Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/845

 PUBLIC LAW 96-107—NOV. 9, 1979

93 STAT. 813

(b) Section 651 of such title is amended by striking out "before his lo use 651. twenty-sixth birthday". (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply only to 10 USC 511 note. individuals who become members of an Armed Force after the date of the enactment of this Act. RESTRICTION ON CONVERTING PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TYPE FUNCTIONS FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL TO PRIVATE CONTRACTORS

SEC. 806. (a) During fiscal year 1980, no commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense that on the date of the enactment of this Act is being performed by Department of Defense personnel may be converted to performance by a private contractor— (1) to circumvent any civilian personnel ceiling; and (2) unless the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Congress in a timely manner— (A) notification of any decision to study such commercial or industrial type function for possible performance by a private contractor, together with a certification that the government in-house cost calculation for the function is based on an estimate of the most efficient and cost effective organization for in-house performance; (B) if a decision is made to convert to contract performance, upon completing the study described in subparagraph (A) and before contracting for the performance of such function by a private contractor, a report showing— (i) the potential economic effect on employees affected, and the potential economic effect on the local community and Federal Government if more than 50 employees are involved, of contracting for performance of such function; (ii) the effect of contracting for performance of such function on the military mission of such function; and (iii) the amount of the bid accepted for the performance of such function by the private contractor whose bid is accepted and the cost of performance of such function by Department of Defense personnel, together with costs and expenditures which the Government will incur because of the contract. (h) The Secretary of Defense shall submit a written report to the Congress by February 1, 1980, describing the extent to which commercial and industrial type functions were performed by Department of Defense contractors during fiscal year 1979. The Secretary shall also include in such report an estimate of the percentage of commercial and industrial type functions of the Department of Defense that will be performed by Department of Defense personnel and the percentage of such functions that will be performed by private contractors duringfiscalyear 1980. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF STATION HOUSING ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES ASSIGNED OVERSEAS

SEC 807. (a) Section 405 of title 37, United States Code, relating to allowances for members on duty outside the United States or in Alaska or Hawaii, is amended by inserting after the third sentence in such section the following new sentence: "A station housing allowance prescribed under this section may be paid in advance.".

10 USC 2304 note.

Notification and certification to Congress.

Report to Congress.

Report to Congress.

�