surveillance and control, armament/target systems; nonnuclear; chemical, and biological munitions devices and techniques; radar measurements, and vertical probe operations.

Acquisition and command support. $175 million. This project includes funds for the support of the following:

The Air Force aeronautical systems division, $76.8 million.This division provides for the research and development for the acquisition of aeronautical systems and equipped; for planning of limited war and counterinsurgency to include reconnaissance systems and related equipment; and for the management and operation of the Air Systems Division of the Air Force Systems Command.

The Air Force electronic systems division, $33.1 million. This division provides for research and development of the acquisition of electronic and electromagnetic information and communications systems; equipment for command, control of forces; ground based warning; surveillance, detection, tracking, and ground assessment of objects in space; and support functions and management and operation of the Air Force Electronic Systems Division of the Air Force Systems Command.

The Air Force space and missile systems organization, $30.4 million. This organization provides for the research and development effort in support of space and ballistic missile projects and the operation of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization of the Air Force Systems Command.

The Air Force aerospace medical division, $4.9 million. This division provides for research and development in the fields of medical research, medical education, and clinical medicine and the operation of the Air Force Aerospace Medical Division of the Air Force Systems Command.

The Air Force office of aerospace research, $3.2 million.-This office provides for the operation of the Office of Aerospace Research Headquarters complex and staff.

The Air Force systems command headquarters, $26.6 million.This headquarters provides for the operation of the Air Force Systems Command Headquarters complex and staff.

UNALLOCATED REDUCTION

The recommended general reduction of $0.4 million has not been allocated to the various budget activities.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE AGENCIES

The committee recommends concurrence in the House allowance of $450 million for the appropriation entitled, "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Agencies". The sum recommended is a reduction of $50.2 million in the budget estimate and includes the following specific reductions:

Within the total reduction of $50.2 million $9.5 million is to be applied in accordance with the "Fulbright" amendment, as follows: Federal Contract Research Centers, $3.5 million, foreign research, $0.7 million; project Agile (ARPA), $5 million; and social and behavorial sciences, $0.3 million.

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

Each of the organizations and activities included in the recommended program is discussed below. The sums referred to are intended to reflect the magnitude of the programs of the various organizations and activities and are not to be considered as specific recommendations.

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), $212.1 million.-The recommended program includes $212.1 million for the projects and activities of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, a reduction of $26 million in the budget request of $238.1 million. The planned program for fiscal year 1970 is set out in the following tabulation:

Studies and Analyses, $9.0 million.-These funds provide for studies and analyses for various components of the Office of the Secretary of Defense such as the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Director, Defense Research and Engineering; and Assistant Secretaries of Defense. These efforts are generally directed toward operational analyses and evaluations as well as short-term research and development type studies aimed at specific problems areas that are of peculiar interest in the execution of Department of Defense program. Of the total, approximately $5.4 million is for studies for the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group.

Defense Communications Agency, $13.8 million. The research and development program of the Defense Communications Agency consists of scientific and engineering investigations to provide factual bases for recommendations relative to research and development projects of the military departments and for new work required to assure the progressive improvement of the Defense communications system, and the continuing integration of the Department of Defense satellite communications system. The planned program for fiscal year 1970 includes the following projects: Communications satellite project, $3 million; Defense communications system, $7.5 million; and national military command system, $5 million.

Defense Supply Agency, $10.4 million. These funds provide for the operation of the Defense Documentation Center. This center, located at Cameron Station, Alexandria, Va., is assigned for operational control and direction to the Defense Supply Agency. This center serves as the central collection and secondary distribution point for Department of Defense scientific and technical information.

Classified Activities, $204.7 million. These funds provide for a number of classified research and development projects and activities of the Department of Defense and Defense Agencies.

The committee recommends concurrence in the House allowance of $75 million for this appropriation. The sum recommended is a reduction of $25 million in the revised budget estimate, and the full amount authorized in the Department of Defense Procurement and Research and Development Authorization Act, 1970 (Public Law 91-121).

In addition to the recommended appropriation of $75 million, authority to transfer not to exceed $150 million from other appropriations of the Department of Defense for the purposes of this appropriation is recommended. This is in accord with the action of the House on this matter.

This appropriation and transfer authority provides the Secretary of Defense with additional funds necessary to meet emergencies involving the national security by supplementing the regular Department of Defense appropriations available for research, development, test, and evaluation in order to defray the cost of preliminary exploitation of new developments and other contingencies.

TITLE VI-GENERAL PROVISION

SEC. 642: AVAILABILITY OF PROCUREMENT AND RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION APPROPRIATIONS

For many years the appropriations for procurement and those for research, development, test, and evaluation have been made available without restriction as to when such funds could be obligated.

The House bill would convert these appropriations to multiple-year appropriations, available for obligation for a limited period of time. The period of availability for obligation would be 5 years for shipbuilding, 3 years other procurement accounts, and 2 years for research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.

The House bill reflects a deep concern over the Department's mismanagement of prior-year balances, and is directed at tightening control over this area-a concern and an objective which this committee fully shares. However, the House bill would impose an immense administrative burden on the Department on very short notice. Technical changes would be necessary in the fiscal year 1971 budget, an especially serious problem because of the short period available for implementation. Immediate accounting changes as well as changes in program and financial management would have to be placed in effect with no advance notice. Beyond the immediate problem, the House bill would cause the number of procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation appropriations on the books of the Treasury to increase for 13 today to an ultimate total of 76.

Accordingly, the committee recommends an alternative, designed to accomplish the objectives of the House bill. In the language recommended by the committee section 642 of the bill would real as follows:

SECTION 642.

(a) Amounts, as determined by the Secretary of Defense and approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, of any appropriations of the Department of Defense available for procurement (except shipbuilding and conversion, Navy) which (1) will remain unobligated as of the close of any fiscal year for which estimates are submitted and (2) which have been available for obligation for three or more fiscal years, shall be proposed for rescission.

(b) Amounts, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, of any appropriations of the Department of Defense available for shipbuilding which (1) will remain unobligated as of the close of any fiscal year for which estimates are submitted and (2) which have been available for obligation for five or more fiscal years, shall be proposed for rescission.

(c) Amounts, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, of any appropriations of the Department of Defense available for research, development, test and evaluation (except Emergency Fund, Defense) which (1) will remain unobligated as of the close of any fiscal year for which estimates are submitted and (2) which have been available for obligation for two or more fiscal years, shall be proposed for rescission.

The alternative has three major features:

1. Continues to provide no-year appropriations for procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation;

2. Provides a new general provision, requiring that future budget submissions (starting with that for fiscal year 1971) identify all old balances and recommend them for rescission; and

3. Modifies the reprograming procedures to provide that there will be no reprograming from an earlier fiscal year program to a later fiscal year program without prior congressional approval. Under this approach, the fiscal year 1971 column of the fiscal year 1971 budget will reflect a rescission of old balances, estimated to remain unobligated as of June 30, 1971, as follows:

1. From 1967 and prior programs for "Shipbuilding and conversion, Navy."

2. From 1969 and prior programs for other procurement appropriations.

3. From 1970 and prior programs for research, development, test and evaluation appropriations.

From the viewpoint of congressional control, this approach would have the same effect as the multiyear appropriations provided in the House bill. The old balances would be identified and proposed for rescission; they would be unavailable to the Department unless Congress decided not to rescind them. In fact, this approach goes beyond the House bill in this regard, in that the old balances from previous procurement appropriations would be wiped out in the fiscal year 1971 budget, which the House bill would not accomplish.

The alternative approach we have suggested offers many additional advantages. The number of accounts on the Treasury's books would continue at 13, versus 76 under the House bill. No changes in internal accounting instruction would be necessary. The impact upon budgetary presentation would be minimal. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, this approach would not disrupt the stronger features of the Department's internal systems.