Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1984

Summary

Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1984 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1984 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Retired Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1984 for retired military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, including the reserves. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1984 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense agencies, including their respective stock and industrial funds, reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, claims against the Department of Defense, and the Court of Military Appeals. Appropriates funds for Department support provided to the 1984 games of the XXIII Olympiad. Appropriates funds for environmental restoration, to remain available until expended. Title IV: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1984 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other equipment and materials. Includes transfers of funds for specified procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft, weapons conversion and shipbuilding of vessels (including transfers of funds) and other equipment and materials. Prohibits the use of funds for naval vessel construction in foreign shipyards. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and other equipment and materials. Includes transfers of funds for aircraft procurement. Prohibits the obligation of funds under the four major FY 1984 production contracts for the B-1B bomber if the current dollar costs would exceed the Air Force's original current dollar estimates. Appropriates funds for National Guard Reserve, and Defense Agencies' procurement. Appropriates funds for acquisition, construction, and improvements for the Coast Guard. Makes all such appropriations available through FY 1986. Title V: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1984 for research, development, tests, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense agencies. Earmarks funds for the integration of the Hellfire missile on the UH-60 helicopter. Limits the use of appropriations for visible/ultraviolet laser technology until the Department of Defense Technologies study team reports a plan for the expenditure of laser technology funds. Permits the merger of appropriations for advanced research. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Director of Defense Test and Evaluation. Makes all such appropriations available through FY 1985. Title VI: Special Foreign Currency Program - Appropriates funds for FY 1984 for excess payments in foreign currencies for expenses in carrying out the programs of the Department of Defense. Title VII: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services to contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record. Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Authorizes the Secretaries of Defense and of the service departments to procure the services of experts and consultants if advantageous to the national defense. Exempts the Defense Department from the prohibition against employing non-citizens. Makes appropriations available for specified expenses of the Department including motor vehicle insurance, maintenance of prisoners-of-war, school transportation of military dependents, maintenance of facilities, ships, and equipment, and dependents' medical treatment. Directs the Secretary of Defense and each agency of the Department to assist American small and minority-owned businesses in their participation in defense contracts. Permits the President to exempt appropriations available for military functions from the requirement that appropriations be distributed so as to prevent deficiencies or need for supplemental funding. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the cost of any increases in military personnel required by the President. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress monthly on the exercise of this authority. Prohibits the use of appropriations for specified practices, including: (1) operation of commissaries; (2) proficiency flying; (3) excess household goods shippage and storage; (4) the procurement of articles not produced in the United States, except as specified; (5) certain defense contractor advertising; (6) research on uninformed or nonvoluntary human beings; (7) certain requests to the Appropriations Committees for reprogramming of funds; (8) certain medical services or treatments under CHAMPUS; (9) pay and allowances in excess of specified levels; (10) certain noncompetitive contracts; (11) certain multiyear procurement contracts with an unfunded contingent liability in excess of a specified level; (12) certain leasing and chartering of vessels, aircraft, or vehicles; (13) the purchase of animals to study the medical treatment of wounds; and (14) expenditures prohibited by the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the procurement of production facilities and equipment for the BLU-80/B (BIGEYE) binary chemical bomb until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that the technical problems have been solved. Expresses the sense of Congress that all chemical agent and munitions production shall cease when a treaty for the complete and verifiable ban on the development, production, and stockpiling of chemical weapons enters into force. Expresses the sense of Congress that the chemical munitions stockpile should be sized to a minimum, sufficient only to provide an effective deterrent. Requires the Department of Defense to submit a plan with options to demilitarize the existing stockpile by 1990, 1995, and 2000. Permits the production of lethal chemical weapons for allies only as requested and required. Retains control of such weapons to the United States until chemical retaliation is authorized by the National Command Authority. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Appropriations Committees with the FY 1985 budget request on U.S. chemical demilitarization capabilities. Title VIII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for the Intelligence Community Staff and for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund.

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