• The House National Defense Authorization Act for FY2000 (HR1401)
• The Senate National Defense Authorization FY2000 (S 1059)
• The Senate Department of Defense Appropriations Act, FY2000 (S1122)
• The Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY2000 (S1186)

The relevant portions of the above named bills, and their reports, areattached as appendixes to this summary.

DOE Funding

	DOE Budget Request	House Defense Authorization (HR 1401)	Senate Defense Authorization (S 1059)	Senate Energy and Water Appropriation (S 1186)
MPC&A	145,000,000	172,000,000	145,000,000	165,000,000
IPP	30,000,000	* - see below	25,000,000	30,000,000
NCI	30,000,000	* - see below	15,000,000	30,000,000
Int'l Nuclear Safety	34,000,000	15,300,000	34,000,000	34,000,000
HEU Transparency	15,750,000	15,750,000	15,750,000	15,750,000
Plutonium Disposition	200,000,000	239,000,000	200,000,000	205,000,000

* - Combined total of $40,000,000 for both IPP and NCI (not independentlylisted)

• MPC&A - DOE's budget request is $145 million. The House DefenseAuthorization bill (HR 1401) recommends $172 million, a $27 millionincrease, stating in the bill's report that, "...the MPC&A program is oneof the most important of the Department's arms control efforts. Senate Defense Authorization (S 1059) matches the DOE request. The Senate Energyand Water Appropriation bill (S 1186) calls for $165 million. The increasewill support additional efforts at military, civilian, and regulatorysites as well as Russian Navy locations.

• IPP/Nuclear Cities - The budget request for each program is$30 million. Both the House and Senate Defense Authorization bills (HR 1401) and (S 1059) reduce these amounts. Each bill's report (includedin the appendixes) provides an extensive and detailed summary explainingthe reductions.

  The House Defense Authorization bill (HR 1401) states, "...that $20.0million of this decrease should be assessed to the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program and the Nuclear Cities Initiative. Additional language within the House Authorization states that the committee believes that the IPP program will not become self-sufficientand remain dependant upon government support. The February 1999 GAO conclusion that no IPP projects were commercially successful spurred thecommittees decision. Furthermore, the bills' report limits the amount ofIPP money spent at DOE laboratories to 25% of that appropriated andprohibits the use of IPP funds for the payment of Russian taxes orcustoms. No reasoning is given for cuts in the NCI program.

  The Senate Defense Authorization bill (S 1059) recommends a $25 millioncut for IPP and $15 million reduction for NCI. IPP was reduced based onfour concerns: that not enough of the funds were making it to theRussians; some supported Russians were still engaged in WMD programs; dualuse IPP funds were helping projects not concurrent with U.S. nationalsecurity interests; and that some Russian recipient scientists have hadcontact with proliferation risk states. The NCI funding reduction iscentered upon the committee's feeling that the Russians are benefitingfinancially without reciprocating by closing weapons facilities in thecities. Other concerns mentioned include DOE inability to manage marketreforms, lack of oversight and accountability, and lack of Russian funding. The bill also limits DOE from spending no more than 40% of thefunds by the national laboratories.

  However, the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bill (S 1186) fullyfunds each program at the requested $30 million.

• International Nuclear Safety - DOE's request is $34 million. The House Defense Authorization bill (HR 1401) recommends a funding levelof $15.3 million.  The decrease is based upon the excessive fundingcarryover from previous years.  The committee indicates that no new projects should be undertaken until current ones are completed. Thecommittee also concedes that USAID can supplement this budget. Both theSenate Defense Authorization (S 1059) and Energy and Water Appropriation(S 1186) bills grant the program its full budget request.

• HEU Transparency - All three bills, House Defense Authorization(HR 1401), Senate Defense Authorization (S 1059), and Senate Energy andWater Appropriation (S 1186), match the $15.75 million budgetrequest.

• Plutonium Disposition - DOE requests $200 million to fund plutonium disposition work, both domestically and with Russia (DOE specifically requested $24.9 million for U.S./Russian activities foreignand domestic). The House Defense Authorization  (HR 1401) bill'ssuggested increase of; $239 million would fully fund DOE's request for,but not increase, U.S./Russian activities. The Senate DefenseAuthorization (S 1059) matches the DOE request. The Senate Energy andWater Appropriation bill (S 1186) includes a $5 million increase specifically targeted at joint U.S./Russian projects. According tothe bill's report, the additional funds are for cooperative developmentof "...the joint United States-Russian program to develop an advanced reactorto consume large quantities of excess weapons plutonium."

DoD CTR Funding

	DoD Budget Request	Defense Authorization (HR 1401)	Senate Defense Authorization (S 1059)	Senate Defense Appropriations (S 1122)
Strategic Arms Elimination	157,000,000	177,000,000	157,000,000	157,000,000
Warhead Dismantlement	9,300,000	9,300,000	9,300,000	9,300,000
Weapons Transportation Security	15,200,000	15,200,000	15,200,000	15,200,000
Plutonium Storage (Mayak)	64,500,000	60,900,000	64,500,000	64,500,000
Weapons Storage Security	40,000,000	90,000,000	40,000,000	40,000,000
Core Conversion	20,000,000	20,000,000	20,000,000	20,000,000

• Strategic Arms Elimination - The DoD budget request is $157million. The House Defense Authorization bill (HR 1401) recommended $177million. The increase was explained as a tool to accelerate eliminationactivity despite enumerated concerns about Russian compliance with START Iand ratification of START II. Both the Senate Defense Authorization (S1059) and the Senate Defense Appropriation (S 1122) bills match theoriginal budget request.

• Warhead Dismantlement and Weapons Transportation Security - Allthree bills, House Defense Authorization (HR 1401), Senate DefenseAuthorization (S 1059), and Senate Defense Appropriation (S 1122), matchthe $9.3 million budget request for warhead dismantlement and the $15.2million request for transportation security.

• Plutonium Storage (Mayak) - The House Defense Authorization bill(HR 1401) recommends a decrease of $3.6 million from the DoD's $64.5million request. The report accompanying this bill catalogues severaljustifications for the cut: delays in construction, lack of transparency,Russia's inability to contribute financially, and the reduction offacility size. The Senate's Defense Authorization (S 1059) and DefenseAppropriations (S 1122) bills both provide funds for the entire budgetrequest.

• Weapons Storage Security - The requested $40 million budget wasincreased by the House Defense Authorization bill (HR 1401). The $50million increase, for a total of $90 million, is designed to meet securityneeds at an additional 70 sites and to foster Russian transparencycooperation. The Senate's Defense Authorization (S 1059) and DefenseAppropriations (S 1122) bills both provide funds for the entire budgetrequest.

• Core Conversion - All three bills, House Defense Authorization (HR1401), Senate Defense Authorization (S 1059), and Senate DefenseAppropriation (S 1122), match the $20 million budget request. In the HouseDefense Authorization (S 1059) report, however, the committee "...urges theSecretary of Defense to migrate funding and oversight responsibility forthis effort back to DOE."

Impact of the Cox Report

In addition to the above listed funding recommendations and appropriations, the floor debates surrounding the House DefenseAuthorization (HR 1401) bill generated an amendment potentially impactingRussian nuclear material security programs.

The Cox Amendment to H.R. 1401 (HA 145), reacting to findings of Chineseespionage at DOE facilities, delineates rules for foreign access tonational laboratories. The amendment, which passed unanimously, calls forincreased security checks on foreign visitors and imposes a two monthmoratorium on new foreign visitors. However, it does allow for continuedaccess to foreign visitors acting under international agreements.