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fiscal year 1998 as contained in the President’s
budget for fiscal year 1998.
(E) The military and political considerations
that will affect the decision to carry out such a tran-
sition.
(F) Any plan to maintain or expand other
Bosnia-related operations (such as the operation
designated as Operation Deliberate Guard) if ten-
sions in Bosnia-Herzegovina remain sufficient to
delay the transition from the Stabilization Force to
the Deterrence Force and the estimated cost associ-
ated with each such operation.
(G) Whether allied nations participating in the
Bosnia mission have similar plans to increase and
maintain troop strength or maintain ground forces
in Bosnia-Herzegovina and, if so, the identity of
each such country and a description of that coun-
try’s plans.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘Stabiliza-
tion Force’’ (referred to as ‘‘SFOR’’) means the follow-
on force to the Implementation Force (known as ‘‘IFOR’’)
in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other
countries in the region, authorized under United Nations
Security Council Resolution 1008 (December 12, 1996).
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SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
a contract with a contractor that is subject to the report-
ing requirement set forth in subsection (d) of section 4212
of title 38, United States Code, but has not submitted the
most recent report required by such subsection for 1997
or a subsequent year.
SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to approve or license the sale of F–22
advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government.
UNITED STATES MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE PROGRAM
LIMITATION
SEC. 8105. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act my be made available for
the United States Man and the Biosphere Program, or
related projects.
SEC. 8106. (a) None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act for the Department
of Defense specimen repository described in subsection (b)
may be used for any purpose except in accordance with
the requirement in paragraph numbered 3 of the covered
Department of Defense policy memorandum that specifi-
cally provides that permissible uses of specimen samples
in the repository are limited to the following purposes:
(1) Identification of human remains.
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(2) Internal quality assurance activities to vali-
date processes for collection, maintenance and analy-
sis of samples.
(3) A purpose for which the donor of the sam-
ple (or surviving next-of-kin) provides consent.
(4) As compelled by other applicable law in a
case in which all of the following conditions are
present:
(A) The responsible Department of De-
fense official has received a proper judicial
order or judicial authorization.
(B) The specimen sample is needed for the
investigation or prosecution of a crime punish-
able by one year or more of confinement.
(C) No reasonable alternative means for
obtaining a specimen for DNA profile analysis
is available.
(D) The use is approved by the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) after con-
sultation with the Department of Defense Gen-
eral Counsel.
(b) The specimen repository referred to in subsection
(a) is the repository that was established pursuant to Dep-
uty Secretary of Defense Memorandum 47803, dated De-
cember 16, 1991, and designated as the ‘‘Armed Forces
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Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of
Remains’’ by paragraph numbered 4 in the covered De-
partment of Defense policy memorandum.
(c) For purposes of this section, the covered Depart-
ment of Defense policy memorandum is the memorandum
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) for
the Secretary of the Army, dated April 2, 1996, issued
pursuant to law which states as its subject ‘‘Policy Refine-
ments for the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Sam-
ples for the Identification of Remains’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.