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PUBLIC LAW 98-94—SEPT. 24, 1983 97 STAT. 70^ (2) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall apply only to deaths or injuries occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) shall apply only to the computation of compensation payable for periods commencing on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR RETIREE SUGGESTION PROGRAM SEC. 1259. (a) Section 2390 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (b) The table of sections at the banning of chapter 141 of such title is amended by striking out the item relating to section 2390. Repeal. OFFSHORE DRILUNG AFFECTING NAVAL OPERATIONS SEC. 1260. (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on the potential effect on naval operations of any proposed lease by the Department of the Interior of offshore lands for oil or gas drilling. (b) The Secretary of the Navy shall define offshore zones along the United States in which oil or gas drilling would cause appreciable impact on naval operations. The Secretary shall transmit to Con- gress and to the Secretary of the Interior a report describing the zones so established and the justification for each such zone. RESTORATION OF BEDFORD AIR FORCE STATION, VIRGINIA SEC 1261. The Secretary of the Air Force may remove from the site of the former Bedford Air Force Station, Virginia, the improve- ments made to that site by the Air Force and may restore the premises as provided in the license from the United States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture authorizing the use of that site by the Air Force. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF CERTAIN TYPEWRITERS SEC. 1262. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense shall be available for the procurement of manual typewrit- ers which were manufactured by facilities located within states which are signatories to the Warsaw Pact. Report transmittals. AWARD OF CAMPAIGN AND SERVICE MEDALS TO CERTAIN PERSONS SEC. 1263. (a) Section 401 of the GI Bill Improvements Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-202; 91 Stat. 1449; 38 U.S.C. 106 note) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, any Regulations. person who is issued a discharge under honorable conditions pursu- ant to the implementation of subsection (a) of this section may be awarded any campaign or service medal warranted by such person's service. ". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to all 38 USC 106 note. persons issued discharges under honorable conditions pursuant to section 401 of the GI Bill Improvements Act of 1977, whether such 38 USC 106 note. discharges are awarded before, on, or after the date of the enact- ment of this Act.