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PUBLIC LAW 91-121-NOV. 19, 1969

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SEC. 402. (a) Prior to April 30, 1970, the Committees on Armed ^^H^^^ aircraft Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall jointly join^congresconduct and complete a comprehensive study and investigation of the sionai study. past and projected costs and effectiveness of attack aircraft carriers and their task forces and a thorough review of the considerations which went into the decision to maintain the present number of attack carriers. The result of this comprehensive study shall be considered prior to any authorization or appropriation for the production or procurement of the nuclear aircraft carrier designated as CVAX-70, (b) In carrying out such study and investigation the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate are authorized to call on all Government agencies and such outside consultants as such committees may deem necessary. SEC. 408. Funds authorized for appropriation under the provisions Appropriation, of this Act shall not be available for payment of independent research and development, bid and proposal, and other technical effort costs incurred under contracts entered into subsequent to the effective date of this Act for any amount in excess of 9?> per centum of the total amount contemplated for use for such purposes out of funds authorized for procurement and for research, development, test, and evaluation. The foregoing limitation shall not apply in the case of (1) formally advertised contracts, (2) other firmly fixed contracts competitively awarded, or (3) contracts under $100,000. SEC. 404. (a) Section 136 of title 10, Tnited States Code, is vestat. sis. amended— (1) by striking out "seven" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "eight*": and (2) by inserting after the first sentence in subsection (b) the following new sentences: "One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. H e shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of health affairs of the Department of Defense.". (b) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik- ^° ^*^*' '^"• ing out item (13) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "' (13) Assistant Secretaries of Defense (8).*' SEC. 405. Section 412(b) of Public Law 86-149, as amended, i s. Appropriations T

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amended to read as follows: etc. "(b) No funds may be appropriated after December 31, 1960, to or Authorization for the use of any armed force of the United States for the procure- "^^yg'Stat. i28. ment of aircraft, missiles, or naval vessels, or after December 31, 1962, to or for the use of any armed force of the United States for the research, development, test, or evaluation of aircraft, missiles, or naval vessels, or after December 31, 1963, to or for the use of any armed force of the United States for any research, development, test, or evaluation, or after December 31, 1965, to or for the use of any armed force of the United States for the procurement of tracked com^ bat vehicles, or after December 31, 1969, to or for the use of any armed force of the United States for the procurement of other weapons unless the appropriation of such funds has been authorized by legislation enacted after such dates." SEC. 406. Section 2 of the Act of August 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 408), as ^tf/^''^^""^' amended, is further amended to read as follows: i^iml"at\on. "SEC. 2. After July 1, 1970, the active duty personnel strength of the ^s Stat. ss; Armed Forces, exclusive of personnel of the Coast Guard, personnel of ^ \rusc^'3^2o i the Reserve components on active duty for training purposes only, and note. personnel of the Armed Forces employed in the Selective Service System, shall not exceed a total of 3,285,000 persons at any time during the period of suspension prescribed in the first section of this Act except when the President of the United States determines that the applica-

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