[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3222 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.3222
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven
An Act
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

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be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the
Congress.

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prohibiting 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: Provided, That salary increases granted
to direct and indirect hire foreign national employees of the
Department of Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in
excess of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the
provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or at a rate
in excess of the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host
nation to its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further,
That this section shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign
service national employees serving at United States diplomatic missions
whose pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign Service
Act of 1980: Provided further, That the limitations of this provision
shall not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense in the Republic of Turkey.

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remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless
expressly so provided herein.

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Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year
shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year:
Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support
of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp training
of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(transfer of funds)

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action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed
$3,700,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or
funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for
military functions (except military construction) between such
appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided,
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher
priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those
for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for
which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other
authority in this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request to the
Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for
higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item
for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress:
Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds
using authority provided in this section must be made prior to June 30,
2008: Provided further, That transfers among military personnel
appropriations shall not be taken into account for purposes of the
limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred under this
section: Provided further, That no obligation of funds may be made
pursuant to section 1206 of Public Law 109-163 (or any successor
provision) unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the
congressional defense committees prior to any such obligation.

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the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional
defense committees to establish the baseline for application of
reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2008: Provided,
That the report shall include--
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to
display the President's budget request, adjustments made by
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate,
and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by
budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed in
the Budget Appendix; and
(3) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds
provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the
congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that such
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement.

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authorized, using funds available under the headings ``Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force'' and ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', to
complete facility conversions and phased repair projects in support of
Red Flag Alaska exercises, which may include upgrades and additions to
Alaskan range infrastructure and training areas, and improved access to
these ranges.
(transfer of funds)

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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 be made between such
funds: Provided further, That transfers may be made between working
capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense''
appropriation and the ``Operation and Maintenance'' appropriation
accounts in such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of
Defense, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget,
except that such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of
Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except in
amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in
this Act, no obligations may be made against a working capital fund to
procure or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, unless
the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such
obligation.

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initiate a special access program without prior notification 30
calendar days in advance to the congressional defense committees.

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available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any 1 year of
the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in
excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any 1 year, unless the
congressional defense committees have been notified at least 30 days in
advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, That no part of any
appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a
multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance
procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government's
liability: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation
contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear
procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value
of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically
provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement
contract can be terminated without 10-day prior notification to the
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the execution
of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value
analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act may be
used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the enactment
of this Act unless in the case of any such contract--
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a budget
request for full funding of units to be procured through the
contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement of
aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured
through the contract for which procurement funds are requested in
that budget request for production beyond advance procurement
activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full funding
of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year;
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include
consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor
associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered
under the contract;
(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor under
the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred costs on
funded units; and
(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment based
on a failure to award a follow-on contract.
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for a
multiyear procurement contract as follows:
Army CH-47 Chinook Helicopter; M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement
Package upgrades; M2A3/M3A3 Bradley upgrades; and SSN Virginia Class
Submarine.

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maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant
to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States
Code. Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic
assistance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to
authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, United
States Code, and these obligations shall be reported as required by
section 401(d) of title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds
available for operation and maintenance shall be available for
providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action
Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free
Association as authorized by Public Law 99-239: Provided further, That
upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action is
beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army
medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may
authorize the provision of medical services at such facilities and
transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for
civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.

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the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of any end-
strength, and the management of such personnel during that fiscal year
shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an end-
strength) on the number of such personnel who may be employed on the
last day of such fiscal year.
(b) The fiscal year 2009 budget request for the Department of
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation
supporting the fiscal year 2009 Department of Defense budget request
shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a)
and (b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year
2009.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military
(civilian) technicians.

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used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the
Congress.

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available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of the Army
participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits paid by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education
Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward
completion of a service commitment: Provided, That this section shall
not apply to those members who have reenlisted with this option prior
to October 1, 1987: Provided further, That this section applies only to
active components of the Army.

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available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function
of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, is performed by more than 10 Department of
Defense civilian employees unless--
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-private
competition that includes a most efficient and cost effective
organization plan developed by such activity or function;
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over all
performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for
performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance of
the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly to
the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or exceeds the
lesser of--
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization's
personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or
function by Federal employees; or
(B) $10,000,000; and
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a proposal
that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense by--
(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insurance plan
available to the workers who are to be employed in the
performance of that activity or function under the contract; or
(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored health
benefits plan that requires the employer to contribute less
towards the premium or subscription share than the amount that
is paid by the Department of Defense for health benefits for
civilian employees under chapter 89 of title 5, United States
Code.
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection (a)
of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title
10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any administrative
regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have full
authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any
commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense
that--
(A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant to
section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47);
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified
nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency
for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with that
Act; or
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified
firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, as
defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian
Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)).
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts
for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title
10, United States Code.
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department of
Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be credited
toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that
may be established by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to
be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, subsection
(h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, for the
competition or outsourcing of commercial activities.
(transfer of funds)

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Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be transferred
to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose
of implementing a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance
agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as
amended, under the authority of this provision or any other transfer
authority contained in this Act.

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purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments and
agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in
diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured
in the United States from components which are substantially
manufactured in the United States: Provided, That for the purpose of
this section manufactured will include cutting, heat treating, quality
control, testing of chain and welding (including the forging and shot
blasting process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this
section substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring chain
shall be considered to be produced or manufactured in the United States
if the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the
United States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or
manufactured outside the United States: Provided further, That when
adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of
Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service
responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on
Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made in order to
acquire capability for national security purposes.

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may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 Carbines, M-1 Garand
rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M-1911
pistols.

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available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year for any
single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the
Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional
defense committees that such a relocation is required in the best
interest of the Government.

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$15,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive payments authorized by
section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544):
Provided, That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that
makes a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be considered a
contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensation
under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544)
whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and
involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making
Appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to any fiscal
year: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 430 of title 41,
United States Code, this section shall be applicable to any Department
of Defense acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract
and any subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items
produced or manufactured, in whole or in part by any subcontractor or
supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a
small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals
defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code.

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available to perform any cost study pursuant to the provisions of OMB
Circular A-76 if the study being performed exceeds a period of 24
months after initiation of such study with respect to a single function
activity or 30 months after initiation of such study for a multi-
function activity.

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Information Service shall not be used for any national or international
political or psychological activities.

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Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed
$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10,
United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only
from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That upon
receipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be
credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obligations.

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than $33,705,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol
Corporation, of which--
(1) $26,553,000 shall be available from ``Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force'' to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation
operation and maintenance, readiness, counterdrug activities, and
drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs;
(2) $6,277,000 shall be available from ``Aircraft Procurement,
Air Force''; and
(3) $875,000 shall be available from ``Other Procurement, Air
Force'' for vehicle procurement.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement for
any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in
support of Federal, State, and local government agencies.

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available to establish a new Department of Defense (department)
federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either as a
new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization
managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation
consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-profit
entities.
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers,
Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any
defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may
be compensated for his or her services as a member of such entity, or
as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: Provided,
That a member of any such entity referred to previously in this
subsection shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized
under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the
performance of membership duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
available to the department from any source during fiscal year 2008 may
be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism,
for construction of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for
projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include
employee participation in community service and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
available to the department during fiscal year 2008, not more than
5,517 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for
defense FFRDCs: Provided, That of the specific amount referred to
previously in this subsection, not more than 1,060 staff years may be
funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further,
That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded in the
National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military Intelligence
Program (MIP).
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the
department's fiscal year 2009 budget request, submit a report
presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to
be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year and the
associated budget estimates.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by
$57,725,000.

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Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy or armor steel plate for use
in any Government-owned facility or property under the control of the
Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall
apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American Society of
Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute
(AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for
the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes: Provided further, That these
restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the
date of the enactment of this Act.

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defense committees'' means the Armed Services Committee of the House of
Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

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Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair of
aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components
and other Defense-related articles, through competition between
Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms:
Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military
department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall
certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of all direct
and indirect costs for both public and private bids: Provided further,
That Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not apply to
competitions conducted under this section.

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with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign
country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has
violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain
types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the
agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's
blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of
products produced in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the United
States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense
has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in
that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report
on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities
in fiscal year 2008. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar
value of items for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act
of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement to
which the United States is a party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American Act''
means title III of the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for
the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1934, and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41
U.S.C. 10a et seq.).

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available during the current fiscal year and hereafter for ``Drug
Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense'' may be obligated
for the Young Marines program.

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Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery
Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note)
shall be available until expended for the payments specified by section
2921(c)(2) of that Act.

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Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air Force,
without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota relocatable military
housing units located at Grand Forks Air Force Base and Minot Air Force
Base that are excess to the needs of the Air Force.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost to the
Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in accordance
with the request for such units that are submitted to the Secretary by
the Operation Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located
in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota.
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under
subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air
Force under subsection (b).
(d) In this section, the term ``Indian tribe'' means any recognized
Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary of
the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a-1).

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available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance
may be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of
not more than $250,000.

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appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working
Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for
the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated
sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an
item would not have been chargeable to the Department of Defense
Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of
such an investment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for
procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 2009 budget request for the Department of
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation
supporting the fiscal year 2009 Department of Defense budget shall be
prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment
which was classified as an end item and funded in a procurement
appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed
fiscal year 2009 procurement appropriation and not in the supply
management business area or any other area or category of the
Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.

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of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for
obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds
appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That funds appropriated,
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior or
subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central
Intelligence Agency for advanced research and development acquisition,
for agent operations, and for covert action programs authorized by the
President under section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947, as
amended, shall remain available until September 30, 2009.

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available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used
for the design, development, and deployment of General Defense
Intelligence Program intelligence communications and intelligence
information systems for the Services, the Unified and Specified
Commands, and the component commands.

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heading ``Defense Production Act Purchases'', not less than $18,400,000
shall be made available for the competitive, domestic expansion of
essential vacuum induction melting furnace capacity and vacuum arc
remelting furnace capacity for military aerospace and other defense
applications: Provided, That the facility must be owned and operated by
an approved supplier to the military departments and to defense
industry original equipment manufacturers.

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under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', not less
than $10,000,000 shall be made available only for the mitigation of
environmental impacts, including training and technical assistance to
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of information,
documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system for
prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for
mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense
activities.

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expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity,
in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. For
purposes of this subsection, the term ``Buy American Act'' means title
III of the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Treasury
and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934,
and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et
seq.).
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been
convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in
America'' inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United
States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in
accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether
the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of
Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the
appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products,
provided that American-made equipment and products are cost-
competitive, quality-competitive, and available in a timely fashion.

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available for a contract for studies, analysis, or consulting services
entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited
proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the
procurement determines--
(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one
source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work;
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an unsolicited
proposal which offers significant scientific or technological
promise, represents the product of original thinking, and was
submitted in confidence by one source; or
(3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of unique
and significant industrial accomplishment by a specific concern, or
to insure that a new product or idea of a specific concern is given
financial support: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply
to contracts in an amount of less than $25,000, contracts related
to improvements of equipment that is in development or production,
or contracts as to which a civilian official of the Department of
Defense, who has been confirmed by the Senate, determines that the
award of such contract is in the interest of the national defense.

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of the funds made available by this Act may be used--
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or
civilian employee of the department who is transferred or
reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or employee's
place of duty remains at the location of that headquarters.
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department
may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis,
if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate that the
granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the
financial requirements of the department.
(c) This section does not apply to--
(1) field operating agencies funded within the National
Intelligence Program; or
(2) an Army field operating agency established to eliminate,
mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive devices,
and, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, other similar
threats.

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provision of law, acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment of
the Department of Defense, may use funds made available in this Act
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to make
grants and supplement other Federal funds in accordance with the
guidance provided in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee
of Conference to accompany the conference report accompanying this Act.
(RESCISSIONS)

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Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the
following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:
Procurement, Marine Corps, 2006/2008, $15,000,000;
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2006/2008, $25,786,000;
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 2007/
2009, $2,600,000;
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2007/2011, $81,000,000;
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2007/2009, $51,000,000;
Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2007/2009, $15,913,000;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 2007/2008,
$13,300,000;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 2007/2008,
$24,000,000;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 2007/
2008, $167,000,000;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 2007/
2008, $144,000,000.

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reduce the authorized positions for military (civilian) technicians of
the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force
Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed
civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military (civilian)
technicians, unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction
in military force structure.

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available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically
appropriated for that purpose.

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maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands and Defense
Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and
other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations
for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard
and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to
Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities,
including the activities and programs included within the National
Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided,
That nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established
Reserve and National Guard personnel and training procedures.

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appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the civilian medical and
medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities
below the September 30, 2003, level: Provided, That the Service
Surgeons General may waive this section by certifying to the
congressional defense committees that the beneficiary population is
declining in some catchment areas and civilian strength reductions may
be consistent with responsible resource stewardship and capitation-
based budgeting.

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Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug
activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the
United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency
for any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United
States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.

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for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those
produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: Provided, That
the Secretary of the military department responsible for such
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes: Provided further, That this
restriction shall not apply to the purchase of ``commercial items'', as
defined by section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act, except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings
purchased as end items.

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any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States,
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense
committees that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes that is not available from
United States manufacturers.

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Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the
Department of Defense who approves or implements the transfer of
administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program,
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of
another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the express
authorization of Congress: Provided, That this limitation shall not
apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for in Defense
Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental
appropriations for the Department of Defense.

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the funds available to the Department of Defense for the current fiscal
year may be obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an
international organization any defense articles or services (other than
intelligence services) for use in the activities described in
subsection (b) unless the congressional defense committees, the
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified 15
days in advance of such transfer.
(b) This section applies to--
(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-enforcement
operation under the authority of chapter VI or chapter VII of the
United Nations Charter under the authority of a United Nations
Security Council resolution; and
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-enforcement, or
humanitarian assistance operation.
(c) A notice under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or services to be
transferred.
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment, supplies, or
services to be transferred.
(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equipment or
supplies--
(A) a statement of whether the inventory requirements of
all elements of the Armed Forces (including the reserve
components) for the type of equipment or supplies to be
transferred have been met; and
(B) a statement of whether the items proposed to be
transferred will have to be replaced and, if so, how the
President proposes to provide funds for such replacement.

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under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay a contractor under
a contract with the Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid
by the contractor to an employee when--
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of the
normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated with a
business combination.
(including transfer of funds)

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of appropriations made in this Act under the heading ``Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be transferred to appropriations
available for the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to
be available for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in connection with
support and services for eligible organizations and activities outside
the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United
States Code.

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appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the period
of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed under
the provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and
which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation
or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any current
appropriation account for the same purpose as the expired or closed
account if--
(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable (except
as to amount) to the expired or closed account before the end of
the period of availability or closing of that account;
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to any
current appropriation account of the Department of Defense; and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is not
chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department of Defense
under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101-510, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That in the case of an
expired account, if subsequent review or investigation discloses
that there was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unexpended
balance in the account, any charge to a current account under the
authority of this section shall be reversed and recorded against
the expired account: Provided further, That the total amount
charged to a current appropriation under this section may not
exceed an amount equal to one percent of the total appropriation
for that account.

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Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of
the National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on
a space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a
case-by-case basis.
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to
funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project and be
available to defray the costs associated with the use of equipment of
the project under that subsection. Such funds shall be available for
such purposes without fiscal year limitation.

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Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a determination under section
2690 of title 10, United States Code, may implement cost-effective
agreements for required heating facility modernization in the
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Republic of Germany:
Provided, That in the City of Kaiserslautern such agreements will
include the use of United States anthracite as the base load energy for
municipal district heat to the United States Defense installations:
Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and
Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat may be obtained from private,
regional or municipal services, if provisions are included for the
consideration of United States coal as an energy source.

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may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for
operational training, operational use or inventory requirements:
Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in
development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to
acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this restriction
does not apply to programs funded within the National Intelligence
Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that it is in the national security interest to do so.

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available to the Department of Defense in this Act shall be made
available to provide transportation of medical supplies and equipment,
on a nonreimbursable basis, to American Samoa, and funds available to
the Department of Defense shall be made available to provide
transportation of medical supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable
basis, to the Indian Health Service when it is in conjunction with a
civil-military project.

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to approve or license the sale of the F-22A advanced tactical fighter
to any foreign government.

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basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the
procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in law if
the Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with
respect to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered
into between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or
would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of
defense items entered into under section 2531 of title 10, United
States Code, and the country does not discriminate against the same or
similar defense items produced in the United States for that country.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised
after such date under contracts that are entered into before such
date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason other than
the application of a waiver granted under subsection (a).
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and
clothing or textile materials as defined by section 11 (chapters 50-65)
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and products classified under
headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through
7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108,
8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.

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used to support any training program involving a unit of the security
forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of Defense has received
credible information from the Department of State that the unit has
committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary
corrective steps have been taken.
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, shall ensure that prior to a decision to conduct any training
program referred to in subsection (a), full consideration is given to
all credible information available to the Department of State relating
to human rights violations by foreign security forces.
(c) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary
of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if he determines
that such waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances.
(d) Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any waiver under
subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the
congressional defense committees describing the extraordinary
circumstances, the purpose and duration of the training program, the
United States forces and the foreign security forces involved in the
training program, and the information relating to human rights
violations that necessitates the waiver.

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Act to the Department of the Navy shall be used to develop, lease or
procure the T-AKE class of ships unless the main propulsion diesel
engines and propulsors are manufactured in the United States by a
domestically operated entity: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not
available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis
and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes or there exists a significant
cost or quality difference.

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available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations Acts
may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing repairs or
maintenance to military family housing units of the Department of
Defense, including areas in such military family housing units that may
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department of Defense
business.

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appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for any new start advanced concept
technology demonstration project or joint capability demonstration
project may only be obligated 30 days after a report, including a
description of the project, the planned acquisition and transition
strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided in
writing to the congressional defense committees: Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis
by certifying to the congressional defense committees that it is in the
national interest to do so.

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quarterly report beginning 30 days after enactment of this Act, to the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on
certain matters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this
Act.

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refunds attributable to the use of the Government travel card, refunds
attributable to the use of the Government Purchase Card and refunds
attributable to official Government travel arranged by Government
Contracted Travel Management Centers may be credited to operation and
maintenance, and research, development, test and evaluation accounts of
the Department of Defense which are current when the refunds are
received.

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used for a mission critical or mission essential financial management
information technology system (including a system funded by the defense
working capital fund) that is not registered with the Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense. A system shall be considered to
be registered with that officer upon the furnishing to that officer of
notice of the system, together with such information concerning the
system as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. A financial
management information technology system shall be considered a mission
critical or mission essential information technology system as defined
by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
(b)(1) During the current fiscal year, a financial management
automated information system, a mixed information system supporting
financial and non-financial systems, or a system improvement of more
than $1,000,000 may not receive Milestone A approval, Milestone B
approval, or full rate production, or their equivalent, within the
Department of Defense until the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) certifies, with respect to that milestone, that the
system is being developed and managed in accordance with the
Department's Financial Management Modernization Plan. The Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) may require additional
certifications, as appropriate, with respect to any such system.
(2) The Chief Information Officer shall provide the congressional
defense committees timely notification of certifications under
paragraph (1).
(c)(1) During the current fiscal year, a major automated
information system may not receive Milestone A approval, Milestone B
approval, or full rate production approval, or their equivalent, within
the Department of Defense until the Chief Information Officer
certifies, with respect to that milestone, that the system is being
developed in accordance with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C.
1401 et seq.). The Chief Information Officer may require additional
certifications, as appropriate, with respect to any such system.
(2) The Chief Information Officer shall provide the congressional
defense committees timely notification of certifications under
paragraph (1). Each such notification shall include a statement
confirming that the following steps have been taken with respect to the
system:
(A) Business process reengineering.
(B) An analysis of alternatives.
(C) An economic analysis that includes a calculation of the
return on investment.
(D) Performance measures.
(E) An information assurance strategy consistent with the
Department's Global Information Grid.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``Chief Information Officer'' means the senior
official of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary
of Defense pursuant to section 3506 of title 44, United States
Code.
(2) The term ``information technology system'' has the meaning
given the term ``information technology'' in section 5002 of the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401).

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available to the Department of Defense may be used to provide support
to another department or agency of the United States if such department
or agency is more than 90 days in arrears in making payment to the
Department of Defense for goods or services previously provided to such
department or agency on a reimbursable basis: Provided, That this
restriction shall not apply if the department is authorized by law to
provide support to such department or agency on a nonreimbursable
basis, and is providing the requested support pursuant to such
authority: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate that it is in the national security interest to do so.

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States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the National Guard serving on
full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United
States Code, may perform duties in support of the ground-based elements
of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System.

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transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the
Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and a United
States military nomenclature designation of ``armor penetrator'',
``armor piercing (AP)'', ``armor piercing incendiary (API)'', or
``armor-piercing incendiary-tracer (API-T)'', except to an entity
performing demilitarization services for the Department of Defense
under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing
projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by the
demilitarization process; or (2) used to manufacture ammunition
pursuant to a contract with the Department of Defense or the
manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for
Permanent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the
Department of State.

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the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may waive payment of all or
part of the consideration that otherwise would be required under
section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of
personal property for a period not in excess of one year to any
organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, United States
Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal non-profit organization
as may be approved by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his
designee, on a case-by-case basis.

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for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity of the Department
of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated
funds for resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink)
on a military installation located in the United States unless such
malt beverages and wine are procured within that State, or in the case
of the District of Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which
the military installation is located: Provided, That in a case in which
the military installation is located in more than one State, purchases
may be made in any State in which the installation is located: Provided
further, That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages
and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military
installations in States which are not contiguous with another State and
Guam: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and
malt beverages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall
be procured from the most competitive source, price and other factors
considered.

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Global Positioning System during the current fiscal year may be used to
fund civil requirements associated with the satellite and ground
control segments of such system's modernization program.
(including transfer of funds)

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heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $34,500,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer
such funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and
carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property, construction,
personal services, and operations related to projects carrying out the
purposes of this section: Provided further, That contracts entered into
under the authority of this section may provide for such
indemnification as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided
further, That projects authorized by this section shall comply with
applicable Federal, State, and local law to the maximum extent
consistent with the national security, as determined by the Secretary
of Defense.

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Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under subsection 101(b)
of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) shall
continue in effect to apply to disbursements that are made by the
Department of Defense in fiscal year 2008.

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$10,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to
remain available for obligation until expended: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, these funds shall be
available only for a grant to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only
for the construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet
the needs of military family members when confronted with the illness
or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary.

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funds available under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Air
Force'', to complete phased electrical infrastructure upgrades at
Hickam Air Force Base.

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Secretary of Health and Human Services, may carry out a program to
distribute surplus dental and medical equipment of the Department of
Defense, at no cost to the Department of Defense, to Indian Health
Service facilities and to federally-qualified health centers (within
the meaning of section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B))).
(b) In carrying out this provision, the Secretary of Defense shall
give the Indian Health Service a property disposal priority equal to
the priority given to the Department of Defense and its twelve special
screening programs in distribution of surplus dental and medical
supplies and equipment.
(including transfer of funds)

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heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'',
$155,572,000 shall be made available for the Arrow missile defense
program: Provided, That of this amount, $37,383,000 shall be available
for the purpose of producing Arrow missile components in the United
States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel to meet
Israel's defense requirements, consistent with each nation's laws,
regulations and procedures, $20,000,000 shall be available for risk
mitigation and preliminary design activities for an upper-tier
component to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, and $37,000,000
shall be available for the Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense
(SRBMD) program: Provided further, That funds made available under this
provision for production of missiles and missile components may be
transferred to appropriations available for the procurement of weapons
and equipment, to be merged with and to be available for the same time
period and the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred:
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this
provision is in addition to any other transfer authority contained in
this Act.
(including transfer of funds)

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heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', $511,474,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2008, to fund prior year shipbuilding
cost increases: Provided, That upon enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Navy shall transfer such funds to the following
appropriations in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the
amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same
purposes as the appropriations to which transferred:
To:
Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2001/2008'':
Carrier Replacement Program, $336,475,000;
Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2002/2008'':
New SSN, $45,000,000;
Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2003/2008'':
New SSN, $40,000,000;
Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2004/2008'':
New SSN, $24,000,000; and
Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2005/2009'':
LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program, $65,999,000.

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may be obligated to modify command and control relationships to give
Fleet Forces Command administrative and operational control of U.S.
Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the command
and control relationships which existed on October 1, 2004, shall
remain in force unless changes are specifically authorized in a
subsequent Act.

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regulation, the Secretary of Defense may exercise the provisions of
section 7403(g) of title 38, United States Code, for occupations listed
in section 7403(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as well as the
following:
Pharmacists, Audiologists, Psychologists, Social Workers,
Othotists/Prosthetists, Occupational Therapists, Physical
Therapists, Rehabilitation Therapists, Respiratory Therapists,
Speech Pathologists, Dietitian/Nutritionists, Industrial
Hygienists, Psychology Technicians, Social Service Assistants,
Practical Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and Dental Hygienists:
(A) The requirements of section 7403(g)(1)(A) of title 38,
United States Code, shall apply.
(B) The limitations of section 7403(g)(1)(B) of title 38,
United States Code, shall not apply.

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transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are deemed
to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal
year 2008 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for
fiscal year 2008.

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available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of
funds that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity
unless such program, project, or activity must be undertaken
immediately in the interest of national security and only after written
prior notification to the congressional defense committees.

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this Act, the amount of $990,000 is hereby appropriated to the
Department of Defense for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army National
Guard''. Such amount shall be made available to the Secretary of the
Army only to make a grant in the amount of $990,000 to the entity
specified in subsection (b) to facilitate access by veterans to
opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry.
(b) The entity referred to in subsection (a) is the Center for
Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment, a nonprofit
labor-management co-operation committee provided for by section
302(c)(9) of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C.
186(c)(9)), for the purposes set forth in section 6(b) of the Labor
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a note).

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Act, $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated and shall remain available until
expended to provide assistance, by grant or otherwise (such as, but not
limited to, the provision of funds for repairs, maintenance,
construction, and/or for the purchase of information technology, text
books, teaching resources), to public schools that have unusually high
concentrations of special needs military dependents enrolled: Provided,
That in selecting school systems to receive such assistance, special
consideration shall be given to school systems in States that are
considered overseas assignments, and all schools within these school
systems shall be eligible for assistance: Provided further, That up to
2 percent of the total appropriated funds under this section shall be
available to support the administration and execution of the funds or
program and/or events that promote the purpose of this appropriation
(e.g. payment of travel and per diem of school teachers attending
conferences or a meeting that promotes the purpose of this
appropriation and/or consultant fees for on-site training of teachers,
staff, or Joint Venture Education Forum (JVEF) Committee members):
Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be available for the
Department of Defense to establish a non-profit trust fund to assist in
the public-private funding of public school repair and maintenance
projects, or provide directly to non-profit organizations who in return
will use these monies to provide assistance in the form of repair,
maintenance, or renovation to public school systems that have high
concentrations of special needs military dependents and are located in
States that are considered overseas assignments: Provided further, That
to the extent a Federal agency provides this assistance, by contract,
grant, or otherwise, it may accept and expend non-Federal funds in
combination with these Federal funds to provide assistance for the
authorized purpose, if the non-Federal entity requests such assistance
and the non-Federal funds are provided on a reimbursable basis.

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shall make future budgetary and programming plans to fully finance the
Non-Line of Sight Future Force cannon (NLOS-C) and a compatible large
caliber ammunition resupply capability for this system supported by the
Future Combat Systems (FCS) Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in order to field
this system in fiscal year 2010: Provided, That the Army shall develop
the NLOS-C independent of the broader FCS development timeline to
achieve fielding by fiscal year 2010. In addition the Army will deliver
eight combat operational pre-production NLOS-C systems by the end of
calendar year 2008. These systems shall be in addition to those systems
necessary for developmental and operational testing: Provided further,
That the Army shall ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans will
provide for no fewer than seven Stryker Brigade Combat Teams.

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made available elsewhere in this Act, $62,700,000 is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That the Secretary
of Defense shall make grants in the amounts specified as follows:
$20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations; $20,000,000 to the Red
Cross; $5,000,000 for the SOAR Virtual School District; $3,500,000 for
Harnett County/Fort Bragg, North Carolina infrastructure improvements;
$2,000,000 to The Presidio Trust; $1,200,000 to the National Bureau of
Asian Research; $4,800,000 to the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National
Recreation Area; $5,000,000 to the Paralympics Military Program; and,
$1,200,000 to the Red Cross Consolidated Blood Services Facility.

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heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' in this Act for the Pacific
Missile Range Facility may be made available to contract for the
repair, maintenance, and operation of adjacent off-base water,
drainage, and flood control systems, electrical upgrade to support
additional missions critical to base operations, and support for a
range footprint expansion to further guard against encroachment.

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submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, shall include separate budget justification documents for
costs of United States Armed Forces' participation in contingency
operations for the Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and
Maintenance accounts, and the Procurement accounts: Provided, That
these documents shall include a description of the funding requested
for each contingency operation, for each military service, to include
all Active and Reserve components, and for each appropriations account:
Provided further, That these documents shall include estimated costs
for each element of expense or object class, a reconciliation of
increases and decreases for each contingency operation, and
programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop strength for
each Active and Reserve component, and estimates of the major weapons
systems deployed in support of each contingency: Provided further, That
these documents shall include budget exhibits OP-5 and OP-32 (as
defined in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation)
for all contingency operations for the budget year and the two
preceding fiscal years.

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development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment of nuclear
armed interceptors of a missile defense system.

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Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such
action would reduce the WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force shall allow the
53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to perform other missions in
support of national defense requirements during the non-hurricane
season.

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available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless
the information has been lawfully collected and processed during the
conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities: Provided, That
information pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled
in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the
United States Constitution as implemented through Executive Order No.
12333.

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Armed Forces are called or ordered to active duty under section
12302(a) of title 10, United States Code, each member shall be notified
in writing of the expected period during which the member will be
mobilized.
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of
subsection (a) in any case in which the Secretary determines that it is
necessary to do so to respond to a national security emergency or to
meet dire operational requirements of the Armed Forces.
(including transfer of funds)

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available Department of the Navy appropriation to any available Navy
ship construction appropriation for the purpose of liquidating
necessary changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or
rate adjustments for any ship construction program appropriated in law:
Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to exceed $100,000,000
under the authority provided by this section: Provided further, That
the Secretary may not transfer any funds until 30 days after the
proposed transfer has been reported to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, unless a response from
the Committees is received sooner: Provided further, That the transfer
authority provided by this section is in addition to any other transfer
authority contained elsewhere in this Act.

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available in titles II, III and IV of this Act is hereby reduced by
$506,900,000 for contractor efficiencies.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction
proportionately to each budget activity, activity group, subactivity
group, and each program, project, and activity within each applicable
appropriation account.

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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008 — HR. 3222

Other Sections

DIVISION B

DIVISION A

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