GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER Sec. 101.(a) Minimum Rates of Basic Allowance for Housing for Members of the Uniformed Services.—During the period beginning on January 1, 2000, and ending on September 30, 2001 (or such earlier date as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate), a member of the uniformed services entitled to a basic allowance for housing for a military housing area in the United States shall be paid the allowance at a monthly rate not less than the rate in effect on December 31, 1999, in that area for members serving in the same pay grade and with the same dependency status as the member. (b) Annual Limitation on Allowance.—In light of the rates for the basic allowance for housing authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may exceed the limitation on the total amount paid during fiscal year 2000 and 2001 for the basic allowance for housing in the United States otherwise applicable under section 403(b)(3) of title 37, United States Code. (c) Sense of the Congress Regarding Military Families on Food Stamps.—It is the sense of the Congress that members of the Armed Forces and their dependents should not have to rely on the food stamp program, and the President and the Congress should take action to ensure that the income level of members of the Armed Forces is sufficient so that no member meets the income standards of eligibility in effect under the food stamp program. (including transfer of funds) Sec. 102. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), $1,556,200,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense for the “Defense-Wide Working Capital Fund” and shall remain available until expended, for price increases resulting from worldwide increases in the price of petroleum: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall transfer $1,556,200,000 in excess collections from the “Defense-Wide Working Capital Fund” 114 STAT. 529not later than September 30, 2001 to the operation and maintenance; research, development, test and evaluation; and working capital funds: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided to the Department of Defense in this Act or any other Act: Provided further, That the entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Sec. 103. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), $90,000,000 is hereby appropriated for “Aircraft Procurement, Air Force”, only for F—15 aircraft or associated components, systems, or subsystems. Sec. 104. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), $163,700,000 is hereby appropriated for “Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army”, only for procurement, advance procurement, or economic order quantity procurement of Abrams M1A2 SEP Upgrades under multiyear contract authority provided under section 8008 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds under this section shall be obligated until the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense committees that these funds will be used to upgrade vehicles for an average unit cost (for 307 vehicles) that does not exceed $5,900,000. Sec. 105. In addition to the amounts provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), $615,600,000 is hereby appropriated for “Defense Health Program”, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided, That such funds shall be available only for the purposes described and in accordance with section 106 of this chapter: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Sec. 106. (a) Of the amounts provided in section 105 of this chapter for “Defense Health Program”— (1) not to exceed $90,300,000 shall be available for obligations and adjustments to obligations required to cover unanticipated increases in TRICARE contract costs that (but for insufficient funds) would have been properly chargeable to the Defense Health Program account for fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year 1999; and (2) not to exceed $525,300,000 shall be available for obligations and adjustments to obligations required to cover unanticipated increases in TRICARE contract costs that are properly chargeable to the Defense Health Program account for fiscal year 2000 or fiscal year 2001. (b) The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees before charging an obligation or an adjustment to obligations under this section. (c) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on obligations made under this section no later than 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2000. Sec. 107. In addition to the amounts provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), 114 STAT. 530$695,900,000 is hereby appropriated for “Defense Health Program”, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Sec. 108. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), $27,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense and is available only for the Basic Allowance for Housing Program: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Sec. 109. (a) Military Recruiting, Advertising, and Retention Programs.—In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001, and to be available only for military personnel (to include full-time manning), recruiting, advertising, and retention programs, $357,288,000, as follows: For military personnel accounts, $204,226,000, as follows: “Military Personnel, Army”, $99,900,000; “Military Personnel, Navy”, $23,500,000; “Military Personnel, Marine Corps”, $4,000,000; “Military Personnel, Air Force”, $7,500,000; “Reserve Personnel, Army”, $32,500,000; and “National Guard Personnel, Army”, $36,826,000. For operation and maintenance accounts, $153,062,000, as follows: “Operation and Maintenance, Army”, $38,110,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Navy”, $29,222,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps”, $8,100,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $29,040,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve”, $18,890,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve”, $6,700,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve”, $2,000,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve”, $4,000,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard”, $12,000,000; and “Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard”, $5,000,000. (b) Emergency Designation.—The entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Sec. 110. (a) Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair.—In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), 114 STAT. 531$220,000,000 is hereby appropriated for “Operation and Maintenance, Navy”, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001, only for ship depot maintenance. (b) Emergency Designation.—The entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Sec. 111. (a) High Priority Support to Deployed Forces.—In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to support deployed United States forces, $503,900,000, as follows: (1) For operation and maintenance accounts, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001, $96,000,000 as follows: “Operation and Maintenance, Navy", $20,000,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $41,900,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide”, $10,000,000; and “Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard”, $24,100,000. (2) For procurement accounts, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2003, $344,900,000, as follows: “Aircraft Procurement, Army”, $25,000,000 (for Apache helicopter safety and reliability modifications); “Aircraft Procurement, Navy”, $52,800,000 (of which $27,000,000 is for CH—46 helicopter engine safety procurement and $25,800,000 for EP—3 sensor improvement modifications); “Aircraft Procurement, Air Force”, $212,700,000 (of which $111,600,000 is for U-2 reconnaissance aircraft sensor improvements and modifications, and $101,100,000 is for flight and mission trainers and simulators); “Other Procurement, Air Force”, $41,400,000; and “Procurement, Defense-Wide”, $13,000,000. (3) For research, development, test and evaluation accounts, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002, $63,000,000, as follows: “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army”, $5,000,000 (for the WARSIMS program); and “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide”, $58,000,000. (b) Emergency Designation.—The entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Sec. 112. To ensure the availability of biometrics technologies in the Department of Defense, the Secretary of the Army shall be the Executive Agent to lead, consolidate, and coordinate all biometrics information assurance programs of the Department of Defense: Provided, That there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2000, in addition to other amounts appropriated for such fiscal year by other provisions of this Act, $5,000,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army, for carrying out the biometrics assurance programs and for continuing the biometrics information assurance programs of the Information System Security Program: Provided 114 STAT. 532further, That there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2000, in addition to other amounts appropriated for such fiscal year by other provisions of this Act, $1,000,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy, and $1,000,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, for carrying out the biometrics assurance programs with the Army, as Executive Agent, to lead, consolidate, and coordinate such programs. Sec. 113. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), $125,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense to remain available until September 30, 2002, to be available only for the Patriot missile program: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act the Department shall submit a revised Patriot missile program plan to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Sec. 114. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense, $300,000 is hereby appropriated to be available only for Operation Walking Shield for technical assistance and transportation of excess housing to Indian tribes located in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota, in accordance with section 8155 of Public Law 106–79. Sec. 115. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, for the cost of peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance operations in East Timor and Mozambique, $61,500,000, to be distributed as follows: “Operation and Maintenance, Navy”, $6,400,000; “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps”, $8,100,000; and “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $47,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. (transfer of funds) Sec. 116. (a) Transfer of Funds.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated by title II of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79) under the heading “Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide”, $9,642,000 shall be transferred to the Macalloy Special Account administered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to pay for response actions by, or on behalf of, the Environmental Protection Agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) at the Macalloy site in Charleston, South Carolina. (b) Treatment of Funds.—Any of the funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) that are used to pay for response actions at the Macalloy site shall be credited against any liability of the 114 STAT. 533United States with respect to the site under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is appropriated to the Department of Defense $8,000,000 for communications, communications infrastructure, logistical support, resources and operational assistance required by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee to stage the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, such sums to remain available until expended. Sec. 118. The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and its subordinate offices and associated contractors, including the Lead Systems Integrator, shall notify the congressional defense committees 15 days prior to issuing any type of information or proposal solicitation under the NMD Program with a potential annual contract value greater than $5,000,000 or a total contract value greater than $30,000,000. Sec. 119. (a) Requirement for Sale of Navy Drydock No. 9.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy shall sell Navy Drydock No. 9 (AFDM-3), located in Mobile, Alabama, to the Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company, Inc., which is the current lessee of the drydock from the Navy. (b) Consideration.—As consideration for the sale of the drydock under subsection (a), the Secretary shall receive an amount equal to the fair market value of the drydock at the time of the sale, as determined by the Secretary. Sec. 120. Subsection (b) of section 509 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by striking “Federal” and inserting “Department of Defense”. Sec. 121. Use of Department of Defense Facilities as Polling Places. (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense shall not prohibit the designation or use of any Department of Defense facility, currently designated by a State or local election official, or used since January 1, 1996, as an official polling place in connection with a local, State, or Federal election, as such official polling place. (b) Effective Date.—The prohibition under subsection (a) shall apply to any election occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this section and before December 31, 2000. Sec. 122. Section 8114 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–262; 112 Stat. 2326), is amended— (1) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by striking “$20,000,000” and inserting “$30,000,000”; and (2) in the second proviso, by inserting after “property damages” the following: “, and for other claims under applicable Status-of-Forces Agreements,”. (rescissions) Sec. 123. Of the funds provided in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded as of the date of the enactment of this Act, from the following accounts in the specified amounts: Under the heading “Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1989/1993”: DDG—51 destroyer program, $9,100,000; T-AO fleet oiler program, $6,645,000; T-AGOS surveillance ship program, $3,420,000; Outfitting and post delivery, $1,293,000;114 STAT. 534 “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 1999/2000”, $7,000,000; “Military Personnel, Army, 2000”, $98,700,000; “Military Personnel, Navy, 2000”, $49,127,000; “Military Personnel, Air Force, 2000”, $82,000,000; “Reserve Personnel, Air Force, 2000”, $4,500,000; and “National Guard Personnel, Army, 2000”, $24,826,000. Sec. 124. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414). Sec. 125. The following provisions of law are repealed: sections 8175 and 8176 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), as amended by sections 214 and 215, respectively, of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress (113 Stat. 1501A-297), as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113. Sec. 126. Any amount appropriated in this chapter that is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, shall not be available for obligation unless all such amounts are designated by the President, upon enactment of this Act, as emergency requirements pursuant to such section.