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 De-
partment of Defense, to make necessary technical
corrections in that title and certain other de-
fense-related laws, and to facilitate real property
repairs at military installations and minor mili-
tary construction during fiscal year 1993.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1378
AN ACT
To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the applica-
bility 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 mili-
tary construction during fiscal year 1993.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—APPLICABILITY OF QUALIFICA-
TION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
ACQUISITION POSITIONS IN THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE
SEC. 101. APPLICABILITY OF QUALIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITION POSI-
TIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 1724(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or lower’’ before ‘‘grade’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or lower’’ before ‘‘level’’.
TITLE II—DEFENSE TECHNICAL AND
CLERICAL AMENDMENTS–
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES
CODE.
(a) RESOLUTION OF INCONSISTENT AND DUPLICA-
TIVE AMENDMENTS.—Section 166a of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by
striking out ‘‘the Chairman’’ and all that follows
through the period at the end of the sentence and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff may provide funds to the commander
of a combatant command, upon the request of the
commander, or, with respect to a geographic area or
areas not within the area of responsibility of a com-
mander of a combatant command, to an officer des-
ignated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
for such purpose.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(7), by striking out the sec-
ond parenthetical phrase before the period at the
end.
(b) DUPLICATE
SECTION
NUMBERS.—Title 10,
United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1)(A) Chapter 141 is amended by redesignat-
ing the second sections 2410c and 2410d as sections
2410j and 2410k, respectively.
(B) The items relating to those sections in the
table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
are amended to reflect the redesignations made by
subparagraph (A).
(2)(A) Chapter 401 is amended by redesignat-
ing the second section 4316 as section 4317.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by striking out the last two
items and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘4316. Reporting requirements.
‘‘4317. Military history fellowships.’’.
(c) CROSS REFERENCE AMENDMENTS.—Title 10,
United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 1104 is amended—
(A) in subsections (a), (b), and (c), by
striking out ‘‘section 8011 of title 38’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 8111 of title
38’’; and
(B) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘sec-
tion 8011A of title 38’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘section 8111A of title 38’’.
(2) Section 2145(b) is amended by striking out
‘‘means the actual cost’’ and all that follows and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘has the meaning given the
term ‘cost of attendance’ by section 472 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll).’’.
(3) Section 2198(c) is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘an annual’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘a’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘section 2522’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 2506’’.
(4) Section 2371(g) is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘section 11’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 12’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘sections 10 and 11’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘sections 11 and
12’’.
(5) Section 2372(g)(5) is amended by striking
out ‘‘section 2522’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘section 2506’’.
(6) Section 2401(c)(2)(A) is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘the Internal Revenue Code of 1954’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986’’.
(7) Section 2501(a)(1)(A) is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘section 104’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘section 108’’.
(8) Section 2535(b)(2)(B) is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘subparagraph (A)’’.
(9) Section 2677(c)(1) is amended—
(A) 
by 
striking 
out 
‘‘section
21A(b)(12)(F)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘section 21A(b)(11)(F)’’; and
(B) 
by 
striking 
out 
‘‘(12 
U.S.C.
1441a(b)(12)(F))’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘(12 U.S.C. 1441a(b)(11)(F))’’.
(10) Section 5038(e) is amended by striking
out ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘sec-
tion’’.
(11) Section 7721(a) is amended by striking
out ‘‘(46 U.S.C 781–790)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘(46 U.S.C. App. 781–790)’’.
(d) AMENDMENTS FOR STYLISTIC CONSISTENCY.—
Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 1597 is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(3)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘defense agency’’
in subparagraph (A)(v) and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Defense Agency’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C)—
(I) by striking out ‘‘defense agen-
cy’’ the first place it appears and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Defense Agen-
cy’’; and
(II) by striking out ‘‘defense
agency’’ the second place it appears
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Defense
Agency,’’; and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking out ‘‘of
the date’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘on the
date’’.
(1) Section 2513 (as transferred and redesig-
nated by section 4223(b) of Public Law 102–484
(106 Stat. 2681)) is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘CENTERS’’ in the
heading for subsection (b) and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘ALLIANCES’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘CENTER’’ in the head-
ing for subsection (e) and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘ALLIANCE’’.
(2) Section 2308 is amended by inserting after
‘‘(a)’’ the following: ‘‘FACILITATION OF PROCURE-
MENT.—’’.
(f) DATE OF ENACTMENT REFERENCES.—Title 10,
United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 1151(e)(1) is amended by striking
out ‘‘the date of the enactment of this section’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 23, 1992,’’.
(2) Section 1331a(b) is amended by striking
out ‘‘the date of the enactment of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 23, 1992,’’.
(3) Section 1802(b) is amended by striking out
‘‘not more than two years before the date of the en-
actment of this chapter’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘after October 22, 1990’’.
(g) PUNCTUATION, SPELLING, ETC.—Title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 1078a is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(3)(C), by striking out
‘‘subparagraphs’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘subparagraph’’; and
(B) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by inserting
‘‘under’’ after ‘‘coverage’’.
(2) Section 1590(a) is amended by striking out
the second semicolon at the end of paragraph (1).
(3) Section 1802(a) is amended by striking out
‘‘carrys’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘carries’’.
(4) Section 2321(d)(1)(B) is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘adherance’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘adherence’’.
(5) Section 2361(b)(2) is amended by striking
out ‘‘inconsisent’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘in-
consistent’’.
(6) Section 2410j (as redesignated by sub-
section (b)(1)(A)) is amended in subsection (f)(2)(B)
by striking out ‘‘aid’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘aide’’.
(7) The heading of section 2505 is amended by
striking out ‘‘capabilty’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘capability’’.
(8) Section 2516(b)(4) is amended by striking
out ‘‘dual use’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘dual-
use’’.
(9) Section 2524(b)(2)(F) is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘work force’’ both places it appears and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘workforce’’.
(10)(A) The heading of section 4313 is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘§ 4313. National Matches and small-arms school: ex-
penses’’.
(B) The item relating to section 4313 in the
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 401 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘4313. National Matches and small-arms school: expenses.’’.
(h) REDUNDANT
PROVISIONS.—Title 10, United
States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 1598(e) is amended by striking out
paragraph (4).
(2) Section 2537 is amended by striking out
subsection (d).
(i) CLARIFICATION
OF AMENDMENTS.—Title 10,
United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Paragraph (4) of section 1142(b) is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘job placement assistance’’ and
all that follows through the end of the paragraph
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘job placement assist-
ance, including the public and community service
jobs program carried out under section 1143a of this
title, and information regarding the placement pro-
gram established under section 1151 of this title to
assist members to obtain employment as elementary
or secondary school teachers or teachers’ aides.’’.
(2) Section 2433(e) is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘a at least 15 percent
increase’’ both places it appears and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘an increase of at least 15 per-
cent’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘a at least 25 percent
increase’’ both places it appears and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘an increase of at least 25 per-
cent’’.
SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 1993 DEFENSE AU-
THORIZATION ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484) is
amended as follows:
(1) Section 195 (106 Stat. 2349) is amended
by striking out ‘‘initiative’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Initiative’’.
(2) Section 234(e)(2) (106 Stat. 2357) is
amended by striking out ‘‘in subsection (d)’’ and in-