An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes
PL 90-580 (H.R.18707), enacted 10/17/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-580-OCT. 17, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
October 17, 196b 
[H. R. 18707] 
Department of 
Defense Appro-
priation Act, 
1969. 
70A Stat. 11; 
81 Stat. 524. 
Public Law 90-580 
AN ACT 
Alaking appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1969, and for other purposes. 
Be it CTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1969, 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 members 
of the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components 
provided for elsewhere); $8,000,000,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 
all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided 
for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; $4,235,000,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 
all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 
provided for elsewhere); $1,474,000,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowance's, 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 Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve 
components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
$5,680,000,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty 
imder sections 265 and 3033 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
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undeigoiii^ resene tmining or wliile performing drills or equivalent 
<luty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as 
autliorized by law; $287,200,000. 
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 while undergoing 
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reserve training, or M'hile performing drills or equivalent duty, and 
for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as authorized 
by law; $125,000,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and the 
Marine Corps platoon leaders class on active duty under section 265 
of title 10, L^nited States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, 
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; 
$81,100,000. 
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 or 8033 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
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undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as 
authorized by law; $71,800,000. 
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 
82, United States Code, or while undergoing training or while 
si stat. 524. 
performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; ^^7^°^ stat. 198, 
$304,500,000: Provided, That obligations may be incurred under this 
appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States 
C o d e . 
70A Stat. 599. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty 
under sections 265, 8033, or 8496 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, 
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United States Code, or while undergoing training or while perform-
ing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; $88,000,000: Pro-
vided, That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation 
without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
RETIRED PAY, DEFENSE 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of mili-
tary personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
and the Air Force, including the reserve components thereof, retainer 
pay for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve, and payments under 
chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code; $2,275,000,000. 
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TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Army, including administration; medical 
and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation 
(including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel 
on duty or leave, except elective private treatment), and other meas-
ures necessary to protect the health of the Armv; care of the dead; 
chaplains' activities; awards and medals; welfare and recreation; 
recruiting expenses; transportation services; communications serv-
ices; maps and similar data for military purposes; military surveys 
and engineering planning; repair of facilities; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; tuition and fees incident to training of military personnel 
at civilian institutions; field exercises and maneuvers; expenses for 
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and other units at educational 
institutions, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $4,690,000 for 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the ap-
proval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may 
be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur-
poses, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the 
accounting officers of the (xovernment; $7,805,000,000, of which not 
less than $280,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of 
real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, including 
aircraft and vessels; modification of aircraft, missiles, missile sysitems, 
and other ordnance; design of vessels; training and education of 
members of the Navy; administration; procurement of military per-
sonnel; hire of passenger motor vehicles; welfare and recreation; 
medals, a,Avards, emblems, and other insignia; transportation of things 
(including transportation of household effects of civilian employees) ; 
industrial mobilization; medical and dental care; care of the dead; 
charter and hire of ve^els; relief of vessels in distress; maritime sal-
vage services; military communications facilities on merchant vessels; 
dissemination of scientific information; administration of patents, 
trademarks, and copyrights; annuity premiums and retirement bene-
fits for civilian members of teaching services; tuition, allowances, and 
fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian institutions; 
repair of facilities; departmental salaries; conduct of schoolrooms, 
service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, entertainment, and wel-
fare expenses for the enlisted men; procurement of services, special 
clothing, supplies, and equipment; installation of equipment in public 
or private plants; exploration, prospecting, conservation, development, 
use, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, as 
authorized by law; and not to exceed $14,000,000 for emergency and 
extraordinary expenses, as authorized by section 7202 of title 10, 
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United States Code, to be expended on the approval and authority of 
the Secretary and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon 
the accounting officers of the Government; $5,356,200,000, of which not 
less than $155,600,000 shall be available only for maintenance of real 
property facilities, and not to exceed $1,490,000 may be transferred to 
the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses", Environmental Science 
Services Administration, Department of Commerce, for the current 
fiscal year for the operation of ocean weather stations. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE C\iRrs 
For expenses, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Marine Corps including equipment and facilities; procurement of 
militar}^ personnel; training and education of regular and reserve 
}7ersonnel, including tuition and other costs incurred at civilian 
schools; welfare and recreation; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, 
chapels, and other instructional, entertainment, and welfare expenses 
for the enlisted men; procurement and manufacture of military sup-
plies, equipment, and clothing; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
transportation of things; medals, awards, emblems, and other insignia; 
operation of station hospitals, dispensaries and dental clinics; and 
departmental salaries; $435,700,000, of which not less than $22,661,000 
shall be available only for the maintenance of real proj^erty facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion, maintenance, and administration of the Air Force, including the 
Air Force Reserve and the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps; 
operation, maintenance, and modification of aircraft and missiles; 
transportation of things; repair and maintenance of facilities; field 
printing plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting advertis-
ing expenses; training and instruction of military personnel of the 
Air Force, including tuition and related expenses; pay, allowances, 
and travel expenses of contract surgeons; repair of private property 
and other necessary expenses of combat maneuvers; care of the dead; 
chaplain and other welfare and morale supplies and equipment; 
conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, 
entertainment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men and patients 
not otherwise provided for; awards and decorations; industrial 
mobilization, including maintenance of reserve plants and equipment 
and procurement planning; special services by contract or otherwise; 
and not to exceed $3,311,000 for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary 
of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certificate of 
necessity for confidential military purposes, and his determination 
shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the 
Government; $6,551,000,000, of which not less than $250,000,000 shall 
be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities, and 
not to exceed $210,000 may be transferred to the appropriation for 
"Salaries and expenses*'. Environmental Science Services Administra-
tion, Department of Commerce, for the current fiscal year, for the 
operation of the Marcus Island upper-air station. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil 
Defense), including administration; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
welfare and recreation; awards and decorations; travel expenses, in-
cluding expenses of temporarj^ duty travel of military personnel; 
transportation of things (including transportation of household effects 
of civilian employees); industrial mobilization; care of the dead; 
dissemination of scientific information; administration of patents, 
trademarks, and copyrights; tuition and fees incident to the training 
of military personnel at civilian institutions; repair of facilities; 
departmental salaries; procurement of services, special clothing, sup-
plies, and equipment; field printing plants; information and educa-
tional services for the Armed Forces; communications services; and 
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not to exceed $3,390,500 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, to 
be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense 
for such purposes as he deems appropriate, and his determination 
thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of 
the Government; $1,036,800,000, of which not less than $13,721,000 
shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army 
National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and repairs to 
structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personal 
services in the National Guard Bureau and services of personnel of 
the National Guard employed as civilians without regard to their 
military rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be employed 
70A Stat. 614. 
under provisions of law (32 U.S.C. 709), and those necessary to pro-
vide reimbursable services for the military departments, may be such 
as i.s deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Army; travel expenses 
(other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on 
active duty, for Army National Guard division, regimental, and bat-
talion commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National 
Guard regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 
Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard of 
the several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of 
Columbia, as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modification, 
maintenance, and issue of .supplies and equipment (including air-
craft) ; $264,664,000, of which not less than $1,900,000 shall be avail-
able only for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ 
That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation without 
70A Stat. 599. 
regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, includ-
ing medical and hospital treatment and related expenses; maintenance, 
operation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for the 
training and administration of the Air National Guard, including 
repair of facilities, maintenance, operation, and modification of air-
craft ; transportation of things; hire of passenger motor vehicles; sup-
plies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air Na-
tional Guard of the several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and the District of Columbia; and expenses incident to the mainte-
nance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as 
may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the 
same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 
active Federal duty, of Air National Guard commanders while in-
specting units in compliance with National Guard regulations when 
specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; $267,-
000,000, of which not less than $2,750,000 shall be available only for 
the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ That the num-
ber of caretakers authorized to be employed under the provisions of 
law (32 U.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed necessary by the Secre-
tary of the Air Force and such caretakers may be employed without 
regard to their military rank as members of the Air National Guard: 
Provided further^ That obligations may be incurred under this appro-
priation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States C^de. 
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CLAIMS, DEFENSE 
For payment, not otherwise provided for, of claims authorized by 
law to be paid by the Department of Defense (except for civil func-
tions) , including claims for damages arising under training contracts 
with carriers, and repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary 
concerned, or officers designated by him, to have been erroneously col-
lected from military and civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense, or from States, territories, or the District of Columbia, or 
members of National Guard units thereof; $38,000,000. 
CONTINGENCIES, DEFENSE 
For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely on 
his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential 
military purposes; $10,000,000: Provided^ That a report of disburse- 
Report to 
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to Congress. 
Congress. 
COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military 
Appeals; $636,000. 
TITLE III—PKOCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MISSILES, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and modi-
fication of missiles, armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, ves-
sels, and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps; purchase of not to exceed four thousand seven hundred and 
twenty-four passenger motor vehicles (including seven medium sedans 
at not to exceed $3,000 each) for replacement only; expenses which 
in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in provid-
ing facilities for production of equipment and supplies for national 
defense purposes, including construction, and the furnishing of Gov-
ernment-owned facilities and equipment at privately owned plants; 
and ammunition for military salutes at institutions to which issue of 
weapons for salutes is authorized; $5,031,400,000, and in addition, 
$510,000,000, of which $360,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
the Army stock fund and $150,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the Defense stock fund, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds available under this heading shall be available 
to the extent of $284,600,000 without regard to prior provisions re-
lating to the Nike-X antiballistic missile system. 
PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of aircraft, missiles, equipment, including ordnance, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of 
public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and 
such lands, and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General 
as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procure- 
'•° ^^^ ^ss. 
ment and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 
public or private plants; $2,574,300,000, and in addition, $440,000,000, 
of which $375,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Navy 
stock fund and $65,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
Defense stock fund, to remain available until expended. 
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SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conver-
sion of vessels as authorized b^ law, including armor and armament 
thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installa-
tion thereof in public or private plants; procurement of critical, long 
leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed or 
converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, 
including land necessary therefor, and such land, and interests therein, 
may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
40 use 255. 
Statutes, as amended; $820,700,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided^ That none of the funds herein provided for the 
construction or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in 
shipyards in the United States shall be expended in foreign shipyards 
for the construction of major components of the hull or superstructure 
of such vessel: Provided further^ That none of the funds herein pro-
vided shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign 
shipyards. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of 
support 
equipment, and materials not otherwise provided for. Navy ordnance 
and ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and 
ships authorized for conversion), purchase of not to exceed one 
thousand one hundred and fifty-eight passenger motor vehicles 
(including seven medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each) for 
replacement only; alteration of vessels and necessary design therefor; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary 
therefor, and such lands, and interests therein may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the 
Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public or private plants; $2,505,600,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, military equipment, 
spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or private 
plants, and vehicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of not 
to exceed two hundred and seventy-four passenger motor vehicles 
(including three medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each) of which 
two hundred and fifty shall be for replacement only; $670,000,000, 
and in addition, $10,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from 
the Defense stock fund, to remain available until expended. 
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 
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^Q sectiou 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the 
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Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
'^o use 255. 
amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; and other expenses 
necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and transporta-
tion of things; and $55,000,000 of the funds available under this head 
shall be available only for the F-12 aircraft program; $3,860,000,000, 
and, in addition, $600,000,000, of which $525,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from the Air Force stock fund and $75,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund, to remain available 
until expended. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, rockets, 
and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor, 
ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public 
and private plants, Government-owned equipment and 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 
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foregoing purposes, and such land, and interests therein, may be 
acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of 
title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and 
transportation of things; $1,720,200,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground 
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and 
communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts 
therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed 
one thousand five hundred and twenty passenger motor vehicles 
(including eleven medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each) for 
replacement onlj^; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erec-
tion of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to section 
9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and 
such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney 
General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; 
$2,718,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of De-
fense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil 
Defense) necessary for procurement, production, and modification of 
equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise 
provided for; purchase of one hundred and seventy-four passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only (including two medium sedans 
at not to exceed $3,000 each); expansion of public and private plants, 
equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of struc-
tures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such 
land and interest therein may be acquired and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as re-
quired by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; $81,700,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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TITLE IV 
KESEARCH, 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, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by 
lavs^; $1,522,665,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVEIX)PMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by lavr; $2,141,339,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by 
law; $3,364,724,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
(other than the military departments and the Office of Civil Defense), 
necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, 
and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be designated and 
determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as 
authorized by law, to remain available until expended; $472,600,000: 
Provided^ That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to have been made available in other appropriations avail-
able 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 appro-
priation 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. 
EMERGENCY FUND, DEFENSE 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the Bureau of the Budget, to any appropriation for military functions 
under the Department of Defense available for research, development, 
test, and evaluation, or procurement or production related thereto, to 
be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for 
the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred; 
$50,000,000, and, in addition, not to exceed $150,000,000, to be used 
upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such funds can 
be wisely, profitably, and practically used in the interest of national 
defense and to be derived by transfer from such appropriations avail-
Transfer of 
funds. 
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able to tlie Department of Defense for obligation during the current 
fiscal year as the Secretary of Defense may designate: Provided^ That 
any appropriations transferred shall not exceed 7 per centum of the 
appropriation from which transferred. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
80 Stat. 416. 
Employment of 
noncitizens. 
Appropriations, 
SEC. 501. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
Experts or 
and the Secretaries of the Amtiy, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, consultants. 
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if 
in their opinions the exi.sting facilities of the Department of Defense 
are inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 3109, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
and to pay in connection therewith travel expenses of individuals, 
including actual transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence 
while traveling from their homes or places of business to official duty 
station and return as may be authorized by law: Provided^ That such 
contracts may be renewed annually. 
SEC. 502. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law pro-
hibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any per-
son not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel 
of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for 
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required avaiiabiuty 
by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses determined 
by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord with local cus-
tom for conducting investigations in foreign countries incident to mat-
ters relating to the activities of the department concerned; reimburse-
ment of General Services Administration for security guard services 
for protection of confidential files; reimbursement of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for expenses in connection with investigation 
of defense contractor personnel; and all necessary expenses, at the seat 
of government of the United States of America or elsewhere, in con-
nection with communication and other services and supplies as may be 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided, That no ap-
propriation contained in this Act, and no funds available from prior 
appropriations to component departments and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense, shall be used to pay tuition or to make other payments 
to educational institutions in connection with the instruction or train-
ing of file clerks, stenographers, and typists receiving, or prospective 
file clerks, stenographers, and typists who will receive compensation at 
a rate below the minimum rate of pay for positions allocated to grade 
GS-5 under the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. 
SEC. 504. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or the 
Air Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned war, etc 
may prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, 
and allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or 
Air Force custody whose status is determined by the Secretary con-
cerned to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such 
custody pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 505. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be 
available for acquisition of land as authorized by section 2672 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 506. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the cur-
rent fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the schooling. 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and 7/stat"27-'"°' 
secondary schooling for minor dependents of military and civilian si stat. 783. 
personnel of the Department of Defense residing on military or naval 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
Prisoners of 
Land acqui-
sition. 
72 Stat. 1459; 
76 Stat. 511-
Dependents' 
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[82 STAT. 
70A Stat. 442. 
Occupied areas. 
Deficiency 
judgments. 
Leasing. 
56 Stat. 654. 
Tools, main-
Access roads. 
72 Stat. 908. 
Milk program. 
68 Stat. 900; 
il Stat. 464. 
Articles for 
prisoners, etc. 
Assistance to 
small business. 
installations or stationed in foreign countries, as authorized for the 
Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code, in amounts not 
exceeding $112,400,000, when the Secretary of the Department con-
cerned finds that schools, if any, available in the locality, are unable 
to provide adequately for the education of such dependents; (b) for 
expenses in connection with administration of occupied areas; (c) for 
payment of rewards as authorized for the Navy by section 7209(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, for information leading to the discovery 
of missing naval property or the recovery thereof; (d) for payment 
of deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising out of con-
demnation proceedings; (e) for leasing of buildings and facilities 
including payment of rentals for special purpose space at the seat of 
government and, in the conduct of field exercises and maneuvers or, 
m administering the provisions of 43 U.S.C. 315q, rentals may be paid 
in advance; (f) payments under contracts for maintenance of tools 
and facilities for twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal 
year; (g) maintenance of Defense access roads certified as 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 enter-
ing the military services; (j) payments under leases for real or per-
sonal property for twelve months beginning at any time during the 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 507. 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 en-
listment; (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, pris-
oners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and supernumeraries 
when necessitated by emergent military circumstances; (d) reimburse-
ment for subsistence of enlisted personnel while sick in hospitals; 
(e) expenses of prisoners confined in nonmilitary facilities; (f) mili-
tary courts, boards, and commissions; (g) utility services for build-
ings erected at private cost, as authorized by law, and buildings on 
military reservations authorized by regulations to be used for wel-
fare and recreational purposes; (h) exchange fees, and losses in the 
accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accordance with law; (i) 
expenses of Latin-American cooperation as authorized for the Navy 
by law (10 U.S.C. 7208); and (j) expenses of apprehension and 
delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent without leave, 
including payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 in any one case. 
SEC. 508. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall assist 
American small business to participate equitably in the furnishing of 
commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this 
Act by making available or causing to be made available to suppliers 
in the United States, and particularly to small indej)endent enter-
prises, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to 
purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under this 
Act, and by making available or causing to be made available to 
purchasing and contracting agencies of the Department of Defense 
information as to commodities and services produced and furnished by 
small independent enterprises in the United States, and by otherwise 
helping to give small business an opportunity to participate in the 
furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropri-
ated by this Act. 
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1131 
SEC. 50&, No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
Mess operations. 
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 sucli meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating 
expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided^ 
That officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allow-
ance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not less than 
$2.50 per day : Provided further. That for the purposes of this section 
payments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made in 
cash or by deduction from the pay of civilian employees: Provided 
further. That members of organized nonprofit youth groups sponsored 
at either the national or local level, when extended the privilege of 
visiting a military installation and permitted to eat in the general mess 
by the commanding officer of the installation, shall pay the commuted 
ration cost of such meal or meals. 
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere in 
this oi some other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 511. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
Reimbursable 
for operation and maintenance, may be reimbursed during the current 3pp'-°p"ati°"s. 
fiscal year for all expenses involved in the preparation for disposal 
and for the disposal of military supplies, equipment, and materiel, 
and for all expenses of production of lumber or timber products 
pursuant to section 2665 of title 10, United States Code, from amounts 
7OA stat. 149. 
received as proceeds from the sale of any such property: Provided., 
That a report of receipts and disbursements under this limitation 
Report to 
shall be made quarterly to Congress: Provided further., That no funds ^°"eress. 
available to agencies of the Department of Defense shall be used for 
the operation, acquisition, or construction of new facilities or equip-
ment for new facilities in the continental limits of the United States 
for metal scrap baling or shearing or for melting or sweating 
aluminum scrap unless the Secretary of Defense or an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense designated by him determines, with respect to 
each facility involved, that the operation of such facility is in the 
national interest. 
SEC. 512. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may 
Apportionment o
f 
exempt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available ^""'^^' exemption. 
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 
^i use ees. 
interests of national defense. 
(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is 
Airborne aiert 
necessary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the ^''P®"^^^-
cost of an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance with 
the provisions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(c) Upon determination by the President that it is necessary to 
increased 
increase the number of military personnel on active duty beyond "^iiit^'-y personnel, 
the number for w^hich funds are provided m this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased mili-
tary personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the provi-
sions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(d) The Secretary of Defense shall immediately advise Congress 
Report to 
of the exercise of any authority granted in this section, and shall c°"eress. 
report monthly on the estimated obligations incurred pursuant to sub-
sections (b) and (c). 
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[82 STAT. 
Commissary 
stores. 
Free utilities 
outside U.S. and 
in Alaska. 
Proficiency 
flying. 
76 Stat. 461. 
Household 
goods. 
Vessels, 
transfer. 
Legal training, 
restriction. 
SEC. 513. 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 regu-
lations shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appropriations 
concerned and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall 
provide for the adjustment of the sales prices in such commissary 
stores to the extent necessary to furnish sufficient gross revenue from 
sales of commissary stores to make such reimbursement: Provided^ 
That under such regulations as may be issued pursuant to this section 
all utilities may be furnished without cost to the commissary stores 
outside the continental United States and in Alaska: Provided 
further^ 
That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available in con-
nection with the operation of commissary stores within the continental 
United States unless the Secretary of Defense has certified that items 
normally procured from commissary stores are not otherwise avail-
able at a reasonable distance and a reasonable price in satisfactory 
quality and quantity to the military and civilian employees of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 514. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Executive 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this Act shall 
be available for any expenses of operating aircraft under the juris-
diction of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying 
except in accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretaries of 
the Departments concerned and approved by the Secretary of Defense 
which shall establish proficiency standards and maximum and mini-
mum flying hours for this purpose: Provided^ That without regard 
to any provision of law or Executive order prescribing minimum 
flight requirements, such regulations may provide for the payment of 
flight pay at the rates prescribed in section 301 of title 37, United 
States Code, to certain members of the Armed Forces otherwise 
entitled to receive flight pay during the current fiscal year (1) who 
have held aeronautical ratings or designations for not less than fifteen 
years, or (2) whose particular assignment outside the United States 
or in Alaska makes it impractical to participate in regular aerial 
flights. 
SEC. 515. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, temporary 
storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal 
effects in any one shipment having a net weight in excess of thirteen 
thousand five hundred pounds. 
SEC. 516. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, or 
the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise made 
available without reimbursement to any such agencies upon the re-
quest of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency having 
jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition for 
training in such profession: Provided, That this limitation shall not 
apply to the off-duty training of military personnel as prescribed by 
section 521 of this Act. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC L
A
W 90-580-OCT. 17, 1968 
1133 
SEC. 518. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this 
Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year 
shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: 
Provided^ That this section shall not apply to obligations for support 
of active duty training of civilian components or summer-camp train-
ing of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 
SEC. 519. During the current fiscal year the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense maj^ 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 fur-
nished by foreign countries as reciprocal international courtesies or as 
services customarily made available without charge; and such agencies 
may use the same for the suppjort 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 a^ncies 
may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such 
areas, without specific appropriations therefor: Provided^ That within 
thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense shall 
render to Congress and to the Bureau of the Budget a full report of 
such property, supplies, and commodities received during such quarter. 
SEC. 520. 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 expendi-
tures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the service 
concerned. 
SEC. 521. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of educational 
institutions for tuition or expenses for off-duty training of military 
personnel, nor for the payment of any part of tuition or expenses for 
such training for commissioned personnel who do not agree to remain 
on active duty for two years after completion of such training. 
SEC. 522. No part of the funds appropriated herein shaJl be ex-
pended 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. 523. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cotton, 
woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, syn-
thetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, or wool (whether in the form 
of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured 
articles) not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United 
States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secretary of the 
Department concerned shall determine that a 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 yam for cartridge 
cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, or wool grown, re-
processed, 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 com-
bat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters and emer-
gency 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 foods manufactured or processed in the United States 
Obligated 
funds,1969. 
Use of foreign 
real property. 
Report to 
Congress and 
Budget Bureau. 
Research and 
development 
funds. 
70A Stat. 134. 
Tuition pay-
ments, etc., 
restriction. 
ROTC, loyalty 
requirements. 
Procurement 
restrictions. 
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[82 STAT. 
Bakery, 
laundry facilities. 
Airmail, re-
imbursement. 
Furnishings, 
automobiles, 
purchase. 
81 Stat. 206. 
Ammunition, 
transfer. 
Travel ex-
penses. 
Congressional 
liaison activ-
ities. 
Civil reserve 
air fleet. 
or its possessions: Provided further^ That no funds herein appro-
priated shall be used for the payment of a price differential on con-
tracts hereafter made for the purpose of i-elieving economic 
dislocations: Provided further^ That none of the funds appropriated 
in this Act shall be used except that, so far as practicable, all contracts 
shall l)e awarded on a formally advertised competitive bid basis to the 
lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laun-
dry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories or 
possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify in 
writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at rea-
sonable rates. 
SEC. 525. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the 
Department of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to the 
Post OiRce Department for payment of costs of commercial air trans-
portation of military mail between the United States and foreign 
countries. 
SEC. 526. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for the purchase of household furnishings, house trailers (for the pur-
pose of relieving unusual individual losses occasioned by the reloca-
tion of personnel from installations in France), and automobiles from 
military and civilian personnel on duty outside the continental United 
States, for the purpose of resale at cost to incoming personnel, and 
for providing furnishings, without charge, in other than public quar-
ters 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. 527. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 508). 
SEC. 528, During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall, upon requisition of the National Board for the Promotion of 
llifle Practice, and without reimbursement, transfer from agencies of 
the Department of Defense to the Board ammunition from stock or 
which has been procured for the purpose in such amounts as he may 
determine. 
Such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
obligation durmg the current fiscal year as may be designated by the 
Secretary of Defense shall be available for the travel expenses of mili-
tary and naval personnel, including the reserve components, and mem-
bers of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, na-
tional, or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 529. Funds provided in this Act for congressional liaison activ-
ities of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, 
the Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense shall not exceed $950,000: Provided^ That this amount shall 
be available for apportionment to the Department of the Army, the 
Department 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. 530. 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 par-
ticipating in the civil reserve air fleet program; and the Secretary of 
ing. 
Defense con-
tractors. 
costs, pro-
hibition. 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-580-OCT. 17, 1968 
1135 
Defense shall utilize the services of such carriers which qualify as 
small businesses to the fullest extent found practicable: Provided^ That 
the Secretary of Defense shall specify in such procurement, perform-
ance characteristics for aircraft to be used based upon modern aircraft 
operated by the civil air fleet. 
SEC. 531. Not less than $7,500,000 of the funds made available in 
sea transportation. 
this Act for travel expenses in connection with temporary duty and 
j)ermanent change of station of civilian and military personnel of the 
Department of Defense shall be available only for the procurement of 
commercial passenger sea transportation service on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 532. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to . civiuan cioth-
the Department of Defense for operation may be used for civilian 
clothing, not to exceed $40 in cost for enlisted personnel: (1) dis-
charged for misconduct, unfitness, unsuitability, or otherwise than 
honorably; (2) sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil 
prison or interned or discharged as an alien enemy; (3) discharged 
prior to completion of recruit training under honorable conditions for 
dependency, hardship, minority, disability, or for the convenience of 
the Government. 
SEC. 533. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be available 
for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contractor, except "Advertising 
advertising for w^hich payment is made fi-om profits, and such adv^er-
tising 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 that contractor of personnel required 
for the performance by the contractor of obligations under a defense 
contract, (2) the procurement of scarce items requii'ed by the con-
tractor for the performance of a defense contract, or (3) the disposal 
of scrap or surplus materials acquii'ed by the contractor in the per-
formance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 534. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and repair re^t^i^t^on^^'"^^' 
of facilities and installations shall not be available for acquisition of 
new facilities, or alteration, expansion, extension, or addition of exist-
ing facilities, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 7040.2, 
dated January 18,1961, in excess of $25,000: Provided^ That the Secre-
tary of Defense may amend or change the said directive during the 
current fiscal year, consistent with the purpose of this section. 
SEC. 535. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense , ^i^^^^^l"^. 
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may, it he deems it vital to the security or the United States and in 
the national interest to further improve the readiness of the Armed 
Forces, including the reserve components, transfer under the author-
ity and terms of the Emergency Fund an additional $200,000,000: Pro-
vided^ That the transfer authority made available under the terms of 
the Emergency Fund appropriation contained in this Act is hereby 
broadened to meet the requirements of this section: Provided 
further^ 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify Congress promptly of all 
Report to 
transfers made pursuant to this authority. 
congress. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
Contract pay-
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ments in foreign 
to make payments under contracts tor any program, project, or activ- countries. 
ity in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or his 
designee, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or his 
designee, certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase from the 
Treasury, of currencies of such country acquired pursuant to law is 
not feasible for the purpose, stating the reason therefor. 
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[82 STAT. 
Vietnamese 
forces, etc., 
support. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Working capital 
funds. 
76 Stat. 521. 
Payments pro-
hibited to con-
victed rioters. 
Loans and 
grants, pro-
hibition. 
Federal em-
ployees limitation 
exception. 
Ante, p. 270. 
Ante, p. 270. 
Short title. 
SEC. 537. (a) Appropriations available to the Department of De-
fense during the current jfiscal year shall be available for their stated 
purposes to support: (1) Vietnamese and other free world forces in 
Vietnam; (2) local forces in Laos and Thailand; and for related costs, 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Defense may 
determine. 
(b) Within thirty days after the end of each quarter, the Secretary 
of Defense shall render to Congress a report with respect to the esti-
mated value by purpose, by country, of support furnished from such 
appropriations. 
SEC. 538. (a) During the current fiscal year, cash balances in work-
ing 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 disbursements 
to be made from such funds: Provided, That transfers may b© made 
between such funds in such amounts as may be determined by the 
Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget. 
SEC. 539. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall 
be used to pay salaries of any Federal employee who is convicted in 
any Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction, of incit-
ing, promoting, or carrying on a riot, or any group activity resulting 
in material damage to property or injury to persons, found to be in 
violation of Federal, State, or local laws designed to protect persons 
or property in the community concerned. 
SEC. 540. 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 appli-
cant 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. 
SEC. 541. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act— 
(1) The provisions of section 201 of the Revenue and Expendi-
ture Control Act of 1968 shall not apply with respect to those em-
ployees of the Department of Defense in positions established after 
June 30, 1966, in support of Southeast Asia operations and sche-
duled for abolition on termination of those operations: Provided, 
That this paragraph shall apply to not more than one hundred 
and fifty thousand of such employees: Provided further, That this 
paragraph shall apply only to those employees stationed in the 
Southeast Asia Theater of Operations. 
(2) In applying the provisions of such section to the depart-
ments and agencies in the executive branch those employees (not 
exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand) covered by (1) above 
shall not be taken into account. 
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 201(a) of the 
Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968, employment in 
temporary and part-time positions in the Department of Defense 
may be programed on an annual basis in an average number not 
exceeding the average number of such employees during 1967. 
SEC. 542. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1969". 
Approved October 17, 1968.