"(a) EUROPEAN PROCUREMENT PRACTICES.-The Secretary of Defense shall "(1) compute the total value of American-made military goods and services procured each year by European governments or companies; "(2) review defense procurement practices of European governments to determine what factors are considered in the selection of contractors and to determine whether American firms are discriminated against in the selection of contractors for purchases by such governments of military goods and services; and "(3) establish a procedure for discussion with European governments about defense contract awards made by them that American firms believe were awarded unfairly. "(b) DEFENSE TRADE AND COOPERATION WORKING GROUP.-The Secretary of Defense shall establish a defense trade and cooperation working group. The purpose of the group is to evaluate the impact of, and formulate United States positions on, European initiatives that affect United States defense trade, cooperation, and technology security. In carrying out the responsibilities of the working group, members of the group shall consult, as appropriate, with personnel in the Departments of State and Commerce and in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. "(c) GAO REVIEW.-The Comptroller General shall conduct a review to determine how the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are implementing their bilateral reciprocal defense procurement memoranda of understanding with the United States. The Comptroller General shall complete the review, and submit to Congress a report on the results of the review, not later than February 1, 1992." DEPARTMENT of Defense USE OF NATIONAL Section 924 of Pub. L. 102-190 provided that: "(a) PROCEDURES FOR USE.-The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence, shall prescribe procedures for regularly and periodically exercising national intelligence collection systems and exploitation organizations that would be used to provide intelligence support, including support of the combatant commands, during a war or threat to national security. "(b) USE IN JOINT TRAINING EXERCISES.-In accordance with procedures prescribed under subsection (a), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall provide for the use of the national intelligence collection systems and exploitation organizations in joint training exercises to the extent necessary to ensure that those systems and organizations are capable of providing intelligence support, including support of the combatant commands, during a war or threat to national security. "(c) REPORT.-Not later than May 1, 1992, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a joint report "(1) describing the procedures prescribed under subsection (a); and "(2) stating the assessment of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the performance in joint training exercises of the national intelligence collection systems and the Chairman's recommendations for any changes that the Chairman considers appropriate to improve that performance." FAMILY SUPPort Center FOR FAMILIES OF PRISONERS OF WAR AND PERSONS MISSING IN ACTION Section 1083 of Pub. L. 102-190 provided that: "(a) REQUEST FOR ESTABLISHMENT.-The President is authorized and requested to establish in the Department of Defense a family support center to provide in formation and assistance to members of the families of persons who at any time while members of the Armed Forces were classified as prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia and who have not been accounted for. Such a support center should be located in a facility in the National Capital region. "(b) DUTIES.-The center should be organized and provided with such personnel as necessary to permit the center to assist family members referred to in subsection (a) in contacting the departments and agencies of the Federal Government having jurisdiction over matters relating to such persons." REPORTS ON FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND COSTS OF OPERATION DESERT STORM Pub. L. 102-25, title IV, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 99, directed Director of Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress a number of reports on incremental costs associated with Operation Desert Storm and amounts of contributions made to United States by foreign countries to offset those costs, with a final report due not later than Nov. 15, 1992, and directed Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury to jointly submit to Congress a number of reports on contributions made by foreign countries as part of international response to Persian Gulf crisis, with a final report due not later than Nov. 15, 1992. CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES OF MEMBERS SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY DURING PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT Pub. L. 102-25, title VI, § 601, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 105, as amended by Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title X, § 1063(d)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1476; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X, § 1053(8), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2502, provided that: "(a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Defense may provide assistance for families of members of the Armed Forces and of members of the National Guard who served on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to ensure that the children of such families obtain needed child care services. The assistance authorized by this section should be directed primarily toward providing needed child care services for children of such personnel who are serving in the Persian Gulf area or who were otherwise deployed, assigned, or ordered to active duty in connection with Operation Desert Storm. "(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated from the Defense Cooperation Account for fiscal year 1991 under section 101(a) [105 Stat. 78], $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs of carrying out such provisions are incremental costs associated with Operation Desert Storm. "(c) SUPPLEMENTATION OF OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS.Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (b) that are made available to carry out this section may be used only to supplement, and not to supplant, the amount of any other Federal, State, or local government funds otherwise expended or authorized for the support of child care programs for members of the Armed Forces." FAMILY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO FAMI LIES OF MEMBERS SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY IN OPERATION DESERT STORM Pub. L. 102-25, title VI, § 602, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 106, as amended by Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title X, § 1063(d)(2), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1476, provided that: "(a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Defense may provide assistance in accordance with this section to families of members of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who served on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to ensure that those families receive educational assistance and family support services necessary to meet needs arising out of Operation Desert Storm. "(b) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.-The assistance authorized by this section may be provided to families directly or through the awarding of grants, contracts, or other forms of financial assistance to appropriate private or public entities. "(c) GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ASSISTED.-(1) Such assistance shall be provided primarily in geographic areas "(A) in which a substantial number of members of the active components of the Armed Forces of the United States are permanently assigned and from which a significant number of such members are being deployed, or have been deployed, in connection with Operation Desert Storm; or "(B) from which a significant number of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces ordered to, or retained on, active duty pursuant to section 672(a) [now 12301(a)], 672(d) [now 12301(d)], 673 [now 12302], 673b [now 12304], or 688 of title 10, United States Code, are being deployed, or have been deployed, in connection with Operation Desert Storm. "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall determine which areas meet the criteria set out in paragraph (1). "(d) EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.-Educational assistance authorized by this section may be used for the furnishing of one or more of the following forms of assistance: "(1) Individual or group counseling for children and other members of the families of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have been deployed in connection with, or are casualties of, Operation Desert Storm. "(2) Training and technical assistance to better prepare teachers and other school employees to address questions and concerns of children of such members of the Armed Forces. "(3) Other appropriate programs, services, and information designed to address the special needs of children and other members of the families of members of the Armed Forces referred to in paragraph (1) resulting from the deployment, the return from deployment, or the medical or rehabilitation needs of such members. "(e) FAMILY SUPPORT ASSISTANCE.-Family support assistance authorized by this section may be used for the following purposes: "(1) Family crisis intervention. "(2) Family counseling. "(3) Family support groups. "(4) Expenses for volunteer activities. "(5) Respite care. "(6) Housing protection and advocacy. "(7) Food assistance. "(8) Employment assistance. "(9) Child care. "(10) Benefits eligibility determination services. “(12) Adult day care for dependent elderly and dis- "(13) Temporary housing assistance for immediate family members visiting soldiers wounded during Operation Desert Storm and receiving medical treatment at military hospitals and facilities in the United States. "(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated from the Defense Cooperation Account for fiscal year 1991 under section 101(a) [105 Stat. 78], $30,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs of carrying out such provisions are incremental costs of Operation Desert Storm." WITHHOLDING OF PAYMENTS TO INDIRECT-HIRE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OF NONPAYING PLEDGING NATIONS Pub. L. 102-25, title VI, § 608, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 112, provided that: "(a) GENERAL RULE.-Effective as of the end of the six-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Apr. 6, 1991], the Secretary of Defense shall withhold payments to any nonpaying pledging nation that would otherwise be paid as reimbursements for expenses of indirect-hire civilian personnel of the Department of Defense in that nation. “(b) NONPAYING PLEDGING NATION DEFINED.-For purposes of this section, the term 'nonpaying pledging nation' means a foreign nation that has pledged to the United States that it will make contributions to assist the United States in defraying the incremental costs of Operation Desert Shield and which has not paid to the United States the full amount so pledged. "(c) RELEASE OF WITHHELD AMOUNTS.-When a nation affected by subsection (a) has paid to the United States the full amount pledged, the Secretary of Defense shall release the amounts withheld from payment pursuant to subsection (a). “(d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.-The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in subsection (a) upon certification to Congress that the waiver is required in the national security interests of the United States." PROGRAMMING Language for Department of DEFENSE Pub. L. 102-396, title IX, § 9070, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1918, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where cost effective, all Department of Defense software shall be written in the programming language Ada, in the absence of special exemption by an official designated by the Secretary of Defense." Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 102-172, title VIII, § 8073, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1188. Pub. L. 101-511, title VIII, § 8092, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1896. CONTRIBUTIONS BY JAPAN to Support of United Pub. L. 101-511, title VIII, § 8105, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 "(a) PERMANENT CEILING ON UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN JAPAN.-After September 30, 1990, funds appropriated pursuant to an appropriation contained in this Act or any subsequent Act may not be used to support an end strength level of all personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Japan at any level in excess of 50,000. "(b) ANNUAL REDUCTION IN CEILING UNLESS Support FURNISHED.-Unless the President certifies to Congress before the end of each fiscal year that Japan has agreed to offset for that fiscal year the direct costs incurred by the United States related to the presence of all United States military personnel in Japan, excluding the military personnel title costs, the end strength level for that fiscal year of all personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Japan may not exceed the number that is 5,000 less than such end strength level for the preceding fiscal year. "(c) SENSE Of Congress.-It is the sense of Congress that all those countries that share the benefits of international security and stability should share in the responsibility for that stability and security commensurate with their national capabilities. The Congress also recognizes that Japan has made a substantial pledge of financial support to the effort to support the United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iraq. The Congress also recognizes that Japan has a greater economic capability to contribute to international security and stability than any other member of the international community and wishes to encourage Japan to contribute commensurate with that capability. "(d) EXCEPTIONS.-(1) This section shall not apply in the event of a declaration of war or an armed attack on Japan. "(2) The President may waive the limitation in this section for any fiscal year if he declares that it is in the national interest to do so and immediately informs Congress of the waiver and the reasons for the waiver. "(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.-This section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990]." Section 1455 of Pub. L. 101-510 provided that: "(a) PURPOSE.-It is the purpose of this section to require Japan to offset the direct costs (other than pay and allowances for United States military and civilian personnel) incurred by the United States related to the presence of United States military personnel in Japan. "(b) PERMANENT CEILING ON UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN JAPAN.-Funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization contained in this Act or any subsequent Act may not be used to support an end strength level of all personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Japan at any level in excess of 50,000. "(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ALLIED BURDEN SHARING. (1) Congress recognizes that Japan has made a substantial pledge of financial support to the effort to support the United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iraq. "(2) It is the sense of Congress that— "(A) all countries that share the benefits of international security and stability should, commensurate with their national capabilities, share in the responsibility for maintaining that security and stability; and "(B) given the economic capability of Japan to contribute to international security and stability, Japan should make contributions commensurate with that capability. "(d) NEGOTIATIONS.-At the earliest possible date after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990), the President shall enter into negotiations with Japan for the purpose of achieving an agreement before September 30, 1991, under which Japan offsets all direct costs (other than pay and allowances for United States military and civilian personnel) incurred by the United States related to the presence of all United States military personnel stationed in Japan. "(e) EXCEPTIONS.-(1) This section shall not apply in the event of a declaration of war or an armed attack on Japan. "(2) This section may be waived by the President if the President "(A) declares an emergency or determines that such a waiver is required by the national security interests of the United States; and "(B) immediately informs the Congress of the waiver and the reasons for the waiver." NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY REPORTS Section 901 of Pub. L. 101-510 provided that: "(a) REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.-(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a national military strategy report during each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994. Each such report shall be submitted with the Secretary's annual report to Congress for that year under section 113(j) of title 10, United States Code. "(b) MATTERS TO BE COVERED IN REPORTS.-Each such report shall cover a period of at least ten years and shall address the following: "(1) The threats facing the United States and its allies. "(2) The degree to which military forces can contribute to the achievement of national objectives. "(3) The strategic military plan for applying those forces to the achievement of national objectives. "(4) The risk to the national security of the United States and its allies that ensues. "(5) The organization and structure of military forces to implement the strategy. "(6) The broad mission areas for various components of the forces and the broad support requirements to implement the strategy. "(7) The functions for which each military depart. ment should organize, train, and equip forces for the combatant commands responsible for implementing the strategy. "(8) The priorities assigned to major weapons and equipment acquisitions and to research and development programs in order to fill the needs and eliminate deficiencies of the combatant commands. "(c) RELATIONSHIP OF PLANS TO BUDGET.-The strate gic military plans and other matters covered by each report shall be fiscally constrained and shall relate to the current Department of Defense Multiyear Defense Plan and resource levels projected by the Secretary of Defense to be available over the period covered by the report. "(d) EFFECTS OF ALTERNative BudgeT LEVELS.-Each such report shall also include an assessment of the effect on the risk and the other components of subsection (b) in the event that (1) an additional $50,000,000,000 is available in budget authority in the fiscal year which is addressed by the budget request that the report accompanies, and (2) budget authority for that fiscal year is reduced by $50,000,000,000. For these assessments the Secretary of Defense shall make appropriate assumptions about the funds available for the remainder of the period covered by the report. "(e) ROLE OF CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.— In accordance with his role as principal military advis er to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall participate fully in the development of each such report. The Secretary of Defense shall provide the Chairman such additional guidance as is necessary to enable the Chairman to develop and recommend fiscally constrained strategic plans for the Secretary's consideration in accordance with section 153(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code. In accordance with additional responsibilities of the Chairman set out in section 153, the Chairman shall provide recommendations to the Secretary on the other components of paragraph (2). "(f) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORTS.-The reports submitted to Congress under subsection (a) shall be submitted in both classified and (to the extent practicable) unclassified versions." ANNUAL REPORT ON BALANCED TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE Section 211(e) of Pub. L. 101-189 provided that: "Not later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com mittees a report on the Balanced Technology Initiative and related matters. Each such report shall include the following: "(1) A current assessment of the extent to which advanced technologies can be used to exploit potential vulnerabilities of hostile threats to the national security of the United States. "(2) Identification of each program, project, and activity being pursued under the Balanced Technol. ogy Initiative and, with respect to each such program, project, and activity, the amount made available pursuant to this section and the source of such amount. “(3) For each program, project, and activity for which funds are made available pursuant to this sec tion, a five-year funding plan that (A) provides for the allocation of sufficient resources to maintain adequate progress in research and development under such program, project, or activity, and (B) specifies the major programmatic and technical milestones and the schedule for achieving those milestones. “(4) The status of each program, project, and activity being pursued under the Balanced Technology Initiative. “(5) Identification of other on-going or potential research and development programs, projects, and activities not currently provided for under this section that should be considered for inclusion under the Balanced Technology Initiative in order to im- "(6) Identification of the most critical technologies MILITARY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Section 661 of Pub. L. 101-189, which related to establishment by Secretary of Defense of programs to provide relocation assistance to members of Armed Forces and their families, was repealed and restated in section 1056 of this title by Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIV, § 1481(c)(1), (3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1705. MILITARY CHILD CARE Title XV of div. A of Pub. L. 101-189 provided that: "SEC. 1501. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS "(a) SHORT TITLE.-This title may be cited as the 'Military Child Care Act of 1989'. "(b) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this title: "(1) The term 'military child development center' means a facility on a military installation (or on property under the jurisdiction of the commander of a military installation) at which child care services are provided for members of the Armed Forces or any other facility at which such child care services are provided that is operated by the Secretary of a military department. "(2) The term 'family home day care' means homebased child care services that are provided for members of the Armed Forces by an individual who (A) is certified by the Secretary of the military department concerned as qualified to provide those services, and (B) provides those services on a regular basis for compensation. "(3) The term 'child care employee' means a civil- "SEC. 1502. FUNDING FOR MILITARY CHILD "(a) FISCAL YEAR 1990 FUNDING.-(1) It is the policy "(2) In addition to the amount referred to in paragraph (1), $26,000,000 shall be available for child care and child-related services of the Department other than military child development centers. (3) In using the funds referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to "(A) increasing the number of child care employees who are directly involved in providing child care for members of the Armed Forces; and "(B) expanding the availability of child care for members of the Armed Forces. "(b) FUNDS DERIVED FROM PARENT FEES TO BE USED FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND OTHER CHILD CARE SERVICES. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), child care fee receipts may be used during fiscal year 1990 only for compensation of child care employees who are directly involved in providing child care. "(2) If the Secretary of Defense determines that compliance with the limitation in paragraph (1) would result in an uneconomical and inefficient use of such fee receipts, the Secretary may (to the extent that such compliance would be uneconomical and inefficient) use such receipts "(A) first, for the purchase of consumable or disposable items for military child development centers; and "(B) if the requirements of such centers for consumable or disposable items for fiscal year 1990 have been met, for other expenses of those centers. “(c) REPORT.-(1) Not later than December 31, 1989, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on how the Secretary intends to use the funds referred to in subsection (a), including how the Secretary intends to achieve the priorities specified in paragraph (3) of that subsection. "(2) If at the time such report is submitted the Secretary proposes to use the authority provided by subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall include in the report under paragraph (1) a description of the use proposed to be made of that authority and a statement of the reasons why the Secretary determined that compliance with the limitation in subsection (b)(1) would result in an uneconomical and inefficient use of child care fee receipts, together with supporting cost information and other information justifying the determination. "(3) If the Secretary uses such authority after December 31, 1989, the Secretary shall promptly inform the committees of the use of the authority and of the reasons for its use. "SEC. 1503. CHILD CARE EMPLOYEES "(a) REQUIRED TRAINING.-(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish, and prescribe regulations to implement, a training program for child care employees. Those regulations shall apply uniformly among the military departments. Subject to paragraph (2), satisfactory completion of the training program shall be a condition of employment of any person as a child care employee. "(2) Under those regulations, the Secretary shall require that each child care employee complete the training program not later than six months after the date on which the employee is employed as a child care employee (except that, in the case of a child care employee hired before the date on which the training program is established, the Secretary shall require that the employee complete the program not later than six months after that date). "(3) The training program established under this subsection shall cover, at a minimum, training in the following: "(A) Early childhood development. "(B) Activities and disciplinary techniques appropriate to children of different ages. "(C) Child abuse prevention and detection. "(D) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other emergency medical procedures. "(b) TRAINING and CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS.-(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require that at least one employee at each military child development center be a specialist in training and curriculum development. The Secretary shall ensure that such employees have appropriate credentials and experience. "(2) The duties of such employees shall include the following: "(A) Special teaching activities at the center. "(B) Daily oversight and instruction of other child care employees at the center. "(C) Daily assistance in the preparation of lesson plans. "(D) Assistance in the center's child abuse prevention and detection program. "(E) Advising the director of the center on the performance of other child care employees. "(3) Each employee referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an employee in a competitive service position. "(c) PROGRAM TO TEST COMPETITIVE RATES OF PAY.(1) For the purpose of improving the capability of the Department of Defense to provide military child development centers with a qualified and stable civilian workforce, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a program as provided in this subsection to increase the compensation of child care employees. The Secretary shall begin the program not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1989]. The program shall be in effect for a period of at least two years. "(2) The program shall apply to all child care employees who "(A) are directly involved in providing child care; and "(B) are paid from nonappropriated funds. "(3) Under the program, child care employees at a military installation who are described in paragraph (2) shall be paid "(A) in the case of entry-level employees, at rates of pay competitive with the rates of pay paid to other entry-level employees at that installation who are drawn from the same labor pool; and "(B) in the case of other employees, at rates of pay substantially equivalent to the rates of pay paid to other employees at that installation with similar training, seniority, and experience. "(d) EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE TEST PROGRAM FOR MILITARY SPOUSES.-(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a test program under which qualified spouses of members of the Armed Forces shall be given a preference in hiring for the position of child care employee in a position paid from nonappropriated funds if the spouse is among persons determined to be best qualified for the position. A spouse who is provided a preference under this subsection at a military child development center may not be precluded from obtaining another preference, in accordance with section 806 of the Military Family Act of 1985 [Pub. L. 99-145) (10 U.S.C. 113 note), in the same geographical area as the military child development center. "(2) The test program under this subsection shall run concurrently with the program under subsection (c). "(e) REPORt on CompeNSATION AND Spouse EMPLOYMENT PREFERence PrograMS.-Not later than March 1, 1991, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the programs under subsections (c) and (d). The report shall include the findings of the Secretary concerning the effect of each of the programs on the quality of child care provided in military child development centers and the effect of the spouse employment preference program on employee turnover at such centers. "(f) ADDITIONAL Child CARE POSITIONS.-(1) The Secretary of Defense shall make available for child care programs of the Department of Defense, not later than September 30, 1990, at least 1,000 competitive service positions in addition to the number of competitive service positions in such programs as of September 30, 1989. During fiscal year 1991, the Secretary shall make available to child care programs of the Department additional competitive service positions so that the number of competitive service positions in such programs as of September 30, 1991, is at least 3,700 greater than the number of competitive service positions in such programs as of September 30, 1989. "(2) The Secretary may waive the increase otherwise required by the second sentence of paragraph (1) to the extent that the Secretary determines that such increase is not executable. If the Secretary issues such a waiver, the Secretary shall promptly submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the waiver. Any such report shall specify the number of such positions waived and the reasons for the waiver. (3) The additional positions provided for in paragraph (1), and the workyears associated with those positions, that are used outside the United States shall not be counted for purpose of applying any limitation on the total number of positions or workyears, respectively, available to the Department of Defense outside the United States (or any limitation on the availability of appropriated funds for such positions or workyears for any fiscal year). "(g) COMPETITIVE SERVICE POSITION DEFINED.-For purposes of this section, the term 'competitive service position' means a position in the competitive service, as defined in section 2102(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code. "SEC. 1504. PARENT FEES "The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations establishing fees to be charged parents for the attendance of children at military child development centers. Those regulations shall be uniform for the military departments and shall require that, in the case of children who attend the centers on a regular basis, the fees shall be based on family income. "SEC. 1505. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND SAFETY AT FACILITIES "(a) CHILD ABUSE TASK FORCE.-The Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain a special task force to respond to allegations of widespread child abuse at a military installation. The task force shall be composed of personnel from appropriate disciplines, including, where appropriate, medicine, psychology, and childhood development. In the case of such allega. tions, the task force shall provide assistance to the commander of the installation, and to parents at the installation, in helping them to deal with such allega. tions. "(b) NATIONAL HOTLINE.-(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain a national telephone number for persons to use to report suspected child abuse or safety violations at a military child development center or family home day care site. The Secretary shall ensure that such reports may be made anonymously if so desired by the person making the report. The Secretary shall establish procedures for following up on complaints and information received over that number. "(2) The Secretary shall establish such national telephone number not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1989] and shall publicize the existence of the number. "(c) ASSISTANCE FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.-The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations requiring that, in a case of allegations of child abuse at a military child development center or family home day care site, the commander of the military installation or the head of the task force established under subsec tion (a) shall seek the assistance of local child protective authorities if such assistance is available. "(d) SAFETY REGULATIONS.-The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations on safety and operat. ing procedures at military child development centers. Those regulations shall apply uniformly among the military departments. "(e) INSPECTIONS.-The Secretary of Defense shall require that each military child development center be inspected not less often than four times a year. Each such inspection shall be unannounced. At least one inspection a year shall be carried out by a representative of the installation served by the center, and one inspection a year shall be carried out by a representative of the major command under which that installation operates. "(f) REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS.-(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any violation of a safety, health, or child welfare law or regulation (discovered at an inspection or otherwise) at a military child development center shall be remedied immediately. "(2) In the case of a violation that is not life threatening, the commander of the major command under which the installation concerned operates may waive the requirement that the violation be remedied immediately for a period of up to 90 days beginning on the |