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 PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1637 being ordered to active duty in connection with such operation pursuant to a provision of title 10, United States Code, referred to in such paragraph. (b) SAVING PROVISION FOR CERTAIN ACCRUED LEAVE. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a member of the Armed Forces who, under section 701(f) of title 10, United States Code— (A) would lose any accumulated leave in excess of 60 days at the end of fiscal year 1991 shall be permitted to retain such leave until the end of fiscal year 1992; or (B) would lose any accumulated leave in excess of 60 days at the end of fiscal year 1992 (other than by reason of clause (A)) shall be permitted to retain such leave until the end of fiscal year 1993. (2) In no case may a member be permitted to accumulate leave under this section in excess of 90 days. (c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations establishing standards and procedures for the administration of this section. SEC. 1116. REPORT ON OPTIONS FOR REFORMING THE BASIC ALLOW- ANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE ENTITLEMENT The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on various options for reforming the basic allowance for subsistence entitlement provided for under section 402 of title 37, United States Code. The report shall address the problems resulting from termination of the allowance upon deployment for field or sea duty. The report shall be submitted not later than February 15, 1991. SEC. 1117. END STRENGTH FLEXIBILITY 10 USC 115 note, (a) AUTHORITY. — If the Secretary of Defense determines that the operational requirements of Operation Desert Shield require an increase in the end strengths of active duty personnel for fiscal year 1991 prescribed by section 401 in excess of the increases authorized under section 115(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code (as amended by section 1483 of this Act), the Secretary may (subject to subsection (b)) increase the total end strength authorized for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps by section 401 by an amount not greater than 0.5 percent of the total end strengths authorized by that section. The authority under the preceding sentence is in addition to the authority under section 115(c)(l) of title 10, United States Code (as amended by section 1483 of this Act). (b) CERTIFICATION. — The Secretary of Defense may not exercise the authority provided in subsection (a) until after the Secretary certifies in writing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives that the exercise of that authority is necessary because of the operational requirements of Operation Desert Shield. PART C—PROCUREMENT MATTERS SEC. 1121. PROCUREMENT FLEXIBILITY FOR SMALL PURCHASES (a) INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR OPERATION DESERT SHIELD. —During fiscal year 1991, the small purchase procurement threshold in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purcheise to be made, outside the United States in support of Operation Desert

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