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 PUBLIC LAW 102-396—OCT. 6, 1992 106 STAT. 1917 (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 Government (3)(A) for service described in subsection (2) of this section is entitled employees. 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. 9065. 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-foiur 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. 9066. 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. SEC. 9067. Funds appropriated by this Act for the American Forces Information Service shall not be used for any national or international political or psychological activities. SEC. 9068. None of the unobligated balances available in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund during the current fiscal year may be obligated or expended to finance any grant or contract to conduct research, development, test and evaluation activities for the development or production of advanced materials, unless amounts for such purposes are specifically appropriated in a subsequent appropriations Act. SEC. 9069. (a) As stated in section 3(5)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2402(5)(A)), it is the policy of the United States to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries against other countries friendly to the United States or against any other United States person. (b)(1) Consistent with the policy referred to in subsection (a), no Department of Defense prime contract in excess of the small purchase threshold, as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11)), may be awarded to a foreign person, company, or entity unless that person, company, or entity certifies to the Secretary of Defense that it does not comply with the secondary Arab boycott of Israel. (2) The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in paragraph (1) in specific instences when the Secretary determines that the waiver is necessary in the national security intereste of the United States. Within 15 days after the end of each calendar Reports. quarter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report identifying each contract for which a waiver was granted under this paragraph during such quarter.

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