107 STAT. 1764 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 of any alternatives to that system. The report shall be based upon an evaluation conducted by the Secretary alter the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— It is the sense of Congress that the bases at which the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System is located, having been considered for closure or realignment in the 1993 base closure process, should again be considered for closure or realignment in the roimd of military base closures to take place in 1995. SEC. 1162. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEY AND RESEARCH IN THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) Oceanograpnic research and survey work is a critical element to the ability of the Navy to conduct successful operations in littoral waters of the world. (2) Over the five-year period of fiscal years 1989 through 1993, the Navy experienced a significant diminution in its oceanographic research and survey capability due to budget reductions that resulted in (A) a reduction in the level of effort for Navy oceanographic research and survey activities by almost 50 percent, and (B) a reduction from 12 to 7 in the number of Nav^ ships dedicated to oceanographic survey and research activities. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS. — It is the sense of Congress that— (1) reductions in the funding, activities, and capability of the Navy to conduct oceanographic survey and research work, in addition to the reductions referred to in subsection (a)(2), would further reduce the level of oceanographic survey and research work of the Navy and should be avoided; and (2) funding for oceanographic survey and research activities of the Navy should be maintained at levels sufficient to ensure that the Navy can exploit every opportunity to survey and research littoral waters critical to the operational needs of the Navy. SEC. 1163. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED STATES POLICY ON PLUTONIUM. (a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that reprocessing spent nuclear fuel referred to in siibsection (c) to recover plutonium may pose serious environmental hazards and increase the risk of proliferation of weapons-usable plutonium. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —I t is the sense of the Congress that the President should take action to encourage the reduction or cessation of the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel referred to in subsection (c) to recover plutonium until the environmental and proliferation concerns related to such reprocessing are resolved. (c) COVERED SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.— The spent nuclear fuel referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is spent nuclear fuel used in a commercial nuclear power reactor by the Government of a foreign country or by a foreign-owned or foreign-controlled entity. SEC. 1164. SENSE OF SENATE ON ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF CERTAIN FORMER MEMBERS OF THE IRAQI ARMED FORCES. It is the sense of the Senate that no person who was a member of the armed forces of Iraq during the period from August 2,
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