An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for other purposes
PL 91-668 (H.R.19590), enacted 01/11/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 91-668-JAN. 11, 1971 
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Public Law 91-668 
January 11, 1971 
[H. R, 19590] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1971, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
D ^ense'^T" ro°-^ United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
prlatro^^Act, 1971. suHis are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, for mili-
tary functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE 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 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components 
provided for elsewhere); $7,842,450,000. 
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 
temporary 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; $4,368,600,000. 
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 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 
provided for elsewhere); $1,426,700,000. 
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 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; $5,988,350,000. 
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 
equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, as authorized by law; $334,750,000. 
70A Stat. 11; 
81 Stat. 523, 
524. 
70A Stat. 11. 
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EESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Naval Keserve on active duty 
under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and 
for members of the Keserve Officers' Training Corps, as authorized by 
law; $142,100,000. 
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, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, 
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; 
$52,050,000. 
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 g// ^'^'' ^^^' 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or etjuiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, as authorized by law; $85,200,000. 
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 
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while performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; eif,^*^*' ^^^' 
$387,100,000: Provided, That obligations may be incurred under this 
appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States 
Code. 
70A Stat. 599, 
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, 
^^A stat. 524. 
United States Code, or while undergoing training or while perform-
ing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; $107,500,000: 
Provided, That obligations may be incurred under this appropriatiori 
without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
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; $3,194,000,000. 
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TITLE I I I 
OPEKATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Army, including administration; medi-
cal 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 meas-
ures 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 serv-
ices; 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 insti-
tutions, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $3,634,000 for emer-
gencies and extraordinary 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 account-
ing officers of the Government; $6,268,687,000, of which not less than 
$220,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real 
property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 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 of vessels; training and education of mem-
bers of the Navy; administration; procurement of military personnel; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; welfare 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 premiums and retirement benefits for civilian mem-
bers of teaching services; tuition, allowances, and fees incident to 
training of military personnel at civilian institutions; repair of facili-
ties; departmental salaries; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, 
chapels, and other instructional, entertainment, and welfare expenses 
for the enlisted men; procurement of services, special clothing, sup-
plies, and equipment; installation of equipment in public or private 
plants; exploration, prospecting, conservation, development, use, and 
operation of the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, as authorized 
by law; and not to exceed $2,826,000 for emergency and extraordinary 
70A Stat. 442. 
expeuscs, as authorized by section 7202 of title 10, United States Code^ 
to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary and his 
determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers 
of the Government; $4,729,410,000, of which not less than $126,891,000 
shall be available only for maintenance of real property facilities, and 
not to exceed $1,700,000 may be transferred to the appropriation for 
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"Salaries and expenses", Environmental Science Services Administra-
tion, Department of Connnerce, for the current fiscal year for the 
operation of ocean weather stations. 
OPERATION AXD MAIXTEXANCE, 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; 
transportation of things; medals, awards, emblems, and other insig-
nia; operation of station hospitals, dispensaries and dental clinics; 
and departmental salaries; $4(>2,7-43,000, of which not less than 
.$S1,016,000 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; 
operation, maintenance, and modification of aircraft and missiles; 
transportation of things; repair and maintenance of facilities; field 
printing plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting adver-
tising 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 welfare and morale supplies and equipment; conduct 
of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, enter-
tainment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men and patients not 
otherwise provided for; awards and decorations; industrial mobili-
zation, including maintenance of reserve plants and equipment and 
procurement planning; special services by contract or otherwise; and 
not to exceed $8,134,000 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; 
$6,157,136,000, of which not less than $250,000,000 shall be available 
only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
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 Oflfice 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 
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printing plants; information and educational services for the Armed 
Forces; communications services; and not to exceed $4,280,000 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; 
$1,125,750,000, of which not less than $14,000,000 shall be available 
only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
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; perso.nal 
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 battalion com-
manders 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, modification, 
maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including air-
craft) ; $287,400,000, of which not less than $1,900,000 shall be avail-
able only for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ 
That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation without 
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regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
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; transportation of things; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
supplies, 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; 
$343,600,000, of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be available only 
for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ That obliga-
tions may be incurred under this appropriation without regard to sec-
tion 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION or RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses of construction, equipment, and main-
tenance 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 
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exceed $10,000 for incidental expenses of the National Board; $100,000: 
Provided^ That travel expenses of civilian members of the National 
Board shall be paid in accordance with the Standardized Govern-
ment Travel Regulations, 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 
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. 
CONTIXGENCIES, 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-
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to 
Congress. 
COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of 
Military Appeals; $780,000. 
TITLE IV—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 five thousand two hundred and fifty-
four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expenses which 
in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in provid-
ing facilities for production of equipment and supplies for national 
defense purposes, including construction, and the furnishing of Gov-
ernment-owned facilities and equipment at privately oAvned plants; 
and ammunition for military salutes at institutions to which issue of 
weapons for salutes is authorized; $2,908,500,000, and in addition, 
$50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Army stock fund, 
to remain available for obligation until June 30,1973: Provided^ That 
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the main-
tenance of more than two active production sources for the supplying 
of M-16 rifles or for the payment of any price differential for M-16 
rifles resulting from the maintenance of more than two active pro-
duction sources. 
PROCUREMENT OF 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 
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such lands, and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General 
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j^g required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procure-
ment and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 
public or private plants; $3,017,900,000, and in addition, $100,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund, to remain 
available for obligation until June 30, 1973. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, II^AVY 
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 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; $2,465,400,000, to remain available for 
obligation until June 30, 1975: 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 j)rovided 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 one thousand 
two hundred and sixty-two passenger motor vehicles (including eight 
medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000) for replacement only; alter-
ation 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 by the Attorney General as required 
by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public or 
private plants; $1,487,300,000, to remain available for obligation 
until June 30,1973. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and mod-
ification 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 three hundred and fifty-seven passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; $175,900,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until June 30,1973. 
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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 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard 
to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing gslfaf au''"' 
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 transporta-
tion of things; $3,219,300,000, to remain available for obligation 
until June 30,1973. 
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 instal-
lation 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 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 lava 
way; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents 
and transportation of things; $1,377,200,000, and in addition, 
$50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund, 
to remain available for obligation until June 30, 1973. 
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 
one thousand two hundred and eighty-one passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; and 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 sec-
tion 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; 
$1,338,700,000, to remain available for obligation until June 30, 1973. 
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 other-
wise provided for; purchase of one hundred and twenty-nine passen-
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ger motor veliicles 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 pur-
poses, and such land and interests therein may be acquired and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the 
Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
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amended; $38,910,000, to remain available for obligation until June 
30, 1973. 
TITLE V—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 
AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AXD 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; $1,600,200,000, to remain available for obligation until June 30, 
1972. 
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; $2,137,900,000, to remain available for obligation until June 30, 
1972. 
RESEARCH, DEVEI^PMENT, 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; $2,744,100,000, to remain available for obligation until June 30, 
1972. 
RESEARCH, DE\^LOPMENT, 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 for obligation until June 30, 
1972; $443,600,000: Provided, That such amounts as may be deter-
mined 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 
Funds, 
available for the same purposes and time period: Provided 
further^ 
transfer. 
That sucli amouuts 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 
programs, to be merged with and to be available for the same time 
period as the appropriation to which transferred. 
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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 
COMBAT EEADINESS, SOUTH VIETNAMESE 
FOKCES, DEFENSE 
For transfer, by the Secretary of Defense, upon determination by 
the President that such action is necessary to further improve the com-
bat readiness of the forces of the Republic of South Vietnam, to any 
appropriation available to the Department of Defense for military 
functions to be merged with the appropriation to which transferred, 
$300,000,000. 
TITLE VII 
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, $2,621,000, to remain available for 
obligation until June 30, 1973: Provided^ That this appropriation 
shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to such Depart-
ment, for payments in the foregoing currencies. 
TITLE V I I I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
Publicity or 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the P'^°p^e^"'^^' 
Congress. 
SEC. 802. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
Experts or 
and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, '=°"«""^n's-
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if m 
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 
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Defense, and to pay in connection therewith travel expenses of individ-
uals, including actual transportation and per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence while traveling from their homes or places of business to 
official duty station and return as may be authorized by law: Provided, 
That such contracts may be renewed annually. 
SEC. 803. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit- 
Noncitizens, 
ing the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person ^"^1°^"^"^. 
not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 804. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
Appropriation«, 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when ^^^^^^'^""y-
required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
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Prisoners of 
war. 
Land acqui-
sition. 
72 Stat. 1459; 
76 Stat. 511. 
Ante, p . 1224. 
Dependents' 
schooling. 
64 Stat. llOOi 
70A Stat, 442. 
Occupied areas. 
Rewards. 
Deficiency judg-
ments. 
Leasing. 
56 Stat. 654. 
Tools, mainte-
nance. 
Access roads. 
72 Stat. 908. 
Milk program. 
Ante, 
p. 1361. 
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 Ignited 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. 805. 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 con-
cerned to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such 
custody pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 806. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be 
available for acquisition of land or interest therein as authorized by 
section 2672 or 2675 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 807. 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 sec-
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 
exceeding $136,700,000, 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: Pro-
vided, That under such regulations as may be issued by the Secretary 
of Defense, such schooling in a school operated 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 
within 1 year after the date of death; (b) for expenses in connection 
with administration of occupied areas; (c) for pavment of rewards'as 
authorized for the Navy bv section 7209(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, for information leading to the discovery of missing naval prop-
erty or the recovery thereof; (d) for payment of deficiency iudg-
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 thp conduct of field "xercipes 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) main-
tenance 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 Depart-
ment of Defense heretofore made available pursuant to section 1446a, 
title 7, United States Code, and the cost of milk so pvirchased, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense, shall be included in the value of 
the commuted ration; (i) transporting civilian clothing to the home of 
record of selective service induc!:ees and recruits on entering the mili-
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2031 
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 Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended; (1) under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary 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. 808. 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 mili-
tary 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 enlist-
ment, prisoners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and super-
numeraries when necessitated by emergent military circumstances; 
(d) reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel while sick 
in hospitals; (e) expenses of prisoners confined in nonmilitary facil-
ities; (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 Navj^ by law (10 U.S.C. 7208); and (j) expenses of apprehen-
sion and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent without 
leave, including payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 in any one 
case. 
SEC. 809. 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 
by small independent enterprises in the United States, and by other-
wise helping to give small business an opportunity to participate in 
the furnisihing of commodities and services financed with funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
SEC. 810. 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 non-
appropriated 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^ 
75 Stat. 450. 
22 u s e 2385,, 
Rest and recu-
peration centers, 
transportation and 
per diem for de-
pendents. 
70A Stat. 443. 
Small busines;: 
assistance. 
Mess operations. 
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[84 STAT. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Reimbursable 
appropriations. 
70A Stat. 149. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Funds, appor-
tionment; exemp-
tion. 
31 u s e 665, 
Airborne alert 
expenses. 
Increased mili-
tary personnel, 
expenses. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Commissary 
stores. 
That officers and civilians in a travel status receiving 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 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 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. 811. 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, 812. 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 dis-
posal and for the disposal of military supplies, equipment, and mate-
riel, 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 I)efense 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. 813. (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) Upon 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 
provisions 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 beyond the 
number for which funds are provided in this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased mili-
tary personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the provi-
sions 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 pursuant to 
subsections (b) and (c). 
SEC. 814. 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 
commercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale 
but excluding all transportation outside the United States) and 
maintenance 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 
Free utilities 
outside U.S. and 
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2033 
control of such commissary stores, except as authorized under regula-
tions promulgated by the Secretaries of the military departments 
ctmcerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which regu-
lations shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appropriations 
concerned and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall pro-
vide 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 I'nAiaskl.' 
utilities may be furnished without cost to the commissary stores out-
side the continental United States and in Alaska: Provided 
further^ 
That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available in con-
nection with the operation of commissary stores within the continental 
United States unless the Secretary of Defense has certified that items 
normally procured from commissary stores are not otherwise 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. 815. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Executive . Proficiency fiy. 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this Act shall '"^' 
be available for any expenses of operating aircraft under the jurisdic-
tion of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying except 
m 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 
''^ ^tat. 46i. 
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, or 
who have been assigned to a course of instruction of 90 days or more. 
SEC. 816. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
H°"««hoid goods. 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tempo-
rary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal 
effects in any one shipment having a net weight in excess of thirteen 
thousand five hundred pounds. 
SEC. 817. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com- ^
^ vessels, trans-
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. 818. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available re^trfc^tior'"'"^' 
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 oft'-duty training of military personnel as prescribed by 
section 822 of this Act. 
SEC. 819. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in ,„°!'"f,l*^//""'^^' 
this Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal '"^' 
year shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year : 
Provided. That this section shall not apply to obligations for support 
of active duty training of civilian components or summer-camp train-
ing of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 
1971, limitation. 
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[84 STAT. 
Foreign real 
property, use. 
Report to Con-
gress and Office 
of Management 
and Budget. 
Research and de-
velopment funds, 
70A Stat. 134. 
Tuition pay-
ments, etc., re-
striction. 
ROTC, loyalty 
requirements. 
Procurement re-
strictions. 
SEC. 820. 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 appropriation 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 wath mutual 
defense agreements or occupational arrangements and such agencies 
may use the same for the support of the United States forced m such 
areas, without specific appropriations therefor: Provided^ That within 
thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense 
shall render to Congress and to the Office of Management and Budget 
a full report of such property, supplies, and commodities received 
during such quarter. 
SEC. 821. 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, United States Code, 
and for purposes related to research and development for which 
expenditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of 
the service concerned. 
SEC. 822. 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 wiio do not agree to 
remain on active duty for two years after completion of such training. 
SEC. 823. 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, w^ho has not 
executed a certificate of loyalty or loyalty oath in such form as shall 
be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
SEC. 824. 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 
form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufac-
tured articles) not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the 
United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secre-
tary 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, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, or w^ool 
grown, reprocessed, 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 per-
sonnel 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 dis-
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PUBLIC LAW 91-668-JAN. 11, 1971 
2035 
locations: 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. 
SEC. 825. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laun-
dry, 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 rea-
sonable rates. 
SEC. 826. 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 transporta-
tion of military mail between the United States and foreign countries. 
SEC. 827. 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 quarters 
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. 828. 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. 829. 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. 830. Funds provided in this Act for congressional liaison activ-
ities of tlie Department of the Army, the Department of the Navj'^, 
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. 
SEC. 881. Of the funds made available bv this Act for the services 
of the Military Airlift Command, $100,000,000 shall be available only 
for procurement of commercial transportation service from carriers 
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 procurement, perform-
ance characteristics for aircraft to be used based upon modern air-
craft operated by the civil air fleet. 
Bakery, laundry 
facilities. 
Airmail reim-
bursement. 
Furnishings and 
automobiles, pur-
chase. 
Uniforms. 
81 Stat. 206. 
Ammunition, 
transfer. 
Travel expenses. 
Congressional 
liaison activities, 
Civil reserve 
air fleet. 
47-348 0 - 7 2 - 4 5 (Pt. 2) 
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[84 STAT. 
Sea trans-
portation. 
Civilian 
clothing. 
Defense con-
tractors' advertis-
ing costs, restric-
tions. 
New facilities, 
restriction. 
Funds, transfer. 
Congress, nqti-
fication. 
Contract pay-
ments in foreign 
countries. 
Vietnamese 
forces, etc, sup-
port. 
SEC. 8S2. Not less than $5,500,000 of the funds made available in 
this Act for travel expenses in connection with temporaiy 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 services on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 833. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
to the Department of Defense for operation may be used for civilian 
clothing, 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 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 dependency, hardship, minority, disability, or for the convenience 
of the Government. 
SEC. 834. 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 con-
tractor for the performance of a defense contract, or (3) the disposal 
of scrap or surplus materials acquired by the contractor in the per-
formance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 835. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and 
repair of facilities and installations shall not be available for acqui-
sition of new facilities, or alteration, expansion, extension, or addition 
of existing facilities, 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 dur-
ing the current fiscal year, consistent with the purpose of this section. 
SEC. 836. 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 $600,000,000 of the appropriations contained in this Act 
between such appropriations, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided, 
That the Secretary of 
Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made 
pursuant to this authority. 
SEC. 837. 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. 838. (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^ 
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PUBLIC LAW 91-668-JAN. 11, 1971 
2037 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used for the 
Limitations. 
purpose of paying any overseas allowance, per diem allowance, or any 
other addition to the regular base pay of any person serving with the 
free world forces in South Vietnam if the amount of such payment 
would be greater than the amount of special pay authorized to be paid, 
for an equivalent period of service, to members of the Armed Forces 
of the United States under section 810 of title 37, United States Code, y/^tfj^g*//^' 
serving in Vietnam or in any other hostile fire area, except for con-
tinuation of payments of such additions to regular base pay provided 
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 
Report to con-
of Defense shall render to Congress a report with respect to the ^'•^^^• 
estimated value by purpose, by country, of support furnished from 
such appropriations. 
SEC. 839. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working 
working capital 
capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to 
section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only 
76 stat. 521. 
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 
Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the OflGice of Management 
and Budget. 
SEC. 840. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be y^-^^^^l^lf-^ ^^°" 
used to pay salaries of any Federal employee who is convicted in any victe^d rioters! 
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 
violation of Federal, State, or local laws designed to protect persons or 
property in the community concerned. 
SEC. 841. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be dis^^"ers° ''rohf-"^ 
used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan or a grant to any applicant bition. 
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 institu-
tion of higher education to prevent officials or students at such an 
institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies. 
SEC. 842. (a) Appropriations heretofore made available for Pro- 
Procurement 
curement of Equipment and Missiles, Army; Procurement of Aircraft tr"n.^' *"°^ "'"^"^' 
and Missiles, Navy; Other Procurement, Navy; Procurement, Marine 
Corps; Aircraft Procurement, Air Force; Missile Procurement, Air 
Force; Other Procurement, Air Force; Procurement, Defense Agen-
cies; and Special Foreign Currency Program shall not be available 
for obligation after June 30, 1973. Appropriations heretofore made 
available for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, shall not be avail-
able for obligation after June 30, 1975. Appropriations heretofore 
made available under the headings Research, Development, Test, and 
Evaluation, Army; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, 
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[84 STAT. 
Xavy; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force; and 
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense Agencies shall 
not be available for obligation after June 30, 1972. Each such appro-
priation shall be merged with and shall be a^ ailable for the same time 
period as appropriations made in this Act under the same head. 
(b) Section 642 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 
1970 (Public Law 91-171, approved December 29, 1969), is hereby 
repealed. 
SEC. 843. 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. 844. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
available for the purposes authorized by section 610, Public Law 
91-511, approved October 26,1970. 
Certain Defense 
SEC. 845. After Juue 15,1971, uo part of the funds in this Act shall 
employees, limita- j-^g, available to supj)ort in excess of 138,000 personnel of the Depart-
ment of Defense (military and civilian) assigned to activities managed 
under the Intelligence and Security Program of the Department of 
Defense. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropriation 
Act, 1071." 
Approved January 11, 1971. 
Repeal. 
83 Stat. 487. 
Laos or Thai-
land, introduc-
tion of combat 
troops, prohibi-
tion. 
ABM sites, 
prohibition. 
Ante, 
p. 1224. 
Short title. 
Public Law 91-669 
January 11, 1971 
[H.R. 19915] 
OASDI and rail-
road retirement re-
cipients. 
Public assist-
ance, extension. 
Ante, p. 408. 
42 
use 
301, 
1201, 1351, 1381. 
AN ACT 
To extend the temporary provision for disregarding income of old-age, survivors, 
and disability insurance and railroad retirement recipients in determining 
their need for public assistance. 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amenca 
in Congress assembled. That section 1007 
of the Social Security Amendments of 1969, as amended by section 
2 (b) of Public Law 91-306, is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 1007. In addition to the requirements imposed by law as a 
condition of approval of a State plan to provide aid to individuals 
under title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, there is 
hereby imposed the requirement (and the plan shall be deemed to 
require) that, in the case of any individual found eligible (as a result