Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 3.djvu/288

 102 STAT. 2270-30

Contracts. Insurance. State and local governments. Health and medical care. 10 USC 1103 note. Taxes. Hawaii.

PUBLIC LAW 100-463—OCT. 1, 1988

Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) Reform Initiative that exceeds the total fiscal year 1987 costs for CHAMPUS care provided in California and Hawaii, plus normal and reasonable adjustments for price and program growth. (b) Notwithsanding section 725 of Public Law 100-180, the preemption provisions of title 10, United States Code, chapter 55, section 1103, shall not be limited to contractual provisions relating to coverage of benefits, but shall apply to any and all contracts entered into pursuant to Solicitation Number MDA-903-87-R-0047 and shall preempt any and all State and local laws or regulations which relate to health insurance or to prepaid health care plans: Provided further, That any and all funds derived from contracts or subcontracts issued pursuant to this solicitation shall not be subject to any Hawaii State or local sales, general excise, or similar taxes imposed upon gross sales, gross income, or gross receipts, except to the extent that such taxes are uniformly imposed upon physicians, hospitals, and all similar direct providers of health care services. SEC. 8079. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Defense Logistics Agency to assign a supervisor's title or grade when the number of people he or she supervises is considered as a basis for this determination: Provided, That savings that result from this provision are represented as such in future budget proposals. SEC. 8080. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund pursuant to section 2006(g) of title 10, United States Code, representing the normal cost for future benefits under section 1415(c) of title 38, United States Code, for any member of the armed services who, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, enlists in the armed services for less than three years; nor shall any amounts representing the normal cost of such future benefits be transferred from the Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 2006(d) of title 10, United States Code; nor shall the Administrator pay such benefits to any such member: Provided, That these limitations shall not apply to members in combat arms skills. SEC. 8081. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits paid by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund when the time spent as a fulltime student is credited toward completion of a service commitment: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to those members who have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided further, That this provision applies to active components of the Army. SEC. 8082. Funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be obligated and expended to continue to fully utilize the facilities at the United States Army Engineer's Waterways Experiment Station, including the continued availability of the supercomputer capability and the planned upgrade of this capability: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees of Congress that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes that is not available from United States manufacturers: Provided further.

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