bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
108-s-3002,108,s,3002,Disabled Veterans Transition Assistance Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-11-18,2004-11-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,2,"Disabled Veterans Transition Assistance Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities on or after September 11, 2001, including a system of advocacy and follow-up to assist those members to transition from military service to the civilian community. Requires the Secretary to designate an executive agent to carry out the program throughout the Department of Defense and, in cooperation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, for members of the Coast Guard with severe disabilities.",2023-01-14T22:48:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/3002
108-s-2982,108,s,2982,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make a stillborn child an insurable dependent for purposes of the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-11-16,2004-11-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]",PA,R,S000059,0,Makes a stillborn child an insurable dependent under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Program for veterans and their survivors and dependents.,2023-01-14T22:48:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2982
108-s-2956,108,s,2956,Disabled Veterans Transition Assistance Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-10-08,2004-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,2,"Disabled Veterans Transition Assistance Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities on or after September 11, 2001, including a system of advocacy and follow-up to assist those members to transition from military service to the civilian community. Requires the Secretary to designate an executive agent to carry out the program throughout the Department of Defense and, in cooperation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, for members of the Coast Guard with severe disabilities.",2023-01-14T22:48:35Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2956
108-s-2867,108,s,2867,"A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the amount of the military death gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-30,2004-09-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10063),Senate,"Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]",NE,R,H001028,0,"Increases the death gratuity payable with respect to members of the Armed Forces from $12,000 to $50,000. Makes this increase applicable to deaths occurring on or after September 11, 2001. Requires the Secretary of Defense to derive funds for payments under this Act in FY 2005 from travel funds for personnel of the Office of the Secretary.",2023-01-14T22:48:45Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2867
108-s-2853,108,s,2853,A bill to require a report on the methodologies utilized for National Intelligence Estimates.,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-28,2004-09-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.,Senate,"Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]",ME,R,S000663,0,"Requires the National Intelligence Council to submit to Congress a report that includes the following: (1) the methodologies utilized for the initiation, drafting, publication, coordination, and dissemination of the results of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs); and (2) such recommendations as the Council considers appropriate regarding improvements of the methodologies utilized for NIEs in order to ensure the timeliness of such Estimates and ensure that such Estimates address the national security and intelligence priorities and objectives of the President and the Director of Central Intelligence. States that the report under subsection shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.",2023-01-14T22:48:45Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2853
108-s-2854,108,s,2854,A bill to facilitate alternative analyses of intelligence by the intelligence community.,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-28,2004-09-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.,Senate,"Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]",ME,R,S000663,0,"Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of Central Intelligence should consider the advisability of establishing for each element of the intelligence community an element, office, or component whose purpose is the alternative analysis (commonly referred to as a red-team analysis) of the information and conclusions in the intelligence products of such element of the intelligence community. Requires, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Central Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the actions taken to establish for each element of the intelligence community such an element, office, or component. States that the report shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.",2023-01-14T22:48:45Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2854
108-s-2849,108,s,2849,"A bill to provide certain enhancements to the Montgomery GI Bill Program for certain individuals who serve as members of the Armed Forces after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-27,2004-09-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduce: CR S9724),Senate,"Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]",NE,R,H001028,2,"Exempts from the mandatory payroll deductions ($100 for the first 12 months of active duty pay) under the veterans' basic educational assistance program, members of the Armed Forces and Selected Reserve on active duty between November 16, 2001, and the termination date of Executive Order 13235, who elect to receive basic educational assistance. Provides for reimbursement of payroll deductions taken prior to the enactment of this Act. Allows such members to withdraw an election not to receive basic educational assistance.",2023-01-14T22:48:45Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2849
108-s-2840,108,s,2840,National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-23,2004-09-27,By Senator Collins from Committee on Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 108-359. Additional views filed.,Senate,"Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]",ME,R,C001035,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 - Title I: National Intelligence Authority - Subtitle A: National Intelligence Authority - (Sec. 101) Establishes as an independent executive entity the National Intelligence Authority (Authority) to, among other things: (1) unify and strengthen efforts of the intelligence community (IC); (2) operate the National Counterterrorism Center and national intelligence centers; and (3) establish clear responsibility and accountability for counterterrorism and other intelligence matters relating to U.S. national security. Requires the Authority to be headed by a National Intelligence Director (Director), who shall: (1) serve as the head of the IC; (2) advise the President on intelligence related to national security; and (3) direct and oversee the National Intelligence Program (formerly the National Foreign Intelligence Program). Subtitle B: Responsibilities and Authorities of National Intelligence Director - (Sec. 111) Requires the Director to provide national intelligence to the: (1) President; (2) heads of other Federal departments and agencies; (3) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military commanders; and (4) Senate and House of Representatives and committees thereof. (Sec. 112) Outlines intelligence-related duties of the Director, including determining the annual budget for U.S. intelligence and intelligence-related activities. (Sec. 113) Requires the Director to have access to all national security-related intelligence collected by any U.S. department, agency, or element. Authorizes the Director to transfer or reprogram funds and/or personnel within the National Intelligence Program (requiring notification of the congressional intelligence committees). Requires the Director to establish and implement information technology and communications standards across the IC. (Sec. 114) Requires the Director to: (1) provide incentives for service in support of IC community management functions; (2) provide for promotion of IC personnel; and (3) facilitate the rotation of IC personnel during their careers. (Sec. 115) Directs the President to establish uniform standards and procedures for the grant of access (security clearances) to classified information for employees and contractor personnel of the U.S. Government who require access to such information. Requires a single Federal department, agency, or element to conduct such clearances. (Sec. 116) Authorizes the Director to provide for the establishment and training of a National Intelligence Reserve Corps for the temporary employment on a voluntary basis of former IC employees during periods of emergency. Limits the total number of Corps members to 200. (Sec. 117) Provides that in the event of a vacancy in the position of Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director shall recommend to the President an individual to fill the vacancy. Requires the Director to obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense before nominating individuals as directors of the National Security Agency (NSA), National Reconnaissance Office, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGIA). Requires the concurrence of the Director of nominations for vacancies in certain intelligence-related positions. Allows the Director to recommend to the President or head of the appropriate department or agency the termination of service of certain individuals. (Sec. 118) Establishes in the Treasury the Reserve for Contingencies of the National Intelligence Director. Subtitle C: Office of the National Intelligence Director - (Sec. 121) Establishes an Office of the National Intelligence Director (Office) to assist the Director in carrying out appropriate responsibilities and duties. Establishes a Principal Deputy National Intelligence Director (second in command) and up to four Deputy National Intelligence Directors. (Sec. 123) Establishes a National Intelligence Council (Council) to produce national intelligence estimates for the U.S. Government and to evaluate the collection and production of intelligence by the IC. (Sec. 124) Establishes within the Authority, with specified duties, the positions of: (1) General Counsel; (2) Intelligence Comptroller; (3) Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; (4) Privacy Officer; (5) Chief Information Officer; (6) Chief Human Capital Officer; (7) Chief Financial Officer; and (8) National Counterintelligence Executive. Subtitle D: Additional Elements of National Intelligence Authority - (Sec. 141) Establishes within the Authority an Office of the Inspector General (IG), with specified duties and responsibilities. Requires reports from the IG: (1) annually to the Director summarizing IG activities; and (2) to the Director whenever the IG becomes aware of serious or flagrant problems, abuses, or deficiencies within the Authority. Requires all reports under this section to be forwarded to the intelligence committees. (Sec. 142) Establishes an: (1) Ombudsman of the National Intelligence Authority, with specified duties and responsibilities; and (2) Analytic Review Unit to assist the Ombudsman. Requires annual activities reports from the Ombudsman to the Director. (Sec. 143) Establishes a National Counterterrorism Center, headed by a Director, to, among other things: (1) unify strategy for U.S. civilian and military counterterrorism efforts; and (2) integrate counterterrorism intelligence and operations across agency boundaries, both inside and outside the United States. Establishes within the Center a Directorate of Intelligence to: (1) be the principal U.S. repository for all-source information on suspected terrorists, their organizations, and their capabilities; (2) propose intelligence collection requirements for action by elements of the IC; and (3) have primary responsibility for net assessments and warnings about terrorist threats. Establishes within the Center a Directorate of Planning, with primary responsibility for developing interagency counterterrorism plans.  (Sec. 144) Authorizes the Director to establish within the Authority one or more national intelligence centers to address intelligence priorities established by the Council. Makes such centers responsible for providing all-source analysis of intelligence based upon foreign intelligence gathered both abroad and domestically. Authorizes the Director to terminate a center when it is determined to be no longer required to meet an intelligence priority established by the Council. Subtitle E: Education and Training of Intelligence Community Personnel - (Sec. 151) Requires the Director to provide for the cross-disciplinary education and training of IC personnel. (Sec. 152) Requires the Director to establish the Intelligence Community Scholarship Program for the awarding of scholarships designed to recruit and prepare students for civilian careers to meet critical needs of the intelligence agencies. Limits the scholarship term to four years, unless the Director grants a waiver in individual cases. Requires a post-scholarship period of obligated civilian service of 24 months for each academic year of the scholarship, and requires a pro rata scholarship repayment with respect to any obligated period not served. Allows the Director to waive any service obligation or payment incurred whenever compliance by an individual is impossible or would involve extreme hardship, or if enforcement would be contrary to the best interests of the Government. Subtitle F: Additional Authorities of National Intelligence Authority - (Sec. 161) Sets forth additional authorities of the Authority and the Director, including the authority to: (1) dispose of property; and (2) acquire major systems (requiring the development and implementation of a program management plan with respect to each such system). (Sec. 162) Requires the Director to: (1) review the acquisition authority of the Directors of NSA and NGIA; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on recommended enhancements to such authority. Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the extent to which the policies and procedures adopted for managing the acquisition of major systems for intelligence purposes, as identified by the Director, are likely to result in successful cost, schedule, and performance outcomes. (Sec. 163) Outlines personnel authorities of the Directors within the Authority. (Sec. 164) Includes Authority personnel under Federal ethics requirements concerning political service, acceptance of gifts, and financial disclosures. Title II: Other Improvements of Intelligence Activities - Subtitle A: Improvements of Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 201) Directs the President to disclose to the public, for each fiscal year after 2005, the aggregate amount of appropriations requested in the budget for that fiscal year for the National Intelligence Program. Requires Congress to disclose, for the same fiscal years, the amounts authorized and the amounts appropriated for such Program. Requires the Director to study and report to Congress on the advisability of disclosing to the public amounts requested, authorized, and appropriated for each fiscal year for each element of the IC. (Sec. 202) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to merge the Homeland Security Council into the National Security Council. Outlines additional required activities of the National Security Council with respect to homeland security assessments and policies. (Sec. 203) Establishes a Joint Intelligence Community Council to assist the Director in developing and implementing a joint, unified national intelligence effort to protect national security. (Sec. 204) Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to: (1) continue efforts to improve FBI intelligence capabilities; and (2) develop and maintain within the FBI a national intelligence workforce of agents, analysts, linguists, and surveillance specialists. Requires new agent training in national intelligence matters. Requires the FBI Director to carry out a program to enhance FBI capacity to recruit and retain individuals with backgrounds in intelligence, international relations, language, technology, and other skills relevant to the intelligence mission of the FBI. Requires the FBI Director to modify the FBI budget structure to include budgeting for intelligence and counterterrorism and counterintelligence activities. Requires the FBI Director to report to Congress on the implementation of the above requirements and related activities. (Sec. 205) Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Career Service Authorization Act of 2005 - Authorizes the FBI Director to establish positions for FBI intelligence analysts without regard to specified federal employee classification and pay provisions. Requires such Director to submit to specified congressional committees an operating plan with respect to such Service, and to report annually to such committees on the implementation and use of such Service. (Sec. 206) Directs the President to establish a trusted information network and secure information sharing environment to promote the sharing of intelligence and homeland security information in a manner consistent with national security and the protection of privacy and civil liberties. Requires such network to promote the sharing of such information among all relevant Federal departments and agencies, State, tribal, and local authorities, and private sector entities, including owners and operators of critical infrastructure. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to the President and Congress an enterprise architecture and implementation plan for the network. Makes such Director responsible for such information sharing across appropriate Federal departments and agencies. Requires such Director to appoint a principal officer within OMB to carry out the day-to-day duties with respect to the dissemination of such information. Establishes an Executive Council on Information Sharing to assist the OMB Director in the execution of such duties. Requires reports from the Council to Congress, and from the OMB Director to the President and Congress, on activities undertaken to implement such network. Establishes an Advisory Board on Information Sharing to advise the President and the Executive Council on policy, technical, and management issues related to the design and operation of the network. Directs the President to report semiannually to Congress on the state of the network and of information sharing across the Federal Government. Outlines individual Federal agency responsibilities with respect to such information sharing, including: (1) submitting to the OMB Director a strategic plan for implementation of the network's requirements with respect to that department or agency; and (2) an annual report assessing the progress of that agency with respect to network sharing requirements. Requires the Comptroller General to annually evaluate network implementation and report results to Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Privacy and Civil Liberties - (Sec. 211) Establishes within the Executive Office of the President a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to: (1) analyze and review actions taken by the Executive branch to protect the Nation from terrorism; and (2) ensure that liberty concerns are appropriately considered in the development and implementation of laws, regulations, and policies related to efforts to protect the Nation against terrorism. Requires semiannual Board reports to specified congressional committees and the President on major Board activities with respect to its advisory and oversight functions. Requires Board reports to be made available to the public. (Sec. 212) Requires the heads of specified department, agency, and IC elements to designate at least one senior officer to serve as a privacy and civil liberties officer to consider and ensure within that IC element the appropriate consideration of privacy and civil liberties issues when protecting the Nation against terrorism. Prohibits agency reprisals for making complaints to a privacy or civil liberties officer. Requires periodic activities reports from such officers to specified congressional committees, the head of such department, agency, or IC element, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Requires such reports to be made available to the public. Subtitle C: Independence of Intelligence Agencies - (Sec. 221) Prohibits the Director from being located within the Executive Office of the President. Requires the Director to provide the President and Congress national intelligence that is timely, objective, and independent of political considerations, and not shaped to serve policy goals. Requires identical intelligence quality requirements with respect to intelligence provided by the directors of the National Counterterrorism Center, each national intelligence center, and the Central Intelligence Agency, as well as with respect to the production of such intelligence by the National Intelligence Council. (Sec. 223) Requires the independence of the National Counterterrorism Center. (Sec. 224) Requires the directors of National Intelligence, the National Counterterrorism Center, and each national intelligence center to provide to the congressional intelligence committees, as well as any other appropriate committees, all intelligence assessments and estimates other than those prepared exclusively for the President. Requires such officials to respond to official congressional requests for such assessments or assessments within 15 days. (Sec. 225) Allows employees of covered agencies (involved in intelligence activities) and employees of contractors carrying out such activities to disclose directly to a Member of committee of Congress information concerning a false or inaccurate statement made with respect to intelligence information. Title III: Modifications of Laws Relating to Intelligence Community Management - Subtitle A: Conforming and Other Amendments - (Sec. 301) Makes conforming and related amendments necessitated by changes made under this Act, including those related to the roles of the National Intelligence Director and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and those related to IC elements. (Sec. 306) Redesignates the National Foreign Intelligence Program as the National Intelligence Program. Subtitle B: Transfers and Terminations - (Sec. 321) Transfers to the Office of the National Intelligence Director: (1) the staff of the Office of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management; and (2) the National Counterintelligence Executive and its staff. Transfers to the National Counterterrorism Center the Terrorist Threat Integration Center. (Sec. 324) Terminates certain positions within the Central Intelligence Agency. Subtitle C: Other Transition Matters - (Sec. 331) Sets forth Executive Schedule pay levels for certain positions established under this Act. (Sec. 333) Authorizes the Director to reorganize, allocate, or reallocate functions and organizational units within the National Intelligence Program. (Sec. 334) Requires the Director and the Comptroller General to report to Congress on progress made in the implementation of this Act. Authorizes the Comptroller General to submit interim reports on such progress. (Sec. 336) Deems any references to the Director of Central Intelligence as a reference to the National Intelligence Director. Subtitle D: Effective Date - (Sec. 341) Sets forth the effective date of this Act. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 352) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005.",2022-02-03T05:37:14Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2840
108-s-2845,108,s,2845,Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-23,2004-12-17,Became Public Law No: 108-458.,Senate,"Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]",ME,R,C001035,227,"(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on December 7, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 - Title I: Reform of the Intelligence Community - National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 - Subtitle A: Establishment of Director of National Intelligence  - (Sec. 1011) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish a Director of National Intelligence (Director), to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Director to have extensive national security expertise. Prohibits the Director from being located within the Executive Office of the President or simultaneously serving as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or any other intelligence community (IC) element. Gives the Director primary responsibility for: (1) serving as head of the IC; (2) acting as principal adviser for intelligence matters related to national security; and (3) managing, overseeing, and directing the execution of the National Intelligence Program (formerly known as the National Foreign Intelligence Program). Requires the Director to ensure that timely, objective, and independent national intelligence based upon all available sources is provided to: (1) the President; (2) the heads of departments and agencies of the executive branch; (3) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military commanders; and (4) the Senate and House of Representatives and congressional committees. Gives the Director access to all national intelligence and intelligence related to national security collected by Federal entities, unless otherwise directed by the President. Outlines budgetary duties of the Director, including: (1) the development of an annual consolidated budget for the National Intelligence Program (the Program); and (2) participation in the development of annual budgets for the Joint Military Intelligence Program and for Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities. Requires the Director to manage funds appropriated for the Program. Authorizes the Director to: (1) transfer and reprogram funds within the Program, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and after consultation with the affected agencies; and (2) transfer IC element personnel to the national intelligence center or to other IC elements, with the OMB Director's approval and after notice to specified congressional committees. Requires the Director to, among other things: (1) develop standards for the collection and dissemination of national intelligence; (2) oversee the National Counterterrorism Center (NCC) established by this Act; (3) prescribe personnel policies for the IC; (4) ensure compliance with the law by the CIA and other IC elements; (5) promote intelligence information sharing within the IC; (6) make intelligence analysis a priority within the IC; (7) implement guidelines for the protection of intelligence sources and methods; (8) oversee the coordination of the relationships between IC elements and their foreign counterparts; (9) establish requirements and priorities for the collection of foreign intelligence information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) and assist the Attorney General in the dissemination of information collected under FISA-related searches and surveillance; and (10) develop an enterprise architecture for the IC. Requires the Director: (1) subject to the direction of the President, to establish uniform procedures for access to sensitive compartmented information; (2) subject to the direction of the President and after consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to ensure that Program budgets for IC elements within the Department of Defense (DOD) are adequate; and (3) to coordinate performance by IC elements within the Program in areas of common concern. Establishes an Office of the Director of National Intelligence and related positions. Establishes a National Intelligence Council to produce national intelligence estimates for the U.S. Government and evaluate the collection and production of intelligence by the IC.  Establishes within the Office of the Director, among other positions: (1) a Civil Liberties Protection Officer; (2) a Director of Science and Technology; and (3) a National Counterintelligence Executive. Specifies the functions of the CIA and the CIA Director. (Sec. 1012) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to redefine "national intelligence" and "intelligence related to national security" to refer to all intelligence, regardless of the source, that pertains to more than one Government agency and involves: (1) threats to the United States, its people, property, or interests; (2) the development, proliferation, or use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs); or (3) any other matter bearing on national or homeland security. (Sec. 1013) Requires the Director, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the CIA, to develop joint procedures to be used by the DOD and the CIA to improve operational coordination. (Sec. 1014) Gives the Director a role in the appointment of certain intelligence officials. (Sec. 1016) Requires the President to establish a secure information sharing environment (ISE) for the sharing of intelligence and related information in a manner consistent with national security and the protection of privacy and civil liberties, incorporating specified attributes. Establishes an Information Sharing Council to assist the President and the ISE program manager with ISE-related duties. (Sec. 1017) Requires the Director to establish a process and assign responsibility for ensuring that elements of the IC conduct alternative ("red-team") analysis of information and conclusions in IC products. (Sec. 1018) Directs the President to issue guidelines ensuring the effective implementation of the Director's authorities in a manner that does not abrogate the statutory responsibilities of Federal agency heads. (Sec. 1019) Requires the Director to assign responsibility for ensuring the timeliness and analytical integrity of IC products. Requires the preparation of reports relating to the requirements of this subtitle. Subtitle B: National Counterterrorism Center, National Counter Proliferation Center, and National Intelligence Centers - (Sec. 1021) Establishes the National Counterterrorism Center (NCC) to: (1) analyze and integrate all U.S. intelligence pertaining to terrorism and counterterrorism; (2) conduct strategic operational planning for counterterrorism activities; (3) ensure that intelligence agencies have access to, and receive, all intelligence needed to accomplish their missions; and (4) serve as the central and shared knowledge bank on known and suspected terrorists and international terror groups.  Authorizes the Center to receive intelligence pertaining exclusively to domestic counterterrorism. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Center's Director including, among other things: (1) serving as the principal advisor to the Director on intelligence operations relating to counterterrorism; and (2) taking primary responsibility within the U.S. Government for conducting net assessments of terrorist threats. Requires the NCC Director to establish within the NCC a Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning. (Sec. 1022) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to establish a National Counter Proliferation Center.  (Sec. 1023) Authorizes the Director to establish National Intelligence Centers to address intelligence priorities, including but not limited to regional issues. Subtitle C: Joint Intelligence Community Council - (Sec. 1031) Establishes a Joint Intelligence Community Council (JICC) to assist the Director in developing and implementing a joint, unified national intelligence effort to protect national security. Authorizes any member of the JICC to make recommendations to Congress. Subtitle D: Improvement of Education for the Intelligence Community - (Sec. 1041) Requires the Director to identify the linguistic requirements for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, identify the specific requirements for the range of linguistic skills necessary for the IC, and develop a comprehensive plan for the Office to meet such requirements through the education, recruitment, and training of linguists. Requires the Director to require heads of each element and component within the Office with responsibility for professional intelligence training to periodically review and revise the curriculum for such training for senior and intermediate level personnel. (Sec. 1042) Requires the Director to provide for the cross-disciplinary education and training of IC personnel. (Sec. 1043) Requires the Director to establish an Intelligence Community Scholarship Program with a post-scholarship period of obligated civilian service of 24 months for each academic year of the scholarship. Subtitle E: Additional Improvements of Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 1051) States that the Director, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Defense and Energy, should seek to ensure that each DOD service laboratory and each Department of Energy national laboratory may assist the Director in all aspects of technical intelligence and make their resources available to the IC. (Sec. 1052) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Director should establish an intelligence center to coordinate the collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of open source intelligence to IC elements; (2) open source intelligence is valuable and must be integrated into the intelligence cycle; and (3) the intelligence center should ensure that each IC element uses open source intelligence consistent with its mission. Requires the Director to report on the Director's decision regarding the establishment of an intelligence center. (Sec. 1053) Authorizes the Director to provide for the establishment and training of a National Intelligence Reserve Corps for the temporary employment on a voluntary basis of former IC employees during periods of emergency.  Subtitle F: Privacy and Civil Liberties - (Sec. 1061) Establishes within the Executive Office of the President a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to: (1) analyze and review actions taken by the Executive branch to protect the Nation from terrorism, ensuring a balance with privacy and civil liberties protections; and (2) ensure that liberty concerns are appropriately considered in the development and implementation of laws, regulations, and policies related to efforts to protect the Nation against terrorism. Requires annual reports on major Board activities. Subtitle G: Conforming and Other Amendments - (Sec. 1071) Makes conforming amendments to existing law relating to the Director's role, the role of the CIA Director, and other matters. (Sec. 1074) Redesignates the National Foreign Intelligence Program as the National Intelligence Program. (Sec. 1078) Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to authorize the Director to establish an Office of Inspector General. Subtitle H: Transfer, Termination, Transition and Other Provisions - (Sec. 1091) Transfers: (1) such staff of the Community Management Staff to the Office of the National Intelligence Director as the Director deems appropriate; and (2) the Terrorist Threat Integration Center to the NCC. (Sec. 1093) Terminates the positions of Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection, Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production, and Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Administration. (Sec. 1094) Requires the President to transmit to Congress a plan for implementation of this title. (Sec. 1095) Requires the Director to submit a report on progress made in implementing this title. Subtitle I: Other Matters - (Sec. 1101) Requires the Secretary of Defense to study and report to specified congressional committees on promotion selection rates, and selection rates for professional military school attendance, of intelligence officers of the Armed Forces in comparison to the rates for other officers of the Armed Forces. (Sec. 1102) Amends the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 to require the Public Interest Declassification Board to report directly to the President or, upon the President's designation, to the Vice President, Attorney General, or other designee (but precludes designation to an agency head or official who is authorized to classify information). Adds to the list of purposes of the Board reviewing and making recommendations to the President with respect to any congressional requests to declassify or reconsider declassification of records. Requires the Board to conduct declassification reviews upon the President's request. Title II: Federal Bureau of Investigation - (Sec. 2001) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (hereinafter FBI Director) to continue efforts to improve the intelligence capabilities of the FBI and to develop and maintain within the FBI a national intelligence workforce. Requires the FBI Director to: (1) develop and maintain a specialized and integrated national intelligence workforce of agents, analysts, linguists, and surveillance specialists who are recruited, trained, and rewarded in a manner that creates an institutional culture in the FBI with substantial expertise in, and commitment to, the intelligence mission of the FBI; (2) establish career positions in national intelligence matters: (3) recruit agents with backgrounds and skills relevant to the intelligence mission of the FBI; (4) provide agents with training in intelligence and opportunities for assignments in national intelligence matters; and (5) make advanced training and work in intelligence matters a precondition to employee advancement. Requires each direct supervisor of a Field Intelligence Group, and each Bureau Operation Manager at the Section Chief and Assistant Special Agent in Charge level and above to be a certified intelligence officer. Requires the FBI Director to: (1) ensure that each Field Intelligence Group reports directly to a field office senior manager responsible for intelligence matters; (2) provide for necessary expansion of secure facilities in FBI field offices to meet the intelligence mission of the FBI; and (3) ensure the integration of analysts, agents, linguists, and surveillance personnel in the field.  Requires the FBI Director to establish a budget structure that reflects the four principal missions of the Bureau (i.e., intelligence, counterterrorism and counterintelligence, criminal enterprises/Federal crimes, and criminal justice services).  Requires the FBI Director to submit periodic reports to Congress on progress in carrying out improvements in FBI intelligence capabilities, including reports on FBI priorities, personnel reviews, and implementation of information-sharing principles. (Sec. 2002) Redesignates the Office of Intelligence as the Directorate of Intelligence of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Directorate). Assigns to the Directorate responsibility for intelligence functions, including: (1) supervision of all FBI national intelligence programs; (2) oversight of FBI field intelligence operations; (3) strategic analysis; (4) budget management; and (5) other responsibilities specified by the FBI Director or by law. (Sec. 2003) Authorizes the FBI Director to establish career positions for intelligence analysts within the FBI; (2) establish an FBI Reserve Service (limited to 500 employees) for the temporary reemployment (no more than 180 days) of former FBI employees during periods of emergency; and (3) through FY 2007, for up to 50 employees per fiscal year, extend the mandatory retirement age for FBI employees to 65 (current law allows an extension to age 60). (Sec. 2006) Requires the Attorney General to report annually to the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary on FBI use of translators.  Title III: Security Clearances - (Sec. 3001) Directs the President to select a single executive branch department, agency, or element (designated entity) to be responsible for security clearances and investigations. Requires all Federal agencies to accept security clearance background investigations and determinations that are completed by an authorized investigative agency or authorized adjudicative agency. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish and operate an integrated, secure database on security clearances. Requires the head of the designated entity to evaluate the use of available information technology and databases in security clearance investigations and adjudications. Requires: (1) the head of the designated entity to develop a plan to reduce the length of the personnel security clearance process; (2) such plan to provide for determinations on at least 90 percent of all security clearance applications within 60 days; and (3) implementation of such plan within five years after enactment of this Act. Requires the head of the designated entity to report to Congress annually through 2011 on progress in meeting the requirements of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Transportation Security - Subtitle A: National Strategy for Transportation Security - (Sec. 4001) Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) develop and implement a National Strategy for Transportation Security and transportation modal security plans; and (2) submit such plans and periodic progress reports to appropriate congressional committees. States that the strategy shall be the governing document for Federal transportation security efforts. Subtitle B: Aviation Security - (Sec. 4011) Requires the issuance of guidance for the use of biometric or other technology that positively verifies the identity of each employee and law enforcement officer who enters a secure area of an airport. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration (TSA)) (hereinafter Assistant Secretary) to establish a uniform travel credential for Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers that incorporates biometrics and a process for using such credential to verify officer identity for purposes of carrying weapons on board aircraft. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) research and development of advanced biometric technology applications to aviation security, including mass identification technology; and (2) the establishment of a competitive center of excellence to develop and expedite the Federal Government's use of biometric identifiers. (Sec. 4012) Requires the Assistant Secretary to begin testing an advanced airline passenger prescreening system no later than January 1, 2005, that will allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to compare passenger information with automatic selectee and no-fly lists.  Requires the Assistant Secretary to establish a process by which operators of charter aircraft or rental aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds may request DHS to use the advanced passenger prescreening system to compare information about individuals seeking to charter or rent such aircraft and any proposed passengers with automatic selectee and no-fly lists. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish a timely and fair process for individuals identified as a threat to appeal that determination and correct erroneous information. Directs the Secretary to issue notice of a proposed rulemaking that will allow DHS to compare passenger names for inbound or outbound international flights against the consolidated and integrated terrorist watchlist maintained by the Federal Government (terrorist watchlist). Requires the creation of a related appeal process. Requires preparation of reports on: (1) the impact of automatic selectee and no-fly lists on privacy and civil liberties; and (2) the Terrorist Screening Center consolidated watchlist, including criteria for placing names on that list. (Sec. 4013) Requires the Assistant Secretary to: (1) give high priority to airport screening checkpoint technology that will detect nonmetallic weapons and explosives; (2) transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategic plan to promote optimal use and deployment of explosive detection devices at airports; (3) take appropriate interim action until measures are implemented that enable the screening of all passengers for explosives; (4) develop a pilot program to deploy and test advanced airport checkpoint screening devices and technologies at not less than five U.S. airports; and (5) take necessary action to improve the job performance of airport screening personnel. (Sec. 4016) Requires the Director of the Federal Air Marshal Service to continue developing operational initiatives to protect Federal air marshal anonymity. Requires the Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Director of the Federal Air Marshal Service to: (1) provide training on in-flight counterterrorism and weapons handling procedures and tactics to Federal law enforcement officers who fly while in possession of a firearm; and (2) ensure that TSA screeners and Federal Air Marshals, as well as Federal and local law enforcement agencies in States that border Canada or Mexico, receive training in identifying fraudulent identification documents, including fraudulent or expired visas or passports. (Sec. 4017) Encourages the President to aggressively pursue international agreements with foreign governments to allow the maximum deployment of Federal air marshals on international flights. (Sec. 4018) Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for ICE, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to direct the Federal Air Marshal Service to provide training to foreign law enforcement personnel. (Sec. 4019) Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) take necessary action to expedite installation and use of advanced in-line baggage screening equipment at airports where screening is required; and (2) submit to appropriate congressional committees schedules for expediting installation of such equipment and for replacing trace-detection equipment. Requires the President to submit a cost-sharing study regarding installation of in-line baggage screening equipment.  Authorizes increased appropriations through FY 2007 for expiring and new letters of intent regarding airport security improvement projects. (Sec. 4020) Requires the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security of DHS to provide assistance for acquisition and installation of security monitoring cameras in checked baggage screening areas not open to public view in those airports that are required to perform screening. (Sec. 4021) Directs the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to study the viability of providing devices or methods to enable flight crews to discreetly notify pilots in the case of security breaches or safety issues in the cabin and to report results of the study. (Sec. 4022) Requires the FAA Administrator to develop a system for issuing pilot's licenses with enhanced security features.  (Sec. 4023) Directs the Assistant Secretary to develop and submit to appropriate congressional committees standards for determining appropriate aviation security staffing for all airports at which screening is required. Requires the Comptroller General to thereafter conduct an expedited analysis of, and submit a report on, such standards. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of combining under the aegis of DHS the operations of Federal employees involved in commercial airport screening and aviation security-related functions. (Sec. 4024) Requires the Secretary to establish a plan and guidelines for implementing improved explosive detection system equipment. Authorizes appropriations for research and development of improved explosive detection systems for aviation security.  (Sec. 4025) Requires the Assistant Secretary to complete a review of the Prohibited Items List under current regulations within 60 days of enactment of this Act, revise that list to prohibit air passengers from carrying butane lighters, and make other appropriate modifications. (Sec. 4026) Directs the President to pursue, on an urgent basis, strong diplomatic and cooperative efforts to limit the availability, transfer, and proliferation of MANPADS (shoulder-fired missiles) worldwide and report to Congress on such efforts. (Sec. 4028) Requires the Assistant Secretary to report on the costs and benefits of using secondary flight deck barriers and whether such barriers should be mandated for all air carriers. (Sec. 4029) Extends through FY 2006 the authorization of appropriations for aviation security. Subtitle C: Air Cargo Security - (Sec. 4051) Requires the Assistant Secretary to carry out a pilot program to evaluate the use of blast-resistant containers for cargo and baggage on passenger aircraft. (Sec. 4052) Directs the Assistant Secretary to develop technology to better identify, track, and screen air cargo. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2007 for: (1) improving aviation security related to the transportation of cargo; and (2) research and development related to enhanced air cargo security technology and the deployment and installation of such technology. Requires the Secretary to establish a competitive grant program to encourage the development of advanced air cargo security technology. (Sec. 4053) Requires the Assistant Secretary, within 240 days of enactment of this Act, to issue a final rule in Docket Number TSA-2004-19515 to amend transportation security regulations to enhance and improve the security of air cargo. (Sec. 4054) Requires the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the FAA Administrator, to submit a report on international air cargo threats. Subtitle D: Maritime Security - (Sec. 4071) Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement a procedure under which DHS compares information about cruise ship passengers and crew with a terrorist watchlist; (2) use information obtained by this comparison to prevent identified persons from boarding or to subject them to additional security scrutiny through the use of no transport and automatic selectee lists; (3) require, by rulemaking, that cruise ship operators provide passenger and crew information for purposes of such comparison; and (4) establish operating procedures and data integrity measures for no transport and automatic selectee lists. (Sec. 4072) Establishes a deadlines for DHS to carry out security planning activities called for in the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, including: (1) preparation of a national maritime transportation security plan; and (2) facility and vessel vulnerability assessments. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive program management plan for the transportation security card program required by that Act and other specified reports. Subtitle E: General Provisions - (Sec. 4081) Sets forth definitions and the effective date of this title. Title V: Border Protection, Immigration, and Visa Matters - Subtitle A: Advanced Technology Northern Border Security Pilot Program - (Sec. 5101) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to test advanced technologies to improve border security between ports of entry (POEs) along the northern border of the United States. Specifies the required features of such program. Requires coordination of such program among United States, State and local, and Canadian law enforcement and border security agencies. (Sec. 5104) Requires the Secretary to report on the pilot program. Subtitle B: Border and Immigration Enforcement - (Sec. 5201) Requires the Secretary to submit to the President and appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive plan for the systematic surveillance of the southwest border of the United States by remotely piloted aircraft. (Sec. 5202) Requires the Secretary to increase: (1) the number of full-time Border Patrol agents by not less than 2,000 per fiscal year from FY 2006 through 2010; and (2) the number of full-time immigration and customs enforcement investigators by not less than 800 per fiscal year for the same period.  (Sec. 5204) Directs the Secretary to increase by not less than 8,000 in each of FY 2006 through 2010 the number of beds available for immigration detention and removal operations of DHS. Requires the Secretary to give priority for the use of these additional beds to the detention of individuals charged with removability or inadmissibility on security and related grounds. Subtitle C: Visa Requirements - (Sec. 5301) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require aliens age 14 through 79 who are applying for nonimmigrant visas to submit to in-person interviews with consular officers unless such interview is waived in specified circumstances.  Mandates in-person interviews for all aliens who: (1) are not nationals of the country in which they are applying for a visa; (2) were previously refused a visa; (3) are listed in the Consular Lookout and Support System; (4) are nationals of countries officially designated as state sponsors of terrorism; (5) are prohibited from obtaining a visa until a security advisory opinion or other Department of State clearance is issued; or (6) are identified as members of a high-risk group identified by the Secretary of State. (Sec. 5304) Precludes judicial review of visa revocations or revocations of other travel documents by consular officers or the Secretary of State. Adds to the list of deportable aliens those nonimmigrants whose visas or other documentation authorizing admission were revoked (making such aliens immediately deportable).  Subtitle D: Immigration Reform - (Sec. 5401) Provides enhanced criminal penalties for unlawfully bringing in and harboring aliens in cases where: (1) the offense is part of an ongoing commercial organization or enterprise; (2) aliens were transported in groups of ten or more; (3) aliens were transported in a manner that endangered their lives; or (4) the aliens presented a life-threatening health risk to the people of the United States. Requires the Secretary to implement an outreach program to educate the public in the United States and abroad about the penalties for unlawfully bringing in and harboring aliens.  (Sec. 5402) Renders deportable any alien who has received military-type training from or on behalf of a terrorist organization.  (Sec. 5403) Requires the Comptroller General to study and report on the extent to which weaknesses in the asylum system and the withholding of removal system have been or could be exploited by aliens with terrorist ties. Gives the Comptroller General access, for purposes of such study, to the applications and administrative and judicial records of alien applicants for asylum and withholding of removal. Subtitle E: Treatment of Aliens Who Commit Acts of Torture, Extrajudicial Killings, or Other Atrocities Abroad - (Sec. 5501) Renders inadmissible and deportable those aliens who: (1) order, incite, assist, or otherwise participate in conduct outside the United States that would, if committed in the United States or by a U.S. national, be genocide; and (2) commit, order, incite, assist, or participate in acts of torture or extrajudicial killing as defined by U.S. law. Makes these amendments applicable to offenses committed before, on, or after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 5502) Designates as inadmissible and deportable foreign government officials who have at any time committed particularly severe violations of religious freedom. (Sec. 5503) Provides for a waiver of inadmissibility premised on torture or extrajudicial killing for aliens seeking temporary admission as nonimmigrants, in the Attorney General's discretion. Precludes waivers for such aliens who have engaged in Nazi persecution or genocide. (Sec. 5504) Bars a finding of good moral character (necessary for naturalization) for aliens who: (1) participated in Nazi persecution, genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killing; or (2) were responsible for particularly severe violations of religious freedom while serving as foreign government officials. (Sec. 5505) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations to investigate and, where appropriate, take action to denaturalize any alien who participated in Nazi persecution, genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killing; (2) consult the Secretary in making determinations concerning the criminal prosecution or extradition of such aliens. (Sec. 5506) Requires the Attorney General to submit a report on implementation of this subtitle. Title VI: Terrorism Prevention - Subtitle A: Individual Terrorists as Agents of Foreign Powers - (Sec. 6001) Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to redefine "agent of a foreign power" to include any person who engages in international terrorism or activities in preparation for such terrorism (currently, limited to persons connected to foreign powers). Makes this amendment subject to a sunset provision in the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 which generally provides for a sunset date of December 31, 2005. (Sec. 6002) Requires the Attorney General to submit semiannual reports on the targets of FISA orders and related outcomes, including but not limited to the aggregate number of persons targeted for electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen registers, and records access. Subtitle B: Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing - (Sec. 6101) Authorizes appropriations for technological improvements in mission-critical systems of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). (Sec. 6102) Reauthorizes appropriations for the national money laundering and related financial crimes strategy, the financial crime-free communities support program, and grants to fight money laundering and related financial crimes. Subtitle C: Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Antiterrorism Technical Corrections - International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Antiterrorism Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - (Sec. 6202) Makes technical corrections to the International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001. (Sec. 6204) Amends that Act to delete congressional authority to review and terminate its provisions by joint resolution. (Sec. 6205) Makes this subchapter retroactively effective as if included in the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Subtitle D: Additional Enforcement Tools - (Sec. 6301) Authorizes the Treasury to produce currency, postage stamps, and other security documents for foreign governments subject to certain conditions. (Sec. 6302) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, following the submission of a related report, to prescribe regulations requiring selected financial institutions to report to FinCEN certain cross-border electronic transmittals of funds.  (Sec. 6303) Directs the President, acting through the Secretary of the Treasury, to submit to Congress a report evaluating the current status of U.S. efforts to curtail international financing of terrorism. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to impose administrative and civil penalties on any person who: (1) has served as senior Federal bank examiner of a particular financial institution or insured credit union for two or more months during the final 12 months of Federal employment; and (2) knowingly accepts compensation as an employee, officer, director, or consultant from that institution (including its holding company, a subsidiary, or an affiliate) or credit union within one year after departure from Federal service. Authorizes waivers of this restriction where the relevant authority certifies that granting the waiver would not affect the integrity of the Government's supervisory program.  Subtitle E: Criminal History Background Checks - (Sec. 6401) Amends the PROTECT Act to extend to 30 months the length of the State Pilot Program and the Child Safety Pilot Program.  (Sec. 6402) Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2004 - Allows employers of private security officers who are authorized by regulation to request criminal history record information searches of such security officers through a State identification bureau (authorized employers) to submit fingerprints or other means of positive identification for purposes of such searches. Requires written consent from employees prior to such searches and employee access to any information received. Establishes criminal penalties for the knowing and intentional use of information obtained through criminal history record information searches for purposes other than determining an individual's suitability for employment as a private security officer. (Sec. 6403) Requires the Attorney General to report on all statutory requirements for criminal history checks by the Department of Justice or its components, including recommendations for improving, standardizing, and consolidating existing procedures. Subtitle F: Grand Jury Information Sharing - (Sec. 6501) Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to authorize disclosure of certain grand jury matters, including matters involving threats of terrorism, to foreign government officials. Subtitle G: Providing Material Support to Terrorism - Material Support to Terrorism Prohibition Enhancement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 6602) Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for knowingly receiving military-type training from an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State.  Provides extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction. (Sec. 6603) Modifies the statute prohibiting the knowing provision of material support to terrorists or terrorist organizations. Clarifies the definition of several types of material support.  Provides extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction. States that nothing in this section shall be construed or applied so as to abridge the exercise of First Amendment rights.  Prohibits the prosecution of any person for providing material support if such support was approved by the Secretary of State with the concurrence of the Attorney General. Provides for the sunset of specified provisions contained in this section on December 31, 2006. (Sec. 6604) Modifies the statute prohibiting terrorist financing to make punishable: (1) the concealment of the proceeds of funds can be prosecuted (in addition to concealment of the funds themselves); and (2) the concealment of funds when they are presently being used to support terrorism (in addition to past use). Subtitle H: Stop Terrorist and Military Hoaxes Act of 2004 - Stop Terrorist and Military Hoaxes Act of 2004 - (Sec. 6702) Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal and civil penalties for false information concerning terrorist activities and military hoaxes.  (Sec. 6703) Increases statutory penalties for false statements to Federal authorities and for obstructing administrative or congressional proceedings if the matter relates to international or domestic terrorism. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines to increase the offense level for such offenses. Subtitle I: Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004 - Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 6802) Expands the jurisdictional bases and scope of the prohibition against weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Expands the definition of "restricted persons" subject to the prohibition on possession or transfer of biological agents or toxins to include individuals acting for a country determined to have provided repeated support for international terrorism. Includes chemical weapons within the definition of WMDs.  Adds offenses involving biological weapons, chemical weapons, and nuclear materials to the racketeering predicate offense list. (Sec. 6803) Provides criminal liability for participation in nuclear and WMD threats against the United States. Provides extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over such offenses. Subtitle J: Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004 - Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004 - (Sec. 6903) Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to knowingly produce, construct (engineer or synthesize in the case of variola virus), otherwise acquire, transfer, receive, possess, import, export, or use, or possess and threaten to use: (1) missile systems designed to destroy aircraft; (2) radiological dispersal devices; or (3) variola virus.  Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to make it unlawful for any person to knowingly manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, receive, possess, import, export, or use, or possess and threaten to use any atomic weapon. Establishes penalties for such offenses including fines and imprisonment for 25 or 30 years to life. Establishes Federal jurisdiction over such offenses where: (1) they occur in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) are committed by or against a U.S. national outside of the United States; (3) are committed against Federal property both within and outside of the United States; or (4) an offender aids or abets or conspires with any person over whom jurisdiction exists. (Sec. 6907) Adds such offenses to: (1) the list of offenses for which orders authorizing the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications may be obtained; (2) the definition of "Federal crime of terrorism" for purposes of provisions prohibiting acts of terrorism transcending international boundaries; and (3) the definition of "specified unlawful activity" for purposes of provisions addressing money laundering. (Sec. 6910) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to add such offenses to the statutory list of adverse considerations supporting disapproval of an export license application. Subtitle K: Pretrial Detention of Terrorists - Pretrial Detention of Terrorists Act of 2004 - (Sec. 6952) Creates a presumption of pretrial detention in certain cases involving terrorism. Title VII: Implementation of 9/11 Commission Recommendations - 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004 - Subtitle A: Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, and the Military in the War on Terrorism - (Sec. 7102) Makes findings and expresses the sense of Congress on U.S. policy on terrorist sanctuaries. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend restrictions on certain exports to countries whose territories are being used as sanctuaries for terrorists or terrorist organizations. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to require annual State Department country reports on terrorism to include detailed assessments with respect to each foreign country whose territory is being used as a sanctuary for terrorists or terrorist organizations. Specifies the required content of such reports, including: (1) how much knowledge foreign governments have as to terrorist activities in their countries; (2) actions by such countries to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries, cooperate with U.S. antiterrorism efforts, and prevent the proliferation of and trafficking in weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in their countries; and (4) a strategy for addressing and eliminating terrorist sanctuaries. (Sec. 7103) Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to U.S. commitment to the future of Pakistan. Extends through FY 2006 the authority of the President to waive certain foreign assistance restrictions on Pakistan.  (Sec. 7104) Afghanistan Freedom Support Act Amendments of 2004 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Government should work with other countries to obtain long-term security, political, and financial commitments and fulfillment of pledges to the Government of Afghanistan. Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to require the President (under current law the President is "strongly urged") to designate within the State Department a coordinator of Afghanistan affairs. Requires the coordinator to submit to Congress the Administration's Afghanistan assistance plan and to coordinate the implementation of assistance to Afghanistan. Reaffirms authorities in the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 relating to economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan. Requires the President to formulate a five-year strategy for Afghanistan and submit such strategy to Congress. Requires that such strategy include specific and measurable goals for addressing the long-term development and security needs of Afghanistan. Requires the President to submit annual report through 2010 on the progress in implementing such strategy. Revises provisions relating to education, the rule of law, civil society and democracy, and protection of cultural sites in Afghanistan. Directs the Secretary of State to submit periodic reports to Congress on assistance for Afghanistan from all U.S. Government agencies. Declares it to be U.S. policy to: (1) take immediate steps to disarm private militias, particularly child soldiers, in Afghanistan; and (2) support the expansion of international peacekeeping and security operations in Afghanistan. Expresses the sense of Congress supporting counterdrug efforts in Afghanistan. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and State to jointly report to Congress on: (1) the progress in reducing poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan; and (2) the use of profits from illegal drugs to support terrorist efforts to undermine the Government of Afghanistan.  Extends through January 1, 2010, the reporting requirement on the implementation of strategies for meeting the immediate and long-term security needs of Afghanistan. Repeals provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 prohibiting certain assistance to Afghanistan. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2006 for assistance to Afghanistan. (Sec. 7105) Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the relationship between the peoples and Governments of the United States and Saudi Arabia. (Sec. 7106) Expresses the sense of Congress on efforts to combat Islamist terrorism. (Sec. 7107) Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. foreign policy should promote democratic values and respect for the rule of law and that the U.S. Government must encourage all governments with predominantly Muslim populations to promote democratic values and respect for the rule of law. (Sec. 7108) Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the promotion of U.S. values through broadcast media.  Directs the Secretary of State to make grants to the National Endowment for Democracy to fund a private sector group to establish and manage a free and independent media network.  Authorizes appropriations.  (Sec. 7109) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Secretary of State to: (1) make public diplomacy an integral component in the planning and execution of U.S. foreign policy; and (2) coordinate and develop a strategy for public diplomacy activities of Federal agencies.  Sets forth the duties of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, including the preparation of an annual strategic plan for public diplomacy in collaboration and consultation with the regional and functional bureaus of the State Department.  (Sec. 7110) Declares U.S. policy on public diplomacy training. Directs the Secretary to: (1) emphasize the importance of public diplomacy in recruiting, training, and assigning members of the Foreign Service; and (2) seek to increase the number of Foreign Service officers who are proficient in languages spoken in predominantly Muslim countries. Makes proficiency in public diplomacy a criterion for promotion in the Foreign Service. (Sec. 7111) Directs the President to continue to support and seek to expand the work of the democracy caucus at the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Commission and to seek to establish a democracy caucus at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament and at other international organizations. Directs the President to use the influence of the United States to reform criteria in United Nations bodies and other international organizations to exclude certain countries that violate the principles of specific organizations, are subject to United Nations sanctions, or have been determined to have supported international terrorism or terrorist organizations. Declares U.S. policy supporting training courses in multilateral diplomacy for Foreign Service officers and other employees of the State Department. Directs the Secretary to provide training in multilateral diplomacy to Foreign Service officers and other employees of the State Department.  (Sec. 7112) Declares it to be U.S. policy that the United States should commit to a long-term engagement with Muslim populations, particularly with Muslim youth and those who influence youth. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should significantly increase its investment in programs which promote engagement with the Muslim world. Authorizes the President to substantially expand U.S. exchange, scholarship, and library programs, particularly programs that benefit Muslims. Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to make grants to U.S.-sponsored elementary and secondary schools in predominantly Muslim countries to provide full or partial merit-based scholarships to lower-income and middle-income families in such countries and to report to Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 and 2006. (Sec. 7113) Authorizes the Secretary to establish an International Youth Opportunity Fund to provide financial assistance for the improvement of public education in the Middle East and other strategically-important countries with predominantly Muslim populations. Encourages the Secretary to seek the cooperation of the international community in establishing and supporting such Fund.  (Sec. 7114) Expresses the sense of Congress supporting the use of economic strategies to combat terrorism.  (Sec. 7115) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 and 2006 for the Middle East Partnership Initiative. Expresses the sense of Congress that a significant amount of such funding be made available to promote the rule of law in the Middle East.  (Sec. 7116) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should engage foreign governments in developing a comprehensive multilateral strategy to fight terrorism. Authorizes the President to establish an international counterterrorism policy contact group with the leaders of foreign governments.  (Sec. 7117) Expresses the sense of Congress on the importance of targeting terrorist financial facilitators in the war on terrorism.  (Sec. 7118) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise procedures for the designation of foreign terrorist organizations. Provides for periodic review of the status of such organizations and the publication of such review in the Federal Register. (Sec. 7119) Directs the President to submit to Congress a report on the activities of the U.S. Government to carry out the provisions of this subtitle, including descriptions of U.S. strategy to: (1) address and eliminate terrorist sanctuaries; (2) engage with Pakistan and support it over the long term; (3) engage with the Government of Saudi Arabia on subjects of mutual interest and importance; (4) help win the struggle of ideas in the Islamic world; (5) expand outreach to foreign Muslim audiences through broadcast media; (6) expedite issuance of visas to aliens for the purpose of participating in a scholarship, exchange, or visitor programs without compromising the security of the United States; (7) promote free universal basic education in the Middle East and in predominantly Muslim countries; and (8) encourage economic reform in predominantly Muslim countries.  (Sec. 7120) Amends the Case-Zablocki Act to require the Secretary of State to: (1) make publicly available on the State Department Internet website each treaty or international agreement to be published in the compilation entitled "United States Treaties and Other International Agreements" not later than 180 days after such treaty or agreement enters into force; and (2) submit to Congress an annual report containing an index of certain international agreements for the preceding calendar year. Subtitle B: Terrorist Travel and Effective Screening - (Sec. 7201) Requires the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center to submit to Congress a strategy for combining terrorist travel intelligence, operations, and law enforcement into a cohesive effort to intercept terrorists, find terrorist travel facilitators, and constrain terrorist mobility.  Directs the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of State, to submit to Congress a plan describing how the DHS and the Department of State (DOS) can acquire and deploy to all consulates, POEs, and immigration benefits offices technologies facilitating document authentication and the detection of potential terrorist indicators on travel documents. Requires the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State (as relevant to DOS personnel), to: (1) review and evaluate training programs regarding travel and identity documents, and techniques, patterns, and trends associated with terrorist travel provided to DHS and DOS personnel; and (2) implement related training and periodic retraining programs. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of State to individually submit annual reports on such training for their respective personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to assist States, Indian tribes, local governments, and private organizations to establish training programs related to terrorist travel intelligence. Requires the Director to increase resources and personnel to the small classified program that collects and analyzes intelligence on terrorist travel. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009 for that purpose. (Sec. 7202) Establishes a Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, to be operated by the Secretary, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General in accordance with their memorandum of understanding. Requires the Center to: (1) serve as the focal point for interagency efforts to address terrorist travel; and (2) serve as a clearinghouse for Federal agency information in support of the U.S. strategy to prevent clandestine terrorist travel and the facilitation of migrant smuggling and trafficking of persons. (Sec. 7203) Authorizes the Secretary of State to increase the number of consular officers by 150 per year through FY 2009. Requires all immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications to be reviewed and adjudicated by a consular officer (thus precluding the use of foreign nationals for visa screening).  Amends the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 to require consular officer training in document fraud detection. Directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary, to: (1) conduct a survey of each diplomatic and consular post at which visas are issued to assess the extent to which fraudulent documents are presented by visa applicants; and (2) not later than July 31, 2005, identify the posts experiencing the highest levels of fraud and place in each such post at least one full-time anti-fraud specialist unless a DHS employee with sufficient training and experience is already stationed there. (Sec. 7204) Directs the President to seek the implementation of effective international measures to: (1) share information on lost, stolen, and fraudulent passports and other travel documents; (2) establish and implement a real-time verification system for such documents; and (3) encourage criminalization of certain conduct that could aid terrorist travel. Requires the President to submit annual progress reports on such efforts. (Sec. 7205) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek to enter into an international agreement to modernize and improve standards for the translation of names into the Roman alphabet in order to ensure common spellings for international travel documents and name-based watchlist systems. (Sec. 7206) Requires the selection of at least 50 airports that lack preinspection stations for the current program of assigning additional immigration officers to assist air carriers in detecting fraudulent documents. Authorizes related appropriations through FY 2007. (Sec. 7207) Requires the Secretary of State, no later than October 26, 2006, to certify which of the countries designated to participate in the visa waiver program are developing a program to issue machine readable, tamper-resistant visa documents that incorporate biometric identifiers. (Sec. 7208) Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan to accelerate full implementation of an automated biometric entry and exit data system (entry-exit system); (2) integrate the entry-exit system with all databases and data systems maintained by specified Federal agencies that process or contain information on aliens (including components of the DHS); (3) establish procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of data in the entry-exit system, including procedures for individuals to seek correction of such data; and (4) implement a registered traveler program to expedite processing of travelers entering and exiting the United States, which shall be integrated with the entry-exit system. Requires the standardization of information and data collected from foreign nationals as well as the procedures used to collect such data. (Sec. 7209) Directs the Secretary , in consultation with the Secretary of State, to implement by January 1, 2008, a plan to require biometric passports or other secure passports for all travel into the United States by U.S. citizens and by categories of individuals for whom documentation requirements were previously waived. (Sec. 7210) Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Government should: (1) exchange terrorist information with trusted allies; (2) move toward real-time verification of passports with issuing authorities; (3) where practicable, conduct passenger prescreening for flights destined for the United States; (4) work with other countries to ensure effective airport inspection regimes; and (5) work with other countries to improve passport standards. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of State to submit a report on Federal efforts to collaborate with U.S. allies in the exchange of terrorist information. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Secretary to establish preinspection stations in at least 25 additional foreign airports. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of State to submit a progress report on implementation of this requirement. (Sec. 7211) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish minimum standards for birth certificates for use by Federal agencies for official purposes. Prohibits Federal agencies from accepting nonconforming birth certificates beginning two years after promulgation of such standards. Requires States to certify compliance with such standards. Directs the Secretary of HHS to award grants to States to assist them in conforming to the minimum standards for birth certificates and in developing the capacity to match birth and death records. (Sec. 7212) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish minimum standards for driver's licenses or personal identification cards issued by States for use by Federal agencies for identification purposes, following a negotiated rulemaking process that includes State representatives. Prohibits Federal agencies from accepting nonconforming driver's licenses or personal identification cards issued by a State more than two years after promulgation of such standards. Requires States to certify compliance with such standards. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to award grants to States to assist them in conforming to such standards. (Sec. 7213) Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to: (1) issue regulations restricting the issuance of multiple replacement social security cards; (2) establish minimum standards for the verification of records supporting an application for an original social security card; and (3) add death and fraud indicators to the social security number verification system. Directs the Commissioner to establish an interagency task force for the improvement of social security cards and numbers. Requires the task force to establish security requirements. Requires the Commissioner to: (1) make and report on specified improvements to the enumeration at birth program for the issuance of social security numbers to newborns; and (2) study and report on the most efficient options for ensuring the integrity of the process for enumeration at birth. (Sec. 7214) Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the display of social security numbers on driver's licenses, motor vehicle registrations, or personal identification cards or the inclusion of such numbers in a magnetic strip, bar code, or other means of communication on such documents. (Sec. 7215) Requires the Secretary to establish a program to oversee the implementation of DHS responsibilities with respect to terrorist travel, including the analysis, coordination, and dissemination of terrorist travel intelligence and operational information to specified DHS components and with other appropriate Federal agencies. (Sec. 7216) Amends the Federal criminal code to increase penalties for fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents and information if committed to facilitate international terrorism.  (Sec. 7217) Directs the Secretary of State to study and report on the feasibility and benefits of establishing a system that provides border and visa issuance officials with real-time information on allegedly lost or stolen passports. (Sec. 7218) Establishes a Visa and Passport Security Program within the DOS Bureau of Diplomatic Security. (Sec. 7220) Requires the Secretary to propose minimum standards for identification documents required of domestic commercial airline passengers for boarding. States that such standards shall take effect when an approval resolution is passed by the House and Senate under specified procedures and becomes law. Subtitle C: National Preparedness - (Sec. 7301) Expresses the sense of Congress supporting the adoption of a unified incident command system and the enhancement of communications connectivity between and among all levels of government and emergency response providers. (Sec. 7302) Authorizes governmental entities in the National Capital Region (i.e., District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) to enter into mutual aid agreements for emergency services in an emergency or public service event (e.g., undeclared emergency, presidential inauguration, public gatherings, etc.). Limits the liability of first responders participating in mutual aid agreements. (Sec. 7303) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to enhance public safety interoperable communications at all levels of government. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an Office for Interoperability and Compatibility within the DHS Directorate of Science and Technology to carry out DHS programs relating to SAFECOM and other programs.  Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on DHS plans for accelerating the development of national voluntary consensus standards for public safety interoperable communications.  Requires the President to coordinate cross-border interoperability issues between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Requires the Secretary to provide assistance to support the rapid establishment of consistent, secure, and effective interoperable communications capabilities in urban and high risk areas.  Authorizes the Secretary to make multiyear grants, up to three years, for enhancing interoperable communications capabilities for emergency response providers. Limits the amount for such grants to $150 million in any fiscal year. Requires grant applicants to submit an Interoperable Communications Plan to the Secretary for approval. Requires the Office for Domestic Preparedness in DHS to assist State and local governments and emergency response providers to acquire interoperable communication technology.  Expresses the sense of Congress that interoperable emergency communications systems and radios should continue to be deployed for use by first responders, and that upgraded and new digital communications systems and new digital radios must meet prevailing standards for interoperability. (Sec. 7304) Directs the Secretary to establish not fewer than two pilot projects in high threat urban areas or regions that are likely to implement a national model strategic plan to foster interagency communications and report to Congress on such pilot projects. (Sec. 7305) Expresses the sense of Congress that DHS should promote adoption of voluntary national preparedness standards for the private sector. (Sec. 7306) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the progress of DHS in completing vulnerability and risk assessments of the nation's critical infrastructure and the readiness of the U.S. Government to respond to threats.  (Sec. 7307) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should regularly assess the adequacy of the U.S. Northern Command's plans and strategies. Subtitle D: Homeland Security - (Sec. 7401) Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress must pass legislation in the first session of the 109th Congress to reform the system for distributing grants to enhance State and local government prevention of, preparedness for, and response to acts of terrorism.  (Sec. 7402) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include within the duties of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security: (1) the coordination of industry efforts to identify private sector resources and capabilities to supplement governmental efforts to prevent or respond to a terrorist attack; (2) the coordination with the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security and the Assistant Secretary for Trade Development of the Department of Commerce on issues related to the travel and tourism industries; and (3) consulting with the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness on all matters of concern in the private sector, including the tourism industry.  (Sec. 7403) Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to study the feasibility of establishing an emergency telephonic alert notification system and to report to Congress on such study.  (Sec. 7404) Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot study for issuing public homeland security warnings using a system similar to the AMBER Alert communications network and to report to Congress on such study. (Sec. 7405) Requires the Secretary to ensure that there is effective and ongoing coordination of Federal efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to acts of terrorism and other emergencies among the divisions of DHS. (Sec. 7406) Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program of emergency preparedness compacts for acts of terrorism, disasters, and emergencies. (Sec. 7407) Establishes in DHS the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Director of such Office for the control and interdiction of illegal drugs and the reporting requirements of such Office. Authorizes appropriations.  (Sec. 7408) Requires each subdivision of DHS that is a National Drug Control Program Agency to include in its employee performance appraisal system criteria relating to employee performance in the enforcement of narcotics laws.  Subtitle E: Public Safety Spectrum - (Sec. 7501) Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress must pass legislation in the first session of the 109th Congress that establishes a comprehensive approach to the timely return of analog broadcast spectrum as early as December 31, 2006, to permit public safety entities to begin using that spectrum. (Sec. 7502) Requires certain studies and reports to Congress on allocations of spectrum for emergency response providers and strategies to meet public safety telecommunications requirements. Subtitle F: Presidential Transition - Requires outgoing executive branch officials to provide the President-elect with a detailed classified, compartmented summary of specific threats to national security as soon as possible after the date of the general election. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate should give expedited consideration to national security officials nominated by a President-elect. Provides for expedited security clearance determinations for members of a President-elect's transition team. Subtitle G: Improving International Standards and Cooperation to Fight Terrorist Financing - (Sec. 7701) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury should continue to promote the dissemination of international anti-money laundering and terrorist financing standards and to press for full implementation of the Financial Action Task Force recommendations to curb global terrorist financing. (Sec. 7703) Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to require the Secretary to work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to combat terrorist financing and to testify before Congress on the status of implementation of international anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards by the IMF and other multilateral agencies.  (Sec. 7704) Directs the Secretary to continue to convene the interagency U.S. Government Financial Action Task Force working group to conduct annual reviews of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards.  Subtitle H: Emergency Financial Preparedness - (Sec. 7801) Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate the duties of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary to an employee of the Department of Treasury (current law restricts such delegation to an officer of the Treasury Department).  (Sec. 7802) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should educate consumers and employees of the financial services industry about domestic counterterrorist financing activities. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on efforts to encourage a public-private partnership to protect critical financial infrastructure from terrorist attacks. (Sec. 7803) Emergency Securities Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue orders or take other actions to protect investors and markets in emergency situations. Grants similar reciprocal authority to the Secretary of the Treasury in emergency situations. Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the SEC to submit to Congress a joint report by April 30, 2006, on the efforts of the private sector to implement the Interagency Paper on Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Financial System.  (Sec. 7804) Expresses the sense of Congress that the insurance industry and credit-rating agencies should consider a company's compliance with standards for private sector disaster and emergency preparedness in assessing insurability and creditworthiness.  Title VIII: Other Matters - Subtitle A: Intelligence Matters - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to establish a formal relationship, including information sharing, between the elements of the intelligence community and the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center. Subtitle B: Department of Homeland Security Matters - (Sec. 8201) Establishes the Office of Geospatial Management within the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer to coordinate DHS geospatial information needs (e.g., maps, charts, remote sensing data, and aerial photography). Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Homeland Security Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Protection - Homeland Security Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2004 - (Sec. 8302) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to requires DHS, as part of its agency mission, to ensure that the civil rights and civil liberties of persons are not diminished by the efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland. (Sec. 8303) Expands the duties of the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in DHS to include compliance and investigative responsibilities. (Sec. 8304) Directs the Inspector General of DHS to designate a senior official for the protection of civil rights and liberties against abuses by DHS employees and contractors. (Sec. 8305) Requires the DHS Privacy Officer to coordinate with the Officer for Civil Rights and Liberties in implementing DHS privacy programs, policies, and procedures. (Sec. 8306) Requires the Secretary to ensure that DHS complies with protections for human research subjects. Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 8401) Amends the Clinger-Cohen Act to require increased security for information technology capital planning and investment control responsibilities. (Sec. 8402) Requires the FBI to continually maintain and update an enterprise architecture. Defines "enterprise architecture" as a detailed outline or blueprint of the information technology of the FBI. Requires the Director of the FBI to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on whether the major information technology investments of the FBI are in compliance with the agency's enterprise architecture.  (Sec. 8403) Requires the Office of Government Ethics to submit to Congress a report evaluating the financial disclosure process for executive branch employees. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to transmit to major party presidential nominees an electronic record on presidentially appointed positions. Requires the head of each Federal agency to submit to the President and Congress a presidential appointment reduction plan. Requires the Office of Government Ethics to conduct a comprehensive review of conflict of interest laws relating to executive branch employment and report to the President and Congress on such review. (Sec. 8404) Amends the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to extend until November 19, 2005, provisions requiring air carriers to honor tickets issued by airlines that have suspended passenger service.",2022-05-20T16:29:09Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2845
108-s-2811,108,s,2811,9-11 Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-15,2004-09-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Intelligence Reformation Act of 2004 or 9-11 Act - Establishes as an executive department the Department of Intelligence (Department), headed by a Director of Intelligence. Requires the Director to: (1) serve as head of the Intelligence Community (IC); (2) act as principal adviser to the President for intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government; and (3) determine the annual budget for U.S. intelligence and intelligence-related activities. Establishes a National Counterterrorism Center to, among other things: (1) analyze and integrate all U.S. intelligence pertaining to terrorism or counterterrorism; (2) conduct strategic planning for counterterrorism operations; and (3) ensure that all appropriate U.S. departments, agencies, and elements have access to and receive all-source intelligence support to execute their counterterrorism plans. Requires the Director to establish one or more national intelligence centers to address intelligence priorities established by the National Security Council (established under this Act). Establishes various positions under the Director. Designates the following as elements of the Department, with specified intelligence-related duties: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) the National Security Agency; (3) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; (4) the National Reconnaissance Office; and (5) the Intelligence, Counterterrorism, and Counterintelligence Offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Establishes within the Department an Office of Civil Liberties and Privacy. Requires the FBI Director to continue efforts to develop and maintain an FBI national security workforce. Outlines national security authorities of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, including imagery intelligence and improving the means of navigating vessels of the Navy and merchant marine. Authorizes such Agency's Director to provide foreign countries with imagery intelligence and geospatial information support, and to exchange mapping, charting, and geodetic data with foreign countries and international organizations. Authorizes the Director to withhold from the public certain Department operational files. Provides for transfer to the Department of certain IC elements, authorities, and functions.",2023-01-14T22:48:46Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2811
108-s-2791,108,s,2791,National Guard and Reserve Bill of Rights Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-10,2004-09-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9078-9081),Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,12,National Guard and Reserve Bill of Rights Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to limit the length of assignment of reservists during U.S. Central Command deployments of not less than one year. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a report on Department of Defense policies and communications regarding the length of deployments for reservists in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom. Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate a senior level official of the Department of the Army to implement recommendations for executive action to address military pay problems. Expands reenlistment bonus eligibility and the amount of such bonuses for members of the Selected Reserve. Removes conditions on Ready Reserve members' eligibility for TRICARE enrollment. Makes such eligibility permanent. Requires the Secretary concerned to pay applicable premiums to continue qualified health benefit plan coverage for family members of eligible reservists serving on active duty for the benefits coverage continuation period. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to fund child care for members of the Armed Forces on active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. Requires employers to provide notice of rights and benefits under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Office of Special Counsel to carry out a demonstration project under which certain USERRA claims against Federal agencies are referred to the Office of Special Counsel. Increases monthly educational assistance benefits for members of the Selected Reserve. Expands eligibility for such benefits to include reservists who have served on active duty for a cumulative period of 24 months during any five-year period. Reduces from 60 to 55 the age at which members of Reserve components may receive military retirement pay. Establishes the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs). Eliminates the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Reduces the number of Assistant Secretaries of Defense.,2023-01-14T22:48:46Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2791
108-s-2778,108,s,2778,"A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a unified combatant command for military intelligence, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-08,2004-09-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.,Senate,"Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]",GA,R,C000286,0,"Requires the President, through the Secretary of Defense, to establish a unified combatant command for military intelligence (military intelligence command) to: (1) coordinate all military intelligence activities; (2) develop new military intelligence collection capabilities; and (3) represent the Department of Defense (DOD) in the intelligence community under the National Intelligence Director (NID). Requires the assignment of all active and reserve military intelligence forces of the Armed Forces within specified DOD elements, and civilian personnel of such elements, to the military intelligence command unless otherwise directed by the Secretary. Sets forth the duties and authority of the commander of the military intelligence command.  Requires the staff of the commander to include an inspector general. Requires the Secretary and the NID to consult on the budget of the military intelligence command before submitting that budget to the President. Requires the budget proposal to include funding requests for development and acquisition of military intelligence collection systems and acquisition of other material, supplies, or services peculiar to military intelligence activities. Directs the Secretary to consult with the NID on recommendations made by the commander regarding heads of components of the military intelligence command before transmitting such recommendations to the President.",2023-01-14T22:48:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2778
108-s-2776,108,s,2776,"A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program of outreach to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict on the nature and availability of benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-07,2004-09-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8915),Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) carry out a program to provide outreach to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict on the nature and availability of benefits for veterans, which shall include a nationwide public service campaign; and (2) establish outreach performance measures to permit its ongoing evaluation.",2023-01-14T22:48:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2776
108-s-2777,108,s,2777,Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-09-07,2004-09-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]",UT,R,B000382,1,"Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act - Deems each of the following actions undertaken by a Federal agency to be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for which a separate environmental impact statement is required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969: (1) the resumption of underground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (Site); or (2) the use of any other location for such testing. Outlines information required to be included in such statement, including: (1) the possibility of radiation containment failure and the effects of such failure; (2) possible long-term effects on the water table from underground radiation leakage; and (3) information with respect to certain kiloton categories of weapons. Prohibits the United States from resuming any such testing unless authorized by a law enacted after the enactment of this Act. Requires: (1) advance (seven days) public notice of each test; (2) prompt notice of each release of radiation resulting from a test at the Site; and (3) a study by the National Academy of Sciences on the safety and health of citizens in the vicinity of the Site. Establishes a Nevada Test Site Citizens Review Board to address environmental, health, and safety issues related to nuclear testing at the Site. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to institutions of higher education to acquire and operate for ten years radiation detection equipment and sensors. Directs the Secretary of Energy, through the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency, to monitor the nature and extent of any radiation released into the atmosphere as a result of such testing. Requires: (1) DOE radiation containment assessment; and (2) public notice of monitoring data. Requires the: (1) Director of the National Institutes of Health to make a grant to establish the National Center for the Study of Radiation and Human Health; and (2) Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of individuals exposed to nuclear weapons tests.",2023-01-14T22:48:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2777
108-s-2746,108,s,2746,Los Alamos National Laboratory National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-07-22,2004-07-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]",CO,R,A000109,0,"Los Alamos National Laboratory National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) terminate the contract of the University of California to operate Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico; (2) appoint either a Federal or private sector entity as interim contractor to operate the Laboratory until appointment of a successor contractor; and (3) ensure retention of essential employees at such Laboratory both during the transition period and after commencement of Laboratory operations by the successor to the University of California. Prohibits any future contract award to University of California for operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory.",2023-01-14T22:48:25Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2746
108-s-2674,108,s,2674,"Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-07-15,2004-09-20,Senate passed companion measure H.R. 4837 in lieu of this measure by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 0. Record Vote Number: 185.,Senate,"Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]",TX,R,H001016,2,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (6) chemical demilitarization construction, defense; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990.  Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.  (Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. (Sec. 121) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union. (Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, before issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the congressional defense committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments, and the extent and likelihood of Federal liability) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party under the contract involved in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided under the contract; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation. (Sec. 126) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure for missile defense studies of any funds appropriated for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.  (Sec. 127) Extends until August 15, 2005 (currently, December 31, 2004) the due date for a findings report from the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States to the President and Congress. (Sec. 129) Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon determining that any portion of certain real property at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, is excess to the needs of the Army, to first offer such property to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the National Forest System. Requires the Secretary of the Army to perform any necessary environmental remediation with respect to the property before such transfer.",2022-02-03T05:37:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2674
108-s-2638,108,s,2638,Veterans Benefits Outreach Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-07-12,2004-07-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7939-7940),Senate,"Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]",MN,R,C001057,0,"Veterans Benefits Outreach Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual plan for outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs that addresses plans for: (1) identifying veterans who are not enrolled or registered for benefits or services with the Department; and (2) informing veterans and their dependents of modifications to benefits and services, including eligibility for medical and nursing care and services. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement procedures by which veterans may appeal denied claims that could be substantiated by records destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.",2023-01-14T22:48:24Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2638
108-s-2573,108,s,2573,Gold Star Parents Annuity Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-24,2004-06-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]",NY,D,C001041,0,Gold Star Parents Annuity Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a special pension to each person who has received a Gold Star lapel button as a parent of a member of the armed forces who died while serving.,2023-01-15T04:49:23Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2573
108-s-2601,108,s,2601,"A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to require the payment of monthly special pay for members of the uniformed services whose service on active duty is extended by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-24,2004-06-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7480),Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,0,"Requires the payment of special monthly pay to members of the uniformed services whose enlistment period is extended, or whose eligibility for retirement is suspended, due to a stop-loss order or similar mechanism.",2023-01-15T04:49:23Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2601
108-s-2561,108,s,2561,Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-23,2004-06-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/24/2004 S7313),Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,1,"Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2004 - Authorizes an individual, during the year following enactment of this Act, to make an irrevocable election for entitlement to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill if such individual: (1) first became a member of the armed forces or entered active duty before July 1, 1985; (2) has served on active duty without a break in service and continues to serve for some or all of the year before enactment of this Act; (3) has completed requirements of a secondary school diploma or the equivalent of 12 semester hours in a program leading to a standard college degree; and (4) is discharged or released from active duty honorably. Requires such individual's basic pay to be reduced, over an 18-month period, until the total reduction is $2,700, as a contribution toward such educational assistance.",2023-01-15T04:49:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2561
108-s-2559,108,s,2559,"Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-22,2004-06-24,By Senator Stevens from Committee on Appropriations filed written report. Report No. 108-284.,Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) overseas contingency operations; (2) the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, and Air Force and defense-wide; (4) environmental restoration at formerly used defense sites; (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; and (6) former Soviet Union threat reduction. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for procurement by the Armed Forces and reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion, and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) National Guard and reserve equipment; and (3) certain procurements under the Defense Production Act of 1950. Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) by the Armed Forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for the Defense Working Capital funds and programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund. Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Department of Defense (DOD) medical and health care programs; (2) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (3) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense; and (4) the Office of the Inspector General. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (2) the Intelligence Community Management Account; and (3) national security scholarships, fellowships, and grants (using funds derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund). Title VIII: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds. (Sec. 8008) Authorizes procurement funds to be used for a multiyear procurement contract for the Lightweight 155mm Howitzer. (Sec. 8010) Prohibits during FY 2005 the management by end strengths of DOD civilian personnel. (Sec. 8011) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to initiate a new installation overseas without a 30-day advance notification to the congressional appropriations committees. (Sec. 8018) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish, with host governments of NATO-member countries, an account for the deposit of residual amounts negotiated in the return of U.S. military installations to such countries. (Sec. 8025) Appropriates funds for: (1) DOD for specified grants by the Secretary; and (2) Air Force O&M for specified acquisitions. (Sec. 8027) Authorizes DOD to incur obligations of up to $350 million for DOD military compensation, military construction projects, and supplies and services in anticipation of receipts of contributions from the Government of Kuwait. (Sec. 8029) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to establish a new federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). Limits the Federal compensation to be paid to FFRDC members or consultants. Prohibits the use of FY 2005 FFRDC funds for new building construction, cost-sharing payments for projects funded by Government grants, absorption of contract overruns, or certain charitable contributions. Limits the staff years of technical effort that may be funded for FFRDCs from FY 2005 funds. Reduces by $74.2 million the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs. (Sec. 8030) Provides Buy American requirements with respect to the DOD procurement of carbon, alloy, or armor steel plating. (Sec. 8033) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the amount of DOD purchases from foreign entities in FY 2005. (Sec. 8039) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Indian tribes located in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota relocatable military housing units currently located at Grand Forks and Minot Air Force Bases that are excess to the needs of the Air Force. Requires the Operation Walking Shield program to resolve any housing unit conflicts arising after such conveyance. (Sec. 8044) Earmarks funds appropriated under this Act for the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from DOD activities. (Sec. 8045) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) by a DOD entity without compliance with the Buy American Act; (2) to establish additional field operating agencies of DOD elements, except for those funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Program; (3) for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, unless specifically appropriated for such purpose; and (4) to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2003, level. (Sec. 8048) Directs the Secretary of the Navy, upon determining that the vessel USS CAPABLE is no longer needed by the Navy, to transfer such vessel to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for use as an exploration and research ship. Directs such Secretary to transfer specified funds to the Secretary of Commerce for ship conversion for such purposes. (Sec. 8049) Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts. (Sec. 8055) Directs the Secretary to certify to Congress that the total renovation costs for wedges 2 through 5 of the Pentagon Reservation, cumulatively, will not exceed four times the total renovation cost of wedge 1. Authorizes an annual cost inflation adjustment. Excludes certain costs under such limitation, including costs necessary as a result of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Requires certification reports until all renovation is completed. (Sec. 8057) Prohibits the transfer to any other department or agency, except as specifically provided in an appropriations law, of funds available to DOD or the Central Intelligence Agency for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. (Sec. 8062) Reduces by $835 million the total amount appropriated in titles II through IV of this Act, to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions. (Sec. 8065) Prohibits current fiscal year DOD funds from being obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or international organization defense articles or services for use in any United Nations (UN) peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation, or for any other international peacekeeping, peace enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation, unless specified congressional committees are given 15 days' advance notice. (Sec. 8066) Authorizes the Secretary, to the extent authorized by law, to issue loan guarantees in support of U.S. defense exports not otherwise provided for, with a contingent liability limit of $15 billion. Requires quarterly reports to specified congressional committees. (Sec. 8075) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for approving the license or sale of the F-22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government. (Sec. 8076) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to waive limitations on the procurement of defense items from a foreign country if: (1) the Secretary determines that such limitations would invalidate cooperative or reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items; and (2) such country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items procured in the United States for that country. Provides exceptions. (Sec. 8077) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to support any training program involving a unit of the security forces of a foreign country if credible information exists that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. Requires the monitoring of such information. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition under extraordinary circumstances (requiring a report to the defense committees on any such waiver). (Sec. 8078) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to distribute surplus DOD dental equipment to Indian health service facilities and federally-qualified health centers. (Sec. 8083) Reduces by $300 million the total amount of O&M funds appropriated in this Act, to reflect cash balance and rate stabilization adjustments in the Department of Defense Working Capital Fund. (Sec. 8084) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used for a mission critical or mission essential financial management information technology system that is not registered with the DOD Chief Information Officer. Prohibits such a system from receiving a Milestone A or B approval, or full rate production approval, until the Chief Information Officer certifies that the system is being developed in accordance with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. (Sec. 8086) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity specified armor-piercing ammunition, except to an entity performing demilitarization services for DOD. (Sec. 8087) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to waive payment for the lease of non-excess DOD personal property to certain youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organizations. (Sec. 8094) Reduces by $500 million the total amount appropriated in this Act, to limit excessive growth in the procurement of advisory and assistance services. (Sec. 8095) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for producing Arrow missile components in the United States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements. (Sec. 8096) Appropriates funds for transfer to the Coast Guard for mission essential equipment for HC-130J aircraft. (Sec. 8097) Makes specified Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds available to fund prior-year shipbuilding cost increases, allocating such funds among specified naval accounts. (Sec. 8098) Prohibits any funds available to DOD from being obligated to implement any action which alters the command responsibility or permanent assignment of forces until 270 days after such plan has been provided to the defense committees. (Sec. 8101) Appropriates funds to provide assistance to public schools that have unusually high concentrations of special needs military dependents enrolled, with special consideration with respect to overseas assignments. (Sec. 8103) Reduces by $808.1 million the total amount appropriated in this Act, to reflect excessive unobligated balances. (Sec. 8104) Directs: (1) DOD and the Army to make future budgetary and programming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight Objective Force cannon and resupply vehicle program in order to field such system in the 2008 timeframe; and (2) the Army to ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans will provide no fewer than six Stryker Brigade Combat Teams to be fielded between 2003 and 2008. (Sec. 8105) Earmarks specified appropriated funds to maintain an attrition reserve force of 18 B-52 aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to maintain a total B-52 force of 94, including the 18 reserve, during FY 2005. (Sec. 8110) Requires the FY 2006 defense budget to include separate budget justification documents for costs of U.S. Armed Forces' participation in contingency operations for the military personnel, O&M, and procurement accounts. (Sec. 8111) Prohibits funds from being used for RDT&E, procurement, or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system. (Sec. 8112) Makes DOD Buy American requirements inapplicable to the procurement of any fish, shellfish, or seafood product during the current fiscal year. (Sec. 8113) Earmarks O&M funds for the Regional Defense Counter-terrorism Fellowship Program. (Sec. 8115) Prohibits: (1) (with an exception) the use of any DOD funds for the Terrorism Information Awareness Program; and (2) (with exceptions) the funds provided for processing, analysis, and collaboration tools for counterterrorism foreign intelligence from being available for deployment or implementation. (Sec. 8116) Reduces by $97.331 million the total amount of O&M funds, to limit excessive growth in the travel and transportation of persons. (Sec. 8117) Reduces by $7.158 billion the total amount appropriated for military personnel, taken from specified accounts. Appropriates the same amounts back to such accounts as long as the entire amount is designated as an emergency requirement in support of contingency operations under the FY 2004 concurrent budget resolution. (Sec. 8119) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to settle any and all admiralty claims arising out of the collision involving the U.S.S. GREENEVILLE and the EHIME MARU. Title IX: Contingent Emergency Reserve Fund - Appropriates $25 billion to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, provided that such amount is designated as an emergency requirement in support of contingency operations under the FY 2004 concurrent resolution budget. Makes such funds available for transfer to specified military accounts. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees no later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter summarizing any such transfers. (Sec. 9001) Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to provide supplies, services, transportation, and other logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (requiring quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense committees). (Sec. 9002) Authorizes the Secretary to use O&M funds to provide assistance to the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to enhance their capability to combat terrorism and to support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Requires notification to the defense committees 15 days in advance of such assistance. (Sec. 9003) Authorizes the use of DOD O&M funds to fund the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan). (Sec. 9004) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase the amount authorized for military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries and international organizations. (Sec. 9005) Prohibits the use of funds provided in this title to either finance programs denied by Congress in FY 2004 and 2005 appropriations to DOD, or to initiate a procurement or RDT&E new start program, without 30 days' prior written notification to the defense committees.",2022-02-03T05:37:44Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2559
108-s-2524,108,s,2524,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of health care, rehabilitation, and related services to veterans suffering from trauma relating to a blast injury, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-16,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,0,"Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to establish and operate at least one, but not more than three, centers for research, education, and clinical activities on blast injuries. Requires the Secretary to designate a center or centers upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health subject to specified requirements and findings. Requires the official within the central office of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) responsible for blast injury matters to establish a peer review panel to assess the scientific and clinical merits of proposals for the designation of centers. Authorizes clinical and scientific investigation activities at each center to compete on a priority basis for the award of funds from amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical and prosthetics research. Requires the Under Secretary for Health to ensure that useful information produced by the centers is disseminated throughout the VHA. Gives responsibility for supervising operation of the centers to the official within the central office of the VHA responsible for blast injury matters. Requires the Secretary to designate at least one center no later than January 1, 2005. Directs the Secretary to submit reports on center activities to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2524
108-s-2534,108,s,2534,Montgomery GI Bill for the 21st Century Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-16,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,2,"Montgomery GI Bill for the 21st Century Act - Reduces, for purposes of certain student financial aid computations, the expected family contribution for individuals receiving educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) by an amount equal to the statutory reduction in basic pay or voluntary separation incentives for such individuals.  Authorizes enrollment in the MGIB basic educational assistance program by certain individuals who participated in or were eligible to participate in the post-Vietnam era veteran's educational assistance program. Provides for commencement of the ten-year delimiting period for the receipt of certain training program benefits by veterans, survivors, and dependents upon commencement of such training. Makes MGIB educational benefits available for payment of fees associated with national admissions exams and national exams for credit at institutions of higher education. Increases the maximum loan guarantee amount for veterans seeking assistance under the Veterans Administration home loan guaranty program by indexing that amount to the Freddie Mac conforming loan limit, adjusted annually.",2023-01-15T04:49:22Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2534
108-s-2522,108,s,2522,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of home loan guaranty available under the home loan guaranty program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-15,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,C001042,6,"Amends Federal veterans' benefits law to revise the maximum amount of home loan guaranty available under the home loan guaranty program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, specifically the guaranty of any loan of more than $144,000. Replaces the current formula of the lesser of $60,000 or 25 percent of the loan with the lesser of a certain maximum guaranty amount or 25 percent of the loan. Defines maximum guaranty amount as the dollar amount equal to 25 percent of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) conforming loan limit limitation determined under the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a single-family residence, as adjusted for the year involved.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2522
108-s-2516,108,s,2516,SACRIFICE of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-14,2004-06-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000590,0,"Service Act for Care and Relief Initiatives for Forces Injured in Combat Engagements (SACRIFICE) of 2004 - Honors the sacrifice of members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have been killed or critically wounded in service, recognizes the heroic efforts of Armed Forces medical personnel, and supports advanced medical technologies that assist such personnel in saving lives and reducing disability rates among members of the Armed Forces. Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) prescribe Department of Defense (DOD) policy for providing timely notification to next of kin of the status of members of the Armed Forces who are seriously ill or injured in a combat zone; and (2) transmit a copy of that policy to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. Authorizes FY 2005 appropriations to fund medical equipment and combat casualty technologies for the DOD.",2023-01-15T04:49:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2516
108-s-2515,108,s,2515,Intelligence Community Accountability Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-09,2004-06-09,Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.,Senate,"Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]",ME,R,S000663,1,"Intelligence Community Accountability Act of 2004 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish an independent Office of Inspector General for Intelligence (Office), to be headed by an Inspector General for Intelligence (IG) appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Gives the IG responsibility for: (1) investigating, auditing, or reviewing each significant failure of the intelligence community; (2) identifying means of improving the discharge of intelligence missions; (3) keeping the Director Central Intelligence (DCI) informed about significant failures in the discharge of such missions, corrective actions, and means of improvement; and (4) identifying policies and practices of the intelligence community that may serve as a model for other components of the U.S. Government. Authorizes the IG to commence investigations. Requires the IG and other Inspector Generals in the intelligence community to mutually cooperate in the performance of their respective duties. Authorizes the IG to report to the President, DCI, or head of any element of the intelligence community on investigations conducted by the IG, as appropriate. Requires the IG to: (1) submit to the Attorney General a report on information, allegations, or complaints received by the IG regarding violations of Federal criminal law that involve intelligence community programs or operations; and (2) submit biannual reports on the activities of the IG and Office to the congressional intelligence committees.",2023-01-15T04:49:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2515
108-s-2483,108,s,2483,Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-01,2004-10-05,See also H.R. 4175.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2004, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.  Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2483
108-s-2484,108,s,2484,Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-01,2004-12-03,Became Public Law No: 108-445.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on October 5, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3) Amends Federal provisions concerning grades and pay levels for physicians and dentists employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to replace the current seven physician and dentist grades with a physician grade and dentist grade. Replaces provisions providing special pay to Department physicians and dentists with provisions which provide a pay system composed of three different elements. Makes the first element of such pay base pay, with 15 pay steps based on the total years of service in the Department's Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Increases the base pay for each step achieved, from step 1 (two years or less of such service) to step 15 (more than 28 years). Makes the second element of such pay market pay, which is pay intended to reflect the recruitment and retention needs for the specialty or assignment of a particular physician or dentist in a Department facility. Requires the annual amount of such pay to be determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on a case-by-case basis, requiring the Secretary to consult two or more national surveys concerning physician and dentist pay. Requires such market pay to be reevaluated at least every 24 months. Makes the third element of such pay performance pay, which is pay based on the physician's or dentist's achievement of specific goals and performance objectives as prescribed by the Secretary. Provides a fiscal year performance pay limit of $15,000 or 7.5 percent of the total of base pay and market pay. Requires the Secretary, at least every two years, to prescribe for Department-wide applicability the minimum and maximum amounts of total pay to Department physicians and dentists. Places at Level III of the Executive Schedule the annual rate of basic pay for the VHA position of Under Secretary for Health, allowing such pay to be increased by market pay when the person so serving is also a Department physician or dentist. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe regulations for VHA physician and dentist pay based on changes made by this Act; and (2) report annually for the next five years to the congressional veterans' committees on such pay. Provides: (1) initial rates of base pay for Department physicians and dentists based on changes made by this Act; and (2) transition provisions for current Department physicians and dentists. Terminates the special pay currently authorized for the Under Secretary for Health. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary, in order to obtain or retain the services of registered nurses at any Department health-care facility, to establish two alternative work schedules for such nurses: (1) the "36/40" schedule, consisting of three 12-hour shifts (36 hours) in a work week but paid as a full work week (40 hours); and (2) the "9-month" schedule, consisting of nine months of work with three months off, allowing 75 percent of the normal annual pay for such position apportioned over a 12-month period. Requires the Secretary to certify annually to Congress over the next three years whether each Department facility has in place a policy designed to prevent work hours by nurses providing direct patient care (other than emergency care) in excess of 12 consecutive hours or 60 hours in any seven-day period. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary, in order to recruit and retain highly qualified Department nurse executives, to pay to each nurse executive employed at a Department health-care facility or the Central Office an annual special pay of at least $10,000 and up to $25,000, based on current pay grade, qualifications, complexity of duties, etc.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2484
108-s-2485,108,s,2485,Department of Veterans Affairs Real Property and Facilities Management Improvement Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-01,2004-10-09,See also H.R. 3936.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Department of Veterans Affairs Real Property and Facilities Management Improvement Act of 2004 - Title I: Real Property and Facilities Matters - Subtitle A: Real Property and Facilities Administration - (Sec. 101) Amends Federal veterans' provisions to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to dispose of excess real property of the Department of Veterans Affairs by: (1) transfer to or exchange with another Federal department or agency; or (2) conveyance to or exchange with a State or political subdivision, Indian tribe, public entity, or private person or entity (thereby eliminating certain other transfer requirements). Sets forth disposal procedures. Requires: (1) disposal proceeds to be deposited into the Capital Asset Fund (established in this section); and (2) the Secretary to include in annual budget justification documents a report on each such disposal. Provides authorized Fund uses. Authorizes FY 2005 appropriations to the Fund. (Sec. 102) Modifies business plan-based determinations relating to the Secretary's enhanced-use lease authority by: (1) requiring consideration of the needs of the Veterans Benefits Administration or the National Cemetery Administration; and (2) allowing the Department to receive facilities, space, or services in consideration for such a lease regardless of whether the facilities, space, or services are on the leased property. (Sec. 103) Authorizes funds in a Department construction or capital account that are available for a construction or non-recurring maintenance project to be used for the construction or relocation of a surface parking lot incidental to such project. (Sec. 104) Prohibits the Secretary from implementing a mission change for a medical facility (with an exception) until 90 days after the Secretary submits to the congressional veterans' committees written notice of the mission change. (Sec. 105) Terminates the Nursing Home Revolving Fund. Transfers unobligated balances to the Capital Asset Fund. (Sec. 106) Removes congressional notice-and-wait limits on the use of Advanced Planning Fund amounts for major medical facility projects when funds for such projects have already been authorized by law. (Sec. 107) Authorizes the Secretary to lease any undeveloped land or unused or underutilized buildings or lots of the National Cemetery Administration. Allows a lease term of up to ten years. Establishes in the Treasury the National Cemetery Administration Facilities Operation Fund to cover costs incurred by such Administration in operating and maintaining its property. Subtitle B: Transfers of Property - (Sec. 111) Directs the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Secretary specified General Services Administration property north of the Army Reserve facility in Boise, Idaho, for purposes relating to the delivery of benefits to veterans. Subtitle C: Designation of Facilities - (Sec. 121) Designates the Department medical center in the Bronx, New York, as the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (Sec. 122) Designates the memorial to former prisoners of war and members of the Armed Forces missing in action that is under construction at Riverside National Cemetery, California, as the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial. Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 131) Requires the Secretary, upon determining to convey, lease, or dispose of all or part of the Louisville Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kentucky, to engage in negotiations for such conveyance, lease, or disposal solely with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Limits the duration of such requirement to one year after the commencement of such negotiations. Requires such negotiations to address the utilization of such Center for the primary purpose of the provision of services for veterans and related activities. Title II: Benefits Matters - (Sec. 201) Exempts veterans receiving hospice care from certain Department copayment requirements. (Sec. 202) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of 2004) the Department's authority to provide counseling and treatment to veterans suffering from an incident of sexual trauma that occurred during service. Expands such authority to include members of the reserves suffering from an incident that occurred during training. (Sec. 203) States that Department per diem payments to States for the care of veterans in State nursing homes shall not be considered a liability of a third party or otherwise utilized to offset or reduce any other payment made to assist veterans. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to 14 days of care following birth for the newborn child of a woman veteran receiving maternity care furnished by the Department if the child was delivered in a Department facility or a Department-contracted facility. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary, subject to the appropriation of funds, to establish and operate at least one and up to three centers for research, education, and clinical activities on blast injuries. Outlines requirements for proposals submitted for the designation of a center. Authorizes appropriations. Requires reports during 2006 through 2008 from the Secretary to the veterans' committees on center status and activities. (Sec. 206) Extends through: (1) 2009 required reports from the Special Medical Advisory Group on care and treatment provided to disabled veterans; and (2) 2005 a pilot program to evaluate three different models of providing long-term care to veterans. (Sec. 207) Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the veterans' committees on the waiting times of veterans for appointments for care and services from the Department.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2485
108-s-2486,108,s,2486,Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-06-01,2004-12-10,Became Public Law No: 108-454.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,2,"Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 - Title I: Veterans Earn and Learn Act - Veterans Earn and Learn Act of 2004 - (Sec. 102) Charges the Montgomery GI Bill veterans' educational assistance entitlement for each month after September 30, 2005, that an eligible veteran is paid a job training assistance allowance through the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department). Increases such charge for any month in which the veteran fails to complete 120 hours of such training. (Sec. 103) Increases by specified percentages or amounts, for months beginning on or after October 1, 2005, and before January 1, 2008, the assistance payable under the following veterans' educational assistance programs for each month in which an individual pursuing a full-time program of apprenticeship or other on-job training is also enrolled in a course of classroom instruction related to such training: (1) the Montgomery GI Bill; (2) the post-Vietnam era; (3) survivors and dependents; and (4) the Selected Reserve. (Sec. 104) Allows an apprenticeship to be determined upon a specific period of time (time-based program) or upon the successful mastery of a skill (competency-based program), or upon a combination thereof. Directs State approving agencies, when determining the period of a competency-based program, to consider the approximate program term recommended in registered apprenticeship program standards recognized by the Secretary of Labor. Provides funding for FY 2005 for computer system modifications necessitated by the amendments made under this section. (Sec. 105) Increases from 10 to 20 years the authorized period of educational assistance under the survivors and dependents educational assistance program for spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die while on active duty. (Sec. 106) Makes veterans' educational assistance payments available for national tests for admission to institutions of higher learning or graduate schools, as well as for national tests providing an opportunity for course credit at institutions of higher learning. Provides for determination of the number of months of educational assistance entitlement to be charged against an individual for the cost of such tests. (Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary of Defense, at the time of a servicemember's discharge or release from active-duty service, to furnish to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) pertinent information concerning each registered apprenticeship pursued by the servicemember during such service. Directs the Secretary, in turn, to encourage and assist States and private organizations to give appropriate credit to such servicemembers for the apprenticeship program in the case of similar pursuit of a civilian program. (Sec. 108) Authorizes the Secretary, for up to three years, to conduct a pilot program for training Department employees to become qualified adjudicators of claims for veterans' compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions. Requires initial and final program reports from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 109) Provides for the collection of payment, by the Secretary of Defense, for educational assistance provided under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve called or ordered to active duty. Title II: Employment Matters - Subtitle A: Employment and Reemployment Rights - (Sec. 201) Extends from 18 to 24 months the maximum period of employer-sponsored health care coverage that a person covered by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) may elect to receive while absent from employment due to military service. (Sec. 202) Reinstates, for the Secretary of Labor, reporting requirements (currently terminated at the end of 2000) relative to USERRA cases. (Sec. 203) Requires employers to provide to entitled individuals notice of rights and duties under USERRA. (Sec. 204) Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Office of Special Counsel to carry out a demonstration project through the end of FY 2007 under which certain claims against Federal agencies under USERRA are referred to the Office for assistance. Requires such Office to receive and investigate all USERRA-related prohibited personnel action claims. Requires the Comptroller General to periodically evaluate the demonstration project and report results to Congress. Subtitle B: Other Matters - (Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary to contract with a qualified entity to conduct a study of, and prepare a report on, the employment histories of recently separated servicemembers. Provides study funding. Title III: Benefits Matters - (Sec. 301) Increases by $250 the monthly amount of dependency and indemnity compensation in the case of a surviving spouse with one or more children below the age of 18, to be payable until all such children have attained such age. (Sec. 302) States that a radiation-exposed veteran who receives payments under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 shall not be deprived of the payment of any veterans' disability compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation to which such person is entitled, but there shall be deducted from such compensation the amount of any payment made under such Act. (Sec. 303) Excludes life insurance proceeds from consideration as income for veterans' pension purposes. (Sec. 304) Treats a disability incurred through Department treatment or vocational rehabilitation as a service-connected disability for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits. Provides for an offset against veterans' benefits in the amount of any judgment, settlement, or compromise received as a result of such treatment or rehabilitation. (Sec. 305) Provides for the effective date of the award of veterans' death pension. (Sec. 306) Presumes the following cancers to be service-connected, and therefore compensable under veterans' disability compensation, in the case of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation: bone, brain, colon, lung, and ovarian. Qualifies as a "radiation-risk activity," for purposes of veterans' benefits, service which, if performed by a Department of Energy employee, would qualify for inclusion as a member of the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. (Sec. 307) Codifies increases in the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children, as enacted under the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2003. Title IV: Housing Matters - (Sec. 401) Authorizes the Secretary to provide specially adapted housing assistance for veterans whose disability is the result of the loss, or loss of use of, both upper arms at or above the elbow. (Sec. 402) Authorizes the use of veteran volunteers in connection with the construction, alteration, and repair of multifamily transitional housing. Authorizes the leasing of space in areas of such housing for other commercial activities (currently only for neighborhood retail services and job training programs). (Sec. 403) Replaces the $60,000 maximum Department home loan guaranty to veterans for the construction or purchase of homes with an amount equal to 25 percent of the Freddie Mac conforming loan limit under the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a single-family residence, as adjusted for the year involved. (Sec. 404) Extends through FY 2008 a demonstration project under which the Secretary shall guarantee adjustable rate mortgage loans to veterans in a manner similar to the manner in which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development insures adjustable rate mortgages under provisions of the National Housing Act. (Sec. 405) Extends through FY 2008 the hybrid adjustable rate mortgage guarantee demonstration program for veterans. Revises interest rate adjustment requirements with respect to such mortgages. (Sec. 406) Terminates the collection of fees for Department-guaranteed home loans from veterans rated eligible for veterans' disability compensation as a result of a pre-discharge disability examination and rating. (Sec. 407) Extends through 2008 (currently 2005) the Native American veteran housing loan pilot program. Title V: Matters Relating to Fiduciaries - (Sec. 502) Amends Federal veterans' provisions relating to the care of an incompetent veteran or a veteran's minor or ward to require a fiduciary, in order to receive payment of benefits of a veteran or veteran's beneficiary on behalf of such veteran or beneficiary, to be certified on the basis of an inquiry or investigation conducted by the Secretary to determine fitness to serve as a fiduciary. Outlines inquiry or investigation requirements, and allows for an expedited inquiry or investigation under certain circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint temporary fiduciaries during such inquiries or investigations. (Sec. 503) Prohibits a fiduciary from collecting a fee from a beneficiary for any month during which the Secretary or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the fiduciary misused all or part of the individual's benefit. Provides for liability against fiduciaries for misused benefits. Requires the Secretary to reissue benefits in any case in which the negligent failure of the Secretary to investigate or monitor a fiduciary results in the misuse of benefits. (Sec. 504) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct periodic onsite reviews of institutional fiduciaries; (2) require a fiduciary to file a report or accounting; and (3) redirect delivery of benefit payments when a fiduciary fails to provide a required accounting. Provides for: (1) civil monetary penalties against fiduciaries found in violation; and (2) judicial orders of restitution from violating fiduciaries. (Sec. 505) Directs the Secretary to include in the Annual Benefits Report of the Veterans Benefits Administration or the Secretary's Annual Performance and Accountability Report information concerning fiduciaries who have been appointed to receive payments for beneficiaries of the Department. Title VI: Memorial Affairs Matters - (Sec. 601) Designates the memorial to former prisoners of war and members listed as missing in action that is under construction at Riverside National Cemetery, California, as the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial. (Sec. 602) Authorizes the Secretary to lease any undeveloped land or unused or underutilized buildings or lots of the National Cemetery Administration. Allows a lease term of up to ten years. Establishes in the Treasury the National Cemetery Administration Facilities Operations Fund to cover costs incurred by such Administration in operating and maintaining its property. (Sec. 603) Authorizes the Secretary to utilize exchanges in order to acquire lands needed for national cemeteries. Title VII: Improvements to Servicemembers Civil Relief Act - (Sec. 701) Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to: (1) define "judgment" for purposes of the Act; (2) require a written waiver, separate from the obligation or liability in question, of certain rights under the Act; (3) allow plaintiffs (currently only defendants) to request a stay of civil proceedings; and (4) require that a termination of a lease by a lessee entering into, or receiving orders for, military service shall also terminate any obligation that such lessee's dependent may have under the lease. Title VIII: Other Matters - (Sec. 801) Requires the principal office of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area (currently, in the District of Columbia). (Sec. 803) Extends through 2009 (currently 2003) a required biennial report from the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War. (Sec. 804) Provides administrative and judicial redress for preference eligible veterans and veterans separated from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions after three or more years of active duty who are denied the opportunity to compete for Federal employment. (Sec. 805) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on: (1) outreach efforts of the Department to inform members of the Armed Forces and veterans of benefits and services available under laws administered by the Secretary; and (2) the current level of awareness of those members and veterans of such benefits and services.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2486
108-s-2448,108,s,2448,Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-19,2004-06-14,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6720),Senate,"Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]",NH,R,G000445,0,Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act - Amends the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 to state that differential pay (the difference between an employee's civilian wages and wages received while on active duty in the uniformed services for more than 30 days) shall be treated as payment of wages by the employer to the employee for Federal income tax purposes. Requires any contribution to an employee pension benefit plan on behalf of an employee who is receiving differential pay to be treated as a contribution with respect to a current employee of the employer.,2021-09-29T22:23:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2448
108-s-2450,108,s,2450,Korea Defense Service Combat Recognition Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-19,2004-05-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5808),Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,1,"Korea Defense Service Combat Recognition Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to provide that, with respect to service in the Republic of Korea after July 28, 1953, eligibility of a member of the Army for the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medical Badge shall be met under criteria and eligibility requirements that, as nearly as practicable, are identical to those applicable to service elsewhere without regard to specific location or special circumstances such as: (1) serving in a hostile fire area; (2) a minimum number of instances in which the member was engaged with the enemy in active ground combat; or (3) a personal recommendation or approval by a commander in the member's chain of command.",2023-01-15T04:49:06Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2450
108-s-2430,108,s,2430,Medical Readiness and Tracking Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-18,2004-05-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]",NY,D,C001041,2,Medical Readiness and Tracking Act of 2004 - Directs the Comptroller General to carry out a health study of Armed Forces reservists called or ordered to active duty for more than 30 days in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Requires Selected Reserve members not on active duty to undergo physical fitness examinations every 30 months. Dispenses with physical fitness certification requirements. Requires reassignment or separation of reservists who are not medically qualified for performance of their duties. Requires the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish a policy on deferral of medical treatment for reservists pending deployment. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a health assessment program for Armed Forces recruits; (2) convene a working group to improve the medical tracking system for deployed members of the Armed Forces; and (3) prescribe a Department of Defense (DOD) policy on the collection and dissemination of in-theater individual personnel location data. Requires military installation commanders to conduct an anticipated health care needs assessment of members being redeployed. Requires audits of DOD blood sample records and the health assessment database. Directs the Secretary to facilitate declassification of certain data relevant to environmental hazards exposure. Requires the Chief Information Officer of the Department of the Army to ensure that the Army Knowledge Online website includes specified information. Directs the Secretary to take action to ensure full implementation of the Force Health Protection and Readiness Program. Requires the preparation of various health-related reports.,2023-01-15T04:49:07Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2430
108-s-2427,108,s,2427,Veterans' Enhanced Transition Services Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-17,2004-05-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5539-5541),Senate,"Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]",WI,D,F000061,0,"Veterans' Enhanced Transition Services Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary concerned to transmit to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the service medical records of each member of the Armed Forces who is entitled to preseparation counseling and other services. Directs the Secretary concerned to: (1) require preseparation counseling for members of reserve components being separated from service on active duty for more than 30 days; and (2) ensure that commanders authorize such members to obtain counseling during duty time. Requires preseparation counseling on: (1) certification and licensure requirements for civilian occupations; and (2) civilian occupations that correspond to military occupational specialties. Extends preseparation counseling to members of the National Guard being separated from long-term duty. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to require participation in the Department of Labor transitional services program unless members previously participated in the program or are returning to previously held employment or educational pursuits. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Labor jointly to carry out a study on coordinating Armed Services and State job training and certification standards. Specifies locations for benefits delivery at discharge programs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe minimum content and standards for required medical examinations, including screening for post-traumatic stress disorder, and to provide follow-up services. Requires the Secretary of Defense to carry out programs to: (1) facilitate veteran-to-veteran preseparation counseling; and (2) assist discharged, released, or retired members of the Armed Forces in obtaining college credit for training received in the Armed Forces.",2023-01-15T04:49:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2427
108-s-2417,108,s,2417,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-13,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]",MN,R,C001057,6,Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide up to 14 days of care following birth for the newborn child of a woman veteran receiving maternity care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs if the child was delivered in a Department facility or a Department-contracted facility.,2023-01-15T04:49:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2417
108-s-2400,108,s,2400,Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-11,2004-06-23,Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4200 as an amendment. (text as passed Senate: CR 7/6/2004 S7592-7684),Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,491,"Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for defense-wide procurement. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Limits the obligation or expenditure of funds for the procurement of light utility helicopters until the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense and appropriations committees: (1) a certification that all required documentation for the acquisition of such helicopters has been completed and approved; and (2) an updated modernization plan for Army aviation containing specified elements. (Sec. 112) Earmarks specified Army procurement funds for the procurement of: (1) up-armored high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles; and (2) wheeled vehicle ballistic add-on armor protection. Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Army to allocate the earmarked funds between the two procurements; and (2) at least 15 days' advance notice to the defense and appropriations committees prior to such allocation. (Sec. 113) Authorizes additional Army procurement funds, to be used for the procurement of command-and-control vehicles or field artillery ammunition support vehicles. Offsets such additional funds from Air Force personnel funding. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) procure the first amphibious assault ship of the LHA(R) class, subject to the availability of appropriations; and (2) enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of the lightweight 155-millimeter howitzer, if determined effective for fleet use. (Sec. 123) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out a pilot program of flexible funding of engineered refueling overhauls and conversions of submarines, through amounts made available for the Navy for procurement and operation and maintenance for FY 2005 through 2012. Outlines program limitations. Requires an efficacy report from such Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates the program after September 30, 2012. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - (Sec. 131) Prohibits, during FY 2005, the retirement of: (1) any KC-135E aircraft; or (2) any F-117 aircraft in use by the Air Force during FY 2004. (Sec. 133) Authorizes additional Army procurement funds, to be used for the Senior Scout mission bed-down initiative. Offsets such additional funds from Air Force personnel funding. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 141) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to report to the defense and appropriations committees on options for the acquisition of precision-guided munitions. (Sec. 142) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on a test program on the maturity and effectiveness of the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion network architecture.  Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Armed Forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). Earmarks specified amounts for science and technology projects. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 211) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use specified Navy RDT&E funds for the second destroyer in the DD(X) class destroyer program, including for detail design. (Sec. 212) Limits the obligation or expenditure of funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite until the Secretary: (1) completes an analysis of alternatives for architectures, technologies, and procedures for the next generation GPS; and (2) reports to the defense and appropriations committees on the results of such analysis. (Sec. 213) Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Spence Act) to extend until March 1, 2005, the due date for the initiation of a concept demonstration of the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. (Sec. 214) Directs the Secretary to establish and require an executive committee to provide guidance and recommendations for the management of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program to the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Agency personnel managing the program. (Sec. 215) Directs the Secretary to: (1) require the Defense Science Board to conduct a study on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program; and (2) report study results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary to plan, program, and budget for all joint experimentation of the Armed Forces as a separate, dedicated program element under defense-wide RDT&E activities. (Sec. 217) Increases (with corresponding offsets) the amounts authorized for: (1) Navy RDT&E, to be used for Navy infrastructure system security engineering development; (2) defense-wide RDT&E, to be used for neurotoxin mitigation research; (3) defense-wide RDT&E, to be used for spiral development of joint threat warning system maritime variants; (4) Air Force RDT&E, to be used for development and testing of the Advanced Ferrite Antenna; (5) Navy RDT&E, to be used for design, development, and testing of a prototype littoral array system for operating submarines; and (6) defense-wide RDT&E, to be used for advanced manufacturing technologies and radiation casualty research. Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - (Sec. 231) Allows funds authorized for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under this title to be used for the development and fielding of an initial set of ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities. (Sec. 232) Directs the Secretary, with respect to the acquisition of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile system and Medium Extended Air defense system, to require the Secretary of the Army to obtain the approval of the MDA Director before the Secretary of the Army: (1) either changes system level technical specifications or establishes new specifications; (2) makes any significant change in a procurement quantity; or (3) changes the baseline development schedule in effect for either program. (Sec. 233) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to: (1) conduct an assessment, at the conclusion of each of 2004 through 2009, of the extent to which each BMD program meets cost, scheduling, testing, and performance goals; and (2) report each assessment's results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 234) Requires the: (1) Secretary to prescribe criteria for operationally realistic testing of fieldable prototypes developed under the BMD spiral development program; (2) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to evaluate the results of each test conducted, and report evaluation results to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees; (3) Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to establish cost, schedule, and performance baselines for each block configuration of the BMD system being fielded, and to include such information in required reports to Congress; and (4) MDA Director to include in such report any significant variations from the established baselines.  Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 241) Directs the Secretary, for each of FY 2006 through 2009, to report to the defense committees on the submarine technologies that are available or potentially available for insertion into Navy submarines to reduce their production and operating costs while maintaining or improving their effectiveness. (Sec. 242) Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) in strong support of the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise for reducing the cost of building and repairing ships in the United States; and (2) that the Secretary should continue to provide in the future-years defense program funding for the Enterprise at a sustained level to support additional research for reducing such cost. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) working capital funds; (2) the Defense Health Program; (3) chemical agents and munitions destruction; (4) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; and (5) the Defense Inspector General. (Sec. 304) Increases (with a corresponding offset) defense-wide O&M funds, to be used for the DOD one-source counseling and referral hotline. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 311) Earmarks specified defense-wide O&M funds for: (1) the Commander's Emergency Response Program for enabling U.S. military commanders in Iraq to respond to urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs for the people of Iraq; and (2) a similar program in Afghanistan. (Sec. 312) Prohibits transfers out of a working capital fund, or between or among such funds, unless the Secretary has notified the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 313) Increases (with a corresponding offset) Army O&M funds, to be used for the family readiness program of the National Guard. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - (Sec. 321) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with owners of former defense property for the payment of certain cleanup costs in connection with the defense environmental restoration program. Makes the base closure account under the applicable base closure law the sole source of funds for environmental restoration at certain base realignment and closure sites. (Sec. 322) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified DOD O&M funds to a named account as reimbursement to the Environmental Protection Agency for certain environmental cleanup costs in connection with the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Washington. (Sec. 323) Deems the Defense Inspector General in compliance with certain requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 if the Inspector General conducts periodic audits of payments, obligations, reimbursements, and other uses from the Hazardous Substance Superfund. (Sec. 324) Requires the CG to: (1) study drinking water contamination and related health effects at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; (2) ensure study participation by other interested (affected) parties; and (3) report study results and recommendations to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 325) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to increase the amount authorized for an environmental remediation project in Front Royal, Virginia. (Sec. 326) Directs the CG to study, and report to Congress on, whether cost-effective technologies are available for the cleanup of groundwater contamination at DOD installations in lieu of traditional methods such as pump-and-treat. (Sec. 327) Expresses the sense of the Senate that DOD should: (1) work to develop a national plan to remediate perchlorate contamination of the environment resulting from DOD activities; (2) continue any current remediation; (3) develop a remediation plan with respect to contamination at levels that pose a hazard to human health; and (4) continue the process of evaluating and prioritizing contamination sites without waiting for the development of a Federal drinking water standard. (Sec. 328) Increases (with a corresponding offset) defense health program O&M funds, to be used for purposes relating to Leishmaniasis Diagnostics Laboratory. (Sec. 329) Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to report to the defense committees on current and anticipated encroachments on the use and utility of the special use airspace of the Utah Test and Training Range, including encroachments brought about through actions of other Federal agencies. Subtitle D: Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair - (Sec. 331) Revises the dates and content of annual DOD reporting requirements concerning funds expended for depot-level maintenance and repair workloads. (Sec. 332) Repeals the requirement for an annual report on the management of depot-level employees. (Sec. 333) Extends through 2009 the authority to waive limitations on the performance of depot-level maintenance of materiel with respect to certain expenditures incurred in the operation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence. Subtitle E: Extension of Program Authorities - (Sec. 341) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2004 to extend through FY 2006 the Secretary's authority to provide prepaid phone cards or equivalent telecommunications benefits to certain members of the Armed Forces stationed outside the United States. (Sec. 342) Amends the Spence Act to extend through FY 2006 a demonstration program for the support of Army manufacturing arsenals. (Sec. 343) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2006 a pilot program of using commercial services to improve the collection of DOD claims under aircraft engine warranties. Subtitle F: Defense Dependents Education - (Sec. 351) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and DOD civilian employees. Requires the Secretary to notify each agency eligible for such assistance. (Sec. 352) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for impact aid assistance for children with severe disabilities, as authorized under the Spence Act. (Sec. 353) Expresses the sense of the Senate that DOD should support the construction of schools in housing privatization agreements that severely impact student populations. Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 361) Authorizes the Secretary to charge fees for providing information in the Federal Logistics Information System through Defense Logistics Information Services to a department or agency outside of DOD, or to a State, political subdivision of a State, or any person. (Sec. 362) Amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to extend through FY 2006 the temporary authority within DOD for contractor performance of security-guard functions. Extends dates of, and requires the inclusion of additional information within, related reporting requirements. (Sec. 363) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program for the purchase of certain municipal services needed for a DOD installation from a county or municipality where the installation is located. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department (Secretary concerned) to designate up to two installations for participation in the pilot program. Requires a pilot program report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 364) Authorizes a working-capital funded Army industrial facility to enter into cooperative arrangements with non-Army entities to carry out military or commercial projects at the facility, including the sale of manufactured articles and the performance of work. Outlines: (1) conditions under which an activity may be carried out as a public-private partnership at an Army industrial facility; and (2) partnership requirements and conditions. (Sec. 365) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to: (1) commemorate the 60th anniversary of World War II; and (2) coordinate, support, and facilitate other such programs of the Federal Government, State and local governments, and other persons. Establishes the Department of Defense 60th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Account for funding such activities. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on Account expenditures. Authorizes the Secretary to accept voluntary services in furtherance of the program. (Sec. 366) Expresses the sense of Congress that the DOD policy regarding no media coverage of the transfer of the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces appropriately protects the privacy of the members' families and friends and is consistent with U.S. constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. (Sec. 367) Expresses as the sense of the Senate to: (1) honor the sacrifices of members of the Armed Forces who have been killed or critically wounded while serving the United States; (2) recognize heroic efforts of military medical personnel in treating wounded personnel and civilians; and (3) support advanced medical technologies that assist military medical personnel in saving lives and reducing disability rates for members of the Armed Forces. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe DOD policy for providing timely notification to the next of kin of the status of members who are seriously ill or injured in a combat zone; and (2) transmit a copy of such policy to the defense committees. Increases (with a corresponding offset) defense-wide RDT&E funds, to be used for medical equipment and combat casualty care technologies. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - (Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2005. (Sec. 402) Authorizes the Secretary, during FY 2005 through 2009, to increase as necessary by up to 30,000 the end strength authorized for the Army to support the Army's operational mission in Iraq and Afghanistan and to achieve Army transformational reorganization objectives. Requires a fiscal year's budget to be amended to reflect any such increase. (Sec. 403) Excludes up to 100 permanent and career professors at the military academies from annual officer end strength limits. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - (Sec. 411) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2005 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the minimum end strength for FY 2005 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians. (Sec. 414) Places specified FY 2005 limits on the number of non-dual status technicians authorized to be employed by the Army and Air National Guard. (Sec. 415) Increases the authorized end strengths for Marine Corps Reserve officers in active status in the grades of first and second lieutenant, captain, major, and lieutenant colonel. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) military personnel; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Joint Officer Personnel Management - (Sec. 501) Authorizes an exception to the one-year joint duty requirement prior to promotion to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) in the case of an officer whose proposed selection for promotion is based primarily upon career field specialty qualifications (currently, scientific and technical qualifications). (Sec. 502) Allows an officer to be designated with a joint specialty designation after completing two full tours of duty in joint duty assignments. (Currently, the only authority for such designation is serving one full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment and completing an appropriate education program at a joint professional military education school.) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the general and flag officer positions required to be filled by officers with the joint specialty as joint duty assignments are designated as such. (Sec. 503) Revises generally promotion policy objectives for joint officers. Requires the Secretary to prescribe policies to ensure that the Secretaries concerned provide for promotion selection boards to give appropriate consideration to officers who are serving or have served in joint duty assignments and are eligible for consideration. (Sec. 504) Provides various duty scenarios under which an officer shall be credited with having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any such requirement in the case of a particular officer for national security reasons. (Sec. 505) Repeals the three-month minimum duration of the principal course of instruction offered at the Joint Forces Staff College. Subtitle B: Other Officer Personnel Policy - (Sec. 511) Repeals the prohibition against a person receiving an original appointment as a commissioned officer until the person has completed one year of service on active duty as a commissioned officer of a reserve component. Allows a person to qualify for such original appointment if he or she completes 20 years of active commissioned service before their 62nd (currently, 55th) birthday. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirement that a person receiving such an appointment be a citizen of the United States in the case of a person lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence when the Secretary determines that the national security so requires, but only for an original appointment in a grade below major or lieutenant commander. Requires the President alone (currently, with the advice and consent of the Senate) to make original appointments in the grades of second lieutenant through captain in the regular Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and ensign through lieutenant in the regular Navy. Repeals limitations on the total authorized end strength of regular commissioned officers serving on active duty. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to discharge certain officers, or transfer certain officers from an active-duty list to a reserve active-status list, in order to restructure (force shape) that armed force. Requires appointment in a regular component, and service as a second lieutenant or ensign, for students graduating from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (Sec. 512) Repeals the requirement that Deputy and Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations be selected from officers in the line of the Navy. (Sec. 513) Extends through 2005 (currently, 2004) the authority to waive the requirement that reserve chiefs have significant joint duty experience. (Sec. 514) Limits to 30 the total number of brigadier generals and rear admirals (lower half) on the active duty-list who are authorized to be frocked to major general or rear admiral (upper half) (to wear the insignia of such higher grade prior to the actual promotion date). (Sec. 515) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to Congress on, whether it would be equitable for retired warrant officers on active duty, but not on the active-duty list, to be eligible for consideration for promotion. Subtitle C: Reserve Component Personnel Policy - (Sec. 521) Allows the Secretary concerned to order a member of the reserves, without the member's consent, to active duty for training. (Currently, the Secretary concerned may order a reserve member to any active duty other than for training.) Subtitle D: Education and Training - (Sec. 531) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to extend through 2005 (currently, FY 2004) the Army College First (delayed entry) pilot program. (Sec. 532) Requires that military recruiters be given access to college or university campuses and students that is at least equal in quality and scope to the access provided to any other employer.  (Sec. 533) Excludes from the denial of certain Federal funds to a college or university for preventing ROTC access any funds provided to a college, university, or individual solely for student financial assistance, related administrative costs, or costs associated with attendance. (Sec. 534) Shifts the authority for conferring associate degrees at the Community College of the Air Force from the commander of the Air Education and Training Command to the commander of Air University. (Sec. 535) Repeals the requirement that an officer serving as Superintendent of the Air Force Academy must retire upon completion of such service. Subtitle E: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations - (Sec. 541) Authorizes the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to a deceased, unidentified casualty of a particular war or other armed conflict who is interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, as the representative of the members who died in such war or conflict, and not to the individual personally. (Sec. 542) Directs the President to establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by U.S. military personnel in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. (Sec. 543) Directs the Secretary of the Army to submit to the defense committees a plan for revised criteria and eligibility requirements for the award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and Combat Medical Badge for service in the Republic of Korea after July 28, 1953. Subtitle F: Military Justice - (Sec. 551) Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to reduce from 0.10 to 0.08 grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters the blood alcohol content limit for the offense of drunken or reckless operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel. (Sec. 552) Provides that service time will not be considered lost (and therefore required to be made up) for a period of confinement in connection with a trial when the charge is dismissed or the conviction is set aside or dismissed. (Sec. 553) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a comprehensive DOD policy on the prevention of, and response to, sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces based on the recommendations of the Department of Defense Task Force on Care for Victims of Sexual Assaults; (2) submit to Congress a proposal for appropriate legislation to enhance DOD capability to address such matters; and (3) ensure that the policy developed is implemented uniformly by the military departments. Requires the department Secretaries to prescribe or modify regulations on such policies in order to conform to the policy established by the Secretary. Directs each Secretary annually to: (1) assess the implementation of such policies and procedures; and (2) report to the Secretary on the sexual assaults involving members of that department during the preceding year. Requires the Secretary to transmit each such report to the defense committees. Subtitle G: Scope of Duties of Ready Reserve Personnel in Inactive Duty Status - (Sec. 561) Redesignates the "inactive-duty training" status applicable to members of the reserves as "inactive duty," thereby encompassing operational and other duties performed by the reserves while in inactive duty status. (Sec. 562) Repeals provisions which provide a separate duty status for military funeral honors duty. Subtitle H: Other Matters - (Sec. 571) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to: (1) waive initial service obligation requirements for a person who is accessed into an armed force based on unique skills acquired in a civilian occupation and is to serve in a specialty requiring those skills; and (2) require any alternative period of obligated service to meet the needs of that armed force. Authorizes a period of basic training shorter than 12 weeks for members who have: (1) been credentialed in a medical profession or occupation and are serving in a health-care occupational specialty; or (2) unique skills acquired in a civilian occupation and are to serve in a military specialty or position requiring those skills. (Sec. 572) Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to: (1) include absent military voters; and (2) include absent military voters in write-in ballot requirements and restrictions. (Sec. 573) Renames the National Guard Challenge Program as the National Guard Youth Challenge Program. Increases, for each of FY 2005 through 2007, the maximum authorized Federal share of State costs under such Program. (Sec. 574) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to permit a representative of a veterans service organization to appear at and participate in any preseparation counseling provided to a member of the Armed Forces. Allows a unit of a reserve component in which a member has been released from active duty for further service in such reserve component to meet with a veterans service organization for information and assistance relating to such release, if the commander of the unit authorizes the meeting. (Sec. 575) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) members of the Armed Forces who on their own initiative are highly motivated to return to active-duty service following rehabilitation from injuries incurred in such service, after appropriate medical review, should be given the opportunity to so return; (2) other than appropriate medical review, there should be no barrier to a member having the option to so return; and (3) the Secretary should develop protocols that expand options for such members' return to active-duty service. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - (Sec. 601) Provides that, in the case of a member who is reassigned for a permanent change of station or assignment for a period of up to one year in order to participate in professional military education or training classes, the amount of basic allowance for housing for such member may be based on average housing costs in the area of either the new or old duty station, as determined most equitable by the Secretary concerned. (Sec. 602) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide an immediate lump-sum reimbursement for unusual nonrecurring expenses incurred by a member for duty outside the continental United States. (Sec. 603) Makes permanent (currently, ends December 31, 2004) the monthly family separation allowance. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - (Sec. 611) Extends through 2005 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2004 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces. (Sec. 615) Reduces from four to three years the duty obligation for nurses receiving the nurse accession bonus. (Sec. 616) Discontinues assignment incentive pay upon commencement of terminal leave (leave at the end of which the member will be discharged or released from active duty). (Sec. 617) Makes permanent (currently, ends December 31, 2004) the monthly hostile fire and imminent danger special pay. (Sec. 618) Makes enlisted personnel eligible to receive a critical skills retention bonus while serving on an indefinite reenlistment of at least one year. (Sec. 620) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay an affiliation bonus to an eligible commissioned officer who enters into an agreement to serve for a specified period in the Selected Reserve: (1) in a designated critical officer skill; or (2) to meet a manpower shortage in a unit of the Selected Reserve or a particular pay grade of that armed force. Outlines provisions concerning commissioned officer eligibility and critical skill designation by the Secretary concerned. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay an accession bonus to an individual who enters into an agreement to: (1) accept an appointment as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces; and (2) serve in the Selected Reserve in a designated critical skill. Requires bonus repayment for failure to commence or complete the period of obligated service (determined by such Secretary). (Sec. 621) Prohibits the Secretary concerned, in determining a member's eligibility for supplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents, from taking into consideration such member's receipt of either (or both) special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger, or the family separation allowance. Makes members who receive the supplemental subsistence allowance eligible for other Federal assistance, such as programs under the National School Lunch Act and the Head Start Act. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the accessibility of social services to members of the Armed Forces and their families. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - (Sec. 631) Authorizes a travel and transportation allowance, for two days and the time necessary for travel, for family members to attend burial ceremonies of members who die while on active duty. Removes a condition on the eligibility of parents to receive such allowance. (Sec. 632) Includes, under travel and transportation allowances for dependent children of members stationed overseas, costs incurred for lodging necessitated by an interruption in travel caused by extraordinary circumstances. Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits - (Sec. 641) Provides a special rule for computing the high-36 month compensation average for disabled members of the reserves for purposes of retired pay determination. (Sec. 642) Finds that the study of Federal death benefits for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces, required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004, has convinced Congress to initiate action to provide for the enhancement of such death benefits. Requires the Secretary to expedite completion of the final report under such study. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should promptly submit to Congress any recommendation for legislation necessary to implement the death benefits enhancements that are included in such final report. Requires an interim increase in the death gratuity benefit by the same percentage as the annual increase in military basic pay. Directs the President, at the same time as the budget submission for FY 2006, to submit to the congressional defense and veterans' committees drafts of legislation to provide enhanced death benefits for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces, requiring the inclusion in such drafts of increases in the maximum benefit under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, as well as an additional set of death benefits for members who die in the line of duty while serving on active duty. (Sec. 643) Repeals the current phase-in (lasting until December 31, 2004) on the concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 100 percent (thereby allowing immediate full payment of both). (Sec. 644) Provides a phased increase in the amount of Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity available for military surviving spouses over age 62 from the current 35 percent of the base annuity to up to 55 percent of such base amount for months beginning after September 2014. Requires: (1) a corresponding phased elimination of the SBP supplemental annuity; and (2) the recomputation of current annuities to incorporate such changes. (Sec. 645) Allows an eligible retired or former member to elect to participate in the SBP and the Supplemental SBP during the one-year open enrollment period beginning on October 1, 2005. Allows, also during such period, a person currently participating in the SBP or the Supplemental SBP, but not at the maximum amount, to increase such participation amount. Voids any election made by a person who dies within a two-year period after such election. Requires the Secretary to prescribe an additional premium for additional coverage under this section. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 651) Increases from two to three years the maximum period of educational leave for certain active-duty personnel in the case of a member pursuing a program of education in a health care profession. (Sec. 652) Makes members eligible for the reimbursement of expenses incurred for adoption placements made by foreign governments. (Sec. 653) Authorizes the Secretary to accept the donation of frequent traveler miles, credits, and tickets for air or surface transportation to facilitate the travel of: (1) a member of the Armed Forces who is deployed on active duty away from his or her permanent duty station and granted leave during such deployment; or (2) family members of a member recovering from injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during such a deployment, in order to be reunited with such member. Authorizes the Secretary, under (2) above, to allow a person other than a family member to use such miles, credits, or tickets for such travel if the person has a notably close relationship with the member. Prohibits any recognition as income when such members, family members, or other persons utilize such benefit. (Sec. 654) Authorizes the Secretary, in any case where the children of a covered member are geographically dispersed and have no practical access to military child care, to provide funds to permit such member's family to secure private child care access that is similar in scope and quality to military child care. (Sec. 655) Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make provisions under such Act allowing temporary relief from certain agricultural loan obligations applicable to military reservists mobilized during a war or national emergency, or under a call or order to active-duty service for more than 30 days. Forgives loan interest payments during any such period, and defers loan principal payments until after such mobilization or service. Title VII: Health Care - Subtitle A: Enhanced Benefits for Reserves - (Sec. 701) Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration program for providing benefits under the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program) to members of the Ready Reserve who are: (1) eligible unemployment compensation recipients; (2) in a period of continuous unemployment from the end of their last month as eligible unemployment compensation recipients; or (3) ineligible for coverage by employer-sponsored health benefits plans. (Sec. 702) Makes permanent (currently terminates on December 31, 2004) the special TRICARE benefits early-eligibility date for reserve personnel who are issued delayed-effective-date active-duty orders. (Sec. 703) Authorizes the waiver of deductible payments for dependents of members of the reserves on active duty pursuant to a call or order to active duty of more than 30 days (currently, less than one year). (Sec. 704) Provides protection from balance billing (the billing of full physician charges) for dependents of reserve personnel serving on active duty for more than 30 days. (Sec. 705) Entitles members separated from active duty, and the dependents of such members, to medical and dental care through DOD for 180 days following the member's separation. (Currently, such transitional care is available for up to 120 days, depending upon the length of active-duty service prior to separation.) Directs the Secretary concerned to require each such member to undergo a comprehensive physical examination immediately before such separation. (Sec. 706) Revises provisions concerning TRICARE eligibility requirements for members of the Ready Reserve to remove the requirement that such members be: (1) eligible unemployment compensation recipients; or (2) ineligible for employer-sponsored health benefits. Allows such eligibility for all Ready Reserve members except those enrolled in a Federal health benefits plan. (Sec. 707) Provides for the temporary continuation of non-TRICARE health benefits plan coverage for dependents of certain reservists serving under a call or order to active duty during a war or national emergency. Provides the same continuation with respect to COBRA coverage. Allows a member to revoke the election for such coverage continuation. Subtitle B: Other Matters - (Sec. 711) Repeals the required payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized in a military medical facility in the case of certain officers, former officers, and enlisted personnel. (Sec. 712) Authorizes enrollment in a TRICARE dental plan for a dependent child of a deceased member if such child was, at the time of the member's death, under the minimum age for enrollment. (Sec. 713) Allows dependents under age 13 who are participating in a military dental plan to be treated by postgraduate dental students in eligible military dental treatment facilities, under specified conditions, including treatment compliance with American Dental Association standards. Prohibits the total number of such patients from exceeding 2,000 in a fiscal year. (Sec. 714) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1995 to include marriage and family therapists under the DOD authority to enter into personal services contracts. (Sec. 715) Directs the Secretary to establish an oversight advisory committee for the development and implementation of an effective program of chiropractic health care benefits for members serving on active duty. Requires a committee report to the Secretary. Terminates such committee 90 days after the report. (Sec. 716) Revises the grounds for the presidential waiver of the requirement of informed consent or the option to refuse participation with respect to the DOD administration of drugs not approved for general public use. (Sec. 717) Makes eligible for military medical and dental care cadets or midshipmen at a U.S. military academy, or members or applicants for membership in the Senior ROTC, who incur or aggravate an injury, illness, or disease in the line of duty. Provides an exception when the injury, illness, or disease is the result of gross negligence or misconduct. (Sec. 718) Authorizes the Secretary to ensure an effective transition in the furnishing of part-time or intermittent home health care benefits for covered beneficiaries who were receiving such benefits before the establishment of the sub-acute care program. (Sec. 719) Authorizes the Secretary to waive the collection of payments due for health benefits received under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), and to continue the provision of such benefits through 2004, in the case of a member or dependent who was originally eligible for CHAMPUS benefits, became eligible for hospital insurance benefits under Medicare upon attaining the minimum age, and was unaware of the loss of eligibility for the CHAMPUS benefits after attaining eligibility for the Medicare benefits. (Sec. 720) Directs the Secretary to establish the Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network to improve the safety and quality of vaccine administration for members of the Armed Forces, as well as the access to vaccine follow-up services, and to undertake clinical vaccine research. Outlines authorized Network activities. Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) recognizing the important work being done by military vaccine centers; and (2) that each military department is strongly encouraged to fund the Network. (Sec. 721) Authorizes the use of DOD funds for abortions when the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Acquisition Policy and Management - (Sec. 801) Makes the acquisition executive of each military department responsible for all aspects, including policies and related issues, with respect to the acquisition of information technology equipment integral to a weapon or weapon system. Directs the Secretary to establish a board of senior acquisition officials to develop policy and provide oversight with respect to such acquisitions. (Sec. 802) Requires software-related program costs to be included in currently-required quarterly unit cost reports for major defense acquisition programs. (Sec. 803) Prohibits any DOD official from ordering or purchasing property or services in an amount in excess of $100,000 through any particular GSA Client Support Center until the DOD Inspector General has: (1) reviewed the policies, procedures, and internal controls of such Center; and (2) certified their adequacy to the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services. (Sec. 804) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review alternative mechanisms for procuring commercial satellite services, and provide guidance therein to the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Secretaries of the military departments; and (2) report review results to Congress. (Sec. 805) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require an advisory panel established under such Act, in making recommendations for the modification of Federal laws, regulations, or policies, to: (1) consider the recommendations' effects on small businesses; and (2) include recommendation modifications which will enhance and ensure competition in contracting that affords small businesses a meaningful opportunity to participate in Federal contracts. Revises and extends related reporting requirements. Subtitle B: General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations, and Other Matters - (Sec. 811) Increases from: (1) $50 million to $75 million the threshold prior to required approval of the senior procurement executive on the use of DOD procurement procedures other than competitive procedures; and (2) $500,000 to $1 million the threshold prior to the required provision by defense contractors of certain subcontractor information. (Sec. 812) Extends for up to eight (currently, five) years the authorized period for DOD multiyear task and delivery order contracts. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress, after the end of FY 2005 through 2009, on any contracts that were so extended. (Sec. 813) States that current exceptions to the required submission of certain cost or pricing data by defense contractors shall not apply (thereby requiring such submission) to cost or pricing data on noncommercial modifications of a commercial item that are expected to cost, in the aggregate, more than $500,000. (Sec. 814) Prohibits the delegation below the level of an Assistant Secretary of Defense of the authority to make certain determinations relating to payments to defense contractors for business restructuring costs expected to exceed $25 million over a five-year period. (Sec. 815) Prohibits the head of an agency from procuring goods or services through a contract entered into by an agency outside of DOD if the amount charged includes a service charge in excess of one percent of the contract amount. Allows a waiver in the national security interest. Makes this section inapplicable to: (1) procurement contracts for certain services, including printing, binding, or blank-book work, and services under programs of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000; (2) the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy; and (3) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Sec. 816) Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) that, in the administration of the requirement for reservation of contracts for small businesses, the maximum amount of the applicable contract range (total value) should be increased by the same amount as any increase in the simplified acquisition threshold; and (2) encouraging the placement with small businesses of a fair portion of Federal purchase card or credit card purchases. Subtitle C: Extensions of Temporary Program Authorities - (Sec. 821) Extends through FY 2009 the DOD contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education. (Sec. 822) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year: (1) 1991 to extend through FY 2013 the mentor-protege program; (2) 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 2010 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans; and (3) 1998 to extend through FY 2009 a pilot program on the sale of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities. Subtitle D: Industrial Base Matters - (Sec. 831) Establishes the Commission on the Future of the National Technology and Industrial Base to: (1) study and assess the future of the national technology and industrial base in attaining national security objectives; and (2) report to the President and Congress on its activities. (Sec. 832) Authorizes the Secretary to waive the application of any domestic source or content requirement, and thereby authorize the procurement of, items grown, reprocessed, reused, produced, or manufactured: (1) in a foreign country that has a Declaration of Principles (a cooperative relationship concerning defense equipment procurement) with the United States; or (2) in the United States from materials grown, reprocessed, reused, produced, or manufactured in either the United States or any foreign country that has such a Declaration of Principles. (Sec. 833) States that no provision or amendment under this Act shall apply to a DOD procurement to the extent that the Secretary determines it to be inconsistent with U.S. obligations under a trade agreement. (Sec. 834) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to repeal defense industrial base requirements concerning essential item identification and domestic production capabilities improvement. Subtitle E: Defense Acquisition and Support Workforce - (Sec. 841) Prohibits the defense acquisition and support workforce from being reduced during FY 2005 through 2007 below its level as of September 30, 2003, except as necessary to strengthen such workforce in higher priority positions. Requires phased increases in such workforce during such fiscal years. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a human resources strategic plan for such workforce that includes objectives and actions to improve workforce management; and (2) report to Congress on plan implementation. (Sec. 842) Removes the requirement that only employees within GS-13 or above may be selected to a position in the Acquisition Corps of a military department (but still requires such employees to have been paid at a rate that exceeds the minimum rate of basic pay for such grade). Revises in the same manner, but with respect to the GS-14 level, the selection for defense critical acquisition positions. Outlines requirements for a current scholarship program which qualifies personnel for DOD acquisition positions, including a written scholarship agreement and repayment for failure to fulfill agreement terms. Subtitle F: Public-Private Competitions - (Sec. 851) Prohibits a DOD function performed by ten or more civilian employees from being converted to performance by a contractor unless the conversion is based on the results of a public-private competition that: (1) formally compares costs; (2) creates a most efficient organization plan in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76; (3) requires continued performance by the civilian DOD employees unless there would be cost savings in contractor performance of at least ten percent or $10 million, whichever is less; and (4) ensures that the public sector bid is not reduced by a failure to offer an employer-sponsored health plan to the contract workers. Prohibits functions currently performed by at least ten civilian DOD employees from being separated in order to circumvent such requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirements for national security purposes. Makes such requirements inapplicable with respect to the pilot program for best source selection for performance of information technology services as authorized under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004. (Sec. 852) Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe guidelines and procedures for ensuring that consideration is given to using Federal employees on a regular basis for work performed under DOD contracts; and (2) include the use of flexible hiring authority available through the National Security Personnel System to facilitate such Federal employee performance. Requires a report from the DOD Inspector General to the defense committees on the Secretary's compliance with such requirements. (Sec. 853) Requires the Inspector General to report to Congress on whether DOD employs a sufficient number of trained civilian employees to: (1) satisfactorily conduct all of the public-private competitions scheduled to be undertaken by DOD during the next fiscal year; and (2) administer any resulting contracts. Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 861) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to make certain Federal budgetary requirements inapplicable to a DOD settlement of a financial account for a contract for the procurement of property or services which is made under special temporary contract closeout authority. (Sec. 862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a demonstration program on the use of reserve personnel to perform test, evaluation, and related activities for an acquisition program. Limits to $10 million per fiscal year the authorized costs under such program. (Sec. 863) Allows members of the National Guard performing certain additional duties in a State to receive financial assistance when such duties were contracted for under other-than-competitive procedures. (Sec. 864) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees a plan for the management and oversight of contractor security personnel by Government personnel in areas where the Armed Forces are engaged in military operations. Requires the plan to include assessed options for enhancing contractor security and reducing contractor security costs in Iraq or in future locations of armed conflict. (Sec. 865) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees on the procurement of services, by an agency of the U.S. Government or by the Coalition Provisional Authority, for the performance of security, intelligence, law enforcement, and criminal justice functions in Iraq. (Sec. 866) Directs the Secretary to: (1) study available commercial processes for measuring the quality of information technology and related services through assessment of their production methods; and (2) determine the cost benefits of such a process in DOD procurements of information technology and related services. (Sec. 867) Authorizes the head of a defense agency to contract for the performance of acquisition functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions only if the Secretary determines that: (1) the appropriate military or civilian personnel of DOD cannot perform the functions; (2) appropriate military or civilian DOD personnel are to supervise contractor performance and perform all inherently governmental functions under the contract; and (3) the contractor does not have an organizational conflict of interest in the performance of contract functions. (Sec. 868) Makes provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (requirements concerning the operation of vending facilities by the blind in Federal buildings) inapplicable to any military dining facility. (Sec. 869) Directs the Secretary to exercise existing statutory authority to introduce life-cycle cost-effective upgrades to Federal assets through shared energy savings contracting, demand management programs, and utility incentive programs. (Sec. 870) Authorizes the Secretary to make available to United Services Organization (USO) access to General Services Administration supplies and services through the Federal Supply Schedule. (Sec. 871) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the Secretary of the Air Force does not proceed with the acquisition of Air Force aerial refueling aircraft by lease or other contract until 60 days after the Secretary has: (1) reviewed all documentation for the acquisition; and (2) certified to the defense and appropriations committees that the acquisition is in compliance with all currently applicable laws, OMB circulars, and regulations. Requires the Comptroller General (CG) and Inspector General to review such documentation and report to such committees their opinions on such compliance. Makes the acquisition of Air Force refueling aircraft beyond low-rate initial production subject to such requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to the selection of a provider of integrated support for such aircraft, to analyze the cost and benefits of using Federal versus contractor employees for such support. Requires the manufacturer to provide, with respect to commercial items covered by a lease or contract, appropriate information on the prices at which the same or similar items have previously been sold. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Reserve Components - (Sec. 902) Establishes the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves to study: (1) the roles and missions of the National Guard and other reserve components; and (2) the compensation and other benefits currently provided to such members. Requires an interim and final report from the Commission to the defense committees. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board to: (1) conduct a review of reserve components; and (2) report to the Secretary on review results. Requires the Secretary to transmit such report to the defense committees, together with comments and recommendations. (Sec. 903) Provides that when there is a vacancy in the position of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or the Chief is unable to perform such duties, the most senior officer among the Army and Air National Guard performing in the National Guard Bureau shall assume such position. (Sec. 904) Redesignates the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau as the Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau. (Sec. 905) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the President, to redesignate the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve. (Sec. 906) Authorizes the governor of a State, upon request by the head of a Federal agency and with the concurrence of the Secretary, to order any personnel of that State's National Guard to perform full-time National Guard duty in carrying out homeland security activities. Limits such duty to 180 days. Outlines requirements to ensure that the carrying out of such activities does not degrade the training and readiness of such units and personnel. Requires the Secretary to provide funds to such governors for the cost of performance of such activities, and to enter into a memorandum of agreement with each governor and the head of each Federal agency to which such personnel are to provide such support. Excludes National Guard personnel performing such functions from annual reserve end strength limits. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress regarding any assistance provided and activities carried out under such authority. Subtitle B: Other Matters - (Sec. 911) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a study of the roles and authorities of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering; and (2) report study results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 912) Redesignates each of the: (1) Directors of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of DOD and the military departments as the Director of Small Business Programs; and (2) Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization within DOD and the military departments as the Office of Small Business Programs. (Sec. 913) Redesignates the position of Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School as the President of the Naval Postgraduate School. (Sec. 914) Establishes in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences the United States Military Cancer Institute to carry out research studies on: (1) the epidemiological features of cancer among populations of various ethnic origins, as well as complementary research on oncologic nursing; (2) the prevention and early detection of cancer; and (3) basic, translational, and clinical investigation matters relating to such studies. Requires: (1) the Institute to carry out such research in collaboration with other cancer research organizations and entities selected by the Institute; (2) the Institute Director to report annually to the University President on the results of such studies; and (3) the University President to transmit such reports to the Secretary and Congress. (Sec. 915) Adds to the duties of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of each of the Army, Navy and Air Force to direct and supervise: (1) any civilian employees employed by that military department in the performance of their duties; and (2) the performance of legal duties required under the UCMJ. Requires the appointment by the President of an Assistant JAG for the Army, to serve for four years, but with presidential authority to terminate or extend such appointment at any time. Excludes any serving JAG from annual limits on general and flag officers for that military department.  Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - (Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $3 billion of amounts made available to DOD in this Act between any authorizations for that fiscal year. Requires congressional notification of each transfer. (Sec. 1002) Provides a new limitation on the total amount authorized to be contributed by the Secretary in FY 2005 for the common-funded budgets of NATO (rather than the maximum amount otherwise applicable under the 1998 baseline limitation). Allocates for such purpose amounts authorized under titles II and III of this Act. (Sec. 1003) Reduces by $1.67 billion the total amounts authorized to be appropriated under titles I through III of this Act, as a result of savings resulting from lower-than-expected inflation. (Sec. 1004) Directs the Secretary to develop, by the end of FY 2005, a defense business enterprise architecture and transition plan covering all defense business systems of DOD as well as the functions and activities supported by such systems. Outlines architecture and plan elements. Prohibits, after the end of FY 2005, any U.S. officer or employee from obligating or expending an amount in excess of $1 million for a defense business system modernization unless the Secretary or other delegated official has determined that such modernization is: (1) consistent with the newly-developed architecture and plan; or (2) necessary for national security reasons or to prevent a significant adverse effect on a project needed to achieve an essential capability. Provides an order of priority for the Secretary in delegating authority for the planning, design, acquisition, development, deployment, operation, maintenance, modernization, and oversight of defense business systems. Directs the Secretary to require each such official to establish, with respect to their delegated authority, an investment review process with respect to the covered business system. Requires the Secretary, for each defense budget submitted for fiscal years after 2005, to include a defense business systems budget exhibit. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Defense Business Systems Management Executive Committee to provide advice and recommendations in implementing defense business systems modernizations; and (2) report annually to the defense and appropriations committees, for each of 2005 through 2009, on the implementation of this section. Requires the CG to review the architecture and transition plan developed by the Secretary, and report review results to such committees. (Sec. 1005) Applies the DOD authority for uniform funding and management of morale, welfare, and recreation programs to all service academy athletic and extracurricular programs and similar support mission activities that: (1) are not considered morale, welfare, and recreation programs or activities; (2) are funded out of appropriated funds; (3) are supported by a supplemental mission nonappropriated fund instrumentality; and (4) are not operated as a private organization. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes supplemental appropriations of $25 billion for DOD for FY 2005, to be available only for activities in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Allocates such funds among specified military department and defense-wide accounts. Allows such authorization only to the extent that a budget request is transmitted from the President to Congress that includes a designation of the requested amount as an emergency and essential to support activities in such countries. Provides certain transfer authority limits. Directs the Secretary to report monthly to the defense and appropriations committees on the use of such authorized funds. Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - (Sec. 1011) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, in acquiring Navy service craft and boats, to exchange or sell similar but obsolete Navy service craft and boats and to apply the proceeds received to the acquisition price. (Sec. 1012) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from disposing of the decommissioned destroyer ex-Edson before October 1, 2007, to an entity that is not a nonprofit organization unless such Secretary first determines that there is no available nonprofit organization that meets the criteria for such donation. (Sec. 1013) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use net cost as a criterion in the selection for award of a contract for the dismantling of one or more ships stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Allows the award contractor to retain the proceeds from the sale of scrap and reusable items recovered from the dismantled vessel. (Sec. 1014) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer: (1) on a grant basis the destroyer O'BANNON to the Government of Chile, and the guided missile frigates GEORGE PHILIP and USS SIDES to the Government of Portugal; and (2) on a sale basis the dock landing ship ANCHORAGE to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, and the destroyer FLETCHER to the Government of Chile. Prohibits the vessels transferred on a grant basis from counting against the aggregate value limit of excess defense articles transferred in a fiscal year under provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Requires: (1) all costs of transfers to be borne by the recipients; and (2) any pre-transfer vessel repair or refurbishment to be performed at a U.S. shipyard, including a Navy shipyard. Terminates the transfer authority two years after enactment of this Act. Subtitle C: Reports - (Sec. 1021) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on contractor security in Iraq. (Sec. 1023) Directs the Secretary to carry out a study of the feasibility of using Camp Ripley National Guard Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota, as a mobilization station for reserves called or ordered to active duty. (Sec. 1024) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the extent to which members assigned to duty in support of contingency operations receive training in preparation for post-conflict operations, and to evaluate the quality of such training; and (2) report study results to the defense committees. (Sec. 1025) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress assessing the availability of potential BMD test ranges for overland intercept flight tests against BMD systems of a specified range. (Sec. 1026) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a report on: (1) operations of the Federal Voting Assistance Program to support absentee military voting; (2) the military postal system to support morale and absentee voting of members; and (3) implementation of recommended postal system improvements. (Sec. 1027) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on: (1) the need for one or more national centers of excellence for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles; and (2) the conduct of military operations during the post-major combat operations phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Sec. 1029) Requires the CG to submit to Congress an analysis of the potential for use of transitional benefit corporations in connection with competitive sourcing of the performance of DOD activities and functions. (Sec. 1029A) Directs the CG to study, and report to the defense committees on, programs of DOD and other Federal departments and agencies under which transition assistance is provided to personnel who are separating from active-duty service. (Sec. 1029B) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Labor to jointly: (1) carry out a study of ways to coordinate the standards applied by the Armed Forces for the training and certification of members in military occupational specialties with the standards applied to corresponding civilian occupations of government and the private sector; and (2) report study results to Congress. (Sec. 1029C) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, with respect to preseparation counseling for personnel separating from active-duty service, to provide for counseling participation by representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Small Business Administration, other appropriate executive agencies, and the Veterans' Business Outreach Centers and Small Business Development Centers. (Sec. 1029D) Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees containing a detailed accounting of costs incurred for operations of the Global War on Terrorism. (Sec. 1029E) Directs the President to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the strategy of the U.S. and coalition forces for stabilizing Iraq. (Sec. 1029F) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and intelligence committees on the number of persons held by DOD for more than 45 days, and on the facilities in which such persons are held. Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Space - (Sec. 1031) Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the U.S. space posture over the posture review period (the period beginning one year after the enactment of this Act and ending ten years thereafter); and (2) report review results to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees. (Sec. 1032) Directs the Secretary to contract with a federally funded research and development center to establish a panel on the future military space launch requirements of the United States, including means of meeting such requirements. Requires the panel to report results to the Secretary and the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees. Terminates the panel 16 months after the panel chairman is designated. Provides panel funding from amounts appropriated under this Act. (Sec. 1033) Requires the Secretary to ensure that operationally responsible national security payloads of DOD for space satellites are planned, programmed, and budgeted for as a separate, dedicated DOD program element. Directs the Secretary to assign management authority for such program element to the Director of the Office of Force Transformation. Provides funding from DOD RDT&E funds authorized under this Act. (Sec. 1034) Prohibits land remote sensing information: (1) from being disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act; or (2) provided by the head of a U.S. department or agency to a State or local government from being disclosed to the general public under any State or local law relating to the disclosure of information or records. (Sec. 1035) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should provide support for, and continue the development, certification, and deployment of, space launch range safety systems. Subtitle E: Defense Against Terrorism - (Sec. 1041) Authorizes the commander of a military installation to include within a disaster response agreement entered into with a local public safety agency a clause allowing the commander to accept from such agency for use during a natural or man-made disaster any communications equipment that is useful for communicating during a joint response to a disaster. (Sec. 1042) Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine the feasibility and advisability of dedicating an airlift capability of the Armed Forces on a full-time basis to the support of any homeland defense operations; (2) conduct a study of existing plans and capabilities of DOD for meeting contingent requirements for transporting emergency response teams to such disasters; and (3) report study results to the defense committees. (Sec. 1043) Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan, for implementation by DOD, that sets forth a systematic approach for ensuring the survivability of defense critical systems upon contamination by chemical or biological agents. Subtitle F: Matters Relating to Other Nations - (Sec. 1051) Authorizes members of the Armed Forces to provide humanitarian assistance for the detection of landmines or explosive remnants of war in a foreign country, including activities relating to the furnishing of education, training, and technical assistance, if the Secretary determines that the provision of such assistance will promote: (1) the security interests of both the United States and the recipient country; and (2) the operational readiness skills of members who provide such assistance. Requires the Secretary of State to specifically approve any such assistance. Allows the use of DOD humanitarian assistance funds for such purpose, with a limit of $5 million per country. (Sec. 1052) Authorizes the Secretary, during FY 2005 and 2006, to use funds made available to DOD for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities to provide assistance to the Government of Colombia to: (1) support a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking; (2) support a unified campaign against activities by designated terrorist organizations; and (3) take actions to protect human health and welfare in emergency situations, including undertaking rescue operations. Provides limitations on the number of U.S. personnel assigned to Colombia during such fiscal years in support of Plan Colombia. Prohibits any U.S. Armed Forces, civilian employee, or civilian contractor personnel stationed or employed in Colombia from participating in any combat operations, except in self-defense or rescue operations. Requires a report from the Secretary of State to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees on any relationships between terrorist organizations in Colombia and foreign governments or organizations. (Sec. 1053) Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance in FY 2005 to Iraq and Afghanistan military or security forces solely to enhance their ability to combat terrorism and support U.S. or coalition military operations in such countries. Limits to $250 million the cost of such assistance. Directs the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees at least 15 days in advance of such assistance. (Sec. 1054) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to accept the assignment of one or more members of the navy of another member country of NATO to a command of the U.S. Navy for work on the development, standardization, or interoperability of submarine vessel safety and rescue systems and procedures. Terminates such authority after September 30, 2008. (Sec. 1055) Requires any DOD plan providing compensation to individuals injured in a U.S. military prison in Iraq to include a provision to address the injuries suffered by the 17 U.S. citizens who were held as prisoners of war by the regime of Saddam Hussein during the First Gulf War. (Sec. 1056) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should make the substantial reduction of drug trafficking in Afghanistan a priority in the war on terror; (2) the Secretary should work to a greater extent with the Government of Afghanistan and international organizations involved in counterdrug activities to assist in providing a secure environment for counterdrug personnel in Afghanistan; and (3) since narcotics trafficking tends to support terrorist activities and contribute to the instability of the Afghan Government, additional efforts should be made by U.S. Armed Forces to reduce such trafficking in Afghanistan and neighboring countries. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on progress made in reducing poppy cultivation and heroin production capabilities in Afghanistan, and on the extent to which profits made from illegal drug activities in Afghanistan fund terrorist organizations and groups seeking to undermine the Afghan Government. (Sec. 1057) Prohibits any person in the custody or physical control of the United States from being subject to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment that is prohibited by the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe rules, regulations, or guidelines necessary to ensure compliance with such prohibition, and to report to the defense and appropriations on such implementation. Requires the Secretary to report semiannually to Congress on circumstances surrounding any investigation of a possible violation of such prohibition by either a member of the Armed Forces or a person providing contractual services to DOD. (Sec. 1058) Directs the Inspector General to ensure, no later than June 30, 2004, the security of all documents relevant to the UN Oil-for-Food Program that are in possession or control of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Requires such documents to be delivered to the CG. Directs each Federal agency head and the Administrator of the CPA, upon a request in connection with an investigation of the Program by the relevant congressional committees, to promptly provide access to such information. Directs the Secretary of State to urge the UN Secretary General to provide the United States with copies of all audits and core documents related to such Program. Expresses the sense of Congress that the CG should have full and complete access to UN financial data relating to the Program. Requires the CG to conduct a review of U.S. oversight of the Program. (Sec. 1059) Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) commending the President for steps taken to continue support for the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, and using the Partnership to coordinate nonproliferation projects in Libya, Iraq, and other countries; and (2) urging the President to undertake specified activities to further Partnership efforts. (Sec. 1059A) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to except Australia and the United Kingdom (currently, only Canada) from required bilateral trade agreements with the United States prior to transfers or changes in end use of defense items that remain subject to licensing requirements of such Act. Requires the President, at least 30 days prior to authorizing an exemption from licensing requirements of International Traffic in Arms Regulations with respect to any such country, to certify to the foreign relations and defense committees that it is in the U.S. national security interests and will not adversely affect either the ability to adequately control licensed exports of U.S. defense items or the requirements of the Secretary of State under such Act. Directs the President to: (1) notify such committees of the text of the regulations that authorize such a licensing exemption; and (2) report annually to such committees on issues raised in consultations conducted under the terms of any bilateral agreement entered into with Australia or the United Kingdom, or with exemptions from licensing requirements for such countries. Requires the Secretary of State to notify such committees after receiving any credible information regarding an unauthorized end-use or diversion of U.S. exports made pursuant to any agreement with a country to gain exemption from licensing requirements. (Sec. 1059B) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 to redesignate the Inspector General of the CPA as the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIG). Authorizes the continuation in office of the person currently serving in the redesignated position. Replaces references to: (1) the heads of the CPA with the Secretaries of State and Defense; and (2) the CPA with the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. Requires the SIG to coordinate with, and receive the cooperation of, the inspectors general for DOD, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the State Department. Revises due dates for certain reports required from the SIG. Terminates the Office of the SIG ten months after the date on which 80 percent of the amounts appropriated or otherwise obligated to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund have been obligated (currently, six months after the authorities and duties of the CPA cease to exist). (Sec. 1059C) Expresses as U.S. policy the humane treatment of prisoners and avoidance of their indefinite detention. Requires from DOD to the appropriate committees: (1) a quarterly report on the number of persons who were denied Prisoner of War status under the Geneva Conventions and the basis for each denial; (2) a report on military missions to be held, and the number of prisoners, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (3) all Red Cross reports received concerning the treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan; and (4) a report on all prisoner interrogation techniques approved by U.S. officials. Requires DOD to certify to such committees that all Federal employees and civilian contractors engaged in the handling and/or interrogation of prisoners have fulfilled an annual training requirement on the laws of war and U.S. obligations under international humanitarian law.  Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 1061) Makes technical amendments to definitions under Federal armed forces provisions. (Sec. 1062) Extends through 2006 (currently, 2004) the authority of the Secretary to engage in commercial activities as security (cover) for intelligence collection activities abroad. (Sec. 1063) Provides liability protection for persons voluntarily providing maritime-related services on behalf of the Navy. (Sec. 1064) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to license trademarks, service marks, certification marks, and collective marks owned or controlled by the Secretary concerned and to expend such fees for trademark and licensing costs. (Sec. 1065) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to delay until the November 2006 (currently, 2002) election for Federal office the applicability of an electronic voting demonstration project to be carried out by the Secretary. (Sec. 1066) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to extend through December 31, 2008, the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to purchase war risk insurance and reinsurance for merchant marine vessels. Authorizes such Secretary to request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest excess war risk insurance funds. (Sec. 1067) Amends the District of Columbia Public Works Act of 1954 to require annual (currently, quarterly) reports from the Secretary of the Treasury to specified congressional committees concerning Federal payments for District water and sewer services. (Sec. 1068) Makes Federal provisions requiring the salary of Federal officials and employees to be paid only by the United States inapplicable to pay received from civilian employers by members of the reserves while such members are on active duty in connection with a contingency operation. (Sec. 1069) Protects military personnel from retaliatory actions for communications made through the military chain of command. (Sec. 1070) Directs the Secretary of State to establish procedures for the expedited consideration (no more than 30 days after receipt) of license applications for the export or transfer of defense items related to missile defense. Requires such Secretary to: (1) examine the feasibility of providing major project authorizations for programs related to missile defense similar to the comprehensive export authorization provided under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations; and (2) report to the foreign relations and defense committees on the expedited consideration procedures and the feasibility of such project authorizations. Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) prescribe procedures for the expedited review of licenses for the transfer of defense items related to missile defense; and (2) report to such committees on such procedures and any actions taken. (Sec. 1071) Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States: (1) should vigorously pursue initiatives aimed at eliminating, reducing, or retarding the proliferation of ballistic missiles and related technologies; and (2) and the international community should continue to support and strengthen established international accords and efforts designed toward such elimination, reduction, or retardation. (Sec. 1072) Directs the Secretary to reimburse a member for the cost of any protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by the member, or by another on behalf of the member, before or during member deployment in Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom for use in connection with such operation, if the member's unit commander certifies that the equipment was critical to the member's protection, safety, or health. Provides limitations concerning the date of purchase of certain equipment, as well as reimbursement amounts. (Sec. 1073) Prohibits the Secretary from reducing or eliminating search and rescue capabilities at any military installation in the United States unless the Secretary first certifies to the defense committees that equivalent search and rescue will be provided without interruption and with the policies and objectives set forth in the United States National Search and Rescue Plan entered into force on January 1, 1999. (Sec. 1074) Grants a Federal charter to the Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of New York). (Sec. 1075) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Internal Revenue Service should provide guidance to promote and insure the validity of voluntary differential pay arrangements, benefits payments, and contributions to retirement savings plans related thereto. (Sec. 1076) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase ten aircraft for the National Interagency Fire Center for use in aerial firefighting. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1077) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the mission statement and policies of the American Forces Radio and Television Service appropriately state the goal of maintaining equal opportunity balance with respect to political programming and that the Secretary should ensure that these policies are being fully implemented. (Sec. 1078) Recognizes the Liberty Memorial Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America's National World War I Museum. (Sec. 1079) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education, in considering assurances made by an institution that it is an Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, to consider such assurances as meeting the Hispanic-serving requirements unless the Secretary determines, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that such assurances do not meet such requirements. (Sec. 1080) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) provide extraterritorial jurisdiction for current offenses of major fraud against the United States; and (2) include within military extraterritorial jurisdiction a civilian employee, or contractor employee, of any Federal agency or provisional authority to the extent such employment relates to support of DOD missions overseas. (Sec. 1083) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1991 to include for participation in the mentor-protege pilot program under such Act: (1) a small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; and (2) a qualified HUBZone (heavily underutilized business zone) small business. (Sec. 1084) Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that, if the violator of the terms and conditions of any Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license, permit, or certificate is either a broadcast station licensee or permittee or an applicant for a broadcast license, permit, or certificate, and such violator is determined by the FCC to have broadcast obscene, indecent, or profane language, the amount of the forfeiture penalty shall not exceed $275,000 for each violation or day of a continuing violation, with a limit of $3 million per violation. Declares invalid and without legal effect the broadcast media ownership rules adopted by the FCC on June 2, 2003. Directs the FCC, in case of a broadcast violation described above, to take into account various factors with respect to the degree of culpability, including whether: (1) the material was live or recorded, scripted or unscripted; (2) the violator had a reasonable opportunity to review the programming; (3) a time-delay blocking mechanism was implemented; and (4) the violation occurred during a children's program or during children's viewing hours. Allows the FCC, when aggravating factors are present, to double the fine amounts for such violations. (Sec. 1085) Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act - (Sec. 1086) Directs the FCC to: (1) assess the effectiveness of measures to require television broadcasters and multichannel video programming distributors to rate and encode programming that could be blocked by parents by use of a V-chip; and (2) report its findings to specified congressional committees. Authorizes the FCC, if it finds such measures ineffective, to prohibit the distribution of violent video programming during hours when children are reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of the audience. (Sec. 1087) Makes it unlawful for any person to distribute to the public any violent video programing not blockable by electronic means specifically on the basis of its violent content. Provides for exemptions for: (1) programming (including news programs and sporting events) the distribution of which does not conflict with the objective of protecting children from the negative influences of violent video programming; and (2) premium and pay-per-view direct-to-home satellite programming. Applies to such distribution violations the same penalties provided under the previous section. (Sec. 1090) Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to carry out, for up to six years after the enactment of this Act, a pilot program on cryptologic service training for the intelligence community. (Sec. 1091) Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to: (1) extend through FY 2005 the authority of Federal agencies to enter into contracts for energy savings and conservation; (2) allow payment of contract costs from funds appropriated for water or wastewater treatment; and (3) include water and wastewater treatment and water conservation measures within the definitions and purposes of energy savings and energy savings contracts under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) complete a review of the Energy Savings Performance Contract to identify obstacles that prevent Federal agencies from fully utilizing the program; and (2) report review results to Congress. Validates any Federal energy savings contract entered into between October 1, 2003 (the previous termination date) and the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 1092) Provides the FY 2004 funding level to be utilized by the Secretary of Commerce with respect to a National Institute of Standards and Technology account for industrial technology services. (Sec. 1093) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 to direct the Secretary, in a report on offset requirements under certain contracts, to consider the extent to which any foreign country imposes offsets in excess of 100 percent on U.S. suppliers of goods or services, and the impact of such offsets on the United States. Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Policy - (Sec. 1101) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to provide financial assistance (scholarships) for education in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology skills and disciplines that are critical to DOD national security functions and needed in the DOD workforce. Requires: (1) a written agreement by scholarship recipients for a period of obligated service with DOD following such education; (2) recipient refunds for any unserved periods of obligated service; and (3) a plan from the Secretary to the defense committees for expanding and improving such pilot program to improve recruitment and retention to meet DOD requirements for its science and engineering workforce over a short- and long-term basis. Authorizes Federal agencies to appoint candidates: (1) for positions where there exists a severe shortage or there is a critical need; or (2) who participate in the scholarship program, above.  (Sec. 1102) Makes personnel eligible for foreign language proficiency pay during any service (currently, only for service during a contingency operation). (Sec. 1103) Makes civilian intelligence personnel pay rates equal to the rates provided for comparable positions in DOD, including Senior Executive positions. Requires the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service to be subject to a performance appraisal system certified by the Secretary as making meaningful distinctions based on relative performance. (Sec. 1104) Authorizes the accrual of Federal annual leave by intelligence senior level employees. (Sec. 1105) Provides for pay parity for senior executives in defense nonappropriated fund instrumentalities with the pay of DOD employees in the Senior Executive Service or other senior executive positions. (Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to provide a uniform health benefits program for employees of DOD assigned to a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the United States. Exempts such program from State and local laws, taxes, and other requirements. (Sec. 1107) Revises Federal procurement protest provisions to include requirements for bid protests by Federal employees in actions under OMB Circular A-76 (private performance of an activity or function of a Federal agency). Directs the CG to administer actions for protests in cases of public-private competitions conducted under Circular A-76. Allows an appropriate Federal official to intervene in a civil action concerning a public-private competition if a private-sector interested party commences the action. (Sec. 1108) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and intelligence committees a plan for expanding and improving the DOD national security foreign language workforce so as to improve recruitment and retention and meet DOD foreign language workforce requirements on both a short- and long-term basis. (Sec. 1109) Requires the Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and for Personnel and Readiness to jointly: (1) develop a plan for effective utilization of their flexible personnel management authorities with respect to DOD laboratories; and (2) submit the plan to Congress. (Sec. 1110) Reservists Pay Security Act of 2004 - Entitles a person who is absent from his or her position of employment with the Federal Government in order to perform call or order active duty-service for the reserves or National Guard to receive during such duty period an amount that, when added to the pay and allowances for the military service, equals the basic pay which would have been payable for the person's civilian employment for the same period had it not been interrupted by military service. Authorizes appropriations. Title XII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - (Sec. 1201) Specifies the cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs to be funded through O&M funds provided under this Act. Makes funds appropriated for such purpose available for three fiscal years. Allocates such funds among specified CTR programs. Prohibits such funds from being used for purposes other than those specified until 30 days after the Secretary reports to Congress on such purposes. Provides limited authority to vary allocated amounts in the national interest, after congressional notification. (Sec. 1203) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to waive certain limitations on the use of DOD funds for a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia, provided the President makes a specified certification to Congress with respect to such waiver. (Sec. 1204) Amends the Strom Thurmond NDAA for Fiscal Year 1999 to require the inclusion in annual DOD budget justification materials of certain descriptive summaries of CTR programs, projects, activities, and assistance. Title XIII: Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveillance - (Sec. 1301) Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan to improve medical readiness, and DOD tracking of the health status, of members of the Armed Forces throughout their military service, and to strengthen medical readiness and tracking before, during, and after overseas deployment. Requires the Secretary to establish a Joint Medical Readiness Oversight Committee to oversee the development and implementation of such plan, and to undertake related advisory and assistance services. (Sec. 1302) Directs the CG to: (1) carry out a study of the health of reserve members who have been called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; and (2) report review results to the defense committees. Requires the Secretary to issue a policy to ensure that individual members and commanders of reserve units fulfill their responsibilities for medical and dental readiness of such members, such policy to include frequent member health assessments and follow-up care. Directs the Secretary to prescribe, for uniform application throughout the military departments, a policy on deferral of medical treatment of members pending deployment. (Sec. 1303) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to: (1) collect baseline health data from all persons entering the Armed Forces; (2) provide for the computerized compilation and maintenance of such data; and (3) analyze the data. Outlines interim standards under the current medical tracking system for blood samples necessary for predeployment examination of members. (Sec. 1304) Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe a policy that requires the records of all medical care provided to a member in a theater of operations to be maintained as part of a complete health record for the member; (2) evaluate the system for the medical tracking and health surveillance of such members and take necessary action to improve such system; and (3) report to the defense committees on actions taken. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for obtaining all records of medical treatment provided to members by U.S. allies in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; and (2) prescribe a DOD policy on the collection and dissemination of in-theater individual personnel location data. (Sec. 1305) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review and revise DOD classification policies to facilitate the declassification of data that is potentially useful for the monitoring and assessment of the health of members who have been exposed to environmental hazards during overseas deployments; and (2) consult with senior commanders of in-theater forces of the combatant commands in carrying out such review and revision. (Sec. 1306) Directs the: (1) Secretary to report to the defense committees on the training in environmental hazards that is provided by the Armed Forces to military medical personnel who are deployable to the field in direct support of combat personnel; and (2) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to report to such committees on DOD responses to concerns expressed by members during post-deployment health assessments about possibilities to exposure to environmental hazards during such deployment. (Sec. 1307) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a policy that requires commanders of installations at which members are to be processed upon redeployment from an overseas deployment to: (1) identify and analyze the anticipated health care needs of such members before their arrival at that installation; and (2) report such needs to the Secretary. (Sec. 1308) Requires the Secretary to take necessary actions to ensure full implementation among the military departments of the: (1) Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveillance Program (as created under this title); and (2) Force Health Protection and Readiness Program. (Sec. 1309) Directs the Secretary to: (1) report annually to the defense committees on DOD's Force Health Protection Quality Assurance Program; and (2) issue annually a report on the compliance by military departments with applicable policies on the recording of health assessment data in military personnel records. Requires the Chief Information Officer of each military department to ensure that the online portal website of that department includes specified health assessment information of its members. (Sec. 1310) States that nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to procure the services of private experts for performing any function to comply with requirements for members' readiness tracking and health surveillance.  Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Title XXI [sic]: Army - (Sec. 2101) 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 such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2004 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2105) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year: (1) 2004 to increase the amounts authorized for projects at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and Fort Drum, New York; and (2) 2003 to increase the amount authorized for a project at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Title XXII: Navy - (Sec. 2201) Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. (Sec. 2205) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 to increase the amount authorized for a project described under "Various Locations, CONUS." Title XXIII: Air Force - (Sec. 2301) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. (Sec. 2304) Reduces by $5.5 million the amount authorized for Air Force personnel. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - (Sec. 2401) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units and to carry out energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 2004 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - (Sec. 2501) Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2004 for such Program. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - (Sec. 2601) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2004 for National Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - (Sec. 2701) Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2007, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2008, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - (Sec. 2801) Increases the thresholds (prior to certain congressional notification requirements) for unspecified minor military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law. (Sec. 2802) Increases from $5 million to $7.5 million the threshold for facility repairs before prior approval is required from the Secretary concerned. (Sec. 2803) Provides additional reporting requirements with respect to alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of military housing. (Sec. 2804) Outlines contract terms for the lease by the Secretary concerned of housing units for military family or unaccompanied housing. Makes the authority of the Secretary concerned to invest in an entity carrying out projects for the construction or acquisition of such housing subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose. Repeals provisions authorizing the Secretary concerned to: (1) enter into housing rental guarantees with lessors; (2) enter into differential lease payment agreements; and (3) assign members to acquired or constructed housing units. Increases the total budget authority for contracts for the acquisition or construction of military family housing. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - (Sec. 2811) Consolidates and reorganizes existing provisions relating to DOD real property transactions and the use of DOD facilities. (Sec. 2812) Revises definitions and authorities with respect to reserve facilities, including the authority to carry out small projects using O&M funds. (Sec. 2813) Allows the Secretary to authorize each department Secretary to carry out projects to assess the feasibility and advisability of obtaining new facilities and lands for their respective reserve component through the exchange or sale of existing facilities or lands of such reserves. Outlines authorized transactions and requirements for replacement facilities. Requires the receipt of fair market value in connection with such transactions. Directs the Secretary concerned to use competitive procedures in land exchange transactions. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from entering into such a transaction until 30 days after reporting to the defense and appropriations committees on the transaction agreement. Provides for the deposit of funds received from such transactions. Requires a report from the Secretary to such committees on the exercise of any exchange authority. Terminates such authority after September 30, 2006. (Sec. 2814) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to repeal the authority of the Secretary to recommend that installations be placed in inactive status (and therefore protected from closure or realignment) during a round of base closures and realignments. Subtitle C: Land Conveyances - (Sec. 2821) Authorizes the Secretary of: (1) the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs administrative jurisdiction over a portion of the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio, for use as a new outpatient clinic for veterans' medical services; (2) the Army to convey to the State of Utah a parcel of real property at the Browning Army Reserve Center, Utah, for the construction and operation of a veterans' nursing care facility; (3) Defense to convey to Arlington County, Virginia, a parcel of real property along the western boundary of the Navy Annex property, Virginia, for the construction of a freedmen heritage museum and an Arlington history museum; (4) the Army to convey to the Hampton City School Board, Virginia, the Butler Farm U.S. Army Reserve Center, Virginia, for use for public education purposes; (5) the Army to convey to the State of Washington a portion of the National Guard Facility, Pier 91, Washington, for enabling such State to convey such facility unencumbered for economic development purposes; (6) the Navy to transfer to the Administrator of General Services administrative jurisdiction over the Nebraska Avenue Complex in the District of Columbia, to accommodate the Department of Homeland Security; (7) the Navy to convey to the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, a parcel of real property on Valkenberg Avenue in Honolulu, to enhance the capability of the city and county to provide fire protection and firefighting services to civilian and military properties in the area, as well as firefighting training; (8) the Navy to convey to the city of Portsmouth, Virginia, the Navy YMCA Building in Portsmouth, for economic revitalization purposes; (9) the Air Force to convey to the Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, New York, a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the former Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, for economic development purposes; (10) the Air Force to convey to the city of Montgomery, Alabama, the Maxwell Heights Housing site at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in exchange for real property contiguous to such Base; (11) Navy to convey to the State of Maryland a portion of the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, in exchange for a parcel of real property in Point Lookout State Park, Maryland; (12) Air Force to convey to the March Joint Powers Authority a parcel of real property containing the former Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office facility for March Air Force Base, California, for economic development and revitalization; (13) Army to convey to an entity selected by the Board of Commissioners of Johnson County, Kansas, the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Kansas, for economic development and revitalization; (14) Navy to convey to the Berkeley County Sanitation Authority, South Carolina, a portion of the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, for the expansion of an existing sewage treatment plant; and (15) Army to convey to the State of Louisiana a portion of the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant in Doyline, Louisiana, for military training purposes. (Sec. 2836) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the city of Charleston, South Carolina (previously there was no named recipient) the property known as the Equipment and Storage Yard on Meeting Street in Charleston. Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 2841) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Department of Defense Follow-On Laboratory Revitalization Demonstration Program for the revitalization of DOD laboratories. Increases minor construction threshold amounts for any military construction project carried out under the Program. Requires a Program report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates the Program on September 30, 2006. (Sec. 2842) Deems various parcels of real property within the boundaries of Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon, no longer suitable for return to the public domain, and transfers such parcels to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for purposes of management and disposal under the base closure laws. (Sec. 2843) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into an agreement with the Army Historical Foundation for the design, construction, and operation of a facility or group of facilities at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for the National Museum of the United States Army. Authorizes the Commander of the United States Army Center of Military History to accept gifts and bequests valued at up to $250,000 for the benefit of the Museum or the Center. (Sec. 2844) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to pay specified funds to the Oakland Base Reuse Authority and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland, California, in settlement of certain claims. (Sec. 2855) Directs the CG to report to the defense committees assessing the DOD policy with regard to the closure of defense dependent elementary and secondary schools and commissary stores. Title XXIX: Maritime Administration - (Sec. 2901) Amends the Maritime Security Act of 2003 to require the Secretary of Transportation, in providing financial assistance for the construction of tank vessels to be used for both commercial and, if necessary, national defense purposes, to give priority consideration to a proposal submitted by an applicant who has been accepted for participation in the Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program as outlined in a specified Circular issued by the Commandant of the Coast Guard on January 2, 2004. 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 - (Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2005 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator); and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental management, other defense activities, and defense nuclear waste disposal. Subtitle B: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 3111) Limits NNSA funding to 50 percent of authorized amounts until 30 days after the latter of: (1) the submission of a revised nuclear weapons stockpile plan in connection with the Conference Report on H.R. 2754 of the 108th Congress; or (2) the date on which the Administrator submits to the defense and appropriations committees a report setting forth the validated pit production requirements for the Modern Pit Facility. (Sec. 3112) Prohibits funds authorized under this title from being obligated or expended for additional or exploratory studies under the Advanced Nuclear Weapons Concepts Initiative until 30 days after the Administrator submits to the defense and appropriations committees a detailed report on activities under the Initiative that are planned for FY 2005. (Sec. 3113) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to allow new projects under the Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program after its deadline of December 31, 2004, if the Administrator approves the project. Prohibits funds from being so obligated or expended until 60 days after the Administrator submits to the defense and appropriations committees a notice of the new project and related information. Limits to five the total number of projects that may be carried out in a fiscal year under such authority. (Sec. 3114) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to revise milestone and reporting requirements relating to the National Ignition Facility. Requires the Administrator to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the milestones of the Facility to achieve ignition. Extends through 2011 (currently 2004) certain notification and reporting requirements with respect to such Facility. (Sec. 3115) Amends the Atomic Energy Defense Act to revise the annual date of submission of a plan for the stewardship, management, and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons stockpile. (Sec. 3116) Excludes certain radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from those materials stored at a DOE which may be regulated by the State pursuant to an approved closure plan or permit. (Sec. 3117) Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title only) to contract with the National Research Council of the National Academies to conduct a study of the necessary technologies and research gaps in DOE's program to remove high-level radioactive waste from storage tanks at nuclear facility sites in South Carolina, Washington, and Idaho. Requires the Council to: (1) conduct the study within the one-year period after entering into the contract; and (2) submit its findings and recommendations to the Secretary and relevant congressional committees. Provides funding from environmental management funds authorized under this title. (Sec. 3118) Amends the Atomic Energy Defense Act to require the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report on expenditures for nuclear safeguards and security. (Sec. 3119) Authorizes the Secretary to consolidate the counterintelligence programs and functions of DOE within the Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence of the NNSA. Requires the Secretary, with regard to such consolidation, to ensure that counterintelligence capabilities of DOE and NNSA are in no way degraded or compromised. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the exercise of such authority. (Sec. 3120) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for the treatment of waste material at the following nuclear sites: (1) the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory; (2) the Savannah River (South Carolina) site; and (3) the Hanford (Washington) site. (Sec. 3121) Directs the Secretary to establish for each DOE Environmental Management 2006 closure site a local stakeholder organization to: (1) solicit and encourage public participation in appropriate activities relating to the closure of the site; and (2) disseminate information on the site's closure and post-closure operations to the State, local, and tribal governments affected by the closure, as well as persons and entities having a stake in the closure. Requires such an organization to be established at least six months before a site's closure. (Sec. 3122) Requires the Assistant Secretary of Energy to report to the Secretary on the maintenance of retirement benefits for workers at DOE 2006 closure sites after such closures. Directs the Secretary to transmit such report to Congress, together with comments and recommendations. (Sec. 3123) Directs the Administrator to contract with a federally funded research and development center for a study to assess NNSA efforts to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons. Requires a findings report from the Administrator to Congress. Subtitle C: Proliferation Matters - (Sec. 3131) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to repeal the $50 million fiscal year limit on the total amount of international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program funds that may be obligated or expended by the President for a defense nuclear nonproliferation project or activity outside the states of the former Soviet Union. (Sec. 3132) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the security of fissile and radiological materials and related equipment at vulnerable sites worldwide should be a top priority for U.S. national security; and (2) the President may establish in DOE a task force to carry out a program for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to undertake a worldwide effort to mitigate the threats posed by such materials at such sites. Outlines program elements. Requires an interim and final program report from the Secretary to Congress. Provides funding from DOE nuclear nonproliferation funds. Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 3141) Amends the Atomic Energy Act to extend through: (1) 2006 (currently 2004) the authority of the Secretary to enter into indemnification agreements with DOE contractors conducting activities that involve the risk of public liability and are not subject to other financial protection agreements; and (2) FY 2006 (currently FY 2004) the authority for DOE appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel. (Sec. 3143) Amends the Spence Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to select physician members under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program based on experience and competency in diagnosing occupational illnesses. (Sec. 3144) Directs the Secretary to require that the primary management and operations contract for Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, contains terms requiring the contractor to provide support to the Los Alamos Public School District for the elementary and secondary education of students in the amount of $8 million per fiscal year. (Sec. 3145) Directs the Secretary to use competitive procedures in contracting for the conduct of independent reviews and evaluations of the design, construction, and operations of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico as they relate to the protection of the public health and safety and the environment. Outlines contract requirements. (Sec. 3146) Establishes in the Treasury the Pajarito Plateau Homesteaders Compensation Fund for the settlement of two lawsuits involving the U.S. acquisition of certain lands in New Mexico for the Manhattan Project (nuclear testing) conducted during World War II. Outlines judicial procedures with respect to the consolidated lawsuits. Provides Fund funding from amounts authorized for the NNSA under this title. Subtitle E: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program - (Sec. 3151) Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (Program) Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) to cover under such DOE Program individual employees: (1) at an atomic weapons employer facility with respect to which the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found a potential for significant residual contamination outside of the period in which weapons-related production occurred; and (2) during a period of significant residual contamination at such facility. (Sec. 3152) Instructs the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to submit to Congress updated reports regarding residual contamination in such facilities. (Sec. 3153) Amends EEOICPA to provide for worker compensation benefit payments to contractor employees of DOE who were exposed to toxic substances at DOE facilities. (This new Subtitle D replaces the current provisions for DOE assistance to such employees in State workers compensation proceedings, but allows such workers to elect to seek compensation under the appropriate State system rather than the DOE replacement program.) Requires the Secretary of Labor to make determinations with respect to employee coverage under the DOE Program. Establishes within the Department of Labor the Office of the Ombudsman to assist individuals in making claims under this Subtitle, provide benefits information, and undertake related activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 and thereafter to the Secretary of Labor to carry out this Subtitle. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Energy should: (1) adopt a policy not to oppose any final determination with respect to injured workers at DOE facilities and atomic weapons employer facilities under State adjudication systems unless such determinations are frivolous; and (2) incorporate such policy in all DOE contracts with non-Federal entities. Provides additional funding. Terminates prior enhancements to the DOE Program. (Sec. 3155) Expresses the sense of the Senate encouraging the Ombudsman to: (1) review the availability of assistance under the DOE Program for energy employees in the western New York and Pennsylvania region; and (2) recommend a location in that region for a resource center to provide assistance to such employees. (Sec. 3156) Requires congressional review within 60 (currently 180) days of individuals designated by the President for membership within the Special Exposure Cohort. (Sec. 3157) Includes within the above Cohort certain employees who, during their employment at a facility operated under contract to DOE by Mallinkrodt Incorporated, or by the Mason & Hangar-Silas Company at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant: (1) were monitored through the use of dosimetry badges for exposure of the external parts of the employee's body to radiation; (2) were monitored through the use of bioassays, in vivo monitoring, or breath samples for exposure to internal radiation; or (3) worked at a job that had exposures comparable to a job that is monitored under DOE standards through the use of dosimetry badges for monitoring external radiation exposures, or bioassays, in vivo monitoring, or breath samples for internal radiation exposures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 and thereafter under the benefits program for members of the Cohort. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - (Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - (Sec. 3301) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to dispose of up to 50,000 tons of ferromanganese from the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) during FY 2005. Authorizes the disposal of up to 50,000 additional tons before such date after the first disposal is completed. Requires the Secretary, with respect to each disposal, to certify to the defense and appropriations committees that the disposal is: (1) in the national interest; (2) will not cause undue harm to domestic manufacturers of ferroalloys; and (3) consistent with requirements under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. (Sec. 3302) Amends the Strom Thurmond NDAA for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide a receipts objective of $870 million by the end of FY 2014 with respect to certain previously-authorized disposals from the NDS. (Sec. 3303) Prohibits the Secretary from storing mercury from the NDS that is not owned or leased by the United States. Title XXXIV: Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act - Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3404) Authorizes the Attorney General to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence under Federal law or a felony under State or Indian tribal law; and (2) is motivated by prejudice based on the race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of the victim or is a violation of the hate crime laws of the State or tribe. Directs the Attorney General to give assistance priority to crimes committed by offenders who have committed crimes in more than one State, and to rural jurisdictions that have difficulty covering the extraordinary investigation or prosecution expenses. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to assist State, local, and Indian law enforcement officials with such extraordinary expenses. Directs the Office of Justice Programs to: (1) work closely with funded jurisdictions to ensure that the concerns and needs of all affected parties are addressed; and (2) award grants to State and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles. Authorizes appropriations for the grant programs. (Sec. 3406) Authorizes appropriations to the Departments of the Treasury and Justice for fiscal years 2005 through 2007 to increase the number of personnel employed to prevent and respond to such crimes. (Sec. 3407) Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit specified offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. (Sec. 3408) Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study and provide sentencing enhancements for adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes. (Sec. 3409) Amends the Hate Crimes Statistics Act to require crime data collected and published by the Attorney General to include data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender. Title XXXV: Assistance to Firefighters - Assistance to Firefighters Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3502) Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)) to make grants to State fire departments for protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards, and for providing assistance for fire prevention programs. Authorizes grants to: (1) volunteer emergency medical service (EMS) organizations; and (2) obtain automated external defibrillator devices. (Sec. 3505) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish specific criteria for the preliminary review of grant applications; (2) review such criteria at least annually; (3) award grants based on the review of applications by a panel of fire service personnel appointed by a national organization recognized for expertise in the operation and administration of fire services; (4) provide for the administration of the review panel and ensure that an individual appointed to such panel is a recognized expert in firefighting, medical services provided by fire services, fire prevention, or research on firefighter safety; and (5) provide assistance with the preparation of grant applications. (Sec. 3506) Expands program eligibility. (Sec. 3508) Reduces limitations regarding matching funds. (Sec. 3509) Increases the amount a grant recipient may receive. Authorizes a waiver of grant limits based on extraordinary need for assistance for fire suppression. Earmarks funds for volunteer EMS organizations. (Sec. 3511) Directs: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to study and report to Congress on firefighter assistance; (2) CG to report to Congress on the administration of such assistance and on the Secretary's success in administering FEMA; and (3) Secretary to report to Congress any instances of the use of the grant limit waiver authority. (Sec. 3513) Authorizes appropriations for FY: (1) 2005 through 2010 for the firefighter assistance program; and (2) 2005 for the study on assistance to firefighters.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2400
108-s-2401,108,s,2401,Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-11,2004-07-06,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,0,"Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for defense-wide procurement. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Limits the obligation or expenditure of funds for the procurement of light utility helicopters until the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense and appropriations committees: (1) a certification that all required documentation for the acquisition of such helicopters has been completed and approved; and (2) an updated modernization plan for Army aviation containing specified elements. (Sec. 112) Earmarks specified Army procurement funds for the procurement of: (1) up-armored high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles; and (2) wheeled vehicle ballistic add-on armor protection. Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Army to allocate the earmarked funds between the two procurements; and (2) at least 15 days' advance notice to the defense and appropriations committees prior to such allocation. (Sec. 113) Authorizes additional Army procurement funds, to be used for the procurement of command-and-control vehicles or field artillery ammunition support vehicles. Offsets such additional funds from Air Force personnel funding. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) procure the first amphibious assault ship of the LHA(R) class, subject to the availability of appropriations; and (2) enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of the lightweight 155-millimeter howitzer, if determined effective for fleet use. (Sec. 123) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out a pilot program of flexible funding of engineered refueling overhauls and conversions of submarines, through amounts made available for the Navy for procurement and operation and maintenance for FY 2005 through 2012. Outlines program limitations. Requires an efficacy report from such Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates the program after September 30, 2012. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - (Sec. 131) Prohibits, during FY 2005, the retirement of: (1) any KC-135E aircraft; or (2) any F-117 aircraft in use by the Air Force during FY 2004. (Sec. 133) Authorizes additional Army procurement funds, to be used for the Senior Scout mission bed-down initiative. Offsets such additional funds from Air Force personnel funding. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 141) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to report to the defense and appropriations committees on options for the acquisition of precision-guided munitions. (Sec. 142) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on a test program on the maturity and effectiveness of the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion network architecture.  Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Armed Forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). Earmarks specified amounts for science and technology projects. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 211) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use specified Navy RDT&E funds for the second destroyer in the DD(X) class destroyer program, including for detail design. (Sec. 212) Limits the obligation or expenditure of funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite until the Secretary: (1) completes an analysis of alternatives for architectures, technologies, and procedures for the next generation GPS; and (2) reports to the defense and appropriations committees on the results of such analysis. (Sec. 213) Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Spence Act) to extend until March 1, 2005, the due date for the initiation of a concept demonstration of the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. (Sec. 214) Directs the Secretary to establish and require an executive committee to provide guidance and recommendations for the management of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program to the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Agency personnel managing the program. (Sec. 215) Directs the Secretary to: (1) require the Defense Science Board to conduct a study on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program; and (2) report study results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary to plan, program, and budget for all joint experimentation of the Armed Forces as a separate, dedicated program element under defense-wide RDT&E activities. (Sec. 217) Increases (with corresponding offsets) the amounts authorized for: (1) Navy RDT&E, to be used for Navy infrastructure system security engineering development; (2) defense-wide RDT&E, to be used for neurotoxin mitigation research; (3) defense-wide RDT&E, to be used for spiral development of joint threat warning system maritime variants; (4) Air Force RDT&E, to be used for development and testing of the Advanced Ferrite Antenna; (5) Navy RDT&E, to be used for design, development, and testing of a prototype littoral array system for operating submarines; and (6) defense-wide RDT&E, to be used for advanced manufacturing technologies and radiation casualty research. Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - (Sec. 231) Allows funds authorized for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under this title to be used for the development and fielding of an initial set of ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities. (Sec. 232) Directs the Secretary, with respect to the acquisition of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile system and Medium Extended Air defense system, to require the Secretary of the Army to obtain the approval of the MDA Director before the Secretary of the Army: (1) either changes system level technical specifications or establishes new specifications; (2) makes any significant change in a procurement quantity; or (3) changes the baseline development schedule in effect for either program. (Sec. 233) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to: (1) conduct an assessment, at the conclusion of each of 2004 through 2009, of the extent to which each BMD program meets cost, scheduling, testing, and performance goals; and (2) report each assessment's results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 234) Requires the: (1) Secretary to prescribe criteria for operationally realistic testing of fieldable prototypes developed under the BMD spiral development program; (2) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to evaluate the results of each test conducted, and report evaluation results to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees; (3) Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to establish cost, schedule, and performance baselines for each block configuration of the BMD system being fielded, and to include such information in required reports to Congress; and (4) MDA Director to include in such report any significant variations from the established baselines.  Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 241) Directs the Secretary, for each of FY 2006 through 2009, to report to the defense committees on the submarine technologies that are available or potentially available for insertion into Navy submarines to reduce their production and operating costs while maintaining or improving their effectiveness. (Sec. 242) Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) in strong support of the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise for reducing the cost of building and repairing ships in the United States; and (2) that the Secretary should continue to provide in the future-years defense program funding for the Enterprise at a sustained level to support additional research for reducing such cost. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) working capital funds; (2) the Defense Health Program; (3) chemical agents and munitions destruction; (4) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; and (5) the Defense Inspector General. (Sec. 304) Increases (with a corresponding offset) defense-wide O&M funds, to be used for the DOD one-source counseling and referral hotline. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 311) Earmarks specified defense-wide O&M funds for: (1) the Commander's Emergency Response Program for enabling U.S. military commanders in Iraq to respond to urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs for the people of Iraq; and (2) a similar program in Afghanistan. (Sec. 312) Prohibits transfers out of a working capital fund, or between or among such funds, unless the Secretary has notified the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 313) Increases (with a corresponding offset) Army O&M funds, to be used for the family readiness program of the National Guard. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - (Sec. 321) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with owners of former defense property for the payment of certain cleanup costs in connection with the defense environmental restoration program. Makes the base closure account under the applicable base closure law the sole source of funds for environmental restoration at certain base realignment and closure sites. (Sec. 322) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified DOD O&M funds to a named account as reimbursement to the Environmental Protection Agency for certain environmental cleanup costs in connection with the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Washington. (Sec. 323) Deems the Defense Inspector General in compliance with certain requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 if the Inspector General conducts periodic audits of payments, obligations, reimbursements, and other uses from the Hazardous Substance Superfund. (Sec. 324) Requires the CG to: (1) study drinking water contamination and related health effects at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; (2) ensure study participation by other interested (affected) parties; and (3) report study results and recommendations to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 325) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to increase the amount authorized for an environmental remediation project in Front Royal, Virginia. (Sec. 326) Directs the CG to study, and report to Congress on, whether cost-effective technologies are available for the cleanup of groundwater contamination at DOD installations in lieu of traditional methods such as pump-and-treat. (Sec. 327) Expresses the sense of the Senate that DOD should: (1) work to develop a national plan to remediate perchlorate contamination of the environment resulting from DOD activities; (2) continue any current remediation; (3) develop a remediation plan with respect to contamination at levels that pose a hazard to human health; and (4) continue the process of evaluating and prioritizing contamination sites without waiting for the development of a Federal drinking water standard. (Sec. 328) Increases (with a corresponding offset) defense health program O&M funds, to be used for purposes relating to Leishmaniasis Diagnostics Laboratory. (Sec. 329) Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to report to the defense committees on current and anticipated encroachments on the use and utility of the special use airspace of the Utah Test and Training Range, including encroachments brought about through actions of other Federal agencies. Subtitle D: Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair - (Sec. 331) Revises the dates and content of annual DOD reporting requirements concerning funds expended for depot-level maintenance and repair workloads. (Sec. 332) Repeals the requirement for an annual report on the management of depot-level employees. (Sec. 333) Extends through 2009 the authority to waive limitations on the performance of depot-level maintenance of materiel with respect to certain expenditures incurred in the operation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence. Subtitle E: Extension of Program Authorities - (Sec. 341) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2004 to extend through FY 2006 the Secretary's authority to provide prepaid phone cards or equivalent telecommunications benefits to certain members of the Armed Forces stationed outside the United States. (Sec. 342) Amends the Spence Act to extend through FY 2006 a demonstration program for the support of Army manufacturing arsenals. (Sec. 343) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY 2006 a pilot program of using commercial services to improve the collection of DOD claims under aircraft engine warranties. Subtitle F: Defense Dependents Education - (Sec. 351) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and DOD civilian employees. Requires the Secretary to notify each agency eligible for such assistance. (Sec. 352) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for impact aid assistance for children with severe disabilities, as authorized under the Spence Act. (Sec. 353) Expresses the sense of the Senate that DOD should support the construction of schools in housing privatization agreements that severely impact student populations. Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 361) Authorizes the Secretary to charge fees for providing information in the Federal Logistics Information System through Defense Logistics Information Services to a department or agency outside of DOD, or to a State, political subdivision of a State, or any person. (Sec. 362) Amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to extend through FY 2006 the temporary authority within DOD for contractor performance of security-guard functions. Extends dates of, and requires the inclusion of additional information within, related reporting requirements. (Sec. 363) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program for the purchase of certain municipal services needed for a DOD installation from a county or municipality where the installation is located. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department (Secretary concerned) to designate up to two installations for participation in the pilot program. Requires a pilot program report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 364) Authorizes a working-capital funded Army industrial facility to enter into cooperative arrangements with non-Army entities to carry out military or commercial projects at the facility, including the sale of manufactured articles and the performance of work. Outlines: (1) conditions under which an activity may be carried out as a public-private partnership at an Army industrial facility; and (2) partnership requirements and conditions. (Sec. 365) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to: (1) commemorate the 60th anniversary of World War II; and (2) coordinate, support, and facilitate other such programs of the Federal Government, State and local governments, and other persons. Establishes the Department of Defense 60th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Account for funding such activities. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on Account expenditures. Authorizes the Secretary to accept voluntary services in furtherance of the program. (Sec. 366) Expresses the sense of Congress that the DOD policy regarding no media coverage of the transfer of the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces appropriately protects the privacy of the members' families and friends and is consistent with U.S. constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. (Sec. 367) Expresses as the sense of the Senate to: (1) honor the sacrifices of members of the Armed Forces who have been killed or critically wounded while serving the United States; (2) recognize heroic efforts of military medical personnel in treating wounded personnel and civilians; and (3) support advanced medical technologies that assist military medical personnel in saving lives and reducing disability rates for members of the Armed Forces. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe DOD policy for providing timely notification to the next of kin of the status of members who are seriously ill or injured in a combat zone; and (2) transmit a copy of such policy to the defense committees. Increases (with a corresponding offset) defense-wide RDT&E funds, to be used for medical equipment and combat casualty care technologies. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - (Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2005. (Sec. 402) Authorizes the Secretary, during FY 2005 through 2009, to increase as necessary by up to 30,000 the end strength authorized for the Army to support the Army's operational mission in Iraq and Afghanistan and to achieve Army transformational reorganization objectives. Requires a fiscal year's budget to be amended to reflect any such increase. (Sec. 403) Excludes up to 100 permanent and career professors at the military academies from annual officer end strength limits. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - (Sec. 411) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2005 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the minimum end strength for FY 2005 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians. (Sec. 414) Places specified FY 2005 limits on the number of non-dual status technicians authorized to be employed by the Army and Air National Guard. (Sec. 415) Increases the authorized end strengths for Marine Corps Reserve officers in active status in the grades of first and second lieutenant, captain, major, and lieutenant colonel. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) military personnel; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Joint Officer Personnel Management - (Sec. 501) Authorizes an exception to the one-year joint duty requirement prior to promotion to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) in the case of an officer whose proposed selection for promotion is based primarily upon career field specialty qualifications (currently, scientific and technical qualifications). (Sec. 502) Allows an officer to be designated with a joint specialty designation after completing two full tours of duty in joint duty assignments. (Currently, the only authority for such designation is serving one full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment and completing an appropriate education program at a joint professional military education school.) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the general and flag officer positions required to be filled by officers with the joint specialty as joint duty assignments are designated as such. (Sec. 503) Revises generally promotion policy objectives for joint officers. Requires the Secretary to prescribe policies to ensure that the Secretaries concerned provide for promotion selection boards to give appropriate consideration to officers who are serving or have served in joint duty assignments and are eligible for consideration. (Sec. 504) Provides various duty scenarios under which an officer shall be credited with having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any such requirement in the case of a particular officer for national security reasons. (Sec. 505) Repeals the three-month minimum duration of the principal course of instruction offered at the Joint Forces Staff College. Subtitle B: Other Officer Personnel Policy - (Sec. 511) Repeals the prohibition against a person receiving an original appointment as a commissioned officer until the person has completed one year of service on active duty as a commissioned officer of a reserve component. Allows a person to qualify for such original appointment if he or she completes 20 years of active commissioned service before their 62nd (currently, 55th) birthday. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirement that a person receiving such an appointment be a citizen of the United States in the case of a person lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence when the Secretary determines that the national security so requires, but only for an original appointment in a grade below major or lieutenant commander. Requires the President alone (currently, with the advice and consent of the Senate) to make original appointments in the grades of second lieutenant through captain in the regular Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and ensign through lieutenant in the regular Navy. Repeals limitations on the total authorized end strength of regular commissioned officers serving on active duty. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to discharge certain officers, or transfer certain officers from an active-duty list to a reserve active-status list, in order to restructure (force shape) that armed force. Requires appointment in a regular component, and service as a second lieutenant or ensign, for students graduating from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (Sec. 512) Repeals the requirement that Deputy and Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations be selected from officers in the line of the Navy. (Sec. 513) Extends through 2005 (currently, 2004) the authority to waive the requirement that reserve chiefs have significant joint duty experience. (Sec. 514) Limits to 30 the total number of brigadier generals and rear admirals (lower half) on the active duty-list who are authorized to be frocked to major general or rear admiral (upper half) (to wear the insignia of such higher grade prior to the actual promotion date). (Sec. 515) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to Congress on, whether it would be equitable for retired warrant officers on active duty, but not on the active-duty list, to be eligible for consideration for promotion. Subtitle C: Reserve Component Personnel Policy - (Sec. 521) Allows the Secretary concerned to order a member of the reserves, without the member's consent, to active duty for training. (Currently, the Secretary concerned may order a reserve member to any active duty other than for training.) Subtitle D: Education and Training - (Sec. 531) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to extend through 2005 (currently, FY 2004) the Army College First (delayed entry) pilot program. (Sec. 532) Requires that military recruiters be given access to college or university campuses and students that is at least equal in quality and scope to the access provided to any other employer.  (Sec. 533) Excludes from the denial of certain Federal funds to a college or university for preventing ROTC access any funds provided to a college, university, or individual solely for student financial assistance, related administrative costs, or costs associated with attendance. (Sec. 534) Shifts the authority for conferring associate degrees at the Community College of the Air Force from the commander of the Air Education and Training Command to the commander of Air University. (Sec. 535) Repeals the requirement that an officer serving as Superintendent of the Air Force Academy must retire upon completion of such service. Subtitle E: Decorations, Awards, and Commendations - (Sec. 541) Authorizes the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to a deceased, unidentified casualty of a particular war or other armed conflict who is interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, as the representative of the members who died in such war or conflict, and not to the individual personally. (Sec. 542) Directs the President to establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by U.S. military personnel in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. (Sec. 543) Directs the Secretary of the Army to submit to the defense committees a plan for revised criteria and eligibility requirements for the award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and Combat Medical Badge for service in the Republic of Korea after July 28, 1953. Subtitle F: Military Justice - (Sec. 551) Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to reduce from 0.10 to 0.08 grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters the blood alcohol content limit for the offense of drunken or reckless operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel. (Sec. 552) Provides that service time will not be considered lost (and therefore required to be made up) for a period of confinement in connection with a trial when the charge is dismissed or the conviction is set aside or dismissed. (Sec. 553) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a comprehensive DOD policy on the prevention of, and response to, sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces based on the recommendations of the Department of Defense Task Force on Care for Victims of Sexual Assaults; (2) submit to Congress a proposal for appropriate legislation to enhance DOD capability to address such matters; and (3) ensure that the policy developed is implemented uniformly by the military departments. Requires the department Secretaries to prescribe or modify regulations on such policies in order to conform to the policy established by the Secretary. Directs each Secretary annually to: (1) assess the implementation of such policies and procedures; and (2) report to the Secretary on the sexual assaults involving members of that department during the preceding year. Requires the Secretary to transmit each such report to the defense committees. Subtitle G: Scope of Duties of Ready Reserve Personnel in Inactive Duty Status - (Sec. 561) Redesignates the "inactive-duty training" status applicable to members of the reserves as "inactive duty," thereby encompassing operational and other duties performed by the reserves while in inactive duty status. (Sec. 562) Repeals provisions which provide a separate duty status for military funeral honors duty. Subtitle H: Other Matters - (Sec. 571) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to: (1) waive initial service obligation requirements for a person who is accessed into an armed force based on unique skills acquired in a civilian occupation and is to serve in a specialty requiring those skills; and (2) require any alternative period of obligated service to meet the needs of that armed force. Authorizes a period of basic training shorter than 12 weeks for members who have: (1) been credentialed in a medical profession or occupation and are serving in a health-care occupational specialty; or (2) unique skills acquired in a civilian occupation and are to serve in a military specialty or position requiring those skills. (Sec. 572) Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to: (1) include absent military voters; and (2) include absent military voters in write-in ballot requirements and restrictions. (Sec. 573) Renames the National Guard Challenge Program as the National Guard Youth Challenge Program. Increases, for each of FY 2005 through 2007, the maximum authorized Federal share of State costs under such Program. (Sec. 574) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to permit a representative of a veterans service organization to appear at and participate in any preseparation counseling provided to a member of the Armed Forces. Allows a unit of a reserve component in which a member has been released from active duty for further service in such reserve component to meet with a veterans service organization for information and assistance relating to such release, if the commander of the unit authorizes the meeting. (Sec. 575) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) members of the Armed Forces who on their own initiative are highly motivated to return to active-duty service following rehabilitation from injuries incurred in such service, after appropriate medical review, should be given the opportunity to so return; (2) other than appropriate medical review, there should be no barrier to a member having the option to so return; and (3) the Secretary should develop protocols that expand options for such members' return to active-duty service. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - (Sec. 601) Provides that, in the case of a member who is reassigned for a permanent change of station or assignment for a period of up to one year in order to participate in professional military education or training classes, the amount of basic allowance for housing for such member may be based on average housing costs in the area of either the new or old duty station, as determined most equitable by the Secretary concerned. (Sec. 602) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide an immediate lump-sum reimbursement for unusual nonrecurring expenses incurred by a member for duty outside the continental United States. (Sec. 603) Makes permanent (currently, ends December 31, 2004) the monthly family separation allowance. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - (Sec. 611) Extends through 2005 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2004 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces. (Sec. 615) Reduces from four to three years the duty obligation for nurses receiving the nurse accession bonus. (Sec. 616) Discontinues assignment incentive pay upon commencement of terminal leave (leave at the end of which the member will be discharged or released from active duty). (Sec. 617) Makes permanent (currently, ends December 31, 2004) the monthly hostile fire and imminent danger special pay. (Sec. 618) Makes enlisted personnel eligible to receive a critical skills retention bonus while serving on an indefinite reenlistment of at least one year. (Sec. 620) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay an affiliation bonus to an eligible commissioned officer who enters into an agreement to serve for a specified period in the Selected Reserve: (1) in a designated critical officer skill; or (2) to meet a manpower shortage in a unit of the Selected Reserve or a particular pay grade of that armed force. Outlines provisions concerning commissioned officer eligibility and critical skill designation by the Secretary concerned. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay an accession bonus to an individual who enters into an agreement to: (1) accept an appointment as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces; and (2) serve in the Selected Reserve in a designated critical skill. Requires bonus repayment for failure to commence or complete the period of obligated service (determined by such Secretary). (Sec. 621) Prohibits the Secretary concerned, in determining a member's eligibility for supplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents, from taking into consideration such member's receipt of either (or both) special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger, or the family separation allowance. Makes members who receive the supplemental subsistence allowance eligible for other Federal assistance, such as programs under the National School Lunch Act and the Head Start Act. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the accessibility of social services to members of the Armed Forces and their families. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - (Sec. 631) Authorizes a travel and transportation allowance, for two days and the time necessary for travel, for family members to attend burial ceremonies of members who die while on active duty. Removes a condition on the eligibility of parents to receive such allowance. (Sec. 632) Includes, under travel and transportation allowances for dependent children of members stationed overseas, costs incurred for lodging necessitated by an interruption in travel caused by extraordinary circumstances. Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits - (Sec. 641) Provides a special rule for computing the high-36 month compensation average for disabled members of the reserves for purposes of retired pay determination. (Sec. 642) Finds that the study of Federal death benefits for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces, required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004, has convinced Congress to initiate action to provide for the enhancement of such death benefits. Requires the Secretary to expedite completion of the final report under such study. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should promptly submit to Congress any recommendation for legislation necessary to implement the death benefits enhancements that are included in such final report. Requires an interim increase in the death gratuity benefit by the same percentage as the annual increase in military basic pay. Directs the President, at the same time as the budget submission for FY 2006, to submit to the congressional defense and veterans' committees drafts of legislation to provide enhanced death benefits for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces, requiring the inclusion in such drafts of increases in the maximum benefit under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, as well as an additional set of death benefits for members who die in the line of duty while serving on active duty. (Sec. 643) Repeals the current phase-in (lasting until December 31, 2004) on the concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 100 percent (thereby allowing immediate full payment of both). (Sec. 644) Provides a phased increase in the amount of Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity available for military surviving spouses over age 62 from the current 35 percent of the base annuity to up to 55 percent of such base amount for months beginning after September 2014. Requires: (1) a corresponding phased elimination of the SBP supplemental annuity; and (2) the recomputation of current annuities to incorporate such changes. (Sec. 645) Allows an eligible retired or former member to elect to participate in the SBP and the Supplemental SBP during the one-year open enrollment period beginning on October 1, 2005. Allows, also during such period, a person currently participating in the SBP or the Supplemental SBP, but not at the maximum amount, to increase such participation amount. Voids any election made by a person who dies within a two-year period after such election. Requires the Secretary to prescribe an additional premium for additional coverage under this section. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 651) Increases from two to three years the maximum period of educational leave for certain active-duty personnel in the case of a member pursuing a program of education in a health care profession. (Sec. 652) Makes members eligible for the reimbursement of expenses incurred for adoption placements made by foreign governments. (Sec. 653) Authorizes the Secretary to accept the donation of frequent traveler miles, credits, and tickets for air or surface transportation to facilitate the travel of: (1) a member of the Armed Forces who is deployed on active duty away from his or her permanent duty station and granted leave during such deployment; or (2) family members of a member recovering from injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during such a deployment, in order to be reunited with such member. Authorizes the Secretary, under (2) above, to allow a person other than a family member to use such miles, credits, or tickets for such travel if the person has a notably close relationship with the member. Prohibits any recognition as income when such members, family members, or other persons utilize such benefit. (Sec. 654) Authorizes the Secretary, in any case where the children of a covered member are geographically dispersed and have no practical access to military child care, to provide funds to permit such member's family to secure private child care access that is similar in scope and quality to military child care. (Sec. 655) Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make provisions under such Act allowing temporary relief from certain agricultural loan obligations applicable to military reservists mobilized during a war or national emergency, or under a call or order to active-duty service for more than 30 days. Forgives loan interest payments during any such period, and defers loan principal payments until after such mobilization or service. Title VII: Health Care - Subtitle A: Enhanced Benefits for Reserves - (Sec. 701) Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration program for providing benefits under the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program) to members of the Ready Reserve who are: (1) eligible unemployment compensation recipients; (2) in a period of continuous unemployment from the end of their last month as eligible unemployment compensation recipients; or (3) ineligible for coverage by employer-sponsored health benefits plans. (Sec. 702) Makes permanent (currently terminates on December 31, 2004) the special TRICARE benefits early-eligibility date for reserve personnel who are issued delayed-effective-date active-duty orders. (Sec. 703) Authorizes the waiver of deductible payments for dependents of members of the reserves on active duty pursuant to a call or order to active duty of more than 30 days (currently, less than one year). (Sec. 704) Provides protection from balance billing (the billing of full physician charges) for dependents of reserve personnel serving on active duty for more than 30 days. (Sec. 705) Entitles members separated from active duty, and the dependents of such members, to medical and dental care through DOD for 180 days following the member's separation. (Currently, such transitional care is available for up to 120 days, depending upon the length of active-duty service prior to separation.) Directs the Secretary concerned to require each such member to undergo a comprehensive physical examination immediately before such separation. (Sec. 706) Revises provisions concerning TRICARE eligibility requirements for members of the Ready Reserve to remove the requirement that such members be: (1) eligible unemployment compensation recipients; or (2) ineligible for employer-sponsored health benefits. Allows such eligibility for all Ready Reserve members except those enrolled in a Federal health benefits plan. (Sec. 707) Provides for the temporary continuation of non-TRICARE health benefits plan coverage for dependents of certain reservists serving under a call or order to active duty during a war or national emergency. Provides the same continuation with respect to COBRA coverage. Allows a member to revoke the election for such coverage continuation. Subtitle B: Other Matters - (Sec. 711) Repeals the required payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized in a military medical facility in the case of certain officers, former officers, and enlisted personnel. (Sec. 712) Authorizes enrollment in a TRICARE dental plan for a dependent child of a deceased member if such child was, at the time of the member's death, under the minimum age for enrollment. (Sec. 713) Allows dependents under age 13 who are participating in a military dental plan to be treated by postgraduate dental students in eligible military dental treatment facilities, under specified conditions, including treatment compliance with American Dental Association standards. Prohibits the total number of such patients from exceeding 2,000 in a fiscal year. (Sec. 714) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1995 to include marriage and family therapists under the DOD authority to enter into personal services contracts. (Sec. 715) Directs the Secretary to establish an oversight advisory committee for the development and implementation of an effective program of chiropractic health care benefits for members serving on active duty. Requires a committee report to the Secretary. Terminates such committee 90 days after the report. (Sec. 716) Revises the grounds for the presidential waiver of the requirement of informed consent or the option to refuse participation with respect to the DOD administration of drugs not approved for general public use. (Sec. 717) Makes eligible for military medical and dental care cadets or midshipmen at a U.S. military academy, or members or applicants for membership in the Senior ROTC, who incur or aggravate an injury, illness, or disease in the line of duty. Provides an exception when the injury, illness, or disease is the result of gross negligence or misconduct. (Sec. 718) Authorizes the Secretary to ensure an effective transition in the furnishing of part-time or intermittent home health care benefits for covered beneficiaries who were receiving such benefits before the establishment of the sub-acute care program. (Sec. 719) Authorizes the Secretary to waive the collection of payments due for health benefits received under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), and to continue the provision of such benefits through 2004, in the case of a member or dependent who was originally eligible for CHAMPUS benefits, became eligible for hospital insurance benefits under Medicare upon attaining the minimum age, and was unaware of the loss of eligibility for the CHAMPUS benefits after attaining eligibility for the Medicare benefits. (Sec. 720) Directs the Secretary to establish the Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network to improve the safety and quality of vaccine administration for members of the Armed Forces, as well as the access to vaccine follow-up services, and to undertake clinical vaccine research. Outlines authorized Network activities. Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) recognizing the important work being done by military vaccine centers; and (2) that each military department is strongly encouraged to fund the Network. (Sec. 721) Authorizes the use of DOD funds for abortions when the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Acquisition Policy and Management - (Sec. 801) Makes the acquisition executive of each military department responsible for all aspects, including policies and related issues, with respect to the acquisition of information technology equipment integral to a weapon or weapon system. Directs the Secretary to establish a board of senior acquisition officials to develop policy and provide oversight with respect to such acquisitions. (Sec. 802) Requires software-related program costs to be included in currently-required quarterly unit cost reports for major defense acquisition programs. (Sec. 803) Prohibits any DOD official from ordering or purchasing property or services in an amount in excess of $100,000 through any particular GSA Client Support Center until the DOD Inspector General has: (1) reviewed the policies, procedures, and internal controls of such Center; and (2) certified their adequacy to the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services. (Sec. 804) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review alternative mechanisms for procuring commercial satellite services, and provide guidance therein to the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Secretaries of the military departments; and (2) report review results to Congress. (Sec. 805) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require an advisory panel established under such Act, in making recommendations for the modification of Federal laws, regulations, or policies, to: (1) consider the recommendations' effects on small businesses; and (2) include recommendation modifications which will enhance and ensure competition in contracting that affords small businesses a meaningful opportunity to participate in Federal contracts. Revises and extends related reporting requirements. Subtitle B: General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations, and Other Matters - (Sec. 811) Increases from: (1) $50 million to $75 million the threshold prior to required approval of the senior procurement executive on the use of DOD procurement procedures other than competitive procedures; and (2) $500,000 to $1 million the threshold prior to the required provision by defense contractors of certain subcontractor information. (Sec. 812) Extends for up to eight (currently, five) years the authorized period for DOD multiyear task and delivery order contracts. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress, after the end of FY 2005 through 2009, on any contracts that were so extended. (Sec. 813) States that current exceptions to the required submission of certain cost or pricing data by defense contractors shall not apply (thereby requiring such submission) to cost or pricing data on noncommercial modifications of a commercial item that are expected to cost, in the aggregate, more than $500,000. (Sec. 814) Prohibits the delegation below the level of an Assistant Secretary of Defense of the authority to make certain determinations relating to payments to defense contractors for business restructuring costs expected to exceed $25 million over a five-year period. (Sec. 815) Prohibits the head of an agency from procuring goods or services through a contract entered into by an agency outside of DOD if the amount charged includes a service charge in excess of one percent of the contract amount. Allows a waiver in the national security interest. Makes this section inapplicable to: (1) procurement contracts for certain services, including printing, binding, or blank-book work, and services under programs of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000; (2) the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy; and (3) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Sec. 816) Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) that, in the administration of the requirement for reservation of contracts for small businesses, the maximum amount of the applicable contract range (total value) should be increased by the same amount as any increase in the simplified acquisition threshold; and (2) encouraging the placement with small businesses of a fair portion of Federal purchase card or credit card purchases. Subtitle C: Extensions of Temporary Program Authorities - (Sec. 821) Extends through FY 2009 the DOD contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education. (Sec. 822) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year: (1) 1991 to extend through FY 2013 the mentor-protege program; (2) 1990 and 1991 to extend through FY 2010 a test program for the negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans; and (3) 1998 to extend through FY 2009 a pilot program on the sale of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities. Subtitle D: Industrial Base Matters - (Sec. 831) Establishes the Commission on the Future of the National Technology and Industrial Base to: (1) study and assess the future of the national technology and industrial base in attaining national security objectives; and (2) report to the President and Congress on its activities. (Sec. 832) Authorizes the Secretary to waive the application of any domestic source or content requirement, and thereby authorize the procurement of, items grown, reprocessed, reused, produced, or manufactured: (1) in a foreign country that has a Declaration of Principles (a cooperative relationship concerning defense equipment procurement) with the United States; or (2) in the United States from materials grown, reprocessed, reused, produced, or manufactured in either the United States or any foreign country that has such a Declaration of Principles. (Sec. 833) States that no provision or amendment under this Act shall apply to a DOD procurement to the extent that the Secretary determines it to be inconsistent with U.S. obligations under a trade agreement. (Sec. 834) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to repeal defense industrial base requirements concerning essential item identification and domestic production capabilities improvement. Subtitle E: Defense Acquisition and Support Workforce - (Sec. 841) Prohibits the defense acquisition and support workforce from being reduced during FY 2005 through 2007 below its level as of September 30, 2003, except as necessary to strengthen such workforce in higher priority positions. Requires phased increases in such workforce during such fiscal years. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a human resources strategic plan for such workforce that includes objectives and actions to improve workforce management; and (2) report to Congress on plan implementation. (Sec. 842) Removes the requirement that only employees within GS-13 or above may be selected to a position in the Acquisition Corps of a military department (but still requires such employees to have been paid at a rate that exceeds the minimum rate of basic pay for such grade). Revises in the same manner, but with respect to the GS-14 level, the selection for defense critical acquisition positions. Outlines requirements for a current scholarship program which qualifies personnel for DOD acquisition positions, including a written scholarship agreement and repayment for failure to fulfill agreement terms. Subtitle F: Public-Private Competitions - (Sec. 851) Prohibits a DOD function performed by ten or more civilian employees from being converted to performance by a contractor unless the conversion is based on the results of a public-private competition that: (1) formally compares costs; (2) creates a most efficient organization plan in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76; (3) requires continued performance by the civilian DOD employees unless there would be cost savings in contractor performance of at least ten percent or $10 million, whichever is less; and (4) ensures that the public sector bid is not reduced by a failure to offer an employer-sponsored health plan to the contract workers. Prohibits functions currently performed by at least ten civilian DOD employees from being separated in order to circumvent such requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirements for national security purposes. Makes such requirements inapplicable with respect to the pilot program for best source selection for performance of information technology services as authorized under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004. (Sec. 852) Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe guidelines and procedures for ensuring that consideration is given to using Federal employees on a regular basis for work performed under DOD contracts; and (2) include the use of flexible hiring authority available through the National Security Personnel System to facilitate such Federal employee performance. Requires a report from the DOD Inspector General to the defense committees on the Secretary's compliance with such requirements. (Sec. 853) Requires the Inspector General to report to Congress on whether DOD employs a sufficient number of trained civilian employees to: (1) satisfactorily conduct all of the public-private competitions scheduled to be undertaken by DOD during the next fiscal year; and (2) administer any resulting contracts. Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 861) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to make certain Federal budgetary requirements inapplicable to a DOD settlement of a financial account for a contract for the procurement of property or services which is made under special temporary contract closeout authority. (Sec. 862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a demonstration program on the use of reserve personnel to perform test, evaluation, and related activities for an acquisition program. Limits to $10 million per fiscal year the authorized costs under such program. (Sec. 863) Allows members of the National Guard performing certain additional duties in a State to receive financial assistance when such duties were contracted for under other-than-competitive procedures. (Sec. 864) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees a plan for the management and oversight of contractor security personnel by Government personnel in areas where the Armed Forces are engaged in military operations. Requires the plan to include assessed options for enhancing contractor security and reducing contractor security costs in Iraq or in future locations of armed conflict. (Sec. 865) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees on the procurement of services, by an agency of the U.S. Government or by the Coalition Provisional Authority, for the performance of security, intelligence, law enforcement, and criminal justice functions in Iraq. (Sec. 866) Directs the Secretary to: (1) study available commercial processes for measuring the quality of information technology and related services through assessment of their production methods; and (2) determine the cost benefits of such a process in DOD procurements of information technology and related services. (Sec. 867) Authorizes the head of a defense agency to contract for the performance of acquisition functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions only if the Secretary determines that: (1) the appropriate military or civilian personnel of DOD cannot perform the functions; (2) appropriate military or civilian DOD personnel are to supervise contractor performance and perform all inherently governmental functions under the contract; and (3) the contractor does not have an organizational conflict of interest in the performance of contract functions. (Sec. 868) Makes provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (requirements concerning the operation of vending facilities by the blind in Federal buildings) inapplicable to any military dining facility. (Sec. 869) Directs the Secretary to exercise existing statutory authority to introduce life-cycle cost-effective upgrades to Federal assets through shared energy savings contracting, demand management programs, and utility incentive programs. (Sec. 870) Authorizes the Secretary to make available to United Services Organization (USO) access to General Services Administration supplies and services through the Federal Supply Schedule. (Sec. 871) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the Secretary of the Air Force does not proceed with the acquisition of Air Force aerial refueling aircraft by lease or other contract until 60 days after the Secretary has: (1) reviewed all documentation for the acquisition; and (2) certified to the defense and appropriations committees that the acquisition is in compliance with all currently applicable laws, OMB circulars, and regulations. Requires the Comptroller General (CG) and Inspector General to review such documentation and report to such committees their opinions on such compliance. Makes the acquisition of Air Force refueling aircraft beyond low-rate initial production subject to such requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to the selection of a provider of integrated support for such aircraft, to analyze the cost and benefits of using Federal versus contractor employees for such support. Requires the manufacturer to provide, with respect to commercial items covered by a lease or contract, appropriate information on the prices at which the same or similar items have previously been sold. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Reserve Components - (Sec. 902) Establishes the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves to study: (1) the roles and missions of the National Guard and other reserve components; and (2) the compensation and other benefits currently provided to such members. Requires an interim and final report from the Commission to the defense committees. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board to: (1) conduct a review of reserve components; and (2) report to the Secretary on review results. Requires the Secretary to transmit such report to the defense committees, together with comments and recommendations. (Sec. 903) Provides that when there is a vacancy in the position of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or the Chief is unable to perform such duties, the most senior officer among the Army and Air National Guard performing in the National Guard Bureau shall assume such position. (Sec. 904) Redesignates the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau as the Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau. (Sec. 905) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the President, to redesignate the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve. (Sec. 906) Authorizes the governor of a State, upon request by the head of a Federal agency and with the concurrence of the Secretary, to order any personnel of that State's National Guard to perform full-time National Guard duty in carrying out homeland security activities. Limits such duty to 180 days. Outlines requirements to ensure that the carrying out of such activities does not degrade the training and readiness of such units and personnel. Requires the Secretary to provide funds to such governors for the cost of performance of such activities, and to enter into a memorandum of agreement with each governor and the head of each Federal agency to which such personnel are to provide such support. Excludes National Guard personnel performing such functions from annual reserve end strength limits. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress regarding any assistance provided and activities carried out under such authority. Subtitle B: Other Matters - (Sec. 911) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a study of the roles and authorities of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering; and (2) report study results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 912) Redesignates each of the: (1) Directors of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of DOD and the military departments as the Director of Small Business Programs; and (2) Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization within DOD and the military departments as the Office of Small Business Programs. (Sec. 913) Redesignates the position of Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School as the President of the Naval Postgraduate School. (Sec. 914) Establishes in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences the United States Military Cancer Institute to carry out research studies on: (1) the epidemiological features of cancer among populations of various ethnic origins, as well as complementary research on oncologic nursing; (2) the prevention and early detection of cancer; and (3) basic, translational, and clinical investigation matters relating to such studies. Requires: (1) the Institute to carry out such research in collaboration with other cancer research organizations and entities selected by the Institute; (2) the Institute Director to report annually to the University President on the results of such studies; and (3) the University President to transmit such reports to the Secretary and Congress. (Sec. 915) Adds to the duties of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of each of the Army, Navy and Air Force to direct and supervise: (1) any civilian employees employed by that military department in the performance of their duties; and (2) the performance of legal duties required under the UCMJ. Requires the appointment by the President of an Assistant JAG for the Army, to serve for four years, but with presidential authority to terminate or extend such appointment at any time. Excludes any serving JAG from annual limits on general and flag officers for that military department.  Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - (Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $3 billion of amounts made available to DOD in this Act between any authorizations for that fiscal year. Requires congressional notification of each transfer. (Sec. 1002) Provides a new limitation on the total amount authorized to be contributed by the Secretary in FY 2005 for the common-funded budgets of NATO (rather than the maximum amount otherwise applicable under the 1998 baseline limitation). Allocates for such purpose amounts authorized under titles II and III of this Act. (Sec. 1003) Reduces by $1.67 billion the total amounts authorized to be appropriated under titles I through III of this Act, as a result of savings resulting from lower-than-expected inflation. (Sec. 1004) Directs the Secretary to develop, by the end of FY 2005, a defense business enterprise architecture and transition plan covering all defense business systems of DOD as well as the functions and activities supported by such systems. Outlines architecture and plan elements. Prohibits, after the end of FY 2005, any U.S. officer or employee from obligating or expending an amount in excess of $1 million for a defense business system modernization unless the Secretary or other delegated official has determined that such modernization is: (1) consistent with the newly-developed architecture and plan; or (2) necessary for national security reasons or to prevent a significant adverse effect on a project needed to achieve an essential capability. Provides an order of priority for the Secretary in delegating authority for the planning, design, acquisition, development, deployment, operation, maintenance, modernization, and oversight of defense business systems. Directs the Secretary to require each such official to establish, with respect to their delegated authority, an investment review process with respect to the covered business system. Requires the Secretary, for each defense budget submitted for fiscal years after 2005, to include a defense business systems budget exhibit. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Defense Business Systems Management Executive Committee to provide advice and recommendations in implementing defense business systems modernizations; and (2) report annually to the defense and appropriations committees, for each of 2005 through 2009, on the implementation of this section. Requires the CG to review the architecture and transition plan developed by the Secretary, and report review results to such committees. (Sec. 1005) Applies the DOD authority for uniform funding and management of morale, welfare, and recreation programs to all service academy athletic and extracurricular programs and similar support mission activities that: (1) are not considered morale, welfare, and recreation programs or activities; (2) are funded out of appropriated funds; (3) are supported by a supplemental mission nonappropriated fund instrumentality; and (4) are not operated as a private organization. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes supplemental appropriations of $25 billion for DOD for FY 2005, to be available only for activities in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Allocates such funds among specified military department and defense-wide accounts. Allows such authorization only to the extent that a budget request is transmitted from the President to Congress that includes a designation of the requested amount as an emergency and essential to support activities in such countries. Provides certain transfer authority limits. Directs the Secretary to report monthly to the defense and appropriations committees on the use of such authorized funds. Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - (Sec. 1011) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, in acquiring Navy service craft and boats, to exchange or sell similar but obsolete Navy service craft and boats and to apply the proceeds received to the acquisition price. (Sec. 1012) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from disposing of the decommissioned destroyer ex-Edson before October 1, 2007, to an entity that is not a nonprofit organization unless such Secretary first determines that there is no available nonprofit organization that meets the criteria for such donation. (Sec. 1013) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use net cost as a criterion in the selection for award of a contract for the dismantling of one or more ships stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Allows the award contractor to retain the proceeds from the sale of scrap and reusable items recovered from the dismantled vessel. (Sec. 1014) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer: (1) on a grant basis the destroyer O'BANNON to the Government of Chile, and the guided missile frigates GEORGE PHILIP and USS SIDES to the Government of Portugal; and (2) on a sale basis the dock landing ship ANCHORAGE to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, and the destroyer FLETCHER to the Government of Chile. Prohibits the vessels transferred on a grant basis from counting against the aggregate value limit of excess defense articles transferred in a fiscal year under provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Requires: (1) all costs of transfers to be borne by the recipients; and (2) any pre-transfer vessel repair or refurbishment to be performed at a U.S. shipyard, including a Navy shipyard. Terminates the transfer authority two years after enactment of this Act. Subtitle C: Reports - (Sec. 1021) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on contractor security in Iraq. (Sec. 1023) Directs the Secretary to carry out a study of the feasibility of using Camp Ripley National Guard Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota, as a mobilization station for reserves called or ordered to active duty. (Sec. 1024) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the extent to which members assigned to duty in support of contingency operations receive training in preparation for post-conflict operations, and to evaluate the quality of such training; and (2) report study results to the defense committees. (Sec. 1025) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress assessing the availability of potential BMD test ranges for overland intercept flight tests against BMD systems of a specified range. (Sec. 1026) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a report on: (1) operations of the Federal Voting Assistance Program to support absentee military voting; (2) the military postal system to support morale and absentee voting of members; and (3) implementation of recommended postal system improvements. (Sec. 1027) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on: (1) the need for one or more national centers of excellence for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles; and (2) the conduct of military operations during the post-major combat operations phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Sec. 1029) Requires the CG to submit to Congress an analysis of the potential for use of transitional benefit corporations in connection with competitive sourcing of the performance of DOD activities and functions. (Sec. 1029A) Directs the CG to study, and report to the defense committees on, programs of DOD and other Federal departments and agencies under which transition assistance is provided to personnel who are separating from active-duty service. (Sec. 1029B) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Labor to jointly: (1) carry out a study of ways to coordinate the standards applied by the Armed Forces for the training and certification of members in military occupational specialties with the standards applied to corresponding civilian occupations of government and the private sector; and (2) report study results to Congress. (Sec. 1029C) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, with respect to preseparation counseling for personnel separating from active-duty service, to provide for counseling participation by representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Small Business Administration, other appropriate executive agencies, and the Veterans' Business Outreach Centers and Small Business Development Centers. (Sec. 1029D) Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees containing a detailed accounting of costs incurred for operations of the Global War on Terrorism. (Sec. 1029E) Directs the President to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the strategy of the U.S. and coalition forces for stabilizing Iraq. (Sec. 1029F) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and intelligence committees on the number of persons held by DOD for more than 45 days, and on the facilities in which such persons are held. Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Space - (Sec. 1031) Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the U.S. space posture over the posture review period (the period beginning one year after the enactment of this Act and ending ten years thereafter); and (2) report review results to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees. (Sec. 1032) Directs the Secretary to contract with a federally funded research and development center to establish a panel on the future military space launch requirements of the United States, including means of meeting such requirements. Requires the panel to report results to the Secretary and the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees. Terminates the panel 16 months after the panel chairman is designated. Provides panel funding from amounts appropriated under this Act. (Sec. 1033) Requires the Secretary to ensure that operationally responsible national security payloads of DOD for space satellites are planned, programmed, and budgeted for as a separate, dedicated DOD program element. Directs the Secretary to assign management authority for such program element to the Director of the Office of Force Transformation. Provides funding from DOD RDT&E funds authorized under this Act. (Sec. 1034) Prohibits land remote sensing information: (1) from being disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act; or (2) provided by the head of a U.S. department or agency to a State or local government from being disclosed to the general public under any State or local law relating to the disclosure of information or records. (Sec. 1035) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should provide support for, and continue the development, certification, and deployment of, space launch range safety systems. Subtitle E: Defense Against Terrorism - (Sec. 1041) Authorizes the commander of a military installation to include within a disaster response agreement entered into with a local public safety agency a clause allowing the commander to accept from such agency for use during a natural or man-made disaster any communications equipment that is useful for communicating during a joint response to a disaster. (Sec. 1042) Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine the feasibility and advisability of dedicating an airlift capability of the Armed Forces on a full-time basis to the support of any homeland defense operations; (2) conduct a study of existing plans and capabilities of DOD for meeting contingent requirements for transporting emergency response teams to such disasters; and (3) report study results to the defense committees. (Sec. 1043) Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan, for implementation by DOD, that sets forth a systematic approach for ensuring the survivability of defense critical systems upon contamination by chemical or biological agents. Subtitle F: Matters Relating to Other Nations - (Sec. 1051) Authorizes members of the Armed Forces to provide humanitarian assistance for the detection of landmines or explosive remnants of war in a foreign country, including activities relating to the furnishing of education, training, and technical assistance, if the Secretary determines that the provision of such assistance will promote: (1) the security interests of both the United States and the recipient country; and (2) the operational readiness skills of members who provide such assistance. Requires the Secretary of State to specifically approve any such assistance. Allows the use of DOD humanitarian assistance funds for such purpose, with a limit of $5 million per country. (Sec. 1052) Authorizes the Secretary, during FY 2005 and 2006, to use funds made available to DOD for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities to provide assistance to the Government of Colombia to: (1) support a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking; (2) support a unified campaign against activities by designated terrorist organizations; and (3) take actions to protect human health and welfare in emergency situations, including undertaking rescue operations. Provides limitations on the number of U.S. personnel assigned to Colombia during such fiscal years in support of Plan Colombia. Prohibits any U.S. Armed Forces, civilian employee, or civilian contractor personnel stationed or employed in Colombia from participating in any combat operations, except in self-defense or rescue operations. Requires a report from the Secretary of State to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees on any relationships between terrorist organizations in Colombia and foreign governments or organizations. (Sec. 1053) Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance in FY 2005 to Iraq and Afghanistan military or security forces solely to enhance their ability to combat terrorism and support U.S. or coalition military operations in such countries. Limits to $250 million the cost of such assistance. Directs the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees at least 15 days in advance of such assistance. (Sec. 1054) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to accept the assignment of one or more members of the navy of another member country of NATO to a command of the U.S. Navy for work on the development, standardization, or interoperability of submarine vessel safety and rescue systems and procedures. Terminates such authority after September 30, 2008. (Sec. 1055) Requires any DOD plan providing compensation to individuals injured in a U.S. military prison in Iraq to include a provision to address the injuries suffered by the 17 U.S. citizens who were held as prisoners of war by the regime of Saddam Hussein during the First Gulf War. (Sec. 1056) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should make the substantial reduction of drug trafficking in Afghanistan a priority in the war on terror; (2) the Secretary should work to a greater extent with the Government of Afghanistan and international organizations involved in counterdrug activities to assist in providing a secure environment for counterdrug personnel in Afghanistan; and (3) since narcotics trafficking tends to support terrorist activities and contribute to the instability of the Afghan Government, additional efforts should be made by U.S. Armed Forces to reduce such trafficking in Afghanistan and neighboring countries. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on progress made in reducing poppy cultivation and heroin production capabilities in Afghanistan, and on the extent to which profits made from illegal drug activities in Afghanistan fund terrorist organizations and groups seeking to undermine the Afghan Government. (Sec. 1057) Prohibits any person in the custody or physical control of the United States from being subject to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment that is prohibited by the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe rules, regulations, or guidelines necessary to ensure compliance with such prohibition, and to report to the defense and appropriations on such implementation. Requires the Secretary to report semiannually to Congress on circumstances surrounding any investigation of a possible violation of such prohibition by either a member of the Armed Forces or a person providing contractual services to DOD. (Sec. 1058) Directs the Inspector General to ensure, no later than June 30, 2004, the security of all documents relevant to the UN Oil-for-Food Program that are in possession or control of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Requires such documents to be delivered to the CG. Directs each Federal agency head and the Administrator of the CPA, upon a request in connection with an investigation of the Program by the relevant congressional committees, to promptly provide access to such information. Directs the Secretary of State to urge the UN Secretary General to provide the United States with copies of all audits and core documents related to such Program. Expresses the sense of Congress that the CG should have full and complete access to UN financial data relating to the Program. Requires the CG to conduct a review of U.S. oversight of the Program. (Sec. 1059) Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) commending the President for steps taken to continue support for the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, and using the Partnership to coordinate nonproliferation projects in Libya, Iraq, and other countries; and (2) urging the President to undertake specified activities to further Partnership efforts. (Sec. 1059A) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to except Australia and the United Kingdom (currently, only Canada) from required bilateral trade agreements with the United States prior to transfers or changes in end use of defense items that remain subject to licensing requirements of such Act. Requires the President, at least 30 days prior to authorizing an exemption from licensing requirements of International Traffic in Arms Regulations with respect to any such country, to certify to the foreign relations and defense committees that it is in the U.S. national security interests and will not adversely affect either the ability to adequately control licensed exports of U.S. defense items or the requirements of the Secretary of State under such Act. Directs the President to: (1) notify such committees of the text of the regulations that authorize such a licensing exemption; and (2) report annually to such committees on issues raised in consultations conducted under the terms of any bilateral agreement entered into with Australia or the United Kingdom, or with exemptions from licensing requirements for such countries. Requires the Secretary of State to notify such committees after receiving any credible information regarding an unauthorized end-use or diversion of U.S. exports made pursuant to any agreement with a country to gain exemption from licensing requirements. (Sec. 1059B) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 to redesignate the Inspector General of the CPA as the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIG). Authorizes the continuation in office of the person currently serving in the redesignated position. Replaces references to: (1) the heads of the CPA with the Secretaries of State and Defense; and (2) the CPA with the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. Requires the SIG to coordinate with, and receive the cooperation of, the inspectors general for DOD, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the State Department. Revises due dates for certain reports required from the SIG. Terminates the Office of the SIG ten months after the date on which 80 percent of the amounts appropriated or otherwise obligated to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund have been obligated (currently, six months after the authorities and duties of the CPA cease to exist). (Sec. 1059C) Expresses as U.S. policy the humane treatment of prisoners and avoidance of their indefinite detention. Requires from DOD to the appropriate committees: (1) a quarterly report on the number of persons who were denied Prisoner of War status under the Geneva Conventions and the basis for each denial; (2) a report on military missions to be held, and the number of prisoners, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (3) all Red Cross reports received concerning the treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan; and (4) a report on all prisoner interrogation techniques approved by U.S. officials. Requires DOD to certify to such committees that all Federal employees and civilian contractors engaged in the handling and/or interrogation of prisoners have fulfilled an annual training requirement on the laws of war and U.S. obligations under international humanitarian law.  Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 1061) Makes technical amendments to definitions under Federal armed forces provisions. (Sec. 1062) Extends through 2006 (currently, 2004) the authority of the Secretary to engage in commercial activities as security (cover) for intelligence collection activities abroad. (Sec. 1063) Provides liability protection for persons voluntarily providing maritime-related services on behalf of the Navy. (Sec. 1064) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to license trademarks, service marks, certification marks, and collective marks owned or controlled by the Secretary concerned and to expend such fees for trademark and licensing costs. (Sec. 1065) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to delay until the November 2006 (currently, 2002) election for Federal office the applicability of an electronic voting demonstration project to be carried out by the Secretary. (Sec. 1066) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to extend through December 31, 2008, the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to purchase war risk insurance and reinsurance for merchant marine vessels. Authorizes such Secretary to request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest excess war risk insurance funds. (Sec. 1067) Amends the District of Columbia Public Works Act of 1954 to require annual (currently, quarterly) reports from the Secretary of the Treasury to specified congressional committees concerning Federal payments for District water and sewer services. (Sec. 1068) Makes Federal provisions requiring the salary of Federal officials and employees to be paid only by the United States inapplicable to pay received from civilian employers by members of the reserves while such members are on active duty in connection with a contingency operation. (Sec. 1069) Protects military personnel from retaliatory actions for communications made through the military chain of command. (Sec. 1070) Directs the Secretary of State to establish procedures for the expedited consideration (no more than 30 days after receipt) of license applications for the export or transfer of defense items related to missile defense. Requires such Secretary to: (1) examine the feasibility of providing major project authorizations for programs related to missile defense similar to the comprehensive export authorization provided under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations; and (2) report to the foreign relations and defense committees on the expedited consideration procedures and the feasibility of such project authorizations. Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) prescribe procedures for the expedited review of licenses for the transfer of defense items related to missile defense; and (2) report to such committees on such procedures and any actions taken. (Sec. 1071) Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States: (1) should vigorously pursue initiatives aimed at eliminating, reducing, or retarding the proliferation of ballistic missiles and related technologies; and (2) and the international community should continue to support and strengthen established international accords and efforts designed toward such elimination, reduction, or retardation. (Sec. 1072) Directs the Secretary to reimburse a member for the cost of any protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by the member, or by another on behalf of the member, before or during member deployment in Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom for use in connection with such operation, if the member's unit commander certifies that the equipment was critical to the member's protection, safety, or health. Provides limitations concerning the date of purchase of certain equipment, as well as reimbursement amounts. (Sec. 1073) Prohibits the Secretary from reducing or eliminating search and rescue capabilities at any military installation in the United States unless the Secretary first certifies to the defense committees that equivalent search and rescue will be provided without interruption and with the policies and objectives set forth in the United States National Search and Rescue Plan entered into force on January 1, 1999. (Sec. 1074) Grants a Federal charter to the Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of New York). (Sec. 1075) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Internal Revenue Service should provide guidance to promote and insure the validity of voluntary differential pay arrangements, benefits payments, and contributions to retirement savings plans related thereto. (Sec. 1076) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase ten aircraft for the National Interagency Fire Center for use in aerial firefighting. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1077) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the mission statement and policies of the American Forces Radio and Television Service appropriately state the goal of maintaining equal opportunity balance with respect to political programming and that the Secretary should ensure that these policies are being fully implemented. (Sec. 1078) Recognizes the Liberty Memorial Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America's National World War I Museum. (Sec. 1079) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education, in considering assurances made by an institution that it is an Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, to consider such assurances as meeting the Hispanic-serving requirements unless the Secretary determines, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that such assurances do not meet such requirements. (Sec. 1080) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) provide extraterritorial jurisdiction for current offenses of major fraud against the United States; and (2) include within military extraterritorial jurisdiction a civilian employee, or contractor employee, of any Federal agency or provisional authority to the extent such employment relates to support of DOD missions overseas. (Sec. 1083) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1991 to include for participation in the mentor-protege pilot program under such Act: (1) a small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; and (2) a qualified HUBZone (heavily underutilized business zone) small business. (Sec. 1084) Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that, if the violator of the terms and conditions of any Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license, permit, or certificate is either a broadcast station licensee or permittee or an applicant for a broadcast license, permit, or certificate, and such violator is determined by the FCC to have broadcast obscene, indecent, or profane language, the amount of the forfeiture penalty shall not exceed $275,000 for each violation or day of a continuing violation, with a limit of $3 million per violation. Declares invalid and without legal effect the broadcast media ownership rules adopted by the FCC on June 2, 2003. Directs the FCC, in case of a broadcast violation described above, to take into account various factors with respect to the degree of culpability, including whether: (1) the material was live or recorded, scripted or unscripted; (2) the violator had a reasonable opportunity to review the programming; (3) a time-delay blocking mechanism was implemented; and (4) the violation occurred during a children's program or during children's viewing hours. Allows the FCC, when aggravating factors are present, to double the fine amounts for such violations. (Sec. 1085) Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act - (Sec. 1086) Directs the FCC to: (1) assess the effectiveness of measures to require television broadcasters and multichannel video programming distributors to rate and encode programming that could be blocked by parents by use of a V-chip; and (2) report its findings to specified congressional committees. Authorizes the FCC, if it finds such measures ineffective, to prohibit the distribution of violent video programming during hours when children are reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of the audience. (Sec. 1087) Makes it unlawful for any person to distribute to the public any violent video programing not blockable by electronic means specifically on the basis of its violent content. Provides for exemptions for: (1) programming (including news programs and sporting events) the distribution of which does not conflict with the objective of protecting children from the negative influences of violent video programming; and (2) premium and pay-per-view direct-to-home satellite programming. Applies to such distribution violations the same penalties provided under the previous section. (Sec. 1090) Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to carry out, for up to six years after the enactment of this Act, a pilot program on cryptologic service training for the intelligence community. (Sec. 1091) Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to: (1) extend through FY 2005 the authority of Federal agencies to enter into contracts for energy savings and conservation; (2) allow payment of contract costs from funds appropriated for water or wastewater treatment; and (3) include water and wastewater treatment and water conservation measures within the definitions and purposes of energy savings and energy savings contracts under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) complete a review of the Energy Savings Performance Contract to identify obstacles that prevent Federal agencies from fully utilizing the program; and (2) report review results to Congress. Validates any Federal energy savings contract entered into between October 1, 2003 (the previous termination date) and the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 1092) Provides the FY 2004 funding level to be utilized by the Secretary of Commerce with respect to a National Institute of Standards and Technology account for industrial technology services. (Sec. 1093) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 to direct the Secretary, in a report on offset requirements under certain contracts, to consider the extent to which any foreign country imposes offsets in excess of 100 percent on U.S. suppliers of goods or services, and the impact of such offsets on the United States. Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Policy - (Sec. 1101) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to provide financial assistance (scholarships) for education in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology skills and disciplines that are critical to DOD national security functions and needed in the DOD workforce. Requires: (1) a written agreement by scholarship recipients for a period of obligated service with DOD following such education; (2) recipient refunds for any unserved periods of obligated service; and (3) a plan from the Secretary to the defense committees for expanding and improving such pilot program to improve recruitment and retention to meet DOD requirements for its science and engineering workforce over a short- and long-term basis. Authorizes Federal agencies to appoint candidates: (1) for positions where there exists a severe shortage or there is a critical need; or (2) who participate in the scholarship program, above.  (Sec. 1102) Makes personnel eligible for foreign language proficiency pay during any service (currently, only for service during a contingency operation). (Sec. 1103) Makes civilian intelligence personnel pay rates equal to the rates provided for comparable positions in DOD, including Senior Executive positions. Requires the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service to be subject to a performance appraisal system certified by the Secretary as making meaningful distinctions based on relative performance. (Sec. 1104) Authorizes the accrual of Federal annual leave by intelligence senior level employees. (Sec. 1105) Provides for pay parity for senior executives in defense nonappropriated fund instrumentalities with the pay of DOD employees in the Senior Executive Service or other senior executive positions. (Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to provide a uniform health benefits program for employees of DOD assigned to a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the United States. Exempts such program from State and local laws, taxes, and other requirements. (Sec. 1107) Revises Federal procurement protest provisions to include requirements for bid protests by Federal employees in actions under OMB Circular A-76 (private performance of an activity or function of a Federal agency). Directs the CG to administer actions for protests in cases of public-private competitions conducted under Circular A-76. Allows an appropriate Federal official to intervene in a civil action concerning a public-private competition if a private-sector interested party commences the action. (Sec. 1108) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and intelligence committees a plan for expanding and improving the DOD national security foreign language workforce so as to improve recruitment and retention and meet DOD foreign language workforce requirements on both a short- and long-term basis. (Sec. 1109) Requires the Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and for Personnel and Readiness to jointly: (1) develop a plan for effective utilization of their flexible personnel management authorities with respect to DOD laboratories; and (2) submit the plan to Congress. (Sec. 1110) Reservists Pay Security Act of 2004 - Entitles a person who is absent from his or her position of employment with the Federal Government in order to perform call or order active duty-service for the reserves or National Guard to receive during such duty period an amount that, when added to the pay and allowances for the military service, equals the basic pay which would have been payable for the person's civilian employment for the same period had it not been interrupted by military service. Authorizes appropriations. Title XII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - (Sec. 1201) Specifies the cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs to be funded through O&M funds provided under this Act. Makes funds appropriated for such purpose available for three fiscal years. Allocates such funds among specified CTR programs. Prohibits such funds from being used for purposes other than those specified until 30 days after the Secretary reports to Congress on such purposes. Provides limited authority to vary allocated amounts in the national interest, after congressional notification. (Sec. 1203) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to waive certain limitations on the use of DOD funds for a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia, provided the President makes a specified certification to Congress with respect to such waiver. (Sec. 1204) Amends the Strom Thurmond NDAA for Fiscal Year 1999 to require the inclusion in annual DOD budget justification materials of certain descriptive summaries of CTR programs, projects, activities, and assistance. Title XIII: Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveillance - (Sec. 1301) Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan to improve medical readiness, and DOD tracking of the health status, of members of the Armed Forces throughout their military service, and to strengthen medical readiness and tracking before, during, and after overseas deployment. Requires the Secretary to establish a Joint Medical Readiness Oversight Committee to oversee the development and implementation of such plan, and to undertake related advisory and assistance services. (Sec. 1302) Directs the CG to: (1) carry out a study of the health of reserve members who have been called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; and (2) report review results to the defense committees. Requires the Secretary to issue a policy to ensure that individual members and commanders of reserve units fulfill their responsibilities for medical and dental readiness of such members, such policy to include frequent member health assessments and follow-up care. Directs the Secretary to prescribe, for uniform application throughout the military departments, a policy on deferral of medical treatment of members pending deployment. (Sec. 1303) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to: (1) collect baseline health data from all persons entering the Armed Forces; (2) provide for the computerized compilation and maintenance of such data; and (3) analyze the data. Outlines interim standards under the current medical tracking system for blood samples necessary for predeployment examination of members. (Sec. 1304) Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe a policy that requires the records of all medical care provided to a member in a theater of operations to be maintained as part of a complete health record for the member; (2) evaluate the system for the medical tracking and health surveillance of such members and take necessary action to improve such system; and (3) report to the defense committees on actions taken. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for obtaining all records of medical treatment provided to members by U.S. allies in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; and (2) prescribe a DOD policy on the collection and dissemination of in-theater individual personnel location data. (Sec. 1305) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review and revise DOD classification policies to facilitate the declassification of data that is potentially useful for the monitoring and assessment of the health of members who have been exposed to environmental hazards during overseas deployments; and (2) consult with senior commanders of in-theater forces of the combatant commands in carrying out such review and revision. (Sec. 1306) Directs the: (1) Secretary to report to the defense committees on the training in environmental hazards that is provided by the Armed Forces to military medical personnel who are deployable to the field in direct support of combat personnel; and (2) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to report to such committees on DOD responses to concerns expressed by members during post-deployment health assessments about possibilities to exposure to environmental hazards during such deployment. (Sec. 1307) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a policy that requires commanders of installations at which members are to be processed upon redeployment from an overseas deployment to: (1) identify and analyze the anticipated health care needs of such members before their arrival at that installation; and (2) report such needs to the Secretary. (Sec. 1308) Requires the Secretary to take necessary actions to ensure full implementation among the military departments of the: (1) Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveillance Program (as created under this title); and (2) Force Health Protection and Readiness Program. (Sec. 1309) Directs the Secretary to: (1) report annually to the defense committees on DOD's Force Health Protection Quality Assurance Program; and (2) issue annually a report on the compliance by military departments with applicable policies on the recording of health assessment data in military personnel records. Requires the Chief Information Officer of each military department to ensure that the online portal website of that department includes specified health assessment information of its members. (Sec. 1310) States that nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to procure the services of private experts for performing any function to comply with requirements for members' readiness tracking and health surveillance.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2401
108-s-2402,108,s,2402,Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-11,2004-07-06,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,0,"Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Title XXI [sic]: Army - (Sec. 2101) 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 such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2004 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2105) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year: (1) 2004 to increase the amounts authorized for projects at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and Fort Drum, New York; and (2) 2003 to increase the amount authorized for a project at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Title XXII: Navy - (Sec. 2201) Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. (Sec. 2205) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 to increase the amount authorized for a project described under "Various Locations, CONUS." Title XXIII: Air Force - (Sec. 2301) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. (Sec. 2304) Reduces by $5.5 million the amount authorized for Air Force personnel. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - (Sec. 2401) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units and to carry out energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years after 2004 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - (Sec. 2501) Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2004 for such Program. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - (Sec. 2601) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2004 for National Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - (Sec. 2701) Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2007, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2008, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - (Sec. 2801) Increases the thresholds (prior to certain congressional notification requirements) for unspecified minor military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law. (Sec. 2802) Increases from $5 million to $7.5 million the threshold for facility repairs before prior approval is required from the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned). (Sec. 2803) Provides additional reporting requirements with respect to alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of military housing. (Sec. 2804) Outlines contract terms for the lease by the Secretary concerned of housing units for military family or unaccompanied housing. Makes the authority of the Secretary concerned to invest in an entity carrying out projects for the construction or acquisition of such housing subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose. Repeals provisions authorizing the Secretary concerned to: (1) enter into housing rental guarantees with lessors; (2) enter into differential lease payment agreements; and (3) assign members to acquired or constructed housing units. Increases the total budget authority for contracts for the acquisition or construction of military family housing. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - (Sec. 2811) Consolidates and reorganizes existing provisions relating to DOD real property transactions and the use of DOD facilities. (Sec. 2812) Revises definitions and authorities with respect to reserve facilities, including the authority to carry out small projects using DOD Operation and Maintenance funds. (Sec. 2813) Allows the Secretary to authorize each department Secretary to carry out projects to assess the feasibility and advisability of obtaining new facilities and lands for their respective reserve component through the exchange or sale of existing facilities or lands of such reserves. Outlines authorized transactions and requirements for replacement facilities. Requires the receipt of fair market value in connection with such transactions. Directs the Secretary concerned to use competitive procedures in land exchange transactions. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from entering into such a transaction until 30 days after reporting to the defense and appropriations committees on the transaction agreement. Provides for the deposit of funds received from such transactions. Requires a report from the Secretary to such committees on the exercise of any exchange authority. Terminates such authority after September 30, 2006. (Sec. 2814) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to repeal the authority of the Secretary to recommend that installations be placed in inactive status (and therefore protected from closure or realignment) during a round of base closures and realignments. Subtitle C: Land Conveyances - (Sec. 2821) Authorizes the Secretary of: (1) the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs administrative jurisdiction over a portion of the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio, for use as a new outpatient clinic for veterans' medical services; (2) the Army to convey to the State of Utah a parcel of real property at the Browning Army Reserve Center, Utah, for the construction and operation of a veterans' nursing care facility; (3) Defense to convey to Arlington County, Virginia, a parcel of real property along the western boundary of the Navy Annex property, Virginia, for the construction of a freedmen heritage museum and an Arlington history museum; (4) the Army to convey to the Hampton City School Board, Virginia, the Butler Farm U.S. Army Reserve Center, Virginia, for use for public education purposes; (5) the Army to convey to the State of Washington a portion of the National Guard Facility, Pier 91, Washington, for enabling such State to convey such facility unencumbered for economic development purposes; (6) the Navy to transfer to the Administrator of General Services administrative jurisdiction over the Nebraska Avenue Complex in the District of Columbia, to accommodate the Department of Homeland Security; (7) the Navy to convey to the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, a parcel of real property on Valkenberg Avenue in Honolulu, to enhance the capability of the city and county to provide fire protection and firefighting services to civilian and military properties in the area, as well as firefighting training; (8) the Navy to convey to the city of Portsmouth, Virginia, the Navy YMCA Building in Portsmouth, for economic revitalization purposes; (9) the Air Force to convey to the Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, New York, a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the former Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, for economic development purposes; (10) the Air Force to convey to the city of Montgomery, Alabama, the Maxwell Heights Housing site at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in exchange for real property contiguous to such Base; (11) Navy to convey to the State of Maryland a portion of the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, in exchange for a parcel of real property in Point Lookout State Park, Maryland; (12) Air Force to convey to the March Joint Powers Authority a parcel of real property containing the former Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office facility for March Air Force Base, California, for economic development and revitalization; (13) Army to convey to an entity selected by the Board of Commissioners of Johnson County, Kansas, the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Kansas, for economic development and revitalization; (14) Navy to convey to the Berkeley County Sanitation Authority, South Carolina, a portion of the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, for the expansion of an existing sewage treatment plant; and (15) Army to convey to the State of Louisiana a portion of the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant in Doyline, Louisiana, for military training purposes. (Sec. 2836) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the city of Charleston, South Carolina (previously there was no named recipient) the property known as the Equipment and Storage Yard on Meeting Street in Charleston. Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 2841) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Department of Defense Follow-On Laboratory Revitalization Demonstration Program for the revitalization of DOD laboratories. Increases minor construction threshold amounts for any military construction project carried out under the Program. Requires a Program report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates the Program on September 30, 2006. (Sec. 2842) Deems various parcels of real property within the boundaries of Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon, no longer suitable for return to the public domain, and transfers such parcels to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for purposes of management and disposal under the base closure laws. (Sec. 2843) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into an agreement with the Army Historical Foundation for the design, construction, and operation of a facility or group of facilities at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for the National Museum of the United States Army. Authorizes the Commander of the United States Army Center of Military History to accept gifts and bequests valued at up to $250,000 for the benefit of the Museum or the Center. (Sec. 2844) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to pay specified funds to the Oakland Base Reuse Authority and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland, California, in settlement of certain claims. (Sec. 2855) Directs the Comptroller General to report to the defense committees assessing the DOD policy with regard to the closure of defense dependent elementary and secondary schools and commissary stores. Title XXIX: Maritime Administration - (Sec. 2901) Amends the Maritime Security Act of 2003 to require the Secretary of Transportation, in providing financial assistance for the construction of tank vessels to be used for both commercial and, if necessary, national defense purposes, to give priority consideration to a proposal submitted by an applicant who has been accepted for participation in the Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program as outlined in a specified Circular issued by the Commandant of the Coast Guard on January 2, 2004.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2402
108-s-2403,108,s,2403,Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2005,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-11,2004-07-06,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,0,"Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Title XXXI [sic]: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - (Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2005 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator); and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental management, other defense activities, and defense nuclear waste disposal. Subtitle B: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 3111) Limits NNSA funding to 50 percent of authorized amounts until 30 days after the latter of: (1) the submission of a revised nuclear weapons stockpile plan in connection with the Conference Report on H.R. 2754 of the 108th Congress; or (2) the date on which the Administrator submits to the defense and appropriations committees a report setting forth the validated pit production requirements for the Modern Pit Facility. (Sec. 3112) Prohibits funds authorized under this title from being obligated or expended for additional or exploratory studies under the Advanced Nuclear Weapons Concepts Initiative until 30 days after the Administrator submits to the defense and appropriations committees a detailed report on activities under the Initiative that are planned for FY 2005. (Sec. 3113) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2004 to allow new projects under the Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program after its deadline of December 31, 2004, if the Administrator approves the project. Prohibits funds from being so obligated or expended until 60 days after the Administrator submits to the defense and appropriations committees a notice of the new project and related information. Limits to five the total number of projects that may be carried out in a fiscal year under such authority. (Sec. 3114) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to revise milestone and reporting requirements relating to the National Ignition Facility. Requires the Administrator to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the milestones of the Facility to achieve ignition. Extends through 2011 (currently 2004) certain notification and reporting requirements with respect to such Facility. (Sec. 3115) Amends the Atomic Energy Defense Act to revise the annual date of submission of a plan for the stewardship, management, and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons stockpile. (Sec. 3116) Excludes certain radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from those materials stored at a DOE which may be regulated by the State pursuant to an approved closure plan or permit. (Sec. 3117) Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title only) to contract with the National Research Council of the National Academies to conduct a study of the necessary technologies and research gaps in DOE's program to remove high-level radioactive waste from storage tanks at nuclear facility sites in South Carolina, Washington, and Idaho. Requires the Council to: (1) conduct the study within the one-year period after entering into the contract; and (2) submit its findings and recommendations to the Secretary and relevant congressional committees. Provides funding from environmental management funds authorized under this title. (Sec. 3118) Amends the Atomic Energy Defense Act to require the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report on expenditures for nuclear safeguards and security. (Sec. 3119) Authorizes the Secretary to consolidate the counterintelligence programs and functions of DOE within the Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence of the NNSA. Requires the Secretary, with regard to such consolidation, to ensure that counterintelligence capabilities of DOE and NNSA are in no way degraded or compromised. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the exercise of such authority. (Sec. 3120) Earmarks funds authorized under this title for the treatment of waste material at the following nuclear sites: (1) the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory; (2) the Savannah River (South Carolina) site; and (3) the Hanford (Washington) site. (Sec. 3121) Directs the Secretary to establish for each DOE Environmental Management 2006 closure site a local stakeholder organization to: (1) solicit and encourage public participation in appropriate activities relating to the closure of the site; and (2) disseminate information on the site's closure and post-closure operations to the State, local, and tribal governments affected by the closure, as well as persons and entities having a stake in the closure. Requires such an organization to be established at least six months before a site's closure. (Sec. 3122) Requires the Assistant Secretary of Energy to report to the Secretary on the maintenance of retirement benefits for workers at DOE 2006 closure sites after such closures. Directs the Secretary to transmit such report to Congress, together with comments and recommendations. (Sec. 3123) Directs the Administrator to contract with a federally funded research and development center for a study to assess NNSA efforts to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons. Requires a findings report from the Administrator to Congress. Subtitle C: Proliferation Matters - (Sec. 3131) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to repeal the $50 million fiscal year limit on the total amount of international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program funds that may be obligated or expended by the President for a defense nuclear nonproliferation project or activity outside the states of the former Soviet Union. (Sec. 3132) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the security of fissile and radiological materials and related equipment at vulnerable sites worldwide should be a top priority for U.S. national security; and (2) the President may establish in DOE a task force to carry out a program for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to undertake a worldwide effort to mitigate the threats posed by such materials at such sites. Outlines program elements. Requires an interim and final program report from the Secretary to Congress. Provides funding from DOE nuclear nonproliferation funds. Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 3141) Amends the Atomic Energy Act to extend through: (1) 2006 (currently 2004) the authority of the Secretary to enter into indemnification agreements with DOE contractors conducting activities that involve the risk of public liability and are not subject to other financial protection agreements; and (2) FY 2006 (currently FY 2004) the authority for DOE appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel. (Sec. 3143) Amends the Floyd D. Spence NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to select physician members under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program based on experience and competency in diagnosing occupational illnesses. (Sec. 3144) Directs the Secretary to require that the primary management and operations contract for Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, contains terms requiring the contractor to provide support to the Los Alamos Public School District for the elementary and secondary education of students in the amount of $8 million per fiscal year. (Sec. 3145) Directs the Secretary to use competitive procedures in contracting for the conduct of independent reviews and evaluations of the design, construction, and operations of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico as they relate to the protection of the public health and safety and the environment. Outlines contract requirements. (Sec. 3146) Establishes in the Treasury the Pajarito Plateau Homesteaders Compensation Fund for the settlement of two lawsuits involving the U.S. acquisition of certain lands in New Mexico for the Manhattan Project (nuclear testing) conducted during World War II. Outlines judicial procedures with respect to the consolidated lawsuits. Provides Fund funding from amounts authorized for the NNSA under this title. Subtitle E: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program - (Sec. 3151) Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (Program) Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) to cover under such DOE Program individual employees: (1) at an atomic weapons employer facility with respect to which the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found a potential for significant residual contamination outside of the period in which weapons-related production occurred; and (2) during a period of significant residual contamination at such facility. (Sec. 3152) Instructs the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to submit to Congress updated reports regarding residual contamination in such facilities. (Sec. 3153) Amends EEOICPA to provide for worker compensation benefit payments to contractor employees of DOE who were exposed to toxic substances at DOE facilities. (This new Subtitle D replaces the current provisions for DOE assistance to such employees in State workers compensation proceedings, but allows such workers to elect to seek compensation under the appropriate State system rather than the DOE replacement program.) Requires the Secretary of Labor to make determinations with respect to employee coverage under the DOE Program. Establishes within the Department of Labor the Office of the Ombudsman to assist individuals in making claims under this Subtitle, provide benefits information, and undertake related activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 and thereafter to the Secretary of Labor to carry out this Subtitle. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Energy should: (1) adopt a policy not to oppose any final determination with respect to injured workers at DOE facilities and atomic weapons employer facilities under State adjudication systems unless such determinations are frivolous; and (2) incorporate such policy in all DOE contracts with non-Federal entities. Provides additional funding. Terminates prior enhancements to the DOE Program. (Sec. 3155) Expresses the sense of the Senate encouraging the Ombudsman to: (1) review the availability of assistance under the DOE Program for energy employees in the western New York and Pennsylvania region; and (2) recommend a location in that region for a resource center to provide assistance to such employees. (Sec. 3156) Requires congressional review within 60 (currently 180) days of individuals designated by the President for membership within the Special Exposure Cohort. (Sec. 3157) Includes within the above Cohort certain employees who, during their employment at a facility operated under contract to DOE by Mallinkrodt Incorporated, or by the Mason & Hangar-Silas Company at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant: (1) were monitored through the use of dosimetry badges for exposure of the external parts of the employee's body to radiation; (2) were monitored through the use of bioassays, in vivo monitoring, or breath samples for exposure to internal radiation; or (3) worked at a job that had exposures comparable to a job that is monitored under DOE standards through the use of dosimetry badges for monitoring external radiation exposures, or bioassays, in vivo monitoring, or breath samples for internal radiation exposures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 and thereafter under the benefits program for members of the Cohort. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - (Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - (Sec. 3301) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to dispose of up to 50,000 tons of ferromanganese from the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) during FY 2005. Authorizes the disposal of up to 50,000 additional tons before such date after the first disposal is completed. Requires the Secretary, with respect to each disposal, to certify to the defense and appropriations committees that the disposal is: (1) in the national interest; (2) will not cause undue harm to domestic manufacturers of ferroalloys; and (3) consistent with requirements under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. (Sec. 3302) Amends the Strom Thurmond NDAA for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide a receipts objective of $870 million by the end of FY 2014 with respect to certain previously-authorized disposals from the NDS. (Sec. 3303) Prohibits the Secretary from storing mercury from the NDS that is not owned or leased by the United States. Title XXXIV: Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act - Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3404) Authorizes the Attorney General to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence under Federal law or a felony under State or Indian tribal law; and (2) is motivated by prejudice based on the race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of the victim or is a violation of the hate crime laws of the State or tribe. Directs the Attorney General to give assistance priority to crimes committed by offenders who have committed crimes in more than one State, and to rural jurisdictions that have difficulty covering the extraordinary investigation or prosecution expenses. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to assist State, local, and Indian law enforcement officials with such extraordinary expenses. Directs the Office of Justice Programs to: (1) work closely with funded jurisdictions to ensure that the concerns and needs of all affected parties are addressed; and (2) award grants to State and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles. Authorizes appropriations for the grant programs. (Sec. 3406) Authorizes appropriations to the Departments of the Treasury and Justice for fiscal years 2005 through 2007 to increase the number of personnel employed to prevent and respond to such crimes. (Sec. 3407) Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit specified offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. (Sec. 3408) Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study and provide sentencing enhancements for adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes. (Sec. 3409) Amends the Hate Crimes Statistics Act to require crime data collected and published by the Attorney General to include data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender. Title XXXV: Assistance to Firefighters - Assistance to Firefighters Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3502) Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)) to make grants to State fire departments for protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards, and for providing assistance for fire prevention programs. Authorizes grants to: (1) volunteer emergency medical service (EMS) organizations; and (2) obtain automated external defibrillator devices. (Sec. 3505) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish specific criteria for the preliminary review of grant applications; (2) review such criteria at least annually; (3) award grants based on the review of applications by a panel of fire service personnel appointed by a national organization recognized for expertise in the operation and administration of fire services; (4) provide for the administration of the review panel and ensure that an individual appointed to such panel is a recognized expert in firefighting, medical services provided by fire services, fire prevention, or research on firefighter safety; and (5) provide assistance with the preparation of grant applications. (Sec. 3506) Expands program eligibility. (Sec. 3508) Reduces limitations regarding matching funds. (Sec. 3509) Increases the amount a grant recipient may receive. Authorizes a waiver of grant limits based on extraordinary need for assistance for fire suppression. Earmarks funds for volunteer EMS organizations. (Sec. 3511) Directs: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to study and report to Congress on firefighter assistance; (2) Comptroller General to report to Congress on the administration of such assistance and on the Secretary's success in administering FEMA; and (3) Secretary to report to Congress any instances of the use of the grant limit waiver authority. (Sec. 3513) Authorizes appropriations for FY: (1) 2005 through 2010 for the firefighter assistance program; and (2) 2005 for the study on assistance to firefighters.",2023-01-15T04:49:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2403
108-s-2383,108,s,2383,Central Contractor Registry Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-05,2004-05-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4913-4914),Senate,"Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]",MN,R,C001057,6,"Central Contractor Registry Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to maintain a centralized, electronic database, to be known as the Central Contractor Registry, for the registration of sources of property and services (contractors) who seek to participate in contracts and other procurements entered into by various Federal procurement officials. Requires the Registry to include certain tax-related information for each contractor, including their taxpayer identification numbers and authorization for the Secretary of Defense to obtain verification of such numbers from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Makes contractors who do not register such information, or who register invalid information, ineligible for contracts entered into under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.",2023-01-15T04:49:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2383
108-s-2386,108,s,2386,Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-05,2004-10-11,See also H.R. 4548.,Senate,"Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]",KS,R,R000307,3,"Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense (DOD); (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) National Reconnaissance Office; (9) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; (10) Coast Guard; and (11) Department of Homeland Security.  (Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2005, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. (Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2005 (by not more than two percent) when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2005 as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center. (Sec. 105) Incorporates into this Act each requirement to submit a report to the intelligence committees that is included in the joint explanatory statement to accompany the conference report on this bill, or in the classified annex to this Act. (Sec. 106) Deems specifically authorized for such purposes any funds appropriated for an intelligence or intelligence-related activity for FY 2004 in excess of the amount specified for such activity in its classified Schedule of Authorizations. (Sec. 107) Requires the DCI to ensure that any report, review, study, or plan required by this Act that involves the intelligence or intelligence-related activities of DOD or the Department of Energy is prepared or conducted in consultation with the Secretary of Defense or Energy, as appropriate. Requires any such report, review, study, or plan to be submitted, in addition to any other committee specified in the provision concerned, to the congressional armed services and intelligence committees and the subcommittees on defense of the appropriations committees. Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title III: General Provisions - (Sec. 301) Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. (Sec. 302) Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. (Sec. 304) Includes as a "foreign power," for purposes of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, any person other than a U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or activities in preparation therefor. (Sec. 305) Amends the above Act to require the Attorney General to report annually to the intelligence and judiciary committees on non-U.S. persons targeted under the authority of such Act for electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen registers, and access to records, as well as information on the subsequent use of the results of such activities.  (Sec. 306) Requires the DCI to submit to Congress an intelligence assessment that identifies and describes each country or region that is a sanctuary for terrorists or terrorist organizations. Requires the assessment to be based on current all-source intelligence. (Sec. 307) Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to extend until September 1, 2005, the deadline for the final report of the National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community. (Sec. 308) Amends the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 to extend through December 27, 2008, the authority and activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - (Sec. 401) Makes permanent (currently expires after September 30, 2003) the CIA voluntary separation incentive program. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the DCI to take certain actions to: (1) protect from unauthorized disclosure intelligence operations, the identities of undercover intelligence officers, intelligence sources and methods, or intelligence cover mechanisms; or (2) meet special requirements of work related to the collection of foreign intelligence or other authorized activities. Authorizes the DCI, as part of such actions, to: (1) pay a designated employee additional compensation; (2) establish and administer a nonofficial cover employee retirement system for designated employees, or allow an employee to convert to coverage under the Federal retirement system; (3) establish and administer a nonofficial cover employee health insurance program, or allow an employee to convert to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; (4) establish and administer a nonofficial cover employee life insurance program, or allow an employee to convert to the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program; (5) exempt a designated employee from mandatory compliance with any Federal regulation, rule, standardized administrative policy, process, or procedure that the DCI determines would be inconsistent with the nonofficial cover of the employee and could expose that employee to detection as a Federal employee; or (6) allow a designated employee to file a Federal or State tax return as if that employee is not a Federal employee. Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Matters - (Sec. 501) Allows funds designated for FY 2005 for assistance to the Government of Colombia for counterdrug activities to be used: (1) to support a campaign against narcotics trafficking and against activities by organizations designated as terrorist organizations; and (2) to protect human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, including rescue operations. Prohibits, under such authority, the participation of any U.S. Armed Forces personnel or U.S. civilian contractor employed by the Armed Forces in any combat operation, except for acting in self defense or during the course of search and rescue operations for U.S. citizens.",2023-01-14T22:48:23Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2386
108-s-2380,108,s,2380,"A bill to authorize the President to issue posthumously to the late William ""Billy"" Mitchell a commission as major general, United States Army.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-05-04,2004-05-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH]",NH,R,S001078,3,"Authorizes the President to issue, posthumously, a commission as major general, United States Army, in the name of William "Billy" Mitchell, a former colonel who resigned his commission on February 1, 1926.",2023-01-15T04:49:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2380
108-s-2368,108,s,2368,Military Family Morale and Welfare Protection Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-04-29,2004-04-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]",NY,D,C001041,2,"Military Family Morale and Welfare Protection Act of 2004 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from closing any commissary store, MWR retail facility (a morale, welfare, and recreation retail facility), or Department of Defense (DOD) dependent elementary or secondary school without the specific authorization of Congress by law. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the congressional defense committees on DOD policy and criteria with respect to the closure of such stores, facilities, and schools, including whether such policy and criteria are consistent with DOD policies and procedures on the preservation of the quality of life of members of the Armed Forces.",2023-01-15T04:48:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2368
108-s-2355,108,s,2355,Fair Pay for Military Firefighters Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-04-28,2004-04-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4496),Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,0,"Fair Pay for Military Firefighters Act of 2004 - Amends Federal military pay provisions to include as hazardous duty, for purposes of eligibility for hazardous duty incentive pay, regular participation as a firefighting crew member, as determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned.",2023-01-15T04:48:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2355
108-s-2327,108,s,2327,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that per diem payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset or reduce other payments made to assist veterans.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-04-21,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,4,"Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to state that per diem payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be considered a liability of a third party, or otherwise utilized to offset or reduce any other payment made to assist veterans.",2023-01-15T04:48:55Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2327
108-s-2321,108,s,2321,"A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to rename the National Guard Challenge Program and to increase the maximum Federal share of the costs of State programs under that program, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-04-20,2004-04-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,16,"Amends Federal provisions concerning the National Guard Challenge Program (a civilian youth opportunities program conducted by the Secretary of Defense) to: (1) rename it the National Guard Youth Challenge Program; (2) provide a maximum Federal matching funds level of 60 percent of the costs of operating the State program during FY 2004, 65 percent during FY 2005, 70 percent for FY 2006, and 75 percent for FY 2007 and beyond; and (3) authorize appropriations for the Program for FY 2005.",2023-01-15T04:48:32Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2321
108-s-2310,108,s,2310,"A bill to promote the national security of the United States by facilitating the removal of potential nuclear weapons materials from vulnerable sites around the world, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-04-08,2004-04-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4050),Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,5,"Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) removing potential nuclear weapons materials from vulnerable sites around the world would reduce the threat that such materials would fall into the hands of al Qaeda and other groups and states hostile to the United States; and (2) such removal should be a top priority. Directs the President to establish the Task Force on Nuclear Material Removal to ensure that such materials are entirely removed from the most vulnerable sites around the world as soon as practicable. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to provide specified assistance to the Task Force, including funding for the cost of: (1) removing such materials, as well as arranging for their shipment to the United States or other countries willing to accept and secure them; and (2) upgrading security and accounting at sites where such materials will remain for an extended period.",2023-01-15T04:48:32Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2310
108-s-2318,108,s,2318,National Defense Energy Savings Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-04-08,2004-04-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]",ME,R,C001035,6,"National Defense Energy Savings Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to: (1) enter into an energy savings performance contract in order to achieve energy savings and ancillary benefits; (2) incur obligations under the contract to finance energy conservation measures so long as guaranteed savings exceed the debt service requirements; and (3) implement a pilot program to enter into up to ten energy savings performance contracts for the purpose of achieving energy savings, secondary savings, and incidental benefits, in nonbuilding applications. Sets forth implementation guidelines, including contract terms and conditions.",2023-01-15T04:48:32Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2318
108-s-2296,108,s,2296,"A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give the Commonwealth of Kentucky the first option on the Louisville Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kentucky, upon its conveyance, lease or other disposal by the Department of Veterans Affairs.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-04-07,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]",KY,R,B001066,0,"Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon determining to convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of the Louisville Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kentucky, or any portion thereof, to negotiate for such disposal solely with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Requires such exclusive negotiations to continue for one year after their commencement.",2023-01-15T04:48:32Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2296
108-s-2274,108,s,2274,21st Century Citizen Soldier Benefits Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-04-01,2004-04-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]",LA,D,L000550,0,"21st Century Citizen Soldier Benefits Act - Amends Federal law relating to the Armed Forces to provide for expanded and improved benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who are called or ordered to active duty, with respect to retired pay, burial, education, and other mobilization benefits.",2023-01-15T04:48:33Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2274
108-s-2262,108,s,2262,A bill to provide for the establishment of campaign medals to be awarded to members of the Armed Forces who participate in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-03-31,2004-03-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3458),Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,26,Directs the President to establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members of the armed forces in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.,2023-01-15T11:03:06Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2262
108-s-2229,108,s,2229,National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-03-24,2004-03-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,1,"National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 2005. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion; (2) research, development, test, and evaluation, including ballistic missile defense capabilities; (3) operation and maintenance, including for defense working capital funds, the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the Defense Health Program, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; and (4) active and reserve military personnel, including end strengths.  Extends certain bonus, special, and incentive pay authorities. Expands certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) environmental policy, including the protection of sunken State craft and the remains of their crews; (2) active and reserve military personnel policy, including the extension of age limits for reserve and National Guard general and flag officers, and revised retirement rules for officers; (3) ROTC and the military service academies, including the establishment of a Board of Visitors at each academy; (4) acquisition policy and management, including enhanced small business participation in defense contracting; (5) DOD organization and management; (6) budget and financial matters; (7) the establishment of auxiliaries for military departments and a National Defense Heritage Foundation; (8) DOD civilian personnel policy; and (9) matters relating to other nations, allies, and friendly foreign nations. Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments to acquire real property and carry out specified military construction projects. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) chemical demilitarization construction; and (4) National Guard and reserve forces facilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish the Museum Center of the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.",2023-01-15T11:03:07Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2229
108-s-2196,108,s,2196,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that per diem payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset payments that are made under the medicaid program for the purpose of assisting veterans.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-03-11,2004-03-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/12/2004 S2721),Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,2,"Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to state that per diem payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be considered a liability of a third party for any purpose under Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act). (Such payments, if considered a liability, would be required to be offset from the amount of authorized Medicaid assistance.)",2023-01-15T11:03:08Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2196
108-s-2177,108,s,2177,Military Survivors' Fairness Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-03-09,2004-03-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2442),Senate,"Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,C001042,0,"Military Survivors' Fairness Act of 2004 - Amends Federal provisions relating to the military Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to change from October 1, 2008, to October 1, 2004, the effective date on or after which no reduction may be made in the retired pay of an SBP participant for any month after the later of: (1) the 360th month for which such pay was so reduced; and (2) the month during which the participant attains 70 years of age.",2023-01-15T11:03:09Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2177
108-s-2184,108,s,2184,"A bill to amend title 10 United States Code, to increase the rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-03-09,2004-03-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]",KY,R,B001066,1,"Increases, for months occurring during FY 2004 and thereafter, the rates of basic educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve. Prohibits any rate increase for FY 2005 through 2007 based on cost-of-living adjustments.",2023-01-15T11:03:09Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2184
108-s-2165,108,s,2165,"A bill to specify the end strength for active duty personnel of the Army as of September 30, 2005.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-03-04,2004-03-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]",RI,D,R000122,9,"Places at 512,400 the authorized end strength for active-duty Army personnel as of September 30, 2005.",2023-01-15T10:47:53Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2165
108-s-2166,108,s,2166,"A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt abortions of pregnancies in cases of rape and incest from a limitation on use of Department of Defense funds.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-03-04,2004-03-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,7,Includes as an exception to the prohibition on the use of Department of Defense funds to perform abortions a case in which the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.,2023-01-15T10:47:53Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2166
108-s-2152,108,s,2152,Guard and Reserve Retirement Retainer Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-03-02,2004-03-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA]",GA,D,M001141,6,"Guard and Reserve Retirement Retainer Act of 2004 - Provides that, in the case of a person to whom the payment of military retired pay for non-regular (reserve) service commences after the person attains 55 years of age and before the person attains 60 years of age, the amount of such pay shall be reduced by: (1) 12.5 percent, for age 55; (2) 9 percent, for age 56; (3) 6 percent, for age 57; (4) 3.5 percent, for age 58; and (5) 1.5 percent, for age 59. Prohibits any such person from receiving medical and dental care through facilities of the Department of Defense until the person has attained 60 years of age.",2023-01-15T10:47:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2152
108-s-2136,108,s,2136,"An original bill to extend the final report date and termination date of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, to provide additional funding for the Commission, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-26,2004-03-16,Became Public Law No: 108-207.,Senate,"Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]",KS,R,R000307,0,(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends provisions of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 which establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States to: (1) extend the Commission's final report date from 18 to 20 months after the enactment of such Act; (2) terminate the Commission 30 (currently 60) days after such final report; and (3) earmark $1 million for Commission activities out of amounts appropriated for programs and activities of the Federal Government for FY 2004.,2023-01-15T10:03:16Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2136
108-s-2097,108,s,2097,United States Military Cancer Institute Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-23,2004-02-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1460),Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,0,"United States Military Cancer Institute Act of 2004 - Establishes in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences the United States Military Cancer Institute to carry out research studies on: (1) the epidemiological features of cancer among populations of various ethnic origins, as well as complementary research on oncologic nursing; (2) the prevention and early detection of cancer; and (3) basic, translational, and clinical investigation matters relating to such studies. Directs the Institute to conduct the study in collaboration with other cancer research organizations and entities selected by the Institute.",2023-01-15T10:03:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2097
108-s-2099,108,s,2099,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate more than 2 years of active duty service in any five year period, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-23,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA]",GA,D,M001141,15,"Makes eligible for basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill a member of the Selected Reserve who (among other qualifications), during any five-year period beginning on or after September 11, 2001, while in the Selected Reserve, serves on active duty for one or more periods aggregating not less than two years of active-duty service during such period. Entitles such individuals to one month of educational assistance for each month served on active duty. Makes the amount of such assistance equivalent to that provided for active-duty personnel who have served a minimum of two years of active duty. Requires the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to inform eligible Selected Reserve personnel of such entitlement.",2023-01-15T10:03:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2099
108-s-2100,108,s,2100,"A bill to amend title 10 United States Code, to increase the amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-23,2004-02-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA]",GA,D,M001141,15,"Increases, for months occurring during FY 2004 through 2007, the rates of basic educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve. Prohibits any cost-of-living adjustment to such rates for FY 2005 through 2007.",2023-01-15T10:03:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2100
108-s-2068,108,s,2068,Guard and Reserve Enhanced Benefits Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-12,2004-06-17,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6916-6917),Senate,"Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]",WA,D,M001111,3,"Guard and Reserve Enhanced Benefits Act of 2004 - Provides for benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty, including special assistance to them and their families through: (1) family leave, under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; (2) child care, under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990; (3) educational assistance, under Federal law relating to Montgomery GI Bill benefits; (4) student loan deferments, under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (5) preservation of educational status and tuition, under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; (6) non-reduction in pay in the case of those who are Federal employees, under Federal civil service law; (7) a tax credit to their employers for the income differential between their wages and their military pay, or a self-employment credit, under the Internal Revenue Code; (8) reduced minimum age for non-regular service retired pay, under Federal law relating to the Armed Services; and (9) health benefits, through expanded eligibility for the TRICARE program and continuation of non-TRICARE plan coverage for dependents, under Federal law relating to the Armed Services.",2023-01-15T10:03:18Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2068
108-s-2065,108,s,2065,Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-11,2004-02-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,11,"Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member. Directs the Secretary to reimburse such eligible persons for pharmacy benefits received from a pharmacy that is not a TRICARE (Department of Defense managed health care plan) network pharmacy in the same manner as the Secretary would reimburse such person for such benefits received from a TRICARE network pharmacy. Requires such persons, in order to receive such reimbursement, to submit a certification from their physician stating that the person does not have access to a TRICARE network pharmacy due to physical or medical constraints. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive the monthly part B premium (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) with respect to: (1) an individual who is entitled to military retired or retainer pay based upon service that began before December 7, 1956; and (2) the spouse, widow, or widower of such individuals.",2023-01-15T10:03:18Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2065
108-s-2063,108,s,2063,"A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a demonstration project on priorities in the scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-10,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]",ND,D,C000705,5,"Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) carry out a demonstration project to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing for priorities in scheduling appointments for health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs in accordance with the Department's Waiting Time for Appointments goals (30-30-20) of 2000 and the provisions of the Veterans Health Administration directives entitled Priority for Outpatient Medical Services and Inpatient Hospital Care (VHA Directive 2002-059) and Priority Scheduling for Outpatient Medical Services and Inpatient Hospital Care for Service Connected Veterans (VHA Directive 2003-062); (2) select three Veterans Integrated Service Networks for the project and ensure that the project is carried out in urban, rural, and highly rural areas; (3) schedule each appointment under the project at a Department facility unless the cost is unreasonable or medical or other reasons necessitate an appointment at a non-Department facility.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs in the Senate and the House of Representatives annually on waiting times of veterans for Department health care appointments.",2023-01-15T10:03:18Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2063
108-s-2057,108,s,2057,A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to reimburse members of the United States Armed Forces for certain transportation expenses incurred by the members in connection with leave under the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave Program before the program was expanded to include domestic travel.,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-09,2004-04-22,Became Public Law No: 108-220.,Senate,"Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]",MN,R,C001057,15,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse a member of the armed forces for transportation expenses incurred for one round trip between two locations within the United States in connection with leave under the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave Program during the period beginning on September 25, 2003, and ending on December 18, 2003.",2023-01-15T10:47:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2057
108-s-2040,108,s,2040,"A bill to extend the date for the submittal of the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, to provide additional funding for the Commission, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2004-02-02,2004-02-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S373),Senate,"Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]",CT,D,L000304,14,"Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to extend through January 10, 2005 (currently May 27, 2004), the date for submission of the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Earmarks specified funds made available for FY 2004 for the National Foreign Intelligence Program for transfer to the Commission for Commission activities.",2023-01-15T10:03:19Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2040
108-s-2035,108,s,2035,Guard and Reserve Readiness and Retention Act of 2004,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-01-28,2004-01-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]",SC,R,G000359,30,"Guard and Reserve Readiness Retention Act of 2004 - Makes eligible for retired pay non-regular service reserve personnel who obtain the following age and years of reserve service: (1) 60 and 20; (2) 59 and 22; (3) 58 and 24; (4) 57 and 26; (5) 56 and 28; (6) 55 and 30; (7) 54 and 32; and (8) 53 and 34. (Currently, only those obtaining 60 years of age with 20 years of such service are eligible.) Removes the requirement that members of the Selected Reserve and the Individual Ready Reserve may be eligible for benefits under TRICARE (a Department of Defense managed health care program) only if such members: (1) are eligible unemployment compensation recipients; or (2) are not eligible for health care benefits under any employer-sponsored health benefits plan. Makes such eligibility permanent (currently terminates December 31, 2004). Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay the applicable premium to continue in force any qualified health plan coverage for a reserve member (and his or her dependents) while the member is serving on active duty pursuant to a call or order issued during a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress. Requires the continuation of COBRA coverage during such period. Prohibits simultaneous coverage under both the qualified health plan and TRICARE.",2023-01-15T09:32:49Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2035
108-s-2023,108,s,2023,A bill to limit Department of Defense contracting with firms under investigation by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.,Armed Forces and National Security,2004-01-22,2004-11-20,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11800-11801),Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,1,"Prohibits any official of the Department of Defense (DOD) from entering into a contract with, or otherwise procuring any property or services from, a person under investigation by the DOD Inspector General, unless the selection of such person for such contract or procurement is made with full and open competition. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition when determined necessary to U.S. national security interests, requiring at least 15 days' advance notification to Congress.",2023-01-15T09:32:49Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2023
108-s-1991,108,s,1991,A bill to require the reimbursement of members of the Armed Forces or their family members for the costs of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of members of the Armed Forces.,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-12-09,2003-12-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000148,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to reimburse a member of the armed forces, or a family member of such member, for the cost of protective body armor purchased for the member's use in wartime conditions.",2023-01-15T09:17:37Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1991
108-s-1966,108,s,1966,"A bill to require a report on the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.",Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-25,2003-11-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,0,"Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the status of each detainee held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including whether or not: (1) the process utilized to determine the status of the detainee complies with international law and U.S. law; and (2) the U.S. Government intends to charge or release the detainee.",2023-01-15T09:03:28Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1966
108-s-1942,108,s,1942,Future Iraq Costs Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-24,2003-11-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15838),Senate,"Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,C001042,0,"Future Iraq Costs Act - Directs the President to report quarterly to each Member of Congress on the projected total cost of U.S. operations in Iraq, including military operations and reconstruction efforts, through FY 2008. Requires an explanation for each change in such projected cost.",2023-01-15T09:03:28Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1942
108-s-1946,108,s,1946,Independent Iraq Intelligence Commission Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-24,2003-11-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15841-15843),Senate,"Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,C001042,7,"Independent Iraq Intelligence Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on Iraq Intelligence to examine and evaluate the performance of the U.S. intelligence community with respect to the collection of intelligence, and the quality of intelligence obtained, on the weapons of mass destruction and related delivery systems capabilities of Iraq during the period from 1998 until the conclusion of military operations against Iraq under Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as related intelligence matters with respect to Iraq. Directs the Commission to also conduct an investigation into the relevant facts and circumstances relating to the collection, analysis, reporting, use, and dissemination by the U.S. intelligence community, and others in the executive branch of intelligence, relating to Iraq and Operation Iraqi Freedom.",2023-01-15T09:03:28Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1946
108-s-1948,108,s,1948,United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-24,2003-11-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15843),Senate,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",NV,D,R000146,8,"United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act of 2003 - Deems service of a person as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service), to be active military service for purposes of all laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.Requires: (1) the Secretary of Defense to issue an honorable discharge to each person whose qualified service warrants one; and (2) the discharge to be issued before the end of the one-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act. Prohibits benefits from being paid to persons as a result of such enactment for any period before the enactment date.",2023-01-15T09:03:28Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1948
108-s-1914,108,s,1914,"A bill to prohibit the closure or realignment of impatient services at the Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan, as proposed under the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative.",Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-21,2003-11-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15413-15414),Senate,"Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]",MI,D,S000770,1,"Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from carrying out the closure or realignment of inpatient services at the Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan, as proposed under the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) initiative.",2023-01-15T09:03:29Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1914
108-s-1916,108,s,1916,Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-21,2003-11-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]",LA,D,L000550,22,"Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2003 - Adjusts the basic Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity amount for surviving spouses, age 62 and older, of former military personnel to: (1) 35 percent of the retired pay of the decedent (current law), for months before October 2005; (2) 40 percent for months beginning after September 2005 and before October 2008; (3) 45 percent for months beginning after September 2008 through September 2014; and (4) 55 percent for months after September 2014. Adjusts similarly percentage amounts with respect to survivors of reserve personnel and survivors of persons who die while on active duty. Provides a corresponding phased elimination of the SBP supplemental annuity authorized to be provided to such surviving spouses. Requires periodic recomputation of: (1) annuity amounts beginning in October 2005; and (2) retired pay reductions for supplemental survivor annuities. Provides a one-year open enrollment period for SBP participation, commencing October 1, 2005, for those currently not participating, those electing to increase current coverage, and those wishing to participate in the supplemental SBP. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to require appropriate premiums for SBP participation.",2023-01-15T09:03:29Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1916
108-s-1859,108,s,1859,"A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the age and service requirements for eligibility to receive retired pay for non-regular service.",Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-14,2003-11-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR 11/14/2003 S14811),Senate,"Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]",IL,D,D000563,0,"Makes an individual eligible for retired pay for non-regular (reserve) military service if such individual: (1) satisfies one of the combinations of minimum age (between 53 and 60) and years of service (between 34 and 20); (2) performed the last six years of qualifying service in currently authorized categories of military service, but not while a member of a regular component, the Fleet Reserve, or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve (with an exception); and (3) is not entitled to any other retirement pay from an armed force or as a member of the Fleet Reserves.",2023-01-15T04:48:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1859
108-s-1864,108,s,1864,Security Enhancement Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-14,2003-11-17,Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.,Senate,"Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]",IN,R,L000504,1,"Security Enhancement Act of 2003 - Defense Trade Cooperation Act of 2003 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) , with respect to country exemptions for licensing of defense items for export to foreign countries, to declare that specified requirements for a bilateral agreement under such Act shall not apply to a bilateral agreement between the U.S. Government and: (1) the Government of Australia with respect to transfers or changes in end use within Australia of defense items that will remain subject to the licensing requirements of such Act after the agreement enters into force; or (2) the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) for an exemption from the licensing requirements of such Act. Requires the President to report annually to specified congressional committees on issues raised during the previous year in consultations pursuant to bilateral agreements with Australia and the UK. Requires the Secretary of State to notify the appropriate congressional committees of any credible information regarding the unauthorized end-use or diversion of U.S. exports made pursuant to any agreement with a country to gain exemption from AECA licensing requirements. Radiological Terrorism Threat Reduction Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) propose that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conclude agreements with up to eight countries that would provide temporary secure storage for orphaned, unused, surplus, or other radioactive sources (other than special nuclear material, nuclear fuel, or spent nuclear fuel); and (2) make voluntary contributions to the IAEA for use by its Department of Nuclear Safety (DNS) to fund the U.S. share (which may be 100 percent) of the costs of activities associated with or under such agreements. Declares that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall not apply with respect to any temporary secure storage facility constructed outside the United States under such an agreement, but any applicable environmental laws of the host country shall apply. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance, including through voluntary contributions to the IAEA, to support a program of the DNS Division of Radiation and Waste Safety to promote the discovery, inventory, and recovery of radioactive sources in IAEA member nations; and (2) assist the Government of the Russian Federation to substitute solar (or other non-nuclear) power sources for radioisotope thermal power units operated by it and by other independent states of the former Soviet Union in applications such as lighthouses in the Arctic, remote weather stations, and for providing electricity in remote locations. Authorizes the Secretary to assist foreign countries, or to propose that the IAEA assist foreign countries, in the development of appropriate national radioactive material hazard response plans and the training of first responders. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) the preparations made at U.S. diplomatic missions abroad to detect and mitigate a radiological attack on such missions and other U.S. facilities under the Secretary's control; (2) the Secretary's priorities for improving radiological security and consequence management at U.S. missions; and (3) the missions where such improvement is most important. Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2003 - Declares that priority for U.S. assistance to eligible developing countries under this title shall be given to those countries that permit personnel from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) to: (1) investigate outbreaks of infectious diseases on their territories; (2) provide early notification of such outbreaks; and (2) provide pathogen surveillance data to appropriate U.S. departments and agencies in addition to international health organizations (including WHO and the Pan American Health Organization). Prohibits to foreign nationals participating in programs authorized under this title any access to select agents that may be used as, or in, a biological weapon, except in a supervised and controlled setting. Establishes a fellowship program under which the Secretary shall award fellowships to eligible nationals (including, on a case-by-case basis, U.S. citizens) to pursue specified public health education or training. Requires foreign recipients, upon completion of such education or training, to return to their countries of nationality or last habitual residence (if it is an eligible developing country) and complete at least four years of employment in a public health position in the government or a nongovernmental, not-for-profit entity in that country or, with the Secretary's approval, through service with an international health organization without geographic restriction. Directs the Secretary to support short training courses in-country (not in the United States) for laboratory technicians and other public health personnel from eligible developing countries in laboratory techniques of: (1) identification, diagnosis, and tracking of pathogens responsible for possible infectious disease outbreaks; and (2) syndrome surveillance reporting and rapid analysis of syndrome information using Geographic Information System (GIS) and other Internet-based tools. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to eligible developing countries to purchase and maintain specified: (1) public health laboratory equipment; and (2) communications equipment and information technology necessary to collect, analyze, and transmit public health information effectively. Authorizes a Federal agency head, upon specified request, to assign to a U.S. mission or organization any agency officer or employee occupying a public health position to enhance disease and pathogen surveillance efforts in developing countries. Requires the CDCP and the Department of Defense each to: (1) increase the number of personnel assigned to their laboratories in eligible developing countries that conduct research and other activities with respect to infectious diseases; and (2) expand the operations of those laboratories, especially with respect to implementation of on-site training of foreign nationals and regional outreach efforts involving neighboring countries. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to: (1) enhance the surveillance and reporting capabilities of WHO and existing regional health networks; and (2) develop new regional health networks. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish new country or regional Foreign Epidemiology Training Programs in eligible developing countries. Authorizes the President to transfer: (1) certain naval vessels to specified foreign countries; and (2) certain obsolete or surplus defense articles in the war reserve stockpiles for allies to Israel.",2021-09-29T22:19:27Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1864
108-s-1865,108,s,1865,Security Enhancement Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-14,2003-11-17,Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391.,Senate,"Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]",IN,R,L000504,1,"Security Enhancement Act of 2003 - Defense Trade Cooperation Act of 2003 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) , with respect to country exemptions for licensing of defense items for export to foreign countries, to declare that specified requirements for a bilateral agreement under such Act shall not apply to a bilateral agreement between the U.S. Government and: (1) the Government of Australia with respect to transfers or changes in end use within Australia of defense items that will remain subject to the licensing requirements of such Act after the agreement enters into force; or (2) the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) for an exemption from the licensing requirements of such Act. Requires the President to report annually to specified congressional committees on issues raised during the previous year in consultations pursuant to bilateral agreements with Australia and the UK. Requires the Secretary of State to notify the appropriate congressional committees of any credible information regarding the unauthorized end-use or diversion of U.S. exports made pursuant to any agreement with a country to gain exemption from AECA licensing requirements. Radiological Terrorism Threat Reduction Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) propose that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conclude agreements with up to eight countries that would provide temporary secure storage for orphaned, unused, surplus, or other radioactive sources (other than special nuclear material, nuclear fuel, or spent nuclear fuel); and (2) make voluntary contributions to the IAEA for use by its Department of Nuclear Safety (DNS) to fund the U.S. share (which may be 100 percent) of the costs of activities associated with or under such agreements. Declares that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall not apply with respect to any temporary secure storage facility constructed outside the United States under such an agreement, but any applicable environmental laws of the host country shall apply. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance, including through voluntary contributions to the IAEA, to support a program of the DNS Division of Radiation and Waste Safety to promote the discovery, inventory, and recovery of radioactive sources in IAEA member nations; and (2) assist the Government of the Russian Federation to substitute solar (or other non-nuclear) power sources for radioisotope thermal power units operated by it and by other independent states of the former Soviet Union in applications such as lighthouses in the Arctic, remote weather stations, and for providing electricity in remote locations. Authorizes the Secretary to assist foreign countries, or to propose that the IAEA assist foreign countries, in the development of appropriate national radioactive material hazard response plans and the training of first responders. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) the preparations made at U.S. diplomatic missions abroad to detect and mitigate a radiological attack on such missions and other U.S. facilities under the Secretary's control; (2) the Secretary's priorities for improving radiological security and consequence management at U.S. missions; and (3) the missions where such improvement is most important. Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2003 - Declares that priority for U.S. assistance to eligible developing countries under this title shall be given to those countries that permit personnel from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) to: (1) investigate outbreaks of infectious diseases on their territories; (2) provide early notification of such outbreaks; and (2) provide pathogen surveillance data to appropriate U.S. departments and agencies in addition to international health organizations (including WHO and the Pan American Health Organization). Prohibits to foreign nationals participating in programs authorized under this title any access to select agents that may be used as, or in, a biological weapon, except in a supervised and controlled setting. Establishes a fellowship program under which the Secretary shall award fellowships to eligible nationals (including, on a case-by-case basis, U.S. citizens) to pursue specified public health education or training. Requires foreign recipients, upon completion of such education or training, to return to their countries of nationality or last habitual residence (if it is an eligible developing country) and complete at least four years of employment in a public health position in the government or a nongovernmental, not-for-profit entity in that country or, with the Secretary's approval, through service with an international health organization without geographic restriction. Directs the Secretary to support short training courses in-country (not in the United States) for laboratory technicians and other public health personnel from eligible developing countries in laboratory techniques of: (1) identification, diagnosis, and tracking of pathogens responsible for possible infectious disease outbreaks; and (2) syndrome surveillance reporting and rapid analysis of syndrome information using Geographic Information System (GIS) and other Internet-based tools. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to eligible developing countries to purchase and maintain specified: (1) public health laboratory equipment; and (2) communications equipment and information technology necessary to collect, analyze, and transmit public health information effectively. Authorizes a Federal agency head, upon specified request, to assign to a U.S. mission or organization any agency officer or employee occupying a public health position to enhance disease and pathogen surveillance efforts in developing countries. Requires the CDCP and the Department of Defense each to: (1) increase the number of personnel assigned to their laboratories in eligible developing countries that conduct research and other activities with respect to infectious diseases; and (2) expand the operations of those laboratories, especially with respect to implementation of on-site training of foreign nationals and regional outreach efforts involving neighboring countries. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to: (1) enhance the surveillance and reporting capabilities of WHO and existing regional health networks; and (2) develop new regional health networks. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish new country or regional Foreign Epidemiology Training Programs in eligible developing countries.",2022-02-03T05:37:36Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1865
108-s-1866,108,s,1866,Security Enhancement Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-14,2003-11-17,Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 392.,Senate,"Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]",IN,R,L000504,1,"Security Enhancement Act of 2003 - Radiological Terrorism Threat Reduction Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) propose that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conclude agreements with up to eight countries that would provide temporary secure storage for orphaned, unused, surplus, or other radioactive sources (other than special nuclear material, nuclear fuel, or spent nuclear fuel); and (2) make voluntary contributions to the IAEA for use by its Department of Nuclear Safety (DNS) to fund the U.S. share (which may be 100 percent) of the costs of activities associated with or under such agreements. Declares that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall not apply with respect to any temporary secure storage facility constructed outside the United States under such an agreement, but any applicable environmental laws of the host country shall apply. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance, including through voluntary contributions to the IAEA, to support a program of the DNS Division of Radiation and Waste Safety to promote the discovery, inventory, and recovery of radioactive sources in IAEA member nations; and (2) assist the Government of the Russian Federation to substitute solar (or other non-nuclear) power sources for radioisotope thermal power units operated by it and by other independent states of the former Soviet Union in applications such as lighthouses in the Arctic, remote weather stations, and for providing electricity in remote locations. Authorizes the Secretary to assist foreign countries, or to propose that the IAEA assist foreign countries, in the development of appropriate national radioactive material hazard response plans and the training of first responders. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) the preparations made at U.S. diplomatic missions abroad to detect and mitigate a radiological attack on such missions and other U.S. facilities under the Secretary's control; (2) the Secretary's priorities for improving radiological security and consequence management at U.S. missions; and (3) the missions where such improvement is most important. Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2003 - Declares that priority for U.S. assistance to eligible developing countries under this title shall be given to those countries that permit personnel from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) to: (1) investigate outbreaks of infectious diseases on their territories; (2) provide early notification of such outbreaks; and (2) provide pathogen surveillance data to appropriate U.S. departments and agencies in addition to international health organizations (including WHO and the Pan American Health Organization). Prohibits to foreign nationals participating in programs authorized under this title any access to select agents that may be used as, or in, a biological weapon, except in a supervised and controlled setting. Establishes a fellowship program under which the Secretary shall award fellowships to eligible nationals (including, on a case-by-case basis, U.S. citizens) to pursue specified public health education or training. Requires foreign recipients, upon completion of such education or training, to return to their countries of nationality or last habitual residence (if it is an eligible developing country) and complete at least four years of employment in a public health position in the government or a nongovernmental, not-for-profit entity in that country or, with the Secretary's approval, through service with an international health organization without geographic restriction. Directs the Secretary to support short training courses in-country (not in the United States) for laboratory technicians and other public health personnel from eligible developing countries in laboratory techniques of: (1) identification, diagnosis, and tracking of pathogens responsible for possible infectious disease outbreaks; and (2) syndrome surveillance reporting and rapid analysis of syndrome information using Geographic Information System (GIS) and other Internet-based tools. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to eligible developing countries to purchase and maintain specified: (1) public health laboratory equipment; and (2) communications equipment and information technology necessary to collect, analyze, and transmit public health information effectively. Authorizes a Federal agency head, upon specified request, to assign to a U.S. mission or organization any agency officer or employee occupying a public health position to enhance disease and pathogen surveillance efforts in developing countries. Requires the CDCP and the Department of Defense each to: (1) increase the number of personnel assigned to their laboratories in eligible developing countries that conduct research and other activities with respect to infectious diseases; and (2) expand the operations of those laboratories, especially with respect to implementation of on-site training of foreign nationals and regional outreach efforts involving neighboring countries. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to: (1) enhance the surveillance and reporting capabilities of WHO and existing regional health networks; and (2) develop new regional health networks. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish new country or regional Foreign Epidemiology Training Programs in eligible developing countries. Authorizes the President to transfer certain naval vessels to specified foreign countries.",2021-09-29T22:19:27Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1866
108-s-1846,108,s,1846,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with hepatitis C, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-11,2003-11-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]",ME,R,S000663,0,"Presumes to be service-connected, and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation, hepatitis C becoming manifest to a degree of ten percent or more after active-duty military service with respect to veterans who, during a period of such service: (1) received a transfusion of blood or blood products before December 31, 1992; (2) were exposed to blood through the skin; (3) underwent hemodialysis; (4) experienced a needle-stick injury, not due to the veteran's willful misconduct; (5) were diagnosed with unexplained liver disease; or (6) served in a health-care position or specialty under circumstances to be prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.",2023-01-15T09:03:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1846
108-s-1847,108,s,1847,Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-11,2003-11-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14455),Senate,"Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,C001042,0,"Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during the first year after the enactment of this Act, to provide a blood test for the Hepatitis C virus to: (1) each veteran who served on active military duty during the Vietnam era, or who is considered to be ""at risk,"" and who is enrolled to receive veterans' medical care and requests such test or is otherwise receiving a physical examination or any other care or treatment from the Secretary; and (2) any other veteran who requests such test. Requires the Secretary, after such period, to provide such test to any veteran who requests it. Requires the Secretary to provide followup tests and appropriate treatment for any veteran who tests positive. Prohibits a copayment from being charged for such treatment. Provides funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs for Hepatitis C detection and treatment programs, beginning with FY 2004. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a standardized Department policy with respect to such virus; and (2) annually take appropriate outreach actions to notify untested veterans. Directs the Secretary to establish at least one, and no more than three, additional Hepatitis C centers of excellence within the Department health care network. Provides funding.",2023-01-15T09:03:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1847
108-s-1841,108,s,1841,Cold War Medal Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-11-10,2003-11-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]",NY,D,C001041,3,"Cold War Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, upon application, to issue Cold War service medals to military personnel who served honorably during the Cold War era (September 2, 1945, through December 26, 1991).",2023-01-15T09:03:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1841
108-s-1785,108,s,1785,A bill to authorize the operation of National Guard counterdrug schools.,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-10-24,2003-10-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,5,"Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to establish and operate, or provide financial assistance to the appropriate States to establish and operate, not more than five National Guard counterdrug schools for the provision by the National Guard of training in drug interdiction and counter-drug activities and drug demand reduction activities to personnel of Federal agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, community-based organizations, and other non-Federal governmental and private entities and organizations. Identifies such schools in California, Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania.",2023-01-15T08:03:18Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1785
108-s-1745,108,s,1745,Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-10-16,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,0,"Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial Act - Designates the memorial to former prisoners of war and members of the armed forces missing in action that is under construction at Riverside National Cemetery, California, as the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial.",2023-01-15T08:03:19Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1745
108-s-1738,108,s,1738,Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-10-15,2003-10-15,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12621-12622)",Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,"Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date and authorization of appropriations through FY 2004. Authorizes the President, under such Act, to: (1) correct the industrial shortfall for radiation-hardened electronics to the extent that such action does not cause the aggregate outstanding amount of all such actions to exceed $200 million; and (2) obtain information in order to perform industry studies assessing capabilities of the U.S. industrial base to support the national defense. Defines "critical infrastructure." Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the House Financial Services Committee on the extent to which contracts entered into under such Act during the one-year period after the enactment of this Act have been contracts with minority- and women-owned businesses. States as the policy of Congress that the President shall designate the Secretary of Commerce to lead an interagency team to: (1) negotiate with foreign nations the elimination of offset arrangements, industrial participation, or similar arrangements in defense procurement; (2) make recommendations for modifications of memoranda of understanding with respect to such arrangements, pending their termination; and (3) notify the United States Trade Representative if a foreign country pursues a policy of offset or similar arrangements in connection with the purchase of defense equipment or supplies.",2023-01-15T08:03:19Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1738
108-s-1707,108,s,1707,Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-10-02,2003-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12384),Senate,"Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]",MI,D,S000770,3,"Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003 - Allows personal correspondence or certain parcels to be mailed free of postage if such matter is: (1) sent from within an area served by a U.S. post office; (2) addressed to an active-duty member of the armed forces or a civilian authorized to use postal services at military installations who holds a position or performs a function in support of military operations; and (3) addressed either to such an individual at a military post office established in an overseas area where the armed forces are engaged in operations involving armed conflict against a hostile foreign force, or to an individual who is hospitalized for a disease or injury resulting from service in such an area. Prohibits the free mailing privilege for any mail matter containing any advertising.",2023-01-15T08:03:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1707
108-s-1709,108,s,1709,Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-10-02,2004-04-07,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3903-3905),Senate,"Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]",ID,R,C000858,19,"Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003 (SAFE Act) - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to modify provisions regarding roving wiretaps under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to require that: (1) an order approving an electronic surveillance specify either the identity of the target or the place to be wiretapped; and (2) surveillance be conducted only when the suspect is present at the place to be wiretapped.  Revises provisions governing search warrants authorized under the USA PATRIOT ACT to: (1) limit the authority to delay notice of the issuance of such a search warrant to circumstances where providing immediate notice of the warrant will endanger the life or physical safety of an individual, result in flight from prosecution, or result in the destruction of or tampering with the evidence sought under the warrant; and (2) require such delayed notification to be issued not later than seven days (currently, within a ""reasonable period"") after execution, with extensions by the court for additional periods of up to seven days each time that the court finds reasonable cause to believe that notice of the execution of the warrant would have such consequences. Requires the Attorney General, every six months, to report to Congress summarizing the requests made by the Department of Justice for delays of notice and extensions of delays. Sunsets the delayed notice authority and reporting requirement on December 31, 2005.  Amends FISA to require, with respect to access by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, that there be specific and articulable facts giving reason to believe that the person to whom the records pertain is a foreign power or an agent thereof.   Provides that libraries shall not be treated as wire or electronic communication service providers under provisions granting counterintelligence access to provider subscriber information, toll billing records information, or electronic communication transactional records.",2023-01-15T08:03:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1709
108-s-1694,108,s,1694,Health Care for Veterans of Project 112/Project SHAD Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-10-01,2003-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12283),Senate,"Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]",KS,R,B000953,0,"Health Care for Veterans of Project 112/Project SHAD Act of 2003 - Makes a veteran who participated in a test conducted by the Department of Defense Deseret Test Center as part of a program for chemical and biological warfare testing from 1962 through 1973 (including the program designated as Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) and related land-based tests) eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for any illness, notwithstanding that there is insufficient medical evidence to conclude that such illness is attributable to such testing. Terminates such eligibility after December 31, 2005.",2023-01-15T08:03:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1694
108-s-1680,108,s,1680,Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-09-30,2003-12-19,Became Public Law No: 108-195.,Senate,"Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]",AL,R,S000320,1,"Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date and authorization of appropriations through FY 2008.  (Sec. 3) Authorizes the President to: (1) take action to correct an industrial resource shortfall for radiation-hardened electronics to the extent that such action does not cause the aggregate outstanding amount of all such actions for industrial resource shortfalls to exceed $200 million; and (2) obtain information in order to perform industry studies assessing capabilities of the U.S. industrial base to support the national defense. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense to specified congressional committees on the current state of the domestic industrial base for, and Department of Defense requirements, intentions, and plans for, radiation-hardened electronics. (Sec. 4) Defines "critical infrastructure" under such Act as systems and assets, whether physical or cyber-based, so vital to the United States that their degradation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, including national economic security and national public health or safety. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the extent to which contracts entered into under such Act during the one-year period after the enactment of this Act have been contracts with minority- and women-owned businesses. (Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary of Commerce, as part of an annual report from the President to specified congressional committees on the impact of offsets on U.S. defense preparedness, industrial competitiveness, employment, and trade, to: (1) detail the number of foreign contracts involving domestic contractors that used offsets or similar arrangements during the preceding five-year period; (2) calculate the values of such contracts and offsets; and (3) describe the impact of international or foreign sales of U.S. defense products and related offsets and arrangements on domestic prime contractors and lower-tier subcontractors during the preceding five-year period. Expresses the policy of Congress that the President shall designate a chairman of an interagency team to consult with foreign nations on limiting the adverse effects of offsets in defense procurement without damaging the U.S. economy, industrial base, or defense production or preparedness. Requires annual interagency team reports to Congress. Directs the interagency team to make recommendations to the President for modifications of any existing or proposed memorandum of understanding between the United States and one or more foreign countries relating to: (1) research, development, or production of defense equipment; or (2) the reciprocal procurement of defense items.",2023-01-15T07:17:57Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1680
108-s-1670,108,s,1670,A bill to expand the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members of the Armed Forces serving in the Iraqi theater of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home.,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-09-29,2003-09-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12138-12139),Senate,"Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]",MN,D,D000596,9,Directs the Secretary of Defense to expand the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave program (for certain military personnel serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom) to provide travel and transportation allowances to each participant for travel from an original airport of debarkation to the permanent duty station or home of such member.,2023-01-15T07:17:57Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1670
108-s-1673,108,s,1673,A bill to authorize the award of the Iraqi Liberation Medal as a campaign medal for members of the Armed Forces who serve in Southwest Asia in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom.,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-09-29,2004-03-30,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3346-3347),Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,3,"Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned, or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy, to award a campaign medal, to be known as the Iraqi Liberation Medal, to any person who serves in any capacity with the armed forces in the Southwest Asia region in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom. Prohibits any person receiving such medal from also being awarded the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for that service.",2023-01-15T07:17:57Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1673
108-s-1675,108,s,1675,A bill to provide for the reimbursement of air fare costs incurred by members of the United States Armed Forces for domestic travel while on leave from deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-09-29,2003-09-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]",MN,R,C001057,0,Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse air fare costs incurred by members of the armed forces in connection with travel within the United States while such members are on leave from deployment overseas in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.,2023-01-15T07:17:57Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1675
108-s-1622,108,s,1622,"A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt certain members of the Armed Forces from the requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized.",Armed Forces and National Security,2003-09-16,2003-09-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11576),Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,33,"Exempts from the requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized in a military facility an officer or former officer, or an enlisted member or former enlisted member not entitled to retired or retainer pay or equivalent pay, who is hospitalized in a military facility because of an injury or disease incurred: (1) as a direct result of armed conflict; (2) while engaged in hazardous service; (3) in the performance of duty under conditions simulating war; or (4) through an instrumentality of war.",2023-01-15T07:02:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1622
108-s-1615,108,s,1615,"A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to make permanent the rates of hostile fire and imminent danger special pay and family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services as increased by the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003.",Armed Forces and National Security,2003-09-15,2003-09-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11481),Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,3,"Makes permanent the $150 to $225 increase in imminent danger special pay and the $100 to $250 increase in the family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services (currently, both terminate at the end of FY 2003).",2023-01-15T07:02:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1615
108-s-1605,108,s,1605,"A bill to authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative and to satisfy Department of Veterans Affairs requirements on natural disasters, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2003-09-10,2003-09-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 9/11/2003 S11352),Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,2,"Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the following major medical facility projects, in specified amounts: (1) construction of a health care facility at a location selected by the Secretary in East Central Florida, as part of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) initiative; (2) improvements at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to bring that facility into compliance with the CD-54 Natural Disasters Directive; and (3) construction of a health care facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of the CARES initiative.",2023-01-15T07:02:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1605
108-s-1572,108,s,1572,A bill to authorize the expansion of the pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs on assisted living for veterans to include three additional health care regions of the Department of Veterans Affairs.,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-09-02,2003-09-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10973),Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,0,Amends the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act to authorize three additional health care regions for the Department of Veterans Affairs assisted living for veterans pilot program. (Limits service in such additional areas to three years.),2023-01-15T07:03:00Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1572
108-s-1509,108,s,1509,Eric and Brian Simon Act of 2003,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-07-31,2004-06-22,Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]",MN,R,C001057,1,"Eric and Brian Simon Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a gratuity of $100,000 to: (1) each veteran who was treated with HIV-contaminated blood, blood components, human tissue, or organs as a result of a service-connected disability and can assert through acceptable medical evidence reasonable certainty of transmission of HIV as a result of such treatment; and (2) the current or former spouse and each natural child of such a veteran who can assert the transmission of HIV from such veteran. Provides for such payments in the case of deceased individuals. States that such payments shall not be considered payments for purposes of medical insurance or workers' compensation.",2023-01-15T06:17:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1509
108-s-1511,108,s,1511,"A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the ""Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center"".",Armed Forces and National Security,2003-07-31,2003-07-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10635),Senate,"Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]",AZ,R,K000352,1,"Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.",2023-01-15T06:17:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1511
108-s-1520,108,s,1520,9-11 Memorial Intelligence Reform Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2003-07-31,2003-07-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.,Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,2,"9-11 Memorial Intelligence Reform Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish: (1) an Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Office); (2) a Director of National Intelligence (Director); (3) a Deputy Director of National Intelligence; (3) a Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Community Management; (4) a National Intelligence Council; (5) Assistant Directors of National Intelligence for Collection, Analysis and Production, and Administration; (6) a General Counsel to the Director; and (7) an Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Renames the Director of Central Intelligence the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Provides for the coordination of functions and responsibilities between the Office and Director and the Central Intelligence Agency and its Director. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of National Intelligence should be a Cabinet-level officer. Directs the President to establish priorities for the intelligence, intelligence-related, and counterterrorism activities of the Government. Requires the: (1) National Security Council to prepare a Government-wide strategy for combating terrorism; (2) National Intelligence Officer on Terrorism to be included on the National Intelligence Council; (3) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to enhance FBI counterterrorism capabilities; (4) Director of National Intelligence, Attorney General, and Secretary of Homeland Security to report on reforms in domestic intelligence programs and activities; (5) Attorney General to provide training to intelligence community personnel in addressing terrorist threats; (6) Director to improve and enhance the quality of personnel of the intelligence community, and to report on the budgeting and funding of Federal intelligence and counterterrorism activities; and (7) enhancement of access to relevant intelligence information among Federal agencies and of intelligence community accountability in the performance of intelligence activities. Requires the Director to: (1) establish the National Terrorist Watchlist Center; and (2) enhance efforts to identify the support or involvement of foreign governments in terrorist activities.",2023-01-15T06:17:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1520