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 PUBLIC LAW 109–289—SEPT. 29, 2006

120 STAT. 1293

(A) The requirements of section 7403(g)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, shall apply. (B) The limitations of section 7403(g)(1)(B) of title 38, United States Code, shall not apply. SEC. 8083. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2007 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2007. SEC. 8084. None of the funds in this Act may be used to initiate a new start program without prior written notification to the Office of Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees. SEC. 8085. (a) In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, the amount of $5,400,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard’’. Such amount shall be made available to the Secretary of the Army only to make a grant in the amount of $5,400,000 to the entity specified in subsection (b) to facilitate access by veterans to opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry. (b) The entity referred to in subsection (a) is the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment, a nonprofit labor-management co-operation committee provided for by section 302(c)(9) of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 186(c)(9)), for the purposes set forth in section 6(b) of the Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a note). SEC. 8086. FINANCING AND FIELDING OF KEY ARMY CAPABILITIES. The Department of Defense and the Department of the Army shall make future budgetary and programming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight Future Force cannon (NLOS–C) and a compatible large caliber ammunition resupply capability for this system supported by the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in order to field this system in fiscal year 2010: Provided, That the Army shall develop the NLOS–C independent of the broader FCS development timeline to achieve fielding by fiscal year 2010. In addition the Army will deliver eight (8) combat operational pre-production NLOS–C systems by the end of calendar year 2008. These systems shall be in addition to those systems necessary for developmental and operational testing: Provided further, That the Army shall ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans will provide for no fewer than seven (7) Stryker Brigade Combat Teams. SEC. 8087. Up to $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ in this Act for the Pacific Missile Range Facility may be made available to contract for the repair, maintenance, and operation of adjacent off-base water, drainage, and flood control systems, electrical upgrade to support additional missions critical to base operations, and support for a range footprint expansion to further guard against encroachment. SEC. 8088. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, $11,100,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall

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