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 107 STAT. 1454 PUBLIC LAW 103-139—NOV. 11, 1993 SEC. 8064. (a) Funds appropriated in this Act to finance activities of Department of Defense (DOD) Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) may not be obligated or expended for an FFRDC if a member of its Board of Directors or Trustees simultaneously serves on the Board of Directors or Trustees of a profit-making company under contract to the Department of Defense unless the FFRDC has a DOD approved conflict of interest policy for its members. (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act are available to establish a new FFRDC, either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administered by an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts available to the Department of Defense during fiscal year 1994, not more than $1,352,650,000 may be obligated for financing activities of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers. (d) The total amount appropriated by this Act is hereby reduced by $200,000,000 to reflect the obligation limitation contained in subsection (c). (e) The total amount appropriated to or for the use of the Department of Defense in titles III and IV of this Act is reduced by $200,000,000 to reflect savings from the decreased use of non- FFRDC consulting services by the Department of Defense. SEC. 8065. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property under the control of the Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply 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 adequate 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 these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 8065A. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year may be obligated or expended to develop for aircraft or helicopter weapons systems an airborne instrumentetion system for flight test data acquisition, or to develop or implement modifications to an existing airborne instrumentation system, other than the Common Airborne Instrumentation System under development in the Central Test and Evaluation Investment Development program element funded in the "Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense" appropriations account. SEC. 8066. 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,

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