Ill STAT. 1636 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 Sec. 763. Comptroller General study of revised disability criteria for physical evaluation boards. Sec. 764. Medical care for certain reserves who served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War. Sec. 765. Improved medical tracking system for members deployed overseas in contingency or combat operations. Sec. 766. Notice of use of investigational new drugs or drugs unapproved for their applied use. Sec. 767. Report on plans to track location of members in a theater of operations. Sec. 768. Sense of Congress regarding the deployment of specialized units for detecting and monitoring chemical, biological, and similar hazards in a theater of operations. Sec. 769. Report on effectiveness of research efforts regarding Gulf War illnesses. Sec. 770. Persian Gulf illness clinical trials program. Sec. 771. Sense of Congress concerning Gulf War illness. TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle A—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 801. Expansion of authority to enter into contracts crossing fiscal years to all severable service contracts not exceeding a year. Sec. 802. Vesting of title in the United States under contracts paid under progress payment arrangements or similar arrangements. Sec. 803. Restriction on undeflnitized contract actions. Sec. 804. Limitation and report on payment of restructuring costs under defense contracts. Sec. 805. Increased price limitation on purchases of right-hand drive vehicles. Sec. 806. Multiyear procurement contracts. Sec. 807. Audit of procurement of military clothing and clothing-related items by military installations in the United States. Sec. 808. Limitation on allowability of compensation for certain contractor personnel. Sec. 809. Elimination of certification requirement for grants. Sec. 810. Repeal of limitation on adjustment of shipbuilding contracts. Sec. 811. Item-by -item and country-by -country waivers of domestic source limitations. Subtitle B—Acquisition Assistance Programs Sec. 821. One-year extension of pilot mentor-protege program. Sec. 822. Test program for negotiation of comprehensive subcontracting plans. Subtitle C—Administrative Provisions Sec. 831. Retention of expired funds during the pendency of contract litigation. Sec. 832. Protection of certain information from disclosure. Sec. 833. Unit cost reports. Sec. 834. Plan for providing contracting information to general public and small businesses. Sec. 835. Two-year extension of crediting of certain purchases toward meeting subcontracting goals. Subtitle D—Other Matters Sec. 841. Repeal of certain acquisition requirements and reports. Sec. 842. Use of major range and test facility installations by commercial entities. Sec. 843. Requirement to develop and maintain list of firms not eligible for defense contracts. Sec. 844. Sense of Congress regarding allowability of costs of employee stock ownership plans. Sec. 845. Expansion of personnel eligible to participate in demonstration project relating to acquisition workforce. Sec. 846. Time for submission of annual report relating to Buy American Act. Sec, 847. Repeal of requirement for contractor guarantees on msgor weapon systems. Sec. 848. Requirements relating to micro-purchases. Sec. 849. Promotion rate for officers in an acquisition corps. Sec. 850. Use of electronic commerce in Federal procurement. Sec. 851. Conformance of policy on performance based management of civilian acquisition programs with policy established for defense acquisition programs.
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