PUBLIC LAW 97-377—DEC. 21, 1982 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. SEC. 761. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to provide medical care in the United States on an inpatient basis to foreign military and diplomatic personnel or their dependents unless the Department of Defense is reimbursed for the costs of providing such care: Provided, That reimbursements for medical care covered by this section shall be credited to the appropriations against which charges have been made for providing such care. SEC. 762. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be obligated for the second career training program authorized by Public Law 96-347. SEC. 763. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act shall be obligated or expended for salaries or expenses during the current fiscal year for the purposes of demilitarization of surplus nonautomatic firearms less than.50 caliber. SEC. 764. During the current fiscal year, not to exceed $125,000,000 of the funds provided in this Act for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services may be used to conduct a test program in accordance with the following guidelines: In carrying out the provisions of sections 1079 and 1086 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may contract with organizations that assume responsibility for the maintenance of the health of a defined population, for the purpose of experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the relative advantages and disadvantages of providing pre-paid health benefits: Provided, That such projects must be designed in such a way as to determine methods of reducing the cost of health benefits provided under such sections without adversely affecting the quality of care. Except as provided otherwise, the provisions of such a contract may deviate from the cost-sharing arrangements prescribed and the types of health care authorized under sections 1079 and 1086, when the Secretary of Defense determines that such a deviation would serve the purpose of this section. SEC. 765. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to execute a multiyear contract which employs any economic order quantity procurement or which includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified in advance: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for major weapons systems except as specifically provided herein. SEC. 766. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act for the Department of Defense shall be available for obligation to reimburse a contractor for the cost of commercial insurance that would protect against the costs of the contractor for correction of the contractor's own defects in materials or workmanship. SEC. 767. None of the funds appropriated by this Act which are available for payment of travel allowances for per diem in lieu of subsistence to enlisted personnel shall be used to pay such an
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Foreign military and diplomatic personnel, medical care.
Second career training program. 94 Stat. 1150. Small arms demilitarization. Pre-paid health benefits, demonstration projects.
Major weapons systems, contract limitations.
Contractor insurance. 10 USC 2399 note. Travel allowances.
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