Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/1299

 PUBLIC LAW 95-457—OCT. 13, 1978

92 STAT. 1245

aries when necessitated by emergent military circumstances; (d) reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel while sick in hospitals; ,,.,.. •, (e) expenses of prisoners confined in non-military facilities; (f) military courts, boards, and commissions; (g) utility services for buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by law, and buildings on military reservations authorized by regulations to be used for welfare and recreational purposes; (h) exchange fees, and losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accordance with law; (i) expenses of Latin American cooperation as authorized for the Xavy by law (10 U.S.C. 7208); (j) expenses of apprehension and delivery of deserters, 10 USC 807note, prisoners, and members absent without leave, including payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 in any one case; and (k) expenses of arrangements with foreign countries for cryptologic support. SEC. 810. The Secretary of Defense and each purchasing and con- Small business tracting agency of the Department of Defense shall assist American assistance. small and minority-owned business to participate equitably in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this Act by increasing, to an optimum level, the resources and number of personnel jointly assig-ned to promoting both small and minority business involvment in purchases financed with funds appropriated herein, and by making available or causing to be made available to such businesses, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under this Act, and by assisting small and minority business concerns to participate equitably as subcontractors on contracts financed with funds appropriated herein, and by otherwise advocating and providing small and minority business opportunities to participate in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated by this Act. SEC. 811. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available Mess operations, for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 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 reimbursements of operating expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided, That officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not less than $2.50 per day: Provided further, That for the purposes of this section payments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made in cash or by deduction 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. 812. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall Fiscal year remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless limitation. expressly so provided herein. SEC. 813. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available Reimbursable for operation and maintenance may be reimbursed during the current appropriations. 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, That a report Report to Congress.

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