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 PUBLIC LAW 106-79—OCT. 25, 1999 113 STAT. 1273 submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air Force under paragraph (b). (d) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.— In this section, the term "Indian tribe" means emy recognized Indian tribe included on the current hst published by the Secretary of Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a-l). SEC. 8156. Of the amounts appropriated in the Act under the heading "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- Wide", $45,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of adjusting the cost-share of the parties under the Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defence of Israel for the Arrow Deployability Program. SEC. 8157. The Secretary of Defense shall fully identify and determine the validity of healthcare contract additional liabilities, requests for equitable adjustment, and claims for unanticipated healthcare contract costs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall establish an equitable and timely process for the adjudication of claims, and recognize actual liabilities diuing the Depeirtment's planning, programming and budgeting process, including fiscal year 2000 supplemental appropriation requests if appropriate: Provided further. That not later than December 1, 1999, the Secretary of Deadline. Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense commit- Reports, tees on the scope and extent of healthcare contract claims, and on the action taken to implement the provisions of this section: Provided further. That nothing in this section should be construed as congressional direction to liquidate or pay any claims that otherwise would not have been adjudicated in favor of the claimant. SEC. 8158. Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act under the heading "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide", $8,000,000 sheJl be available only for a community retraining, reinvestment, and manufacturing initiative to be conducted by an academic consortia with existing programs in manufacturing and retraining: Provided, That the $8,000,000 made available in this Deadline. section shall be obligated by grant not later than 15 days after the enactment of this Act. SEC. 8159. (a) REPORT REQUIRED. —Not later than 90 days Deadline. after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the management of the chemical weapons demilitarization program. (b) REPORT ELEMENTS.— The report xmder subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description and assessment of the current msmagement structure of the chemical weapons demilitarization program, including the msuaagement of the assembled chemiceJ weapons assessment (ACWA) program. (2) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability for the management of the chemical weapons demilitarization program of the assignment of a panel for oversight of the management of program, which panel would— (A) consist of officials of the Department of Defense and of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government having an interest in the safe and timely demilitarization of chemical weapons; and (B) prepare annual reports on the schedule, cost, and effectiveness of the progrsun.

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