PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2487 (C) installation and maintenance of defense features for national defense purposes on privately owned and operated vessels; and "(D) research and development relating to national defense sealift. "(2) All receipts from the disposition of national defense sealift vessels, excluding receipts from the sale, exchange, or scrapping of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels under sections 508 and 510 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1158, 1160), shall be deposited in the Fund. "(3) ^1 receipts from the charter of vessels under section 1424(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 7291 note). "(e) ACCEPTANCE OF SUPPORT.— <1) The Secretary of Defense may accept from any person, foreign government, or international organization any contribution of money, personal property (excluding vessels), or assistance in kind for support of the sealift functions of the Department of Defense. "(2) Any contribution of property accepted under paragraph (1) may be retained and used by the Department of Defense or disposed of in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. "(3) The Secretary of Defense shall deposit in the Fund money and receipts from the disposition of any property accepted under paragraph (1). "(f) LIMITATIONS. —(1) Not more than a total of five vessels built in foreign ship yards may be purchased with funds in the National Defense Sealift Fund pursuant to subsection (c)(1). "(2) Construction, alteration, or conversion of vessels with funds in the National Defense Sealift Fund pursuant to subsection (c)(1) shall be conducted in United States ship yards and shall be subject to section 1424(b) of Public Law 101-510 (104 Stat. 1683). "(g) EXPIRATION OF FUNDS AFTER 5 YEARS. —No part of an appropriation that is deposited in the National Defense Sealift Fund pursuant to subsection (d)(1) shall remain available for obligation more than five years after the end of fiscal year for which appropriated except to the extent specifically provided by law. "(h) BUDGET REQUESTS. —Budget requests submitted to Congress for the National Defense Sealift Fund shall separately identify— "(1) the amount requested for programs, projects, and activities for construction (including design of vessels), purchase, alteration, and conversion of national defense sealift vessels; "(2) the amount requested for programs, projects, and activities for operation, maintenance, and lease or charter of national defense sealift vessels; "(3) the amount requested for programs, projects, and activities for installation and maintenance of defense features for national defense purposes on privately owned and operated vessels that are constructed in the United States and documented under the laws of the United States; and "(4) the amount requested for programs, projects, and activities for research and development relating to national defense sealift. "(i) TITLE OR MANAGEMENT OF VESSELS. —Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or modify title to, management
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