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section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and 
National Guard personnel and training procedures. 
SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the 
civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to 
military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2003 
level: Provided, That the Service Surgeons General may 
waive this section by certifying to the congressional defense 
committees that the beneficiary population is declining in 
some catchment areas and civilian strength reductions may 
be consistent with responsible resource stewardship and 
capitation-based budgeting. 
SEC. 8055. Up to $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under the heading, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ 
may be made available to contract for the installation, re-
pair, and maintenance of an on-base and adjacent off-base 
wastewater/treatment facility and infrastructure critical to 
base operations and the public health and safety of commu-
nity residents in the vicinity of the NCTAMS. 
SEC. 8056. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, that not more than 35 percent of funds provided in 
this Act for environmental remediation may be obligated 
under indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts with 
a total contract value of $130,000,000 or higher.
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SEC. 8057. (a) None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdic-
tion or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any 
other department or agency of the United States except as 
specifically provided in an appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction and 
counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de-
partment or agency of the United States except as specifi-
cally provided in an appropriations law. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8058. Appropriations available under the head-
ing ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the 
current fiscal year and hereafter for increasing energy and 
water efficiency in Federal buildings may, during their pe-
riod of availability, be transferred to other appropriations 
or funds of the Department of Defense for projects related 
to increasing energy and water efficiency, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same general purposes, and for 
the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 
transferred. 
SEC. 8059. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings 
other than those produced by a domestic source and of do-
mestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military 
department responsible for such procurement may waive
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this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ-
ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic 
supplies are not available 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 this restriction 
shall not apply to the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as 
defined by section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act, except that the restriction shall apply to 
ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds available to the Department of Defense shall be 
made available to provide transportation of medical sup-
plies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to Amer-
ican Samoa, and funds available to the Department of De-
fense shall be made available to provide transportation of 
medical supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable 
basis, to the Indian Health Service when it is in conjunc-
tion with a civil-military project. 
SEC. 8061. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured 
in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an 
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for
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national security purposes that is not available from 
United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8062. 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 unemployment 
rate in excess of the national average rate of unemployment 
as determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall include a 
provision requiring the contractor to employ, for the pur-
pose of performing that portion of the contract in such State 
that is not contiguous with another State, individuals 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. 8063. 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-
proves or implements the transfer of administrative respon-
sibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project, 
or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of an-
other Federal agency not financed by this Act without the
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express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this limi-
tation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly pro-
vided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of 
Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the De-
partment of Defense. 
SEC. 8064. (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 de-
scribed in subsection (b) unless the congressional defense 
committees, the Committee on International Relations of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on For-
eign 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 under 
the authority of a United Nations Security Council 
resolution; and 
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace- 
enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation.
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(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 re-
quirements of all elements of the Armed Forces 
(including the reserve components) for the type 
of equipment or supplies to be transferred 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 provide 
funds for such replacement. 
SEC. 8065. (a) The total amount appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in title II of this Act is hereby re-
duced by $92,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the travel 
and transportation of persons. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduc-
tion proportionately to each budget activity, activity group, 
subactivity group, and each program, project, and activity 
within each applicable appropriation account.