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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-247 (A) The reasons that the waiver is necessary in the •- * -y national security interests of the United States. (B) The specific reasons that additional funding is required for the continued presence of United States military forces participating in, or supporting, Bosnia peacekeeping operations, or Kosovo peacekeeping operations, as the case may be, for fiscal year 2001. (C) A discussion of the impact on the military readiness of United States Armed Forces of the continuing deploy- ment of United States military forces participating in, or supporting, Bosnia peacekeeping operations, or Kosovo peacekeeping operations, as the case may be. (4) A supplemental appropriations request for the Department of Defense for such amounts as are necessary for the additional fiscal year 2001 costs associated with United States military forces participating in, or supporting, Bosnia or Kosovo peacekeeping operations. (c) PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS DEFINED.— For the purposes of this section: (1) The term "Bosnia peacekeeping operations" has the meaning given such term in section 1004(e) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2112). (2) The term "Kosovo peacekeeping operations"— ^• (A) means the operation designated as Operation Joint Guardian and any other operation involving the participation of any of the Armed Forces in peacekeeping or peace ' ^ enforcement activities in and around Kosovo; and i*' -^ (B) includes, with respect to Operation Joint Guardian or any such other operation, each activity that is directly related to the support of the operation. SEC. 1006. REQUIREMENT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT OF CONTRACT VOUCHERS. (a) REQUIREMENT. —(1) Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 2225, as added by section 812(a)(1), the following new section: "§2226. Contracted property and services: prompt payment of vouchers "(a) REQUIREMENT.—Of the contract vouchers that are received by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service by means of the mechanization of contract administration services system, the number of such vouchers that remain unpaid for more than 30 days as of the last day of each month may not exceed 5 percent of the total number of the contract vouchers so received that remain unpaid on that day. "(b) CONTRACT VOUCHER DEFINED. — In this section, the term 'contract voucher' means a voucher or invoice for the payment to a contractor for services, commercial items (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Pohcy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12))), or other deliverable items provided by the contractor under a contract funded by the Department of Defense.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 2225, as added by section 812(a)(2), the following new item: "2226. Contracted property and services: prompt payment of vouchers.". 79-194O- 00 - 10:QL3Part3

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