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Bill· SS. 1122 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Military Personnel Title II: Operation and Maintenance Title III: Procurement Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Title V: Revolving and Management Funds Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs Title VII: Related Agencies Central Intelligence Agency Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (including a transfer of funds in each case), the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) overseas contingency operations (including a transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide (including a transfer of funds in each case); (4) environmental restoration at former defense sites (including a transfer of funds); (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (6) nuclear threat reduction programs with respect to republics of the former Soviet Union; and (7) renovation of the Pentagon. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for procurement by the armed forces and its reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for defense-wide procurement and for National Guard and reserve equipment. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Directors of Test and Evaluation and Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for: (1) the defense working capital funds; and (2) programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund (including a transfer of funds). Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) medical and health care programs; (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; (3) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (4) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense (including a transfer of funds); and (5) expenses and activities of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title VII: Related Agencies Central Intelligence Agency - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (2) expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account (including a transfer of funds); (3) authorized payments to the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund; and (4) national security scholarships, fellowships, and grants (using funds derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund). Title VIII: General Provisions - Department of Defense - Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds. (Sec. 8008) Authorizes procurement funds appropriated under this Act to be used for multiyear procurement contracts for the Longbow Apache helicopter, MLRS Rocket Launcher, Abrams M1A2 upgrade, Bradley M2A3 vehicle, F-A 18E-F aircraft, C-17 aircraft, and F-16 aircraft. (Sec. 8010) Prohibits during FY 2000 the management by end strengths of DOD civilian personnel. (Sec. 8019) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish with host governments of NATO-member countries an account for the deposit of residual value amounts negotiated in the return of U.S. military installations to such countries. (Sec. 8032) Authorizes DOD to incur up to $350 million in obligations for DOD personnel compensation, military construction projects, and supplies and services in anticipation of receipts of contributions from the Government of Kuwait. (Sec. 8033) Earmarks funds from this Act for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation. (Sec. 8034) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to establish a new DOD federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). Limits the Federal compensation to be paid to FFRDC members or consultants. Prohibits the use of FY 2000 FFRDC funds for new building construction, cost-sharing payments for projects funded by Government grants, absorption of cost overruns, or certain charitable contributions. Limits the staff years of technical effort that may be funded for FFRDCs from FY 2000 funds. (Sec. 8042) Directs the President to include within each fiscal year budget the amounts requested for administrative activities of DOD, the military departments, and the defense agencies. (Sec. 8053) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) by a DOD entity without compliance with the Buy American Act; (2) for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated for such purpose; (3) to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 1999, level; and (4) to transport chemical munitions to the Johnston Atoll for storage or demilitarization (with an exception and an authorized wartime waiver by the President). (Sec. 8050) Earmarks funds appropriated under this Act for the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from DOD activities. (Sec. 8057) Authorizes DOD to lease real and personal property at the Adak Naval Air Facility, Alaska. (Sec. 8058) Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts. (Sec. 8065) Prohibits the transfer to any other department or agency, except as specifically provided in an appropriations law, of funds available to DOD or the Central Intelligence Agency in any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. (Sec. 8072) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to specified congressional committees setting forth all costs incurred by DOD in implementing or supporting United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions. (Sec. 8073) Prohibits current fiscal year DOD funds from being obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or international organization defense articles or services for use in any UN peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation, or for any other international peacekeeping, peace enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation, unless specified congressional committees are given 15 days' advance notice. (Sec. 8074) Directs the Secretary, to the extent authorized by law, to issue loan guarantees in support of U.S. defense exports not otherwise provided for, with a contingent liability limit of $15 billion. Requires quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on such loan guarantees. (Sec. 8078) Authorizes the use of DOD O&M funds in support of U.S. missions and with eligible organizations and activities outside of DOD. (Sec. 8081) Directs the Secretary, upon the enactment of this Act, to make specified transfers between various DOD accounts. (Sec. 8083) Authorizes the Secretary, during the current fiscal year, to waive reimbursement of certain educational costs of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers and civilian officials of foreign countries if determined to be in the national security interest. (Sec. 8088) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to waive limitations on the procurement of defense items from a foreign country if: (1) the Secretary determines that such limitation would invalidate cooperative programs or reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items; and (2) such country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced in the United States for that country. Provides exceptions. (Sec. 8091) Reduces by $452.1 million the total amount appropriated in this Act to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions, to be allocated among various DOD accounts. (Sec. 8092) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to support any training program involving security forces of a foreign country if credible information exists that such country has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. Requires the monitoring of such information. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition under extraordinary circumstances. (Sec. 8093) Authorizes the Secretary to distribute surplus DOD dental equipment to Indian health service facilities and federally- qualified health centers. (Sec. 8094) Reduces the total amount appropriated in this Act by: (1) $209.3 million, to reflect savings from the pay of civilian personnel; (2) $206.6 million, to reflect savings from favorable foreign currency fluctuations; and (3) $250.3 million, to reflect savings from reductions in the price of bulk fuel. Allocates such savings among various DOD O&M accounts. (Sec. 8098) Makes Navy-appropriated funds available for the replacement of certain lost and canceled checks. (Sec. 8099) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to waive payments for the lease of personal property to Federal, State, or local governments or youth or charitable organizations. (Sec. 8100) Provides authorized uses of funds appropriated for the Pacific Disaster Center. Authorizes the Secretary to enable the Center and its derivatives to enter into cooperative agreements for the delegation or implementation of all of its missions and to accept grants to carry out its activities. Prohibits the Center from accepting any remuneration or services that compromise national security. (Sec. 8101) Reduces by over $1.8 billion the total amount appropriated under this Act for military personnel, to reflect amounts appropriated in H.R. 1141, as enacted. (Sec. 8104) Earmarks specified O&M funds for combating terrorism inside and outside the United States. Requires each budget to separately state the amount requested for such activities. (Sec. 8106) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to negotiate leases for operational support aircraft. (Sec. 8107) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal a requirement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not begin to commence bidding for commercial licenses for certain reallocated frequency spectrum until after January 1, 2001. Directs the FCC to initiate such bidding during FY 1999 and to ensure that all proceeds of such bidding are deposited no later than September 30, 2000. Provides for the expedited assignment of such frequencies. Requires at least seven days' public notice prior to the granting of an application for an instrument of authorization for any such frequency. (Sec. 8108) Reduces by $3.1 billion the total amount appropriated under titles II and III of this Act, to reflect certain supplemental appropriations provided under Public Law 106-31.
Bill· SS. 1116 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "foreign base company oil related income" the pipeline transportation of oil or gas within such foreign country.
Bill· HRH.R. 1922 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to terminate limitations on Federal election campaign contributions after 2000. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate after December 31, 1999, the designation of income tax payments to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Terminates the Fund itself and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account after December 31, 2000, and transfers any amounts remaining in the Fund to the general fund of the Treasury. Amends FECA, in the case of a political committee of a national political party, to require reports of all funds transferred to any political committee of a State or local political party, without regard to whether or not the funds are otherwise treated as contributions or expenditures under such Act (soft money). Requires any political committee of a State or local political party to file with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) a copy of any report on disbursements it is required under a State or local law, rule, or regulation to submit to the State or local government. Directs the FEC to make electronic filing of reports mandatory. Revises current deadlines for notification of contributions by a campaign committee. Applies such deadlines to each campaign committee of a candidate, not (as currently) just the principal campaign committee. Requires each political committee to notify, in writing, the appropriate office of any contribution (currently, of $1,000 or more) received by the committee during the period which begins on the 90th day before an election (currently, after the 20th day after, but more than 48 hours before, an election) and ends at the time the polls close for such election. Requires such notification to be made within 24 hours (or, if earlier, by midnight of the day on which the contribution is deposited) (currently, within 48 hours) after receipt of the contribution. Requires the FEC to make report information available on the Internet and at FEC offices as soon as practicable after its receipt. Declares that the "best efforts" exception to noncompliance with FECA shall not apply with respect to information regarding the identification of any contributor of more than $200 in the aggregate during a calendar year (thus requiring strict observance of reporting deadlines for all such contributions).
Bill· HRH.R. 1921 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
Tip Credit Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide that the provisions of such Act relating to accounting of tips in determining tipped employees' wages shall preempt any State or local law or ordinance precluding a tip credit or requiring a tip credit less than provided for by such Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as gift transfers and exclude from gross income and social security and unemployment taxes up to $10,000 annually in tips from qualified services (cosmetology, hospitality, recreation, taxi, newspaper delivery, and shoe shine services).
Bill· HRH.R. 1923 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the exclusion from gross income of damages received due to emotional distress.
Bill· HRH.R. 1940 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the tax treatment of Settlement Trusts established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Exempts from income taxation any such Settlement Trust electing coverage by this Act. Declares that for an electing trust: (1) no amount shall be includible in the gross income of a Settlement Trust beneficiary by reason of a contribution to the Settlement Trust during such taxable year; and (2) the ordinary requirements for taxation of trusts and beneficiaries shall not apply. Requires an electing trust to distribute at least 55 percent of its adjusted taxable income each taxable year. Imposes a tax on a trust, in the amount of the failure, if the distribution is insufficient. Includes in the beneficiary's gross income, as ordinary income, any distribution from an electing trust (only when the actual distribution is received). Provides that distributions from the trust will be taxable as ordinary income even if the distribution represents a return of capital. Requires tax withholding on trust distributions over a certain amount.
Bill· HRH.R. 1928 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
Tax Simplification and Burden Reduction Act - Title I: Alternative Minimum Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the alternative minimum tax to: (1) provide a nonrefundable personal credit; (2) provide an income-based personal exemption; and (3) increase the gross receipts exemption for small corporations. Title II: Provisions Relating to Individuals - Amends the Code to provide itemizing and nonitemizing individuals with a 50 percent capital gains deduction. Sets forth: (1) a capital gains tax rate; and (2) an estate deduction computation. Repeals the tax preference on small business stock exclusions. Treats the gain or loss from all sales of collectibles, including certain partnership-related items, as a short-term capital gain or loss if used in computing taxable income. (Sec. 202) Permits a deduction in the year paid for residential refinancing points (to the extent such refinancing does not exceed the amount of refinanced indebtedness). (Sec. 203) Increases the exclusion for employee group term life insurance. (Sec. 204) Repeals: (1) the percentage limitation on contributions to defined contribution plans; and (2) the use of graduated percentage of preceding year's tax in determining certain taxpayer's estimated tax installments. (Sec. 206) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study the rationale for and simplification of head of household and surviving spouse filing statuses. Title III: Provisions Relating to Businesses - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the Code to permit expensing (rather than depreciating) of: (1) certain computer software; and (2) personal property used in rental property. (Sec. 302) Prohibits qualified personal service corporations in C corporation or in partnership with a C corporation formats from using the cash method of accounting. Increases the gross receipts cap permitting a corporation or partnership to use the cash method of accounting. (Sec. 303) Extends the gross receipts exception to inventory cost capitalization rules to real or tangible ( including books, films, sound recordings, or video tapes) property produced by a taxpayer, with a gross receipts-based exception for certain taxpayers. Subtitle B: S Corporations - Repeals the limitation on the number of S corporation shareholders. Makes a publicly traded corporation ineligible for S corporation status. (Sec. 312) Permits S corporations to issue qualified preferred stock. (Sec. 313) Extends the S corporation election date to the tax return filing date. Title IV: Provisions Relating to Information Reporting and Filing - Amends the Code to increase the reporting threshold for dividend and interest payments. (Sec. 402) Treats the postmark date as the filing date for all filings. (Sec. 403) Revises specified record keeping provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 1916 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 84 to 36 months the amortization period for reforestation expenditures and to increase from $10,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of such expenditures which may be amortized annually.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 190 (106th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1999
Sets forth the rule (modified closed) for the consideration of H.R. 1905 (legislative branch appropriations).
Bill· SS. 1103 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1999
Personal Security and Wealth in Retirement Act of 1999 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) it is the right of American workers to choose to remain in the current social security retirement system and to be protected from that system's becoming insolvent; and (2) the Federal Government should take all necessary actions to guarantee that for those Americans that choose to stay in the current system there shall be no increase in the normal retirement age and no reduction in the amount of social security benefits that they will receive. (Sec. 4) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce social security taxes for eligible individuals, whether employed by others or self-employed, who elect to participate in the Individual Retirement Program (IRP) created under a new part B of title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) (part B eligible individual). Reduces the employers' tax for employers of such individuals. Reduces such social security taxes applicable to employees and employers even further for each calendar year beginning after 2000. Leaves the respective tax rates at their current levels with respect to individuals who remain covered under the current OASDI program (redesignated as part A of SSA title II). (Sec. 5) Amends SSA title II to require, under new part B, that employers have in effect an individual retirement payroll deduction plan (IRPDP) for eligible employees who elect to enroll under it. Requires the plan to provide for employers to deduct five percent of the employee's wages, together with an employer contribution also equal to five percent of the employee's wages, for transfer to the employee's personalized retirement account (PRA). Provides for deduction of up to an additional 20 percent of the employee's wages for payment to the employee's PRA or to the PRA of the employee's spouse, child, or grandchild, or any combination the employee designates. Allows the employee to designate that no contributions be deducted after the balance in the employee's PRA equals the minimum retirement annuity amount. Requires self-employed individuals to contribute at least ten percent of their income to their designated PRA. Allows the contribution of up to another 20 percent to such PRA or to the PRA of the individual's spouse, child, or grandchild. Makes certain employees who have not attained age 62 and who are not entitled to OASDI disability benefits eligible to elect to enroll under new part B. Makes such an election irrevocable, except during its first ten years. Entitles to a supplemental minimum benefit payment any eligible individual who attains normal retirement age without distributing any amounts from his or her PRA, but has less in it than the minimum retirement annuity amount. Requires a trustee of a PRA to purchase, from amounts available in the account, disability insurance and preretirement survivor benefits for each account holder. Provides for the treatment of PRA assets in the event of a divorce. Sets forth penalties for failure to establish and maintain an IRPDP. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require amounts deducted from employee wages to be shown on their wage receipts. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exempt IRPDPs from certain requirements for employee benefit plans. (Sec. 6) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from an individual's gross income: (1) any amount paid to a PRA as the employer's contribution; or (2) half of the amount paid to such an account of a self-employed individual. Exempts such accounts from taxation (except the excise tax on certain prohibited transactions, and the tax on unrelated business income of charitable, etc., organizations). Provides that no amount paid or distributed from a PRA shall be includable in gross income, with the same treatment generally applying for rollovers, disability insurance, and preretirement benefit policy premiums. Imposes an excise tax on excess contributions to an account. (Sec. 7) Amends SSA title II to declare that eligible individuals under new part B shall be deemed not entitled to OASDI benefits, unless such individual revokes his or her PRA enrollment election. (Sec. 8) Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury whether an eligible individual was credited with wages and self-employment income under SSA title II part A immediately before the first calendar year for which the individual may distribute amounts from a PRA. Declares that no eligible individual who has not attained age 30 shall be eligible for a contribution recognition bond. Provides that, immediately upon receipt of such certification, the Secretary shall issue a contribution recognition bond to the trustee of the individual's PRA. Defines a contribution recognition bond as consisting of an obligation of the United States to make monthly payments into a PRA in an amount equal to the individual's primary insurance amount. Provides for upward adjustments in the amount of such a bond for: (1) individuals who have attained age 50; and (2) individuals over 30 who have not yet attained age 50. (Sec. 9) Establishes an independent Federal Personal Retirement Investment Board for PRA administration. Directs the Board to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal for the establishment of an independent Federal Personal Retirement Deposit Corporation (similar to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation), which shall receive amounts received under an IRPDP and distribute them quarterly to PRAs under the management and supervision of approved qualified investment firms and financial institutions. Requires such legislative proposal to provide for: (1) the privatization of those divisions of the Social Security Administration (SoSA) that the Board and Commissioner of Social Security determine would be best suited to carry out the duties of the Corporation; and (2) the eventual dissolution of SoSA's retirement benefits division after all the population are eligible individuals for purposes of new part B. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 10) Establishes in the Treasury the Personalized Retirement Social Security Account. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) transfer funds in such account to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund upon the request of the Managing Trustees of such Trust Fund; and (2) pay into such account annually at the end of each fiscal year from FY 1999 through 2008 amounts totaling, in the aggregate, the projected and actual surplus, if any, in the total budget of the Government for that fiscal-year period. (Sec. 11) Provides that the growth of each individual mandatory program, except social security, shall not exceed a level that is adjusted for beneficiary and inflation growth. Prohibits the congressional budget resolution for a fiscal year from providing mandatory funding levels that exceed such levels. Prescribes legislative procedures to enforce such prohibition. (Sec. 12) Limits to the level of FY 1999 expenses, minus 15 percent, the obligations or expenditures of executive and judicial branch entities for overhead expenses for FY 2000 through 2010. Mandates conforming reductions in discretionary spending limits for FY 2000 through 2011 for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). (Sec. 13) Directs the President to reduce discretionary spending limits under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act for FY 2000 by five percent, and for FY 2001 through 2010 to a level equal to the levels provided for FY 2000 after such five-percent reduction. (Sec. 14) Directs the President to sell, redeem, or otherwise dispose of federally-owned lands, loans, and other Federal assets so as to yield $268 billion, which shall then be deposited into the Personalized Retirement Social Security Account.
Bill· SS. 1107 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1999
Constitutional and Effective Reform of Campaigns Act of 1999 - Title I: Enhancement of Citizen Involvement - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to revise the prohibition against a foreign national's making a contribution in connection with any political election. Extends such prohibition to include: (1) any individual not registered to vote in a Federal election; and (2) donations. (Sec. 101) Defines the term "donation" to mean a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything else of value made by any person to a national committee of a political party or a Senatorial or Congressional Campaign Committee of a national political party for any purpose, but does not include a contribution. (Sec. 102) Increases the $1,000 individual per candidate limit on contributions to $2,000. Provides for the indexing of such limit and other contribution limits. (Sec. 103) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to allow individuals a limited tax credit for the aggregate amount of contributions made to local congressional candidates during the taxable year. Title II: Leveling the Playing Field for Candidates - Amends FECA to permit certain House and Senate individual and multicandidate political committee contribution limits to be increased up to four times until the aggregate amount of contributions accepted exceed specified limits. (Sec. 202) Increases individual and multicandidate political committee contribution limits for a particular election when personal expenditures in excess of $25,000 are made by an opposing candidate. Requires Senate candidates making expenditures from personal funds in excess of such amount in connection with any election to file a notification within 24 hours. (Sec. 203) Amends Federal postal law to revise provisions concerning time limits on the mailing of any mass mailing as franked mail by Members or Members-elect, including adding a provision which prohibits a Member of the Senate from mailing any mass mailing as franked mail during a year in which there will be an election for the seat held by the Member during the period between January 1 of that year and the date of the general election for that office, unless the Member has made a public announcement that he or she will not be a candidate for reelection to that office in that year. Title III: Voluntariness of Political Contributions - Sets forth requirements for the voluntary, written authorization of the use of dues and fees of employees of labor organizations. (Sec. 301) Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require a labor organization's annual financial report to include such information as will allow labor organization members and employees to determine whether disbursements categorized as other disbursements were necessary to perform the duties of exclusive representation of the employees in dealing with the employer on labor- management issues. Directs the Secretary of Labor, upon the written request of any person, to make available the complete copies of a labor organization's constitution, bylaws, and annual financial reports. (Currently, such documents may be inspected but there is no specific requirement to make available complete copies.) (Sec. 302) Amends FECA to require corporations, required by any Federal law to submit annual reports to shareholders, to disclose the aggregate amount of donations made and the name of the political committee to which each donation was made. Title IV: Elimination of Election Campaign Excesses - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the solicitation or receipt of donations (as well as contributions) on Federal property. (Currently, the prohibition is limited to solicitation or receipt of contributions.) (Sec. 402) Amends FECA to set forth provisions concerning the return to donors of certain contributions and donations. (Sec. 403) Prohibits an individual's aggregate (soft money) donations to a national committee of a political party (or any subordinate committee of a national party) or a Senatorial or Congressional Campaign Committee of a national political party (or an entity that is either directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, controlled by, or acting on behalf of, such a committee) from exceeding, in the aggregate, $100,000 during a calendar year. Increases the following limits: (1) from $20,000 to $50,000, the limit on an individual's contributions to political committees of a national political party; and (2) from $25,000 to $50,000, the limit on an individual's aggregate contributions. (Sec. 404) Revises provisions concerning the prohibition on the conversion of contributions to personal use. Title V: Enhanced Disclosure - Amends FECA to revise certain reporting requirements with respect to candidates, including requiring the treasurer of a candidate's principal campaign committee to file weekly reports beginning 30 days before a general election. (Sec. 502) Directs the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to make information contained in FECA reports available on the Internet and at FEC offices. (Sec. 503) Sets forth provisions requiring the reporting of independent expenditures made within 20 days before an election which, in the aggregate, total more than $1,000. Requires, in addition, a report within 48 hours when during such time, in the aggregate, they total more than $10,000. (Sec. 504) Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, regarding semiannual reports by registered lobbyists, to require: (1) such lobbyists to disclose contributions and donations in such reports; and (2) such reports to include specified information if the registrant, the registrant's employer, or a separate segregated fund of such employer made contributions or donations to covered executive branch officials, covered legislative branch officials, or political committees. Title VI: Federal Election Commission Reform - Amends FECA to: (1) provide for the filing of reports using computers and facsimile (fax) machines; (2) revise the term limit for members of the FEC to establish a single term of eight years for new members; (3) increase the penalty for knowing and willful violations of FECA or of IRC provisions relating to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account; (4) permit an individual who is responding with a brief to an alleged violation of FECA or of the preceding IRC provisions to submit, with the brief, a request to present oral arguments before the FEC; (5) establish civil penalties for minor reporting violations; (6) change certain reporting from a calendar year basis to an election cycle basis; and (7) provide for the appointment of the staff director and general counsel of the FEC by the President, subject to Senate confirmation (currently such appointments are made by the FEC). Title VII: Improvements to the National Voter Registration Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to: (1) repeal the requirement for States to provide for voter registration by mail; (2) require applicants registering to vote to provide certain additional information; (3) permit States to remove certain registrants from the official list of eligible voters; (4) permit States to require voters to produce a valid photographic identification and provide a signature (unless illiterate or disabled) before receiving a ballot for voting; and (5) repeal the requirement that States permit registrants who have changed residence and now have a new polling place, but are still within the same registrar's jurisdiction and the same congressional district, to vote at the polling place for their former address.
Law· HRH.R. 1905 (106th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Congressional Operations Title II: Other Agencies Title III: General Provisions Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 2000. Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2000 - Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for: (1) House leadership offices; (2) Members' representational allowances; (3) committee employees; (4) officers and employees; (5) specified allowances and expenses; and (6) the House Child Care Center. (Sec. 101) Entitles the General Counsel of the House of Representatives and any other counsel in the Office of the General Counsel, including any specially retained by such Office, to enter an appearance in any proceeding before any Federal, State, or local court (except the U.S. Supreme Court) without compliance with any requirements for admission to practice before such court. (Sec. 103) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations, Act, 1991 to terminate the Official Mail Allowance, while preserving the use of funds available for official mail. Repeals references to the Clerk Hire Allowance. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Police Board; (4) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (5) the Office of Compliance; and (6) the Congressional Budget Office. (Sec. 106) Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the formula for determining the annual rates of pay for the Director and Deputy Director of the Congressional Budget Office. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) for salaries and expenses, Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant; (2) the Library of Congress for Congressional Research Service (CRS) salaries and expenses; and (3) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding. Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates funds for salaries and expenses for: (1) the Botanic Garden; and (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and furniture and furnishings. Specifies administrative provisions for the Library of Congress identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999. (Sec. 206) Reduces the obligational authority of the Library from FY 1999 levels for reimbursable and revolving fund activities funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriation Acts for the legislative branch. (Sec. 207) Authorizes the Library of Congress to use funds, now and hereafter, to enter into: (1) contracts for the lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year; and (2) multi-year contracts for the acquisition of property and services under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act. (Sec. 208) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to appoint up to three individuals to serve as management specialists for a term not to exceed three years, but in any event not beyond December 31, 2004. (Sec. 209) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 to increase the basic rate of pay: (1) for the Librarian of Congress from level III to level II of the Executive Schedule; and (2) for the Deputy Librarian of Congress from level IV to level III. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to increase the basic rate of pay for the Director of CRS from level V to level III of the Executive Schedule. Makes appropriations for: (1) the AOC for Library buildings and grounds; and (2) salaries and expenses of the GPO's Office of Superintendent of Documents and for the General Accounting Office. (Sec. 210) Amends Federal law to increase from $25,000 to $100,000 the small purchase threshold applying the waiver of advertising requirements to GPO purchases and contracts. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999. (Sec. 305) Sets forth Buy American requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 1908 (106th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1999
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer certain naval vessels to: (1) Brazil; (2) the Dominican Republic; (3) Ecuador; (4) Egypt; (5) Greece; (6) Mexico; (7) Poland; (8) Taiwan; (9) Thailand; and (10) Turkey. Declares that the value of such transferred vessels shall not be counted for the limitation on the aggregate value of excess defense articles that can be transferred to such a country in any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent possible, to require recipient countries, as a condition of transfer, to have such vessels repaired or refurbished at U.S. shipyards, including a U.S. Navy shipyard. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should transfer on a grant basis certain excess aircraft and naval vessels to the Government of the Philippines; and (2) the United States should not oppose the transfer of F-5 aircraft by a third country to such Government.
Bill· HRH.R. 1909 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1999
Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1999 for the Environmental Protection Agency for grants for the drinking water State revolving funds under the Safe Drinking Water Act for State expenses of formulating source water assessment programs. Requires such programs to include the assessment of: (1) the pesticides chlorothalonil, pendimethalin, paraquat, cyanazine, bensulide, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, metalaxyl, and mecoprop; (2) surface water sources; (3) residential drinking wells; and (4) contaminated soil.
Bill· HRH.R. 1914 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the patronage dividends of cooperatives shall not be reduced by stock dividends to the extent the stock dividends are in addition to amounts otherwise payable.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 185 (106th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1999
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 1906 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations).
Bill· SS. 1095 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1999
Biomass and Coal Facilities Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal facilities.
Bill· SS. 1097 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1999
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, no later than 15 days after Congress adjourns to end the first session of the 106th Congress and on the same day as a specified sequestration (if any) under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), to cause a sequestration for FY 2000 of all non-exempt accounts within the discretionary spending category (excluding national defense) to achieve a reduction in budget authority equal to $13.303 billion minus the amount of reimbursements identified in a report under the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act regarding efforts to increase burden sharing for Operation Allied Force.
Bill· SS. 1086 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude distributions from an individual retirement account from inclusion in gross income to the extent that such distributions are used for charitable purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 1897 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1999
Retirement Security Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to create a new part B (Individual Retirement Investment Program) providing for personal social security investment accounts (investment accounts) for certain new social security account holders. Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983 and the Internal Revenue Code to provide for financing of initial Government contributions to investment accounts and for the tax treatment of amounts contributed to, and distributed from, such accounts.
Bill· HRH.R. 1891 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1999
Savings Advancement and Enhancement (SAVE) Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from income, for an individual, a limited amount of dividends and interest.
Bill· HRH.R. 1892 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax deduction (for individual loss) and tax exceptions to homeowners and small businesses for the repair of Formosan termite damage.
Bill· SS. 1076 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Subtitle A: Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Subtitle B: Compensation Rate Amendments Title II: Educational Benefits Title III: Medical Care Subtitle A: Long-Term Care Subtitle B: Management of Medical Facilities and Property Subtitle C: Homeless Veterans Subtitle D: Other Health Care Provisions Subtitle E: Major Medical Facility Projects Construction Authorization Title IV: Other Benefits Matters Title V: Memorial Affairs Subtitle A: Arlington National Cemetery Subtitle B: World War II Memorial Title VI: United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Veterans Benefits Act of 1999 - Title I: Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment - Subtitle A: Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment - Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 1999, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date. Requires publication of such adjusted rates. Subtitle B: Compensation Rate Amendments - Adjusts the above compensation rates to reflect cost-of-living increases. Title II: Educational Benefits - All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Programs Improvements Act of 1999 - Increases the rates of: (1) basic veterans' educational assistance; and (2) veterans' survivors and dependents educational assistance, including rates for correspondence courses, special restorative training, and apprenticeship training. (Sec. 204) Authorizes active-duty and Selected Reserve members to withdraw their election not to participate in the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program at any time before their release or discharge from active duty or from the armed forces (in the case of Selected Reserve personnel). Requires a reduction in the basic monthly pay of such individuals to cover eligibility for such benefits, with a limit of $1,500 yearly. Makes such withdrawal irrevocable. (Sec. 205) Authorizes the Secretary, upon request, to make accelerated payments of basic educational assistance. Title III: Medical Care - Subtitle A: Long-Term Care - Removes the requirement that, in order to receive adult day health care, a veteran must have first received Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) hospital or nursing home care. (Sec. 302) Authorizes the provision of home-based respite care for veterans. (Currently, only Department respite care is authorized.) Subtitle B: Management of Medical Facilities and Property - Authorizes the Secretary to dispose of Department property by transfer, sale, or exchange to a Federal agency, a State or political subdivision, or any public or private entity. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund for receipts and expenditures relating to such disposals. Provides authorized Fund uses. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a database of information on Department real property. Terminates such disposal authority five years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to include in annual budget materials a description of each disposal carried out in the previous fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. (Sec. 312) Extends through December 31, 2004, the authority of the Secretary to enter into enhanced-use leases of Department property. Subtitle C: Homeless Veterans - Amends the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Service Programs Act of 1992 to: (1) authorize the Secretary to make grants to expand existing programs for furnishing certain assistance to homeless veterans; and (2) authorize appropriations for such programs for FY 2000 and 2001. (Sec. 323) Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for homeless veterans' reintegration projects. (Sec. 324) Directs the Secretary to report to the veterans' committees a detailed plan for evaluating the effectiveness of programs to assist homeless veterans. Subtitle D: Other Health Care Provisions - Removes certain restrictions on the authorized use of Department facilities to treat military personnel for an alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disability. (Sec. 332) Allows amounts from the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund to be distributed to each Department medical facility (currently, each designated health care region). (Sec. 333) Amends the Persian Gulf War Veterans' Benefits Act to extend through December 31, 2002: (1) a newsletter concerning medical care furnished to Persian Gulf War veterans; and (2) a program for evaluating the health of spouses and children of such veterans. (Sec. 334) Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Defense to report jointly to the veterans' and defense committees on cooperation between their respective departments in the procurement of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. Subtitle E: Major Medical Facility Projects Construction Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out major medical facility projects at Department facilities in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and Fargo, North Dakota. Authorizes appropriations, with a limitation. Amends the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998 to make FY 2000-authorized funds available for projects under such Act. Title IV: Other Benefits Matters - Requires Filipino veterans of World War II, in order to receive burial benefit payments, to be individuals who, on their date of death: (1) were citizens of the United States; (2) were residing in the United States; and (3) either were receiving veterans' disability compensation or, if their service was deemed active military service, would have been paid a military pension but for an applicable net worth limitation. (Sec. 402) Extends through December 31, 2004: (1) the authority to maintain a regional office in the Republic of the Philippines; and (2) the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans. (Sec. 404) Repeals certain limitations on the payment of benefits to incompetent institutionalized veterans. (Sec. 405) Amends Federal employment law to provide for the competitive and appointment status of preference eligible veterans. Title V: Memorial Affairs - Subtitle A: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington National Cemetery Burial and Inurnment Eligibility Act of 1999 - Authorizes the remains of the following individuals to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery (Cemetery): (1) any member who dies while on active duty; (2) any retired member and any person who served on active duty who at their time of death was entitled to military retired pay (or would have been so entitled but for his or her age); (3) any former member who was separated for physical disability before October 1, 1949, who served on active duty, and who would have been eligible for disability retirement if such provisions had been in effect on such date; (4) any former member whose last active military service was terminated honorably and who has been awarded one of a number of specified military decorations; (5) any former prisoner of war who dies on or after November 30, 1993; (6) the President or any former President; and (7) any former member whose last discharge or separation from active service was under honorable conditions and who is or was a Vice President, Member of Congress, Chief or Associate Supreme Court justice, head of an executive department or agency, or individual who died while serving in a hostile action as part of the foreign or national security services. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense or the President, upon a determination that certain acts, service, or other contributions of a member so merit, to bury such member in such Cemetery, as long as the member's last discharge or release from active duty was under honorable conditions. Requires, in such cases: (1) consultation with the chairmen and ranking members of the veterans' committees; and (2) a report from either the President or such Secretary to the veterans' committees within 72 hours after such authorized burial. Authorizes Cemetery burial for certain family members of individuals made eligible under the above provisions, with conditions. Makes the above eligibility the exclusive eligibility for Cemetery burial. States that a request for Cemetery burial made before the death of the individual may not be considered by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Defense, or other responsible official. Directs the Secretary of the Army to maintain and make public a register of each individual buried in the Cemetery. Requires such register, for each individual buried on or after January 1, 1998, to include a brief description of the eligibility basis for such burial. Requires the Secretary of the Army to publish an updated pamphlet describing Cemetery burial eligibility. (Sec. 503) Authorizes the cremated remains of the following individuals to be placed in the columbarium in the Cemetery: (1) all persons made eligible under this title; (2) a veteran whose last period of active service ended honorably; and (3) the spouse, minor child, and, at the discretion of the Superintendent of the Cemetery, unmarried adult child of such a veteran. Subtitle B: World War II Memorial - World War II Memorial Completion Act - Directs the American Battle Monuments Commission to solicit and accept contributions for establishing the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (authorized under prior law). Establishes in the Treasury a fund to hold and expend such contributions. Authorizes the Commission to: (1) borrow up to $65 million from the Treasury to ensure that memorial groundbreaking, construction, and dedication are completed on a timely basis; and (2) accept voluntary services in furtherance of fund-raising activities (authorizing reimbursement of volunteer incidental expenses). Extends until December 31, 2005 (currently May 25, 2000), the authority to construct the memorial. Revises current Commission authority to receive State, local, and private amounts for establishing the memorial to: (1) authorize the Commission to solicit (instead of just receive) such contributions; and (2) require the deposit of such amounts in a separate account in the Treasury. Requires the Commission to establish written guidelines for the acceptance of funds and in-kind contributions. Authorizes the Commission to adopt, obtain, use, register, and license trademarks, copyrights, and patents in connection with intellectual property and related items. Title VI: United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims - Allows one judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to retire in 2001, and two judges to retire in each of 2002 and 2003. Provides retirement requirements, including age and years of service. Requires the judge to: (1) notify the President and the Court chief judge of the intent to retire; and (2) retire during the year in which notification is provided, but not later than 90 days following such notification. (Sec. 602) Authorizes a retired judge of the Court to be recalled for further service if such judge has submitted to the chief judge a notice of election to be so recalled. Requires the Court chief judge to certify to the President that: (1) the retired judge is needed to perform substantial Court service; and (2) such service is required for a specified period of time. Allows an individual to be recalled only at their consent and only for the period specified.
Bill· SS. 1079 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore the business meal expense deduction to 80 percent (currently 50 percent) for individuals subject to the hours of service limitations of the Department of Transportation.
Bill· SS. 1085 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
Community Forestry and Agriculture Conservation Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat a bond issued to acquire land together with any renewable resources associated with the land on land subject to a conservation restriction as a tax-exempt (qualified 501(c)(3)) bond if the revenues from are used in a manner consistent with the charitable purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 1874 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase (from $20,000 to $50,000) the maximum amount of wages that a farmer can pay for agricultural labor without being subject to the Federal unemployment tax on that labor; and (2) provide for an annual inflation adjustment to such maximum amount of wages.
Bill· HRH.R. 1877 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through December 31, 2002, to the personal effects of, and other equipment imported and used by, participants, their families and associated members, and officials involved in the 1999 International Special Olympics and the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer. Declares that such articles shall be: (1) free of applicable taxes and fees; but (2) not exempt from routine customs inspections.
Bill· HRH.R. 1863 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
Community Forestry and Agriculture Conservation Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat a bond issued to acquire land together with any renewable resources associated with the land on land subject to a conservation restriction as a tax-exempt (qualified 501(c)(3)) bond if the revenues from are used in a manner consistent with the charitable purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 1873 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe income tax rate tables that increase the maximum taxable income level for the 15 percent rate bracket and the minimum taxable income level for the 28 percent rate bracket by specified dollar amounts beginning with calendar year 2000.
Bill· HRH.R. 1861 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore the business meal expense deduction to 80 percent (currently 50 percent) for individuals subject to the hours of service limitations of the Department of Transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 1870 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1999
Volunteer Firefighter's Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, for a volunteer firefighter, an annual deduction (of up to $500) for contributions to a volunteer firefighter savings account.
Bill· SS. 1063 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1999
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a special rule for calculating the per beneficiary limits under the home health agency interim payment system for certain home health agencies that were in existence before FY 1980 and had partial FY 1994 cost reports because they changed the end date of their cost reporting periods during such fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 1069 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1999
Battered Women's Economic Security and Safety Act - Title I: Domestic Violence Prevention - Subtitle A: Housing for Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims' Housing Act - Earmarks the use of specified appropriations exclusively to assist nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations in providing supportive housing and attendant financial assistance to victims who leave their residence as a result of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault. (Sec. 1004) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to allocate such funds on the basis of a national competition among nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations. Mandates a specified amount for grants to Indian tribes or tribal organizations that provide shelter or supportive services to such victims. (Sec. 1005) Authorizes increased appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004. Subtitle B: Full Faith and Credit for Protection Orders - Amends the Federal criminal code, with respect to enforcement of a protection order, to authorize a tribal court to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction over any violator of a protection order within its jurisdiction, regardless of such person's status as an Indian or non-Indian, if the exercise of jurisdiction is authorized under the Civil Rights Act of 1968. (Sec.1012) Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to assist States, Indian tribal governments, and local government units to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and recordkeeping strategies to enforce protective orders issued by sister States and tribal counterparts. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection - Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits insurers from engaging in specified discriminatory practices with respect to individuals who are, have been, or may be the subject of abuse or have incurred or may incur abuse-related claims. Prescribes confidentiality guidelines governing disclosure of an individual's abuse status. (Sec. 1027) Prohibits subrogation of claims resulting from abuse without the informed consent of the subject of abuse. (Sec. 1028) Grants the Federal Trade Commission authority to enforce this Act. Authorizes a private cause of action in State or Federal court by a subject of abuse who has been adversely affected by actions of an insurer in violation of this Act. Subtitle D: Access to Safety and Advocacy - Access to Safety and Advocacy Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to certain eligible grantees to provide legal assistance to domestic violence victims, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or immigration status. (Sec. 1037) Authorizes appropriations and prescribes allocation guidelines. Subtitle E: Battered Women's Shelters and Services - Battered Women's Shelters and Services Act - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to make State demonstration grants available to tribal domestic violence coalitions. (Sec. 1042) Instructs the Secretary to deny State demonstration grant applications that fail to document specific involvement of the State or tribal domestic violence coalitions and other knowledgeable entities in the development of the State application. Revises guidelines governing fund allotment and information and technical assistance centers. Specifies amounts for information and technical assistance centers, as well as for State domestic violence coalitions. (Sec. 1043) Instructs the Secretary to award grants to: (1) develop and implement model community intervention strategies to address domestic violence in underserved populations; (2) enable State and tribal domestic violence coalitions to provide emergency assistance through an emergency assistance fund administered by such coalitions for victims of domestic violence; and (3) State, local, and tribal domestic violence coalitions for technical assistance and training. Authorizes increased appropriations. Subtitle F: Battered Immigrant Women's Economic Security - Amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize the Attorney General to waive certain removal grounds in the case of an alien who has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty and was not the primary perpetrator of violence in the relationship. (Sec. 1053) Prescribes treatment of self-petitioning children of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, whether under or over age 21. (Sec. 1056) Prescribes guidelines for the protection of battered children and children of battered immigrants for cancellation of removal or suspension of deportation. (Sec. 1057) Creates a special category of eligibility for non-213A aliens (aliens without a sponsor's affidavit of support) who fall within specified domestic violence guidelines. (Sec. 1058) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to cite circumstances in which the Attorney General may waive: (1) deportability for certain aliens who are first time domestic violence offenders, and are current in their court-ordered child support payments; and (2) inadmissibility criteria for certain aliens who are battered spouses whose family members are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. (Sec. 1061) Provides access to naturalization for divorced victims of abuse. (Sec. 1063) Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to declare certain battered aliens eligible for food stamps and housing assistance, respectively. (Sec. 1066) Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the collection of information concerning the immigration status of a parent applying for assistance on behalf of a qualified child. (Sec. 1068) Amends PRWORA to permit a battered alien to continue after divorce to count the qualifying quarters worked by the spouse-batterer during the marriage, thus enabling such alien to receive certain public benefits, including food stamps and supplemental security income (SSI). (Sec.1070) Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 to assure access to Legal Services Corporation funds to aliens who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty. Title II: Violence Against Women and the Workplace - Subtitle A: National Clearinghouse on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in the Workplace Grant - Authorizes the Attorney General to award a grant to a private non-profit entity or tribal organization for the establishment and operation of a national clearinghouse and resource center to provide information and assistance to employer and labor organization efforts to aid victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Victims' Employment Rights - Victims' Employment Rights Act - Prohibits employer discrimination regarding conditions or privileges of employment predicated upon an employee's status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Subjects a violator to liability for monetary damages, and for equitable relief, including reinstatement and promotion. Subtitle C: Workplace Violence Against Women Prevention Tax Credit - Workplace Violence Against Women Prevention Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to provide a workplace safety program tax credit for 40 percent of the costs incurred or paid by an employer for implementing workplace safety and education programs to combat violence against women. Subtitle D: Employment Protection for Battered Women - Battered Women's Employment Protection Act - Amends the IRC to mandate unemployment compensation for an individual separated from employment as a direct result of a domestic violence experience. (Sec. 2043) Amends the Social Security Act to mandate that claims reviewers and hearing personnel be trained in the nature and dynamics of domestic violence and in ascertaining and keeping confidential information about domestic violence experiences so that employee separations stemming from domestic violence are screened, identified, and adjudicated in full confidentiality. (Sec. 2044) Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Federal Medical Leave Act to entitle to leave those employees who must address the effects of domestic violence. Title III: Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence Under Programs Authorized under the Social Security Act - Amends SSA title IV part A (TANF) to prescribe guidelines under which States may grant temporary good cause waivers of compliance to victims of domestic violence without jeopardizing State compliance with TANF requirements. (Sec. 3002) Extends to any unreasonable risk posed to the health, safety, or liberty of a parent or child certain protections from information disclosure applying to the Federal Parent Locator Service and any State plan for child and spousal support. (Sec.3003) Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary shall award building opportunities bonus grants to States for high performance in implementing a program designed to enhance the ability of recipients of assistance to become economically self-sufficient. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to instruct the Attorney General to award grants to State coalitions to coordinate State victim services activities, and to collaborate and coordinate with Federal, State, and local entities engaged in violence against women activities. Mandates that a specified percentage be made available in each fiscal year for grants to Indian tribal governments to address rural domestic violence and child abuse on tribal lands.
Bill· HRH.R. 1833 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1999
Trade Agency Authorizations, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On-Line Child Pornography Act of 1999 - Title I: United States Customs Service - Subtitle A: Drug Enforcement and Other Noncommercial and Commercial Operations - Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for the United States Customs Service for: (1) noncommercial and commercial operations; and (2) the air and marine interdiction program. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to submit to specified congressional committees a projected budget for the succeeding fiscal year (out-year). (Sec. 102) Earmarks amounts for: (1) the acquisition and deployment of illicit narcotics detection equipment (including maintenance and support of such equipment, training of personnel, and new technologies) along the United States-Mexico border, the United States-Canada border, and Florida and Gulf Coast seaports; and (2) additional inspectors, canine enforcement officers, special agents, and enhanced investigative resources during peak hours along the such borders. (Sec. 104) Requires the Commissioner of Customs, as part of the annual program activity performance plan set forth in the Customs service budget, to establish performance goals and performance indicators, and comply with certain other requirements with respect to such border activities. Subtitle B: Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Customs Service - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 to carry out a program to prevent child pornography-child sexual exploitation established by the Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Customs Service. Earmarks a specified amount to the national Center for Missing and exploited Children for the operation of the child pornography cyber tipline of the Center and for increased public awareness of the tipline. Subtitle C: Personnel Provisions - Chapter 1: Overtime and Premium Pay of Officers of the Customs Service - Amends Federal customs law to increase the maximum aggregate overtime pay that a customs officer may be paid in any fiscal year from $25,000 to $30,000. Permits the Commissioner to waive such limitation in individual cases in order to prevent excessive costs or to meet emergency requirements. Authorizes the Commissioner to pay any customs officer for one work assignment that would result in overtime pay exceeding $30,000, in addition to any overtime pay that may be received under a waiver, upon certification to specified congressional committees that the Customs Service has in operation a system daily providing accurate and reliable data on overtime and premium pay for customs officers. (Sec. 122) Prohibits payment of overtime and premium pay to any customs officer unless such officer has actually performed work during the time corresponding to such pay (except with respect to the payment of an award or settlement to a customs officer as a result of an adverse personnel action). (Sec. 123) Revises requirements for the night work differential to change shift times: (1) from 3 p.m.-to-midnight to 6 p.m.-to-midnight; (2) from 11 p.m.-to-8 a.m. to midnight-to-6 a.m.; and (3) from 7: 30 p.m.-to-3: 30 a.m. to midnight.-to-8 a.m. (Sec. 124) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to use any savings from payment of overtime and premium pay for additional overtime enforcement activities. Chapter 2: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Commissioner of Customs to conduct a study, and report the results to specified congressional committees, of current Customs personnel practices, including an overview of performance standards and the effect and impact of the collective bargaining process on Customs drug interdiction efforts and a comparison of Customs duty rotation policies and other Federal agencies that employ similarly-situated personnel. Title II: Office of the United States Trade Representative - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Requires the USTR to submit to specified congressional committees a projected budget for the succeeding fiscal year (out- year). Title III: United States International Trade Commission - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). Requires the ITC to submit to specified congressional committees a projected budget for the succeeding fiscal year (out-year).
Bill· HRH.R. 1853 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1999
Savings Account for Every American Act of 1999 - Title I: Personal Retirement Program - Requires each covered employer to: (1) have in effect throughout each calendar year a S.A.F.E. account payroll deduction program for eligible employees; (2) deduct from the wages of each eligible employee and pay the prescribed employee contribution (6.2 percent of wages) on the employee's behalf to the employee's designated S.A.F.E. account; and (3) after the employee has maintained a S.A.F.E. account for 15 calendar years, pay into it the prescribed employer contribution (6.2 percent of wages). Prohibits the employer from receiving compensation for administering the S.A.F.E. account program. Allows amounts otherwise payable to be accumulated by the employer in certain cases. (Sec. 103) Sets forth guidelines for the designation of S.A.F.E. accounts. (Sec. 104) Provides rules for the participation of self-employed individuals in the program (including contributions of 12.4 percent of wages). (Sec. 105) Allows any individual who has been assigned a social security account number, and has been paid wages or has derived self-employment income, to elect to be eligible for the S.A.F.E. account program on or after January 1, 2000. Makes an election ineffective if the individual is entitled to an old age or a disability insurance benefit under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 106) Sets forth penalties for failure to establish S.A.F.E. account payroll deduction programs, failure to make required deductions, and other specified program violations. (Sec. 107) Directs the Office of Personnel Management to study and report to the President and the Congress on how to provide for the application of this Act to Federal civilian and military personnel. Title II: Tax-Exempt S.A.F.E. Accounts - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a deduction from gross income of the aggregate amount paid in cash during the taxable year by or on behalf of such individual to a S.A.F.E. account. (Sec. 201) Includes any amount distributed out of a S.A.F.E. account in the gross income of the distributee, unless: (1) the account beneficiary has attained age 59-and-a-half; (2) the account beneficiary has died; or (3) the distribution has paid for any qualified long-term health insurance contract, disability insurance, or term life insurance. Makes exceptions for certain other distributions as well. Subjects to an additional tax of 20 percent any account distribution which must be included in gross income. Exempts a S.A.F.E. account from income taxation unless it has terminated according to certain rules. Subjects excess contributions to S.A.F.E. accounts to the same excise tax for excess contributions to individual retirement accounts. Subjects S.A.F.E. accounts also to the excise tax for prohibited transactions. Title III: Conforming Amendments to the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Makes conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act, especially with regard to: (1) reductions in and exemptions from FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act), OASDI, and self-employment income taxes; (2) exclusion of eligible individuals from Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance coverage; and (3) the contents of mandatory annual social security account statements.
Bill· HRH.R. 1840 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1999
Small Savers Act of 1999 -Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe income tax rate tables that increase the maximum taxable income level for the 15 percent rate bracket and the minimum taxable income level for the 28 percent rate bracket by specified dollar amounts beginning with calendar year 2000. Excludes from individual gross income up to $250 ($500 for joint filers) of the sum of dividends from domestic corporations or interest. Sets forth related provisions with respect to: (1) distributions from regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts; and (2) nonresident aliens. Allows as a deduction an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) the net capital gain of the taxpayer; or (2) $5,000. Increases the $2,000 IRA contribution limit to $3,000. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the enactment of this Act shall have no impact on the solvency of the social security trust funds since the revenue reductions resulting from this Act over both the 5-year and 10-year estimating periods are projected to be less than the surplus over such periods in the non-social security portion of the Federal budget.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 175 (106th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1999
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 1553 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration authorization).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 174 (106th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1999
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 1654 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration authorization).
Law· SS. 1059 (106th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations Title I: Procurement Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Army Programs Subtitle C: Navy Programs Subtitle D: Air Force Programs Subtitle E: Other Matters Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities Title III: Operation and Maintenance Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions Subtitle D: Other Matters Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Subtitle A: Active Forces Subtitle B: Reserve Forces Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations Title V: Military Personnel Policy Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters Subtitle C: Military Education and Training Subtitle D: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Subtitle E: Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice Subtitle F: Other Matters Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances Subtitle D: Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters Subtitle E: Other Matters Title VII: Health Care Subtitle A: TRICARE Program Subtitle B: Other Matters Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Subtitle A: General Subtitle B: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Title X: General Provisions Subtitle A: Financial Matters Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals Subtitle D: Other Matters Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Title XII: National Military Museum and Related Matters Subtitle A: Commission on National Military Museum Subtitle B: Related Matters Division B: Military Construction Authorizations Title XXI: Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Program Changes Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Subtitle D: Land Conveyances Subtitle E: Other Matters Title XXIX: Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle D: Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities Subtitle E: Other Matters Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the chemical demilitarization program; and (4) the Defense Health Program. Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear procurement contracts, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, for specified Army programs. (Sec. 112) Prohibits Army procurement funds from being used for certain procurements under the close combat tactical trainer program until the Secretary of the Army has reported to the Senate and House defense and appropriations committees concerning the correction of deficiencies under such program, and 30 days have elapsed since such report. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to such committees a comprehensive plan for modernization of the Army's helicopter forces. Provides a funding limitation on the procurement of Army missiles until such report is received. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to procure the amphibious dock ship LHD-8. Earmarks funds authorized under this title for advance procurement and construction of components for such program. (Sec. 122) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) increase from 12 to 18 the number of Arleigh Burke class destroyers authorized to be procured under multiyear procurement contracts; (2) extend through FY 2003 the authorized period for such contracting program (authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to enter into contracts for advance procurement of such destroyers for FY 2001); and (3) repeal the requirement for annual reports from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. (Sec. 124) Requires operational test and evaluation before the installation of cooperative engagement equipment under the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability program. (Sec. 125) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for F-A 18E-F aircraft, with a certification requirement. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - Requires certain certifications from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense and appropriations committees before awarding the contract for low-rate initial production under the F-22 aircraft program. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Amends the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Act of 1992 to extend through FY 2001 the authority of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. (Sec. 142) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to their availability from domestic sources. Extends the deadline for a report from the Defense Inspector General under such pilot program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). (Sec. 202) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for basic and applied research projects. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks funds authorized under this title for: (1) contributions for the common-funded civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); (2) continued implementation of the micro-satellite technology program under a prior defense authorization Act (requiring the Secretary to develop a plan and submit a report with respect to such program); (3) space control technology development; and (4) the space maneuver vehicle program. (Sec. 215) Amends the defense manufacturing technology program to: (1) strike as a program purpose the promotion of dual-use manufacturing processes; and (2) add as a program purpose the development and application of technologies that involve repair and remanufacturing in support of the operations of system commands, depots, air logistics centers, and shipyards. Requires the Secretary to have manufacturing technology projects selected principally on the basis of the extent to which the projects satisfy such new program purpose, above, as determined by a panel established to review the projects and make selections. Requires the competitive procedures used for selecting projects to include the extent to which a proposal provides for the prospective contract recipient to share in defraying project costs. Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - Directs the Secretary to establish an acquisition strategy for the upper tier missile defense system with specified requirements. (Sec. 222) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to repeal the requirement to implement technical and price competition for the Theater High Altitude Area Defense System. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to structure the space-based laser program to include: (1) a near-term integrated flight experiment; and (2) an ongoing activity for developing an objective system design. Expresses the sense of Congress that the structure required be consistent with the joint venture contracting approach and overall objective established by the Department of Defense (DOD) for the space-based laser program. Requires a revised program baseline. Earmarks program funds. (Sec. 224) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from making any modification under the Airborne Laser program until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that such modification is justified on the basis of certain test and analysis. Outlines related program requirements. Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) extend through 2002 a required report from the Secretary on emerging operational concepts; and (2) provide additional matters to be included in such reports after 1999. Amends provisions of such Act relating to an annual joint warfighting science and technology plan to require the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a summary of each technology area review and assessment conducted by DOD in support of that plan. (Sec. 233) Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to report to the defense and appropriations committees on necessary actions to ensure that the armed forces have the military capabilities necessary to meet national security requirements over the next two to three decades. (Sec. 234) Requires the modification of certain DOD profit guidelines to place increased emphasis on technical risk as a factor for determining appropriate profit margins and to provide an increased profit incentive for contractors to develop and produce complex and innovative new technologies rather than mature technologies with low technical risk. (Sec. 235) Authorizes the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to carry out a program to award prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype development that have the potential for application to the performance of DOD military missions. Requires a competitive process to be used for the selection of participants. Limits to $10 million the amount that may be awarded in a fiscal year. Requires an annual report from the Director to the defense committees on program administration. (Sec. 236) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate improved cooperative relationships with universities and other private sector entities for the performance of research and development functions. Requires the Secretary to consider laboratories where innovative management techniques have been demonstrated. Allows the Secretary to carry out such program at each selected laboratory for three years beginning no later than March 1, 2000. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 237) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to exempt defense laboratory employees covered by a personnel demonstration project carried out under such Act from certain defense workforce management personnel restrictions. (Sec. 238) Provides for the use of defense working capital funds for financing RDT&E activities and programs of the military departments. Requires implementation status reports from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to the defense committees. (Sec. 239) Directs the Secretary to convene a panel of independent experts to conduct an analysis of the resources and capabilities of all DOD laboratories and test and evaluation facilities, including those of the military departments. Requires the panel to report its findings to the Secretary and Congress. Directs the Secretary to develop an appropriate performance review process for rating the quality and relevance of work performed by DOD laboratories. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the transfer of up to $150 million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to specified military O&M accounts for FY 2000. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks Army O&M funds for contributions for the common-funded NATO military budget. (Sec. 312) Authorizes the use of humanitarian and civic assistance funds for the pay and allowances of reserve personnel of the Special Operations Command furnishing education and training on the detection and clearance of landmines or related technical assistance. (Sec. 313) Authorizes the head of any Federal agency to enter into a contract for the installation and maintenance of national defense features in one or more commercial vessels owned or controlled by the offeror in accordance with the purposes of the National Defense Sealift Fund. Authorizes advance payments for such features. Requires the vessel to be operated for DOD after the installation of such features and for the contract term. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Directs the Secretary to provide for the management of projects for the research, development, and evaluation of environmental technologies for DOD and the military departments. Outlines related responsibilities of the Secretary in connection with such projects. Requires the appropriate DOD officials to establish, at the beginning of each fiscal year, a performance plan for the environmental technology program within that department or agency. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on the environmental technology program of DOD during the preceding fiscal year. (Sec. 322) Establishes the: (1) Environmental Restoration Account, Army, Formerly Used Defense Sites; and (2) Environmental Restoration Account, Defense Base Closure and Realignment. Requires funds in the latter Account to be used only for carrying out environmental restoration required as the result of the closure or realignment of a military installation pursuant to a base closure law. Directs the Secretary to transfer funds to the latter Account from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Provides for the funding of administrative expenses and technical assistance in connection with such environmental restoration activities. (Sec. 323) Extends through FY 2010 a current limitation on the payment of environmental fines and penalties from the Environmental Restoration Account, Defense, or environmental restoration accounts of the military departments. (Sec. 324) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on progress made in carrying out activities under the environmental quality programs of DOD and the military departments. (Currently, an annual report concerning environmental compliance is required.) (Sec. 325) Replaces the Director of Defense Research and Engineering with the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology among the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. (Sec. 326) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program for the sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. (Sec. 327) Authorizes the Secretary, using specified military environmental restoration account funds, to pay to the Fresno Drum Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund specified amounts to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for environmental response activities undertaken at the Fresno Industrial Supply, Inc. site in Fresno, California. (Sec. 328) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, using Air Force environmental restoration account funds, to pay certain stipulated environmental civil penalties assessed against F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the: (1) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2000 a pilot program of using commercial sources to improve the collection of DOD claims under aircraft engine warranties; (2) Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide additional matters to be included in a reporting requirement before prime vendor contracts for depot-level maintenance and repair are entered into; and (3) latter Act to allow certain changes in defense retail systems to be implemented if approved by all of the military department Secretaries (currently, implementation is permitted only if specifically authorized by law). (Sec. 344) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain conditions in connection with the sale of articles and services of DOD industrial facilities to purchasers outside of DOD if the Secretary determines that such waiver is necessary for national security reasons and notifies Congress of such reasons. (Sec. 346) Directs the Secretary to designate the Department of the Navy as the lead agency for the development and implementation of a Smart Card (a credit card-size device containing certain personal identifying information and technology) program for DOD. Requires the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force to establish Smart Card project offices within their departments, and to coordinate their activities with the lead agency. Directs the Secretary to establish a senior coordinating group to develop and implement DOD-wide interoperability standards for the use of Smart Card technology and a plan to use such technology to enhance readiness and improve business processes. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to establish a business plan to implement the use of Smart Cards in one major naval region of the United States in the area of the U.S. Atlantic Command and one in the area of the U.S. Pacific Command. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the increased use of Smart Cards and for demonstration programs. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on progress made by the senior coordinating group in implementing this section. Repeals a provision of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 requiring the establishment of an Automated Identification Technology Office. (Sec. 347) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to the defense committees on, potential DOD benefits from the use of the Smart Card for addressing DOD needs for a public-private key infrastructure authentication device carrier. (Sec. 348) Extends to military honor guards and law enforcement agencies (currently, only veterans' organizations) the authority of the Secretary of the Army to lend M-1 rifles (currently, obsolete or condemned rifles). Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2000. Revises such minimum end strength levels. Revises generally the conditions under which such end strengths may be reduced below the level needed to support two simultaneous major regional contingencies. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for military technicians (dual status) and military technicians (non-dual status). (Sec. 414) Increases the number of certain officers and enlisted personnel authorized to serve on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for military personnel. Title V: Military Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Extends through FY 2003 certain provisions concerning a required competitive selection procedure for the designation of joint four-star officers. (Sec. 502) Excludes from three-star officer grade limitations those officers serving as a superintendent of a military academy. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to retire a superintendent within that department upon the termination of detail to such position. Requires those accepting the position of superintendent to agree to accept retirement at the end of their detail. (Sec. 503) Increases from 35 to 55 the number of officers authorized to be frocked (to wear the insignia of a higher grade after selection for promotion to such grade but before the promotion date). (Sec. 505) Requires active-duty or retired officers serving on boards of inquiry to be serving in a grade above major or lieutenant commander, or, in the case of the president of such board, in a grade above lieutenant colonel or commander. Excludes retired officers serving on such boards from general and flag officer limitations. Requires officers serving on retention boards for reserve active status officers to hold the same grades as above and to be: (1) in the same armed force as the officer being considered; and (2) senior in rank to such officer. (Sec. 506) Authorizes a promotion selection board to recommend for promotion an officer from below the promotion zone for that position when the number of officers recommended is less than one. (Sec. 507) Prohibits civil employment for regular and reserve officers serving on active duty under a call or order for a period in excess of 270 (currently 180) days. (Sec. 508) Exempts Retiree Council members from recalled retiree limitations. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters - Exempts from active-duty general and flag officer limitations up to 25 reserve general and flag officers serving on active duty at any one time under calls or orders specifying periods of 180 days or more. (Sec. 512) Specifies the operations support and other duties authorized for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Directs the Secretary to review the use of such reserves and to report review results to the defense committees. (Sec. 513) Repeals a limitation on the number of reserves authorized to serve on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. (Sec. 514) Requires a major or lieutenant commander who has twice failed for promotion to be removed from the reserve active status list on the later of the first day of the month after such member completes 20 years of service (current law) or seven months after the President approves the report of the board which considered such officer for the second time. (Sec. 515) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to: (1) delay the separation or retirement of a reserve officer until the completion of court-martial disciplinary proceedings; and (2) retain reserve officer chaplains until age 67 (currently 60). (Sec. 517) Revises generally provisions concerning the award of reserve service credit for participation in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. (Sec. 518) Makes ineligible for promotion a reserve officer serving in an educational delay status in order to attend an approved educational institution to receive advanced training, when such training is subsidized by the military department concerned. Makes such provision retroactive with respect to promotion boards convened before the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 519) Excludes from the computation of creditable years of service for a reserve officer service as a reserve commissioned officer while in a program of advanced education to receive the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment within various military medical specialties, or a chaplain or judge advocate, provided such service occurs before the officer commences initial active or reserve service in the specialty that results from such degree. (Sec. 521) Establishes within the Coast Guard an Office of the Coast Guard Reserve, headed by a Director. Requires the Director to report annually to the Secretaries of Transportation and Defense on the state of the Coast Guard Reserve and its ability to meet mission requirements. Subtitle C: Military Education and Training - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to authorize the Secretary concerned to exceed the annual military academy class limitations by not more than five percent (requiring a justification of such increase to the defense committees). (Sec. 532) Repeals current limitations on the amount of reimbursement authorized to be waived for educational costs of foreign students at U.S. service academies. (Sec. 533) Authorizes up to 24 (currently ten) cadets or midshipmen from each service academy to participate in a service academy foreign exchange program. Increases from $50,000 to $120,000 the authorized fiscal year expenditures for each academy under such program. (Sec. 534) Makes permanent (currently terminates September 30, 1999) the authority of the Secretary concerned to allow graduate students to receive financial assistance under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. (Sec. 535) Authorizes the Commandant of the United States Army War College to confer the degree of master of strategic studies. (Sec. 536) Authorizes the commander of the: (1) Air Education and Training Command to establish minimum educational requirements for Community College of the Air Force professors and instructors; and (2) Air University to confer the degrees of master of strategic studies and master of military operational art and science. (Sec. 538) Excludes members of the armed forces within the defense acquisition workforce from a limitation on the amount of reimbursement that may be received for tuition and training expenses. (Sec. 539) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide up to $5,200 yearly in financial assistance to certain members of the Marine Corps Reserve for completion of: (1) baccalaureate degree requirements in an educational program that takes less than five years to complete; or (2) doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws degree requirements in programs that take no more than three years to complete. Outlines eligibility requirements, including selection as an officer candidate in the Marine Corps Platoon Leader's Class Program and completion of at least six weeks of military training. Requires graduates to serve at least five years of active duty upon graduation. Prohibits more than 1, 200 individuals from participating in such program at any one time. Provides for the computation of creditable service for officers serving in such positions. Subtitle D: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations - Waives certain time limitations with respect to the award to Mark H. Freeman of Seattle, Washington, of the Coast Guard Commendation Medal for heroic achievements during a rescue operation in September, 1956. Subtitle E: Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to authorize special courts-martial to adjudicate and execute punishments which include confinement for up to one year (currently six months). (Sec. 562) Reduces from 0.10 to 0.08 the level of blood-alcohol content for determining the UCMJ offense of drunken operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Includes decedents who were members of the Selected Reserve (currently, only veterans) among those eligible for honor guard details at their funerals. Revises honor guard detail requirements (renaming it as a funeral honors detail). Requires such detail, at a minimum, to perform the folding and presentation of the flag, and to play Taps (requiring a recorded version of such song when no bugler is present). Requires at least one detail member to be of the same service branch as the deceased. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide certain support services to such details. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any requirements of this section to meet the requirements of war, national emergency, a contingency operation, or other military requirements (requiring notification to the defense committees). Authorizes the acceptance of voluntary services of veterans support organizations with respect to such a detail. Provides the duty status for reserve personnel serving on such details. Authorizes members of the Army or Air National Guard to be ordered to perform such duty, with their consent and the consent of the governor or other appropriate official of the State involved. Requires a minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive service credit and any authorized allowances. Authorizes members of the Ready Reserve to be ordered to such duty, with their consent, with the appropriate service crediting when performing a minimum of two hours on such detail. Authorizes medical treatment for any illness or injury incurred by a member during, or while traveling to or from, such detail. Authorizes a $50 stipend for members on such detail. (Sec. 572) Increases from 180 to 365 days the period during which a potential recruit may be extended in the delayed entry program. (Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to assess whether the Army could increase the number and level of qualifications of Army inductees by encouraging recruits to pursue higher education or vocational or technical training before their induction. Authorizes under the program a delayed entry of up to two years in order to pursue such education or training, with a monthly allowance of $150 for persons enlisted in the Individual Ready Reserve during such time. Authorizes the pilot program from October 1, 1999, to September 30, 2004. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 574) Reduces from annually to every two years a required report from the Secretary to Congress concerning operation of the Selected Reserve educational assistance program under the Montgomery GI Bill. (Sec. 575) Adds to the military welfare societies authorized to provide services to overseas U.S. military personnel certain overseas entities that promote understanding between U.S. military personnel and the people of the host nation. (Sec. 576) Authorizes the Armed Forces Medical Examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations, including an autopsy, to determine the cause or manner of death of persons under certain circumstances, including those who die while imprisoned in a military installation or from an injury or illness incurred during active duty or military training. Subjects such authority to the primary jurisdiction of any State or local government, or foreign country in which there is an international agreement with the United States. (Sec. 577) Prohibits the disclosure of the contents of a record of a debriefing, made by an authorized U.S. official, of a missing person returned to U.S. control during the period beginning on July 8, 1959, and ending on February 10, 1996. (Sec. 578) Authorizes the use for public relations purposes of advertising materials developed for military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 579) Revises provisions providing financial assistance to separated military personnel to obtain certification as teachers or teachers' aides (the troops-to-teachers program) to place administration of the program in the hands of the Secretary of Defense, for the armed forces, and the Secretary of Transportation, for the Coast Guard, but to transfer such jurisdiction to the Secretary of Education, such transfer to be completed by October 1, 2001. Requires the administering Secretary to periodically identify local educational agencies for program participation. Makes retired military personnel eligible for such assistance. Revises generally provisions concerning outreach information provided to eligible individuals and the selection of participants. Authorizes the provision of a $10,000 bonus (in lieu of the regular stipend of $5,000) to each participant who agrees to accept full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher or vocational or technical teacher for not less than four years in a high need school. Deletes provisions requiring the administering Secretary to pay specified amounts of the base salary of teachers hired under the program to the local educational agencies involved. Provides additional exceptions to required reimbursement for a participant's failure to complete the agreed-upon period of service as a teacher or aide. Authorizes the administering Secretary to make grants (with grant limits) to States or a consortia of States in order to operate offices to recruit eligible individuals for program participation. Prohibits the administering Secretary from using more than five percent of program funds to establish and maintain program management infrastructure. Provides for the transfer of program administration to the Secretary of Education. Requires such Secretary and the Comptroller General (CG), after such transfer, to report to Congress on program effectiveness. (Sec. 580) Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to an eligible civilian provider of child care or youth program services that furnishes such services for military personnel and Federal employees if the Secretary determines that providing such assistance: (1) is in DOD's best interest; (2) enables supplementation or expansion of the furnishing of such services for military installations; and (3) ensures that the provider complies with DOD standards for furnishing such care. Outlines provider requirements. Authorizes the use of any DOD funds to provide such assistance. Requires a biennial report from the Secretary to Congress. Allows the Secretary to authorize participation in such programs by children and youth under 19 years of age who are not military or Federal employee dependents. Requires a biennial report on the exercise of such authority. (Sec. 581) Directs the Secretary to establish a Military-Civilian Task Force on Domestic Violence, requiring the Task Force to submit an annual report to Congress concerning responses to domestic violence in the military, pending research on domestic violence, and recommendations for improving the military response to such violence. Requires the Secretary to establish a central database of information on cases of domestic violence involving military personnel. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives any FY 2000 military pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for Government employees. Increases by 4.8 percent, effective on January 1, 2000, the rates of basic pay for military personnel. Revises, effective July 1, 2000, the rates of such pay for commissioned and warrant officers within specified grades. Requires increases in basic pay for each of FY 2001 through 2006 by a specified percentage based on the Economic Cost Index. (Sec. 603) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay a monthly special subsistence allowance to military personnel in pay grades E-5 or below who are eligible for food stamp assistance, with conditions and limitations, including a monthly limit of $180 and termination of such assistance if paid for 12 consecutive months. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2004. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 604) Authorizes the lump-sum payment of accrued unused annual leave upon a member's reenlistment into the armed forces. (Sec. 605) Requires the continuation of authorized pay and allowances for a member listed under a "whereabouts unknown" duty status. (Sec. 606) Provides for the identical treatment, for purposes of pay determination and years of service credit, for officers who completed instruction at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1987 and those who graduated in 1986. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Extends through 2000 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 1999 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. (Sec. 614) Requires air battle managers entitled to aviation career incentive pay to receive the higher of such pay or the amount they were receiving prior to such entitlement. (Sec. 615) Extends through 2004 the bonus authority for aviation career officers agreeing to extend their period of duty for at least one year. Repeals the requirement that such officers must have completed at least six, but less than 13 years of active duty in order to be eligible for the bonus. Repeals the lower alternative amount of such bonus for officers agreeing to serve three additional years or less. Allows such an agreement to extend until the officer has completed up to 25 years of aviation service (currently, 14 years of commissioned service). (Sec. 616) Authorizes the payment of career enlisted flyer incentive pay to enlisted personnel who: (1) are entitled to basic pay or inactive duty training pay; (2) hold or are training for a career enlisted occupational or flyer specialty; and (3) are qualified for aviation service. Outlines operational flying duty requirements. Provides for the monthly amounts of such pay, such amount increasing with the years of creditable aviation service performed. Prohibits such pay for members already receiving either hazardous duty incentive pay or diving duty special pay. (Sec. 617) Authorizes special pay for certain special warfare officers who agree to remain on active duty in such service for at least one additional year. Limits such payment to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement term from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete 14 years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 618) Authorizes the payment of a retention bonus for surface warfare officers who agree to: (1) remain on active duty for at least two years and through the tenth year of active commissioned service; and (2) complete tours of duty to which the officer may be ordered during such period as a department head afloat. Limits such amount to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement term from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete ten years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 619) Authorizes additional special pay for veterinarians in the armed forces and the Public Health Service who have been awarded a diploma in a specialty recognized by the American Veterinarian Medical Association. (Sec. 620) Increases: (1) the rate of diving duty special monthly pay; (2) the reenlistment bonus for active-duty personnel; and (3) the critical skills enlistment bonus (authorizing the lump-sum payment of such bonus). (Sec. 623) Amends provisions authorizing the payment of a Selected Reserve enlistment bonus to: (1) eliminate the six-year minimum period required to receive such bonus; and (2) increase such bonus from $5,000 to $8,000. (Sec. 624) Authorizes special pay for Coast Guard reserve personnel assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. (Sec. 625) Reduces from three to two years the minimum period of Army enlistment in a critical skill area before eligibility for an enlistment bonus. (Sec. 626) Authorizes payment of a prior service enlistment bonus to certain members of the Selected Reserve attaining or occupying positions designated as critically short. (Sec. 627) Increases: (1) certain special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers; and (2) the monthly foreign language proficiency special pay. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Authorizes the payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of duty station. (Sec. 642) Authorizes the use of any airport in the United States at which travel can be arranged at a lower cost in connection with emergency leave travel for military personnel. (Currently, only travel from the closest airport is authorized.) (Sec. 643) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, under certain circumstances, to pay a per diem allowance to certain military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. (Sec. 644) Authorizes reserve personnel to travel in a space required status on military aircraft between the member's home and place of inactive-duty training outside the United States when there is no available road or rail transportation. (Sec. 645) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reimburse a member for travel expenses incurred in connection with approved leave which is canceled to meet an exigency in connection with U.S. participation in Operation Allied Force. Subtitle D: Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters - Limits the application of a reduction in retired pay currently required for individuals who first became members of the armed forces after July 31, 1986, and retired with less than 30 years of creditable service to only those who have elected to receive a bonus added by this section. Makes eligible for such bonus those members who became members after the above date, have 15 years or more of active duty, and execute written agreements to complete at least five more years of continuous active duty service. Makes such bonus a lump-sum amount of $30,000. (Sec. 652) Authorizes participation in the Federal Thrift Savings Plan for Ready Reserve members of any pay status. Authorizes all active-duty military personnel to participate in such Plan and to contribute participatory amounts to the Thrift Savings Fund, limiting the maximum annual contribution to five percent of the member's basic pay, as well as any special or incentive pay received. Prohibits matching agency contributions. Adds a representative of the armed forces to the Employee Thrift Advisory Council. Authorizes such participation and contribution as of July 1, 2000, unless postponed by the Secretary under certain circumstances. (Sec. 653) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into an agreement with a member to make contributions to the Fund if such member: (1) is in a critical specialty; and (2) commits to continue to serve on active duty in that specialty for six years. (Sec. 654) Includes reserve retired officers who are employed with the Federal Government on a full-time basis under provisions limiting the amount of military retired pay they may receive during such employment. (Sec. 655) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide a credit toward Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage for months covered by premium payments made during an SBP open enrollment period for persons not previously participating in the SBP. (Sec. 656) Prohibits as of October 1, 2008, the reduction in military retired pay for persons electing to participate in a military annuity program for any month after the later of: (1) 30 years for which such retired pay is reduced; or (2) the month during which the annuitant reaches 70 years of age. (Sec. 657) Makes permanent (currently terminates on September 30, 2001) the authority for the payment of annuities to the surviving spouses of certain reserve personnel. (Sec. 658) Provides for the effectuation of an intended SBP annuity to a former spouse when not accomplished by a member due to his or her death within 21 days after entering into an agreement incident to a divorce to elect such annuity. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress assessing the effect that additional pay and benefits have had on military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 672) Requires the first general or flag officer in the chain of command of a member to manage such member's deployment when the total number of days of which such member has been deployed out of 365 consecutive days is in excess of 180 days. Limits such deployment to 200 out of 365 consecutive days unless a general or admiral in such chain of command approves a continued deployment. Provides for the waiver of such limitations by the Secretary for national security purposes. Authorizes a $100 per diem allowance for members deployed in excess of 220 out of 365 consecutive days (with a national security waiver of such allowance). Makes such provisions inapplicable to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 673) Makes inapplicable to members deployed in a contingency operation or similar operational mission a required limitation in the amount of tuition costs that will be paid for education or training during off-duty periods. (Sec. 674) Includes within the educational loan repayment program members of the Selected Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 675) Extends to the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the authority for the presentation of the U.S. flag upon retirement. Title VII: Health Care - Subtitle A: TRICARE Program - Amends the Civilian Heath and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to require the Secretary to ensure that health care coverage available through TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) is substantially similar to coverage available under similar health benefits plans offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. Directs the Secretary to minimize the authorization or certification requirements of covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program as a condition of access to program benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse health care providers under the TRICARE program at higher rates (with limits) if such rates are necessary to ensure the availability of an adequate number of qualified health care providers. Authorizes collection by military medical treatment facilities of health care costs incurred on behalf of a covered beneficiary of another insurer. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 702) Requires the Secretary to establish voluntary enrollment dental plans for members of the Selected Reserve (current law) and Individual Ready Reserve, and authorizes such plans for other reserves, active duty dependents, and Ready Reserve dependents. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to establish such plans for dependents of military personnel who are on active duty for more than 30 days.) Provides for: (1) plan administration; (2) types of care authorized; (3) premiums and premium sharing plans; (4) copayments; (5) dental care provided outside the United States; and (6) a waiver of plan requirements for dependents of personnel on active duty for more than 30 days. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing plan benefits until notice to the defense committees followed by a one-year waiting period. (Sec. 703) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for the automatic authorization for enrollment into the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program of persons already enrolled in a DOD managed care program. (Sec. 704) Provides for the designation and services of TRICARE beneficiary advocates, requiring such designation no later than January 15, 2000. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Provides for the health care at former military medical treatment facilities of active-duty personnel stationed at certain remote locations. (Sec. 712) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to extend through FY 2000 the chiropractic health care demonstration program. (Sec. 713) Directs the Secretary, in the administration of health care contracts, to implement program benefit and administrative changes at the start of each fiscal year rather than throughout the year, except when the Secretary determines that such changes would significantly improve health services to eligible beneficiaries or result in more effective provision of such care. (Sec. 714) Requires CHAMPUS contracts to be awarded to offerors that will provide the best value consistent with high-quality care in a manner that protects the fiscal and other interests of the United States. (Sec. 715) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, with the consent of the member, to order a reserve member to active duty to complete a health surveillance study. (Sec. 716) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to continue payment under CHAMPUS for domiciliary or custodial care services to covered beneficiaries who, prior to the effective date of final regulations implementing the individual case management program, were provided such care. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 2005 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. (Sec. 802) Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 relating to the Mentor-Protege program (a program to provide incentives to major DOD contractors to award subcontracts to disadvantaged small businesses) to: (1) provide a program participation term of not more than three years, while allowing up to five years in unusual circumstances; (2) authorize (currently require) the Secretary to reimburse a mentor for the total amount of progress or advance payments made to a subcontractor under the program, as well as certain support costs; (3) state that determinations made in a mentor firm's annual performance review shall be a major factor in determining appropriate reimbursement amounts; (4) limit such total reimbursement amount in a fiscal year to $1 million, with an exception; (5) extend such program through FY 2004; (6) require specified reports from the mentor firm, the protege firm, and the Secretary; (7) require an annual performance review of each mentor-protege agreement; and (8) repeal a provision that limits the provision of funding to the end of FY 1999. (Sec. 803) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress the implementation status of the Small Business Innovation Research program transition plan developed under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 804) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to provide for CG review of records concerning prototype projects carried out by the Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Sec. 805) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to treat procurements of certain commercial services as procurements of commercial items under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Limits such program to a five-year period. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress on the program; and (2) collect and analyze information on price trends for all services covered by the program. (Sec. 806) Requires the Secretary, before purchasing a product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Industries catalog, to conduct market research to determine whether such product is comparable in price, quality, and delivery time to products available from the private sector, and, if not comparable, to use competitive procedures for the procurement of such product. Provides exemptions, including for the procurement of national security systems. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: General - Provides that, as of October 1, 2002, the number of DOD management headquarters and headquarters support personnel may not exceed 65 (currently 75) percent of such number as of October 1, 1989. Repeals provisions requiring a phased reduction of such number. (Sec. 902) Outlines additional matters to be included within annual reports concerning joint warfighting experimentation. (Sec. 903) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to accept from a donor a qualified guarantee for the completion of a major project (cost of at least $1 million) for the benefit of the U.S. Military Academy. Allows funds for such a project to be obligated and expended without regard to whether they are sufficient to pay for project completion. Requires a qualified account control agreement to be set up between such Secretary, the donor, and a major U.S. investment management firm in order to ensure the availability of sufficient funds to pay the guaranteed amount (along with related assurances and requirements). (Sec. 904) Mandates that the Civil Air Patrol is a nonmilitary, voluntary civilian auxiliary of the Air Force, to be administered by a Chief of Staff under the direction of the Secretary of the Air Force. Requires Patrol headquarters to perform command, control, and administrative functions. Outlines Patrol organizational requirements, including an Executive Director, Safety Officer, and Inspector General. Prohibits a member of the regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard serving in such position from receiving compensation for such service other than the pay and allowances provided to military personnel in such positions. (Sec. 905) Repeals the requirement that the DOD strategic plan be updated and revised at least every three years. (Sec. 906) Directs the Secretary, in each year in which a President is inaugurated, to conduct a comprehensive examination of the defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and related elements of defense programs and policies with a view toward determining and expressing the U.S. defense strategy and establishing a revised defense plan for the ensuing ten years and a revised defense plan for the ensuing 20 years. Requires during such time the consideration of reports of the National Defense Panel (established herein). Directs the Secretary to report on such review to the defense committees every year such review is conducted. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Defense Panel (nonpartisan and independent) to make certain assessments and recommendations concerning appropriate changes to U.S. defense strategy and to identify the most dangerous threats to U.S. national security during such upcoming periods. Requires the Panel to submit to the Secretary and the defense committees an interim and final report containing appropriate recommendations. Terminates the Panel after submission of its final report. Subtitle B: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization - Establishes the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization to conduct a review of such management and organization and report to Congress its findings and conclusions. Funds the Commission from defense-wide O&M funds for FY 2000. Terminates the Commission 60 days after its report. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2 billion of authorizations made available in this Division for FY 2000 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. (Sec. 1002) Outlines matters to be included in the second biennial DOD financial management improvement plan. (Sec. 1003) Allows a contract for the procurement of subsistence items entered into under the prime vendor program of the Defense Logistics Agency to specify a single payment date applicable to an invoice for such items, but prohibits such date to be more than ten days after invoice receipt. (Sec. 1004) Authorizes the Secretary to require the use of electronic funds transfer for the pay, allowances, retired or retainer pay, and any other payments out of funds available to DOD for current and former military personnel, DOD employees or former employees, or dependents. (Sec. 1005) Authorizes the Secretary to pay, out of the proceeds of sales of maps, charts, and other publications of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), any licensing or other fees imposed by foreign countries or international organizations for the acquisition or use of data or products by NIMA. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes DOD disbursing officials to provide operating funds to automated teller machines on naval vessels and to accept transfers of funds made through such machines. (Sec. 1007) Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for DOD missions relating to combating terrorism. Requires the DOD budget for fiscal years after 2000 to set forth separately the amounts requested for such purpose. (Sec. 1008) Provides for U.S. contribution for the common-funded budgets of NATO for FY 2000. Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - Waives certain transfer restrictions if a sale of naval shipyard articles or services is made to a DOD contractor for a nuclear ship in order to facilitate the contractor's fulfillment of the contract. (Sec. 1012) Requires congressional notification followed by a 60-day waiting period prior to the transfer of a vessel which has been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals - Preserves certain defense reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, prior national defense and military construction Acts, and related Acts, as listed in the report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the Speaker of the House on January 5, 1993. (Sec. 1022) Requires a report from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the defense and appropriations committees on the requirements of the combatant commands. (Sec. 1023) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) assessments of the readiness of the United States to execute the national military strategy; and (2) the inventory and control of DOD military equipment as of the end of FY 1999. (Sec. 1025) Directs the Secretary to develop, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, a detailed guide for investment in space science and technology, demonstrations of space technology, and planning and development for space technology systems. Requires such guide to include two alternative technology paths. (Sec. 1026) Requires the CG to study the policies, procedures, and practices of the military departments for protecting the confidentiality of communications between a military dependent who is a victim or perpetrator of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or intrafamily abuse and their therapist, counselor, or other person providing professional services. Requires a report from the CG to Congress and the Secretary on the study's results, and a report from the Secretary to Congress on actions taken after such study. (Sec. 1027) Requires a report from the CG to Congress on the anticipated effect of the proposal to reduce the Federal civilian workforce involved in the operation of eight storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. (Sec. 1028) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the deployment across State boundaries of rapid assessment and initial detection teams used to respond to incidents involving a weapon of mass destruction. (Sec. 1029) Directs the Secretary to include in quarterly readiness reports an assessment of the readiness, training status, and future funding requirements of all active and reserve units that are considered assets of the Consequence Management Program Integration Office of DOD. Requires the Secretary to prepare a decontamination readiness plan for such Office. (Sec. 1030) Requires the Secretary to report to the: (1) defense and appropriations committees on the relationship between the defense budget and current and emerging threats to national security; and (2) defense committees on implementation of the Defense Capabilities Initiative by NATO nations. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2000 a prohibition on the retirement or dismantlement of specified strategic nuclear delivery systems. Prohibits funds from being obligated for retiring or dismantling: (1) B-52H bomber aircraft below a minimum of 76 (currently 71); and (2) Trident ballistic missile submarines below 14 (currently 18). (Sec. 1042) Prohibits any FY 2000 funds from being used to reduce the number of U.S. strategic nuclear forces below the maximum number currently permitted the United States under the START II Treaty unless the President reports to Congress an assessment that such reductions would not impede U.S. capability to respond militarily to a significant challenge posed by nuclear weapons modernization programs of the People's Republic of China or any other nation. Requires other nations' modernization programs to be taken into account when negotiating the START II Treaty with the Russian Federation. (Sec. 1043) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to extend through FY 2004 the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Provides for an executive secretary to such Committee, and revises certain report deadlines. (Sec. 1044) Prohibits funds authorized under this Act from being obligated or expended for assistance for a country under any Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program until the President makes certain certifications to Congress with respect to arms control compliance and related actions of such country. (Sec. 1045) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to revise the period covered by an annual report on accounting for U.S. assistance under CTR programs. (Sec. 1046) Limits to $15 million the total amount of FY 2000 U.S. assistance in support of UN-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. (Sec. 1047) Directs the Secretary to carry out an (defense electronic) information assurance program, to report annually to Congress on such program, and to prepare a DOD information assurance guide for the development of appropriate organizational structures and technologies for information assurance (protection) under the program. Requires development of an information assurance testbed. Provides funding from amounts authorized under this Act. (Sec. 1048) Directs the Secretary to establish a task force of the Defense Science Board to examine the use of radio and television broadcasting as a propaganda instrument and the adequacy of the capabilities of U.S. armed forces to deal with propaganda situations such as the conflict in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Requires a report from the task force to the Secretary, and from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 1049) Requires a non-DOD entity operating a communication system, device, or apparatus on any portion of the frequency spectrum used by DOD to ensure noninterference with DOD communications operated therein. Makes such entity liable for any required redesign or rebuilding of a DOD communication system as a result of such interference. (Sec. 1050) Prohibits the use of any funds to enter into any contract with or issue any broadcast or other license to any entity that broadcasts from outside the United States into the United States on any frequency that is reserved to or used by DOD, unless such broadcasting is authorized by law. (Sec. 1051) Repeals a provision that limits to $50 million in a fiscal year the Federal expenditure for the National Guard civilian youth opportunities program. (Sec. 1052) Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to exempt from Federal disclosure requirements information concerning military personnel or DOD or Coast Guard employees assigned to overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. (Sec. 1053) Authorizes the Secretary to exempt from such disclosure requirements: (1) certain operational files of NIMA; and (2) NIMA information having commercial significance. (Sec. 1055) Authorizes the Secretary to continue the enrollment in the DOD domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools program of a military or Federal employee dependent who would otherwise lose their eligibility under such program. (Sec. 1056) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a single school board for all domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico and a single school board for all such schools in Guam. (Sec. 1057) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct through the military departments a science, mathematics, and technology education improvement program known as the Department of Defense STARBASE Program in order to improve the knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in such subject areas. Requires the establishment of at least 25 academies under the program, with specified academic requirements. Requires an annual program report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 1058) Requires the Secretary's program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War to run during FY 2000 through 2004. Provides program funding during such period through Army O&M funds. (Sec. 1059) Reauthorizes and extends through FY 2000 the Defense Production Act of 1950. (Sec. 1060) Extends to naval aircraft on which one or more Coast Guard members are assigned the authority to engage in certain drug interdiction activities. Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel - Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to change to October 1, 1999 (currently October 1, 2000) the effective date of revisions made to the voluntary early retirement program. (Sec. 1102) Repeals a provision which authorized the investigation of a complaint of sexual harassment made by a civilian employee under the supervision of a commanding officer or officer in charge of a military unit, vessel, facility, or area (thereby requiring such employees to follow Federal sexual harassment investigatory procedures). (Sec. 1103) Provides for the restoration of earned but unused annual leave in the case of DOD emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary of a military department to make such designation, following specified criteria. Makes employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities eligible for such designation. (Sec. 1104) Provides leave protection for dual-status military technicians participating in combat as well as noncombat operations outside the United States. (Sec. 1105) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish work schedules and premium pay or compensatory time off provisions for civilian faculty members of the military service academies. (Sec. 1106) Provides that certain Federal pay rate and total compensation limitations shall not apply to the authority of the Secretary to prescribe salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Title XII: National Military Museum and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Commission on National Military Museum - Establishes the Commission on the National Military Museum to conduct a study and make recommendations to Congress regarding authorization for the construction of a national military museum in the National Capital area. Requires, after one year, a report to Congress on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 60 days after such report. Subtitle B: Related Matters - Prohibits any transfer of Navy Annex property until two years after the later of: (1) the date of submission of a study on the expansion of Arlington National Cemetery (required under a prior joint explanatory statement); or (2) the date of the report of the Commission, above. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Title XXI (sic): Army - 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 family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. (Sec. 2403) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for deposit into the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund. (Sec. 2404) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. (Sec. 2405) Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2406) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the NATO Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2002, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2003, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Program Changes - Exempts from certain congressional notification (and waiting period) requirements military construction projects carried out using defense burdensharing contributions and undertaken under a declaration of war or national emergency. Requires that, after the decision to carry out the project is made, the Secretary shall notify the defense committees of such action and its estimated cost. (Sec. 2802) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should request sufficient amounts to fully fund each military construction and family housing project proposed for authorization in a fiscal year; and (2) Congress should authorize and appropriate sufficient amounts to fully fund such projects. Prohibits the Secretary or military department Secretaries from obligating or expending funds for such projects unless the total amount of appropriations allocated for the projects are sufficient, without additional (incremental) funding. (Sec. 2803) Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Chemical Demilitarization Construction Account for use in carrying out military construction projects authorized by law in support of DOD chemical demilitarization activities. (Sec. 2804) Limits the type of ancillary facility that may be included in the acquisition or construction of military family housing units to those that would not be in direct competition with any military resale facility, activity, or service. (Sec. 2805) Authorizes the use of available funds for design (currently, only planning) in connection with the acquisition of reserve facilities. (Sec. 2806) Authorizes the use of unspecified minor construction funds for construction projects costing less than $3 million and intended to correct deficiencies that are a threat to life, health, or safety. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - Extends through FY 2005 the authority of the Secretary to lease property for special operations activities. (Sec. 2812) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, in connection with the conveyance of a utility system, to enter into a contract for utility services for a period not to exceed 50 years. Authorizes the use of military construction project funds to facilitate such conveyances. Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to authorize the transfer of a former military installation to a local redevelopment authority (RA), without consideration, if such RA's reuse plan provides for the property to be used for the economic benefit or redevelopment of the installation and surrounding community. Authorizes the Secretary to modify earlier transfer agreements to incorporate such authority. Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part I: Army Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Bangor, Maine, the Army Reserve Center in Bangor. Part II: Navy Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to: (1) Newport, Rhode Island, the Ranger Road site in Newport; and (2) Dallas, Texas, the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387 in Dallas. Part III: Air Force Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to: (1) the Regents of the University of California the McLellan Nuclear Radiation Center in California; and (2) the Pease Development Authority the Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point in Newington, New Hampshire. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire by eminent domain all rights and interests of such State to certain unimproved Arizona trust lands in the Fort Huachuca East Range, Cochise County, Arizona. Allows such lands to be withdrawn and reserved for use by the Secretary of the Army for military training and testing. (Sec. 2862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to exercise appropriate authority to develop Ford Island, Hawaii, in a manner compatible with the Navy mission, as long as: (1) such Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees a master plan for such development; and (2) 30 calendar days has elapsed since such submission. Provides conveyance and lease authorities with respect to such development, requiring the same congressional notification and waiting period. Establishes in the Treasury the Ford Island Improvement Account for development and transaction costs. Prohibits such Secretary from using such funds to acquire, construct, or improve military housing or ancillary supporting facilities on such Island. Authorizes transfers to the Account from specified military housing funds. Title XXIX: Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals - Military Lands Withdrawal Renewal Act of 1999 - Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws specified lands in: (1) Maricopa, Pima, and Yuma Counties, Arizona (redesignating the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range as the Barry M. Goldwater Range); (2) Otero County, New Mexico; (3) the Big Delta and Granite Creek Areas, Alaska; and (4) the Fourth Judicial District, Alaska. Reserves all such withdrawn lands for specified military uses. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish and file maps and legal descriptions of the withdrawn lands. Directs such Secretary, through the Bureau of Land Management, to manage such withdrawn lands pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and related Acts. Allows the continuation of prevailing activities on such lands, but makes all nonmilitary uses subject to the military uses. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to close areas of such lands as necessary for military operations, public safety, or national security. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a management plan for each withdrawn area. Directs such Secretary and the Secretary of the appropriate military department to enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement the management plan. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense on the management of lands withdrawn under this title. (Sec. 2905) States that neither the withdrawals nor any other provisions of this title shall be construed to affect the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. (Sec. 2906) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior to jointly conduct and report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a national park from all or portions of land withdrawn under this title. (Sec. 2907) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, ten years after the enactment of this Act and every ten years thereafter, to conduct a land management analysis of withdrawn lands under their jurisdiction. Limits the authorized cost for each analysis. Requires an analysis report from such Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 2908) Requires the Secretary concerned to conduct ongoing environmental restoration of lands withdrawn for their use (requiring a report to specified congressional committees on such activities). (Sec. 2909) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to relinquish any lands used by such Secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, after notification and appropriate decontamination activities. (Sec. 2910) Authorizes delegation of the functions of the Secretaries of Defense or a military department under this title. (Sec. 2911) Provides for the continuation of current water rights, and hunting, fishing, and trapping, on such withdrawn lands (with an exception for lands in the Cabeza Prieta Refuge). (Sec. 2913) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act and at least every five years thereafter, to determine, with the concurrence of the appropriate military department Secretary, which withdrawn lands are suitable for opening to mining and mineral leasing. Requires the publication of such determination and the opening of such lands. Authorizes the subsequent closure of such lands for national defense or security reasons. (Sec. 2914) Provides Federal immunity from injuries or damages to persons or property suffered in the course of any mining, mineral, or geothermal leasing activity conducted on the withdrawn lands. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI (sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2000 for operating expenses, capital equipment, and plant projects necessary in carrying out the following activities for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (3) other defense activities; (4) defense nuclear waste disposal; and (5) defense environmental management privatization activities. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 110 percent of the program authorization or $1 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress until the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this Division) transmits to the defense and appropriations committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have since expired. (Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Requires congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits. (Sec. 3124) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOE-authorized funds: (1) to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which such funds were authorized; or (2) between authorizations within DOE, to be merged with and available for the same purposes. Requires notification to the defense committees of any such transfers. (Sec. 3125) Directs the Secretary, before submitting a funding request for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program, to complete a conceptual design for such project. Requires a separate funding request for designs for which the estimated cost exceeds $3 million. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for the design does not exceed $600,000. Requires specific authorization by law for designs exceeding such amount. (Sec. 3126) Authorizes the use of DOE funds for planning, design, and construction activities for any DOE national security program that must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the needs of national defense, or protect property. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees when funds are so used. Makes funds for management and support and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. (Sec. 3129) Directs the Secretary, during FY 2000, to empower each DOE field office manager with the authority to transfer defense environmental management funds from a program or project under such office's jurisdiction to another program or project in order to address a risk to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of such funds at that field office. Limits such transfers to a total of $5 million per fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress within 30 days after any such transfer. Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act, or any Act authorizing appropriations for DOD or DOE military activities for fiscal years after 2000, from being used for treatment, storage, or disposal activities at any site designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program. (Sec. 3132) Directs the Secretary to continue operations and maintain a high state or readiness at the F- and H-canyon facilities at the Savannah River site and to provide technical staff to operate and maintain such facilities. (Sec. 3133) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for extending the effective life of weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a long-term plan for such extension; and (2) report annually to the defense committees (requiring plan updates as appropriate). Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should include in each annual budget sufficient amounts to fund such activities. (Sec. 3134) Directs the Secretary to produce new tritium to meet the requirements of the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum at the Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar or Sequoyah nuclear power plants. Requires the Secretary, in connection with such production, to design and construct a new tritium extraction facility in the H-Area of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. (Sec. 3135) Directs the Secretary to secure an independent cost estimate of the Accelerator Production of Tritium. (Sec. 3136) Prohibits more than 40 percent of the post-FY 1999 funds available for the Initiative for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) program from being obligated or expended by DOE national laboratories to: (1) carry out or provide oversight of activities under that program; or (2) increase or otherwise supplement the pay or benefits of a scientist or engineer engaged in activities relating to the development, production, or testing of chemical or biological weapons or a missile system when such engineer was not formerly engaged in such activities. Prohibits any such funds from being made available to an institution or other scientist engaged in such activities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe procedures for the review of projects under the IPP program to ensure their nonmilitary use, and to report to Congress on such procedures. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should enter into negotiations with the Russian Government to conclude an agreement to provide for the permanent exemption from taxation by the Russian Government of DOE nonproliferation activities under the IPP program. Prohibits amounts authorized for the Nuclear Cities Initiative from being obligated or expended until the Secretary certifies to Congress that Russia has agreed to close some of its facilities engaged in work on weapons of mass destruction. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of potential economic effects of each commercial program proposed under such Initiative before providing assistance. Requires a report from the Secretary: (1) to Congress on participation in or contribution to the Initiative of each Federal department or agency; and (2) to the defense committees on the IPP program and the Initiative. Subtitle D: Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities - Department of Energy Facilities Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 1999 - Establishes the Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities to review the safeguards, security, and counterintelligence activities at DOE facilities in order to: (1) determine the adequacy of such activities against threats to the disclosure of sensitive information, processes, and activities; and (2) make recommendations for appropriate action to ensure that such security is achieved and maintained. Requires an annual Commission activities report to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates the Department of Energy Security Management Board authorized under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 3153) Requires background investigations of any DOE employee, or contractor employee, at a DOE facility who: (1) carries out duties or responsibilities in or around a location where restricted data is or may be present; or (2) has or may have regular access to such a location. (Sec. 3154) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for conducting periodic polygraph examinations of each DOE employee (or contractor employee) at a DOE facility who has or may have access to restricted data or sensitive compartmented information. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 50 percent of the amount authorized for DOE travel expenses until such plan is submitted. (Sec. 3155) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide civil monetary penalties of $100,000 per violation for violations of DOE regulations regarding the security of classified or sensitive information or data. (Sec. 3156) Requires the Secretary and the Directors of Central Intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (officials) to jointly submit to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees a certification that cooperative programs carried out between DOE and the Republic of China, an independent state of the former Soviet Union, or any nation designated as sensitive by the Secretary of State meet specified conditions regarding the safeguarding and security of sensitive information. Prohibits the use of DOE weapons and other defense activities funds for FY 2000 until 30 days after such certification. (Sec. 3157) Increases penalties for the unauthorized communication or receipt of restricted data. (Sec. 3158) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within DOE an Office of Counterintelligence, headed by a Director who shall develop and implement security and counterintelligence programs and activities at DOE facilities in order to reduce the threat of disclosure or loss of classified and other sensitive information. Requires such Director to submit to the above officials an annual status report on the effectiveness of measures taken. Establishes within DOE the Office of Intelligence, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for DOE programs and activities relating to the analysis of intelligence with respect to nuclear weapons and materials, other nuclear matters, and energy security. (Sec. 3159) Directs the Secretary to assign to each DOE facility at which restricted data is located an individual to assess security and counterintelligence protection measures at such facility. (Sec. 3160) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to ensure that a DOE employee or contractor employee may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing information relating to a possible violation against the protection of classified information to: (1) members of a congressional committee having appropriate oversight responsibilities; (2) staff members of such committees having appropriate security clearance; or (3) the Inspector General, FBI, or any other Federal entity authorized to receive such information. (Sec. 3161) Provides for investigation and appropriate remedial action of alleged reprisals against DOE or contractor employees disclosing such information. (Sec. 3162) Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a notification of each serious security or counterintelligence failure at a DOE facility that is likely to cause significant harm or damage to U.S. national security interests. Requires such notification within 30 days after its discovery. Requires the House and Senate to establish procedures to protect classified and other sensitive information furnished under this section. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Provides for the appointment of an interim staff director for the Office of Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs until the position of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for such Programs is filled. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly submit to the defense committees a plan to revitalize the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council established under prior law. Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) report annually to the defense committees on Council activities; and (2) develop and implement a plan to ensure the continued capability of DOD to carry out its nuclear deterrent mission. Directs both Secretaries to submit to the defense committees a plan for retaining core scientific, engineering, and technical skills and capabilities within their departments and contractors in order to maintain indefinitely the U.S. nuclear deterrent force. (Sec. 3172) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to revise required budget and planning elements for DOE national security activities. Directs the Secretary to include in annual budget materials a description of DOE weapons activities funding impacts on the nuclear weapons stockpile. (Sec. 3173) Authorizes DOE to pay voluntary separation incentive payments to qualifying employees who separate before January 1, 2003. (Sec. 3174) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to the defense and appropriations committees a long-term plan for the integrated management of fissile materials. (Sec. 3175) Authorizes the Secretary to accept loans from DOE contractors carrying out closure projects at DOE defense facilities. (Sec. 3176) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program on the use of project management oversight services for DOE construction projects of not less than $25 million. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 3177) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 to extend for five additional one-year periods the Environmental Evaluation Group for review of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. (Sec. 3178) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a proposed schedule for the commencement of shipments of waste from the Rocky Flats Plant, Colorado, to the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, New Mexico. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY 2000, to obligate up to $78.7 million of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposal of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amounts 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations. (Sec. 3302) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to prohibit the President from disposing of NDS materials in excess of that needed to achieve certain revenue requirements contained therein. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and administration of the Panama Canal for the period from October 1 through December 31, 1999 (after which Canal ownership reverts to the Republic of Panama), with specified funding limits. (Sec. 3403) Requires Commission funds to be made available for the purchase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of passenger motor vehicles, with a per vehicle cost limit of $26,000. (Sec. 3404) Requires expenditures authorized under this title to be in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any laws implementing those treaties. (Sec. 3405) Authorizes the Office of Transition Administration to obligate and expend funds from the Panama Canal Commission Dissolution Fund for authorized Canal ownership transition purposes. Requires the Commission to enter into an agreement with the head of a Federal department or agency to supervise the close-out of Commission affairs with respect to the Canal and to certify the completion of such functions.
Bill· SS. 1061 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title XXI (sic): Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Program Changes Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Subtitle D: Land Conveyances Subtitle E: Other Matters Title XXIX: Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Title XXI (sic): Army - 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 family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. (Sec. 2403) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for deposit into the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund. (Sec. 2404) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. (Sec. 2405) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years after 1999 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2406) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1999 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2002, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2003, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Program Changes - Exempts from certain congressional notification (and waiting period) requirements military construction projects carried out using defense burdensharing contributions and undertaken under a declaration of war or national emergency. Requires that, after the decision to carry out the project is made, the Secretary shall notify the defense committees of such action and its estimated cost. (Sec. 2802) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should request sufficient amounts to fully fund each military construction and family housing project proposed for authorization in a fiscal year; and (2) Congress should authorize and appropriate sufficient amounts to fully fund such projects. Prohibits the Secretary or military department Secretaries from obligating or expending funds for such projects unless the total amount of appropriations allocated for the projects are sufficient, without additional (incremental) funding. (Sec. 2803) Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Chemical Demilitarization Construction Account for use in carrying out military construction projects authorized by law in support of DOD chemical demilitarization activities. (Sec. 2804) Limits the type of ancillary facility that may be included in the acquisition or construction of military family housing units to those that would not be in direct competition with any military resale facility, activity, or service. (Sec. 2805) Authorizes the use of available funds for design (currently, only planning) in connection with the acquisition of reserve facilities. (Sec. 2806) Authorizes the use of unspecified minor construction funds for construction projects costing less than $3 million and intended to correct deficiencies that are a threat to life, health, or safety. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - Extends through FY 2005 the authority of the Secretary to lease property for special operations activities. (Sec. 2812) Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned, in connection with the conveyance of a utility system, to enter into a contract for utility services for a period not to exceed 50 years. Authorizes the use of military construction project funds to facilitate such conveyances. Subtitle C: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to authorize the transfer of a former military installation to a local redevelopment authority (RA), without consideration, if such RA's reuse plan provides for the property to be used for the economic benefit or redevelopment of the installation and surrounding community. Authorizes the Secretary to modify earlier transfer agreements to incorporate such authority. Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part I: Army Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Bangor, Maine, the Army Reserve Center in Bangor. Part II: Navy Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to: (1) Newport, Rhode Island, the Ranger Road site in Newport; and (2) Dallas, Texas, the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387 in Dallas. Part III: Air Force Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to: (1) the Regents of the University of California the McLellan Nuclear Radiation Center in California; and (2) the Pease Development Authority the Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point in Newington, New Hampshire. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire by eminent domain all rights and interests of such State to certain unimproved Arizona trust lands in the Fort Huachuca East Range, Cochise County, Arizona. Allows such lands to be withdrawn and reserved for use by the Secretary of the Army for military training and testing. (Sec. 2862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to exercise appropriate authority to develop Ford Island, Hawaii, in a manner compatible with the Navy mission, as long as: (1) such Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees a master plan for such development; and (2) 30 calendar days has elapsed since such submission. Provides conveyance and lease authorities with respect to such development, requiring the same congressional notification and waiting period. Establishes in the Treasury the Ford Island Improvement Account for development and transaction costs. Prohibits such Secretary from using such funds to acquire, construct, or improve military housing or ancillary supporting facilities on such Island. Authorizes transfers to the Account from specified military housing funds. Title XXIX: Renewal of Military Land Withdrawals - Military Lands Withdrawal Renewal Act of 1999 - Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws specified lands in: (1) Maricopa, Pima, and Yuma Counties, Arizona (redesignating the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range as the Barry M. Goldwater Range); (2) Otero County, New Mexico; (3) the Big Delta and Granite Creek Areas, Alaska; and (4) the Fourth Judicial District, Alaska. Reserves all such withdrawn lands for specified military uses. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish and file maps and legal descriptions of the withdrawn lands. Directs such Secretary, through the Bureau of Land Management, to manage such withdrawn lands pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and related Acts. Allows the continuation of prevailing activities on such lands, but makes all nonmilitary uses subject to the military uses. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to close areas of such lands as necessary for military operations, public safety, or national security. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a management plan for each withdrawn area. Directs such Secretary and the Secretary of the appropriate military department to enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement the management plan. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense on the management of lands withdrawn under this title. (Sec. 2905) States that neither the withdrawals nor any other provisions of this title shall be construed to affect the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. (Sec. 2906) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior to jointly conduct and report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a national park from all or portions of land withdrawn under this title. (Sec. 2907) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, ten years after the enactment of this Act and every ten years thereafter, to conduct a land management analysis of withdrawn lands under their jurisdiction. Limits the authorized cost for each analysis. Requires an analysis report from such Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 2908) Requires the Secretary concerned to conduct ongoing environmental restoration of lands withdrawn for their use (requiring a report to specified congressional committees on such activities). (Sec. 2909) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to relinquish any lands used by such Secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, after notification and appropriate decontamination activities. (Sec. 2910) Authorizes delegation of the functions of the Secretaries of Defense or a military department under this title. (Sec. 2911) Provides for the continuation of current water rights, and hunting, fishing, and trapping, on such withdrawn lands (with an exception for lands in the Cabeza Prieta Refuge). (Sec. 2913) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act and at least every five years thereafter, to determine, with the concurrence of the appropriate military department Secretary, which withdrawn lands are suitable for opening to mining and mineral leasing. Requires the publication of such determination and the opening of such lands. Authorizes the subsequent closure of such lands for national defense or security reasons. (Sec. 2914) Provides Federal immunity from injuries or damages to persons or property suffered in the course of any mining, mineral, or geothermal leasing activity conducted on the withdrawn lands.
Bill· SS. 1060 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Procurement Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Army Programs Subtitle C: Navy Programs Subtitle D: Air Force Programs Subtitle E: Other Matters Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities Title III: Operation and Maintenance Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions Subtitle D: Other Matters Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Subtitle A: Active Forces Subtitle B: Reserve Forces Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations Title V: Military Personnel Policy Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters Subtitle C: Military Education and Training Subtitle D: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Subtitle E: Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice Subtitle F: Other Matters Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances Subtitle D: Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters Subtitle E: Other Matters Title VII: Health Care Subtitle A: TRICARE Program Subtitle B: Other Matters Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Subtitle A: General Subtitle B: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Title X: General Provisions Subtitle A: Financial Matters Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals Subtitle D: Other Matters Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Title XII: National Military Museum and Related Matters Subtitle A: Commission on National Military Museum Subtitle B: Related Matters Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000- Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the chemical demilitarization program; and (4) the Defense Health Program. Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear procurement contracts, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, for specified Army programs. (Sec. 112) Prohibits Army procurement funds from being used for certain procurements under the close combat tactical trainer program until the Secretary of the Army has reported to the Senate and House defense and appropriations committees concerning the correction of deficiencies under such program, and 30 days have elapsed since such report. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to such committees a comprehensive plan for modernization of the Army's helicopter forces. Provides a funding limitation on the procurement of Army missiles until such report is received. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to procure the amphibious dock ship LHD-8. Earmarks funds authorized under this title for advance procurement and construction of components for such program. (Sec. 122) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) increase from 12 to 18 the number of Arleigh Burke class destroyers authorized to be procured under multiyear procurement contracts; (2) extend through FY 2003 the authorized period for such contracting program (authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to enter into contracts for advance procurement of such destroyers for FY 2001); and (3) repeal the requirement for annual reports from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. (Sec. 124) Requires operational test and evaluation before the installation of cooperative engagement equipment under the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability program. (Sec. 125) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY 2000 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for F-A 18E-F aircraft, with a certification requirement. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - Requires certain certifications from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense and appropriations committees before awarding the contract for low-rate initial production under the F-22 aircraft program. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Amends the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Act of 1992 to extend through FY 2001 the authority of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. (Sec. 142) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to their availability from domestic sources. Extends the deadline for a report from the Defense Inspector General under such pilot program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). (Sec. 202) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for basic and applied research projects. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks funds authorized under this title for: (1) contributions for the common-funded civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); (2) continued implementation of the micro-satellite technology program under a prior defense authorization Act (requiring the Secretary to develop a plan and submit a report with respect to such program); (3) space control technology development; and (4) the space maneuver vehicle program. (Sec. 215) Amends the defense manufacturing technology program to: (1) strike as a program purpose the promotion of dual-use manufacturing processes; and (2) add as a program purpose the development and application of technologies that involve repair and remanufacturing in support of the operations of system commands, depots, air logistics centers, and shipyards. Requires the Secretary to have manufacturing technology projects selected principally on the basis of the extent to which the projects satisfy such new program purpose, above, as determined by a panel established to review the projects and make selections. Requires the competitive procedures used for selecting projects to include the extent to which a proposal provides for the prospective contract recipient to share in defraying project costs. Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - Directs the Secretary to establish an acquisition strategy for the upper tier missile defense system with specified requirements. (Sec. 222) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to repeal the requirement to implement technical and price competition for the Theater High Altitude Area Defense System. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to structure the space-based laser program to include: (1) a near-term integrated flight experiment; and (2) an ongoing activity for developing an objective system design. Expresses the sense of Congress that the structure required be consistent with the joint venture contracting approach and overall objective established by the Department of Defense (DOD) for the space-based laser program. Requires a revised program baseline. Earmarks program funds. (Sec. 224) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from making any modification under the Airborne Laser program until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that such modification is justified on the basis of certain test and analysis. Outlines related program requirements. Subtitle D: Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to: (1) extend through 2002 a required report from the Secretary on emerging operational concepts; and (2) provide additional matters to be included in such reports after 1999. Amends provisions of such Act relating to an annual joint warfighting science and technology plan to require the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a summary of each technology area review and assessment conducted by DOD in support of that plan. (Sec. 233) Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to report to the defense and appropriations committees on necessary actions to ensure that the armed forces have the military capabilities necessary to meet national security requirements over the next two to three decades. (Sec. 234) Requires the modification of certain DOD profit guidelines to place increased emphasis on technical risk as a factor for determining appropriate profit margins and to provide an increased profit incentive for contractors to develop and produce complex and innovative new technologies rather than mature technologies with low technical risk. (Sec. 235) Authorizes the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to carry out a program to award prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype development that have the potential for application to the performance of DOD military missions. Requires a competitive process to be used for the selection of participants. Limits to $10 million the amount that may be awarded in a fiscal year. Requires an annual report from the Director to the defense committees on program administration. (Sec. 236) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate improved cooperative relationships with universities and other private sector entities for the performance of research and development functions. Requires the Secretary to consider laboratories where innovative management techniques have been demonstrated. Allows the Secretary to carry out such program at each selected laboratory for three years beginning no later than March 1, 2000. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 237) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to exempt defense laboratory employees covered by a personnel demonstration project carried out under such Act from certain defense workforce management personnel restrictions. (Sec. 238) Provides for the use of defense working capital funds for financing RDT&E activities and programs of the military departments. Requires implementation status reports from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to the defense committees. (Sec. 239) Directs the Secretary to convene a panel of independent experts to conduct an analysis of the resources and capabilities of all DOD laboratories and test and evaluation facilities, including those of the military departments. Requires the panel to report its findings to the Secretary and Congress. Directs the Secretary to develop an appropriate performance review process for rating the quality and relevance of work performed by DOD laboratories. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the transfer of up to $150 million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to specified military O&M accounts for FY 2000. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Earmarks Army O&M funds for contributions for the common-funded NATO military budget. (Sec. 312) Authorizes the use of humanitarian and civic assistance funds for the pay and allowances of reserve personnel of the Special Operations Command furnishing education and training on the detection and clearance of landmines or related technical assistance. (Sec. 313) Authorizes the head of any Federal agency to enter into a contract for the installation and maintenance of national defense features in one or more commercial vessels owned or controlled by the offeror in accordance with the purposes of the National Defense Sealift Fund. Authorizes advance payments for such features. Requires the vessel to be operated for DOD after the installation of such features and for the contract term. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Directs the Secretary to provide for the management of projects for the research, development, and evaluation of environmental technologies for DOD and the military departments. Outlines related responsibilities of the Secretary in connection with such projects. Requires the appropriate DOD officials to establish, at the beginning of each fiscal year, a performance plan for the environmental technology program within that department or agency. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on the environmental technology program of DOD during the preceding fiscal year. (Sec. 322) Establishes the: (1) Environmental Restoration Account, Army, Formerly Used Defense Sites; and (2) Environmental Restoration Account, Defense Base Closure and Realignment. Requires funds in the latter Account to be used only for carrying out environmental restoration required as the result of the closure or realignment of a military installation pursuant to a base closure law. Directs the Secretary to transfer funds to the latter Account from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Provides for the funding of administrative expenses and technical assistance in connection with such environmental restoration activities. (Sec. 323) Extends through FY 2010 a current limitation on the payment of environmental fines and penalties from the Environmental Restoration Account, Defense, or environmental restoration accounts of the military departments. (Sec. 324) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on progress made in carrying out activities under the environmental quality programs of DOD and the military departments. (Currently, an annual report concerning environmental compliance is required.) (Sec. 325) Replaces the Director of Defense Research and Engineering with the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology among the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. (Sec. 326) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2001 a pilot program for the sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. (Sec. 327) Authorizes the Secretary, using specified military environmental restoration account funds, to pay to the Fresno Drum Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund specified amounts to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for environmental response activities undertaken at the Fresno Industrial Supply, Inc. site in Fresno, California. (Sec. 328) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, using Air Force environmental restoration account funds, to pay certain stipulated environmental civil penalties assessed against F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the: (1) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2000 a pilot program of using commercial sources to improve the collection of DOD claims under aircraft engine warranties; (2) Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide additional matters to be included in a reporting requirement before prime vendor contracts for depot-level maintenance and repair are entered into; and (3) latter Act to allow certain changes in defense retail systems to be implemented if approved by all of the military department Secretaries (currently, implementation is permitted only if specifically authorized by law). (Sec. 344) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain conditions in connection with the sale of articles and services of DOD industrial facilities to purchasers outside of DOD if the Secretary determines that such waiver is necessary for national security reasons and notifies Congress of such reasons. (Sec. 346) Directs the Secretary to designate the Department of the Navy as the lead agency for the development and implementation of a Smart Card (a credit card-size device containing certain personal identifying information and technology) program for DOD. Requires the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force to establish Smart Card project offices within their departments, and to coordinate their activities with the lead agency. Directs the Secretary to establish a senior coordinating group to develop and implement DOD-wide interoperability standards for the use of Smart Card technology and a plan to use such technology to enhance readiness and improve business processes. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to establish a business plan to implement the use of Smart Cards in one major naval region of the United States in the area of the U.S. Atlantic Command and one in the area of the U.S. Pacific Command. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the increased use of Smart Cards and for demonstration programs. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on progress made by the senior coordinating group in implementing this section. Repeals a provision of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 requiring the establishment of an Automated Identification Technology Office. (Sec. 347) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to the defense committees on, potential DOD benefits from the use of the Smart Card for addressing DOD needs for a public-private key infrastructure authentication device carrier. (Sec. 348) Extends to military honor guards and law enforcement agencies (currently, only veterans' organizations) the authority of the Secretary of the Army to lend M-1 rifles (currently, obsolete or condemned rifles). Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2000. Revises such minimum end strength levels. Revises generally the conditions under which such end strengths may be reduced below the level needed to support two simultaneous major regional contingencies. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2000 for military technicians (dual status) and military technicians (non-dual status). (Sec. 414) Increases the number of certain officers and enlisted personnel authorized to serve on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Extends through FY 2003 certain provisions concerning a required competitive selection procedure for the designation of joint four-star officers. (Sec. 502) Excludes from three-star officer grade limitations those officers serving as a superintendent of a military academy. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to retire a superintendent within that department upon the termination of detail to such position. Requires those accepting the position of superintendent to agree to accept retirement at the end of their detail. (Sec. 503) Increases from 35 to 55 the number of officers authorized to be frocked (to wear the insignia of a higher grade after selection for promotion to such grade but before the promotion date). (Sec. 505) Requires active-duty or retired officers serving on boards of inquiry to be serving in a grade above major or lieutenant commander, or, in the case of the president of such board, in a grade above lieutenant colonel or commander. Excludes retired officers serving on such boards from general and flag officer limitations. Requires officers serving on retention boards for reserve active status officers to hold the same grades as above and to be: (1) in the same armed force as the officer being considered; and (2) senior in rank to such officer. (Sec. 506) Authorizes a promotion selection board to recommend for promotion an officer from below the promotion zone for that position when the number of officers recommended is less than one. (Sec. 507) Prohibits civil employment for regular and reserve officers serving on active duty under a call or order for a period in excess of 270 (currently 180) days. (Sec. 508) Exempts Retiree Council members from recalled retiree limitations. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters - Exempts from active-duty general and flag officer limitations up to 25 reserve general and flag officers serving on active duty at any one time under calls or orders specifying periods of 180 days or more. (Sec. 512) Specifies the operations support and other duties authorized for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Directs the Secretary to review the use of such reserves and to report review results to the defense committees. (Sec. 513) Repeals a limitation on the number of reserves authorized to serve on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. (Sec. 514) Requires a major or lieutenant commander who has twice failed for promotion to be removed from the reserve active status list on the later of the first day of the month after such member completes 20 years of service (current law) or seven months after the President approves the report of the board which considered such officer for the second time. (Sec. 515) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to: (1) delay the separation or retirement of a reserve officer until the completion of court-martial disciplinary proceedings; and (2) retain reserve officer chaplains until age 67 (currently 60). (Sec. 517) Revises generally provisions concerning the award of reserve service credit for participation in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. (Sec. 518) Makes ineligible for promotion a reserve officer serving in an educational delay status in order to attend an approved educational institution to receive advanced training, when such training is subsidized by the military department concerned. Makes such provision retroactive with respect to promotion boards convened before the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 519) Excludes from the computation of creditable years of service for a reserve officer service as a reserve commissioned officer while in a program of advanced education to receive the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment within various military medical specialties, or a chaplain or judge advocate, provided such service occurs before the officer commences initial active or reserve service in the specialty that results from such degree. (Sec. 521) Establishes within the Coast Guard an Office of the Coast Guard Reserve, headed by a Director. Requires the Director to report annually to the Secretaries of Transportation and Defense on the state of the Coast Guard Reserve and its ability to meet mission requirements. Subtitle C: Military Education and Training - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to authorize the Secretary concerned to exceed the annual military academy class limitations by not more than five percent (requiring a justification of such increase to the defense committees). (Sec. 532) Repeals current limitations on the amount of reimbursement authorized to be waived for educational costs of foreign students at U.S. service academies. (Sec. 533) Authorizes up to 24 (currently ten) cadets or midshipmen from each service academy to participate in a service academy foreign exchange program. Increases from $50,000 to $120,000 the authorized fiscal year expenditures for each academy under such program. (Sec. 534) Makes permanent (currently terminates September 30, 1999) the authority of the Secretary concerned to allow graduate students to receive financial assistance under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. (Sec. 535) Authorizes the Commandant of the United States Army War College to confer the degree of master of strategic studies. (Sec. 536) Authorizes the commander of the: (1) Air Education and Training Command to establish minimum educational requirements for Community College of the Air Force professors and instructors; and (2) Air University to confer the degrees of master of strategic studies and master of military operational art and science. (Sec. 538) Excludes members of the armed forces within the defense acquisition workforce from a limitation on the amount of reimbursement that may be received for tuition and training expenses. (Sec. 539) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide up to $5,200 yearly in financial assistance to certain members of the Marine Corps Reserve for completion of: (1) baccalaureate degree requirements in an educational program that takes less than five years to complete; or (2) doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws degree requirements in programs that take no more than three years to complete. Outlines eligibility requirements, including selection as an officer candidate in the Marine Corps Platoon Leader's Class Program and completion of at least six weeks of military training. Requires graduates to serve at least five years of active duty upon graduation. Prohibits more than 1, 200 individuals from participating in such program at any one time. Provides for the computation of creditable service for officers serving in such positions. Subtitle D: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations - Waives certain time limitations with respect to the award to Mark H. Freeman of Seattle, Washington, of the Coast Guard Commendation Medal for heroic achievements during a rescue operation in September, 1956. Subtitle E: Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to authorize special courts-martial to adjudicate and execute punishments which include confinement for up to one year (currently six months). (Sec. 562) Reduces from 0.10 to 0.08 the level of blood-alcohol content for determining the UCMJ offense of drunken operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Includes decedents who were members of the Selected Reserve (currently, only veterans) among those eligible for honor guard details at their funerals. Revises honor guard detail requirements (renaming it as a funeral honors detail). Requires such detail, at a minimum, to perform the folding and presentation of the flag, and to play Taps (requiring a recorded version of such song when no bugler is present). Requires at least one detail member to be of the same service branch as the deceased. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide certain support services to such details. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any requirements of this section to meet the requirements of war, national emergency, a contingency operation, or other military requirements (requiring notification to the defense committees). Authorizes the acceptance of voluntary services of veterans support organizations with respect to such a detail. Provides the duty status for reserve personnel serving on such details. Authorizes members of the Army or Air National Guard to be ordered to perform such duty, with their consent and the consent of the governor or other appropriate official of the State involved. Requires a minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive service credit and any authorized allowances. Authorizes members of the Ready Reserve to be ordered to such duty, with their consent, with the appropriate service crediting when performing a minimum of two hours on such detail. Authorizes medical treatment for any illness or injury incurred by a member during, or while traveling to or from, such detail. Authorizes a $50 stipend for members on such detail. (Sec. 572) Increases from 180 to 365 days the period during which a potential recruit may be extended in the delayed entry program. (Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to assess whether the Army could increase the number and level of qualifications of Army inductees by encouraging recruits to pursue higher education or vocational or technical training before their induction. Authorizes under the program a delayed entry of up to two years in order to pursue such education or training, with a monthly allowance of $150 for persons enlisted in the Individual Ready Reserve during such time. Authorizes the pilot program from October 1, 1999, to September 30, 2004. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 574) Reduces from annually to every two years a required report from the Secretary to Congress concerning operation of the Selected Reserve educational assistance program under the Montgomery GI Bill. (Sec. 575) Adds to the military welfare societies authorized to provide services to overseas U.S. military personnel certain overseas entities that promote understanding between U.S. military personnel and the people of the host nation. (Sec. 576) Authorizes the Armed Forces Medical Examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations, including an autopsy, to determine the cause or manner of death of persons under certain circumstances, including those who die while imprisoned in a military installation or from an injury or illness incurred during active duty or military training. Subjects such authority to the primary jurisdiction of any State or local government, or foreign country in which there is an international agreement with the United States. (Sec. 577) Prohibits the disclosure of the contents of a record of a debriefing, made by an authorized U.S. official, of a missing person returned to U.S. control during the period beginning on July 8, 1959, and ending on February 10, 1996. (Sec. 578) Authorizes the use for public relations purposes of advertising materials developed for military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 579) Revises provisions providing financial assistance to separated military personnel to obtain certification as teachers or teachers' aides (the troops-to-teachers program) to place administration of the program in the hands of the Secretary of Defense, for the armed forces, and the Secretary of Transportation, for the Coast Guard, but to transfer such jurisdiction to the Secretary of Education, such transfer to be completed by October 1, 2001. Requires the administering Secretary to periodically identify local educational agencies for program participation. Makes retired military personnel eligible for such assistance. Revises generally provisions concerning outreach information provided to eligible individuals and the selection of participants. Authorizes the provision of a $10,000 bonus (in lieu of the regular stipend of $5,000) to each participant who agrees to accept full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher or vocational or technical teacher for not less than four years in a high need school. Deletes provisions requiring the administering Secretary to pay specified amounts of the base salary of teachers hired under the program to the local educational agencies involved. Provides additional exceptions to required reimbursement for a participant's failure to complete the agreed-upon period of service as a teacher or aide. Authorizes the administering Secretary to make grants (with grant limits) to States or a consortia of States in order to operate offices to recruit eligible individuals for program participation. Prohibits the administering Secretary from using more than five percent of program funds to establish and maintain program management infrastructure. Provides for the transfer of program administration to the Secretary of Education. Requires such Secretary and the Comptroller General (CG), after such transfer, to report to Congress on program effectiveness. (Sec. 580) Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to an eligible civilian provider of child care or youth program services that furnishes such services for military personnel and Federal employees if the Secretary determines that providing such assistance: (1) is in DOD's best interest; (2) enables supplementation or expansion of the furnishing of such services for military installations; and (3) ensures that the provider complies with DOD standards for furnishing such care. Outlines provider requirements. Authorizes the use of any DOD funds to provide such assistance. Requires a biennial report from the Secretary to Congress. Allows the Secretary to authorize participation in such programs by children and youth under 19 years of age who are not military or Federal employee dependents. Requires a biennial report on the exercise of such authority. (Sec. 581) Directs the Secretary to establish a Military-Civilian Task Force on Domestic Violence, requiring the Task Force to submit an annual report to Congress concerning responses to domestic violence in the military, pending research on domestic violence, and recommendations for improving the military response to such violence. Requires the Secretary to establish a central database of information on cases of domestic violence involving military personnel. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives any FY 2000 military pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for Government employees. Increases by 4.8 percent, effective on January 1, 2000, the rates of basic pay for military personnel. Revises, effective July 1, 2000, the rates of such pay for commissioned and warrant officers within specified grades. Requires increases in basic pay for each of FY 2001 through 2006 by a specified percentage based on the Economic Cost Index. (Sec. 603) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay a monthly special subsistence allowance to military personnel in pay grades E-5 or below who are eligible for food stamp assistance, with conditions and limitations, including a monthly limit of $180 and termination of such assistance if paid for 12 consecutive months. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2004. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 604) Authorizes the lump-sum payment of accrued unused annual leave upon a member's reenlistment into the armed forces. (Sec. 605) Requires the continuation of authorized pay and allowances for a member listed under a "whereabouts unknown" duty status. (Sec. 606) Provides for the identical treatment, for purposes of pay determination and years of service credit, for officers who completed instruction at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1987 and those who graduated in 1986. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Extends through 2000 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 1999 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. (Sec. 614) Requires air battle managers entitled to aviation career incentive pay to receive the higher of such pay or the amount they were receiving prior to such entitlement. (Sec. 615) Extends through 2004 the bonus authority for aviation career officers agreeing to extend their period of duty for at least one year. Repeals the requirement that such officers must have completed at least six, but less than 13 years of active duty in order to be eligible for the bonus. Repeals the lower alternative amount of such bonus for officers agreeing to serve three additional years or less. Allows such an agreement to extend until the officer has completed up to 25 years of aviation service (currently, 14 years of commissioned service). (Sec. 616) Authorizes the payment of career enlisted flyer incentive pay to enlisted personnel who: (1) are entitled to basic pay or inactive duty training pay; (2) hold or are training for a career enlisted occupational or flyer specialty; and (3) are qualified for aviation service. Outlines operational flying duty requirements. Provides for the monthly amounts of such pay, such amount increasing with the years of creditable aviation service performed. Prohibits such pay for members already receiving either hazardous duty incentive pay or diving duty special pay. (Sec. 617) Authorizes special pay for certain special warfare officers who agree to remain on active duty in such service for at least one additional year. Limits such payment to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement term from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete 14 years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 618) Authorizes the payment of a retention bonus for surface warfare officers who agree to: (1) remain on active duty for at least two years and through the tenth year of active commissioned service; and (2) complete tours of duty to which the officer may be ordered during such period as a department head afloat. Limits such amount to $15,000 for each year under the agreement. Prohibits such agreement term from extending beyond the date on which the officer would complete ten years of active commissioned service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bonus for periods not served. (Sec. 619) Authorizes additional special pay for veterinarians in the armed forces and the Public Health Service who have been awarded a diploma in a specialty recognized by the American Veterinarian Medical Association. (Sec. 620) Increases: (1) the rate of diving duty special monthly pay; (2) the reenlistment bonus for active-duty personnel; and (3) the critical skills enlistment bonus (authorizing the lump-sum payment of such bonus). (Sec. 623) Amends provisions authorizing the payment of a Selected Reserve enlistment bonus to: (1) eliminate the six-year minimum period required to receive such bonus; and (2) increase such bonus from $5,000 to $8,000. (Sec. 624) Authorizes special pay for Coast Guard reserve personnel assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. (Sec. 625) Reduces from three to two years the minimum period of Army enlistment in a critical skill area before eligibility for an enlistment bonus. (Sec. 626) Authorizes payment of a prior service enlistment bonus to certain members of the Selected Reserve attaining or occupying positions designated as critically short. (Sec. 627) Increases from $100 to $300 the monthly foreign language proficiency special pay. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Authorizes the payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of duty station. (Sec. 642) Authorizes the use of any airport in the United States at which travel can be arranged at a lower cost in connection with emergency leave travel for military personnel. (Currently, only travel from the closest airport is authorized.) (Sec. 643) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, under certain circumstances, to pay a per diem allowance to certain military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. (Sec. 644) Authorizes reserve personnel to travel in a space required status on military aircraft between the member's home and place of inactive-duty training outside the United States when there is no available road or rail transportation. (Sec. 645) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reimburse a member for travel expenses incurred in connection with approved leave which is canceled to meet an exigency in connection with U.S. participation in Operation Allied Force. Subtitle D: Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters - Limits the application of a reduction in retired pay currently required for individuals who first became members of the armed forces after July 31, 1986, and retired with less than 30 years of creditable service to only those who have elected to receive a bonus added by this section. Makes eligible for such bonus those members who became members after the above date, have 15 years or more of active duty, and execute written agreements to complete at least five more years of continuous active duty service. Makes such bonus a lump-sum amount of $30,000. (Sec. 652) Authorizes participation in the Federal Thrift Savings Plan for Ready Reserve members of any pay status. Authorizes all active-duty military personnel to participate in such Plan and to contribute participatory amounts to the Thrift Savings Fund, limiting the maximum annual contribution to five percent of the member's basic pay, as well as any special or incentive pay received. Prohibits matching agency contributions. Adds a representative of the armed forces to the Employee Thrift Advisory Council. Authorizes such participation and contribution as of July 1, 2000, unless postponed by the Secretary under certain circumstances. (Sec. 653) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into an agreement with a member to make contributions to the Fund if such member: (1) is in a critical specialty; and (2) commits to continue to serve on active duty in that specialty for six years. (Sec. 654) Includes reserve retired officers who are employed with the Federal Government on a full-time basis under provisions limiting the amount of military retired pay they may receive during such employment. (Sec. 655) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide a credit toward Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage for months covered by premium payments made during an SBP open enrollment period for persons not previously participating in the SBP. (Sec. 656) Prohibits the reduction in military retired pay for persons electing to participate in a military annuity program for any month after the later of: (1) 30 years for which such retired pay is reduced; or (2) the month during which the annuitant reaches 70 years of age. (Sec. 657) Makes permanent (currently terminates on September 30, 2001) the authority for the payment of annuities to the surviving spouses of certain reserve personnel. (Sec. 658) Provides for the effectuation of an intended SBP annuity to a former spouse when not accomplished by a member due to his or her death within 21 days after entering into an agreement incident to a divorce to elect such annuity. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress assessing the effect that additional pay and benefits have had on military recruitment and retention. (Sec. 672) Requires the first general or flag officer in the chain of command of a member to manage such member's deployment when the total number of days of which such member has been deployed out of 365 consecutive days is in excess of 180 days. Limits such deployment to 200 out of 365 consecutive days unless a general or admiral in such chain of command approves a continued deployment. Provides for the waiver of such limitations by the Secretary for national security purposes. Authorizes a $100 per diem allowance for members deployed in excess of 220 out of 365 consecutive days (with a national security waiver of such allowance). Makes such provisions inapplicable to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 673) Makes inapplicable to members deployed in a contingency operation or similar operational mission a required limitation in the amount of tuition costs that will be paid for education or training during off-duty periods. (Sec. 674) Includes within the educational loan repayment program members of the Selected Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve when not operating as a service in the Navy. (Sec. 675) Extends to the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the authority for the presentation of the U.S. flag upon retirement. Title VII: Health Care - Subtitle A: TRICARE Program - Amends the Civilian Heath and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to require the Secretary to ensure that health care coverage available through TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) is substantially similar to coverage available under similar health benefits plans offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. Directs the Secretary to minimize the authorization or certification requirements of covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program as a condition of access to program benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse health care providers under the TRICARE program at higher rates (with limits) if such rates are necessary to ensure the availability of an adequate number of qualified health care providers. Authorizes collection by military medical treatment facilities of health care costs incurred on behalf of a covered beneficiary of another insurer. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 702) Requires the Secretary to establish voluntary enrollment dental plans for members of the Selected Reserve (current law) and Individual Ready Reserve, and authorizes such plans for other reserves, active duty dependents, and Ready Reserve dependents. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to establish such plans for dependents of military personnel who are on active duty for more than 30 days.) Provides for: (1) plan administration; (2) types of care authorized; (3) premiums and premium sharing plans; (4) copayments; (5) dental care provided outside the United States; and (6) a waiver of plan requirements for dependents of personnel on active duty for more than 30 days. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing plan benefits until notice to the defense committees followed by a one-year waiting period. (Sec. 703) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for the automatic authorization for enrollment into the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program of persons already enrolled in a DOD managed care program. (Sec. 704) Provides for the designation and services of TRICARE beneficiary advocates, requiring such designation no later than January 15, 2000. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Provides for the health care at former military medical treatment facilities of active-duty personnel stationed at certain remote locations. (Sec. 712) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to extend through FY 2000 the chiropractic health care demonstration program. (Sec. 713) Directs the Secretary, in the administration of health care contracts, to implement program benefit and administrative changes at the start of each fiscal year rather than throughout the year, except when the Secretary determines that such changes would significantly improve health services to eligible beneficiaries or result in more effective provision of such care. (Sec. 714) Requires CHAMPUS contracts to be awarded to offerors that will provide the best value consistent with high-quality care in a manner that protects the fiscal and other interests of the United States. (Sec. 715) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, with the consent of the member, to order a reserve member to active duty to complete a health surveillance study. (Sec. 716) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to continue payment under CHAMPUS for domiciliary or custodial care services to covered beneficiaries who, prior to the effective date of final regulations implementing the individual case management program, were provided such care. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 2005 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. (Sec. 802) Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 relating to the Mentor-Protege program (a program to provide incentives to major DOD contractors to award subcontracts to disadvantaged small businesses) to: (1) provide a program participation term of not more than three years, while allowing up to five years in unusual circumstances; (2) authorize (currently require) the Secretary to reimburse a mentor for the total amount of progress or advance payments made to a subcontractor under the program, as well as certain support costs; (3) state that determinations made in a mentor firm's annual performance review shall be a major factor in determining appropriate reimbursement amounts; (4) limit such total reimbursement amount in a fiscal year to $1 million, with an exception; (5) extend such program through FY 2004; (6) require specified reports from the mentor firm, the protege firm, and the Secretary; (7) require an annual performance review of each mentor-protege agreement; and (8) repeal a provision that limits the provision of funding to the end of FY 1999. (Sec. 803) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress the implementation status of the Small Business Innovation Research program transition plan developed under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 804) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to provide for CG review of records concerning prototype projects carried out by the Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Sec. 805) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to treat procurements of certain commercial services as procurements of commercial items under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Limits such program to a five-year period. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress on the program; and (2) collect and analyze information on price trends for all services covered by the program. (Sec. 806) Requires the Secretary, before purchasing a product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Industries catalog, to conduct market research to determine whether such product is comparable in price, quality, and delivery time to products available from the private sector, and, if not comparable, to use competitive procedures for the procurement of such product. Provides exemptions, including for the procurement of national security systems. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: General - Provides that, as of October 1, 2002, the number of DOD management headquarters and headquarters support personnel may not exceed 65 (currently 75) percent of such number as of October 1, 1989. Repeals provisions requiring a phased reduction of such number. (Sec. 902) Outlines additional matters to be included within annual reports concerning joint warfighting experimentation. (Sec. 903) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to accept from a donor a qualified guarantee for the completion of a major project (cost of at least $1 million) for the benefit of the U.S. Military Academy. Allows funds for such a project to be obligated and expended without regard to whether they are sufficient to pay for project completion. Requires a qualified account control agreement to be set up between such Secretary, the donor, and a major U.S. investment management firm in order to ensure the availability of sufficient funds to pay the guaranteed amount (along with related assurances and requirements). (Sec. 904) Mandates that the Civil Air Patrol is a nonmilitary, voluntary civilian auxiliary of the Air Force, to be administered by a Chief of Staff under the direction of the Secretary of the Air Force. Requires Patrol headquarters to perform command, control, and administrative functions. Outlines Patrol organizational requirements, including an Executive Director, Safety Officer, and Inspector General. Prohibits a member of the regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard serving in such position from receiving compensation for such service other than the pay and allowances provided to military personnel in such positions. (Sec. 905) Repeals the requirement that the DOD strategic plan be updated and revised at least every three years. (Sec. 906) Directs the Secretary, in each year in which a President is inaugurated, to conduct a comprehensive examination of the defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and related elements of defense programs and policies with a view toward determining and expressing the U.S. defense strategy and establishing a revised defense plan for the ensuing ten years and a revised defense plan for the ensuing 20 years. Requires during such time the consideration of reports of the National Defense Panel (established herein). Directs the Secretary to report on such review to the defense committees every year such review is conducted. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Defense Panel (nonpartisan and independent) to make certain assessments and recommendations concerning appropriate changes to U.S. defense strategy and to identify the most dangerous threats to U.S. national security during such upcoming periods. Requires the Panel to submit to the Secretary and the defense committees an interim and final report containing appropriate recommendations. Terminates the Panel after submission of its final report. Subtitle B: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization - Establishes the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization to conduct a review of such management and organization and report to Congress its findings and conclusions. Funds the Commission from defense-wide O&M funds for FY 2000. Terminates the Commission 60 days after its report. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2 billion of authorizations made available in this Division for FY 2000 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. (Sec. 1002) Outlines matters to be included in the second biennial DOD financial management improvement plan. (Sec. 1003) Allows a contract for the procurement of subsistence items entered into under the prime vendor program of the Defense Logistics Agency to specify a single payment date applicable to an invoice for such items, but prohibits such date to be more than ten days after invoice receipt. (Sec. 1004) Authorizes the Secretary to require the use of electronic funds transfer for the pay, allowances, retired or retainer pay, and any other payments out of funds available to DOD for current and former military personnel, DOD employees or former employees, or dependents. (Sec. 1005) Authorizes the Secretary to pay, out of the proceeds of sales of maps, charts, and other publications of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), any licensing or other fees imposed by foreign countries or international organizations for the acquisition or use of data or products by NIMA. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes DOD disbursing officials to provide operating funds to automated teller machines on naval vessels and to accept transfers of funds made through such machines. (Sec. 1007) Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for DOD missions relating to combating terrorism. Requires the DOD budget for fiscal years after 2000 to set forth separately the amounts requested for such purpose. (Sec. 1008) Provides for U.S. contribution for the common-funded budgets of NATO for FY 2000. Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - Waives certain transfer restrictions if a sale of naval shipyard articles or services is made to a DOD contractor for a nuclear ship in order to facilitate the contractor's fulfillment of the contract. (Sec. 1012) Requires congressional notification followed by a 60- day waiting period prior to the transfer of a vessel which has been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals - Preserves certain defense reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, prior national defense and military construction Acts, and related Acts, as listed in the report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the Speaker of the House on January 5, 1993. (Sec. 1022) Requires a report from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the defense and appropriations committees on the requirements of the combatant commands. (Sec. 1023) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) assessments of the readiness of the United States to execute the national military strategy; and (2) the inventory and control of DOD military equipment as of the end of FY 1999. (Sec. 1024) Directs the Secretary to develop, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, a detailed guide for investment in space science and technology, demonstrations of space technology, and planning and development for space technology systems. Requires such guide to include two alternative technology paths. (Sec. 1025) Requires the CG to study the policies, procedures, and practices of the military departments for protecting the confidentiality of communications between a military dependent who is a victim or perpetrator of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or intrafamily abuse and their therapist, counselor, or other person providing professional services. Requires a report from the CG to Congress and the Secretary on the study's results, and a report from the Secretary to Congress on actions taken after such study. (Sec. 1026) Requires a report from the CG to Congress on the anticipated effect of the proposal to reduce the Federal civilian workforce involved in the operation of eight storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. (Sec. 1027) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the deployment across State boundaries of rapid assessment and initial detection teams used to respond to incidents involving a weapon of mass destruction. (Sec. 1028) Directs the Secretary to include in quarterly readiness reports an assessment of the readiness, training status, and future funding requirements of all active and reserve units that are considered assets of the Consequence Management Program Integration Office of DOD. Requires the Secretary to prepare a decontamination readiness plan for such Office. (Sec. 1029) Requires the Secretary to report to the: (1) defense and appropriations committees on the relationship between the defense budget and current and emerging threats to national security; and (2) defense committees on implementation of the Defense Capabilities Initiative by NATO nations. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2000 a prohibition on the retirement or dismantlement of specified strategic nuclear delivery systems. Prohibits funds from being obligated for retiring or dismantling: (1) B-52H bomber aircraft below a minimum of 76 (currently 71); and (2) Trident ballistic missile submarines below 14 (currently 18). (Sec. 1042) Prohibits any FY 2000 funds from being used to reduce the number of U.S. strategic nuclear forces below the maximum number currently permitted the United States under the START II Treaty unless the President reports to Congress an assessment that such reductions would not impede U.S. capability to respond militarily to a significant challenge posed by nuclear weapons modernization programs of the People's Republic of China or any other nation. Requires other nations' modernization programs to be taken into account when negotiating the START II Treaty with the Russian Federation. (Sec. 1043) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to extend through FY 2004 the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Provides for an executive secretary to such Committee, and revises certain report deadlines. (Sec. 1044) Prohibits funds authorized under this Act from being obligated or expended for assistance for a country under any Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program until the President makes certain certifications to Congress with respect to arms control compliance and related actions of such country. (Sec. 1045) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to revise the period covered by an annual report on accounting for U.S. assistance under CTR programs. (Sec. 1046) Limits to $15 million the total amount of FY 2000 U.S. assistance in support of UN-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. (Sec. 1047) Directs the Secretary to carry out an (defense electronic) information assurance program, to report annually to Congress on such program, and to prepare a DOD information assurance guide for the development of appropriate organizational structures and technologies for information assurance (protection) under the program. Requires development of an information assurance testbed. Provides funding from amounts authorized under this Act. (Sec. 1048) Directs the Secretary to establish a task force of the Defense Science Board to examine the use of radio and television broadcasting as a propaganda instrument and the adequacy of the capabilities of U.S. armed forces to deal with propaganda situations such as the conflict in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Requires a report from the task force to the Secretary, and from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 1049) Requires a non-DOD entity operating a communication system, device, or apparatus on any portion of the frequency spectrum used by DOD to ensure noninterference with DOD communications operated therein. Makes such entity liable for any required redesign or rebuilding of a DOD communication system as a result of such interference. (Sec. 1050) Prohibits the use of any funds to enter into any contract with or issue any broadcast or other license to any entity that broadcasts from outside the United States into the United States on any frequency that is reserved to or used by DOD, unless such broadcasting is authorized by law. (Sec. 1051) Repeals a provision that limits to $50 million in a fiscal year the Federal expenditure for the National Guard civilian youth opportunities program. (Sec. 1052) Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, to exempt from Federal disclosure requirements information concerning military personnel or DOD or Coast Guard employees assigned to overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. (Sec. 1053) Authorizes the Secretary to exempt from such disclosure requirements: (1) certain operational files of NIMA; and (2) NIMA information having commercial significance. (Sec. 1055) Authorizes the Secretary to continue the enrollment in the DOD domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools program of a military or Federal employee dependent who would otherwise lose their eligibility under such program. (Sec. 1056) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a single school board for all domestic dependent schools in Puerto Rico and a single school board for all such schools in Guam. (Sec. 1057) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct through the military departments a science, mathematics, and technology education improvement program known as the Department of Defense STARBASE Program in order to improve the knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in such subject areas. Requires the establishment of at least 25 academies under the program, with specified academic requirements. Requires an annual program report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 1058) Requires the Secretary's program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War to run during FY 2000 through 2004. Provides program funding during such period through Army O&M funds. (Sec. 1059) Reauthorizes and extends through FY 2000 the Defense Production Act of 1950. (Sec. 1060) Extends to naval aircraft on which one or more Coast Guard members are assigned the authority to engage in certain drug interdiction activities. Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel - Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to change to October 1, 1999 (currently October 1, 2000) the effective date of revisions made to the voluntary early retirement program. (Sec. 1102) Repeals a provision which authorized the investigation of a complaint of sexual harassment made by a civilian employee under the supervision of a commanding officer or officer in charge of a military unit, vessel, facility, or area (thereby requiring such employees to follow Federal sexual harassment investigatory procedures). (Sec. 1103) Provides for the restoration of earned but unused annual leave in the case of DOD emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary of a military department to make such designation, following specified criteria. Makes employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities eligible for such designation. (Sec. 1104) Provides leave protection for dual-status military technicians participating in combat as well as noncombat operations outside the United States. (Sec. 1105) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish work schedules and premium pay or compensatory time off provisions for civilian faculty members of the military service academies. (Sec. 1106) Provides that certain Federal pay rate and total compensation limitations shall not apply to the authority of the Secretary to prescribe salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Title XII: National Military Museum and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Commission on National Military Museum - Establishes the Commission on the National Military Museum to conduct a study and make recommendations to Congress regarding authorization for the construction of a national military museum in the National Capital area. Requires, after one year, a report to Congress on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 60 days after such report. Subtitle B: Related Matters - Prohibits any transfer of Navy Annex property until two years after the later of: (1) the date of submission of a study on the expansion of Arlington National Cemetery (required under a prior joint explanatory statement); or (2) the date of the report of the Commission, above.
Bill· SS. 1062 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle D: Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities Subtitle E: Other Matters Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Title XXXI (sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2000 for operating expenses, capital equipment, and plant projects necessary in carrying out the following activities for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (3) other defense activities; (4) defense nuclear waste disposal; and (5) defense environmental management privatization activities. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 110 percent of the program authorization or $1 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress until the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) transmits to the defense and appropriations committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have since expired. (Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Requires congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits. (Sec. 3124) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOE-authorized funds: (1) to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which such funds were authorized; or (2) between authorizations within DOE, to be merged with and available for the same purposes. Requires notification to the defense committees of any such transfers. (Sec. 3125) Directs the Secretary, before submitting a funding request for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program, to complete a conceptual design for such project. Requires a separate funding request for designs for which the estimated cost exceeds $3 million. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for the design does not exceed $600,000. Requires specific authorization by law for designs exceeding such amount. (Sec. 3126) Authorizes the use of DOE funds for planning, design, and construction activities for any DOE national security program that must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the needs of national defense, or protect property. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees when funds are so used. Makes funds for management and support and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. (Sec. 3129) Directs the Secretary, during FY 2000, to empower each DOE field office manager with the authority to transfer defense environmental management funds from a program or project under such office's jurisdiction to another program or project in order to address a risk to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of such funds at that field office. Limits such transfers to a total of $5 million per fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress within 30 days after any such transfer. Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act, or any Act authorizing appropriations for Department of Defense (DOD) or DOE military activities for fiscal years after 2000, from being used for treatment, storage, or disposal activities at any site designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program. (Sec. 3132) Directs the Secretary to continue operations and maintain a high state or readiness at the F- and H-canyon facilities at the Savannah River site and to provide technical staff to operate and maintain such facilities. (Sec. 3133) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for extending the effective life of weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a long-term plan for such extension; and (2) report annually to the defense committees (requiring plan updates as appropriate). Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should include in each annual budget sufficient amounts to fund such activities. (Sec. 3134) Directs the Secretary to produce new tritium to meet the requirements of the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum at the Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar or Sequoyah nuclear power plants. Requires the Secretary, in connection with such production, to design and construct a new tritium extraction facility in the H-Area of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. (Sec. 3135) Directs the Secretary to secure an independent cost estimate of the Accelerator Production of Tritium. (Sec. 3136) Prohibits more than 40 percent of the post-FY 1999 funds available for the Initiative for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) program from being obligated or expended by DOE national laboratories to: (1) carry out or provide oversight of activities under that program; or (2) increase or otherwise supplement the pay or benefits of a scientist or engineer engaged in activities relating to the development, production, or testing of chemical or biological weapons or a missile system when such engineer was not formerly engaged in such activities. Prohibits any such funds from being made available to an institution or other scientist engaged in such activities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe procedures for the review of projects under the IPP program to ensure their nonmilitary use, and to report to Congress on such procedures. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should enter into negotiations with the Russian Government to conclude an agreement to provide for the permanent exemption from taxation by the Russian Government of DOE nonproliferation activities under the IPP program. Prohibits amounts authorized for the Nuclear Cities Initiative from being obligated or expended until the Secretary certifies to Congress that Russia has agreed to close some of its facilities engaged in work on weapons of mass destruction. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of potential economic effects of each commercial program proposed under such Initiative before providing assistance. Requires a report from the Secretary: (1) to Congress on participation in or contribution to the Initiative of each Federal department or agency; and (2) to the defense committees on the IPP program and the Initiative. Subtitle D: Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities - Department of Energy Facilities Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 1999 - Establishes the Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy Facilities to review the safeguards, security, and counterintelligence activities at DOE facilities in order to: (1) determine the adequacy of such activities against threats to the disclosure of sensitive information, processes, and activities; and (2) make recommendations for appropriate action to ensure that such security is achieved and maintained. Requires an annual Commission activities report to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates the Department of Energy Security Management Board authorized under a prior defense authorization Act. (Sec. 3153) Requires background investigations of any DOE employee, or contractor employee, at a DOE facility who: (1) carries out duties or responsibilities in or around a location where restricted data is or may be present; or (2) has or may have regular access to such a location. (Sec. 3154) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for conducting periodic polygraph examinations of each DOE employee (or contractor employee) at a DOE facility who has or may have access to restricted data or sensitive compartmented information. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 50 percent of the amount authorized for DOE travel expenses until such plan is submitted. (Sec. 3155) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide civil monetary penalties of $100,000 per violation for violations of DOE regulations regarding the security of classified or sensitive information or data. (Sec. 3156) Requires the Secretary and the Directors of Central Intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (officials) to jointly submit to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees a certification that cooperative programs carried out between DOE and the Republic of China, an independent state of the former Soviet Union, or any nation designated as sensitive by the Secretary of State meet specified conditions regarding the safeguarding and security of sensitive information. Prohibits the use of DOE weapons and other defense activities funds for FY 2000 until 30 days after such certification. (Sec. 3157) Increases penalties for the unauthorized communication or receipt of restricted data. (Sec. 3158) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within DOE an Office of Counterintelligence, headed by a Director who shall develop and implement security and counterintelligence programs and activities at DOE facilities in order to reduce the threat of disclosure or loss of classified and other sensitive information. Requires such Director to submit to the above officials an annual status report on the effectiveness of measures taken. Establishes within DOE the Office of Intelligence, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for DOE programs and activities relating to the analysis of intelligence with respect to nuclear weapons and materials, other nuclear matters, and energy security. (Sec. 3159) Directs the Secretary to assign to each DOE facility at which restricted data is located an individual to assess security and counterintelligence protection measures at such facility. (Sec. 3160) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to ensure that a DOE employee or contractor employee may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing information relating to a possible violation against the protection of classified information to: (1) members of a congressional committee having appropriate oversight responsibilities; (2) staff members of such committees having appropriate security clearance; or (3) the Inspector General, FBI, or any other Federal entity authorized to receive such information. (Sec. 3161) Provides for investigation and appropriate remedial action of alleged reprisals against DOE or contractor employees disclosing such information. (Sec. 3162) Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a notification of each serious security or counterintelligence failure at a DOE facility that is likely to cause significant harm or damage to U.S. national security interests. Requires such notification within 30 days after its discovery. Requires the House and Senate to establish procedures to protect classified and other sensitive information furnished under this section. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Provides for the appointment of an interim staff director for the Office of Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs until the position of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for such Programs is filled. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly submit to the defense committees a plan to revitalize the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council established under prior law. Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) report annually to the defense committees on Council activities; and (2) develop and implement a plan to ensure the continued capability of DOD to carry out its nuclear deterrent mission. Directs both Secretaries to submit to the defense committees a plan for retaining core scientific, engineering, and technical skills and capabilities within their departments and contractors in order to maintain indefinitely the U.S. nuclear deterrent force. (Sec. 3172) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to revise required budget and planning elements for DOE national security activities. Directs the Secretary to include in annual budget materials a description of DOE weapons activities funding impacts on the nuclear weapons stockpile. (Sec. 3173) Authorizes DOE to pay voluntary separation incentive payments to qualifying employees who separate before January 1, 2003. (Sec. 3174) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to the defense and appropriations committees a long-term plan for the integrated management of fissile materials. (Sec. 3175) Authorizes the Secretary to accept loans from DOE contractors carrying out closure projects at DOE defense facilities. (Sec. 3176) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program on the use of project management oversight services for DOE construction projects of not less than $25 million. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. (Sec. 3177) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 to extend for five additional one-year periods the Environmental Evaluation Group for review of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. (Sec. 3178) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a proposed schedule for the commencement of shipments of waste from the Rocky Flats Plant, Colorado, to the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, New Mexico. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY 2000, to obligate up to $78.7 million of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposal of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amounts 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations. (Sec. 3302) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to prohibit the President from disposing of NDS materials in excess of that needed to achieve certain revenue requirements contained therein. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and administration of the Panama Canal for the period from October 1 through December 31, 1999 (after which Canal ownership reverts to the Republic of Panama), with specified funding limits. (Sec. 3403) Requires Commission funds to be made available for the purchase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of passenger motor vehicles, with a per vehicle cost limit of $26,000. (Sec. 3404) Requires expenditures authorized under this title to be in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any laws implementing those treaties. (Sec. 3405) Authorizes the Office of Transition Administration to obligate and expend funds from the Panama Canal Commission Dissolution Fund for authorized Canal ownership transition purposes. Requires the Commission to enter into an agreement with the head of a Federal department or agency to supervise the close-out of Commission affairs with respect to the Canal and to certify the completion of such functions.
Bill· HRH.R. 1830 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1999
Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1999 - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to: (1) repeal certain State law requirements under the extended unemployment compensation benefit program; (2) establish certain mandatory triggers based on total unemployment; (3) revise requirements for supplemental benefits during high unemployment periods; and (4) modify provisions for alternative triggers that States may establish. Amends title IX (Employment Security Administrative Financing) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to modify the ceiling on the Federal Unemployment Account. Provides for special distributions of funds to the States under SSA title IX. Directs the Secretary of Labor to reserve specified amounts for grants to States to assist in implementing alternative base periods for determining the eligibility of claimants for unemployment compensation. Requires States to achieve or make substantial progress toward achieving certain solvency targets for their unemployment compensation accounts. Directs the Secretary to transfer to other States' accounts the amount that would otherwise be transferred to the account of a State that violates such requirement under SSA title IX. Revises SSA title IX requirements for distribution to States of certain excess amounts in the Employment Security Administration Account as of the close of FY 2002. Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to extend the self-employment assistance program. Amends the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) under the Internal Revenue Code to set forth requirements for treatment of short-time compensation programs.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 173 (106th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1999
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1141 (emergency supplemental appropriations).
Bill· SS. 1057 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1999
Real Estate Investment Trust Modernization Act of 1999 - Title I: Treatment of Income and Services Provided by Taxable REIT Subsidiaries - Excludes taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs) from the five and ten percent asset tests. Allows TRSs to provide non-customary tenant services. Allows a REIT to establish a TRS (as defined). Includes in the definition of "disqualified interest" (Sec. 163 of the IRC) any interest paid or accrued by a TRS to the REIT. Imposes a 100 percent tax on any interest payments by a TRS to the REIT in excess of the commercially reasonable interest rate. Title II: Health Care REITs - Includes within the definition of the term "foreclosure property" any qualified health care property acquired by a REIT as the result of the termination of a lease of such property. Title III: Conformity With Regulated Investment Company Rules - Changes the distribution requirement from 95 percent to 90 percent. Title IV : Clarification of Definition of Independent Contractor - Provides, with respect to the definition of an independent contractor, that in the event that any class of stock of is regularly traded on an established securities market, only owners who own, directly or indirectly, more than five percent of such class of stock shall be taken into account as owning any of the stock of such class for purposes of applying the 35 percent limitation. Title V: Modification of Earnings and Profits Rules - Provides rules for determining whether a Regulated Investment Company (RIC) has earnings and profits form a non-RIC year.
Bill· SS. 1056 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1999
Highway Tax Equity and Simplification Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the heavy vehicle use tax. Shortens, by five years, the termination of the tax on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail and the termination of the tax on tires. Reduces the tax rate on diesel fuel. Establishes a tax on the use of certain vehicles (over 25,000 pounds) based on a weight-distance rate. Provides for a study concerning highway taxes.
Bill· SS. 1054 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1999
Savings for Scholars Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $2,000 the maximum annual contribution allowed to education individual retirement accounts; and (2) modify qualified state tuition programs and the Hope and Lifetime Learning credits.
Bill· HRH.R. 1819 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1999
Working Uninsured Tax Equity Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a refundable tax credit equal to 30 percent of the amount paid during the taxable year for insurance which constitutes medical care for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents. Disallows such a credit for: (1) any taxpayer eligible to participate in his or her employer's (or spouse's employer's) subsidized health plan; or (2) Medicare or Medicare supplemental policy payments. Limits the full credit to individuals whose adjusted gross income is under $30,000 ($50,000 if filing a joint return). Disallows any credit to a married individual filing a separate return, but treats married individuals living apart and filing separate returns as not married (thus qualifying them for the credit). Prescribes a formula for phase-out of the credit for taxpayers with an adjusted gross income exceeding $30,000 ($50,000 for a joint return) by less than $10,000. Allows self-employed individuals to elect such credit or the deduction for medical expenses, but not both. States that such credit does not apply to long- term health care insurance.
Bill· HRH.R. 1818 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1999
FEC Reform and Authorization Act of 1999 - Title I: Promoting Disclosure of Campaign Information - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to direct the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to promulgate a regulation requiring the electronic filing (accessible by computers) of any required designation, statement, or report, if the person required to file the designation, statement, or report has, or has reason to expect to have, aggregate contributions or expenditures in excess of an FEC-determined threshold amount. Requires the regulation to allow an electronic or alternative filing by any person not required to make such filing. Requires the FEC to make any filing accessible to the public on the Internet within 24 hours after receipt. (Sec. 102) Requires election cycle reporting in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal office. (Sec. 103) Grants the FEC authority to waive reporting requirements or modify deadlines if it determines that such an action is consistent with the purposes of this title. Requires the FEC to publish, during each calendar quarter, a list of each waiver granted during the previous quarter. (Sec. 104) Establishes the FEC as the sole point of entry for reports. (Sec. 105) Prohibits fraudulent misrepresentation in solicitation of contributions for or on behalf of any candidate or political party; or knowing and willful participation in or conspiracy to participate in any plan, scheme, or design to violate this prohibition. (Sec. 106) Subjects to regulation under the Act: (1) as a contribution any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value made by any person for the purpose of influencing any clearly identified individual to seek nomination or election to Federal office; and (2) as an expenditure any purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value made by any person for the purpose of influencing any clearly identified individual to seek such nomination or election. Applies this regulation to corporations and labor organizations. (Sec. 107) Permits the principal campaign committees of candidates for the House of Representatives or the Senate to file their reports on a monthly basis instead of quarterly or semiannually, as otherwise required. Requires monthly filers also to file: (1) a pre-primary election report (although the FEC may waive it if the primary occurs within the first 20 days of a month); and (2) (in lieu of monthly reports due in November and December of such year) pre-general election, post-general election, and year-end reports (Sec. 108) Sets uniform 15-day deadlines for semiannual, year-end, and monthly reports. (Sec. 109) Requires electronic filings accessible by computers (as required by Sec. 101 of this Act) to be accessible by facsimile (FAX) machines or electronic mail in the case of any report required to be filed within 24 hours after the transaction reported has occurred. (Sec. 110) Deems the actual receipt of certain independent expenditure reports within 24 hours by the appropriate recipient to be the time of filing (thus requiring actual receipt of such reports within 24 hours). (Sec. 111) Requires PACs to file monthly reports in presidential election years. Title II: Contributions and Expenditures - Repeals the current requirement that contributions to a candidate in a non-election year be considered as made during the election year. (Thus allows an individual to make up to $25,000 in contributions during a non-election year as well as in an election year.) (Sec. 202) Revises the prohibition against direct or indirect campaign contributions by foreign nationals to specify donations and expenditures as prohibited. (Sec. 203) Excludes from the meaning of contribution any lines of credit obtained by candidates (including brokerage accounts, credit cards, and home equity lines of credit) if they constitute commercially reasonable loans. (Sec. 204) Prohibits the separate segregated political fund established by a corporation, labor organization, or other specified entity from causing another person to make a contribution or expenditure by physical force, job discrimination, financial reprisals, or the threat of force, job discrimination, or financial reprisal. (Sec. 205) Repeals the requirement that the annual estimate by the Secretary of Commerce of the U.S. voting age population specify such population by congressional district. Postpones the deadline: (1) for the annual voting age population estimate from the first week of each January to February 15; and (2) for the Secretary of Labor's annual estimate of the change in the consumer price index from the beginning of each calendar year to February 15. (Sec. 206) Repeals the exclusion from the meaning of contribution (thus including as a contribution) any unreimbursed payment for travel expenses (honorarium) made by any individual on behalf of any candidate or any political committee of a political party, regardless of the cumulative value of such activity. (Sec. 207) Prohibits any candidate or political committee from accepting any contributions of U.S. currency or the currency of any foreign country from any person which, in the aggregate, exceed $100. Title III: Promoting Enforcement of Campaign Finance Laws - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the FEC to issue orders granting immunity to witnesses in criminal cases who refuse to testify on the grounds of possible self-incrimination. (Sec. 302) Authorizes the FEC, in the case of a violation of any requirement for the reporting of receipts or disbursements, to: (1) find (after written notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the record) that a person committed such a violation on the basis of information obtained pursuant to specified current procedures; and (2) based on such finding, require the person to pay a civil money penalty in an amount determined under a schedule of penalties the FEC establishes and publishes, which takes into account the amount of the violation involved, the existence of previous violations by the person, and such other factors as the Commission considers appropriate. Provides for judicial review of any adverse determination in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (Sec. 303) Extends from six months to 12 months after an election the period for audits for cause of a candidate's authorized committee. (Sec. 304) Revises the standard for initiation of actions to replace "reason to believe a person has committed, or is about to commit," a violation of the Act or specified tax law with "reason to investigate a possible violation" of such Act or tax law that has occurred or is about to occur. (Sec. 305) Confers on any member of the FEC (currently, only the chairman or vice-chairman) the authority to sign subpoenas and reason-to-believe (alleged violation) notifications. Title IV: Public Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 20 to 30 the number of States in each of which a presidential candidate must raise from residents more than $5,000 in contributions in order to be eligible for matching payments from the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account. (Sec. 402) Amends FECA to repeal the aggregate State expenditure limits for presidential primary candidates. (Sec. 403) Repeals the separate limit on expenditures for fundraising for primary candidates. Restricts to the general election the current exclusion from the meaning of expenditure of any costs incurred for fundraising on behalf of a presidential candidate (currently the exclusion applies to both primary and general elections). Increases from $10 million to $12 million the limit on expenditures in a campaign for nomination for President. (Sec. 404) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make ineligible for payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund or the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account any candidate who: (1) has been convicted of willfully violating any provision of the Code with respect to the Fund or the Account; (2) has failed to make any required repayment; or (3) would not be eligible to serve as President if elected. (Sec. 405) Requires the deposit of repayments into the Presidential Election Campaign Fund instead of (as currently) the general fund of the Treasury. (Sec. 406) Amends FECA to prohibit contributions (except in accordance with specified restrictions) to presidential candidates certified to receive public financing. Title V: Other Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends FECA to authorize appropriations to the FEC for FY 2000. (Sec. 502) Directs the FEC (directly or by contract) to: (1) update the current national voting systems standards and conduct ongoing analyses of the technological advances to the equipment; and (2) publish such updated standards. (Sec. 503) Abolishes the ex officio membership on the FEC of the Clerk of House of Representatives and the Secretary of Senate. Title VI: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1824 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1999
Skilled Workforce Enhancement Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide small employers with a highly skilled trades training credit.
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