An Act to authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1973 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons, and research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to authorize construction at certain installations in connection with the Safeguard antiballistic missile system, and to prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and of the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes
PL 92-436 (H.R.15495), enacted 09/26/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-436-SEPT. 26, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Public Law 92-436 
September 26, 1972 
A N A C T 
[H. R. 15495] 
'j(j authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1973 for procurement of 
aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other 
weapons, and research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed 
Forces, and to authorize construction at certain installations in connection 
with the Safeguard antiballistic missile system, and to prescribe the author-
ized personnel strength for each active duty component and of the Selected 
Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes. 
Armed Forces. 
1973. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represenfatives 
of the 
Appropriation 
IJmted Citatcs of Amenca m Congress assembled^ 
authorization, 
TITLP] I—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during 
the fiscal year 1973 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United 
States for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval A^essels, tracked 
combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons, as authorized by law, 
in amounts as follows: 
Aircraft 
For aircraft: for the Army, $133,800,000; for the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, $3,073,400,000, of which not to exceed $570,100,000 shall 
be available for an F-14 aircraft program of not less than 48 aircraft 
subject to (1) not increasing the ceiling price for the lot V option 
in the F-14 contract between the Navy and the primary airframe con-
tractor except in accordance with the terms of such contract, includ-
ing the clause providing for normal technical changes; and (2) the 
Navy exercising the option for lot V on or before October 1, 1972, or 
any subsequent date prior to December 31, 1972, as may be mutually 
agreed upon between the Navy and the contractor without additional 
cost to the government and within the present contract terms and con-
ditions : Provided^ That in the event the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that any condition prescribed in clause (1) or (2) cannot be 
met, he shall report such fact to the Congress within 90 days after 
such determination together with his recommendations regarding 
the future of the F-14 program; for the Air Force, $2,283,900,000. 
Missiles 
For missiles: for the Army, $700,400,000; for the Navy. $769.600,000; 
for the Marine Corps, $22,100,000; for the Air Force, $1.745,300,000. 
Naval Vessels 
For naval vessels: for the Navy, $3,179,200,000. 
Tracked Combat Vehicles 
For tracked combat vehicles: for the Army, $186,500,000; for the 
Marine Corps, $54,500,000. 
Torpedoes 
For torpedoes and related support e(iiiipment: for the Navy, 
$194,200,000. 
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735 
Other Weapons 
For other weapons: for the Army. $57,800,000; for the Navv. 
ii?2o,700.000; for the Marine Corps, $900,000. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
SEC. 201, Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated (hirinjr 
the fiscal year 1973 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, $1,978,966,000; 
For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $2,708,817,000; 
For the Air Force, $3,272,777,000, of which $48.1()().00() is 
authorized only for the A - X program; and 
For the Defense Agencies, $505,987,000. 
SEC. 202. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Defense duiing fiscal year 1973 for use as an emergency 
fund for research, development, test, and evaluation or procurement 
or production related thereto, $50,000,000. 
TITLE III—ACTIVE FORCES 
SEC. 301. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this sec-
tion, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, and ending June 30. 
1973, each component of the Armed Forces is authorized an end 
strength for active duty personnel as follows: 
(1) The Army, 828,900; 
(2) The Navy, 601,672; 
(3) The Marine Corps, 197,965; 
(4) The Air Force, 700,516; 
except that the ceiling for any armed force shall not include members 
of the Ready Reserve of such armed force ordered to active duty under 
the provisions of section 673 of title 10, LTnited States Code, members 
of the Army National Guard or members of the Air National Guard 
called into Federal service under section 3500 or 8500, as the case may 
be. of title 10, United States Code, or members of the militia of any 
State called into Federal service under chapter 15 of title 10, United 
States Code. Whenever one or more units of the Ready Reserve are 
ordered to active duty after the date of enactment of this section, the 
President shall, on the first day of the second fiscal year quarter 
inmiediately following the quarter in which the firet unit or units are 
ordered to active duty and on the first day of each succeeding six-month 
[period thereafter, so long as any such unit is retained on active duty, 
submit a report to the Congress regarding the necessity for such unit 
or units being ordered to active duty. The President shall include in 
each such report a statement of the mission of each such unit ordered 
to active duty, an evaluation of such unit's performance of that mission, 
where each such unit is being deployed at the time of the report, and 
such other information regarding each such unit as the President deems 
appropriate. 
(b) The end strength for active duty personnel pi-cscribed in sub-
section (a) of this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, 
shall be reduced by not less than 16,000. Such reduction shall be appor-
tioned among the Army, Navy (excluding the Marine (^orps), and 
Air Force in such manner as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe, 
except that, in applying any portion of such reducti(m to any military 
Emer 
fund. 
Exceptions. 
70A Stat. 28; 
72 Stat. 1441. 
70A Stat. 
525. 
199, 
70A Stat. 15; 
82 Stat. 841. 
10 u s e 331. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Reduction. 
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[86 STAT. 
Armed Forces, 
active duty per-
sonnel strength, 
c ongre s s i ona 1 
authorization. 
85 Stat. 362. 
10 u s e 133 
note. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
department, the reduction shall be applied solely to the geiiera.l support 
forces of such military department unless the Secretary of Defense 
(1) determines that the making of such reduction solely from the gen-
eral support forces of such military department will seriously and 
adversely affect the military mission of such department, and (2) 
promptly informs the Congress in writing of his determination and 
the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 802. Subsection (d) of section 412 of Public Law 86-1-1:9, as 
added by section 509 of Public Law 91-441 (84 Stat. 913), is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(d) (1) Beginning with the fiscal year which begins July 1, 1972. 
and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Congress shall authorize the 
end strength as of the end of each fiscal year for active duty personnel 
for each component of the Armed Forces; and no funds may be appro-
priated for any fiscal year beginning on or after such date to or foi-
the use of the active duty personnel of any component of the Armed 
Forces unless the end strength for active duty personnel of such 
component for such fiscal year has been authorized by law. 
"(2) Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a written report not 
later than January 31 of each fiscal year recommending the annual 
active duty end strength level for each component of the Armed Forces 
for the next fiscal year and shall include in such report justification 
for the strength levels recommended and an explanation of the rela-
tionship between the personnel strength levels recommended for such 
fiscal year and the national security policies of the United States in 
effect at the time. Such justification and explanation shall specify in 
detail for all forces, including each land force division, carrier and 
other major combatant vessel, air wing, and other comparable unit: 
(A) the unit mission and capability, (B) the strategy which the unit 
supports, and (C) the area of deployment and illustrative areas of 
potential deployment, including a description of any United States 
(commitment to defend such areas. Such justification and explanation 
shall also include a detailed discussion of the manpower required for 
support and overhead functions within the Armed Services.*' 
t i T L E IV—RESERVE FORCES 
SEC. 401. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, and ending 
June 30, 1973, 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. 402,333: 
(2) The Army Reserve, 261,300; 
(3) The Naval Reserve, 129,000 ; 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 45,016; 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 87.614; 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 51,296; 
(7) TheCoast Guard Reserve, 11,800. 
SEC. 402. The axerage strength prescribed by section 401 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 com-
ponent who are on active duty (other than for training or for unsatis-
factory participation in training) without their consent at any time 
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737 
during the j&scal year. Whenever such units or such individual mem-
bers are released 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. 
TITLE V—ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE CONSTRUCTION 
AUTHORIZATION—LIMITATIONS ON DEPLOYMENT 
SEC. 501. (a) Military construction for the Safeguard anti-ballistic 
missile system is authorized for the Department of the Army as 
follows: 
Military family housing, Grand Forks Safeguard site, North 
Dakota, two hundred and eighteen units, $6,004,000. 
(b) Authorization contained in this section shall be subject to the 
authorizations and limitations of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act, 1973, in the same manner as if such authorizations had 
been included in that Act. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds authorized by this or any other Act 
may be obligated or expended for the purpose of continuing or initiat-
ing deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system at any site except 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Nothing 
in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the obligation or 
expenditure of funds in connection with the dismantling of anti-
ballistic missile system sites or the cancellation of work at Whiteman 
Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri, Francis E. Warren Air Force 
Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great 
Falls, Montana. 
(b) Section 403(a) of Public Law 02-156 (85 Stat. 423, 426) is 
hereby repealed. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. (a) Effective April 1, 1972, (1) subsection (a) (1) of 
section 401 of Public Law 89-367, approved March 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 
37), as amended by section 501 of Public Law 92-156 (85 Stat. 
427), is hereby amended by deleting "$2,500,000,000" and mserting 
"$2,700,000,000" in lieu thereof, and (2) section 738(a) of Public Law 
92-204 (85 Stat. 734) is amended by deleting "$2,500,000,000" and 
inserting "$2,700,000,000" in lieu thereof. 
(b) Effective July 1,1972, subsection (a) (1) of section 401 of Public 
Law 89-367, approved March 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 37), as amended, is 
hereby amended to read as follows: 
"(a) (1) Not to exceed $2,500,000,000 of the funds authorized for 
appropriation 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: (A) Vietnamese and other free world 
forces in support of Vietnamese forces, (B) local forces in Laos; and 
for related costs, during the fiscal year 1973 on such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary of Defense may determine. None of the funds 
appropriated to or for the use of the Armed Forces of the United 
States may be used for the purpose of paying any overseas allowance, 
per diem allowance, or any other addition to the regular base pay of 
any person serving with the free world forces in South Vietnam if the 
amount of such payment would be greater than the amount of special 
pay authorized to be paid, for an equivalent period of service, to mem-
Safeguard. 
Post, 
p. 1135. 
Grand Forks 
AFB, continu-
ation. 
Whiteman, War-
ren and Malmstrom 
AFB, dismantlinj5 
and cancellation. 
Repeal. 
Funds 
ability f 
namese 
Effect 
, avail-
or Viet-
forces. 
ive date. 
Effective date. 
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[86 STAT. 
77 Stat. 216; 
79 Stat. 547. 
Cambodia and 
Laos. 
Laos, fund 
limitation. 
'Value.' 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
C-5A aircraft 
contingency fund, 
restrictions and 
controls. 
bers of the Armed Forces of the United States (under section 310 of 
title 37, United States Code) serving in Vietnam or in any other hos-
tile fire area, except for continuation of payments of such additions to 
regular base pay provided in agreements executed prior to July 1, 
1970. Nothing in clause (A) of the first sentence of this paragraph 
shall be construed as authorizing the use of any such funds to support 
Vietnamese or other free world forces in actions designed to provide 
military support and assistance to the Government of Cambodia or 
Laos: Provided^ That nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued to prohibit support of actions required to insure the safe and 
orderly withdrawal or disengagement of United States forces from 
Southeast Asia, or to aid in the release of Americans held as prisoners 
of war." 
SEC. 602. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be 
expended in any amount in excess of $375,000,000 for the purpose of 
carrying out directly or indirectly any economic or military assistance, 
or any operation, project, or program of any kind, or for providing 
any goods, supplies, materials, equipment, services, personnel, or 
advisers in, to, for, or on behalf of Laos during the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1973. 
(b) In computing the $375,000,000 limitation on expenditure author-
ity under subsection (a) of this section in fiscal year 1973, there 
shall be included in the computation the value of any goods, supplies, 
materials, or equipment provided to, for, or on behalf of Laos in such 
fiscal year by gift, donation, loan, lease, or otherwise. For the purpose 
of this subsection, "value" means the fair market value of any goods, 
supplies, materials, or equipment provided to, for, or on behalf of 
Laos, but in no case less than 33% per centum of the amount the 
Ignited States paid at the time such goods, supplies, materials, or 
equipment were acquired by the United States. 
(c) No additional expenditures in excess of the limitation pre-
scribed in subsection (a) of this section may be made for any of the 
purposes described in such subsection in, to, for, or on behalf of Laos 
m any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1973, unless such expendi-
tures have been specifically authorized by law enacted after the date 
of enactment of this Act. In no case shall expenditures in any amount 
in excess of the amount authorized by law for any fiscal year be made 
for any such purpose during such fiscal year. 
(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of this section shall 
not apply with respect to the expenditure of funds to carry out combat 
air operations in or over Laos by United States and South Vietnamese 
military forces. 
(e) After the date of enactment of this Act, whenever any request 
is made to the Congress for the appropriation of funds for use in, 
for, or on behalf of Laos for any fiscal year, the President shall furnish 
a written report to the Congress explaining the purposes for which 
such funds are to be used in such fiscal year. 
(f) The President shall submit to the Congress within thirty days 
after the end of each quarter of each fiscal year, a written report show-
ing the total amount of expenditures in, for, or on behalf of Laos dur-
ing the preceding quarter by the United States Government, and shall 
include in such report a general breakdown of the total amount 
expended, describing the different purposes for which such funds were 
expended and the total amount expended for such purposes. 
SEC. 603. (a) The amount of $107,600,000 authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act for the development and procurement of the C-5A 
aircraft may he expended only for the reasonable and allocable direct 
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and indirect costs incurred by the prime airframe contractor under a 
contract entered into with the United States to carry out the C-5A 
aircraft program. No part of such amount may be used for— 
(1) direct costs of any other contract or activity of the prime 
contractor; 
(2) profit on any materials, supplies, or services which are 
sold or transferred between any division, subsidiary, or affiliate 
of the prime contractor under the common control of the prime 
contractor and such division, subsidiary, or affiliate; 
(3) bid and proposal costs, independent research and develop-
ment costs, and the cost of other similar imsponsored technical 
effort; or 
(4) depreciation and amortization costs in excess of $4,400,000 
on property, plant, or equipment. 
Any of the costs referred to m the preceding sentence which would 
otherwise be allocable to any work funded by such $107,600,000 may 
not be allocated to other portions of the C-5A aircraft contract or to 
any other contract with the United States, but payments to C-5A 
aircraft subcontractors shall not be subject to the restriction referred 
to in such sentence. 
(b) Any payments from such $107,600,000 shall be made to the 
prime contractor through a special bank account from which such 
contractor may withdraw funds only after a request containing a 
detailed justification of the amount requested has been submitted to 
and approved by the contracting officer for the United States. All pay-
ments made from such special bank account shall be audited by the 
Defense Contract Audit Agency of the Department of Defense and, 
on a quarterly basis, by the General Accounting Office. The Comp-
troller General shall submit to the Congress not more than thirty days 
after the close of each quarter a report on the audit for such quarter 
performed by the General Accounting Office pursuant to this 
subsection. 
(c) The restrictions and controls provided for in this section with 
respect to the $107,600,000 referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of 
this section shall be in addition to such other restrictions and controls 
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
the Air Force. 
SEC. 604. Section 412 of Public Law 86-149, as amended, is further 
amended by adding the following new subsection: 
"(e) (1) Beginning with the fiscal year which begins July 1, 1973. 
and for each fiscal year thereafter, tlie Congress shall authorize the 
average military training student loads for each component of the 
Armed Forces. Such authorization shall not be required for unit or 
crew training student loads, but shall be required for student loads 
for the following individual training categories: recruit and special-
ized training; flight training; professional training in military and 
civilian institutions; and officer acquisition training; and no funds 
may be appropriated for any fiscal year beginning on or after such 
date for the use of training any military personnel in the aforemen-
tioned categories of any component of the Armed Forces unless the 
average student load of such component for such fiscal year has been 
authorized by law. 
"(2) Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a written report not 
later than March 1 of each fiscal year recommending the average stu-
dent load for each category of training for each component of the 
Armed Forces for the next three fiscal years and shall include in such 
report justification for and explanation of the average student loads 
recommended." 
Defense Depart-
ment and GAG 
audits. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Military training 
student loads, 
congressional 
authorization. 
Ante, 
p. 736. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
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[86 STAT. 
Submarine duty 
pay. 
80 Stat. 1121. 
Funds to cam-
puses barring 
military recruit-
ers, prohibition. 
Exception. 
Limitation. 
Israel, aircraft 
sales, extension. 
SK* . H05. Section aoi (a) (2) (A) of title :M, Tnited States (\)de, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(A) during one calendar month: 48 hours; however, hour^; 
served underway in excess of 48 as a member of a submarine opera-
tional command staff during any of the immediately j)receding 
five calendar months and not already used to qualify for incentive 
pay may be applied to satisfy the underway time requirement!^ 
for the current month;". 
SFA'. 606. (a) Xo part of the funds appropriated pui-suant to this 
or any other Act for the Department of Defense or any of the Armed 
Forces may be used at any institution of higher learning if the Secre-
tary of Defense or his designee determines that recruiting personnel 
of ajiy of the Armed Forces of the United States are being barred by 
the policy of such institution from the premises of the institution: 
except in a case where the Secretary of the service concerned certifies 
to the Congress in writing that a specific course of instruction is not 
available at any other institution of higher learning and furnishes 
to the Congress the reasons why such course of instruction is of vital 
importance to the security of the L^nited States. 
(b) The prohibition made by subsection (a) of this section as it 
applies to research and development funds shall not apply if the Sec-
retary of Defense or his designee determines that the expenditure is a 
continuation or a renewal of a previous program with such institution 
which is likely to make a significant contribution to the defense effort. 
(c) The Secretaries of the military departments shall furnish to 
the Secretary of Defense or his designee within 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act and each January 31 and June 30 thereafter 
the names of any institution of higher learning which the Secretaries 
determine on such dates are affected by the prohibitions contained in 
this section. 
SEC. 607. None of the funds authorized for appropriation to the 
Department of Defense pursuant to this Act shall be obligated under a 
contract entered into after the date of enactment of this Act undei* 
any multi-year procurement as defined in section 1-322 of the Armed 
Services Procurement Regulations (as in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act) where the cancellation ceiling for such procurement 
is in excess of $5,000,000. 
SEC. 608. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority 
provided in section 501 of Public Law 91^41 (84 Stat. 909) is hereby 
extended until December 31, 1973. 
Approved September 26, 1972. 
September 29, 1972 
[H. R. 2589] 
Public Law 92-437 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1869 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the 
information required by a juror qualification form. 
U.S. Courts. 
Juror qualifica-
tion forms. 
82 Stat. 61. 
Definition. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That paragraph (h) 
of section 1869 of title 28, L'nited States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(h) 'juror qualification form' shall mean a form prescribed 
by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and 
approved by the Judicial Conference of the L^nited States, which 
shall elicit the name, address, age, race, occupation, education,