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 PUBLIC LAW 90-916-SEPT. 29, 1967

New facil* i t i e s restriction.

Transfer of funds, authority.

Report to congressional committees.

Contract payments in foreign countries.

Research project c o s t s.

Army Reserve components.

Vietnamese forces, etc., support.

Transfer of funds.

Report to congressional committees.

Working capital funds.

[81 STAT.

(3) the d i ^ o s a l of scrap or surplus materials acquired by the contractor in the performance of a defense contract. SEC. 634. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and repair of facilities and installations shall not be available for acquisition of new facilities, or alteration, expansion, extension, or addition of existing facilities, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 7040.2, dated January 18, 1961, in excess of $26,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may amend or change the said directive during the current fiscal year, consistent with the purpose of this section. SEC. 635. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may, if he deems it vital to the security ot the United States and in the national interest to further improve the readiness of the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, transfer under the authority and terms of the Emergency Fund an additional $200,000,000: Provided, That the transfer authority made available under the terms of the Emergency Fund appropriation contained in this Act is hereby broadened to meet the requirements of this section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Appropriations Committees of the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority. SEC. 636. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to make payments under contracts for any program, project, or activity in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, of currencies of such country acquired pursuant to law is not feasible for the purpose, stating the reason therefor. SEC. 637. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such project. SEC. 638. Only upon the approval by the Congress, through the enactment of law hereafter, of a realinement or reorganization of the Army Reserve Components, the Secretary may transfer the balances of appropriations made in this Act for the support of the Army Reserve Components to the extent necessary to implement such a realinement or reorganization; and the provisions in this Act establishing strengths for the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard shall cease to be effective. SEC. 639. (a) Appropriations available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year shall be available for their stated purposes to support: (1) Vietnamese and other free world forces in Vietnam (2) local forces in Laos and Thailand; and for related costs, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Defense may determine 'Provided, That the unexpended balance of funds, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, heretofore allocated or transferred to the Secretary of Defense from appropriations for "Military assistance" for support of local forces in Laos and Thailand may be transferred to any appropriation available to the Department of Defense for military functions (including construction), to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation to which transferred. (b) Within thirty days after the end of each quarter, the Secretary of. Defense shall render to the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report with respect to the estimated value by purpose, by country, of support furnished from such appropriations. SEC. 640. (a) During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant

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