The House, in order to fully fund Army depot maintenance requirements for communications-electronics (C-E) equipment, added $100,000,000 to O&M, Army from excess industrial fund profits. In order to ensure that this work was not contracted out, the House also added a general provision which placed an employment limitation on the depots performing such work. The Senate did not address this issue.

The conferees agreed to an add-on of $75,000,000 which fully funds depot repair requirements for C-E equipment in FY 1987. The conferees also agreed to the House provision with an amendment which states that the limitations placed on C-E depot employment in the provision shall not cause undue employment reductions at other Army depots. The conferees believe that with the added $75,000,000 there is sufficient funded workload to fully employ personnel at C-E depots at the levels directed in the provision. Furthermore, since the conferees have agreed to remove civilian employment ceilings there is no reason that other depots should be impacted by this initiative.

6TH DIVISION SUPPORT

The conferees are advised that the essential infrastructure upgrade for the Sixth Infantry Division will be authorized for military construction appropriations. However, it also appears that test equipment facilities and new construction housing may be deferred. While this action will not impede the current plan for personnel deployment, the proposed deferral will strain the existing base infrastructure as personnel assignments increase. Therefore, the conferees agree to an increase of $30,000,000 for minor construction projects and accelerated real property maintenance programs to minimize disruption during the transition period and retain the planned deployment schedule for the Sixth Infantry Division. The conferees direct DoD to provide the Committees on Appropriations a report identifying projects and related costs to be funded with this $30,000,000.

ARMY ADP

The conferees agree to a reduction of $22,200,000 of which $20,000,000 from the VIABLE program is transferred to Reserve Forces automation and $2,200,000 is due to deferral of acquisition for the Corporate Data Base initiative. The Army may not reprogram resources into the VIABLE, STARNET, or ASIMS projects without approval from the Major Automated Information Systems Review Council (MAISRC).

The $4,500,000 appropriated for the Developmental Army Readiness Mobilization System (DARMs) is a special interest item requiring approval from the Committees on Appropriations prior to reprogramming increases, and should be so designated on DD Form 1414, Base for Reprogramming Actions. The Department is expected to phase out DARMS once the new Reserve Forces automation system is fielded. Proposed House reductions to the Commodity Control Standard System and Integrated Procurement System were restored with the understanding that the use of the budgeted funds will conform to MAISRC guidance on these major new acquisitions. Funds for the Theater Army Medical Management Information System (TAMMIS) are also restored, provided that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 1987, demonstrating that the Defense Department has an integrated plan for acquiring and fielding peacetime and tactical automated medical information systems.

OB/GYN CARE

The conferees agree to provide the $1,036,000 requested by the Army to increase routine OB/GYN care at Ft. Bragg. However, the conferees direct that the Army provide this care by contract.

OVER-40 RESERVE EXAMS

The conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 of the requested $2,000,000 for over-40 Reserve personnel exams. However, the conferees direct the Army to fund these exams on a reimbursable basis from the Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve account in fiscal year 1988.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

The conferees agree to provide $22,939,674,000 instead of $22,993,227,000 as recommended by the House and $23,156,226,000 as recommended by the Senate. Details of the adjustments are as follows:

The budget request included $645,937,000 for the overhaul of 5 Poseidon submarines. Since submission of the budget the President decided to dismantle two of these submarines, the Nathan Hale and the Nathaniel Green. Both the House and Senate reduced the $256,000,000 associated with the overhaul of these two vessels. The House further reduced $250,000,000 for the overhaul of two additional Poseidons, assuming they would be dismantled. The House

also included a provision that required a reprogramming from other sources to be approved by the Appropriations Committees should the Navy elect to proceed with the overhaul of these two vessels. The Senate included the funding for these overhauls and did not agree with the reprogramming provision.

The conferees agree to funding of $389,937,000 for Poseidon submarine overhauls in FY 1987, a total reduction of $256,000,000, which will allow for the overhaul of 3 Poseidon submarines. In the event the Administration elects not to overhaul any of these Poseidon submarines, the conferees assume these funds will be used to offset additional ship maintenance costs resulting from overhaul packages which have slipped from FY 1986.

OVERSEAS SHIP REPAIR

The House included a general provision which prohibited the overhaul overseas of Naval vessels normally homeported in the United States. The Senate did not address this issue. The conferees agree to the House provision with an amendment specifying that only shipyards which are foreign owned and operated are covered and that the type of repairs covered does not include voyage repairs.

BATTLESHIP "TEXAS”

The House added report language directing the Navy to provide $5,080,000 out of available funds to the State of Texas for the restoration of the Battleship Texas. The Senate did not address this issue. The conferees agree to add a general provision to accomplish this grant, based on a Navy General Counsel determination that the grant could not be made unless it was required by law.

DESTROYER USS "LAWE"

The conferees direct the Department of the Navy to provide assistance to the State of Michigan and specifically to the City of Muskegon, Michigan, for the delivery and berthing of the retired destroyer, USS Lawe from its present location in Portsmouth, Virginia, to a berthing site adjacent to the municipally owned Hartshorn Marina near downtown Muskegon, Michigan, on Muskegon Lake. The conferees understand that this will be accomplished at a cost of no more than $500,000 from any existing funds provided in this bill and that the Department of the Navy is fully agreeable on this matter. The conferees further believe that the towing of the retired destroyer USS LAWE to Muskegon, Michigan, will be accomplished expeditiously under an agreement acceptable to the involved parties.

READY RESERVE FLEET

The House reduced RRF funding by a net of $500,000 resulting from a decrease of $4,400,000 to RRF Breakouts and an increase of $3,900,000 for RRF Dispersals. The Senate added $3,855,000 above the request to fund dredging operations in support of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). It is the conferees' understanding that this dredging will support not only the NDRF, but also the

RRF and therefore agree to the Senate add-on and direct the Department to fund such dredging. Additionally, the conferees agree that the Department should fully fund the $7,500,000 requirement for RRF Dispersal.

COAST GUARD/TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAMS (TACLET)

The Senate included $100,000,000 to fund U.S. Coast Guard operational support of defense missions, of which $15,000,000 was specifically for Tactical Law Enforcement Team (TACLET) drug interdiction personnel aboard Navy vessels. The House did not address this issue.

The conferees agree to funding of $75,000,000 for Coast Guard operations with the understanding that $15,000,000 for the TACLET program will be funded in the Omnibus Drug Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1987. If the Drug Supplemental is not enacted with the $15,000,000 included for support of the TACLET program, then it is the conferees understanding they will be funded within the $75,000,000 level.

PEACESAT

The Senate added report language directing the Navy to provide a UHF frequency allocation available to the Pan Pacific Educational and Communications Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) program. Additionally, the Senate required the Navy to make up to $1,000,000 available from within appropriated funds to cover startup costs. The House did not address this issue. The conferees direct the Navy to provide a UHF allocation to PEACESAT. However, the Navy is not directed to provide startup and operating costs.

NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER

The conferees direct that within funds available, a total of $3,000,000 be provided for training at the Naval Special Warfare Center for fiscal year 1987 requirements.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

The conferees agree to provide $1,743,750,000 instead of $1,793,338,000 as recommended by the House and $1,783,360,000 as recommended by the Senate. Details of the adjustments are as follows: