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[Congressional Record: May 27, 1999 (Senate)]

        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now
resume consideration of S. 1059, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative assistant read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal
     year 2000 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, and for other
     purposes.

[Excerpt]

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, as my colleagues in the Senate know, I
make a point of going through spending bills very carefully and
compiling lists of programs added at the request of individual members
that were not included in the Defense Department's budget request. I
should state at the outset that I believe Chairman Warner and Senator
Levin, the ranking member, should be commended for their efforts at
producing a bill that addresses a number of very serious readiness
problems. As American pilots continue to fly missions over Yugoslavia
and Iraq while maintaining commitments in virtually every part of the
globe, the care and maintenance of the armed forces cannot be taken for
granted--not if we wish to avoid imperiling our vital national
interests.
  I would be remiss in my responsibilities, however, were I not to
illuminate the large number of programs that were added primarily for
parochial reasons. With our military stretched perilously thin after
more than a decade of declining budgets and expanding commitments, we
can ill afford the business-as-usual practice of adding programs not
requested by the military. It is for that reason that the list of
unrequested programs that I would like to submit for the record,
totaling more than $4 billion, is so troubling.
  While I continue to have concerns about the integrity of the process
by which the service unfunded priorities lists are produced, I have
this year chosen to respect their legitimacy and have excluded from the
compilation of unrequested projects I am submitting for the Record
those items added by members that are reflected on the unfunded
priority lists.
  To wit, while I have to question the reverse economies of scale
achieved on the C-40 program--in effect, why do two aircraft cost more
on a unit cost basis than did the one aircraft included in the budget
submission--I have not included the second aircraft, added by the
committee, on this list because of its inclusion on the Navy's unfunded
priority list. Similarly, I have omitted from my list two KC-130J
aircraft because they are on the Marine Corps unfunded priority list
despite the incredible surplus in C-130 frames already in the U.S.
inventory. I will mention these programs no more today.
  Let me be very clear, however, that the process by which budgets are
put together is seriously flawed and both fiscal responsibility and
national security dictate that we strive to improve it. After so many
years of going through this exercise, though, I find it difficult to be
optimistic.
  I am, for instance, bewildered by the continued annual addition to
the budget request of $18 million for MK-19 automatic grenade
launchers. The repeated addition by Congress of the MK-19 to the
defense budget forces to me to wonder whether someone hasn't stockpiled
these things out of some psychological need to accumulate grenade
launchers as a substitute for balls of string. What on earth does
someone think the Marines are doing with its automatic grenade
launchers that compels this body to repeatedly add them to the budget?
How do we justify continuing to allocate significant amounts of money
for a program that the Corps does not even include on its unfunded
priorities list?
  Every single year we add funding--this year, $15 million--for the
NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system. An Israeli destroyer during the
Six Day War, a British destroyer during the battle for the Falklands,
and the USS Stark incident are all testimony to the threat of anti-ship
missiles. That only one U.S. ship has been so targeted since World War
II, however, and under rather unique circumstances at that, makes it
difficult to understand why we spend so much money every year for
decoys.
  I have been critical in the past about earmarking funds for the
National Automotive Center, an odd member-

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created entity that has taken on a life of its own. The bill includes
$6.5 million for development of a Smart Truck, with half of the money
earmarked for the National Automotive Center. Presumably, this will be
a really smart truck, inasmuch as it is taking us for over $6 million.
I can only hope it will be able to change its own oil.
  The Administration's military construction request was a true
exercise in Byzantine budgeting. Incrementally funding the entire
military construction program was not somebody's better idea, and I
applaud the committee's rejection of that proposal. I must condemn,
however, that same committee's decision to add $923 million in projects
not requested by the services. A new $3.6 million C-17 simulator
building at Jackson Airport; a new $8.9 million C-130J simulator
building at Keesler Air Force Base; a new $6 million visiting officers'
quarters at Niagara Falls; $17 million to replace family housing at the
Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma; and an addition of $10 million for a
new education center and library at Ellsworth are just a few of the
items added to the budget by members for parochial reasons.
  Let me note at this junction that many of these projects may very
well be meritorious upon further review. For example, I know there is a
dire need for new family housing at the Marine base in Yuma, Arizona.
But is that need greater than exists at some other base? The method by
which that project was added does not allow for the kind of comparative
analysis that should be an integral part of the process by which these
budgets are drafted.
  Of particular interest is the $241 million for ammunition
demilitarization facilities, none of which was requested by the
military. I recognize the legitimate need to expeditiously dismantle
aging chemical weapons and deal with the environmental contamination
resulting from their construction and storage over many years. My
concern lies in the perpetually uncertain environment in which spending
bills are prepared. Are each of these facilities necessary, and does
each one need to be funded during a fiscal year for which funding for
it was not requested? Chemical demilitarization has been an important
priority for the Armed Services Committee, but the case has not been
made that these programs had to be added to this bill.
  Mr. President, I may make light of some of these programs, but the
issue is deadly serious. Our armed forces are stretched perilously thin
as global commitments grow and operations like those in Kosovo and the
continuing operation in Bosnia continue to take their devastating toll
on our ability to remain prepared for the major regional contingencies
that are inarguably tied to our vital national interests. Not every
program on the list that I am submitting for the Record is impractical
or worthy of ridicule. But to argue their worth individually and in a
vacuum is to miss the point.
  I do not include on these lists most programs related to defense
against weapons of mass destruction, and generally give classified
programs a free ride. The nature of the process, however, is such that
a certain amount of skepticism is warranted. It is too much a matter of
routine practice that items are added for primarily parochial reasons
under headings that sound logical and yet which are low or no priority
for the services. As absolutely important as areas like chemical and
biological defense are, it is equally important that funds allocated to
deal with those threats are not wasted on programs added to the budget
solely because a contractor convinced his or her senator that they
deserve $2 million to investigate that program's potential when other
higher priority programs already exist to fulfill the requirement.
  I have respected the unfunded priority lists this year because they
provide the only roadmap as to where the services would allocate
additional dollars if such funding were made available. It is far from
a perfect process, but it is all we have. That there are still over $4
billion in member adds in this bill is testament to the indomitable
will of members of this body to force projects into a strained defense
budget in defiance of fiscal prudence and operational requirements.
That is not intended as a compliment; it is simple acknowledgment that
there is still ample room for improvement.
  Finally, let me also note for the record my concerns regarding the
amendment offered by Senator Lott to narrow the scope of the Pilot
Program for Commercial Services. I believe the amendment will restrict
the ability of the Secretary of Defense to explore all options for fair
and reasonable procurement of transportation services. This will
continue to artificially inflate the Defense Department's
transportation cost and will directly impact the findings of the
program.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that this list be printed in
the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 MEMBER ADD-ONS,
                          INCREASES & EARMARKS

                            Army Procurement

Aircraft Procurement, Army (page 25):
  LONGBOW.........................................................$45.0
  UH-1 Mods........................................................72.5
  ASE Mods (ATIRCM).................................................8.1
  ASE Infrared CM...................................................6.6
Missile Procurement, Army (page 27):
  PATRIOT mods.....................................................60.0
Procurement of W&TCV, Army (page 29):
  M109A6 155mm Howitzer mods.......................................20.0
  Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle PIP...................20.0
  M88 Improved Recovery Vehicle....................................72.0
  Heavy Assault Bridge mod.........................................14.0
  MK-19 40mm Grenade Launcher......................................18.3
Procurement of Ammunition, Army (page 31):
  40mm, all types...................................................8.0
  60mm mortar, all types............................................9.0
  102mm HE M934 w/mo fuse...........................................4.0
  105mm ARTY DPICM.................................................10.0
  Wide Area Munitions..............................................10.0
  Arms Initiative..................................................14.0
Other Procurement, Army (page 35):
  High Mobility Multi-Purpose Vehicle..............................17.0
  Army Data Distribution System....................................25.9
  SINGCARS Family..................................................70.0
  ACUS mod program.................................................50.0
  Standard Integrated CMD Post System...............................9.2
  Lightweight Maintenance Enclosure.................................3.2
  Combat Training Centers Support...................................7.0
  Modification of In-Service Equipment..............................8.1
  Acquisition Stability Reserve Construction Equip.................29.6

                                Army RDT

  Basic Research in Counter-Terrorism..............................15.0
  AAN Materials.....................................................2.5
  Scramjet Technologies.............................................2.0
  Smart Truck.......................................................6.5
  Medteams..........................................................1.8
  PEPS..............................................................8.0
  Virtual Retinal Eye Display Technology............................5.0
  Future Combat Vehicle Development................................10.0
  Digital Situation Mapboard........................................2.0
  Accoustic Technology Research.....................................4.0
  Radar Power Technology............................................4.0
  OICW.............................................................14.8
  FIREFINDER Accel. TBM Cueing Requirement..........................7.9
  Directed Energy Testbed (HELTF)...................................5.0
  HIMARS...........................................................30.6
  Space Control Technology.........................................41.0

                            Navy Procurement

Aircraft Procurement, Navy (page 61):
  UC-35 (3)........................................................18.0
  EA-6 Series......................................................25.0
  H-1 Series.......................................................15.0
  Common ECM Equipment.............................................16.0
Weapons Procurement, Navy (page 64):
  Drones and Decoys................................................10.0
  Weapons Industrial Facilities.....................................7.7
Shipbuilding & Conversion, Navy:
  LPD-17 (1)......................................................375.0
Other Procurement, Navy (page 71):
  WSN-7 Ring Laser Inertial Navigation Gear........................15.0
  Items less than $5 million.......................................30.9
  Radar Support AN/BPS-15/16H ECDIS-N...............................8.0
  Integrated Combat System Test Facility............................5.0
  JEDMICS...........................................................9.0
  Navy Shore Communications........................................30.7
  Info Systems Security Program (ISSP).............................12.0
  Aviation Life Support............................................18.1
  NULKA Anti-Ship Missile Decoy System.............................15.3
Procurement, Marine Corps (page 83):
  Comm and Elec. Infrastructure Support............................54.5
  5/4T Truck HMMWV (MYP) (668).....................................40.0

                                Navy RDT

  Non-Traditional Warfare Initiatives...............................5.0
  Hyperspectral Research............................................3.0
  Heatshield Research...............................................2.0
  Free Electron Laser..............................................10.0
  Waveform Generator................................................3.0

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  Power Node Control Centers........................................3.0
  Composite Helicopter Hangar.......................................5.0
  Virtual Testbed for Advanced Electrical Systems...................5.0
  BURRO.............................................................5.0
  Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher.............................1.0
  Vehicle Tech Demo.................................................0.5
  Ocean Modeling for Mine and Submarine Warfare.....................9.0
  Low Observable Stack..............................................5.0
  Vector Thrust Ducted Propeller....................................4.0
  Integrated Combat Weapons Systems for CM Ships...................18.0
  Advanced Water-Jet Technology.....................................2.0
  Enhanced Performance Motor Brush..................................2.3
  Standard for the Exchange for Product Model Data..................3.0
  Trident SSGN Design..............................................13.0
  Common Command and Decision Systems...............................5.0
  Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle..............................26.4
  Non-lethal Weapons--Innovation Initiative.........................3.0
  NAVCIITI..........................................................4.0
  Parametric Airborne Dipping Sonar................................15.0
  H-1 Upgrades, 4BN/4BW Helicopter Upgrade Program.................26.6
  Multi-Purpose Processor..........................................11.0
  Non-Propulsion Electronic Systems................................10.0
  Smart Propulsor Product Model.....................................2.0
  NULKA Anti-Ship Missile Decoy System..............................4.4
  Advanced Deployable System.......................................22.0
  Battle Force Tactical Training....................................7.5

                         Air Force Procurement

Aircraft Procurement, Air Force (page 100):
  EC-130J..........................................................30.0
  E-8C.............................................................46.0
  F-15.............................................................20.0
  T-43..............................................................3.1
  C-20 Mods........................................................12.2
  DARP.............................................................82.0
  E-4...............................................................6.9
Missile Procurement, Air Force (page 107):
  MM III Modifications.............................................40.0
Other Procurement, Air Force (page 110):
  Truck Tank Fuel R-11.............................................18.0
  Items less than $5 million........................................2.4

                             Air Force RDT

  Materials--Resin Systems..........................................3.0
  Materials--Titanium Matrix........................................2.2
  Materials--Friction Welding.......................................2.0
  Aerospace Propulsion--Science and Engineering...................0.775
  Solid State Electrolyte Oxygen Generator..........................2.0
  Variable Displacement Vane Pump...................................4.0
  Multi-spectral Battlespace Simulation.............................5.0
  Hypersonic Technology Programs...................................16.6
  Post-boost Control Systems........................................2.9
  Missile Propulsion Technology.....................................1.7
  Tactical Missile Propulsion.......................................3.0
  Orbit Transfer Propulsion.........................................3.0
  Tropo-Weather.....................................................2.5
  Space Survivability...............................................0.6
  HIS Spectral Sensing..............................................0.8
  HAARP............................................................10.0
  Lidar for Standoff/Detection for Chem Weapons.....................5.0
  Electro-Magnetic Technology.......................................9.3
  Polymeric Foam Technology.........................................3.0
  Panoramic Night Vision Goggles....................................2.0
  Advanced Spacecraft Technology--SMV..............................35.0
  Advanced Spacecraft Technology--MSTRS.............................5.0
  Standard Protocol Interpreter.....................................2.0
  Space-Board Laser................................................25.0
  Space Control Technology--Program Increase.......................10.0
  Joint Strike Fighter--Alternative Engine.........................15.0
  ICBM Dem/Val RSLP................................................19.2
  EW Development--PLAID.............................................7.0
  EW Development--DIRCM.............................................7.0
  SBIRS--High EMD..................................................92.0
  Correction of WCMD Testing Problems...............................3.9
  Aircrew Laser Eye Protection......................................0.4
  Inflatable Restraints.............................................2.5
  EELV Composite Payload Dispenser..................................4.5
  Big Crow..........................................................5.0
  Micro Satellite Technology.......................................25.0
  B-52 Radar Warning Upgrades......................................15.4
  COMPASS CALL TRACS................................................8.0
  JSTARS--Radar Technology Insertion Program.......................48.0
  Advanced Program Evaluation......................................18.0
  Theater Missile Defenses--TAWS...................................17.3
  Airborne Recon. Systems--JSAF-LBSS...............................17.4
  Manned Recon. Systems--SYERS Polarization.........................5.0
  Distributed Common Ground Systems--Eagle Vision..................21.0

                        Defense-Wide Procurement

Procurement, Defense-Wide (page 124):
  Information Systems Security.....................................20.0
  PATRIOT PAC-3....................................................60.0
  SOF Ordnance Replenishment........................................6.0
  SOF Small Arms and Weapons......................................15.75
  Chem/Bio Individual Protection...................................18.9
  Chem/Bio Decontamination..........................................1.5
  Chem/Bio Contamination Avoidance.................................10.0
National Guard & Reserve Equipment (page 128):
  Chem Agents & Munitions Destruction--RDT........................334.0
  Chem Agents & Munitions Destruction--Procurement................241.5
  Chem Agents & Munitions Destruction--O&M........................595.5

                              Defense RDT

  Applied Research--HFSWR...........................................5.0
  Applied Research--Wide Band Gap Technologies.....................14.0
  Medical Free Electron Laser Research..............................4.0
  Computer Security.................................................1.0
  Chem/Bio Defense Program--Safeguard...............................5.0
  WMD Related technology--Deep Digger...............................5.0
  Advanced Technology--Atmospheric Interceptor Tech................30.0
  Scorpius..........................................................5.0
  Excalibur.........................................................5.0
  Special Technical Support--Complex Systems Dev....................5.0
  Product Data Engineering Tools....................................5.0
  Joint Warfighting Program--Joint Experimentation.................10.0
  High Performance Computing--Visualization Research................3.0
  Joint Robotics Program............................................3.0
  CALS Intitiative--Integrated Data Environment.....................2.0
  NTW--Acceleration................................................70.0
  NTW--Radar Development...........................................50.0
  Liquid Target Development.........................................5.0
  BMD Technical Ops--Advanced Research Center.......................3.0
  Chem/Bio--CBIRF...................................................9.2
  PATRIOT PAC-3--EMD..............................................152.0
  Foreign Material Acquisition and Exploitation....................40.0
  C3I--Information Assurance Test Bed...............................5.0
  Joint Mapping Tool Kit............................................8.0
  C3I--Strategic Technology Assessment..............................5.0
Maxwell AFB--Off. Transient Student Dormitory......................10.6
Anniston AD--Ammo Demilitarization Facility.........................7.0
Redstone Aresenal--Unit Training Equip. Site........................8.9
Dannelly Field--Med. Training & Dining Facility.....................6.0
Fort Wainright--Ammo Surveillance Facility..........................2.3
Fort Wainright--MOUT Collective Trng. Facility.....................17.0
Elmendorf AFB--Alter Roadway, Davis Highway.........................9.5
Pine Bluff Arsenal--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility................61.8
Pueblo AD--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility.........................11.8
West Hartford--ADAL Reserve Center...............................17.525
Orange ANGS--Air Control Squadron Complex..........................11.0
Dover AFB--Visitor's Quarters......................................12.0
Smyrna--Readiness Center..........................................4.381
Pensacola--Readiness Center.......................................4.628
Fort Stewart--Contingency Logistics Facility.......................19.0
NAS Atlanta--BEQ-A.................................................5.43
Bellows AFS--Regional Training Institute.........................12.105
Gowen Field--Fuel Cell & Corrosion Control Hgr......................2.3
Newport AD--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility........................61.2
Fort Wayne--Med. Training & Dining Facility.........................7.2
Sioux City IAP--Vehicle Maintenance Facility........................3.6
Fort Riley--Whole Barracks Renovation..............................27.0
McConnell AFB--Improve Family Housing Area Safety.................1.363
Fort Campbell--Vehicle Maintenance Facility........................17.0
Blue Grass AD--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility.....................11.8
Fort Polk.--Organization Maintenance Shop.........................4.309
Lafayette--Marine Corps Reserve Center.............................3.33
NAS Belle Chase--Ammunition Storage Igloo..........................1.35
Andrews AFB--Squadron Operations Facility...........................9.9
Aberdeen P.G--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility......................66.6
Hanscom AFB--Acquisition Man. Fac. Renovation......................16.0
Camp Grayling--Air Ground Range Support Facility....................5.8
Camp Ripley--Combined Support Maintenance Shop...................10.368
Columbus AFB--Add to T-1A Hangar....................................2.6
Keesler AFB--C-130J Simulator Facility..............................8.9
Miss. Army Ammo Pl.--Land/Water Ranges..............................3.3
Camp Shelby--Multi-purpose Range...................................14.9
Vicksburg--Readiness Center.......................................5.914
Jackson Airport--C-17 Simulator Building............................3.6
Rosencrans Mem APT--Upgrade Aircraft Parking Apron..................9.0
Malmstrom AFB--Dormitory...........................................11.6
Great Falls IAP--Base Supply Complex................................1.4
Hawthorne Army Dep.--Container Repair Facility......................1.7
Fort Monmouth--Barracks Improvement................................11.8
Kirtland AFB--Composite Support Complex.............................9.7
Niagara Falls--Visiting Officer's Quarters..........................6.3

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Fort Bragg--Upgrade Barracks D-Area................................14.4
Grand Forks AFB--Parking Apron Extension............................9.5
Wright Patterson--Convert to Physical Fitness Ctr...................4.6
Columbus AFB--Reserve Center Addition.............................3.541
Springfield--Complex...............................................1.77
Tinker AFB--Repair and Upgrade Runway..............................11.0
Vance AFB--Upgrade Center Runway...................................12.6
Tulsa IAP--Composite Support Complex...............................10.8
Umatilla DA--Ammo. Demilitarization Facility.......................35.9
Salem--Armed Forces Reserve Center...............................15.255
NFPC Philadelphia--Cating Pits Modification......................13.320
NAS Willow Grove--Ground Equipment Shop.............................0.6
Johnstown Cambria--Air Traffic Control Facility.....................6.2
Quonset--Maintenance Hangar and Shops..............................16.5
McEntire ANGB--Replace Control Tower................................8.0
Ellsworth AFB--Education/library Center............................10.2
Henderson--Organization Maintenance Shop..........................1.976
Dyess AFB--Child Development Center.................................5.5
Lackland AFB--F-16 Squadron Ops Flight Complex......................9.7
Salt Lake City IAP--Upgrade Aircraft Main. Complex..................9.7
Northfield--Multi-purpose Training Facility.......................8.652
Fort Pickett--Multi-purpose Training Range.........................13.5
Fairchild AFB--Flight Line Support Facility.........................9.1
Fairchild AFB--Composite Support complex............................9.8
Eleanor--Maintenance Complex.....................................18.521
Eleanor--Readiness Center.........................................9.583
Forward Deployment--Facilities Upgrade.............................4.88
Forward Deployment--Facilities Upgrade............................6.726
Forward Deployment--Facilities Upgrade...........................31.229
MCAS Yuma--Replace Family Housing (100 units)......................17.0
MCB Hawaii--Replace Family Housing (84 units)....................22.639
Holloman AFB--Replace Family Housing (76 units)....................9.84

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