PUBLIC LAW 105-56 —OCT. 8, 1997 111 STAT. 1241 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, to faciHtate a full and final settlement of all claims under contracts N00024-79 -C-2614 and N00024-77-C-2031, the Secretary of the Navy may offset the amount of $1,660,680.84, owed by the Navy under contract N00024-79-C -2614 for the T-ARC-7 against an equal amount, $1,660,680.84, owed to the Navy under contract N00024-77 -C-2031 for the AD 43. SEC. 8091. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall Reports, submit to the congressional defense committees by February 1, 1998 a detailed report identifying, by amount and by separate budget activity, activity group, subactivity group, line item, program element, program, project, subproject, and activity, any activity for which the fiscal year 1999 budget request was reduced because Congress appropriated funds above the President's budget request for that specific activity for fiscal year 1998. SEC. 8092. (a) None of the funds available to the Department of Defense under this Act may be obligated or expended to reimburse a defense contractor for restructuring costs associated 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 1997 is submitted. (b) Not later than April 1, 1998, the Comptroller General shall, Reports, 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; and (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. 8093. Funds appropriated in title II of this Act for supervision and administration costs for facilities maintenance and repair, minor construction, or design projects may be obligated at the time the reimbursable order is accepted by the performing activity: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, supervision and administration costs includes all in-house Government cost. 39-194O-97-6:QL3Part2
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