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PUBLIC LAW 101-511—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1891 Under the heading, "Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1987/1991": SSN-688 attack submarine program, $14,000,000; AOE fast combat support ship program, $13,300,000; AO conversion program, $3,600,000; T-AGOS ocean surveillance ship program, $2,700,000; Under the heading, "Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1989/1993": MHC coastal mine hunter program, $1,000,000; AOE combat support ship program, $8,700,000; T-AGOS surveillance ship program, $6,700,000; Under the heading, "Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1990/1994": Aircraft carrier service life extension program, $21,000,000; T-AGOS surveillance ship program, $28,800,000; AOE combat support ship program, $27,900,000; Oceanographic ship program, $36,100,000; MHC coastal mine hunter program, $55,100,000; For craft, outfitting, post delivery, and ship special support equipment, $10,600,000. SEC. 8070. The total amount appropriated to or for the use of the Department of Defense by this Act is reduced by $27,000,000. The Secretary of Defense shall allocate the amount of the reduction made by the preceding sentence in the procurement and research, development, test and evaluation accounts of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Defense Agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate to reflect savings resulting from increased use of discount air fares that (1) are granted by commercial air carriers for travel of Federal Government employees on official Government business under agreements entered into between the Administrator of General Services and such carriers, and (2) are available to contractor personnel traveling in connection with the performance of cost-reimbursable contracts awarded by the Department of Defense. SEC. 8071. (a) Of the amounts available to the Department of Education. Defense for fiscal year 1991, not less than $20,000,000 shall be available for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships to be awarded on a competitive basis by the Secretary of Defense to United States citizens or nationals pursuing advanced degrees in fields of primary concern and interest to the Department. 03) Fellowships awarded pursuant to subsection (a) above shall not be restricted on the basis of the geographical locations in the United States of the institutions at which the recipients are pursuing the aforementioned advanced degrees. SEC. 8072. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components and other Defenserelated articles, through competition between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Provided, That the Secretary 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.