An Act to authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1970 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles, research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to prescribe the authorized personnel s
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Refusal to obey 
regulations, 
suspension of 
payments. 
64 Stat. 149. 
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note. 
72 Stat. 1601. 
42 u s e 1876-
1879. 
Independent 
disciplinary 
proceeding. 
Short title. 
in subsection (c). If an institution denies an individual assistance under 
the authority of the preceding sentence of this subsection, then any 
institution which such individual subsequently attends shall deny for 
the remainder of the two-year period any further payment to, or for 
the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs speci-
fied in subsection (c). 
(b) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording 
notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or 
employed by, such institution, that such individual has willfully 
refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and that such refusal was of a serious 
nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administra-
tion of such institution, then such institution shall deny, for a period 
of two years, any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such 
individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). 
(c) The programs referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are as 
follows: 
(1) The programs authorized by the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950; and 
(2) The programs authorized under title I X of the National 
Defense Education Act of 1958 relating to establishing the 
Science Information Service. 
(d) (1) Nothing in this Act, or any Act amended by this Act, shall 
be construed to prohibit any institution of higher education from 
refusing to award, continue, or extend any financial assistance under 
any such Act to any individual because of any misconduct which in its 
judgment bears adversely on his fitness for such assistance. 
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or prej-
udicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of higher educa-
tion to institute and carry out an independent, disciplinary proceeding 
pursuant to existing authority, practice, and law. 
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the freedom 
of any student to verbal expression of individual views or opinions. 
SEC. 8. This Act may be cited as the "National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act, 1970". 
Approved November 18, 1969. 
November 19, 1969 
[S.2546] 
Public Law 91-121 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1970 for procurement of air-
craft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles, and research, devel-
opment, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to authorize the con-
struction of test facilities at Kwajalein Missile Range, and to prescribe the 
authorized personnel strength of the Selected Reserve of each reserve compo-
nent of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
Armed Forces. 
Appropriation 
aut ho ri z at io n, 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentoHiyes of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during the 
fiscal year 1970 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for 
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procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat 
vehicles, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: 
AIRCRAFT 
For aircraft: for the Army $570,400,000; for the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, $2,391,200,000; for the Air Force, $3,965,700,000: 
Provided^ That of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the pro-
curement of aircraft for the Air Force during fiscal year 1970, not to 
exceed $28,000,000 shall be available to initiate the procurement of a 
fighter aircraft to meet the needs of Free World forces in Southeast 
Asia, and to accelerate the withdrawal of United States forces from 
South Vietnam and Thailand; the Air Force shall (1) prior to the 
obligation of any funds appropriated pursuant to this authorization, 
conduct a competition for the aircraft which shall be selected on the 
basis of the threat as evaluated and determined by the Secretary of 
Defense, and (2) be authorized to use a portion of such funds as may 
be required for research, development, test, and evaluation. 
MISSILES 
For missiles: for the Army, $880,460,000; for the Navy, $851,300,000; 
for the Marine Corps, $20,100,000; for the Air Force, $1,486,400,000. 
NAVAL VESSELS 
For naval vessels: for the Navy, $2,983,200,000. 
TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES 
For tracked combat vehicles: for the Army, $228,000,000; for the 
Marine Corps, $37,700,000: Provided^ That none of the funds author-
ized herein shall be utilized for the procurement of Sheridan Assault 
vehicles (M-551) under any new or additional contract. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
SEC. 201. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during the 
fiscal year 1970 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, as authorized by law, in 
amounts as follows: 
For the Army, $1,646,055,000; 
For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $1,968,235,000; 
For the Air Force, $3,156,552,000; and 
For the Defense Agencies, $450,200,000. 
SEC. 202. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the ^ Emergency 
Department of Defense during fiscal year 1970 for use as an emergency 
fund for research, development, test, and evaluation or procurement 
or production related thereto, $75,000,000. 
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Research 
j^j,^-;^ 203. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
studies, re- 
Act Hiay be used to carry out any research project or study unless such 
striction. 
project or study has a direct and apparent relationship to a specific 
military function or operation. 
Mi^^l^^Ran e 
^^^' ^^'^' Coustructiou of researcli, development, and test facilities 
te'st^faciimer.' 
^t the Kwajalciu Missile Range is authorized in the amount of 
$12,700,000, and funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
this purpose. 
TITLE III—RESERVE FORCES 
SEC. 301. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1969, and ending 
June 30, 1970, the Selected Reserve of each reserve component of the 
Armed Forces will be programed to attain an average strength of not 
less than the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 393,298. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 255,591. 
(3) The Naval Reserve, 129,000. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 49,489. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 86,624. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 50,775. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 17,500. 
SEC. 302. The average strength prescribed by section 301 of this title 
for the Selected Reserve of any Reserve component shall be propor-
tionately reduced by (1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component which 
are on active duty (other than for training) at any time during the 
fiscal year, and (2) the total number of individual members not in units 
organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component 
w^ho are on active duty (other than for training or for unsatisfactory 
participation in training) without their consent at any time during the 
fiscal year. Whenever any such units or such individual members are 
I'eleased from active duty during any fiscal year, the average strength 
for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such Reserve component 
shall be proportionately increased by the total authorized strength of 
such units and by the total number of such individual members. 
SEC. 303. Subsection (c) of section 264 of title 10, United States 
8 1 Stat. 5 21. 
Code, is amended as follows: 
In the last line of the last sentence of subsection (c) after the word 
'Svithin", change the figures "60" to "90". 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Funds, 
SEC. 401. Subsection (a) of section 401 of Public Law 89-367 
vletnamt'Ie ^"^ 
approvcd March 15,1966 (80 Stat. 37) as amended, is hereby amended 
forces, etc. 
to read as follows: 
" (a) Not to exceed $2,500,000,000 of the funds authorized for appro-
priation for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States under 
this or any other Act are authorized to be made available for their 
stated purposes to support: (1) Vietnamese and other Free World 
Forces in Vietnam, (2) local forces in Laos and Thailand; and for 
related costs, during the fiscal year 1970 on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary of Defense may determine." 
82 Stat. 850. 
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SEC. 402. (a) Prior to April 30, 1970, the Committees on Armed ^^H^^^ aircraft 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall jointly 
join^congres-
conduct and complete a comprehensive study and investigation of the sionai study. 
past and projected costs and effectiveness of attack aircraft carriers 
and their task forces and a thorough review of the considerations which 
went into the decision to maintain the present number of attack car-
riers. The result of this comprehensive study shall be considered prior 
to any authorization or appropriation for the production or procure-
ment of the nuclear aircraft carrier designated as CVAX-70, 
(b) In carrying out such study and investigation the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
authorized to call on all Government agencies and such outside con-
sultants as such committees may deem necessary. 
SEC. 408. Funds authorized for appropriation under the provisions ^Appropriation, 
of this Act shall not be available for payment of independent research 
and development, bid and proposal, and other technical effort costs 
incurred under contracts entered into subsequent to the effective date 
of this Act for any amount in excess of 9
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> per centum of the total 
amount contemplated for use for such purposes out of funds authorized 
for procurement and for research, development, test, and evaluation. 
The foregoing limitation shall not apply in the case of (1) formally 
advertised contracts, (2) other firmly fixed contracts competitively 
awarded, or (3) contracts under $100,000. 
SEC. 404. (a) Section 136 of title 10, Tnited States Code, is vestat. sis. 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "seven" in subsection (a) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "eight*": and 
(2) by inserting after the first sentence in subsection (b) the 
following new sentences: "One of the Assistant Secretaries shall 
be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. He shall 
have as his principal duty the overall supervision of health affairs 
of the Department of Defense.". 
(b) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik- 
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ing out item (13) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"' (13) Assistant Secretaries of Defense (8) .*' 
SEC. 405. Section 412(b) of Public Law 86-149, as amended, i s . Appropriations 
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amended to read as follows: 
etc. 
"(b) No funds may be appropriated after December 31, 1960, to or Authorization 
for the use of any armed force of the United States for the procure- "^^yg'stat. i28. 
ment of aircraft, missiles, or naval vessels, or after December 31,1962, 
to or for the use of any armed force of the United States for the 
research, development, test, or evaluation of aircraft, missiles, or 
naval vessels, or after December 31, 1963, to or for the use of any 
armed force of the United States for any research, development, test, 
or evaluation, or after December 31, 1965, to or for the use of any 
armed force of the United States for the procurement of tracked com- 
^ 
bat vehicles, or after December 31, 1969, to or for the use of any armed 
force of the United States for the j^rocurement of other weapons unless 
the appropriation of such funds has been authorized by legislation 
enacted after such dates." 
SEC. 406. Section 2 of the Act of August 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 408), as ^tf/^''^^""^' 
amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
i^iml"at\on. 
"SEC. 2. After July 1,1970, the active duty personnel strength of the 
^s stat. ss; 
Armed Forces, exclusive of personnel of the Coast Guard, personnel of ^ \rusc^'3^2o i 
the Reserve components on active duty for training purposes only, and note. 
personnel of the Armed Forces employed in the Selective Service Sys-
tem, shall not exceed a total of 3,285,000 persons at any time during the 
period of suspension prescribed in the first section of this Act except 
when the President of the L^^nited States determines that the applica-
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tion of this ceiling will seriously jeopardize the national security inter-
ests of the United States and informs the Congress of the basis for 
such determination." 
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^^^' ^^^' (^).^fter December 31,1969, none of the funds authorized 
cTnters.^^^'^'' 
foi" appropriation by this or any other Act for the use of the Armed 
Officers' 
Forces shall be used for payments out of such funds under contracts or 
compensation. 
agreements with Federal contract research centers if the annual com-
pensation of any officer or employee of such center paid out of any 
Federal funds exceeds $45,000 except with the approval of the Secre-
tary of Defense under regulations prescribed by the President. 
to^congrellr 
^b) Thc Secretary of Defense shall notify the President of the Sen-
ate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives promptly of any 
approvals authorized under subsection (a), together with a detailed 
statement of the reasons therefor. 
conf/aTtor rofits 
^^^' ^9^' ^^^ "^^^ Comptroller General of the United States (here-
studyby^'^° * ^' inafter in this section referred to as the "Comptroller General") is 
Comptroller 
authorized and directed, as soon as practicable after the date of enact-
enerai. 
meut of thls sectiou, to conduct a study and review on a selective, repre-
sentative basis of the profits made by contractors and subcontractors on 
contracts on which there is no formally advertised competitive bidding 
entered into by the Department of the Army, the Department of the 
Navy, the Department of the Air Force, the Coast Guard, and the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the authority 
io^sc^^23o^/-* 
^^ chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and on contracts entered 
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into by the Atomic Energy Commission to meet requirements of the 
Report to 
Department of Defense. The results of such study and review shall be 
ongress. 
Submitted to the Congress as soon as practicable, but in no event later 
than December 31, 1970. 
(b) Any contractor or subcontractor referred to in subsection (a) 
of this section shall, upon the request of the Comptroller General, pre-
pare and submit to the General Accounting Office such information 
maintained in the normal course of business by such contractor as the 
Comptroller General determines necessary or appropriate in conduct-
ing any study and review authorized by subsection (a) of this section. 
Information required under this subsection shall be submitted by a 
contractor or subcontractor in response to a written request made by 
the Comptroller General and shall be submitted in such form and 
detail as the Comptroller General may prescribe and shall be submitted 
within a reasonable period of time. 
GAo audit. 
^c) In order to determine the costs, including all types of direct and 
indirect costs, of performing any contract or subcontract referred to in 
subsection (a) of this section, and to determine the profit, if any, 
realized under any such contract or subcontract, either on a percentage 
of the cost basis, percentage of sales basis, or a return on private capital 
employed basis, the Comptroller General and authorized representa-
tives of the General Accounting Office are authorized to audit and 
inspect and to make copies of any books, accounts, or other records of 
any such contractor or subcontractor. 
subpenas. 
^(j) Upou the request of the Comptroller General, or any officer or 
employee designated by him, the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate may sign and issue subpenas requiring the production of such 
books, accounts, or other records as may be material to the study and 
review carried out by the Comptroller General under this section. 
Penalty. 
(^^ ^j^y disobedieuce to a subpena issued by the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives or the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate to carry out the provisions of this section 
shall be punishable as provided in section 102 of the Revised Statutes, 
(f) No book, account, or other record, or copy of any book, account, 
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Transportation 
of chemicals; and 
open air testing. 
or record, of any contractor or subcontractor obtained by or for tlie 
Comptroller General under authority of this section which is not 
necessary for determining the profitability on any contract, as defined 
in subsection (a) of this section, between such contractor or subcon-
tractor and the Department of Defense shall be available for examina-
tion, without the consent of such contractor or subcontractor, by any 
individual other than a duly authorized officer or employee of the 
General Accounting Office; and no officer or employee of the General 
Accounting Office shall disclose, to smj person not authorized by the 
Comptroller General to receive such information, any information 
obtained under authority of this section relating to cost, expense, or 
profitability on any nondefense business transaction of any contractor 
or subcontractor. 
(g) The Comptroller General shall not disclose in any report made 
by him to the Congress or to either Committee on Armed Services under 
authority of this section any confidential information relating to the 
cost, expense, or profit of any contractor or subcontractor on any non-
defense business transaction of such contractor or subcontractor. 
SEC. 409. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit semiannual Ki^^!J"'T^ ''"f 
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reports to the Congress on or before January 31 and on or before agents. 
July 31 of each year setting forth the amounts spent during the preced- cc!^*^es*s^ ^° 
ing six-month period for research, development, test and evaluation 
and procurement of all lethal and nonlethal chemical and biological 
agents. The Secretary shall include in each report a full explanation 
of each expenditure, including the purpose and the necessity therefor, 
(b) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
any other Act may be used for the transportation of any lethal chemical 
or any biological warfare agent to or from any military installation in 
the United States, or the open air testing of any such agent within the 
United States until the following procedures have been implemented: 
(1) the Secretary of Defense (hereafter referred to in this 
section as the "Secretary") has determined that the transportation 
or testing proposed to be made is necessary in the interests of 
national security; 
(2) the Secretary has brought the particulars of the proposed 
transportation or testing to the attention of the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare, who in turn may direct the 
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service and other qualified 
persons to review such particulars with respect to any hazards to 
public health and safety which such transportation or testing may 
pose and to recommend what precautionary measures are necessary 
to protect the public health and safety; 
(3) the Secretary has implemented any precautionary meas-
ures recommended in accordance with paragraph (2) above 
(including, where practicable, the detoxification of any such agent, 
if such agent is to be transported to or from a military installa-
tion for disposal) : Provided, however, That in the event the Sec-
retary finds the recommendation submitted by the Surgeon 
General would have the effect of preventing the proposed trans-
portation or testing, the President may determine that overriding 
considerations of national security require such transportation or 
testing be conducted. Any transportation or testing conducted pur-
suant to such a Presidential determination shall be carried out in 
the safest practicable manner, and the President shall report his 
determination and an explanation thereof to the President of the 
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as far in 
advance as practicable; and 
(4) the Secretary has provided notification that the transporta- 
Notice to 
tion or testing will take place, except where a Presidential deter- st°a"rGole^rntr. 
Presidential 
determination. 
Report to 
Congress. 
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Deployment 
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to Congress. 
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Congress. 
"United 
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National 
emergency. Sus-
pension authority 
of President. 
Definitions. 
mination lias been made: (A) to the President of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives at least 10 days 
before any such transportation will be commenced and at least 30 
days before any such testing will be commenced; (B) to the Gov-
ernor of any State through which such agents will be transported, 
such notification to be provided appropriately in advance of any 
such transportation. 
(c) (1) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or any other Act may be used for the future deployment, or storage, or 
both, at any place outside the United States of— 
(A) any lethal chemical or any biological warfare agent, or 
(B) any delivery system specifically designed to disseminate 
any such agent, 
unless prior notice of such deployment or storage has been given to the 
country exercising jurisdiction over such place. In the case of 
any place outside the United States which is under the jurisdiction or 
control of the L^nited States Government, no such action may be taken 
unless the Secretary gives prior notice of such action to the President of 
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Eepresentatives. As used 
in this paragraph, the term ''United States'* means the several States 
and the District of Columbia. 
(2) Xone of the funds authorized by this Act or any other Act 
shall be used for the future testing, development, transportation, 
storage, or disposal of any lethal chemical or any biological warfare 
agent outside the United States if the Secretary of State, after appro-
priate notice by the Secretary 
whenever any such action 
is 
contemplated, determines that such testing, development, transporta-
tion, storage, or disposal will violate international law. The Secretary 
of State shall report all determinations made by him under this 
paragraph to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and to all appropriate international organi-
zations, or organs thereof, in the event such report is required by 
treaty or other international agreement. 
(d) Unless otherwise indicated, as used in this section the term 
'"United States" means the several States, the District of Columbia, 
and the territories and possessions of the T^nited States. 
(e) After the effective date of this Act, the operation of this section, 
or any portion thereof, may be suspended by the President during 
the period of any war declared by Congress and during the period 
of any national emergency declared by Congress or by the President. 
(f) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
may be used for the procurement of any delivery system specifically 
designed to disseminate any lethal chemical or any biological war-
fare agent, or for the procurement of any part or component of any 
such delivery system, unless the President shall certify to the Congress 
that such procurement is essential to the safety and security of the 
United States. 
SEC. 410. (a) As used in this section— 
(1) The term "former military officer" means a former or retired 
commissioned officer of the Armed Forces of the United States who— 
(A) served on active duty in the grade of major (or equiva-
lent) or above, and 
(B) served on active duty for a period of ten years or more. 
(2) The term "former civilian employee" means any former civil-
ian officer or employee of the Department of Defense, including con-
sultants or part-time employees, whose salary rate at any time during 
the three-year period immediately preceding the termination of his 
last employment with the Department of Defense was equal to or 
greater than the minimum salary rate at such time for positions in 
Lrrade GS-13. 
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(3) The term "defense contractor" means any individual, firm, 
corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity, which 
provides services and materials to the Department of Defense under 
a contract directly with the Department of Defense. 
(4) The term "services and materials" means either services or 
materials or services and materials and includes construction. 
(5) The term "Department of Defense" means all elements of the 
Department of Defense and the military departments, 
(6) The term "contracts awarded" means contracts awarded by 
negotiation and includes the net amount of modifications to, and the 
exercise of options under, such contracts. It excludes all transactions 
amounting to less than $10,000 each. 
(7) The term "fiscal year" means a year beginning on 1 July and 
ending on 30 June of the next succeeding year. 
(b) Lender regulations to be prescril^d by the Secretary of Defense: 
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and civilian offi-
(1) Any former military omcer or former civilian employee ciais employed by 
who during any fiscal year, 
defense contrac-
(A) was employed by or served as a consultant or otherwise °R^eporting 
to a defense contractor for any period of time, 
requirements. 
(B) represented any defense contractor at any hearing, 
trial, appeal, or other action in which the United States was 
a party and which involved services and materials provided 
or to be provided to the Department of Defense by such 
contractor, or 
(C) represented any such contractor in any transaction 
with the Department of Defense involving services or 
materials provided or to be provided by such contractor to 
the Department of Defense, 
shall file with the Secretary of Defense, in such form and manner 
as the Secretary may prescribe, not later than November 15 of the 
next succeeding fiscal year, a report containing the following 
information: 
(1) His name and address. 
(2) The name and address of the defense contractor by 
whom he was employed or whom he served as a consultant or 
otherwise. 
(3) The title of the position held by him with the defense 
contractor. 
(4) A brief description of his duties and the work per-
formed by him for the defense contractor. 
(5) His military grade while on active duty or his gross 
salary rate while employed by the Department of Defense, 
as the case may be. 
(6) A brief description of his duties and the work per-
formed by him while on active duty or while employed by the 
Department of Defense during the three-year period imme-
diately preceding his release from active duty or the ter-
mination of his civilian employment, as the case may be. 
(7) The date on which he was released from active duty 
or the termination of his civilian employment with the 
Department of Defense, as the case may be, and the date on 
which his employment, as an employee, consultant, or other-
wise with the defense contractor began and, if no longer 
employed by such defense contractor, the date on which such 
employment with such defense contractor terminated. 
(8) Such other pertinent information as the Secretary of 
Defense may require. 
(2) Any employee of the Department of Defense, including 
DOD employees 
consultants or part-time employees, who was previously employed pioyeTby^d^eTense 
by or served as a consultant or otherwise to a defense contractor contractors. 
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in any fiscal year, and whose salary rate in the Department of 
Defense is equal to or greater than the minimum salary rate for 
positions in grade GS-13, shall file with the Secretary of Defense, 
in such form and manner and at such times as the Secretary may 
prescribe, a report containing the following information: 
(1) His name and address. 
(2) The title of his position with the Department of 
Defense. 
(3) A brief description of his duties with the Department 
of Defense. 
(4) The name and address of the defense contractor by 
whom he was employed or whom he served as a consultant or 
otherwise. 
(5) The title of his position with such defense contractor. 
(6) A brief description of his duties and the work per-
formed by him for the defense contractor. 
(7) The date on which his employment as a consultant or 
otherwise with such contractor terminated and the date on 
which his employment as a consultant or otherwise with the 
Department of Defense began thereafter. 
(8) Such other pertinent information as the Secretary of 
Defense may require. 
Exceptions, 
(c) (1) No former military officer or former civilian employee 
shall be required to file a report under this section for any fiscal 
year in which he was employed by or served as a consultant or other-
wise to a defense contractor if the total amount of contracts awarded 
by the Department of Defense to such contractor during such year 
was less than $10,000,000; and no employee of the Department of 
Defense shall be required to file a report under this section for any 
fiscal year in which he was employed by or served as a consultant 
or otherwise to a defense contractor if the total amount of contracts 
awarded to such contractor by the Department of Defense during 
such year was less than $10,000,000. 
(2) No former military officer or former civilian employee shall 
be required to file a report under this section for any fiscal year on 
account of active duty performed or employment with or services 
performed for the Department of Defense if such active duty or 
employment was terminated three years or more prior to the begin-
ning of such fiscal year; and no employee of the Department of 
Defense shall be required to file a report under this section for any 
fiscal year on account of employment with or services performed for 
a defense contractor if such employment was terminated or such 
services were performed three years or more prior to the effective 
date of his employment with the Department of Defense. 
(3) No former military officer or former civilian employee shall 
be required to file a report under this section for any fiscal year during 
which he was employed by or served as a consultant or otherwise to 
a defense contractor at a salary rate of less than $15,000 per year; 
and no employee of the Department of Defense, including consultants 
or part-time employees, shall be required to file a report under this 
section for any fiscal year during which he was employed by or 
served as a consultant or otherwise to a defense contractor at a salary 
rate of less than $15,000 per year. 
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(^) "^^^ Secretary of Defense shall, not later than December 31 
of each year, file with the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives a report containing a list of the names 
of persons who have filed reports with him for the preceding fiscal 
year pursuant to subsections (b) (1) and (b) (2) of this section. The 
Secretary shall include after each name so much information as he 
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deems appropriate and shall list the names of such persons under the 
defense contractor for whom they worked or for whom they performed 
services. 
(e) Any former military officer or former civilian employee whose 
employment with or services for a defense contractor terminated dur-
ing any fiscal year shall be required to file a report pursuant to sub-
section (b) (1) of this section for such year if he would otherwise be 
required to file under such subsection; and any person whose employ-
ment with or services for the Department of Defense terminated 
during any fiscal year shall be required to file a report pursuant to 
subsection (b) (2) of this section for such year if he would otherwise 
be required to file under such subsection. 
(f) The Secretary shall maintain a file containing the information 
filed with him pursuant to subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this 
section and such file shall be open for public inspection at all times 
during the regular workday. 
(g) Any person who fails to comply with the filing requirements 
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of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be punished by not more than six months in prison 
or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. 
(h) No person shall be required to file a report pursuant to this 
section for any fiscal year prior to the fiscal year 1971. 
Approved November 19, 1969. 
Public Law 91-122 
A N A C T 
November 21, 1969 
To amend section 358a (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as 
TH. R. 14030] 
amended, to extend the authority to transfer peanut acreage allotments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 358a (a) 
of the xVgricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended 
si stat. ess. 
by changing "and 1969" to read '', 1969, and 1970". 
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Approved November 21, 1969. 
Public Law 91-123 
A N A C T 
November 25, 1969 
To authorize funds to carry out the purposes of the Appalachian Regional De- 
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velopment Act of 1965. as amended, and titles I, III, IV, and V of the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
R^'ion'j^'^^^" 
Development Act 
TITLE I—APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
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