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 102 STAT. 2270-40

State and local governments. Employment and unemployment. Contracts.

PUBLIC LAW 100-463—OCT. 1, 1988

of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to alter the commsuid structure for military forces in Alaska. SEC. 8120. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each contract awarded by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 1989 for construction or service performed in whole or in part in a State which is not contiguous with another State and has an unemployment rate in excess of the national average rate of unemployment as determined by the Secretary of Labor shall include a provision requiring the contractor to employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract in such State that is not contiguous with another State, individuals who are residents of such State and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of this section in the interest of J^Q4-|Q«Q1 sAcurity

10 USC 2488 note.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. International agreements.

Research and development.

SEC. 8121. No more than $183,179,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits. SEC. 8122. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated fund activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located in the United States, unless such malt beverages and wine are procured in that State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military installation is located: Provided, That in a case in which the military installation is located in more than one State, purchases may be made in any State in which the installation is located: Provided further. That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages for military installations in States which are not contiguous with another State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt beverages in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive source, price and other factors considered. SEC. 8123. Whereas the Congress supports the President's goal of reducing United States and Soviet conventional forces in Europe and reducing United States and Soviet strategic nuclear forces; Whereas it is important the Congress and the President be in agreement on United States national security goals and objectives in order for the United States to be in the strongest possible position to negotiate with the Soviet Union future reductions in conventional and strategic nuclear forces; Whereas the Congress strongly opposes the undercutting of these arms reduction negotiations by either the United States or the Soviet Union through unnecessary military initiatives or counterproductive arms control proposals; Whereas no decision has been made on the development or deployment of strategic defenses: Therefore, it is the sense of the Congress that— (1) in order to maintain the basis for strong deterrence, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) should be a long-term and robust research program to provide the United States with expanded options for responding to a Soviet breakout from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and to respond to other future Soviet arms initiatives that might pose a grave threat to United States national security;

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