An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and for other purposes
PL 90-96 (H.R.10738), enacted 09/29/1967

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Public Law 90-95 
AN A C T 
September28, 1967 
To extend for one year the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to make ____I^liE£ZJ 
indemnity payments to dairy farmers who are directed to remove their millc 
from commercial markets because it contains residues of chemicals registered 
and approved for use by the Federal Government. 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
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of Agriculture is authorized to make indemnity payments, at a fair ments program, 
market value, to dairy farmers who have been directed since January 1, extension. 
1964, to remove their milk from commercial markets because it con-
tained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the 
Federal (jrovernment at the time of such use. Such indemnity payments 
shall continue to each dairy farmer vmtil he has been reinstated and is 
again allowed to dispose of his milk on commercial markets. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 3. The authority granted under this Act shall expire on June 
30, 1968. 
Approved September 28, 1967, 1:45 p.m. 
Public Law 90-96 
AN A C T 
September 2 9, 1967 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
[H. R. 10 738] 
•June 30, 1968, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following D?fense*T"*ro^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- priation Act, 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, for mill- ^^es. 
tary functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITAEY PERSONNEL 
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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) ; $7,760,300,000. 
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
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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 mem-
bers of the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; $4,029,100,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 
provided for elsewhere) ; $1,396,300,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, 
AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, f;ratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 
all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary cmty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve com-
ponents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
$5,619,300,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
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For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty 
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^^^^^^ sections 265 and 3033 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
undergoing reserve training or while performing drills or equivalent: 
duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as 
authorized by law; $297,200,000: Provided, That the Army Reserve; 
will be programed to attliln an average strength of not Tessthan rwo 
hundred sixty thousand for fiscal year 1968. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty 
under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and 
for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as authorized by 
law; $116,100,000. 
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; 
$38,300,000. 
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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 or 8033 of title 10, United States Code, or v^^hile 
undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 
as authorized by law; $72,300,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on 
duty under sections 265, 3033, or 3496 of title 10 or section 708 of 
title 32, United States Code, or while undergoing training or while 
performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by 
law; 
$345,000,000: Provided^ That obligations may be incurred under this 
appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the Army National Guard will be pro- 
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gramed to attain an average strength of not less than four hundred 
thousand for fiscal year 1968. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty 
under sections 265, 8033, or 8496 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, 
United States Code, or while undergoing training or while perform-
ing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; $87,600,000: Pro-
vided, That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation 
without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
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 pavments under 
chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code; $2,020,00(),000. 
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1446. 
TITLE I I 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
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For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Army, including administration; medical 
and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation (in-
cluding charges of private facilities for care of military persomiel 
on duty or leave, except elective private treatment), and other measures 
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necessary to protect the health of the Army; care of the dead; chap-
lains' activities; awards and medals; welfare and recreation; recruit-
ing expenses; transportation services; communications services; maps 
and similar data for military purposes; military surveys and engineer-
ing planning; repair of facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
tuition and fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian 
institutions; field exercises and maneuvers; expenses for the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps and other units at educational institutions, as 
authorized by law; and not to exceed $4,690,000 for emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority 
of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on his cer-
tificate of necessity for confidential military purposes, and his deter-
mination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of 
the Government; $6,942,375,000, of which not less than $280,000,000 
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 and alteration of vessels; training and 
education of members of the Navy; administration; procurement of 
military personnel; hire of passenger motor vehicles; welfare and rec-
reation; medals, awards, emblems, and other insignia; transporta-
tion of things (includingtransportationof household effects of civilian 
employees); industrial mobilization; medical and dental care; care 
of the dead; charter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress; 
maritime salvage services; military communications facilities on mer-
chant vessels; dissemination of scientific information; administration 
of patents, trademarks, and copyrights; annuity premiums and retire-
ment benefits for civilian members of teaching services; tuition, allow-
ances, and fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian 
institutions; repair of facilities; departmental salaries; conduct of 
schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, enter-
tainment, and welfare expenses for the enlisted men; procurement of 
services, special clothing, supplies, and equipment; installation of 
equipment in public or private plants; exploration, prospecting, con-
servation, development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserves, as authorized by law; and not to exceed 
$12,549,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, as authorized 
70A Stat. 442. 
j^y sectlou 7202 of title 10, United States Code, to be expended on the 
approval and authority of the Secretaiy and his determination shall be 
final and conclusive upon the accountmg officers of the Government; 
$4,653,000,000, of which not less than $154,000,000 shall be available 
only for maintenance of real property facilities, and not to exceed 
$1,360,000 may be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries 
and expenses", Environmental Science Services Administration, 
Department of Commerce, for the current fiscal year for the operation 
of ocean weather stations. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Marine Corps including equipment and facilities; procurement of 
military personnel; training and education of regular and reserve per-
sonnel, including tuition and other costs incurred at civilian schools; 
welfare and recreation; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, 
and other instructional, entertainment, and welfare expenses for the 
enlisted men; procurement and manufacture of military supplies, 
equipment, and clothing; hire of passenger motor vehicles; trans-
portation of things; medals, awards, emblems, and other insignia; 
operation of station hospitals, dispensaries and dental clinics; and 
departmental salaries; $391,600,000, of which not less than $22,241,000 
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, 
apd travel expenses of contract surgeons; repair of private property 
and other necessary expenses of combat maneuvers; care of the dead; 
chaplain and other welfare and morale supplies and equipment; con-
duct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, 
entertainment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men and patients 
not otherwise provided for; awards and decorations; industrial mobi- 
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lization, including maintenance of reserve plants and equipment and 
procurement planning; special services by contract or otherwise; and 
not +o exceed $3,311,000 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 sjiall be final 
and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government; 
$5,367,025,000, of which not less than $250,000,000 shall be available 
only for the maintenance of real property facilities, and not to exceed 
$200,000 may be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and 
expenses", Environmental Science Services Administration, Depart-
ment of Commerce, for the current fiscal year, for the operation of 
the Marcus Island upper-air station. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil 
Defense), including administration; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
welfare and recreation; awards and decorations; travel expenses, 
including expenses of temporary duty travel of military personnel; 
transportation of things (including transportation of household 
effects of civilian employees); industrial mobilization; care of the 
dead; dissemination of scientific information; administration of 
patents, trademarks, and copyrights; tuition and fees incident to the 
training of military personnel at civilian institutions; repair of facili-
ties; departmental salaries; procurement of services, special clothing, 
supplies, and equipment; field printing plants; information and educa-
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tional services for the Armed Forces; communications services; and 
not to exceed $3,657,000 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 determi-
nation thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers 
of the Government; $947,520,000, of which not less than $11,900,000 
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; personal 
services in the National Guard Bureau and services of personnel of the 
National Guard employed as civilians without regard to their military 
rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be employed under 
70A Stat. 614. 
provisious of law (32 U.S.C. T09), and those necessary to provide re-
imbursable services for the military departments, may be such as is 
deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Army; travel expenses (other 
than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active 
duty, for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion 
commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard 
Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard of the 
several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of 
Columbia, as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modification, 
maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including air-
craft) ; $241,000,000, 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 
70A Stat. 599. 
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; sup-
plies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air 
National Guard of the several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and the District of Columbia; and expenses incident to the mainte-
nance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as 
may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the 
same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel 
on active Federal duty, of Air National Guard commanders while 
inspecting units in compliance with National Guard regulations when 
specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard 
Bureau; 
$272,570,000, of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be available only 
for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ That the 
number of caretakers authorized to be employed under the provisions 
of law (32 U.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed necessary by the 
Secretary of the Air Force and such caretakers may be employed with-
out regard to their military rank as members of the Air National 
Guard: Provided further^ That obligations may be incurred under this 
appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States 
Code. 
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NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses of construction, equipment, and mainte-
nance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, and 
promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with law, including travel 
of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending regional, 
national, and international competitions, and not to exceed $21,000 for 
incidental expenses of the National Board; $428,000: Provided^ That 
travel expenses of civilian members of the National Board shall be 
paid in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regu-
lations, 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- 
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tions), including claims for damages arising under training contracts 
with carriers, and repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary 
concerned, or officers designated by him, to have been erroneously 
collected from military and civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense, or from States, territories, or the District of Columbia, or 
members of National Guard units thereof; $30,000,000. 
CONTINGENCIES, DEFENSE 
For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely 
on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential 
military purposes; $10,000,000: Provided, That a report of disburse- 
Report to con 
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to the 
Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military 
Appeals; $602,000. 
ARMY STOCK FUND 
For the Army Stock Fund, $60,000,000. 
DEFENSE STOCK FUND 
For the Defense Stock Fund, $118,400,000. 
TITLE I I I 
PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MISSILES, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and modi-
fication of missiles, armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, ves-
sels, and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training-
Corps ; purchase of not to exceed five thousand passenger motor 
vehicles (including eleven medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 
each) for replacement only; expenses which in the discretion of the 
Secretary of the Army are necessary in providing facilities for pro-
duction of equipment and supplies for national defense purposes, 
including construction, and the furnishing of Government-owned 
facilities and equipment at privately owned plants; and ammunition 
gressional com-
mittees. 
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for military salutes at institutions to which issue of weapons for 
salutes is authorized; $5,462,500,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph, $269,000,000 shall be available only for the N I K E - X anti-
ballistic missile system. 
PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES, NAVT 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of aircraft, missiles, equipment, including ordnance, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion 
of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, 
and such lands, and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney Gen-
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g required by section 355, Eevised Statutes, as amended; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine 
tools in public or private plants; $2,939,100,000, to remain available 
until expended of which $147,900,000 shall be available only for the 
F - l l l B aircraft program: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
in this paragraph, $106,700,000 shall be available only for the EA-6A 
aircraft program. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conver-
sion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor ana 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 
converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, 
including land necessary therefor, and such land, and interests therein, 
may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; $1,297,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: 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 superstruc-
ture of such vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds herein 
provided shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in 
foreign shipyards. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of support equip-
ment, and materials not otherwise provided for. Navy ordnance and 
ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships 
authorized for conversion), purchase of not to exceed one thousand six 
hundred and seventeen passenger motor vehicles (including seven 
medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each) for replacement only; 
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 Attor-
ney 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; $2,336,000,000, to remair 
available until expended. 
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PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and modi-
fication of missiles, armament, ammunition, military equipment, and 
vehicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of not to exceed 
two hundred and seventy-one passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; $665,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft, and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized 
ground 
handling 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 
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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 lay 
away; and other expenses 
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necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and transporta-
tion of things; and $55,000,000 of the funds available under this head 
shall be available only for the F-12 aircraft program; $5,493,400,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
Missn^E PROCUREMENT, Am 
FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, rockets, 
and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor, 
ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public 
and private plants. Government-owned equipment and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 
without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the 
foregoing purposes, and such land, and interests therein, may be 
acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of 
title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents 
and transportation of things; $1,340,000,000, to remain available until 
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expended. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground 
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic 
and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare 
parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not 
to exceed two thousand four hundred and seventy passenger motor 
vehicles (including six medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each) 
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; 
$2,429,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
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Advanced 
Manned Strategic 
Aircraft program. 
Transfer of 
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PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
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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 otherwise 
provided for; purchase of one hundred and twenty-two passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only (including six medium sedans at 
not to exceed $3,000 each) ; expansion of puWic and private plants, 
equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of struc-
tures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such 
land and interest therein may be acquired and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as 
required b^^ section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; ^8,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
T I T L E IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; 
$1,505,700,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabili-
tation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorize! 
by law; $1,816,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabili-
tation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $3,240,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $47,000,000 shall be 
available only for the Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft program. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
AGENCIES 
For expenses lof activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil 
Defense), necessary for basic and applied scientific research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be 
designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to 
law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
and equipment, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
expended; $446,500,000: 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 tjiis appropriation to be available 
for the same purposes and time period: Provided further^ That such 
amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary 
of Defense may be transferred to carry out the purposes of advanced 
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research to those appropriations for military functions under the 
Department of Defense which are being utilized for related pro-
grams, to be merged with and to be available for the same time period 
as the appropriation to which transferred. 
EMERGENCY FUND, DEFENSE 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the 
Bureau of the 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 purposes, and for the 
same time period, as the appropriation to which 
transferred; 
$100,000,000, and, in addition, not to exceed $150,000,000, to be used 
upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such funds can 
be wisely, profitably, and practically used in the interest of national 
defense and to be derived by transfer from such appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense for obligation during the current 
fiscal year as the Secretary of Defense may designate: Provided^ That 
any appropriations transferred shall not exceed 7 per centum of the 
appropriation from which transferred. 
TITLE V 
SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PRO(JRAM 
For payments 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, $11,200,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to 
other appropriations to such Department, for payments in the fore-
going currencies. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, 
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if in 
their opinions the existing facilities of the Department of Defense are 
inadequate, are authorized to procure services in a<?cordance with 5 
U.S.C. 3109, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
and to pay in connection therewith travel expenses of individuals, 
including actual transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence 
while traveling from their homes or places of business to official duty 
station and return as may be authorized by law: Provided^ That such 
contracts may be renewed annually. 
SEC. 602. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law pro-
hibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any 
person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel 
of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 603. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when re-
quired by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries 
incident to matters relating to the activities of the department con-
cerned; reimbursement of General Services Administration 
for 
security guard services for protection of confidential files; reimburse-
E Xpert 
suit ants s or con-
80 Stat. 416. 
Employment of 
noncitizens. 
Appropriations, 
availability. 
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Ante, p. 199. 
Prisoners of 
war, etc. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
72 Stat. 1459; 
76 Stat. 511. 
Dependents' 
schooling. 
64 Stat. 1100; 
79 Stat. 27; 
80 Stat. 1191. 
70A Stat. 442. 
Occupied areas. 
70A Stat. 444. 
Deficiency 
judgments. 
Leasing. 
56 Stat. 654. 
Tools, mainte-
nance. 
Access roads. 
7 2 Stat. 908. 
Milk program. 
68 Stat. 900. 
Articles for 
prisoners, etc. 
ment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in con-
nection with investigation of defense contractor personnel; and all 
necessary expenses, at the seat of government of the United States of 
America or elsewhere, in connection with communication and other 
services and supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this Act: Provided^ That no appropriation contained in this Act, and' 
no funds available from prior appropriations to component depart-
ments and agencies of the Department of Defense, shall be used to pay 
tuition or to make other payments to educational institutions in con-
nection with the instruction or training of file clerks, stenographers, 
and typists receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers, and 
typists who will receive compensation at a rate below the minimum 
rate of pay for positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the Classifi-
cation Act of 1949, as amended. 
SEC. 604. 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, andj 
allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or Air 
Force custody whose status is determined by the Secretary concerned 
to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such custody 
pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 605. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be 
available for acquisition of land as authorized by section 2672 of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 606. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and 
secondary schooling for minor dependents of military and civilian 
personnel of the Department of Defense residing on military or naval 
installations or stationed in foreign countries, as authorized for the 
Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code, in amounts not 
exceeding $86,000,000, 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; (b) for 
expenses in connection with administration of occupied areas; (c) 
for payment of rewards as authorized for the Navy by section 7209 (a.) 
of title 10, United States Code, for information leading to the dis-
covery of missing naval property or the recovery thereof; (d) for 
payment of deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising out of 
condemnation proceedings; (e) for leasing of buildings and facilities 
including payment of rentals for special purpose space at the seat 
of government and, in the conduct of field exercises and maneuvers or, 
in administering the provisions of 43 U.S.C. 315q, rentals may be paid 
in advance; (f) payments under contracts for maintenance of tools 
and facilities for twelve months beginning at any time during the 
fiscal year; (g) maintenance of Defense access roads certified as im-; 
portant to national defense in accordance with section 210 of title 
23, United States Code; (h) for the purchase of milk for enlisted per-
sonnel of the Department of Defense heretofore made available pur-
suant to section 1446a, title 7, United States Code^ and the cost of milk 
so purchased, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, shall be 
included in the value of the commuted ration; (i) transporting civilian' 
clothing to the home of record of selective service inductees and recruits 
on entering the military services; (j) payments under leases for real 
or personal property for twelve months beginning at any time during 
the fiscal year. 
SEC. 607. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) donations of not to 
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243 
exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in 
military or contract prison and to each person discharged for fraudu-
lent enlistment; (b) authorized issues of articles to prisoners, appli-
cants for enlistment and persons in military custody; (c) subsistence 
of selective service registrants called for induction, applicants for 
enlistment, prisoners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and 
supernumeraries when necessitated by emergent military circum-
stances; (d) reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel while 
sick in hospitals; (e) expenses of prisoners confined in nonmilitary 
facilities; (f) military courts, boards, and commissions; (g) utility 
services for buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by law, 
and buildings on military reservations authorized by regulations to 
be used for welfare and recreational purposes; (h) exchange fees, and 
losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accordance 
with law; (i) expenses of Latin-American cooperation as authorized 
for the Navy by law (10 U.S.C. 7208) ; and (j) expenses of appre-
hension and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent 
without leave, including payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 
in any one case. 
SEC. 608. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall 
assist American small business to participate equitably in the furnish-
ing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated 
under this Act by making available or causing to be made available 
to suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small independ-
ent 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 furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
SEC. 609. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 
operating expenses of which are financed principally from nonap-
propriated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians 
except under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which 
shall (except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish 
rates for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating 
expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided. 
That officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem 
allowance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not 
less than $2.50 per day: Provided further^ That for the purposes of 
this section payments for meals at the rates established hereunder may 
be made in cash or by deduction from the pay of civilian employees: 
Provided further^ That members of organized nonprofit youth groups 
sponsored at either the national or local level, when extended the 
privilege of visiting a military installation and permitted to eat in 
the general mess by the commainding officer of the installation, shall 
pay the commuted ration cost of such meal or meals. 
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere in 
this or some other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 611. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
for operation and maintenance, may be reimbursed during the current 
fiscal year for all expenses involved in the preparation for disposal 
and for the disposal of military supplies, equipment, and materiel, 
and for all expenses of production of lumber or timber products 
pursuant to section 2665 of title 10, United States Code, from amounts 
70A Stat. 443. 
Assistance to 
small business. 
Mess opera-
tions. 
Reimbursable 
appropriations. 
70A Stat. 149. 
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[81 STAT. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Apportionment 
of funds, exemp-
tion. 
31 use 665. 
Airborne alert 
expenses. 
Increased mili-
tary personnel, 
expenses. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Commissary-
stores. 
Free utilities 
outside U.S. and 
in Alaska. 
Proficiency fly-
ing. 
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 the Committees on Appropriations of the Con-
gress: Provided further, That no funds available to agencies of the 
Department of Defense shall be used for the operation, acquisition, 
or construction of new facilities or equipment for new facilities in the 
continental limits of the United States for metal scrap baling or 
shearing or for melting or sweating aluminum scrap unless the Sec-
retary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by 
him determines, with respect to each facility involved, that the opera-
tion of such facility is in the national interest. 
SEC. 612. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may 
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 nec-
essary, 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 military 
personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the provisions 
of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(d) The Secretarjr of Defense shall immediately advise the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Congress of the exercise of any 
authority granted in this section, and shall report monthly on the 
estimated ^ligations incurred pursuant to subsections (b) and (c). 
SEC. 613. 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 main-
tenance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual or 
estimated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government 
and of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the 
control of such commissary stores, except as authorized under regula-
tions promulgated by the Secretaries of the military departments 
concerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which regula-
tions shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appropriations 
concerned and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall 
provide for the adjustment of the sales prices in such commissary stores 
to the extent necessary to furnish sujficient gross revenue from sales 
of commissary stores to make such reimbursement: Provided, 
That 
under such regulations as may be issued pursuant to this section all 
utilities may be furnished without cost to the commissary stores 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 avail-
able at a reasonable distance and a reasonable price in satisfactory 
quality and quantity to the military and civilian employees of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 614. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Executive 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this Act shall be 
available for any expenses of operating aircraft under the jurisdiction 
Vessel trans-
fer. 
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P U B L I C L A W 9 0 - 9 6 - S E P T . 29, 1967 
245 
of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying except in 
accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretaries of the De-
partments concerned and approved by the Secretary of Defense which 
shall establish proficiency standards and maximum and minimum 
flying hours for this purpose: Provided^ That without regard to any 
provision of law or Executive order prescribing minimum flight re- 
., 
, 
quirements, such regulations may provide for the payment of 
flight 
i 
pay at the rates prescribed in section 301 of title 37, United States 
Code, to certain members of the Armed Forces otherwise entitled to 
^^ ^*^*- '^^^• 
receive flight pay during the current fiscal year (1) who have held 
aeronautical ratings or designations for not less than fifteen years, or 
(2) whose particular assignment outside the United States or in 
, o,» 
Alaska makes it impractical to participate in regular aerial flights. 
SEC. 615. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
Household 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tem- ^°° 
porary 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. 616. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, or 
the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise made 
available without reimbursement to any such agencies upon the request 
of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency having 
jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 617. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available rettrfc^tion^'"'"^' 
for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition 
for training in such profession: Provided^ That this limitation shall 
not apply to the off-duty training of military personnel as prescribed 
by section 621 of this Act. 
SEC. 618. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in 
obligated funds, 
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. 
SEC. 619. During the current fiscal year the agencies of the Depart- 
use o
f foreign 
ment of Defense may accept the use of real property from foreign "
^
^
^
^ property, 
countries for the United States in accordance with mutual defense 
i 
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 
,riJli. c 
countries for the use of the United States in accordance with mutual 
defense agreements or occupational arrangements and such agencies 
may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such 
areas, without specific appropriations therefor: Provided, 
That 
^ss°'Hi'^^°^' 
within thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of 
^itiieTind^^' 
Defense shall render to the Committees on Appropriations of the Budget Bureau. 
Senate and the House of Representatives and to the Bureau of the 
Budget a full report of such property, supplies, and commodities 
received during such quarter. 
SEC. 620. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to afvell^'^^nt"^ 
the Department of Defense for research and development may be used funds?*^^" 
for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, United States Code, and for 
7OA stat. i34. 
purposes related to research and development for which expendi-
tures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the service 
concerned. 
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[81 STAT. 
Tuition pay-
ments, etc-., re-
striction. 
ROTC, loyalty 
requirements. 
Procurement re-
strictions. 
Bakery, laundry 
facilities. 
Airmail, reim-
bursement. 
Furnishings, 
automobiles, pur-
chase. 
SEC. 621. 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 traming of military 
personnel, nor for the payment of any part of tuition or expenses for 
such training for commissioned personnel who do not agree to remain 
on active duty for two years after completion of such training. 
SEC. 622. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be expended 
for the support of any formally enrolled student in basic courses of 
the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, who has not 
executed a certificate of loyalty or loyalty oath in such form as shall 
be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 623. No part of any appropriation contained in this'Act shall 
be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cot-
ton, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yam 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 manu-
factured articles) not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in 
the United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the 
Secretary of the Department concerned shall determine that a satis-
factory quality and sufficient quantity of any articles of food or cloth-
ing or any form of cotton, woven silk and woven silk blends, spun 
silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic 
fabric, or wool 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 procure-
ments of perishable foods by establishments located outside the United 
States for the personnel attached thereto: Provided, 
That nothing 
herein shall preclude the procurement of foods manufactured or 
processed in the United States or its possessions: Provided 
further. 
That no funds herein appropriated shall be used for the payment of 
a price differential on contracts hereafter made for the purpose of 
relieving economic dislocations: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act shall be used except that, so far as 
practicable, all contracts shall be awarded on a formally advertised 
competitive bid basis to the lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories 
or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify 
in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be fur-
nished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources 
at reasonable rates. 
SEC. 625. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the De-
partment of Defense shall be av&;ilable 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. 626. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for the purchase of household furnishings, house trailers (for the pur-
pose of relieving unusual individual losses occasioned by the reloca-
tion of personnel from installations in France), and automobiles from 
military and civilian personnel on duty outside the continental United 
Sta,tes, 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 De-
fense 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 (xovernment. 
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247 
SEC. 627. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
uniforms. 
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. 628. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense tr^nTer!^"°"' 
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 
Travel expenses, 
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, na-
tional, or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 629. Funds provided in this Act for congressional liaison activi- 
congressional 
ties of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, 
the Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of 
.,,„: , . 
Defense shall not exceed $950,000: Provided^ That this amount shall 
be available for apportionment to the Department of the Army, the 
Department af the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the 
^ 
" 
-
Office of the Secretary of Defense as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense. 
SEC. 630. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services of ai^f^ggt'"®^*'"^* 
the Military Airlift Command, $100,000,000 shall be available only for 
procurement of commercial transportation service from carriers par-
ticipating in the civil reserve air fleet program; and the Secretary of 
Defense shall utilize the services of such carriers which qualifv 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 modem aircraft 
operated by the civil air fleet. 
SEC. 631. Not less than $7,500,000 of the funds made available in tgff„V'^"^^°" 
this Act for travel expenses in connection with temporary duty and 
permanent change of station of civilian and military personnel of the 
Department of Defense shall be available only for the procurement 
of commercial passenger sea transportation service on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 632. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available . civilian cioth-
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. 633. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail- 
Defense con-
able for paying the costs^ of advertising by any defense contractor, ^'^^dvertising 
except advertising for which payment is made from profits, and such costs, pro-
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 De-
fense, solely for (1) the recruitment by that contractor of personnel 
required for the performance by the contractor of obligations arising 
under a defense contract, (2) the procurement of scarce items re- 
" 
"'' , 
quired by the contractor for the performance of a defense contract, or 
PUBLIC LAW 90-916-SEPT. 29, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
New facil* 
ities re-
striction. 
Transfer of 
funds, au-
thority. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Contract pay-
ments in 
foreign coun-
tries. 
Research proj-
ect costs. 
Army Reserve 
components. 
Vietnamese 
forces, etc., 
support. 
Transfer 
of funds. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Working capital 
funds. 
(3) the di^osal of scrap or surplus materials acquired by the con-
tractor in the performance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 634. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and 
repair of facilities and installations shall not be available for acquisi-
tion 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 $26,000: Provided^ That 
the Secretary of Defense may amend or change the said directive 
during the current fiscal year, consistent with the purpose of this 
section. 
SEC. 635. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
may, if he deems it vital to the security ot the United States and in 
the national interest to further improve the readiness of the Armed 
Forces, including the reserve components, transfer under the authority 
and terms of the Emergency Fund an additional $200,000,000: Pro-
vided^ That the transfer authority made available under the terms of 
the Emergency Fund appropriation contained in this Act is hereby 
broadened to meet the requirements of this section: Provided 
further^ 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Appropriations Com-
mittees of the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 
this authority. 
SEC. 636. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to make payments under contracts for any program, project, or activ-
ity 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. 637. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an amount 
equal to as much as the entire cost of such project. 
SEC. 638. Only upon the approval by the Congress, through the 
enactment of law hereafter, of a realinement or reorganization of the 
Army Reserve Components, the Secretary may transfer the balances 
of appropriations made in this Act for the support of the Army 
Reserve Components to the extent necessary to implement such a 
realinement or reorganization; and the provisions in this Act estab-
lishing strengths for the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard 
shall cease to be effective. 
SEC. 639. (a) Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
during the current fiscal year shall be available for their stated pur-
poses to support: (1) Vietnamese and other free world forces in 
Vietnam (2) local forces in Laos and Thailand; and for related costs, 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Defense may deter-
mine 'Provided^ That the unexpended balance of funds, as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense, heretofore allocated or transferred to the 
Secretary of Defense from appropriations for "Military assistance" 
for support of local forces in Laos and Thailand may be transferred 
to any appropriation available to the Department of Defense for 
military functions (including construction), to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriation to which transferred. 
(b) Within thirty days after the end of each quarter, the Secre-
tary of. Defense shall render to the Committees on Armed Services 
and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a report with respect to the estimated value by purpose, by country, 
of support furnished from such appropriations. 
SEC. 640. (a) During the current fiscal year, cash balances in work-
ing capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant 
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249 
to section 2208 of title 10, United States (^ode, may be maintained in 
only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments 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 Bureau of the 
Budget. 
(b) During the current fiscal year none of the funds available to 
the Department of Defense may be used to install or utilize any new 
''cost-based" or "expense-based" system or systems for accounting, 
including accounting results for the purposes prescribed by section 
113(a) (4) of the Budget and Accountmg Procedures Act of 1950 (31 
TLS.C. 66a(a) (4)), until forty-five days after the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States (after consultation with the Director of the 
Bureau of the Budget) has reported to the Congress that in his 
opinion such system or systems are designed to: (1) meet the require-
ments of all applicable laws governing budgeting, accounting, and 
the administration of public funds and the standards and procedures 
established pursuant thereto; (2) provide for uniform application to 
the extent practicable throughout the Department of Defense; and 
(3) prevent violations of the antideficiency statute (R.S. 3679; 31 
U.S.C. 665). 
SEC. 641. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1968". 
Approved September 29, 1967. 
.
.
. 
76 Stat. 521. 
Use of funds for 
new accounting 
systems. 
64 Stat. 836. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Short title. 
Public Law 90-97 
. 
• 
• 
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AN A C T 
September30,1967 
To extend through March 1968 the first general enrollment period under part B 
[H.R. 13026] 
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (relating to supplementary medical 
insurance benefits for the aged), and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate mid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the general 
enrollment period under section 1837(e) of the Social Security Act 
beginning October 1, 1967, and ending December 31, 1967, shall, for 
purposes of enrolling in the insurance program established under part. 
B of title XVIII of such Act and of terminating such enrollment as 
provided in section 1838(b)(1) of such Act, be extended through 
March 31, 1968. 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1839 (a) and (b) 
of the Social Security Act^— 
(1) the dollar amount applicable for premiums under part B 
of title X V I I I of such Act for each month before April 1968 
shall be $3, and 
(2) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may de-
termine and promulgate such dollar amount for months after 
March 1968 and before January 1970 at any time on or before 
December 31, 1967. 
SEC. 3. (a) In the case of any individual who, pursuant to section 
1838(b) (1) of the Social Security Act, terminates his enrollment in 
the insurance program established under part B of title X V I I I of such 
Act, his coverage period (as defined in section 1838(a) of such Act)— 
(1) shall terminate at the close of December 31, 1967, if he 
filed his notice of termination before January 1, 1968, or 
Social Security. 
Medical insur-
ance. 
Enrollment peri-
od, extension. 
79 Stat. 304. 
42 use 1395p. 
42 use 139Sq. 
Premium amounts. 
Determination by 
HEW Secretary. 
42 use 1395r. 
Coverage period, 
termination dates.