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United States Code, if such employee is otherwise entitled
to such annual leave:
Provided, That any employee who requests leave under subsection
(3)(A) for service described in subsection (2) of this section is entitled
to such leave, subject to the provisions of this section and of the
last sentence of section 6323(b) of title 5, United States Code,
and such leave shall be considered leave under section 6323(b)
of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 8024. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available to perform any cost study pursuant to the provisions
of OMB Circular A–76 if the study being performed exceeds a
period of 24 months after initiation of such study with respect
to a single function activity or 48 months after initiation of such
study for a multi-function activity.
SEC. 8025. Funds appropriated by this Act for the American
Forces Information Service shall not be used for any national or
international political or psychological activities.
SEC. 8026. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regu-
lation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust wage rates for civilian
employees hired for certain health care occupations as authorized
for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38,
United States Code.
Sec. 8027. None of the funds appropriated or made available
in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation
of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force
Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC–130 Weather Recon-
naissance mission below the levels funded in this Act.
SEC. 8028. (a) Of the funds for the procurement of supplies
or services appropriated by this Act, qualified nonprofit agencies
for the blind or other severely handicapped shall be afforded the
maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors
and suppliers in the performance of contracts let by the Department
of Defense.
(b) During the current fiscal year, a business concern which
has negotiated with a military service or defense agency a subcon-
tracting plan for the participation by small business concerns pursu-
ant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d))
shall be given credit toward meeting that subcontracting goal for
any purchases made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind
or other severely handicapped.
(c) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ‘‘qualified non-
profit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped’’ means
a nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped
that has been approved by the Committee for the Purchase from
the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped under the Javits-
Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48).
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, net receipts pursuant
to collections from third party payers pursuant to section 1095
of title 10, United States Code, shall be made available to the
local facility of the uniformed services responsible for the collections
and shall be over and above the facility’s direct budget amount.
SEC. 8030. During the current fiscal year, the Department
of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed
$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10,
United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only
from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided,
That upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of
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Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which
incurred such obligations.
SEC. 8031. Of the funds made available in this Act, not less
than $21,417,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol Corpora-
tion, of which $19,417,000 shall be available for Civil Air Patrol
Corporation operation and maintenance to support readiness activi-
ties which includes $2,000,000 for the Civil Air Patrol counterdrug
program: Provided, That funds identified for ‘‘Civil Air Patrol’’ under
this section are intended for and shall be for the exclusive use
of the Civil Air Patrol Corporation and not for the Air Force or
any unit thereof.
SEC. 8032. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act
are available to establish a new Department of Defense (depart-
ment) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC),
either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by
an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit mem-
bership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs
and other non-profit entities.
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers,
Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to
any defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory
capacity, may be compensated for his or her services as a member
of such entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC
in a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity
referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel
expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel
Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership
duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds available to the department from any source during fiscal
year 2001 may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or
other payment mechanism, for construction of new buildings, for
payment of cost sharing for projects funded by Government grants,
for absorption of contract overruns, or for certain charitable con-
tributions, not to include employee participation in community
service and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
available to the department during fiscal year 2001, not more
than 6,227 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded
for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That of the specific amount referred
to previously in this subsection, not more than 1,009 staff years
may be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs.
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of
the department’s fiscal year 2002 budget request, submit a report
presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort
to be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year.
SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated or made available
in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy or armor steel
plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property under
the control of the Department of Defense which were not melted
and rolled in the United States or Canada: Provided, That these
procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply
Class 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon,
alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary
of the military department responsible for the procurement may
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waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not avail-
able to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to
acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further,
That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in
being as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 8034. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional
defense committees’’ means the Armed Services Committee of the
House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the
Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 8035. During the current fiscal year, the Department
of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and
repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production
of components and other Defense-related articles, through competi-
tion between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities
and private firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive
of the military department or defense agency concerned, with power
of delegation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable
estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and private
bids: Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under
this section.
SEC. 8036. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a
foreign country which is party to an agreement described in para-
graph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating
against certain types of products produced in the United States
that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act
with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign
country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the
United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary
of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for
certain products in that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress
a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from
foreign entities in fiscal year 2001. Such report shall separately
indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American
Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection
(a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.),
or any international agreement to which the United States is a
party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’
means title III of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations
for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes’’, approved March
3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
SEC. 8037. Appropriations contained in this Act that remain
available at the end of the current fiscal year as a result of energy
cost savings realized by the Department of Defense shall remain
available for obligation for the next fiscal year to the extent, and
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for the purposes, provided in section 2865 of title 10, United States
Code.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8038. Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year
to the special account established under 40 U.S.C. 485(h)(2) and
to the special account established under 10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(1) are
appropriated and shall be available until transferred by the Sec-
retary of Defense to current applicable appropriations or funds
of the Department of Defense under the terms and conditions
specified by 40 U.S.C. 485(h)(2)(A) and (B) and 10 U.S.C.
2667(d)(1)(B), to be merged with and to be available for the same
time period and the same purposes as the appropriation to which
transferred.
SEC. 8039. The President shall include with each budget for
a fiscal year submitted to the Congress under section 1105 of
title 31, United States Code, materials that shall identify clearly
and separately the amounts requested in the budget for appropria-
tion for that fiscal year for salaries and expenses related to adminis-
trative activities of the Department of Defense, the military depart-
ments, and the defense agencies.
SEC. 8040. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
available for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities,
Defense’’ may be obligated for the Young Marines program.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8041. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained
in the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment
Recovery Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National
Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C.
2687 note) shall be available until expended for the payments
specified by section 2921(c)(2) of that Act: Provided, That none
of the funds made available for expenditure under this section
may be transferred or obligated until 30 days after the Secretary
of Defense submits a report which details the balance available
in the Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account,
all projected income into the account during fiscal years 2001 and
2002, and the specific expenditures to be made using funds trans-
ferred from this account during fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 8042. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act, not more than $119,200,000 shall be available
for payment of the operating costs of NATO Headquarters: Provided,
That the Secretary of Defense may waive this section for Depart-
ment of Defense support provided to NATO forces in and around
the former Yugoslavia.
SEC. 8043. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which
are available to the Department of Defense for operation and
maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment
item unit cost of not more than $100,000.
SEC. 8044. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense
Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an invest-
ment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for
sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subse-
quent fiscal year to customers of the Department of Defense