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110 STAT. 3009-113 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 with a business combination of the defense contractor that occurs after the date of enactment of this Act unless: (1) the auditable savings for the Department of Defense resulting from the restructuring will exceed the costs allowed by a factor of at least two to one, or (2) the savings for the Department of Defense resulting from the restructuring will exceed the costs allowed and the Secretary of Defense determines that the business combination will result in the preservation of a critical capability that might otherwise be lost to the Department, and (3) the report required by Section 818(e) of Public Law 103-337 to be submitted to Congress in 1996 is submitted. (b) Not later than April 1, 1997, the Comptroller General shall, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Labor, submit to Congress a report which shall include the following: (1) an analysis and breakdown of the restructuring costs paid by or submitted to the Department of Defense to companies involved in business combinations since 1993; (2) an analysis of the specific costs associated with workforce reductions; (3) an analysis of the services provided to the workers affected by business combinations; (4) an analysis of the effectiveness of the restructuring costs used to assist laid off workers in gaining employment; (5) in accordance with section 818 of Public Law 103- 337, an analysis of the savings reached from the business combination relative to the restructuring costs paid by the Department of Defense. (c) The report should set forth recommendations to make this program more effective for workers affected by business combinations and more efficient in terms of the use of Federal dollars. SEC. 8116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to purchase, install, replace, or otherwise repair any lock on a safe or security container which protects information critical to national security or any other classified materials and which has not been certified as passing the security lock specifications contained in regulation FF-I^2740 dated October 12, 1989, and has not passed all testing criteria and procedures established through February 28, 1992: Provided, That the Director of Central Intelligence may waive this provision, on a case-by-case basis only, upon certification that the above cited locks are not adequate for the protection of sensitive intelligence information. SEC. 8117. Section 8110 of Public Law 104-61 (109 Stat. 674) is hereby repealed. SEC. 8118. The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor, shall take such steps as required to ensure that those Department of Defense contractors and other entities subject to section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code are aware of, and in compliance with, the requirements of that section regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that those Department of Defense contractors and other entities subject to section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code which have contracts with the Department of Defense are notified of the potential penalties associated with