excludable under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to add to or retain in such system the names of aliens who are not excludable only if they are included for law enforcement purposes or lawful purposes of the Department of State. Permits the Secretary, subject to certain conditions, to enter into a multiyear (not to exceed five years) contract for the acquisition of property and construction of diplomatic facilities in Moscow. Sets forth contract provisions. Requires Department of State employees to whom a question is addressed by a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee or the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to respond to such question within 15 days unless the Secretary explains why a timely response cannot be made. Directs the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs to report to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House on criteria for international loans by which the United States can determine the likelihood of repayment by another nation or organization seeking to receive U.S. loans or guarantees. Requires the Secretary to report to such individuals at least 30 days prior to the issuance of any bilateral credit or loans or prior to a vote in any multilateral institution in which the United States is a contributor on: (1) the nation's or organization's creditworthiness in accordance with such criteria; and (2) the expectation of repayment of loans to the United States or the multilateral institution. Declares that the Department of State should take advantage of evolving conditions in Eastern Europe by moving expeditiously to satisfy long-term property requirements which must be met in support of needs for effective overseas representation. Endorses recent efforts by the Department of State to develop a long-term assets management program to further efforts to acquire properties and support further initiatives in such area. Commends the Administration's decision to establish a consular office in Leipzig to strengthen the U.S. presence in eastern Germany. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of State should expedite its efforts to implement this decision. Part C: Diplomatic Reciprocity and Security - Amends the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 to raise the threshold (from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000) on diplomatic construction or design projects on which only U.S. persons may bid. Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit to specified congressional committees a plan which sets forth current and future space requirements for the U.S. mission in Moscow; and (2) make available to such committees copies of all agreements necessary to implement such plan. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for the reimbursement of State and local governments in connection with Secret Service functions with respect to foreign diplomatic missions located in metropolitan areas. Revises authorities of special agents of the Foreign Service and the Department of State to authorize such agents to make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence or for any felony if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House on security needs for diplomatic construction; and (2) review the Inman Report and address whether changing budgetary and foreign policy priorities continue to justify the Report's recommendations. Part D: Personnel - Directs the Secretary to appoint seven individuals to: (1) examine and report to specified congressional committees on personnel issues affecting Foreign Service and civil service employees at the Department of State; and (2) report to such committees on compliance by the Department of State with recommendations of a commission established to study the Foreign Service personnel system. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to grant access to commissaries to American citizens hired to serve as teaching staff for dependents of employees abroad. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend the period of temporary storage of personal effects of Foreign Service employees for an additional 90 days in extraordinary circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to pay for the transport of the remains of a Foreign Service member to the designated home in the United States if the death of such member occurs in the United States. (Current law authorizes payment only for the transport of the remains of a member or family member who dies while abroad or in travel status.) Provides for payment for up to 60 days to Federal employees whose families or dependents are required to evacuate a post (even if the employee remains at such post). Revises Federal provisions regarding quarters, education, and cost-of-living allowances for Federal employees stationed in foreign countries. Establishes in the Treasury a fund for separation pay for foreign national employees for agencies other than the Department of Defense. Part E: International Organizations and Commissions - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations should ensure that in-kind contributions to the United Nations peacekeeping forces are included at their full value when calculating contributions to such forces. Authorizes the President to withhold 20 percent of the funds allocated for the U.S. contribution to the United Nations if the United Nations has failed to implement decision-making procedures on budgetary matters which assure that attention is paid to the views of the United States and other major financial contributors. Requires the President to notify the Congress when a decision is made to withhold a contribution to the United Nations or to pay any previously withheld contribution. Permits payments of assessed contributions for prior years to the United Nations if such payment would further U.S. interests in such organization. Repeals provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 concerning United Nations budget procedures. Repeals a provision of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 that requires the Secretary to report on the status of secondment within the United Nations by the Soviet Union and Soviet-bloc member nations. Withholds the payment of all U.S. arrearages to Special Purpose International Organizations until the Secretary reports to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House on: (1) the purpose and activities of such organizations; (2) the political and economic benefits to the United States of membership in such organizations; and (3) the effect on American consumers and importers of the activities and policies of organizations dealing with economic commodities. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to add to the list of the Secretary's authorities the authority to make payments, in advance, of the U.S. share of expenses for international fisheries commissions. Amends the Japan-United States Friendship Act to revise provisions concerning administrative expenses of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the activities (after April 30, 1990) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Earmarks amounts from funding authorized for international fisheries commissions for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to Inter-American organizations. Requires the Secretary to direct the Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs to review policies for the provision of housing benefits to U.S. Government personnel assigned to the U.S. mission to the United Nations. Part F: Foreign Relations of the United States Historical Series - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to set forth provisions concerning the "Foreign Relations of the United States" historical series, a documentary record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and diplomatic activity. Requires the series to be published within 30 years after the events recorded. Makes the Historian of the Department of State responsible for the preparation of the series. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation to review and make recommendations concerning the selection of records to be included in the series. Directs all Federal agencies engaged in foreign policy to develop procedures for their historical offices to coordinate with the Department of State in selecting and permitting access to records for purposes of inclusion in the series. Requires selected records to be submitted to the originating agency for declassification review. Directs the originating agency, if a record is not declassifiable, to make deletions in the text to make the record declassifiable. Requires the Historian, if the meaning of a record is so altered by such deletions that the series would be misleading, to request the originating agency to prepare an unclassified summary of the record. Sets forth procedures to be followed if the originating agency refuses to prepare a declassified record or an unclassified summary. Requires declassification of Department of State records within 30 years after such records were prepared. Makes such records available to the public at the National Archives. Exempts specified records (for security or privacy reasons) from such requirement. Part G: Near and Middle East Research and Training Act - Near and Middle East Research and Training Act - Establishes the Near and Middle Eastern Advisory Committee within the Department of State to recommend grant policies for carrying out the objectives of this part. Declares that payments shall be made for: (1) a national research program at the postdoctoral level; (2) a program of graduate, postdoctoral, and teaching fellowships for advanced training in Near and Middle Eastern studies; (3) the dissemination of research and findings on such studies and related fields; (4) fellowship and research support for American specialists in such studies; (5) seminars and workshops to facilitate research collaboration between Government and private specialists in such studies; (6) advanced training and research on a reciprocal basis in Near and Middle Eastern countries; and (7) language training. Sets forth application procedures for institutions seeking funding. Part H: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals a provision of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 concerning a travel advisory warning for Jalisco, Mexico. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every 180 days on: (1) the progress made in rescinding United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 which maintains that Zionism is a form of racism; (2) the progress made by every member of the General Assembly in recognizing Israel; (3) the extent to which Arab nations which have refused to recognize Israel or have maintained a state of belligerency against Israel have taken steps to end the economic boycott and state of belligerency and to negotiate with Israel; and (4) the means utilized by the United States to encourage the Arab states allied with the United States in the Persian Gulf War to achieve such objectives. Redesignates the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990 as the Iraq International Law Compliance Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) coordinate the U.S. Government response to international water resource disputes and needs; (2) represent the U.S. Government in fora in discussions concerning access to fresh water; and (3) formulate U.S. policy to assist in the resolution of international problems posed by the lack of fresh water supplies. Repeals a provision of the Soviet-East European Research and Training Act that terminates Soviet-East European training by a specified date. Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs - Part A: United States Information Agency - Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) for FY 1992 and 1993. Earmarks an amount for the establishment and operation of a USIA office in Vientiane, Laos. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to prohibit funds in excess of $500,000 (currently, $250,000) from being made available to USIA through a reprogramming unless the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are notified. Adds to the authorities of the USIA Director the authority to purchase, rent, construct, improve, and operate facilities for television transmission and reception. Permits the Director or other authorized Government agencies to: (1) incur expenses authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; and (2) furnish living quarters and provide specified allowances for government employees in foreign countries. Authorizes the Director or such agencies to pay to or for participants in programs under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 the costs of: (1) emergency medical expenses; (2) the preparation and transportation of remains of participants' dependents who die while away from home during such participation; and (3) health and accident insurance premiums. Requires the Director to: (1) establish a cultural center in the capital of the province of Kosovo in Yugoslavia; and (2) establish Croatian and Serbian programs within the Yugoslavian section of Voice of America (VOA). Authorizes appropriations for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Sets forth specified reporting requirements with respect to NED grant management. Amends the National Endowment for Democracy Act to require (currently, authorizes) USIA to audit NED financial transactions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the NED should make efforts to solicit private contributions. Part B: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) the Fulbright Academic Exchange programs; (3) the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program; (4) the International Visitors Program; (5) the Arts America Program; (6) East Europe training projects; (7) citizen exchange programs; (8) the Congress-Bundestag Exchange Program; (9) the Vietnam Scholarship Program; and (10) academic exchange programs involving Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Authorizes appropriations to the Bureau for FY 1992 for the World University Games in Buffalo, New York. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend the authorization of appropriations for scholarships for Tibetan and Burmese students and professionals. Encourages USIA to work with its German counterparts in the Congress-Bundestag Exchange Program to emphasize the participation of former citizens of the German Democratic Republic and to insure that Germans from eastern Germany are given the opportunity to participate in German-American bilateral exchange programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to be made available to the Bureau for: (1) programs in Washington, D.C., to expose students from newly democratic countries to the workings of the U.S. Government; and (2) scholarships for scholars, businesspeople, and professionals from such countries for study of democratic and free market institutions and other aspects of U.S. society. Part C: Bureau of Broadcasting - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to the USIA Bureau of Broadcasting for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) television and film service; (3) acquisition and construction of radio facilities; and (4) broadcasting to Cuba. Requires the President to submit to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House the report of the Policy Coordinating Committee on International Broadcasting. Directs the Task Force on United States Government International Broadcasting to submit to such individuals its report to the President on U.S. Government broadcasting. Establishes a Commission on Broadcasting to the People's Republic of China to examine the feasibility, effect, and implications for U.S. foreign policy of instituting a radio broadcasting service to China to promote the dissemination of information and ideas. Requires VOA to broadcast at least one hour daily in the Kurdish language on its Persian language service and its Arabic language service to Iraq. Authorizes the USIA Director to hire Kurdish language speakers subject to certain conditions. Requires the USIA Director to submit a plan and budget for the establishment of a VOA Kurdish language service to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House. Directs the chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting to submit a plan and budget to such individuals for the establishment of a surrogate home service under the auspices of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for the Kurdish people. Requires the Director to make available to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York master copies of USIA photographic works of Richard Saunders. Provides that the Center shall reimburse USIA for expenses in making such copies available. Part D: The Educational Exchanges Enhancement Act of 1991 - Educational Exchanges Enhancement Act of 1991 - Provides for an increase in the number of USIA scholarships for foreign and U.S. students and scholars. Makes such scholarships available only to: (1) foreign students and scholars from Eastern European democracies, the Soviet Union, and countries with fewer than 1,000 citizens studying in the United States; (2) students from economic, social, or ethnic backgrounds not represented in the U.S. foreign student population; and (3) U.S. students and scholars for study, research, and teaching in Eastern European democracies, the Soviet Union, and non-European countries. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Board for International Broadcasting - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to carry out such Act and the Inspector General Act of 1978. Provides that certain amounts of appropriations placed in reserve due to upward fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates shall be used to make payments to RFE/RL's U.S. and German pension plans to avoid future pension liabilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to maintaining RFE broadcasts to Eastern Europe. Title IV: The Spoils of War Act of 1991 - Spoils of War Act of 1991 - Permits spoils of war in the possession or control of the United States to be transferred to any other party only to the extent and in the same manner that property of the same type, if otherwise owned by the United States, may be so transferred. Prohibits such spoils of war from being transferred to any nation whose government has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. Requires the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on spoils of war obtained during Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm that were transferred to any party. Title V: Anti-Boycott Passport Act of 1991 - Anti-Boycott Passport Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary to: (1) instruct the U.S. Middle Eastern diplomatic corps to seek an end to the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports of, and denying entrance visas to, persons whose passports or other documents reflect that they have visited Israel; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on the status of efforts to secure an end to such policy. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing any passport that is designated for travel only to Israel. Requires the Secretary to cancel existing passports designated for travel only to Israel. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing more than one official or diplomatic passport to any U.S. Government official for purposes of enabling such official to acquiesce in or comply with the Arab League's passport policy concerning persons who have visited Israel. Title VI: Southeast Asia - Part A: Laotian-American Relations - Laotian-American Relations Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) upgrade the current American diplomatic representation in Vientiane, Laos, to the level of ambassador; (2) ensure that an American military attache is permanently assigned to the U.S. mission in Vientiane to assist in the recovery of American prisoners of war and missing in action; and (3) ensure that Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) personnel are permanently assigned to such mission to accelerate cooperative efforts in narcotics eradication and interdiction. Requires the USIA Director to establish an office in Vientiane, Laos, to assist in the propagation of American economic and political values. Part B: Free Market Democracy Promotion for Vietnamese Act - Free Market Democracy Promotion for Vietnamese Act - Requires the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to make available 15 scholarships during FY 1992 to enable Vietnamese residents in Vietnam to study at a U.S. college or university. Gives preference to candidates intending to pursue studies in economics and commercial law. Part C: Miscellaneous Provisions - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the goals of U.S. policy in Vietnam and Cambodia would be advanced by increased access to their territories and by reaching an agreement that would result in the lifting of the trade embargo against Vietnam and Cambodia. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to accounting for American prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia. Title VII: Persian Gulf War Criminals Prosecution Act of 1991 - Part A: General Provisions - Persian Gulf War Criminals Prosecution Act of 1991 - Sets forth findings regarding Iraq's violation of the Geneva Conventions. Part B: Actions By United States Agencies and Courts - Requires the President to direct Government agencies to collect and maintain evidence of crimes committed by Persian Gulf war criminals. Directs the President to consult with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense to determine the appropriate jurisdiction for the prosecution of such criminals. Part C: International Criminal Tribunal - Urges the President, acting through the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, to propose to the Security Council the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for the prosecution of Persian Gulf war criminals. Urges the President to work with the coalition of nations participating in Operation Desert Storm to establish such tribunal if the Secretary Council fails to take action to do so. Establishes the Office for the Prosecution of Persian Gulf War Criminals within the Department of State. Part D: Congressional Oversight - Requires the President to report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on: (1) the proposal developed by the Office for the establishment of an international criminal tribunal; (2) evidence of crimes under international law that justifies the prosecution of Persian Gulf war criminals; and (3) Iraqi authorities who should be prosecuted for committing such crimes. Title VIII: Arms Suppliers Regime - Arms Suppliers Regime Act of 1991 - Declares that the Secretary should undertake to convene a conference of appropriate nations to establish an arms suppliers regime. States that the purpose of such regime should be to: (1) halt the flow of unconventional arms and technologies necessary to produce such arms to nations in the Middle East; (2) limit and control the proliferation of advanced conventional arms to such nations; and (3) provide incentives for regional arms control agreements in the Middle East. Lists actions to be taken to carry out such purposes. Authorizes the President to negotiate and commit the United States to participating in a multilateral moratorium prohibiting the transfer of advanced conventional arms to the Middle East. Requires the President to report annually to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs committee on: (1) all transfers of arms to the Middle East over the previous five years; (2) the current military balance in the region; (3) the current and projected military threat to allied and friendly nations in the Middle East and the military equipment needed to deter and defend against such threat; (4) the operation of agreements comprising the arms suppliers regime; (5) the supplier nations that have refused to participate in such regime; and (6) specific actions of supplier nations that have engaged in conduct that violates or undermines the regime. Prohibits the sale of defense articles or services, or the issuance of export licenses for such articles or services, to any nation in the Middle East unless the President: (1) certifies that the Secretary has undertaken to convene the conference for the establishment of an arms suppliers regime; and (2) submits a specified report on such regime. Title IX: Miscellaneous Foreign Affairs Provisions - Requires the President to report to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on specified issues involving the Palestine Liberation Organization. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) all U.S. law enforcement personnel serving in Mexico should be accorded the same status as U.S. diplomatic and consular personnel serving at U.S. posts in Mexico; and (2) all Mexican narcotics law enforcement personnel serving in the United States should be accorded the same status as DEA personnel serving in Mexico. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the establishment of a U.S.-Baltic Development Program and the stationing of overseas cultural/informational and commercial representatives in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the status of discussions with Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia regarding an enhanced U.S. presence in the Baltic Republics. Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 to provide that the period of entitlement to benefits for U.S. hostages in Lebanon shall be the period of an individual's hostage status and the 60 months following the termination of such status. Requires the President to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of constructing a library building for the Polish Parliament (Sejm) and the availability of funds for a U.S. contribution to such project. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Tibet is an occupied country under the principles of international law whose true representatives are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile. Prohibits the President from lifting U.S. economic sanctions against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, and directs the President to make every effort to ensure that the multinational coalition maintains the full range of economic sanctions, until such regime has released all prisoners of war and has accounted as fully as possible for all those missing in action, including Kuwaitis captured during the Iraqi occupation. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain a list of Kuwaiti residents believed to have been captured or detained by the Iraqi Government; and (2) report to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House on actions to effect the release of remaining prisoners. Expresses the sense of the Senate regarding the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee and a framework convention on global climate change. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should encourage the Government of the United Kingdom to provide the people of Hong Kong all civil liberties to bequeath a self-governing democracy to China in 1997. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should support Taiwan's role in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to arms sales to the Middle East. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the President to extend guarantees in connection with the sale of defense articles and services to NATO countries, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. Limits the total amount of such guarantees in any fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations.

International Security and Economic Cooperation Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1991

International Security and Economic Cooperation Act of 1991 - Title I: Statement of Policy; Development Assistance Programs - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise policy provisions. Declares that assistance provided under such Act, the Arms Export Control Act, and any Act authorizing or appropriating funds for use under such Acts should serve the following goals: (1) to promote and consolidate democratic values and institutions; (2) to promote U.S. national security interests and peace; (3) to promote economic growth through competitive markets with equitable distribution of benefits; (4) to promote human resource development and meet urgent humanitarian needs; and (5) to protect against transnational threats. States that development assistance programs should have the following four objectives: (1) to address the problem of poverty; (2) to promote broad-based free market economies and sustainable economic growth; (3) to promote improved environmental, natural resource, and agricultural management in developing countries; and (4) to promote democracy and political, social, and economic pluralism. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) concentrate development assistance in countries which will make the most effective use of such assistance; (2) focus development assistance on activities which the United States can provide most effectively and which meet the particular economic assistance requirements of a country; and (3) not provide assistance if the relevant sector or economic policies of a country are unfavorable to the sustainability or impact of the assisted project. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition assistance. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to prevent and control acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Declares that 45 percent of such assistance should be provided to the World Health Organization for use in financing its Global Program on AIDS. Calls upon the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance (administering agency) to set as a goal the reduction of under five mortality rates by at least one-third by the year 2000. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) voluntary family planning; (2) health programs; (3) education, public administration, and human resource development; and (4) private sector, environment, energy, and special development activities. Prohibits funds authorized under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 that are intended for projects requiring environmental impact statements, assessments, or analyses from being obligated or expended prior to the consideration of public comment on any options connected with such projects. Prohibits funds authorized to be appropriated for such Act from being used for projects that would result in any significant loss of primary tropical forests. Directs the administrator of the administering agency to increase the involvement of private and voluntary organizations and cooperatives in assistance programs. Encourages the administrator to support development education programs. Increases the percentage of funds to be made available or channeled for each fiscal year (currently, FY 1986 through 1989) to private and voluntary organizations for specified development activities. Permits funds for child and mother health needs, the Child Survival Fund, and AIDS to be made available notwithstanding restrictions on assistance to foreign countries. Requires the administrator to ensure that: (1) development assistance activities incorporate the active participation of local women; (2) sex-disaggregated data is included in country development strategy statements for major sectors in which assistance is to be provided and in project papers and program assistance approval documents; (3) programs are designed so that the percentage of women who benefit from such assistance exceeds the approximate transitional level of participation of women in the sector for which assistance is being provided; and (4) program assistance evaluations include an assessment of the extent to which women are participating in the activity and the impact of the activity on the self-reliance of women and improving their incomes. Requires a specified amount to be made available each fiscal year as matching funds to support activities of the missions of the agency which demonstrate potential for integrating women into programs. Title II: Other Assistance Programs and Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for American schools, libraries, and hospitals abroad. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) U.S. citizens give every consideration to founding or sponsoring American schools in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to serve as study centers for U.S. ideas and practices; and (2) the American University of Blagoevgrad in Bulgaria is to be commended for its efforts in founding an American school to serve such purposes. Redesignates the private sector revolving fund as the private sector credit program. Eliminates provisions concerning funding, remittance of excess assets, fees, and the transfer of unobligated funds. Permits fees to be charged for guarantees and loans issued under the program. Limits the amount of contingent liability for guarantees in FY 1992 and 1993. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for administrative expenses of the program. Raises the ceiling on the principal amount of housing guaranties authorized to be issued under the worldwide shelter program. Continues the authority of the housing guaranty program through FY 1993. Repeals provisions concerning agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs. Provides that guaranties issued in connection with loans made for housing and infrastructure in Israel for Soviet refugees shall not be subject to specified face value limitations. Requires fees to be charged for housing guaranties. Raises the ceiling on the total face value of guaranties authorized to be issued with respect to any country in a fiscal year. Provides that the principal amount of guaranties issued shall be comparable to the amount issued for FY 1984, subject to dollar value limitations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to pay the cost of guranties with a specified face value and for administrative expenses of the housing guaranty program. Permits the President to continue U.S. participation in, and make contributions to, the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for specified United Nations programs and activities. Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. contribution to the United Nations University Endowment Fund. Limits such contribution to 25 percent of the total amount contributed to the Fund by other members. Provides that if Israel is denied its right to participate in any United Nations agency, the United States shall suspend its participation in, and contributions to, any such agency until the denial of rights is reversed. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for international disaster assistance and international narcotics control activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that under specified conventions on narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, the parties are required to criminalize drug related activities, provide severe penalties, and cooperate in the extradition of accused offenders. Revises the authorities of the Director of the Trade and Development Agency (replaces the Trade and Development Program). Requires the Agency to disseminate information about its activities to the private sector. Sets forth the duties of the Inspector General of the administering agency with respect to the Agency. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993. Prohibits appointments to positions within the administering agency without the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for operating expenses of the administering agency and its Office of the Inspector General. Requires the President to maintain within the administering agency a Center for University Cooperation in Development and a Center for Voluntary Cooperation in Development. Provides that the respective purposes of such Centers shall be to strengthen development partnerships between the U.S. Government and: (1) U.S. institutions of higher education engaged in education, research, and public service programs relevant to development needs of developing countries; and (2) U.S. private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, and credit unions engaged in activities relevant to such needs. Directs the administrator to establish an Advisory Committee on Voluntary Cooperation in Development. Revises provisions concerning congressional notification for program changes. Authorizes nongovernmental organizations to invest local currencies accrued as a result of economic assistance provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other specified Acts and to use interest earned on investments for assistance purposes. Title III: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for economic support fund (ESF) assistance for: (1) Israel; (2) Egypt; (3) regional cooperative programs in the Middle East; (4) Cyprus (to be for scholarships, bicommunal projects, and confidence building measures to reduce tensions and promote peace between the two communities on Cyprus); (5) the International Fund for Ireland; (6) Turkey; and (7) other recipients or purposes. Permits the President to provide administration of justice assistance to the Philippines. Continues funding for specified administration of justice and law enforcement assistance through FY 1993. Authorizes the President to use ESF assistance for capital and infrastructure assistance. Applies environmental impact and assessment requirements to such assistance. Restricts the use of ESF assistance for nuclear facilities. Permits ESF assistance to be provided as a cash transfer only if the recipient country spends an amount equal to such cash transfer to purchase U.S. goods and services. Makes exemptions to such requirement under certain circumstances. Prohibits U.S. flag carriers from being reimbursed for more than 30 percent above the average competitive international rate for international ship transportation with respect to such purchases. Title IV: Military Assistance and Sales and Related Programs - Authorizes the President to furnish military assistance on a grant basis (currently, loan or grant). Permits such assistance to be provided for the financing of defense articles or services. Authorizes financing for the procurement by leasing of defense articles from U.S. commercial suppliers to be provided to Israel and Egypt if there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for such articles being provided by lease rather than by government-to-government sale. Permits the financing of the procurement of defense articles and services not sold by the U.S. Government only if the country or international organization proposing to make such procurement has signed an agreement with the United States specifying the conditions under which the procurement may be financed. Authorizes funds to be made available to a foreign country to make payments of principal and interest owed to the United States in connection with sales of defense articles or services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for military assistance and sales for: (1) Israel (makes certain amounts available, at the request of the Government of Israel, for research and development in the United States and the procurement of defense articles and services in Israel); (2) Egypt; (3) Turkey; (4) Greece; and (5) other recipients or purposes. Declares that the President should consider the practice of a country with respect to the law of war when furnishing military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act. Raises the ceiling on the amount of defense articles and services and military education and training to be drawn down under certain emergencies. Places a ceiling on the value of additions to stockpiles for FY 1992 and FY 1993. Extends the President's authority to transfer excess defense articles to countries on NATO's southern flank through FY 1993. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) international military education and training; (2) peacekeeping operations; and (3) antiterrorism assistance. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Arms Export Control Act. Provides that charges for defense articles (other than major defense equipment) that are sold, licensed, or approved for export under such Act after FY 1991 may not include nonrecurring costs of research on or development or production of such articles. Revises a provision regarding the Guaranty Reserve Fund and redesignates the Fund as the Foreign Military Loan Liquidating Account. Raises the ceiling on the aggregate acquisition cost to the United States of excess defense articles ordered by the President. Revises requirements of a report by the President on military exports. Repeals provisions concerning information to the Congress on credit sales and guaranties and the availability of funds for procurement of defense articles and services outside the United States. Deems Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, Israel, Japan, and the Philippines to be major non-NATO allies. Prohibits funds made available by any Act from being used to facilitate the sale of M-833 antitank shells or any comparable antitank shells containing a depleted uranium penetrating component to any country other than a NATO member country or a major non-NATO ally. Sets forth U.S. policy on Middle East arms sales. Title V: Special Authorities, Restrictions and Reports - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to raise the ceiling on funds available for unanticipated contingencies. Authorizes a specified amount to be made available in any fiscal year (currently, FY 1986 and 1987) for emergency military assistance. Authorizes the President to adopt as a U.S. contract or obligation any contract with a U.S. or third-country contractor that had been funded with assistance prior to the termination of such assistance. Revises provisions concerning prohibitions on assistance. Requires the President to maintain a list of Communist countries for purposes of restricting assistance. Authorizes the President to remove or exempt a country from the list or prohibitions on assistance if he reports to the Congress that such removal or exemption is important to the U.S. national interest. Prohibits assistance to any country whose elected head of government is deposed by military coup. Permits the President to resume assistance to such a country if he reports to the Congress that subsequent to the coup a democratically elected government has taken office. Prohibits assistance to any country which is more than one year in arrears to the U.S. Government on loan or credit payments extended under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or former authorities of the Arms Export Control Act unless the President reports to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that such assistance is in the national interest. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to ensure that for every assistance project there is prominently displayed an acknowledgment that the project was funded by the people of the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should continue to make efforts to improve the management of the foreign economic assistance program. Requires the President to study the feasibility and impact of reducing the number of countries receiving such assistance and improving coordination and management of the foreign assistance programs. Directs the AID Administrator to report to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on: (1) actions taken by AID and any other proposals to improve management of such programs; and (2) the findings of the President's study. Requires the President to report to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the extent to which ESF assistance provided in excess of $10,000,000 in FY 1987 through 1991 to a country has contributed to economic reform along market economic principles in such country. Title VI: Special Assistance Initiatives and Other Region or Country Specific Provisions - Chapter 1: East Asia and the Pacific - Subchapter A: Assistance to the Philippines - Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines Act of 1991 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should continue to participate with multilateral financial institutions and other bilateral donors in an economic reform and development program in the Philippines; and (2) a multiyear commitment of resources by the United States, donors, and institutions with a continued reform effort and leadership role by the Government of the Philippines will continue to be necessary to ensure continued economic growth in the Philippines and enhanced participation of the Filipino people in the democratic process. Authorizes the President to provide assistance on such terms as determined necessary to carry out this Act. Links assistance to progress by the Government of the Philippines in implementing its economic, structural, and administrative reform program and provides that such assistance may include programs to stimulate and strengthen private sector growth, including voluntary debt reduction, greater U.S. participation in such sector, and sustained economic growth. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the amount of appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) coordination of programs by donors, institutions, and the Government of the Philippines is critical to the success of the Multilateral Assistance Initiative; (2) all donors should simplify procurement and disbursement procedures and ensure that conditions on the provision or use of assistance are complementary; and (3) the Philippines will ensure the most effective use of such assistance. Subchapter B: Humanitarian Assistance for Cambodian Democracy - Makes specified amounts of development and ESF assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 available for humanitarian and development assistance for civilians and civilian members of the Cambodian noncommunist resistance. Requires the President to terminate assistance to any Cambodian organization that is cooperating with the Khmer Rouge in military operations. Directs the Administrator of the administering agency to: (1) contract with a private sector employee to establish an office in Phnom Penh to oversee program activities; and (2) conduct an on-site assessment within Cambodia to determine requirements for the development of infrastructure and the eradication of explosive mines. Requires the President to report to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate on all instances of military cooperation since January 1, 1991, between the Khmer Rouge and any faction of the noncommunist resistance and all instances of human rights abuses by the Khmer Rouge. Makes available an additional amount of development and ESF assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 for humanitarian assistance to children and victims of wars in Cambodia. Subchapter C: Other Provisions Relating to the Region - Permits funds authorized by this Act and funds made available in prior foreign assistance appropriations Acts for Burma (Myanmar) to be made available for training and education assistance for Burmese outside of Burma who are displaced as a result of civil conflict and for activities which support democratic pluralism in Burma. Expresses the sense of the Congress that additional assistance should be provided for Mongolia in recognition of Mongolia's movement toward democracy and a free market economy. Chapter 2: Near East and South Asia - Extends a certain waiver on a prohibition on assistance to Pakistan through FY 1994. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 to earmark development and ESF assistance for humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people and for the implementation of bilateral and multilateral reconstruction efforts for Afghanistan and the establishment of a broad-based freely-elected Afghan Government. Sets forth provisions concerning human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. Requires the President, in determining whether to provide assistance or make sales of defense articles or services to Sri Lanka during FY 1992 and 1993, to take into account whether the Government of Sri Lanka has: (1) established a public register of detainees and ensured that detainees have access to lawyers and family members; (2) taken steps to deter disappearances and killings of civilians by persons under control of government forces; (3) taken measures to minimize civilian casualties in combat operations in the north and east; and (4) made serious efforts to investigate and prosecute those involved in the murder of journalist Richard DeZoysa. Encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to provide human rights education and training. Chapter 3: Europe - Subchapter A: SEED Program Support for Transformation From Communism to Free-Market Democracy - Support for East European Democracy Act of 1991 (or SEED II Act) - Amends the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 to include within the definition of "Eastern Europe" all nations of Europe which experienced Communist rule after World War II. Permits the President, where an authority in such Act is available for a bilateral activity for Poland or Hungary, to exercise such authority with respect to another Eastern European country or a constituent republic of such country if he determines that: (1) such country or republic has taken steps toward democracy and a market-oriented economy; (2) such activity would promote the institutions of democracy and a free-market economy; and (3) such activity would not sustain or fortify organizations which are inimical to the development of democracy and a free-market economy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for assistance under SEED. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to establishing, and providing ESF and technical assistance for, nondiplomatic liaison offices in the Baltic states and in constituent republics of East European countries to facilitate liaison with entities aspiring to achieve democracy and free-market institutions. Supports adoption of agricultural policies in East European countries that are based on free-market policies and discourages policies that distort market signals through protective import barriers or government export subsidies. Provides for the establishment of Institutes for Agricultural Policies in Eastern Europe and the United States for the education and training of policy makers in agricultural free-market economics. Declares that 20 percent of SEED food assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 should be in the form of value added agricultural products. Applies limitations and authorities for the Enterprise Funds for Poland and Hungary to any other Enterprise Fund to which the President determines the United States should contribute. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) designate a director within the Department of Commerce for American business initiative in Eastern Europe to promote the development of American business opportunities in East European countries; and (2) establish American Business Centers to support American business initiatives in Eastern Europe. Andrei Sakharov Educational Exchange Act - Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to establish the Andrei Sakharov Educational Exchange Program to further U.S.-Eastern European cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and the health sciences through the exchange of graduate students. Urges the President to use the authority provided by such Act as an integral part of the SEED program. Amends SEED to express the sense of the Congress that the President should allocate a specified amount annually for NATO's plan for expanded East European participation. Eastern European Security Assistance Act of 1991 - Makes a specified amount of administration of justice assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for U.S. participation in a program aimed at strengthening democratic institutions in Eastern European countries by promoting the empowerment of civilian managers in the justice, defense, and internal security establishments. Prohibits such programs from taking place with the authorities of a nonelected government or with a regime that carries out human rights violations or is negligent in the prosecution of hate crimes. Authorizes the President to: (1) include an appropriate number of students from Eastern European countries in the training offered by the National Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (2) furnish international criminal investigative training assistance and administration of justice assistance to Eastern European countries. Urges the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to arrange for the translation into the appropriate languages of books and other materials relevant to purposes of this Act for distribution to parliaments, ministries, and institutions of higher education in Eastern Europe. Directs the Secretary of State, together with the Attorney General, to report to specified congressional committees on possible sites for the establishment of at least three legal attache posts at U.S. embassies in Eastern Europe. Treats the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest, Hungary, as an international organization for purposes of detailing U.S. Government personnel. Makes a specified amount of nonconvertible Polish currencies held by the United States available for the Research Center on Jewish History and Culture of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland. Subchapter B: Baltic Humanitarian Relief - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the Congress recognizes that prompt U.S. assistance is desirable to help alleviate suffering in the Baltic republics. Directs the AID Administrator to: (1) furnish humanitarian assistance for the relief of the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian people; and (2) solicit donations of humanitarian assistance for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and cooperate with private relief agencies attempting to provide such assistance. Authorizes the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide all necessary airlift and sealift to transport donations of medical supplies to the Baltic peoples. Earmarks ESF assistance for such purposes. Urges the President to begin negotiations with the nations surrounding Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, including Poland and the U.S.S.R., regarding the importation of humanitarian assistance. Subchapter C: CSCE Assembly - CSCE Assembly Participation Act - Provides that up to 17 Members of the Congress shall be appointed to meet annually with representative parliamentary groups from other Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) member nations to: (1) assess the implementation of CSCE objectives; (2) discuss subjects addressed during the meetings of the Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs and the biennial Summit of Heads of State or Government; and (3) initiate and promote national and multilateral measures to further cooperation and security in Europe. Earmarks amounts from funds available to the Department of State for contributions to international organizations for the U.S. contribution toward the maintenance of the CSCE Assembly and for meeting the expenses of the U.S. delegation. Chapter 4: Middle East - Subchapter A: Arms Suppliers Regime - Arms Suppliers Regime Act of 1991 - Declares that the Secretary should undertake to convene a conference of appropriate nations to establish an arms suppliers regime. States that the purpose of such regime should be to: (1) halt the flow of unconventional arms and technologies necessary to produce such arms to nations in the Middle East; (2) limit and control the proliferation of advanced conventional arms to such nations; and (3) provide incentives for regional arms control agreements in the Middle East. Lists actions to be taken to carry out such purposes. Authorizes the President to negotiate and commit the United States to participating in a multilateral moratorium prohibiting the transfer of advanced conventional arms to the Middle East. Requires the President to report annually to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on: (1) all transfers of arms to the Middle East over the previous five years; (2) the current military balance in the region; (3) the current and projected military threat to allied and friendly nations in the Middle East and the military equipment needed to deter and defend against such threat; (4) the operation of agreements comprising the arms suppliers regime; (5) the supplier nations that have refused to participate in such regime; and (6) specific actions of supplier nations that have engaged in conduct that violates or undermines the regime. Prohibits the sale of defense articles or services, or the issuance of export licenses for such articles or services, to any nation in the Middle East unless the President: (1) certifies that the Secretary has undertaken to convene the conference for the establishment of an arms suppliers regime; and (2) submits a specified report on such regime. Subchapter B: Miscellaneous - Declares that specified amounts of development assistance should be used to finance the Cooperative Development Program, cooperative development research projects among the United States, Israel, and developing countries, and cooperative development projects among the United States, Israel, and Eastern Europe. Prohibits assistance to Syria until the President reports to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Government of Syria: (1) has demonstrated willingness to enter into negotiations with Israel; (2) does not deny its citizens the right to emigrate and does not impose taxes with respect to emigration; (3) is assisting the U.S. Government in obtaining the release of American hostages in Lebanon; (4) no longer supports international terrorist groups; (5) is withdrawing its armed forces from Lebanon; (6) is no longer acquiring chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons and will not use weapons currently in its arsenal to threaten its neighbors; (7) is cooperating with U.S. antinarcotics efforts and taking steps to remove members of the government who are involved in the drug trade; and (8) has made progress in improving human rights. Requires the President to report to such committees on third country transfers of weapons and military equipment to Syria. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should support educational, cultural, and humanitarian activities that bring Israelis together with Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) all Arab nations which have refused to recognize Israel and have maintained a state of belligerency against Israel should recognize israel, end the state of belligerency and economic boycott against Israel, and enter into negotiations with Israel; and (2) the United States should encourage the Arab states which were allied with the United States in the Persian Gulf War to achieve such objectives. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should work with its Arab coalition partners to: (1) encourage their support for efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East and to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict; and (2) take specific steps with respect to Israel and terrorism. Chapter 5: Latin America and the Caribbean - Subchapter A: Provisions Pertaining to Central America and the Caribbean - Requires advance congressional notification for the transfer of helicopters or military aircraft to any country in Central America or the Caribbean. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees whenever any helicopters or other military aircraft are provided to such countries by any foreign country. Prohibits military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to Guatemala during FY 1992 and 1993, except in connection with a peace agreement. Establishes the Lasting Peace Fund for Guatemala. Authorizes the President to transfer amounts available for military assistance to the Fund. Makes funds available only upon notification to the appropriate congressional committees that the Guatemalan Government and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit have signed a peace agreement. Permits funds to be available for: (1) costs of retraining, relocation, and reemployment in civilian pursuits of former combatants and noncombatants affected by the conflict; and (2) costs of monitoring activities associated with the peace agreement. Prohibits the authorites of the Arms Export Control Act from being used to sell to the Guatemalan Government, or issue licenses for the export to Guatemala of: (1) weapons or ammunition; or (2) aircraft, unless the aircraft are unarmed and the Guatemalan Government has agreed that they will not be armed. Permits FY 1992 and 1993 development and ESF assistance and assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 for Guatemala to be used only by civilian government agencies and nongovernmental organizations. Requires such assistance to be targeted for: (1) programs that address poverty, basic human needs, and environmental concerns; (2) the improvement of democratic institutions and the promotion of political pluralism; (3) the National Reconciliation Commission; (4) fiscal reform and administration; or (5) programs that promote trade and investment. Prohibits such assistance from being used for partisan political purposes or as an instrument of counterinsurgency. Waives assistance target requirements if the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees that Guatemala has made progress in eliminating human rights violations and in bringing to trial those responsible for major human rights cases. Prohibits foreign assistance for any member of the Nicaraguan resistance who has not disarmed or is not abiding by the terms of the cease-fire agreement and the addenda to the Toncontin Agreement. Earmarks a specified amount of FY 1992 and 1993 ESF assistance for Central America for implementing programs consistent with the purposes of the Concerted Plan of Action in Favor of Central American Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons. Prohibits funds authorized to be appropriated by any Act to be made available for the Sandinista Popular Army unless requested and authorized in advance by the President of Nicaragua. Subchapter B: Provisions Pertaining to the Caribbean - Congratulates Haiti on its transition to democracy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) provide assistance to the Haitian Government so long as it abides by the Haitian Constitution and respects freedom of expression and human rights; (2) continue to provide assistance to Haitian private voluntary organizations to institutionalize democracy and promote economic development; and (3) provide a specified amount of food, development, and economic assistance to Haiti during FY 1992 and 1993. Prohibits military assistance to Haiti during FY 1992 and 1993, except for nonlethal military assistance provided through a democratically-elected head of state and pursuant to specified notification procedures. Encourages the Government of the Dominican Republic to improve respect for the human rights of Haitian laborers engaged in the sugar cane harvesting industry in the Dominican Republic. Declares that the President should consider increasing the Dominican Republic's allocation of the U.S. sugar quota and providing additional economic and development assistance if the Government of the Dominican Republic makes progress in specified matters concerning such laborers. Permits assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to be provided to the Government of Guyana only if the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such government is in power as a result of free and fair elections. Exempts from such restriction international narcotics control assistance or assistance for the holding of free and fair elections. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) following the submission of the report regarding Guyana, the President should provide economic assistance for Guyana under such Acts; and (2) a specified amount of assistance should be used to meet basic human needs. Subchapter C: Andean Initiative - Amends the International Narcotics Control Act of 1990 to extend the authorization of appropriations for development and ESF assistance to Andean countries through FY 1993. Requires priority in the use of funds for Bolivia and Peru to be given to support programs that focus on providing coca farmers with alternative sources of income. Earmarks a specified amount for each fiscal year (currently, FY 1991) for administration of justice assistance for Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. Declares that a specified amount of such assistance should be made available for the Office of Human Rights in the Office of the Attorney General of the Government of Peru. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for military assistance to Andean countries. Applies certain limitations on FY 1991 military and law enforcement assistance to such countries to assistance for FY 1992 and 1993. Decreases the amounts of assistance to be made available for armed forces and law enforcement units in such countries. Prohibits Peru's Sinchi Police from being considered as a law enforcement unit. Extends certain conditions on assistance to such countries to assistance for FY 1992 and 1993. Exempts from such conditions assistance for programs that focus on providing coca farmers with alternative sources of income. Extends a certain waiver of a prohibition on assistance to countries in default on loans to narcotics-related assistance to Andean countries for FY 1992 and 1993. Subchapter D: South America - Congratulates the Governments of Argentina and Brazil for taking certain steps with respect to nuclear nonproliferation. Permits military assistance to Chile during FY 1992 and 1993 only if the appropriate congressional committees are notified in advance. Subchapter E: Other Provisions Pertaining to the Region - Earmarks an amount of funds made available for narcotics-related assistance for the Andean countries for efforts to deal with the cholera epidemic in Latin America. Makes law enforcement assistance available for countries with democratically-elected governments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) lethal equipment; and (2) the participation of Department of Defense personnel and members of the U.S. armed forces in law enforcement training. Permits law enforcement training in the Caribbean to be provided only by the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program. Earmarks funds for such assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit the delivery of military assistance and sales to the armed forces of a Latin American or Caribbean country with a civilian government only with the prior approval of the country's head of government. Subchapter F: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for the Inter-American Foundation for FY 1992 and 1993. Revises provisions concerning the composition of the Foundation's Board of Directors and the principal office. Declares that the Senate applauds the actions of the United Nations Human Rights Commission of March 6, 1991, (concerning human rights in Cuba) and calls on the Government of Cuba to cooperate fully with the Commission. Chapter 6: Africa - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the Development Fund for Africa. Expresses the sense of the Congress that a certain amount of funds should be made available to support sector projects supported by the Southern African Development Coordination Conference. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the African Development Foundation. Permits assistance to Sudan during FY 1992 and 1993 only if the President reports to the Congress that the Government of Sudan has: (1) taken actions to begin a process of national reconciliation; and (2) demonstrated a commitment to hold free and fair elections monitored by international observers. Permits military and ESF assistance to Kenya during FY 1992 and 1993 only if the President reports to the Congress that the Government of Kenya has taken steps to: (1) release political detainees and end the prosecution of individuals for the expression of their political beliefs; (2) cease mistreatment of political prisoners; and (3) restore judicial independence and freedom of expression. Authorizes military and ESF assistance and international military education and training for Zaire during FY 1992 and 1993 only if the President reports to the Congress that: (1) a neutral, transitional government has been formed to oversee the drafting of a new constitution for Zaire; (2) free and fair elections are held in Zaire; and (3) the elected government demonstrates a commitment to bring about freedom of expression, a reformed and independent judiciary, and reform of the security forces. Prohibits development assistance to Zaire, except as provided through nongovernmental organizations. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should continue to support the peacekeeping efforts in Liberia carried out by the Economic Community of West Africa Monitoring Group. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance for civil strife relief, rehabilitation, and general recovery in Liberia. Permits assistance to Liberia during FY 1992 and 1993 only if the President reports to the Congress that the Government of Liberia has achieved progress toward reconciliation and free and fair elections monitored by international observers. Provides that such restriction shall not apply to humanitarian assistance. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance for strengthening judicial institutions in African countries. Expresses the sense of the Senate that a study should be undertaken by the Office of Technology Assessment, in a cross-section of Subsaharan African countries, of the formulation and the economic, social, and environmental impact of adjustment programs supported or leveraged by AID through the Development Fund for Africa. Title VII: Enterprise for the Americas Initiative - Enterprise for the Americas Act of 1991 - Chapter 1: Statement of Findings and Purpose - Sets forth findings and purposes with respect to the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative. Chapter 2: Programs to Facilitate Investment Flows - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to work with the Inter-American Development Bank to ensure the implementation of the Bank's investment sector reform program and the coordination of U.S. bilateral assistance programs with multilateral efforts to enhance liberalization efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean. Authorizes the Secretary, subject to certain conditions, to make a payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Fund. Requires U.S. assistance to the Fund to be disbursed only for technical assistance for resolving domestic constraints to investment, human capital programs, and assistance to private enterprises. Chapter 3: Eligibility Requirements for Benefits - Makes eligible for participation in activities under this Act any Latin American or Caribbean country that: (1) has in effect, or is making progress toward, policies designed to liberalize its investment regime and to undertake economic reforms in conjunction with specified multilateral financial institutions; and (2) qualifies for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (waives prohibitions on assistance to countries in default on loans to the United States). Chapter 4: Enterprise for the Americas Facility - Establishes the Enterprise for the Americas Facility in the Department of the Treasury. Declares that the purpose of the Facility is to serve as the coordinating mechanism within the U.S. Government to carry out provisions of this Act related to debt reductions, sales, and cancellations of loans or assets for eligible countries. Chapter 5: Debt Reduction - Authorizes the President to reduce the amount owed to the United States (as a result of concessional loans made pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or predecessor foreign economic assistance legislation) by any eligible country. Deems debt reductions to be assistance for purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country (waives restrictions on assistance to countries in default on loans to the United States). Sets forth requirements with respect to the exchange of obligations, repayment of principal, and interest on new obligations issued by eligible countries. Encourages the President to consider undertaking the full liquidation of outstanding obligations to the United States for an eligible country if such liquidation will assist in significant progress toward economic reform. Chapter 6: Enterprise for the Americas Accounts - Requires eligible countries that enter into Enterprise for the Americas Agreements to establish Enterprise for the Americas Accounts. Authorizes the President to enter into Enterprise for the Americas Agreements with eligible countries concerning the operation and use of Americas Accounts. Sets forth required contents of such Agreements. Permits grants from an Americas Account to be used only for funding activities that: (1) support local nongovernmental organizations in child health programs; (2) link the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources with local community development; (3) support community-based primary and secondary education programs; and (4) support alternative development programs that seek to reduce dependence on the production of crops from which narcotic and psychotropic drugs are derived. Lists eligible grant recipients. Declares that: (1) the President should encourage other official creditors of eligible countries whose debt is reduced to provide comparable debt reduction to such countries; and (2) the Secretary should encourage private creditors of eligible countries to explore mechanisms for reducing outstanding debts to levels that more accurately reflect the market value of such debts. Chapter 7: Sales, Reductions, or Cancellations of Loans or Assets - Authorizes the President to: (1) sell to any eligible purchaser any loan of an eligible country made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; (2) sell to any eligible purchaser any asset acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation in connection with export sales to an eligible country or specified export credit guarantee programs; and (3) reduce or cancel any loans or assets made or acquired before 1991 upon receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser. Permits loans or assets to be sold only to purchasers who present plans to AID for using such loans or assets to engage in debt-for-child survival, debt-for-education, debt-for-equity, debt-for-development, or debt-for-nature swaps. Authorizes loans or assets to be sold, reduced, or canceled only for purposes of facilitating such swaps. Chapter 8: International University for the Americas - Requires the Secretary of State to determine the most appropriate location for the International University for the Americas, an institution to be established for promoting economic integration and the strengthening of democratic institutions in the Western Hemisphere and for commemorating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbis. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 9: Reports - Sets forth annual reporting requirements with respect to this Act. Title VIII: Repeal of Obsolete Provisions - Repeals provisions of specified Acts. Title IX: Multilateral Development Banks - Chapter 1: International Monetary Fund - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund to consent to: (1) an increase in the U.S. quota in the Fund; and (2) the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the Fund approved in resolution 45-3 of the Fund's Board of Governors. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to approve the Fund's pledge to sell a specified amount of the Fund's gold to restore the resources of the Reserve Account of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility Trust to meet obligations to lenders who have made loans to the Trust for financing programs of members previously in arrears to the Fund. Chapter 2: African Development Fund - Amends the African Development Fund Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the African Development Fund to contribute a specified amount to the sixth replenishment of the Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Asian Development Bank - Amends the Asian Development Bank Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the Asian Development Bank to subscribe to additional shares of the Bank's capital stock. Authorizes appropriations. Title X: Presidential Contingency Fund - Authorizes appropriations to the President for FY 1992 and 1993 for unanticipated contingencies in programs within the International Affairs Budget Function. Title XI: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to: (1) extend authorizations of appropriations for the Peace Corps for FY 1992; (2) establish the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Peace Corps, Account to pay expenses for Peace Corps operations which exceed appropriations for such expenses as a result of currency exchange rate fluctuations. Authorizes appropriations for such Account. Requires the Director of the Peace Corps to contract with an eligible organization to conduct three evaluations of the health care needs of Peace Corps volunteers and the adequacy of the Peace Corps health care system. Provides for the submission of such evaluations to the Director and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Requires the Director and the Secretary of Labor to report to such committees on: (1) the information provided by the Peace Corps to its volunteers and applicants on the benefits and services to which volunteers or trainees may be entitled in the event they sustain injuries or become disabled during their Peace Corps service or training; (2) the efforts by the Peace Corps and the Department of Labor to coordinate the provision of such information to Peace Corps volunteers and applicants and the processing of claims by volunteers under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA); (3) the number of Peace Corps volunteers and applicants who have filed claims under FECA and the percentage of claims that have been approved; and (4) the timeliness of approvals or denials of such claims. Encourages the Director to continue to develop, assist, and implement education-related programs which enable volunteers to share their volunteer experiences with primary and secondary school students and communities in the United States. Title XII: Effective Date - Provides that this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1991.

A bill to amend the Housing Act of 1949.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1991

Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend through FY 1992: (1) rental housing loan authority; and (2) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority.

Small Bank Paperwork Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1991

Small Bank Paperwork Reduction Act - Title I: Community Reinvestment Act Amendments - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to modify evaluations for small and mid-sized banking institutions. Sets forth limited reporting requirements for small institutions. Authorizes mid-sized institutions to elect to adhere to a community reinvestment plan approved by the appropriate Federal financial supervisory agency. Prohibits such an agency from requiring a regulated financial institution to collect, prepare, file, or maintain data on lending or deposit patterns according to geographic location in order to assess such institution's compliance with this Act. Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to establish an Appeals Panel to consider appeals brought by aggrieved institutions. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to specify a maximum period of time which may elapse between the submission of an application to borrow money for residential real estate and the provision of a special information booklet. (Current provisions require such booklet to be provided at the time of receipt or preparation of the application.) Amends the Truth in Lending Act to remove the condition for modifying or waiving the right of rescission in certain consumer credit transactions that such modification or waiver be necessary to permit homeowners to meet bona fide personal financial emergencies. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to remove the required 45-day period to notify a homeowner of loan delinquency. Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the mortgage disclosure requirement for branch offices in primary metropolitan statistical areas. Provides that insured depository institutions shall not be required to fulfill reporting requirements other than those required under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975. Restricts a bank holding company with limited assets to semiannual filing or consolidated or parent-company-only financial statements. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to exclude certain institutions from requirements to aggregate daily deposits to one account for currency transaction reports. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to provide that the services of certified and licensed real estate appraisers shall not be required for federally-related transactions having a value less than $100,000. Requires each appropriate Federal banking agency to complete an evaluation of its respective rules and regulations to determine whether any paperwork or reporting requirements are duplicative, obsolete, or unnecessarily burdensome for the purpose of reducing such requirements.

To combat crime.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991

Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to increase penalties for: (1) distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or manufacturing a controlled substance in or near a school ("drug-free" zone); and (2) specified offenses relating to listed precursor chemicals. Eliminates the exemption from regulatory provisions under such Act with respect to listed chemicals for any transaction in such a chemical that is contained in a drug that may be marketed or distributed lawfully in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment for drive-by shootings. Bars the court from suspending such sentence, placing the person convicted of such violation on probation, or allowing the term of imprisonment to run concurrently with any other term imposed on such person. Establishes within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) the National Center for Outlaw Street and Motorcycle Gang Anaylsis to identify gangs that engage in drug-related and other violent crime, to gather and share intelligence on illegal drug activities undertaken by such gangs, to increase public awareness, to establish a national hotline for the public to report unlawful gang activity, to conduct seminars and conferences for law enforcement and correction agencies and community leaders, and to publish an annual report on gang identification, the incidence of gang use of explosives and firearms, and the results of Federal outlaw gang eradication efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Makes the Director of the BATF responsible for: (1) providing national oversight in the accumulation and dissemination of gang-related information; and (2) coordination of gang-related investigations by Federal law enforcement agencies. Amends: (1) the CSA to provide for enhanced penalties for distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or manufacturing a controlled substance in or near public housing; and (2) the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to authorize the use of grant funds for the determination by the public housing agency of the geographical boundaries of, and the posting of signs identifying the property of the projects as, drug-free zones. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require each public housing agency to post notices regarding the penalty imposed by this Act in common areas and at other appropriate locations in public housing projects of the agency. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for persons who: (1) actively participate in a pattern of criminal street gang activity by an ongoing organization or association of three or more persons; and (2) travel, or use any facility, in interstate or foreign commerce (including the mail) with intent to promote, further, or assist in the commission of such activity by such an organization or association.

To authorize the Indian Village housing development, located in Providence, Rhode Island, to provide preference for Native Americans in carrying out activities with Federal assistance amounts.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991

Authorizes the Rhode Island Indian Council, Inc. (and any agents, partners, successors, and assigns) to provide preference for Native Americans in selecting tenants for residence in dwelling units of the Indian Village housing development in Providence, Rhode Island.

Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991

Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules regarding telemarketing activities. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) actions by States; and (2) actions brought by private persons. Provides for the establishment of a clearinghouse for inquiries made to Federal agencies concerning telemarketing. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to permit a financial institution, upon application of a Government authority, to delay notifying a customer of the release of a customer's records if, by court order, it is found that notifying the customer will result in the dissipation or destruction of assets subject to seizure under any U.S. law by reason of having been obtained in violation of law. Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the FTC to bring a criminal contempt action for violations of orders obtained in false advertising cases under such Act. Directs the FTC to conduct a study of unfair or deceptive acts or practices engaged in by life care homes.

Families in Need Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991

Families in Need Act of 1991 - Title I: Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase and extend the authorization for increases in budget authority for assistance under specified provisions relating to rental certificates and other existing housing programs. Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to allow the provision of technical assistance and modify set-asides relating to homeless pregnant and postpartum women. Allows, in certain circumstances, reduction of matching funds requirements relating to acquisition and/or rehabilitation of an existing structure for supportive housing. Mandates a program to provide supportive services to such women, including room and board, prenatal care, substance abuse treatment, various counseling and education, and transportation to other facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to include in the emphases States will give in the distribution of State demonstration grant funds that of: (1) medical referrals; and (2) projects serving pregnant women and women with dependent children. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act. Title II: Access to Health Care, Childhood Immunizations, Program Simplification and Outreach for Women and Infants - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to migrant and community health centers and health services for the homeless to mandate the use of certain funds to expand existing comprehensive perinatal care programs. Requires that migrant and community health centers and entities providing health services for the homeless be permitted to participate in a specified bulk vaccine purchasing program. Adds references to obstetric provider shortage areas and pediatric provider shortage areas to provisions relating to health professional shortage areas. Authorizes assistance to eligible National Health Service Corps members in paying the costs of certain malpractice insurance. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes grants to States for the establishment of State programs to award compensation to eligible individuals providing obstetric services to assist in paying malpractice insurance costs. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to mandate an expansion of volunteer outreach targeted at communities with high concentrations of pregnant women who receive inadequate prenatal care. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for satellite health centers or mobile clinics to expand the availability of obstetric and primary care in health professional shortage areas, medically underserved areas, obstetric professional shortage areas, or pediatric professional shortage areas. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes grants to States for the establishment of Statewide computerized Federal and State program eligibility programs which would: (1) permit access to recipient- or applicant-specific information on all Federal and State programs and to submit applications on-line for Federal programs; and (2) provide for the processing of electronic claims for reimbursement to health care providers under programs administered by the State. Authorizes appropriations. Mandates establishment of a National Infant Health Public Information Campaign. Requires the Centers for Disease Control to: (1) coordinate nationwide birth defects surveillance, prevention, epidemiology, and other activities; and (2) serve as the national clearinghouse for data generated from birth defects monitoring programs. Authorizes grants and cooperative agreements, with regard to birth defects, for monitoring programs, epidemiological research, prevention demonstration projects, and public information and education. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop, evaluate, and implement birth defects prevention strategies; and (2) convene an annual birth defects conference. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Nutrition - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations to carry out the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC Program).

Act for Micro-Enterprise

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991

Act for Micro-Enterprise - Amends the Social Security Act to exclude from income for purposes of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs business assets received primarily for micro-enterprise business purposes. Extends public assistance benefits (including AFDC, SSI, Medicaid, and Medicare) for persons with income from or resources in a micro-enterprise (any commercial enterprise with five or fewer employees, one or more of whom own the enterprise). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make eligible for unemployment compensation an individual who starts a micro-enterprise. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to make financial assistance available under the Community Development Block Grant and Urban Development Action Grant programs to lending institutions and public and private organizations to provide loans, counseling, and training for micro-enterprises. Amends the Small Business Act to urge that when implementing business loan programs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration consider the needs of micro-enterprises, and the institutions which offer them credit or services. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to treat savings association loans to micro-enterprises as qualified thrift investments. Mandates that each Federal banking agency establish a Micro-Enterprise Technical and Operations Office (Me-Too) to promote micro-enterprises through technical assistance, outreach, and training.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove limitations on payment of attorney fees in cases in which the United States is seeking to collect an indebtedness to the United States arising out of a housing loan guaranteed or insured by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991

Authorizes attorney fees to be charged or paid in connection with any proceeding before the Department of Veterans Affairs in a case arising out of a housing loan made, guaranteed, or insured to a veteran by the Department. Requires the attorney charging such fee to enter into a written agreement with the veteran represented and to file a copy of the fee agreement with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

To amend Part 4 of subchapter A of the Community Economic Development Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9814 et. seq.) and to provide assistance to community development corporations and to increase their community development activities, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991

Amends the Community Economic Development Act of 1981 to establish a program of community development corporation (CDC) improvement grants. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make such grants to CDCs to: (1) establish comprehensive, multiyear, community economic development programs to attract new employment or affordable housing to the very low income communities that CDCs serve; and (2) enhance and expand CDC's capabilities to plan and operate such comprehensive programs. Sets forth authorized uses of grant funds and limitations on certain uses. Sets forth grant terms and conditions and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 for such grants program.

To provide that one-half of the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund be available to be used for community-based crime control programs for drug education, prevention, and demand reduction, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991

Amends the Federal judicial code to require that not less than half of the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund be used for community-based crime control programs for drug education, prevention, and demand reduction, giving priority to the communities in which the assets involved are seized. Limits administrative and contracting expenses to ten percent of the total amounts paid from the Fund in a given fiscal year. Directs the Attorney General to report to the Congress for such fiscal year with respect to such expenses. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require the Attorney General to offer civilly or criminally forfeited property of low value located in a metropolitan statistical area for sale, for nominal consideration, to tax exempt organizations that provide direct services furthering community-based crime control, housing, or educational efforts in such area.

Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991

Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act of 1991 - Title I: Community Mental Health Services Block Grant - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to replace provisions relating to State comprehensive mental health services plans with provisions directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make a grant to each State each year for providing, through community mental health centers, comprehensive community mental health services to adults with a serious mental illness and to children with a serious emotional disturbance. Includes in the comprehensive package health, mental health, rehabilitation, employment, housing, educational, dental, and other support services. Requires, for such children, a system of integrated social, educational, juvenile, substance abuse, health, and mental health services. Requires plans for service delivery to rural residents. Sets forth criteria for the centers, including providing: (1) 24-hour-a-day emergency services; and (2) day treatment or other partial hospitalization services, or psychosocial rehabilitation services. Requires States to establish and maintain a State mental health planning council to: (1) serve as an advocate for individuals with mental illnesses or emotional problems; and (2) review the allocation and adequacy of mental health services in the State. Authorizes appropriations to carry out: (1) this title; and (2) provisions requiring annual data collection on mental illness. Provides, with regard to existing alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grant provisions and the provisions added by this title, for: (1) annual independent peer review to assess the quality and appropriateness of treatment services; (2) a single consolidated application for States to request funds; (3) considering programs or activities funded in whole or in part with funds under such provisions as programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance for purposes of specified civil rights laws; (4) a prohibition of discrimination in such programs or activities on the basis of sex or religion; and (5) a prohibition of the Secretary delegating to the States the primary responsibility for interpreting governing provisions. Title II: Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances - Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants to public entities for comprehensive community mental health services to seriously emotionally disturbed children. Allows such grants only to those already receiving payments under existing alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grant provisions. Requires, in making the grants, special consideration for an entity which agrees to provide non-Federal contributions greater than required. Requires non-Federal contributions in a specified ratio. Requires grantees to establish and operate, through grants and contracts, one system to provide specified mental health services to children under 22 years old, including 24-hour-a-day emergency services, home-based services, day treatment, respite care, and therapeutic foster care. Requires a memorandum of understanding, to facilitate the availability of services, with providers of medical, educational, vocational counseling, vocational rehabilitation, and mental health protection and advocacy services. Prohibits using grant funds or non-Federal contributions made with respect to the grant for such linked non-mental health services. Requires that the system: (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding facilitation of services available under programs such as title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act and specified provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; (2) provide case management services; and (3) develop and implement an individualized plan of services for each child admitted to the system. Mandates submission by the States and approval by the Secretary of a system plan. Limits fees for system services. Limits grants to five years. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Mental Health Research - Transfers provisions relating to service research on community-based mental health treatment programs from portions of the Public Health Service Act relating to State comprehensive mental health services plans to portions relating to mental health research. Requires a set-aside of a specified percentage of funds appropriated under the Act for mental health research to carry out the transferred provisions. Replaces, in the transferred provisions, references to the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration with references to the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health. Allows grants for certain community mental health services demonstration projects to be for five (currently, three) consecutive one-year periods. Establishes in the National Institute of Mental Health the Office of Rural Mental Health. Mandates grants for demonstration projects to improve the availability of mental health services by providing such services in the same facilities as other health or social services. Title IV: Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals - Amends the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions of the Act relating to protection and advocacy systems. Title V: Conforming Amendments - Amends the Public Health Service Act to conform to changes made by this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions relating to demonstration projects for individuals with positive tests for the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Title VI: Federal Accountability - Declares ineffective any rule or regulation of the Department of Health and Human Services inconsistent with the amendments made by this Act, including a specified regulation recognizing that, under the block grant programs, the States are primarily responsible for interpreting the governing statutory provisions. Title VII: General Provisions - Sets forth the effective date of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

Community Stability Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991

Community Stability Act of 1991 - Declares that it is the policy of the Congress with respect to management and use of national forests and public lands of the United States not to: (1) create instability in the resource-dependent communities associated with each particular national forest or unit of public land; (2) create access barriers to any area of the national forests or public lands for persons who are disabled or limited in personal mobility because of age; or (3) create disadvantages to minority groups through reductions of employment, housing, or career opportunities. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to include in their statutory planning for each national forest and unit of public land certain additional requirements implementing the policy of this Act.

Government-Sponsored Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991

Government-Sponsored Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1991 - Title I: Improvement of Supervision and Regulation of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association - Defines specified terms for purposes of this title. Subtitle A: Establishment of Financial Safety and Soundness Regulator - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development the Office of Government-Sponsored Enterprise Financial Oversight (Office). Subtitle B: Capital Levels and Special Enforcement Powers - Requires the Office to establish risk-based capital levels for each enterprise. Establishes minimum capital levels, critical capital levels, and enforcement levels. Sets forth mandatory supervisory actions at various capital levels. Subtitle C: General Enforcement Powers - Sets forth provisons regarding: (1) cease-and-desist proceedings; (2) temporary cease-and-desist orders; (3) removal and prohibition authority; (4) director or officer suspension or removal; (5) hearings and judicial review; (6) jurisdiction; (7) civil money penalties; (8) notice; (9) subpoena power; and (10) public disclosure of final orders and agreements. Subtitle D: Conservatorship - Authorizes: (1) the appointment of a conservator for a troubled enterprise; and (2) an enterprise to judicially challenge such appointment. Title II: Primary of Financial Safety and Soundness for the Federal Housing Finance Board - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to state that the primary duty of the Board shall be to ensure that the Federal Home Loan Banks operate in a financially safe and sound manner.

Individuals With Disabilities Transportation Assistance Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991

Individuals With Disabilities Transportation Assistance Act of 1991 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to make grants to States, local public bodies and agencies, and private nonprofit corporations and associations to provide transportation to eligible individuals with disabilities between their homes and their places of employment or where they are seeking employment. Prohibits the Secretary from making such grants unless the grantee providing such transportation agrees to impose a charge on each individual using such transportation. Sets forth specified grant requirements. Sets at 90 percent for the first year, 80 percent the second year, and 75 percent the third year the Federal share of costs for such program. Requires the Secretary to make such grants on a competitive and formula basis. Requires specified reports. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend Title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to encourage urban education institutions to form partnerships to use their knowledge and resources for the solution of severe urban problems.

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise and retitle title XI as Urban Community Service. Establishes an Urban Community Service program to provide incentives to urban institutions to devise and implement solutions to pressing and severe problems in their communities. Requires applications for such urban community service program grants to include documentation of the formation of a consortium that includes, in addition to the eligible urban institution of higher education, one or more of the folowing entities: (1) an urban school system; (2) a local government; (3) a business or other employer; and (4) a nonprofit institution. Allows the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to waive such consortium requirements for applicants with an appropriate integrated and coordinated plan. Gives priority to applications that propose to conduct joint projects supported by other local, State, and Federal programs. Requires grant funds to be used for planning, applied research, technical training, resource exchanges, technology transfers, delivery of services, or other activities to design and implement programs to assist urban communities to meet and address their most pressing problems. Includes the following problem areas among those for which such activities are authorized: (1) work force preparation; (2) urban poverty and its alleviation; (3) health care, including delivery and access; (4) under-performing school systems and students; (5) problems faced by the elderly in urban settings; (6) problems faced by families and children; (7) crime prevention and alternative interventions; (8) urban housing; (9) urban infrastructure; (10) economic development; (11) urban environmental concerns; and (12) other problem areas which the participants agree are of high priority for that urban area. Establishes an Urban College, University, and School Partnerships program to encourage partnerships of urban institutions of higher education and secondary schools or local educational agencies (LEAs) serving low-income and disadvantaged urban students to support programs to improve school retention and graduation rates, student academic skills, opportunities to continue education beyond high school, and prospects for productive employment. Provides that such program shall also help institutions of higher education serve more effectively both nontraditional students and unemployed or underemployed adults, particularly in high unemployment areas. Allows such partnerships to include businesses, labor organizations, professional associations, community-based organizations, or other public or private agencies or organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible partnerships to support the authorized program activities. Requires that grant preference be given to programs that: (1) serve predominantly low-income neighborhoods; (2) are conducted during the regular school year and during the summer; and (3) serve educationally disadvantaged students, potential dropouts, pregnant adolescents, and teenaged parents. Requires maintenance of fiscal effort by LEAs participating in such partnership agreement. Requires: (1) matching funds (in cash or kind) from the partnership; (2) a gradually declining specified Federal share of project costs; and (3) use of such Federal grant funds to supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds. Provides for: (1) peer review panels for title IX grant applications; and (2) multiyear disbursement of grant funds, under specified conditions. Authorizes appropriations.

Strategy to Eliminate Crime in the Urban and Rural Environment Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991

Strategy to Eliminate Crime in the Urban and Rural Environment Act of 1991 - Title I: Rural Crime Prevention Strategy - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to conduct a national assessment of the nature and extent of rural crime in the United States, the needs of law enforcement and criminal justice professionals in rural States and communities, and promising strategies to respond effectively to those challenges, including: (1) the problem of clandestine drug laboratories; (2) other environmental crimes, such as the dumping of toxic waste; (3) the cultivation of illegal crops, such as marihuana; (4) the problems of drug and alcohol abuse in rural communities; (5) the problems of family violence and child abuse; (6) the problems of juvenile delinquency and vandalism; (7) the access of law enforcement and criminal justice professionals in rural communities to the services of crime laboratories, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, and other technological support, and to professional training and development; and (8) the special problems of drug abuse in jurisdictions with populations of 50,000 or less. Requires the Director to: (1) submit the national assessment to the President and the Congress within 12 months; and (2) disseminate the results through programs of training and technical assistance, as well as through reports, publications, and clearinghouse services. Authorizes the Director to make grants to local law enforcement agencies for pilot programs and field tests of particularly promising strategies and models, which could then serve as the basis for demonstration and educational programs under the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) discretionary grant program, such as programs to develop and demonstrate new or improved approaches or techniques for rural criminal justice systems. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Violent Felonies Against the Elderly - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish a mandatory sentence for the commission of a felony against an individual age 65 or older. Sets limitations on the discretion of the court with respect to suspending such sentence, authorizing probation or parole, allowing the defendant to serve consecutive sentences, and accepting plea agreements. Authorizes appeals on the grounds that a sentence is less severe than that required under this Act. Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to: (1) preclude either the defendant or the court from waiving a presentence investigation and report unless there is sufficient information in the record for the court to determine whether a mandatory sentence pursuant to this Act must be imposed; (2) require such report to contain verified information as to whether any victim of the offense had attained age 65 on the date that the offense was committed; and (3) make an exception to the general rule authorizing plea bargain discussions in cases involving the commission of a felony against individuals age 65 and older. Title III: Child Abuse, Sexual Violence, and Violence Against Women - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to allow evidence of similar offenses in criminal or civil sexual assault and child molestation cases. National Child Abuser Registration Act of 1991 - Authorizes a State child abuse information repository (State repository) to report child abuser information to the National Crime Information Center. Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for the reporting of such information. Specifies that such guidelines shall require that: (1) a reporting State ensure that reports of all convictions under the criminal child abuse law of the State are maintained by a State repository; and (2) a State repository maintain close liaison with the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for exchange of information and technical assistance in cases of child abuse. Requires the Attorney General to publish an annual statistical summary of the child abuser information reporting under this Act. Makes compliance with this Act a condition to the receipt by a State of any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance under the Victims of Crime Act (VCA) and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to provide for increased penalties for distribution of a controlled substance to a woman while she is pregnant. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, for purposes of determining child custody, credible evidence of physical abuse of a spouse should create a statutory presumption that it is detrimental to the child to be placed in the custody of the abusive spouse. Amends Federal criminal code provisions relating to sexual abuse to double the maximum imprisonment for violation of such provisions after a prior conviction under Federal or State law for such an offense. Adds to such provisions a special definition of "sexual act" applicable to individuals under the age of 16. Authorizes the court to order the payment of restitution for victims of sex offenses. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add sexual assault or any other abusive sexual conduct to the list of offenses regarding which certain institutions are required to collect and disclose statistics. Requires each institution to report the statistics to parents or guardians of students as well as to other groups specified by current law. Amends the Federal criminal code to require that a person charged with an offense under provisions relating to sexual abuse be tested for the human immunodeficiency virus: (1) before release pending trial; and (2) six months and twelve months after the initial test. Requires results to be provided to the judicial officer or court and disclosed only to the victim, the attorney for the Government, and the person tested. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to enhance the sentence guidelines if the offender had reason to know that he was infected, except where the offender did not engage or attempt to engage in conduct creating a risk of transmission. Amends the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 to require a governmental department or agency to pay for up to two tests for a sexual assault victim in the twelve months following the assault. Establishes the National Task Force on Violence Against Women to develop a uniform Federal, State, and local law enforcement strategy aimed at protecting women against violent crimes, punishing persons who commit such crimes, and enhancing the rights of the victims. Authorizes appropriations. Domestic Violence Prevention Act of 1991 - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to add increasing public awareness as a purpose of State demonstration grants. Authorizes grants for public information campaigns regarding domestic violence. Requires a State grant recipient to establish a Commission on Domestic Violence. Requires a specified minimum percentage of funds for demonstration grants for prevention of, and provision of immediate shelter and other assistance to, victims of family violence and their dependents to be used for rural areas. Limits law enforcement training grants to private nonprofit organizations that have certain experience. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act. Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to modify the number of peremptory challenges available to specified parties when the offense charged is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit peremptory jury challenges on the basis of race, color, or any other classification that could not lawfully be used by a prosecutor; and (2) give the prosecutor the same right as the defense attorney to challenge the exercise of peremptory challenges on this ground, with the court applying the same standards and granting the same relief. Enacts rules, to be known as the Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice, and includes them as an appendix to provisions of the U.S. Code relating to the judiciary and judicial procedure. Applies the rules to proceedings before a U.S. court or a Federal agency that carries out adjudicatory or quasi-adjudicatory functions. Includes rules relating to: (1) various types of litigation abuses (including conduct to increase litigation expenses or with no substantial purpose other than to distress another person); (2) expediting litigation (including not attempting to delay or prolong proceedings for specified reasons); and (3) a duty to prevent the commission of a crime (including allowing or requiring disclosure of information.) Requires a protective order issued by a court of a State to have the same full faith and credit in a court in another State as in a court of the issuing State. Title IV: Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to require a five percent reduction in certain assistance under such Act for any law enforcement agency which fails to have in effect a law enforcement officer's bill of rights providing for: (1) investigations for alleged malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of official duty; (2) the representation of law enforcement officers on police complaint review boards; (3) opportunities for a hearing; (4) summary punishment, administrative action, and emergency suspension; (5) the recovery of damages for civil suits brought for violations of these rights; (6) notice of disciplinary actions to be taken against such officers; and (7) a prohibition against retaliation for exercising rights. Title V: Victims' Bill of Rights - Amends the Federal criminal code to require (currently, authorize) the court to order restitution of the victim of the offense of which a defendant is convicted when such defendant is being sentenced for specified offenses. Authorizes a court to order restitution of any person who, as shown by a preponderance of the evidence, was harmed physically, emotionally, or pecuniarily by unlawful conduct of the defendant during the criminal episode during which the offense occurred or during the course of a scheme, conspiracy, or pattern of unlawful activity related to the offense. Directs the court: (1) to order restitution to a victim in the full amount of the victim's losses as determined by the court without consideration of the economic circumstances of the offender or the fact that a victim is entitled to receive compensation for a loss from insurance or any other source; and (2) upon determination of the amount owed to each victim, to specify in the restitution order the manner of and schedule for restitution in consideration of the financial resources and other assets, projected earnings and other income, and financial obligations of the offender, including obligations to dependents. Specifies that: (1) a restoration order may direct the offender to make a single, lump-sum payment, partial payments at specified intervals, or such in-kind payments as may be agreeable to the victim and the offender; and (2) such in-kind payments may be in the form of the return or replacement of property, or services rendered to the victim or another person or organization. Provides that when the court finds that more than one: (1) offender has contributed to the loss of a victim, the court may make each offender liable for payment of the full amount of restitution or may apportion liability among the offenders to reflect the level of contribution and economic circumstances of each offender; and (2) victim has sustained a loss requiring restitution by an offender, the court shall order full restitution of each victim but provide for different payment schedules to reflect the economic circumstances of each victim. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) compensation with respect to losses from insurance or other sources; (2) set-offs against amounts later recovered as compensatory damages by the victim in Federal and State civil proceedings; and (3) payment by the offender to the clerk of the court for accounting and payment in accordance with this Act. Specifies that a restitution order shall constitute a lien against all property of the offender and may be recorded in any Federal or State office for the recording of liens against real or personal property. Makes compliance with the schedule of payments and other terms of a restitution order a condition of any probation, parole, or other form of release of an offender. Specifies actions the court may take, including revocation of probation or supervised release, if a defendant fails to comply with a restitution order. Provides for enforcement of restitution orders. Authorizes: (1) a victim or the offender to petition the court to modify a restitution order in view of a change in the economic circumstances of the offender; and (2) the court to refer any issue arising in connection with a proposed restitution order to a magistrate or special master for proposed findings of fact and recommendations as to disposition, subject to a de novo determination of the issue by the court. Authorizes the court: (1) to require the defendant to reimburse the victim for necessary child care, transportation, and other expenses related to participation in the investigation or prosecution of, or attendance or proceedings related to, the offense; and (2) if the defendant is delinquent in making restitution pursuant to an established payment schedule, after a hearing, to suspend the defendant's eligibility for all Federal benefits until such time as the defendant demonstrates to the court good-faith efforts to return to such schedule. Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to authorize the court: (1) before imposing sentence for a crime of violence or sexual abuse, to address the victim personally if the victim is present at the sentencing hearing and determine if the victim wishes to make a statement and present any information in relation to the sentence; and (2) upon a motion that is filed jointly by the defendant and the attorney for the Government, to hear in camera such a statement by the victim. Repeals: (1) the current $150,000,000 cap on the Crime Victims Fund under the VCA; and (2) sunset provisions under such Act. Modifies the formula for the distribution of sums deposited into the Fund to provide that: (1) seven percent of the total funds deposited in a fiscal year be available for child abuse prevention and treatment grants; (2) four percent be available for training and technical services to victim assistance programs and for financial support of services to victims of crime by victim assistance programs; and (3) 89 percent be available for crime victim compensation and victim assistance programs. (Current law provides a complex formula for the distribution of funds depending on the amount deposited in the Fund.) Authorizes the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to retain any amount in excess of 110 percent of the total deposited in the previous fiscal year as a reserve for those years in which there is a shortfall in the Fund, provided that the reserve not exceed $20,000,000. Provides that the first $6,200,000 above $150,000,000 deposited in the Fund through FY 1995, and the first $3,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter, be available to the judicial branch for administrative costs. Increases the Federal share of victim compensation programs from 40 to 45 percent of the amounts awarded by each program during the preceding fiscal year. Allows up to five percent of a victim compensation program grant to be used for administrative costs. Specifies that if the compensation paid by an eligible crime victim compensation program would cover costs that a Federal program, or a federally financed State or local program, would otherwise pay: (1) such victim compensation program shall not pay such compensation; and (2) the other program shall make its payments without regard to the existence of the crime victim compensation program. Authorizes the Director to use unspent compensation funds for assistance programs in either the year such funds are not spent or in the following year. Requires crime victim assistance chief executives to give particular attention to children who are victims of violent street crime. Authorizes the use of grants under this Act for demonstration projects. Allows up to five percent of a victim assistance program grant to be used for administrative costs. Makes biannual reports under such Act due on May 31 (currently, such reports are due December 31). Requires grantees to certify that no grant funds will be used to supplant State and local funds, but rather will supplement those otherwise available funds. States that specified allocation provisions under this title shall take effect in a fiscal year upon certification by the Director that there are sufficient funds in the Victims Assistance Fund and the Victims Compensation Fund at the end of the previous fiscal year so that such allocations will not reduce the current funding levels in such funds. Title VI: Gangs and Juvenile Offenders - Requires that juveniles found guilty of specified serious crimes be fingerprinted and photographed and that such information and records of the adjudication be sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Authorizes reporting, retention, disclosure, and availability of juvenile records permitted under the law of the State in which a Federal juvenile proceeding takes place. Repeals provisions that authorize prejudgement probation for certain drug offenders convicted of possession of a controlled substance and require expungement of records for such offenders under 21 years of age at the time of the offense. Adds certain cocaine and drug conspiracy and attempt offenses committed by juveniles to the list of crimes authorizing prosecution as an adult if the Attorney General certifies that there is a substantial Federal interest in the case that justifies adult prosecution. Sets forth criteria for determining whether a juvenile should be prosecuted as an adult. Defines "serious drug offense" under the Federal criminal code to include any act of juvenile delinquency that if committed by an adult would be a serious drug offense under such provisions. Increases the penalty for: (1) interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; and (2) conspiracy to commit murder for hire. Specifies that: (1) whoever is convicted of a felony crime of violence for the benefit of, or in association with any criminal street gang, shall in addition to the punishment provided by law for such crime, be fined, imprisoned for up to three years, or both; and (2) any imprisonment imposed under this provision shall not run concurrently with that imposed for the underlying crime. Title VII: Death Penalty - Capital Punishment Procedures Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. Requires the Government, for any offense punishable by death, to serve notice upon the defendant a reasonable time before trial or acceptance of a plea, that it intends to seek the death penalty and the aggravating factors upon which it will rely. Requires a separate sentencing hearing before a jury, or the court upon motion by the defendant, when the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to an offense punishable by death. Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing, without regard to the rules of evidence, but permits evidence to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of creating unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, or misleading the jury. Specifies mitigating factors which the defendant must establish by a preponderance of the information and aggravating factors which the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Sets forth special aggravating factors for: (1) homicide and the attempted murder of the President; and (2) drug offenses punishable by the death penalty (such factors include previous serious drug felony convictions, use of a firearm in committing or furthering certain continuing criminal enterprises, use of minors in trafficking, and lethal adulteration of controlled substances). Directs the court, or the jury by unanimous vote, to impose the death penalty upon a finding of at least one aggravating and no mitigating factor, or one or more aggravating factors which outweigh any mitigating factors. States that no person who was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense may be sentenced to death. Requires the court to instruct the jury not to consider the race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of the defendant or victim in its consideration of the sentence. Establishes procedures for appeal from a death sentence. Requires the court of appeals, upon consideration of the record and the information and procedures of the sentencing hearing, to affirm the decision if: (1) the sentence was not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor; (2) the information supports the finding of aggravating factors; and (3) the proceedings did not involve any other prejudicial error requiring reversal of the sentence that was properly preserved for and raised on appeal. Requires the court to provide a written explanation of its determination. Sets forth procedures for the implementation of the sentence of death. Limits the circumstances under which the offense of delivering defense information to aid foreign governments is punishable by death. Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for: (1) murder committed by prisoners in Federal prisons; (2) kidnappings which result in the death of any person; (3) hostage takings which result in the death of any person; (4) attempting to kill the President of the United States (if such attempt results in bodily injury or comes dangerously close to causing the President's death); (5) "murder for hire"; (6) murder in the aid of a racketeering activity; (7) engaging in a criminal enterprise activity which results in death; (8) specified violations of the CSA, the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, and the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act; (9) murders in connection with sexual assaults and child molestations; and (10) civil rights murders and certain murders involving damage to religious property or obstruction of persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs. Increases the minimum sentence to life imprisonment for the crime of bank robbery which results in death. Provides for appointment of counsel in Federal cases where a defendant is charged with a crime with respect to which a sentence of death is sought and is or becomes financially unable to obtain adequate representation. Sets forth additional provisions with respect to: (1) representation before and after review of judgement; (2) standards for competence of counsel; and (3) claims of ineffectiveness of counsel. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) deadlines for collateral attacks on judgements imposing a sentence of death; and (2) stays of execution. Title VIII: Imposition of Mandatory Minimum Sentences Without Release - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish the following penalties for offenses committed during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, or during and in relation to any felony punishable under certain provisions relating to counterfeiting and forgery, in addition to the punishment provided for such crime. Provides that whoever: (1) uses, carries, or otherwise possesses a firearm shall be sentenced to imprisonment for ten years without release; (2) discharges a firearm with intent to injure another person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years without release; or (3) uses, carries, or otherwise possesses a firearm that is a machine gun or is equipped with a firearm silencer or muffler shall be sentenced to imprisonment for 30 years without release. Sets penalties for second, third, and subsequent convictions. Prohibits the release of any person convicted for any reason during a term of imprisonment imposed under this title. Amends the CSA to increase the sentences for distributing illegal drugs to persons under age 21 and for employing persons under 18 years of age in drug operations to up to ten years without release for a first offense and up to 20 years without release for a second offense. Prohibits the court from placing such persons on probation or suspending the sentence. Prohibits their release during the term of the sentence. Increases prison sentences for trafficking in marihuana and specified categories of controlled substances. Establishes mandatory sentences, in addition to any other sentence imposed for the underlying possession or distribution, of: (1) one year imprisonment without release in a case involving possession of a controlled substance within a Federal prison or other Federal detention facility; and (2) ten years without release in a case involving the smuggling of a controlled substance within such prison or facility. Prohibits the court from placing such individuals on probation or suspending the sentence. Prohibits such person from being eligible for parole during such term of imprisonment. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) require the deportation of aliens convicted of drug trafficking crimes or crimes of violence or for commission of an aggravated felony; and (2) increase the penalty (currently, 15 years for individuals whose deportation was subsequent to certain felony convictions) to 20 years without release, and to life imprisonment without release for a second violation, without probation, suspension of sentence, or early release, for reentry of a deported alien whose deportation was subsequent to a conviction for a drug trafficking crime or crime of violence. Grants priority for Federal drug law enforcement assistance funds from BJA grant programs to States having laws providing for mandatory minimum sentences, elimination of early release, and payment of trial costs and mandatory fines by individuals convicted of specified controlled substance violations. Revises the formula for determining the amount distributed from the Drug Control and System Improvement Grant Program. Title IX: Mandatory Judicial Reforms - Amends the Federal criminal code to bar the exclusion of evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure carried out under circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. Specifies that: (1) Federal law does not require the exclusion of evidence in a proceeding in any court under circumstances in which the evidence would be admissible in a proceeding in a Federal court pursuant to this title; and (2) firearms seized by Federal law enforcement officers for use as evidence against a defendant who is being prosecuted for a crime of violence or serious drug offense, or who is ineligible to possess such firearm under the Federal criminal code, shall not be excluded in U.S. court proceedings on the ground that the search or seizure was in violation of the fourth amendment. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate rules and regulations relating to compliance by law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice with the fourth amendment, including: (1) the training of such officers in the law of search and seizure; (2) procedures and standards of conduct to be observed in carrying out searches and seizures; (3) procedures for reporting and investigating incidents involving possible violations of legal or administrative requirements relating to searches and seizures; (4) sanctions to be imposed when such violations are determined to have occurred; and (5) standards and procedures for settling claims for damages by victims of unlawful searches and seizures. Authorizes the head of any other Federal department or agency to promulgate rules and regulations relating to compliance with the fourth amendment by law enforcement officers of such department or agency. Directs the Attorney General, and any other Federal department or agency head that promulgates such rules or regulations, to: (1) establish a review board to consider all allegations of fourth amendment violations by law enforcement officers of such department or agency and to recommend or impose appropriate sanctions in cases where violations are determined to have occurred; and (2) report annually to the Congress concerning allegations and claims relating to search and seizure violations by law enforcement officers of such department or agency, the actions taken on such allegations and claims, and the bases for such actions. Authorizes charging such a review board with recommending the settlement of claims for damages by victims of unlawful searches and seizures. Specifies that evidence shall not be excluded on the ground that it was obtained in violation of a statute, an administrative rule or regulation, or a rule of procedure unless exclusion is expressly authorized by statute or by a rule prescribed by the Supreme Court pursuant to statutory authority. Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. Vests authority to issue certificates for probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Permits denial on the merits of habeas corpus writs notwithstanding the failure to exhaust State remedies. Prohibits the granting of a habeas corpus writ with respect to any claim which has been fully and fairly adjudicated in State proceedings. Sets forth provisions with respect to the appointment counsel. Amends the Federal judicial code to set forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Applies such procedures to Federal habeas corpus cases brought by prisoners in State custody who are subject to a capital sentence. Makes the applicability of such procedures contingent upon a State establishing a mechanism for the appointment, compensation, and payment of reasonable litigation expenses of competent counsel in State post-conviction proceedings brought by indigent prisoners whose capital convictions and sentences have been upheld on direct appeal to the court of last resort in the State or have otherwise become final for State law purposes. States that the rule of court on statutes establishing such mechanism must provide standards of competency for the appointment of such counsel. Directs that any such mechanism must offer counsel to all State prisoners under capital sentence and must provide for the entry of an order by a court of record: (1) appointing counsel to represent the prisoner upon a specified finding; (2) finding that the prisoner has rejected the offer of counsel and made the decision with an understanding of its legal consequences; or (3) denying the appointment of counsel upon a finding that the prisoner is not indigent. Provides for a mandatory stay of execution during the post-conviction review initiated pursuant to this title. Details conditions which will cause such stay to expire. Prohibits a Federal court, if one of such conditions has occurred, from entering a stay of execution or granting relief in a capital case unless: (1) the basis for the stay and request for relief is a claim not previously presented in the State or Federal courts; (2) the failure to raise the claim was the result of State action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, was the result of a recognition by the Supreme Court of a new Federal right that is retroactively applicable, or is due to the fact that the claim is based on facts that could not have been discovered through the exercise of reasonable diligence in time to present the claim for State or Federal post-conviction review; and (3) the facts underlying the claim would be sufficient, if proven, to undermine the court's confidence in the jury's determination of guilt on the offense for which the death penalty was imposed. Imposes time limits on filing for habeas corpus relief. Requires such time limits to be tolled under specified conditions. Requires the district court, upon the development of a complete evidentiary record, to rule on the merits of the claims properly before it. Makes the requirement for a certificate of probable cause inapplicable, with exceptions, where: (1) a second or successive petition is filed; and (2) certain requirements under a unitary review procedure (i.e., a State procedure that authorizes a person under sentence of death to raise, in the course of direct review of judgment, such claims as could be raised on collateral attack) are met. Sets forth time limits for determining petitions. Specifies that the adjudication of petitions or motions involving habeas corpus in capital cases shall be granted priority by the district court and court of appeals over all noncapital matters. Amends the CSA to require: (1) the court, prior to sentencing on a conviction in a Federal court of a felony under such Act, to compile a list of assets owned by the defendant not subject to forfeiture; and (2) upon request of the Attorney General, the court to direct the defendant to provide proof that any asset owned by the defendant not on such list was legally obtained. Authorizes the Attorney General to seize assets that the defendant does not prove were legally obtained. Requires the proceeds from such assets to be deposited in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and to be available for transfer to the building and facilities account of the Federal prison system. Sets forth provisions regarding the term of appointment, authority, and jurisdiction of special masters. Requires the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to publish annually a report on the sentencing patterns of Federal judges. Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the Federal courts, until five years after the enactment of this Act, from: (1) holding prison crowding unconstitutional under the eighth amendment except to the extent that an individual plaintiff inmate proves that the crowding causes the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment; and (2) placing an inmate ceiling on any Federal, State, or local detention facility as an equitable measure for conditions that violate the eighth amendment unless crowding itself is inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on individual prisoners. Requires that each Federal court order seeking to remedy an eighth amendment violation be reopened at the behest of a defendant for recommended alteration at a minimum of two-year intervals. Applies this title to all outstanding court orders on the date of enactment of this Act. Permits any State or municipality to seek modification of any outstanding eighth amendment decree pursuant to this Act. Directs the Attorney General to take steps, consistent with security considerations, to ensure that sufficient facilities exist to house individuals whom the courts have ordered incarcerated. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Defense, the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities, and the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to identify suitable military installations and examine the feasibility of using temporary facilities for housing prisoners; and (2) the Director to report to the Congress within 90 days. Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to require the Secretary to notify the Attorney General and the Governor of each of the U.S. territories and possessions (currently, all departments and instrumentalities within the Department of Defense (DOD)) of the availability of any real property or facility located at a military installation to be closed. Authorizes the transfer of such property to the Attorney General, a State, territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia for use as a correctional institution. Requires the Director to: (1) review current construction standards and methods used in building Federal prisons; (2) examine and recommend cost cutting measures that could be employed in prison construction; and (3) submit the results to the Congress. Authorizes the Attorney General to contract for private construction and operation of Federal prisons. Requires the use of creative and cost-effective private financing alternatives and private prison construction and operation where possible. Specifies that operating costs of privately-operated prisons shall be covered through rent charged to Government units placing inmates in prisons. Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration to identify at least 20 parcels of surplus Federal property which the Attorney General has certified are not needed for Federal correctional facilities but which may be suitable for State or local correctional facilities. Makes property determined to be in excess of Federal needs that may be suitable for use as correctional facilities available during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending five years after such date to the Attorney General, or secondarily, to a State, the District of Columbia, or a local government. Permits State and local governments to use Federal temporary incarceration facilities, when they are not needed to accommodate Federal prisoners, for incarcerating prisoners at a per diem fee payable to the Bureau of Prisons. Requires every person who, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending five years after such date, is convicted in Federal court of committing a crime of violence against a person or a drug trafficking crime (other than simple possession), to be sentenced to and serve no less than five years' imprisonment. Prohibits any such person from being released from custody for any reason prior to completion of the sentence unless the sentence imposed is greater than five years and is not a mandatory minimum sentence without release. Title X: Prisoner and Prison System Reforms - Expresses Federal policy that: (1) prisoners shall work absent medical certification of 100 percent disability, security considerations, or disciplinary action; and (2) States and local governments have the same authority to require all convicted prisoners to work. Provides for the deposit in a separate fund in the Treasury of funds generated from prison labor for prison construction and operating expenses or payment of judgments. Specifies that prisoners shall be paid a share of funds generated by their labor. Amends the Adult Education Act to require each State correctional system and each local jail or detention center with an inmate population of over 150 to have in effect a mandatory functional literacy program in at least one major correctional facility, subject to specified requirements and exceptions. Authorizes the Attorney General to enter into contracts with private businesses for the use of inmate skills that may be of commercial use to such businesses. Sets forth provisions with respect to security requirements involved in the use of convict labor. Provides for the withholding of prisoners' Federal benefits to offset incarceration costs. Directs the Attorney General to establish a program of drug testing of targeted classes of arrestees, prisoners, and persons on release. Amends the Omnibus Act to bar Federal funding under the Drug Control and System Improvement Grant Program for States failing to have an analogous State program. Specifies that, beginning two years after the enactment of this Act: (1) a request for Federal drug law enforcement assistance funds from the BJA grant programs by a State whose law provides mandatory work requirements, mandatory education requirements, and drug testing of prisoners shall receive priority over a request by a State whose law does not so provide; and (2) the formula for distributing the amount of funds to be distributed from the Drug Control and System Improvement Grant Program to State and local governments shall be adjusted by reducing by ten percent the amount of funds that would be allocated to States whose laws do not so provide and allocating the amount of the reduction pro rata to other States.

Family Unity Demonstration Project Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991

Title I: General Provisions - Family Unity Demonstration Project Act of 1991 - Authorizes appropriations for State (80 percent) and Federal (20 percent) family unity demonstration projects that enable eligible prisoners to live in community correctional facilities with their children for purposes of alleviating harm to children and primary caretaker parents caused by separation due to incarceration, promoting policies to assign prisoners to correctional facilities for which they qualify closest to their family homes, reducing prison populations and recidivism rates, and reducing the cost of providing correctional services. Title II: Grants to States - Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Correction (NIC) to make grants to States to carry out such projects, giving preference to States providing assurances that: (1) both the State corrections, and State health and human services, agency will participate in, and cooperate closely in all aspects of, the development and operation of the project; (2) public and nonprofit private community-based organizations will be integrally involved in carrying out such project; (3) the State will target economically disadvantaged, incarcerated prisoners and their children for participating in such project; (4) the State has a policy that provides for the placement of prisoners, whenever possible, in correctional facilities for which they qualify that are located closest to their family homes; (5) the State will follow specified guidelines with respect to the selection of prisoners to participate in such project; and (6) certain other requirements will be met. Directs the NIC to: (1) make grants on a competitive basis, based on specified criteria and preferences; and (2) make grants in any fiscal year for which funds are available to five eligible States geographically dispersed throughout the United States. Sets forth: (1) conditions for grant eligibility; and (2) reporting requirements by States receiving grants to the NIC. Title III: Family Unity Demonstration Project for Federal Prisoners - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) carry out a family unity demonstration project that enables eligible prisoners to live in community correctional facilities with their children; (2) comply with preference and reporting requirements established under title II of this Act; and (3) consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding development and operation of such project.

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1992 - Makes appropriations for FY 1992 for the following agencies within the Department of Labor: (1) Employment and Training Administration; (2) Labor-Management Services; (3) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (4) Employment Standards Administration; (5) Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (6) Mine Safety and Health Administration; (7) Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (8) Departmental Management. Prohibits the use of funds to grant variances, interim orders, or letters of clarification to employers which will allow exposure of workers to chemicals or other workplace hazards in excess of existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards for the purpose of conducting experiments on workers' health and safety. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1992 - Makes appropriations for FY 1992 for the following agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services: (1) Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) Centers for Disease Control; (3) National Institutes of Health; (4) Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; (5) Assistant Secretary for Health; (6) Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; (7) Health Care Financing Administration; (8) Social Security Administration; (9) Administration for Children and Families; (10) Human Development Services; and (11) Office of the Secretary. Prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization. Prohibits the use of funds to pay for any experiment, or other activity that presents a danger to the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of a human participant or subject without the written, informed consent of the participant or subject (or their parents or legal guardian, if they are under 18 years old). Prohibits any of the funds appropriated in this title for the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration from being used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of $125,000 per year. Prohibits the use of funds by the National Institutes of Health, or any other Federal agency, or recipient of Federal funds on any project that entails the capture or procurement of chimpanzees obtained from the wild. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1992 - Makes appropriations for FY 1992 for the following purposes and agencies within the Department of Education: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) bilingual and immigrant education; (5) educational excellence; (6) rehabilitation services and handicapped research (including the Helen Keller National Center); (7) special institutions for the handicapped (including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University); (8) vocational and adult education; (9) student financial assistance; (10) guaranteed student loans (liquidation of contract authority); (11) higher education; (12) Howard University; (13) higher education facilities loans; (14) college housing and academic facilities loans; (15) college housing loans; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) libraries; (18) departmental management; and (19) special education. Sets forth general provisions relating to auditing of certain institutions and to prohibitions on use of funds for certain forms of busing, other transportation, or transfers of students for purposes of desegregation. Prohibits the use of funds to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1992 for the following agencies: (1) ACTION; (2) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (3) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (4) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (5) National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; (6) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (7) National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality; (8) National Council on Disability; (9) National Labor Relations Board; (10) National Mediation Board; (11) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (12) Physician Payment Review Commission; (13) Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (14) Railroad Retirement Board; (15) United States Institute of Peace; (16) Soldiers' and Airmen's Home; and (17) United States Naval Home. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds to pay student assistance or any remuneration to an applicant for admission, student, teacher, or other employee of an institution of higher education if such individual has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of force (or assistance to others in such use) or the threat of force or the seizure of a property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent such institution's faculty, administrative officials, or students from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies. Requires that sums necessary for FY 1992 pay raises for programs funded by this Act be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Reduces, by specified amounts, appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Department of Labor, of Education, and of Health and Human Services, including travel costs of the Public Health Service. Prohibits the use of funds to enforce or otherwise implement regulations prohibiting abortion counseling and referral services and limiting program services to family planning. Prohibits the making of grants and contracts for family planning services unless specified conditions are met, including parental notification with respect to abortions.

Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1992 - Title I: Fiscal Year 1992 Appropriations - Appropriates funds to the District of Columbia for FY 1992 for: (1) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia; (2) the Federal contribution to retirement funds; (3) the Office of Mayor; (4) the Metropolitan Police Department; (5) public school facilities and grounds; (6) the District of Columbia General Hospital; (7) the District of Columbia Institute for Mental Health; and (8) the Children's National Medical Center for a cost-shared National Child Protection Center. Requires that the specified amount contributed to the District of Columbia for the Direct Activity Purchase System (DAPS) to maintain and improve public school facilities and grounds be returned to the Treasury if the amount spent by the District out of its own funds for such purposes in FY 1991 exceeds the amount spent in FY 1992. Appropriates specified sums out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) public education; (5) human support services; (6) public works; (7) the Washington Convention Center Fund; (8) repayments of specified loans and interest; (9) repayment of the general fund deficit; (10) employees' optical and dental benefits; (11) capital outlay; (12) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and water construction projects; (13) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund; and (14) the Cable Television Enterprise Fund. Requires the District of Columbia to operate and maintain a telephone hotline for Lorton-area residents to receive information concerning escapes, fires, and riots at Lorton prison. Directs the Mayor to submit to the District of Columbia Council a reorganization plan for the Department of Finance and Revenue by October 1, 1991. Directs the Mayor to reduce, by a specified sum, appropriations and expenditures for personal and related nonpersonal services. Sets forth certain uses of and restrictions on the expenditure of appropriations made by this Act. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) activities which permit or encourage partisan political activities; (2) the salary of any District of Columbia government employee whose name, title, grade, salary, or work and salary history are not available for inspection by specified congressional committees and the District of Columbia Council, or whose name and salary are not available for public inspection; (3) publicity or propaganda purposes; (4) abortions, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or (5) reprogramming, unless the reprogramming was approved according to specified procedures. Requires that the annual budget for the District of Columbia government for FY 1993 be transmitted to the Congress by April 15, 1992. Requires the Mayor to develop an annual plan for capital outlay borrowings. Prohibits the Mayor from: (1) borrowing funds for capital projects without the prior approval of the District of Columbia Council; or (2) using money borrowed for capital projects for operating expenses of the District of Columbia government. Directs the Mayor to submit to the D.C. Council, within 30 days after the end of the first quarter of FY 1992, the FY 1992 revenue estimates. Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to extend, for one year, the District's authority to sell its general obligation bonds through negotiated sales. Prohibits the renewal or extension of any sole source contract with the District of Columbia government without opening that contract to the competitive bidding process, subject to exception. Requires any sequestration order under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to be applied to each account appropriating Federal funds in this Act (rather than to the aggregate total of those accounts) which is not specifically exempted from sequestration by specified Federal law. Provides for repayment to the Federal Treasury of any amounts appropriated and paid to the District of Columbia before a sequestration order is issued, applying the sequestration percentage proportionately to each account not specifically exempted from sequestration. Requires the District of Columbia to pay interest on its quarterly payments to the United States that are made more than 60 days after its receipt of an itemized statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons of amounts due for housing D.C. convicts in Federal penitentiaries. Excludes up to 75 officers or members of the Metropolitan Police Department who were hired before February 14, 1980, and who retire on disability before the end of 1991, from computation of the disability retirement rate for the purpose of reducing the authorized Federal payment to the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund. Provides that if any of the 75 light duty positions that become vacant under this provision are filled they must be filled with civilian employees or filled temporarily by officers or members of the Police Department. Authorizes an entity of the District of Columbia government to accept and use a gift or donation during FY 1992 if: (1) the Mayor approves; and (2) the entity uses such gift or donation to carry out its authorized functions or duties. Requires the entity to keep accurate and detailed records of acceptance and use of any gift or donation and to make them available for audit and public inspection. Title II: Fiscal Year 1991 Supplemental District of Columbia Funds - District of Columbia Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act, 1991 - Makes supplemental appropriations (including rescissions) to the District of Columbia for FY 1991 for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) public education; (5) public works; (6) the Washington Convention Center Fund; (7) repayment of specified loans and interest; (8) short-term borrowing; (9) employees' optical and dental benefits; (10) capital outlay; and (11) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and water construction projects. Rescinds specified FY 1991 funds earmarked for human support services. Repeals specified provisions of Federal law relating to: (1) repayment by the District of Columbia of its general fund deficit; and (2) a mandate to the Mayor of the District to reduce appropriations and expenditures for supply, energy, equipment, and personal services. Requires that the annual budget for the District of Columbia government for FY 1992 be transmitted to the Congress by May 17, 1991, instead of April 15, 1991. Authorizes an entity of the District of Columbia government to accept and use a gift or donation during FY 1991 if: (1) the Mayor approves; and (2) the entity uses such gift or donation to carry out its authorized functions or duties. Directs the entity to keep accurate and detailed records of acceptance and use of any gift or donation and to make them available for audit and public inspection.

ADAMHA Reorganization Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1991

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act of 1991 - Title I: Administration and Institutes - Subtitle A: Restructuring - Amends the Public Health Service Act to remove provisions relating to the administration, institutes, and research of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. Establishes, as an agency of the Public Health Service, the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (ADAMHSA). Sets forth its general duties. Authorizes appropriations. Mandates: (1) grants to prevent and treat substance abuse among high risk youth; (2) grants for providing pregnant and postpartum women and their children substance abuse prevention, education, and treatment services, including primary health care, comprehensive social services, support services, counseling, housing, and case management; (3) grants to improve the provision of substance abuse treatment services, including through focusing on specified populations, treatment and vocational training in exchange for service, projects operated by community and migrant health centers, and treatment campus projects; (4) grants for drug and alcohol treatment services to individuals under criminal justice supervision; (5) grants to increase the number of full-time substance abuse treatment and prevention providers and the number of health professionals providing treatment and prevention as a component of primary health care; and (6) grants to States to expand their substance abuse treatment capacity. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes: (1) grants or contracts for outreach to intravenous drug abusers to prevent exposure to and transmission of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome; (2) grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to develop and expand mental health and substance abuse treatment for homeless individuals; and (3) grants to communities for the development of comprehensive long-term strategies for the prevention of substance abuse and evaluation of different community approaches to such prevention. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes grants for demonstration projects for: (1) community services for seriously mentally ill individuals and their families, seriously emotionally and mentally disturbed children and youth and their families, and seriously mentally ill homeless and elderly individuals; (2) the prevention of youth suicide; (3) recognition, assessment, treatment, and clinical management of depressive disorders; (4) the prevention of sex offenses and treatment and assistance to sex offense victims; (5) mental health services to family violence victims; and (6) prevention services for individuals at risk of developing mental illness. Authorizes appropriations. Requires: (1) the appointment of one or more advisory councils for ADAMHSA; (2) peer review of services grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts administered through ADAMHSA. Requires peer review approval for assistance under, and both peer review and advisory council approval for assistance over, a specified amount. Mandates a process to respond to misconduct in projects receiving funds under specified provisions. Authorizes and regulates the use of experts and consultants. Establishes within ADAMHSA the Office for Special Populations to take specified actions with regard to women, minorities, and the elderly. Establishes in the National Institutes of Health the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), requiring comprehensive research on cause, diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment, including services research. Authorizes appropriations. Includes in the purpose of NIMH the study of psychological, social, and legal factors that influence behavior. Authorizes grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts through NIAAA, NIDA, and NIMH relating to research and demonstrations relative to the cause, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of mental illness and substance abuse. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, through NIAAA, NIDA, and NIMH, National Health and Substance Abuse Education Programs to disseminate information on improved treatment and family assistance methods and to support training. Authorizes the Secretary, through NIAAA and NIDA, to designate National Substance Abuse Research Centers for interdisciplinary research on substance abuse and other biomedical, behavioral, and social issues. Mandates annual grants to Centers. Establishes in NIDA the Medication Development Program to take specified steps regarding: (1) medication to treat the symptoms and disease of alcohol and drug abuse and addiction and related mental disorders; and (2) supporting training in such areas. Mandates related grants or contracts and cooperative agreements. Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions - Replaces provisions titled "Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Substance Abuse and Mental Health" with provisions directing the Secretary, through the ADAMHSA Administrator, as feasible and on request of a State, to make technical assistance available for specified purposes, including: (1) program management and evaluation; (2) accreditation or licensure of facilities and personnel; and (3) improving the scope of mental health and substance abuse health insurance offered in the State. Makes the Secretary, through the Administrator, responsible for fostering substance abuse prevention and treatment programs and services in State and local governments and private industry. Mandates: (1) development of model programs suitable for replication on a cost-effective basis in different types of businesses and governmental entities; and (2) dissemination of information on the model programs. Prohibits denial or deprivation of Federal civilian employment or a Federal professional or other license or right solely on the grounds of prior substance abuse, except for employment in specified Federal agencies, any other Federal department or agency designated for purposes of national security by the President, or any Federal position determined to be sensitive. Prohibits discrimination against substance abusers who are suffering from medical conditions in admission or treatment, solely because of their substance abuse, by any private or public general hospital, or outpatient facility receiving any Federal support. Prohibits disclosure of patient information maintained in connection with substance abuse prevention, training, treatment, or research which is conducted or assisted by any Federal department or agency, subject to specified exceptions. Provides for monetary penalties. Mandates: (1) data collection on the national incidence and prevalence of the various forms of mental illness and substance abuse; and (2) competitive grants for epidemiological and longitudinal studies of infants and the families of infants with fetal cocaine and fetal alcohol syndromes. Authorizes appropriations. Provides, if the Secretary determines that a disease or disorder within the jurisdiction of ADAMHSA constitutes a public health emergency, for: (1) expediting peer and advisory committee review; (2) waiving advertising requirements for proposals for contracts; (3) increasing existing grants and contracts; and (4) disseminating information. Subtitle C: Transfer Provisions - Provides for the transfer from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA) to: (1) ADAMHSA of authorities, responsibilities, services, personnel, assets, liabilities, orders, regulations, legal actions, and other matters; and (2) the appropriate Directors of NIAAA, NIDA, and NIMH all research related functions of ADAMHA. Subtitle D: Conforming Amendments - Amends specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to projects for assistance in transition from homelessness and provisions relating to alternative utilization of military facilities to substitute references to the Administrator of ADAMHSA for references to: (1) the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health; and (2) the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Directs the Secretary to carry out provisions relating to alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants through the Administrator. Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to try to get alternative Federal funding for grantees receiving assistance under the community youth activity program under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Requires that the peer review systems, advisory councils, and scientific advisory committees used by NIAAA, NIDA, and NIMH before the transfer of those Institutes to NIH be used by those Institutes after the transfer. Title II: Reauthorization and Improvement of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Service Block Grant Program - Authorizes appropriations for the alcohol and drug abuse and mental health service block grant provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Revises the formula for determining the amount of block grant allotments. Requires that unobligated block grant funds remain available to a State if the Secretary finds that the funds were obligated but subsequently unobligated due to the State's diligence in carrying out the purposes of such provisions. Directs (currently, authorizes) the Secretary to waive a requirement (to spend at least 50 percent of specified funds reserved to carry out certain drug abuse activities) if the Secretary determines that the incidence of intravenous drug abuse in a State does not require that level of funding. Allows block grant allotments to be used for: (1) grants to community health centers for services relating to seriously (currently, chronically) mentally ill individuals; (2) grants to underserved populations of mentally ill individuals in State and local correctional facilities; (3) renovation that makes land or a facility suitable for use under such block grant provisions, including removing hazards or making the land or facility accessible to disabled persons; and (4) programs of treatment for adult and juvenile substance abusers in State and local criminal and juvenile justice systems. Replaces provisions prohibiting the use of block grant funds for the distribution of needles or bleach in connection with the use of illegal drugs with a provision prohibiting the use of such funds for any program prohibited by specified provisions (relating to needle or syringe distribution) of the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988. Amends provisions limiting the percentage of block grant funds a State may use for administration to prohibit including in administrative expenses reasonable expenses incurred for training. Prohibits substance abuse treatment facilities and mental health treatment facilities receiving assistance under Public Health Service Act block grant provisions from discriminating against mentally ill substance abusers. Requires a State to maintain spending levels for alcohol and drug abuse and community mental health services at least at the level (currently, the average level) the State maintained during the previous two years. Removes a provision allowing waiver of that requirement due to extraordinary economic conditions in the State. Adds a requirement that the State mental health planning council comment on the State plan required under specified provisions. Requires a State, on request of the council, to submit the comments to the Secretary with the State plan. Requires development and implementation by a State, and annual approval by the Secretary, of a statewide Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Plan. Directs the Secretary, in making grants under existing provisions for the development of State comprehensive mental health services plans, act through the Administrator of ADAMHSA. Title III: Studies - Requires the Director of the NIDA to report to specified congressional committees on the role of the private sector in the development of anti-addiction medications, including legislative proposals designed to encourage private sector development of such medications. Requires the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to report to specified congressional committees on the process by which anti-addiction medications receive marketing approval. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the Medications Development Division of the NIDA shall devote special attention and adequate resources to the development of specified medications relating to drug abuse. Requires the Directors of NIAAA, NIDA, and NIMH to establish a panel of independent experts in pharmacotherapeutic treatment of drug addiction to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the national strategy for developing such treatments. Requires the report to be made available to the public. Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on a uniform definition of "serious mental illness." Requires the ADAMHSA Administrator, acting jointly with the NIMH Director, to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the most effective methods for, and the obstacles to, providing mental health services to individuals residing in correctional facilities.

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1991

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; (4) retired pay and benefits; (5) alteration or removal of bridges; and (6) environmental compliance and restoration. Requires certain expenditures under these authorizations for oil recovery systems to be: (1) for systems manufactured in the United States; and (2) pursuant to competitive bidding based on performance specification and cost. Authorizes Coast Guard end strengths for active-duty personnel and average military training student loads. Amends Federal law to: (1) delay the retirement date of Coast Guard rear admirals and rear admirals (lower half) who are considered but not continued on active duty; and (2) allow the Coast Guard Commandant, with the approval of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to annually retain on active duty a rear admiral or rear admiral (lower half) who would otherwise be retired. Establishes below-standard performance or moral or professional dereliction as criteria for involuntary retirement of enlisted personnel with at least 20 years of service. (Current law allows involuntary retirement at the discretion of an Enlisted Personnel Board, with approval by the Commandant.) Authorizes the Commandant to use services of individuals performing court-ordered community service. Authorizes the Coast Guard, to the extent provided for in appropriations Acts, to enter into: (1) a lease for a site at the Massachusetts Military Reservation on Cape Cod for construction and/or renovation of housing units; and (2) a lease to acquire a site at Charleston, South Carolina, for construction of a permanent air facility. Authorizes the Coast Guard to spend appropriated amounts for such housing and such air facility. Mandates a report to specified congressional committees on Coast Guard housing. Extends to September 30, 1994, the termination date of the Coast Guard Academy Advisory Committee. Provides for the sale of recyclable materials held by the Coast Guard and for the operation of recycling programs at Coast Guard installations. Deems the John F. Limehouse Memorial Bridge across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Charleston County, South Carolina, an unreasonable obstruction to navigation. Extends to September 30, 1996, the termination date of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council. Allows, in emergencies, Coast Guard Ready Reserve forces to be called to active duty: (1) with no stated requirement for Presidential approval (current law requires Presidential approval); and (2) for up to 30 days in a four-month period and up to 60 days in a two-year period (currently, for up to 14 days in a four-month period and up to 30 days in a one-year period). Increases the limitation on the percentage of retired officers who may be on active duty. Amends the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 to require a vessel or class of vessels of special construction or purpose to comply with alternative rules when the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating determines that the vessel or class cannot comply fully. (Current law requires such alternative compliance when the vessel or class cannot comply without interfering with the special function.) Modifies collision avoidance rules regarding vessels whose passage or safe passage is not to be impeded. Amends provisions of Federal law relating to the use of fire-retardant materials in certain passenger vessels to change from 1993 to 1998 the date on which certain requirements apply to vessels in operation before 1968. Requires the owner or operator of a vessel exempted from such provisions to notify the Coast Guard of structural alterations to the vessel and to comply with any noncombustible material requirements the Coast Guard prescribes consistent with preservation of the historic integrity of the vessel. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to specified congressional committees regarding methods by which Coast Guard enforcement efforts under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 may be enhanced and coordinated with those of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to convey to the State of New Jersey of all right, title, and interest of the United States in the Cape May Point Lighthouse to be used as a nonprofit center for the interpretation and preservation of the material culture of the Coast Guard and the maritime history of Cape May.

Omnibus Adoption Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1991

Omnibus Adoption Act of 1991 - Title I: National Advisory Council on Adoption - Establishes the National Advisory Council on Adoption (the Council), to be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Terminates such Council after four years. Title II: Adoption Data Collection System - Directs the Secretary of HHS to: (1) report to the Congress, within 30 days, on the status of the implementation of the adoption data collection system required under specified provisions of the Social Security Act, including specific assurances relating to such system; (2) report monthly to the Congress on the progress made in implementing such system; and (3) consult with the Council in developing regulations to carry out such reporting requirements and assurances. Title III: Adoption Education Programs - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program of fellowships for graduate study in social work, in innovative programs concerning the effects of adoption on the adopted children, their adoptive families, and their biological parents who make an adoption plan. Directs the Secretary of Education to award up to 50 such fellowships. Sets forth provisions for student selection procedures, stipends, payments to institutions, fellowship conditions, consultation with the Council, and an authorization of appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Secretary of Education, within one year after enactment of this Act, to make grants to States to carry out adoption education programs. Sets forth provisions for grants amounts, applications and agreements, program guidelines, consultation with the Council, and an authorization of appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Title IV: Adoption Benefits for Federal Employees and Military Personnel - Amends Federal law relating to Federal employees to allow their sick leave (including advance sick leave) to be used for purposes relating to the adoption of a child. Includes prenatal and maternal benefits (other than those relating to a surrogate parenting arrangement) for the biological mother of an adoptive child among the types of benefits which may be provided under Federal employee benefits plans. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish minimum standards for this type of benefits, in accordance with specified guidelines. Amends Federal law relating to members of the uniformed services to require establishment of a program to reimburse them for expenses they incur for prenatal and maternal care provided to the biological mother of a child they legally adopt. Limits such reimbursement to care provided on or after the date on which the member notifies the appropriate administering Secretary. Prohibits such reimbursement for expenses incurred in carrying out a surrogate parenting arrangement. Includes prenatal care among types of authorized care for military dependents. Includes care for preexisting conditions among the types of authorized care for adopted children of uniformed service members. Defines adopted child, for purposes of Federal law relating to members of the uniformed services, as a child with respect to whom a written plan of adoption has been entered into pursuant to the laws of the State in which the child resides. Directs OPM and the Secretary of Defense to coordinate their development of regulations and guidelines to carry out their responsibilities under this title, and to consult with the Council in such development. Title V: Adoption Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to establish a refundable tax credit for certain amounts of adoption expenses, for taxpayers at certain income levels. Title VI: Maternal Health Certificates Program - Directs the Secretary of HHS, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to establish a program to provide maternal health certificates for eligible pregnant women to use to cover expenses incurred in receiving services at a maternal and housing services facility. Bases eligibility on an individual's having an annual individual income of not greater than 175 percent of the applicable official poverty line income. Determines such income without taking account of: (1) the income of any parent or guardian of the individual; or (2) the income of an estranged spouse who has been living apart from the woman for at least six months. Prohibits finding an individual ineligible for such program solely on the grounds that they do not receive aid under the State plan for aid for families with dependent children (AFDC) under the Social Security Act. Sets limits on the amount of expenses which such program certificates may cover. Directs the Secretary of HHS to consult with the Council in developing regulations for such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994 for such maternal health certificates program. Title VII: Rehabilitation Grants for Maternity Housing and Services Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a program to make grants to eligible nonprofit entities for rehabilitation of existing structures for use as facilities to provide housing and services to pregnant women. Sets forth provisions for such grant program authority, applications, limitations on numbers and amounts of grants, and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary of HUD to consult with the Council in issuing such program regulations. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1992 through 1994. Title VIII: Sense of Congress Regarding Changes in State Adoption Laws - Expresses the sense of the Congress that each State should adopt and enforce specified types of adoption laws, rules, or regulations, which include provisions for: (1) disclosure of all relevant information, including background information (except actual identification of the child or biological parents), to the prospective adoptive parent, with criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure, (2) pre-placement investigations of the prospective adoptive parent; (3) disclosure to the court of all costs incurred by or on behalf of each party to the adoption; (4) guaranteed adequate legal representation for the biological mother; (5) filing of a petition for adoption with the appropriate court within one year after placement; and (6) coverage by the health plan of the adoptive parent of pregnancy and childbirth expenses (excluding surrogate parenting arrangements) for the child and the biological mother, or for any dependent child of the plan enrollee, and plan coverage of pre-existing conditions of adopted children.

Spending Priority Reform Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1991

Spending Priority Reform Act of 1991 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that any money returned to the Treasury as a result of this Act should be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury to be applied against servicing the national debt. Title I: Interior Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) certain National Park Service studies; (2) projects for historic landmarks; and (3) grants for miscellaneous local projects. Title II: Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for: (1) a specified fresh-water fish hatchery; (2) a certain seafood consumer center, Oregon; (3) a project for fish oil research; (4) special area management planning, Charleston, South Carolina; and (5) the purchase of a research vessel for the University of Massachusetts. Amends the Small Business Act to repeal the authorization for a tree planting program. Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations to the Small Business Administration for such program and for direct grants for miscellaneous projects. Title III: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations to the General Services Administration for certain projects funded through the Federal Buildings Fund. Title IV: Agriculture Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for certain special research grants and the rural development grant for the restoration of the birthplace of Lawrence Welk or the construction, alteration, or repair of a Lawrence Welk museum. Title V: Transportation Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for specified Federal Highway Administration demonstration projects. Title VI: Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for certain housing projects. Title VII: Defense Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations made under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991, for certain grants to universities and certain miscellaneous projects. Title VIII: Foreign Operations Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1991 appropriations for a specified grant relating to foreign development and development assistance made to a university. Title IX: Legislative Branch Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized appropriations to study the location for a new staff gymnasium for the House of Representatives. Title X: Supplemental Appropriations (Public Law 102-27) - Rescinds unauthorized appropriations made under the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, Veterans Compensation and Pensions, and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991 for: (1) the service life extension program for the U.S.S. Kennedy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; and (2) the costs of establishing a Center for Commerce and Industrial Expansion at Loyola University of Chicago.

Comprehensive Service Programs for Homeless Veterans Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1991

Comprehensive Service Programs for Homeless Veterans Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide, either directly or by contract, for the establishment of not less than 25 outreach service centers for homeless veterans in areas where there is a significant number of such veterans. Prohibits the Secretary from contracting for the provision of such centers unless: (1) the contractor agrees to pay at least 25 percent of the amounts necessary to provide materials and services under the contract; and (2) the Secretary has determined that the contractor has the capacity to carry out such an agreement. Requires at least seven full-time employees to be assigned to each center, in addition to individuals currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Requires assigned employees to include medical and psychiatric care professionals and case managers. Outlines services to be provided at such centers, including case management, health care, mental health and employment counseling, social services, hygiene facilities, benefits assistance, legal assistance, transportation assistance, meals, and other appropriate services. Requires at least 35 percent of the centers to be established through contracts with private nonprofit providers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Secretary to provide, either directly or by contract, not less than 20 mobile support teams to provide services through medically equipped vans in areas with a high percentage of homeless veterans and in rural areas without adequate access to medical services of the Department. Requires such services to include clinical care, case management, monitoring, meals, benefits assistance, and transportation services. Requires at least 35 percent of such mobile support teams to be provided through contracts with private nonprofit providers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Secretary to provide for not less than 50 transitional group homes whose only residents shall be homeless veterans. Requires such homes to be established primarily in residential areas. Requires the following with respect to such transitional housing: (1) that the manager of the housing is a veteran who resides there; (2) that such residents have access to job training, substance abuse rehabilitation, health care, mental health services, case management, benefits assistance, and transportation; (3) that such residents are either employed part-time or involved in job training; (4) that appropriate veterans participate in a substance abuse counseling or rehabilitation program; (5) that alcohol or drug use in such housing will be prohibited and violators expelled; (6) that veterans residing in the housing pay rent to the extent of their ability to pay; and (7) that such housing is in compliance with State and local housing codes and regulations. Requires at least 35 percent of the group housing to be provided through contracts with private nonprofit providers. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations and report to the Congress on the outreach service centers program, the mobile support teams program, and the transitional group homes program. Authorizes the Secretary to accept services and equipment donated for such programs. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with nonprofit organizations for services performed or utilized under the outreach service centers program or the transitional group housing program.