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factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De-
fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
capability for national security purposes that is not avail-
able from United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8052. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, each contract awarded by the Department of Defense 
during the current fiscal year for construction or service 
performed in whole or in part in a State (as defined in 
section 381(d) of title 10, United States Code) which is 
not contiguous with another State and has an unemploy-
ment rate in excess of the national average rate of unem-
ployment as determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall 
include a provision requiring the contractor to employ, for 
the purpose of performing that portion of the contract in 
such State that is not contiguous with another State, indi-
viduals who are residents of such State and who, in the 
case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to 
acquire promptly the necessary skills: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of this 
section, on a case-by-case basis, in the interest of national 
security. 
SEC. 8053. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of the Department of Defense who ap-
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proves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with-
out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex-
pressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or 
provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations 
for the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8054. (a) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds available to the 
Department of Defense for the current fiscal year may be 
obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an 
international organization any defense articles or services 
(other than intelligence services) for use in the activities 
described in subsection (b) unless the congressional de-
fense committees, the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified 15 days 
in advance of such transfer. 
(b) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—This section applies to— 
(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-en-
forcement operation under the authority of chapter 
VI or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
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under the authority of a United Nations Security 
Council resolution; and 
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace- 
enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation. 
(c) REQUIRED NOTICE.—A notice under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or 
services to be transferred. 
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment, 
supplies, or services to be transferred. 
(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equip-
ment or supplies— 
(A) a statement of whether the inventory 
requirements of all elements of the Armed 
Forces (including the reserve components) for 
the type of equipment or supplies to be trans-
ferred have been met; and 
(B) a statement of whether the items pro-
posed to be transferred will have to be replaced 
and, if so, how the President proposes to pro-
vide funds for such replacement. 
SEC. 8055. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the
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Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 
the contractor to an employee when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 
excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 
to the employee; and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as-
sociated with a business combination. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8056. During the current fiscal year, no more 
than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 
the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 
be available for the same time period as the appropriations 
to which transferred, to be used in support of such per-
sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of De-
fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8057. During the current fiscal year, in the case 
of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 
for which the period of availability for obligation has ex-
pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 
1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a 
negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obliga-
tion or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged
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to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 
as the expired or closed account if— 
(1) the obligation would have been properly 
chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or 
closed account before the end of the period of avail-
ability or closing of that account; 
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 
chargeable to any current appropriation account of 
the Department of Defense; and 
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obli-
gation is not chargeable to a current appropriation 
of the Department of Defense under the provisions 
of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 
101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Pro-
vided, That in the case of an expired account, if sub-
sequent review or investigation discloses that there 
was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unex-
pended balance in the account, any charge to a cur-
rent account under the authority of this section shall 
be reversed and recorded against the expired ac-
count: Provided further, That the total amount 
charged to a current appropriation under this sec-
tion may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent 
of the total appropriation for that account.
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SEC. 8058. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per-
mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 
Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail-
able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 
such use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis-
tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 
associated with the use of equipment of the project under 
that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 
purposes without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 8059. Using funds available by this Act or any 
other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a 
determination under section 2690 of title 10, United 
States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for 
required 
heating 
facility 
modernization 
in 
the 
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany: Provided, That in the City of 
Kaiserslautern such agreements will include the use of 
United States anthracite as the base load energy for mu-
nicipal district heat to the United States Defense installa-
tions: Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Regional 
Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat