106 STAT. 1908 PUBLIC LAW 102-396—OCT. 6, 1992 except in the Northern CHAMPUS Region, if the contracts are Ckjntracts. expiring within 18 months: Provided further, That within thirty days following enactment of this Act, the Department shall take action to amend the contract award under solicitation number MDA 903-90-R -0027 or release a competitive solicitation for a new contract to begin providing services in Alexandria, Louisiana, and the regions of Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, by May 1, 1993: Provided further, That Solicitation Number MDA 906-91-R-0002 be amended to conform with this provision of law and shall provide for no less than a six-month transition period: Provided further. That the preemption provisions of section 1103(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall not be limited to contractual provisions relating to coverage of benefits, but shall apply to all contracts entered into pursuant to this general provision and Solicitation Number MDA 906-92-R-0004 and shall preempt any and all State and local laws and regulations which relate to health insurance or Contracts. health care plans: Provided further. That the Department of Defense shall enter into participation agreements with the Uniformed Services Treatment facilities implementing the managed care program mandated under section 718(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 104 Stat. 1587) which provides for such service delivery under such program beginning no later than October 1, 1993. SEC. 9033. Funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be obligated and expended to continue to fully utilize the facilities at the United States Army Engineer's Waterways Experiment Station, including the continued availability of the supercomputer capability: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees of Congress that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes that is not available from United States manufacturers. SEC. 9034. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for use by a Military Department to modify an aircraft, weapon, ship or other item of equipment, that the Military Department concerned plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within five years after completion of the modification: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to safety modifications: Provided further, That this prohibition may be waived by the Secretary of a Military Department if the Secretary determines it is in the best national security interest of the country to provide such waiver and so notifies the congressional defense committees in writing: Provided further. That during the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year, additional obligations may be incurred under fiscal year 1990 procurement appropriations for the installation of equipment when obligations were incurred during the period of availability of such appropriations for the procurement of such equipment but obligations for the installation of such equipment were not able to be incurred before the expiration of the period of availability of such appropriations. SEC. 9035. For the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177) as amended by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-119) and by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), the term program, project,
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