An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for other purposes
PL 92-204 (H.R.11731), enacted 12/18/1971

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SEPARABILITY 
SEC. 27. If any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is 
held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved December 18, 1971. 
Public Law 92-204 
AN ACT 
December 18, 1971 
^i> /iv^ 1 
[H. R. 11731] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for tlie fiscal year ending 
June 30,1972, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
Department o
f 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
prll^tro^n A^t^'^1972. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1972, for military 
functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for other 
purposes, namely: 
TITLP: I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
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 tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components pro-
vided for elsewhere); $7,31.5,637,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
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 tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for 
elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; $4,558,571,000. 
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 of tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere); $1,332,560,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, XAIR 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 tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components 
provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; $6,470,283,000. 
70A Stat. 11; 
81 Stat. 523, 5:!4. 
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty 
under sections 265, 3019, and 3033 of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing reserve training or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 
as authorized by law; $385,084,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For 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 undergoing 
7OA stat. ii. 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for 
members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as authorized by law; 
$182,791,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For 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, IJnited States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, 
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; 
$57,368,000, 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty 
under sections 265, 8019, and 8033 of title 10, United States Code, or ^^^ stat. 524, 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, as authorized by law; $101,716,000. 
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 title 
32, United States Code, or while undergoing training or while per- 
^^ ^tat. 524; 
forming drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; $485,954,000. ^^^ ^
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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 
imder sections 265, 8033, or 8496 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, 
United States Code, or while undergoing training or while perform- 
^OA stat. 524. 
ing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; $134,620,000. 
TITLE I I 
RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL 
RETIRED PAY, DEFENSE 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of mili-
tary 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; $3,777,134,000. 
10 use 1431. 
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TITLE I I I 
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, 
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 recreation; recruiting expenses; 
transportation services; communications services; maps and similar 
data for military purposes; military surveys and engineering plan-
ning; repair of facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; tuition 
and fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian institu-
tions ; field exercises and maneuvers; expenses for the Reserve Officers* 
Training Corps and other units at educational institutions, as author-
ized by law"; and not to exceed $3,644,000 for emergencies and extraor-
dinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of the Army, and payments 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 Gov-
ernment ; $6,661,212,000, of which not less than $240,000,000 shall be 
available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation 
and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, including aircraft 
and vessels; modification of aircraft, missiles, missile systems, and 
other ordnance; design of vessels; training and education of members 
of the Navy; administration; procurement of military personnel; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; w^elfare and recreation; medals, awards, 
emblems, and other insignia; transportation 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 merchant vessels; annuity pre-
miums and retirement benefits for civilian members of teaching serv-
ices; tuition, allowances, 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, entertainment, and welfare expenses for the enlisted 
men; procurement of services, special clothing, supplies, and equip-
ment ; installation of equipment in public or private plants; explora-
tion, prospecting, conservation, development, use, and operation of the 
naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, as authorized by law; and not 
to exceed $2,706,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, as 
70A Stat. 442. 
authoHzed by section 7202 of title 10, United States Code, to be 
expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary and his deter-
mination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of 
the Government; $5,021,740,000 of which not less than $124,700,000 
shall be available only for maintenance of real property facilities. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Marine Corps including equipment and facilities; procurement of 
military personnel; training and education of regular and reserve 
personnel, 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 sup-
plies, 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; $360,553,000, of which not less than $37,300,000 
shall be available only for the maintenance of real 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 Reserve and the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps; oper-
ation, maintenance, and modification of aircraft and missiles; trans-
portation of things; repair and maintenance of facilities; field printing 
plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting advertising 
expenses; training and instruction of military personnel of the Air 
Force, including tuition and related expenses; pay, allowances, and 
travel expenses of contract surgeons; repair of private property and 
other necessary expenses of combat maneuvers; care of the dead; chap-
lain and other w^elf 
are and morale supplies and equipment; conduct of 
schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, entertain-
ment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men and patients not otherwise 
provided for; awards and decorations; industrial mobilization, includ-
ing maintenance of reserve plants and equipment and procurement 
planning; special services by contract or otherwise; and not to exceed 
$2,392,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and 
payments 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; $6,224,881,000, of 
which not less than $250,000,000 shall be available only for the mainte-
nance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation 
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; 
tuition and fees incident to the training of military personnel at 
civilian institutions; repair of facilities; departmental salaries; pro-
curement of services, special clothing, supplies, and equipment; field 
printing plants; information and educational services for the Armed 
Forces; communication services; and not to exceed $4,297,000 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 conclu-
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sive upon the accounting officers of the Government; $1,202,465,000, of 
which not less than $16,600,000 shall be available only for the main-
tenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army 
National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related 
expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and 
repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; 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 
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) ; $369,961,000, of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND JMAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, includ-
ing medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Fed-
eral hospitals; 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 aircraft; transportation of things; hire of passen-
ger motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and equipment, as authorized 
by law for the Air National Guard of the several States, Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia; and expenses 
incident to the maintenance and use of supplies, materials, and equip-
ment, 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 specificallv authorized by the Chief, National 
Guard Bureau; $413,428,000, of which not less than $2,600,000 shall 
be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE 
PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses of construction, equipment, and mainte-
nance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in 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 $10,000 
for incidental expenses of the National Board; $122,000: 
Provided, 
That travel expenses of civilian members of the National Board shall 
be paid in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Reg-
ulations, as amended. 
CLAIMS, DEFENSE 
For payment, not otherwise provided for, of claims authorized by 
law to be paid by the Department of Defense (except for civil func-
tions), including claims for damages arising under training contracts 
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with carriers, and repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary 
concerned, or officers designated by him, to have been erroneously col-
lected 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; $39,000,000. 
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; $5,000,000: Provided, That a report of disburse- 
Report to 
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to <=°«e'"ess. 
Congress. 
COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of 
Military Appeals; $869,000. 
TITLE IV—PEOCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground han-
dling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 
-t774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and gs^st^t^^au?^^' 
such lands and interest therein, may be acquired, and construction Ante, p. 408. 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 
855, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation 
40 use 2S5. 
of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; 
$90,400,000, to remain available for obligation until June 30, 1974. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground han-
dling equipment, spare parts and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard to sec-
tion 4774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interest therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, 
Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $940,820,000, 
and in addition, $100,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from 
"Procurement of Equipment and Missiles, Army, 1971/1973", to 
i-emain available for obligation until June 30, 1974. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 
ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance, 
spare parts and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
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necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United 
ss'stat^sl'T^^^' 
States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interest 
Ante, p. 408*. 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
approval of title as required by section 355, Kevised Statutes, as 
40 use 255. 
amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; and other expenses 
necessary for the foregoing purposes; $145,500,000, to remain available 
for obligation until June 30,1974. 
PROCUREMENT or AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and train-
ing devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United 
States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interest 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; and other expenses 
necessary for the foregoing purposes; $1,418,300,000, and in addition, 
$200,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from "Procurement 
of Equipment and Missiles, Army, 1971/1973", to remain available 
for obligation until June 30,1974. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
vehicles, including tactical, support, and nontracked combat vehicles; 
the purchase of not to exceed three thousand two hundred and fifty-
two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; communications 
and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, 
ordnance and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United 
States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interest 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; and other expenses 
necessary for the foregoing purposes; $512,300,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until June 30,1974. 
PROCUREMENT or AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization 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 as required by section 
355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation 
of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public or private 
plants; $3,855,000,000, and in addition, $100,000,000, of 
which 
$25,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund, 
and $75,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from "Procurement of 
Aircraft and Missiles, Navy, 1971/1973", to remain available for 
obligation until June 30, 1974. 
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SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conver-
sion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament 
thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and installa-
tion thereof in public or private plants; procurement of critical, long 
leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed or con-
verted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, 
including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, 
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
amended; $3,005,200,000, and in addition $5,000,000 to be derived by 
^o use 255. 
transfer from "Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy 19Y1/75", to 
remain available for obligation until June 30, 1976: Provided^ That 
none of the funds herein provided for the construction or conversion of 
any naval vessel to be constructed in 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: Provided 
further^ That none of the funds herein provided shall be used for the 
construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of support equip-
ment and materials not otherwise provided for. Navy ordnance and 
ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships 
authorized for conversion), purchase of not to exceed seven hundred 
and sixty-six passenger motor vehicles (including six medium sedans 
at not to exceed $3,000 each) for replacement only; alteration of 
vessels and necessary design therefor, 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 as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, 
as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools in public or private plants; $1,641,603,000, 
and in addition, $110,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from the Defense stock fund, and $85,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from "Other Procurement, Navy, 1971/1973", to 
remain available for obligation until June 30, 1974. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, military equipment, 
spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or private plants, 
and vehicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of not to exceed 
two hundred forty-one passenger motor vehicles, for replacement 
only; $103,100,000, and in addition, $25,000,000 which shall be derived 
by transfer from "Procurement, Marine Corps, 1971/1973", to remain 
available for obligation until June 30, 1974. 
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 in such 
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plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard 
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to scctiou 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing pur-
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poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title as required 
40 use 255. 
by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and equip-
ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing pur-
poses, including rents and transportation of things; $2,899,000,000, and 
in addition, $158,700,000, of which $58,700,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the Air Force stock fund, $25,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the Defense stock fund, and $75,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from "Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1971/1973", to 
remain available for obligation until June 30,1974. 
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 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 lands and interests therein, may be 
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval 
of title 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; 
$1,633,700,000, and in addition, $50,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall 
be derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund, and $25,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from "Missile Procurement, Air Force, 
1971/1973", to remain available for obligation until June 30, 1974. 
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 
eight hundred and sixty-four passenger motor vehicles (including 
four medium sedans not to exceed $3,000 each) for replacement only; 
and expansion of public and private plants, Government-ovrned equip-
ment 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 lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon 
prior to the approval of title as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; $1,478,998,000, and in addition, $90,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from "Other Procurement, Air Force, 
1971/1973", to remain available for obligation until June 30, 1974. 
PROCUREMENT, 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 procurement, production, and modification of 
equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherAvise 
provided for; purchase of one hundred and forty-two passenger motor 
vehicles (including one medium sedan at not to exceed $3,030) for-
replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, equipment 
and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and 
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acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon 
prior to the approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Stat-
utes, as amended; $52,971,000, and in addition, $5,000,000 to be derived 
^o use 255. 
by transfer from "Procurement, Defense Agencies 1971/1973", to 
remain available for obligation until June 30, 1974. 
TITLE V—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 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; $1,787,656,000, and in addition, $51,900,000 to be derived by 
transfer from "Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army, 
1971/1972", to remain available for obligation until June d>3, 1973. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
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; $2,352,319,000, and in addition, $20,000,000 to be derived by trans-
fer from "Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy, 1971/ 
1972", to remain available for obligation until June 30, 1973. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
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; $2,887,944,000, and in addition, $25,000,000 to be derived by 
transfer from "Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air 
Force, 1971/1972", to remain available for obligation until June 30, 
1973. 
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, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be des-
ignated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; 
maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 
equipment, as authorized by law; $441,143,000, and in addition, 
$5,000,000 to be derived by transfer from "Research, Development, 
Test, and Evaluation, Defense Agencies, 1971/1972", to remain avail-
able for obligation until June 30, 1973: Provided, That such amounts 
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been made 
available in other appropriations available 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 
further, 
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[85 STAT. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Experts or con-
sultants. 
80 Stat. 416, 
Employment of 
noncitizens. 
Appropriations, 
availability. 
That such amounts of this appropriation 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 pro-
grams, to be merged with and to be available for the same time period 
as the appropriation to which transferred. 
EMERGENCY FUND, DEFENSE 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the 
Office of Management and Budget, to any appropriation for military 
functions under the Department of Defense available for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, or procurement or production 
related thereto, to be merged with and to be available for the same pur-
poses, and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which 
transferred; $50,000,000. 
TITLE VI 
SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM 
For payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for expenses of carrying out programs of the Department of 
Defense, as authorized by law, $12,000,000 to remain available for 
obligation until June 30,1974: Provided^ That this appropriation shall 
be available, in addition to other appropriations to such Department, 
for payments in the foregoing currencies. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 702. 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 5 
U.S.C. 3109, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
and to pay in connection therewith travel expenses of individuals, 
including actual transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence 
while traveling from their homes or places of business to official duty 
station and return as may be authorized by law: Pi'omded^ That such 
contracts may be renewed annually. 
SEC. 703. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit-
ing 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. 704. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
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-
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727 
cerned; reimbursement of General Services Administration 
for 
security guard services for protection of confidential files; reimburse-
ment 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. 
SEC. 705. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or the 
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. 706. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for 
the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be avail-
able for acquisition of land or interest therein as authorized by section 
2672 or 2675 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 707. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and 
secondary schooling for minor dependents of militai'v and civilian 
personnel 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 
exceeding $152,100,000, when the Secretary of the Department con-
cerned finds that schools, if any, available in the locality, are unable 
to provide adequately for the education of such dependents: Provided, 
That under such regulations as may be issued by the Secretary of 
Defense, such schooling in a school opei-ated by the Department of 
Defense under this section may be provided without tuition for minor 
dependents of civilian and military personnel of the Department of 
Defense who died while entitled to compensation or active duty pay: 
Provided further^ That where such personnel die subsequent to the 
date of this Act, such schooling must be continued or commenced 
Avithin 1 year after the date of death; (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 information leading to the discovery of missing naval 
property or the recovery thereof; (d) for payment of deficiency judg-
ments and interests thereon arising out of condemnation proceedings; 
(e) for leasing of buildings and facilities including payment of rentals 
for special purpose 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, and the cost of milk so purchased, as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense, shall be included in the value of the 
Prisoners of 
war. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
Ante, p. 411; 
72 Stat. 1460; 
84 Stat. 1224. 
Dependents' 
schooling. 
64 Stat. 1100; 
84 Stat. 121. 
70A Stat. 442. 
Occupied areas. 
Rewards. 
Deficiency judg-
ments. 
Leasing. 
56 Stat. 654. 
Tools, main-
tenance. 
Access roads. 
72 Stat. 908:; 
78 Stat. 123. 
Milk program. 
68 Stat. 900; 
84 Stat. 1361. 
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[85 STAT. 
75 Stat. 449. 
22 u s e 2385. 
Rest and recu-
peration centers, 
transportation and 
per diem for de-
pendents. 
Incidental ex-
penses, payment. 
70A Stat. 443. 
Small business 
assistance. 
Mess opera-
tions. 
commuted ration; (i) transporting civilian clothing to the home of 
record of selective service inductees and recruits on entering the mili-
tary services; (j) payments under leases for real or personal property 
for twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year; (k) 
pay and allowances of not to exceed nine persons, including personnel 
detailed to International Military Headquarters and Organizations, 
at rates provided for under section 625(d) (1) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended; (1) until March 31, 1972, under regula-
tions approved by the Secretary of Defense, for transportation from 
their homes to rest and recuperation centers in the Pacific area and 
return, plus per diem payments of not to exceed $30 per day for each 
dependent for periods not over two weeks, for dependents of military 
personnel assigned as province or district senior advisers in Vietnam 
on voluntarily extended tours of duty totaling not less than eighteen 
months, during periods when such military personnel are granted 
special incentive leaves at such rest and recuperation centers. 
SEC. 708. 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 
enlistment; (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 in 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 
welfare 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. 709. 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 sup-
pliers in the United States, and particularly to small independent 
enterprises, 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 produced and furnished 
b;^ small independent enterprises in the United States, and by other-
wise helping to give small business an opportunity to participate in 
the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
SEC. 710. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 
operating expenses of which are financed principally from nonappro-
priated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians, except 
under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall 
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729 
(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 receiving a per diem 
allowance 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 deduction 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 privi-
lege of visiting a military installation and permitted to eat in the 
general mess by the commanding officer of the installation, shall pay 
the commuted ration cost of such meal or meals. 
SEC. 711. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 712. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
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 pursuant 
to section 2665 of title 10, United States Code, from amounts received 
as proceeds from the sale of any such property: Provided^ That a 
report of receipts and disbursements under this limitation shall be 
made quarterly to Congress: Provided further., That no funds avail-
able to agencies of the Department 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 unless the Secretary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense designated by him determines, with respect to each facility 
involved, that the operation of such facility is in the national interest. 
SEC. 713. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may 
exempt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available 
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 
interests of national defense. 
(b) LTpon determination by the President that such action is neces-
sary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of 
an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance with the provi-
sions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(c) Upon determination by the President that it is necessary to 
increase the number of military personnel on active duty subject to 
existing laws beyond the number for which funds are provided in this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the ccst of 
such increased military personnel, as an excepted expense in accord-
ance with the provisions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(d) The Secretary of Defense shall immediately advise (Congress 
of the exercise of any authority granted in this section, and shall report 
monthly on the estimated obligations incurred puT'suant to subsections 
(b) and (c). 
SEC. 714. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies 
of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Reimbursable ap-
propriations. 
70A Stat. 149. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Funds, apportion-
ment; exemption. 
31 u s e 665. 
Airborne alert. 
Military person-
nel increases, ex-
penses. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Commissary 
stores. 
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[85 STAT. 
Free utilities 
outside U.S. and 
in Alaska. 
Proficiency 
flying. 
76 Stat. 461. 
Household 
goods. 
Vessels, trans-
fer. 
Legal training 
restriction. 
Obligated funds, 
1972, limitation. 
commercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale but 
excluding all transportation outside the United States) and mainte-
nance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual or esti-
mated 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 regulations pro-
mulgated 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 appropriations 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 regu-
lations 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 appropria-
tion contained in this Act shall be available in connection with the op-
eration of commissary stores within the continental United States 
unless the Secretary of Defense has certified that items normally pro-
cured from commissary stores are not otherwise available at a reason-
able distance and a reasonable price in satisfactory quality and 
quantity to the military and civilian employees of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 715. No part of the appropriations in this Act shall be available 
for any expense of operating aircraft under the jurisdiction of the 
armed forces for the purpose of proficiency flying, as defined in 
Department of Defense Directive 1340.4, except in accordance with reg-
ulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Such regulations (1) 
may not require such flying except that required to maintain profi-
ciency in anticipation of a member's assignment to combat operations 
and (2) such flying may not be permitted in cases of members who 
liave been assigned to a course of instruction of 90 days or more. When 
any rated member is assigned to duties, the performance of which 
does not require the maintenance of basic flying skills, all such mem-
bers, while so assigned, are entitled to flight pay prescribed under 
section 301 of title 37, L^nited States Code, if otherwise entitled to 
flight pay at the, time of such assignment. 
Si':c. 716. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tem-
porary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and per-
sonal effects in any one shipment having a net weight in excess of 
thirteen thousand five hundred pounds. 
SP:C. 717. 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. 718. 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 personnel as prescribed 
by section 722 of this Act. 
SEC, 719. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this 
Act M'hich are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year 
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PUBLIC LAW 92-204-DEC. 18, 1971 
731 
shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Pro-
vided^ That this section shall not apply to obligations for support of 
active duty training of civilian components or summer-camp training 
of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 
SEC. 720. 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 cvistomarily made available without charge; and such 
agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces 
in such areas without specific appropriation therefor. 
In addition to the foregoing, agencies of the Department of Defense 
may accept real property, servix3es, and commodities from foreign 
countries for the use of the United States in accordance with mutual 
defense agreements oi- 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 
thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense shall 
T-ender to Congi-ess and to the Office of Management and Budget a full 
report of such property, supplies, and commodities received during 
such quarter. 
SEC. 721. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for research and development may be used 
for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, L'nited States Code, and 
for purposes related to research and development for which expendi-
tures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the service 
concerned. 
SEC. 722. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of educational 
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. 723. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be 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 in such form as shall 
be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 724. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, 
cotton, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge 
cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, or wool (whether in 
the foi'm of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manu-
factured articles) not groAvn, 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, Avoven silk and w^oven silk blends, spun silk yarn for car-
tridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, or wool grown, 
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions 
cannot be procui-ed as and when needed at United States market prices 
and except procui'ements outside the United States in support of 
combat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters and 
emergency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by estab-
Foreign real 
property, use. 
Report to Con-
gress and Office 
of Management and 
Budget. 
Research and 
development funds. 
70A Stat. 134. 
Education ex-
penses, restric-
tion. 
ROTC, loyalty 
requirements. 
Procurement re-
strictions. 
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[85 STAT. 
Bakery, laundry 
facilities. 
Airmail reim-
bursement. 
Furnishings and 
automobiles, 
purchase. 
81 Stat. 206. 
Ammunition, 
transfer. 
Travel 
expenses. 
Congressional 
liaison activities. 
lishments located outside the United States for the personnel attached 
thereto: Provided^ That nothing herein shall preclude the procure-
ment 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 here-
after made for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations: Pro-
vided 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. 
SEC. 725. Xone 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. 726. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the 
Department of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to the 
United States Postal Service for payment of costs of commercial air 
transportation of military mail between the United States and foreign 
countries. 
SEC. 727. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for the purchase of household furnishings, and automobiles from 
military 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. 728. 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 law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 508). 
SEC. 729. 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 mili-
tary and naval personnel, including the reserve components, and mem-
bers of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, 
national, or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 730. 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 $1,150,000 : 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. 
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PUBLIC LAW 92-204-DEC. 18, 1971 
733 
SEC. 731. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services of 
the Military Airlift (^ommand, $100,000,000 shall be available only 
for procurement of commercial transportation service from carriers 
])articipating 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 tlie Secretary of Defense shall specify in such procurement, per-
formance characteristics for aircraft to be used based upon modern 
aircraft operated by the civil air fleet. 
SEC. 732. Not less than $5,500,000 of the funds made available in this 
Act for travel expenses in connection with temporary duty and per-
manent 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 services on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 733. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
ro the Department of Defense for operation may be used for civilian 
<'lothing, not to exceed $40 in cost for enlisted personnel: (1) dis-
charged for misconduct, unfitness, unsuitability, or otherwise than 
honorably; (2) sentenced by a civil court to confiiiement in a civil 
prison or interned or discharged as an alien enemy; (3) discharged 
\)vioY to completion of recruit training under honorable conditions 
for dependency, hardship, minority, disability, or for the convenience 
of the Government. 
SEC. 734. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contractor, 
except advertising for which payment is made from profits, and such 
advertising shall not be considered a part of any defense contract cost. 
The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply with respect 
to advertising conducted by any such contractor, in compliance with 
regulations which shall be promulgated by the Secretary of Defense, 
solely for (1) the recruitment by the contractor of personnel required 
for the performance by the contractor of obligations under' a defense 
contract, (2) the procurement of scarce items required by the contrac-
tor for the performance of a defense contract, (3) the disposal of 
scrap or surplus materials acquired by the contractor in the perform-
ance of a defense contract, or (4) costs (not to exceed an aggregate 
total for all contracts of $1,250,000) of participation in the United 
States International Aeronautical Exposition. 
SEC. 735. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and repair 
of facilities and installations shall not be available for acquisition of 
new facilities, or alteration, expansion, extension, or addition of exist-
ing facilities, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 7040.2. 
dated January 18, 1961, in excess of %^0,0Q0: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may amend or change the said directive during the 
current fiscal year, consistent with the purpose of this section. 
SEC. 736. During the current fiscal year upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national 
interest, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management and 
Budget, transfer not to exceed $750,000,000 of the appropriations or 
l"unds available to the Department of Defense for military functions 
(except military construction) betAveen such appropriations or funds, 
to be merged with and to be av^ailable for the same purposes, and for 
the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which trans-
ferred : Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Con-
irress promptly of all transfers made ])ui"suant to this authority. 
Civil reserve 
air fleet. 
Sea transporta-
tion. 
Civilian cloth-
ing. 
Defense contrac-
tors' advertising 
costs, restrictions. 
New facilities, 
restriction. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Notification of 
Congress. 
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[85 STAT. 
Contract pay-
ments in foreign 
countries. 
Forces in Viet-
nam, Laos, and 
Thailand, sup-
port. 
77 Stat. 216; 
79 Stat. 547. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Working capital 
funds. 
76 Stat. 521. 
Payments to 
convicted rioters, 
prohibition. 
Loans to 
campus disrupt-
ers, prohibition. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to make payments under contracts for any program, project, or 
activity in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or his 
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. 738. (a) Not to exceed $2,500,000,000 of the appropriations 
available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year 
shall be available for their stated purposes to support: (1) Vietnamese 
and other free world forces in support of Vietnamese forces; (2) local 
forces in Laos and Thailand; and for related costs, on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary of Defense may determine: Provided^ That 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used for the pur-
pose 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 members of the Armed 
Forces of the United States under section 310 of title 37, United States 
Code, serving in Vietnam or in any other hostile fire area, except for 
continuation of payments of such additions to regular base pay pro-
vided in agreements executed prior to July 1,1970: Provided 
further^ 
That nothing in clause (1) of the first sentence of this subsection shall 
be construed as authorizing the use of any such funds to support Viet-
namese or other free world forces in actions designed to provide mili-
tary support and assistance to the Government of Cambodia or Laos: 
Provided further^ 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 U.S. Forces from Southeast 
Asia, or to aid in the release of Americans held as prisoners of war. 
(b) Within thirty days after the end of each quarter, the Secretary 
of Defense shall render to Congress a report with respect to the esti-
mated value by purpose, by country, of support furnished from such 
appropriations. 
SEC. 739. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working 
capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to 
section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in 
only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements 
to be made from such funds: Provided^ That transfers may be made 
between such funds in such amounts as may be determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense, with the approval of the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
SEC. 740. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
used to pay salaries of any Federal employee who is convicted in any 
Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction, of inciting, 
promoting, or carrying on a riot, or any group activity resulting in 
material damage to property or injury to persons, found to be in viola-
tion of Federal, State, or local laws designed to protect persons or 
property in the community concerned. 
SEC. 741. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan or a grant to any applicant 
who has been convicted by any court of general jurisdiction of any 
crime which involves the use of or the assistance to others in the use 
of force, trespass, or the seizure of property under control of an 
institution of higher education to prevent officials or students at such an 
institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies. 
85 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-205-DEC. 18, 1971 
735 
SEC. 742. In line with the expressed intention of the President of 
the United States, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used to finance the introduction of American ground combat troops 
into Laos or Thailand. 
SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated in Titles I through V I I 
of this Act shall be available for the purposes authorized by section 
610, Public Law 91-511, approved October 26, 1970. 
SEC. 744. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
induction or enlistment of any individual into the military services 
under a mandatory quota based on mental categories. 
TITLE V I I I 
Laos or Thai-
land, introduction 
of combat troops, 
prohibition. 
84 Stat. 1224. 
ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE CONSTRUCTION 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for "Military Construction, Army" for 
construction of the Safeguard 
anti-ballistic missile system as 
authorized by section 401(a) (1), Public Law 92-156, $98,500,000, to 
Ante. p. 426. 
remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING, DEFENSE 
For an additional amount for "Family Housing, Defense" for the 
Safeguard anti-ballistic missile system as authorized by section 401 
(a)(2). Public Law 92-156, $11,070,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That the limitation "Construction Army" is 
increased accordingly. 
SEC. 801. Funds appropriated in this title shall be subject to the 
authorizations and limitations of the Military Construction Appro-
priation Act, 1972 in the same manner as if such funds had been 
^nte, p. 394. 
included in that Act. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropriation 
short title. 
Act, 1972.'* 
Approved December 18, 1971. 
Public Law 92-205 
AN ACT 
To provide for the reporting of weather moditicution nctivities 
to the Federal Government. 
December 18, 1971 
[H. R. 6893] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'presentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, as used in this 
Act— 
(1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce. 
(2) The term "person" means any individual, corporation, company, 
association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, anj State 
or local government or any agency thereof, or any other organization, 
whether commercial or nonprofit, who is performing weather modifi-
cation activities, except where acting solely as an employee, agent, or 
independent contractor of the Federal Government. 
(3) The term "weather modification" means any activity performed 
with the intention of producing artificial changes in the composition, 
behavior, or dynamics of the atmosphere. 
Weather modifi-
cation reporting.