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 PUBLIC LAW 102-396—OCT. 6, 1992 106 STAT. 1923 Class 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by -case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that ad^uate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further. That tiiese restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the date of enactment of tins Act. SEC. 9092A None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be available for the preparation of studies on— (a) the feasibility of removal and transportation of unitary chemical weapons from the eight chemical storage sites within the continental United States: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to non-stockpile materisJ in the United States or to studies needed for environmental analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act; (b) the potential fiituro uses of the nine chemical disposal facilities other than for the destruction of stockpile chemical munitions and as limited by section 1412(c)(2), Public Law 99-145: Provided, That this prohibition does not apply to future use studies for the CAMDS facility at Tooele, Utah. SEC. 9093. NotMdthstanding any other provision of law, no moro than fifteen percent of the funds av£ulable to the Department of Defense for sealifb may be used to acquire, through charter or purohase, ships constructed in foreign shipyards: Provided, That Maritime ships acquired as provided above shall be necessary to satisfy ^^^^'^- the shortfalls identified in the Mobility Requiremente Study: Provided further. That any work required to convert foreign built ships acquired as provided above to United States Coast Guard and American Bureau of Shipping standards, or conversion to a moro useful militery configuration, must be accomplished in United States domestic shipyards: Provided further. That none of the funds shall be used to purchase bridge or machinery control systems, or interior commimications equipment, and auxiliary equipment, including pumps for all shipboard services, for sealift ships unless the system or equipment is manufactured in the United States or more than half the value in terms of cost has been added in the United States: Provided further. That the Secretary of the military department responsible for such procurement of bridge or machinery control systems, or interior communications equipment, and auxiliary equipment, including pumps for all shipboard services, may waive this restriction on a case-by -case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requiremente on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. SEC. 9094. For the purposes of this Act, the term "congressional defense committees" means the Committees on Armed Services, the Committees on Appropriations, the Committee on Appropriations, subcommittees on Defense of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 59-194 O—93 5:QL3(Pt.3)

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