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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

89 STAT. 544 Report to congressional committees.

50 USC 1511 note.

"Lethal binary chemical munitions."

37 USC 1009 note.

Enlisted aides.

PUBLIC LAW 94-106—OCT. 7, 1975 SEC. 817. The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan that identifies the platform and funding for AEGIS fleet implementation. SEC. 818. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act shall be used for the purpose of production of lethal binary chemical munitions unless the President certifies to Congress that the production of such munitions is essential to the national interest and submits a full report thereon to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as far in advance of the production of such munitions as is practicable. (b) For purposes of this section the term "lethal binary chemical munitions" means (1) any toxic chemical (solid, liquid, or gas) which, through its chemical properties, is intended to be used to produce injury or death to human beings, and (2) any unique device, instrument, apparatus, or contrivance, including any components or accessories thereof, intended to be used to disperse or otherwise disseminate any such toxic chemical. SEC. 819. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the aggregate amount of any upward adjustments in certain elements of compensation of members of the uniformed services required by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, may not exceed 5 per centum during the period from January 1, 1975, through June 30, 1976, except that no such restriction shall apply unless a 5 per centum restriction on the aggregate amount of upward adjustments of the General Schedule of compensation for Federal classified employees as contained in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, is also required during that period. (b) No reduction in compensation is required under subsection (a) of any upward adjustment that may have been put into effect under section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, between January 1, 1975, and the date of enactment of this section. (c) Any upward adjustment in compensation which has been limited by subsection (a) of this section to an amount or amounts less than otherwise would have been in effect shall not be increased subsequent to June 30, r976— (1) in order to compensate a member for the difference between the amounts he has received under the provisions of subsection (a) and the amounts he would have otherwise received; or (2) except in accordance with the normal procedures and timing which would have been in effect for any such pay increase subsequent to June 30, 1976, without regard to any limitation under subsection (a) of this section. SEC. 820. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total number of enlisted members of the Armed Forces of the United States that may be assigned or otherwise detailed to duty as enlisted aides on the personal staffs of officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard (when operating as a service of the Navy) during any fiscal year shall be a number determined by (1) multiplying 4 times the number of officers servin.q: on full-time active duty at the end of the fiscal year in the pay grade of O-IO, (2) multiplying 2 times the number of officers serving on full-time active duty at the end of the fiscal year in the pay grade of 0-9, and (3) adding the products obtained under clauses (1) and (2).