Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/414

 91 STAT. 380

PUBLIC LAW 95-82—AUG. 1, 1977

the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, \ or Guam; and ^ " (B) at which not less than five hundred civilian personnel are authorized to be employed. Such term does not include any facility used primarily for civil Tc; S M-J i^'. works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control projects. "(2) 'Civilian personnel' means direct-hire permanent civilian employees of the Department of Defense. "(3) 'Realignment' includes any action which both reduces and relocates functions and civilian personnel positions, but does not include a reduction in force resulting from workload adjustments, reduced personnel or funding levels, skill imbalances, or other similar causes. Applicability. "(e) Except as provided in subsection (c), this section shall apply to any closure of a military installation, and any realignment with respect to a military installation, which is first publicly announced after September 30, 1977.". (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 of such title is amended by adding at the end thereof a new item as follows: "2687. Base closures and realignments.".

(c) Section 611 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1966 (Public Law 89-188; 10 U.S.C. 2662 note), and section 612 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 Stat. 1366), shall be inapplicable in the case of any closure of a military installation, and any realignment with respect to a military installation, which is first publicly announced after September 30, 1977. AUTHORITY FOR LONG TERM CONTRACT REFUSE-DERIVED F U E L

Funds.

SEC. 613. The Secretary of a military department may enter into contracts for periods not to exceed ten yeare for the purchase of fuel derived from waste materials (commonly known as refuse-derived fuel ( R D F)). Such contracts may provide for the collection and disposal of solid waste from Department of Defense installations and for the delivery to Department of Defense installations of refusederived fuel which, by weight, exceeds that installation's generation of solid waste. Funds for such contracts shall be provided from annual appropriations for operation and maintenance. USE OF COMMISSARY SURCHARGE FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COMMISSARIES OVERSEAS

SEC. 614. Section 2685(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "within the United States". LAND C O N V E Y A N C E, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

SEC. 615. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to convey to the City of Los Angeles, California, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall deem to be in the public interest, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of land consisting of approximately thirty-five acres, with improvements thereon, located in the City of Los Angeles, north of and separated from Reeves Field by Seaside Avenue, in exchange for the conveyance by the City of Los Angeles to the United States of the unencumbered lee title to approximately thirty-five acres of land adjacent to the western boundary of the Naval Support Activity, Long Beach, California, to be

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