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Bill· HRH.R. 5425 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Repeals estate tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to inclusion in the gross estate of the value of certain types of transfers with a retained life estate. Applies the repeal retroactively in connection with property transferred after December 17, 1987. Establishes special valuation rules for determining whether a transfer of an interest in a corporation or partnership which is ten-percent owned to a member of the transferor's family is a gift. Provides for determining the valuation of any retained interests and qualified payments under such interests. Provides that where qualified payments are not made before the close of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which such payment was due, they shall be treated as a transfer of property by gift. Provides for the valuation of the transfer of property by gift if the transferor transfers any qualified retained interest or the transferor dies. Sets forth rules for adjustments in the case of transfers of nonqualified retained interests or where a corporation becomes insolvent. Sets forth valuation rules for determining whether a transfer of an interest in a trust to a member of the transferor's family is a gift. Provides for determining the value of any property without regard to the following rights with respect to such property held by a member of the family of the transferor or decedent: (1) any option or agreement to acquire the property at a price less than the fair market value as of the time the option is exercised; (2) any right of first refusal; and (3) any right to use such property pursuant to a lease. Sets forth rules governing the transfer tax consequences of lapsing rights and restrictions. Provides for the treatment of indirect holdings, certain redemptions, and creditor and lessor interests. Declares that a gift tax may be assessed on any gift of property under this Act at any time if it is not shown on the tax return although it is required to be.
Bill· HRH.R. 5422 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Declares that the authorized amounts and personnel ceilings for such intelligence activities are those specified in the classified schedule of authorizations. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to employ civilian personnel in excess of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1991. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 331 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Provides that such staff shall be administered in the same manner as the CIA. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System and Related Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1991. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees to eliminate the statutory provisions requiring a 15 year career review and an election option for participants in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (CIARDS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Special Category, and requiring such participants to remain under CIARDS or in FERS Special Category status for the duration of their CIA service. Specifies that the five years of marriage spent outside the United States required to qualify for former spouse status must have been during periods of the participant's service with the CIA. Permits a retiree under CIARDS who was unmarried at the time of retirement to: (1) elect a survivor benefit upon marriage after retirement (currently, an election for a current spouse can only be made to the extent that a previous election was made for a spouse to whom the participant was married at the time of retirement); and (2) irrevocably elect within one year of marriage after retirement, where his or her annuity was not reduced or fully reduced to provide a survivor annuity at the time of retirement, to provide an annuity for the new spouse in the event such spouse survives the retired participant (in such case, the retired participant would be required to deposit an amount by which his or her annuity would have been reduced if the election had been in effect since the date of retirement or, if the annuity was subsequently reduced, the amount by which the annuity would have been reduced, had the election been in effect, since the date the previous reduction was terminated). Lowers the remarriage age for purposes of entitlement to survivor and retirement benefits under CIARDS. Requires a surviving spouse who remarries a retiree and becomes entitled to a CIARDS survivor annuity fund to choose between such annuity and any other survivor annuity to which he or she may be entitled to be eligible to receive survivor annuity payments. Provides for the restoration of benefits of certain former CIA spouses whose benefits were terminated because of remarriage before the age of 55, and whose remarriage is later dissolved by death, annulment, or divorce. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to restore health benefits of former spouses whose benefits were terminated because of remarriage before the age of 55, and whose remarriage is later dissolved by death, annulment, or divorce. Title IV: General Provisions - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for benefits for Federal employees to be increased as may be necessary for increases in compensation or benefits authorized by law. Prohibits the authorization of appropriations by this Act from constituting authority for the conduct of any illegal intelligence activity. Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to grant the use of the DOD reimbursement rate for military airlift services provided by DOD to the CIA if such services are provided in support of authorized intelligence activities. Directs the Defense Mapping Agency to offer certain maps and charts for sale. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold from public disclosure any geodetic product under DOD control that: (1) is restricted pursuant to an international agreement; or (2) contains information that would, if disclosed, reveal sources and methods used to obtain material for geodetic products or review military operational or contingency plans. Permits the Secretary to authorize elements of DOD to engage in commercial activities to provide for security for the conduct of authorized intelligence collection activities abroad. Prohibits such activities from being conducted after September 30, 1995. Sets forth provisions concerning the use, disposition, and auditing of funds generated by such activities. Authorizes the Secretary, if any Federal laws and regulations would create an unacceptable risk of compromise of an authorized intelligence collection activity, to permit the operation of the activity notwithstanding such laws and regulations. Permits personnel to conduct such activities in the United States only to the extent necessary to support intelligence activities abroad. Prohibits entities engaged in such activities from employing, assigning, or detailing U.S. persons to perform duties for such entities unless such persons are informed in advance of the intelligence security purposes of such activities. Requires the Secretary to ensure that the House and Senate Intelligence Committees are kept currently and fully informed of such activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5429 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to include farm property sold during the same taxable year as a principal residence in the one-time exclusion of gain from sale of a principal residence by an individual who has attained age 55. Sets forth a formula limiting the extent of such exclusion.
Bill· HRH.R. 5423 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to raise from $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 the threshold amount of tax-exempt bonds that a small governmental unit may issue and still remain within the exception from arbitrage rebate requirements. Makes the exception from such rebate for construction bonds effective as if included under the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Permits elections concerning such bonds to be made until 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. States that any rebates paid shall not be refunded. Increases from $10,000,000 to $25,000,000 the amount of tax-exempt obligations excepted from the pro rata allocation of interest expense of financial institutions to tax-exempt interest for qualified small issuers. Repeals the five percent unrelated and disproportionate private use rules for private activity bonds. Provides that a bond shall not be treated as an arbitrage bond by reason of any failure to meet any requirements of temporary period investments if all earnings which would cause such bond to be an arbitrage bond are paid to the United States by the issuer by the required due dates. Reduces from 100 percent to 95 percent the amount of arbitrage to be rebated to the United States if certain State and local bonds are not to be treated as arbitrage bonds.
Bill· HRH.R. 5426 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Small Business Employee Training and Education Investment Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit to a small business for a percentage of the qualified training and education expenses paid or incurred for employees. Specifies rules for determining such credit. Allows employees of small businesses a nonrefundable credit of 30 percent of the educational expenses paid by the employee.
Bill· HRH.R. 5421 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 1993 the tax credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions. Includes preclinical testing expenses under such tax credit. Provides for determining the credit recapture amount when using preclinical testing of a drug for a disease or condition that has not previously been designated as a rare disease or condition. Imposes a windfall profits tax (after recovery of twice the total investment in drug development) on the profits from orphan drugs for rare diseases or conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 5415 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1990
Deadwood Act of 1990 - Title I: Repeal of Expired or Obsolete Provisions- Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal various provisions that have expired or are obsolete. Subtitle B: Modifications to Specific Provisions - Eliminates and revises expired provisions relating to: (1) the net operating loss deduction; (2) the depreciation deduction; (3) the investment tax credit; (4) the deduction for dividends received by corporations; (5) limitations on the percentage depletion allowance in the case of oil and gas wells; and (6) the tax credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source. Subtitle C: Effective Date - Makes provisions of this Act effective upon its enactment. Title II: Provisions Relating to Studies - Extends the due dates for specified studies and repeals the mandates for certain other studies by the Department of the Treasury. Modifies the study of Americans working abroad under the Foreign Earned Income Act of 1978 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to report as soon as practicable after December 31, 1993, and as soon as practicable after the close of every fifth calendar year thereafter (currently, every fourth calendar year).
Bill· HRH.R. 5417 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a nonrefundable tax credit for the purchase and installation of Mode C equipment for transponders used in aircraft. (Describes Mode C equipment as certain equipment in a transponder which gives it automatic altitude reporting capacity.) Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to report to specified congressional committees on the average cost of installing such equipment in general aviation aircraft.
Bill· HRH.R. 5407 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an income tax deduction for State and local general sales taxes.
Bill· HRH.R. 5394 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the exceptions to the disallowance of entertainment and other related expenses for sports events and club entertainment do not apply to activities held at a facility, or to the facility, if the facility or the organization which owns or operates it has any pattern or practice of discriminating against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, or religion. Prohibits tax-exempt social clubs from discriminating on the basis of sex.
Bill· HRH.R. 5379 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Provides that actuarial assumptions used in determining funding limits for pension plans shall be treated as reasonable if they are within the guidelines set forth in the Actuarial Guidelines Handbook (an Internal Revenue Service manual).
Bill· HRH.R. 5378 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the share of Federal funds for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Grant Program for FY 1991.
Bill· HRH.R. 5376 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the use of the 150 percent declining balance method of depreciation for computer equipment for alternative minimum tax purposes. Allows the use of the straight-line method for the first year for which such method will yield a higher allowance.
Bill· SS. 2911 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for the defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, the reserve components for procurement, and for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons under the chemical demilitarization program. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to increase or decrease the authorizations for various procurement programs and to increase the authorizations for specified research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) programs. Earmarks specified FY 1990 Marine Corps funds for procurement of M1A1 main battle tanks. Prohibits the further procurement of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for any fiscal year including FY 1991, other than those submarines currently authorized by law. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense committees on the need to maintain competition in submarine construction. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend a deadline for full integration of fixed-wing aircraft into the range instrumentation system of the National Test Center. Part B: B-2 Bomber Program - Limits the obligation of FY 1991 funds for procurement and advance procurement of B-2 aircraft. Places additional limitations concerning the procurement of two new production B-2 aircraft during FY 1991. Part C: Program Terminations - Terminates the following programs as of the beginning of FY 1991: (1) the 155 millimeter nuclear projectile program; (2) the Air Defense Heavy Missile system; (3) the Follow-On to Lance program; and (4) the Milstar Satellite program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for R&D. Requires such R&D funds to be available for the Strategic Relocatable Target Attack project and the Earth Penetrating Weapons project. Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary of the Army to prescribe an acquisition plan for the acquisition of an armored gun system for use on nondevelopmental item vehicles. Prohibits FY 1991 Army acquisition funds from being used for such system except in accordance with such acquisition plan. Places certain restrictions on the armored systems modernization program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to use certain prior-year unobligated funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program, subject to specified conditions and prohibitions. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to complete certain R&D work with respect to the advanced tactical fighter of the Air Force. Directs the Secretary of the Army to complete certain R&D work with respect to the Army light helicopter program. Prohibits funds from FY 1991 from being obligated for full-scale development of the Army advanced tank cannon program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to acquire aircraft for the Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group to replace certain other aircraft. Authorizes the use of funds to convert the existing space launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for use as a Titan IV launch facility. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - Earmarks specified R&D funds of FY 1991 for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Requires a report on the allocation of FY 1991 SDI funding. Describes certain limitations on the development and testing of antiballistic missile systems or components and the use of funding for such purposes. Prohibits the obligation of funding for any operational test and evaluation in support of a strategic defense system or a program, project, or activity of SDI. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance expenses for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves and National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities-defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration-defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs and those necessitated as the result of inflation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital within DOD. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds authorized in this title for training and operations of the military services to ensure that high priority military forces are maintained at appropriate readiness levels. States as the purpose of the humanitarian assistance program to provide transportation and humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing such assistance. Requires transportation for such assistance, by the most economical means possible, to be under the direction of the Secretary of State. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the operation of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Part B: Program Changes and Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the authority governing the operation of working-capital funded activities within DOD. Repeals: (1) a restriction on the contracting-out of core logistics functions; and (2) prohibitions on the use of competitions among defense maintenance activities in the selection of entities to perform depot maintenance workloads. Authorizes naval shipyards and naval aviation depots to compete during FY 1991 for contracts for the production of defense related articles and for the provision of services related to defense programs. Requires successful bids under such contracts to include all direct and indirect cost factors. Requires the Secretary to issue a single, uniform policy on the management of inventory items of DOD. Requires personnel evaluations for acquisition personnel within DOD to include consideration of efforts to eliminate wasteful practices and achieve cost savings in the acquisition and management of inventory items. Lifts a certain naval homeporting restriction in the case of voyage repairs. Extends to March 1, 1991, the date for completion of a waste recycling study under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to carry out the mission of hurricane reconnaisance during FY 1991 unless another Federal department or agency assumes such responsibility and has adequate funding. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for certain oversight expenses associated with environmental response actions at DOD facilities. Prohibits FY 1991 funds from being obligated for the purchase of performance bonds and similar guaranties for the performance of any direct function by DOD. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991 and 1995. Prohibits a member of the armed forces from being involuntarily separated unless the Secretary of the military department concerned has made certain certifications to the defense committees and followed certain procedures with respect to military force reduction actions. Defines those military personnel to be covered under such prohibition as those who: (1) are serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty; (2) have five or more years of active service in the armed forces; (3) if involuntarily separated, would not be immediately eligible for retired or retainer pay; and (4) if involuntarily separated, would be eligible for employment transition assistance under specified Federal provisions. Specifies limits on the authorized strength for general and flag officers on active duty effective FY 1991 and 1995. Reduces the current authorized number of active-duty Air Force colonels. Exempts certain three-star generals and flag officer positions from fiscal year strength level limitations. Authorizes the President to designate not more than six such positions as exempted. Prohibits the delegation of such presidential authority. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1991. Prescribes end strength reductions or increases based on the number of units of the Selected Reserve component on active duty. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate the reserve forces in order to meet national security requirements. Prescribes the number of personnel authorized to be on active duty in support of reserve personnel for FY 1992 and 1993. Authorizes the Secretary to assign active component members to reserve units to meet the requirements of the reserve components. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to repeal an increase under such Act in the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Part D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to DOD for military personnel. Part E: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes end strengths for civilian personnel of DOD for FY 1991. Outlines provisions regarding the counting of such personnel within such end strengths (including or excluding certain personnel categories from such limitations). Authorizes the Secretary to exceed such end strength limitation when determined necessary for the national interest. Directs the Secretary to reduce the number of senior level civilian DOD employees, such reduction to be phased in gradually over five years beginning in FY 1992. Title V: Military Personnel - Part A: Personnel Management Matters - Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned, over the five-year period beginning October 1, 1990, to take specified actions designed to enhance the early retirement incentives for officer personnel. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce from three to two years the time-in-grade required for an officer to retain such grade upon a voluntary retirement effective during such five-year period. Requires the maximum number of officers in the grade in which an officer was retired under such provision to be reduced whenever the Secretary approves such reduction in time-in-grade. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary concerned, during such five-year period, to reduce the required period of active service as a commissioned officer before retirement from at least ten years to no less than eight years. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and desirability of initially appointing all commissioned officers in the armed forces as reserve officers; and (2) the appropriate active duty service obligation for graduates of the service academies. Part B: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning Navy rations to authorize the President to prescribe the components and quantities of such ration and to replace any such rations with other articles if economy and the health and comfort of naval personnel require such action. Repeals the authority of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate cadets and midshipmen for appointment to the service academies. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay consistent with the FY 1991 adjustment in the General Schedule of the Federal Government, providing instead a 3.5 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence effective January 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for funding permanent change of station moves in FY 1991. Part B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pay - Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to terminate the bonus installments normally due to a member who does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid or who ceases to perform in the specialty for which a bonus was paid under the selective reenlistment bonus program. Increases the monthly special pay authorized for optometrists in the armed forces. Authorizes the payment of incentive pay for qualified intensive-care nurses and certified nurse-midwives. Authorizes special pay for officers in the armed forces or the Public Health Service Corps who have been awarded a Certificate as a Diplomate in a special area of practice approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Provides the yearly rate of such special pay based on years of creditable service. Part C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Revises provisions concerning travel and transportation allowances for persons discharged or released from active duty to authorize (current law requires) such allowances even if such a member is not entitled to separation or readjustment pay. Provides an allowance for dependents and baggage and household goods for members who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or who are not accepted for an additional tour of duty. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 which terminated the authority for the payment of costs of labor furnished in connection with the transportation of baggage and household goods. Authorizes the Secretary to authorize the commander of a unified combatant command to use Government owned or leased vehicles to provide transportation in an area outside the United States for civilian and military personnel and their dependents when public or private transportation in such area is unsafe or unavailable. Authorizes a specified baggage and household goods weight allowance for cadets and midshipmen in connection with a change of temporary or permanent station. Part D: Other Benefits - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Limits such reimbursement to $2,000 per adoption and $5,000 per year. Provides identical provisions for members of the Coast Guard. Part E: Transition Assistance for Persons Involuntarily Discharged or Released from Active Duty - Authorizes the payment of separation pay for a regular enlisted member of the armed forces who is discharged involuntarily or as the result of a denial of reenlistment, who has completed five or more, but less than 20, years of active service, and who is serving on at least a second enlistment. Repeals certain current limitations on the amount of separation pay authorized. Directs the Secretary concerned to pay the premiums for health insurance provided on a voluntary basis to a member of the uniformed services upon discharge or release from active duty for the month in which such member is discharged or released and the six months after such release or discharge in the case of any member who is involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and who has completed two or more years of continuous service. Covers the member and his or her dependents. Covers preexisting health conditions for one year following such discharge or release. Provides an exception for coverage of premiums if the Secretary determines that conditions under which the person was discharged or released do not warrant such benefits. Terminates such authority after September 30, 1995. Provides eligibility for basic educational assistance under the armed forces or veterans' educational assistance programs for persons involuntarily discharged or released from active duty. Provides conditions and limitations to such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, to conduct a program to furnish employment, education, and other information and services to members of the armed forces during the 180 days before such members are involuntarily separated from the armed forces. Requires such services to assist such members in assimilating to civilian life. Outlines services and activities to be provided under such program. Requires the Secretary, within the 180-day period prior to such discharge or release, to: (1) notify the member of the date of separation; and (2) brief such member on the availability of the benefits and services provided under the information program. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, veterans' employment representatives, other employment services personnel, and representatives of veterans' services organizations to furnish the employment and training information and services under the program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to provide such program. Requires coordination of such program with similar veterans' programs. Provides that, in the preparation for discharge or release from active duty of members stationed outside the United States whose dependents accompanied them, the Secretary shall to the extent feasible reassign the member and their dependents to the United States for the final three to six months of such member's tour of active duty. Urges and requests the President to establish a special committee to report to the Congress, the President, and the Secretary regarding effective and practical ways of encouraging civilian employers to cooperate with and assist the Government in providing employment training and job placement services to members being involuntarily discharged or released from the armed forces. Repeals current Federal law which: (1) prohibits a Federal employee from being entitled to unemployment compensation before the fifth week after discharge or release; and (2) limits the aggregate amount of compensation payable on the basis of Federal service in any benefit year. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Prohibits a reduction in the number of medical personnel serving on active duty or in the reserve components of the armed forces below the number serving on September 30, 1989, unless the Secretary: (1) certifies to the defense committees that the number being reduced is excess; and (2) includes in the certification certain information concerning current and projected requirements of medical personnel in the armed forces. Authorizes the United States to recover from third party insurance providers the reasonable costs for health care services (currently, only inpatient hospital care) provided in military medical facilities for retired military personnel and their dependents. Repeals a provision of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) which denies as a covered medical expense the services of pastoral counselors, family and child counselors, and marital counselors. Extends through 1994 (currently, 1990) a demonstration program under which health care is furnished to military personnel and their dependents in certain Public Health Service hospitals as part of a cost-comparison study. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy and Management - Part A: Defense Industrial and Technology Base - Requires the inclusion in the annual critical technologies plan of information on each program element for which funds are budgeted for the support of the development of any critical technology identified. Establishes the Critical Technologies Institute (Institute) as a federally-funded research and development center operated via a nonprofit membership corporation. Requires the Institute to: (1) survey private and Government views on each critical technology identified in the most recent report of the National Critical Technologies Panel, as well as each technology that the Institute considers critical; (2) on the basis of such surveys, identify national objectives for the research, development, and production capability of the United States with respect to such technologies, as well as the preparation of possible strategies for achieving the identified objectives; and (3) publish reports discussing such national strategies as well as their implementation. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to sponsor the Institute to enter into an agreement with the Institute's Board of Directors to perform such functions as the Director may specify, and to permit the Institute to perform functions for member agencies of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy that are consistent with their functions. Provides deadlines and funding. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, to: (1) provide centralized DOD policy guidance and direction to the military departments and defense agencies on all matters relating to manufacturing technology; and (2) direct the development and implementation of DOD plans and policies promoting the development and application of advanced technologies to manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan (Plan) to provide such guidance and policy for defense manufacturing, as well as to assure its implementation by defense agencies and other related Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to establish within DOD a consolidated Joint Manufacturing Technology Project, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for the planning and execution of all DOD activities relating to manufacturing technology except those activities specifically delegated to another agency. Requires the Secretary to enhance basic research in scientific disciplines relating to manufacturing technology by promoting research and creating technology transfer in such field. Directs the Secretary to promote the use of computer-integrated manufacturing in order to improve manufacturing quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and reduce production lead times. Directs the Secretary to use manufacturing extension programs to help small manufacturers to disseminate DOD manufacturing concepts. Provides that, if the Secretary of Commerce undertakes to develop model programs for national defense laboratories, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall assist such Secretary in the development and implementation of such programs. Provides, with respect to the development and implementation of national defense laboratories, for: (1) covered model programs and their participants; (2) cooperative and joint activities by the directors of such laboratories; and (3) the use of partnership intermediaries for the performance of laboratory services. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary of Commerce for expenses incurred by such Secretary regarding such model programs, with a fiscal year limitation of $50,000. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing the payment by DOD of independent research and development costs or bid and proposal costs. Requires that, when such costs exceed $7,000,000 to a person in a fiscal year, the Secretary and such person shall enter into an advance agreement regarding the manner and extent to which DOD may pay such costs. Authorizes changes to such price limitation to reflect changing economic indices. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees annually on the defense industrial base of the United States, actions taken to improve such base, and the effects of defense budgets on the ability of the base to meet national security needs. Requires inclusion of the Under Secretary's analysis of the ability of U.S. businesses to conduct research, apply technologies, and maintain and expand such industrial base when necessary. Part B: Acquisition Streamlining Initiatives - Calls for the use of multiyear defense acquisition contracts if their use will result in substantial savings of total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts. Requires multiyear contracts to be used unless the Secretary finds the use of annual contracts to be in the national interest. Requires DOD to conduct market resarch to determine whether nondevelopmental items (commercial products not uniquely designed for other purposes) are available or could be easily modified to meet the needs of the procuring military department or defense agency. Directs the Secretary to prescribe streamlined procedures for the acquisition of commercial products which will enhance the ability of DOD to take advantage of the competitive marketplace, short delivery time, market-driven efficiency and innovation, and high-value products that are available in the commercial market. Requires offerors of commercial products to demonstrate that their products have achieved a suitable level of market acceptance, have been satisfactorily supplied, and otherwise meet criteria prescribed by public notice and solicitation. Requires the use of past performance of products and sources as a factor in award decisions. Directs the Secretary to conduct a test program to determine the feasibility and desirability of using two sets of procedures for the procurement of commercial products by DOD. Outlines requirements of the test program. Requires each participating component to publish each list of commercial products that may be procured under the procedures established. Authorizes the participating component to solicit participation by interested persons in a list of sources to be prescribed under the test program. Requires the Secretary to prescribe procedures for a source to protest a decision not to be placed on such source list. Requires such regulations to prescribe the minimum number of qualified sources that must be included on a source list. Provides for a participating component to issue solicitations for the procurement of commercial products from the sources appearing on the list. Provides solicitation rules and procedures. Requires the Comptroller General to report to various congressional committees an evaluation of the test program. Requires the head of any participating component to make available to the Comptroller General data on contracts awarded under the test program. Requires interim and final regulations covering actions under the test program to be proposed and published by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress proposed legislation regarding any provision of law that the Secretary considers an unnecessary restriction on the acquisition of commercial items. Redefines the "small purchase threshold" (the price at which a purchase will still be considered a small purchase for purposes of defense acquisition policies and regulations) as $25,000, adjusted on October 1 of each year divisible by five to the amount equal to $25,000 in constant FY 1990 dollars (rounded to the nearest $1,000). Makes conforming changes to such amount in various Federal provisions and Acts concerning Government procurement generally, as well as to the Small Business Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Authorizes an Assistant Secretary of Defense performing acquisition responsibilities to serve on, and attend meetings of, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council in place of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that, before full-scale development of a major defense program is initiated, there is an acquisition strategy that includes a plan for the use of competitive alternative sources for such program and each major subsystem of such program if use of two or more sources: (1) would likely result in reduced costs and would not result in unacceptable delays; and (2) is otherwise in the national security interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to authorize the head of a defense agency to consider life-cycle costs as a factor in determining the lowest overall cost with respect to contracts awarded without discussions. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the certified cost or pricing data threshold. Directs the Secretary to require a review of the reasonableness of the contract, subcontract, or pricing adjustment when cost or pricing data is not required because the expected price is not expected to exceed $500,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to determine the potential for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process in major defense acquisition programs. Authorizes the Secretary to designate no more than six major defense acquisition programs for participation in the pilot program. Directs the Secretary to designate each participating program as a defense enterprise program. Directs the Secretary to publish proposed regulations to implement the pilot program and an invitation for public comment on the proposed regulations. Prescribes procedures for the waiver or limitation of certain acquisition laws or requirements with respect to programs participating in the pilot program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense committees of each major defense acquisition program proposed to be designated by the Secretary for participation in the pilot program, as well as any laws or requirements to be waived with respect to such major defense acquisition program under the pilot program. Limits the waiver authority with respect to each program. Terminates such waiver authority as of the end of FY 1992. Establishes in the legislative branch the Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Laws to: (1) review U.S. acquisition laws with a view toward streamlining the Federal acquisition process; (2) recommend the repeal or amendment of appropriate acquisition laws; and (3) prepare a proposed code of Federal acquisition laws. Requires the Panel to secure from DOD and other departments and agencies necessary information to carry out its responsibilities. Terminates the Panel 90 days after it submits its final report to each House of the Congress and the President. Earmarks specified FY 1991 amounts appropriated to the defense agencies under this Act for the Panel's use. Authorizes the payment of overseas severance pay as an allowable defense contractor cost when it is determined that such pay is: (1) necessary to comply with laws in effect on the date of the contract award and generally applicable to businesses of such country; and (2) in the national interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that professional and technical services are acquired on the basis of the task to be performed rather than on the basis of the number of hours of services to be provided. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain task order limitations on a case-by-case basis. Limits the effect of such waiver on task order increases under master agreements of a contracting activity. Part C: Acquisition Workforce - Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the management of the acquisition workforce of DOD. Provides payment of relocation expenses into all areas of the United States (currently, the continental United States) for acquisition workforce employees. Waives the application of Federal dual compensation prohibitions in the case of no more than 1,000 DOD employees who are in scientific, engineering, professional, or managerial positions designated as critical positions by the Secretary. Allows the Secretary of Energy to apply an identical waiver for up to 250 employees. Allows the payment of certain expenses related to the death of employees reassigned from their home of record pursuant to a mandatory mobility agreement which was executed as a condition of employment. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain DOD employee positions in which there is a current or anticipated shortage of qualified personnel, to provide training and financial assistance which allows DOD employees to obtain necessary or needed academic degrees. Prohibits employee agreements entered into for the provision of financial assistance from being made after September 30, 1993. Provides an optional performance rating exclusion for certain temporary DOD employees. Repeals certain restrictions on the appointment of retired military personnel to positions in DOD. Authorizes increases in the special pay payable to DOD employees on the basis of duty performed at remote worksites. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel for scientific, engineering, and professional positions in DOD, to establish a program under which the Secretary repays the student loan of a DOD employee who enters into an agreement with the Secretary to remain in the employ of DOD for a specified period (minimum of three years). Limits the student loan repayment to $6,000 in a calendar year and $40,000 total per student. Requires reimbursement by the employee of any loan paid for which the applicable period of employment agreed upon was not served. Waives such reimbursement in certain instances. Outlines other loan repayment conditions. Requires that, in selecting employees for such student loan repayment program, the Secretary shall attempt to achieve a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minorities are appropriately represented in Government service. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the exercise of the degree training or student loan repayment authority. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to implement certain post-employment restrictions made applicable to DOD acquisition employees under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part D: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the acquisition and disposal authority of the National Defense Stockpile Manager under such Act. Repeals the authority of the Manager to make certain stockpile disposals during FY 1991. Directs the Secretary to transfer certain unobligated funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to an account established for the purpose of supporting advanced defense research projects provided for in cooperative agreements. Makes moneys available in the Fund available for managing and maintaining stockpile materials. Part E: Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should strengthen their cooperation with regard to technology that would contribute to the security of both countries; (2) technological cooperation between the two countries should be based upon an equitable mutual sharing of the costs and benefits of such cooperation; and (3) the Secretary should improve the staffing, funding, and organization of activities within DOD which are responsible for implementing and overseeing technological cooperation with Japan. Requests the President and directs the Secretary to pursue such technological cooperation, especially in those technologies that have both commercial and military application (known as "dual use" technologies). Earmarks specified FY 1991 R&D funds for pursuing such cooperation through the use of a memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with Japan. Provides funding conditions. Limits the authority of the Secretary to delegate certain authority required pursuant to such actions. Prohibits the use of any earmarked R&D funds for R&D under SDI. Urges the Secretary to increase staffing in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Programs to provide oversight of the joint R&D projects of the United States and Japan under this part. Establishes the Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of various means to improve the operation of DOD laboratories. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to: (1) identify actions which DOD can take to increase the capabilities of U.S. educational institutions in scientific, mathematic, and engineering skills necessary to meet the long-term national defense needs of the United States; and (2) establish and conduct programs to carry out such actions. Requires the Secretary to designate an individual to assist the Secretary in carrying out such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to establish no less than two programs for awarding grants to public colleges or universities for the improvement of undergraduate or graduate education in scientific disciplines critical to the national security functions of DOD. Requires the Secretary to give priority to programs which stimulate interest of women and minorities in such areas of educational endeavor. Requires each defense laboratory director to enter into one or more education partnership agreements with public school systems, colleges, and universities to encourage and enhance study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. Outlines partnership agreement provisions. Authorizes the directors to establish, in association with such programs, cooperative work-education programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Outlines work-education program provisions. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Matter - Part A: Force Structure - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to reduce the end strength under such Act for military personnel assigned to duty in Europe. Authorizes the President to waive such force limitations in the national interest as long as the Congress is notified. Requires the Secretary to reduce by four percent per year for FY 1991 through 1995 the number of DOD acquisition workforce employees, as well as the number of military and civilian employees assigned to management headquarters activities and headquarters support activities. Requires the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to conduct a joint review of all intelligence-related activities under certain national and foreign intelligence programs. Reduces the number of personnel assigned or detailed to such intelligence programs. Establishes for FY 1991 a special account to be managed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and used to provide funds to commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the U.S. Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for listed activities. Provides funding amounts and limitations. Part B: General Management Matters - Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine mobility requirements for the armed forces and to develop an integrated plan to meet those requirements. Requires a report. Eliminates the statutory position of the Chief of Naval Research. Title X: Strategic Environmental Research Program - Directs the Secretary to establish the Strategic Environmental Research Program (Program) to address environmental concerns in the Departments of Defense and Energy, identify energy and environmental technologies, and provide information on such concerns and technology development. Establishes a Joint Strategic Environmental Research Program Council to prescribe policies and procedures to implement the Program and to enter into contracts, prepare research plans, promote the exchange of information, and ensure nonduplication of efforts with other Federal programs. Requires Council reports and a five-year strategic environmental research plan. Places an Executive Director at the head of the Council. Requires such Director to be responsible for the management of the Program and to enter into appropriate contracts. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly appoint a Strategic Environmental Research Program Scientific Advisory Board. Requires the Council to refer to the Board each proposed environmental research project and each budget proposal for R&D of technologies related to such activities which are in excess of $1,000,000. Requires the Board to then make recommendations with respect to the efficacy and justification of each such project and budget proposal. Requires Board reports. Provides due dates for Council and Board reports. Earmarks specified R&D funds authorized under this Act for the Program and its activities. Title XI: Drug Interdiction - Earmarks specified drug interdiction and counterdrug activities funds authorized under this Act for drug interdiction and counterdrug activities for FY 1991 in the following areas: (1) operations and maintenance; (2) procurement; (3) National Guard Bureau pay and allowances; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (5) minor construction. Authorizes the Secretary to provide support to such activities in other Federal departments and agencies if requested and if funds are available. Provides purposes and activities for which such funding is to be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary to plan and execute otherwise valid military training or operations in order to aid civilian agencies in drug interdiction and counterdrug activities. Title XII: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer amounts of authorizations made available to DOD in Division A of this Act between any authorizations contained therein for FY 1991. Provides transfer limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY 1991 for military personnel, operations, and maintenance. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress a six-year defense program in lieu of a five-year plan. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to submit to specified congressional committees annually the current five-year foreign intelligence program reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations required to support such program. Revises provisions concerning the formats for presentation of DOD matters in the annual budget submitted to the President and the Congress. Part B: Miscellaneous Matters - Requires the President to report on U.S. security arrangements and commitments worldwide. Revises reporting requirements with respect to special access (classified) programs of DOD. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the addition of more nuclear risk reduction measures. Commends the Presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union for their joint statements on the pursuit of additional nuclear confidence-building measures. Asks the President to invite the Soviet Union to conduct reviews and enter into discussions in order to agree on additional roles and functions that could be assigned to the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers to lessen the risks of the accidental outbreak of nuclear war. Earmarks specified R&D funds for making a grant for the support of research by emigrants from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Cuba regarding political, economic, social, and other developments in those countries. Title XIII: Elimination and Modification of Reports Required By Law - Part A: Repeal of Existing Report Requirements - Repeals various reporting requirements under Federal armed forces and military pay and allowances provisions. Repeals specified reports and notifications required under various national defense authorization Acts, as well as under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Industrial Reserve Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Part B: Modifications to Existing Report Requirements - Modifies specified reports currently required under Federal armed forces provisions and under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Part C: Report Provisions Previously Terminated by Goldwater-Nichols Act - Repeals certain reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, military pay and allowances provisions, and specified military authorization Acts which were terminated by a provision of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Restores one reporting requirement previously terminated by such Act. Repeals the reports termination section of such Act. Part D: Technical and Clerical Amendments - Makes technical and clerical amendments to Federal armed forces provisions. Title XIV: Guard and Reserve Initiative - Part A: Utilization of Reserve Components - Declares that: (1) the structure and strength of the current reserve components should be preserved; (2) the equipment levels in such components should be increased to match their active-duty counterparts; (3) selective missions of active duty forces should be transferred to the reserve components; (4) equipment available to the reserves should be modernized; and (5) integration of active and reserve components should be promoted. Part B: Force Structure - Directs the Secretary to ensure that the force structure of the Selected Reserve components during FY 1991 is equivalent to the force structure of such components on January 1, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to change the present force structure of the Selected Reserve in the interests of national security. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure, through the transfer of aircraft from regular to reserve squadrons, that the average number of aircraft assigned to aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard or the Air Reserve is equal to aircraft squadron amounts in the active duty components of the Air Force. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily waive such requirement if its implementation would be detrimental to the national security interest. Provides similar requirements for the Secretary of the Navy, requiring the average number of aircraft assigned to a P-3 aircraft squadron in the Naval Reserve to be equal to such number assigned in the regular Navy. Provides similar waiver authority. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assign the tactical airlift mission of DOD to the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the transfer of all tactical airlift transport aircraft to the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard at the earliest practicable date and to submit such plan to the defense committees by June 1, 1991. Prohibits any funds appropriated for fiscal years after FY 1996 from being used to operate or maintain OV-1 aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Army to retire such aircraft on a gradual basis from September 30, 1991, through September 30, 1996. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to provide each military department with flight training, fleet support, and depot maintenance with respect to all A-10 aircraft assigned to each such department. Part C: Military Personnel - Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding use of, and funding for, the annual muster to inform Ready Reserve personnel of their continuing obligation for immediate service in the active military forces in the event of a war or national emergency. Requires members of the Ready Reserve, as a condition of eligibility for certain military-to-civilian transitional assistance provided under current law and certain provisions of this Act, to enter into a written agreement with the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve in the Ready Reserve for three years following the person's discharge or release from active duty. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees regarding the desirability of requiring active-duty officers to serve a minimum of two years in support of a National Guard or Reserve unit as a condition of eligibility for consideration for promotion to certain grades. Prohibits certain members of the reserves serving on full-time active duty in support of the reserve components, after the end of FY 1991, from being assigned to duty with any unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program (ROTC). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1993 (currently, 1990) the authority for the payment of special pay for critically short wartime health services specialists in the Selected Reserve. Provides special pay for reserve medical officers serving in military medical facilities. Authorizes a member of a military department who would be eligible for retired pay except for the fact that such member is under 60 years of age to have commissary privileges in DOD facilities for 12 days each year. Authorizes for such members and members of the Selected Reserve in good standing and their dependents unrestricted use of military morale, welfare, and recreational facilities on the same basis as active-duty personnel. Part D: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for procurement by the reserve components of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment. Directs the Secretary of the Army to distribute not less than 24 CH-47 aircraft to the Army National Guard under a plan devised by such Secretary in which CH-54 aircraft are retired gradually through FY 1993 to make room for the CH-47s. Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for: (1) MH-53 minesweeper helicopters; and (2) AH-1W helicopters. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Title XXI: 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 military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, military family housing functions, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXIII: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a building on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for a R&D facility. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities constructed under prior law, and military family housing functions within DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces, in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXV of this Division on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Military Construction Program Changes - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend through FY 1991 the military housing rental guarantee program. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option to acquire or lease (currently, only acquire) a parcel of real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law, if it is considered suitable and needed by such department. Waives a certain per-unit expenditure limitation for improvements to military family housing units if the Secretary complies with certain congressional notification requirements. Transfers jurisdiction, custody, operation and control of the Pentagon Reservation (the Pentagon building and its surrounding facilities and parking lots) to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel to perform law enforcement and security functions on the Reservation. Establishes in the Treasury the Pentagon Maintenance Revolving Fund for real property management, operation, construction, repair and related activities at the Reservation. Transfers funds to the Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) take such actions as necessary to close or realign any military installation chosen to be so closed or realigned; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance to any community located near a military installation being closed or realigned; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to civilian DOD employees of military installations being closed or realigned. Provides funding for each such purpose. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority to utilize or dispose of real property with respect to excess and surplus real property located at a military installation being closed or realigned. Outlines other conditions concerning such transfer and disposal authority, including a requirement that the Secretary consult with the Governor and the heads of local government of the State involved in a property disposal or transfer for the purpose of considering any plan for the use of such property by the local community concerned. States the applicability and inapplicability of certain laws to any action taken by the Secretary with respect to a base realignment or closure. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Account to be used by the Secretary for base closure and realignment activities. Provides that when funds from the Account are used for such purposes and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor military construction project, the Secretary must notify the appropriate congressional committees of the nature of, and the justification for, the expenditure of such sum. Provides for the transfer of certain funds for the homeowners assistance program. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to entitle a Federal employee who is entitled to reemployment as a result of the closure or realignment of an overseas U.S. military installation to all benefits provided under such Act to employees currently employed at such installations. Provides that, in the case of a publicly-announced planned reduction in DOD spending, the cancellation or termination of a DOD contract, or the failure to proceed with a previously approved major defense acquisition program, community planning assistance may be provided if the reduction, cancellation, termination, or failure will have a direct and significant impact on a community and will result in the loss of: (1) not less than 2,500 jobs, in the case of an urban area; (2) not less than 1,000 jobs, in the case of a rural area; or (3) one percent or more of the labor force in either such area. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that if the Secretary determines land under DOD control is excess property, the Secretary shall request the Administrator of GSA to dispose of such land under provisions of such Act. Provides for the deposit and authorized uses of funds derived from such disposal. Provides authorized uses for money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by the Secretary of a military department in the leasing of DOD assets. Requires at least 50 percent of such moneys received to be made available for maintenance and repair of facilities or for environmental restoration expenses at such facilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the case of any military facility outside the United States released in whole or in part to a host nation, the United States should be the lead official in determining the residual value of such facility and should only be required to pay for the percentage of environmental cleanup required at such facility that is based on the determined residual value. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for the collection of the residual value of any property of DOD released to host nations. Allows such funds to be used for facility maintenance, repair, and environmental restoration at such released facilities. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to modify the reporting requirements of the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities with respect to possible use of such facilities as Federal confinement or correctional facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly conduct a study to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of converting airfields under the jurisdiction of each military department: (1) to civilian use; or (2) in the case of any airfield which continues to be used for military purposes, to joint military and civilian use. Provides study funding. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Land Transactions - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) release to the University of Arkansas all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property in Arkansas leased by the United States to the University; and (2) convey to the University all interest in all improvements constructed on such land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Huntsville, Alabama, all rights and interest to a parcel of real property at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, that is currently being leased to the Authority. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain real property at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands so as to preserve the paleontological, archaeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. Outlines other permissible uses for such area, including research activities and livestock grazing. Prohibits such area from being used for the storage or processing of any type of waste. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for such area. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Delaware all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of real property at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. Requires reversion to the United States if such property is used for any purposes other than for public park or recreational use. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to pay Florida a specified amount solely to assist such State in relocating the Florida Solar Energy Center from Cape Canaveral Air Station to a new site in Florida other than on federally-owned land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Columbus, Georgia, all rights and interest to a specified portion of Fort Benning, Georgia, in exchange for a tract of land to be conveyed to the United States and located adjacent to the southern boundary of Fort Benning. Provides for monetary consideration if the fair market value of the lands exchanged is not found to be equal. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with Hawaii providing that the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, be used for general civilian aviation and military purposes jointly. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Hawaii all rights and interest to a portion of Dillingham Military Reservation, Mokuleia, Hawaii, on the condition that such property be used for joint military and civilian use as an airfield by the State and the Army. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Civic Foundation, Incorporated, a nonprofit Indiana corporation, the property in South Bend, Indiana, known as the Northside Army Reserve Training Center, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Kansas City, Missouri, all rights and interest to a parcel of land located near the family housing area of the Marine Corps Finance Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release to Oregon the reversionary interest of the United States in two parcels of land at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County, Oregon, in exchange for Oregon agreeing to convey to the United States a contingent interest in land comprising Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the University of Utah all rights and interest of the United States in and to the land comprising Fort Douglas, Utah, under specified conditions. Requires such conveyance to be made within one year of enactment of this section. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with such University which would provide for joint use between the University and the Army Reserve of existing utility facilities at Fort Douglas and equitable sharing of the cost of such utilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Burlington, Vermont, all rights and interest to specified real property comprising the Naval Reserve Center, Burlington, Vermont. Terminates the authority for such conveyance if not made by January 1, 1992. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Northern Virginia Regional Correctional Commission all rights and interest to specified land located at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Requires reversion of such property to the United States if such property is used for purposes other than the construction and operation of a regional correctional facility. Prohibits such facility from housing Federal prisoners or prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia unless written consent of the government of the county of the facility is obtained. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1991 for operating expenses incurred and for plant and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) environmental restoration and management of defense waste and transportation; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development program; (6) security investigations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors development; (9) safeguards and security construction; (10) site management construction; and (11) capital equipment not related to construction. Earmarks specified DOE operating expenses funds for payment of the second installment of a settlement entered into between DOE in a specified court suit. Prohibits the reprogramming of funds appropriated to DOE for FY 1991 for atomic energy defense activities if such reprogramming would reduce the amount made available to DOE for the defense inertial confinement fusion program for FY 1991. Limits the manner in which funds authorized for special isotope separation may be used to program phaseout only. Part B: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy specified DOD R&D funds for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Directs the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction, planning, and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit a report on the remanufacture of nuclear stockpile weapons as directed under a prior Senate report. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing the government-owned and contractor-operated laboratories that are funded by DOE national security programs to engage in independent laboratory-directed research and development programs. Provides funding. Part C: Environment, Safety, and Management - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1992 (currently, 1990) the authority of the Secretary to allow DOE contractors and subcontractors carrying out certain activities at the Hanford Reservation, Washington, (a DOE center for national security programs) to loan personnel and facilities to community development organizations near the Reservation. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees on a quarterly basis during FY 1991 and 1992 reports on DOE compliance with provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 concerning the environmental impact of proposed DOE actions. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring to any other Federal department or agency his authority with respect to site management, control, or oversight of environmental remediation and restoration activities at any DOE facility. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for oversight expenses borne by such agency with regard to environmental response actions at DOD facilities conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the establishment and operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures and contracts and commitments as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal, earmarking specified administrative expenses. Authorizes funds to be made available for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel across the Canal. Authorizes funds to be obligated to permit the payment of pay increases to officers and employees of the Commission to the extent authorized by administrative action. Revises the compensation level for certain Board members of the Commission, as well as certain expenses to be paid for the Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineers of such Commission. Provides retirement annuity eligibility for certain persons who were employed by the Commission between September 30, 1979, and January 1, 2000. Amends the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Act of 1988 to provide that payments made in the form of Workers' Compensation to Commission employees shall be made directly from the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund. (Currently, amounts from such Fund are transferred to the Employee Compensation Fund for such payments.) Provides for discontinuance of the Commission Compensation Fund upon a finding by the Secretary of Labor that no further liability exists for workers compensation benefits for Commission employees.
Bill· SS. 2913 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: 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 military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, military family housing functions, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a building on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for a R&D facility. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities constructed under prior law, and military family housing functions within DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces, in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXV of this Division on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Part A: Military Construction Program Changes - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend through FY 1991 the military housing rental guarantee program. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option to acquire or lease (currently, only acquire) a parcel of real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law, if it is considered suitable and needed by such department. Waives a certain per-unit expenditure limitation for improvements to military family housing units if the Secretary complies with certain congressional notification requirements. Transfers jurisdiction, custody, operation and control of the Pentagon Reservation (the Pentagon building and its surrounding facilities and parking lots) to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel to perform law enforcement and security functions on the Reservation. Establishes in the Treasury the Pentagon Maintenance Revolving Fund for real property management, operation, construction, repair and related activities at the Reservation. Transfers funds to the Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) take such actions as necessary to close or realign any military installation chosen to be so closed or realigned; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance to any community located near a military installation being closed or realigned; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to civilian DOD employees of military installations being closed or realigned. Provides funding for each such purpose. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority to utilize or dispose of real property with respect to excess and surplus real property located at a military installation being closed or realigned. Outlines other conditions concerning such transfer and disposal authority, including a requirement that the Secretary consult with the Governor and the heads of local government of the State involved in a property disposal or transfer for the purpose of considering any plan for the use of such property by the local community concerned. States the applicability and inapplicability of certain laws to any action taken by the Secretary with respect to a base realignment or closure. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Account to be used by the Secretary for base closure and realignment activities. Provides that when funds from the Account are used for such purposes and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor military construction project, the Secretary must notify the appropriate congressional committees of the nature of, and the justification for, the expenditure of such sum. Provides for the transfer of certain funds for the homeowners assistance program. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to entitle a Federal employee who is entitled to reemployment as a result of the closure or realignment of an overseas U.S. military installation to all benefits provided under such Act to employees currently employed at such installations. Provides that, in the case of a publicly-announced planned reduction in DOD spending, the cancellation or termination of a DOD contract, or the failure to proceed with a previously approved major defense acquisition program, community planning assistance may be provided if the reduction, cancellation, termination, or failure will have a direct and significant impact on a community and will result in the loss of: (1) not less than 2,500 jobs, in the case of an urban area; (2) not less than 1,000 jobs, in the case of a rural area; or (3) one percent or more of the labor force in either such area. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that if the Secretary of Defense determines land under DOD control is excess property, the Secretary shall request the Administrator of GSA to dispose of such land under provisions of such Act. Provides for the deposit and authorized uses of funds derived from such disposal. Provides authorized uses for money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by the Secretary of a military department in the leasing of DOD assets. Requires at least 50 percent of such moneys received to be made available for maintenance and repair of facilities or for environmental restoration expenses at such facilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the case of any military facility outside the United States released in whole or in part to a host nation, the United States should be the lead official in determining the residual value of such facility and should only be required to pay for the percentage of environmental cleanup required at such facility that is based on the determined residual value. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for the collection of the residual value of any property of DOD released to host nations. Allows such funds to be used for facility maintenance, repair, and environmental restoration at such released facilities. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to modify the reporting requirements of the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities with respect to possible use of such facilities as Federal confinement or correctional facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly conduct a study to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of converting airfields under the jurisdiction of each military department: (1) to civilian use; or (2) in the case of any airfield which continues to be used for military purposes, to joint military and civilian use. Provides study funding. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Land Transactions - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) release to the University of Arkansas all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property in Arkansas leased by the United States to the University; and (2) convey to the University all interest in all improvements constructed on such land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Huntsville, Alabama, all rights and interest to a parcel of real property at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, that is currently being leased to the Authority. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain real property at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands so as to preserve the paleontological, archaeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. Outlines other permissible uses for such area, including research activities and livestock grazing. Prohibits such area from being used for the storage or processing of any type of waste. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for such area. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Delaware all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of real property at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. Requires reversion to the United States if such property is used for any purposes other than for public park or recreational use. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to pay Florida a specified amount solely to assist such State in relocating the Florida Solar Energy Center from Cape Canaveral Air Station to a new site in Florida other than on federally-owned land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Columbus, Georgia, all rights and interest to a specified portion of Fort Benning, Georgia, in exchange for a tract of land to be conveyed to the United States and located adjacent to the southern boundary of Fort Benning. Provides for monetary consideration if the fair market value of the lands exchanged is not found to be equal. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with Hawaii providing that the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, be used for general civilian aviation and military purposes jointly. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Hawaii all rights and interest to a portion of Dillingham Military Reservation, Mokuleia, Hawaii, on the condition that such property be used for joint military and civilian use as an airfield by the State and the Army. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Civic Foundation, Incorporated, a nonprofit Indiana corporation, the property in South Bend, Indiana, known as the Northside Army Reserve Training Center, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Kansas City, Missouri, all rights and interest to a parcel of land located near the family housing area of the Marine Corps Finance Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release to Oregon the reversionary interest of the United States in two parcels of land at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County, Oregon, in exchange for Oregon agreeing to convey to the United States a contingent interest in land comprising Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the University of Utah all rights and interest of the United States in and to the land comprising Fort Douglas, Utah, under specified conditions. Requires such conveyance to be made within one year of enactment of this section. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with such University which would provide for joint use between the University and the Army Reserve of existing utility facilities at Fort Douglas and equitable sharing of the cost of such utilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Burlington, Vermont, all rights and interest to specified real property comprising the Naval Reserve Center, Burlington, Vermont. Terminates the authority for such conveyance if not made by January 1, 1992. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Northern Virginia Regional Correctional Commission all rights and interest to specified land located at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Requires reversion of such property to the United States if such property is used for purposes other than the construction and operation of a regional correctional facility. Prohibits such facility from housing Federal prisoners or prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia unless written consent of the government of the county of the facility is obtained.
Bill· SS. 2905 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Omnibus National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for the defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, the reserve components for procurement, and for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons under the chemical demilitarization program. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to increase or decrease the authorizations for various procurement programs and to increase the authorizations for specified research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) programs. Earmarks specified FY 1990 Marine Corps funds for procurement of M1A1 main battle tanks. Prohibits the further procurement of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for any fiscal year including FY 1991, other than those submarines currently authorized by law. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense committees on the need to maintain competition in submarine construction. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend a deadline for full integration of fixed-wing aircraft into the range instrumentation system of the National Test Center. Part B: B-2 Bomber Program - Limits the obligation of FY 1991 funds for procurement and advance procurement of B-2 aircraft. Places additional limitations concerning the procurement of two new production B-2 aircraft during FY 1991. Part C: Program Terminations - Terminates the following programs as of the beginning of FY 1991: (1) the 155 millimeter nuclear projectile program; (2) the Air Defense Heavy Missile system; (3) the Follow-On to Lance program; and (4) the Milstar Satellite program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for R&D. Requires such R&D funds to be available for the Strategic Relocatable Target Attack project and the Earth Penetrating Weapons project. Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary of the Army to prescribe an acquisition plan for the acquisition of an armored gun system for use on nondevelopmental item vehicles. Prohibits FY 1991 Army acquisition funds from being used for such system except in accordance with such acquisition plan. Places certain restrictions on the armored systems modernization program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to use certain prior-year unobligated funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program, subject to specified conditions and prohibitions. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to complete certain R&D work with respect to the advanced tactical fighter of the Air Force. Directs the Secretary of the Army to complete certain R&D work with respect to the Army light helicopter program. Prohibits funds from FY 1991 from being obligated for full-scale development of the Army advanced tank cannon program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to acquire aircraft for the Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group to replace certain other aircraft. Authorizes the use of funds to convert the existing space launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for use as a Titan IV launch facility. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - Earmarks specified R&D funds of FY 1991 for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Requires a report on the allocation of FY 1991 SDI funding. Describes certain limitations on the development and testing of antiballistic missile systems or components and the use of funding for such purposes. Prohibits the obligation of funding for any operational test and evaluation in support of a strategic defense system or a program, project, or activity of SDI. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance expenses for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves and National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities-defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration-defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs and those necessitated as the result of inflation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital within DOD. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds authorized in this title for training and operations of the military services to ensure that high priority military forces are maintained at appropriate readiness levels. States as the purpose of the humanitarian assistance program to provide transportation and humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing such assistance. Requires transportation for such assistance, by the most economical means possible, to be under the direction of the Secretary of State. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the operation of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Part B: Program Changes and Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the authority governing the operation of working-capital funded activities within DOD. Repeals: (1) a restriction on the contracting-out of core logistics functions; and (2) prohibitions on the use of competitions among defense maintenance activities in the selection of entities to perform depot maintenance workloads. Authorizes naval shipyards and naval aviation depots to compete during FY 1991 for contracts for the production of defense related articles and for the provision of services related to defense programs. Requires successful bids under such contracts to include all direct and indirect cost factors. Requires the Secretary to issue a single, uniform policy on the management of inventory items of DOD. Requires personnel evaluations for acquisition personnel within DOD to include consideration of efforts to eliminate wasteful practices and achieve cost savings in the acquisition and management of inventory items. Lifts a certain naval homeporting restriction in the case of voyage repairs. Extends to March 1, 1991, the date for completion of a waste recycling study under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to carry out the mission of hurricane reconnaissance during FY 1991 unless another Federal department or agency assumes such responsibility and has adequate funding. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for certain oversight expenses associated with environmental response actions at DOD facilities. Prohibits FY 1991 funds from being obligated for the purchase of performance bonds and similar guaranties for the performance of any direct function by DOD. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991 and 1995. Prohibits a member of the armed forces from being involuntarily separated unless the Secretary of the military department concerned has made certain certifications to the defense committees and followed certain procedures with respect to military force reduction actions. Defines those military personnel to be covered under such prohibition as those who: (1) are serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty; (2) have five or more years of active service in the armed forces; (3) if involuntarily separated, would not be immediately eligible for retired or retainer pay; and (4) if involuntarily separated, would be eligible for employment transition assistance under specified Federal provisions. Specifies limits on the authorized strength for general and flag officers on active duty effective FY 1991 and 1995. Reduces the current authorized number of active-duty Air Force colonels. Exempts certain three-star generals and flag officer positions from fiscal year strength level limitations. Authorizes the President to designate not more than six such positions as exempted. Prohibits the delegation of such presidential authority. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1991. Prescribes end strength reductions or increases based on the number of units of the Selected Reserve component on active duty. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate the reserve forces in order to meet national security requirements. Prescribes the number of personnel authorized to be on active duty in support of reserve personnel for FY 1992 and 1993. Authorizes the Secretary to assign active component members to reserve units to meet the requirements of the reserve components. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to repeal an increase under such Act in the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Part D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to DOD for military personnel. Part E: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes end strengths for civilian personnel of DOD for FY 1991. Outlines provisions regarding the counting of such personnel within such end strengths (including or excluding certain personnel categories from such limitations). Authorizes the Secretary to exceed such end strength limitation when determined necessary for the national interest. Directs the Secretary to reduce the number of senior level civilian DOD employees, such reduction to be phased in gradually over five years beginning in FY 1992. Title V: Military Personnel - Part A: Personnel Management Matters - Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned, over the five-year period beginning October 1, 1990, to take specified actions designed to enhance the early retirement incentives for officer personnel. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce from three to two years the time-in-grade required for an officer to retain such grade upon a voluntary retirement effective during such five-year period. Requires the maximum number of officers in the grade in which an officer was retired under such provision to be reduced whenever the Secretary approves such reduction in time-in-grade. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary concerned, during such five-year period, to reduce the required period of active service as a commissioned officer before retirement from at least ten years to no less than eight years. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and desirability of initially appointing all commissioned officers in the armed forces as reserve officers; and (2) the appropriate active duty service obligation for graduates of the service academies. Part B: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning Navy rations to authorize the President to prescribe the components and quantities of such ration and to replace any such rations with other articles if economy and the health and comfort of naval personnel require such action. Repeals the authority of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate cadets and midshipmen for appointment to the service academies. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay consistent with the FY 1991 adjustment in the General Schedule of the Federal Government, providing instead a 3.5 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence effective January 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for funding permanent change of station moves in FY 1991. Part B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pay - Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to terminate the bonus installments normally due to a member who does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid or who ceases to perform in the specialty for which a bonus was paid under the selective reenlistment bonus program. Increases the monthly special pay authorized for optometrists in the armed forces. Authorizes the payment of incentive pay for qualified intensive-care nurses and certified nurse-midwives. Authorizes special pay for officers in the armed forces or the Public Health Service Corps who have been awarded a Certificate as a Diplomate in a special area of practice approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Provides the yearly rate of such special pay based on years of creditable service. Part C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Revises provisions concerning travel and transportation allowances for persons discharged or released from active duty to authorize (current law requires) such allowances even if such a member is not entitled to separation or readjustment pay. Provides an allowance for dependents and baggage and household goods for members who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or who are not accepted for an additional tour of duty. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 which terminated the authority for the payment of costs of labor furnished in connection with the transportation of baggage and household goods. Authorizes the Secretary to authorize the commander of a unified combatant command to use Government owned or leased vehicles to provide transportation in an area outside the United States for civilian and military personnel and their dependents when public or private transportation in such area is unsafe or unavailable. Authorizes a specified baggage and household goods weight allowance for cadets and midshipmen in connection with a change of temporary or permanent station. Part D: Other Benefits - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Limits such reimbursement to $2,000 per adoption and $5,000 per year. Provides identical provisions for members of the Coast Guard. Part E: Transition Assistance for Persons Involuntarily Discharged or Released from Active Duty - Authorizes the payment of separation pay for a regular enlisted member of the armed forces who is discharged involuntarily or as the result of a denial of reenlistment, who has completed five or more, but less than 20, years of active service, and who is serving on at least a second enlistment. Repeals certain current limitations on the amount of separation pay authorized. Directs the Secretary concerned to pay the premiums for health insurance provided on a voluntary basis to a member of the uniformed services upon discharge or release from active duty for the month in which such member is discharged or released and the six months after such release or discharge in the case of any member who is involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and who has completed two or more years of continuous service. Covers the member and his or her dependents. Covers preexisting health conditions for one year following such discharge or release. Provides an exception for coverage of premiums if the Secretary determines that conditions under which the person was discharged or released do not warrant such benefits. Terminates such authority after September 30, 1995. Provides eligibility for basic educational assistance under the armed forces or veterans' educational assistance programs for persons involuntarily discharged or released from active duty. Provides conditions and limitations to such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, to conduct a program to furnish employment, education, and other information and services to members of the armed forces during the 180 days before such members are involuntarily separated from the armed forces. Requires such services to assist such members in assimilating to civilian life. Outlines services and activities to be provided under such program. Requires the Secretary, within the 180-day period prior to such discharge or release, to: (1) notify the member of the date of separation; and (2) brief such member on the availability of the benefits and services provided under the information program. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, veterans' employment representatives, other employment services personnel, and representatives of veterans' services organizations to furnish the employment and training information and services under the program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to provide such program. Requires coordination of such program with similar veterans' programs. Provides that, in the preparation for discharge or release from active duty of members stationed outside the United States whose dependents accompanied them, the Secretary shall to the extent feasible reassign the member and their dependents to the United States for the final three to six months of such member's tour of active duty. Urges and requests the President to establish a special committee to report to the Congress, the President, and the Secretary regarding effective and practical ways of encouraging civilian employers to cooperate with and assist the Government in providing employment training and job placement services to members being involuntarily discharged or released from the armed forces. Repeals current federal law which: (1) prohibits a Federal employee from being entitled to unemployment compensation before the fifth week after discharge or release; and (2) limits the aggregate amount of compensation payable on the basis of Federal service in any benefit year. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Prohibits a reduction in the number of medical personnel serving on active duty or in the reserve components of the armed forces below the number serving on September 30, 1989, unless the Secretary: (1) certifies to the defense committees that the number being reduced is excess; and (2) includes in the certification certain information concerning current and projected requirements of medical personnel in the armed forces. Authorizes the United States to recover from third party insurance providers the reasonable costs for health care services (currently, only inpatient hospital care) provided in military medical facilities for retired military personnel and their dependents. Repeals a provision of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) which denies as a covered medical expense the services of pastoral counselors, family and child counselors, and marital counselors. Extends through 1994 (currently, 1990) a demonstration program under which health care is furnished to military personnel and their dependents in certain Public Health Service hospitals as part of a cost-comparison study. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy and Management - Part A: Defense Industrial and Technology Base - Requires the inclusion in the annual critical technologies plan of information on each program element for which funds are budgeted for the support of the development of any critical technology identified. Establishes the Critical Technologies Institute (Institute) as a federally-funded research and development center operated via a nonprofit membership corporation. Requires the Institute to: (1) survey private and Government views on each critical technology identified in the most recent report of the National Critical Technologies Panel, as well as each technology that the Institute considers critical; (2) on the basis of such surveys, identify national objectives for the research, development, and production capability of the United States with respect to such technologies, as well as the preparation of possible strategies for achieving the identified objectives; and (3) publish reports discussing such national strategies as well as their implementation. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to sponsor the Institute to enter into an agreement with the Institute's Board of Directors to perform such functions as the Director may specify, and to permit the Institute to perform functions for member agencies of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy that are consistent with their functions. Provides deadlines and funding. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, to: (1) provide centralized DOD policy guidance and direction to the military departments and defense agencies on all matters relating to manufacturing technology; and (2) direct the development and implementation of DOD plans and policies promoting the development and application of advanced technologies to manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan (Plan) to provide such guidance and policy for defense manufacturing, as well as assure its implementation by defense agencies and other related Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to establish within DOD a consolidated Joint Manufacturing Technology Project, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for the planning and execution of all DOD activities relating to manufacturing technology except those activities specifically delegated to another agency. Requires the Secretary to enhance basic research in scientific disciplines relating to manufacturing technology by promoting research and creating technology transfer in such field. Directs the Secretary to promote the use of computer-integrated manufacturing in order to improve manufacturing quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and reduce production lead times. Directs the Secretary to use manufacturing extension programs to help small manufacturers to disseminate DOD manufacturing concepts. Provides that, if the Secretary of Commerce undertakes to develop model programs for national defense laboratories, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall assist such Secretary in the development and implementation of such programs. Provides, with respect to the development and implementation of national defense laboratories, for: (1) covered model programs and their participants; (2) cooperative and joint activities by the directors of such laboratories; and (3) the use of partnership intermediaries for the performance of laboratory services. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary of Commerce for expenses incurred by such Secretary regarding such model programs, with a fiscal year limitation of $50,000. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing the payment by DOD of independent research and development costs or bid and proposal costs. Requires that, when such costs exceed $7,000,000 to a person in a fiscal year, the Secretary and such person shall enter into an advance agreement regarding the manner and extent to which DOD may pay such costs. Authorizes changes to such price limitation to reflect changing economic indices. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees annually on the defense industrial base of the United States, actions taken to improve such base, and the effects of defense budgets on the ability of the base to meet national security needs. Requires inclusion of the Under Secretary's analysis of the ability of U.S. businesses to conduct research, apply technologies, and maintain and expand such industrial base when necessary. Part B: Acquisition Streamlining Initiatives - Calls for the use of multiyear defense acquisition contracts if their use will result in substantial savings of total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts. Requires multiyear contracts to be used unless the Secretary finds the use of annual contracts to be in the national interest. Requires DOD to conduct market research to determine whether nondevelopmental items (commercial products not uniquely designed for other purposes) are available or could be easily modified to meet the needs of the procuring military department or defense agency. Directs the Secretary to prescribe streamlined procedures for the acquisition of commercial products which will enhance the ability of DOD to take advantage of the competitive marketplace, short delivery time, market-driven efficiency and innovation, and high-value products that are available in the commercial market. Requires offerors of commercial products to demonstrate that their products have achieved a suitable level or market acceptance, have been satisfactorily supplied, and otherwise meet criteria prescribed by public notice and solicitation. Requires the use of past performance of products and sources as a factor in award decisions. Directs the Secretary to conduct a test program to determine the feasibility and desirability of using two sets of procedures for the procurement of commercial products by DOD. Outlines requirements of the test program. Requires each participating component to publish each list of commercial products that may be procured under the procedures established. Authorizes the participating component to solicit participation by interested persons in a list of sources to be prescribed under the test program. Requires the Secretary to prescribe procedures for a source to protest a decision not to be placed on such source list. Requires such regulations to prescribe the minimum number of qualified sources that must be included on a source list. Provides for a participating component to issue solicitations for the procurement of commercial products from the sources appearing on the list. Provides solicitation rules and procedures. Requires the Comptroller General to report to various congressional committees an evaluation of the test program. Requires the head of any participating component to make available to the Comptroller General data on contracts awarded under the test program. Requires interim and final regulations covering actions under the test program to be proposed and published by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress proposed legislation regarding any provision of law that the Secretary considers an unnecessary restriction on the acquisition of commercial items. Redefines the "small purchase threshold" (the price at which a purchase will still be considered a small purchase for purposes of defense acquisition policies and regulations) as $25,000, adjusted on October 1 of each year divisible by five to the amount equal to $25,000 in constant FY 1990 dollars (rounded to the nearest $1,000). Makes conforming changes to such amount in various Federal provisions and Acts concerning Government procurement generally, as well as to the Small Business Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Authorizes an Assistant Secretary of Defense performing acquisition responsibilities to serve on, and attend meetings of, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council in place of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that, before full-scale development of a major defense program is initiated, there is an acquisition strategy that includes a plan for the use of competitive alternative sources for such program and each major subsystem of such program if use of two or more sources: (1) would likely result in reduced costs and would not result in unacceptable delays; and (2) is otherwise in the national security interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to authorize the head of a defense agency to consider life-cycle costs as a factor in determining the lowest overall cost with respect to contracts awarded without discussions. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the certified cost or pricing data threshold. Directs the Secretary to require a review on the reasonableness of the contract, subcontract, or pricing adjustment when cost or pricing data is not required because the expected price is not expected to exceed $500,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to determine the potential for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process in major defense acquisition programs. Authorizes the Secretary to designate no more than six major defense acquisition programs for participation in the pilot program. Directs the Secretary to designate each participating program as a defense enterprise program. Directs the Secretary to publish proposed regulations to implement the pilot program and an invitation for public comment on the proposed regulations. Prescribes procedures for the waiver or limitation of certain acquisition laws or requirements with respect to programs participating in the pilot program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense committees of each major defense acquisition program proposed to be designated by the Secretary for participation in the pilot program, as well as any laws or requirements to be waived with respect to such major defense acquisition program under the pilot program. Limits the waiver authority with respect to each program. Terminates such waiver authority as of the end of FY 1992. Establishes in the legislative branch the Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Laws to: (1) review U.S. acquisition laws with a view toward streamlining the Federal acquisition process; (2) recommend the repeal or amendment of appropriate acquisition laws; and (3) prepare a proposed code of Federal acquisition laws. Requires the Panel to secure from DOD and other departments and agencies necessary information to carry out its responsibilities. Terminates the Panel 90 days after it submits its final report to each House of Congress and the President. Earmarks specified FY 1991 amounts appropriated to the defense agencies under this Act for the Panel's use. Authorizes the payment of overseas severance pay as an allowable defense contractor cost when it is determined that such pay is: (1) necessary to comply with laws in effect on the date of the contract award and generally applicable to businesses of such country; and (2) in the national interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that professional and technical services are acquired on the basis of the task to be performed rather than on the basis of the number of hours of services to be provided. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain task order limitations on a case-by-case basis. Limits the effect of such waiver on task order increases under master agreements of a contracting activity. Part C: Acquisition Workforce - Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the management of the acquisition workforce of DOD. Provides payment of relocation expenses into all areas of the United States (currently, the continental United States) for acquisition workforce employees. Waives the application of Federal dual compensation prohibitions in the case of no more than 1,000 DOD employees who are in scientific, engineering, professional, or managerial positions designated as critical positions by the Secretary. Allows the Secretary of Energy to apply an identical waiver for up to 250 employees. Allows the payment of certain expenses related to the death of employees reassigned from their home of record pursuant to a mandatory mobility agreement which was executed as a condition of employment. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain DOD employee positions in which there is a current or anticipated shortage of qualified personnel, to provide training and financial assistance which allows DOD employees to obtain necessary or needed academic degrees. Prohibits employee agreements entered into for the provision of financial assistance from being made after September 30, 1993. Provides an optional performance rating exclusion for certain temporary DOD employees. Repeals certain restrictions on the appointment of retired military personnel to positions in DOD. Authorizes increases in the special pay payable to DOD employees on the basis of duty performed at remote worksites. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel for scientific, engineering, and professional positions in DOD, to establish a program under which the Secretary repays the student loan of a DOD employee who enters into an agreement with the Secretary to remain in the employ of DOD for a specified period (minimum of three years). Limits the student loan repayment to $6,000 in a calendar year and $40,000 total per student. Requires reimbursement by the employee of any loan paid for which the applicable period of employment agreed upon was not served. Waives such reimbursement in certain instances. Outlines other loan repayment conditions. Requires that, in selecting employees for such student loan repayment program, the Secretary shall attempt to achieve a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minorities are appropriately represented in Government service. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the exercise of the degree training or student loan repayment authority. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to implement certain post-employment restrictions made applicable to DOD acquisition employees under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part D: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the acquisition and disposal authority of the National Defense Stockpile Manager under such Act. Repeals the authority of the Manager to make certain stockpile disposals during FY 1991. Directs the Secretary to transfer certain unobligated funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to an account established for the purpose of supporting advanced defense research projects provided for in cooperative agreements. Makes moneys available in the Fund available for managing and maintaining stockpile materials. Part E: Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should strengthen their cooperation with regard to technology that would contribute to the security of both countries; (2) technological cooperation between the two countries should be based upon an equitable mutual sharing of the costs and benefits of such cooperation; and (3) the Secretary should improve the staffing, funding, and organization of activities within DOD which are responsible for implementing and overseeing technological cooperation with Japan. Requests the President and directs the Secretary to pursue such technological cooperation, especially in those technologies that have both commercial and military application (known as "dual use" technologies). Earmarks specified FY 1991 R&D funds for pursuing such cooperation through the use of a memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with Japan. Provides funding conditions. Limits the authority of the Secretary to delegate certain authority required pursuant to such actions. Prohibits the use of any earmarked R&D funds for R&D under SDI. Urges the Secretary to increase staffing in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Programs to provide oversight of the joint R&D projects of the United States and Japan under this part. Establishes the Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of various means to improve the operation of DOD laboratories. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to: (1) identify actions which DOD can take to increase the capabilities of U.S. educational institutions in scientific, mathematic, and engineering skills necessary to meet the long-term national defense needs of the United States; and (2) establish and conduct programs to carry out such actions. Requires the Secretary to designate an individual to assist the Secretary in carrying out such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to establish no less than two programs for awarding grants to public colleges or universities for the improvement of undergraduate or graduate education in scientific disciplines critical to the national security functions of DOD. Requires the Secretary to give priority to programs which stimulate interest of women and minorities in such areas of educational endeavor. Requires each defense laboratory director to enter into one or more education partnership agreements with public school systems, colleges, and universities to encourage and enhance study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. Outlines partnership agreement provisions. Authorizes the directors to establish, in association with such programs, cooperative work-education programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Outlines work-education program provisions. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Matter - Part A: Force Structure - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to reduce the end strength under such Act for military personnel assigned to duty in Europe. Authorizes the President to waive such force limitations in the national interest as long as the Congress is notified. Requires the Secretary to reduce by four percent per year for FY 1991 through 1995 the number of DOD acquisition workforce employees, as well as the number of military and civilian employees assigned to management headquarters activities and headquarters support activities. Requires the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to conduct a joint review of all intelligence-related activities under certain national and foreign intelligence programs. Reduces the number of personnel assigned or detailed to such intelligence programs. Establishes for FY 1991 a special account to be managed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and used to provide funds to commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the U.S. Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for listed activities. Provides funding amounts and limitations. Part B: General Management Matters - Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine mobility requirements for the armed forces and to develop an integrated plan to meet those requirements. Requires a report. Eliminates the statutory position of the Chief of Naval Research. Title X: Strategic Environmental Research Program - Directs the Secretary to establish the Strategic Environmental Research Program (Program) to address environmental concerns in the Departments of Defense and Energy, identify energy and environmental technologies, and provide information on such concerns and technology development. Establishes a Joint Strategic Environmental Research Program Council to prescribe policies and procedures to implement the Program and to enter into contracts, prepare research plans, promote the exchange of information, and ensure nonduplication of efforts with other Federal programs. Requires Council reports and a five-year strategic environmental research plan. Places an Executive Director at the head of the Council. Requires such Director to be responsible for the management of the Program and to enter into appropriate contracts. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly appoint a Strategic Environmental Research Program Scientific Advisory Board. Requires the Council to refer to the Board each proposed environmental research project and each budget proposal for R&D of technologies related to such activities which are in excess of $1,000,000. Requires the Board to then make recommendations with respect to the efficacy and justification of each such project and budget proposal. Requires Board reports. Provides due dates for Council and Board reports. Earmarks specified R&D funds authorized under this Act for the Program and its activities. Title XI: Drug Interdiction - Earmarks specified drug interdiction and counterdrug activities funds authorized under this Act for drug interdiction and counterdrug activities for FY 1991 in the following areas: (1) operations and maintenance; (2) procurement; (3) National Guard Bureau pay and allowances; (4) R&D; and (5) minor construction. Authorizes the Secretary to provide support to such activities in other Federal departments and agencies if requested and if funds are available. Provides purposes and activities for which such funding is to be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary to plan and execute otherwise valid military training or operations in order to aid civilian agencies in drug interdiction and counterdrug activities. Title XII: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer amounts of authorizations made available to DOD in Division A of this Act between any authorizations contained therein for FY 1991. Provides transfer limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY 1991 for military personnel, operations, and maintenance. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress a six-year defense program in lieu of a five-year plan. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to submit to specified congressional committees annually the current five-year foreign intelligence program reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations required to support such program. Revises provisions concerning the formats for presentation of DOD matters in the annual budget submitted to the President and the Congress. Part B: Miscellaneous Matters - Requires the President to report on U.S. security arrangements and commitments worldwide. Revises reporting requirements with respect to special access (classified) programs of DOD. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the addition of more nuclear risk reduction measures. Commends the Presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union for their joint statements on the pursuit of additional nuclear confidence-building measures. Asks the President to invite the Soviet Union to conduct reviews and enter into discussions in order to agree on additional roles and functions that could be assigned to the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers to lessen the risks of the accidental outbreak of nuclear war. Earmarks specified R&D funds for making a grant for the support of research by emigrants from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Cuba regarding political, economic, social, and other developments in those countries. Title XIII: Elimination and Modification of Reports Required By Law - Part A: Repeal of Existing Report Requirements - Repeals various reporting requirements under Federal armed forces and military pay and allowances provisions. Repeals specified reports and notifications required under various national defense authorization Acts, as well as under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Industrial Reserve Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Part B: Modifications to Existing Report Requirements - Modifies specified reports currently required under Federal armed forces provisions and under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Part C: Report Provisions Previously Terminated by Goldwater-Nichols Act - Repeals certain reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, military pay and allowances provisions, and specified military authorization Acts which were terminated by a provision of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Restores one reporting requirement previously terminated by such Act. Repeals the reports termination section of such Act. Part D: Technical and Clerical Amendments - Makes technical and clerical amendments to Federal armed forces provisions. Title XIV: Guard and Reserve Initiative - Part A: Utilization of Reserve Components - Declares that: (1) the structure and strength of the current reserve components should be preserved; (2) the equipment levels in such components should be increased to match their active-duty counterparts; (3) selective missions of active duty forces should be transferred to the reserve components; (4) equipment available to the reserves should be modernized; and (5) integration of active and reserve components should be promoted. Part B: Force Structure - Directs the Secretary to ensure that the force structure of the Selected Reserve components during FY 1991 is equivalent to the force structure of such components on January 1, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to change the present force structure of the Selected Reserve in the interests of national security. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure, through the transfer of aircraft from regular to reserve squadrons, that the average number of aircraft assigned to aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard or the Air Reserve is equal to aircraft squadron amounts in the active duty components of the Air Force. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily waive such requirement if its implementation would be detrimental to the national security interest. Provides similar requirements for the Secretary of the Navy, requiring the average number of aircraft assigned to a P-3 aircraft squadron in the Naval Reserve to be equal to such number assigned in the regular Navy. Provides similar waiver authority. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assign the tactical airlift mission of DOD to the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the transfer of all tactical airlift transport aircraft to the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard at the earliest practicable date and to submit such plan to the defense committees by June 1, 1991. Prohibits any funds appropriated for fiscal years after FY 1996 from being used to operate or maintain OV-1 aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Army to retire such aircraft on a gradual basis from September 30, 1991, through September 30, 1996. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to provide each military department with flight training, fleet support, and depot maintenance with respect to all A-10 aircraft assigned to each such department. Part C: Military Personnel - Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding use of, and funding for, the annual muster to inform Ready Reserve personnel of their continuing obligation for immediate service in the active military forces in the event of a war or national emergency. Requires members of the Ready Reserve, as a condition of eligibility for certain military-to-civilian transitional assistance provided under current law and certain provisions of this Act, to enter into a written agreement with the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve in the Ready Reserve for three years following the person's discharge or release from active duty. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees regarding the desirability of requiring active-duty officers to serve a minimum of two years in support of a National Guard or Reserve unit as a condition of eligibility for consideration for promotion to certain grades. Prohibits certain members of the reserves serving on full-time active duty in support of the reserve components, after the end of FY 1991, from being assigned to duty with any unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program (ROTC). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1993 (currently, 1990) the authority for the payment of special pay for critically short wartime health services specialists in the Selected Reserve. Provides special pay for reserve medical officers serving in military medical facilities. Authorizes a member of a military department who would be eligible for retired pay except for the fact that such member is under 60 years of age to have commissary privileges in DOD facilities for 12 days each year. Authorizes for such members and members of the Selected Reserve in good standing and their dependents unrestricted use of military morale, welfare, and recreational facilities on the same basis as active-duty personnel. Part D: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for procurement by the reserve components of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment. Directs the Secretary of the Army to distribute not less than 24 CH-47 aircraft to the Army National Guard under a plan devised by such Secretary in which CH-54 aircraft are retired gradually through FY 1993 to make room for the CH-47s. Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for: (1) MH-53 minesweeper helicopters; and (2) AH-1W helicopters. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Title XXI: 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 military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, military family housing functions, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXIII: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a building on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for a R&D facility. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities constructed under prior law, and military family housing functions within DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces, in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXV of this Division on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Military Construction Program Changes - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend through FY 1991 the military housing rental guarantee program. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option to acquire or lease (currently, only acquire) a parcel of real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law, if it is considered suitable and needed by his Department. Waives a certain per-unit expenditure limitation for improvements to military family housing units if the Secretary complies with certain congressional notification requirements. Transfers jurisdiction, custody, operation, and control of the Pentagon Reservation (the Pentagon building and its surrounding facilities and parking lots) to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel to perform law enforcement and security functions on the Reservation. Establishes in the Treasury the Pentagon Maintenance Revolving Fund for real property management, operation, construction, repair, and related activities at the Reservation. Transfers funds to the Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) take such actions as necessary to close or realign any military installation chosen to be so closed or realigned; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance to any community located near a military installation being closed or realigned; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to civilian DOD employees of military installations being closed or realigned. Provides funding for each such purpose. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority to utilize or dispose of real property with respect to excess and surplus real property located at a military installation being closed or realigned. Outlines other conditions concerning such transfer and disposal authority, including a requirement that the Secretary consult with the Governor and the heads of local government of the State involved in a property disposal or transfer for the purpose of considering any plan for the use of such property by the local community concerned. States the applicability and inapplicability of certain laws to any action taken by the Secretary with respect to a base realignment or closure. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Account to be used by the Secretary for base closure and realignment activities. Provides that when funds from the Account are used for such purposes and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor military construction project, the Secretary must notify the appropriate congressional committees of the nature of, and the justification for, the expenditure of such sum. Provides for the transfer of certain funds for the homeowners assistance program. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to entitle a Federal employee who is entitled to reemployment as a result of the closure or realignment of an overseas U.S. military installation to all benefits provided under such Act to employees currently employed at such installations. Provides that, in the case of a publicly-announced planned reduction in DOD spending, the cancellation or termination of a DOD contract, or the failure to proceed with a previously approved major defense acquisition program, community planning assistance may be provided if the reduction, cancellation, termination, or failure will have a direct and significant impact on a community and will result in the loss of: (1) not less than 2,500 jobs, in the case of an urban area; (2) not less than 1,000 jobs, in the case of a rural area; or (3) one percent or more of the labor force in either such area. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that if the Secretary of Defense determines land under DOD control is excess property, the Secretary shall request the Administrator of GSA to dispose of such land under provisions of such Act. Provides for the deposit and authorized uses of funds derived from such disposal. Provides authorized uses for money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by the Secretary of a military department in the leasing of DOD assets. Requires at least 50 percent of such moneys received to be made available for maintenance and repair of facilities or for environmental restoration expenses at such facilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the case of any military facility outside the United States released in whole or in part to a host nation, the United States should be the lead official in determining the residual value of such facility and should only be required to pay for the percentage of environmental cleanup required at such facility that is based on the determined residual value. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for the collection of the residual value of any property of DOD released to host nations. Allows such funds to be used for facility maintenance, repair, and environmental restoration at such released facilities. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to modify the reporting requirements of the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities with respect to possible use of such facilities as Federal confinement or correctional facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly conduct a study to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of converting airfields under the jurisdiction of each military department: (1) to civilian use; or (2) in the case of any airfield which continues to be used for military purposes, to joint military and civilian use. Provides study funding. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Land Transactions - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) release to the University of Arkansas all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property in Arkansas leased by the United States to the University; and (2) convey to the University all interest in all improvements constructed on such land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Huntsville, Alabama, all rights and interest to a parcel of real property at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, that is currently being leased to the Authority. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain real property at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands so as to preserve the paleontological, archaeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. Outlines other permissible uses for such area, including research activities and livestock grazing. Prohibits such area from being used for the storage or processing of any type of waste. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for such area. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Delaware all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of real property at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. Requires reversion to the United States if such property is used for any purpose other than for public park or recreational use. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to pay Florida a specified amount solely to assist such State in relocating the Florida Solar Energy Center from Cape Canaveral Air Station to a new site in Florida other than on federally-owned land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Columbus, Georgia, all rights and interest to a specified portion of Fort Benning, Georgia, in exchange for a tract of land to be conveyed to the United States and located adjacent to the southern boundary of Fort Benning. Provides for monetary consideration if the fair market value of the lands exchanged is not found to be equal. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with Hawaii providing that the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, be used for general civilian aviation and military purposes jointly. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Hawaii all rights and interest to a portion of Dillingham Military Reservation, Mokuleia, Hawaii, on the condition that such property be used for joint military and civilian use as an airfield by the State and the Army. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Civic Foundation, Incorporated, a nonprofit Indiana corporation, the property in South Bend, Indiana, known as the Northside Army Reserve Training Center, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Kansas City, Missouri, all rights and interest to a parcel of land located near the family housing area of the Marine Corps Finance Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release to Oregon the reversionary interest of the United States in two parcels of land at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County, Oregon, in exchange for Oregon agreeing to convey to the United States a contingent interest in land comprising Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the University of Utah all rights and interest of the United States in and to the land comprising Fort Douglas, Utah, under specified conditions. Requires such conveyance to be made within one year of enactment of this section. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with such University which would provide for joint use between the University and the Army Reserve of existing utility facilities at Fort Douglas and equitable sharing of the cost of such utilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Burlington, Vermont, all rights and interest to specified real property comprising the Naval Reserve Center, Burlington, Vermont. Terminates the authority for such conveyance if not made by January 1, 1992. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Northern Virginia Regional Correctional Commission all rights and interest to specified land located at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Requires reversion of such property to the United States if such property is used for purpose other than the construction and operation of a regional correctional facility. Prohibits such facility from housing Federal prisoners or prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia unless written consent of the government of the county of the facility is obtained. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1991 for operating expenses incurred and for plant and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) environmental restoration and management of defense waste and transportation; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development program; (6) security investigations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors development; (9) safeguards and security construction; (10) site management construction; and (11) capital equipment not related to construction. Earmarks specified DOE operating expenses funds for payment of the second installment of a settlement entered into between DOE in a specified court suit. Prohibits the reprogramming of funds appropriated to DOE for FY 1991 for atomic energy defense activities if such reprogramming would reduce the amount made available to DOE for the defense inertial confinement fusion program for FY 1991. Limits the manner in which funds authorized for special isotope separation may be used to program phaseout only. Part B: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy specified DOD R&D funds for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Directs the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction, planning, and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit a report on the remanufacture of nuclear stockpile weapons as directed under a prior Senate report. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing the government-owned and contractor-operated laboratories that are funded by DOE national security programs to engage in independent laboratory-directed research and development programs. Provides funding. Part C: Environment, Safety, and Management - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1992 (currently, 1990) the authority of the Secretary to allow DOE contractors and subcontractors carrying out certain activities at the Hanford Reservation, Washington, (a DOE center for national security programs) to loan personnel and facilities to community development organizations near the Reservation. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees on a quarterly basis during FY 1991 and 1992 reports on DOE compliance with provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 concerning the environmental impact of proposed DOE actions. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring to any other Federal department or agency his authority with respect to site management, control, or oversight of environmental remediation and restoration activities at any DOE facility. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse EPA for oversight expenses borne by such agency with regard to environmental response actions at DOD facilities conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the establishment and operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures and contracts and commitments as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal, earmarking specified administrative expenses. Authorizes funds to be made available for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel across the Canal. Authorizes funds to be obligated to permit the payment of pay increases to officers and employees of the Commission to the extent authorized by administrative action. Revises the compensation level for certain Board members of the Commission, as well as certain expenses to be paid for the Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineers of such Commission. Provides retirement annuity eligibility for certain persons who were employed by the Commission between September 30, 1979, and January 1, 2000. Amends the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Act of 1988 to provide that payments made in the form of Workers' Compensation to Commission employees shall be made directly from the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund. (Currently, amounts from such Fund are transferred to the Employee Compensation Fund for such payments.) Provides for discontinuance of the Commission Compensation Fund upon a finding by the Secretary of Labor that no further liability exists for workers compensation benefits for Commission employees.
Bill· SS. 2912 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for the defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, the reserve components for procurement, and for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons under the chemical demilitarization program. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to increase or decrease the authorizations for various procurement programs and to increase the authorizations for specified research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) programs. Earmarks specified FY 1990 Marine Corps funds for procurement of M1A1 main battle tanks. Prohibits the further procurement of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for any fiscal year including FY 1991, other than those submarines currently authorized by law. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense committees on the need to maintain competition in submarine construction. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend a deadline for full integration of fixed-wing aircraft into the range instrumentation system of the National Test Center. Part B: B-2 Bomber Program - Limits the obligation of FY 1991 funds for procurement and advance procurement of B-2 aircraft. Places additional limitations concerning the procurement of two new production B-2 aircraft during FY 1991. Part C: Program Terminations - Terminates the following programs as of the beginning of FY 1991: (1) the 155 millimeter nuclear projectile program; (2) the Air Defense Heavy Missile system; (3) the Follow-On to Lance program; and (4) the Milstar Satellite program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for R&D. Requires such R&D funds to be available for the Strategic Relocatable Target Attack project and the Earth Penetrating Weapons project. Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary of the Army to prescribe an acquisition plan for the acquisition of an armored gun system for use on nondevelopmental item vehicles. Prohibits FY 1991 Army acquisition funds from being used for such system except in accordance with such acquisition plan. Places certain restrictions on the armored systems modernization program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to use certain prior-year unobligated funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program, subject to specified conditions and prohibitions. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to complete certain R&D work with respect to the advanced tactical fighter of the Air Force. Directs the Secretary of the Army to complete certain R&D work with respect to the Army light helicopter program. Prohibits funds from FY 1991 from being obligated for full-scale development of the Army advanced tank cannon program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to acquire aircraft for the Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group to replace certain other aircraft. Authorizes the use of funds to convert the existing space launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for use as a Titan IV launch facility. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - Earmarks specified R&D funds of FY 1991 for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Requires a report on the allocation of FY 1991 SDI funding. Describes certain limitations on the development and testing of antiballistic missile systems or components and the use of funding for such purposes. Prohibits the obligation of funding for any operational test and evaluation in support of a strategic defense system or a program, project, or activity of SDI. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance expenses for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves and National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities-defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration-defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs and those necessitated as the result of inflation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital within DOD. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds authorized in this title for training and operations of the military services to ensure that high priority military forces are maintained at appropriate readiness levels. States as the purpose of the humanitarian assistance program to provide transportation and humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing such assistance. Requires transportation for such assistance, by the most economical means possible, to be under the direction of the Secretary of State. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the operation of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Part B: Program Changes and Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the authority governing the operation of working-capital funded activities within DOD. Repeals: (1) a restriction on the contracting-out of core logistics functions; and (2) prohibitions on the use of competitions among defense maintenance activities in the selection of entities to perform depot maintenance workloads. Authorizes naval shipyards and naval aviation depots to compete during FY 1991 for contracts for the production of defense related articles and for the provision of services related to defense programs. Requires successful bids under such contracts to include all direct and indirect cost factors. Requires the Secretary to issue a single, uniform policy on the management of inventory items of DOD. Requires personnel evaluations for acquisition personnel within DOD to include consideration of efforts to eliminate wasteful practices and achieve cost savings in the acquisition and management of inventory items. Lifts a certain naval homeporting restriction in the case of voyage repairs. Extends to March 1, 1991, the date for completion of a waste recycling study under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to carry out the mission of hurricane reconnaisance during FY 1991 unless another Federal department or agency assumes such responsibility and has adequate funding. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for certain oversight expenses associated with environmental response actions at DOD facilities. Prohibits FY 1991 funds from being obligated for the purchase of performance bonds and similar guaranties for the performance of any direct function by DOD. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991 and 1995. Prohibits a member of the armed forces from being involuntarily separated unless the Secretary of the military department concerned has made certain certifications to the defense committees and followed certain procedures with respect to military force reduction actions. Defines those military personnel to be covered under such prohibition as those who: (1) are serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty; (2) have five or more years of active service in the armed forces; (3) if involuntarily separated, would not be immediately eligible for retired or retainer pay; and (4) if involuntarily separated, would be eligible for employment transition assistance under specified Federal provisions. Specifies limits on the authorized strength for general and flag officers on active duty effective FY 1991 and 1995. Reduces the current authorized number of active-duty Air Force colonels. Exempts certain three-star generals and flag officer positions from fiscal year strength level limitations. Authorizes the President to designate not more than six such positions as exempted. Prohibits the delegation of such presidential authority. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1991. Prescribes end strength reductions or increases based on the number of units of the Selected Reserve component on active duty. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate the reserve forces in order to meet national security requirements. Prescribes the number of personnel authorized to be on active duty in support of reserve personnel for FY 1992 and 1993. Authorizes the Secretary to assign active component members to reserve units to meet the requirements of the reserve components. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to repeal an increase under such Act in the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Part D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to DOD for military personnel. Part E: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes end strengths for civilian personnel of DOD for FY 1991. Outlines provisions regarding the counting of such personnel within such end strengths (including or excluding certain personnel categories from such limitations). Authorizes the Secretary to exceed such end strength limitation when determined necessary for the national interest. Directs the Secretary to reduce the number of senior level civilian DOD employees, such reduction to be phased in gradually over five years beginning in FY 1992. Title V: Military Personnel - Part A: Personnel Management Matters - Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned, over the five-year period beginning October 1, 1990, to take specified actions designed to enhance the early retirement incentives for officer personnel. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce from three to two years the time-in-grade required for an officer to retain such grade upon a voluntary retirement effective during such five-year period. Requires the maximum number of officers in the grade in which an officer was retired under such provision to be reduced whenever the Secretary approves such reduction in time-in-grade. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary concerned, during such five-year period, to reduce the required period of active service as a commissioned officer before retirement from at least ten years to no less than eight years. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and desirability of initially appointing all commissioned officers in the armed forces as reserve officers; and (2) the appropriate active duty service obligation for graduates of the service academies. Part B: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning Navy rations to authorize the President to prescribe the components and quantities of such ration and to replace any such rations with other articles if economy and the health and comfort of naval personnel require such action. Repeals the authority of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate cadets and midshipmen for appointment to the service academies. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay consistent with the FY 1991 adjustment in the General Schedule of the Federal Government, providing instead a 3.5 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence, effective January 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for funding permanent change of station moves in FY 1991. Part B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pay - Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to terminate the bonus installments normally due to a member who does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid or who ceases to perform in the specialty for which a bonus was paid under the selective reenlistment bonus program. Increases the monthly special pay authorized for optometrists in the armed forces. Authorizes the payment of incentive pay for qualified intensive-care nurses and certified nurse-midwives. Authorizes special pay for officers in the armed forces or the Public Health Service Corps who have been awarded a Certificate as a Diplomate in a special area of practice approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Provides the yearly rate of such special pay based on years of creditable service. Part C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Revises provisions concerning travel and transportation allowances for persons discharged or released from active duty to authorize (current law requires) such allowances even if such a member is not entitled to separation or readjustment pay. Provides an allowance for dependents and baggage and household goods for members who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or who are not accepted for an additional tour of duty. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 which terminated the authority for the payment of costs of labor furnished in connection with the transportation of baggage and household goods. Authorizes the Secretary to authorize the commander of a unified combatant command to use Government owned or leased vehicles to provide transportation in an area outside the United States for civilian and military personnel and their dependents when public or private transportation in such area is unsafe or unavailable. Authorizes a specified baggage and household goods weight allowance for cadets and midshipmen in connection with a change of temporary or permanent station. Part D: Other Benefits - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Limits such reimbursement to $2,000 per adoption and $5,000 per year. Provides identical provisions for members of the Coast Guard. Part E: Transition Assistance for Persons Involuntarily Discharged or Released from Active Duty - Authorizes the payment of separation pay for a regular enlisted member of the armed forces who is discharged involuntarily or as the result of a denial of reenlistment, who has completed five or more, but less than 20, years of active service, and who is serving on at least a second enlistment. Repeals certain current limitations on the amount of separation pay authorized. Directs the Secretary concerned to pay the premiums for health insurance provided on a voluntary basis to a member of the uniformed services upon discharge or release from active duty for the month in which such member is discharged or released and the six months after such release or discharge in the case of any member who is involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and who has completed two or more years of continuous service. Covers the member and his or her dependents. Covers preexisting health conditions for one year following such discharge or release. Provides an exception for coverage of premiums if the Secretary determines that conditions under which the person was discharged or released do not warrant such benefits. Terminates such authority after September 30, 1995. Provides eligibility for basic educational assistance under the armed forces or veterans' educational assistance programs for persons involuntarily discharged or released from active duty. Provides conditions and limitations to such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, to conduct a program to furnish employment, education, and other information and services to members of the armed forces during the 180 days before such members are involuntarily separated from the armed forces. Requires such services to assist such members in assimilating to civilian life. Outlines services and activities to be provided under such program. Requires the Secretary, within the 180-day period prior to such discharge or release, to: (1) notify the member of the date of separation; and (2) brief such member on the availability of the benefits and services provided under the information program. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, veterans' employment representatives, other employment services personnel, and representatives of veterans' services organizations to furnish the employment and training information and services under the program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to provide such program. Requires coordination of such program with similar veterans' programs. Provides that, in the preparation for discharge or release from active duty of members stationed outside the United States whose dependents accompanied them, the Secretary shall to the extent feasible reassign the member and their dependents to the United States for the final three to six months of such member's tour of active duty. Urges and requests the President to establish a special committee to report to the Congress, the President, and the Secretary regarding effective and practical ways of encouraging civilian employers to cooperate with and assist the Government in providing employment training and job placement services to members being involuntarily discharged or released from the armed forces. Repeals current Federal law which: (1) prohibits a Federal employee from being entitled to unemployment compensation before the fifth week after discharge or release; and (2) limits the aggregate amount of compensation payable on the basis of Federal service in any benefit year. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Prohibits a reduction in the number of medical personnel serving on active duty or in the reserve components of the armed forces below the number serving on September 30, 1989, unless the Secretary: (1) certifies to the defense committees that the number being reduced is excess; and (2) includes in the certification certain information concerning current and projected requirements of medical personnel in the armed forces. Authorizes the United States to recover from third party insurance providers the reasonable costs for health care services (currently, only inpatient hospital care) provided in military medical facilities for retired military personnel and their dependents. Repeals a provision of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) which denies as a covered medical expense the services of pastoral counselors, family and child counselors, and marital counselors. Extends through 1994 (currently, 1990) a demonstration program under which health care is furnished to military personnel and their dependents in certain Public Health Service hospitals as part of a cost-comparison study. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy and Management - Part A: Defense Industrial and Technology Base - Requires the inclusion in the annual critical technologies plan of information on each program element for which funds are budgeted for the support of the development of any critical technology identified. Establishes the Critical Technologies Institute (Institute) as a federally-funded research and development center operated via a nonprofit membership corporation. Requires the Institute to: (1) survey private and Government views on each critical technology identified in the most recent report of the National Critical Technologies Panel, as well as each technology that the Institute considers critical; (2) on the basis of such surveys, identify national objectives for the research, development, and production capability of the United States with respect to such technologies, as well as the preparation of possible strategies for achieving the identified objectives; and (3) publish reports discussing such national strategies as well as their implementation. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to sponsor the Institute to enter into an agreement with the Institute's Board of Directors to perform such functions as the Director may specify, and to permit the Institute to perform functions for member agencies of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy that are consistent with their functions. Provides deadlines and funding. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, to: (1) provide centralized DOD policy guidance and direction to the military departments and defense agencies on all matters relating to manufacturing technology; and (2) direct the development and implementation of DOD plans and policies promoting the development and application of advanced technologies to manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan (Plan) to provide such guidance and policy for defense manufacturing, as well as to assure its implementation by defense agencies and other related Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to establish within DOD a consolidated Joint Manufacturing Technology Project, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for the planning and execution of all DOD activities relating to manufacturing technology except those activities specifically delegated to another agency. Requires the Secretary to enhance basic research in scientific disciplines relating to manufacturing technology by promoting research and creating technology transfer in such field. Directs the Secretary to promote the use of computer-integrated manufacturing in order to improve manufacturing quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and reduce production lead times. Directs the Secretary to use manufacturing extension programs to help small manufacturers to disseminate DOD manufacturing concepts. Provides that, if the Secretary of Commerce undertakes to develop model programs for national defense laboratories, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall assist such Secretary in the development and implementation of such programs. Provides, with respect to the development and implementation of national defense laboratories, for: (1) covered model programs and their participants; (2) cooperative and joint activities by the directors of such laboratories; and (3) the use of partnership intermediaries for the performance of laboratory services. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary of Commerce for expenses incurred by such Secretary regarding such model programs, with a fiscal year limitation of $50,000. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing the payment by DOD of independent research and development costs or bid and proposal costs. Requires that, when such costs exceed $7,000,000 to a person in a fiscal year, the Secretary and such person shall enter into an advance agreement regarding the manner and extent to which DOD may pay such costs. Authorizes changes to such price limitation to reflect changing economic indices. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees annually on the defense industrial base of the United States, actions taken to improve such base, and the effects of defense budgets on the ability of the base to meet national security needs. Requires inclusion of the Under Secretary's analysis of the ability of U.S. businesses to conduct research, apply technologies, and maintain and expand such industrial base when necessary. Part B: Acquisition Streamlining Initiatives - Calls for the use of multiyear defense acquisition contracts if their use will result in substantial savings of total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts. Requires multiyear contracts to be used unless the Secretary finds the use of annual contracts to be in the national interest. Requires DOD to conduct market research to determine whether nondevelopmental items (commercial products not uniquely designed for other purposes) are available or could be easily modified to meet the needs of the procuring military department or defense agency. Directs the Secretary to prescribe streamlined procedures for the acquisition of commercial products which will enhance the ability of DOD to take advantage of the competitive marketplace, short delivery time, market-driven efficiency and innovation, and high-value products that are available in the commercial market. Requires offerors of commercial products to demonstrate that their products have achieved a suitable level of market acceptance, have been satisfactorily supplied, and otherwise meet criteria prescribed by public notice and solicitation. Requires the use of past performance of products and sources as a factor in award decisions. Directs the Secretary to conduct a test program to determine the feasibility and desirability of using two sets of procedures for the procurement of commercial products by DOD. Outlines requirements of the test program. Requires each participating component to publish each list of commercial products that may be procured under the procedures established. Authorizes the participating component to solicit participation by interested persons in a list of sources to be prescribed under the test program. Requires the Secretary to prescribe procedures for a source to protest a decision not to be placed on such source list. Requires such regulations to prescribe the minimum number of qualified sources that must be included on a source list. Provides for a participating component to issue solicitations for the procurement of commercial products from the sources appearing on the list. Provides solicitation rules and procedures. Requires the Comptroller General to report to various congressional committees an evaluation of the test program. Requires the head of any participating component to make available to the Comptroller General data on contracts awarded under the test program. Requires interim and final regulations covering actions under the test program to be proposed and published by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress proposed legislation regarding any provision of law that the Secretary considers an unnecessary restriction on the acquisition of commercial items. Redefines the "small purchase threshold" (the price at which a purchase will still be considered a small purchase for purposes of defense acquisition policies and regulations) as $25,000, adjusted on October 1 of each year and divisible by five to the amount equal to $25,000 in constant FY 1990 dollars (rounded to the nearest $1,000). Makes conforming changes to such amount in various Federal provisions and Acts concerning Government procurement generally, as well as to the Small Business Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Authorizes an Assistant Secretary of Defense performing acquisition responsibilities to serve on, and attend meetings of, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council in place of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that, before full-scale development of a major defense program is initiated, there is an acquisition strategy that includes a plan for the use of competitive alternative sources for such program and each major subsystem of such program if use of two or more sources: (1) would likely result in reduced costs and would not result in unacceptable delays; and (2) is otherwise in the national security interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to authorize the head of a defense agency to consider life-cycle costs as a factor in determining the lowest overall cost with respect to contracts awarded without discussions. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the certified cost or pricing data threshold. Directs the Secretary to require a review of the reasonableness of the contract, subcontract, or pricing adjustment when cost or pricing data is not required because the expected price is not expected to exceed $500,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to determine the potential for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process in major defense acquisition programs. Authorizes the Secretary to designate no more than six major defense acquisition programs for participation in the pilot program. Directs the Secretary to designate each participating program as a defense enterprise program. Directs the Secretary to publish proposed regulations to implement the pilot program and an invitation for public comment on the proposed regulations. Prescribes procedures for the waiver or limitation of certain acquisition laws or requirements with respect to programs participating in the pilot program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense committees of each major defense acquisition program proposed to be designated by the Secretary for participation in the pilot program, as well as any laws or requirements to be waived with respect to such major defense acquisition program under the pilot program. Limits the waiver authority with respect to each program. Terminates such waiver authority as of the end of FY 1992. Establishes in the legislative branch the Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Laws to: (1) review U.S. acquisition laws with a view toward streamlining the Federal acquisition process; (2) recommend the repeal or amendment of appropriate acquisition laws; and (3) prepare a proposed code of Federal acquisition laws. Requires the Panel to secure from DOD and other departments and agencies necessary information to carry out its responsibilities. Terminates the Panel 90 days after it submits its final report to each House of the Congress and the President. Earmarks specified FY 1991 amounts appropriated to the defense agencies under this Act for the Panel's use. Authorizes the payment of overseas severance pay as an allowable defense contractor cost when it is determined that such pay is: (1) necessary to comply with laws in effect on the date of the contract award and generally applicable to businesses of such country; and (2) in the national interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that professional and technical services are acquired on the basis of the task to be performed rather than on the basis of the number of hours of services to be provided. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain task order limitations on a case-by-case basis. Limits the effect of such waiver on task order increases under master agreements of a contracting activity. Part C: Acquisition Workforce - Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the management of the acquisition workforce of DOD. Provides payment of relocation expenses into all areas of the United States (currently, the continental United States) for acquisition workforce employees. Waives the application of Federal dual compensation prohibitions in the case of no more than 1,000 DOD employees who are in scientific, engineering, professional, or managerial positions designated as critical positions by the Secretary. Allows the Secretary of Energy to apply an identical waiver for up to 250 employees. Allows the payment of certain expenses related to the death of employees reassigned from their home of record pursuant to a mandatory mobility agreement which was executed as a condition of employment. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain DOD employee positions in which there is a current or anticipated shortage of qualified personnel, to provide training and financial assistance which allows DOD employees to obtain necessary or needed academic degrees. Prohibits employee agreements entered into for the provision of financial assistance from being made after September 30, 1993. Provides an optional performance rating exclusion for certain temporary DOD employees. Repeals certain restrictions on the appointment of retired military personnel to positions in DOD. Authorizes increases in the special pay payable to DOD employees on the basis of duty performed at remote worksites. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel for scientific, engineering, and professional positions in DOD, to establish a program under which the Secretary repays the student loan of a DOD employee who enters into an agreement with the Secretary to remain in the employ of DOD for a specified period (minimum of three years). Limits the student loan repayment to $6,000 in a calendar year and $40,000 total per student. Requires reimbursement by the employee of any loan paid for which the applicable period of employment agreed upon was not served. Waives such reimbursement in certain instances. Outlines other loan repayment conditions. Requires that, in selecting employees for such student loan repayment program, the Secretary shall attempt to achieve a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minorities are appropriately represented in Government service. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the exercise of the degree training or student loan repayment authority. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to implement certain post-employment restrictions made applicable to DOD acquisition employees under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part D: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the acquisition and disposal authority of the National Defense Stockpile Manager under such Act. Repeals the authority of the Manager to make certain stockpile disposals during FY 1991. Directs the Secretary to transfer certain unobligated funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to an account established for the purpose of supporting advanced defense research projects provided for in cooperative agreements. Makes moneys available in the Fund available for managing and maintaining stockpile materials. Part E: Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should strengthen their cooperation with regard to technology that would contribute to the security of both countries; (2) technological cooperation between the two countries should be based upon an equitable mutual sharing of the costs and benefits of such cooperation; and (3) the Secretary should improve the staffing, funding, and organization of activities within DOD which are responsible for implementing and overseeing technological cooperation with Japan. Requests the President and directs the Secretary to pursue such technological cooperation, especially in those technologies that have both commercial and military application (known as "dual use" technologies). Earmarks specified FY 1991 R&D funds for pursuing such cooperation through the use of a memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with Japan. Provides funding conditions. Limits the authority of the Secretary to delegate certain authority required pursuant to such actions. Prohibits the use of any earmarked R&D funds for R&D under SDI. Urges the Secretary to increase staffing in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Programs to provide oversight of the joint R&D projects of the United States and Japan under this part. Establishes the Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of various means to improve the operation of DOD laboratories. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to: (1) identify actions which DOD can take to increase the capabilities of U.S. educational institutions in scientific, mathematic, and engineering skills necessary to meet the long-term national defense needs of the United States; and (2) establish and conduct programs to carry out such actions. Requires the Secretary to designate an individual to assist the Secretary in carrying out such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to establish no less than two programs for awarding grants to public colleges or universities for the improvement of undergraduate or graduate education in scientific disciplines critical to the national security functions of DOD. Requires the Secretary to give priority to programs which stimulate interest of women and minorities in such areas of educational endeavor. Requires each defense laboratory director to enter into one or more education partnership agreements with public school systems, colleges, and universities to encourage and enhance study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. Outlines partnership agreement provisions. Authorizes the directors to establish, in association with such programs, cooperative work-education programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Outlines work-education program provisions. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Matter - Part A: Force Structure - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to reduce the end strength under such Act for military personnel assigned to duty in Europe. Authorizes the President to waive such force limitations in the national interest as long as the Congress is notified. Requires the Secretary to reduce by four percent per year for FY 1991 through 1995 the number of DOD acquisition workforce employees, as well as the number of military and civilian employees assigned to management headquarters activities and headquarters support activities. Requires the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to conduct a joint review of all intelligence-related activities under certain national and foreign intelligence programs. Reduces the number of personnel assigned or detailed to such intelligence programs. Establishes for FY 1991 a special account to be managed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and used to provide funds to commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the U.S. Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for listed activities. Provides funding amounts and limitations. Part B: General Management Matters - Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine mobility requirements for the armed forces and to develop an integrated plan to meet those requirements. Requires a report. Eliminates the statutory position of the Chief of Naval Research. Title X: Strategic Environmental Research Program - Directs the Secretary to establish the Strategic Environmental Research Program (Program) to address environmental concerns in the Departments of Defense and Energy, identify energy and environmental technologies, and provide information on such concerns and technology development. Establishes a Joint Strategic Environmental Research Program Council to prescribe policies and procedures to implement the Program and to enter into contracts, prepare research plans, promote the exchange of information, and ensure nonduplication of efforts with other Federal programs. Requires Council reports and a five-year strategic environmental research plan. Places an Executive Director at the head of the Council. Requires such Director to be responsible for the management of the Program and to enter into appropriate contracts. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly appoint a Strategic Environmental Research Program Scientific Advisory Board. Requires the Council to refer to the Board each proposed environmental research project and each budget proposal for R&D of technologies related to such activities which are in excess of $1,000,000. Requires the Board to then make recommendations with respect to the efficacy and justification of each such project and budget proposal. Requires Board reports. Provides due dates for Council and Board reports. Earmarks specified R&D funds authorized under this Act for the Program and its activities. Title XI: Drug Interdiction - Earmarks specified drug interdiction and counterdrug activities funds authorized under this Act for drug interdiction and counterdrug activities for FY 1991 in the following areas: (1) operations and maintenance; (2) procurement; (3) National Guard Bureau pay and allowances; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (5) minor construction. Authorizes the Secretary to provide support to such activities in other Federal departments and agencies if requested and if funds are available. Provides purposes and activities for which such funding is to be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary to plan and execute otherwise valid military training or operations in order to aid civilian agencies in drug interdiction and counterdrug activities. Title XII: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer amounts of authorizations made available to DOD in Division A of this Act between any authorizations contained therein for FY 1991. Provides transfer limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY 1991 for military personnel, operations, and maintenance. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress a six-year defense program in lieu of a five-year plan. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to submit to specified congressional committees annually the current five-year foreign intelligence program reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations required to support such program. Revises provisions concerning the formats for presentation of DOD matters in the annual budget submitted to the President and the Congress. Part B: Miscellaneous Matters - Requires the President to report on U.S. security arrangements and commitments worldwide. Revises reporting requirements with respect to special access (classified) programs of DOD. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the addition of more nuclear risk reduction measures. Commends the Presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union for their joint statements on the pursuit of additional nuclear confidence-building measures. Asks the President to invite the Soviet Union to conduct reviews and enter into discussions in order to agree on additional roles and functions that could be assigned to the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers to lessen the risks of the accidental outbreak of nuclear war. Earmarks specified R&D funds for making a grant for the support of research by emigrants from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Cuba regarding political, economic, social, and other developments in those countries. Title XIII: Elimination and Modification of Reports Required By Law - Part A: Repeal of Existing Report Requirements - Repeals various reporting requirements under Federal armed forces and military pay and allowances provisions. Repeals specified reports and notifications required under various national defense authorization Acts, as well as under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Industrial Reserve Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Part B: Modifications to Existing Report Requirements - Modifies specified reports currently required under Federal armed forces provisions and under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Part C: Report Provisions Previously Terminated by Goldwater-Nichols Act - Repeals certain reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, military pay and allowances provisions, and specified military authorization Acts which were terminated by a provision of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Restores one reporting requirement previously terminated by such Act. Repeals the reports termination section of such Act. Part D: Technical and Clerical Amendments - Makes technical and clerical amendments to Federal armed forces provisions. Title XIV: Guard and Reserve Initiative - Part A: Utilization of Reserve Components - Declares that: (1) the structure and strength of the current reserve components should be preserved; (2) the equipment levels in such components should be increased to match their active-duty counterparts; (3) selective missions of active duty forces should be transferred to the reserve components; (4) equipment available to the reserves should be modernized; and (5) integration of active and reserve components should be promoted. Part B: Force Structure - Directs the Secretary to ensure that the force structure of the Selected Reserve components during FY 1991 is equivalent to the force structure of such components on January 1, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to change the present force structure of the Selected Reserve in the interests of national security. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure, through the transfer of aircraft from regular to reserve squadrons, that the average number of aircraft assigned to aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard or the Air Reserve is equal to aircraft squadron amounts in the active duty components of the Air Force. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily waive such requirement if its implementation would be detrimental to the national security interest. Provides similar requirements for the Secretary of the Navy, requiring the average number of aircraft assigned to a P-3 aircraft squadron in the Naval Reserve to be equal to such number assigned in the regular Navy. Provides similar waiver authority. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assign the tactical airlift mission of DOD to the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the transfer of all tactical airlift transport aircraft to the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard at the earliest practicable date and to submit such plan to the defense committees by June 1, 1991. Prohibits any funds appropriated for fiscal years after FY 1996 from being used to operate or maintain OV-1 aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Army to retire such aircraft on a gradual basis from September 30, 1991, through September 30, 1996. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to provide each military department with flight training, fleet support, and depot maintenance with respect to all A-10 aircraft assigned to each such department. Part C: Military Personnel - Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding use of, and funding for, the annual muster to inform Ready Reserve personnel of their continuing obligation for immediate service in the active military forces in the event of a war or national emergency. Requires members of the Ready Reserve, as a condition of eligibility for certain military-to-civilian transitional assistance provided under current law and certain provisions of this Act, to enter into a written agreement with the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve in the Ready Reserve for three years following the person's discharge or release from active duty. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees regarding the desirability of requiring active-duty officers to serve a minimum of two years in support of a National Guard or Reserve unit as a condition of eligibility for consideration for promotion to certain grades. Prohibits certain members of the reserves serving on full-time active duty in support of the reserve components, after the end of FY 1991, from being assigned to duty with any unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program (ROTC). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1993 (currently, 1990) the authority for the payment of special pay for critically short wartime health services specialists in the Selected Reserve. Provides special pay for reserve medical officers serving in military medical facilities. Authorizes a member of a military department who would be eligible for retired pay except for the fact that such member is under 60 years of age to have commissary privileges in DOD facilities for 12 days each year. Authorizes for such members and members of the Selected Reserve in good standing and their dependents unrestricted use of military morale, welfare, and recreational facilities on the same basis as active-duty personnel. Part D: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for procurement by the reserve components of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment. Directs the Secretary of the Army to distribute not less than 24 CH-47 aircraft to the Army National Guard under a plan devised by such Secretary in which CH-54 aircraft are retired gradually through FY 1993 to make room for the CH-47s. Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for: (1) MH-53 minesweeper helicopters; and (2) AH-1W helicopters.
Bill· SS. 2914 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
National Defense Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1991 for operating expenses incurred and for plant and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) environmental restoration and management of defense waste and transportation; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development program; (6) security investigations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors development; (9) safeguards and security construction; (10) site management construction; and (11) capital equipment not related to construction. Earmarks specified DOE operating expense funds for payment of the second installment of a settlement entered into by DOE in a specified court suit. Prohibits the reprogramming of funds appropriated to DOE for FY 1991 for atomic energy defense activities if such reprogramming would reduce the amount made available to DOE for the defense inertial confinement fusion program for FY 1991. Limits the manner in which funds authorized for special isotope separation may be used to program phaseout only. Part B: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy specified DOD R&D funds for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Directs the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction, planning, and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit a report on the remanufacture of nuclear stockpile weapons as directed under a prior Senate report. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing the Government-owned and contractor-operated laboratories that are funded by DOE national security programs to engage in independent laboratory-directed research and development programs. Provides funding. Part C: Environment, Safety, and Management - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1992 (currently, 1990) the authority of the Secretary to allow DOE contractors and subcontractors carrying out certain activities at the Hanford Reservation, Washington (a DOE center for national security programs) to loan personnel and facilities to community development organizations near the Reservation. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees on a quarterly basis during FY 1991 and 1992 reports on DOE compliance with provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 concerning the environmental impact of proposed DOE actions. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring to any other Federal department or agency his authority with respect to site management, control, or oversight of environmental remediation and restoration activities at any DOE facility. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for oversight expenses borne by such agency with regard to environmental response actions at DOD facilities conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Title II: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the establishment and operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title III: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title IV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures and contracts and commitments as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal, earmarking specified administrative expenses. Authorizes funds to be made available for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel across the Canal. Authorizes funds to be obligated to permit the payment of pay increases to officers and employees of the Commission to the extent authorized by administrative action. Revises the compensation level for certain Board members of the Commission, as well as certain expenses to be paid for the Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineers of such Commission. Provides retirement annuity eligibility for certain persons who were employed by the Commission between September 30, 1979, and January 1, 2000. Amends the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Act of 1988 to provide that payments made in the form of workers' compensation to Commission employees shall be made directly from the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund. (Currently, amounts from such Fund are transferred to the Employee Compensation Fund for such payments.) Provides for discontinuance of the Commission Compensation Fund upon a finding by the Secretary of Labor that no further liability exists for workers compensation benefits for Commission employees.
Bill· SS. 2910 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Department of Defense Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense (DOD). Earmarks amounts for specified operations and maintenance, procurement, research, development, test, evaluation, and construction activities and for pay and allowances. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, if requested by an appropriate official and funds are available, to provide support for the counter-drug activities of any other Federal agency or State or local civilian law enforcement agency for: (1) the maintenance and repair of equipment; (2) the transportation of personnel or supplies and equipment to facilitate counter-drug activities within or outside the United States; (3) the establishment and operations of bases or training facilities to facilitate such activities; (4) counter-drug related training of Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel; and (5) aerial and ground reconnaissance outside, at, or near U.S. borders. Permits the Secretary to: (1) provide such support in any case in which the support would adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States if the importance of providing such support outweighs the short-term adverse effect on such preparedness; and (2) plan and execute otherwise valid military training or operations to aid civilian agencies.
Bill· SS. 2906 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for the defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, the reserve components for procurement, and for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons under the chemical demilitarization program. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to increase or decrease the authorizations for various procurement programs and to increase the authorizations for specified research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) programs. Earmarks specified FY 1990 Marine Corps funds for procurement of M1A1 main battle tanks. Prohibits the further procurement of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for any fiscal year including FY 1991, other than those submarines currently authorized by law. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense committees on the need to maintain competition in submarine construction. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend a deadline for full integration of fixed-wing aircraft into the range instrumentation system of the National Test Center. Part B: B-2 Bomber Program - Limits the obligation of FY 1991 funds for procurement and advance procurement of B-2 aircraft. Places additional limitations concerning the procurement of two new production B-2 aircraft during FY 1991. Part C: Program Terminations - Terminates the following programs as of the beginning of FY 1991: (1) the 155 millimeter nuclear projectile program; (2) the Air Defense Heavy Missile system; (3) the Follow-On to Lance program; and (4) the Milstar Satellite program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for R&D. Requires such R&D funds to be available for the Strategic Relocatable Target Attack project and the Earth Penetrating Weapons project. Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary of the Army to prescribe an acquisition plan for the acquisition of an armored gun system for use on nondevelopmental item vehicles. Prohibits FY 1991 Army acquisition funds from being used for such system except in accordance with such acquisition plan. Places certain restrictions on the armored systems modernization program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to use certain prior-year unobligated funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program, subject to specified conditions and prohibitions. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to complete certain R&D work with respect to the advanced tactical fighter of the Air Force. Directs the Secretary of the Army to complete certain R&D work with respect to the Army light helicopter program. Prohibits funds from FY 1991 from being obligated for full-scale development of the Army advanced tank cannon program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to acquire aircraft for the Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group to replace certain other aircraft. Authorizes the use of funds to convert the existing space launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for use as a Titan IV launch facility. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - Earmarks specified R&D funds of FY 1991 for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Requires a report on the allocation of FY 1991 SDI funding. Describes certain limitations on the development and testing of antiballistic missile systems or components and the use of funding for such purposes. Prohibits the obligation of funding for any operational test and evaluation in support of a strategic defense system or a program, project, or activity of SDI. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance expenses for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves and National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities-defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration-defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs and those necessitated as the result of inflation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital within DOD. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds authorized in this title for training and operations of the military services to ensure that high priority military forces are maintained at appropriate readiness levels. States as the purpose of the humanitarian assistance program to provide transportation and humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing such assistance. Requires transportation for such assistance, by the most economical means possible, to be under the direction of the Secretary of State. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the operation of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Part B: Program Changes and Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the authority governing the operation of working-capital funded activities within DOD. Repeals: (1) a restriction on the contracting-out of core logistics functions; and (2) prohibitions on the use of competitions among defense maintenance activities in the selection of entities to perform depot maintenance workloads. Authorizes naval shipyards and naval aviation depots to compete during FY 1991 for contracts for the production of defense related articles and for the provision of services related to defense programs. Requires successful bids under such contracts to include all direct and indirect cost factors. Requires the Secretary to issue a single, uniform policy on the management of inventory items of DOD. Requires personnel evaluations for acquisition personnel within DOD to include consideration of efforts to eliminate wasteful practices and achieve cost savings in the acquisition and management of inventory items. Lifts a certain naval homeporting restriction in the case of voyage repairs. Extends to March 1, 1991, the date for completion of a waste recycling study under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to carry out the mission of hurricane reconnaisance during FY 1991 unless another Federal department or agency assumes such responsibility and has adequate funding. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for certain oversight expenses associated with environmental response actions at DOD facilities. Prohibits FY 1991 funds from being obligated for the purchase of performance bonds and similar guaranties for the performance of any direct function by DOD. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991 and 1995. Prohibits a member of the armed forces from being involuntarily separated unless the Secretary of the military department concerned has made certain certifications to the defense committees and followed certain procedures with respect to military force reduction actions. Defines those military personnel to be covered under such prohibition as those who: (1) are serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty; (2) have five or more years of active service in the armed forces; (3) if involuntarily separated, would not be immediately eligible for retired or retainer pay; and (4) if involuntarily separated, would be eligible for employment transition assistance under specified Federal provisions. Specifies limits on the authorized strength for general and flag officers on active duty effective FY 1991 and 1995. Reduces the current authorized number of active-duty Air Force colonels. Exempts certain three-star generals and flag officer positions from fiscal year strength level limitations. Authorizes the President to designate not more than six such positions as exempted. Prohibits the delegation of such presidential authority. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1991. Prescribes end strength reductions or increases based on the number of units of the Selected Reserve component on active duty. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate the reserve forces in order to meet national security requirements. Prescribes the number of personnel authorized to be on active duty in support of reserve personnel for FY 1992 and 1993. Authorizes the Secretary to assign active component members to reserve units to meet the requirements of the reserve components. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to repeal an increase under such Act in the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Part D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to DOD for military personnel. Part E: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes end strengths for civilian personnel of DOD for FY 1991. Outlines provisions regarding the counting of such personnel within such end strengths (including or excluding certain personnel categories from such limitations). Authorizes the Secretary to exceed such end strength limitation when determined necessary for the national interest. Directs the Secretary to reduce the number of senior level civilian DOD employees, such reduction to be phased in gradually over five years beginning in FY 1992. Title V: Military Personnel - Part A: Personnel Management Matters - Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned, over the five-year period beginning October 1, 1990, to take specified actions designed to enhance the early retirement incentives for officer personnel. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce from three to two years the time-in-grade required for an officer to retain such grade upon a voluntary retirement effective during such five-year period. Requires the maximum number of officers in the grade in which an officer was retired under such provision to be reduced whenever the Secretary approves such reduction in time-in-grade. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary concerned, during such five-year period, to reduce the required period of active service as a commissioned officer before retirement from at least ten years to no less than eight years. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and desirability of initially appointing all commissioned officers in the armed forces as reserve officers; and (2) the appropriate active duty service obligation for graduates of the service academies. Part B: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning Navy rations to authorize the President to prescribe the components and quantities of such ration and to replace any such rations with other articles if economy and the health and comfort of naval personnel require such action. Repeals the authority of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate cadets and midshipmen for appointment to the service academies. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay consistent with the FY 1991 adjustment in the General Schedule of the Federal Government, providing instead a 3.5 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence effective January 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for funding permanent change of station moves in FY 1991. Part B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pay - Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to terminate the bonus installments normally due to a member who does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid or who ceases to perform in the specialty for which a bonus was paid under the selective reenlistment bonus program. Increases the monthly special pay authorized for optometrists in the armed forces. Authorizes the payment of incentive pay for qualified intensive-care nurses and certified nurse-midwives. Authorizes special pay for officers in the armed forces or the Public Health Service Corps who have been awarded a Certificate as a Diplomate in a special area of practice approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Provides the yearly rate of such special pay based on years of creditable service. Part C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Revises provisions concerning travel and transportation allowances for persons discharged or released from active duty to authorize (current law requires) such allowances even if such a member is not entitled to separation or readjustment pay. Provides an allowance for dependents and baggage and household goods for members who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or who are not accepted for an additional tour of duty. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 which terminated the authority for the payment of costs of labor furnished in connection with the transportation of baggage and household goods. Authorizes the Secretary to authorize the commander of a unified combatant command to use Government owned or leased vehicles to provide transportation in an area outside the United States for civilian and military personnel and their dependents when public or private transportation in such area is unsafe or unavailable. Authorizes a specified baggage and household goods weight allowance for cadets and midshipmen in connection with a change of temporary or permanent station. Part D: Other Benefits - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Limits such reimbursement to $2,000 per adoption and $5,000 per year. Provides identical provisions for members of the Coast Guard. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Prohibits a reduction in the number of medical personnel serving on active duty or in the reserve components of the armed forces below the number serving on September 30, 1989, unless the Secretary: (1) certifies to the defense committees that the number being reduced is excess; and (2) includes in the certification certain information concerning current and projected requirements of medical personnel in the armed forces. Authorizes the United States to recover from third party insurance providers the reasonable costs for health care services (currently, only inpatient hospital care) provided in military medical facilities for retired military personnel and their dependents. Repeals a provision of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) which denies as a covered medical expense the services of pastoral counselors, family and child counselors, and marital counselors. Extends through 1994 (currently, 1990) a demonstration program under which health care is furnished to military personnel and their dependents in certain Public Health Service hospitals as part of a cost-comparison study. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy and Management - Part A: Defense Industrial and Technology Base - Requires the inclusion in the annual critical technologies plan of information on each program element for which funds are budgeted for the support of the development of any critical technology identified. Establishes the Critical Technologies Institute (Institute) as a federally-funded research and development center operated via a nonprofit membership corporation. Requires the Institute to: (1) survey private and Government views on each critical technology identified in the most recent report of the National Critical Technologies Panel, as well as each technology that the Institute considers critical; (2) on the basis of such surveys, identify national objectives for the research, development, and production capability of the United States with respect to such technologies, as well as the preparation of possible strategies for achieving the identified objectives; and (3) publish reports discussing such national strategies as well as their implementation. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to sponsor the Institute to enter into an agreement with the Institute's Board of Directors to perform such functions as the Director may specify, and to permit the Institute to perform functions for member agencies of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy that are consistent with their functions. Provides deadlines and funding. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, to: (1) provide centralized DOD policy guidance and direction to the military departments and defense agencies on all matters relating to manufacturing technology; and (2) direct the development and implementation of DOD plans and policies promoting the development and application of advanced technologies to manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan (Plan) to provide such guidance and policy for defense manufacturing, as well as to assure its implementation by defense agencies and other related Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to establish within DOD a consolidated Joint Manufacturing Technology Project, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for the planning and execution of all DOD activities relating to manufacturing technology except those activities specifically delegated to another agency. Requires the Secretary to enhance basic research in scientific disciplines relating to manufacturing technology by promoting research and creating technology transfer in such field. Directs the Secretary to promote the use of computer-integrated manufacturing in order to improve manufacturing quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and reduce production lead times. Directs the Secretary to use manufacturing extension programs to help small manufacturers to disseminate DOD manufacturing concepts. Provides that, if the Secretary of Commerce undertakes to develop model programs for national defense laboratories, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall assist such Secretary in the development and implementation of such programs. Provides, with respect to the development and implementation of national defense laboratories, for: (1) covered model programs and their participants; (2) cooperative and joint activities by the directors of such laboratories; and (3) the use of partnership intermediaries for the performance of laboratory services. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary of Commerce for expenses incurred by such Secretary regarding such model programs, with a fiscal year limitation of $50,000. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing the payment by DOD of independent research and development costs or bid and proposal costs. Requires that, when such costs exceed $7,000,000 to a person in a fiscal year, the Secretary and such person shall enter into an advance agreement regarding the manner and extent to which DOD may pay such costs. Authorizes changes to such price limitation to reflect changing economic indices. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees annually on the defense industrial base of the United States, actions taken to improve such base, and the effects of defense budgets on the ability of the base to meet national security needs. Requires inclusion of the Under Secretary's analysis of the ability of U.S. businesses to conduct research, apply technologies, and maintain and expand such industrial base when necessary. Part B: Acquisition Streamlining Initiatives - Calls for the use of multiyear defense acquisition contracts if their use will result in substantial savings of total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts. Requires multiyear contracts to be used unless the Secretary finds the use of annual contracts to be in the national interest. Requires DOD to conduct market research to determine whether nondevelopmental items (commercial products not uniquely designed for other purposes) are available or could be easily modified to meet the needs of the procuring military department or defense agency. Directs the Secretary to prescribe streamlined procedures for the acquisition of commercial products which will enhance the ability of DOD to take advantage of the competitive marketplace, short delivery time, market-driven efficiency and innovation, and high-value products that are available in the commercial market. Requires offerors of commercial products to demonstrate that their products have achieved a suitable level of market acceptance, have been satisfactorily supplied, and otherwise meet criteria prescribed by public notice and solicitation. Requires the use of past performance of products and sources as a factor in award decisions. Directs the Secretary to conduct a test program to determine the feasibility and desirability of using two sets of procedures for the procurement of commercial products by DOD. Outlines requirements of the test program. Requires each participating component to publish each list of commercial products that may be procured under the procedures established. Authorizes the participating component to solicit participation by interested persons in a list of sources to be prescribed under the test program. Requires the Secretary to prescribe procedures for a source to protest a decision not to be placed on such source list. Requires such regulations to prescribe the minimum number of qualified sources that must be included on a source list. Provides for a participating component to issue solicitations for the procurement of commercial products from the sources appearing on the list. Provides solicitation rules and procedures. Requires the Comptroller General to report to various congressional committees an evaluation of the test program. Requires the head of any participating component to make available to the Comptroller General data on contracts awarded under the test program. Requires interim and final regulations covering actions under the test program to be proposed and published by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress proposed legislation regarding any provision of law that the Secretary considers an unnecessary restriction on the acquisition of commercial items. Redefines the "small purchase threshold" (the price at which a purchase will still be considered a small purchase for purposes of defense acquisition policies and regulations) as $25,000, adjusted on October 1 of each year and divisible by five to the amount equal to $25,000 in constant FY 1990 dollars (rounded to the nearest $1,000). Makes conforming changes to such amount in various Federal provisions and Acts concerning Government procurement generally, as well as to the Small Business Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Authorizes an Assistant Secretary of Defense performing acquisition responsibilities to serve on, and attend meetings of, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council in place of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that, before full-scale development of a major defense program is initiated, there is an acquisition strategy that includes a plan for the use of competitive alternative sources for such program and each major subsystem of such program if use of two or more sources: (1) would likely result in reduced costs and would not result in unacceptable delays; and (2) is otherwise in the national security interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to authorize the head of a defense agency to consider life-cycle costs as a factor in determining the lowest overall cost with respect to contracts awarded without discussions. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the certified cost or pricing data threshold. Directs the Secretary to require a review of the reasonableness of the contract, subcontract, or pricing adjustment when cost or pricing data is not required because the expected price is not expected to exceed $500,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to determine the potential for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process in major defense acquisition programs. Authorizes the Secretary to designate no more than six major defense acquisition programs for participation in the pilot program. Directs the Secretary to designate each participating program as a defense enterprise program. Directs the Secretary to publish proposed regulations to implement the pilot program and an invitation for public comment on the proposed regulations. Prescribes procedures for the waiver or limitation of certain acquisition laws or requirements with respect to programs participating in the pilot program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense committees of each major defense acquisition program proposed to be designated by the Secretary for participation in the pilot program, as well as any laws or requirements to be waived with respect to such major defense acquisition program under the pilot program. Limits the waiver authority with respect to each program. Terminates such waiver authority as of the end of FY 1992. Establishes in the legislative branch the Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Laws to: (1) review U.S. acquisition laws with a view toward streamlining the Federal acquisition process; (2) recommend the repeal or amendment of appropriate acquisition laws; and (3) prepare a proposed code of Federal acquisition laws. Requires the Panel to secure from DOD and other departments and agencies necessary information to carry out its responsibilities. Terminates the Panel 90 days after it submits its final report to each House of the Congress and the President. Earmarks specified FY 1991 amounts appropriated to the defense agencies under this Act for the Panel's use. Authorizes the payment of overseas severance pay as an allowable defense contractor cost when it is determined that such pay is: (1) necessary to comply with laws in effect on the date of the contract award and generally applicable to businesses of such country; and (2) in the national interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that professional and technical services are acquired on the basis of the task to be performed rather than on the basis of the number of hours of services to be provided. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain task order limitations on a case-by-case basis. Limits the effect of such waiver on task order increases under master agreements of a contracting activity. Part C: Acquisition Workforce - Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the management of the acquisition workforce of DOD. Provides payment of relocation expenses into all areas of the United States (currently, the continental United States) for acquisition workforce employees. Waives the application of Federal dual compensation prohibitions in the case of no more than 1,000 DOD employees who are in scientific, engineering, professional, or managerial positions designated as critical positions by the Secretary. Allows the Secretary of Energy to apply an identical waiver for up to 250 employees. Allows the payment of certain expenses related to the death of employees reassigned from their home of record pursuant to a mandatory mobility agreement which was executed as a condition of employment. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain DOD employee positions in which there is a current or anticipated shortage of qualified personnel, to provide training and financial assistance which allows DOD employees to obtain necessary or needed academic degrees. Prohibits employee agreements entered into for the provision of financial assistance from being made after September 30, 1993. Provides an optional performance rating exclusion for certain temporary DOD employees. Repeals certain restrictions on the appointment of retired military personnel to positions in DOD. Authorizes increases in the special pay payable to DOD employees on the basis of duty performed at remote worksites. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel for scientific, engineering, and professional positions in DOD, to establish a program under which the Secretary repays the student loan of a DOD employee who enters into an agreement with the Secretary to remain in the employ of DOD for a specified period (minimum of three years). Limits the student loan repayment to $6,000 in a calendar year and $40,000 total per student. Requires reimbursement by the employee of any loan paid for which the applicable period of employment agreed upon was not served. Waives such reimbursement in certain instances. Outlines other loan repayment conditions. Requires that, in selecting employees for such student loan repayment program, the Secretary shall attempt to achieve a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minorities are appropriately represented in Government service. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the exercise of the degree training or student loan repayment authority. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to implement certain post-employment restrictions made applicable to DOD acquisition employees under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part D: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the acquisition and disposal authority of the National Defense Stockpile Manager under such Act. Repeals the authority of the Manager to make certain stockpile disposals during FY 1991. Directs the Secretary to transfer certain unobligated funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to an account established for the purpose of supporting advanced defense research projects provided for in cooperative agreements. Makes moneys available in the Fund available for managing and maintaining stockpile materials. Part E: Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should strengthen their cooperation with regard to technology that would contribute to the security of both countries; (2) technological cooperation between the two countries should be based upon an equitable, mutual sharing of the costs and benefits of such cooperation; and (3) the Secretary should improve the staffing, funding, and organization of activities within DOD which are responsible for implementing and overseeing technological cooperation with Japan. Requests the President and directs the Secretary to pursue such technological cooperation, especially in those technologies that have both commercial and military application (known as "dual use" technologies). Earmarks specified FY 1991 R&D funds for pursuing such cooperation through the use of a memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with Japan. Provides funding conditions. Limits the authority of the Secretary to delegate certain authority required pursuant to such actions. Prohibits the use of any earmarked R&D funds for R&D under SDI. Urges the Secretary to increase staffing in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Programs to provide oversight of the joint R&D projects of the United States and Japan under this part. Establishes the Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of various means to improve the operation of DOD laboratories. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to: (1) identify actions which DOD can take to increase the capabilities of U.S. educational institutions in scientific, mathematic, and engineering skills necessary to meet the long-term national defense needs of the United States; and (2) establish and conduct programs to carry out such actions. Requires the Secretary to designate an individual to assist the Secretary in carrying out such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to establish no less than two programs for awarding grants to public colleges or universities for the improvement of undergraduate or graduate education in scientific disciplines critical to the national security functions of DOD. Requires the Secretary to give priority to programs which stimulate interest of women and minorities in such areas of educational endeavor. Requires each defense laboratory director to enter into one or more education partnership agreements with public school systems, colleges, and universities to encourage and enhance study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. Outlines partnership agreement provisions. Authorizes the directors to establish, in association with such programs, cooperative work-education programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Outlines work-education program provisions. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Matter - Part A: Force Structure - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to reduce the end strength under such Act for military personnel assigned to duty in Europe. Authorizes the President to waive such force limitations in the national interest as long as the Congress is notified. Requires the Secretary to reduce by four percent per year for FY 1991 through 1995 the number of DOD acquisition workforce employees, as well as the number of military and civilian employees assigned to management headquarters activities and headquarters support activities. Requires the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to conduct a joint review of all intelligence-related activities under certain national and foreign intelligence programs. Reduces the number of personnel assigned or detailed to such intelligence programs. Establishes for FY 1991 a special account to be managed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and used to provide funds to commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the U.S. Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for listed activities. Provides funding amounts and limitations. Part B: General Management Matters - Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine mobility requirements for the armed forces and to develop an integrated plan to meet those requirements. Requires a report. Eliminates the statutory position of the Chief of Naval Research. Title X: Strategic Environmental Research Program - Directs the Secretary to establish the Strategic Environmental Research Program (Program) to address environmental concerns in the Departments of Defense and Energy, identify energy and environmental technologies, and provide information on such concerns and technology development. Establishes a Joint Strategic Environmental Research Program Council to prescribe policies and procedures to implement the Program and to enter into contracts, prepare research plans, promote the exchange of information, and ensure nonduplication of efforts with other Federal programs. Requires Council reports and a five-year strategic environmental research plan. Places an Executive Director at the head of the Council. Requires such Director to be responsible for the management of the Program and to enter into appropriate contracts. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly appoint a Strategic Environmental Research Program Scientific Advisory Board. Requires the Council to refer to the Board each proposed environmental research project and each budget proposal for R&D of technologies related to such activities which are in excess of $1,000,000. Requires the Board to then make recommendations with respect to the efficacy and justification of each such project and budget proposal. Requires Board reports. Provides due dates for Council and Board reports. Earmarks specified R&D funds authorized under this Act for the Program and its activities. Title XII (sic): General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer amounts of authorizations made available to DOD in Division A of this Act between any authorizations contained therein for FY 1991. Provides transfer limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY 1991 for military personnel, operations, and maintenance. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress a six-year defense program in lieu of a five-year plan. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to submit to specified congressional committees annually the current five-year foreign intelligence program reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations required to support such program. Revises provisions concerning the formats for presentation of DOD matters in the annual budget submitted to the President and the Congress. Part B: Miscellaneous Matters - Requires the President to report on U.S. security arrangements and commitments worldwide. Revises reporting requirements with respect to special access (classified) programs of DOD. Earmarks specified R&D funds for making a grant for the support of research by emigrants from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Cuba regarding political, economic, social, and other developments in those countries. Title XIII: Elimination and Modification of Reports Required By Law - Part A: Repeal of Existing Report Requirements - Repeals various reporting requirements under Federal armed forces and military pay and allowances provisions. Repeals specified reports and notifications required under various national defense authorization Acts, as well as under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Industrial Reserve Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Part B: Modifications to Existing Report Requirements - Modifies specified reports currently required under Federal armed forces provisions and under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Part C: Report Provisions Previously Terminated by Goldwater-Nichols Act - Repeals certain reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, military pay and allowances provisions, and specified military authorization Acts which were terminated by a provision of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Restores one reporting requirement previously terminated by such Act. Repeals the reports termination section of such Act. Part D: Technical and Clerical Amendments - Makes technical and clerical amendments to Federal armed forces provisions. Title XIV: Guard and Reserve Initiative - Directs the Secretary to ensure that the force structure of the Selected Reserve components during FY 1991 is equivalent to the force structure of such components on January 1, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to change the present force structure of the Selected Reserve in the interests of national security. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure, through the transfer of aircraft from regular to reserve squadrons, that the average number of aircraft assigned to aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard or the Air Reserve is equal to aircraft squadron amounts in the active duty components of the Air Force. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily waive such requirement if its implementation would be detrimental to the national security interest. Provides similar requirements for the Secretary of the Navy, requiring the average number of aircraft assigned to a P-3 aircraft squadron in the Naval Reserve to be equal to such number assigned in the regular Navy. Provides similar waiver authority. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assign the tactical airlift mission of DOD to the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the transfer of all tactical airlift transport aircraft to the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard at the earliest practicable date and to submit such plan to the defense committees by June 1, 1991. Prohibits any funds appropriated for fiscal years after FY 1996 from being used to operate or maintain OV-1 aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Army to retire such aircraft on a gradual basis from September 30, 1991, through September 30, 1996. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to provide each military department with flight training, fleet support, and depot maintenance with respect to all A-10 aircraft assigned to each such department. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Title XXI: 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 military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, military family housing functions, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXIII: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a building on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for a R&D facility. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities constructed under prior law, and military family housing functions within DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces, in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXV of this Division on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Military Construction Program Changes - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend through FY 1991 the military housing rental guarantee program. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option to acquire or lease (currently, only acquire) a parcel of real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law, if it is considered suitable and needed by his Department. Waives a certain per-unit expenditure limitation for improvements to military family housing units if the Secretary complies with certain congressional notification requirements. Transfers jurisdiction, custody, operation and control of the Pentagon Reservation (the Pentagon building and its surrounding facilities and parking lots) to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel to perform law enforcement and security functions on the Reservation. Establishes in the Treasury the Pentagon Maintenance Revolving Fund for real property management, operation, construction, repair and related activities at the Reservation. Transfers funds to the Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) take such actions as necessary to close or realign any military installation chosen to be so closed or realigned; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance to any community located near a military installation being closed or realigned; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to civilian DOD employees of military installations being closed or realigned. Provides funding for each such purpose. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority to utilize or dispose of real property with respect to excess and surplus real property located at a military installation being closed or realigned. Outlines other conditions concerning such transfer and disposal authority, including a requirement that the Secretary consult with the Governor and the heads of local government of the State involved in a property disposal or transfer for the purpose of considering any plan for the use of such property by the local community concerned. States the applicability and inapplicability of certain laws to any action taken by the Secretary with respect to a base realignment or closure. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Account to be used by the Secretary for base closure and realignment activities. Provides that when funds from the Account are used for such purposes and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor military construction project, the Secretary must notify the appropriate congressional committees of the nature of, and the justification for, the expenditure of such sum. Provides for the transfer of certain funds for the homeowners assistance program. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to entitle a Federal employee who is entitled to reemployment as a result of the closure or realignment of an overseas U.S. military installation to all benefits provided under such Act to employees currently employed at such installations. Provides that, in the case of a publicly-announced planned reduction in DOD spending, the cancellation or termination of a DOD contract, or the failure to proceed with a previously approved major defense acquisition program, community planning assistance may be provided if the reduction, cancellation, termination, or failure will have a direct and significant impact on a community and will result in the loss of: (1) not less than 2,500 jobs, in the case of an urban area; (2) not less than 1,000 jobs, in the case of a rural area; or (3) one percent or more of the labor force in either such area. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that if the Secretary determines land under DOD control is excess property, the Secretary shall request the Administrator of GSA to dispose of such land under provisions of such Act. Provides for the deposit and authorized uses of funds derived from such disposal. Provides authorized uses for money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by the Secretary of a military department in the leasing of DOD assets. Requires at least 50 percent of such moneys received to be made available for maintenance and repair of facilities or for environmental restoration expenses at such facilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the case of any military facility outside the United States released in whole or in part to a host nation, the United States should be the lead official in determining the residual value of such facility and should only be required to pay for the percentage of environmental cleanup required at such facility that is based on the determined residual value. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for the collection of the residual value of any property of DOD released to host nations. Allows such funds to be used for facility maintenance, repair, and environmental restoration at such released facilities. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to modify the reporting requirements of the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities with respect to possible use of such facilities as Federal confinement or correctional facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly conduct a study to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of converting airfields under the jurisdiction of each military department: (1) to civilian use; or (2) in the case of any airfield which continues to be used for military purposes, to joint military and civilian use. Provides study funding. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Land Transactions - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) release to the University of Arkansas all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property in Arkansas leased by the United States to the University; and (2) convey to the University all interest in all improvements constructed on such land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Huntsville, Alabama, all rights and interest to a parcel of real property at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, that is currently being leased to the Authority. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain real property at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands so as to preserve the paleontological, archaeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. Outlines other permissible uses for such area, including research activities and livestock grazing. Prohibits such area from being used for the storage or processing of any type of waste. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for such area. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Delaware all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of real property at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. Requires reversion to the United States if such property is used for any purpose other than for public park or recreational use. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to pay Florida a specified amount solely to assist such State in relocating the Florida Solar Energy Center from Cape Canaveral Air Station to a new site in Florida other than on federally-owned land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Columbus, Georgia, all rights and interest to a specified portion of Fort Benning, Georgia, in exchange for a tract of land to be conveyed to the United States and located adjacent to the southern boundary of Fort Benning. Provides for monetary consideration if the fair market value of the lands exchanged is not found to be equal. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with Hawaii providing that the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, be used for general civilian aviation and military purposes jointly. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Hawaii all rights and interest to a portion of Dillingham Military Reservation, Mokuleia, Hawaii, on the condition that such property be used for joint military and civilian use as an airfield by the State and the Army. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Civic Foundation, Incorporated, a nonprofit Indiana corporation, the property in South Bend, Indiana, known as the Northside Army Reserve Training Center, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Kansas City, Missouri, all rights and interest to a parcel of land located near the family housing area of the Marine Corps Finance Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release to Oregon the reversionary interest of the United States in two parcels of land at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County, Oregon, in exchange for Oregon agreeing to convey to the United States a contingent interest in land comprising Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the University of Utah all rights and interest of the United States in and to the land comprising Fort Douglas, Utah, under specified conditions. Requires such conveyance to be made within one year of enactment of this section. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with such University which would provide for joint use between the University and the Army Reserve of existing utility facilities at Fort Douglas and equitable sharing of the cost of such utilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Burlington, Vermont, all rights and interest to specified real property comprising the Naval Reserve Center, Burlington, Vermont. Terminates the authority for such conveyance if not made by January 1, 1992. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Northern Virginia Regional Correctional Commission all rights and interest to specified land located at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Requires reversion of such property to the United States if such property is used for purposes other than the construction and operation of a regional correctional facility. Prohibits such facility from housing Federal prisoners or prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia unless written consent of the government of the county of the facility is obtained. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1991 for operating expenses incurred and for plant and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) environmental restoration and management of defense waste and transportation; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development program; (6) security investigations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors development; (9) safeguards and security construction; (10) site management construction; and (11) capital equipment not related to construction. Earmarks specified DOE operating expenses funds for payment of the second installment of a settlement entered into between DOE in a specified court suit. Prohibits the reprogramming of funds appropriated to DOE for FY 1991 for atomic energy defense activities if such reprogramming would reduce the amount made available to DOE for the defense inertial confinement fusion program for FY 1991. Limits the manner in which funds authorized for special isotope separation may be used to program phaseout only. Part B: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy specified DOD R&D funds for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Directs the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction, planning, and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit a report on the remanufacture of nuclear stockpile weapons as directed under a prior Senate report. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing the government-owned and contractor-operated laboratories that are funded by DOE national security programs to engage in independent laboratory-directed research and development programs. Provides funding. Part C: Environment, Safety, and Management - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1992 (currently, 1990) the authority of the Secretary to allow DOE contractors and subcontractors carrying out certain activities at the Hanford Reservation, Washington, (a DOE center for national security programs) to loan personnel and facilities to community development organizations near the Reservation. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees on a quarterly basis during FY 1991 and 1992 reports on DOE compliance with provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 concerning the environmental impact of proposed DOE actions. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring to any other Federal department or agency his authority with respect to site management, control, or oversight of environmental remediation and restoration activities at any DOE facility. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for oversight expenses borne by such agency with regard to environmental response actions at DOD facilities conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the establishment and operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures and contracts and commitments as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal, earmarking specified administrative expenses. Authorizes funds to be made available for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel across the Canal. Authorizes funds to be obligated to permit the payment of pay increases to officers and employees of the Commission to the extent authorized by administrative action. Revises the compensation level for certain Board members of the Commission, as well as certain expenses to be paid for the Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineers of such Commission. Provides retirement annuity eligibility for certain persons who were employed by the Commission between September 30, 1979, and January 1, 2000. Amends the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Act of 1988 to provide that payments made in the form of Workers' Compensation to Commission employees shall be made directly from the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund. (Currently, amounts from such Fund are transferred to the Employee Compensation Fund for such payments.) Provides for discontinuance of the Commission Compensation Fund upon a finding by the Secretary of Labor that no further liability exists for workers compensation benefits for Commission employees.
Bill· SS. 2901 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Employee Benefits Simplification Act - Title I: Nondiscrimination Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to employee benefit plans. Redefines the term "highly compensated employee" for pension, profit sharing, and stock bonus plans, etc., purposes. Makes such employee one who is a five-percent owner or who has compensation from the employer in excess of $50,000. Provides a special rule where no employees are treated as highly compensated. Redefines "compensation" to mean, in general, the amount of wages shown on the W-2 form for the calendar year. Allows self-employed individuals to use their earned income amount. Includes the following deferrals as those which an employer may elect to take into account when determining salary reduction contributions: (1) deferred compensation plans of State and local government and tax-exempt organizations; (2) contributions to an employee trust; and (3) trusts for benefit payments funded by employer contributions. Permits an employer to elect to use base pay for all purposes, other than indentifying highly compensated employees, in lieu of W-2 compensation. Provides that the cost of living adjustment with respect to any calendar year is based on the increase in the applicable index as of the close of the calendar quarter ending September 30 of the preceding calendar year. Requires the rounding of such amounts to the nearest $1,000, except that elective deferrals and elective contributions to simplified employee pensions are to be rounded to the nearest $100. Provides that the minimum participation rule applies only to defined benefit pension plans. Requires such plans to benefit not less than 25 employees, or the greater of 40 percent of all employees or two employees (or if there is only one employee, such employee). Sets forth alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements for cash or deferred arrangements, including specified contribution and notice requirements. Sets forth alternative methods of satisfying the nondiscrimination test for matching contributions. Revises the method for distributing excess contributions to highly compensated employees. Title II: Distributions - Allows distributions from qualified pension plans to be rolled over tax-free to an individual retirement account or another qualified plan or annuity. Eliminates five-year forward averaging for lump-sum distributions from qualified plans. Requires certain tax-free distributions to be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an eligible individual retirement plan. Sets forth administrative requirements in making such distributions. Requires distributions to be made from qualified plans by April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: (1) the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70; or (2) the calendar year in which the employee retires. (Present law requires such distributions no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70 1/2.) Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the definition of a leased employee to include one whose services are performed under the control of a service recipient, instead of one whose services are historically performed by employees. Replaces the 59 1/2- and 70 1/2-year age requirement with 59- and 70-year age requirements for specified pension plans. Eliminates the special aggregation rules that apply to plans maintained by owner-employees that do not apply to other qualified plans. Makes the 150 percent current liability limitation on the deduction allowed for employer contributions to qualified pension plans inapplicable to multi-employer plans. Repeals the present law annual valuation requirement for such plans and applies the prior law requirement that valuations be performed at least every three years. Sets forth affiliation requirements for employers jointly maintaining a voluntary employees' beneficiary association. Makes the following limitations inapplicable to plans maintained by State and local governments and certain tax-exempt organizations: (1) excess benefit limitations; (2) compensation limitation on benefits; (3) limitations on disability and survivor benefits; and (4) the limitation on benefits exceeding 100 percent of the participant's average compensation. Modifies provisions relating to simplified employee pensions. Increases the number of allowable participants for salary reduction arrangements from 25 to 100. Allows participation after one year of service (currently, three years of service is required). Repeals the requirement that at least 50 percent of eligible employees participate in a salary reduction arrangement. Eliminates certain requirements regarding contributions on behalf of disabled employees. Allows rural cooperative plans which include cash or deferred arrangements to make distributions to participants after attainment of age 59. Includes reports of pension and annuity payments in information returns and payee statements. Eliminates reports of designated distributions from the scope of the $25 per day penalty. Provides a $10 reporting threshold for designated distributions.
Bill· SS. 2902 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Church Retirement Benefits Simplification Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to recodify and revise qualifications for church retirement and pension plans. Makes employee contributions to such plans nonforfeitable. Allows ten-year vesting with a nonforfeitable right to 100 percent of accrued benefits derived from employer contributions. Allows five-to-fifteen year vesting with a nonforfeitable right to a percentage (25% to 100%) of such accrued benefits. Requires the plan to meet minimum vesting requirements. Provides that no employee shall be considered an officer, shareholder, supervisor, or highly compensated employee if such employee receives less than $50,000 per year. Excludes from such consideration employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement if retirement benefits were a subject of good faith bargaining. Recodifies the authority of a church or a convention or association of churches to be treated as an employer making contributions to retirement income accounts. Subjects church-related hospitals and universities to certain coverage and related rules in the case of a contract purchased by a church. Requires distributions from retirement income accounts provided by churches to be in accordance with distributions under cash or deferred arrangements. Provides for determining the beginning date for such distributions. Allows self-employed ministers and chaplains who work for non-church employers to participate in their church plans. Provides that certain rules aggregating employees do not apply to churches. Restores qualified voluntary employee contributions to church plans. Treats self-employed ministers as employees for purposes of certain welfare benefit plans and retirement income accounts. Allows a deduction for contributions to retirement income accounts by such ministers. Provides that a church plan maintained by more than one employer shall not be treated as a single plan. Provides that accounting methods of deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations do not apply to a church plan. Exempts a church plan from the requirement to maintain separate accounts for medical benefits for key employees. Provides that the special rules for computing employee contributions to pension plans do not apply to certain foreign missionaries. Repeals the elective deferral catch-up limitation for church retirement income accounts. Allows church plans to annuitize benefits and increase benefit payments. Provides that rules for self-insured medical reimbursement plans are not applicable to church plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 5365 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to set the unachieved deficit reduction for sequestration purposes at $50,000,000,000 for FY 1991 and $30,000,000,000 for each of FY 1992 through 1995 (thus capping the amount by which budget outlays must be reduced for such fiscal year). Extends provisions relating to sequestration powers from September 30, 1993, until September 30, 1995.
Bill· HRH.R. 5373 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Church Retirement Benefits Simplification Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to recodify and revise qualifications for church retirement and pension plans. Makes employee contributions to such plans nonforfeitable. Allows ten-year vesting with a nonforfeitable right to 100 percent of accrued benefits derived from employer contributions. Allows five-to-fifteen year vesting with a nonforfeitable right to a percentage (25% to 100%) of such accrued benefits. Requires the plan to meet minimum vesting requirements. Provides that no employee shall be considered an officer, shareholder, supervisor, or highly compensated employee if such employee receives less than $50,000 per year. Excludes from such consideration employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement if retirement benefits were a subject of good faith bargaining. Recodifies the authority of a church or a convention or association of churches to be treated as an employer making contributions to retirement income accounts. Subjects church-related hospitals and universities to certain coverage and related rules in the case of a contract purchased by a church. Requires distributions from retirement income accounts provided by churches to be in accordance with distributions under cash or deferred arrangements. Provides for determining the beginning date for such distributions. Allows self-employed ministers and chaplains who work for non-church employers to participate in their church plans. Provides that certain rules aggregating employees do not apply to churches. Restores qualified voluntary employee contributions to church plans. Treats self-employed ministers as employees for purposes of certain welfare benefit plans and retirement income accounts. Allows a deduction for contributions to retirement income accounts by such ministers. Provides that a church plan maintained by more than one employer shall not be treated as a single plan. Provides that accounting methods of deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations do not apply to a church plan. Exempts a church plan from the requirement to maintain separate accounts for medical benefits for key employees. Provides that the special rules for computing employee contributions to pension plans do not apply to certain foreign missionaries. Repeals the elective deferral catch-up limitation for church retirement income accounts. Allows church plans to annuitize benefits and increase benefit payments. Provides that rules for self-insured medical reimbursement plans are not applicable to church plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 5369 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply a fixed rate of interest to postponed estate tax in connection with reversionary or remainder interests in property included in an estate. Prescribes the interest to be paid at the discount rate used to value the particular interest. Limits eligibility to postpone such tax on estates where the value of reversionary or remainder interests exceeds 45 percent of the value of the gross estate.
Bill· HRH.R. 5364 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Economic Growth and Venture Capital Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers.
Bill· HRH.R. 5362 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Employee Benefits Simplification Act - Title I: Nondiscrimination Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to employee benefit plans. Redefines the term "highly compensated employee" for pension, profit sharing, stock bonus plans, etc. purposes. Makes such employee one who is a five-percent owner or who has compensation from the employer in excess of $50,000. Provides a special rule where no employees are treated as highly compensated. Redefines "compensation" to mean in general the amount of wages shown on the W-2 form for the calendar year. Allows self-employed individuals to use their earned income amount. Includes the following deferrals as those which an employer may elect to take into account when determining salary reduction contributions: (1) deferred compensation plans of State and local government and tax-exempt organizations; (2) contributions to an employee trust; and (3) trusts for benefit payments funded by employer contributions. Permits an employer to elect to use base pay for all purposes, other than indentifying highly compensated employees, in lieu of W-2 compensation. Provides that the cost-of-living adjustment with respect to any calendar year is based on the increase in the applicable index as of the close of the calendar quarter ending September 30 of the calendar year. Requires the rounding of such amounts to the nearest $1,000, except that elective deferrals and elective contributions to simplified employee pensions are rounded to the nearest $100. Provides that the minimum participation rule applies only to defined benefit pension plans. Requires such plans to benefit not less than 25 employees, or the greater of 40 percent of all employees or two employees (or if there is only one employee, such employee). Sets forth alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements for cash or deferred arrangements, including specified contribution and notice requirements. Sets forth alternative methods of satisfying the nondiscrimination test for matching contributions. Revises the method of distributing excess contributions to highly compensated employees. Title II: Distribution - Allows distributions from qualified pension plans to be rolled over tax-free to an individual retirement account or another qualified plan or annuity. Eliminates five-year averaging for lump-sum distributions from qualified plans. Requires certain tax-free distributions to be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an eligible individual retirement plan. Sets forth administrative requirements in making such distributions. Requires distributions to be made from qualified plans by April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: (1) the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70; or (2) the calendar year in which the employee retires. (Present law requires such distributions no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70 1/2.) Title III: Miscellaneous Provision - Revises the definition of a leased employee to include one whose services are performed under the control of a service recipient, instead of one whose services are historically performed by employees. Replaces the 59 1/2- and 70 1/2-year age requirement with 59- and 70-year age requirements for specified pension plans. Eliminates the special aggregation rules that apply to plans maintained by owner-employees that do not apply to other qualified plans. Makes the 150 percent current liability limitation on the deduction allowed for employer contributions to qualified pension plans inapplicable to multiemployer plans. Repeals the present law annual valuation requirement for such plans and applies the prior law requirement that valuations be performed at least every three years. Sets forth affiliation requirements for employers jointly maintaining a voluntary employees' beneficiary association. Makes the following limitation inapplicable to plans maintained by State and local governments and certain tax-exempt organizations: (1) excess benefit limitations; (2) compensation limitation on benefits; (3) limitations on disability and survior benefits; and (4) the limitation on benefits exceeding 100 percent of the participant's average compensation. Modifies provisions relating to simplified employee pensions. Increases the number of allowable participants for salary reduction arrangements from 25 to 100. Allows participation after one year of service (currently, three years of service is required). Repeals the requirement that at least 50 percent of eligible employees participate in a salary reduction arrangement. Eliminates certain requirements regarding contributions on behalf of disabled employees. Allows rural cooperative plans which include cash or deferred arrangements to make distributions to participants after attainment of age 59. Includes reports of pension and annuity payments in information returns and payee statements. Deletes reports of designated distributions from the scope of the $25 per day penalty. Provides a $10 reporting threshold for designated distributions.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 441 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 5313 (military construction funding).
Bill· HRH.R. 5351 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Nonconventional Fuels Credit Extension and Modification Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source to wells or facilities in service before January 1, 1993 (currently, January 1, 1991) and sold before January 1, 2001. Redefines gas produced from a tight formation to include only gas: (1) which is committed or dedicated on April 20, 1977, to interstate commerce; or (2) which is produced from a well drilled after the date of enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5358 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Medication Price Control Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the credit for increasing research activities for any drug which is determined by the Food and Drug Administration to essentially duplicate in medical importance and therapeutic usage one or more already marketed drugs. Requires any taxpayer that claimed such a credit to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of such a determination through an information return. Disallows such research credit for taxpayers who charge an excessive price for any new therapeutic medication manufactured by the taxpayer.
Bill· HRH.R. 5352 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Employee Investment Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish opportunity stock options which are granted to an individual for any reason connected with employment by a corporation. Provides for the deferral of income for an individual who exercises an opportunity stock option if: (1) no disposition of shares is made within two years of stock transfer to the individual; and (2) the individual is employed by such corporation at all times during the period beginning on the date of the granting of the option and ending on the day three months before the date of such exercise. Requires, upon disposition of the stock, the inclusion as ordinary income of the excess ("spread") of the fair market value of such stock on the date of option exercise over the amount paid for such stock. Allows a business expense deduction to the employer equal to the "spread" at the time the individual disposes of such stock. Declares that a grant option shall be deemed to be an opportunity stock option if not more than 60 percent of the value of the grant is received by employees who were senior management employees during the three-year period immediately preceding the date of the grant. Imposes an interest charge on the premature disposition of opportunity stock options.
Bill· HRH.R. 5347 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow subchapter S corporations to have foreign sales corporations as subsidiaries.
Bill· SS. 2884 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1990
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for the defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, the reserve components for procurement, and for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons under the chemical demilitarization program. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to increase or decrease the authorizations for various procurement programs and to increase the authorizations for specified research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D) programs. Earmarks specified FY 1990 Marine Corps funds for procurement of M1A1 main battle tanks. Prohibits the further procurement of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for any fiscal year including FY 1991, other than those submarines currently authorized by law. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense committees on the need to maintain competition in submarine construction. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend a deadline for full integration of fixed-wing aircraft into the range instrumentation system of the National Test Center. Part B: B-2 Bomber Program - Limits the obligation of FY 1991 funds for procurement and advance procurement of B-2 aircraft. Places additional limitations concerning the procurement of two new production B-2 aircraft during FY 1991. Part C: Program Terminations - Terminates the following programs as of the beginning of FY 1991: (1) the 155 millimeter nuclear projectile program; (2) the Air Defense Heavy Missile system; (3) the Follow-On to Lance program; and (4) the Milstar Satellite program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for R&D. Requires such R&D funds to be available for the Strategic Relocatable Target Attack project and the Earth Penetrating Weapons project. Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary of the Army to prescribe an acquisition plan for the acquisition of an armored gun system for use on nondevelopmental item vehicles. Prohibits FY 1991 Army acquisition funds from being used for such system except in accordance with such acquisition plan. Places certain restrictions on the armored systems modernization program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to use certain prior-year unobligated funds for R&D in connection with the V-22 Osprey aircraft program, subject to specified conditions and prohibitions. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to complete certain R&D work with respect to the advanced tactical fighter of the Air Force. Directs the Secretary of the Army to complete certain R&D work with respect to the Army light helicopter program. Prohibits funds from FY 1991 from being obligated for full-scale development of the Army advanced tank cannon program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to acquire aircraft for the Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group to replace certain other aircraft. Authorizes the use of funds to convert the existing space launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for use as a Titan IV launch facility. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - Earmarks specified R&D funds of FY 1991 for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Requires a report on the allocation of FY 1991 SDI funding. Describes certain limitations on the development and testing of antiballistic missile systems or components and the use of funding for such purposes. Prohibits the obligation of funding for any operational test and evaluation in support of a strategic defense system or a program, project, or activity of SDI. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance expenses for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves and National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities-defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration-defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such fiscal year for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs and those necessitated as the result of inflation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital within DOD. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds authorized in this title for training and operations of the military services to ensure that high priority military forces are maintained at appropriate readiness levels. States as the purpose of the humanitarian assistance program to provide transportation and humanitarian relief for persons displaced or made refugees by the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing such assistance. Requires transportation for such assistance, by the most economical means possible, to be under the direction of the Secretary of State. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the operation of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Part B: Program Changes and Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the authority governing the operation of working-capital funded activities within DOD. Repeals: (1) a restriction on the contracting-out of core logistics functions; and (2) prohibitions on the use of competitions among defense maintenance activities in the selection of entities to perform depot maintenance workloads. Authorizes naval shipyards and naval aviation depots to compete during FY 1991 for contracts for the production of defense related articles and for the provision of services related to defense programs. Requires successful bids under such contracts to include all direct and indirect cost factors. Requires the Secretary to issue a single, uniform policy on the management of inventory items of DOD. Requires personnel evaluations for acquisition personnel within DOD to include consideration of efforts to eliminate wasteful practices and achieve cost savings in the acquisition and management of inventory items. Lifts a certain naval homeporting restriction in the case of voyage repairs. Extends to March 1, 1991, the date for completion of a waste recycling study under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to carry out the mission of hurricane reconnaissance during FY 1991 unless another Federal department or agency assumes such responsibility and has adequate funding. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for certain oversight expenses associated with environmental response actions at DOD facilities. Prohibits FY 1991 funds from being obligated for the purchase of performance bonds and similar guaranties for the performance of any direct function by DOD. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991 and 1995. Prohibits a member of the armed forces from being involuntarily separated unless the Secretary of the military department concerned has made certain certifications to the defense committees and followed certain procedures with respect to military force reduction actions. Defines those military personnel to be covered under such prohibition as those who: (1) are serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty; (2) have five or more years of active service in the armed forces; (3) if involuntarily separated, would not be immediately eligible for retired or retainer pay; and (4) if involuntarily separated, would be eligible for employment transition assistance under specified Federal provisions. Specifies limits on the authorized strength for general and flag officers on active duty effective FY 1991 and 1995. Reduces the current authorized number of active-duty Air Force colonels. Exempts certain three-star generals and flag officer positions from fiscal year strength level limitations. Authorizes the President to designate not more than six such positions as exempted. Prohibits the delegation of such presidential authority. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1991. Prescribes end strength reductions or increases based on the number of units of the Selected Reserve component on active duty. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate the reserve forces in order to meet national security requirements. Prescribes the number of personnel authorized to be on active duty in support of reserve personnel for FY 1992 and 1993. Authorizes the Secretary to assign active component members to reserve units to meet the requirements of the reserve components. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to repeal an increase under such Act in the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Part D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to DOD for military personnel. Part E: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes end strengths for civilian personnel of DOD for FY 1991. Outlines provisions regarding the counting of such personnel within such end strengths (including or excluding certain personnel categories from such limitations). Authorizes the Secretary to exceed such end strength limitation when determined necessary for the national interest. Directs the Secretary to reduce the number of senior level civilian DOD employees, such reduction to be phased in gradually over five years beginning in FY 1992. Title V: Military Personnel - Part A: Personnel Management Matters - Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned, over the five-year period beginning October 1, 1990, to take specified actions designed to enhance the early retirement incentives for officer personnel. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce from three to two years the time-in-grade required for an officer to retain such grade upon a voluntary retirement effective during such five-year period. Requires the maximum number of officers in the grade in which an officer was retired under such provision to be reduced whenever the Secretary approves such reduction in time-in-grade. Allows the Secretary to authorize the Secretary concerned, during such five-year period, to reduce the required period of active service as a commissioned officer before retirement from at least ten years to no less than eight years. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and desirability of initially appointing all commissioned officers in the armed forces as reserve officers; and (2) the appropriate active duty service obligation for graduates of the service academies. Part B: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning Navy rations to authorize the President to prescribe the components and quantities of such ration and to replace any such rations with other articles if economy and the health and comfort of naval personnel require such action. Repeals the authority of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate cadets and midshipmen for appointment to the service academies. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay consistent with the FY 1991 adjustment in the General Schedule of the Federal Government, providing instead a 3.5 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence effective January 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for funding permanent change of station moves in FY 1991. Part B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pay - Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to terminate the bonus installments normally due to a member who does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid or who ceases to perform in the specialty for which a bonus was paid under the selective reenlistment bonus program. Increases the monthly special pay authorized for optometrists in the armed forces. Authorizes the payment of incentive pay for qualified intensive-care nurses and certified nurse-midwives. Authorizes special pay for officers in the armed forces or the Public Health Service Corps who have been awarded a Certificate as a Diplomate in a special area of practice approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Provides the yearly rate of such special pay based on years of creditable service. Part C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Revises provisions concerning travel and transportation allowances for persons discharged or released from active duty to authorize (current law requires) such allowances even if such a member is not entitled to separation or readjustment pay. Provides an allowance for dependents and baggage and household goods for members who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or who are not accepted for an additional tour of duty. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 which terminated the authority for the payment of costs of labor furnished in connection with the transportation of baggage and household goods. Authorizes the Secretary to authorize the commander of a unified combatant command to use Government owned or leased vehicles to provide transportation in an area outside the United States for civilian and military personnel and their dependents when public or private transportation in such area is unsafe or unavailable. Authorizes a specified baggage and household goods weight allowance for cadets and midshipmen in connection with a change of temporary or permanent station. Part D: Other Benefits - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed for qualifying expenses incurred in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Limits such reimbursement to $2,000 per adoption and $5,000 per year. Provides identical provisions for members of the Coast Guard. Part E: Transition Assistance for Persons Involuntarily Discharged or Released from Active Duty - Authorizes the payment of separation pay for a regular enlisted member of the armed forces who is discharged involuntarily or as the result of a denial of reenlistment, who has completed five or more, but less than 20, years of active service, and who is serving on at least a second enlistment. Repeals certain current limitations on the amount of separation pay authorized. Directs the Secretary concerned to pay the premiums for health insurance provided on a voluntary basis to a member of the uniformed services upon discharge or release from active duty for the month in which such member is discharged or released and the six months after such release or discharge in the case of any member who is involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and who has completed two or more years of continuous service. Covers the member and his or her dependents. Covers preexisting health conditions for one year following such discharge or release. Provides an exception for coverage of premiums if the Secretary determines that conditions under which the person was discharged or released do not warrant such benefits. Terminates such authority after September 30, 1995. Provides eligibility for basic educational assistance under the armed forces or veterans' educational assistance programs for persons involuntarily discharged or released from active duty. Provides conditions and limitations to such program. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, to conduct a program to furnish employment, education, and other information and services to members of the armed forces during the 180 days before such members are involuntarily separated from the armed forces. Requires such services to assist such members in assimilating to civilian life. Outlines services and activities to be provided under such program. Requires the Secretary, within the 180-day period prior to such discharge or release, to: (1) notify the member of the date of separation; and (2) brief such member on the availability of the benefits and services provided under the information program. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, veterans' employment representatives, other employment services personnel, and representatives of veterans' services organizations to furnish the employment and training information and services under the program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to provide such program. Requires coordination of such program with similar veterans' programs. Provides that, in the preparation for discharge or release from active duty of members stationed outside the United States whose dependents accompanied them, the Secretary shall to the extent feasible reassign the member and their dependents to the United States for the final three to six months of such member's tour of active duty. Urges and requests the President to establish a special committee to report to the Congress, the President, and the Secretary regarding effective and practical ways of encouraging civilian employers to cooperate with and assist the Government in providing employment training and job placement services to members being involuntarily discharged or released from the armed forces. Repeals current federal law which: (1) prohibits a Federal employee from being entitled to unemployment compensation before the fifth week after discharge or release; and (2) limits the aggregate amount of compensation payable on the basis of Federal service in any benefit year. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Prohibits a reduction in the number of medical personnel serving on active duty or in the reserve components of the armed forces below the number serving on September 30, 1989, unless the Secretary: (1) certifies to the defense committees that the number being reduced is excess; and (2) includes in the certification certain information concerning current and projected requirements of medical personnel in the armed forces. Authorizes the United States to recover from third party insurance providers the reasonable costs for health care services (currently, only inpatient hospital care) provided in military medical facilities for retired military personnel and their dependents. Repeals a provision of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) which denies as a covered medical expense the services of pastoral counselors, family and child counselors, and marital counselors. Extends through 1994 (currently, 1990) a demonstration program under which health care is furnished to military personnel and their dependents in certain Public Health Service hospitals as part of a cost-comparison study. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy and Management - Part A: Defense Industrial and Technology Base - Requires the inclusion in the annual critical technologies plan of information on each program element for which funds are budgeted for the support of the development of any critical technology identified. Establishes the Critical Technologies Institute (Institute) as a federally-funded research and development center operated via a nonprofit membership corporation. Requires the Institute to: (1) survey private and Government views on each critical technology identified in the most recent report of the National Critical Technologies Panel, as well as each technology that the Institute considers critical; (2) on the basis of such surveys, identify national objectives for the research, development, and production capability of the United States with respect to such technologies, as well as the preparation of possible strategies for achieving the identified objectives; and (3) publish reports discussing such national strategies as well as their implementation. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to sponsor the Institute to enter into an agreement with the Institute's Board of Directors to perform such functions as the Director may specify, and to permit the Institute to perform functions for member agencies of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy that are consistent with their functions. Provides deadlines and funding. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, to: (1) provide centralized DOD policy guidance and direction to the military departments and defense agencies on all matters relating to manufacturing technology; and (2) direct the development and implementation of DOD plans and policies promoting the development and application of advanced technologies to manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a National Defense Manufacturing Technology Plan (Plan) to provide such guidance and policy for defense manufacturing, as well as assure its implementation by defense agencies and other related Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to establish within DOD a consolidated Joint Manufacturing Technology Project, headed by a Director who shall be responsible for the planning and execution of all DOD activities relating to manufacturing technology except those activities specifically delegated to another agency. Requires the Secretary to enhance basic research in scientific disciplines relating to manufacturing technology by promoting research and creating technology transfer in such field. Directs the Secretary to promote the use of computer-integrated manufacturing in order to improve manufacturing quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and reduce production lead times. Directs the Secretary to use manufacturing extension programs to help small manufacturers to disseminate DOD manufacturing concepts. Provides that, if the Secretary of Commerce undertakes to develop model programs for national defense laboratories, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall assist such Secretary in the development and implementation of such programs. Provides, with respect to the development and implementation of national defense laboratories, for: (1) covered model programs and their participants; (2) cooperative and joint activities by the directors of such laboratories; and (3) the use of partnership intermediaries for the performance of laboratory services. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary of Commerce for expenses incurred by such Secretary regarding such model programs, with a fiscal year limitation of $50,000. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing the payment by DOD of independent research and development costs or bid and proposal costs. Requires that, when such costs exceed $7,000,000 to a person in a fiscal year, the Secretary and such person shall enter into an advance agreement regarding the manner and extent to which DOD may pay such costs. Authorizes changes to such price limitation to reflect changing economic indices. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees annually on the defense industrial base of the United States, actions taken to improve such base, and the effects of defense budgets on the ability of the base to meet national security needs. Requires inclusion of the Under Secretary's analysis of the ability of U.S. businesses to conduct research, apply technologies, and maintain and expand such industrial base when necessary. Part B: Acquisition Streamlining Initiatives - Calls for the use of multiyear defense acquisition contracts if their use will result in substantial savings of total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts. Requires multiyear contracts to be used unless the Secretary finds the use of annual contracts to be in the national interest. Requires DOD to conduct market research to determine whether nondevelopmental items (commercial products not uniquely designed for other purposes) are available or could be easily modified to meet the needs of the procuring military department or defense agency. Directs the Secretary to prescribe streamlined procedures for the acquisition of commercial products which will enhance the ability of DOD to take advantage of the competitive marketplace, short delivery time, market-driven efficiency and innovation, and high-value products that are available in the commercial market. Requires offerors of commercial products to demonstrate that their products have achieved a suitable level or market acceptance, have been satisfactorily supplied, and otherwise meet criteria prescribed by public notice and solicitation. Requires the use of past performance of products and sources as a factor in award decisions. Directs the Secretary to conduct a test program to determine the feasibility and desirability of using two sets of procedures for the procurement of commercial products by DOD. Outlines requirements of the test program. Requires each participating component to publish each list of commercial products that may be procured under the procedures established. Authorizes the participating component to solicit participation by interested persons in a list of sources to be prescribed under the test program. Requires the Secretary to prescribe procedures for a source to protest a decision not to be placed on such source list. Requires such regulations to prescribe the minimum number of qualified sources that must be included on a source list. Provides for a participating component to issue solicitations for the procurement of commercial products from the sources appearing on the list. Provides solicitation rules and procedures. Requires the Comptroller General to report to various congressional committees an evaluation of the test program. Requires the head of any participating component to make available to the Comptroller General data on contracts awarded under the test program. Requires interim and final regulations covering actions under the test program to be proposed and published by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress proposed legislation regarding any provision of law that the Secretary considers an unnecessary restriction on the acquisition of commercial items. Redefines the "small purchase threshold" (the price at which a purchase will still be considered a small purchase for purposes of defense acquisition policies and regulations) as $25,000, adjusted on October 1 of each year divisible by five to the amount equal to $25,000 in constant FY 1990 dollars (rounded to the nearest $1,000). Makes conforming changes to such amount in various Federal provisions and Acts concerning Government procurement generally, as well as to the Small Business Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Authorizes an Assistant Secretary of Defense performing acquisition responsibilities to serve on, and attend meetings of, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council in place of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that, before full-scale development of a major defense program is initiated, there is an acquisition strategy that includes a plan for the use of competitive alternative sources for such program and each major subsystem of such program if use of two or more sources: (1) would likely result in reduced costs and would not result in unacceptable delays; and (2) is otherwise in the national security interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to authorize the head of a defense agency to consider life-cycle costs as a factor in determining the lowest overall cost with respect to contracts awarded without discussions. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the certified cost or pricing data threshold. Directs the Secretary to require a review on the reasonableness of the contract, subcontract, or pricing adjustment when cost or pricing data is not required because the expected price is not expected to exceed $500,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to determine the potential for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process in major defense acquisition programs. Authorizes the Secretary to designate no more than six major defense acquisition programs for participation in the pilot program. Directs the Secretary to designate each participating program as a defense enterprise program. Directs the Secretary to publish proposed regulations to implement the pilot program and an invitation for public comment on the proposed regulations. Prescribes procedures for the waiver or limitation of certain acquisition laws or requirements with respect to programs participating in the pilot program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense committees of each major defense acquisition program proposed to be designated by the Secretary for participation in the pilot program, as well as any laws or requirements to be waived with respect to such major defense acquisition program under the pilot program. Limits the waiver authority with respect to each program. Terminates such waiver authority as of the end of FY 1992. Establishes in the legislative branch the Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Laws to: (1) review U.S. acquisition laws with a view toward streamlining the Federal acquisition process; (2) recommend the repeal or amendment of appropriate acquisition laws; and (3) prepare a proposed code of Federal acquisition laws. Requires the Panel to secure from DOD and other departments and agencies necessary information to carry out its responsibilities. Terminates the Panel 90 days after it submits its final report to each House of Congress and the President. Earmarks specified FY 1991 amounts appropriated to the defense agencies under this Act for the Panel's use. Authorizes the payment of overseas severance pay as an allowable defense contractor cost when it is determined that such pay is: (1) necessary to comply with laws in effect on the date of the contract award and generally applicable to businesses of such country; and (2) in the national interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure that professional and technical services are acquired on the basis of the task to be performed rather than on the basis of the number of hours of services to be provided. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain task order limitations on a case-by-case basis. Limits the effect of such waiver on task order increases under master agreements of a contracting activity. Part C: Acquisition Workforce - Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the management of the acquisition workforce of DOD. Provides payment of relocation expenses into all areas of the United States (currently, the continental United States) for acquisition workforce employees. Waives the application of Federal dual compensation prohibitions in the case of no more than 1,000 DOD employees who are in scientific, engineering, professional, or managerial positions designated as critical positions by the Secretary. Allows the Secretary of Energy to apply an identical waiver for up to 250 employees. Allows the payment of certain expenses related to the death of employees reassigned from their home of record pursuant to a mandatory mobility agreement which was executed as a condition of employment. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain DOD employee positions in which there is a current or anticipated shortage of qualified personnel, to provide training and financial assistance which allows DOD employees to obtain necessary or needed academic degrees. Prohibits employee agreements entered into for the provision of financial assistance from being made after September 30, 1993. Provides an optional performance rating exclusion for certain temporary DOD employees. Repeals certain restrictions on the appointment of retired military personnel to positions in DOD. Authorizes increases in the special pay payable to DOD employees on the basis of duty performed at remote worksites. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel for scientific, engineering, and professional positions in DOD, to establish a program under which the Secretary repays the student loan of a DOD employee who enters into an agreement with the Secretary to remain in the employ of DOD for a specified period (minimum of three years). Limits the student loan repayment to $6,000 in a calendar year and $40,000 total per student. Requires reimbursement by the employee of any loan paid for which the applicable period of employment agreed upon was not served. Waives such reimbursement in certain instances. Outlines other loan repayment conditions. Requires that, in selecting employees for such student loan repayment program, the Secretary shall attempt to achieve a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minorities are appropriately represented in Government service. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the exercise of the degree training or student loan repayment authority. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to implement certain post-employment restrictions made applicable to DOD acquisition employees under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. Part D: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to revise the acquisition and disposal authority of the National Defense Stockpile Manager under such Act. Repeals the authority of the Manager to make certain stockpile disposals during FY 1991. Directs the Secretary to transfer certain unobligated funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to an account established for the purpose of supporting advanced defense research projects provided for in cooperative agreements. Makes moneys available in the Fund available for managing and maintaining stockpile materials. Part E: Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should strengthen their cooperation with regard to technology that would contribute to the security of both countries; (2) technological cooperation between the two countries should be based upon an equitable mutual sharing of the costs and benefits of such cooperation; and (3) the Secretary should improve the staffing, funding, and organization of activities within DOD which are responsible for implementing and overseeing technological cooperation with Japan. Requests the President and directs the Secretary to pursue such technological cooperation, especially in those technologies that have both commercial and military application (known as "dual use" technologies). Earmarks specified FY 1991 R&D funds for pursuing such cooperation through the use of a memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with Japan. Provides funding conditions. Limits the authority of the Secretary to delegate certain authority required pursuant to such actions. Prohibits the use of any earmarked R&D funds for R&D under SDI. Urges the Secretary to increase staffing in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Programs to provide oversight of the joint R&D projects of the United States and Japan under this part. Establishes the Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of various means to improve the operation of DOD laboratories. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to: (1) identify actions which DOD can take to increase the capabilities of U.S. educational institutions in scientific, mathematic, and engineering skills necessary to meet the long-term national defense needs of the United States; and (2) establish and conduct programs to carry out such actions. Requires the Secretary to designate an individual to assist the Secretary in carrying out such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to establish no less than two programs for awarding grants to public colleges or universities for the improvement of undergraduate or graduate education in scientific disciplines critical to the national security functions of DOD. Requires the Secretary to give priority to programs which stimulate interest of women and minorities in such areas of educational endeavor. Requires each defense laboratory director to enter into one or more education partnership agreements with public school systems, colleges, and universities to encourage and enhance study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. Outlines partnership agreement provisions. Authorizes the directors to establish, in association with such programs, cooperative work-education programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Outlines work-education program provisions. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Matter - Part A: Force Structure - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to reduce the end strength under such Act for military personnel assigned to duty in Europe. Authorizes the President to waive such force limitations in the national interest as long as the Congress is notified. Requires the Secretary to reduce by four percent per year for FY 1991 through 1995 the number of DOD acquisition workforce employees, as well as the number of military and civilian employees assigned to management headquarters activities and headquarters support activities. Requires the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to conduct a joint review of all intelligence-related activities under certain national and foreign intelligence programs. Reduces the number of personnel assigned or detailed to such intelligence programs. Establishes for FY 1991 a special account to be managed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and used to provide funds to commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands and the U.S. Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for listed activities. Provides funding amounts and limitations. Part B: General Management Matters - Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine mobility requirements for the armed forces and to develop an integrated plan to meet those requirements. Requires a report. Eliminates the statutory position of the Chief of Naval Research. Title X: Strategic Environmental Research Program - Directs the Secretary to establish the Strategic Environmental Research Program (Program) to address environmental concerns in the Departments of Defense and Energy, identify energy and environmental technologies, and provide information on such concerns and technology development. Establishes a Joint Strategic Environmental Research Program Council to prescribe policies and procedures to implement the Program and to enter into contracts, prepare research plans, promote the exchange of information, and ensure nonduplication of efforts with other Federal programs. Requires Council reports and a five-year strategic environmental research plan. Places an Executive Director at the head of the Council. Requires such Director to be responsible for the management of the Program and to enter into appropriate contracts. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly appoint a Strategic Environmental Research Program Scientific Advisory Board. Requires the Council to refer to the Board each proposed environmental research project and each budget proposal for R&D of technologies related to such activities which are in excess of $1,000,000. Requires the Board to then make recommendations with respect to the efficacy and justification of each such project and budget proposal. Requires Board reports. Provides due dates for Council and Board reports. Earmarks specified R&D funds authorized under this Act for the Program and its activities. Title XI: Drug Interdiction - Earmarks specified drug interdiction and counterdrug activities funds authorized under this Act for drug interdiction and counterdrug activities for FY 1991 in the following areas: (1) operations and maintenance; (2) procurement; (3) National Guard Bureau pay and allowances; (4) R&D; and (5) minor construction. Authorizes the Secretary to provide support to such activities in other Federal departments and agencies if requested and if funds are available. Provides purposes and activities for which such funding is to be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary to plan and execute otherwise valid military training or operations in order to aid civilian agencies in drug interdiction and counterdrug activities. Title XII: General Provisions - Part A: Financial and Budget Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer amounts of authorizations made available to DOD in Division A of this Act between any authorizations contained therein for FY 1991. Provides transfer limitations. Requires congressional notification of any such transfers. Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY 1991 for military personnel, operations, and maintenance. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the Congress a six-year defense program in lieu of a five-year plan. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to submit to specified congressional committees annually the current five-year foreign intelligence program reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations required to support such program. Revises provisions concerning the formats for presentation of DOD matters in the annual budget submitted to the President and the Congress. Part B: Miscellaneous Matters - Requires the President to report on U.S. security arrangements and commitments worldwide. Revises reporting requirements with respect to special access (classified) programs of DOD. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the addition of more nuclear risk reduction measures. Commends the Presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union for their joint statements on the pursuit of additional nuclear confidence-building measures. Asks the President to invite the Soviet Union to conduct reviews and enter into discussions in order to agree on additional roles and functions that could be assigned to the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers to lessen the risks of the accidental outbreak of nuclear war. Earmarks specified R&D funds for making a grant for the support of research by emigrants from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Cuba regarding political, economic, social, and other developments in those countries. Title XIII: Elimination and Modification of Reports Required By Law - Part A: Repeal of Existing Report Requirements - Repeals various reporting requirements under Federal armed forces and military pay and allowances provisions. Repeals specified reports and notifications required under various national defense authorization Acts, as well as under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Industrial Reserve Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Part B: Modifications to Existing Report Requirements - Modifies specified reports currently required under Federal armed forces provisions and under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Part C: Report Provisions Previously Terminated by Goldwater-Nichols Act - Repeals certain reporting requirements contained in Federal armed forces provisions, National Guard provisions, military pay and allowances provisions, and specified military authorization Acts which were terminated by a provision of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Restores one reporting requirement previously terminated by such Act. Repeals the reports termination section of such Act. Part D: Technical and Clerical Amendments - Makes technical and clerical amendments to Federal armed forces provisions. Title XIV: Guard and Reserve Initiative - Part A: Utilization of Reserve Components - Declares that: (1) the structure and strength of the current reserve components should be preserved; (2) the equipment levels in such components should be increased to match their active-duty counterparts; (3) selective missions of active duty forces should be transferred to the reserve components; (4) equipment available to the reserves should be modernized; and (5) integration of active and reserve components should be promoted. Part B: Force Structure - Directs the Secretary to ensure that the force structure of the Selected Reserve components during FY 1991 is equivalent to the force structure of such components on January 1, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to change the present force structure of the Selected Reserve in the interests of national security. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure, through the transfer of aircraft from regular to reserve squadrons, that the average number of aircraft assigned to aircraft squadrons of the Air National Guard or the Air Reserve is equal to aircraft squadron amounts in the active duty components of the Air Force. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily waive such requirement if its implementation would be detrimental to the national security interest. Provides similar requirements for the Secretary of the Navy, requiring the average number of aircraft assigned to a P-3 aircraft squadron in the Naval Reserve to be equal to such number assigned in the regular Navy. Provides similar waiver authority. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assign the tactical airlift mission of DOD to the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the transfer of all tactical airlift transport aircraft to the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard at the earliest practicable date and to submit such plan to the defense committees by June 1, 1991. Prohibits any funds appropriated for fiscal years after FY 1996 from being used to operate or maintain OV-1 aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Army to retire such aircraft on a gradual basis from September 30, 1991, through September 30, 1996. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to provide each military department with flight training, fleet support, and depot maintenance with respect to all A-10 aircraft assigned to each such department. Part C: Military Personnel - Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding use of, and funding for, the annual muster to inform Ready Reserve personnel of their continuing obligation for immediate service in the active military forces in the event of a war or national emergency. Requires members of the Ready Reserve, as a condition of eligibility for certain military-to-civilian transitional assistance provided under current law and certain provisions of this Act, to enter into a written agreement with the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve in the Ready Reserve for three years following the person's discharge or release from active duty. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees regarding the desirability of requiring active-duty officers to serve a minimum of two years in support of a National Guard or Reserve unit as a condition of eligibility for consideration for promotion to certain grades. Prohibits certain members of the reserves serving on full-time active duty in support of the reserve components, after the end of FY 1991, from being assigned to duty with any unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program (ROTC). Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1993 (currently, 1990) the authority for the payment of special pay for critically short wartime health services specialists in the Selected Reserve. Provides special pay for reserve medical officers serving in military medical facilities. Authorizes a member of a military department who would be eligible for retired pay except for the fact that such member is under 60 years of age to have commissary privileges in DOD facilities for 12 days each year. Authorizes for such members and members of the Selected Reserve in good standing and their dependents unrestricted use of military morale, welfare, and recreational facilities on the same basis as active-duty personnel. Part D: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for procurement by the reserve components of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment. Directs the Secretary of the Army to distribute not less than 24 CH-47 aircraft to the Army National Guard under a plan devised by such Secretary in which CH-54 aircraft are retired gradually through FY 1993 to make room for the CH-47s. Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for: (1) MH-53 minesweeper helicopters; and (2) AH-1W helicopters. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Title XXI: 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 military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, military family housing functions, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXIII: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a building on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for a R&D facility. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities constructed under prior law, and military family housing functions within DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces, in specified amounts. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXV of this Division on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Part A: Military Construction Program Changes - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend through FY 1991 the military housing rental guarantee program. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option to acquire or lease (currently, only acquire) a parcel of real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law, if it is considered suitable and needed by his Department. Waives a certain per-unit expenditure limitation for improvements to military family housing units if the Secretary complies with certain congressional notification requirements. Transfers jurisdiction, custody, operation and control of the Pentagon Reservation (the Pentagon building and its surrounding facilities and parking lots) to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel to perform law enforcement and security functions on the Reservation. Establishes in the Treasury the Pentagon Maintenance Revolving Fund for real property management, operation, construction, repair and related activities at the Reservation. Transfers funds to the Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) take such actions as necessary to close or realign any military installation chosen to be so closed or realigned; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance to any community located near a military installation being closed or realigned; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to civilian DOD employees of military installations being closed or realigned. Provides funding for each such purpose. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority to utilize or dispose of real property with respect to excess and surplus real property located at a military installation being closed or realigned. Outlines other conditions concerning such transfer and disposal authority, including a requirement that the Secretary consult with the Governor and the heads of local government of the State involved in a property disposal or transfer for the purpose of considering any plan for the use of such property by the local community concerned. States the applicability and inapplicability of certain laws to any action taken by the Secretary with respect to a base realignment or closure. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Account to be used by the Secretary for base closure and realignment activities. Provides that when funds from the Account are used for such purposes and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor military construction project, the Secretary must notify the appropriate congressional committees of the nature of, and the justification for, the expenditure of such sum. Provides for the transfer of certain funds for the homeowners assistance program. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to entitle a Federal employee who is entitled to reemployment as a result of the closure or realignment of an overseas U.S. military installation to all benefits provided under such Act to employees currently employed at such installations. Provides that, in the case of a publicly-announced planned reduction in DOD spending, the cancellation or termination of a DOD contract, or the failure to proceed with a previously approved major defense acquisition program, community planning assistance may be provided if the reduction, cancellation, termination, or failure will have a direct and significant impact on a community and will result in the loss of: (1) not less than 2,500 jobs, in the case of an urban area; (2) not less than 1,000 jobs, in the case of a rural area; or (3) one percent or more of the labor force in either such area. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that if the Secretary of Defense determines land under DOD control is excess property, the Secretary shall request the Administrator of GSA to dispose of such land under provisions of such Act. Provides for the deposit and authorized uses of funds derived from such disposal. Provides authorized uses for money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by the Secretary of a military department in the leasing of DOD assets. Requires at least 50 percent of such moneys received to be made available for maintenance and repair of facilities or for environmental restoration expenses at such facilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the case of any military facility outside the United States released in whole or in part to a host nation, the United States should be the lead official in determining the residual value of such facility and should only be required to pay for the percentage of environmental cleanup required at such facility that is based on the determined residual value. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for the collection of the residual value of any property of DOD released to host nations. Allows such funds to be used for facility maintenance, repair, and environmental restoration at such released facilities. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to modify the reporting requirements of the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities with respect to possible use of such facilities as Federal confinement or correctional facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly conduct a study to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of converting airfields under the jurisdiction of each military department: (1) to civilian use; or (2) in the case of any airfield which continues to be used for military purposes, to joint military and civilian use. Provides study funding. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Land Transactions - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) release to the University of Arkansas all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property in Arkansas leased by the United States to the University; and (2) convey to the University all interest in all improvements constructed on such land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Huntsville, Alabama, all rights and interest to a parcel of real property at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, that is currently being leased to the Authority. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain real property at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands so as to preserve the paleontological, archaeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. Outlines other permissible uses for such area, including research activities and livestock grazing. Prohibits such area from being used for the storage or processing of any type of waste. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for such area. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Delaware all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of real property at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. Requires reversion to the United States if such property is used for any purpose other than for public park or recreational use. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to pay Florida a specified amount solely to assist such State in relocating the Florida Solar Energy Center from Cape Canaveral Air Station to a new site in Florida other than on federally-owned land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Columbus, Georgia, all rights and interest to a specified portion of Fort Benning, Georgia, in exchange for a tract of land to be conveyed to the United States and located adjacent to the southern boundary of Fort Benning. Provides for monetary consideration if the fair market value of the lands exchanged is not found to be equal. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with Hawaii providing that the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, be used for general civilian aviation and military purposes jointly. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Hawaii all rights and interest to a portion of Dillingham Military Reservation, Mokuleia, Hawaii, on the condition that such property be used for joint military and civilian use as an airfield by the State and the Army. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Civic Foundation, Incorporated, a nonprofit Indiana corporation, the property in South Bend, Indiana, known as the Northside Army Reserve Training Center, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Kansas City, Missouri, all rights and interest to a parcel of land located near the family housing area of the Marine Corps Finance Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release to Oregon the reversionary interest of the United States in two parcels of land at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County, Oregon, in exchange for Oregon agreeing to convey to the United States a contingent interest in land comprising Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the University of Utah all rights and interest of the United States in and to the land comprising Fort Douglas, Utah, under specified conditions. Requires such conveyance to be made within one year of enactment of this section. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with such University which would provide for joint use between the University and the Army Reserve of existing utility facilities at Fort Douglas and equitable sharing of the cost of such utilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Burlington, Vermont, all rights and interest to specified real property comprising the Naval Reserve Center, Burlington, Vermont. Terminates the authority for such conveyance if not made by January 1, 1992. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Northern Virginia Regional Correctional Commission all rights and interest to specified land located at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Requires reversion of such property to the United States if such property is used for purpose other than the construction and operation of a regional correctional facility. Prohibits such facility from housing Federal prisoners or prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia unless written consent of the government of the county of the facility is obtained. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1991 for operating expenses incurred and for plant and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear materials production; (3) environmental restoration and management of defense waste and transportation; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development program; (6) security investigations; (7) new production reactors; (8) naval reactors development; (9) safeguards and security construction; (10) site management construction; and (11) capital equipment not related to construction. Earmarks specified DOE operating expenses funds for payment of the second installment of a settlement entered into between DOE in a specified court suit. Prohibits the reprogramming of funds appropriated to DOE for FY 1991 for atomic energy defense activities if such reprogramming would reduce the amount made available to DOE for the defense inertial confinement fusion program for FY 1991. Limits the manner in which funds authorized for special isotope separation may be used to program phaseout only. Part B: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have elapsed since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when the costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost or authorized amount. Exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy specified DOD R&D funds for the inertial confinement fusion program. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform advance planning and construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for such services does not exceed $2,000,000. Directs the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees whenever the estimated cost of such planning and design exceeds $300,000. Requires specific authorization by law whenever such estimated costs exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction, planning, and design in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property or human life. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit a report on the remanufacture of nuclear stockpile weapons as directed under a prior Senate report. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing the government-owned and contractor-operated laboratories that are funded by DOE national security programs to engage in independent laboratory-directed research and development programs. Provides funding. Part C: Environment, Safety, and Management - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to extend through FY 1992 (currently, 1990) the authority of the Secretary to allow DOE contractors and subcontractors carrying out certain activities at the Hanford Reservation, Washington, (a DOE center for national security programs) to loan personnel and facilities to community development organizations near the Reservation. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees on a quarterly basis during FY 1991 and 1992 reports on DOE compliance with provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 concerning the environmental impact of proposed DOE actions. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring to any other Federal department or agency his authority with respect to site management, control, or oversight of environmental remediation and restoration activities at any DOE facility. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse EPA for oversight expenses borne by such agency with regard to environmental response actions at DOD facilities conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the establishment and operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXIV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures and contracts and commitments as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal, earmarking specified administrative expenses. Authorizes funds to be made available for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles used to transport personnel across the Canal. Authorizes funds to be obligated to permit the payment of pay increases to officers and employees of the Commission to the extent authorized by administrative action. Revises the compensation level for certain Board members of the Commission, as well as certain expenses to be paid for the Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineers of such Commission. Provides retirement annuity eligibility for certain persons who were employed by the Commission between September 30, 1979, and January 1, 2000. Amends the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Act of 1988 to provide that payments made in the form of Workers' Compensation to Commission employees shall be made directly from the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund. (Currently, amounts from such Fund are transferred to the Employee Compensation Fund for such payments.) Provides for discontinuance of the Commission Compensation Fund upon a finding by the Secretary of Labor that no further liability exists for workers compensation benefits for Commission employees.
Bill· HRH.R. 5339 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1990
Authorizes FY 1991 and 1992 appropriations for specified refugee and entrant assistance activities. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to make specified annual refugee admissions and oversight determinations by June 1.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 629 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1990
Declares that the tax burden on Americans should be lessened, not increased, and that foreign nationals and entities owning businesses in the United States should be forced to pay their fair share of taxes.
Bill· HRH.R. 5318 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for increasing the basis of a shareholder's stock in an S corporation (certain small businesses) by taking into account charitable contributions of property by such shareholder.
Bill· SS. 2867 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt charitable organizations from wagering taxes.
Bill· HRH.R. 5302 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require, for each fiscal year, that States notify local units of government that they may apply to the State for part of nondiscretionary funds provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Department of Justice. Allows local units to apply for such funds during a period of not less than 60 days.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 438 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal excise taxes upon emissions from fossil fuels or upon the carbon content of fuels should not be imposed.
Bill· SS. 2861 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code regarding estates and trusts to provide rules for the gratuitous transfer of qualified employer securities to an employee stock ownership plan from charitable remainder trusts.
Bill· SS. 2860 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual an itemized deduction of travel expenses in connection with the trade or business of logging, including the miles to and from the individual's home.
Bill· HRH.R. 5292 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing the below-cost commercial timber sales test proposed by the President's FY 1991 budget.
Bill· HRH.R. 5286 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $25,000 (currently $15,000) the amount of a home improvement loan which may be financed with tax-exempt bonds. Provides a cost-of-living adjustment for such amount in calendar years after 1991.
Bill· HRH.R. 5283 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1990
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.
Bill· HRH.R. 5270 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a refundable income tax credit of three cents per pound of hazardous waste recycled by the taxpayer.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 433 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5258 (balanced budget).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 434 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.J. Res. 268 (balanced budget amendment).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 351 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that American workers, farmers, and businesses should not finance the savings and loan bailout through tax increases.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 308 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Set forth, for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the budget allocations for the Senate Committee on Appropriations for FY 1991 until a concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives. Provides that if the Bipartisan Executive-Congressional Economic Summit reaches an agreement on appropriate levels of budget totals different from those contained in this Act, its levels shall supersede.
Bill· HRH.R. 5258 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Title I: Amendment to Title 31, United States Code - Amends Federal law to require that any budget submitted by the President not be in deficit. Provides that if the President determines that a balanced budget is not feasible, and submits written reasons in support of such determination, then the President may submit two budgets, one in compliance and one in deficit. Title II: Amendment to Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that any budget submitted by the congressional Budget Committees not be in deficit. Provides that if either committee determines that it is infeasible to submit a balanced budget, then such committee may submit two budgets, one of which is in deficit, together with written reasons for such determination. Requires each concurrent resolution on the budget to contain reconciliation directives necessary to implement the resolution. Requires the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives, if it reports any rule or order providing for the consideration of any concurrent resolution on the budget, to: (1) provide for the consideration of the text of any balanced budget concurrent resolution reported by the House Committee on the Budget; and (2) provide for the consideration of the text of each concurrent resolution on the budget introduced by the Majority Leader as representing the President's budget. Requires a separate vote on each budget. Requires the Majority Leader to introduce a concurrent resolution on the budget reflecting, without substantive revision, each budget submitted by the President. Makes it always in order in the Senate to consider a budget resolution consisting of the text of a budget submitted by the President. Title III: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective for the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1992.