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 PUBLIC LAW 102-172—NOV. 26, 1991 105 STAT. 1187 Andersen Air Force Base's liquid gas requirements shall be met by acquiring liquid gas from commercial sources on Guam. SEC. 8067. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to reduce the end strength of the National Guard and Reserve Components below the levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may vary each such end strength by not more than 2 percent. (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to reduce the force structure allowance (1) of the Army National Guard below 450,000, (2) of the Army Reserve below 310,000, and (3) of any other National Guard and Reserve Component below the end strength level supported by funds appropriated by this Act: Provided, That in the case of any National Guard or Reserve Component, the Secretary of Defense may vary such force structure allowance by a percentage not in excess of the percentage (if any) by which the end strength level of that component is varied pursuant to the authority provided in the proviso in subsection (a). SEC. 8068. Funds appropriated or otherwise available for any Federal agency, the Congress, the judicial branch, or the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, may be used for the pay, allowances, and benefits of an employee as defined by section 2105 of title 5 or an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia, permanent or temporary indefinite, who— (1) is a member of a Reserve component of the armed forces, as described in section 261 of title 10, or the National Guard, as described in section 101 of title 32; (2) performs, for the purpose of providing military aid to enforce the law or providing assistance to civil authorities in the protection or saving of life or property or prevention of injury— (A) Federal service under section 331, 332, 333, 3500, or 8500 of title 10, or other provision of law, as applicable, or (B) full-time military service for his State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and (3) requests and is granted— (A) leave under the authority of this section; or (B) annual leave, which may be granted without regard to the provisions of sections 5519 and 6323(b) of title 5, if such employee is otherwise entitled to such annual leave: Provided, That any employee who requests leave under subsection (3)(A) for service described in subsection (2) of this section is entitled to such leave, subject to the provisions of this section and of the last sentence of section 6323(b) of title 5, and such leave shall be considered leave under section 6323(b) of title 5. SEC. 8069. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to perform any cost study pursuant to the provisions of OMB Circular A-76 if the study being performed exceeds a period of twenty-four months after initiation of such study with respect to a single function activity or forty-eight months after initiation of such study for a multi-function activity. SEC. 8070. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to begin closing a military treatment facility unless the Secretary of Defense notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate ninety days prior to such action.

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