An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes
PL 89-213 (H.R.9221), enacted 09/29/1965

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Public Law 89-213 
AN A C T 
September 29, 1965 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending —L_:—— 
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June 30, 1966, and for other i)uriK)ses. 
Be if, enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^'isemhled^ That the following Defense* Appro-
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- priation Act, 1966. 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1^66, for military 
functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for other 
purposes, namely: 
T I T L E I 
MILITARY PERSONXEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, A R M Y 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components 
provided for elsewhere); $4,092,291,000, and, in addition $240,000,000 
of which $210,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Army 
stock fund and the Defense stock fund and $30,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from the Army industrial fund: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $12,300j000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation 
made under this head for the fiscal year 1963, and subsequently with-
drawn under the Act of July 25j 1956 (31 U.S.C. 701), may be restored 
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and transferred to the appropriation accounts under this head for the 
fiscal years 1956,1957, and 1961. 
MILITARY PERHONNEI^, XAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistencej interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Navy on active duty (except membei*s of the Reserve provided 
for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; $3,055,000,000, and, 
in addition $120,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from the 
Navy stock fund and the Defense stock fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 
all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses 01 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Resei-ve 
provided for elsewhere); $749,900,000, and, in addition $25,000,000 
which shall be derived by transfer from the Marine Corps stxxjk fund 
and the Defense stock fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
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of the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve com-
ponents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; 
$4,393,800,000, and, in addition $85,000,000 which shall be derived by 
transfer from the Air Force stock fund and the Defense stock fund: 
Provided^ That not to exceed $45,800,000 in the aggregate of the 
unobligated balances of appropriations made under this head for the 
fiscal years 1961 and 1962, and subsequently withdrawn under the 
70 Stat. 647. 
^ot of July 25,1956 (31 U.S.C. 701), may be restored and transferred 
to the appropriation accounts under this head for the fiscal years 
1958 and 1959. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
70A Stat. 11, 
161. 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Araiy Reserve on active duty 
under sections 265 and 3033 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
undergoing reserve training or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as 
authorized by law; $238,600,000: Provided^ That the Army Reserve 
will be programed to attain an end strength of two hundred seventy 
thousand for fiscal year 1966. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
F|Or pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty 
under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, 
regular and contract enrollees in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, and retainer pay, as autli,orized by law^; $105,100,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
F,or pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and the 
Marine Corps platoon leaders class on active duty under section 265 
of title 10, United State Code, or while undergoing reserve training, 
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; 
$33,000,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
F,or pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active 
70A Stat. 491. 
(juty uuder section 265 or 8033 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and f,or members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 
as authorized by law; $60,500,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on 
duty under sections 265, 3033, or 3496 of title 10 or section 708 of 
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A Stat. 198, 
title 32, United States Code, or while undergoing training or while 
performing 
drills or equivalent 
duty, as authorized by 
law; 
$271,800,000: Provided^ That obligations may be incurred under this 
appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States 
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A Stat. 599. 
Codc t Pvovided further^ That the Army National Guard will be pro-
gramed to attain an end strength of not less than three hundred eighty 
thousand for fiscal year 1966. 
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NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under 
sections 265, 8033, or 8496 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 
States Code, or while undergoing training or while performing drills 49?'^52T"6i4' 
or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; $71,300,000: Provided^ That 
obligations may be incurred under this appropriation without regard 
to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
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RETIRED PAY, DEFENSE 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of military 
personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and 
the Air Force, including the reserve components thereof, retainer pay 
for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve, and payments under 
chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code; $1,529,000,000. 
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TITLE II 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Army, including administration; medical 
and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation 
(including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel 
on duty or leave, except elective private treatment), and other 
measures necessary to protect the health of the Army; care of the 
dead; chaplains' activities; awards and medals; welfare and recrea-
tion; recruiting expenses; transportation services; communications 
services; maps and similar data for military purposes; military surveys 
and engineering planning; repair of facilities; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; tuition and fees incident to training of military 
personnel at civilian institutions; field exercises and maneuvers; 
expenses for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and other units at 
educational institutions, as authorized by law; and not to exceed 
$4,308,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and pay-
ments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes, and his determination shall be final and conclusive 
upon the accounting officers of the Government; $3,483,600,000, of 
which not less than $225,000,000 shall be available only for the mainte-
nance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY, 1962 (LIQUIDATION OP CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION ) 
For an additional amount for "Operation and maintenance, Army, 
1962" for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
contained in subsection (c) of section 612 of the Department of 
Defense Appropriation Act, 1962, $54,044,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps^ including 
aircraft and vessels; modification of aircraft, missiles, missile systems, 
and other ordnance; design and alteration of vessels; training and 
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education of members of the Navy; administration; procurement of 
military personnel; hire of passenger motor vehicles; welfare and 
recreation; medals, awards, emblems, and other insignia; transporta-
tion of things (including transportation of household effects of civilian 
employees); industrial mobilization; medical and dental care; care 
of the dead; charter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress; 
maritime salvage services; military communications facilities on mer-
chant vessels; dissemination of scientific information; administration 
of patents, trademarks, and copyrights; annuity premiums and retire-
ment benefits for civilian members of teaching services; tuition, allow-
ances, and fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian 
institutions; repair of facilities; departmental salaries; conduct of 
schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, enter-
tainment, and welfare expenses for the enlisted men; procurement of 
services, special clothing, supplies, and equipment; installation of 
equipment in public or private plants; exploration, prospecting, con-
servation, development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum and 
oil shale reserves, as authorized by law: and not to exceed $9,825,000 
for emergency and extraordinary expenses, as authorized by section 
70A Stat. 442. 
7202 of title 10, United States Code, to be expended on the approval 
and authority of the Secretary and his determination shall be final and 
conclusive upon the accomiting officers of the Government; $3,332,100,-
000, of which not less than |l41,000,0<X) shall be available only for 
the maintenance of real property facilities, and not to exceed $1,169,000 
may be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries ajid expenses", 
Weather Bureau, Department of Commerce, fiscal year 1966 for the 
operation of ocean weather stations: Prodded^ Tliat not to exceed 
$8,600,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made under 
this head for the fiscal year 1960, and subsequently withdrawn under 
the Act of July 25, 1956 (31 U.S.C. 701), may be restored and trans-
ferred to the appropriation account for "Medical care. Navy," for the 
fiscal year 1958. 
Opj:Ri\.TioN AND MAINTENANCE, M A R I N E 
CORPS 
For esmenses, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Marine Corps mcluding equipment and facilities; procurement of 
military personnel; training and education of regular and i-eserve per-
sonnel, including tuition and other costs incurred at civilian schools; 
welfare and recreation; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, 
and other instructional, entertainment, and welfare expenses for the 
enlisted men; procurement and manufacture of military supplies, 
equipment, and clothing; hire of passenger motor vehicles; trans-
portation of things; medals, awards, emblems, and other insignia: 
operation of station hospitals, dispensaries and dental clinics; and 
departmental salaries; $192,500,000, of which not less than $20,462,000 
shall be available only for the maintenance of i-eal property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion, maintenance, and administration of the Air Force, including the 
Air Force Eeserve and the Air Eeserve Officers' Training Corps: 
operation, maintenance, and modification of aircraft and missiles; 
transportation of things; i-epair and maintenance of facilities; field 
printing plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting advertis-
ing expense-s; training and instruction of military persoimel of the 
Air Force, including tuition and related expenses; pay, allowances, 
and travel expenses of contract surgeons; repair of private property 
and other necessai'v expenses of combat maneuvei's; care of the dead; 
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chaplain and other welfare and morale supplies and equipment; con-
duct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, 
entertainment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men and patients 
not otherwise provided for; awards and decorations; industrial mobili-
zation, includmg maintenance of reserve plants and equipment and 
procurement planning; special services by contract or otherwise; and 
not to exceed $3,900,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, 
to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the 
Air Force, and paymente may be made on his certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes, and his determination shall be final 
and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government; 
$4,464,100,000, of which not less than $258,000,000 shall be available 
only for the maintenance of real property facilities, and not to exceed 
$200,000 may be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and 
expenses". Weather Bureau, Department of Commerce, fiscal year 
1966, for the operation of the Marcus Island upper-air station. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil 
Defense), including administration; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
welfare and recreation; awards and decorations; travel expenses, 
including expenses of temporary duty travel of military personnel; 
transportation of things (including transportation of household 
effects of civilian employees); industrial mobilization; care of the 
dead; dissemination of scientific information; administration of pat-
ents, trademarks, and copyrights; tuition and fees incident to the train-
ing of military personnel at civilian institutions; repair of facilities; 
departmental salaries; procurement of services, special clothing, sup-
plies, and equipment; field printing plants; information and educa-
tional services for the Armed Forces; communications services; and 
not to exceed $1,623,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, 
to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense 
for such purposes as he deems appropriate, and his determination 
thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the 
Government; $533,490,000, of which not less than $11,400,000 shall 
he available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL FUND 
For the Defense Industrial Fund, $30,000,000, to be derived by 
1 ransfer from the Defense Stock Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army 
National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and repairs to 
structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personal 
services in the National Guard Bureau and services of personnel of the 
National Guard employed as civilians without regard to their mili-
tary rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be employed 
unaer provisions of law (32 U.S.C. 709), and those necessary to pro- 
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vide reimbursable services for the military departments, may be such 
as is deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Army; travel expenses 
(other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on 
active duty, for Army National Guard division, regimental, and bat-
talion commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National 
Guard regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 
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Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard 
of the several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District 
of Columbia, as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modifica-
tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including 
aircraft); $208,800,000, of which not less than $1,900,000 shall be 
available only for the maintenance of real property facilities: Pro-
vided^ That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation 
without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
70A Stat. 599. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, includ-
ing medical and hospital treatment and related expenses; maintenance, 
operation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for the 
training and administration of the Air National Guard, including 
repair of facilities, maintenance, operation and modification of air-
craft ; transj>ortation of things; hire of passenger motor vehicles; sup-
plies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air 
National Guard of the several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and the District of Columbia; and expenses incident to the mainte-
nance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as 
may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the 
same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel 
on active Federal duty, of Air National Guard commanders while 
inspecting units in compliance with National Guard regulations 
when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; 
$238,000,000, of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be available only 
for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided, That the 
number of caretakers authorized to be employed under the provisions 
7oAstat. 614. 
^^ j ^ ^ ^ ^32 XJ.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed necessary by the 
Secretary of the Air Force and such caretakers may be employed 
without regard to their military rank as members of the Air National 
Guard: Provided further, That obligations may be incurred under 
this appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United 
States Code. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses of construction, equipment, and main-
tenance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens m marksmanship, 
and promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with law, including 
travel of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending 
regional, national, and international competitions, and not to exceed 
$21,000 for incidental expenses of the National Board; $459,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses of civilian members of the National 
Board shall be paid in accordance with the Standardized Government 
Travel Regulations, as amended. 
CLAIMS, DEFENSE 
For payment, not otherwise provided for, of claims authorized by 
law to oe paid by the Department of Defense (except for civil func-
tions), including claims for damages arising under training contracts 
with carriers, and repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary 
concerned, or officers designated by him, to have been erroneously 
collected from military and civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense, or from States, territories, or the District of Columbia, or 
members of National Guard units thereof; $24,000,000. 
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CONTINGENCIES, DEFENSE 
For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely 
on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential 
military purposes; $15,000,000: Provided^ That a report of disburse- ^ 
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ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to mittee 
the Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
CouRT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military 
Appeals; $579,000. 
TITLE III—PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MISSILES, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, 
vessels, and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps; purchase of not to exceed two thousand seven hundred and 
forty-one passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expenses 
which in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in 
providing facilities for production oi equipment and supplies for 
national defense purposes, including construction, and the furnishing 
of Government-owned facilities and equipment at privately owned 
plants; and ammunition for military salutes at institutions to which 
issue of weapons for salutes is authorized; $1,204,800,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES, NAVY 
For construction^ procurement, production, modification, 
and 
modernization of aircraft, missiles, equipment, including ordnance, 
spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion 
of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and 
such lands, and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General 
as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procure- 
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ment and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 
public or private plants; $2,272,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or con-
version of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament 
thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installa-
tion i:hereof in public or private plants; procurement of critical, long 
leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed or 
converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, 
including land necessary therefor, and such land, and interests therein, 
may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; $1,690,500,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That none of the funds herein provided for the 
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construction or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in 
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shipyards in the United States shall be expended in foreign shipyards 
for the construction of major components of the hull or superstructure 
of such vessel. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of support equip-
ment, and materials not otherwise provided for. Navy ordnance and 
jimmunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships 
authorized for conversion), purchase of not to exceed one thousand 
five hundred and sixty passenger motor vehicles (including eight 
medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each) for replacement omy; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary 
therefor, and such lands, and interests therein may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the 
Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
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amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public or private plants; $1,135,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament^ ammunition, military equipment, 
and vehicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of not to exceed 
two hundred and sixty-nine passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only; $43,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft, and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories 
therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private 
plants. Government-owned equipment and installation thereof m such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to 
70A Stat. 590. 
sectlou 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney 
General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; 
reserve plant and equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, including rents and transportation of 
things; $3,517,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, rockets, 
and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor, 
ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public 
and private plants. Government-owned equipment and installation 
thereof in sucn plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, 
without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the 
foregoing purposes, and such land, and interests therein, may be 
acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents 
and transportation of things; $796,100,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground 
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and 
communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts 
therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed two 
thousand four hundred and twenty-eight passenger motor vehicles 
(including five medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each), for 
replacement oidy^: and expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection 
of structures, and acquisition of land, without regard to section 9774 
of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
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land, and interests therein, may be acquired and construction prose-
cuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General 
as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; $829,100,000. 
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to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depai-tment of Defense 
(other than the military departments and the Office of Civil Defense) 
necessary for procurement, production, and modification of equipment, 
supplies, materials and spare parts therefor not othei-wise provided 
for; purchase of fifty passenger motor Aehicles for replacement only; 
expansion of public and private plants, equipment and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 
for the foregoing purposes, and such land and interest therein may be 
acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of 
title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Eevised 
Statutes, as amended; $15,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLP: IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMEXT, TEST, AXD 
E V A L I T A T I O X 
RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENT. TEJST. AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $1,406,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT. TE«T, AND EVALUATION, XAVY 
For expenses necessaiy for basic and applied scientific researdi, 
development, test, and evaluation,' including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of fa<"ilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $1,439,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENT, TTST. 
AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessaiy for basic and applied scientific research, 
flevelopment, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $3,103,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ ^ ^^?2f'l,?'^'!'""^ 
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $22,000,000 shall ' "^"'"^ 
be available only for development of advanced manned strategic air-
craft, and $150,000,000 shall be available only for the Manned Orbiting 
LalToratoiy program. 
Laboratory pro-
gram. 
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Transfer of 
funds. 
Restriction. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
(other than the military departments and the Office of Civil Defense), 
necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, 
and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be designated and 
determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; mainte-
nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
as authorized by law, to remain available until expended; $495,000,000; 
Provided^ That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to have been made available in other appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year for 
programs related to advanced research may be transferred to and 
merged with this appropriation to be available for the same purposes 
and time period: Provided fwrther^ That such amounts of this appro-
priation as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to carry out the purposes of advanced research to those 
appropriations for military functions under the Department of 
Defense which are being utilized for related programs, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period as the appropriation 
to which transferred, and not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 
to the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses," Coast and Geodetic 
Survey, Department of Commerce, fiscal year 1966, for the expenses 
of the Worldwide Seismological Network Program. 
EMERGENCY FUND, DEFENSE 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the Bureau of the Budget, to any appropriation for military functions 
under the Department of Defense available for research, development, 
test, and evaluation, iOr procurement or production related thereto, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for 
the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred; 
$125,000,000, and, in addition, not to exceed $150,000,000, to b© used 
upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such funds can 
be wisely, profitably, and practically used in the interest of national 
defense and to be derived by transfer from such appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense for obligation during the current 
fiscal year as the Secretary of Defense may designate: Provided^ That 
any apprjopriations transferred shall not exceed 7 per centum of the 
appropriation from which transferred. 
TITLE V—EMERGENCY FUND, SOUTHEAST ASIA 
Ante, 
p. 
70A Stat. 
590. 
128. 
269, 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
EMERGENCY FUND, SOUTHEAST ASIA 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, upon determination by 
the President that such action is necessary in connection with military 
activities in southeast Asia, to any appropriation available to the 
Department of Defense for military functions, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 
period as the appropriation to which transferred, $1,700,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That transfers under this 
authority may be made and funds utilized, without regard to the 
provisions of subsection (b) of section 412 of Public Law 86-149, as 
amended, 10 U.S.C. 4774(d), 10 U.S.C. 9774(d), section 355 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and 41 U.S.C. 12. 
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873 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense ^^^^^^^^ '"•''°"" 
and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, ^" 
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if in 
their opinions the existing facilities of the Department of Defense are 
inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accordance with 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), under regula- 
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o
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tions prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and to pay in connection 
therewith travel expenses of individuals, including actual transpor-
tation and per diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their 
homes or places of business to oiRcial duty station and return as may 
be authorized by law: Provided, That such contracts may be renewed 
annually. 
SEC. 602. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law pro- 
^^P^"^^,^"* °^ 
hibitin^ the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person """"^ '''^"'" 
not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 603. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available ^J^^^^l^^^ltl^s^^ 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when 
required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries 
incident to matters relating to the activities of the department con-
cerned : reimbursement of General Services Administration for security 
guard services for protection of confidential files; reimbursement of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in connection with 
investigation of defense contractor personnel; and all necessary 
expenses, at the seat of government of the United States of America 
or elsewhere, in connection with communication and other services and 
supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: 
Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act, and no funds 
Restriction. 
available from prior appropriations to component departments and 
agencies of the Department of Defense, shall be used to pay tuition or 
to make other payments to educational institutions in connection with 
the instruction or training of file clerks, stenographers, and typists 
receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers, and typists who 
will receive compensation at a rate below the minimum rate of pay for 
positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the Classification Act of 1949, 
as amended. 
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SEC. 604. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or the ^f/'g""^*^" °^ 
Air Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may ^^''' 
prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, and 
allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or Air 
Force custody whose status is determined by the Secretary concerned 
to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such custody 
pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 605. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense . '-^"'^ acquisi-
for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be *'°"' 
available for acquisition of land as authorized by section 2672 of title 
10, United States Code. ^ 
eltar'" 'i'*^^' 
SEC. 606. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the ^^Dep^endUIts' 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the schooling. 
Act of September 30,1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and sec- 
^4 stat. i loo; 
ondary schooling for minor dependents of military and civilian per- ^"'^' ^' ^'^' 
sonnel of the Department of Defense residing on military or naval 
installations or stationed in foreign countries, as authorized for the 
Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code, in amounts not 
^OA stat. 442. 
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[79 STAT. 
Occupied areas. 
Rewards. 
70A Stat, 444. 
Deficiency 
judgments. 
Special purpose 
Space. 
56 Stat. 654. 
Tools, mainte-
nance. 
Access roads. 
72 Stat. 908. 
Milk program. 
68 Stat. 900. 
Articles for 
prisoners, etc. 
70A Stat. 443. 
Assistance to 
small business. 
Mess operations, 
exceeding an average of $455 per student, when the Secretary of the 
Department concerned finds that schools, if any, available in the local-
ity, are unable to provide adequately for the education of such 
dependents: Provided^ That the foregoing amount may be exceeded to 
the extent necessary to provide for any increase in tuition payments 
required by law to oe made to the Canal Zone Government during the 
current fiscal year; (b) for expenses in connection with administration 
of occupied areas; (c) for payment of rewards as authorized for the 
Navy by section 7209(a) of title 10, United States Code, for informa-
tion leading to the discovery of missing naval property or the recovery 
thereof; (d^ for payment of deficiency judgments and interests 
thereon arising out or condemnation proceedings; (e) for leasing of 
buildings and facilities including payment of rentals for special pur-
pose space at the seat of government and, in the conduct of field 
exercises and maneuvers or, in administering the provisions of 43 
U.S.C. 315q, rentals may be paid in advance; (f) payments under 
contracts for maintenance of tools and facilities for twelve months 
beginning at any time during the fiscal year; (g) maintenance of 
Defense access roads certified as important to national defense in 
accordance with section 210 of title 23, United States Code; (h) for 
the purchase of milk for enlisted personnel of the Department of 
Defense heretofore made available pursuant to section 1446a, title 7, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 607. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) donations of not to exceed 
$25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in military 
or contract prison and to each person discharged for fraudulent enlist-
ment; (b) authorized issues of articles to prisoners, applicants for 
enlistment and persons in military custody; (c) subsistence of selective 
service registrants called for induction, applicants for enlistment, 
prisoners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and supernumer-
aries when necessitated by emergent military circumstances; (d) 
reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel while sick in 
hospitals; (e) expenses of prisoners confined m nonmilitary facilities; 
(f) military courts, boards, and commissions; (g) utility services for 
buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by law, and buildings 
on military reservations authorized by regulations to be used for wel-
fare and recreational purposes; (h) exchange fees, and losses in the 
accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accordance with law; (i) 
expenses of Latin-American cooperation as authorized for the Navy 
by law (10 U.S.C. 7208); and (j) expenses of apprehension and 
delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent without leave, 
including payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 in any one case. 
SEC. 608. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall assist 
American small business to participate equitably in the furnishing of 
commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this 
Act by making available or causing to be made available to suppliers 
in the United States, and particularly to small independent enter-
prises, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to 
purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under 
this Act, and by making available or causing to be made available to 
purchasing and contracting agencies of the Department of Defense 
information as to commodities and services prcduced and furnished 
by small independent enterprises in the United States, and by otherwise 
helping to give small business an opportunity to participate in the 
furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropri-
ated by this Act. 
SEC. 609. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 
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875 
operating expenses of which are financed principally from nonap-
propriated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians 
except under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which 
shall (except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish 
rates for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating 
expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided, 
That officers and civilians in a travel status recei\ang a per diem allow-
ance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not less than 
$2.50 per day: Provided further, That for the purposes of this section 
payments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made 
in cash or by deductions from the pay of civilian employees: Provided 
further, That members of organized nonprofit youth groups sponsored 
at either the national or local level, when extended the privilege of 
visiting a military installation and permitted to eat in the general 
mess by the commanding officer of the installation, shall pay the com-
muted ration cost of such meal or meals. 
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere in 
this or some other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 611. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available appropr^auo'ni.^ 
for operation and maintenance, may be reimbursed during the current 
fiscal year for all expenses involved in the preparation for disposal 
and for the disposal of military supplies, equipment, and materiel, 
and for all expenses of production of lumber or timber products pur-
suant to section 2665 of title 10, United States Code, from amounts 
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received as proceeds from the sale of any such property: Provided, gres^ona\°co^' 
That a report of receipts and disbursements under this limitation shall mittees. 
be made quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations of the Con-
gress : Provided further^ That no funds available to agencies of the 
I)epartment of Defense shall be used for the operation, acquisition, or 
construction of new facilities or equipment for new facilities in the 
continental limits of the United States for metal scrap baling or 
shearing or for melting or sweating aluminum scrap mil ess the Secre-
tary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by 
him determines, with respect to each facility involved, that the opera-
tion of such facility is in the national interest. 
SEC. 612. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may of'^unds^^xem"* 
exempt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available uon"" "' ''**'"^ 
for military functions under the Department of Defense, from the 
provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
3i use 665. 
interests of national defense. 
(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is neces- expi'ns°es.^ "^*'* 
sary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost 
of an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance with the 
provisions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(c) Upon determination by the President that it is necessary to 
increased miu-
increase the number of military personnel on active duty beyond the Ixpens^es?""*^' 
number for which funds are provided in this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased military 
personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the provisions 
of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(d) The Secretarj^ of Defense shall immediately advise the Com- 
Report to con. 
mittees on Appropriations of the Congress of the exercise of any mute^esr^ *^°"" 
authority granted in this section, and shall report monthly on the 
estimated obligations incurred pursuant to subsections (b) and (c). 
SEC. 613. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
commissary 
in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies ^*°'"^^" 
of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including 
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[79 STAT. 
Proficiency 
flying. 
76 Stat, 461 
77 Stat. 215 
Household 
goods. 
216. 
Vessel transfer. 
Legal training, 
restriction. 
Obligated 
funds, 1966. 
commercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale 
but excluding all transportation outside the United States) and main-
tenance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual or 
estimated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government 
and of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the 
control of such commissary stores, except as authorized under regula-
tions promulgated by the Secretaries of the military departments 
concerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which 
regulations shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appro-
priations concerned and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
shall provide for the adjustment of the sales prices in such commissary 
stores to the extent necessary to furnish sufficient gross revenue from 
sales of commissary stores to make such reimbursement: Provided^ 
That under such regulations as may be issued pursuant to this section 
all utilities may be furnished without cost to the commissary stores 
outside the continental United States and in Alaska: Provided 
further^ 
That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available in 
connection with the operation of commissary stores within the con-
tinental United States unless the Secretary of Defense has certified 
that items normally procured from commissary stores are not other-
wise available at a reasonable distance and a reasonable price in 
satisfactory quality and quantity to the military and civilian employees 
of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 614. Notwithstanding any other provision of law. Executive 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this Act shall be 
available for any expenses of operating aircraft under the jurisdiction 
of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying excent in 
accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretaries of the 
Departments concerned and approved by the Secretary of Defense 
which shall establish proficiency standards and maximum and mini-
mum flying hours for this purpose: Provided^ That without regard to 
any provision of law or Executive order prescribing minimum flight 
requirements, such regulations may provide for the payment of flight 
pay at the rates prescribed in section 301 of title 37, United States Code, 
to certain members of the Armed Forces otherwise entitled to receive 
flight pay during the current fiscal year (1) who have held aeronautical 
ratings or designations for not less than fifteen years, or (2) whose 
particular assignment outside the United States or in Alaska makes 
it impractical to participate in regular aerial flights. 
SEC. 615. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, temporary 
storage, drayage, and unpacking of hoiisehold goods and personal 
effects in excess of eleven thousand pounds net in any one shinment. 
SEC. 616. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, 
or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise 
made available without reimbursement to any such agencies upon the 
request of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency 
having jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 617. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition for 
training in such profession: Provided^ That this limitation shall not 
apply to the off-duty training of military j>ersonnel as prescribed by 
section 621 of this Act. 
SEC. 618 Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this 
Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal vear shall 
be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided^ 
That this se^cion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 
duty training of civilian components or summer camp training of the 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 
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877 
Use of forei 
real property. 
SEC. 619. During the current fiscal year the agencies of the Depart- 
^^^ °^ ^°'^^^" 
ment of Defense may accept the use of real property from foreign 
countries for the United States in accordance with mutual defense 
agreements or occupational arrangements and may accept services 
furnished by foreign countries as reciprocal international courtesies 
or as services customarily made available without charge; and such 
agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces 
in such areas without specific approj)riation therefor. 
In addition to the foregoing, agencies of the Department of Defense 
may accept real property, services, and commodities from foreign 
countries for the use of the United States in accordance with mutual 
defense agreements or occupational arrangements and such agencies 
may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such 
areas, without specific appropriations therefor: Provided, That within ^^g^fj^ir cTml 
thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense shall mittees and ° 
render to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the Budget Bureau. 
House of Representatives and to the Bureau of the Budget a full report 
of such property, supplies, and commodities received during such 
quarter. 
SEC. 620. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available deveL^p^ment^"'^ 
to the Department of Defense for research and development may be 
used for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, United States Code, '^^^ ^
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and for purposes related to research and development for which expen-
ditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the serv-
ice concerned. 
SEC. 621. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available n,Jn/s'°rtc "^r'e 
for the payment oi more than 75 per centum of charges of educational ^^"0^00."^" "
^
^ 
institutions for tuition or expenses for off-duty training of military 
personnel, nor for the payment of any part of tuition or expenses for 
such training for commissioned personnel who do not agree to remain 
on active duty for two years after completion of such training. 
SEC. 622. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be re ^?rlmen"^^"^ 
expended for the support of any formally enrolled student in basic 
courses of the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, who 
has not executed a certificate of loyalty or loyalty oath m such form 
as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 623. No part or any appropriation contained in this Act shall rertncUoTs""* 
be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cot-
ton, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge 
cloth, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in 
fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles) not grown, reprocessed, 
reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions, except to 
the extent that the Secretary of the Department concerned shall 
determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any 
articles of food or clothing or any form of cotton, woven silk and woven 
silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, or wool grown, reproc-
essed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions cannot 
be procured as and when needed at United States market prices and 
except procurements outside the United States in support of combat 
operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters and emergency 
procurements or procurements of perishable foods by establishments 
located outside the United States for the personnel attached thereto: 
Provided, That nothing herein shall preclude the procurement of foods 
manufactured or processed in the United States or its possessions: 
Provided further, That no funds herein appropriated shall be used 
for the payment of a price differential on contracts hereafter made 
for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations: Provided 
further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used except 
that, so far as practicable, all contracts shall be awarded on a formally 
advertised competitive bid basis to the lowest responsible bidder. 
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[79 STAT. 
Bakery, laundry 
facilities. 
Airmail; reim-
bursement. 
Furnishings, 
resale. 
Uniforms. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
Ammunition, 
transfer. 
Congressional 
liaison activities. 
Civil reserve 
air fleet. 
Motor vehicle 
hire. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories 
or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify 
in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at reason-
able rates. 
SEC. 625. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the 
Department of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to the 
Post Office Department for payment of costs of commercial air trans-
portation of military mail between the United States and foreign 
countries. 
SEC. 626. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for the purchase of household furnishings and automobiles from mili-
tary and civilian personnel on duty outside the continental United 
States, for the purpose of resale at cost to incoming personnel, and 
for providing furnishings, without charge, in other than public quar-
ters occupied by military or civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, 
upon a determination, under regulations approved by the Secretary 
of Defense, that such action is advantageous to the Government. 
SEC. 627. During the current fiscal year appropriations available 
to the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
SEC. 628. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall, upon requisition of the National Board for the Promotion of 
Rifle Practice, and without reimbursement, transfer from agencies of 
the Department of Defense to the Board ammunition from stock or 
which has been procured for the purpose in such amounts as he may 
determine. 
Such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
obligation during the current fiscal year as may be designated by the 
Secretary of Defense shall be available for the travel expenses of 
military and naval personnel, including the reserve components, and 
members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, 
national, or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 629. Funds provided in this Act for congressional liaison activi-
ties of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the 
Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense shall not exceed $950,000: Provided^ That this amount shall 
be available for apportionment to the Department of the Army, the 
Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense. 
SEC. 630. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services 
of the Military Air Transport Service, $100,000,000 shall be available 
only for procurement of commercial transportation service from car-
riers participating in the civil reserve air fleet program; and the 
Secretary of Defense shall utilize the services of such carriers which 
qualify as small businesses to the fullest extent found practicable: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall specify in such pro-
curement, performance characteristics for aircraft to be used based 
upon modem aircraft operated by the civil air fleet. 
SEC. 631. Not to exceed $11,746,000 of the funds made available in 
this Act for the purpose shall be available for the hire of motor 
vehicles: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense, under circum-
stances where the immediate movement of persons is imperative, may, 
if he deems it to be in the national interest, hire motor vehicles for 
such purposes without regard to this limitation. 
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879 
SEC. 632. Not less than $7,500,000 of the funds made available in ^.^^^^ transporta. 
this Act for travel expenses in connection with temporary duty and 
permanent change of station of civilian and military personnel of the 
Department of Defense shall be available only for the procurement of 
commercial passenger sea transportation ser\dce on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 633. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to ^.j^j^^'^" 
the Department of Defense for operation may be used for civilian " ° '"^' 
clothing, not to exceed $40 in cost for enlisted personnel: {1) discharged 
for misconduct, unfitness, unsuitability, or otherwise than honorably; 
(2) sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil prison or 
interned or discharged as an alien enemy; (3) discharged prior to 
completion of recruit training under honorable conditions for depend-
ency, hardship, minority, disability, or for the convenience of the 
Grovernment. 
SEC. 634. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be available tri^^ors^^""" 
for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contractor, except Advertising 
advertising for which payment is made from profits, and such adver- costs, prohibition. 
tisin^ shall not be considered a part of any defense contract cost. The 
prohibition contained in this section shall not apjply with respect to 
advertising conducted by any such contractor, in compliance with 
i-egulations which shall be promulgated by the Secretary of Defense, 
solely for (1) the recruitment by that contractor of personnel required 
for the performance by the contractor of obligations arising under a 
defense contract, (2) the procurement of scarce items required by the 
contractor for the performance of a defense contract, or (3) the 
disposal of scrap or surplus materials acquired by the contractor in 
the performance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 635. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and 
Facilities, 
repair of facilities and installations shall not be available for acquisi- l^p^^r!"^"''* ^"'^ 
tion of new facilities, or alteration, expansion, extension, or addition 
of existing fstcilities, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 
7040.2, dated January 18, 1961, in excess of $25,000: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense may amend or change the said directive 
during the current fiscal year, consistent with the purpose of this 
section. 
SEC. 636. During the current fiscal year, the Secretarv of Defense 
Transfer of 
may, if he deems it vital to the security of the United States and in "" ^' ^" ''''*^" 
tlie national interest to further improve the readiness of the Armed 
Forces, including the reserve components, transfer under the authority 
and terms of the Emergency Fund an additional $200,000,000: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority made available under the terms of 
the Emergency Fund appropriation contained in this Act is hereby 
broadened to meet the requirements of this section: Provided further, 
Report to coiv. 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Appropriations Com- ^uteis!"^^ " " ' 
mittees of the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 
this authority. 
SEC. 637. l^one of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
contract pay-
to make payments under contracts for any program, project, or ^''"*tr>'s^°'^°^^" 
activity in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or his ''°"" "
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designee, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or his 
designee, certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase from the 
Treasury, of currencies of such country acquired pursuant to law is 
not feasible for the purpose, stating the reason therefor. 
SEC. 638. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
Research proj-
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an ^''^''°^*^' 
amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such project. 
SEC. 639. Only upon the approval by the Congress, through the 
Army Reserve 
enactment of law hereafter, of a realinement or reorganization of the Components. 
Army Reserve Components, the Secretary may transfer the balances 
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[79 STAT. 
Prohibition. 
Short title. 
of appropriations made iii this Act for the support of the Army 
Reserve Components to the extent necessary to implement such a 
realinement or reorganization; and the provisions in this Act establish-
ing strengths for the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard 
shall cease to be effective. 
SEC. 640. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for the expenses of the Special Training Enlistment Program 
(STEP). 
SEC. 641. This Act may be cited as tlie "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1966"'. 
Approved September 29, 1965. 
September 29, 1965 
[S. 2127] 
Armed Forces. 
Indemnity Insur-
ance. 
72 Stat. 1148. 
38 u s e 701 e( 
seq. 
Public Law 89-214 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, in order to provide special indemnity 
insurance for members of the Armed Forces serving in combat zones, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) chapter 
19 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by redesignating "Sub-
chapter III—General" thereof as "Subchapter IV—General" and 
by inserting immediately after subchapter II thereof the following 
new subchapter I I I : 
"Subchapter III—Servicemen's Group Life Insurance 
«§765. Definitions 
"For the purpose of this subchapter— 
"(1) The term 'active duty' means full-time duty as a commis-
sioned or warrant officer, or as an enlisted member of a uniformed 
service under a call or order to duty that does not specify a period 
of thirty days or less. 
"(2) The term 'member' means a person on active duty in the 
uniformed services in a commissioned, warrant, or enlisted rank 
or grade. 
"(3) The term 'uniformed services' means the Army, Navy, 
Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, 
and Environmental Science Services Administration. 
"§ 766. Eligible insurance companies 
"(a) The Administrator is authorized, without regard to section 
3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5), to purchase 
from one or more life insurance companies a policy or policies of group 
life insurance to provide the benefits specified in this subchapter. 
Each such life insurance company must (1) be licensed to issue life 
insurance in each of the fifty States of the United States and in the 
District of Columbia, and (2) as of the most recent December 31 for 
which information is available to the Administrator, have in effect at 
least 1 per centum of the total amount of group life insurance which 
all life insurance companies have in effect in the United States. 
"(b) The life insurance company or companies issuing such policy 
or policies shall establish an administrative office at a place and under 
a name designated by the Administrator. 
"(c) The Administrator shall arrange with the life insurance com-
pany or companies issuing any policy or policies under this subchapter 
to reinsure, under conditions approved by him, portions of the total