103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1378

AN ACT

To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise

tary construction during fiscal year 1993.repairs at military installations and minor milifense-related laws, and to facilitate real propertycorrections in that title and certain other department of Defense, to make necessary technicalcertain acquisition workforce positions in the Dethe applicability of qualification requirements for
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1378

AN ACT

To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the applicability of qualification requirements for certain acquisition

workforce positions in the Department of Defense, to

make necessary technical corrections in that title and

certain other defense-related laws, and to facilitate real

property repairs at military installations and minor military construction during fiscal year 1993.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 TITLE I—APPLICABILITY OF QUALIFICA4 TION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN

5 ACQUISITION POSITIONS IN THE DE6 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE

7 SEC. 101. APPLICABILITY OF QUALIFICATION REQUIRE8 MENTS FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITION POSI9 TIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

10 Section 1724(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code,

11 is amended—

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘or lower’’ before ‘‘grade’’; and

13 (2) by inserting ‘‘or lower’’ before ‘‘level’’.

14 TITLE II—DEFENSE TECHNICAL AND

15 CLERICAL AMENDMENTS–

16 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES

17 CODE.

18 (a) RESOLUTION OF INCONSISTENT AND DUPLICA19 TIVE AMENDMENTS.—Section 166a of title 10, United

20 States Code, is amended—

21 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by

22 striking out ‘‘the Chairman’’ and all that follows

23 through the period at the end of the sentence and

24 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Chairman of the Joint

25 Chiefs of Staff may provide funds to the commander
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1 of a combatant command, upon the request of the

2 commander, or, with respect to a geographic area or

3 areas not within the area of responsibility of a com4 mander of a combatant command, to an officer des5 ignated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

6 for such purpose.’’; and

7 (2) in subsection (b)(7), by striking out the sec8 ond parenthetical phrase before the period at the

9 end.

10 (b) DUPLICATE SECTION NUMBERS.—Title 10,

11 United States Code, is amended as follows:

12 (1)(A) Chapter 141 is amended by redesignat13 ing the second sections 2410c and 2410d as sections

14 2410j and 2410k, respectively.

15 (B) The items relating to those sections in the

16 table of sections at the beginning of such chapter

17 are amended to reflect the redesignations made by

18 subparagraph (A).

19 (2)(A) Chapter 401 is amended by redesignat20 ing the second section 4316 as section 4317.

21 (B) The table of sections at the beginning of

22 such chapter is amended by striking out the last two

23 items and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

‘‘4316. Reporting requirements.

‘‘4317. Military history fellowships.’’.
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1 (c) CROSS REFERENCE AMENDMENTS.—Title 10,

2 United States Code, is amended as follows:

3 (1) Section 1104 is amended—

4 (A) in subsections (a), (b), and (c), by

5 striking out ‘‘section 8011 of title 38’’ and in6 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 8111 of title

7 38’’; and

8 (B) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘sec9 tion 8011A of title 38’’ and inserting in lieu

10 thereof ‘‘section 8111A of title 38’’.

11 (2) Section 2145(b) is amended by striking out

12 ‘‘means the actual cost’’ and all that follows and in13 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘has the meaning given the

14 term ‘cost of attendance’ by section 472 of the

15 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll).’’.

16 (3) Section 2198(c) is amended—

17 (A) by striking out ‘‘an annual’’ and in18 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘a’’; and

19 (B) by striking out ‘‘section 2522’’ and in20 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 2506’’.

21 (4) Section 2371(g) is amended—

22 (A) by striking out ‘‘section 11’’ and in23 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 12’’; and
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1 (B) by striking out ‘‘sections 10 and 11’’

2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘sections 11 and

3 12’’.

4 (5) Section 2372(g)(5) is amended by striking

5 out ‘‘section 2522’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘section 2506’’.

7 (6) Section 2401(c)(2)(A) is amended by strik8 ing out ‘‘the Internal Revenue Code of 1954’’ and

9 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Internal Revenue Code

10 of 1986’’.

11 (7) Section 2501(a)(1)(A) is amended by strik12 ing out ‘‘section 104’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

13 ‘‘section 108’’.

14 (8) Section 2535(b)(2)(B) is amended by strik15 ing out ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

16 ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’.

17 (9) Section 2677(c)(1) is amended—

18 (A) by striking out ‘‘section

19 21A(b)(12)(F)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

20 ‘‘section 21A(b)(11)(F)’’; and

21 (B) by striking out ‘‘(12 U.S.C.

22 1441a(b)(12)(F))’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

23 ‘‘(12 U.S.C. 1441a(b)(11)(F))’’.
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1 (10) Section 5038(e) is amended by striking

2 out ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘sec3 tion’’.

4 (11) Section 7721(a) is amended by striking

5 out ‘‘(46 U.S.C 781–790)’’ and inserting in lieu

6 thereof ‘‘(46 U.S.C. App. 781–790)’’.

7 (d) AMENDMENTS FOR STYLISTIC CONSISTENCY.—

8 Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:

9 (1) Section 1597 is amended—

10 (A) in subsection (c)(3)—

11 (i) by striking out ‘‘defense agency’’

12 in subparagraph (A)(v) and inserting in

13 lieu thereof ‘‘Defense Agency’’; and

14 (ii) in subparagraph (C)—

15 (I) by striking out ‘‘defense agen16 cy’’ the first place it appears and in17 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Defense Agen18 cy’’; and

19 (II) by striking out ‘‘defense

20 agency’’ the second place it appears

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Defense

22 Agency,’’; and

23 (B) in subsection (e), by striking out ‘‘of

24 the date’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘on the

25 date’’.
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1 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of

2 chapter 142 is amended by striking out ‘‘Sec.’’ in

3 the items relating to sections 2418 and 2419.

4 (3) Section 2513(c)(2)(B) is amended by strik5 ing out the second clause (iii) (as added by section

6 4223(d) of Public Law 102–484 (106 Stat. 2681))

7 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

8 ‘‘(iv) An institution of higher education des9 ignated by a State or local government.’’.

10 (4) Section 2536 is amended by striking out the

11 period at the end of the section heading.

12 (5) Section 2537(a) is amended in the first sen13 tence by striking out ‘‘respectively, which’’ and in14 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘respectively, that’’.

15 (6) Section 2701(j)(2) is amended by striking

16 out ‘‘applies (42 U.S.C. 9619(g))’’ and inserting in

17 lieu thereof ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 9619(g)) applies’’.

18 (7) Section 2828 is amended by striking out

19 ‘‘per annum’’ each place it appears in subsections

20 (b)(2), (b)(3), and (e)(1) and inserting in lieu there21 of ‘‘per year’’.

22 (e) SUBSECTION HEADINGS.—Title 10, United

23 States Code, is amended as follows:
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1 (1) Section 2513 (as transferred and redesig2 nated by section 4223(b) of Public Law 102–484

3 (106 Stat. 2681)) is amended—

4 (A) by striking out ‘‘CENTERS’’ in the

5 heading for subsection (b) and inserting in lieu

6 thereof ‘‘ALLIANCES’’; and

7 (B) by striking out ‘‘CENTER’’ in the head8 ing for subsection (e) and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘ALLIANCE’’.

10 (2) Section 2308 is amended by inserting after

11 ‘‘(a)’’ the following: ‘‘FACILITATION OF PROCURE12 MENT.—’’.

13 (f) DATE OF ENACTMENT REFERENCES.—Title 10,

14 United States Code, is amended as follows:

15 (1) Section 1151(e)(1) is amended by striking

16 out ‘‘the date of the enactment of this section’’ and

17 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 23, 1992,’’.

18 (2) Section 1331a(b) is amended by striking

19 out ‘‘the date of the enactment of the National De20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993’’ and

21 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 23, 1992,’’.

22 (3) Section 1802(b) is amended by striking out

23 ‘‘not more than two years before the date of the en24 actment of this chapter’’ and inserting in lieu there25 of ‘‘after October 22, 1990’’.
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1 (g) PUNCTUATION, SPELLING, ETC.—Title 10, Unit2 ed States Code, is amended as follows:

3 (1) Section 1078a is amended—

4 (A) in subsection (b)(3)(C), by striking out

5 ‘‘subparagraphs’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘subparagraph’’; and

7 (B) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by inserting

8 ‘‘under’’ after ‘‘coverage’’.

9 (2) Section 1590(a) is amended by striking out

10 the second semicolon at the end of paragraph (1).

11 (3) Section 1802(a) is amended by striking out

12 ‘‘carrys’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘carries’’.

13 (4) Section 2321(d)(1)(B) is amended by strik14 ing out ‘‘adherance’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

15 ‘‘adherence’’.

16 (5) Section 2361(b)(2) is amended by striking

17 out ‘‘inconsisent’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘in18 consistent’’.

19 (6) Section 2410j (as redesignated by sub20 section (b)(1)(A)) is amended in subsection (f)(2)(B)

21 by striking out ‘‘aid’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

22 ‘‘aide’’.

23 (7) The heading of section 2505 is amended by

24 striking out ‘‘capabilty’’ and inserting in lieu

25 thereof ‘‘capability’’.
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1 (8) Section 2516(b)(4) is amended by striking

2 out ‘‘dual use’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘dual3 use’’.

4 (9) Section 2524(b)(2)(F) is amended by strik5 ing out ‘‘work force’’ both places it appears and in6 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘workforce’’.

7 (10)(A) The heading of section 4313 is amend8 ed to read as follows:

9 ‘‘§ 4313. National Matches and small-arms school: ex10 penses’’.

11 (B) The item relating to section 4313 in the

12 table of sections at the beginning of chapter 401 is

13 amended to read as follows:

‘‘4313. National Matches and small-arms school: expenses.’’.

14 (h) REDUNDANT PROVISIONS.—Title 10, United

15 States Code, is amended as follows:

16 (1) Section 1598(e) is amended by striking out

17 paragraph (4).

18 (2) Section 2537 is amended by striking out

19 subsection (d).

20 (i) CLARIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—Title 10,

21 United States Code, is amended as follows:

22 (1) Paragraph (4) of section 1142(b) is amend23 ed by striking out ‘‘job placement assistance’’ and

24 all that follows through the end of the paragraph

25 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘job placement assist-
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1 ance, including the public and community service

2 jobs program carried out under section 1143a of this

3 title, and information regarding the placement pro4 gram established under section 1151 of this title to

5 assist members to obtain employment as elementary

6 or secondary school teachers or teachers’ aides.’’.

7 (2) Section 2433(e) is amended—

8 (A) by striking out ‘‘a at least 15 percent

9 increase’’ both places it appears and inserting

10 in lieu thereof ‘‘an increase of at least 15 per11 cent’’; and

12 (B) by striking out ‘‘a at least 25 percent

13 increase’’ both places it appears and inserting

14 in lieu thereof ‘‘an increase of at least 25 per15 cent’’.

16 SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 1993 DEFENSE AU17 THORIZATION ACT.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Defense Authoriza19 tion Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484) is

20 amended as follows:

21 (1) Section 195 (106 Stat. 2349) is amended

22 by striking out ‘‘initiative’’ and inserting in lieu

23 thereof ‘‘Initiative’’.

24 (2) Section 234(e)(2) (106 Stat. 2357) is

25 amended by striking out ‘‘in subsection (d)’’ and in-
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1 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘in subsection (c), as redesig2 nated by subsection (b)(2)(B)’’.

3 (3) Section 243 (106 Stat. 2360) is amended

4 by striking out ‘‘Notwithstanding the provisions of

5 the Land-Remote Sensing Commercialization Act of

6 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Secretary of De7 fense is authorized’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

8 ‘‘The Secretary of Defense is authorized’’.

9 (4) Section 653(b)(2) (106 Stat. 2428) is

10 amended by striking out ‘‘section 1463’’ and insert11 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘section 1463(a)’’.

12 (5) Section 704(1) (106 Stat. 2432) is amended

13 by striking out ‘‘paragraph (15)(D)’’ and inserting

14 in lieu thereof ‘‘paragraph (15)’’.

15 (6) Section 801(f) (106 Stat. 2444) is amend16 ed—

17 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4),

18 (5), and (6) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and

19 (7), respectively; and

20 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the

21 following new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(3) by striking out ‘Secretary with’ in para23 graph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘Secretary to24 ward attaining’;’’.
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1 (7) Section 843(c) (106 Stat. 2469) is amend2 ed—

3 (A) by striking out ‘‘On the date which is

4 two years after the date of the enactment of

5 this Act,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Effec6 tive October 23, 1994,’’; and

7 (B) by striking out ‘‘section 2350a’’ and

8 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘sections 2350a(c) and

9 2350d(c)’’.

10 (8) Section 911(b)(2) (106 Stat. 2473) is

11 amended by striking out the period and closing

12 quotation marks at the end and inserting in lieu

13 thereof closing quotation marks and a period.

14 (9) Section 933 (106 Stat. 2476) is amended—

15 (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out

16 ‘‘or’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and’’; and

17 (B) in subsection (c), by inserting a

18 comma after ‘‘United States Code’’.

19 (10) Section 1312(b)(4) (106 Stat. 2548) is

20 amended by striking out ‘‘the’’ in the quoted matter

21 stricken out in the amendment made by subpara22 graph (B).

23 (11) Section 1135(c)(2) (106 Stat. 2541) is

24 amended by striking out ‘‘unit deployment designa-
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1 tors’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Unit Deployment

2 Designators’’.

3 (12) Section 1314(b) (106 Stat. 2549) is

4 amended in the second sentence by adding a period

5 after ‘‘of member nations’’.

6 (13) Sections 1814 and 1834 (106 Stat. 2583,

7 2586) are each amended by striking out ‘‘section’’

8 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subtitle’’.

9 (14) Section 4219(c)(2)(H) (106 Stat. 2672) is

10 amended—

11 (A) by striking out ‘‘Work force’’ and in12 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Workforce’’; and

13 (B) by striking out ‘‘work force’’ and in14 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘workforce’’.

15 (15) Section 4301(b)(1)(C) (106 Stat. 2697) is

16 amended by inserting ‘‘the first place it appears’’ be17 fore ‘‘the following’’.

18 (16) Section 4407(b)(2) (106 Stat. 2708) is

19 amended by inserting ‘‘the second place it appears’’

20 before ‘‘and inserting in lieu thereof’’.

21 (17) Section 4422(a) (106 Stat. 2718) is

22 amended—

23 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking out

24 ‘‘after’’ after ‘‘by inserting’’; and
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1 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘the

2 first reference to’’ after ‘‘after’’ the first place

3 it appears.

4 (18) Section 4470(a) (106 Stat. 2753) is

5 amended—

6 (A) by striking out ‘‘section 4303(a)’’ in

7 paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof

8 ‘‘section 4443(a)’’; and

9 (B) by striking out ‘‘section 4303(b)’’ in

10 paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof

11 ‘‘section 4443(b)’’.

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

13 this section shall apply as if included in the enactment

14 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

15 1993 (Public Law 102–484).

16 SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 1992/1993 DE17 FENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT.

18 (a) REPEAL OF PREVIOUSLY CODIFIED PROVI19 SION.—Section 523 of the National Defense Authorization

20 Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102–

21 190; 105 Stat. 1363) is repealed.

22 (b) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—The National Defense

23 Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public

24 Law 102–190) is amended as follows:
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1 (1) Section 236(d) (as redesignated by section

2 234(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 102–484 (106 Stat.

3 2356)) is amended by striking out ‘‘subsection (a)

4 through (d)’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu

5 thereof ‘‘subsections (a) through (c)’’.

6 (2) Section 704(a) (105 Stat. 1401) is amended

7 by striking out the closing quotation marks and pe8 riod at the end of paragraph (2) of the subsection

9 inserted by the amendment made by that section.

10 (3) Section 3136(b)(1)(C)(ii)(I) (105 Stat.

11 1578) is amended by striking out ‘‘section 2522 of

12 title 10, United States Code’’ and inserting in lieu

13 thereof ‘‘section 2506 of title 10, United States

14 Code’’.

15 (4) Section 3137(c) (105 Stat. 1579) is amend16 ed by striking out the comma after ‘‘the Secretary

17 of Energy’’.

18 SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS.

19 (a) TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 37,

20 United States Code, is amended as follows:

21 (1) Section 205(a)(7)(B) is amended by strik22 ing out ‘‘the Veterans’ Administration,’’ and insert23 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘the Department of Veterans Af24 fairs,’’.
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1 (2) Section 411f(c) is amended by striking out

2 ‘‘section 401 of this title’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘section 401(a) of this title’’.

4 (b) PUBLIC LAW 98–94.—Section 1215(c) of the De5 partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 (Public Law

6 98–94; 97 Stat. 688; 10 U.S.C. 2452 note), is amended

7 by striking out ‘‘regulatons’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

8 ‘‘regulations’’.

9 (c) PUBLIC LAW 101–189.—Effective as of Novem10 ber 29, 1989, paragraph (1) of section 631(a) of the Na11 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990

12 and 1991 (Public Law 101–189; 103 Stat. 1449) is

13 amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘18’’ in the matter

14 struck by such paragraph.

15 (d) STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS STOCK

16 PILING ACT.—Section 11(a)(1) of the Strategic and Criti17 cal Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–2(a)(1))

18 is amended by striking out ‘‘six-month period’’ and insert19 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal year’’.

20 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

21 SEC. 301. REAL PROPERTY REPAIRS AND MINOR CON22 STRUCTION DURING FISCAL YEAR 1993.

23 In addition to using the funds specifically appro24 priated for real property maintenance under the heading

25 ‘‘REAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE’’ in title II
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1 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993

2 (Public Law 102–396; 106 Stat. 1885), the Secretary of

3 Defense and the Secretary of a military department may

4 also use funds appropriated to the Secretary concerned for

5 operation and maintenance under any of the first 11 head6 ings of such title in order to carry out a major repair

7 project that costs $15,000 or more or a minor construc8 tion project that costs not less than $15,000 and not more

9 than $300,000.

Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 1993.

Attest:

Clerk.

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