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 101 STAT. 1078

PUBLIC LAW 100-180—DEC. 4, 1987

SEC. 321. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF CENSORSHIP OF STARS AND STRIPES NEWSPAPER

(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of allegations of censorship by military commanders of the Department of Defense newspaper, Stars and Stripes. (b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of such study not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include the findings of the Comptroller General regarding the validity of the allegations and any recommendation concerning those allegations which the Comptroller General considers to be appropriate. SEC. 322. LIMITATION ON OPERATION OF EXISTING POSEIDON-CLASS SUBMARINE USS ANDREW JACKSON

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Effective as of March 1, 1988, no funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1988 or a prior year may be obligated or expended to overhaul, operate, maintain, or deploy the USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 619). PART C—HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER ASSISTANCE SEC. 331. EXTENSION OF ASSISTANCE

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AUTHORIZATION

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(a) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1988 the sum of $13,000,000 for the purpose of providing transportation for humanitarian relief for persons displaced or who are refugees because of the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Of this sum, not more than $3,000,000 is authorized to be used for distribution of humanitarian relief supplies to the non-Communist resistance organizations at or near the border between Thailand and Cambodia. (h) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS.—The Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer to the Secretary of State not more than $3,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization in this section to provide for (1) paying for administrative costs of providing the transportation described in subsection (a), and (2) the purchase or other acquisition of transportation assets for the distribution of relief supplies in the country of destination. (c) TRANSPORTATION UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF

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STATE.—Transportation provided with funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization in this section shall be under the direction of the Secretary of State. (d) MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO B E USED.—Transportation for

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humanitarian relief provided with funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization in this section shall be by the most economical commercial or military means available, unless the Secretary of State determines that it is in the national interest of the United States to use means other than the most economical available. Such means may include the use of aircraft and personnel of the reserve component of the Armed Forces. (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization in subsection (a) shall remain available until expended, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts. (f) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs of the

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