Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 79.djvu/915

 79 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 89-213-SEPT. 29, 1965

875

operating expenses of which are financed principally from nonappropriated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians except under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall (except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish rates for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided, That officers and civilians in a travel status recei\ang a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not less than $2.50 per d a y: Provided further, That for the purposes of this section payments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made in cash or by deductions from the pay of civilian employees: Provided further, That members of organized nonprofit youth groups sponsored at either the national or local level, when extended the privilege of visiting a military installation and permitted to eat in the general mess by the commanding officer of the installation, shall pay the commuted ration cost of such meal or meals. SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere in this or some other appropriation Act. SEC. 611. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available appropr^auo'ni.^ for operation and maintenance, may be reimbursed during the current fiscal year for all expenses involved in the preparation for disposal and for the disposal of military supplies, equipment, and materiel, and for all expenses of production of lumber or timber products pursuant to section 2665 of title 10, United States Code, from amounts ^*^^ ^*^*' ^'^'^^ received as proceeds from the sale of any such property: Provided, gres^ona\°co^' That a report of receipts and disbursements under this limitation shall mittees. be made quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress: Provided further, That no funds available to agencies of the I)epartment of Defense shall be used for the operation, acquisition, or construction of new facilities or equipment for new facilities in the continental limits of the United States for metal scrap baling or shearing or for melting or sweating aluminum scrap mil ess the Secretary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by him determines, with respect to each facility involved, that the operation of such facility is in the national interest. SEC. 612. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may of'^unds^^xem"* exempt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available uon"" "' ''**'"^ for military functions under the Department of Defense, from the provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 3i use 665. interests of national defense. (b) Upon determination by the President that such action is neces- expi'ns°es.^ "^*'* sary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance with the provisions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). (c) Upon determination by the President that it is necessary to increased miuincrease the number of military personnel on active duty beyond the Ixpens^es?""*^' number for which funds are provided in this Act, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased military personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the provisions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). (d) The Secretary of Defense shall immediately advise the Com- Report to con. mittees on Appropriations of the Congress of the exercise of any mute^esr^ *^°"" authority granted in this section, and shall report monthly on the estimated obligations incurred pursuant to subsections (b) and (c). SEC. 613. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available commissary in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies ^*°'"^^" of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including

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