Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act
PL 95-485 (S.3486), enacted 10/20/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-485—OCT. 20, 1978 
92 STAT. 1611 
Public Law 95-485 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for procurement of aircraft, 
missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons 
and for research, development, test and evaluation for the Armed Forces, to 
prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component 
and the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces and 
for civilian personnel of the Department of Defense, to authorize the military 
training student loads, to authorize appropriations for civil defense, and for 
other purposes. 
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 "Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization 
Act, 1979". 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 1979 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for 
procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehi-
cles, torpedoes, and other weapons, as authorized by law, in amounts 
as follows: 
AIRCRAFT 
For aircraft: for the Army, $972,400,000; for the Navy and 
Marine Corps, $4,381,100,000; for the Air Force, $7,028,200,000. 
MISSILES 
For missiles: for the Army, $738,100,000; for the Navy, 
$1,583,700,000; for the Marine Corps, $23,100,000; for the Air 
Force, $1,626,500,000. 
NAVAL VESSELS 
For naval vessels: for the Navy, $4,470,500,000. 
TRACK:ED COMBAT VEHICLES 
; 
For tracked combat vehicles: for the Army, $1,419,400,000; for 
the Marine Corps, $24,300,000. 
Oct. 20, 1978 
[S. 3486] 
Department of 
Defense 
Appropriation 
Authorization 
Act, 1979. 
TORPEDOES 
For torpedoes and related support equipment: for the Navy, 
$366,800,000. 
OTHER WEAPONS 
For other weapons: for the Army, $109,000,000; for the Navy, 
$102,000,000; for the Marine Corps, $30,200,000; for the Air 
Force, $300,000. 
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TITLE II—EESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
SEC. 201. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 1979 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for 
researeli, development, test, and evahiation, as authorized by law, in 
amounts as follows: 
For the Army, $2,661,701,000. 
For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $4,504,268,000. 
For the Air Force, $4,164,500,000, of which $10,000,000 may be 
obligated and expended only for the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) pro-
gram, but such $10,000,000 may not be obligated or expended 
until at least one member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (other than the United States) enters into a contract 
to purchase the AWACS aircraft. 
For the Defense Agencies, $933,400,000, of which $27,600,000 is 
authorized for the activities of the Director of Test and Evalua-
tion, Defense. 
Presidential 
certification to 
Congress. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY (ELF) COMMUNICATION SYSITSM 
SEC. 202. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act for the development of the Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) 
communication system may be obligated or expended for the devel-
opment of such system unless the President certifies to the Congress 
in writing that the use of funds for such purpose is in the national 
interest, that a site has been selected for the deployment of such 
system, and that the President has approved such site for the deploy-
ment of such system, and in no event may any of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act be used for full scale development or 
construction of another test-bed facility for an Extremely Low Fre-
quency (ELF) communication system. 
REPORT RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF SURVIVABLE LAND-BASED 
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM 
SEC. 203. The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than October 31, 
1978, report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives the decision of the executive branch 
regarding full scale development of a survivable land-based inter-
continental ballistic missile system. In the event that no final decision 
regarding such matter has been reached by the executive branch by 
such date, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) notify such committees on or before such date that no 
final decision has been reached and the reasons why such decision 
has not been made; 
(2) inform such committees of the technical, political, or other 
considerations necessitating a delay in making such decision; 
(3) indicate the date the Secretary believes a final decision will 
have been made with respect to such matter; and 
(4) submit a report to such committees once overy 30 days 
on the status of the decision on such matter (including in each 
such report information relating to the matters contained in 
clauses (2) and (3) of this section) until a final decision by the 
executive branch has been made and such committees have been 
informed of such decision. 
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92 STAT. 1613 
REPEAL OF FISCAL YEAR 197 8 AWACS RESTRICTION 
SEC. 204. Section 201 of the Department of Defense Appropriation 
Authorization Act, 1978 (Public Law 95-79, 91 Stat. 323), is amended 
by striking out ", but such $15,700,000 may not be obligated or 
expended until at least one member country of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (other than the United States) enters into a 
contract to purchase the AWACS aircraft". 
TITLE III—ACTIVE FORCES 
SEC. 301. For fiscal year 1979, each component of the Armed Forces 
is authorized an end strength for active duty personnel as follows: 
(1) The Army, 775,800. 
(2) The Navy, 523,550. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 190,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 566,400. 
TITLE IV—EESERVE FORCES 
SEC. 401. (a) For fiscal year 1979, the Selected Reserve of each 
Reserve Component of the Armed Forces shall be programmed to 
attain an average strength of not less than the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 362,200. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 195,750. 
(3) The Naval Reserve, 87,000. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 33,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 92,150. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 53,075. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 11,700. 
(b) The average strength prescribed by subsection (a) of this Reduction, 
section for the Selected Reserve of any Reserve component shall be 
proportionately 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 
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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 
average strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected 
Reserve of such Reserve component shall be proportionately increased 
bv the total authorized strength of such units and by the total number 
of such individual members. 
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ENLISTED RESERVES 
SEC. 402. (a) Section 2132(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
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relating to eligibility for educational assistance, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "automatically extended by two years" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "not less than six years"; and 
(2) bv striking out "eighth anniversary" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "last day of the term". 
(h) Section 2135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "1978" and inserting in lieu thereof "1980". 
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REENLISTMENT BONUS FOR MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVE 
SEC. 403. (a) Subsection (a) of section 308b of title 37, United States 
Code, relating to reenlistment bonuses for members of the Selected 
Reserve, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) An enlisted member of a reserve component who— 
" (1) has completed less than ten years of total military services; 
and 
" (2) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment for a period 
of three years or for a period of six years in a designated military 
skill, or in a designated unit, as determined by the Secretary 
concerned, in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an 
armed force; 
may be paid a bonus as provided in subsection (b).". 
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(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by inserting "an 
amount not to exceed" before "$450", before "$900", and before "$150". 
(c) Subsection (g) of such section is amended by striking out "1978" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "1980". 
BONUS FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE SELECTED RESERVE 
SEC. 404. (a) Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 308b the following new section : 
37 use 308c. 
«§ 308c. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in the Selected Reserve 
"(a) Any person who, after September 30, 1978, enlists in the 
Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force for a term 
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of enlistment of not less than six years, is a graduate of a secondary 
school, and has never previously served in an armed force may be 
paid a bonus as provided in subsection (b). 
"(b) The amount and method of payment of a bonus to be paid 
under subsection (a) shall be determined in accordance with regula-
tions prescribed under subsection (c), except that the amount of such 
bonus may not exceed $2,000 and— 
"(1) one-half of the bonus shall be paid upon completion of 
the initial active duty for training of such person; and 
" (2) the remainder of the bonus may be paid in periodic install-
ments or in a lump sum, as determined by the Secretary concerned. 
Administration. 
" (c) This Section shall be administered under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under his jurisdiction 
and by the Secretary of Transportation for the Coast Guard when it 
is not operating as a service in the Navy. 
Refund. 
"(d) A member who fails to participate satisfactorily in training 
with his unit during a term of enlistment for which a bonus has been 
paid to him under this section shall refund an amount which bears 
the same ratio to the amount of the bonus which has been paid to him 
as the unexpired part of such term of enlistment bears to the total 
length of such term of enlistment. 
Reports to 
"(e) The Secretary of defense shall submit a report to the Congress 
Congress. 
every three months stating the number of members of the Selected 
Reserve of the Ready Reserve who at the time of such report are 
serving a term of enlistment for which a bonus has been paid under 
this section and listing each unit of the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
Reserve to which any such member is assigned at the time of such 
report. The first such report shall be made not later than December 31, 
1978. 
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92 STAT. 1615 
"(f) No bonus may be paid under this section to any enlisted mem-
ber who, after September 30, 1980, enlists in the Selected Reserve of 
the Ready Reserve of an armed force.". 
(b) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 308b the 
following new item: 
"308c. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in the Selected Reserve.". 
RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER FROM READY RESERVE TO STANDBY RESERVE 
SEC. 405. (a) (1) Section 269 of title 10, United States Code, relating 
to transfers from the Ready Reserve, is amended— 
(A) by striking out "eligible to transfer" in subsection (a) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "transferred"; 
(B) by striking out the colon at the end of the third sentence 
in subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; 
(C) by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: 
"(e) Subject to subsection (g) and under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense, and by the Secretary of Transportation 
with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service 
in the Navy, a member in the Ready Reserve may be transferred 
to the Standby Reserve."; and 
(D) by striking out subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: 
"(f) A Reserve who is qualified and so requests may be transferred 
to the Retired Reserve under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
concerned and, in the case of the Secretary of a military department, 
approved by the Secretary of Defense.". 
(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
respect to a member of the Ready Reserve of an Armed Force who 
served on active duty (other than for training) before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) Section 271 of such title, relating to continuous screening of the 10 USC 271. 
Ready Reserve, is amended— 
(1) by inserting " (a)" before "Under regulations"; 
(2) by striking out "significance" in clause (1) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "significant"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
" (b) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
and by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast 
Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, any member 
of the Ready Reserve who is designated as a member not to be retained 
in the Ready Reserve as a result of screening under subsection (a) 
shall, as appropriate, be transferred to the Standby Reserve, dis-
charged, or, if such member is eligible and applies therefor, transferred 
to the Retired Reserve.". 
(c) (1) Section 511(b) of such title, relating to terms of enlistments 
in Reserve components, is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking out "the Secretary concerned" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "the Secretary of Defense, and by the Secre-
tary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when 
it is not operating as a service in the Navy"; and 
(ii) by striking out "sections 451-473 of title 50, appendix" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "the Military Selective Service 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451-473)"; and 
10 USC 269 note. 
Regulations. 
Enlistment terms. 
10 USC 511. 
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(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) by inserting "not less than" in clause (1) before "two 
years" and by adding "and" at the end of such clause; 
(ii) by striking out clause (2); and 
(iii) by redesignating clause (3) as clause (2) and striking 
out "Standby Reserve" in such clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Ready Reserve". 
10 use 511 note. 
(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
respect to a person who enlisted as a Reserve for service in the Armed 
Forces under section 511 (b) of title 10, United States Code, before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) (1) Chapter 37 of such title, relating to general service require-
ments, is amended by adding after section 651 the following new 
section: 
10 use 652. 
**§652. Ready Reserves; requirement of notification of change 
of status 
"Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
and by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast 
Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, each member 
of the Ready Reserve who is not a member of the Selected Reserve 
shall notify the Secretary concerned of any change in such member's 
address, marital status, number of dependents, or civilian employment 
and of any change in such member's physical condition which would 
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prevent him from meeting the physical or mental standards prescribed 
for his armed force.". 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 651 the following new item; 
"652. Ready Reserves: requirement of notification of cliange of status.". 
Repeal. 
10 use 279. 
End strength. 
Report to 
Congress. 
REPEAL o r REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON RESERVE FORCES 
SEC. 406. (a) Section 264 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out subsection (c). 
(b)(1) Section 279 of such title is repealed. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 11 of such 
title is amended by striking out the item relating to section 279. 
TITLE V—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
SEC. 501. (a) For fiscal year 1979, the Department of Defense is 
authorized an end strength for civilian personnel of 1,005,500. 
(b) The end strength for civilian personnel prescribed in subsection 
(a) of this section shall be apportioned among the Department of the 
Army, the Department of the Navy (including the Marine Corps), the 
Department of the Air Force, and the agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments) in such numbers as 
the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe. The Secretary of Defense 
shall report to the Congress within sixty days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act on the manner in which the initial allocation of 
civilian personnel is made among the military departments and the 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military depart-
ments) and shall include the rationale for each allocation. 
(c) In computing the authorized end strength for civilian personnel 
there shall be included all direct-hire and indirect-hire civilian person-
nel employed to perform military functions administered by the 
Department of Defense (other than those performed by the National 
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92 STAT. 1617 
Security Agency), whether employed on a full-time, pait-time, or 
intermittent basis, but excluding special employment categories for 
students and disadvantaged youth such as the stay-in-school campaign, 
the temporary summer aid program and the Federal junior fellowship 
program and personnel participating in the worker-trainee o])poitu-
nity program. Whenever a function, power, or duty, or activity is 
transferred or assigned to a department or agency of the De[)ai"tment 
of Defense from a department or agency outside of the Department of 
Defense, or from another department or agency within the Depart-
i]ient of Defense, the civilian personnel end strength authorized for 
such departments or agencies of the Department of Defense affected 
shall be adjusted to reflect any increases or decreases in civilian person-
nel re<<[uired as a result of such transfer or assignment, 
(d) When the Secretary of Defense determines that such action is 
necessary in the national interest, he may authorize the employment 
of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized in subsection 
(a) of this section, but such additional number may not exceed I14 
percent of the total number of civilian personnel authorized for the 
Department of Defense by subsection (a) of this section. The Secre-
tary of Defense shall promptly notify the Congress of any authoriza-
tion to increase civilian personnel strength under the authority of this 
subsection. 
Personnel 
increase, 
limitation. 
Notification to 
Congress. 
TITLE VI—MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS 
SEC. 601. (a) For fiscal year 1979, each component of tlie Armed 
Forces is authorized an average military training student load as 
follows: 
(1) The Army, 50,738. 
(2) The Navy, 57,996, 
(3) The Marine Corps, 21,324. 
(4) The Air Force, 44,410. 
(5) The Army National Guard of the United States. 11,793. 
(6) The Army Reserve, 5,959. 
(7) The Naval Reserve, 991. 
(8) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,074. 
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(9) The Air National Guard of the Imited States, 2.471. 
(10) The Air Force Reserve, 1,184. 
(b) In addition to the number authorized for the Army in subsee- 
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tion (a), the Army is authorized a military training student load for 
fiscal year 1979 of not less than 17.205 to be utilized solely for One 
Station Unit Training. 
(c) The average military training student loads for the Army, Apportionment 
the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force and the Reserve com- adjustment, 
ponents authorized in subsection (a) of this section for fiscal year 
1979 shall be adjusted consistent with the manpower strengths author-
ized in titles III, IV, and V of this Act. Such adjustment shall 
be apportioned among the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and 
the Air Force and the Reserve components in such manner as the 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe. 
REDUCTIOX OR RKALKIXMENT OF THE TKAIXIXG BASE 
SEC. 602. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no action 10 USC 2662 
may be taken to effect or implement any substantial reduction of the note, 
training base (as defined in subsection (c)) or any substantial force 
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92 STAT. 1618 
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Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
Certification. 
'Training base.' 
structure realignment of the training base planned as a part of the 
fiscal year 1979 Defense manpower program unless and until the 
provisions of subsection (b) are complied with. 
(b) No action described in subsection (a) with respect to a substan-
tial reduction or realignment of the training base may be taken unless 
and until— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military 
department concerned notifies the Committee on Armed Services 
and Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 
in writing of the specific reduction or realignment proposed; 
(2) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military 
department concerned certifies that such reduction or realignment 
is in the best interest of the national security and provides for the 
most cost effective and efficient management of the training base, 
both in time of peace and in ability to meet mobilization require-
ments; and 
(3) a period of thirty legislative days expires following the 
date on which the notification and certification referred to in 
clauses (1) and (2) have been submitted to such committees, 
during which period no irrevocable action may be taken to effect 
or implement such reduction or realignment. 
For the purpose of clause (3), a legislative day is a day in which either 
House of Congress is in session. 
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term "training base" means 
the composite of installations, posts, camps, stations, and bases that 
have as a primary or secondary mission the conduct of formal entry 
level, advanced individual, or specialty training. 
TITLE VII—CIVIL DEFENSE 
50 u s e app. 
2251 note. 
50 u s e app. 
2281 note. 
AUTHORIZATION FOR DEFENSE CIVIL PREPAREDNESS AGENCY 
SEC. 701. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the pro-
grams of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency for fiscal year 1979 
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Federal Civil 
Defense Act of 1950 the sum of $96,500,000. 
CIVIL DEFENSE STUDY 
SEC. 702. (a) From the funds authorized to be appropriated pur-
suant to section 701 of this Act, the sum of $200,000 shall be used for a 
study of the special defense needs of areas of the United States which 
contain significant elements of the United States strategic nuclear 
retaliatory forces or significant defense-related research laboratories 
or facilities. 
(b) The study provided for in subsection (a) shall include the 
following: 
(1) An identification of areas of the United States which, 
because they contain significant elements of the United States 
strategic nuclear retaliatory forces or significant defense-related 
research laboratories or facilities, are prime targets in case of a 
nuclear attack. 
(2) A determination of what civil defense evacuation and 
shelter plans and warning systems are now available or are pro-
posed to be made available* to such areas. 
(3) An evaluation of the effectiveness of such existing evacua-
tion and shelter plans and warning systems. 
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92 STAT. 1619 
(4) A determination of the feasibility of establishing more effec-
tive evacuation and shelter plans and warning systems for such 
areas and a determination of the potential costs and methods of 
financing such plans and systems. 
(5) A detailed analysis of the specific effects of a nuclear attack 
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on each such area. 
(6) A determination of the need for educating, and the most 
effective methods of educating, the public in such areas on civil 
defense matters. 
(c) The study required by this section shall be completed, and copies 
shall be filed with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives, before April 1,1979. 
TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPECIAL PAY FOR HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS 
SEC. 801. (a) The second sentence of section 2 of the Act entitled 
"An Act to amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise 
the special pay structure relating to medical officers of the uniformed 
services", approved May 6, 1974 (88 Stat. 96; 37 U.S.C. 302 note), is 
amended to read as follows: "The authority for the special pay pro-
vided by the amendments made by the first section of this Act shall 
expire on September 30,1980.". 
(b) Sections 302a(c) and 303(c) of title 37, United States Code, are 
each amended by striking out "September 1978" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "September 1980". 
Copies, filing 
with 
congressional 
committees. 
AUTHORITY FOR ENLISTMENT AND REENLISTMENT BONUSES 
SEC. 802. (a) (1) Section 308(a) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting "(1)" after "(a)" and by redesignating para-
graphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 
and (D), respectively; 
(B) by striking out "designated as having a critical military 
skill" in paragraph (1) (B) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
(A)) and inserting in lieu thereof "qualified in a military skill 
designated as critical"; and 
(C) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
paragraph: 
" (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) (B) of this subsection, a mem-
ber who agrees to train and reenlist for service in a military skill which, 
at the time of that agreement, is designated as critical, may be paid 
the bonus approved for that skill, at the rate in effect at the time of 
agreement, upon completion of training and qualification in that skill, 
if otherwise (|ualified under this subsection and even if that skill is 
no longer designated as critical at the time the member becomes eligible 
for payment of the bonus.". 
(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on Effective date. 
October 1,1978. 
37 USC 308 note. 
(b) Sections 308(f^ and 308a(o) of title 37. United States Code, are 
each amended by striking out "Sei)tember 30, 1978" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "September 30,1980". 
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EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR MARINE CORPS 
PLATOON LEADER CLASSES 
SEC. 803. The Act entitled "An Act to provide subsistence allowances 
for members of the Marine Corps officer candidate programs", 
approved November 24, 1971 (85 Stat. 491; 37 TJ.S.C. 209 note), is 
amended by striking out "September 30, 1978" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "September 30,1980". 
Effective date. 
37 use 305a. 
Effective date. 
37 use 305a 
note. 
37 use 305. 
CAREER SEA PAT 
SEC. 804. (a) (1) Effective October 1, 1978, chapter 5 of title 37, 
United States Code, relating to special and incentive pays, is amended 
by inserting after section 305 the following new section: 
"§ 305a. Special p a y : career sea pay 
"(a) Under regulations prescribed by the President, an enlisted 
member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay and who 
(1) is in pay grade E ^ or above, and (2) has served more than three 
years of sea duty, is also entitled, while on sea duty, to special pay at 
the applicable rate under subsection (b). 
"(b)(1) For sea duty performed during fiscal year 1979 or 1980, 
the monthly rates for special pay under subsection (a) are as follows: 
"learsof sea duty : 
Monthly rate 
Over 3 
$25 
Over 5 
35 
Over 12 
55 
"(2) For sea duty performed during fiscal year 1981, the monthly 
rates for special pay under subsection (a) are as follows: 
"Years of sea duty: 
Monthly rate 
Over 3 
$25 
Over 5 
35 
Over 7 
45 
Over 12 
55". 
(2) Effective October 1, 1981, subsection (b) of section 305a of title 
37, United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)), is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(b) The monthly rates for special pay under subsection (a) are as 
follows: 
"Years of sea duty : 
Monthly rate 
Over 3 
$25 
Over 5 
35 
Over 7 
45 
Over 9 
55 
Over 10 
65 
Over 11 
75 
Over 12 
100" 
(3) In determining the amount of sea duty to be credited to an 
enlisted member of a uniformed service for purposes of section 305a 
of title 37, United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)), the 
Secretary concerned shall credit such member with all periods of 
service by such member before October 1, 1978, during which such 
member served in a sea duty status. 
(b)(1) Section 305 of such chapter is amended— 
(A) by striking out all of subsection (a) that precedes the 
table therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(a) Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section. 
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92 STAT. 1621 
under regulations prescribed by the President, an enlisted member of 
a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay may, while on duty 
at a designated place outside the 48 contiguous States and the District 
of Columbia, be paid special pay at the following monthly rates:"; 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) A member receiving special pay under section 305a of this title Ante, p. 1620. 
may not be paid special pay under this section for the same period of 
service."; and 
(C) by striking out "sea duty or" in the section heading. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out "sea duty or" in the item relating to section 
305; and 
(B) by inserting after such item the following new item: 
"305a. Special pay: career sea pay.". 
(3) The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on Effective date. 
October 1,1978. 
_ 
37 USC 305 note. 
(c) Any individual who on September 30,1978, is an enlisted mem- 37 USC 305 note, 
ber of a uniformed service shall be eligible to receive special pay under 
section 305(a) (1) of title 37, United States Code, as in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 1978, for any period of sea duty performed by such indi-
vidual during the period beginning on October 1,1978, and ending on 
September 30,1981, for which such individual does not receive special 
pay under section 305a of such title (as added by subsection (a)). 
CHIEF OF ARMY DENTAL CORPS; AIR FORCE ASSISTANT SURGEON 
GENERAL FOR DENTAL SERVICES 
SEC. 805. (a) Section 3040(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following 
new sentence: "The Assistant Surgeon General is Chief of the Dented 
Corps and is responsible for making recommendations to the Surgeon 
General and through the Surgeon General to the Chief of Staff on 
all matters concerning dentistry and the dental health of the Army.". 
(b) (1) Chapter 307 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
Recommenda-
tions. 
10 USC 3081. 
10 USC 3040. 
Regulations. 
"§3081. Dental Corps: Chief,functions 
" (a) The Chief of the Dental Corps shall be an olficer of that corps 
appointed as prescribed in section 3040 of this title. 
"(b) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may 
prescribe, all dental functions of the Army shall be under the direc-
tion of the Chief of the Dental Corps. All matters relating to dentistry 
shall be referred to the Chief of the Dental Corps. 
"(c) The Chief of the Dental Corps shall— 
"(1) establish professional standards and policies for dental 
practice; 
"(2) initiate and recommend action pertaining to organization 
requirements and utilization of the Dental Corps and dental auxil-
iary strength, appointments, advancement, training assignments, 
and transfer of dental personnel; and 
" (3) serve as the adviser to the Office of the Surgeon General on 
all matters relating directly to dentistry. 
"(d) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may Regulations 
prescribe, dental and dental auxiliary personnel throughout the Army 
92 STAT. 1622 
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shall be organized into units commanded by a designated Dental 
Corps Officer. Such officer will be directly responsible to the commander 
of installations, organizations, and activities for all professional and 
technical matters and such administrative matters as may be pre-
scribed by regulation.". 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 307 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new item: 
"3081. Dental Corps: Chief, functions.". 
(c) (1) Chapter 807 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
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«§ 8081. Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services 
"There is an Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services in the 
Air Force who is appointed by the Secretary of the Air Force upon 
the recommendation of the Surgeon General from officers of the Air 
Force above the grade of major who are designated as dental officers 
under section 8067(b) of this title. The term of office of the Assistant 
Surgeon General for Dental Services is four years but may be increased 
or decreased by the Secretary of the Air Force.". 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 807 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new item: 
"8081, Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services.". 
CEILING FOR PAYMENTS TO PHYSICIANS UNDER 
CHAMPUS 
SEC. 806. (a)(1) Section 1079 of title 10, United States Code, is 
^^' 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(h) Payment of a charge for physician services for which a claim 
is submitted under a plan contracted for under subsection (a) may be 
denied because the charge is in excess of a predetermined charge level 
based upon customary charges made for similar services in the same 
locality only to the extent that such charge is in excess of the charge 
level that, on the basis of statistical data and methodology acceptable 
to the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 
> 
, • 
Health, Education, and Welfare, is equivalent to the 90th percentile 
of the customary charges made for similar services in the same locality 
during the last preceding calendar year elapsing before the start of the 
twelve-month period (beginning July 1 of each year) in which the 
claim for the payment is submitted.". 
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(2) Section 1086 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
Supra. 
"(f) The provisions of section 1079(h) of this title shall apply to 
payments for physician services under a plan contracted for under 
subsection (a). . 
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(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
"ote- 
respect to claims submitted for payment for services provided on or 
after the first day of the first calendar year beginning after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT 
MEMBER OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 
SEC. 807. Section 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by— 
(1) striking out "and" at the end of subsection (a) (3); 
PUBLIC LAW 95-485—OCT. 20, 1978 
92 STAT. 1623 
(2) striking out the period at the end of subsection (a) (4) and 
inserting in heu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; 
(3) adding after subsection (a) (4) a new clause (5) as follows: 
" (5) the Commandant of the Marine Corps."; 
(4) striking out subsection (c); and 
(5) redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) 
and (d), respectively. 
ASSIGNMENT OF WOMEN TO NAVAL VESSELS 
SEC. 808. The last sentence of section 6015 of title 10, United States 
Code, relating to restrictions on the assignment of women members 
of the Navy, is amended to read as follows: "However, women 
may not be assigned to duty on vessels or in aircraft that are engaged 
in combat missions nor may they be assigned to other than temporary 
duty on vessels of the Navy except hospital ships, transports, and 
vessels of a similar classification not expected to be assigned combat 
missions.". 
MILITARY TRAINING FOR FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES AT MILITARY C0IXEGE8 
10 use 2102 
note. 
SEC, 809. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall require that any col-
lege or university designated by the Secretary of Defense as a military 
college shall, as a condition of maintaining such designation, provide 
that qualified female undergraduate students enrolled in such college 
or university be eligible to participate in military training at such 
college or university, but, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Defense may not require that, as a condition of 
maintaining such designation or for any other purpose, such college 
or university require female undergraduate students enrolled in such 
college or university to participate in military training. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as the Regulations 
Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to carry out the pro-
visions of this section. 
NAVY SHIPBUILDING POLICY 
SEC. 810. (a) It is the policy of the United States to modernize the 
combatant forces of the United States Navy through the construction 
of advanced, versatile, survivable, and cost-effective combatant ships 
in sufficient numbers and having sufficient combat effectiveness to 
defend the United States against enemy attack and to carry out such 
other missions as may be assigned to the Navy by law. In order to 
achieve such policy, the Navy should develop plans and programs 
for the construction and deployment of weapon systems, including 
naval aviation platforms, that are more survivable, less costly, and 
more effective than those presently in the Navy. 
(b) In order that the Congress may be kept currently informed 
regarding compliance with the policy expressed in subsection (a), the 
President shall include in all requests made to the Congress for the 
authorization of any ship for the combatant forces, including any air-
craft carrier, (1) his conclusions with respect to the survivability, cost 
effectiveness, and combat effectiveness of such ship, (2) a recommenda-
tion whether such ship should be nuclear or conventionally powered, 
and (3) the reasons for such conclusions and recommendations. 
(c) Title VIII of the Department of Defense Appropriation 
Authorization Act, 1975 (88 Stat. 408), is repealed. 
10 use 7291 
note. 
Plans and 
programs. 
Presidential 
conclusions and 
recommenda-
tions. 
Repeal. 
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note. 
92 STAT. 1624 
PUBLIC LAW 95-485—OCT. 20, 1978 
CARRIER SERVICE LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM AND DDG-2 DESTROYER 
CONVERSION 
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SEC. 811. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except 
"*^' 
as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Navy may not take 
any action with respect to the use of either public shipyards or private 
shipyards for conversion, overhaul, or repair work under the Service 
Life Extension Program (SLEP) or under the program for the mod-
ernization of DDG-2 class guided missile destroyers, or for the 
employment of additional personnel for, or the transfer of additional 
personnel to, any public shipyard as a part of the necessary buildup of 
manpower for carrying out either such program, until— 
Study. 
(1) the Secretary of the Navy conducts a comprehensive least-
cost approach study (A) comparing the costs of carrying out such 
programs at public shipyards with the costs of carrying out such 
programs at private shipyards, and (B) evaluating such other 
factors as the Secretary of the Navy considers should be taken into 
account in assigning work in connection with the conversion, over-
haul, repair, or modernization of vessels to public or private 
shipyards; 
Report to 
(2) a written report containing the results of such study is 
congressional 
submitted, after the date of the enactment of this Act, to the 
committees. 
Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives; and 
(3) a period of sixty days of continuous session of congress 
expires following the date on which such report is submitted to 
such committees. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Navy from conduct-
ing advanced planning or purchasing long lead items in connection 
with either program described in subsection (a) so long as such 
planning or purchasing is not related to the performance of work in 
connection with either such program at any particular shipyard. 
(c) For purposes of subsection (a) (3), the continuity of a session 
of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine 
die, and days on which either House is not in session because of an 
adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in 
the computation of such sixty-day period. 
S E A - B A S E D AIRCRAFT PLATFORM STUDY FUNDS 
SEC. 812. The unobligated balance of $40,000,000 authorized to be 
appropriated in section 201 of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tion Authorization Act, 1978 (Public Law 95-79; 91 Stat. 323), for 
conducting comprehensive evaluation studies of sea-based aircraft 
platforms shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be available 
and primarily applied toward performing any design work related to 
any such sea-based aircraft platform authorized by this Act. 
CERTIFICATION OF CLAIMS 
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SEC. 813. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
"ote. 
funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense 
by this or any other Act shall be used for the purpose of paying any 
contract claim, request for equitable adjustment to contract terms, 
50 use 1431. 
request for relief under Public Law 85-804, or other similar request, 
which exceeds $100,000 unless a senior company official in charge at 
the plant or location involved has certified at tne time of submission 
PUBLIC LAW 95-485—OCT. 20, 1978 
92 STAT. 1625 
of such contract claim, request for equitable adjustment to contract 
terms, request for relief under Public Law 85-804, or other similar 
request, that such claim or request is made in good faith and that the 
supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of such official's 
knowledge and belief. The requirements of this section shall not apply 
to claims, requests for equitable adjustment to contract terms, requests 
for relief under Public Law 85-804, or other similar requests sub-
mitted before the date of enactment of this Act. 
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RESTRICTION ON CONTRACTING OUT COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 
TYPE FUNCTIONS 
SEC 814. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives providing the details of any proposed change in 
policy or regulations, from those in effect before June 30,1976, regard-
ing the determination of whether commercial or industrial type func-
tions at Department of Defense installations located in any State, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
Guam should be performed by Department of Defense personnel or 
by private contractors during the period beginning on October 1,1978, 
and ending on September 30,1979. 
(b) No commercial or industrial type function at any Department 
of Defense installation referred to in subsection (a) shall be per-
formed by private contractors unless such contractor performance 
began before the date of the enactment of this Act or performance 
would have been allowed by the policy and regulations in effect before 
June 30, 1976. The prohibition in the preceding sentence shall apply 
until the end of the sixty-day period beginning on the date the report 
required by subsection (a) is received by the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
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note. 
PROHIBITION ON SALE OF CERTAIN DEFENSE ARTICLES FROM 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STOCKS 
SEC. 815. (a) Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 975. Prohibition on the sale of certain defense articles from the 10 USe 975 
stocks of the Department of Defense 
"(a)(1) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the sale 
outside the Department of Defense of any defense article designated 
or otherwise classified as Prepositioned Material Configured to Unit 
Sets, as decrement stock, or as Prepositioned War Reserve Stocks for 
United States Forces is prohibited. 
"(2) In this section, 'decrement stock' means such stock as is needed 
to bring the armed forces from a peacetime level of readiness to a 
combat level of readiness. 
"(b) The President may authorize the sale outside the Department 
of Defense of a defense article described in subsection (a) if— 
"(1) he determines that there is an international crisis affecting 
the national security of the United States and the sale of such 
article is in the best interests of the United States; and 
" (2) he reports to the Congress not later than 60 days after the 
transfer of such article a plan for the prompt replenishment of 
the stocks of such article and the planned budget request to begin 
implementation of that plan. 
"Decrement 
stock." 
Report to 
eongress. 
92 STAT. 1626 
PUBLIC LAW 95-485—OCT. 20, 1978 
' "(c) (1) Nothing in this section shall preclude the sale of stocks 
* ' ^' 
which have been designated for replacement, substitution, or elimi-
nation or which have been designated for sale to provide funds to pro-
cure higher priority stocks. 
"(2) Nothing in this section shall preclude the transfer or sale of 
equipment to other members of the North Atlantic 
Treaty 
Organization.". 
(b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 49 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new item: 
"975. Prohibition on the sale of certain defense articles from the stocks of the 
Department of Defense.". 
ASSISTANCE TO 1980 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 
SEC. 816. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Defense is authorized— 
(1) to provide logistical support and personnel services to the 
XIII Olympic winter games 5 
(2) to lend and provide equipment to officials of the Lake Placid 
Olympic Organizing Committee; and 
(3) to provide such other services as the Lake Placid Olympic 
5 
Organizing Committee may consider necessary and the Secretary 
may consider advisable, 
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Defense for fiscal year 1979 an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for the 
purpose of carrjdng out subsection (a). No funds may be obligated or 
expended for such purpose unless specifically appropriated for such 
purpose. 
REALIGNMENT OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS I N THE CANAL ZONE 
SEC. 817. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act shall be used for the realignment of any military installation in the 
Canal Zone unless such use is consistent with the responsibility of, and 
necessity for, the United States to defend the Panama Canal or with 
legislation which may be enacted to implement the Pamana Canal 
.,^ 
, 
Treaties of 1977. 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
ADMIRALS AND VICE ADMIRALS I N THE NAVY AND GENERALS AND LIEU-
TENANT GENERALS IN THE MARINE CORPS 
SEC. 818. (a) The first sentence of section 5231 (b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking out "the active list of the Navy" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "active duty". 
10 use 5232. 
(b) Section 5232(b) of such title is amended by striking out "the 
active list of the Marine Corps" and inserting in lieu thereof "active 
duty". 
COMMISSARY BAGGERS 
29 use 203 note. 
SEC. 819. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individ-
ual who performs bagger or carryout service for patrons of a commis-
sary of a military department may not be considered to be an employee 
29 use 201. 
for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 by virtue of such 
service if the sole compensation of such individual for such service is 
derived from tips. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-485—OCT. 20, 1978 
92 STAT. 1627 
ABOLISHMENT OF W O M E N ' S ARMY CORPS 
SEC. 820. (a) Section 505 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out subsection (d) and by redesignating subsection (e) as 
subsection (d). 
(b) Chapter 307 of such title is amended by striking out section 3071 10 USC 3071. 
and oy striking out of the table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter the item relating to section 3071. 
(c) Chapter 331 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking out "; Women's Army Corps" in the catchline 
of section 3209; 
10 USC 3209. 
(2) by striking out the subsection designation "(a)" at the 
beginning of subsection (a) of section 3209 and striking out sub-
section (b) of such section; 
(3) by striking out section 3215; 
10 USC 3215. 
(4) by striking out "and the Women's Army Corps" in clause 
(1) of the third sentence of section 3220; and 
10 USC 3220. 
(5) by striking out in the table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter ".; Women's Army Corps" in the item relating to section 
3209 and by striking out the item relating to section 3215. 
(d) Chapter 335 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking out ", in the Women's Army Corps," in subsec-
tion (a) of section 3283 and by striking out "and the Women's 10 USC 3283. 
Army Corps" in subsection (b) of such section; 
(2) by striking out clause (2) of section 3296(b) and redesig- 10 USC 3296. 
nating clause (3) as clause (2); 
(3) by striking out in the third sentence of section 3297(a) "a 10 USC 3297. 
selection board considering promotion-list officers of the Women's 
Army Corps under section 3300 (a) or (b) of this title may include 
officers of the Regular Army in that corps whose regular or tem-
porary grades are above major, and"; 
(4) by striking out section 3311; and 
10 USC 3311. 
(5) by striking out in the table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter the item relating to section 3311. 
(e) Chapter 337 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking out "and the Women's Army Corps" and "or 
corps, as the case may be" in the first sentence of section 3363(g) 10 USC 3363. 
and by striking out "or the Women's Army Corps" in the second 
sentence of such section; 
(2) by striking out "and to the Women's Army Corps" in sec-
tion 3364(a); 
10 USC 3364. 
(3) by striking out "or the Women's Army Corps" and "or 
corps" in section 3364(b); 
(4) by striking out "or the Women's Army Corps" in section 
3364(c) each time it appears; and 
(5) by striking out the second sentence of section 3383 (b). 
10 USC 3383. 
(f) Chapter 345 of such title is amended by striking out section 3580 10 USC 3580. 
and by striking out in the table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter the item relating to section 3580. 
(g) Section 3818 of suc-h title is amended— 
10 USC 3818. 
(1) by striking out clause (2) of subsection (a) and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: 
"(2) the appointment of a female warrant officer, or the enlist-
ment of a female member, of the Regular Army."; and 
(2) by striking out "of the Women's Army Corps" in subsection 
(c). 
(h) Section 3848(d) of such title is amended by inserting "or" 10 USC 3848. 
92 STAT. 1628 
PUBLIC LAW 95-485—OCT. 20, 1978 
before "the Army Medical Specialist Corps" and by striking out "or 
the Women's Army Corps,". 
10 use 3916. 
(i) Section 3916 (b) of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting "and" at the end of clause (1); 
... 
. 
(2) by striking out "Women's Army Corps," in clause (2); 
(3) by striking out the semicolon and the word "and" at the 
end of clause (2) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and 
(4) by striking out clause (3). 
AUDIT AND REVIEW OF CERTAIN FUNDS 
SEC. 821. (a) Any funds authorized by this or any other Act to 
provide relief to contractors under authority of the first section of the 
Act entitled "An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and modi-
fication of contracts to facilitate the national defense", approved 
August 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 972; 50 U.S.C. 1431), in connection with 
contracts numbered N00024^69-C-0283, N00024-70-C-0275, N00024r-
71-C-0268, and N00024-74-C-0206 for the procurement for the United 
States of landing helicopter assault vessels (LHA), DD-963 vessels, 
and SSN 688 nuclear attack submarines, and paid by the United States 
to such contractors, shall be subject to such audits and reviews by the 
Comptroller General of the United States as the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall determine necessary to insure that such funds are used only 
in connection with such contracts and to insure that the prime con-
tractors concerned do not realize any total combined profit on such 
contracts. 
(b) No funds described in subsection (a) may be used to provide 
relief to any contractor described in subsection (a), in connection with 
contracts described in such subsection, to the extent that the use of such 
funds would result in any total combined profit on such contracts, as 
determined by the Comptroller General of the United States. 
(c) The Comptroller General of the United States shall keep the 
appropriate committees of the Congress currently informed regarding 
the expenditure of funds referred to in subsection (a) and shall sub-
mit to the Congress annually, until the completion of the contracts 
referred to in subsection (a), a written report on the status of the 
contracts referred to in subsection (a), on the expenditure of the funds 
referred to in such subsection, and on the results of the audits and 
reviews conducted by the Comptroller General under authority of this 
section. 
Contractor relief, 
prohibition. 
Annual report to 
Congress by 
Comptroller 
General. 
Approved October 20, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1573, accompanying H.R. 14042 (Comm. on Armed Serv-
ices). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1197 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Sept. 26, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 29, Oct. 4, H.R. 14042 considered and passed House; passage vacated, and 
S. 3486, amended, passed in lieu. 
Oct. 7, Senate concurred in House amendment.