An Act to authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1968 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles, and research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes
PL 90-22 (S.666), enacted 06/05/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-22-JUNE 5, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
Public Law 90-22 
June 5, 1967 
[S. 666] 
AN ACT 
Armed Forces. 
Appropriation 
authorization, 
1968. 
To authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1968 for procurement of 
aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles, and research, 
development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I - P R O C U K E M E N T 
SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during the 
fiscal year 1968 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States 
for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat 
vehicles, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: 
Aircraft 
For aircraft: For the Army, $768,700,000; for the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, $2,527,100,000; for the Air Force, $5,770,000,000. 
Missiles 
For missiles: For the Army, $769,200,000; for the Navy, $625,600,-
000; for the Marine Corps, $23,100,000; for the Air Force, $1,343,-
000,000. 
Naval Vessels 
For naval vessels: For the Navy, $1,605,900,000, of which amount 
$249,600,000 is authorized only for the construction of two nuclear 
powered guided-missile frigates. The contracts for the construction of 
the two nuclear powered guided-missile frigates shall be entered into 
as soon as practicable unless the President fully advises the Congress 
that their construction is not in the national interest. 
Tracked Combat Vehicles 
For tracked combat vehicles: For the Army, $424,700,000; for the 
Marine Corps, $5,100,000. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
SEC. 201. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during the 
fiscal year 1968 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, as authorized by law, in 
amounts as follows: 
For the Army, $1,539,000,000; 
For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $1,864,118,000. Due 
regard shall be given in all appropriate naval research programs to 
benefits which may accrue therefrom to the American Merchant 
Marine; 
For the Air Force, $3,313,514,000, of which amount $51,000,000 is 
authorized only for the development of an advanced manned strategic 
aircraft; 
For the Defense agencies, $464,000,000. 
SEC. 202. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Defense during fiscal year 1968 for use as an emer-
gency fund for research, development, test, and evaluation or procure-
ment or production related thereto, $125,000,000. 
81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-22-JUNE 5, 1967 
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TITLE III—(GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Subsection (a) of section 401 of Public Law 89-367 
approved March 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 37), is hereby amended to read as 
follows: "Funds authorized for appropriation for the use of the 
Armed Forces of the United States under this or any other Act are 
authorized to be made available for their stated purposes to support 
(1) Vietnamese and other free world forces in Vietnam, (2) local 
forces in Laos and Thailand; and for related costs, during the fiscal 
year 1968, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Defense 
may determine." 
TITLE IV 
SEC. 401. Section 3034(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
''The Chief of Staff shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, for a period of four years, from 
the general officers of the Army. He serves during the pleasure of the 
President. In time of war or national emergency declared by the Con-
gress after December 31,1968, he may be reappointed for a term of not 
more than four years." 
SEC. 402. Section 5081 (a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"There is a Chief of Xaval Operations, appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve at the 
pleasure of the President, for a term of four years, from officers on the 
active list in the line of the Navy, eligible to command at sea and not 
below the grade of rear admiral. In time of war or national emergency 
declared by the Congress after December 81, 1968, he may be reap-
pointed for a term of not more than four years." 
SEC. 403. Section 8034(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"The Chief of Staff shall be appointed for a period of four years by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from 
the general officers of the Air Force. He serves during the pleasure of-
the President. In time of war or national emergency declared by the 
Congress after December 31, 1968, he may be reappointed for a term of 
not more than four years." 
SEC. 404. Section 5201 (a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"There is a Commandant of the Marine Corps, appointed by the 
President, for a term of four years, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, to serve at the pleasure of the President, from officers on 
the active list of the Marine Corps, not below the rank of colonel. In 
time of war or national emergency declared by the (Congress after 
December 31, 1968, he may be reappointed for a term of not more than 
four years." 
SEC. 405. The amoiidments made by tliis title shall take effect as of 
January 1, 1969. 
Approved June 5, 1967. 
Funds, 
bility for 
mese-fofc 
availa-
Vietna-
es, etc. 
Army Chief of 
Staff. 
Appointment, 
term of office. 
70A Stat. 162. 
Chief of Naval 
Operations. 
Appointment, 
term of office. 
Air Force Chief 
of Staff. 
Appointment, 
term of office. 
Commandant of 
the Marine Corps. 
Appointment, 
term of office. 
Effective date.