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 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 699 (1) establishing a joint command for the Defense Health Program as a military counterpart to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; (2) establishing a joint training curriculum for the Defense Health Program; and (3) creating a unified chain of command and budgeting authority for the Defense Health Program. SEC. 727. TRAUMA TRAINING CENTER. Section 742 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2074) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 742. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A TRAUMA TRAINING CENTER. "The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized to establish a Trauma Training Center in order to provide the Army with a trauma center capable of training forward surgical teams.". SEC. 728. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AUTOMATIC ENROLL- MENT OF MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES IN THE TRICARE SENIOR PRIME DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) any person who is enrolled in a managed health care program of the Department of Defense at a location at which the medicare subvention demonstration project for military retirees conducted under section 1896 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ggg) is implemented, and who attains eligibility for medicare, should be automatically authorized to enroll in such demonstration project; and (2) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the other administering Secretaries described in section 1072(3) of title 10, United States Code, should modify existing policies and procedures for such demonstration project as necessary to permit such automatic enrollment. TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, AC- QUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RE- LATED MATTERS Subtitle A—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 801. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects. Sec. 802. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards. Sec. 803. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 804. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts. Sec. 805. Clarification of definition of commercial items with respect to associated services. Sec. 806. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 807. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 808. Contract goal for small msadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education. Sec. 809. Required reports for certain multiyear contracts. Subtitle B—Other Matters Sec. 811. Mentor-Protege Program improvements. Sec. 812. Program to increase business innovation in defense acquisition programs.

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