PUBLIC LAW 102-396 —OCT. 6, 1992 106 STAT. 1905 Pacific Islands. Micronesia. Territories. Armed Forces reserves. Termination date. operations and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be reported to Congress on September 30 of each year: Provided, That funds avail£u>le for operation and maintenance shall be available for providing hiunanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and fireely associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99- 239: Provided further, That upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of medical services at such facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. SEC. 9022. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force may authorize the retention in an active status until age sixty of any officer who would otherwise be removedfiroman active status and who is employed as a National Guard or Reserve technician in a position in which active status in a reserve component of the Army or Air Force is required as a condition of that employment. SEC. 9023. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Army Central Hospital Fund, a Non Appropriated Fund Instrumentality, shall be terminated upon enactment of this Act. All residual funds will, on that date, be transferred to an appropriated trust fund established by the Secretary of the Army for the operation and maintenance of "Fisher Houses" located in proximity to Army Medical Treatment Facilities. The Secretary shall promulgate regu- Regulations lations governing the expenditure and accountability of these funds. SEC. 9024. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund pursuant to section 2006(g) of title 10, United States Code, representing the normal cost for future benefits under section 1415(c) of title 38, United States Code, for any member of the armed services who, on or after the date of enactment of this Act— (1) enlists in the armed services for a period of active duty of less than three years; or (2) receives an enlistment bonus under section 308a or 308f of title 37, United States Code, nor shall any amounts representing the normal cost of such future benefits be transferred from the Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 2006(d) of title 10, United States Code; nor shall the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pay such benefits to any such member: Provided, That, in the case of a member covered by clause (1), these limitations shall not apply to members in combat arms skills or to members who enlist in the armed services on or after Jiliy 1, 1989, under a program continued or established by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 1991 to test the cost-effective use of special recruiting incentives involving not more than nineteen noncombat arms skills approved in advance by the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That this subsection applies only to active components of the Army.
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