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 110 STAT. 246 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the sum of $59,120,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, including the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home. SEC. 304. TRANSFER FROM NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANS- ACTION FUND. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, not more than $150,000,000 is authorized to be transferred from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to operation and maintenance accounts for fiscal year 1996 in amounts as follows: (1) For the Army, $50,000,000. (2) For the Navy, $50,000,000. (3) For the Air Force, $50,000,000. (b) TREATMENT OF TRANSFERS.— Amounts transferred under this section— (1) shall be merged with, and be available for the same purposes and the same period as, the amounts in the accounts to which transferred; and (2) may not be expended for an item that has been denied authorization of appropriations by Congress. (c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER TRANSFER AUTHORITY. — The transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001. SEC. 305. CIVIL AIR PATROL. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this Act, there shall be made available to the Civil Air Patrol $24,500,000, of which $14,704,000 shall be made available for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation. Subtitle B—Depot-Level Activities 10 USC 2464 SEC. 311. POLICY REGARDING PERFORMANCE OF DEPOT-LEVEL note. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Department of Defense does not have a comprehensive policy regarding the performance of depot-level maintenance and repair of military equipment. (2) The absence of such a policy has caused the Congress to establish guidelines for the performance of such functions. (3) It is essential to the national security of the United States that the Department of Defense maintain an organic capability within the department, including skilled personnel, technical competencies, equipment, and facilities, to perform depot-level maintenance and repair of military equipment in order to ensure that the Armed Forces of the United States are able to meet training, operational, mobilization, and emergency requirements without impediment. (4) The organic capability of the Department of Defense to perform depot-level maintenance and repair of military equipment must satisfy known and anticipated core mainte-

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