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 100 STAT. 1783-125

PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986

and Low Intensity Conflict, with the advice and assistance of the commander of the special operations command, shall provide overall supervision of the preparation and justification of program recommendations and budget proposals to be included in such major force program category. (d) PROGRAM AND BUDGET EXECUTION.—To the extent that there is authority to revise programs and budgets approved by Congress for special operations forces, such authority may be exercised only by the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the commander of the special operations command. (e) GRADE FOR COMMANDERS OF CERTAIN AREA SPECIAL OPERATIONS

COMMANDS.—The commander of the special operations command of the United States European Command, the United States Pacific Command, and any other unified combatant command that the Secretary of Defense may designate for the purposes of this section shall be of general or flag officer grade. (f) BOARD FOR LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT.—Section 101 of the

National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f) The President shall establish within the National Security Council a board to be known as the 'Board for Low Intensity Conflict'. The principal function of the board shall be to coordinate the policies of the United States for low intensity conflict.". (g) DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS FOR LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT.—It is the sense of Congress

that the President should designate within the Executive Office of the President a Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to be the Deputy Assistant for Low Intensity Conflict. (h) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the plans of the Secretary for implementation of this section, including a description of the progress made on such implementation. (2) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to Congress a report on the capabilities of the United States to conduct special operations and low intensity conflicts. The report shall include a description of the following: ,„. (A) Deficiencies in such capabilities. (B) Actions being taken throughout the executive branch to correct such deficiencies. (C) The principal low intensity conflict threats to the interests of the United States. (D) The actions taken and to be taken to implement this section. (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 167 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (b)), shall be implemented not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 0) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987.—The Secretary of Defense

may spend unobligated funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal years before fiscal year 1987 in such sums as necessary in order to carry out this section and section 167 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (b)), during fiscal year 1987. SEC. 9116. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall award to a United States firm a contract pursuant to a solicitation issued on or after

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