Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 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 2003 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the chemical demilitarization program; and (4) defense health programs.Subtitle B: Navy Programs - Earmarks specified Navy procurement funds for either: (1) the procurement of one Arleigh Burke class DDG-51 destroyer (if a specified agreement is reached); or (2) the advance procurement of Virginia class submarines, cruiser conversion, and nuclear-powered submarine refueling overhaul. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of Virginia class submarines.(Sec. 112) Prohibits acquisition of a T-5 Champion-class fuel tanker which features a double hull and reinforcement against ice damage for the Military Sealift Command or for other Navy purposes.Subtitle C: Air Force Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, beginning with the FY 2003 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of C-130J aircraft, after notifying the defense and appropriations committees and waiting 30 days thereafter.(Sec. 122) Earmarks specified Air Force procurement funds for 36 Litening II modernization upgrade kits for the F-16 block 25 and 30 aircraft (rather than for Litening AT pods for such aircraft).Subtitle D: Other Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to obligate funds: (1) for procurement of a complete and usable end item under a multiyear contract for the purchase of property; and (2) appropriated for any fiscal year for advance procurement under a multiyear contract for the purchase of property only for the procurement of those long-lead items necessary to meet a planned delivery schedule for complete major end items that are programmed to be acquired with funds appropriated for a subsequent fiscal year.(Sec. 142) Directs the Secretary, by January 15, 2003, to enter into an agreement with an independent, nonprofit, technology-oriented entity that has demonstrated the ability to facilitate the transfer of defense technologies, developed by both the private and public sectors, to aid Federal, State, and local first responders in the support of homeland security. Directs the entity to develop a strategic plan to meet specified goals. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to the defense committees.(Sec. 143) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program is managed as a major defense acquisition program. Directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), beginning with the budget request for FY 2004, to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a certification that the budget request for such program has been submitted in accordance with applicable Federal laws.(Sec. 144) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on unmanned aerial vehicle systems of the Department of Defense (DOD).(Sec. 145) Requires the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to report to the defense committees on the requirements for Army National Guard aviation. Authorizes the Army Chief of Staff to submit view on such requirements.Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). Earmarks specified amounts for the Defense Science and Technology Program, including basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development projects.Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Prohibits the obligation of funds authorized for engineering and manufacturing development for the RAH-66 Comanche aircraft program until the Secretary of the Army reports to the defense and appropriations committees concerning program funding and time line requirements. Limits the total engineering and manufacturing development costs for the program, allowing for certain adjustments to such limit. Requires the DOD Inspector General to annually review such program and report review results to Congress.(Sec. 212) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to extend through FY 2008 a requirement relating to management responsibility for naval mine countermeasures programs.(Sec. 213) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (the Thurmond Act) to: (1) authorize the Secretary, in connection with a pilot program for cooperative research and development activities with universities and other private entities, to demonstrate improved efficiency in the performance of DOD RDT&E functions; (2) extend the pilot program until March 1, 2008; (3) require annual reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on pilot program activities; and (4) require a report from the Secretary to such committees on whether and to what extent the authority to carry out the pilot program should be extended.(Sec. 214) Revises plan requirements under the DOD Manufacturing Technology Program. Changes report requirements from annually to biennially.(Sec. 215) Directs the Secretary to carry out a Technology Transition Initiative to facilitate the rapid transition of new technologies from DOD science and technology programs into DOD acquisition programs for the production of such technologies. Requires a Manager for such Initiative, with specified duties. Requires the acquisition executive of each military department to identify appropriate technology projects for Initiative participation. Requires Initiative amounts to be separately stated in each DOD budget.(Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary to carry out the Defense Acquisition Challenge Program for the increased introduction of innovative and cost-saving technologies in DOD acquisition programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a panel of highly qualified scientists and engineers to evaluate Program proposals. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out each evaluation, to ensure the elimination of conflicts-of-interest. Requires reports during the Program period (until the end of FY 2007). Provides initial Program funding from FY 2003 defense-wide RDT&E funds.Subtitle C: Ballistic Missile Defense - Prohibits the use of FY 2003 Army missile procurement funds for the Patriot Advanced Capability missile program until the Secretary has submitted to the defense and appropriations committees: (1) criteria for the transfer of program responsibility from the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to the Secretary of a military department; and (2) a notice and certification of such transfer. Requires responsibility for RDT&E related to system improvements of such program to remain with the Director.(Sec. 233) Amends various Federal provisions and national defense authorization Acts to reflect the change in the name of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization to the Missile Defense Agency.Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD.(Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.Subtitle B: Environmental Provisions - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to allow the incidental taking of a migratory bird by a member of the armed forces during an authorized military readiness activity.(Sec. 312) Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from designating as critical habitat any lands or other geographic areas owned or controlled by DOD, or designated for its use, that are subject to an integrated natural resources management plan prepared under terms of the Sikes Act, as long as such Secretary determines that the plan addresses special management considerations or protections. Requires such Secretary to consider the impact on national security when designating critical habitat.(Sec. 313) Directs the Secretary to establish a program manager to serve as the single point of contact in DOD for policy and budgeting issues involving the characterization, remediation, and management of explosive and related risks with respect to unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, and munitions constituents at defense sites that pose a threat to human health or safety.Subtitle C: Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities - Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to provide base operating support for Fisher Houses associated with health care facilities of that department.(Sec. 322) Authorizes a member of the National Guard called to duty during a national emergency to use commissary stores and morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR) retail facilities during such duty on the same basis as active-duty military personnel.(Sec. 323) Allows DOD MWR funds to be treated as nonappropriated funds and expended in accordance with laws applicable to the expenditure of such funds. Authorizes the Secretary to identify positions of employment within DOD MWR programs which are paid with appropriated funds whose status may be converted to positions of employment with a nonappropriated fund instrumentality.Subtitle D: Workplace and Depot Issues - Requires the Secretary, upon completion of an analysis of a DOD commercial- or industrial-type function for possible conversion to performance by the private sector, to submit to Congress a report containing analysis results and related information.(Sec. 332) Authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary of a military department to waive the prohibition against the contracting for the performance of security-guard functions at a military installation if such functions: (1) are or will be performed by members of the armed forces in the absence of a waiver; and (2) were not performed at the installation before September 11, 2001.(Sec. 333) Excludes permanently (currently only for FY 2002 through 2005) amounts expended for the performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workload by non-Federal personnel at a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence from a percentage limitation on the contracting-out for the performance of DOD depot-level maintenance and repair workloads.(Sec. 334) Repeals obsolete provisions concerning the use of competitive procedures in contracting for the performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at closed or realigned military installations.Subtitle E: Defense Dependents Education - Earmarks specified defense-wide O&M funds for providing assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of military personnel and DOD civilian employees. Requires the Secretary to notify each educational agency eligible for such assistance.(Sec. 342) Amends the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act to authorize a military quarters allowance for teachers unaccompanied by dependents who are required to reside on a U.S. military installation overseas.(Sec. 343) Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to allow individuals eligible for education under the defense dependents' education system to enroll without charge in a summer school program offered under such system.Subtitle F: Information Technology - Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (the Spence Act) to allow the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to have a term of up to seven years. (Currently, as a DOD multiyear contract, such contract is limited to a five-year term.)(Sec. 352) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a description of, and relevant budget information on, each DOD information technology and national security capital asset that: (1) has an estimated life cycle cost in excess of $120 million; and (2) has a cost for the fiscal year in which the description is submitted in excess of $30 million. Requires other information with respect to each DOD information technology and national security system that has a cost for the fiscal year in excess of $2 million and $10 million, respectively.(Sec. 353) Requires the Secretary to implement a specified policy regarding the acquisition of certain commercial off-the-shelf information technology products.(Sec. 354) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish clear and uniform policy and procedures, applicable to the military departments and defense agencies, regarding the installation and connection of telecom switches to the Defense Switch Network; and (2) prepare and maintain an inventory of untested telecom switches that have been added to such Network.Subtitle G: Other Matters - Requires the defense and appropriations committees (currently, Congress) to receive monthly reports on the allocation of funds within DOD O&M budget subactivities.(Sec. 362) Raises the minimum monthly pay deduction of certain members of the armed forces for support of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.(Sec. 363) Prohibits the Secretary from converting the Defense Security Service to a working capital funded entity of DOD unless the Secretary certifies to the defense committees that such Service has the financial systems in place to fully support operations as a working capital funded entity.(Sec. 364) Amends the Spence Act to: (1) extend through FY 2004 the arsenal program support initiative (a program of support for Army manufacturing arsenals); and (2) extend and revise related reporting requirements.(Sec. 365) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to Congress a plan for using existing military authorities to address problems created by limitations on the use of military lands, marine areas, and airspace reserved, withdrawn, or designated for military training and testing activities. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on DOD plans to improve the Global Status of Resources and Training System. Requires the: (1) Secretary to develop and maintain a training range data bank for each military branch; and (2) Comptroller General (CG) to evaluate the plan and report submitted under this section.(Sec. 366) Amends the: (1) Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to make eligible for basic support payments made to local educational agencies those heavily impacted local educational agencies affected by the privatization of military housing; and (2) Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to exclude, for purposes of eligibility for free and reduced-price meals, the amount of basic allowance for housing for an individual for housing acquired under alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of military family housing.Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2003. Increases certain permanent end strength minimum levels.(Sec. 403) Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to increase by up to one percent their active-duty end strength in order to enhance manning and readiness in essential units or in critical specialties or ratings.(Sec. 404) Excludes from general and flag officer end strength limits the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. Increases the number of lieutenant generals authorized for the Marine Corps. Provides the grade of brigadier general for the Chief of the Army Veterinary Corps.Directs the Secretary to review, and report to Congress on, current active-duty and reserve general and flag officer end strength limitations.(Sec. 405) Extends through December 31, 2004, certain authorities relating to the management of end strengths of general and flag officers in certain grades.Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2003 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 2003 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians.(Sec. 414) Places specified FY 2003 limitations on the number of non-dual status technicians employed by the Army and Air Force.Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for military personnel.Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: General Personnel Management Authorities - Increases from five to six the number of authorized Deputy Commandants of the Marine Corps.(Sec. 502) Extends through December 31, 2004, the waiver from the requirement of significant joint duty experience for officers appointed to a reserve chief or Guard director position, when such waiver is exercised for the good of the service. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on steps being taken to ensure that no additional waiver will be required after such extension.Subtitle B: Reserve Component Management - Requires the: (1) CG to report to Congress on the management of the National Guard, including reviews of National Guard strength accounting and management and related issues; and (2) Secretary to report to Congress on the differing Army and Air Force policies for taking adverse administrative actions against National Guard officers in a State status.(Sec. 512) Requires courts-martial for members of the National Guard when not performing in Federal service to be as provided by the laws of the respective State, territory, possession, or the District of Columbia. Provides convening authority for the courts-martial of National Guard when not performing in the Federal service for: (1) special and summary courts-martial by the respective State, territory, possession, and District of Columbia; (2) general courts-martial by the President; and (3) special courts-martial by the appropriate commanding officer. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare, for consideration of enactment by the States, a model State code of military justice and a model State manual of courts-martial for use with respect to the National Guard when not performing in Federal service; and (2) report to the defense committees on implementation of the model code and manual requirements.(Sec. 513) Requires matching funds requirements, as of October 1, 2002, under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.Subtitle C: Reserve Component Officer Personnel Policy - Exempts from active status end strength limitations reserve general and flag officers serving on active duty in certain joint duty assignments designated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.(Sec. 522) Makes eligible for promotion to the grade of reserve Army or Air Force major general reserve brigadier generals not otherwise eligible for promotion because the officer's service does not meet the currently required one-year-of-continuous-service if: (1) the officer was transferred from an inactive status to the reserve active status during the one-year period preceding the convening of the promotion board; (2) immediately before the date of the officer's most recent transfer to an active status, the officer had been in an inactive status for less than one year; and (3) immediately before the date of the officer's most recent transfer to an inactive status, the officer had continuously served for at least one year on the reserve active status or active-duty list.(Sec. 523) Retains promotion eligibility for reserve general and flag officers transferred to an inactive status list after having been recommended for promotion or found qualified for Federal recognition to a higher grade.(Sec. 524) Provides a limited deferment of retirement or separation from service until 30 days after completion of a medical evaluation requiring hospitalization or medical observation.Subtitle D: Education and Training - Provides for a phased increase to 4,400 in the authorized end strengths for each of the military service academies. Prohibits any increases for any academic year after 2007-2008. Directs the Secretary of each military department to seek to achieve an increase, by the 2006-2007 academic year, of not less than 400 Reserve Officers' Training Corps participants.(Sec. 532) Increases from 270 days to one year the time allowed following enlistment in the reserve or National Guard prior to commencement of an initial period of active duty.(Sec. 533) Authorizes units and members of the National Guard to conduct and participate in small arms competitions and qualifying athletic competitions in conjunction with required training. Allows amounts appropriated for the National Guard to be used for costs and expenses incurred by Guard members engaging in such activities. Limits to $2.5 million per fiscal year the funds that may be obligated or expended for such activities.Subtitle E: Decorations and Awards - Waives time limitations for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for certain individuals for whom the Secretary concerned filed notice to the defense committees that such awards were warranted and for whom a time limit waiver was recommended.(Sec. 542) Directs the Secretary concerned to award eligible Vietnam evacuation veterans the Vietnam Service Medal, notwithstanding other applicable requirements.Subtitle F: Administrative Matters - Directs the Secretary to ensure sufficient staffing and funding for the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office.(Sec. 552) Prohibits the Secretary concerned, during FY 2003 through 2005, from reducing the number of military and civilian personnel assigned to the review and correction of military records until 90 days after a report is submitted to Congress explaining the reduction and its rationale.(Sec. 553) Authorizes the Secretary to provide either transportation and expenses or a prescribed daily stipend for civilians participating in a military funeral honors detail.(Sec. 554) Authorizes the use of volunteer proctors for the administration to secondary school students of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (test).(Sec. 555) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the status of female military personnel, including access to health care, assignments, deployments, promotions, and cases of sexual harassment.Subtitle G: Benefits - Directs the Secretary concerned to establish a program under which accrued leave of a member may be transferred to another member of the same department who requires additional leave because of a qualifying emergency (one likely to require prolonged absence due to a medical condition of an immediate family member, or other hardship as determined by such Secretary).(Sec. 562) Repeals a provision which prohibits participants in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program from participation in the DOD medical loan repayment program.(Sec. 563) Authorizes, as between-tour leave travel for enlisted personnel stationed overseas who extend such tour of duty, round-trip transportation from such location to an alternate location at a cost not to exceed the cost of transportation to the nearest contiguous U.S. port.(Sec. 564) Authorizes vehicle storage in lieu of vehicle transportation when a member is ordered to a U.S. duty station in a nonforeign area outside the continental United States.Subtitle H: Military Justice Matters - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to allow an accused convicted of an offense by a court-martial, upon request, to be sentenced by the military judge rather than the members of the court-martial.(Sec. 572) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the desirability and feasibility of consolidating the separate Army, Navy, and Air Force courses for judge advocates into a single course conducted at a single location.Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives any FY 2003 pay increase tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for Government employees. Increases, effective January 1, 2003, the rates of basic pay for military personnel.(Sec. 602) Expands the basic allowance for housing low-cost or no-cost moves authority for members assigned to duty outside the United States when the Secretary concerned determines that it would be inequitable to base the member's housing entitlement to, and amount of, a basic allowance for housing on the cost of housing in the area to which the member is reassigned.Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Extends through 2003 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2002 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces.(Sec. 615) Provides a minimum monthly level of hardship duty pay for ground duty in Antarctica or on the Arctic icepack.(Sec. 616) Increases the reenlistment bonus for persons with prior enlisted service.(Sec. 617) Makes limitations on the maximum bonus amount that may be paid to officers retained in a critical military skill inapplicable to an officer assigned duties as a health care provider.Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Extends the authorized period for leave travel for members performing consecutive overseas tours of duty to any time before the end of the consecutive tour (currently, within one year after beginning the consecutive tour).Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits - Provides for the phase-in, during FY 2003 through 2006, of the full concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for military retirees with disabilities rated at 60 percent or higher. Repeals current provisions providing special compensation for certain severely service-disabled military retirees. Requires the Secretary to determine the amount of Treasury contribution required to be made into the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund to cover such increased payments.(Sec. 642) Reduces from eight to six years the qualifying service requirement for eligibility for retired pay for non-regular service.(Sec. 643) Eliminates any possible inversion in the retired pay cost-of-living adjustment in the case of an initial adjustment using a retired member's final pay.(Sec. 644) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act and specified Federal law to make technical clarifications to the so-called "forgotten widows" military survivors' annuity program.Subtitle E: Reserve Component Montgomery GI Bill - Extends the period of eligibility for the use of Selected Reserve educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to 14 (currently ten) years after the date on which a person first becomes so entitled.Subtitle F: Other Matters - Revises or adds definitions to Federal military pay provisions.Title VII: Health Care Matters - Subtitle A: Health Care Program Improvements - Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services to make the requirement of TRICARE preauthorization of inpatient mental health care inapplicable to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries.(Sec. 702) Extends eligibility for TRICARE Remote (a DOD managed health care plan for members residing more than 50 miles from a military medical facility) to a dependent of a member with a permanent duty assignment for which the dependent is not authorized to accompany the member when either: (1) the dependent continues to reside at the location of the former duty assignment which is more than 50 miles, or one hour's drive, from the nearest military medical facility; or (2) there is no reasonable expectation that the member will return to the location of the former duty assignment and the dependent moves to a location more than 50 miles or one hour's drive from the nearest military medical facility.(Sec. 703) Makes eligible for enrollment in the TRICARE dental program a dependent of a member who died while on active duty and while not enrolled in a dental plan due to being transferred.(Sec. 704) Provides as a new funding source for the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund the pay of participating members. Requires (currently authorizes) the Secretaries of the military departments to enter into an agreement for participation in the health care program funded by such Fund.(Sec. 705) Requires the Secretary, in designating TRICARE Program health care providers, to prescribe regulations that will designate providers currently authorized under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.Subtitle B: Reports - Requires the CG to submit to Congress an evaluation of: (1) current impediments to a cost-effective and provider- and beneficiary-friendly system for claims processing under the TRICARE Program; and (2) the nature and extent of, reasons for, and trends regarding network provider instability under TRICARE, and the effectiveness of measures to mitigate such instability.(Sec. 713) Repeals a required report from DOD administering Secretaries on military health care program operations and costs.Subtitle C: Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Health Resources Sharing - Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Health Resources Sharing and Performance Improvement Act of 2002 - Urges the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) commit their departments to significantly improve mutually beneficial sharing and coordination of health care resources and services; (2) build supportive organizational cultures; and (3) establish and achieve measurable goals to facilitate increased sharing and coordination.(Sec. 723) Directs such Secretaries to enter into agreements and contracts for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of use of health care resources with the goal of improving access to, and quality and cost-effectiveness of, the health care provided to beneficiaries. Establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Health Executive Committee to recommend strategic direction for joint coordination and sharing efforts. Directs the Secretaries to carry out a program to identify, provide incentives to, implement, fund, and evaluate creative coordination and sharing initiatives at the facility, intraregional, and nationwide levels. Establishes in the Treasury a DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund. Terminates such program at the end of FY 2007. Provides guidelines and policies for implementing Committee recommendations and for carrying out related health care contracts and agreements. Requires the Secretaries to report annually to Congress on health care coordination and sharing activities.(Sec. 724) Directs the Secretaries to conduct at no less than five sites a health care resources sharing project to serve as a test for evaluating the feasibility, advantages, and disadvantages of measures and programs to improve the sharing and coordination of health care and resources. Requires testing of a pharmacy benefit program under which beneficiaries of either department have access to pharmaceutical services of the other department. Requires the Secretaries to provide for a joint review team to annually review and report on each of the participating sites. Terminates the pharmacy benefit program at the end of FY 2007.(Sec. 725) Directs the Secretaries to jointly review the adequacy of current processes and existing statutory authorities and policy governing the capability of the two departments to provide health care to members of the armed forces following domestic acts of terrorism or domestic use of weapons of mass destruction, before and after any declaration of national emergency.(Sec. 726) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adopt for use by the VA health care system the DOD system known as the Pharmacy Data Transaction System. Requires the: (1) adopted system to be fully operational by October 1, 2004; and (2) Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs an amount sufficient to cover three-fourths of the cost of implementing such system.(Sec. 727) Directs the Secretaries to carry out a pilot program under which graduate medical education and training is provided to DOD military physicians and VA physician employees through one or more programs carried out in DOD and VA medical facilities or centers. Terminates such program on July 31, 2008.(Sec. 728) Repeals current VA hospital bed limits.(Sec. 729) Requires: (1) an interim report on each program authorized under this Subtitle; (2) annual reports through the end of FY 2007 on either Secretary's use of administrative waivers under the pharmacy benefit program; (3) a report on pharmacy benefits cross-access; and (4) annual reports through 2009 on the medical education and training pilot program.Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to Congress a plan for an acquisition management professional exchange pilot program between DOD and the private sector.(Sec. 802) Directs the Secretary to evaluate, and report to Congress on, the training, knowledge, and resources needed by DOD to effectively negotiate intellectual property rights using the principles of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, and to determine whether DOD currently has the training, knowledge, and resources to meet those needs.(Sec. 803) Requires the use of competitive procedures (unless an exception has been authorized) for DOD acquisition task and delivery order contracts. Limits to five years the base period for such contracts unless a longer period is specifically authorized. Makes task order contracts for the procurement of advisory and assistance services subject to such procedures and contract limits.(Sec. 804) Amends the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 to extend until January 1, 2004, a program applying simplified acquisition procedures to certain commercial items. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on whether the authority to issue solicitations for purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold should be made permanent.(Sec. 805) Authorizes the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, every five years, to adjust for inflation the simplified acquisition threshold.(Sec. 806) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to Congress a plan for improving the personnel management policies and procedures applicable to the DOD civilian acquisition workforce based on the results of a demonstration project required under the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.(Sec. 807) Revises the size and contract period for ball and roller bearings covered under DOD simplified acquisition limitations.(Sec. 808) Directs the Secretary to establish tailored rapid acquisition and deployment procedures for items urgently needed to react to an enemy threat or respond to significant and urgent safety situations.(Sec. 809) Directs the Secretary to establish a quick-reaction special projects acquisition team to advise the Secretary on appropriate actions to expedite the procurement of urgently needed systems.(Sec. 810) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on DOD efforts on the development of anti-cyberterrorism technology.(Sec. 811) Authorizes DOD or one of the military departments to acquire a product or service from Federal Prison Industries, Inc., only if such acquisition is made through a procurement contract awarded and administered under current law, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Allows such corporation to be used as a subcontractor, but prohibits the use of such corporation as a subcontractor, supplier of products, or provider of services from being imposed upon prospective or actual defense prime contractors or subcontractors. Provides for the protection of classified and sensitive information that such corporation's inmate worker may have access to.(Sec. 812) Directs the Secretary to strive to renew any successfully performed technical assistance cooperative agreement with DOD at a funding level at least equal to that of the previous agreement.Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Redesignates the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps.(Sec. 902) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees providing an implementation plan for the United States Northern Command.(Sec. 903) Requires the national defense mission of the Coast Guard to be included in future DOD quadrennial defense reviews. Changes the year for submission of such reviews.(Sec. 905) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the effect on combat readiness of operations other than war (humanitarian, counter-drug, or peace operations, or nation assistance) in which military personnel are participating.(Sec. 907) Authorizes the Secretary to accept gifts for the operation or administration of the National Defense University. Establishes the National Defense University Gift Fund.Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this Act for FY 2003 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.(Sec. 1002) Adjusts amounts authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY 2002 by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorization were increased or decreased pursuant to supplemental appropriations during such fiscal year. Provides the same adjustment for amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for defense-related activities during such fiscal year. Prohibits the transfer of funds from DOD "transfer accounts" until the Secretary submits certain transfer information to the defense and appropriations committees. Allows adjustment of the above appropriations in the case of a pending contingent emergency supplemental appropriation for DOD military or atomic energy defense activities only if the President transmits to Congress an official budget request for that appropriation that designates it as an emergency requirement.(Sec. 1003) Allows any military officer or civilian DOD employee designated by the Secretary to act upon reports of surveys and vouchers pertaining to the loss, spoilage, unserviceability, unsuitability, or destruction of, or damage to, property of the United States under DOD control. Extends to members of the Navy and Marine Corps current authority for pay deductions for damage to or repair of arms and equipment.(Sec. 1004) Authorizes the Secretary to designate as a 'departmental accountable official' any member of the armed forces or DOD civilian employee responsible for providing to a certifying DOD official information, data, or services that are directly relied upon by such official in the certification of payment vouchers. Authorizes the Secretary to impose pecuniary liability upon such a designated official in the event of an illegal, improper, or incorrect payment.(Sec. 1005) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations governing the use and control of all purchase cards and convenience checks issued to DOD personnel for official use. Outlines required safeguards and internal controls with respect to the use of such cards and checks, and provides penalties for violations.(Sec. 1006) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts provided in an appropriations Act for procurement for a covered acquisition program to amounts provided in the same Act for RDT&E for that program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees 30 days in advance of such a transfer. Limits such transfers to $20 million per program and $250 million total. Requires unused transferred funds to be transferred back to their original purpose.(Sec. 1007) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the modernization of DOD's financial management systems and operations. Prohibits the obligation of more than 75 percent of the funds authorized for the DOD Financial Modernization Program until such report is received.Subtitle B: Reports - Requires the Secretary to report to the: (1) defense and appropriations committees on military operations conducted as part of Operation Enduring Freedom; and (2) the defense committees on biological weapons defense and counter-proliferation.(Sec. 1013) Requires (currently, only required upon request) DOD reports to Congress to be accompanied by an electronic version.(Sec. 1014) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to jointly prepare, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, a plan for the U.S. strategic force structure for nuclear weapons and their delivery systems for FY 2002 through 2012. Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on options for achieving prior to FY 2012 a posture under which the United States maintains a level of operationally deployed nuclear warheads of 1,700 to 2,200, as outlined in the Nuclear Posture Review.(Sec. 1015) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees a plan to establish a joint national training complex.(Sec. 1016) Amends Federal armed forces provisions and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to repeal various reporting requirements.(Sec. 1017) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on DOD responsibilities, missions, and plans for military support of homeland security.(Sec. 1018) Directs the Secretary to request the National Academy of Sciences to study and report on the anticipated short- and long-term effects of the use of a: (1) nuclear earth penetrator weapon on target areas; and (2) nuclear-tipped ballistic missile interceptor and of ballistic missiles not intercepted. Requires the Secretary to transfer each report to Congress.(Sec. 1020) Terminates any recurring congressional reporting requirement that applies only to DOD or one or more DOD offices five years after such requirement is enacted.Subtitle C: Other Matters - Expresses the sense of Congress requesting the President to take specified actions to ensure the maintenance of a reliable, flexible, and robust strategic deterrent.(Sec. 1022) Requires the Secretary to transmit to Congress the annual defense authorization request for a fiscal year during the first 30 days after the President transmits to Congress the budget for that fiscal year.(Sec. 1024) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation, upon request of the Secretary of Defense, to provide insurance for a vessel, regardless of its country of registration or the citizenship of its owners, that is supporting a military operation approved by the North Atlantic Council, including a vessel not operating under contract with a Federal department or agency. Authorizes such Secretary to seek claims indemnification from a country benefitting from such insurance coverage if the county is a party to an international agreement for the sharing of risks involved in mutual or joint operations.(Sec. 1025) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to sell Navy Drydock YFD-69 in Portland, Oregon, to the Portland Shipyard LLC (its current user).(Sec. 1026) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should: (1) establish 23 additional teams designated as Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (for a total of 55 of such teams); and (2) ensure that of such 55 teams there is at least one team established for each State and territory.(Sec. 1027) Requires a DOD element that maintains a repository of DNA samples for human remains identification purposes to make such samples available, pursuant to a court order, for the investigation or prosecution of a felony or any sexual offense for which no other source of DNA information is available.(Sec. 1028) Expresses the sense of Congress that the number of Navy aircraft carriers in active service should not be less than 12. Commends aircraft carrier crews that have participated in Operation Enduring Freedom and the homeland defense mission.(Sec. 1029) Authorizes the Secretary to establish and maintain a secure National Foreign Language Skills Registry of linguistically qualified U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens willing to provide linguistic services in times of emergency to assist DOD and other Federal agencies with translation and interpretation in critical languages. Authorizes the Secretary to accept voluntary translation and interpretation services.(Sec. 1030) Directs the Secretary to review and report on the effect of the contract award for the lead design agent for the DD(X) ship program on the industrial base for ship combat system development.(Sec. 1031) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should continue to engage the President of the Russian Federation for enhanced cooperation to promote mutual security of tactical nuclear weapons. Outlines appropriate cooperative activities. Requires a report from the President to Congress on the status of cooperation objectives.(Sec. 1032) Increases by: (1) $65 million the amount authorized for Army missile procurement, to be available for an additional 24 PAC-3 missiles; and (2) $70 million the amount authorized for the Missile Defense Agency, to be available only for the Israeli Arrow Ballistic Missile Defense System program.(Sec. 1033) Authorizes the Secretary, upon request, to assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps to assist the: (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in preventing the entry of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens; and (2) U.S. Customs Service (Customs) in the inspection of cargo, vehicles, and aircraft to prevent the entry of weapons of mass destruction and related components, prohibited narcotics or drugs, or other terrorist or drug trafficking items.. Requires each member performing such duties to be accompanied by a civilian law enforcement officer from the appropriate agency. Authorizes the Attorney General or Secretary of the Treasury to establish ongoing joint task forces for responding to a threat to national security posed by the entry of terrorists or drug traffickers. Terminates such assignment authority at the end of FY 2005.(Sec. 1034) Expresses the sense of Congress that no funds appropriated pursuant to the authorizations in this Act should be used for any assistance to, or cooperation with or support for, the International Criminal Court.Title XI: Civilian Personnel Matters - Makes employees of a DOD nonappropriated fund instrumentality eligible for Federal long-term care insurance. Authorizes the Secretary to determine whether a DOD nonappropriated fund instrumentality shall be so covered or is already covered under an alternative program.(Sec. 1102) Extends until October 1, 2006, the authority to make lump-sum severance payments to DOD employees.(Sec. 1103) Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in conducting and analyzing data provided in wage surveys, to provide for wage differentials for any hardship or hazard related to asbestos and possible asbestos exposure.(Sec. 1104) Extends, for individuals separated through FY 2005 (currently, FY 2002), Federal Employee Health Benefits Program eligibility based on involuntary separation from military service, or voluntary separation from a surplus position, in the Departments of Defense or Energy due to a reduction in force.(Sec. 1105) Requires OPM to conduct full-scale Federal wage surveys to determine prevailing wage rates every three (currently two) years.(Sec. 1106) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prescribe professional certification and credential standards for professional accounting positions within DOD; and (2) waive such standards when appropriate. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on plans to provide training to appropriate DOD personnel to meet the new standards.Title XII: Matters Relating to Other Nations - Limits to $15 million the total assistance authorized for support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. Extends such authority through FY 2003.(Sec. 1202) Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement a comprehensive plan to conduct joint operational training for, and exchanges of senior officers between, U.S. military forces and the military forces of Taiwan; and (2) submit such plan to Congress.(Sec. 1203) Authorizes the Secretary, through FY 2005, to provide administrative services and support for foreign liaison officers performing duties while temporarily assigned to U.S. components or commands. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees.(Sec. 1204) Authorizes the Secretary to include, under a program in which the Secretary issues loan guarantees arising out of the sale or long-term lease of defense articles or services, a country that assists in combating drug trafficking organizations or foreign terrorist organizations. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and State to report to specified congressional committees enumerating those countries so included.(Sec. 1205) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 50 percent of the FY 2003 funds made available for activities associated with the Joint Data Exchange Center in Moscow, Russia, until: (1) the United States and Russian Federation enter into cost-sharing and tax exemption agreements; and (2) 30 days after the Secretary submits such agreements to the defense committees.(Sec. 1206) Prohibits any DOD funds from being used to support or maintain more than 500 members of the armed forces on duty in the Republic of Columbia at any time. Provides exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitation in the national security interest.Title XIII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - 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. 1303) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY 2003 CTR funds until the submission of specified reports required under prior defense authorization Acts.(Sec. 1304) Amends the Spence Act to include in a required report information on the use of revenue generated by activities carried out under CTR programs.(Sec. 1305) Prohibits any CTR funds from being used for the design, planning, or construction of a second wing for a storage facility for Russian fissile material.(Sec. 1306) Expresses the sense of Congress recognizing the threat of Russian proliferation to Iran of nuclear and missile technology, materials, and information. Requires a report from the President to Congress, in each of 2003 through 2009, describing in detail Russian proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile goods and technology, and of dual-use items that may contribute to the development of such weapons and missiles to Iran and other countries.(Sec. 1307) Prohibits the use of CTR funds for threat reduction projects, programs, or activities in countries other than the states of the former Soviet Union.(Sec. 1308) Makes certain restrictions under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 concerning the use of CTR funds without compliance with all relevant arms control agreements inapplicable with respect to U.S. assistance to Russia if the President certifies to Congress that waiving such restrictions is important to U.S. national security interests. Terminates such waiver authority on December 31, 2005. Requires a report from the President to Congress on any use of such authority.(Sec. 1309) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 50 percent of the FY 2003 CTR funds for defense and military contacts activities until the Secretary reports to Congress describing the operation and success of such activities carried out under CTR programs during FY 2001 and 2002.Title XIV: Utah Test and Training Range - States that nothing in this Act, the Wilderness Act, or other Federal land management laws shall restrict or preclude: (1) low-level military overflights and operations of military aircraft, helicopters, or unmanned aerial vehicles over the Utah Test and Training Range, including the Dugway Proving Ground; or (2) the designation of new or expansion of existing units of special use airspace, or the use or establishment of military training routes over federally designated wilderness or wilderness study areas, within such Range. Prohibits the removal of existing communications, instrumentation, or electronic tracking systems from such areas, as well as any other equipment necessary to meet military testing and training requirements. Requires timely access to such areas to respond to emergency situations. Directs the Secretaries of the Air Force and Interior to enter into a memorandum of understanding for access to the wilderness areas located beneath the airspace of the Range. Authorizes restricted or prohibited public access to such areas when required by national security or public safety.(Sec. 1403) Designates specified Federal lands within the Range as wilderness areas, and withdraws such lands from all forms or entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, including mining and mineral and geothermal leasing. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer such wilderness areas. Authorizes fish and wildlife habitat restoration and livestock grazing within such areas, where appropriate.(Sec. 1404) Designates as wilderness certain Federal lands in: (1) Box Elder County, Utah, to be known as the Pilot Range Wilderness Area; and (2) Tooele County, Utah, to be known as the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area.Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Title XXI(sic): Army - 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 2002 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 2002 to increase the amounts authorized for construction projects at Fort Carson, Colorado, and Fort Jackson, South Carolina.Title XXII: Navy - 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 2002 to increase the amount authorized for a construction project at the Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia.Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under Title XXI.Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - 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 carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 2002 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.(Sec. 2404) Amends various military construction authorization Acts to increase the amounts authorized for chemical demilitarization projects at the: (1) Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky; (2) Newport Army Depot, Indiana; and (3) Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado.Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2002 for such Program.Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2002 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in Titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2005, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2006, 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 - Authorizes the Secretary concerned, in connection with any military housing acquired or constructed, to furnish firefighting, fire protection, and police protection services. Repeals the authority for interim leases of military family housing units or military unaccompanied housing units.Establishes the Department of Defense Housing Improvement Fund. (Currently, there are two separate funds for improvements to military family housing and military unaccompanied housing.) Provides for Fund credits. Increases the total budget authority of contracts and investments using Fund authorities. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the Fund unobligated amounts from the previous separate funds.(Sec. 2802) Authorizes the Secretary concerned (currently, the Secretary of Defense) to carry out construction projects as part of a required environmental response action, requiring congressional notification when amounts for such projects exceed the unspecified minor construction threshold.(Sec. 2803) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to lease additional family housing units in Korea both at and above the current lease limit of $25,000 per year (to a maximum of $35,000 per year).(Sec. 2804) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) carry out up to three pilot projects to use the private sector for the acquisition or construction of military unaccompanied housing in the United States, including any U.S. territory or possession; and (2) assign members of the armed forces to such housing. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to set specific higher rates of partial basic allowance for housing for members assigned to such units. Utilizes the Department of Defense Housing Improvement Fund to carry out activities under the pilot projects. Authorizes a transfer to such Fund, subject to 90 days prior notification of the appropriate congressional committees, from amounts appropriated for construction of military unaccompanied housing projects in military construction accounts. Requires a report from the Secretary of the Navy to the appropriate congressional committees on pilot project activities and related contractual information. Terminates pilot project authority at the end of FY 2007.Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into agreements with private entities to limit space encroachments and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations on or in the vicinity of military installations. Outlines agreement requirements and conditions. Provides agreement funding through specified O&M funds.(Sec. 2812) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to convey surplus real property to eligible recipients to undertake natural resource conservation activities. Provides a reversionary interest if the property is not used and maintained for such purposes. Authorizes the release of covenants with respect to such property.(Sec. 2813) Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to make certain screening requirements for property used in support of response actions inapplicable to excess or surplus DOD property used for responding to: (1) a war or national emergency; or (2) an emergency or major disaster.(Sec. 2814) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a demonstration program to assess the feasibility and desirability of including facility maintenance requirements in up to 12 military construction contracts to determine whether such requirements facilitate reductions in the long-term facility maintenance costs of the military departments. Requires a program report from the Secretary to Congress. Terminates program authority at the end of FY 2006. Provides funding from military construction funds.(Sec. 2815) Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to repeal a provision which prohibits the Secretary from transferring certain property in exchange for military housing units if the property is identified in a redevelopment plan for a closed or realigned military installation as essential to that installation's reuse or redevelopment.Subtitle C: Land Conveyances - Part I: Army Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) any of certain eligible entities in Alaska certain Alaska lands determined to be no longer required for National Guard purposes; (2) the city of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, an abandoned railroad spur at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, for storm water management, recreation, transportation, and other public purposes; (3) the Buffalo, Minnesota Independent School District 877 the former Army reserve training center in Buffalo; (4) El Paso County, Texas, a portion of Fort Bliss, Texas, for the construction of a veterans' nursing home; (5) the Veterans Land Board of the State of Texas a portion of Fort Hood, Texas, for establishing a State-run cemetery for veterans; and (6) a recipient under competitive bid procedures certain military family housing at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, in order to build replacement military family housing or to rehabilitate existing housing units.Part II: Navy Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to ENPEX Corporation a portion of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, for the production of electric power and related activities.(Sec. 2832) Directs the Secretaries of the Navy and the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia, and Prince William Forest Park, Virginia, to conform to the boundaries depicted on a specified map depicting such boundary adjustments. Provides for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of specified portions of such areas following the boundary adjustment.Part III: Air Force Conveyances - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to West Wendover, Nevada, and Tooele County, Utah, specified portions of the Wendover Air Force Base auxiliary filed determined by the Secretary of the Air Force to be no longer required for Air Force purposes.Subtitle D: Other Matters - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant an easement to a previously-specified entity for the construction and maintenance of a restricted access highway (current law), notwithstanding any State law that would otherwise prevent either such Secretary from granting the easement or the entity from constructing and maintaining such highway.(Sec. 2862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to sell treated water and wastewater treatment services from facilities at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, North Carolina, if such Secretary determines that the provision of such water and services will be in the public interest and will not interfere with current or future Camp operations.(Sec. 2863) Ratifies a specified agreement regarding the conveyance of property at the Adak Naval Complex, Alaska. Removes such land, upon its conveyance, from the National Wildlife Refuge System. Authorizes related conveyances.(Sec. 2864) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require that: (1) any decision by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to add an installation to the list for closure must be unanimous; and (2) at least two Commission members must have visited the added installation during the period of the Commission's list review.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 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2003 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration 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; and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities and other defense activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental restoration and waste management, defense environmental management cleanup reform, defense facilities closure projects, defense environmental management privatization, other defense activities, and defense nuclear waste disposal.Subtitle B: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations General Provisions - Department of Energy National Security Authorizations General Provisions Act - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this subtitle for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress until the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this Division) transmits to the defense and appropriations committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have since expired.(Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Requires congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits.(Sec. 3124) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOE authorized funds: (1) to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which such funds were authorized; or (2) between authorizations within DOE, to be merged with and available for the same purposes. Requires notification to the defense committees of any such transfers.(Sec. 3125) Directs the Secretary, before submitting a funding request for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program, to complete a conceptual design for such project. Requires a separate funding request for designs for which the estimated cost exceeds $3 million. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out construction design services in connection with any proposed construction project if the total estimated cost for the design does not exceed $600,000. Requires specific authorization by law for designs exceeding such amount.(Sec. 3126) Authorizes the use of DOE funds for planning, design, or construction activities for any DOE national security program that must proceed expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, meet the needs of national defense, or protect property. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees when funds are so used.(Sec. 3129) Directs the Secretary to empower each DOE field office manager with the authority to transfer defense environmental management funds from a program or project under such office's jurisdiction to another program or project in order to address a risk to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of such funds at that field office. Limits such transfers to a total of $5 million per fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress within 30 days after any such transfer.(Sec. 3130) Directs the Secretary to empower each DOE field office manager with the authority to transfer weapons activities funds from a program or project of that office to another such program or project when such transfer is necessary to address a risk to health, safety, or the environment or will result in cost savings and efficiencies. Limits such transfer to $5 million. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress within 30 days after any such transfer.Subtitle C: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - Amends the Thurmond Act to extend until April 1, 2003, the authority of a panel to assess the reliability, safety, and security of the U.S. nuclear stockpile. Extends a related reporting requirement.(Sec. 3142) Transfers from the Secretary of Defense to the Administrator for Nuclear Security the CTR program relating to the elimination of weapons grade plutonium in Russia, along with related activities and assets.(Sec. 3143) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to repeal report requirements on the obligation of funds for programs on fissile materials in Russia.(Sec. 3144) Requires the head of each DOE national security laboratory and the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command to report annually to the Secretary concerned (Defense or Energy) a certification regarding the safety, reliability, and performance of each nuclear weapon type in the active stockpile of the United States for which such official is responsible. Requires an annual report from such Secretaries to the President and Congress on certifications received. Requires each national security laboratory head to assemble "red teams" to provide oversight with respect to such certifications. Requires each laboratory head and the strategic commander to report on the stockpile stewardship and management program of DOE.(Sec. 3145) Directs the Secretary to prepare, and include within DOE budget justification documents for FY 2004, a plan for achieving a one-year readiness posture for U.S. resumption of underground nuclear weapons tests.(Sec. 3146) States it to be U.S. policy not to conduct development which could lead to the production of a new low-yield nuclear weapon, including a precision low-yield warhead. Prohibits the Secretary from conducting any such development which has not entered into production on the date of enactment of this Act.Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Defense Environmental Management - Directs the Secretary, using funds made available under this title, to carry out a program to reform DOE environmental management activities. Requires a site performance management plan for each site for which the Secretary allocates funding for such program.(Sec. 3152) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the status of those environmental management initiatives being undertaken to accelerate the reduction of environmental risks and challenges that, as a result of the legacy of the Cold War, and faced by DOE, its contractors, and applicable Federal and State regulatory agencies.Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY 2003, to obligate up to $76.4 million of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposal of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amount 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations.Title XXXIV: Naval Petroleum Reserves - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 2003 to carry out activities relating to the naval petroleum reserves.Title XXXV: Maritime Administration - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Administration.(Sec. 3502) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey the vessel USS SPHINX to the Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum upon certain conditions, including that: (1) the recipient uses the vessel as a nonprofit military museum and not for commercial transportation; and (2) the recipient makes the vessel available to the Government when required by such Secretary.(Sec. 3503) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide, to any State to which an obsolete ship is transferred, financial assistance to prepare the ship for use as an artificial reef, including costs for environmental remediation, towing, and sinking.(Sec. 3504) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to obtain independent analysis of an application for the guarantee or commitment to guarantee financing for the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of a covered vessel.