Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 111 Part 2.djvu/794

 Ill STAT. 1874 PUBLIC LAW 105-85 —NOV. 18, 1997 "(B) An analysis of the effects of the advance biHing on mihtary readiness. "(C) An analysis of the effects of the advance billing on the customer. "(2) The Secretary of Defense may waive the notification requirements of paragraph (1)— "(A) during a period war or national emergency; or "(B) to the extent that the Secretary determines necessary to support a contingency operation. "(3) In this subsection: "(A) The term 'advance billing', with respect to a workingcapital fund, means a billing of a customer by the fund, or a requirement for a customer to reimburse or otherwise credit the fund, for the cost of goods or services provided (or for other expenses incurred) on behalf of the customer that is rendered or imposed before the customer receives the goods or before the services have been performed. "(B) The term 'customer' means a requisitioning component or agency.". (c) FISCAL YEAR LIMITATIONS.—(1) The total amount of advance billings for Department of the Navy working-capital funds and the Defense Business Operations Fund may not exceed— (A) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and (B) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1999. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "advance billing" has the meaning given such term in section 2208(1)(3) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b). SEC. 1012. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO SETTLE CLAIMS RELATING TO PAY, ALLOWANCES, AND OTHER BENEFITS. Section 3702(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out "Comptroller General" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Defense"; and (2) by striking out paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) Payment of a claim settled under paragraph (1) shall be made from an appropriation that is available, for the fiscal year in which the payment is made, for the same purpose as the appropriation to which the obligation claimed would have been charged if the obligation had been timely paid.". SEC. 1013. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS BY MEMBERS FOR LOSS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY DUE TO FLOODING IN RED RIVER BASIN. (a) PAYMENT AUTHORIZED. — Notwithstanding section 3721(e) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of a military department may pay the claim of a member of the Armed Forces who resided (or whose dependents resided) in the vicinity of Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, during April and May 1997 for loss and damage to personal property incurred by the member as a direct result of the flooding in the Red River Basin during such months. 10 USC 2731 (b) REPORT ON DEPARTMENT POLICY. — The Secretary of Defense i^ote. shall submit to Congress a report describing the Department of Defense policy regarding the payment of a claim by a member of the Armed Forces who is not assigned to quarters of the United States for losses and damage to personal property of the member incurred at the member's residence as a result of a natural disaster. The report shall include a description of the number of such claims

�