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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

93 STAT. 78

PUBLIC LAW 96-29—JUNE 27, 1979 Public Law 96-29 96th Congress An Act

June 27, 1979 [S. 429]

Department of Defense Supplemental Appropriation Authorization Act, 1979.

92 Stat. 1611.

To authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels and for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Supplemental Appropriation Authorization Act, 1979". TITLE I—PROCUREMENT SEC. 101. In addition to the funds authorized to be appropriated under title I of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1979, funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 for the use of the Air Force and the Navy for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: (1) For aircraft: for the Air Force, $45,000,000. (2) For missiles: for the Navy, $143,700,000. (3) For naval vessels: for the Navy, $1,450,700,000. SEC. 102. There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 the sum of $80,100,000 to be available only for contribution by the United States of its share of the cost for such fiscal year of the acquisition by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of the Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS). SEC. 103. (a) During fiscal year 1979, the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ministers of Defence on the NATO E-3A Cooperative Programme, signed by the Secretary of Defense on December 6, 1978, may— (1) waive reimbursement for the cost of the following functions performed by personnel other than personnel employed in the United States Air Force Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) program office: (A) auditing; (B) quality assurance; (C) codification; (D) inspection; (E) contract administration; (F) acceptance testing; (G) certification services; and (H) planning, programming, and management services; (2) waive any surcharge for administrative services otherwise chargeable; and (3) in connection with the NATO E-3A Cooperative Programme for fiscal year 1979, assume contingent liability for— (A) program losses resulting from the gross negligence of any contracting officer of the United States;