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HAMDT 602 (103rd)

An amendment comprised of 27 amendments offered en bloc to: prohibit use of DOD funds for the U.S. assessed share of UN peacekeeping costs; re-allocate funds among defense technology reinvestment programs from funds authorized in that section of the bill; prohibit disclosure of certain information on exposure to radiation released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; clarify that DOD and all military services must obtain needed supplies from U.S. factories and arsenals to the extent that economic expediency is preserved; require public disclosure of information regarding POW's or MIA's from the Korean conflict; require that assistance for defense-dislocated workers under the Job Training Partnership Act be available to workers whose jobs are affected by federal policy banning the sale of certain U.S. made weapons abroad; authorize DOD to designate three specific defense acquisition programs for participation in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program; authorize the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to encourage commercial firms to enter into partnerships with depot-level activities of the military departments; add language to reduce the threat to U.S. armed forces posed by foreign armed forces; add language providing for a Green Port pilot program; add a new section regarding land conveyance to the city of Vallejo, C.lifornia; authorize $500,000 for taconite processing technology; require submission of a report on the costs, advantages, and disadvantages of using low-enriched uranium to fuel naval reactors; add language expressing the sense of Congress with respect to a Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference; give the President authority to provide disaster relief assistance outside of the U.S.; add an additional exception to the current prohibition on storage and disposal of nondefense toxic and hazardous materials at military installations; add language providing assistance for public participation in defense environmental restoration activities; require DOD to undertake a joint project with a private sector company to integrate commercial and military applications of the alloy beryllium; add transportation to the list of services for which the armed services museum programs can barter for unneeded historical artifacts owned by the armed services; permit the recipients of closed military bases to rent the facilities directly to government agencies and bypassing GSA; authorize the Army to offer loan guarantees to private businesses as an incentive to participate in the existing Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative; authorize $52 million for the Advanced Capability modification program for the MK-48 missile; increase the authorization levels for various programs in the bill, using the savings achieved by reductions elsewhere in the bill; provide authorization for industrial facilities of the Armed Forces to sell articles and services to persons outside DOD; clarify the basis of core logistics capability; and include support for the 1995 Special Olympics World Games.

Defence