109 STAT. 662
PUBLIC LAW 104-61—DEC. 1, 1995
41 USC lOb-2.
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10 USC 2774
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10 USC 2488
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That Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not
apply to competitions conducted under this section.
SEC. 8051. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a
foreign country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating
against certain types of products produced in the United States
that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall
rescind the Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act
with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign
country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the
United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary
of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for
certain products in that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report
on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign
entities in fiscal year 1996. Such report shall separately indicate
the dollar value of items for which the Buy American Act was
waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection (a)(2),
the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or
any international agreement to which the United States is a party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "Buy American Act"
means title III of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations
for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes", approved March
3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
SEC. 8052. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Defense may, when he considers it in the best interest
of the United States, cancel any part of an indebtedness, up to
$2,500, that is or was owed to the United States by a member
or former member of a uniformed service if such indebtedness,
as determined by the Secretary, was incurred in connection with
Operation Desert Shield/Storm: Provided, That the amount of an
indebtedness previously paid by a member or former member and
cancelled under this section shall be refunded to the member.
SEC. 8053. Appropriations contained in this Act that remain
available at the end of the current fiscal year as a result of energy
cost savings realized by the Department of Defense shall remain
available for obligation for the next fiscal year to the extent, and
for the purposes, provided in section 2865 of title 10, United States
Code.
SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, voluntary separation
incentives payable under 10 U.S.C. 1175 may be paid in such
amounts as are necessary from the assets of the Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund established by section 1175(h)(1).
SEC. 8055. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity
of the Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and
wine with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic
beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located
in the United States unless such malt beverages and wine are
procured within that State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military installation is located: Provided, That in a case in which the military
installation is located in more than one State, purchases may be
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