Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act
PL 93-155 (H.R.9286), enacted 11/16/1973

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"(14) cstabJisli and operate programs in the interdisciplinary 
training of health personnel for the provision of emergency 
medical services, with particular emphasis on the establishment 
and operation of training programs affording clinical experience 
in emergency medical services systems receivmg assistance under 
title X I I of this Act." 
(c) Section 774(a)(1)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 295f;4(a)(l) 
(D)) is amended by inserting "(including emergency medical serv- ss stat. 446. 
ices)" after "services" each time it appeai-s. 
STUDY 
(SEC. 4. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall con-
duct a study to determine the legal barriers to the effective delivery 
of medical care under emergency conditions. The study shall include 
consideration of the need for a uniform conflict of laws rule prescrib-
ing the law applicable of the provision of emergency medical services 
tx) pei-sons in the course of travels on interstate common carriers. 
Within twelve months of the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretaiy shall report to the Congress the results of such study and 
recommendations for such legislation as may be necessary to over-
come such barriei-s and provide such rule. 
Approved November 16, 1973. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Public Law 93-155 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations during tlie fiscal year 1974 for procurement of 
aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and 
other weapons, and research, development, test and evaluation for the Armed 
Forces, and to prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each active 
duty component and of the Selected Reserve of each reserve component of 
the Armed Forces, and the military training student loads, and for other 
puriM)se.s. 
November 16, 1973 
[H. R. 9286] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
I ^nited States of America in Congress assembled^ 
Department of 
Defense Appro-
priation Authori-
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
nation Act, 1974. 
SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during 
the fiscal year 1974 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United 
States for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked 
combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons as authorized by law, 
in amounts as follows: 
Aircraft 
For aircraft: for the Army, $168,000,000; for the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, $2,91^^600,000 of which amount not to exceed 
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$693,100,000 shall be available for an F-14 aircraft program of not 
less than 50 aircraft, subject to no increase being made in the ceiling 
price of $325,000,000 specified in the fiscal year 1974 F-14 contract 
between the Navy and the primary aii'frame contractor, except in 
accordance with the terms of such contract, including the clause pro-
viding for normal technical changes; for the Air Force, $2,964,635,000: 
Provided^ That $158,800,000 of the funds available to the Air Force 
for aircraft procurement shall be available only for the procurement 
of twelve F - l l l F aircraft. 
Missiles 
For 
missiles: for 
the 
Army, 
$565,000,000; 
for 
the 
Navy, 
$680,200,000; for the Marine Corps, $32,300,000; for the Air Force, 
$1,519,600,000. 
Naval Vessels 
For naval vessels: for the Navy, $3,737,000,000, of which sum 
$79,000,000 shall be only for the long lead-time items for the DLGN-
41 and DLGN^2. The contracts for the DLGN-41 and the DLGN-42 
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, $193.300,000; for the 
Marine Corps, $46,200,000. 
Torpedoes 
For torpedoes and related support equipment: for the Navy, 
$203,300,000. 
Other Weapons 
For other weapons: for the Army, $44,700,000; for the Navy, 
$37,100,000; for the Marine Corps, $700,000. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
SEC. 201. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during 
the fiscal year 1974 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, $1,983,758,000; 
For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $2,670,749,000, of 
which amount $60,900,000 is authorized only for the Surface 
Effect Ships program; 
For the Air Force, $3,034,800,000; and 
For the Defense Agencies, $505,578,000, of which $24,600,000 
is authorized for the activities of the Director of Test and Evalua-
tion, Defense. 
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TITLE III—ACTIVE FORCES 
SEC. 301. (a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,1973, and ending 
June 30, 1974, each component of the Armed Forces is authorized an 
ond strength for active duty personnel as follows: 
(1) The Army, 803,806; 
(2) The Navy, 566,320; 
(3) The Marine Corps, 196,419; 
(4) The Air Force, 666,357. 
(b) The end strength for active duty personnel prescribed in sub- 
Reduction. 
section (a) of this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, 
shall be reduced by 43,000. Such reduction shall be apportioned among 
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force in such manner as the 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe, except that in applying any por-
tion of such reduction to any military department, the reduction shall 
be applied to the maximum extent practicable to the support forces of 
such military department. The Secretary of Defense shall report to the ^^^P"""' *° 
Congress within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act on °'^^^^^^-
the manner in which this reduction is to be apportioned among the 
military departments and among the mission categories described in 
the Military Manpower Requirements Report. This report shall include 
the rationale for each reduction. 
(c) The Committee on Armed Services of the House shall report .^0^?°''* *° H°"se 
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to the House by April 1, 1974, a detailed and independent study on tives. 
the advisability of maintaining our present military commitment to 
Europe in view of the current economic and military situation in 
Europe. 
SEC. 302. In computing the authorized end strength for the active 
Exceptions. 
duty personnel of any component of the Armed Forces for any fiscal 
year, there shall not be included in the computation members of the 
Ready Reserve of such component ordered to active duty under the 
provisions of section 673 of title 10, LTnited States Code, members of ^"^'•^' 
the Army National Guard or members of the Air National Guard 
called into Federal service under section 3500 or 8500, as the case may 
be, of title 10, United States Code, members of the militia of any 
State called into Federal service under chapter 15 of title 10, United 
States Code, or persons ordered to active duty for training. 
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SEC. 303. (a) Section 673 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
lo'usc 331. 
by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: 
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"(d) Whenever one or more units of the Ready Reserve are ordered "" "
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to active dut;^, the President shall, on the first day of tlie second fiscal 
year quarter immediately following the quarter in which the first unit 
or units are ordered to active duty and on the first day of each suc-
ceeding six-month period thereafter, so long as such unit is retained on 
active duty, submit a report to the Congress regarding the necessity 
Presidential 
for such unit or units being ordered to and retained on active duty. The 
President shall include in each such report a statement of the mission 
of each such unit ordered to active duty, an evaluation of such unit's 
performance of that mission, where each such unit is being deployed 
70A Stat. 199, 
525. 
72 Stat. 1441. 
report to Con-
gress. 
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at the time of the report, and such other information regarding each 
unit as the President deems appropriate." 
Effective date. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
be effective with respect to any unit of the Ready Reserve ordered to 
active duty on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE IV—RESERVE FORCES 
SEC. 401. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, and ending 
June 30,1974, the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the 
Armed Forces will be programed to attain an average strength of not 
less than the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 379,144; 
(2) The Army Reserve, 232,591; 
(3) The Naval Reserve, 119,231; 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,735; 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 92,291; 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 49,773; 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 11,300. 
Reduction. 
gj,(^_ 4()2. The average strength prescribed by section 401 of this 
title for the Selected Reserve of any Reserve component shall be pro-
portionately reduced by (1) the total authorized strength of units 
organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component 
which are on active duty (other than for training) at any time during 
the fiscal year, and (2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component who are on active duty (other than for training or for 
unsatisfactory participation in training) without their consent at any 
time during the fiscal year. Whenever such units or such individual 
members are released from active duty during any fiscal year, the aver-
age strength for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such 
Reserve component shall be proportionately increased by the total 
authorized strength of such units and by the total number of such 
individual members. 
TITLE V—MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS 
SEC. 501. (a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,1973, and ending 
June 30, 1974, each component of the Armed Forces is authorized an 
average military training student load as follows: 
(1) The Army, 89,200; 
(2) The Navy, 75,800; 
(3) The Marine Corps, 28,000; 
(4) The Air Force 55 100* 
(5) The Army National O'uard of the United States, 19,100; 
(6) The Army Reserve, 59,900; 
(7) The Naval Reserve, 17,400; 
(8) The Marine Corps Reserve, 6,700; 
(9) The Air National Guard of the United States, 4,600; 
(10) The Air Force Reserve, 24,300; 
Reduction. 
(b) The average military training student loads for the Army, the 
Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force prescribed in subsection 
(a) of this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, shall be 
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reduced consistent with the overall reduction in manpower provided 
for in title I I I of this Act. Such reduction shall be apportioned among 
the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force in such 
manner as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe. 
T I T L E VI—ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE P R O G R A M -
LIMITATIONS ON DEPLOYMENT 
SEC. 601. None of the funds authorized by this or any other Act 
may be obligated or expended for the purpose of continuing or initiat-
ing deployment of an anti-ballistic-missile system at any site except 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Nothing 
in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the obligation or 
expenditure of funds in connection with the dismantling of anti-
ballistic missile system sites or the cancellation of Avork at Whiteman 
Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri, Francis E. Warren Air Force 
Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great 
Falls, Montana. 
Grand Forks 
AFB, continu-
ation. 
Whiteman, 
Warren and 
Malmstrom AFB, 
dismantling and 
cancellation. 
TITLE VII—STUDY COMMISSION 
DEFENSE MANPOWER COMMISSION 
SEC. 701. (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known 
as the Defense Manpower Commission (hereinafter in this title 
referred to as the "Commission"). 
(b) The Commission shall be composed of seven members appointed 
as follows: 
(1) One member to be appointed by the majority leader of the 
Senate; 
(2) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the 
Senate; 
(3) One member to be appointed by the majority leader of 
the House of Representatives; 
(4) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(5) Three members to be appointed by the President. 
No person may be appointed to the Commission who is a civilian officer 
or employee of the Federal Government; and no person may be 
appointed who is serving on active duty with the Armed Forces of 
the United States. 
(c) The Commission shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman 
f 
i-om among its members. 
(d) Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. 
Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall 
he filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was 
made. 
DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION 
SEC. 702. It shall be the duty of the Commission to conduct a com-
prehensive study and investigation of the overall manpower require-
ments of the iDepartment of Defense on both a short-term and 
long-term basis with a view to determining what the manpower 
requirements are currently and will likely be over the next ten years, 
and how manpower can be more effectively utilized in the Department 
of Defense. In carrying out such study and investigation the Commis-
sion shall give special consideration to— 
(1) the effectiveness with which civilian and active duty per-
sonnel are utilized, particularly in headquarters staffing and in 
the number of support forces in relation to combat forces; 
E stablishment. 
Membership. 
Restriction. 
Quorum. 
Vacancies. 
Manpower re-
quirements, study 
and investigation. 
55 Stat. 348. 
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{'2) whether the pay structure, inchuUng fringe beuetits, is ade-
quate and ecj^uitable at all levels; 
(3) the distribution of grades within each armed force and 
the requirements for advancement in grade; 
(4) the cost-effectiveness and manpower utilization of the 
United States Armed Forces as compared with the armed forces 
of other countries; 
(5) whether the military retirement system is consistent with 
overall Department of Defense requirements and is comparable 
to civilian retirement plans; 
(6) the methods and techniques used to attract and recruit 
personnel for the armed forces, and whether such methods and 
techniques might be improved or new and more effective ones 
utilized; 
(7) the implications for the ability of the armed forces to fulfill 
their mission as a result of the change in the socio-economic com-
position of military enlistees since the enactment of new recruit-
ing policies provided for in Public Law 92-129 and the 
implications for national policies of this change in the composi-
tion of the armed forces; and 
(8) such other matters related to manpower as the Commission 
deems pertinent to the study and investigation authorized by this 
title. 
POWERS OF THE COMMISSION 
SEC. 703. (a) The Commission or, on the authorization of the Com-
mission, any subcommittee or member thereof may, for the purpose of 
carrying out the provisions of this title, hold such hearings and sit 
and act at such times and places as the Commission or such subcom-
mittee or member may deem advisable. 
(b) The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any 
executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, inde-
pendent establishment, or instrumentality information, suggestions, 
estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this title. Each such 
department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, 
or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such infor-
mation, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commis-
sion, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman. 
(c) The Commission shall establish appropriate measures to insure 
the safeguarding of ajl classified information submitted to or inspected 
by it in carrying out its duties under this title. 
COMPENSATION or THE COMMISSION 
SEC. 704. Each member of the Commission shall receive an amount 
equal to the daily rate paid a GS-18 under the General Schedule con-
s^usc 5332 
tained in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code (including travel-
time), during which he is engaged in the actual performance of his 
Travel 
duties as a member of the Commission. Members of the Commission 
expenses. 
sliall be Tcimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary 
expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. 
STAFF or T H E COMMISSION 
SEC. 705. (a) The Commission shall aj)point an Executive Director 
and such other personnel as it deems advisable without regard to the 
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provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in 
the competitive service, and shall fix the compensation of such per-
sonnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 
533K^^ ^^°^' 
I I I of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General 
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Schedule pay rates; but personnel so appointed may not receive com-
pensation in excess of the rate authorized for GS-18 by section 5332 
of s u c h t i t l e 5. 
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(b) The Commission is authorized to procure the services of experts 
and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate paid a person 
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occupying a position at GS-18. 
(c) The Commission is authorized to enter into contracts with public . contract author-
agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals for the conduct ^ ^* 
of research and surveys, the preparation of reports, and other activi-
ties necessary to the discharge of its duties. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 
SEC. 706. The Administrator of the General Services Administration 
shall provide administrative services for the Commission on a reim-
bursable basis. 
REPORTS OF T H E COMMISSION" 
SEC. 707. (a) The Commission shall, from time to time, submit ^^^^°^^l Pre^«°-' 
interim reports to the Congress and to the President regarding its dent! ^" 
duties under this title, and shall include in any such reports its findings 
together with such recommendations for administrative or legislative 
action as the Commission considers advisable. 
(b) The Commission shall submit its final report to the Congress 
and to the President not more than twenty-four months after the 
appointment of the Commission. Such report shall include all interim 
reports and the final findings and recommendations of the Commission. 
(c) The Commission shall cease to exist sixty days after the sub- Termination 
mission of its final report. 
AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 708. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Conmiission 
a sum not to exceed $2,500,000 to carry out the provisions of this title. 
TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. Subsection (a) (1) of section 401 of Public Law 89-367, 
F»nds, avail-
approved March 15,1966 (80 Stat. 37), as amended, is hereby amended name^e^and''^*' 
t o r e a d a s f o l l o w s : 
Laotian forces. 
"(a)(1) Not to exceed $1,126,000,000 of the funds authorized for 
appropriation for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States 
under this or any other Act are authorized to be made available for 
their stated purposes to support: (A) Vietnamese and other free 
world forces in support of Vietnamese forces, (B) local forces in Laos; 
and for related costs, during the fiscal year 1974 on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary of Defense may determine. None of the 
funds appropriated to or for the use of the Armed Forces of the United 
States may be used for the purpose of paying any overseas allowance, 
per diem allowance, or any other addition to the regular base pay of 
any person serving with the free world forces in South Vietnam if 
the amount of such payment would be greater than the amount of 
special pay authorized to be paid, for an equivalent period of service, 
to 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 
^7 stat. 216; 
hostile fire area, except for continuation of payments of such additions 
*^'' ^'*^' 
to regular base pay provided in agreements executed prior to July 1, 
1970. Nothing in clause (A) of the first sentence of this paragraph 
cambodia and 
shall be construed as authorizing the use of any such funds to support 
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C-5A funds, 
restrictions. 
Special bank 
account for pay-
ment. 
Audit. 
Report to 
Congress. 
76 Stat. 519; 
86 Stat. 1318. 
10 u s e 131. 
Vietiiaiiiese or other free world forces in actions desijiiied to provide 
military support and assistance to the Government of Cambodia or 
Laos: Provided., That nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued to prohibit support of actions required to insure the safe and 
orderly withdrawal or disengagement of United States forces from 
Southeast Asia, or to aid in the release of Americans held as prisoners 
of war." 
SEC. 802. (a) The amount of $28,400,000 authorized to be appropri-
ated by this Act for the development and procurement of the C-5A 
aircraft may be expended only for the reasonable and allocable direct 
and indirect costs incurred by the prime airframe contractor under a 
c'ontract entered into with the United States to carry out the C-5A 
aircraft program. No part of such amount may be used for— 
(1) direct costs of any other contract or activity of the prime 
contractor; 
(2) profit on any materials, supplies, or services which are sold 
or transferred between any division, subsidiary, or affiliate of the 
prime contractor under the common control of the prime con-
tractor and such division, subsidiary, or affiliate; 
(3) bid and proposal costs, independent research and develop-
ment costs, and the cost of other similar unsponsored technical 
effort; or 
(4) depreciation and amortization costs in excess of $1,700,000 
on property, plant, or equipment. 
Any of the costs referred to in the preceding sentence which would 
otherwise be allocable to any work funded by such $28,400,000 may 
not be allocated to other portions of the C-5A aircraft contract or to 
any other contract with the United States, but payments to C-5A air-
craft subcontractors shall not be subject to the restriction referred to 
in such sentence. 
(b) Any payments from such $28,400,000 shall be made to the prime 
contractor through a special bank account from which such contractor 
may withdraw nmds only after a request containing a detailed jus-
tification of the amount requested has been submitted to and approved 
by the contracting officer for the United States. All payments made 
from such special bank account shall be audited by the Defense Con-
tract Audit Agency of the Department of Defense and, on a quarterly 
basis, by the General Accounting Office. The Comptroller General 
shall submit to the Congress not more than thirty days after the close 
of each quarter a report on the audit for such quarter performed by 
the General Accounting Office pursuant to this subsection. 
(c) The restrictions and controls provided for in this section with 
respect to the $28,400,000 referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of 
this section shall be in addition to such other restrictions and controls 
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
the Air Force. 
SEC. 803. (a) Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding the following new sections after section 137 and inserting 
corresponding items in the chapter analysis: 
"§ 138. Secretary of Defense: Annual authorization of appropria-
tions for armed forces 
"(a) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year to or for 
the use of any armed force or obligated or expended for— 
"(1) procurement of aircraft, missiles, or naval vessels; 
" (2) any research, development, test, or evaluation, or procure-
ment or production related thereto; 
" (3^ procurement of tracked combat vehicles; 
" (4) procurement of other weapons; or 
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''(5) 
procurement 
equipment; 
of naval torpedoes and relati'd support 
miless funds therefor have been specifically authorized by hiw. 
"(b) Congress shall authorize the personnel strength of the Selected 
Reserve of each reserve component of the armed forces. No funds may 
be appropriated for any fiscal year for the pay and allowances of 
members of any reserve component of the armed forces unless the 
personnel strength of the Selected Reserve of that reserve component 
for that fiscal year has been authorized by law. 
"(c) (1) Congress shall authorize the end strength as of the end of 
each fiscal year for active-duty personnel for each component of the 
armed forces. No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year to or 
for the use of the active-duty personnel of any component of the 
armed forces unless the end strength for active-duty personnel of that 
component for that fiscal year has been authorized by law. 
"(2) Congress shall authorize the end strength as of the end of each 
fiscal year for civilian personnel for each component of the Depart-
ment of Defense. No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year 
to or for the use of the civilian personnel of any component of the 
Department of Defense unless the end strength for civilian personnel 
of that component for that fiscal year has been authorized by law. 
"(3) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a written 
report, not later than February 15 of each fiscal year, recommending 
the annual active duty end strength level for each component of the 
armed forces for the next fiscal year and the annual civilian personnel 
end strength level for each component of the Department of Defense 
for the next fiscal year, and shall include in that report justification 
for the strength levels recommended and an explanation of the rela-
tionship between the personnel strength levels recommended for that 
fiscal year and the national security policies of the United States in 
effect at the time. The justification and explanation shall specify in 
detail for all military forces, including each land force division, carrier 
and other major combatant vessel, air wing, and other comparable 
unit, the— 
" (A) unit mission and capability; 
" (B) strategy which the unit supports; and 
"(C) area of deployment and illustrative areas of potential 
deployment, including a description of any United States commit-
ment to defend such areas. 
It shall also include a detailed discussion of (i) the manpower 
required for support and overhead functions within the armed forces 
and the Department of Defense, (ii) the relationship of the manpower 
required for support and overhead functions to the primary combat 
missions and support policies, and (iii) the manpower required to be 
stationed or assigned to duty in foreign countries and aboard vessels 
located outside the territorial limits of the United States, its territories, 
and possessions. 
"(d)(1) Congress shall authorize the average military training-
student loads for each component of the armed forces. Such authori-
zation is not required for unit or crew training student loads, but is 
required for student loads for the following individual training 
categories— 
" (A) recruit and specialized training; 
" ( B ) flight training; 
"(C) professional training in military and civilian institu-
tions; and 
"(D) officer acquisition training. 
No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year for training mili-
tary personnel in the traming categories described in clauses (A)-(D) 
Selected Re-
serve personnel 
strength. 
Active-duty 
personnel 
strength. 
Civilian person-
nel strength. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Student military 
training. 
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Report to 
Congress. 
Report to 
Congress. 
64 Stat. 832; 
84 Stat. 1169. 
Ante, p. 612. 
of any component of the armed forces unless tlie average student load 
of that component for that fiscal year has been authorized by law, 
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a written 
report, not later than March 1 of each fiscal year, recommending the 
average student load for each category of training for each component 
of the armed forces for the next three fiscal years, and shall include 
in that report justification for, and explanation of, the average stu-
dent loads recommended. 
"§ 139. Secretary of Defense: weapons development and procure-
ment schedules for armed forces; reports; supplemental 
reports 
"(a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress each calen-
dar year, at the same time the President submits the budget to Congress 
under section 11 of title 31, a w^ritten report regarding development 
and procurement schedules for each weapon system for which fund 
authorization is required by section 138(a) of this title, and for which 
any funds for procurement are requested in that budget. The report 
shall include data on operational testing and evaluation for each 
weapon system for which funds for procurement are requested (other 
than funds requested only for the procurement of units for operational 
testing and evaluation, or long lead-time items, or both). A weapon 
system shall also be included in the annual report required under this 
subsection in each year thereafter until procurement of that system 
has been completed or terminated, or the Secretary of Defense certifies, 
in writing, that such inclusion would not serve any useful purpose and 
gives his reasons therefor. 
"(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit a supplemental report 
to Congress not less than thirty, or more than sixty, days before the 
award of any contract, or the exercise of any option in a contract, for 
the procurement of any such weapon system (other than procurement 
of units for operational testing and evaluation, or long lead-time items, 
or both), unless— 
"(1) the contractor or contractors for that system have not yet 
been selected and the Secretary of Defense determines that the 
submission of that report would adversely affect the source selec-
tion process and notifies Congress in writing, prior to such award, 
of that determination, stating his reasons therefor; or 
" (2) the Secretary of Defense determines that the submission of 
that report would otherwise adversely affect the vital security 
interests of the United States and notifies Congress in writing of 
that determination at least thirty days prior to the award, stating 
his reasons therefor. 
"(c) Any report required to be submitted under subsection (a) or 
(b) shall include detailed and summarized information with respect 
to each weapon system covered, and specifically include, but not be 
limited to— 
"(1) the development schedule, including estimated annual 
costs until development is completed; 
"(2) the planned procurement schedule, including the best esti-
mate of the Secretary of Defense of the annual costs and units 
to be procured until procurement is completed; and 
"(3) to the extent required by the second sentence of sub-
section (a), the result of all operational testing and evaluation up 
to the time of the submission of the report, or, if operational test-
ing and evaluation has not been conducted, a statement of the 
reasons therefor and the results of such other testing and evalua-
tion as has been conducted. 
"(d) In the case of any weapon system for which procurement funds 
have not been previously requested and for which funds are first 
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requested by the President in any fiscal year after the Budget for that 
fiscal year has been submitted to Congress, the same reporting require-
ments shall be applicable to that system in the same manner and to 
the same extent as if funds had been requested for that system in that 
budget." 
(b) The following laws are repealed: 
^o^uscTus 
(1) section 412 of the Act of August 10, 1959, Public Law note. 
86-149 (73 Stat. 322), as amended by section 2 of the Act of 
April 27, 1962, Public Law 87-436 (76 Stat. 55) ; section 610 of 
the Act of November 7, 1963, Public Law 88-174 (77 Stat. 329) ; 
section 304 of the Act of June 11, 1965, Public Law 89-37 (79 
Stat. 128) ; section 6 of the Act of December 1, 1967, Public Law 
90-168 (81 Stat. 526) ; section 405 of the Act of November 19,1969, 
Public Law 91-121 (83 Stat. 207); sections 505 and 509 of 
the Act of October 7,1970, Public Law 91-441 (84 Stat. 912, 913) ; 
section 701 of the Act of September 28, 1971, Public Law 92-129 
(85 Stat. 362) ; and sections 302 and 604 of the Act of Septem-
ber 26, 1972, Public Law 92-436 (86 Stat. 736, 739); and 
(2) section 506 of the Act of November 17, 1971, Public Law 
92-156 (85 Stat. 429). 
SEC. 804. Section 3(b) of Public Law 92-425 (86 Stat. 711) is 
iousci448 
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^ 
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n o t e . 
amended by— 
(1) striking out in the first sentence "before the first anniver-
sary of that date" and inserting in lieu thereof "at any time within 
eighteen months after such date", and 
(2) striking out in the second sentence "before the first anni-
versary of" and inserting in lieu thereof "at any time within 
eighteen months after". 
SEC. 805. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds as^°stan^e^*"^t"' 
authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be obli- hibulon?''^'''"" 
gated or expended for the purpose of carrying out directly or indirectly 
anv economic or military assistance for or on behalf of North Vietnam 
unless specifically authorized by Act of Congress enacted after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 806. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon enact- so'^Tviltnl'J^™' 
ment of this Act, no funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated may Laos, cambodla, 
be obligated or expended to finance the involvement of United States military invoive-
military forces in hostilities in or over or from off the shores of North '"^^ » pro i i ion. 
Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia, unless specifically 
authorized hereafter by the Congress. 
SEC. 807. (a) The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to 
authorize the making, amendment, and modification of contracts to 
facilitate the national defense", approved August 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 
972; 50 U.S.C. 1431), is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: "The authority conferred by this section may not be utilized 
: 
to obligate the United States in any amount in excess of $25,000,000 
unless the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives have been notified in writing of such proposed 
obligation and 60 days of continuous session of Congress have expired 
following the date on which such notice was transmitted to such 
Committees and neither House of Congress has adopted, within such 
60-day period, a resolution disapproving such obligation. For purposes 
of this section, the continuity of a session of Congress is broken only 
by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and the days on which 
either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 
3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of such 60-day 
period." 
(b) (1) The second sentence of section 302 of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 App. U.S.C. 2092) is amended by inserting "(1)" 
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[87 STAT. 
immediately after "except that" and by striking out the period at the 
end of such section and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the 
following: "and (2) no such loan may be made in an amount in excess 
of $25,000,000 unless the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives have been notified in writing of such 
proposed loan and 60 days of continuous session of Congress have 
expired following the date on which such notice was transmitted to 
such Committees and neither House of Congress has adopted, within 
such 60-day period, a resolution disapproving such loan." 
Ante, p. 615. 
(2) Sectlou 302 of such Act is further amended by adding at the 
end thereof a new sentence as follows: "For purposes of this section, 
the continuity of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjourn-
ment of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is 
not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day 
certain are excluded in the computation of such 60-day period." 
72 Stat. 967. 
(c) Sectiou 2307 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: 
"(d) Payments under subsection (a) in the case of any contract, 
other than partial, progress, or other payments specifically provided 
for in such contract at the time such contract was initially entered into, 
may not exceed $25,000,000 unless the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House "of Representatives have been notified 
in writing of such proposed payments and 60 days of continuous ses-
sion of Congress have expired following the date on which such 
notice was transmitted to such Committees and neither House of Con-
gress has adopted, within such 60-day period, a resolution disapprov-
ing such payments. For purposes of this section, the continuity of a 
session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress 
sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because 
of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded 
in the computation of such 60-day period." 
(d)(1) Section 18(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 
62 Stat. 625. 
U.S.C. App. 468) Is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
of the first sentence a comma and the following: "except that no order 
which requires payments thereunder in excess of $25,000,000 shall be 
placed with any person, unless the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives have been notified in 
w^riting of such proposed order and 60 days of continuous session of 
Congress have expired following the date on which such notice was 
transmitted to such Committees and neither House of Congress has 
adopted, within such 60-day period, a resolution disapproving such 
order." 
(2) Section 18(a) of such Act is further amended by inserting after 
the first sentence thereof a new sentence as follows: "For purposes of 
the preceding sentence, the continuity of a session of Congress is 
broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die. and the days 
on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of 
more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of 
such 60-day period." 
(e) The amendments made by this section shall not affect the carry-
ing out of any contract, loan, guarantee, commitment, or other obliga-
tion entered into prior to the date of enactment of this section. 
SEC. 808. None of the funds authorized for appropriation to the 
Department of Defense pursuant to this Act shall be obligated under a 
contract entered into after the date of enactment of this Act under any 
multiyear procurement as defined in section 1-322 of the Armed 
Services Procurement Regulations (as in effect on September 26, 
32 CFR 1.322. 
1972) where the cancellation ceiling for such procurement is in excess 
of $5,000,000. 
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617 
SEC. 809. The Xational Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 
1225; 50 U.S.C. 451) is amended to read as follows: "That this Act 
may be cited as the 'Defense Industrial Reserve Act'. 
u 
CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF PURPOSE AND POLICY 
"SEC. 2. In enacting this Act, it is the intent of Congress (1) to pro-
vide a comprehensive and continuous program for the future safety 
and for the defense of the United States by providing adequate meas-
ures whereby an essential nucleus of Government-owned industrial 
plants and an industrial reserve of machine tools and other industrial 
manufacturing equipment may be assured for immediate use to sup-
ply the needs of the Armed Forces in time of national emergency or 
in anticipation thereof; (2) that such Government-owned plants and 
such reserve shall not exceed in number or kind the minimum require-
ments for immediate use in time of national emergency, and that any 
such items which shall become excess to such requirements shall be dis-
posed of as expeditiously as possible; (3) that to the maximum extent 
practicable, reliance will be placed upon private industry for support 
of defense production; and (4) that machine tools and other industrial 
manufacturing equipment may be held in plant equipment packages 
or in a general reserve to maintain a high state of readiness for pro-
duction of critical items of defense materiel, to provide production 
capacity not available in private industry for defense materiel, or to 
assist private industry in time of national disaster. 
"DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 3. As used in this Act— 
" (1) The tenii 'Secretary' means Secretary of Defense. 
"(2) The term 'Defense Industrial Reserve' means (A) a general 
reserve of industrial manufacturing equipment, including machine 
tools, selected by the Secretary of Defense for retention for national 
defense or for other emergency use; (B) those industrial plants and 
installations held by and under the control of the Department of 
Defense in active or inactive status, including Government-owned/ 
Government-operated plants and installations and 
Government-
owned/contractor-operated 
plants 
and 
installations 
which 
are 
retained for use in their entirety, or in part, for production of military 
weapons systems, munitions, components, or supplies; (C) those 
industrial plants and installations under the control of the Secre-
tary which are not required for the immediate need of any depart-
ment or agency of the Government and which should be sold, leased, 
or otherwise disposed of. 
"(3) The term 'plant equipment package' means a complement of 
active and idle machine tools and other industrial manufacturing 
equipment held by and under the control of the Department of 
Defense and approved by the Secretary for retention to produce par-
ticular defense materiel or defense supporting items at a specific level 
of output in the event of emergency. 
li. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY 
"SEC. 4. To execute the policy set forth in this Act, the Secretary is 
authorized and directed to— 
" ( 1 ) 
determine which industrial plants and installations 
(including machine tools and other industrial manufacturing 
equipment) should become a part of the defense industrial 
reserve: 
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[87 
STAT. 
"•(2) designate Avliat excess industrial property shall be 
disposed of; 
"(3) establish general policies and provide for the transporta-
tion, handling, care, storage, protection, maintenance, repair, 
i-ebuilding, utilization, recording, leasing and security of such 
property; 
"(4) direct the transfer without reimbursement of such prop-
erty to other Government agencies with the consent of such 
agencies; 
"(5) direct the leasing of any of such property to designated 
lessees; 
"(6) authorize the disposition in accordance with existing law 
of any of such property when in the opinion of the Secretary such 
property is no longer needed by the Department of Defense; and 
"(7) authorize and regulate the lending of any such property 
to any nonprofit educational institution or training school when-
ever (A) the program proposed by such institution or school for 
the use of such property will contribute materially to national 
defense, and (B) such institution or school shall by agreement 
make such provision as the Secretary shall deem satisfactory for 
the proper maintenance and care of such property and for its 
return, without expense to the Government, upon request of the 
Secretary. 
"REPORTS TO CONGRESS 
•'SEC. 5. The Secretary shall submit to the Congress on or before 
April 1 of each year a report detailing the action taken under this 
Act and containing such other pertinent information regarding the 
status of the defense industrial reserve as will enable the Congress 
to evaluate the administration of such reserve and the necessity or 
desirability for any legislative action regarding such reserve. 
u 
study and 
investigation. 
Report to 
President and 
Congress. 
AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS 
"'SEC. 6. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as the 
Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary to enable 
the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act.". 
SEC. 810. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed 
to carry out a comprehensive study and investigation to determine the 
relative status of the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard 
of the United States. In carrying out such study and investigation 
the Secretary shall quantitatively measure the effects on full costs 
and on combat capability and readiness, as well as enumerate the mil-
itary and other advantages and disadvantages of at least the following 
alternatives: (1) merging the Air Force Reserve into the Air National 
Guard structure; (2) merging the Air National Guard into the Air 
Force Reserve structure; and (3) retaining both the Air Force Reserve 
and the Air National Guard. Such study shall also consider and give 
equal weight to the modernization needs of the Air National Guard 
and the Air Force Reserve, including: (1) aircraft; (2) ground 
equipment; (3) facilities; (4) communication, and (5) other pertinent 
needs. It shall also consider the related problems of recruiting, training 
and retaining sufficient manpower of needed quality to man the author-
ized units. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President and the 
Congress a detailed report of such study and investigation not later 
than January 31, 1975. The Secretary shall include in such report a 
complete evaluation of each of the alternatives specified in subsection 
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(a) above, and a detailed explanation of the facts and information 
which serve as the basis for any conclusions stated therein, and shall 
also include in such report such recommendations for legislative action 
as he deems appropriate. 
SEC, 811. The Congress finds that the Department of Defense, which ^^^^l°l'''"^ 
will use, at its present rate of consumption, an estimated twelve billion ^'^° "''*^" 
gallons of petroleum products in 1973, is one of the largest single 
consumers of petroleum products in the world, and that a reduction 
in consumption of such products by the Department of Defense would 
aid materially in meeting the energy shortages which the United 
States now faces. It is, therefore, declared to be the sense of the Con-
gress that the Department of Defense should implement a 10 per 
centum reduction of its consumption of petroleum products except 
where such a reduction would adversely affect the national security or 
essential training exercises. 
SEC. 812. (a) The Congress finds that in order to acliieve a more 
North Atlantic 
equitable sharing of the costs and expenses arising from commit- uon!*^ organi.:a-
ments and obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty, the Presi-
dent should seek, through appropriate bilateral and multilateral 
arrangements, payments sufficient in amount to offset fully any balance- ^^^^^^1^^^°^ ^^^' 
of-payment deficit incurred by the United States during the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1974, as the result of the deployment of forces in 
Europe in fulfillment of the treaty commitments and obligations of the 
United States. This balance-of-payment deficit shall be determined by 
the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense and the Comptroller General of the United States. 
(b) In the event that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization mem-
bers (other than the United States) fail to offset the net balance-of-
payment deficit described in subsection (a) prior to the expiration of 
eighteen months after the date of enactment of this section, no funds 
may be expended after the expiration of twenty-four months follow-
ing the date of enactment of this section for the purpose of maintain-
ing or supporting United States forces in Europe in any number 
greater than a number equal to the average monthly number of United 
States forces assigned to duty in Europe during the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1974, reduced by a percentage figure equal to the percentage 
figure by which such balance-of-payment deficit during such fiscal 
year was not offset. 
(c) The Congress further finds (1) that the other members of the ^j,^^,""^*^^^ ''°^* 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization should, in order to achieve a more ° 
equitable sharing of the cost burden under the treaty, substantially 
increase their contributions to assist the United States in meeting 
those added budgeting expenses incurred as the result of maintain-
ing and supporting United States forces in Europe, including, but 
not limited to, wages paid to local personnel by the United States, 
recurring expenses incurred in connection with the maintenance and 
operation of real property, maintenance facilities, supply depots, cold 
storage facilities, communications systems, and standby operations, 
and nonrecurring expenses such as the construction and rehabilitation 
of plants and facilities; (2) that the amount paid by the United States 
in connection with the North Atlantic Treaty infrastructure program 
should be reduced to a more equitable amount; and (3) that the Presi-
dent should seek, through appropriate bilateral and multilateral 
arrangements, a substantial reduction of the amounts paid by the 
United States in connection with those matters described in (1) and 
(2) above. 
sharing. 
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[87 
STAT. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Funds, restric-
tions. 
'Goods." 
70A Stat. 146; 
76 Stat. 511. 
10 u s e 2631. 
Limitations. 
(d) The President shall submit to the Congress within ninety days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and at the end of each ninety-
day period thereafter, a written report informing the Congress of the 
[)rogress that has been made in implementing the provisions of this 
section. 
SEC. 813. (a) No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated under a contract entered into by the Department of 
Defense after the date of the enactment of this Act for procurement 
of goods which are other than American goods unless, under regula-
tions of the Secretary of Defense and subject to the determinations 
and exceptions contained in title I I I of the Act of March 3, 1933, as 
amended (47 Stat. 1520; 41 U.S.C. 10a, 10b), popularly known as 
the Buy American Act, there is adequate consideration given to— 
(1) the bids or proposals of firms located in labor surplus areas 
in the United States as designated by the Department of Labor 
which have offered to furnish American goods; 
(2) the bids or proposals of small business firms in the United 
States which have offered to furnish American goods; 
(3) the bids or proposals of all other firms in the L^nited States 
which have offered to furnish American goods; 
(4) the United States balance of payments; 
(5) the cost of shipping goods which are other than American 
goods; and 
(6) any duty, tariff or surcharge which may enter into the 
cost of using goods which are other than American goods, 
(b) For purposes of this section, the tei-m "goods which are other 
than American goods" means (1) an end product which has not been 
mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States, or (2) an end 
product manufactured in the United States but the cost of the com-
l)onents thereof which are not mined, produced, or manufactured in 
the United States exceeds the cost of components mined, produced, 
or manufactured in the United States. 
SEC. 814, (a) Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: 
"§2635. Medical emergency helicopter transportation assistance 
and limitation of individual liability 
"(a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized to assist the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Department of 
Transportation in providing medical emergency helicopter transporta-
tion services to civilians. Any resources provided under this section 
shall be under such terms and conditions, including reimbursement, as 
the Secretary of Defense deems appropriate and shall be subject to the 
following specific limitations: 
"(1) Assistance may be provided only in areas where military 
units able to provide such assistance are regularly assigned, and 
military units shall not be transferred from one area to another 
for the purpose of providing such assistance. 
" (2) Assistance may be provided only to the extent that it does 
not interfere with the performance of the military mission. 
"(3) The provision of assistance shall not cause any increase in 
funds required for the operation of the Department of Defense. 
"(b) No individual (or his estate) who is authorized by the Depart-
ment of Defense to perform services under a program established 
pursuant to subsection (a), and who is acting within the scope of his 
duties, shall be liable for injury to, or loss of property or personal 
injury or death which may be caused incident to providing such 
services." 
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(521 
(b) Tlie table of sections at the beginning of chapter 157 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new item: 
"2635. Medical emergency helicopter transportation assistance and limitation on 
individual liability.". 
SEC. 815. In recognition of the vital contribution of Vice Admiral Hy^an of R S -
Hyman G. Rickover (United States Navy, retired) to our national over, USN (Ret.). 
defense and in special recognition of his invaluable guidance, initia-
tive, and perseverance in developing the nuclear submarine, the Presi-
dent is authorized to appoint the said Hyman G. Rickover to the grade 
of admiral on the retired list with all the rights, privileges, benefits, 
pay and allowances provided by law for officers appointed to such 
grade. 
Srx\ 816. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority 
provided in section 501 of the Defense Procurement Act of 1970, Act 
of October 7, 1970, Public Law 91-441 (84 Stat. 909), is hereby 
extended until December 31, 1975. 
SEC. 817. (a) Title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 85^sfat!'489!'^' 
the following new section at the end of chapter 101: 
i o use 20*01. 
"§ 2004. Detail of commissioned officers of the military depart-
ments as students at law schools 
" (a) The Secretary of each military department may, under regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, detail commissioned 
officers of the armed forces as students at accredited law schools, 
located in the United States, for a period of training leading to the 
degree of bachelor of laws or juris doctor. No more than twenty-five 
officers from each military department may commence such training 
in any single fiscal year. 
"(b) To be eligible for detail under subsection (a), an officer must 
Eligibility. 
be a citizen of the United States and must— 
"(1) have served on active duty for a period of not less than 
two years nor more than six years and be in the pay grade 0-3 
or below as of the time the training is to begin; and 
"(2) sign an agreement that unless sooner separated he will— 
"(A) complete the educational course of legal training; 
"(B) accept transfer or detail as a judge advocate or law 
specialist within the department concerned when his legal 
training is completed; and 
"(C) agree to serve on active duty following completion 
or other termination of training for a period of two years 
for each year or part thereof of his legal training under sub-
section (a). 
"(c) Officers detailed for legal training under subsection (a) shall 
be selected on a competitive basis by the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense. Any service obligation incurred by an officer under an 
agreement entered into under subsection (b) shall be in addition to any 
service obligation incurred by any such officer under any other provi-
sion of law or agreement. 
"(d) Expenses incident to the detail of officers under this section 
Expenses, 
shall be paid from any funds appropriated for the military depart-
ment concerned. 
"(e) An officer who, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense, is dropped from the program of legal training authorized 
by subsection (a) for deficiency in conduct or studies, or for other 
reasons, may be required to perform active duty in an appropriate 
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[87 STAT. 
military capacity in accordance with the active duty obligation 
imposed by regulations issued by the Secretary of Defense, except that 
in no case shall any such member be required to serve on active duty 
for any period in excess of one year for each year or part thereof he 
participated in the program. 
"(f) No agreement detailing any officer of the armed forces to an 
accredited law school may be entered into during any period that the 
President is authorized by law to induct persons into the armed forces 
involuntarily. Nothing in this subsection shall affect any agreement 
entered into during any period when the President is not authorized 
by law to so induct persons into the armed forces." 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 101 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof: 
"2004. Detail of commissioned officers of tlie military departments as students 
at law schools.". 
PUBLIC H E A L T H SERVICES HOSPITALS 
SEC. 818. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare shall take such action as may be 
necessary to assure that the hospitals of the Public Health Service, 
located in Seattle, Washington, Boston, Massachusetts, San Francisco, 
California, Galveston, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, Baltimore, 
Maryland, Staten Island, New York, and Norfolk, Virginia, shall 
continue— 
(1) in operation as hospitals of the Public Health Service, 
(2) to provide for all categories of individuals entitled or 
authorized to receive care and treatment at hospitals or other sta-
tions of the Public Health Service inpatient, outpatient, and 
other health care services in like manner as such services were 
provided on January 1, 1973, to such categories of individuals at 
the hospitals of the Public Health Service referred to in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1) and at a level and range at least 
as great as the level and range of such services which were pro-
vided (or authorized to be provided) by such hospitals on such 
date, and 
(3) to conduct at such hospitals a level and range of other 
health-related activities (including training and research activ-
ities) which is not less than the level and range of such activities 
which were being conducted on January 1,1973, at such hospitals. 
(b) (1) The Secretary may— 
(A) close or transfer control of a hospital of the Public Health 
Service to which subsection (a) applies, 
(B) reduce the level and range of health care services provided 
at such a hospital from the level and range required by subsection 
(a) (2) or change the manner in which such services are provided 
at such a hospital from the manner required bv such subsection, or 
(C) reduce the level and range of the other health-related activ-
ities conducted at such hospital from the level and range required 
by subsection (a) (3), 
if Congress by law (enacted after the date of the enactment of this 
Act) specifically authorizes such action. 
(2) Any recommendation submitted to the Congress for legislation 
to authorize an action described in paragraph (1) with respect to a 
hospital of the Public Health Service shall be accompanied by a copy 
of the written, unqualified approval of the proposed action submitted 
to the Secretary by each (A) section 314(a) State health planning 
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(523 
agency whose section 314(a) plan covers (in whole or in part) the area 
in which such hospital is located or Avhich is served by such hospital, 
and (B) section 314 (b) area 
wide health planning agency whose section 
314(b) plan covers (in whole or in part) such area. 
(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term "section 314(a) State 
health planning agency" means the agency of a State which adminis-
ters or supervises the administration of a State's health planning 
functions under a State plan approved under section 314(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act (referred to in paragraph (2) as a "section 
314(a) plan") ; and the term "section 314(b) areawide health planning 
agency" means a public or nonprofit private agency or organization 
which has developed a comprehensive regional, metropolitan, or other 
local area plan or plans referred to in section 314(b) of that Act 
(referred to in paragraph (2) as a "section 314(b) plan"). 
(c) Section 3 of the Emergency Health Personnel Act Amendments 
of 1972 is repealed. 
SKC. 819. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Authorization Act, 1974". 
Approved November 16, 1973. 
Definitions. 
80 Stat. 118] 
86 Stat. 1293. 
42 u s e 246. 
Repeal. 
86 Stat. 129: 
42 u s e 246 
note. 
Short title. 
Public Law 93-156 
A N A C T 
November 2 1, 1973 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to revise the reporting requirement 
[H. R. 5692] 
contained in subsection (b) of section 1308. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That subsection (b) 
of section 1308 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(b) The Commission shall annually provide an analysis to Con-
gress of the administration and operation of chapter 41 of this title.". 
Approved November 21, 1973. 
Civil Service 
Commission. 
Annual reports. 
80 Stat. 402. 
5 u s e 4101. 
Public Law 93-157 
A N A C T 
November 21, 1973 
To authorize tlie District of Columbia Council to regulate and stabilize rents 
[H. R. 4771] 
in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "District of Columbia Eent Control Act of 1973". 
District of 
Columbia Rent 
Control Act of 
1973.