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102 STAT. 2270-17
PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988
102 STAT. 2270-17

PUBLIC LAW 100-463—OCT. 1, 1988

102 STAT. 2270-17

SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for equipping and operating Special Operations Forces; $286,000,000, of which $108,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with Other Procurement, Army; $35,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with Operation and Maintenance, Navy; $100,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy; $25,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with Other Procurement, Navy; and $18,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with Operation and Maintenance, Army. TITLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress. SEC. 8002. 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 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 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 stations and return as may be authorized by law: Provided, That such contracts may be renewed annually. SEC. 8003. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law 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. SEC. 8004. The Secretary of Defense and each purchasing and contracting agency of the Department of Defense shall assist American small and minority-owned business to participate equitably in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this Act by increasing, to an optimum level, the resources and number of personnel jointly assigned to promoting both small and minority business involvement in purchases financed with funds appropriated herein, and by making available or causing to be made available to such businesses, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under this Act, and by assisting small and minority business concerns to participate equitably as subcontractors on contracts financed with funds appropriated herein, and by otherwise advocating and providing small and minority business opportunities to participate in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated by this Act. SEC. 8005. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.

Contracts. Transportation.

Wages. Employment and unemployment. Government organization and employees. 10 USC 1584 note. Small business. Contracts. Minorities.