Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 88 Part 1.djvu/450

 406

Notification to congressional committees.

Congressional s e s s i o n, continuity.

Dogs, u s e for r e s e a r c h, prohibition.

Island of Culebra, naval training operations, restrictions.

Enlistment. Ante, p. 234.

Minuteman miss i l e flight t e s t, restriction.

Foreign goods, procurement restrictions.

PUBLIC LAW 93-365-AUG. 5, 1974

[88 STAT.

"(b)(1) After the date of enactment of this paragraph, no naval vessel in excess of 2,000 tons or less than 20 years of age may be sold, leased, granted, loaned, bartered, transferred, or otherwise disposed of to another nation unless the disposition thereof has been approved by law enacted after such date of enactment. " (2) After the date of enactment of this paragraph, any naval vessel not subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) may be sold, leased, granted, loaned, bartered, transferred, or otherwise disposed of to another nation in accordance with applicable provisions of law only after the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, has notified the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives in writing of the proposed disposition and 30 days of continuous session of Congress have expired following the date on which notice was transmitted to such committees. For purposes of this paragraph, the continuity of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of such 30-day period." SEC. 703. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used for research, testing, and/or evaluation of poisonous gases, radioactive materials, poisonous chemicals, or biological or chemical warfare agents upon dogs for the purpose of developing biological or chemical weapons. SEC. 704. Section 204 of Public Law 93-166 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conduct by the Department of the Navy of training operations at the Culebra complex involving the firing of any shells, missiles, or other projectiles from ships or the dropping of any bombs, sitrafing, firing of rockets or missiles, or the launching of any other projectiles from aircraft at Culebra or at any keys within three nautical miles thereof is pi-ohibited during any period of time that the negotiations required by subsection (b) have been ended on the initiative of the United States Government prior to the conclusion of a satisfactory agreement. I n the conduct of the negotiations required by subsection (b) the Secretary of the Navy shall not agree to any relocation of training operations from the Island of Culebra which would be rendered ineffective by any international agreement on the law of the sea which may become international law within three years after the date of the enactment of this Act." SEC. 705. Section 401 of the Department of Defense Supplemental Appropriations Authorization Act, 1974, is amended by striking out the period at the end of such section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "when his enlistment is needed to meet established strength requirements.". SEC. 706. None of the funds authorized by this Act may be used for the purpose of carrying out any proposed flight test (including operational base launch) of the Minuteman missile from any place within the United States other than Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California. SEC. 707. (a) No funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated under a contract entered into by the Department of Defense after the date of the enactment of this Act for procurement of goods which are other than American goods unless, under regulations of the Secretary of Defense and subject to the determinations and exceptions contained in title III of the Act of

�