Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985

(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 98-1080)

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, and ammunition and for other procurement. Merges appropriations for FY 1985 for specified procurement with specified amounts remaining available from FY 1983 and 1984.

Permits the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear contracts for the purchase of UH-60A aircraft, EH-60A aircraft, M-1 tanks or subsystems, TOW missiles, 5-ton trucks, Bushmaster Vehicle Rapid-fire weapon systems, and shop equipment contact maintenance and for the execution of the CH-47D aircraft modernization program.

Excludes the procurement of EH-60A and UH-60A aircraft under a multiyear contract from certain required contractor guarantees concerning quality and performance standards.

Prohibits the use of funds for the Division Air Defense System until: (1) initial testing is completed; and (2) 30 days elapse after the Secretary of Defense reports the results of such testing and certifies to Congress that continued production is in the national interest.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to select a contractor for 120-millimeter mortars by February 1, 1985.

Prohibits the construction of logistics support vessels in foreign shipyards.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for aircraft procurement by the Navy. Merges specified FY 1985 appropriations with specified unobligated FY 1984 funds. Authorizes appropriations for weapons procurement, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.

Authorizes appropriations for the Marine Corps for FY 1985 for procurement.

Permits the Secretary of the Navy to enter into multiyear contracts for the purchase of CH-53E aircraft and AN/SSQ-36 sonobuoys.

Prohibits the use of funds for the DDG-51 guided missile destroyer program until the Secretary of the Navy certifies to the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees that the lead ship in the program is capable of being equipped with a Ranking-Cycle Energy Recovery (RACER) system without major modification.

Authorizes the Secretary to maintain one or more alternate sources of procurement for a common aircraft ejection seat for specified aircraft.

Authorizes appropriations for the Air Force for FY 1985 for procurement of aircraft and missiles and other procurement, including Air National Guard equipment.

Merges specified FY 1985 appropriations with specified unobligated FY 1983 and 1984 appropriations.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from contracting for aircraft engines unless the warranty is ten percent or less of the total contract price.

Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into multiyear contracts for the purchase of F-16 aircraft. Directs the Secretary to acquire four additional used commercial aircraft using FY 1983 unobligated appropriations.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the defense agencies.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for activities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering for acquisition in connection with cooperative programs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Prohibits the use of such funds until the Secretary of Defense submits to the Armed Services Committee a copy of each government-to-government agreement or if the U.S. obligation exceeds the collective obligation of the involved European countries.

Extends through FY 1985 the authority of the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the NATO Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO AWACS program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by certain personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges.

Permits the President to waive cost-recovery under the Arms Export Control Act without prior notification to the Appropriations Committees.

Permits the use of Defense Department appropriations to administer funds credited to the Department through the foreign military sales program under the Arms Export Control Act.

Repeals the prohibition against making available to any foreign country the AN/SQR-19 Towed Array Sonar.

Limits MX missile procurement to 21 operational missiles. Permits the procurement of additional missiles only upon: (1) the President's determination and report to Congress after March 1, 1985, that additional missiles are in the national interest, with an analysis of basing mode, the effect of such missiles on arms control policy, and the vulnerability of land-based ICMBs; and (2) the passing of two successive joint resolutions approving the obligation of funds. Sets forth detailed congressional procedures for the consideration of such resolutions.

Prohibits the use of funds for the procurement of binary chemical munitions.

Prohibits the use of funds for sole source procurement of a strategic weapons loader or the modification of an existing loader to meet the performance requirements for the B-1B bomber or the Advanced Technology Bomber aircraft.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Air Force should provide modern replacement aircraft for the Guard units using OA-37 Dragon Fly aircraft and that the United States should not provide any foreign country with OA-37 aircraft assigned to the Guard unless such aircraft is being replaced in kind or with a modern alternative.

Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation. Authorizes the merger of specified appropriations. Authorizes additional appropriations as needed for increases in civilian employee benefits.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the Armed Services Committees by the end of FY 1985 on the methanol fuel program for which certain funds are earmarked.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to proceed with the competitive development of a Joint Tactical Missile System with specified goals, including completion by July 1, 1987. Directs the Secretary to report to the Armed Services Committees on the progress of such system on January 1 of 1985, 1986, and 1987.

Earmarks certain Naval authorizations for certain systems, including the RACER system, the SH-60 helicopter, the Mark 92 fire control system, the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM), and the Submarine Laser Communication System.

Prohibits the use of funds for the new design attack submarine until the Secretary of the Navy certifies to the Armed Services Committees that according to current CIA estimates this submarine is capable of engaging the known Soviet submarine threat.

Earmarks certain funds for the Air Forces' C-17 and C-5 cargo transport aircraft and a guidance and control system for HARM.

Prohibits the use of funds for the testing of the miniature homing vehicle (MHV) (anti-satellite weapon) against an object in space until 15 days after the President certifies to Congress that the United States is endeavoring in good faith to negotiate an anti-satellite weapons agreement with the Soviet Union, that testing the MHV is necessary to security, and that such testing is not inconsistent with the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972. Limits any testing during FY 1985 to two tests.

Earmarks certain funds for the defense agencies' strategic Laser Communication Technology program and the application of free electron laser technology for medical research.

Limits the expenditure of specified appropriations until a Director of Operational Test and Evaluation is in place in the Department of Defense.

Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for operation and maintenance. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) promotion of rifle practice; (2) claims authorized to be paid by the Department of Defense; (3) the Court of Military Appeals; (4) increases in civilian employee benefits; (5) unbudgeted increases in fuel costs; and (6) inflation adjustments.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the working capital funds of the armed forces and defense agencies.

Permits the Secretary of Defense to make contingency funds available for the Unified and Specified Commands.

Permits the sale of supplies or services from Department of Defense inventories financed through a Department working-capital fund on a noninterference basis to a U.S. manufacturer or developer for use in products to be used in a contract with a Federal agency or a friendly foreign government as well as in a contract for the Department.

Revises the administration of the Navy Stock Fund concerning withdrawal credits.

Prohibits the contracting out of essential logistic functions of the Department. Permits the Secretary of Defense to waive such prohibition if it is determined that Government performance of a function is no longer essential for the national defense. Requires all waivers to be reported to the Armed Services Committees. Requires that a list of essential logistics functions be submitted to such committees by April 1, 1985.

Limits the use of funds for consulting and related services.

Prohibits the use of funds to permanently consolidate or reduce below a certain level the number of ports at which breakbulk cargo shipments originate that are carried through the Panama Canal on Military Sealift Command vessels, bound for Pacific ports outside the continental United States. Terminates such restriction on or after February 1, 1985, upon 30 days notice from the Secretary of Defense to Congress describing a proposed consolidation or reduction.

Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. forces should not be introduced into or over Central America for combat unless the President notifies Congress of sufficiently changed circumstances and troop introduction complies with the War Powers Resolution.

Title IV: Personnel - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes strengths for active duty personnel as of the end of FY 1985. Extends from FY 1984 to 1985 the limitation on the enlistment for active duty in the armed forces of persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a prescribed level.

Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes average strengths for the selected reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1985. Permits the reduction and increase in such strengths as specified. Authorizes a specified number of reserves to serve on full- time active duty in order to organize, administer, instruct, recruit, or train the reserve components. Permits the end strength levels to be increased by two percent in the national interest.

Increases the number of certain personnel who may be on active duty in specified grades.

Redefines full-time National Guard duty.

Part C: Military Training - Authorizes average military training student loads for each component of the armed forces for FY 1985. Requires the adjustment of such loans as the manpower strengths of each component are adjusted.

Reduces the number of students required to be in a Junior ROTC unit in order for such unit to be maintained.

Title V: Defense Personnel Management - Part A: Civilian Personnel - Waives the application of the civilian personnel ceiling for each component of the armed forces for FY 1985. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to each report to the Armed Services Committees by March 1, 1985, on the management of civilian personnel without such ceilings during FY 1985.

Eliminates the civilian personnel ceiling for industrially funded activities for FY 1984.

Part B: Officer Personnel - Increases the number of general and flag officers on active duty through FY 1985.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to promote a reserve general officer who is in an inactive status for less than a year solely because such officer's tenure in a selected position has ended.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to retain up to ten officers in the reserve grade of brigadier general who would otherwise be removed from active duty because of years in service or grade.

Extends for two years, from FY 1984 to FY 1986, the authority of the Secretary of the Navy to temporarily promote certain Navy lieutenants to lieutenant commander.

Repeals the four-year limitation on the assignment of individual officers to the headquarters branches of the Army and Air Force.

Part C: Amendments to Provisions of Law Enacted by the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act - Amends the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act to permit certain former commissioned officers who are originally appointed as Army or Air Force Reserve officers to be appointed at the former grade and credited with such previous time.

Increases the authorized total strengths for commissioned officers on active duty for the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

Entitles officers appointed to the grade of general, admiral, lieutenant general, or vice admiral for service in a position of importance and responsibility designated to carry that grade to continue to hold that grade for 90 days while waiting for retirement.

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to prescribe procedures for review of the substandard performance of an officer. (Currently, such Secretary may convene a board of officers for such purpose.)

Excludes from eligibility for promotion to the next higher grade certain officers who are within 90 days of separation or retirement or who have been considered and failed selection for promotion to that grade, including reserve officers for captain, naval officers for lieutenant, and regular armed forces officers for captain after the second failure.

States that the lack of completion of required service does not prevent the discharge or transfer of a commissioned reserve officer, other than a warrant officer, who is not qualified for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant (or lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy). Requires the discharge of such officers within 18 months of a determination of nonqualification unless such officers have completed 18 but not yet 20 years of service. Revises the retirement provisions for certain regular Naval and Marine Corps officers designated for limited duty to permit such officers to remain on active duty for an extended time when retirement is deferred.

Amends the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act to permit certain Naval and Marine Corps Officers designated for limited duty who are serving in a temporary grade to be reappointed at the permanent grade held while on the active duty list.

Permits the Secretary of the military department concerned to determine eligibility for and amount of severance or readjustment pay for certain officers discharged or released after the date of this Act.

Provides for the consideration for promotion of retired Air Force officers who were recalled to active duty before September 15, 1981.

Part D: Officer Training Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to order to active duty a person who has not fulfilled an agreement to complete a service academy education unless such person is earlier separated from service.

Permits the Secretary of Defense to extend the military service obligation of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship officers and graduates of the service academies from six to not less than six nor more than eight years.

Requires as additional conditions for receiving advanced training in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) that members: (1) have two academic years remaining; or (2) at the discretion of the Secretary concerned, agree to complete field training or a practice cruise within two years of admittance to the program if such requirements have not already been fulfilled.

Part E: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide recruitment quotas for women for FY 1987 through 1988. Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress on the propensity of young women to serve in the military.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of the readiness measurement and reporting systems for the reserve units and to implement a system providing an objective and uniform evaluation of a unit's readiness. Requires such system to be the same for active and reserve units. Requires the Secretary to report to the Armed Services Committees by March 31, 1985, on the existing and newly implemented systems.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a test program which would evaluate the feasibility of assigning equipment to reserve units based on their effectiveness. Requires such program to be integrated with the unit evaluation program. Directs the Secretary to report to the Armed Services Committees on the design and implementation of such program as part of the evaluation report.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the number of members of the Army Reserve and National Guard assigned to full-time manning duty should be increased to 14 percent of the total membership by FY 1989.

Directs the Secretary to study and implement a test program examining the benefits of a longer training program for certain reserve units. Requires increased attention to innovative training technologies in developing training programs. Directs the Secretary to report to the Armed Services Committees by March 31, 1985, on such study.

Requires the Secretary to conduct at least one major mobilization exercise each year. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan by June 30, 1985, for the periodic testing of each unit in the United States and their interaction. Directs the Secretary to consider making greater use of reenlistment bonuses for the individual ready reserve.

Grants the Purple Heart award uniform display precedence over all but military decorations or awards for valor.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to form a study group on the dress and appearance standards for members in the armed services, particularly those members wishing to abide by religious tenets which involve religious garb. Requires a report to be made to the Secretary by February 1, 1985, and then to Congress. Requires any changes in military dress regulations resulting from such study to be implemented within a specified period.

Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Basic Pay and Allowances - Increases by 4.0 percent, effective January 1, 1985, the rates of basic pay for all military personnel not serving in grade E-1. Increases the basic allowance for quarters to 65 percent of the national median housing costs for each pay grade.

Extends through January 1, 1985, limitations on payments of the variable housing allowance set forth in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1984 and the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984.

Requires that the variable housing allowances be paid where the local median cost of housing for a pay grade exceeds 80 percent of the national median cost of housing for such grade. Requires future adjustments of such rates to coincide with military pay increases but be based upon changes in certain weighted elements of the housing component of the Consumer Price Index. Excludes from eligibility for such allowance a member living in government housing who receives a basic allowance for quarters at the "with dependents" rate solely because such member pays child support or is in travel status between permanent duty stations.

Includes service members stationed in Alaska and Hawaii in the variable (rather than the overseas) housing allowance program.

Extends for one year, through FY 1985, the authority to provide reimbursement in place of quarters to crew members assigned to a naval vessel rendered temporarily uninhabitable.

Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to deny a service member the option of living away from the base when to do so would adversely affect a training mission.

Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to commute the ration (pay a cash allowance in lieu of providing a meal) for enlisted members of the guard and reserves entitled to a mid-day meal.

Requires the forfeiture of leave for service members who are discharged for failing to serve satisfactorily before completing six months of active duty.

Denies credit for time spent in a delayed enlistment program for purposes of computing basic pay.

Part B: Travel and Transportation - Authorizes the use of commercial transportation at government expense for dependents who accompany service members on their tours of duty in Alaska and Hawaii and who require medical care not locally available.

Expands Government-funded emergency leave travel to include transportation for military members and their dependents from the continental United States to overseas areas.

Entitles certain reserve component instructors teaching at a location other than the one assigned to travel and transportation expenses.

Authorizes the use of Department motor vehicles for transportation between domicile and place of employment for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chiefs of Staff of the Army and the Air Forces, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Under Secretaries of Defense.

Part C: Special Pay and Incentive Plans - Extends for three years, through FY 1987, the authority to pay enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for the active forces.

Extends the special pay provisions for certain Navy aviation career officers from FY 1984 to FY 1985. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Armed Services Committees by February 1, 1985, on the adequacy of aviation career officer incentive pay and the effect, if any, of the special pay for Navy pilots on the recruiting and retention needs of the armed forces.

Extends from 12 to 18 the maximum number of years an enlisted member of the uniformed services assigned to sea duty is entitled to receive career sea pay. Increases the amount of proficiency pay for members of the uniformed services performing extremely difficult or unusually responsible duties. Directs the Secretary concerned to designate which skills are deserving of special duty assignment pay. Prohibits concurrent payment of special pay under the former and revised formats to members entitled to special pay as of the date of enactment.

Part D: Health Care Matters - Eliminates glider pay and leprosy pay.

Extends medical and dental care to members of the National Guard or a uniformed service who contract diseases or become ill during inactive duty training.

Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to permit annual eye examinations for each patient. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects evaluating the cost-effectiveness of chiropractic care. Grants active duty dependents access to dental care in the United States on a space available basis. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services to jointly study: (1) the effects if CHAMPUS adopts a prospective payment system akin to Medicare's; (2) the feasibility of linking provider participation in Medicare with participation by CHAMPUS, particularly if CHAMPUS adopts a prospective payment system; and (3) the impact on the CHAMPUS workload and payment levels to the provider community if such changes take place. Requires the Secretaries to report to specified committees by February 28, 1985.

Part E: Benefits for Survivors and Former Spouses - Eliminates the offset from amounts received under a Survivor Benefit Plan annuity for social security benefits derived from an annuitant's own employment.

Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to determine that a participant in either the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan (RSFPP) or the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is missing under circumstances from which it can be reasonably concluded that such person is dead if absent for at least 30 days, thereby permitting the payment of an annuity under either plan.

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to comply with a court order effectively served on such Secretary for the payment of child support or alimony out of the military pension of the former member in question whether or not such order specifically requires payment to be made out of such pension.

Amends the Survivor Benefit Plan to state that a member will be deemed to have elected a former spouse as beneficiary if the Secretary of the military department concerned receives a request for such action from the former spouse and is provided a court order reflecting the court's ratification, incorporation, or approval of a written agreement by the member to make such election.

Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to extend medical benefits to a former spouse who was married at least 20 years to a member with at least 20 years of service when a minimum of 15 years (rather than 20 years as required under current law) of such marriage and service coincide.

Part F: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide, subject to the availability of resources, legal assistance to members, retired members, and their dependents.

Limits to 100 vehicles per month the shipment at Government expense of service member owned motor vehicles from Guam when Guam is being used as an alternate port shipment. Terminates such shipments after FY 1985. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Armed Services Committees by February 1, 1985, on the transportation through Guam of service members' motor vehicles (the alternate port provision of the Joint Travel Regulations).

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should negotiate with the Government of Japan not to require the modification of personal vehicles of members of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Japan. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and State to report Congress on actions taken or which might reasonably be taken.

Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to enter into an agreement with a State to withhold income taxes from the military pensions of military retirees who request such withholding.

Requires the recomputation of the military pension of certain retirees who voluntarily returned to active duty at the rates in effect when they were released from such duty.

Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984, to delay until FY 1986 the requirement that $10 per visit be charged for privately-owned pets seen by a military veterinarian.

Title VII: Educational Assistance Programs - Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1984 - Establishes a new three year educational assistance program for the all-volunteer force. Excludes graduates of service academies from eligibility for such assistance. Entitles veterans who are graduates of a secondary school and who have served in the armed forces on continuous active duty for at least three years to three years of basic educational assistance. Reduces by $100 the monthly pay during the first year of active duty for persons electing to participate in this program.

Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who are graduates of secondary school and who have served at least two years of continuous active duty in the armed forces and at least four years of continuous duty in the Selected Reserve to basic educational assistance.

Sets forth the formula for determining the length of such assistance based on the length of time served. Entitles such veterans to a monthly assistance allowance of $300 or $250, depending upon the initial period of active duty, for a full-time approved program of education. Permits the Secretary concerned to establish a higher rate of assistance, but not more than $400 a month, for individuals possessing a skill or specialty designated as being in critical shortage.

Permits the enrollment of an eligible individual in a program of education while such individual continues to perform his or her duties.

Entitles veterans who have served five or more consecutive years of active duty in addition to those required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who have served two or more consecutive years of active duty and four or more consecutive years of duty in the reserves in addition to that required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance.

Entitles such veterans to a monthly supplemental assistance allowance of $300 a month. Permits the provision of assistance at a higher rate, but not more than $300 monthly, to any individual entitled to basic educational assistance who has a skill or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel.

Establishes a ten-year delimiting period for educational assistance. Excludes time spent detained by a foreign power subsequent to discharge and time spent physically or mentally disabled. Limits educational assistance to individuals being furnished subsistence to the amount an institution would charge similarly circumstanced nonveterans. Prohibits participation in more than one program of educational assistance.

Sets forth a formula for determining educational assistance on a less than half-time basis or while an individual is on active duty.

Prohibits a veteran from concurrent participation in more than one veterans' educational assistance program.

Sets forth administrative provisions, including certification requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator to submit to Congress a biennial report on the operations of such programs.

Amends the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 to terminate the right to enroll in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program during the program under this title.

Directs the Secretary of each military department to establish a program to provide educational assistance to members of the Selected Reserve who agree to remain in such Reserve for at least six years. (Currently each Secretary is permitted to establish such a program.) Sets forth the amount of such assistance. Requires that such assistance be given for pre-degree work at an institution of higher learning. Sets forth further eligibility requirements for such assistance. Establishes a delimiting period of ten years from the date of entitlement or from the date of separation from service, whichever comes first. Prohibits assistance to any member already receiving assistance as a member of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program or to a member who fails to perform satisfactorily in training. Expands the penalties for failure to participate satisfactorily in such program to include orders to active duty.

Designates the Veterans Administration to administer such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress annually on its operation.

Establishes in the Treasury a Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury for the accumulation of funds to finance Department of Defense Education liabilities on an actuarially sound basis. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer amounts from the Fund to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs as necessary to make required payments.

Establishes in the Department of Defense a Department of Defense Education Benefits Board of Actuaries to: (1) report annually to the Secretary of Defense on the actuarial status of the Fund; (2) report not less than every four years to Congress and the President on the valuations and status of the Fund; and (3) determine the present value of future benefits payable from the Fund.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) make periodic actuarial valuations of the educational programs; (2) determine an amortization methodology and schedule for the liquidation of gains or losses to the Fund; and (3) determine the amount necessary to be appropriated for the Fund for each fiscal year.

Sets forth other terms and conditions for administering such Fund.

Permits the Secretary concerned to grant an eligible member a leave of absence of not more than two years for such member to pursue a program of education. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such leave.

Requires the Secretary concerned to provide individual predischarge counseling which includes a discussion of educational benefit entitlements.

Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 to extend for two years, through the end of FY 1986, the Pilot Department of Defense Education Assistance Loan Repayment Program.

Title VIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Repeals the provision of such Act limiting appropriations for certain financial assistance programs under such Act.

Title IX: National Defense Stockpile - Terminates current disposal authority for the National Defense Stockpile as of the end of FY 1984. Authorizes the President, as of FY 1985, to dispose of specified amounts of specified materials in the Stockpile deemed excess to current requirements. Limits the amount of unobligated balance that can accumulate in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.

Directs the President to report to Congress by January 31, 1985, on the management and operation of the Stockpile and to include recommendations to implement better management practices.

Requires 30 percent of all money accruing from the naval petroleum reserves through FY 1985 to be credited to the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1985 for the exploration and operation of such reserves.

Title X: Matters Relating to NATO and Other Allies - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should call upon the pertinent members of NATO and Japan to meet or exceed their pledged three percent real increase in defense spending during FY 1984 and 1985.

Urges the President and the Secretary of Defense to continue to encourage NATO members to fulfill their commitments, including a three percent real increase in defense spending, a 30-day supply of munitions for those with forces committed to the Center Region, and the construction of certain facilities and shelters to support U.S. reinforcing tactical aircraft.

Prohibits the use of funds after FY 1985 for maintaining U.S. armed forces in NATO nations above a specified ceiling. States that Congress would consider raising such personnel ceiling if the Secretary of Defense certifies that such nations have taken significant measures to increase their conventional defense capacity. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Armed Services Committees every April 1 on the end-of-year status of NATO member's supplies of munitions for the Center Region forces and the number of supporting facilities and shelters completed or under construction.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress by every April 1 on the status and cost of the U.S. NATO commitment as reflected in the DPQ Response and the defense budget request. Requires such report to also assess the performance of NATO members in: (1) contributions to the common defense; (2) improvement in substainability and support for the U.S. reinforcing tactical aircraft; (3) meeting NATO force goals; (4) improving the NATO infrastructure funding; and (5) other, specified aspects related to the ability to wage and sustain conventional war.

Authorizes the Director of Test and Evaluation, Defense to use additional funds to acquire certain NATO member manufactured defense articles for side-by-side testing with U.S. manufactured items.

Nullifies these strictures and requirements concerning NATO in the event of a declaration of war or an armed attack on any NATO member nation. Authorizes the President to waive them upon declaring an emergency and notifying Congress of the same. Expresses the sense of Congress that the countries of NATO, Canada, and particularly Japan are not bearing their commensurate share of the burdens of mutual defense. States that the President should seek acceptance of such responsibilities and a specific agreement for increased support from each such country. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress by March 1 of each year on a comparison of the equitable defense burden that should be borne, the actual efforts to bear them, the efforts the United States is taking to eliminate any disparities, and other information concerning the mutual defense.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to continue participation in the NATO SEA-SPARROW Surface Missile System Cooperative Consortium described in the memoranda of understanding between the United States, Denmark, Norway, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Greece, and the Federal Republic of Germany, signed June 6, 1968, and May 20, 1977.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to enter into reciprocal communications support arrangements with allied countries or NATO and requires a report to the Armed Services Committees on any such arrangements.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress by May 1, 1985, on a comprehensive plan by which the United States and NATO members may achieve armaments cooperation and compatability.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out European air defense agreements in FY 1985 through cooperative and reciprocal agreements for the provision of articles and services with the Federal Republic of Germany.

Title XI: Matters Relating to Arms Control - Directs the President to report to Congress by April 1, 1985, on the survivability of the U.S. strategic nuclear ballistic missile submarine force.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the appropriate congressional committees by March 15 of each fiscal year between FY 1986 and 1990 on the Strategic Defense Initiative, including programs, projects, objectives, technology base efforts, and funding.

Directs the President to report to Congress by January 19, 1985, an evaluation of whether the United States should initiate a long-term program for renovating the NATO nuclear deterrent to reduce early first strike pressures and to reduce the arsenal to more stable levels. Requires the report to evaluate NATO's reliance on short-range battlefield nuclear weapons, whether launchers should be deployed with capability for reaching Warsaw Pact nations, but short of Soviet territory, whether dual-capable nuclear/conventional weapons should be eliminated, and whether NATO tactical nuclear weapons should be unified in a single specialized command.

Directs the President to report to Congress after the final decision is made regarding the net reduction of tactical nuclear warheads in NATO member territory in accordance with the decision of the Nuclear Planning Group of NATO, October 17, 1983. Requires the report to specify the types and number of warheads to be withdrawn and the schedule and rationale for warhead withdrawal and resultant changes in force structure.

Directs the President to report to Congress by April 15, 1985, the strategic counterforce capability consistent with U.S. policy. Requires such report to consider current and proposed U.S. ICBMs and the small single-warhead missile and a specific definition of what U.S. counterforce capability would constitute a first-strike capability against the Soviet Union.

Directs the President to transmit to Congress the report by the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, "A Quarter Century of Soviet Compliance Practices Under Arms Control Commitments: 1958-1983 (U)," dated November 1983. Permits the President to delete material which would compromise the national security.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to participate in any comprehensive interagency study on the impact of nuclear winter on nuclear strategy, arms control, and civil defense policy and to submit to the Armed Services Committees by March 1, 1985, a publishable report on the literature review of nuclear winter, its implications for policy, and an analysis of the extent the Soviet Union is considering such matters.

States that the Senate commends the President for his announced support of improved communications links between the United States and the U.S.S.R. and other measures to reduce the risk of nuclear confrontation and for his initiation of negotiations. Urges the President to pursue these negotiations and add to them the establishment of nuclear risk reduction centers in both nations.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should report to the appropriate congressional committees by May 15, 1985, on existing and planned programs and their budget cost to support verification of compliance with the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and a chemical weapons ban.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States and the Soviet Union should vigorously pursue compliance with existing strategic and other arms control agreements, seeking corrective action if appropriate through the Standing Consultative Commission and other available diplomatic channels; (2) the United States should continue through December 31, 1985, its stated policy of mutual restraint from undercutting existing agreements; (3) the President should report to Congress by September 15, 1984, on Soviet adherence to a no-undercut policy; and (4) the President should report to Congress by June 1, 1985, on the implications of the U.S. Ship Alaska's sea trials (MIRV launcher) on the no-undercut policy, possible Soviet reaction to the termination of the U.S. no-undercut policy, and the implications of changing this interim restraint policy.

Expresses the sense of Congress that at the earliest possible date the President should request the Senate to ratify the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions treaties, signed in 1974 and 1976, and propose to the Soviet Union a resumption of negotiations toward a verifiable comprehensive test ban treaty. States that the United States has no obligation under international law to comply with any bilateral arms control agreement with the Soviets which the Soviets are violating.

Title XII: Procurement Policy Reform and Other Procurement Matters - Part A: Short Title and Congressional Findings - Defense Procurement Reform Act of 1984 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to reform Department of Defense procurement practices relating to replenishment parts.

Part B: Amendments to Chapter 137 of Title 10, United States Code - Directs the Secretary of Defense to determine the availability of supplies first through the supply system of the Defense Department and then under Federal supply contracts through the General Services Administration. Requires such officer to review the procurement history and description of an item.

Directs the head of the defense department or agency responsible for a major system to incorporate in such system whenever possible currently available components or components likely to be required in large quantities. Includes the availability of technical data on such components as a factor in determining the award of a production contract.

Permits the head of a procuring activity for a covered defense agency to delegate authority to enter into a sole-source contract. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish procedures to recognize personnel efforts to increase competition and achieve cost savings in spare parts procurement.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate an Advocate for Competition within the Defense Logistics Agency. Requires all Department of Defense advocates to make annual reports to the Secretary.

Requires the head of a defense agency to provide written justification for prequalification standards a potential contractor or product must meet, including the costs such contractor might incur to qualify.

Requires that a person be given the right to bid on a defense contract despite the fact that such person is not on the Department's list of qualified bidders or does not have its product on a list of qualified products. States that an agency head need not delay procurement to permit such a person to demonstrate an ability to meet the prequalification standards. Requires such agency head to solicit additional sources of supply and pay the qualifying costs of a potential supplier who is a small business concern if fewer than two actual manufacturers qualify. Requires the reexamination of prequalification requirements within seven years.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations concerning what constitutes a legitimate proprietary interest in technical or other data with attention to the need to foster competition, lower costs, and broaden the availability of technical data. Requires such regulations to mandate the establishment of reverse engineering programs by the Department for the replication of spare parts by manufacturers.

Requires a contractor placing restrictions on the release of data to satisfactorily substantiate such restrictions or the United States may ignore them and assess costs against the contractor for contesting the assertion. Sets forth review procedures.

Prohibits set-asides for small business participation in the case of the Foreign Military Sales program where the foreign government specifies the qualified sources and only one small business is specified or in the case of a prequalification requirement where only one small business is qualified.

Requires commercially available parts to be priced at commercially commensurate rates when sold to the Government unless national security or contract conditions require otherwise. Requires a bidder to certify that its price to the Government is its lowest commercial price or justify any excess and request a waiver. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrators of General Services and NASA to report jointly to Congress on certain procurement regulations.

Part C: Amendments to Chapter 141 of Title 10, United States Code - Requires each contractor furnishing supplies to a military department to mark each item with: (1) the contractor's name and stock number for the item; (2) the original manufacturer or producer if not the contractor; and (3) the source of technical data relating to a part delivered under the contract.

Prohibits the use of funds to indemnify any person for attorney's fees or tax problems arising out of the long-term lease or charter of military aircraft, vessels, or vehicles.

Requires the procurement of supplies in economically advantageous quantities where practicable.

Prohibits a contractor from entering into agreements with a subcontractor which restrict sales by the subcontractor directly to the United States.

Prohibits the expenditure of Department funds for weapon system or defense equipment procurement in mature full-scale production unless the prime contractor provides written guarantees that such system or equipment conforms to the specified design, manufacturing, and performance standards and, if it is not free of defects, that such contractor will cure, without cost to the United States. Permits the Secretary of Defense to waive such guarantees in the national interest or if they would not be cost-effective. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report such waivers to the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees either as they happen or in an annual report due by February 1. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to negotiate such contract guarantees for projects not in mature full-scale production and to negotiate more stringent guarantees for the required projects.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive contract procedures for acquiring petroleum if warranted by market conditions and expeditious Government procurement.

Prohibits the adjustment of a shipbuilding contract for the amount in a claim or demand arising out of events occurring more than 18 months before the claim.

Part D: Other Procurement Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local governments and nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance to firms seeking to bid for defense procurements. Sets forth application procedures and requirements, including a description of the geographic area to be served, an assurance of matching funds, and a limitation on the percentage of funds going for private consultant services. Requires that at least one cooperative agreement be entered into within each defense contract administration services region. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1985 and 1986 and specifies percentages of funds to go to entities which have previously carried out an assistance program.

Amends the Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) system and the Unit Cost Report system to: (1) establish a minimum dollar threshold of $2,000,000 on major contracts for which SAR reporting is required; (2) require quarterly SARs only when there is a five percent or greater change in total program cost, or when there is a three month or greater delay in any of the baseline SAR milestones; (3) extend the annual SAR submission date from 30 to 60 days after the submission of the President's budget and provide that quarterly SARs are to be submitted 45 days rather than 30 days after the end of the quarter; (4) require that preliminary reports be submitted within 30 days of such submission; (5) provide for automatic termination of SAR reporting when 90 percent of the deliveries or planned expenditures have been made; (6) delete the requirement to submit multiple unit cost reports when successive baselines have been breached; (7) permit unit cost reports for the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year to coincide with the President's budget submission; (8) limit termination of obligations for research and development, procurement, and military construction funding when there is failure to meet reporting requirements; and (9) establish a 30-day waiting period for the obligation of or prohibition of funds for certain program cases.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a tour of duty for a military or civilian program manager of a major defense acquisition program of at least four years or until a major program milestone is completed.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe the manner in which the Department negotiates prices for supplies procured from a contractor who does not produce the supplies.

Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984, to permit the Secretary of Defense to limit the application of the spare parts price increase reporting requirements to non-competitive procurement situations.

Part E: Temporary Provisions, Reports, and Effective Dates - Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress by March 31, 1985, assessing the Grace Commission's recommendations on progress payments to defense contractors and modernization of automated data processing systems for Department supply inventories.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop within the year after enactment of this Act a plan for the management of technical data received under such contracts, including procedures for inventory, update, verification, and access to information. Requires full implementation within five years. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress within 18 months on such management plan.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act a plan to improve the Department computer capability to store and access data needed for the procurement of supplies.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Armed Services Committees by May 1, 1985, on the continued use of independent cost estimates in major defense acquisition programs with emphasis on the adequacy of personnel and financial resources allocated to the development of such estimates.

Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983 to extend for another year, through FY 1985, the test program to authorize price differentials to relieve economic dislocations.

Title XIII: Department of Defense Organization and Management Matters - Makes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff responsible for determining when issues under consideration by the Joint Chiefs shall be decided. Directs the Chairman to select officers for the Staff from among the most outstanding service officers. Permits the Director of the Joint Staff to serve longer than three years and be reassigned to the Staff. Requires military promotion policy to consider Staff performance.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to reduce the number of military and cvilian personnel on management headquarters staffs by at least two percent by the end of FY 1985.

Directs the Secretary to report to Congress by December 15, 1984, on the disparity in size among the offices of the Secretaries of the military departments.

Excludes the Department of Defense from compliance with the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) regulation (Basic Installment 311 of the Federal Personnel Manual) concerning personnel suitability, security, investigations, and suitability disqualification actions. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to exercise certain OPM authorities concerning suitability investigations and security requirements for Department employees.

Subjects all members of the armed forces rather than just enlisted members of the Army and Air Force to collection of overpayment provisions.

Increases from one to two the Coast Guard membership on the Reserve Forces Policy Board.

Prohibits the use of funds for polygraph examinations except for the conduct of a specified test program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Armed Services Committees by December 31, 1985, on the use of such tests during FY 1985. Excludes specified intelligence personnel from such restriction.

Title XIV: Codification of Certain Recurring and Permanent Provisions of Law - Codifies specified provisions of law into Title 10 and makes clerical amendments to Title 10.

Title XV: General Provisions - Part A: Defense Financial Matters - Permits the Secretary of Defense, in the national interest and subject to restrictions, to transfer up to $2,000,000,000 in authorizations within the Department. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress of any transfers.

Part B: Provisions Relating to Specific Programs - Directs the President to establish the bipartisan Chemical Warfare Review Commission to review U.S. policy on chemical warfare, with particular emphasis on whether or not the United States should produce binary chemical munitions. Requires the commission to report to the President and the President to Congress by April 1, 1985.

Prohibits the expenditure of funds for more than 100 B-1B bombers without previous notice to the Armed Services Committees.

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to determine the configuration of the FFG-7 class guided missile frigate.

Expresses the sense of Congress that all funds appropriated for the Advanced Technology Bomber and Advanced Cruise Missile programs should be fully utilized for such programs and not for any other purpose because of the critical role such weapons systems play in the national defense.

Part C: Miscellaneous Defense Reporting Requirements - Amends the Military Justice Act of 1983 to delay the due date for a report by the commission studying the military code to the Armed Services Committees of Congress.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to study the adequacy of the U.S. industrial base in case of war or national emergency. Requires such study to assess: (1) the impact of Department procurement of non-U.S. produced articles and foreign procurement of U.S. manufactured goods; and (2) the affects of restrictions on the balance of trade and the interoperability of articles used by NATO forces. Requires the submission of such report to the Armed Services Committees by October 15, 1985.

Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to report to Congress by March 1, 1985, on the planned operational utilization of the Air Force's air refueling fleet throughout the remainder of the decade, including its use for the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) and the growth of contingency operations worldwide.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to study how currently and through organizational or funding changes the Department can best utilize technology obtained in whatever way from foreign sources. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Armed Services Committees by March 1, 1985, on the results of such effort. Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from transferring any functions of the Foreign Science and Technology Center of the Material Development and Readiness Command of the Army until such report has been made.

Urges the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to set an early date for the next technical meeting on the POW/MIA issue and for the repatriation of eight known sets of remains. Urges the President to ensure that the POW/MIA issue remains an active and high priority in his administration. Directs the President to report to Congress on this issue, describing current actions being taken by the Federal Government.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the Armed Services Committees within one year on current and proposed safety programs, including training exercises, and equipment operation.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to such Committees by March 15, 1985, on military career opportunities of non-physician health care providers.

Part D: Miscellaneous Defense-Related Matter - Amends the Military Selective Service Act to exempt from induction any person whose mother has been killed in the line of duty.

Permits the prevention of the unauthorized use of Marine Corps insignia.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to provide equipment and uniforms to the Civil Air Patrol and to arrange for the Civil Air Patrol's use of other services' facilities.

Authorizes the participation of armed forces personnel in the qualifying events of international sports competitions as well as the competition itself. Increases the authorization ceiling for athletic events participation.

Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences to enter into reciprocal education programs with foreign military medical schools. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such exchange.

Establishes the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense to evaluate the capability of the U.S. merchant marine to provide transportation of cargo and personnel for national defense purposes in time of war or national emergency and the adequacy of the shipbuilding mobilization base in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy and the Administrator of Marine Administration to detail personnel to such Commission. Requires the Commission to report U.S. conclusions and recommendations to the President and Congress by the end of FY 1985 and 1986. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission after it submits its report.

Brings military air traffic controllers under the administration of the Department of Defense as well as the Federal Aviation Administration.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to sell ammunition to States for avalanche-control purposes.

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide certain supplemental information in an environmental impact statement prepared in connection with the transfer of Navy personnel from Arlington, Virginia, to the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., including an analysis of: (1) the socio-economic impact on the Virginia area; (2) the impact on bridge capacity over the Potomac River; (3) the impact on shuttle requirements of the Department of Defense; (4) the overall impact of this and other personnel moves, including the impact on parking; and (5) the impact on the conduct of Navy business such as communications, security, and contractors.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transport to any Central American country humanitarian assistance on a space available basis. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such transportation. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress every 60 days on the source, contents, and disposition of all transported goods.

Part E: Other Miscellaneous Matters - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek through all appropriate channels the cooperation of the Government of Vietnam in ascertaining the fate of the 46 crewmen of the U.S. vessel Glomar Java Sea which sank in the South China Sea on or about November 1, 1983.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the free world should ensure that the people of Afghanistan have adequate food and medical supplies while their country is being invaded by the Soviet Union.

Reaffirms the United States' policy towards Cuba's current Marxist-Leninist regime.

Directs the Secretary to report to Congress by April 1, 1985, on the effects on national security of defense procurement of products containing Cuban or Soviet produced nickel.

Title XVI: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1985 - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy for FY 1985 for plant and capital equipment and operating expenses in carrying out national security programs concerning the military applications of nuclear energy in the following areas: (1) naval reactors development; (2) weapons activities; (3) verification and control technology; (4) defense nuclear materials production; (5) defense nuclear waste and byproduct management; (6) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development program; and (7) security investigations.

Part B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act: (1) where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser; and (2) for programs which have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed.

Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to start any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of such project does not exceed $1,000,000.

Sets forth procedures for approval of projects that exceed the 25 percent estimated cost provision and exempts from such procedures any project which has an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000.

Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made.

Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to perform construction design services for construction projects in support of national security programs as appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Energy to notify the appropriate committees of Congress within 30 days of planning and design costs in excess of $300,000.

Authorizes funds for emergency construction design pay increases.

Permits funds to remain available until expended if so specified in an appropriation Act.

Part C: Special Program Provisions - Requires all litigation involving the atomic weapons testing program, including suits now filed against contractors who operate or operated Government-owned facilities relating to atomic energy national defense activities including weapons testing, to be maintained against the United States under the substantive and procedural requirements of the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Directs the President to establish a Blue Ribbon Task Group to examine the Departments of Defense's and Energy's procedures for funding the nuclear weapons programs. Requires the President to submit to the Armed Services Committees the names and qualifications of group members together with a plan to complete the required report. Directs the Group to report to the President and the Armed Services Committees within 270 days on ways to improve interdepartmental coordination and cost effectiveness and a recommendation as to whether the Department of Defense should assume funding authority.

Directs the President to establish within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Technical Review Group on Inertial Confinement Fusion to review the current inertial confinement fusion program of the United States and to report the results to the President and Congress in interim reports with a final report due by May 1, 1986. Terminates such Group upon the submission of the final report.

Continues in force the provisions of Executive Order Numbered 12344 pertaining to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

Permits the Secretary of Energy to obligate specified funds for 155-millimeter artillery-fired, atomic projectile production facilities. Sets forth conditions for such projectile and the 8-inch atomic-fired artillery projectile, including limits as to the number and versions of such weapons which may be produced at specified times. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from moving forward with such projectile until the Secretary of Defense submits an implementation plan to the Armed Services Committees.

Title XVII: United States Institute of Peace - United States Institute of Peace Act - Establishes the United States Institute of Peace as an independent, District of Columbia nonprofit corporation empowered to: (1) establish a Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace with appointed scholars and leaders to pursue scholarly inquiry or other appropriate communications on international peace and conflict resolution; (2) enter into relationships with other institutions to further its purposes; (3) conduct research and make studies into the causes of war and other international conflicts and the elements of peace, both current and historical; (4) increase the availability of international peace and conflict resolution information and capabilities; (5) promote and enhance peace education and research programs; (6) conduct training programs for individual development of international peace and conflict resolution skills; (7) disseminate selected products of the Institute and other information available in the field; (8) recommend the establishment of a United States Medal of Peace for non-Institute persons; and (9) secure information from the Federal Government, including classified information, which would enhance the Institute's ability to further the promotion of international peace and conflict resolution.

Authorizes the Institute to make grants to enter into contracts with various nonprofit or official public institutions, e.g. universities or research institutions, to support research, promote study, educate the Nation, and otherwise assist the Institute in its efforts to promote international peace and conflict resolution. Authorizes the Institute to respond to requests from Federal entities on issues within the Institute's competence. Authorizes the Institute to obtain grants and contracts for research for specified Federal entities, including the Departments of State and Defense, and the intelligence community. Prohibits the Institute from entering into any kind of financial dealings with a foreign government or national or international organization, through contract or grant, except for the payment of tuition by foreign nationals for Institute instruction.

Vests the powers of the Institute in a Board of Directors composed of the Secretaries of State and of Defense, the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the President of the National Defense University and other qualified persons appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Directs the Board to appoint all necessary officers, including a president. Empowers the President to establish employment policy and request the assignment of Federal employees or congressional members to the Institute. Makes the Institute responsible for various housekeeping measures, including the keeping of complete financial records and other recordkeeping requirements standard to a nonprofit corporation.

Requires the accounts of the Institute to be audited annually with a report on such audit going to the President and each House of Congress within six months of the close of the Institute's fiscal year.

Authorizes appropriations for the Institute through FY 1986. Permits the transfer of unobligated funds to the Endowment of the United States Institute for Peace, an Institute-established entity authorized to receive and invest funds in furtherance of the Institute. Requires that any Endowment use of appropriated funds be reported to the President and Congress. Reverts all income and assets of the Institute or its legally created entities to the Treasury upon dissolution or final liquidation.

Directs the Chairman of the Board to report biennially to Congress and the President on the progress of the Institute in fulfilling its purposes. Requires the President to transmit to Congress the recommendations of the appropriate Federal agencies. Directs specified congressional committees to hold hearings to review the report and recommendations.