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 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 389 "(1) sets forth directions regarding the provision, withdrawal, or withholding of life-prolonging procedures, including hydration and sustenance, for the declarant whenever the declarant has a terminal physical condition or is in a persistent vegetative state; or "(2) authorizes another person to make health care decisions for the declarant, under circumstances stated in the declaration, whenever the declarant is incapable of making informed health care decisions. "(c) STATEMENT TO BE INCLUDED.— (1) Under regulations pre- Regulations. scribed by the Secretary' concerned, an advance medical directive prepared by an attorney authorized to provide legal assistance shall contain a statement that sets forth the provisions of subsection (a). "(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to make inapplicable the provisions of subsection (a) to an advance medical directive that does not include a statement described in that paragraph. "(d) STATES NOT RECOGNIZING ADVANCE MEDICAL DIREC- TIVES.— Subsection (a) does not make an advance medical directive enforceable in a State that does not otherwise recognize and enforce advance medical directives under the laws of the State. "(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: "(1) The term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a possession of the United States. "(2) The term 'person eligible for legal assistance' means a person who is eligible for legal assistance under section 1044 of this title. "(3) The term 'legal assistance' means legal services authorized under section 1044 of this title.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1044b the following: "1044c. Advance medical directives of members and dependents: requirement for recognition by States.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —Section 1044c of title 10, United States lo use I044c Code, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act note. and shall apply to advance medical directives referred to in that section that are executed before, on, or after that date. TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, AC- QUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RE- LATED MATTERS Subtitle A—Acquisition Reform SEC. 801. INAPPLICABILITY OF LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATIONS TO CONTRACTS AT OR BELOW SIM- PLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD. Section 2207 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" before "Money appropriated"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(b) This section does not apply to a contract that is for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as

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