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PUBLIC LAW 105-262—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2321 Deadline. Reports. waive reimbursement from the Federal, State and local government agencies for the use of these funds. SEC. 8103. During fiscal year 1999, advance billing for services provided or work performed by the Working Capital Fund activities of the Department of the Air Force in excess of $100,000,000 is prohibited. SEC. 8104. The Secretary of Defense shall undertake a review of all distributed learning education and training programs in the Department of Defense and shall issue a plan to implement a department-wide, standardized, cost-effective Advanced Distributed Learning framework to achieve the goals of commonality, interoperability, and reuse: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to Congress on the results of this review and present a detailed implementation and budget plan no later than July 30, 1999. SEC. 8105. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total amount appropriated in title II is hereby reduced by $70,000,000 to reflect savings resulting from consolidations and personnel reductions as mandated in the Defense Reform Initiative. SEC. 8106. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres- Reports sional defense committees an in-depth analysis comparing the cost of any proposed establishment or expansion of depot facilities by the Reserve Components to the cost of performing the same work at existing depot facilities or by the private sector: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term "depot level maintenance" does not include General Support Level maintenance activities. Intermediate Level maintenance activities, or lower echelon maintenance activities. SEC. 8107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the TRICARE managed care support contracts in effect, or in final stages of acquisition as of September 30, 1998, may be extended for two years: Provided, That any such extension may only take place if the Secretary of Defense determines that it is in the best interest of the Government: Provided further. That any contract extension shall be based on the price in the final best and final offer for the last year of the existing contract as adjusted for inflation and other factors mutually agreed to by the contractor and the Government: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all future TRICARE managed care support contracts replacing contracts in effect, or in the final stages of acquisition as of September 30, 1998, may include a base contract period for transition and up to seven one-year option periods. SEC. 8108. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $400,600,000 to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions, to be distributed as follows: "Operation and Maintenance, Army", $24,000,000; "Operation and Maintenance, Navy", $32,000,000; "Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps", $4,000,000; "Operation and Maintenance, Air Force", $31,000,000; "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide", $17,600,000; "Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve", $2,000,000; "Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve", $2,000,000; "Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve", $2,000,000; "Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard", $4,000,000; 10 USC 1073 note.