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    NONLETHAL WEAPONS PROGRAM: NATION DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

    U.S. Government

    July 1995

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    104TH CONGRESS }         SENATE          {   REPORT
    1st Session    }                         {   104-112

    NATION DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

    ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

    REPORT

    [TO ACCOMPANY S. 1026]

    ON

    AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 FOR MILITARY
    ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY
    CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
    ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR
    THE ARMED FORCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

    TOGETHER WITH

    ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS

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    COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE

    JULY 12 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995. -- Ordered to be
    printed

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    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 92-111
    WASHINGTON : 1995

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    with the legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act
    for Fiscal Year 1995.

    *Section - 218. Nonlethal weapons program*.

    Non-lethal weapons (NLW) offer field commanders important new
    capabilities across the spectrum of conflict, but are especially
    valuable in non-traditional operations where high collateral
    damage can inflame the situation, put U.S. lives at risk, and
    undermine the political objectives of the mission. NLW disable
    or incapacitate personnel and equipment while causing minimal
    collateral damage. They can also be used to make reversible
    attacks against infrastructure -- roads or power grids, for
    example. NLW systems can also locate and destroy an enemy's
    weapons or the projectiles fired by them.

    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
    authorized $41.0 million for work on non-lethal weapons
    technology applicable to peacekeeping and law enforcement. The
    committee supports the continuation of the effort to identify,
    evaluate, develop and field non-lethal systems and technologies
    that recommends $37.2 million for fiscal year 1996. This effort
    includes dual use technologies that will benefit both military
    forces and law enforcement. Thus the fiscal year 1996
    authorization for a NLW program will incorporate the joint
    program conducted under the Memorandum of Understanding between
    the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense, and
    managed in fiscal year 1995 by the Advanced Research Projects
    Agency.

    The committee notes the interest on the part of the Department of
    Defense on developing near-term NLW capabilities because of
    their possible value in complex, ambiguous situations that demand
    operational flexibility. In particular, the committee commends
    the initiative of the Marine Corps in transitioning non-lethal
    technologies for employment in Operation United Shield. Although
    limited in scope, the Marine Corps experience validated the
    operational utility of NLW. It also revealed significant
    shortcomings in the U.S. Military's ability to deploy nonlethal
    and less-than-lethal systems.

    Consequently, the committee directs that a new, consolidated
    program for non-lethal systems and technology be established and
    managed by the Office of Strategic and Tactical Systems of the
    Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, which has
    demonstrated a commitment to systemization and fielding of mature
    NLW technologies. The focus of this new Program Office shall be
    to create the earliest possible operational capabilities for
    deployed forces. The committee establishes a new Program
    Element/budget line item for this program, and directs the
    following transfer of funds to the new Program Element: $6.0
    million; from PE 603750D Advanced Concept Technology (Advanced
    Land Systems), $17.8 million; and from PE 603226E Experimental
    Evaluation of Major Innovative Technologies, $10.0 million.

    The committee intends that these funds be used to execute the NLW
    program plan recently approved by the Under Secretary of Defense
    for Acquisition and Technology. However, the committee is also
    aware of

    Pg. 109

    other funds being used to support highly classified programs in
    non-lethal technology and Operations Other Than War. The
    committee recommends that the new Program Office for Non-lethal
    Systems and Technology be given responsibility for coordinating
    a comprehensive, Department-wide effort in NLW and Operations
    Other Than War, including currently classified programs.

    *Section - 219. Federally funded research and development
    centers*.

    The committee is pleased at the degree to which the Under
    Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology is
    attempting to assert greater management control over the 11
    Department of Defense federally-funded research and development
    centers (FFRDC) and the similar university affiliated research
    centers (UARC). The committee supports the current initiatives
    within the Department of Defense to improve the management of
    fees, to define the core work that FFRDC's and UARC's perform, to
    compete the non-core work, and to establish an independent
    advisory committee to review and report annually on Department
    of Defense management of FFRDC's and UARC's. The committee
    intends to review the implementation of these initiatives in
    future hearings to insure that implementation is timely and
    aggressive.

    The committee notes that the recent DOD FFRDC management efforts
    have included two independent reviews of the controversial issue
    of executive compensation. Both the DOD Inspector General and
    the private sector Hay Group analyzed this issue, and found that
    executive compensation levels at FFRDC's were generally either
    at or below the market averages. Therefore, the committee
    believes that continuation of a congressionally-mandated salary
    ceiling is inappropriate.

    In recognition of the continuing decline in funding for research
    and development, the committee recommends an undistributed
    reduction in FFRDC funding of $90.0 million below the ceiling
    for fiscal year 1995 and has established a statutory ceiling for
    FFRDC's of $1.162 billion in fiscal year 1996. The committee
    expects that this reduction will be implemented by moving
    non-core work, from FFRDCs other than Studies and Analyses
    FFRDCs, to other competitively-awarded contracts as determined by
    the ongoing DOD review of core capabilities for FFRDC's. The
    committee directs the Department to ensure adequate funding
    this year for those FFRDCs engaging in studies and analyses for
    the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the services. The
    committee further directs the Department to provide Congress
    with a recommended funding ceiling for the UARCs for fiscal year
    1996. The committee directs that no more than one third of the
    total funds for UARCs be released until the proposed ceiling is
    transmitted to Congress.

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