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(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a 
proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense 
by— 
(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insur-
ance plan available to the workers who are to be employed 
in the performance of that activity or function under the 
contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored 
health benefits plan that requires the employer to con-
tribute less towards the premium or subscription share 
than the amount that is paid by the Department of Defense 
for health benefits for civilian employees under chapter 
89 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection 
(a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 
of title 10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any adminis-
trative regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have 
full authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any 
commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense 
that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant 
to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency 
for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with 
that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, 
as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native 
Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts 
for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department 
of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be 
credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or 
measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or 
policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and 
in compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activi-
ties. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8017. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the 
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be trans-
ferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for 
the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Protege Program develop-
mental assistance agreement pursuant to section 831 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public 
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority contained 
in this Act. 
SEC. 8018. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments 
and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4
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inches in diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain 
are manufactured in the United States from components which 
are substantially manufactured in the United States: Provided, 
That for the purpose of this section manufactured will include 
cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and welding 
(including the forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, 
That for the purpose of this section substantially all of the compo-
nents of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered to be pro-
duced or manufactured in the United States if the aggregate cost 
of the components produced or manufactured in the United States 
exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufac-
tured outside the United States: Provided further, That when ade-
quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 
Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service 
responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a 
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made in order 
to acquire capability for national security purposes. 
SEC. 8019. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M–1 Carbines, 
M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, 
or M–1911 pistols. 
SEC. 8020. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated 
or made available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal 
year for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity 
or function of the Department of Defense into or within the National 
Capital Region: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relocation 
is required in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8021. In addition to the funds provided elsewhere in 
this Act, $15,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive payments 
authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 
(25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor or a subcon-
tractor at any tier that makes a subcontract award to any subcon-
tractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 
States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by an indi-
vidual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, 
United States Code, shall be considered a contractor for the pur-
poses of being allowed additional compensation under section 504 
of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever 
the prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and 
involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making 
Appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to any 
fiscal year: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 430 of 
title 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable to 
any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or services, 
including any contract and any subcontract at any tier for acquisi-
tion of commercial items produced or manufactured, in whole or 
in part by any subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 
of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned and 
controlled by an individual or individuals defined under section 
4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8022. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense 
Media Activity shall not be used for any national or international 
political or psychological activities.
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SEC. 8023. 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 30 months after initiation of such 
study for a multi-function activity. 
SEC. 8024. 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 
Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which 
incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not 
less than $34,929,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol 
Corporation, of which— 
(1) $26,605,000 shall be available from ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation 
operation and maintenance, readiness, counterdrug activities, 
and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $7,435,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $889,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement 
for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities 
in support of Federal, State, and local government agencies. 
SEC. 8026. (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 2009 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 2009, not more 
than 5,600 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded
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for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That of the specific amount referred 
to previously in this subsection, not more than 1,100 staff years 
may be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Pro-
vided further, That this subsection shall not apply to staff years 
funded in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military 
Intelligence Program (MIP). 
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of 
the department’s fiscal year 2010 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 
and the associated budget estimates. 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced 
by $84,000,000. 
SEC. 8027. 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 
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. 8028. 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. 8029. 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. 8030. (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