National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

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Introduced

8 May 1987

Last action

23 October 1987 · ResolvingDifferences

Status

Conference held.

Summary

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989 - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force for FY 1988 and 1989 for procurement. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for FY 1988 and 1989. Authorizes appropriations to the reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1988 for the procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other miscellaneous equipment. Extends through FY 1989 certain authority provided to the Secretary of Defense (the Secretary) in consultation with the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Sets forth specified requirements, restrictions, and limitations with respect to certain Army, Navy, and Air Force procurement programs. Part C: Milestone and Multiyear Contract Authorizations - Earmarks FY 1988 and 1989 appropriations for the following programs and systems: (1) Mobile Subscriber Equipment; (2) the Army Tactical Missile System; (3) the Trident II Missile; (4) the T-45 Training System; and (5) the Medium Launch Vehicle. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for procurement of the Mobile Subscriber Equipment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for procurement of the Army Tactical Missile System, the Trident II Missile, and the T-45 Training System. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force to enter into multiyear contracts for specified programs. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from entering into such a multiyear contract unless certain cost savings are achieved over the making of annual contracts for such programs. Part D: Chemical Weapons - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1988 for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons as required under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. Requires the Secretary to issue a specified environmental impact statement concerning such program by January 1, 1988. Requires the Secretary to make certain certifications to the Congress before obligating any FY 1988 funds for any procurement or any construction project at a military facility within the continental United States for the disposal of stockpiled chemical weapons. Directs the Secretary, no later than March 15, 1988, to submit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) an alternative concept plan for the chemical stockpile demilitarization program. Title II: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Part A: Authorizations of Appropriations and Program Limitations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, testing, and evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for unbudgeted amounts for salary, retirement, and other employee benefits of civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD). Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Sets forth specified requirements, restrictions, and limitations with respect to research, development, testing, and evaluation of certain Army, Navy, and Air Force programs. Repeals the Navy Pegasus Engine program. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to carry out a program for the modernization and expansion of the Lincoln Laboratory complex at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Earmarks specified funds for: (1) extended air defense systems; and (2) a chemical weapons convention compliance monitoring program. Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being used in association with the Advanced Launch System until the Secretary makes certain certifications concerning such system to the defense committees. Earmarks specified funds for: (1) transfer to the Air Force for space launch recovery activities; and (2) the cruise missile guidance program. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - Earmarks specified funds for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) for FY 1988. Requires the Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, to report to the defense committees on the funds appropriated for the SDI for FY 1988. Prohibits the use of DOD funds for FY 1988 or 1989 for the development or testing of space-based, sea-based, air-based or mobile land-based antiballistic missile systems, unless a joint resolution repealing such prohibition is enacted. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on SDI programs that would contribute to the defense of the United States against an accidental launch of strategic ballistic missiles. Part D: Milestone Authorizations - Earmarks specified funds as appropriated pursuant to this Act for FY 1988 and 1989 for the following programs: (1) the Army Tactical Missile System; (2) Trident II Missile; (3) the T-45 Training System; and (4) the Medium Launch Vehicle. Authorizes appropriations for research, development testing, and evaluation for: (1) FY 1990 for the Army Tactical Missile System; (2) FY 1990 and 1991 for the T-45 Training System; and (3) FY 1990 through 1992 for the Trident II Missile and the Medium Launch Vehicle. Part E: Balanced Technology Initiative - States the purpose of this provision to be to authorize funds for a Balanced Technology Initiative program. Focuses such program on the development of concepts and methods to enhance the U.S. conventional defense capabilities. Earmarks specified funds for research and development for innovative projects under such program. Requires the Director of Defense Research and Engineering to determine appropriate amounts of such funds to be allocated to the military departments and the defense agencies. Prohibits any funds appropriated under this provision from being used for either the Conventional Defense Initiative or SDI. Requires the Director, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to report to the defense committees on allocations of funds under such Initiative. Prohibits the obligation of any such funds until such report is received and 30 days have elapsed. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for operation and maintenance for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves, the National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, defense claims, the Court of Military Appeals, and for environmental restoration. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs, inflation, salary, retirement, and other employee benefits for civilian DOD employees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for working capital funds for the armed forces and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Secretary to carry out procurement technical assistance cooperative agreements with various business entities. Part B: Program Changes, Requirements, and Limitations - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to operate the United States Army School of the Americas to provide military education and training to military personnel of Central and South American and Caribbean countries. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that package stores located on overseas military installations give U.S. wines equitable distribution, selection, and price as compared with wines of the country in which the military installation is located. Prohibits funds from being used for the overhaul, maintenance, or repair of any naval vessel unless the Secretary of the Navy complies with specified requirements. Part C: Humanitarian and Other Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 for the transportation of humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for such purpose, giving the Secretary of State control over the administration of such transportation of relief supplies. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the defense committees two reports, the first one required no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act and the other no later than June 1, 1988, concerning: (1) expenditures for and transportation of such assistance; and (2) nonlethal supplies of DOD made available for humanitarian relief purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to transport to any country goods and supplies which have been furnished by a nongovernmental source and which are intended for humanitarian assistance. Outlines further provisions concerning the transportation of such goods, and requires the Secretary, at the end of each 180-day period, to report to specified committees on the origin, contents, destination, and disposition of all such goods. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty personnel for FY 1988 and 1989. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for the Selected Reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1988 and 1989. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to vary such end strength by not more than two percent. Authorizes a proportionate reduction in such end strength for reserve members serving on active-duty at the end of the fiscal year. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1988 and 1989 for reserve members serving on active-duty in support of the reserves. Revises the number of reserve personnel in each military department authorized to be on active-duty in support of the reserves for FY 1988 and 1989. Part C: Military Training - Authorizes the average military training student loads for the armed forces and Guard and reserve forces for FY 1988 and 1989. Allows such student loads to be adjusted consistent with other personnel adjustments authorized under this Act. Authorizes no more than 29,500 midshipmen and cadets to be in the ROTC financial assistance programs at any one time, with the Secretary of Defense to determine the number to be appointed in each military department. (Currently, there is a specified limit to the number of such students in each department, with the same maximum number of such students.) Part D: Civilian Personnel - Removes, for FY 1988 and 1989, the requirement that the Congress must authorize the end strength for civilian members of DOD as of the end of a fiscal year. Limits funds available for such personnel for FY 1988 and 1989. Title V: Military Personnel - Extends through FY 1989 the authority to make temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Extends through FY 1989 the following: (1) certain reserve officer management programs; and (2) the authority under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 for single parents to enlist in the reserves. Authorizes the President to make appointments in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps in the grade of lieutenant general or general or in the grade of vice admiral or admiral in excess of the number of such appointments otherwise authorized by law. Requires a corresponding reduction in the number of appointments allowed to be made in other branches of the armed forces on a one-to-one basis with the President's appointments. Limits the number of officers authorized to be so appointed. Requires the President, whenever making such an appointment, to specify the other branch of the armed forces in which a corresponding reduction is to be made. Permits an excess in the number of flag officers in the armed forces as of the beginning of FY 1988 until their duty assignments are completed, or they are retired. Authorizes the President to order members of the Army or Air National Guard to active-duty for specified periods, even though the governor of a State or territory having members of such unit withholds consent, as long as the President certifies to the governor or other appropriate authority that the national security of the United States requires such action by the President. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay (in conformity with annual GS-level increases), authorizing instead a four percent increase in basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence, as well as a four-percent increase in cadet and midshipmen pay, effective January 1, 1988. Authorizes members of a certain pay grade and above who are assigned to sea duty and are married to another member of the armed forces on active duty to elect to receive a basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) in lieu of occupying assigned quarters adequate for only one member. Authorizes the payment of a variable housing allowance for members with dependents who are assigned to sea duty and who elect not to occupy assigned housing adequate only for such member. Revises standards for the payment of household goods weight allowances for senior enlisted personnel. Entitles a member of the armed forces assigned to a permanent overseas duty station to a civilian clothing allowance if such member is required to wear such clothing for all or a substantial portion of the time that such member is on duty. Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 relating to reimbursement for actual lodging expenses plus per diem for members entitled to travel allowances. Revises effective dates set forth in that Act and the Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987 in relation to the effective date of this Act. Part B: Travel and Transportation - Authorizes the payment of dislocation allowances in advance. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay a transportation allowance to a member and his or her dependents if such member voluntarily agrees to extend his or her overseas tour of duty. Authorizes the payment of travel and transportation expenses of no more than two family members when the attending physician of a military member determines that the presence of such family members is necessary for the health and welfare of a member who is seriously ill or injured. Part C: Bonuses and Special Incentive Pays - Authorizes the payment of bonus pay, special incentive pay, or increases in such pay for the following members of the armed forces: (1) aviation career officers; (2) personnel performing submarine duty; (3) personnel performing sea duty; (4) reserve members performing diving duty; and (5) personnel reenlisting. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization for the payment of enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for members of the reserves. Part D: Miscellaneous - Extends the military spouse employment preference as contained in the Military Family Act of 1985 to cover those military spouses attempting to obtain Federal positions in grades GS-1 through GS-15. (Currently, such preference exists only for spouses seeking positions above GS-4.) Revises provisions concerning the definition of dependent for purposes of eligibility for military allowances. Authorizes an individual who is a participant in the Survivor Benefit Plan, with the consent of such individual's spouse, to withdraw from participation in such plan, under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary concerned to reimburse a member of the armed forces for the qualifying adoption expenses (reasonable and necessary expenses directly related to the legal adoption of a child) incurred by the member in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Limits the per-child and per-year amounts to be paid to such members for such adoption expenses. Outlines those expenses which are and are not included as qualifying adoption expenses for such members. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Part A: Medical Readiness - Amends Federal military health care provisions to reduce from 6,000 to 5,000 the number of members who may be designated as members of the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department, in order to obtain adequate numbers of reserve commissioned officers who are qualified in critically-needed health profession specialties, to establish and maintain a program to provide financial assistance to persons engaged in training in such specialties. Outlines further provisions concerning such program, including the payment of educational stipends to reserve members who are physicians or who graduate in such critically-needed wartime specialties, and to baccalaureate students engaged in nursing or other health professions studies. Provides stipend amounts, as well as reserve service time required upon graduation from such scholarship program. Outlines penalties for failure to complete such educational training program, or failure to complete the required period of post-graduation service in the reserves. Limits the total number of participants in such programs among all the military departments to 10,200. Repeals the prior Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program as contained in the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. Extends through October 1, 1989, the authority to repay certain loans of certain health professionals who serve in the Selected Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department, with the officer's consent, to retain in an active status certain reserve officers even after they have achieved retirement age. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to determine a maximum age qualification for initial appointment as reserve members of the armed forces to serve in critical health profession specialties for which such Secretary has determined that there is a personnel shortage. Prohibits the maximum from being set at less than 47 years of age. Part B: Peacetime Health Care - Amends Federal provisions relating to the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to limit to $1,000 per year the amount an individual or family will be required to pay for the cost of certain health care for an active-duty member's spouse and children. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, during FY 1988 and 1989, from imposing a fee for the receipt of outpatient medical or dental care at a military medical treatment facility. Provides for Federal preemption over any State or local law for the provisions of any contract which relate to the nature and extent of coverage or benefits in connection with the Military Health Care Account as currently provided under Federal law. Authorizes the provision of dental prostheses to military dependents. Revises certain provisions relating to the CHAMPUS reform initiative and certain demonstration projects under such initiative. Part C: Miscellaneous - Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 relating to certain requirements concerning the acquisition of medical information systems. Title VIII: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Congress, no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, a report discussing the use of the current official U.S. method of estimating the yield of Soviet underground nuclear tests in order to determine the extent of Soviet compliance with the 150 kiloton limit on underground nuclear tests as contained in the Threshold Test Ban Treaty. Outlines the form and content of and specified information required to be included in such report. Directs the Secretary, no later than January 15, 1988, to report to the defense committees on competitive strategies. Prohibits the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation in DOD from being assigned any responsibility for developmental test and evaluation, other than giving advice to officials responsible for such testing. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, offers the U.S. Army a valuable training opportunity; (2) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military forces would greatly benefit from such a training facility; and (3) NATO should vigorously pursue the development of a new training center similar to the National Training Center. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the unauthorized dissemination of unclassified information pertaining to security measures for the physical protection of special nuclear material, as long as the Secretary determines that the dissemination of such information could reasonably be expected to have a significantly adverse effect on the health and safety of the public or the common defense and security of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prepare quarterly reports, to be available to any interested persons, detailing the Secretary's application of regulations or orders issued under this provision. Repeals certain provisions of Federal law relating to the operational testing of major systems and munitions programs. Revises other provisions concerning the oversight of cost or schedule variances in certain major defense acquisition programs. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 to include as targets for minority contracting any nonprofit institution that was an integral part of a historically Black college or university before the date of enactment of this Act. Revises provisions concerning the adjudication of ineligibility for a position in the executive branch of Government on the basis of the failure to register with the Selective Service under the Military Selective Service Act. Eliminates one of the two positions of the Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Makes the remaining Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy third in command in the Navy's Judge Advocate General's Office behind the Judge Advocate General and the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Authorizes any Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy serving in such position on the day before the date of enactment of this Act to continue serving until the end of his assignment detail. Establishes the position of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy, appointed from civilian life by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. Authorizes the person serving as Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee, Department of Defense, to be appointed to the above position without the advice and consent of the Senate. Entitles the Chairman and Vice Chairman (currently, only the Chairman) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the same allowance provided by law for the Chief of Staff of the Army. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989 - Title I: Army - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - 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 and to improve existing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1986 to increase the authorization for the U.S. Army Material Command, New Cumberland Army Depot, Pennsylvania. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Army. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain FY 1984, 1985, and 1986 military construction projects. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - 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 improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount, earmarking some of such funds for energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Army. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Title II: Navy - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military construction projects and acquire real property in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Navy. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain FY 1984 and 1986 military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts for projects for which funds have been appropriated prior to the enactment of this Act. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military construction projects, acquire real property, and improve and maintain historic facilities in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal year FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Navy. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Title III: Air Force - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - 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 and to improve existing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Air Force. Extends certain prior year authorizations, and authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - 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 improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Air Force. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - 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 four family housing units at classified locations for a specified amount, and to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to authorize the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for the construction of hazardous waste storage facilities, using specified FY 1987 and 1988 appropriated funds. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Extends the authorization of appropriations for a certain FY 1985 project, and certain FY 1986 projects. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at a specified location in a specified amount, and to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program, and authorize appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 for such contributions by the Secretary, in specified amounts. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to the NATO Infrastructure Program, and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for such contributions by the Secretary. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 to the Guard and Reserve forces for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities, in specified amounts. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 to the Guard and Reserve forces for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities, in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Provides that all authorizations contained in part A of titles I through V of this Act shall expire on October 1, 1989, or on the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1990, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Provides that all authorizations contained in part B of titles I through VI of this Act shall expire on October 1, 1990, or on the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1991, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Part A: Program Changes - Extends the per-project limit of guard and reserve minor construction projects for which operation and maintenance funds are authorized to be used. Clarifies a specified Federal provision concerning the interchange between military departments of supplies and real property. Waives certain limitations on leases entered into by the Federal Government as they apply to leases of real property entered into by DOD, if the Secretary of Defense determines that such lease limitations would interfere with an essential mission of DOD. Increases the per-project threshold limit permissible for minor military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to undertake military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law in order to support mobilization of the armed forces if the President first determines that there is an imminent threat to national security and that mobilization of the armed forces may be required. Requires the Secretary, when such a decision is made, to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such decision and of the estimated cost of such projects. Limits the maximum amount that the Secretary may obligate in any fiscal year for such projects. Terminates the authority to initiate such projects 180 days after the date on which the determination is made by the President. Extends through FY 1989 the authority of the Secretary of Defense to enter into long-term facilities contracts. Exempts military family housing units acquired at no cost from being counted in the limitation of such units authorized to be acquired by each department, as long as the Secretary concerned complies with certain congressional notice-and-wait requirements. Repeals the per-unit limit applicable to improvements to military family housing units. Increases the per-unit expenditure limit, and the cost threshhold limit for multiple-units, for military family housing units leased to members in foreign countries. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to enter into a specified number of leasing contracts for military family housing units within the United States. Revises provisions relating to permissible cost variations in military construction projects. Authorizes the head of a defense agency to use one-step turn-key selection procedures for entering into contracts for military construction projects. (Currently, only the Secretaries of the military departments are permitted to use such procedures.) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay meritorious contractor claims that arise under military construction contracts or military family housing contracts, using previously unobligated funds. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, or the head of a defense agency to enter into agreements under the Military Housing Rental Guarantee program. (Currently, only the Secretaries of the military departments are authorized to enter into such agreements.) Restricts the obligation or expenditure of funds for Mather Air Force Base, California, until the Secretary of the Air Force submits a specified study to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to increase the authorized appropriation for the Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Part B: Real Property Transactions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to enter into agreements for the exchange of land and other real property at Hamilton Air Force Base, California, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Orange County, California, all rights and interest to a parcel of land in the center of Mile Square Regional Park, Orange County, California, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a lease for certain storage facilities at the Port of San Diego, in San Diego, California, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, all rights and interest to a parcel of land within Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to grant to the State of New Mexico a mineral interest in land located within the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, under specified terms and conditions. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1986 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to use a specified sum of the proceeds from a certain sale prescribed under such Act for a certain water system and family housing improvement project at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Division C: Other National Defense Authorizations - Title I: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1988 - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1988 for operating expenses and for plant and capital equipment in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) materials production; (3) defense nuclear waste and transportation management; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development programs; (6) security investigations; (7) naval reactors development; and (8) capital equipment not related to construction. Limits the total amount authorized to be appropriated to DOE for FY 1988 for national security programs. Directs the Secretary of Energy to reduce certain listed projects in such amounts as determined appropriate to achieve a specified total reduction in such authorized amounts. Limits the amount of funds authorized to be obligated for research, development, testing, and evaluation in connection with the Srategic Defense Initiative program. Part B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act for the costs of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is less. Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act for programs which have not been presented to or requested of the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committee a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have expired 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 costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost, and 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 appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total cost does not exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction planning and design whenever the Secretary determines such to be appropriate. Makes funds authorized for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Allows authorizations provided in this title to be adjusted for pay and benefits increases for Federal employees. Part C: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 relating to certain funding restrictions placed on the MX missile warhead. Amends the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 to revise provisions concerning the timeliness of the Secretary of Energy's decision to waive rights to scientific and technical discoveries made by Government scientists while working for the Department of Energy. Title II: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to provide that a stockpile goal may be reduced by ten percent or less or increased only if the President has included a full explanation and justification for such reduction or increase in the annual material plan submitted to the Congress as required under such Act. Provides that a stockpile goal may be reduced by more than ten percent (or eliminated) only if the President includes a full and complete explanation in the annual material plan submitted to the Congress and the reduction (or elimination) has been expressly approved by law. Allows the quantity of any material in the stockpile to be increased any time the President determines that such increase is justified by national security. Prohibits the delegation of the President's authority with regard to stockpile determinations, except under limited circumstances. Changes the annual reporting deadline of the President with regard to stockpile transactions during the previous year and the current financial status of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to February 15. Title III: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.

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Timeline

5 May 1987
Reported
Committee on Armed Services ordered to be reported an original measure in lieu of S.864.
Source: Committee
8 May 1987
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 120.
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8 May 1987
Reported
Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Nunn. With written report No. 100-57. Additional and minority views filed.
Source: Committee
8 May 1987
Reported
Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Nunn. With written report No. 100-57. Additional and minority views filed.
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8 May 1987
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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13 May 1987
Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
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14 May 1987
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Motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill considered in Senate.
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15 May 1987
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19 May 1987
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20 May 1987
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Motion to proceed considered.
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10 September 1987
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Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
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11 September 1987
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Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 79-4. Record Vote No: 240.
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15 September 1987
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Considered by Senate.
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16 September 1987
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17 September 1987
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18 September 1987
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22 September 1987
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23 September 1987
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24 September 1987
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
25 September 1987
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
26 September 1987
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
28 September 1987
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
29 September 1987
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
30 September 1987
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
1 October 1987
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
2 October 1987
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
2 October 1987
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
13 October 1987
Passed
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
13 October 1987
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
13 October 1987
Floor
House Incorporated H.R.1748 in This Measure as an Amendment.
Source: Floor
13 October 1987
Floor
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
13 October 1987
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
16 October 1987
Passed
Senate disagreed to House amendments, requested a conference and appointed conferees. Nunn; Exon; Levin; Kennedy; Bingaman; Dixon; Glenn; Warner; Cohen; Quayle; Wilson; Gramm.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
16 October 1987
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Source: Floor
20 October 1987
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Jenkins, Downey (NY), Pease, Russo, Gephardt, Matsui, Guarini, Duncan, Crane, Frenzel, Schulze, Chandler, Fascell, Hamilton, Yatron, Solarz, Berman, Broomfield.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 October 1987
ResolvingDifferences
House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 October 1987
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
20 October 1987
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
23 October 1987
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 October 1987
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences

Votes

· Official source

Yes 0 · No 0 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 0

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

3 official files

Passed House amended
summary · EN · 13 October 1987
Open at official source
Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 2 October 1987
Open at official source
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 8 May 1987
Open at official source

Related records

related to → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989
related to → Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989
related to → A bill to authorize appropriations for civil defense programs for fiscal years 1988 and 1989, and for other purposes.
related to → Military Construction Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1174
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/s/1174
us · 100-s-1174 · source updated 14 January 2025