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 *.£>*>»• PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1667 (d) for maintenance and repair of real property at military installations of the Department of the Air Force without regard to whether the installation is supported with funds authorized by a provision described in subsection (c) or (d). "(b) MIXING OF FUNDS PROHIBITED ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.— The Secretary of the Air Force may not combine funds authorized to be appropriated by a provision described in subsection (c) and funds authorized to be appropriated by a provision described in subsection (d) for an individual project for maintenance and repair of real property at a military installation of the Department of the Air Force. "(c) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION FUNDS. — The provision described in this subsection is a provision of a national defense authorization Act that authorizes funds to be appropriated for a fiscal year to the Air Force for research, development, test, and evaluation. "(d) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS. —The provision described in this subsection is a provision of a national defense authorization Act that authorizes funds to be appropriated for a fiscal year to the Air Force for operation and maintenance.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "9782. Maintenance and repair of real property.". SEC. 243. EXPANSION OF ELIGffilLITY FOR THE DEFENSE EXPERI- MENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH. Section 257 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended 10 USC 2358 by adding at the end the following new subsection: note. "(f) STATE DEFINED.— In this section, the term 'State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.". SEC. 244. BIOASSAY TESTING OP VETERANS EXPOSED TO IONIZING RADIATION DURING MILITARY SERVICE. (a) NUCLEAR TEST PERSONNEL PROGRAM. —Of the amount provided in section 201(4), $300,000 shall be available for testing described in subsection (b) in support of the Nuclear Test Personnel Program conducted by the Defense Special Weapons Agency. (b) COVERED TESTING. —Subsection (a) applies to the third Applicability. phase of bioassay testing of individuals who are radiation-exposed veterans (as defined in section 1112(c)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code) who participated in radiation-risk activities (as defined in section 1112(c)(3)(B) of such title). SEC. 245. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COMANCHE PROGRAM. It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should— (1) evaluate technology transfer and acquisition initiatives within the Army Comanche program that have the potential to increase the efficiency or reduce the risk of the Comanche program; and (2) include adequate funding for those initiatives that the Department deems to be meritorious in the future-years defense

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