Omnibus National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations Title I: Procurement Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Army Programs Subtitle C: Navy Programs Subtitle D: Air Force Programs Subtitle E: Other Matters Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs Subtitle D: Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Matters Subtitle E: Other Matters Title III: Operation and Maintenance Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Defense Business Operations Fund Subtitle C: Environmental Matters Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Department of Defense Civilian Employees Subtitle E: Other Matters Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Subtitle A: Active Forces Subtitle B: Reserve Forces Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads Subtitle D: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle E: Other Matters Title V: Military Personnel Policy Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters Subtitle C: Other Matters Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits Subtitle E: Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Matters Subtitle F: Other Matters Title VII: Health Care Provisions Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters Subtitle A: Use of Merit Based Selection Procedures Subtitle B: Acquisition Assistance Programs Subtitle C: Other Matters Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Subtitle A: Secretarial Matters Subtitle B: Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces Subtitle C: Other Matters Title X: General Provisions Subtitle A: Financial Matters Subtitle B: Matters Relating to Allies and Other Nations Subtitle C: Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation of Weapon Systems and Related Systems Subtitle D: Peace Operations Subtitle E: Reporting Requirements Subtitle F: Acceptance of Prerelease Services of Nonviolent Offenders Subtitle G: Other Matters Division B: Military Construction Authorization Title XXI(sic): Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Subtitle B: Base Closure Matters Subtitle C: Land Transactions Generally Subtitle D: Changes to Existing Land Transaction Authority Subtitle E: Other Matters Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations Title XXXI(sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Subtitle D: Other Matters Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile Title XXXIV: Civil Defense Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission Division D: Federal Acquisition Streamlining Title XLI(sic): Contract Formation Subtitle A: Competition Statutes Subtitle B: Truth in Negotiations Subtitle C: Research and Development Subtitle D: Procurement Protests Subtitle E: Definitions and Other Matters Title XLII: Contract Administration Subtitle A: Contract Payment Subtitle B: Cost Principles Subtitle C: Audit and Access to Records Subtitle D: Cost Accounting Standards Subtitle E: Administration of Contract Provisions Relating to Price, Delivery, and Product Quality Subtitle F: Claims and Disputes Title XLIII: Service Specific and Major Systems Statutes Subtitle A: Major Systems Statutes Subtitle B: Testing Statutes Subtitle C: Service Specific Laws Subtitle D: Department of Defense Commercial and Industrial Activities Subtitle E-Fuel- and Energy-Related Laws Subtitle F: Fiscal Statutes Subtitle G: Miscellaneous Title XLIV: Simplified Acquisition Threshold and Socioeconomic, Small Business, and Miscellaneous Laws Subtitle A: Simplified Acquisition Threshold Subtitle B: Socioeconomic and Small Business Laws Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Acquisition Laws Title XLV: Acquisition Management Subtitle A: Armed Services Acquisitions Subtitle B: Civil Agency Acquisitions Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Title XLVI: Standards of Conduct Subtitle A: Ethics Provisions Subtitle B: Additional Amendments Subtitle C: Whistleblower Protection Title XLVII: Defense Trade and Cooperation Title XLVIII: Commercial Items Title XLIX: Miscellaneous Provisions Title L: Effective Dates and Implementation Title LI: Waiver of the Application of the Prevailing Wage-Setting Requirements to Volunteers Omnibus National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the National Guard and reserve components of the armed forces; and (3) the chemical demilitarization program. Authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to obligate and expend specified prior-year authorized but unobligated defense research and development (R&D) funds for such program. Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for procurement of the M1A2 Abrams tank upgrades. (Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer one M1A1 common tank to the Marine Corps Reserve by a conditional date. (Sec. 113) Allows certain funds available to the Army to be used for a replacement surveillance system for the OV-1 aircraft deployed in Korea. (Sec. 114) Earmarks Army procurement funds authorized under this Act for the procurement of specified small arms. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear contracts during FY 1995 for the Army's acquisition of small arms weapons. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to jointly develop a master plan for meeting the immediate and future military needs for small arms. Earmarks funds for the objective Crew-Served Weapons System and for improvements to existing small arms weapons. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Transfers $1.2 billion from the National Defense Sealift Fund for the CVN-76 nuclear aircraft carrier program. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into supplemental agreements relating to the settlement of claims under the C-17 aircraft program, requiring certain settlement conditions. Requires a 30-day congressional notification period. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Earmarks $150 million in Air Force procurement funds authorized under this Act for the preservation of the B-2 bomber industrial base. Prohibits any such funds from being used to purchase B-2 parts not previously acquired or planned. Exempts such funds from certain limitations on total program costs. (Sec. 142) Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the procurement of electric and hybrid vehicles for military uses and the commercialization of such vehicles for nonmilitary uses. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDTE). Authorizes appropriations for the Director, Test and Evaluation and the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation. Earmarks specified RDTE funds for: (1) basic research and exploratory development projects; and (2) the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to continue the demonstration and validation of kinetic energy antisatellite technologies under the tactical antisatellite technologies program. (Sec. 212) Directs the Secretary to transfer: (1) from the Secretary of the Air Force to the Secretary of the Navy, before October 1, 1995, responsibility for management and funding for the MILSTAR communications satellite program; and (2) to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) the unobligated balance of funds appropriated to DOD for single-stage to orbit rocket R&D. (Sec. 214) Limits the use of funds appropriated under this Act in connection with: (1) the dismantling of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs); and (2) seismic monitoring research of nuclear explosions. (Sec. 216) Provides specified requirements before funds appropriated under this Act may be used to procure work from a federally funded R&D center. Reduces by $52.65 million the total amount authorized for RDTE under this title. Subtitle C: Missile Defense Program - Requires reviews of the compliance with Antiballistic Missile Treaty requirements of the Brilliant Eyes and Navy Upper Tier ballistic missile defense systems. (Sec. 222) Amends the Missile Defense Act of 1991 to repeal provisions concerning: (1) the exclusive program elements for the Ballistic Missile Defense program; (2) R&D for such elements; and (3) Strategic Defense Initiative funding. (Sec. 223) Prohibits the obligation of Ballistic Missile Defense Organization program funds until the Secretary submits a report required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 1994. Subtitle D: Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Matters - Earmarks and allocates R&D funds authorized under this Act for the defense reinvestment program. Allows such funds to be utilized for related FY 1994 projects. (Sec. 232) Directs the Secretary, with respect to specified technology reinvestment programs, to consider a partnership proposal submitted by a small business without regard to the ability of the small business to immediately meet its share of anticipated partnership costs. Allows such firms 120 days to meet such financial requirements. Requires the Secretary, in establishing or providing financial support of partnerships and cooperative arrangements under defense technology reinvestment projects, to ensure that the principal economic benefits of such partnerships or arrangements accrue to the U.S. economy. (Sec. 234) Directs the Secretary to conduct a program to promote cooperation between DOD laboratories and industry on R&D of dual-use (military and civilian) technologies in order to further certain national security objectives. Outlines program requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a similar program for cooperation between the Navy and industry on the R&D of such technologies. Provides funding for such programs. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative R&D projects with NATO organizations. (Currently, such cooperative projects are permitted only with major U.S. allies.) (Sec. 242) Directs the Secretary to continue the Defense Women's Health Research Program. Requires all military departments to participate in Program activities. Adds to authorized Program activities. Requires an implementation plan and provides funding. (Sec. 243) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to require an annual report to the Congress from the Semiconductor Technology Council. (Sec. 244) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report to the Congress on the oceanographic survey and R&D requirements needed to support Navy operations in littoral regions. (Sec. 245) Earmarks funds for completion of certain upgrades at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. (Sec. 246) Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain live-fire testing requirements for the F-22 aircraft program. Requires a certification to the Congress if such testing is determined to be unreasonably expensive and impractical. Provides funds for alternative live-fire testing. (Sec. 247) Earmarks funds for the University Research Initiative Support Program. (Sec. 248) Directs the Secretary to establish a Manufacturing Science and Technology Program to further certain national security objectives. Requires competitive procedures. Provides funding. (Sec. 249) Directs the Secretary to carry out a Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research as part of the DOD university research programs. Specifies program objectives and provides for the designation of eligible States. Requires coordination with similar Federal programs. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for operation and maintenance for the armed forces (including its reserve and National Guard components), defense-wide activities, defense medical programs, 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, humanitarian assistance, former Soviet Union threat reduction, international peacekeeping and peace enforcement activities, and support for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Authorizes appropriations for DOD working capital funds. (Sec. 303) Authorizes appropriations for operations of the armed forces retirement homes. Obligates specified funds for operation and maintenance for FY 1995 from the National Security Education Trust Fund and from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. (Sec. 306) Authorizes the Secretary to provide logistical support and personnel services in connection with the 1995 Special Olympics World Games in New Haven, Connecticut. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Defense Business Operations Fund - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to make permanent the authority of the Secretary to use the Defense Business Operations Fund (Fund) to manage the working capital funds as well as industrial, commercial, and support-type activities. (Sec. 312) Directs the Secretary to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (defense committees) on implementation of the Fund's Improvement Plan of September 1993. Requires the Comptroller General to monitor and evaluate the progress of such implementation and to report to the defense committees. (Sec. 313) Limits to $1.5 million the FY 1995 obligations against funds in the capital asset subaccount of the Fund. Limits the FY 1995 obligations against the supply management divisions of the Fund, with a waiver by the Secretary for combat readiness purposes. Subtitle C: Environmental Matters - Prohibits the use of FY 1995 DOD funds for the purchase of surety bonds or other guarantees of financial responsibility in guaranteeing the performance of any direct function of DOD. (Sec. 322) Extends through FY 1995 the prohibition on the use of DOD environmental restoration funds for the payment of fines or penalties assessed against DOD. (Sec. 323) Allows any federally recognized Indian tribe to participate in DOD environmental restoration programs. Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Department of Defense Civilian Employees - Extends certain military personnel transition assistance authorities. (Sec. 332) Extends permanently the China Lake personnel demonstration project at China Lake, California. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such projects at designated DOD science and technology reinvention laboratories. (Sec. 333) Provides limitations on severance pay to certain DOD civilian employees transferring to employment positions in defense nonappropriated fund instrumentalities. Provides credit, for retirement purposes, for certain service performed in such instrumentalities between January 1, 1966, and December 31, 1986. (Sec. 335) Provides travel, transportation, and relocation allowances for DOD employees transferring to the U.S. Postal Service. (Sec. 336) Includes foreign nationals employed by a foreign government for the benefit of DOD among the foreign nationals for whom separation pay is authorized. (Sec. 337) Expands DOD's authority to accept and utilize voluntary services, with certain requirements and limitations. Allows the Secretary to reimburse a person for incidental expenses incurred in providing such services. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Requires the Secretary to ensure that the current performance by DOD of a depot-level maintenance workload having a value of $3 million or more is not changed to performance by contractor or another depot-level maintenance activity of DOD unless the change is made using: (1) maintenance-based selection procedures among all DOD depot-level maintenance activities; or (2) competitive procedures among private and public sector entities. (Sec. 342) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) provide funds for the national headquarters of the Civil Air Patrol; and (2) authorize the Patrol to employ retired Air Force personnel in administration and liaison officer positions. (Sec. 343) Increases from 50 cents to two dollars the amount authorized to be deducted monthly from the pay of military personnel and used in support of armed forces retirement homes. Modifies the fee paid by residents of such homes. Directs the Chairman of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board to study and report to the defense committees on alternatives for modernization of the facilities at the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. (Sec. 344) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to include medical transportation as one of the benefits under the National Guard pilot program. (Sec. 345) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, after obtaining advanced budget authority, to carry out a loan guarantee program to encourage commercial firms to use ammunition manufacturing facilities pursuant to provisions of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Act of 1992. Provides for program administration, loan limits, and reporting requirements. Extends the authority for such alternative use through FY 1996. (Sec. 346) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, upon determining that appropriate educational programs are not available through a local educational agency for dependents of military and civilian DOD personnel residing at a military installation in the United States, to provide for the elementary and secondary education of such dependents. Provides eligibility for such education to dependents of other Federal employees residing on a military installation at any time during the school year. Requires the Secretary to establish a school board for each DOD elementary and secondary school so established. Provides for school administration, staffing, and compensation. Requires the Secretary to provide specified substantive rights, protections, and procedural safeguards for dependents participating in the educational programs. Earmarks certain funds authorized under this Act for assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of military and civilian DOD personnel. (Sec. 348) Allows proceeds from operation of the naval academy laundry to be used for its operating expenses. (Sec. 349) Repeals the annual limit on the amount of funds authorized to be expended by the Defense Inspector General for emergency and extraordinary expenses. (Sec. 350) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to extend through FY 1996 the authority for a program to commemorate World War II. (Sec. 351) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY 1995 the authority for aviation depots and naval shipyards to engage in defense-related production and services. (Sec. 352) Provides for the transfer of certain excess DOD property to educational institutions and training schools. Provides for the surplus treatment of property so loaned before September 30, 1993. (Sec. 353) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to repeal a provision requiring the conversion of naval ships' stores from an activity funded by direct appropriations to one funded by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities. (Sec. 354) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a humanitarian program providing for instruction, education, training, and advising of personnel of other nations in procedures for detecting and clearing landmines. Provides funding. (Sec. 355) Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for obtaining emergency communications services for military personnel (and their dependents) from the American National Red Cross. (Sec. 356) Allows no more than three foreign-built vessels to be purchased for the Marine Corps maritime prepositioning ship program with funds in the National Defense Sealift Fund. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Authorizes the FY 1995 end strengths for active duty military personnel. (Sec. 402) Extends through FY 1997 the authority for the temporary variation in end strength limitations for Marine Corps majors and lieutenant colonels. (sec. 403) Allows an authorized strength of 68 general officers on active duty in the Marine Corps after FY 1995. (Sec. 404) Excludes certain commanders or deputy commanders of combatant or allied commands from the limitation on the number of officers serving on active duty. (Sec. 405) Excludes, upon certain conditions, the next Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from the number of senior admirals authorized to be serving on active duty. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes the FY 1995 end strengths for reserve and National Guard personnel. Allows the Secretary to increase such end strengths by up to two percent. Provides for certain end strength adjustments for members of the Selected Reserve. Sets forth the end strength for members of the reserve serving on active duty in support of the reserve. Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads - Provides the authorized average military training student loads for FY 1995. Subtitle D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes $70.79 billion to DOD for FY 1995 for military personnel. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to repeal a provision requiring a specified reduction in recruiting personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Allows certain officers to serve on successive military selection boards. (Sec. 502) Excepts certain warrant officers from mandatory consideration by promotion selection boards. States that a warrant officer shall be considered to have accepted a higher appointment on the date of the appointment, unless the officer expressly declines. Precludes a new oath of office for promoted warrant officers who have served continuously since taking their oath of office. (Sec. 503) Provides for either enlistment or retirement of Navy and Marine Corps limited duty officers who have twice failed in selection for promotion. (Sec. 504) Revises the educational requirements for appointments in reserve grades above first lieutenant or lieutenant junior grade. Provides an exception to the baccalaureate degree requirement for Native Alaskans serving as Scout officers in a reserve unit. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters - Directs the Secretary to review, and report to the defense committees on, the opportunities for ordering individual reservists to active duty with their consent. (Sec. 512) Extends from 90 to 180 days the authorized period of active duty service for Selected Reserve forces mobilized for reasons other than war or national emergency. Requires a report. (Sec. 513) Repeals obsolete Federal provisions relating to the transfer of regular enlisted personnel to reserve components. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Army to review two dismissals from the U.S. Military Academy in 1874 and 1882, respectively, in order to determine whether racial prejudice or other improper factors tainted the original proceedings. Requires a correction of records or the presidential issuance of a posthumous commission as Army officers for such personnel if the dismissals were found to have been an error or injustice. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives a required military pay raise in conformity with increases in the General Schedule of the Federal Government and provides for a 2.6 percent increase, effective on January 1, 1995, in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance for quarters. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Extends through FY 1996 the authority for certain bonuses and special and incentive pay for reserve personnel. Extends through FY 1998 certain bonuses and special pay for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists (increasing the special pay for the latter). Extends the authority for the payment of certain other bonuses and special pay. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Transfers from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of Defense responsibility for the preparation of transportation mileage tables (used for travel allowance determination purposes). Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits - Revises a provision concerning the calculation of retired pay for officers retiring in a grade lower than the grade held at retirement. (Sec. 632) Provides for the crediting of certain reserve service performed by enlisted personnel in the computation of retired military pay, using a special formula. (Sec. 633) Amends the Federal criminal code to provide forfeiture of military annuities or retired pay for members convicted of espionage. Subtitle E: Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Matters - Provides, for personnel retired under the special temporary retirement authority, eligibility for Servicemen's Group Life Insurance coverage. Requires payment of appropriate premiums. (Sec. 642) Amends the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 to provide an annual payment for at least one but no more than five years to members retired under the National Guard and reserve transition initiative. (Currently, a five-year payment is required.) Adds provisions concerning the computation of the annual payment and its coordination with retired pay. (Sec. 643) Increases the eligibility and application periods for former military personnel wishing to enter a DOD program for assistance in obtaining certification and employment as teachers or teachers' aides. (Sec. 644) Revises Federal provisions concerning the authority of the Secretary to assist separated members to obtain employment with law enforcement agencies to: (1) include within such employment work with Indian tribes in which law enforcement functions are performed; (2) increase eligibility for such assistance to any member or former member who is separated during the six-year period beginning October 1, 1993, under honorable conditions; (3) provide preferences for involuntarily separated personnel or those having an occupational specialty, training, or experience related to law enforcement; (4) require the Attorney General (currently the Secretary) to administer the program and distribute grant funds; (5) limit individual grants to $50,000; (6) limit program administrative expenses to ten percent; and (7) require sufficient appropriated funds before a former member may be selected to participate in the program. (Sec. 645) Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to prohibit certain retired pay reductions in the case of a former member being paid as a member of the cadre of the Civilian Community Corps. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Provides eligibility for retirement, placement on the temporary disability retired list, or separation for officer candidates granted excess leave due to a physical disability. (Sec. 652) Allows members of the Selected Reserve in good standing to use morale, welfare, and recreation facilities on the same basis as active duty personnel. Provides the same privilege for: (1) retirees under the age of 60; (2) members of the Ready Reserve not in the Selected Reserve; and (3) dependents of members of the Selected Reserve. (Sec. 653) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to provide special supplemental food benefits to military personnel on duty at stations outside the United States, as well as eligible civilians serving with, employed by, or accompanying such personnel. (Sec. 654) Authorizes the military Secretary concerned, the Judge Advocate General of a military department, or the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard to reimburse a member of the armed forces in an amount up to $100,000 for losses of household effects caused by hostile action during a move necessitated by a change of permanent duty station. Allows such reimbursement only to the extent that the loss is not covered by applicable insurance. Applies such coverage with respect to losses incurred after June 30, 1990. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Revises the definition of dependents, for purposes of eligibility for health care benefits under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), to include an unmarried person placed in the home of a member or former member of the armed forces in anticipation of legal adoption. (Sec. 702) Authorizes the Secretary to establish basic dental benefit plans for spouses and children who accompany military personnel on permanent assignments outside the United States. (Sec. 703) Provides conditions under which medical and dental care shall be authorized for abused dependents of military personnel who are convicted for such abuse by court-martial or civil court. (Sec. 704) Provides for the coordination of CHAMPUS benefits with those provided under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 705) Provides reimbursement to CHAMPUS health care providers for the cost of obtaining a professional license when such license is required by the local government involved. (Sec. 706) Directs the Secretary to develop, carry out, and report on a demonstration program to evaluate the feasibility and desirability of furnishing chiropractic care through the medical facilities of the armed forces. Requires the Secretary to establish an oversight advisory committee for assistance in the development and conduct of the demonstration program. (Sec. 707) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to state that the annual CHAMPUS health survey required under such Act shall not be treated as a "collection of information" as such term is used in Federal provisions concerning information policy. (Sec. 708) Amends the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare special enrollment period for certain military retirees and their dependents when their military treatment facility has closed. Provides for: (1) coverage periods for such enrollments; and (2) DOD payment on behalf of such enrollees of the Medicare Part B late enrollment penalty. (Sec. 709) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to allow individuals who obtained pharmaceuticals at a closed military health care facility to participate in a DOD program providing for the sale by mail of pharmaceuticals to eligible military personnel and their dependents. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Use of Merit Based Selection Procedures - Expresses as congressional policy that any program, project, or technology identified in legislation should be procured through merit-based selection procedures. Prohibits DOD from being required to award a new contract or grant to a specific non-Government entity unless strict conditions are met. Requires congressional notification of attempted exceptions to such prohibition. (Sec. 802) Extends permanently an annual reporting requirement on the use of competitive procedures for awarding certain contracts to colleges and universities. Subtitle B: Acquisition Assistance Programs - Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for the defense procurement technical assistance programs. Earmarks other funds authorized under this Act for: (1) the pilot Mentor-Protege Program; and (2) infrastructure assistance for historically Black colleges and other minority institutions. (Sec. 814) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 1998 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. (Sec. 815) Prohibits the expenditure of funds authorized by this Act for specified acquisition activities until the Secretary takes action with respect to: (1) issuing regulations with respect to small business subcontracting set asides and bid proposals; and (2) DOD policy regarding the Mentor-Protege Program. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Prohibits the use of funds for specified acquisition activities pending submission to the Congress by the Secretary of a national technology and industrial base periodic defense capability assessment and a periodic defense capability plan. (Sec. 822) Directs the President to take certain required industrial mobilization actions through the head of any military department (currently, through the Secretary). (Sec. 823) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to extend permanently the authority for DOD to share equitably the costs of claims under international armaments cooperative programs. (Sec. 824) Specifies factors to be considered by the Secretary when determining whether application of certain provisions of the Buy American Act is inconsistent with the public interest. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Secretarial Matters - Establishes the 11th position of Assistant Secretary of Defense. Places the General Counsel of each of the military departments third in the order of succession to the Secretaries of such departments. Subtitle B: Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to require the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces to review the role of the National Guard and other reserve components. Directs the Secretary, upon request, to make available to the Commission the services of one or more federally funded R&D centers covered by DOD sponsoring agreements. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Requires (current law authorizes) the inclusion within the membership of the Reserve Forces Policy Board of an officer of the regular Marine Corps and a regular military officer serving in a position on the Joint Staff. (Sec. 922) Prohibits the closure of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should budget for the ongoing operation of the University. (Sec. 923) Authorizes the Secretary to provide joint duty credit for certain duty performed during military operations in support of unified, combined, or United Nations military operations. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer amounts of authorizations made available to DOD in Division A for FY 1995 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year. Limits to $2 billion the total amount authorized for such transfers. Requires notification to the Congress of any transfers so made. (Sec. 1002) Authorizes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1994 for costs of ongoing U.S. operations in Somalia, Bosnia, Southwest Asia, and Haiti. Allocates such funds among military personnel, operation and maintenance, and procurement. (Sec. 1003) Changes the date for submission of the DOD future-years mission budget from the same time as submission of the defense budget each year to 60 days after such date. Subtitle B: Matters Relating to Allies and Other Nations - Amends the: (1) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to repeal a limitation on overseas U.S. end strengths; and (2) National Defense Authorization Act, 1985, to revise the end strengths of U.S. military personnel assigned to permanent duty ashore in European member nations of NATO. (Sec. 1013) Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for cooperative threat reduction with states of the former Soviet Union under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993. Extends certain semiannual reporting requirements under such Act. (Sec. 1014) Expresses congressional findings concerning defense cooperation between the United States and Israel. Encourages the President to ensure that any conventional defense system or technology offered for release to NATO allies should be simultaneously offered to Israel. Urges the President to make available to Israel advanced U.S. technology necessary for continued progress in U.S.-Israel R&D of theater missile defenses. (Sec. 1015) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct military-to-military contacts and comparable activities designed to encourage a democratic orientation of defense establishments and military forces of other countries. Provides funding. (Sec. 1016) Authorizes the President to conduct disaster relief activities outside the United States to respond to manmade or natural disasters when necessary to prevent the loss of lives. Requires a report to the Congress within 48 hours after commencement of such activities. Provides funding. Subtitle C: Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation of Weapon Systems and Related Systems - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to: (1) extend through FY 1995 the authority for certain nuclear nonproliferation activities under such Act; (2) add to the purposes of such Act the prevention of biological, chemical, and missile proliferation; and (3) define FY 1995 funding sources for such activities. (Sec. 1022) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to: (1) redesignate the Nonproliferation Program Review Committee as the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee; (2) designate the Secretary of Energy as the Vice Chairman of the Committee; (3) add to Committee purposes the coordination and funding of DOE related programs and R&D; (4) repeal various provisions concerning purposes, duties, and budget recommendations of the Committee; and (5) terminate the Committee after September 30, 1996. (Sec. 1023) Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the appropriate congressional committees on findings of the above Committee. (Sec. 1024) Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for: (1) counterproliferation activities; and (2) education in support of such activities. (Sec. 1025) Prohibits DOD travel funds from being expended for travel by the Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy until the Secretary submits certain reports and certifications required under prior law concerning the proliferation of foreign military satellites. Subtitle D: Peace Operations - Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees two reports on U.S. proposals for improving United Nations (UN) management of peace operations. (Sec. 1032) Expresses the sense of the Congress concerning support for international peacekeeping and peace enforcement activities. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) pay the U.S. fair share of such activities in which U.S. combat forces participate; and (2) furnish assistance, on a reimbursable basis, in support of such activities. Requires 15 days' advance notice to designated congressional committees before the Secretary may take either action, with certain determinations to be included in such notice. Directs the President to require reimbursement from the UN or another source for the use of U.S. armed forces in support of such activities or for the provision of assistance. Allows the waiver of such reimbursement in exceptional circumstances. Establishes the Contributions for International Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement Activities Fund for paying assessments for UN operations under the program. Prohibits the payment of such assessments when U.S. combat forces are not involved. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for the Fund. Subtitle E: Reporting Requirements - Expresses congressional findings, and requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees, with respect to the status of the offensive biological warfare program in the Russian Federation and other independent states of the former Soviet Union. (Sec. 1042) Specifies reporting requirements which are not to be considered terminated under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994. Subtitle F: Acceptance of Pre-release Services of Nonviolent Offenders - Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to accept specified services from nonviolent offenders incarcerated in a correctional facility of a State or local government. Provides: (1) conditions for acceptance of such services; and (2) specific limits on payments to State or local governments for the costs incurred in the provision of such services. Prohibits compensating any offender for services provided. (Sec. 1052) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to add provisions which assure U.S. indemnification in connection with provision by the Secretary of prerelease employment training to nonviolent offenders incarcerated in State penal systems. (Sec. 1053) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to conduct a demonstration project to test the feasibility of using Army facilities to provide employment training to nonviolent offenders in a State penal system prior to their release from incarceration. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Redesignates: (1) the U.S. Court of Military Appeals as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Services; and (2) the Court of Military Review as the Court of Military Criminal Appeals. (Sec. 1062) Directs the Secretary to designate a DOD official to serve as a single point of contact for immediate family members of any unaccounted-for Korean conflict or Cold War prisoner of war (POW) or missing in action (MIA). Outlines appropriate functions for such official. (Sec. 1063) Authorizes members and units of the National Guard to provide assistance to specified youth and charitable organizations if such assistance does not hamper the performance of duty, is not otherwise commercially available, and will enhance the Guard's military skills while not resulting in a significant increase in training costs. Provides authorized services and eligible organizations. (Sec. 1064) Prohibits any person, except with the written consent of the Secretary, from knowingly using the words "Defense Mapping Agency" or its initials, seal, or other imitations in connection with any merchandise. Prohibits any person from bringing an action against the United States on the basis of the content of a navigational aid prepared by such Agency. (Sec. 1065) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to Brazil specified naval vessels on a lease basis. Waives the requirement of a congressional notification. Requires transfer costs to be borne by Brazil. Terminates such transfer authority two years after enactment of this Act, but allows for the renewal of leases entered into during such period. (Sec. 1066) Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Marine Corps any Army M1A1 tanks that become excess to the requirements of the regular Army, up to the amount needed to satisfy the Marine Corps requirement for tanks. (Sec. 1067) Prohibits any funds available to DOD from being expended to merge defense telecommunications systems with any civil telecommunications system until the Secretary reports certain information to the congressional committees and 30 days have elapsed. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 - Title XXI(sic): Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary, using specified amounts, to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing units. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1992 to: (1) reduce the amount authorized for military construction projects at Fort Hunter Liggett, California; and (2) increase by a corresponding amount the sum authorized for such projects at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. Allows certain prior-year funds to be expended for a construction project at the Naval Supply Center, Pensacola, Florida. Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and the Navy to enter into an agreement providing for the relocation of the activities and functions of the Pascagoula Coast Guard Station to the Pascagoula Naval Station, Mississippi. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out construction design activities for the Mayport Naval Station, Florida. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to: (1) increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; and (2) increase the number of family housing units authorized to be constructed there. 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: (1) improve existing military family housing units; and (2) carry out energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Terminates authority to carry out a military construction project at the Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Colorado. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for certain community impact assistance with regard to the Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, South Carolina. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions to the NATO Infrastructure Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural planning and design activities, and construction of facilities. Amends prior year military construction authorization Acts to increase the amount authorized for certain National Guard and reserve projects for which funds have been appropriated. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI on October 1, 1997, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1998, whichever is later. Extends certain prior year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary to pay closing costs to eligible persons under the homeowners assistance program. Subtitle B: Base Closure Matters - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to prohibit the Secretary or the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, in considering military installations for closure or realignment, from taking into account any advance conversion planning undertaken by an affected community with respect to the anticipated closure or realignment of an installation. Makes clarifying and technical amendments to the above Act as well as the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act. Subtitle C: Land Transactions Generally - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Air Force certain lands contiguous to the Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, to be used in connection with a wastewater treatment facility. Provides for: (1) cattle grazing rights; (2) transfer compliance with environmental laws; (3) responsibility for the cleanup of hazardous substances; (4) mining and other rights-of-way; and (5) permitted public access to the lands transferred. (Sec. 2822) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with the Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme, California, for the joint use by the Secretary and the District of U.S. Navy Wharf Number 3, upon which is located the Naval Construction Battalion Center of Port Hueneme. (Sec. 2823) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease to the YMCA of San Diego County, California, certain lands at the Naval Radio Receiving Facility, Imperial Beach, Coronado, California, to be operated and maintained as a summer youth residence camp. (Sec. 2824) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to release the U.S. reversionary interest to certain parcels of land in York County and James City County, Virginia, as well as in Newport News, Virginia. (Sec. 2825) Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer administrative jurisdiction of specified real property at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, to the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge. (Sec. 2826) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Hall County, Nebraska, Board of Supervisors all U.S. rights and interest to the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant in Hall County. (Sec. 2827) Directs the Administrator of General Services to transfer or convey to appropriate State or local governments or nonprofit organizations various current military installations or facilities, if determined appropriate and in the public interest after consultation with the Secretary. Subtitle D: Changes to Existing Land Transaction Authority - Makes various modifications with respect to current land transaction authority for: (1) the land conveyance at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia; (2) the conveyance of an electric distribution system at Fort Dix, New Jersey; (3) the land conveyance at Fort Knox, Kentucky; and (4) the preservation as a nature preserve of the Calverton Pine Barrens at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, New York. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Allows the Secretary of a military department to authorize a nonappropriated fund instrumentality to contract for construction of a shopping mall or similar facility for a commissary store and one or more nonappropriated fund instrumentality activities. (Sec. 2843) Waives certain prior congressional reporting requirements for certain real property transactions in the event of war or national emergency. Requires reports in such cases within 30 days after action is taken. (Sec. 2844) Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the Congress on the use of Army operation and maintenance funds for environmental restoration at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, Hall County, Nebraska. (Sec. 2845) Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out, and report to the Congress on, a DOD Laboratory Revitalization Demonstration Program, allowing the Secretary to carry out minor military construction projects to improve laboratories covered by the Program. (Sec. 2846) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) waive a prior congressional notification requirement with respect to settlements with foreign countries for the release to such a country of improvements made at U.S. military installations, if such improvements have a value of $10 million or less; and (2) require the Secretary to report annually to the defense committees on such proposed agreements. Division C: Department of Energy National Security and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI(sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1995 for operating expenses, plant projects, and capital equipment necessary in carrying out the following activities for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) environmental restoration and waste management; (3) nuclear materials support and other defense programs; and (4) defense nuclear waste disposal. Reduces the total amount authorized to be appropriated in this Subtitle by a specified amount for use of FY 1994 balances. Subtitle B: Recurring 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 million 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 (Secretary, for purposes of this title) transmits to specified congressional committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have expired. (Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits (requiring congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits) for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Provides fund transfer authority. (Sec. 3125) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out advance planning and construction design services in connection with proposed construction projects not exceeding $3 million, requiring certain congressional notification for projects exceeding $600,000. Requires planning and design funds to be specifically authorized by law when their estimated cost exceeds $3 million. (Sec. 3126) Directs the Secretary, with exceptions, to complete a conceptual design for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program before submitting to the Congress a funding request for such project. (Sec. 3127) Authorizes the use of DOE funds for planning, design, and construction activities for any DOE national security program that must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the needs of national defense, or protect property. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees when funds are so used. Makes funds for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - Directs the Secretary, as part of the stockpile stewardship program, to conduct a stockpile stewardship recruitment and training program at the Sandia, Lawrence Livermore, and Los Alamos national laboratories. Allows such program to support research for military or dual-use programs related to nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship. Earmarks funds from this title for such program. Directs the Secretary, as part of the program, to establish for such laboratories a retiree corps of retired scientists with expertise in R&D of nuclear weapons. Requires a report to the defense committees. (Sec. 3132) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for the defense inertial confinement fusion program. (Sec. 3133) Authorizes the Secretary to pay to the Hazardous Substance Superfund specified stipulated civil penalties assessed against the Fernald Environmental Management Project, Ohio, and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Ohio. (Sec. 3134) Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse four Colorado cities a specified amount for the cost of implementing water management programs. (Sec. 3135) Allows obligation of no more than 20 percent of the DOE funds authorized for limited and special access programs until the Secretary submits to the defense committees certain reports concerning such programs required under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Allows obligation of no more than 90 percent of the DOE funds authorized for national security programs until the Secretary submits to such committees a five-year budget plan required under prior law. (Sec. 3136) Earmarks specified funds authorized under this title for: (1) worker protection programs at nuclear weapons facilities; (2) the Scholarship and Fellowship Program for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management; (3) a hazardous materials management and emergency response training program at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Washington; (4) certain programs for persons at such plant who may have been exposed to radiation released from such plant; and (5) solar energy development activities at the Nevada Test Site. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to prescribe accounting procedures concerning the use of DOE national security program funds. (Sec. 3152) Directs the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council to coordinate and approve DOE activities concerning the study, development, and production of nuclear warheads. (Sec. 3153) Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the feasibility of conducting specified disarmament and demilitarization activities, nuclear weapon simulator technology development programs, the stockpile stewardship program, and experiments related to the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site. (Sec. 3154) Requires the Defense Nuclear Agency, as of October 1, 1995, to undertake responsibility for the production of tritium to meet the U.S. tritium requirements after 2008. (Sec. 3155) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within DOE an Office of Fissile Materials Disposition. (Sec. 3156) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, to extend through FY 1997 the authority of the Secretary to loan personnel and facilities for the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. (Sec. 3157) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to eliminate the requirement of a five-year plan for DOE defense nuclear facilities. (Sec. 3158) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Secretary to appoint up to 350 additional individuals in the scientific, engineering, professional, and administrative fields, without regard to civil service laws, in order to perform environmental restoration and waste management functions. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the President to dispose of excess and obsolete materials contained in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS). Authorizes the NDS Manager, during FY 1995, to obligate a specified amount from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for authorized Fund uses. (Sec. 3303) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to repeal a provision requiring the President to appoint an advisory committee to make recommendations concerning the operation and modernization of the NDS. (Sec. 3304) Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to require the prevention of technological obsolescence in the rotation of NDS materials. Title XXXIV: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for carrying out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for FY 1995, with specified limitations. Authorizes up to 43 passenger motor vehicles to be purchased for transporting Commission personnel across the Isthmus of Panama. Requires expenditures authorized under this title to be in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing those treaties. (Sec. 3504) Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to authorize the use of Commission funds to defray the costs of education obtained in the United States (currently, only in the Republic of Panama) for Commission employees who are U.S. citizens. (Sec. 3505) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for Panamanian nationals (and their dependents) who continue to be employed by the United States in an area of the former Canal Zone. Division D: Federal Acquisition Streamlining - Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 - Title XLI (sic): Contract Formation - Subtitle A: Competition Statutes - Part 1: Armed Services Acquisitions - Amends the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA) and other Federal procurement law with respect to subject agency (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Coast Guard, Department of Defense (DOD), and respective military departments) procurement to revise: (1) competition requirements, with changes prohibiting purchase or contract class considerations by subject agencies in determining whether the exclusion of a particular source of covered items from competition in procurements to establish alternative sources of supply will result in reduced costs and increased competition or be in the interest of national defense; and (2) solicitation requirements, with changes requiring the head of a subject agency to include cost or price as a factor to be considered in evaluating competitive proposals and disclose certain information to offerors on the importance of other evaluation factors in relation to cost and price. (Sec. 41003) Revises certain qualifying circumstances for award of contracts between $100,000 and $1 million under noncompetitive procedures. (Sec. 41004) Repeals: (1) expiring authority for the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to enter into master agreements and issue task orders and adds new authority for the head of a subject agency to enter into task and delivery order contracts for advisory and assistance services; and (2) requirements for prior determination with respect to cost or incentive type contract use and for annual reports by DOD advocates for competition. (Sec. 41005) Authorizes an agency head to use noncompetitive procedures when necessary to procure expert services for use in any actual or reasonably foreseeable litigation or dispute involving the Federal Government. (Sec. 41012) Relocates provisions concerning evaluation of purchase options and consolidates others for encouragement of competition and cost savings. (Sec. 41013) Requires: (1) notice to all offerors not awarded a contract as soon as practicable after the contract award; (2) debriefings providing certain basic information on the award to unsuccessful offerors, if requested within three days after a competitive award; and (3) the head of the procuring activity, upon the request of an offeror, to establish, in protests to the Comptroller General (CG), a protest file affording the offeror reasonable access. (Sec. 41016) Authorizes the head of a subject agency to take certain actions, such as issuing a new solicitation or terminating the contract, if, in connection with a protest, a solicitation, proposed award, or award does not comply with the law. (Sec. 41017) Authorizes an agency head to use specified two-phase selection procedures for contracting for property or services acquisition when three or more offers will be received for the contract, substantial design work must be performed before an offeror can develop a price or cost proposal for it, and the offerors will incur a substantial amount of expenses in preparing the offers. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (FPASA) to make changes similar to those above with respect to civilian agencies. (Sec. 41056) Specifies conditions for the use of noncompetitive procedures in the case of a follow-on lease for continued occupancy of particular space in real property leased by a Federal agency. (Sec. 41072) Specifies conditions under which agency heads may enter into multiyear contracts for property or services acquisition. (Sec. 41073) Authorizes agency heads to contract for severable services for periods beginning in one fiscal year and ending in the next, so long as the contract period (regardless of any option to extend) does not exceed one year. (Sec. 41074) Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) with respect to Economy Act purchases of goods and services by a Federal agency under contracts entered into or administered by another agency. Part III: Acquisitions Generally - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (OFPPA) to require the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to prescribe guidance for Federal agency consideration of the past contract performance of offerors in awarding contracts. (Sec. 41092) Repeals congressional reporting requirements on executive agency contract competition. Subtitle B: Truth in Negotiations - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Amends provisions commonly referred to as the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) to revise cost or pricing data requirements to: (1) repeal the sunset date for the requirement that offerors submit cost or pricing data for prime contracts above the $500,000 threshold (thus making it permanent); and (2) make changes in exceptions to data submission requirements. Sets forth a formula for annual adjustments to threshold amounts. (Sec. 41103) Requires a written determination to be made by the head of the subject agency before requiring the submission of cost or pricing data in cases where the acquisition is below the TINA threshold or one of the TINA exceptions applies. (Sec. 41104) Creates a new exception to the submission requirement for commercial item cost or pricing data that applies where competion is not practicable and the contracting officer obtains adequate data for evaluating the reasonableness of the contract price. (Sec. 41106) Provides for: (1) regulations concerning the types of information that must be submitted for the contracting officer to consider in determining price reasonableness when cost or pricing data are not required because the acquisition is not expected to exceed the $500,000 threshold; and (2) consistent time references with respect to when an agreement on the price of a prime contract is effective for purposes related to contract price reductions because of defective data. (Sec. 41109) Defines "subcontract" to include transfers of commercial items within a company to tie in with the new definition of commercial item under OFPPA added by title VIII of this Act. Part II: Civilian Agency Aquisitions - Amends FPASA to replace requirements governing submission of cost or pricing data and commercial pricing for supplies with requirements nearly identical to those under TINA (and the changes made above by this subtitle to TINA) governing submission of such data. Subtitle C: Research and Development - Revises research and development (R&D) authority of DOD and the military departments, repealing specified R&D milestone requirements with respect to certain defense research activities. (Sec. 41201) Consolidates the R&D authority of DOD and the military departments and repeals redundant and obsolete research authority. (Sec. 41202) Repeals specified R & D milestone requirements for certain defense research activities. Subtitle D: Procurement Protests - Part I: Protests to the Comptroller General - Modifies CICA's procurement protest system, with various changes: (1) adding a new definition of "protest"; (2) establishing new time frames for certain actions by the CG and others with respect to protests; (3) allowing the CG, in protests, to recommend agency payment of interested party consultant and expert witness fees, in addition to attorneys' fees currently required; (4) requiring subject agencies to pay recommended amounts, limited (except with respect to small businesses) to appropriate rates under the Equal Access to Justice Act, or else report to the CG the reasons for failing to make such payment;(5) directing the CG to report to the Congress on agency implementation of CG recommendations; and (6) authorizing the CG to prescribe procedures for time frame calculations and electronic filings and dissemination under the system. Part II: Protests in the Federal Courts - Amends CICA and the Federal judicial code (FJC) to give the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Court) jurisdiction over protests. Part III: Protests in Procurements of Automatic Data Processing - Amends FPASA to: (1) authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to revoke a delegation of procurement authority after a contract is awarded when the award is connected with a violation of law; (2) require GSA's board of contract appeals (board) to review, upon an interested party's request, any decision by a contracting officer alleged to have violated the law or the conditions of a delegated authority; and (3) change the time frames for final board decisions on protests and hearings for suspending procurement authority. (Sec. 41334) Authorizes dismissal of protests brought in bad faith and board ordered payment of additional specified administrative fees, as limited above under part I, to prevailing parties. (Sec. 41336) Requires public disclosure of any settlement agreement providing for dismissal of a protest and involving an expenditure of appropriated funds. Requires agencies to make settlement payments from the judgment fund. (Sec. 41337) Makes changes conforming to those above under part II with regard to Federal court jurisdiction over protests. (Sec. 41338) Requires the board to adopt and issue appropriate rules and procedures for time frame calculations, electronic filings and disseminations, and sanctions for frivolous or bad faith protests or willful abuses of the board's process. (Sec. 41339) Adds to FPASA the new definition of "protest" added above under part I, as well as a definition of "prevailing party." Subtitle E: Definitions and Other Matters - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Revises subject agency procurement law: (1) definitions, adding new terms such as "commercial item," "nondevelopmental item," and "simplified acquisition threshold" with cross references to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (OFPPA); and (2) provisions on decisions, while retaining requirements on the form and retention of findings. (Sec. 41402) Consolidates provisions on delegation of procurement functions by the head of a subject agency. (Sec. 41404) Makes technical changes with respect to the limitation on undefinitized contractual actions by subject agencies. (Sec. 41405) Repeals DOD provisions on: (1) production special tooling and production special test equipment; and (2) independent price determination in certain contract solicitations. (Sec. 41406) Gives the Secretary of Defense authority to prescribe regulations on contract bids for a military department. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Adds the new terms specified under part I above to FPASA's definitions with cross references to OFPPA. (Sec. 41452) Makes changes parallel to those above concerning procurement function delegation and decisions for civilian agencies. (Sec. 41454) Authorizes the Administrator of General Services (GSA Administrator) to provide for the use of Federal supply schedules or other contracts upon request by State or local governments, the District of Columbia, the Commonweath of Puerto Rico, or Indian tribal governments. Denies such entities any authorization to order existing stock or investory from Federal supply depots. Authorizes the GSA Administrator to provide specified procurement, warehousing, and related service, upon request, to any qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped that is to provide a commodity or service to the Federal Government under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act. Title XLII: Contract Administration - Subtitle A: Contract Payment - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Reorganizes contract financing provisions for subject agencies, consolidating and eliminating those with regard to certain navy contracts which are redundant and obsolete, adding specific policy for contract financing and performance-based payments, and revising conditions for progress payments. (Sec. 42002) Repeals DOD vouchering requirements. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Makes similar organizational changes with respect to contract financing for executive agencies, adding provisions mirroring those for the military departments which concern action in case of fraud. Subtitle B: Cost Principles - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Amends provisions on allowable contractor costs to: (1) repeal the mandate for the CG's evaluation of DOD's implementation of allowable cost of defense contract requirements; and (2) raise the threshold for coverage under such provisions to $500,000. (Sec. 42102) Eliminates profit controls on defense contracts during periods of national emergencies. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Amends FPASA to replace provisions for executive agencies on allowable contractor costs with provisions nearly identical to those for DOD amended in part I above (and the changes made by such amendments). Part III - Acquisitions Generally - Repeals OFPPA provisions on Government contractor travel expenses. (Sec. 42192) Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the cost principle in the FAR to declare that costs made specified unallowable under it are not allowable under any other cost principle. Subtitle C: Audit and Access to Records - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Consolidates and revises authority for subject agency examination of contractor records. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Relocates and revises provisions under FPASA for executive agency examination of contractor records, replacing them with provisions nearly identical to those in part I above for subject agencies. Subtitle D: Cost Accounting Standards - Amends OFPPA to exempt from cost accounting standards any firm fixed-price contract or subcontract for commercial items excepted from specified requirements to provide cost of pricing data. (Sec. 42302) Repeals an obsolete deadline under OFPPA for procedures governing actions of the Cost Accounting Standards Board, while retaining provisions authorizing their issuance. Subtitle E: Administration of Contract Provisions Relating to Price, Delivery, and Product Quality - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Repeals special qualification requirements for contractors on aircraft and ship spare parts contracts. (Sec. 42402) Specifies certain guidelines and procedures for inclusion in DOD regulations on contractor guarantees with regard to weapon systems. Part II: Acquisition Generally - Reorganizes the Anti-Assignment Act, making technical changes and expanding authority to prohibit setoffs against assignees. (Sec. 42452) Amends Federal law to repeal requirements for contract deposit with the General Accounting Office. Subtitle F: Claims and Disputes - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Prohibits payment upon request of any equitable adjustment to contract terms or of specified relief that exceeds the Simplified Acquisition Threshold unless the authorized person on behalf of the contractor certifies the request is in good faith and the supporting data, to the certifier's knowledge and belief, are accurate and complete. (Sec. 42501) Restricts future payment under law of subject agency contract claims. (Sec. 42502) Increases the period of submission of certain shipbuilding claims. Part II: Acquisitions Generally - Amends FJC to revise provisions regarding Federal court jurisdiction over contract disputes. Grants exclusive Federal jurisdiction to the United States Court of Federal Claims over any civil action or claim against the United States relating in any manner to a contract to which the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 applies. (Sec. 42552) Amends the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 to: (1) require contractor and Government claims (except claims by the Government against a contractor based on a contractor claim involving fraud) to be submitted for resolution within six years after the event giving rise to the claim; (2) raise thresholds for contracting officer certifications, decisions, and notifications; (3) raise the maximum amount for the small claims and accelerated procedures; (4) reduce the period for filing claim actions in Claims Court; (5) extend alternative dispute resolution authority; and (6) authorize district courts to request a board of contract appeals to provide the court with an advisory opinion on the matters of contract interpretation at issue. (Sec. 42554) Requires the FAR to include certain requirements for expedited resolution of contract administration complaints received from small business concerns. Title XLIII: Service Specific and Major System Statutes- Subtitle A: Major Systems Statutes - Modifies requirements with regard to major defense acquisition programs for: (1) independent cost and manpower estimates; and (2) program baseline descriptions and deviation reporting. (Sec. 3003) Repeals the mandate for competitive prototyping and alternative sources in major programs. Subtitle B: Testing Statutes - Declares that the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE Director) shall report directly to the Secretary of Defense. (Sec. 43012) Makes the OTE Director responsible for DOD's live fire testing activities. (Sec. 43013) Requires the OTE Director to submit to the Congress an unclassified as well as any classified version of the annual OTE report. Subtitle C: Service Specific Laws - Amends Federal law to allow the DOD Secretary to accept the gratuitous services of an officer of a reserve component (other than of the Air or Army National Guard) in consultation upon matters relating to the armed forces. (Sec. 43022) Authorizes the DOD Secretary and the secretaries of the military departments, in specified circumstances, to rent samples, drawings, and manufacturing or other information to others. (Sec. 43023) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to contract for the use of military installations, for specified purposes, by Civil Reserve Air Fleet contractors. (Sec. 43024) Authorizes the international exchange of scientific personnel. (Sec. 43025) Repeals the Authority of the Secretary of the Navy to make expenditures from any naval appropriation for scientific investigations and research. (Sec. 43026) Repeals: (1) a specified prohibition with respect to the assignment of naval vessel conversion, alteration, and repair projects; and (2) the requirement for construction of naval vessels on the Pacific Coast. (Sec. 43029) Revises requirements with respect to naval salvage facilities. Subtitle D: Department of Defense Commercial and Industrial Activities - Repeals requirements on DOD for accounting procedures for contracted advisory and assistance services. (Sec. 43051) Codifies requirements for a separate consulting service category in the national budget. Subtitle E: Fuel- and Energy-Related Laws - Revises authority for storage, handling, and distribution of liquid fuels or natural gas. Subtitle F: Fiscal Statutes - Gives DOD the authority to designate disbursing officers within DOD. Subtitle G: Miscellaneous - Amends obligation of funds provisions on production, warehousing, and distribution of supplies, removing certain restricitons. (Sec. 43082) Repeals certain requirements regarding product evaluation and activities. (Sec. 43083) Codifies limitations on subject agency vessel, aircraft, and vehicle leases, with modifications. (Sec. 43084) Denies application to U.S.-manufactured soft drinks of the DOD Secretary's authority to provide for noncompetitive procurement of supplies and services from exchange stores outside the United States. (Sec. 43085) Amends Federal law to repeal a preference for procurement of recycled toner cartridges. Title XLIV: Simplified Acquisition Threshold and Socioeconomic, Small Business, and Miscellaneous Laws - Subtitle A: Simplified Acquisition Threshold - Part I: Establishment of Threshold - Amends OFPPA to establish a new simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) of $100,000, replacing the current small purchase threshold, for use also under the Small Business Act (SBA). Part II: Simplification of Procedures - Requires simplified procedures under the FAR for acquisitions under SAT. (Sec. 44013) Requires SAT to provide for certain fast payment procedures and for disbursement of payment through electronic fund transfer, whenever circumstances permit. (Sec. 44014) Amends OFPPA and SBA to: (1) provide for continuation of existing notice thresholds for procurements over $25,000 (except that the requirement to allow 30 days for bid and proposal submission would apply only to contracts or orders in excess of SAT); and (2) prescribe additional contents for notices with respect to contracts between $25,000 and $100,000. (Sec. 44015) Authorizes the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to develop and implement a Federal Government-wide architecture or design for electronic commerce having specified capabilities, including interoperability among users. Part III: Applicability of Laws to Acquisitions Not in Excess of Simplified Acquisition Threshold - Amends OFPP to authorize FAR to waive the applicability of future-enacted procurement laws on a class basis for contracts below SAT, unless the provision expressly prohibits such waiver. (Sec. 44022) Exempts: (1) subject agency contracts below SAT from contingent fees certifications, prohibitions on limiting subcontractor direct sales and doing business with certain subcontractors, the prohibition against persons convicted of defense-contract related felonies, and requirements for audits, supplier and supply source identification; (2) civilian agency contracts below SAT from similar requirements; (3) prime contracts below SAT from procedural and other requirements of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986; and (4) contracts below SAT from provisions commonly referred to as the Miller Act (MA), the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. Requires FAR to provide alternatives to payment bonds as payment protections for suppliers of labor and materials on certain contracts under MA. Part IV: Conforming Amendments - Makes certain conforming amendments with respect to armed services and civilian agency acquisitions. Part V: Revision of Regulations - Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to review FAR to identify and amend, as appropriate, regulations applicable to acquisitions below SAT. (Sec. 44081) Requires agency heads to take similar action with respect to applicable supplemental regulations, policies, and procedures. Subtitle B: Socioeconomic and Small Business Laws - Repeals: (1) obsolete reporting requirements under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 pertaining to procurement of products produced in labor surplus areas; and (2) the Walsh-Healey Act (WHA), other than for certain definitional purposes. Repeals redundant requirements under FPASA regarding DBA and WHA applicability. (Sec. 44102) Amends SBA to repeal specified priorities for the award of Federal contracts and subcontracts to small businesses based on their relation to labor surplus areas. (Sec. 44103) Allows agency heads to: (1) restrict competition for certain non-defense contracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (2) use a price evaluation preference of up to ten percent when evaluating an offer from such a concern as the result of an unrestricted solicitation. (Sec. 44104) Sets a Government-wide goal for participation by small business concerns owned and controlled by women at not less than five percent of the total value of all prime contract and subcontract awards for each fiscal year. (Sec. 44105) Directs the Administrator for the Federal Procurement Policy to conduct, and report to specified congressional committees on, a comprehensive review of Federal laws to identify and catalogue all provisions defining small business concerns owned and controlled by women, minority individuals, and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Requires the Administrator, on the basis of such review, to develop uniform definitions for such small business concerns for purposes of authorizing their participation as prime contractors or subcontractors in certain federally awarded or funded contracts. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Acquisition Laws - (Sec. 44151) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to assist DOD contractors in preparing any material, report, list, or analysis on the economic effect of certain acquisition programs in particular States or congressional districts. (Sec. 44152) States that it is the policy of Congress that no legislation should be enacted that requires subject and civilian agency procurements to be made from a specified non-Federal source, unless the law identifies the non-Federal source involved and states that the procurement is required in contravention of such policy. Title XLV: Acquisition Management - Subtitle A: Armed Services Acquisitions - Amends Federal law to declare that it is the policy of Congress that: (1) DOD should achieve, on average, 90 percent of the cost and schedule goals established for its R&D and acquisition programs without reducing the performance or capabilities of the items being acquired; and (2) the average period necessary or converting an emerging technology into initial operational capability for DOD should not exceed eight years. (Sec. 45001) Directs the DOD Secretary to: (1) approve or define the cost, performance, and schedule goals for major DOD defense acquisition programs; (2) identify and consider whether there is a continuing need for programs that are significantly behind schedule, over budget, or not in compliance with performance or capability requirements; and (3) review the incentives and personnel actions available for encouraging excellence in the defense acquisition workforce, and provide an advanced system of such incentives. (Sec. 45002) Directs the DOD Secretary to define in regulations a simplified acquisition program cycle that is results-oriented. (Sec. 45003) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to authorize the DOD Secretary to designate specified defense acquisition programs for participation in a certain defense acquisition pilot program. Specifies actions the Secretary is to take in implementing the pilot program. Subtitle B: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Amends FPASA set the policy of Congress with respect to 90 percent achievement of cost and schedule goals by civilian agency heads. Requires such agency heads to establish cost, performance, and schedule goals for major acquisition programs of their agencies. (Sec. 45051) Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to review the incentives and personnel actions available for encouraging excellence in the Federal acquisition workforce, and provide an advanced system of such incentives. (Sec. 45052) Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement policy to develop a results-oriented acquisition process for agency implementation in property and services acquisitions. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - Amends OFPPA to establish an executive branch awards program to recognize and promote exceptional contract performance by Federal contractors. (Sec. 45092) Amends Federal law with respect to military department authority to acquire certain items to: (1) repeal the authority to acquire designs, processes, and manufacturing data; (2) add authority to acquire technical data and computer software; and (3) authorize acquisition of releases for unauthorized use of such data or software. Title XLVI: Standards of Conduct - Subtitle A: Ethics Provisions Revises OFPPA procurement integrity recusal, certification, training, and revolving door ban provisions, and adds rules of construction, harmonizes gratuities provisions with Government-wide ethics provisions, and makes changes in definitions under OFPPA's procurement integrity provisions. (Sec. 46002) Amends Federal criminal code financial interest provisions to cover persons who aid or abet violations. (Sec. 46003) Repeals several superseded and obsolete procurement ethics laws, including conflict of interest provisions in the Department of Energy Organization Act. Subtitle B: Additional Amendments - Amends OFPPA to prohibit the use of consultants to conduct evaluations or analyses of any aspect of an acquisition proposal if qualified Federal employees are available for the job. (Sec. 46051) Requires the FAR Council to review Federal regulations on use of advisory and assistance services and provide Federal agencies with appropriate guidance for determining whether expertise is available before contracting for such services to conduct acquisitions. (Sec. 46052) Repeals obsolete requirements for studies and a report on the extent of competition in the award of subcontracts by Federal prime contractors. (Sec. 46054) Doubles the waiting period required before significant changes proposed for acquisition regulations take effect, unless there are compelling circumstances for an earlier effective date. Subtitle C: Whistleblower Protection - Amends Federal law to specify the actions the DOD Secretary may take against a defense contractor for subjecting a whistleblower to a prohibited reprisal, including filing an action for enforcement in U.S. district court of any related order. (Sec. 46102) Amends OFPPA to prohibit agency contractor reprisals against a contractor employee for disclosure to a Member of Congress or an authorized Federal official of information relating to a substantial violation of law involving an agency contract. Provides for investigation of reprisal complaints and specifies actions an agency head may take against a contractor for subjecting a whistleblower to a prohibited reprisal, including filing an action for enforcement in U.S. district court of any related order. Title XLVII: Defense Trade and Cooperation - Repeals obsolete and redundant Buy American Act (BAA) provisions, and provisions under the Trade Agreements Act of 1970 relating to studies of BAA waivers. (Sec. 47002) Amends DOD provisions concerning defense memoranda of understanding and related agreements to replace references to such terms with International Cooperative Agreements and to expand the authorized scope of such agreements to cover logistics support. (Sec. 47003) Provides for limited waiver of restrictions on accrued reimbursable liabilities and credits for contingency operations. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish or receive communications support and related supplies on a reciprocal basis for a period not to exceed 90 days: (1) in order to meet emerging operational requirements; or (2) incident to a joint military exercise with the allied country. Title XLVIII: Commercial Items - Amends OFPPA to add new definitions of "commercial item," "nondevelopmental item," "component," and "commercial component." (Sec. 48002) Creates a preference for executive agency acquisition of commercial and other nondevelopmental items. Repeals DOD provisions creating a preference for the acquisition of nondevelopmental items. (Sec. 48003) Requires FAR to include: (1) uniform contract clauses for commercial item and component contracts; (2) requirements pertaining to market acceptance and the use of warranties, firm, fixed price contracts for commercial items, and past performance of items and sources as a factor in awarding contracts; and (3) provisions to permit reliance on existing quality assurance systems for commercial items. Terminates specified DOD authorities with respect to acquisition of commercial and nondevelopmental items. (Sec. 48004) Authorizes waiver on a class basis in FAR of the applicability of future enacted procurement laws to contracts and subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items. (Sec. 48005) Provides for exemptions from requirements similar to those above under part III of subtitle A of title IV of this Act with respect to subject and civilian agency contracts for commercial items, and from requirements under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Clean Air Act, and OFPPA's procurement integrity certification provisions. (Sec. 48006) Amends OFPPA to authorize greater flexibility in setting deadlines for the submission of offers in contracts for the purchase of commercial items. (Sec. 48007) Establishes in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy the Advocate for Acquisition of Commercial and Nondevelopmental Items (replacing the current Advocate for the Acquisition of Commercial Products) for monitoring agency compliance with preference requirements and other duties regarding the acquisition of commercial and other nondevelopmental items. Gives agency competition advocates the added responsibility of promoting the acquisition of commercial and other nondevelopmental items. (Sec. 48009) Requires a CG review of Federal market research use for a report to the Congress. Title XLIX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the CG to review and report to Congress on the independence of the legal services being provided to Inspectors General under the Inspector General Act of 1978. (Sec. 49002) Directs the GSA Administrator to issue guidelines to ensure that, to realize cost savings to the maximum extent practicable, agencies promote, encourage and facilitate the use of frequent traveler programs offered by airlines, hotels and car rental vendors by Federal employees who engage in official air travel. (Sec. 49003) Requires Federal agencies to resolve or take corrective action on all Office of Inspector General audit report findings within at most six months after their issuance, or, in the case of audits by non-Federal auditors, within six months after the Federal Government receives the report. (Sec. 49004) Requires the issuance of regulations mandating government-wide effect for provisions for the debarment, suspension, or other exclusion of a participant in a procurement activity under FAR, or in certain nonprocurement activities. Prohibits any Federal agency from allowing a party to participate in any procurement or nonprocurement activity if another agency has debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded that party from such participation. Title L: Effective Dates and Implementation - Provides that the amendments made by this Act are effective upon enactment, except as otherwise provided. (Sec. 50002) Sets a schedule for publication in the Federal Register of proposed changes to FAR and such other proposed regulations (or changes to existing regulations) as may be necessary to implement this division. (Sec. 50003) Requires the CG to report to specified congressional committees on compliance with such the requirements of this title for issuance and implementation of regulations. (Sec. 50004) Requires modification of the Federal Procurement Data System to collect specified data from contracts exceeding SAT. Title LI: Waiver of the Application of the Prevailing Wage-Setting Requirements to Volunteers - Community Improvement Volunteer Act of 1994 - Waives application of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage-setting requirements to certain volunteers who: (1) perform a service on a federally-assisted public works or public construction project for a public or private entity for civic, charitable, or humanitarian reasons, without promise or expectation, or receipt of compensation other than specified expenses, reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee not tied to productivity; and (2) provide their services freely and without pressure or coercion, direct or implied, from an employer. (Sec. 51003) Declares that: (1) the contribution of service may not be for the benefit of any contractor otherwise performing or seeking to perform work on the same project; and (2) the volunteer may not be otherwise employed at any time under the federally assisted or insured contract or subcontract involved for construction with respect to the project for which the individual is volunteering. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from approving any expense, benefit, or fee that has the effect of undermining labor standards by creating downward pressure on prevailing wages in the local construction industry.

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