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 102 STAT. 2022

PUBLIC LAW 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988

(A) A requirement for an offset in favor of the United States or United States firms in any case in which the Department of Defense or any other department or agency of the United States purchases goods from such foreign country or a firm of such country. (B) A demand for offset credits from such foreign country to be used, to the extent practicable, to meet offset obligations of United States firms to such foreign country or to a firm of such country. (C) A reduction in assistance furnished such foreign country by the United States. (D) A requirement for alternative equivalent advantages in the case of any such foreign country or a firm of such country if the United States does not purchase a sufficient volume of goods from such country or firm for a requirement described in subparagraph (A) to be effective. (3) The President shall report to Congress at least once each year, for a period of 4 years, on the p r ( ^ e s s of the negotiations referred to in subsection (c). The first such report shall be submitted not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (4) In this subsection, the terms "United States firm" and "foreign firm" have the same meanings as are provided in section 2505(d) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b). SEC. 826. ALLOWABILITY OF COSTS TO PROMOTE THE EXPORT OF DEFENSE PRODUCTS

Regulations.

10 USC 2324 note.

10 USC 2324 note.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2324(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(5) The r ^ u l a t i o n s shall provide that costs to promote the export of products of the United States defense industry, including costs of exhibiting or demonstrating products, shall be allowable to the extent that such costs— "(A) are allocable, reasonable, and not otherwise unallowable; "(B) with respect to the activities of the business segment to which such costs are being allocated, are determined by the Secretary of Defense to be likely to result in future cost advantages to the United States; and "(C) with respect to a business segment which allocates to Department of Defense contracts $2,500,000 or more of such costs in any fiscal year of such business segment, are not in excess of the amount equal to 110 percent of such costs incurred by such business segment in the previous fiscal year.". (b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe final regulations under paragraph (5) of section 2324(f) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Such regulations shall apply with respect to costs referred to in such paragraph that are incurred by a Department of Defense contractor (or a subcontractor of such a contractor) on or after the first day of the contractor's (or subcontractor's) first fiscal year that begins on or after the date on which such final regulations are prescribed. (c) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall each submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report that includes the following:

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