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         NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

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Public Law 104-106
104th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths 
 for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, to reform acquisition laws 
and information technology management of the Federal Government, and for 
          other purposes. <<NOTE: Feb. 10, 1996 -  [S. 1124]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996.>> 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1996''.

SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into five divisions as 
follows:
            (1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations.
            (2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations.
            (3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security 
        Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
            (4) Division D--Federal Acquisition Reform.
            (5) Division E--Information Technology Management Reform.

    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.
Sec. 4. Extension of time for submission of reports.

            DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

                          TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

               Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Reserve components.
Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program.
Sec. 108. Defense health programs.

                        Subtitle B--Army Programs

Sec. 111. Procurement of OH-58D Armed Kiowa Warrior helicopters.
Sec. 112. Repeal of requirements for armored vehicle upgrades.
Sec. 113. Multiyear procurement of helicopters.

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Sec. 114. Report on AH-64D engine upgrades.
Sec. 115. Requirement for use of previously authorized multiyear 
                    procurement authority for Army small arms 
                    procurement.

                        Subtitle C--Navy Programs

Sec. 131. Nuclear attack submarines.
Sec. 132. Research for advanced submarine technology.
Sec. 133. Cost limitation for Seawolf submarine program.
Sec. 134. Repeal of prohibition on backfit of Trident submarines.
Sec. 135. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.
Sec. 136. Acquisition program for crash attenuating seats.
Sec. 137. T-39N trainer aircraft.
Sec. 138. Pioneer unmanned aerial vehicle program.

                     Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

Sec. 141. B-2 aircraft program.
Sec. 142. Procurement of B-2 bombers.
Sec. 143. MC-130H aircraft program.

              Subtitle E--Chemical Demilitarization Program

Sec. 151. Repeal of requirement to proceed expeditiously with 
                    development of chemical demilitarization 
                    cryofracture facility at Tooele Army Depot, Utah.
Sec. 152. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents 
                    and munitions.
Sec. 153. Administration of chemical demilitarization program.

          TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

               Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic research and exploratory development.
Sec. 203. Modifications to Strategic Environmental Research and 
                    Development Program.
Sec. 204. Defense dual use technology initiative.

     Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 211. Space launch modernization.
Sec. 212. Tactical manned reconnaissance.
Sec. 213. Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) program.
Sec. 214. Development of laser program.
Sec. 215. Navy mine countermeasures program.
Sec. 216. Space-based infrared system.
Sec. 217. Defense Nuclear Agency programs.
Sec. 218. Counterproliferation support program.
Sec. 219. Nonlethal weapons study.
Sec. 220. Federally funded research and development centers and 
                    university-affiliated research centers.
Sec. 221. Joint seismic program and global seismic network.
Sec. 222. Hydra-70 rocket product improvement program.
Sec. 223. Limitation on obligation of funds until receipt of electronic 
                    combat consolidation master plan.
Sec. 224. Report on reductions in research, development, test, and 
                    evaluation.
Sec. 225. Advanced Field Artillery System (Crusader).
Sec. 226. Demilitarization of conventional munitions, rockets, and 
                    explosives.
Sec. 227. Defense Airborne Reconnaissance program.

            Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995

Sec. 231. Short title.
Sec. 232. Findings.
Sec. 233. Ballistic Missile Defense policy.
Sec. 234. Theater Missile Defense architecture.
Sec. 235. Prohibition on use of funds to implement an international 
                    agreement concerning Theater Missile Defense 
                    systems.
Sec. 236. Ballistic Missile Defense cooperation with allies.
Sec. 237. ABM Treaty defined.

Sec. 238. Repeal of Missile Defense Act of 1991.

         Subtitle D--Other Ballistic Missile Defense Provisions

Sec. 251. Ballistic Missile Defense program elements.
Sec. 252. Testing of Theater Missile Defense interceptors.

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Sec. 253. Repeal of missile defense provisions.

         Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Reviews, Studies, and Reports

Sec. 261. Precision-guided munitions.
Sec. 262. Review of C<SUP>4</SUP>I by National Research Council.
Sec. 263. Analysis of consolidation of basic research accounts of 
                    military departments.
Sec. 264. Change in reporting period from calendar year to fiscal year 
                    for annual report on certain contracts to colleges 
                    and universities.
Sec. 265. Aeronautical research and test capabilities assessment.

                        Subtitle F--Other Matters

Sec. 271. Advanced lithography program.
Sec. 272. Enhanced fiber optic guided missile (EFOG-M) system.
Sec. 273. States eligible for assistance under Defense Experimental 
                    Program To Stimulate Competitive Research.
Sec. 274. Cruise missile defense initiative.
Sec. 275. Modification to university research initiative support 
                    program.
Sec. 276. Manufacturing technology program.
Sec. 277. Five-year plan for consolidation of defense laboratories and 
                    test and evaluation centers.
Sec. 278. Limitation on T-38 avionics upgrade program.
Sec. 279. Global Positioning System.
Sec. 280. Revision of authority for providing Army support for the 
                    National Science Center for Communications and 
                    Electronics.

                  TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

               Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
Sec. 305. Civil Air Patrol.

                   Subtitle B--Depot-Level Activities

Sec. 311. Policy regarding performance of depot-level maintenance and 
                    repair for the Department of Defense.
Sec. 312. Management of depot employees.
Sec. 313. Extension of authority for aviation depots and naval shipyards 
                    to engage in defense-related production and 
                    services.
Sec. 314. Modification of notification requirement regarding use of core 
                    logistics functions waiver.

                  Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions

Sec. 321. Revision of requirements for agreements for services under 
                    environmental restoration program.
Sec. 322. Addition of amounts creditable to Defense Environmental 
                    Restoration Account.
Sec. 323. Use of Defense Environmental Restoration Account.
Sec. 324. Revision of authorities relating to restoration advisory 
                    boards.
Sec. 325. Discharges from vessels of the Armed Forces.

   Subtitle D--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities

Sec. 331. Operation of commissary system.
Sec. 332. Limited release of commissary stores sales information to 
                    manufacturers, distributors, and other vendors doing 
                    business with Defense Commissary Agency.
Sec. 333. Economical distribution of distilled spirits by 
                    nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.
Sec. 334. Transportation by commissaries and exchanges to overseas 
                    locations.
Sec. 335. Demonstration project for uniform funding of morale, welfare, 
                    and recreation activities at certain military 
                    installations.
Sec. 336. Operation of combined exchange and commissary stores.
Sec. 337. Deferred payment programs of military exchanges.
Sec. 338. Availability of funds to offset expenses incurred by Army and 
                    Air Force Exchange Service on account of troop 
                    reductions in Europe.
Sec. 339. Study regarding improving efficiencies in operation of 
                    military exchanges and other morale, welfare, and 
                    recreation activities and commissary stores.

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Sec. 340. Repeal of requirement to convert ships' stores to 
                    nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.
Sec. 341. Disposition of excess morale, welfare, and recreation funds.
Sec. 342. Clarification of entitlement to use of morale, welfare, and 
                    recreation facilities by members of reserve 
                    components and dependents.

     Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources

Sec. 351. Competitive procurement of printing and duplication services.
Sec. 352. Direct vendor delivery system for consumable inventory items 
                    of Department of Defense.
Sec. 353. Payroll, finance, and accounting functions of the Department 
                    of Defense.
Sec. 354. Demonstration program to identify overpayments made to 
                    vendors.
Sec. 355. Pilot program on private operation of defense dependents' 
                    schools.
Sec. 356. Program for improved travel process for the Department of 
                    Defense.
Sec. 357. Increased reliance on private-sector sources for commercial 
                    products and services.

         Subtitle F--Miscellaneous Reviews, Studies, and Reports

Sec. 361. Quarterly readiness reports.
Sec. 362. Restatement of requirement for semiannual reports to Congress 
                    on transfers from high-priority readiness 
                    appropriations.
Sec. 363. Report regarding reduction of costs associated with contract 
                    management oversight.
Sec. 364. Reviews of management of inventory control points and Material 
                    Management Standard System.
Sec. 365. Report on private performance of certain functions performed 
                    by military aircraft.
Sec. 366. Strategy and report on automated information systems of 
                    Department of Defense.

                        Subtitle G--Other Matters

Sec. 371. Codification of Defense Business Operations Fund.
Sec. 372. Clarification of services and property that may be exchanged 
                    to benefit the historical collection of the Armed 
                    Forces.
Sec. 373. Financial management training.
Sec. 374. Permanent authority for use of proceeds from the sale of 
                    certain lost, abandoned, or unclaimed property.
Sec. 375. Sale of military clothing and subsistence and other supplies 
                    of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 376. Personnel services and logistical support for certain 
                    activities held on military installations.
Sec. 377. Retention of monetary awards.
Sec. 378. Provision of equipment and facilities to assist in emergency 
                    response actions.
Sec. 379. Report on Department of Defense military and civil defense 

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