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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
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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

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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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