Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981
PL 96-527 (H.R.8105), enacted 12/15/1980

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PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
Public Law 96-527 
96th Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 15, 1980 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
[H.R. 8105] 
September 30,1981, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Department of 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
Defense 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
ActlTg'sr ^^'^ otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1981, for military functions administered by the Department of 
Defense, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for mem-
bers of the Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
$11,060,468,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for mem-
bers of the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve 
provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; 
$7,857,423,000. 
MIUTARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for mem-
bers of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the 
Reserve provided for elsewhere); $2,350,086,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for mem-
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bers of the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve 
components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
$8,976,309,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty 
under sections 265, 3019, and 3033 of title 10, United States Code, or 
while serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 
678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, 
and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and 
expenses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as 
authorized by law; $789,150,000. 
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 personnel while 
serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, United States 
Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) 
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, and expenses authorized by section 
2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; 
$302,003,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active 
duty under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, United States 
Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, 
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the 
Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses authorized by 
section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; 
$102,767,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active 
duty under sections 265, 8019, and 8033 of title 10, United States 
Code, or while serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, 
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in 
section 678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
other duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United 
States Code, as authorized by law; $258,974,000. 
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 serving on active duty under section 
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672(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in 
connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while perform-
ing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized 
by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; 
$1,035,997,000. 
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 serving on active duty under section 
672(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in 
connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while perform-
ing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized 
by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; 
$341,172,000. 
TITLE II 
RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL 
RETIRED PAY, DEFENSE 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of 
military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine 
Corps, and Air Force, including the reserve components thereof, 
retainer pay for personnel of the Inactive Fleet Reserve, and pay-
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ments under section 4 of Public Law 92-425 and chapter 73 of title 10, 
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United States Code; $13,887,800,000. 
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TITLE III 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law; and not to 
exceed $3,965,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secre-
tary of the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate of 
necessity for confidential military purposes; $12,302,784,000, and in 
addition, $5,000,000, which shall be derived by transfer from "Army 
Stock Fund", of which not less than $641,500,000 shall be available 
only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as 
authorized by law; and not to exceed $1,555,000 can be used for 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the 
seq. 
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approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments 
may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military 
purposes; $16,735,394,000, and in addition, $135,500,000, of which 
$13,700,000 shall be derived by transfer from "Aircraft procurement. 
Navy, 1980/1982"; $86,400,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
subdivision "FFGr-7 guided missile frigate program" of "Shipbuilding 
and conversion. Navy, 1980/1984"; $21,500,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from "Other procurement, Navy, 1980/1982"; $6,900,000 
shall be derived by transfer from "Research, development, test, and 
evaluation. Navy, 1980/1981"; and $7,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from "Navy Stock Fund", of which not less than $547,300,000 
shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities: 
Provided, That of the total amount of this appropriation made 
available for the alteration, overhaul, and repair of naval vessels, not 
more than $2,600,000,000 shall be available for the performance of 
such work in Navy shipyards: Provided further. That not less than 
$3,745,700,000 of this appropriation shall be available only for 
regularly scheduled ship overhauls, restricted availabilities and 
expenses associated with the installation of equipment, improve-
ments, and modifications scheduled to be accomplished concurrently 
during an overhaul or restricted availability of which not less than 
$24,000,000 shall be available for such work at the Ship Repair 
Facilities, Guam: Provided further. That such amounts of the funds 
available for work only at the Ship Repair Facilities, Guam, may be 
used for work in other Navy shipyards in amounts equal to the 
amount of work placed at the Ship Repair Facilities, Guam, funded 
from other sources. 
NAVY STOCK FUND 
For the Navy stock fund, $309,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
ANCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law; 
$994,200,000, and in addition, $9,700,000 of which $8,700,000, which 
shall be derived by transfer from "Procurement, Marine Corps, 1980/ 
1982"; and $1,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from "Marine 
Corps Stock Fund", of which not less than $149,800,000 shall be 
available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
MARINE CORPS STOCK FUND 
For the Marine Corps stock fund, $4,108,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
ANCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law; and not 
to exceed $3,787,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secre-
tary of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certificate of 
necessity for confidential military purposes; $13,555,046,000, and in 
addition, $56,000,000, of which $39,600,000 shall be derived by trans-
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fer from "Research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, 
1980/1981"; $9,400,000 shall be derived by transfer from "Aircraft 
procurement. Air Force, 1980/1982"; and $7,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from "Air Force Stock Fund", of which not less than 
$832,300,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real 
property facilities. 
AIR FORCE STOCK FUND 
For the Air Force stock fund, $28,300,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department 
of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by 
law; $4,056,793,000, and in addition, $20,000,000, which shall be 
derived by transfer from "Defense Stock Fund": Provided, That not to 
exceed $4,854,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secre-
tary of Defense, and payments may be made on his certificate of 
necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided further, That 
not less than $68,100,000 of the total amount of this appropriation 
shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
DEFENSE STOCK FUND 
For the Defense stock fund, $35,000,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance, including training, organization, and admin-
istration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of 
the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications; $488,393,000, of which not less than 
$27,400,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real 
property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance, including training, organization, and admin-
istration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the 
dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; 
and communications; $531,435,000, of which not less than $19,200,000 
shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance, including training, organization, and admin-
istration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and 
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transporta-
tion; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, 
and equipment; and communications; $28,854,000, of which not less 
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than $1,800,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real 
property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance, including training, organization, and admin-
istration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of 
the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications; $558,680,000, of which not less than 
$13,500,000 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 medical and hospital treatment and 
related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, 
and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel 
expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army 
personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, regi-
mental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in compli-
ance with National Guard regulations when specifically authorized 
by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the 
Army National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, 
modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment 
(including aircraft); $890,820,000, of which not less than $21,300,000 
shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, includ-
ing medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-
Federal hospitals; 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 aircraft; transportation of things; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and equipment, as 
authorized by law for the Air National Guard; and expenses incident 
to the maintenance 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, for Air National Guard 
commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National 
Guard regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, 
National Guard Bureau; $1,419,607,000, of which not less than 
$28,400,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real 
property facilities. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses, in accordance with law, for construc-
tion, equipment, and maintenance of rifle ranges; the instruction of 
citizens in marksmanship; the promotion of rifle practice; and the 
travel of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending 
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regional, national, and international competitions; $825,000, of which 
not to exceed $7,500 shall be available for incidental expenses of the 
National Board; and from other funds provided in this Act, not to 
exceed $340,000 worth of ammunition may be issued under authority 
of title 10, United States Code, section 4311: Provided, That competi-
tors at national matches under title 10, United States Code, section 
4312, may be paid subsistence and travel allowances in excess of the 
amounts provided under title 10, United States Code, section 4313. 
CLAIMS, DEFENSE 
For payment, not otherwise provided for, of claims authorized by 
law to be paid by the Department of Defense (except for civil 
functions), 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 the National Guard units thereof; 
$135,850,000. 
COURT OF MIUTARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of 
Military Appeals; $2,197,000, and not to exceed $1,500 can be used for 
official representation purposes and, in addition, $68,000 for "Court 
of Military Appeals, Defense, 1976" for the liquidation of obligations 
incurred for fiscal year 1976. 
TITLE IV 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground han-
dling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard to 
section 4774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by 
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section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes; $1,076,400,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30,1983. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground han-
dling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard to 
section 4774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construe-
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tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by 
section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and 40 use 255. 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
o w n ^ equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes; $1,519,800,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30,1983. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ord-
nance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment 
and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 
10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; 
$2,582,200,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
1983. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities authorized in military construction authoriza-
tion Acts or authorized by section 2673, title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 
10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; 
$1,531,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
1983. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 
vehicles, including tactical, support, and nontracked combat vehicles; 
the purchsise of not to exceed one thousand and eighty-four passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and electronic 
equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance and 
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary 
therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United States Code, 
for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may 
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine 
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and 
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
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for the foregoing purposes; $2,223,658,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30,1983. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of aircraft, 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 construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 
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355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation 
of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; $6,110,707,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30,1983. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related support 
equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; 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 as required by 
section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; $2,766,029,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30,1983. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conver-
sion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament 
thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and installa-
tion thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 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 lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended, as follows: for the Trident submarine program, 
$1,088,200,000; for the T-AK FBM resupply ship conversion program, 
$45,300,000; for the SSN-688 nuclear attack submarine program, 
$991,700,000; for the aircraft carrier service life extension program, 
$501,400,000; for the CG-47 AEGIS cruiser program, $1,759,500,000; 
for the LSD-41 landing ship dock program, $387,700,000; for the 
FFG-7 guided missile frigate program, $1,510,000,000; for the 
T-AGOS SURTASS ship program, $180,800,000; for the ARS salvage 
ship program, $93,000,000; for the maritime prepositioning ship 
programs, $318,000,000, of which not to exceed $33,000,000 shall be 
for the T-AKX ship program, and for the roll-on/roll-off preposition-
ing ship program and the SL-7 cargo ship program, $285,000,000; for 
craft, outfitting, post delivery, cost growth, and escalation on prior 
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year programs, $580,100,000; and in addition, $27,900,000 which shall 
be derived by transfer from the "CGN-42 class nuclear-powered 
cruiser program" of "Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1978/ 
1982"; in all: $7,455,700,000, and in addition, $27,900,000 to be derived 
by transfer, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
1985: 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); the purchase of not to exceed one hundred 
and seventy-seven passenger motor vehicles 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 as required 
by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and 40 USC 255. 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; $3,037,657,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30,1983. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, military equip-
ment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public and 
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway; and vehicles for the Marine Corps, including 
purchase of not to exceed eighty-nine passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; $486,813,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30,1983. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories 
therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private 
plants. Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in 
such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without 
regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title as 
required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve plant 
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents 
and transportation of things; $9,674,143,000, of which $382,044,000 
shall be available for contribution of the United States share of the 
cost of the acquisition by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of 
an Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) and, in 
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addition, the Department of Defense may make a commitment to the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization to assume the United States 
share of contingent liabiUty in connection with the NATO E-3A 
Cooperative Programme, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30,1983. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, space-
craft, 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 struc-
tures, and acquisition of land without regard to section 9774 of title 
10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to the approval of title as required by section 355, 
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Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and Government and 
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of 
things; $3,140,917,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30,1983. 
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 four hundred and one passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment 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 section 9774 of 
title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon, prior to the approval of title as required by 
section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and Govern-
ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $2,999,372,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30,1983. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for procure-
ment, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, 
and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of 
not to exceed two hundred and seventy-six passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, equip-
ment, and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to the approval of title as required by section 355, 
Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and Government and 
contractor-owned equipment layaway; $305,028,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 1983. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
94 STAT. 3079 
TITLE V 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
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; $3,086,757,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30,1982. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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; $4,861,160,000, and in addition, $6,052,000 of which $4,086,000 
shall be derived by transfer from "Research, Development, Test, and 
Evaluation, Navy, 1979/1980", and $1,966,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from "Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy, 
1980/1981", to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
1982. 
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; $6,774,011,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30,1982. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic 
and applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; 
advanced research projects as may be designated and determined by 
the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $1,254,602,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30,1982: Provided, That such amounts as may be determined Funds, transfer 
by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available in other ^^^ merger. 
appropriations available to the Department of Defense during the 
current fiscal year for programs related to advanced research may be 
transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be 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 
research to those appropriations for military functions under the 
Department of Defense which are being utilized for related programs 
to be merged with and to be available for the same time period as the 
appropriation to which transferred. 
94 STAT. 3080 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
DIRECTOR OF TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of independent activities 
of the Director of Defense Test and Evaluation in the direction and 
supervision of test and evaluation, including initial operational 
testing and evaluation; and performance of joint testing and evalua-
tion; and 
administrative 
expenses 
in 
connection 
therewith; 
$42,100,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
1982. 
TITLE VI 
SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM 
For payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States for expenses in carrying out programs of the Department of 
Defense, as authorized by law; $2,760,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 1982: Provided, That this appropri-
ation shall be available in addition to other appropriations to such 
Department, for pajrments in the foregoing currencies. 
TITLE VII 
Consulting 
services. 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Experts and 
consultants. 
Noncitizens, 
compensation 
and 
employment. 
31 u s e 700. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 702. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 703. 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 accordance with 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense, and to pay in connection 
therewith travel expenses of individuals, including actual transporta-
tion and per diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their 
homes or places of business to official duty stations and return as may 
be authorized by law: Provided, That such contracts may be renewed 
annually. 
SEC. 704. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit-
ing the pajnnent 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. 705. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for 
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when 
required by laws of such countries; pa5mients 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 
concerned; reimbursement to General Services Administration for 
security guard services for protection of confidential files; and all 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
94 STAT. 3081 
Prisoners of war. 
31 u s e 649a. 
Land 
acquisition. 
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. 
SEC. 706. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or Air 
Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may 
prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, and 
allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or Air 
Force custody whose status is determined by the Secretary concerned 
to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such 
custody pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 707. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be 
available for acquisition of land or interest therein as authorized by 
section 2672 or 2675 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 708. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) for transportation to 
primary and secondary schools of minor dependents of military and 
civilian personnel of the Department of Defense as authorized for the 
Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code; (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 discovery of 
missing naval property or the recovery thereof; (d) for payment of 
deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising out of condemna-
tion proceedings; (e) for leasing of buildings and facilities including 
payment of rentals for special purpose space at the seat of govern-
ment, and in the conduct of field exercises and maneuvers or, in 
administering the provisions of title 43, United States Code, section 
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 important to national defense in accordance with 
section 210 of title 23, United States Code; (h) for the purchase of milk 
for enlisted personnel of the Department of Defense heretofore made 
available pursuant 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, including 
maintenance thereof when contracted for as a part of the lease 
agreement, for twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal 
year; and (k) pay and allowances of not to exceed nine persons, 
including personnel detailed to International Military Headquarters 
and Organizations, at rates provided for under section 625(d)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended; and (1) the purchase of 22 use 2385 
right-hand-drive vehicles not to exceed $12,000 per vehicle. 
SEC. 709. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) donations of not to exceed 
$25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in military 
or contract prison and to each person discharged for fraudulent 
enlistment; (b) authorized issues of articles to prisoners, applicants 
for enlistment and persons in military custody; (c) subsistence of 
selective service registrants called for induction, applicants for enlist-
ment, prisoners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and super-
numeraries when necessitated by emergent military circumstances; 
(d) reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel while sick in 
10 u s e 858 note. 
94 STAT. 3082 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
10 u s e 807 note. 
Small and 
minority-owned 
business, 
contract 
opportunities. 
Mess operations. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Metal scrap 
processing 
facilities. 
50 u s e 100a. 
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); (j) expenses of apprehension and delivery of 
deserters, prisoners, and members absent without leave, including 
payment of rewards of not to exceed $75 in any one case; and (k) 
expenses of arrangements with foreign countries for cryptologic 
support. 
SEC. 710. The Secretary of Defense and each purchasing and 
contracting agency of the Department of Defense shall assist Ameri-
can small and minority-owned business to participate equitably in 
the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds 
appropriated under this Act by increasing, to an optimum level, the 
resources and number of personnel jointly assigned to promoting 
both small and minority business involvement in purchases financed 
with funds appropriated herein, and by making available or causing 
to be made available to such businesses, information, as far in 
advance as possible, with respect to purchases proposed to be 
financed with funds appropriated under this Act, and by assisting 
small and minority business concerns to participate equitably as 
subcontractors on contracts financed with funds appropriated herein, 
and by otherwise advocating and providing small and minority 
business opportunities to participate in the furnishing of commod-
ities and services financed with funds appropriated by this Act. 
SEC. 711. 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 nonappro-
priated 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 reimbursements of operat-
ing expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Pro-
vided, 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 permit-
ted to eat in the general mess by the commanding officer of the 
installation, shall pay the commuted ration cost of such meal or 
meals. 
SEC. 712. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 713. During the current fiscal year 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 
bailing or shearing or for melting or sweating aluminum scrap unless 
the Secretary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense 
designated by him determines, with respect to each facility involved, 
that the operation of such facility is in the national interest. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
94 STAT. 3083 
SEC. 714. (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 
interest of national defense. 
(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is 
necessary, 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 section 3732 of the Revised Statutes (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 subject to 
existing laws 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 accord-
ance with the provisions of section 3732 of the Revised Statutes (41 
U.S.C. 11). 
(d) The Secretary of Defense shall immediately advise Congress of 
the exercise of any authority granted in this section, and shall report 
monthly on the estimated obligations incurred pursuant to subsec-
tions (b) and (c). 
SEC. 715. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies 
of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including 
commercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale 
but excluding all transportation outside the United States) and 
maintenance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual 
or estimated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government 
and of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the 
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 
regulations shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appropri-
ations concerned and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
shall provide for the adjustment of the sales prices in such commis-
sary stores to the extent necessary to furnish sufficient gross rev-
enues 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 commis-
sary stores outside the continental United States and in Alaska: 
Provided further. That no appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to pay any costs incurred by any commissary store or 
other entity acting on behalf of any commissary store in connection 
with obtaining the face value amount of manufacturer or vendor 
cents-off discount coupons unless all fees or moneys received for 
handling or processing such coupons are reimbursed to the appropri-
ation charged with the incurred costs: Provided further. That no 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be available in connection 
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 availa-
ble 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. 716. No part of the appropriations in this Act shall be available 
for any expense of operating aircraft under the jurisdiction of the 
armed forces for the purpose of proficiency flying, as defined in 
Department of Defense Directive 1340.4, except in accordance with 
Funds and 
contract 
authorizations, 
exemption. 
31 u s e 665. 
Airborne alert 
expenses. 
Active duty 
military 
personnel 
increases. 
Reports to 
Congress. 
Commissary 
stores. 
Proficiency 
flying. 
94 STAT. 3084 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
Household 
goods. 
Vessels transfer. 
40 u s e 483a. 
Obligated funds, 
limitation. 
Foreign real 
property 
commodities, 
and services. 
31 u s e 700a. 
Report to 
Congress and 
0MB. 
Research and 
development 
funds. 
Educational 
expenses 
limitation. 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Such regulations 
(1) may not require such flying except that required to maintain 
proficiency in anticipation of a member's assignment to combat 
operations and (2) such flying may not be permitted in cases of 
members who have been assigned to a course of instruction of ninety 
days or more. 
SEC. 717. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tempo-
rary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and per-
sonal effects in any one shipment having a net weight in excess of 
thirteen thousand five hundred pounds. 
SEC. 718. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Commerce, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air 
Force, or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or other-
wise 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. 719. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this 
Act which are limited for obligations 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 
training of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the National 
Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, Army. 
SEC. 720. During the current fiscal year the agencies of the 
Department of Defense may accept the use of real property from 
foreign countries for the United States in accordance with mutual 
defense agreements or occupational arrangements and may accept 
services furnished by foreign countries as reciprocal international 
courtesies or as services customarily made available without charge; 
and such agencies may use the same for the support of the United 
States forces in such areas without specific appropriation therefor. 
In addition to the foregoing, agencies of the Department of Defense 
may accept real property, services, and commodities from foreign 
countries for the use of the United States in accordance 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 the 
foregoing authority shall not be available for the conversion of 
heating plants from coal to oil at defense facilities in Europe: 
Provided further. That within thirty days after the end of each 
quarter the Secretary of Defense shall render to Congress and to the 
Office of Management and Budget a full report of such property, 
supplies, and commodities received during such quarter. 
SEC. 721. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for research and development may be 
used for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, United States Code, 
and for purposes related to research and development for which 
expenditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of 
the service concerned. 
SEC. 722. 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 of off-duty training of military 
personnel (except with regard to such charges of educational institu-
tions (a) for enlisted personnel in the pay grade E-5 or higher with 
less than 14 years' service, for which payment of 90 per centum may 
be made or (b) for military personnel in off-duty high school comple-
tion programs, for which payment of 100 per centum may be made), 
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94 STAT. 3085 
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. 723. 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. 724. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, except 
for small purchases in amounts not exceeding $10,000, shall be 
available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cotton, 
woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, 
synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, or wool (whether in the 
form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufac-
tured articles), or specialty metals including stainless steel flatware, 
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 satisfactory quality 
and sufficient quantity of any articles of food or clothing or any form 
of cotton, woven silk and woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for 
cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, wool, or 
specialty metals including stainless steel flatware, grown, reproc-
essed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions 
cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market 
prices and except procurements outside the United States in support 
of combat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters, and 
emergency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by 
establishments located outside the United States for the personnel 
attached thereto: Provided, That nothing herein shall preclude the 
procurement of specialty metals or chemical warfare protective 
clothing produced outside the United States or its possessions when 
such procurement is necessary to comply with agreements with 
foreign governments requiring the United States to purchase sup-
plies from foreign sources for the purposes of offsetting sales made by 
the United States Government or United States firms under 
approved programs serving defense requirements or where such 
procurement is necessary in furtherance of the standardization and 
interoperability of equipment requirements within NATO so long as 
such agreements with foreign governments comply, where applica-
ble, with the requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control 
Act and with section 814 of the Department of Defense Appropriation 
Authorization Act, 1976: Provided further. 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 differen-
tial on contracts hereafter made for the purpose of relieving economic 
dislocations other than certain contracts not involving fuel made on a 
test basis by the Defense Logistics Agency with a cumulative value 
not to exceed $3,400,000,000, as may be determined by the Secretary 
of Defense pursuant to existing laws and regulations as not to be 
inappropriate therefor by reason of national security considerations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary specifically determines that 
there is a reasonable expectation that offers will be obtained from a 
sufficient number of eligible concerns so that awards of such con-
tracts will be made at a reasonable price and that no award shall be 
made for such contracts if the price differential exceeds 5 per centum: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used except that, so far as practicable, all contracts shall be 
Loyalty 
certificate or 
oath. 
10 u s e 2103 
note. 
Procurement 
limitations. 
22 u s e 2776. 
89 Stat. 540. 
94 STAT. 3086 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
Inactive duty 
training pay. 
Furnishings and 
automobiles, 
purchase. 
Uniforms. 
Legislative 
liaison activities. 
Civil reserve air 
fleet. 
Civilian 
clothing. 
Defense 
contractors, 
advertising 
costs, limitation. 
awarded on a formally advertised competitive bid basis to the lowest 
responsible bidder. 
SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or drycleaning facility in the United States, its territories or 
possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify in 
writing, giving his reeisons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated under section 206 of title 37, United States Code, for 
inactive duty training pay of a member of the National Guard or a 
member of a reserve component of a uniformed service for more than 
four periods of equivalent training, instruction, duty or appropriate 
duties that are performed instead of that member's regular period of 
instruction or regular period of appropriate duty. 
SEC. 727. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for 
the purchase of household furnishings, and automobiles from mili-
tary and civilian personnel on duty outside the continental United 
States, for the purpose of resale at cost to incoming personnel, and for 
providing furnishings, without charge, in other than public quarters 
occupied by military or civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, 
upon a determination, under regulations approved by the Secretary 
of Defense, that such action is advantageous to the Government. 
SEC. 728. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
US.C. 5901; 80 Stat, 508). 
SEC, 729, Funds provided in this Act for legislative liaison activities 
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 $7,500,000 for the current fiscal year: 
Provided, That this amount shall be available for apportionment to 
the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the 
Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense as determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
SEC. 730, Of the funds made available by this Act for the services of 
the Military Airlift Command, $100,000,000 shall be available only 
for procurement of commercial transportation service from carriers 
participating in the civil reserve air fleet program; and the Secretary 
of Defense shall utilize the services of such carriers which qualify as 
small businesses to the fullest extent found practicable: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall specify in such procurement, 
performance characteristics for aircraft to be used based upon 
modern aircraft operated by the civil reserve air fleet. 
SEC, 731. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for operation may be used for civilian 
clothing, not to exceed $40 in cost for enlisted personnel: (1) dis-
charged for misconduct, 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; or (3) discharged prior to 
completion of recruit training under honorable conditions for depend-
ency, hardship, minority, disability, or for the convenience of the 
Government. 
SEC. 732. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be 
available for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contrac-
tor, except advertising for which payment is made from profits, and 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
94 STAT. 3087 
such advertising shall not be considered a part of any defense 
contract cost. The prohibition contained in this section shall not 
apply with respect to advertising conducted by any such contractor, 
in compliance with regulations which shall be promulgated by the 
Secretary of Defense, solely for (1) the recruitment by the contractor 
of personnel required for the performance by the contractor of 
obligations under a defense contract, (2) the procurement of scarce 
items required by the contractor for the performance of a defense 
contract, or (3) the disposal of scrap or surplus materials acquired by 
the contractor in the performance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 733. 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 $100,000: 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. 734. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such 
action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed 
$750,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense 
or funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for 
military functions (except military construction) between such appro-
priations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as 
the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such 
authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority 
items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for 
which funds are requested has been denied by Congress: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress 
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority. 
SEC. 735. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working 
capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to 
section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, 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 Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, except that transfers between a stock fund account 
and an industrial fund account may not be made unless the Secretary 
of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except 
in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 
funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a working 
capital fund to procure war reserve material inventory, unless the 
Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such 
obligation. 
SEC. 736. Not more than $192,800,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available for payment to the Federal Employ-
ees Compensation Fund, as established by 5 U.S.C. 8147. 
SEC. 737. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan, or a grant to any applicant 
who has been convicted by any court of general jurisdiction of any 
crime which involves the use of or the assistance to others in the use 
of force, trespass, or the seizure of property under control of an 
institution of higher education to prevent officials or students at such 
an institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies. 
New facilities, 
limitation. 
Funds, transfer. 
Notification of 
Congress. 
Working capital 
funds. 
Funds, transfer. 
Notification of 
Congress. 
Federal 
Employees 
Compensation 
Fund. 
Loan 
restrictions. 
94 STAT. 3088 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
Heating plant 
conversion. 
Nonvoluntary 
experimental 
subjects. 
Funds, 
reprogramming. 
Health program, 
limitations. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense 
shall be utilized for the conversion of heating plants from coal to oil at 
defense facilities in Europe. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for any research involving uninformed or nonvoluntary 
human beings as experimental subjects. 
SEC. 740. Appropriations for the current fiscal year for operation 
and maintenance of the active forces shall be available for medical 
and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation 
(including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel, 
except elective private treatment); welfare and recreation; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; repair of facilities; modification of personal 
property; design of vessels; industrial mobilization; installation of 
equipment in public and private plants; military communications 
facilities on merchant vessels; acquisition of services, special cloth-
ing, supplies, and equipment; and expenses for the Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps and other units at educational institutions. 
SEC. 741. No part of the funds in this Act shall be available to 
prepare or present a request to the Committees on Appropriations for 
the reprogramming of funds, unless for higher priority items, based 
on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally 
appropriated and in no case where the item for which reprogram-
ming is requested has been denied by the Congress. 
SEC. 742. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
pay claims for nonemergency inpatient hospital care provided under 
the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services 
for services available at a facility of the uniformed services within a 
40-mile radius of the patient's residence. 
SEC. 743. None of the funds contained in this Act available for the 
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services 
under the provisions of section 1079(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
shall be available for (a) services of pastoral counselors, or family and 
child counselors, or marital counselors unless the patient has been 
referred to such counselor by a medical doctor for treatment of a 
specific problem with results of that treatment to be communicated 
back to the physician who made such referral; (b) special education, 
except when provided as secondary to the active psychiatric treat-
ment on an institutional inpatient basis; (c) therapy or counseling for 
sexual dysfunctions or sexual inadequacies; (d) treatment of obesity 
when obesity is the sole or major condition treated; (e) reconstructive 
surgery (other than post-mastectomy reconstructive surgery to over-
come the effects of trauma or disease), justified solely on psychiatric 
needs including, but not limited to, mammary augmentation, face 
lifts and sex gender changes; (f) reimbursement of any physician or 
other authorized individual provider of medical care in excess of the 
eightieth percentile of the customary charges made for similar 
services in the same locality where the medical care was furnished, as 
determined for physicians in accordance with section 1079(h) of title 
10, United States Code; or (g) any service or supply which is not 
medically or psychologically necessary to prevent, diagnose, or treat 
a mental or physical illness, injury, or bodily malfunction as assessed 
or diagnosed by a physician, dentist, clinical psychologist, optom-
etrist, podiatrist, certified nurse-midwife, or, for the purpose of 
conducting a test during fiscal year 1981, by a certified psychiatric 
nurse, other certified nurse practitioner, or certified clinical social 
worker, as appropriate, except as authorized by section 1079(a)(4) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
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94 STAT. 3089 
SEC. 744. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
for the current fiscal year shall be available to provide an individual 
entitled to health care under chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
Code, with one wig if the individual has alopecia that resulted from 
treatment of malignant disease: Provided, That the individual has 
not previously received a wig from the Government. 
SEC. 745. Funds appropriated in this Act shall be available for the 
appointment, pay, and support of persons appointed as cadets and 
midshipmen in the two-year Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
course in excess of the 20 percent limitation on such persons imposed 
by section 2107(a) of title 10, United States Code, but not to exceed 60 
percent of total authorized scholarships. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay any member of the uniformed service for unused 
accrued leave pursuant to section 501 of title 37, United States Code, 
for more than sixty days of such leave, less the number of days for 
which payment was previously made under section 501 after Febru-
ary 9,1976. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
support more than 300 enlisted aides for officers in the United States 
Armed Forces. 
SEC. 748. No appropriation contained in this Act may be used to pay 
for the cost of public affairs activities of the Department of Defense in 
excess of $28,000,000. 
SEC. 749. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs which utilize amounts 
credited to Department of Defense appropriations or funds pursuant 
to the provisions of section 37(a) of the Arms Export Control Act 
representing payment for the actual value of defense articles speci-
fied in section 21(a)(1) of that Act: Provided, That such amounts so 
credited shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts 
as provided in 31 U.S.C. 484. 
SEC. 750. During the current fiscal year, for the purpose of conduct-
ing a test to evaluate a capitation approach to providing medical care 
and to that end for the purpose of providing adequate funds in 
Department of Defense Medical Regions 1 and 7 for medical care, 
including the expenses of the Civilian Health and Medical Program 
of the Uniformed Services, funds available to the Department of 
Defense in the appropriation "Operation and Maintenance, Defense 
Agencies" for expenses of the Civilian Health and Medical Program 
of the Uniformed Services may be transferred to appropriations 
available to the military departments for operation and mainte-
nance, and funds available to the military departments for operation 
and maintenance may be transferred between such appropriations: 
Provided, That funds transferred pursuant to this authority shall be 
merged with and made available for the same purpose as the 
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That the Secre-
tary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers 
made pursuant to this authority: Provided further. That transfer 
authority provided herein shall be in addition to that provided in 
section 734 of this Act. 
SEC. 751. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
to fund any costs of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit— 
except to complete training of personnel enrolled in Military Science 
4—which in its junior year class (Military Science 3) has for the four 
preceding academic years, and as of September 30,1980, enrolled less 
than (a) seventeen students where the institution prescribes a four-
year or a combination four- and two-year program; or (b) twelve 
10 u s e 1071 et 
seq. 
Unused accrued 
leave. 
Enlisted aides, 
limitations. 
Public affairs 
activities. 
22 u s e 2777. 
22 u s e 2761. 
Medical care. 
Notification of 
eongress. 
Senior ROTC 
unit, limitation. 
Effective date. 
94 STAT. 3090 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
Enlisted 
members, 
transfer; 
retainer pay. 
CIA programs, 
fiscal year 
limitation. 
CIA salaries, 
limitation. 
students where the institution prescribes a two-year program: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding the foregoing Umitation, funds shall be 
available to maintain one Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
unit in each State and at each State-operated maritime academy: 
Provided further, That units under the consortium system shall be 
considered as a single unit for purposes of evaluation of productivity 
under this provision: Provided further. That if enrollment standards 
contained in Department of Defense Directive 1215.8 for Senior 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps units are revised, then the revised 
standards may be used to determine compliance with this provision, 
in lieu of the standards cited above. 
SEC. 751A. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
obligated under the Competitive Rate Program of the Department of 
Defense for the transportation of household goods to or from Alaska 
or Hawaii. 
SEC. 752. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act or available 
in any working capital fund of the Department of Defense shall be 
available to pay the expenses attributable to lodging of any person on 
official business away from his designated post of duty, or in the case 
of an individual described under section 5703 of title 5, United States 
Code, his home or regular place of duty, when adequate government 
quarters are available, but are not occupied by such person. 
OJ) The limitation set forth in subsection (a) is not applicable to 
employees whose duties require official travel in excess of fifty 
percent of the total number of the basic administrative work weeks 
during the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 753. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay the retainer pay of any enlisted member of the 
Regular Navy, the Naval Reserve, the Regular Marine Corps, or the 
Marine Corps Reserve who is transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the 
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve under section 6330 of title 10, United 
States Code, on or after December 31,1977, if the provisions of section 
6330(d) of title 10, are utilized in determining such member's eligibil-
ity for retirement under section 63300t)) of title 10: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the foregoing, time creditable as active service for a 
completed minority enlistment, and an enlistment terminated within 
three months before the end of the term of enlistment under section 
6330(d) of title 10, prior to December 31, 1977, may be utilized in 
determining eligibility for retirement: Provided further. That not-
withstanding the foregoing, time may be credited as active service in 
determining a member's eligibility for retirement under section 
6330(b) of title 10 pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of 
section 6330(d) of title 10 for those members who had formally 
requested transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps 
Reserve on or before October 1,1977. 
Ot)) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
pay that portion of the retainer pay of any enlisted member of the 
Regular Navy, the Naval Reserve, the Regular Marine Corps, or the 
Marine Corps Reserve who is transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the 
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve under section 6330 of title 10, United 
States Code, on or after December 31, 1977, which is attributable 
under the second sentence of section 6330(d) of title 10 to time which, 
after December 31, 1977, is not actually served by such member. 
SEC. 754. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs 
of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for obliga-
tion beyond the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 755. None of the funds provided by this Act may be used to pay 
the salaries of any person or persons who authorize the transfer of 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
94 STAT. 3091 
unobligated and deobligated appropriations into the Reserve for 
Contingencies of the Central Intelligence Agency. 
SEC. 756. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
support more than 9,901 full-time and 2,603 part-time military 
personnel assigned to or used in the support of Morale, Welfare, and 
Recreation activities as described in Department of Defense Instruc-
tion 7000.12 and its enclosures, dated July 17,1974. 
SEC. 757. During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense 
may guarantee loans pursuant to title III of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2091, 64 Stat. 800) in an 
amount not to exceed $30,000,000. 
SEC. 758. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
for the consolidation or realignment of advanced or undergraduate 
pilot training squadrons of the Navy. 
SEC. 759. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropri-
ations and authority provided in this Act are hereby ratified and 
confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 760. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to 
perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be 
endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or except for such 
medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest, when 
such rape has within seventy-two hours been reported to a law 
enforcement agency or public health service; nor are payments 
prohibited for drugs or devices to prevent implantation of the 
fertilized ovum, or for medical procedures necessary for the termina-
tion of an ectopic pregnancy: Provided, however. That the several 
States are and shall remain free not to fund abortions to the extent 
that they in their sole discretion deem appropriate. 
SEC. 761. During the current fiscal year, funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be available to provide for the lease of a facility, regardless 
of location, designated by the Secretary of Defense for cryptologic 
purposes; and for alterations, improvement, and repair of that 
facility notwithstanding any other provisions of law. Funding for 
lease, alterations, improvement, and repair shall not exceed one 
million dollars. Further, funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to provide support in accordance with sections 4 and 8 of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended (50 U.S.C. 403e 
and 403j), to certain Department of Defense cryptologic personnel 
stationed overseas as designated by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 762. Effective the first day of the second month following 
enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available to pay the retired pay or retainer pay of a person 
for any month who, on or after December 1, 1980, is retired under 
section 8337 of title 5, United States Code, in an amount that is more 
than— 
(a) the monthly amount of retired pay or retainer pay that the 
person is otherwise entitled to receive, minus 
(b) the amount equal to the difference between: 
(1) the amount the person is entitled to receive for that 
month as a civil service annuity computed based on the 
provisions of section 8339(g) of title 5, United States Code, 
and 
(2) the amount the person would be entitled to receive for 
that month if the person's civil service annuity was com-
puted under the provisions of section 8339 (a), (b), or (c), as 
appropriate, excluding credit for military service: 
Provided, That the foregoing limitation shall not serve to reduce the 
retired or retainer pay below that necessary to make deductions from 
Loan 
guarantees, 
limitation. 
Pilot training 
squadrons. 
Abortion 
funding, 
limitation. 
Cryptologic 
personnel and 
facilities. 
Retired or 
retainer pay, 
limitation. 
94 STAT. 3092 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
Audits. 
Claim payments 
to Federal 
Republic of 
Germany. 
Overdue and 
delinquent 
debts. 
Procurement 
limitation. 
the retired pay of a person for deductions for Survivor Benefit Plan 
payments: Provided further. That the foregoing limitation shall not 
apply to a person who has applied for retirement under section 8337 
of title 5, United States Code, prior to December 1, 1980: Provided 
further. That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to a person who 
is covered by the provisions of section 8332(c) (1) or (2) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 763. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used 
for the provision, care or treatment to dependents of members or 
former members of the Armed Services or the Department of Defense 
for the elective correction of minor dermatological blemishes and 
marks or minor anatomical anomalies. 
SEC. 764. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for the purchase of insignia for resale unless the sales price 
of such insignia is adjusted to the extent necessary to recover the cost 
of purchase of such insignia and the estimated cost of all related 
expenses, including but not limited to management, storage, han-
dling, transportation, loss, disposal of obsolete material, and manage-
ment fees paid to the military exchange systems: Provided, That 
amounts derived by the adjustment covered by the foregoing limita-
tions may be credited to the appropriations against which the charges 
have been made to recover the cost of purchase and related expense. 
SEC. 764A. All unresolved audits currently pending within agencies 
and departments, for which appropriations are made under this Act, 
shall be resolved not later than September 30,1981. Any new audits, 
involving questioned expenditures, arising after the enactment of 
this Act shall be resolved within 6 months of completing the initial 
audit report. 
SEC. 764B. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or heretofore 
appropriated by any other Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
payment of anticipatory possession compensation claims to the Fed-
eral Republic of Germany other than claims listed in the 1973 
agreement (commonly referred to as the Global Agreement) between 
the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany. 
SEC. 765. Each department and agency for which appropriations 
are made under this Act shall take immediate action (1) to improve 
the collection of overdue debts owed to the United States within the 
jurisdiction of that department or agency; (2) to bill interest on 
delinquent debts as required by the Federal Claims Collection 
Standards; and (3) to reduce amounts of such debts written off as 
uncollectible. 
SEC. 766. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for a contract for studies, analyses, or consulting services 
entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited 
proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the procure-
ment determines: 
(a) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one source 
is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work, or 
(b) the purpose of the contract is to explore an unsolicited 
proposal which offers significant scientific or technological prom-
ise, represents the product of original thinking, and was submit-
ted in confidence by one source, or 
(c) where the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of 
unique and significant industrial accomplishment by a specific 
concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of a specific 
concern is given financial support: 
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts in an 
amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to improvements of 
PUBLIC LAW 96-527—DEC. 15, 1980 
94 STAT. 3093 
equipment that is in development or production, or contracts as to 
which a civilian official of the Department of Defense, who has been 
confirmed by the Senate, determines that the award of such contract 
is in the interest of the national defense. 
SEC. 767. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to provide medical care in the United States on an inpatient 
basis to foreign military and diplomatic personnel or their depend-
ents unless the Department of Defense is reimbursed for the costs of 
providing such care: Provided, That reimbursements for medical care 
covered by this section shall be credited to the appropriations against 
which charges have been made for providing such care. 
SEC. 767A. The appropriation "Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Defense" shall not be available hereafter to transfer funds between 
that account and appropriations available to the Department of 
Defense for military personnel expenses with regard to obligations 
incurred after September 30,1980. 
SEC. 768. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
obligated for the second career training program authorized by 
Public Law 96-347. 
SEC. 769. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act shall be obligated or expended for salaries or 
expenses during the current fiscal year for the purposes of demilitari-
zation of small firearms. 
SEC. 770. During the current fiscal year, not to exceed $125,000,000 
of the funds provided in this Act for the Civilian Health and Medical 
Program of the Uniformed Services may be used to conduct a test 
program in accordance with the following guidelines: In carrying out 
the provisions of sections 1079 and 1086 of title 10, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, may contract with organizations that 
assume responsibility for the maintenance of the health of a defined 
population, for the purpose of experiments and demonstration proj-
ects designed to determine the relative advantages and disadvantages 
of providing pre-paid health benefits: Provided, That such projects 
must be designed in such a way as to determine methods of reducing 
the cost of health benefits provided under such sections without 
adversely affecting the quality of care. Except as provided otherwise, 
the provisions of such a contract may deviate from the cost-sharing 
arrangements prescribed and the types of health care authorized 
under sections 1079 and 1086, when the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that such a deviation would serve the purpose of this section. 
SEC. 771. (a) The Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of 
War to convey the Kennebec Arsenal property, situated in Augusta, 
Maine, to the State of Maine for public purposes", approved March 3, 
1905 (33 Stat. 1270), is amended by inserting "or for other public 
purposes" after "in conformity with the terms of this Act". 
(b) The Secretary of the Army shall issue such written instructions, 
deeds, or other instruments as may be necessary to bring the 
conveyance made to the State of Maine under the authority of the Act 
referred to in subsection (a) into conformity with the amendment 
made by such subsection. 
SEC. 772. Subsection (c) of section 1124 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
(c) An award under this section may be paid notwithstanding the 
member's death, separation, or retirement from the armed force 
concerned. However, the suggestion, invention, or scientific achieve-
ment forming the basis for the award must have been made while the 
Foreign military 
and diplomatic 
personnel, 
medical care. 
Funds transfer, 
limitation. 
Second career 
training 
program. 
Ante, p. 1150. 
Small arms 
demilitarization. 
Pre-paid health 
benefits, 
demonstration 
projects. 
Kennebec 
Arsenal, Maine. 
Cash awards. 
79-194 
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94 STAT. 3094 
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member was on active duty or in an active reserve status and not 
5 use 4501 et 
otherwise eligible for an award under chapter 45 of title 5.". 
seq. 
TITLE VIII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
INTELUGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Staff; 
$17,824,000. 
CENTRAL INTELUGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
SYSTEM FUND 
For pa5niient to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System Fund, to maintain proper funding level for continu-
ing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System; $55,300,000. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropri-
ation Act, 1981". 
Approved December 15, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-1317 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 96-1528 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-1020 (Ck)mm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Sept. 15, 16, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 5, House agreed to conference report; receded from its disagreement and 
concurred in certain Senate amendments and in others with amendments; 
Senate agreed to conference report and concurred in House amendments.