An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes.
PL 91-171 (H.R.15090), enacted 12/29/1969

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of the value as determined by the Corps of Engineers or the Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, except: (a) where there is a determi-
nation of value by a Federal court, (D) purchases negotiated by the 
Attorney General or his designee, and (c) where the estimated value is 
less than $25,000. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
make payments under contracts for any project 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, stat-
ing the reason therefor. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to (1) acquire land, (2) provide for site preparation, or (3) install 
utilities for any family housing, except housing for which funds have 
been made available m annual military construction appropriation 
Acts. 
SEC. 111. Funds received from the proceeds of handling excess 
family housing remaining under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Defense shall be deposited to the credit of "Family Housing, Defense" 
to be used for the purpose of reducing debt payments of the military 
departments. 
This Act may be cited as the "Military Construction Appropriation 
Act, 1970". 
Approved December 29, 1969. 
Foreign proj-
ects. 
Family housing, 
limitation. 
Excess family 
housing proceeds, 
disposition. 
Public Law 91-171 
AN .ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal 
year 
ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes 
December 29, 1969 
[H. R. 15090} 
Be it enacted 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, 1970, for 
military functions administered by the Department of Defense, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
Department of 
Defense Appropri-
ation Act, 1970. 
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TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
70A Stat. 11; 
;l Stat. 523, 524, 
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); $8,107,000,000. 
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 tem-
porary 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; $4,368,400,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 
provided for elsewhere) ; $1,518,000,000. 
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 members 
of the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve com-
ponents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; 
$5,823,000,000. 
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 undergoing reserve training or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, as authorized by law; $306,700,000. 
70A Stat. 11. 
81 Stat. 524, 
525. 
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty 
under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and 
for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as authorized 
by law; $131,400,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and the 
Marine Corps platoon leaders class on active duty under section 265 
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, 
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; 
$45,000,000. 
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 undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, as authorized by law; $81,200,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on 
duty under sections 265, 3033, or 3496 of title 10 or section 708 of title 
32, United States Code, or while undergoing training or while per- 6i4°^f'|t*at^^5^24 
forming drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; $356,800,000: 
' 
Provided^ That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation 
without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
^OA 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, 
^OA stat. 524. 
United States Code, or while undergoing training or while performing-
drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by law; $97,300,000: Provided^ 
That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation without 
regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
TITLE I I 
RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL 
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; $2,735,000,000. 
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1446. 
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TITLE I I I 
OPEKATION 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 Army; care of the dead; 
chaplains' activities; awards and medals; welfare and recreation; 
recruiting expenses; transportation services; communications services; 
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 institu-
tions, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $4,061,000 for emergen-
cies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 
authority of the Secretary of the Army, 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; $7,214,447,250, of which not less than 
$225,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real prop-
erty facilities: Provided^ That not to exceed $142,165,000, in the aggre-
gate of the unobligated balances of appropriations made under this 
head for prior fiscal years, and subsequently withdrawn under the Act 
70 Stat. 647. 
of July 25, 1956 (31 IJ.S.C. 701), may be restored and transferred to 
the appropriation account under this head for fiscal year 1966. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, including 
aircraft and vessels; modification of aircraft, missiles, missile systems, 
and other ordnance; design 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, awards, 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 vessels; relief of vessels in distress; maritime 
salvage services; military communications facilities on merchant 
vessels; dissemination of scientific information; administration of 
patents, trademarks, and copyrights; annuity premiums and retire-
ment benefits for civilian members of teaching services; tuition, allow-
ances, and fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian 
institutions; repair of facilities; departmental salaries; conduct of 
schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, entertain-
ment, and welfare expenses for the enlisted men; procurement of 
services, special clothing, supplies, and equipment; installation of 
equipment in public or private plants; exploration, prospecting, con-
servation, development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum and 
oil shale reserves, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $2,999,000 
for emergency and extraordinary expenses, as authorized by section 
70A Stat. 442. 
7202 of title 10, United States Code, to be expended on the approval 
and authority of the Secretary and his determination shall oe final 
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and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government; 
$5,037,300,000, of which not less than $147,500,000 shall be available 
only for maintenance of real property facilities, and not to exceed 
$1,900,000 may be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and 
expenses", Environmental Science Services Administration, Depart-
ment of Commerce, for the current fiscal year for the operation of 
ocean weather stations: Provided^ That not to exceed $66,000,000, in 
the aggregate of unobligated balances of appropriations made under 
this head for prior fiscal years, and subsequently withdrawn under 
th« Act of July 25, 1956 (31 U.S.C. 701), may be restored and trans- 
^o stat. 647. 
ferred to the appropriation account under this head for the fiscal 
year 1966. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Marine Corps including equipment and facilities; procurement of 
military personnel; training and education of regular and reserve 
personnel, 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 mili-
tary supplies, equipment, and clothing; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; transportation of things; medals, awards, emblems, and 
other insignia; operation of station hospitals, dispensaries and den-
tal clinics; and departmental salaries; $420,000,000, of which not less 
than $22,426,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real 
property facilities: Provided^ That not to exceed $2,500,000, in the 
aggregate of unobligated balances of appropriations made under this 
head for prior fiscal years, and subsequently withdrawn under the 
Act of July 25,1956 (31 U.S.C. 701), may be restored and transferred 
to the appropriation account under this head for the fiscal year 1966. 
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; oper-
ation, maintenance, and modification of aircraft and missiles; transpor-
tation of things; repair and maintenance of facilities; field printing 
plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting advertising 
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; chap-
lain and other welfare and morale supplies and equipment; conduct of 
schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, entertain-
ment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men and patients not otherwise 
provided for; awards and decorations; industrial mobilization, includ-
ing maintenance of reserve plants and equipment and procurement 
planning; special services by contract or otherwise; and not to exceed 
$2,920,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authoritj^ of the Secretary of the Air Force, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
militarv purposes, and his determination shall be final and conclusive 
upon the accounting officers of the Government; $6,445,900,000, of 
which not less than $250,000^000 shall be available only for the main-
tenance of real property facilities, and not to exceed $215,000 may be 
transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses", Environ-
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mental Science Services Administration, 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, including expenses of temporary duty travel of military 
personnel; transportation of things (including transportation of 
household effects of civilian employees) ; industrial mobilization; care 
of the dead; dissemination of scientific information; administration 
of patents, trademarks, and copyrights; tuition and fees incident 
to the training of military personnel at civilian institutions; repair 
of facilities; departmental salaries; procurement of services, special 
clothing, supplies, and equipment; field printing plants; information 
and educational services for the iVrmed Forces; communications serv-
ices; and not to exceed $4,090,000 for emergency and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secre-
tary of Defense for such purposes as he deems appropriate, and his 
determination thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the account-
ing officers of the Government; $1,069,400,000, of which not less 
than $15,100,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real 
property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NX\TIONAL 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; travel expenses (other than 
mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, 
for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion com-
manders 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) ; $297,800,000, 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; mainte-
nance, operation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for 
the training and administration of the Air National Guard, including 
repair of facilities, maintenance, operation, and modification of air-
craft ; transportation of things; hire of passenger motor vehicles; sup-
plies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air 
National Guard of the several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and the District of Columbia; and expenses incident to the mainte-
nance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such 
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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 inspect-
ing units in compliance with National Guard regulations when 
specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard 
Bureau; 
$330,534,000, of which not less than $2,800,000 shall be available only 
for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ That obliga-
tions may be incurred under this appropriation without regard to 
section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
70A Stat. 599. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses of construction, equipment, and main-
tenance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, 
and promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with law, including 
travel of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending 
regional, national, and international competitions, and not to exceed 
$10,000 for incidental expenses of the National Board; $52,750: Pro-
vided^ That travel expenses of civilian members of the National Board 
shall be paid in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel 
Regulations, as amended. 
CLAIMS, DEFENSE 
For payment, not otherwise provided for, of claims authorized by 
law to be paid by the Department of Defense (except for civil func-
tions), including claims for damages arising under training contracts 
with carriers, and repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary 
concerned, or officers designated by him, to have been erroneously 
collected from military and civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense, or from States, territories, or the District of Columbia, or 
members of National Guard units thereof; $39,000,000. 
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; $5,000,000: Provided, That a report of disburse- g^fsT'* *° ^°"' 
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to 
Congress. 
COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of 
Military Appeals; $666,000. 
TITLE IV 
PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MISSILES, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, 
vessels, and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps; purchase of not to exceed five thousand two hundred and 
seventy-six passenger motor vehicles (including one medium sedan at 
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not to exceed $3,000) for replacement only; expenses which in the dis-
cretion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in providing facil-
ities for production of equipment and supplies for national defense 
purposes, including construction, and the furnishing of Government-
owned facilities and equipment at privately owned plants; and ammu-
nition for military salutes at institutions to which issue of weapons for 
salutes is authorized; $4,254,400,000, and in addition, $50,000,000 shall 
be derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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-
ment and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 
public or private plants; $2,620,000,000, and in addition, $25,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conver-
sion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament 
ther'eof, 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 con-
verted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, 
including land necessary therefor, and such land, and interests therein, 
may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; $2,490,300,000 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 equip-
ment, and materials not otherwise provided for. Navy ordnance and 
ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships 
authorized for conversion), purchase of not to exceed one thousand 
three hundred and thirty-six passenger motor vehicles (including one 
medium sedan at not to exceed $3,000) for replacement only; alter-
ation 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 prose-
cuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General as 
required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procure-
ment and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 
public or private plants; $1,484,600,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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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 Marne Corps, including purchase of not to exceed 
two hundred and eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
$500,848,000, to remain available until expended. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft, and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground 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 
j)lants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard 
to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing pur- 
'^°^ ^'^'- 5^°-
poses, and such land, and interests tlierein, may be acquired and con-
struction 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 transporta-
tion of things; $3,405,800,000, and, in addition, $325,000,000, of which 
$300,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Air Force stock 
fund and $25,000,000 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 
$55,000,000 without regard to prior provisions relating to the F-12 
aircraft program. 
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 
foregoing purposes, and such land, and interests therein, may be ac-
quired 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; $1,448,100,000, 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 for 
replacement only; and expansion of public and private plants. Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection 
of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to section 9774 
of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
land, and interests therein, may be acquired and construction prose-
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cuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as 
40 use 255. 
required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; $1,576,200,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, 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 procurement, production, and modification of equipment, 
supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided 
for; purchase of one hundred and seventy-eight passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; 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 interests therein may be acquired and construction prose-
cuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as 
required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; $61,600,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $1,596,820,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabili-
tation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as author-
ized by law; $2,186,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabili-
tation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as author-
ized by law; $3,060,600,000, 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, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be 
designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to 
law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
and equipment, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
funds"^^^"^ °^ 
expended; $450,000,000: Provided^ That such amounts as may be 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available 
in other appropriations available to the Department of Defense dur-
ing the current fiscal year for programs related to advanced research 
may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be avail-
able for the same purposes and time period: Provided further^ That 
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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. 
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, develop-
ment, 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 trans-
ferred; $75,000,000, 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 appro-
priations available to the Department of Defense for obligation dur-
ing 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 VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 602. 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 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. 603. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit-
ing the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person 
not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 604. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, w^hen re-
quired by laws of such coimtries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries 
incident to matters relating to the activities of the department 
concerned; reimbursement of General Services Administration for 
security guard services for protection of confidential files; reim-
bursement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in con-
nection with investigation of defense contractor personnel; and all 
necessary expenses, at the seat of government of the United States of 
America or elsewhere, in connection wdth communication and other 
Publicity or prop-
aganda. 
Experts or con-
sultants. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Employment of 
noncitizens. 
Appropriations, 
availability. 
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[83 STAT. 
Prisoners of 
war, etc. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
72 Stat. 1459; 
76 Stat. 511. 
Dependents' 
schooling. 
64 Stat. 1100; 
79 Stat. 27; 
81 Stat. 783, 
70A Stat. 442. 
Occupied areas. 
Deficiency 
judgments. 
Leasing. 
56 Stat. 654. 
Tools, mainte-
nance. 
Access roads. 
72 Stat. 908. 
Milk program. 
68 Stat. 900; 
!1 Stat. 464. 
75 Stat. 450. 
22 u s e 2385. 
Articles for 
prisoners, etc. 
services and supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this Act. 
SEC. 605. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or the 
Air Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned 
may prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, 
and allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or 
Air Fofee 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. 
SEO. 606. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for 
the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be avail-
able for acquisition of land as authorized by section 2672 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 607. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and 
secondary schooling for minor dependents of military and civilian 
personnel of the Department of Defense residing on military or naval 
installations or stationed in foreign countries, as authorized for the 
Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code, in amounts not 
exceeding $129,900,000, when the Secretary of the Department con-
cerned finds that schools, if any, available in the locality, are unable 
to provide adequately for the education of such dependents; (b) for 
expenses in connection with administration of occupied areas; (c) 
for payment of rewards as authorized for the Navy by section 7209(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, for information leading to the dis-
covery of missing naval property or the recovery thereof; (d) for 
payment of deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising out 
of condemnation proceedings; (e) for leasing of buildings and facili-
ties including payment of rentals for special purpose space at the seat 
of government, and in the conduct of field exercises and maneuvers 
or, in administering the provisions of 43 U.S.C. 315q, rentals may 
be paid in advance; (f) payments under contracts for maintenance of 
tools and facilities for twelve months beginning at any time during the 
fiscal year; (g) maintenance of Defense access roads certified as im-
portant to national defense in accordance with section 210 of title 
23, United States Code; (h) for the purchase of milk for enlisted 
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 for twelve months beginning at 
any time during the fiscal year; (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. 
SEC. 608. 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 fraudu-
lent enlistment; (b) authorized issues of articles to prisoners, appli-
cants for enlistment and persons in military custody; (c) subsistence 
of selective service registrants called for induction, applicants for 
enlistment, prisoners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and 
supernumeraries when necessitated by emergent military circum-
stances; (d) reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel 
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481 
while sick in hosj)itals; (e) expenses of prisoners confined in nonmili-
tary facilities; (f) military courts, boards, and commissions; (g) 
utility services for buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by 
law, and buildings on military reservations authorized by regulations 
to be used for welfare and recreational purposes; (h) exchange fees, 
and losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accordance 
with law; (i) expenses of Latin-American cooperation as authorized 
for the Navy by law (10 U.S.C. 7208); and (j) expenses of appre- 
^OA stat. 443. 
hension and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent 
without leave, including payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 in 
any one case. 
SEC. 609. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall assist sn^if tfusrH^sl" 
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 independent enter-
prises, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to pur-
chases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under this 
Act, and by making available or causing to be made available to pur-
chasing 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 Avith funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
SEC. 610. No a])propriation contained in tliis Act shall be available ^^^^^^ opera-
for expenses of operation of messes (other tlian organized messes the 
operating expenses of Avhich are financed principally from nonappro-
priated funds) at Avhich meals are sold to officers or civilians except 
under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall 
(except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish rates 
for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating 
expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: 
Provided. 
That officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem 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. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall nmua'tro/^^'^ 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 612. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available Reimbursable 
for operation and maintenance, may be reimbursed during the current ^PP''°P"^*»°"^* 
fiscal year for all expenses involved in the preparation for disposal 
and for the disposal of military sup])lies, equipment, and materiel, 
and for all expenses of production of lumber or timber products pur-
suant to section 2665 of title 10, United States Code, from amounts 
''°^ ^*^*- ^•9-
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 °"^'"^®^-
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 
482 
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[83 STAT. 
alu-
5ecre-
Apportionment 
of funds, 
exemp-
tion. 
31 u s e 665. 
Airborne alert 
expenses. 
Increased mili-
tary personnel, 
expenses. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Commissary 
stores. 
Free utilities 
outside U.S. and 
in Alaska. 
Proficiency 
flying. 
for metal scrap baling or shearing or for melting or sweating 
minum scrap unless the Secretary of Defense or an Assistant i 
tary of Defense designated by him determines, with respect to each 
facility involved, that the operation of such facility is in the national 
interest. 
SEC. 613. (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 pro-
visions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the inter-
ests of national defense. 
(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is neces-
sary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of 
an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance with the pro-
visions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(c) Upon determination by the President that it is necessary to 
increase the number of military personnel on active duty beyond the 
number for which funds are provided in this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased military 
personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the provisions of 
Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(d) The 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 
subsections (b) and (c). 
SEC. 614. 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 LTnited 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 out-
side the continental United States and in Alaska: Provided 
further, 
That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available in con-
nection with the operation of commissary stores within the continental 
United States unless the Secretary of Defense has certified that items 
normally procured from commissary stores are not otherwise avail-
able at a reasonable distance and a reasonable price in satisfactory 
quality and quantity to the military and civilian employees of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 615. 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 jurisdic-
tion 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 
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483 
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 
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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. 616. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tem-
porary 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. 617. 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 hav-
ing jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 618. 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 621 of this Act. 
SEC. 619. 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 Eeserve Officers' Training Corps. 
SEC. 620. During the current fiscal year the agencies of the Depart-
ment 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 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. 621. 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, LTnited States Code, and for 
purposes related to research and development for which expenditures 
are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the service 
concerned. 
SEC. 622. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of educa-
tional institutions for tuition or expenses for off-duty training of mili-
tary personnel, nor for the payment of any part of tuition or expenses 
Household 
goods. 
Vessels, trans-
fer. 
Legal training, 
restriction. 
Obligated funds, 
1970, limitation. 
Use of foreign 
real property. 
Report to Con-
gress and Budget 
Bureau. 
Research and 
development 
funds. 
70A Stat. 134. 
Tuition pay-
ments, e t c , 
restriction. 
484 
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[83 STAT. 
ROTC, loyalty 
requirements. 
Procurement 
restrictions. 
Bakery, laundry 
facilities. 
Airmail reim-
bursement. 
Furnishings 
and automobiles, 
purchase. 
Uniforms. 
for such training for commissioned personnel who do not agree to 
remain on active duty for two years after completion of such training. 
SEC. 623. 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 pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 624. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cot-
ton, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk 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 manu-
factured articles) not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the 
United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secretary 
of the Department concerned shall determine that a satisfactory qual-
ity and sufficient quantity of any articles of food or clothing or any 
formof cotton, woven silk and woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for 
cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, or wool 
grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its 
possessions cannot be procured as and when needed at United States 
market prices and except procurements outside the United States in 
support of combat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign 
waters and emergency procurements or procurements of perishable 
foods by establishments located outside the United States for the 
personnel attached thereto: Provided^ That nothing herein shall pre-
clude 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: Provided further^ That none of the funds appropriated 
in this Act shall be used except that, so far as practicable, all contracts 
shall be awarded on a formally advertised competitive bid basis to 
the lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories 
or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify 
in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 626. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the 
Department of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to the 
Post Office Department for payment of costs of commercial air trans-
portation of military mail between the United States and foreign 
countries. 
SEC. 627. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for the purchase of household furnishings, house trailers (for the pur-
pose of relieving unusual- iridividual 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 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. 628. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be 
Travel eX" 
penses. 
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485 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5U.S.C.5901;80Stat.508). 
si stat. 206. 
SEC. 
629. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
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shall, upon requisition of the National Board for the Promotion of 
Eifle 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 during the current fiscal year as may be designated by the 
Secretary of Defense shall be available for the travel expenses of mili-
tary and naval personnel, including the reserve components, and mem-
bers of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, 
national, or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 630. Funds provided in this Act for congressional liaison activ- ,. congressional 
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ities of the Department of the Army, the Department 01 the Navy, the 
Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense shall not exceed $1,150,000: 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. 631. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services 
.^J[e"t'^^"''^ 
of the Military Airlift Command, $109,000,000 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 air fleet. 
SEC. 632, Not less than $7,500,000 of the funds made available in this 
. s^a transporta-
Act for travel expenses m connection with temporary duty and 
permanent change of station of civilian and military personnel of the 
Department of Defense shall be available only for the procurement 
of commercial passenger sea transportation service on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 
633. 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, 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. 634. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail- triJ:tors'^ advrr' 
able for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contractor, tising costs^ 
except advertising for which payment is made from profits, and such "-estrictions. 
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 com-
pliance with regulations which shall be promulgated by the Secretary 
of Defense, solely for (1) the recruitment by that contractor of per-
sonnel 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 
tion. 
Civilian cloth-
ing. 
486 
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[83 STAT. 
New facilities, 
restriction. 
Transfer of 
funds, authority. 
Report to 
Congress, 
Contract pay-
ments in foreign 
countries. 
Vietnamese 
forces, etc., 
support. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Working capital 
funds. 
76 Stat. 521. 
Payments pro-
hibited to con-
victed rioters. 
Loans to cam-
pus disruptors, 
prohibition. 
(3) the disposal of scrap or surplus materials acquired by the con-
tractor in the performance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 635. 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 addi-
tion of existing facilities, as defined in Department of Defense 
Directive 7040.2, dated January 18, 1961, in excess of $25,000: Pro-
vided^ 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. 636. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
may, if he deems it vital to the security of 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: 
Provided^ 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 transfers made pursuant to this authority. 
SEC. 637. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to make payments under contracts for any program, project, or activity 
in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, 
after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, 
certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, 
of currencies of such country acquired pursuant to law is not feasible 
for the purpose, stating the reason therefor. 
SEC. 638. (a) Appropriations available to the Department of 
Defense during the current fiscal }^ear 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. 639. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working 
capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to 
section 2208 of title 10, L^nited 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 be made 
between such funds in such amounts as may be determined by the 
Secretary of Defeiise, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget. 
SEC. 640. 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 inciting, 
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. 
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SEC. 641. 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 conv'cted 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. 
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SEC. 642. (a) Amounts, as determined by the Secretary of Defense , Procurement 
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and approved by the Director ot the Bureau oi the Budget, of any 
appropriations of the Department of Defense available for procure-
ment (except Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy) which (1) will 
remain unobligated as of the close of any fiscal year for which esti-
mates are submitted and (2) which have been available for obligation 
for three or more fiscal years, shall be proposed for rescission. 
(b) Amounts, as determined by the Secretary of Defense and ^ ndl'^'^re^cission 
approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Buaget, of any appro- "" s, rescission, 
priations of the Department of Defense available for Shipbuilding 
which (1) will remain unobligated as of the close of any fiscal year 
for which estimates are submitted and (2) which have been available 
for obligation for five or more fiscal years, shall be proposed for 
rescission. 
(c) Amounts, as determined by the Secretary of Defense and . Research and 
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approved by the Director oi the Bureau ot the Budget, ot any funds, rescission. 
appropriations of the Department of Defense available for research, 
development, test and evaluation (except Emergency Fund, Defense) 
which (1) will remain unobligated as of the close of any fiscal year for 
which estimates are submitted and (2) which have been available for 
obligation for two or more fiscal years, shall be proposed for rescission. 
SEC. 643. In line with the expressed intention of the President of ^^1^^°^ °^ '^'^®'' 
the United States, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
introduction o
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be used to finance the introduction of American ground combat troops combat troops, 
into Laos or Thailand. 
prohibition. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropria- 
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tion Act, 1970." 
Approved December 29, 1969. 
Public Law 91-172 
AN ACT 
December 30, 1969 
To reform the income tax laws. 
— [ H . R. i3270] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Tax Eeform Act 
of 1969". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Tax Reform Act 
of 1969.