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 114 STAT. 700 PUBLIC LAW 106-259—AUG. 9, 2000 the purpose of developing, implementing, and evaluating a standards and performance based academic model at schools administered by the Department of Defense Education Activity. SEC. 8115. (a) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota relocatable military housing units located at Grand Forks Air Force Base and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the Air Force. (b) PROCESSING OF REQUESTS. — The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in accordance with the request for such units that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota. (c) RESOLUTION OF HOUSING UNIT CONFLICTS. —The Operation Walking Shield program shall resolve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b). (d) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.— In this section, the term "Indian tribe" means any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary of the 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. 8116. Of the amounts appropriated in the Act under the heading "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- Wide", $51,000,000 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. 8117. The Secretary of Defense shall fully identify and determine the validity of health care contract liabilities, requests for equitable adjustment, and claims for unanticipated health care contract costs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall establish an equitable and timely process for the adjudication of claims, and recognize actual liabilities during the Department's planning. Deadline. programming and budgeting process: Provided further. That not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the scope and extent of health care 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. 8118. Funds available to the Department of Defense for the Global Positioning System during the current fiscal year may be used to fund civil requirements associated with the satellite and ground control segments of such system's modernization program. (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 8119. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide", $115,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense

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