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be available for conversion of surplus helicopters of the De-
partment of Defense for procurement by State and local gov-
ernments for counter-drug activities: Provided further, That
the funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be available
for obligation for the same time period and for the same
purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided in this
paragraph is in addition to any transfer authority con-
tained elsewhere in this Act.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspec-
tor General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended; $139,226,000, of which
$138,226,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, of
which not to exceed $400,000 is available for emergencies
and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval
or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may
be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili-
tary purposes; and of which $1,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1998, shall be for Procurement.
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TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment and Disability System Fund, to maintain proper
funding level for continuing the operation of the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System;
$213,900,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION TRUST FUND
For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102–183,
$7,500,000, to be derived from the National Security Edu-
cation Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
For necessary expenses of the Community Management
Account; $98,283,000.
KAHO’OLAWE ISLAND CONVEYANCE, REMEDIATION, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION TRUST FUND
For payment to the Kaho’olawe Island Conveyance,
Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Trust Fund,
as authorized by law, $25,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com-
puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United
States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ-
ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section
shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service
national employees serving at United States diplomatic
missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under
the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the
limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign na-
tional employees of the Department of Defense in the Re-
public of Turkey.
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SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 per centum of the appro-
priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last
two months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to obligations for support of active duty
training of reserve components or summer camp training
of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management
and Budget, transfer not to exceed $2,400,000,000 of work-
ing capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense
for military functions (except military construction) be-
tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same
purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such au-
thority to transfer may not be used unless for higher prior-
ity items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case
where the item for which funds are requested has been de-
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nied by Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in
this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request
to the Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming
of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unfore-
seen military requirements, than those for which originally
appropriated and in no case where the item for which
reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Con-
gress.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United
States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as
are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made
from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made be-
tween such funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations,
Defense’’ and ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ appropriation
accounts in such amounts as may be determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense, with the approval of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, except that such transfers may not be
made unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Con-
gress of the proposed transfer. Except in amounts equal to
the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this
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Act, no obligations may be made against a working capital
fund to procure or increase the value of war reserve mate-
rial inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified
the Congress prior to any such obligation.
SEC. 8007. 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 Mili-
tary Community in the Federal Republic of Germany: Pro-
vided, That in the City of Kaiserslautern such agreements
will include the use of United States anthracite as the base
load energy for municipal district heat to the United States
Defense installations: Provided further, That at Landstuhl
Army Regional Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base,
furnished heat may be obtained from private, regional or
municipal services, if provisions are included for the con-
sideration of United States coal as an energy source: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense in this Act shall be used by the Sec-
retary of a military department to purchase coal or coke
from foreign nations for use at United States defense facili-
ties in Europe when coal from the United States is avail-
able.