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102 STAT. 2270-47
PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988
102 STAT. 2270-47

PUBLIC LAW 100-463—OCT. 1, 1988

102 STAT. 2270-47

may be treated as orders received and obligation authority for the applicable appropriation, account, or fund increased accordingly. Likewise, any reimbursements received for such costs may be credited to the same appropriation, account, or fund to which the expenses were charged: Provided, That reimbursements which are not received within one hundred and eighty days after submission of an appropriate request for payment shall be subject to interest a t the current rate established pursuant to section 2(b)(l)(B) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (59 Stat. 526). Interest shall begin to accrue on the one hundred and eighty first day following submission of an appropriate request for pa3anent. SEC. 8139. Section 3554 of title 31, United States Code, is amended in subsection (a)(D, by striking out "unless the Comptroller General determines and states in writing the reasons that the specific circumstances of the protest require a longer period". SEC. 8140. Section 2345 of the Military Construction Act, 1988 and 1989 (division B of Public Law 100-180; 101 Stat. 1230), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2345. USE OF SEWAGE FACILITIES AT FORT CHAFFEE, ARKANSAS

"(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall permit the Contracts. City of Barling, Arkansas, to use the sewage treatment facilities at Fort Chaffee under an agreement that would require the city to pay a reasonable cost for the use of such facilities and to pay any reasonable costs incurred by the Army in increasing the capacity of the sewage treatment facilities at Fort Chaffee in order to accommodate the use of such facilities by the city. An agreement entered into under this section shall be for such period, not less than 20 years, as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the city. "(b) REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETION O F ALL ASSESSMENTS, STUDIES,

AND REPORTS.—(1) The Secretary of the Army shall complete all necessary environmental assessments, studies, and reports and all baseline studies that may be required in connection with the increased use and expansion of the sewage treatment facilities at Fort Chaffee as a result of the enactment of this section not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. "(2) The city shall be required to reimburse the United States for all costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out such assessments, studies, and reports. Such costs shall be amortized over the period of the agreement entered into by the Secretary and the city pursuant to subsection (a). "(c) DEADLINE FOR AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall enter into negotiations with the City of Barling a t the earliest practicable date after the date of the enactment of this Act r ^ a r d i n g the use of the sewage treatment facilities a t Fort Chaffee and shall make every effort to conclude negotiations and sign an agreement with the city not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. "(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Any agreement entered

into under this section shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army determines necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.". SBC. 8141. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy shall issue a policy, and not later than 180 days thereafter Government-wide r^ulations shall be issued under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act which set forth—

Regulations. 41 USC 405b.